Volume 1 Harlem Chapter 10 The Loneliness of the Stars

The stench did not stop the old slave in the slightest, and he rummaged and searched and searched among the piles of corpses, and as if he had not found his son's body, he searched several more times.

The old slave was covered in scraps of flesh and black blood, but he didn't care and continued to look for it.

This hellish scene couldn't bear to look at directly, Ari was furious, but Ivan and the others looked at the old slave calmly.

The old slave came out of the pile of corpses, and Ivan asked, "Did you find it?" ”

The pile of corpses and the stench of the old slaves were ugly and desolate. But the old slave ignored it, and said, "I, I did not find my son, it seems that he was taken somewhere else...... Ouch, what can I do......" he said, stomping his foot anxiously and flusteredly.

The corpse was shredded and smelled. Ivan frowned, not knowing what he was thinking; He casually asked, "Do you know why these corpses are piled up here?" ”

"These corpses?" The old slave was thinking only of his son at this moment, and after listening to Ivan's question, he said, "This, I don't know this either." It's strange that all these bodies are piled up here. ”

Ivan thought about it for a long time, but he finally couldn't figure out the situation in this place; Hearing the sound of hurried footsteps rushing towards this side, he did not panic, and asked, "After finding your son, where are you going to go?" ”

Whether this group of slaves was brought out by the Ivans or others, they were still responsible for their lives. Ivan wanted to hear what the old slaves were doing, so that he could think about how to place them.

"After finding your son?" Without thinking about it, the old slave replied, "I don't want to go to the Outlaw Killing Town, I plan to go to the 'Dark City', which is a town where fugitive slaves gather. ”

As if to see Ivan's doubts, the old slave explained, "The adults of the Cultivators don't like to go to that place. Although it was dirty and messy, staying there was a good way to avoid being chased by the hunters of the Cultivators. It may be a little difficult to find food, but at least stay alive. ”

The old slave thought for a moment, and then added, "It's too dirty and messy, I heard that it's a town that was abandoned before. It stinks so much that they don't want to go there either. ”

"Didn't you even think about going outside?" Ivan asked.

The old slave was a little moved, but after thinking for a while, he still said, "Is it outside?" Not outside. Slaves like us, who have never been outside at all, and who will die as soon as they go out, might as well find a place to live here. ”

Ivan was right to think about it, it was not easy to settle down with this group of slaves, and he pondered whether to take that group of slaves to the dark city with him.

The old slave licked the corners of his mouth and whispered, "Anyway, hero, that slave of yours is very arrogant." I left such a wonderful host and ran alone......"

Ivan didn't know what the old slave was trying to say, so he didn't interrupt and continued to listen, "Why bring a guy like that?" It is better for a slave to be quiet and obedient. Why don't I help you find a good slave in the future? ”

After listening to this, Ivan instantly understood the old slave's thoughts. He didn't break it, he just smiled.

The footsteps were getting closer, hurried and noisy. Groups of hunters from the Cultivator Sect gathered around and shouted, "There! Kill them all! ”

When Ari saw the merchants in the hunters' group, he knew that it must be the eyeliner of these cultivators; He looked at Ivan and thought to himself: Do you want to kill it again?

Seeing this scene, the old slave was very anxious, and hurriedly asked, "Ouch, hero, the adults of the Cultivation Sect have come to arrest you." Even so, you'll help me find my son, right? Right? ”

Mock glared at the old slave in disgust. The old slave's mind was pierced, and he lowered his head in embarrassment.

But I heard Ivan say: "I will save your son, don't worry!" Since you all came out with me, then I will take you to a safe place. Okay, just follow quietly! ”

The old slave was very happy, and couldn't stop nodding his head, "Good, good, good hero!" I'll follow quietly, you must be careful! ”

With a wave of his right hand, Ivan led a few people to stroll away, but he didn't look at these people from the Cultivators. The hunters of the Cultivator sect saw that Ivan and the others were not afraid, and they set up their bows and crossbows and shot them all.

The arrows and feathers rushed like starry light in the sky. The icy magic was blowing against the arrows, the ice flowers bloomed, and the arrows in the air were frozen, lost their strength and fell to the ground.

The cold air came wantonly with the approach of Ivan and the others, and with the slight movement of the pace, the hunters of the Xiu Sect were frozen into ice sculptures one after another. The cold air spread, and there were more and more ice sculptures, and the hunters behind saw this, lost their bows and crossbows, and turned around and ran. Those who run fast will naturally run away, and those who run slowly will be frozen into eternity.

Ivan and the others strolled out of the total eclipse market, and only crystal clear ice sculptures were left behind them. The sun shines down, reflecting a multicolored halo on the ice; The cold air was blowing in the face, leaving only a deep fear of people.

The old slave was excited and frightened in his heart, and he couldn't help but pat himself on the back: "Amazing, amazing, hero, you are really amazing." After speaking, he looked at Mock who was doing it, and glanced at Ivan by the way.

The group returned to the place where the slaves were hiding, and Ivan explained his intentions to the slaves - those who wanted to follow would be sent to the dark city; If you want to go now, you can.

When the slaves heard this, they were a little frightened. I saw a female slave step forward and whispered, "You, are you really going to take us to the Dark City?" Could it be that we have made some mistake? ”

Ivan motioned to Yun Ye to come forward and explain that Yun Ye had been grinding with these slaves for a long time, but there were still many slaves who thought that they were going to abandon them, and the atmosphere at this time was inevitably a little tense.

The slave girl was shocked and said tentatively, "Are you really trying to save us?" Are you testing us? We will never run away, absolutely not, please rest assured. ”

When the slaves in the back heard this, they also knelt down and begged: "Spare us, we are willing to do anything!" ”

There are always many words that are not believed, and there are always many facts that can be misinterpreted. That's human nature, isn't it?

Ivan knew that these slaves did not believe in him, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart; But he still held back his temper and patiently explained to these people.

When the slaves listened to the explanation, they realized that they were not abandoned; One by one, they danced, so unhappy.

The female slave straightened her tattered clothes, pursed her lips and bowed to Ivan and said, "Hero, I want to serve you!" ”

Ivan shook his head when he heard this, scolded and frightened, and drove the female slave back.

When night came, a wooden house in the total eclipse market gathered some merchants of the Cultivator faction. The merchants sat on the ground, muttering, not knowing what they were discussing.

Suddenly, a big man with a bird's beak mask came from outside the door, and as soon as he entered, he shouted, "What about the slaves? Did the slaves who ran out find it? ”

The voice stopped abruptly, the atmosphere was tense, and the merchants lowered their heads, not knowing how to answer. Seeing this, the big man in the beak mask couldn't help but be furious, and shouted: "I can't speak, I will sell your skins in the market tomorrow!" ”

The merchants trembled in fright, and saw a gray-haired merchant come forward and bow down and say, "My lord, my lord, I can't find it." The twenty or thirty slaves who ran out could not be found. ”

"Can't find it? Or are you afraid of death and don't want to look for it? The big man asked in a loud voice.

The merchant lowered his head into the waistband of his trousers and said in a trembling voice, "Those people, those people are really powerful, even Lord Renator was killed by them. My lord, we really don't dare to look for ......."

Before the words fell, the long knife waved, blood spilled, and the head fell to the ground. The merchants in the room sat down in fright, their trembling mouths stammering and unable to speak.

The merchant's skull rolled to the big man's feet, and the big man kicked his foot, and the head broke out of the window, startling the spies who were guarding the door outside.

The big man, armed with a long bloody knife, scolded, "If you can't find these slaves, Master Diorbe will skin me alive." And if something happens to me, you don't want to live. With that, he kicked his foot and walked out of the door with his knife.

The starry sky is dotted, and in the night of this demon world, you can see the beautiful scenery of the stars that is different from Arad.

Under the stars, a group of slaves boiled the mesophyll of a man-eating flower and ate purple rhizome food. Beside the fire, Ivan and the others were discussing how to send the slaves to the dark city safely.

I saw a little slave ghostly running to the fire, and said hesitantly: "That, hero, hero......"

The sound was so small that it was inaudible even in the quiet of the night. When Ari approached, he saw that the little slave was about nine years old, with the juice of man-eating flowers sticking to his mouth, and his eyes were dodgy, and he did not dare to look at people. He didn't want the little slave to disturb Ivan, so he asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"I, I have something important to tell the hero......" the little slave whispered, his eyes widening.

Ari wanted to stop him, but he was afraid that it would be something important, so he took him to the fire and said to Ivan, "Master, this little slave said that there is something important to report to you. ”

The four Ivan stopped talking, turned around and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The little slave cowered, his mouth open for a long time, not knowing how to express it.

Ivan touched the little slave's head and said in a kind tone: "Don't be afraid, you can tell me anything." ”

"Well, hero, you, your runaway slave has been captured by the Cultivators...... "It took a long time for the little slave to speak.

Yun Ye shouted when he heard this: "How could it be ......?"

Ivan was very calm, and asked Tillan to calm Yunye and sit down, before asking the little slave, "How do you know?" ”

The little slave's eyes dodged, as if he didn't want to express it. Ivan saw that the little slave had something else in mind, and stepped forward to comfort him: "I am the hero who rescued you, and I will not harm you." Whatever you know, say it. ”

The little slave was right to think about it, this hero rescued them, was their benefactor, and should tell the truth; He said, "Here, this place is quite close to the market." A few of us want to eat meat, and we haven't eaten meat in a long time. While you were delivering the food, a few of us slipped into the market and stole some meat from the market......"

He licked his lips, as if to savor the deliciousness of the meat, and then said, "When we were stealing meat, we saw a few adults from the Cultivator sect dragging your slave into the market, and we didn't dare to say anything, so we came back after stealing the meat...... Well...... Well, we thought we should tell you about it. ”

Ivan nodded in agreement, asked the little slave for some details, and beckoned him to go down. After bowing his head and pondering for a while, he asked Ari to call the old slave over.

After hearing what Ivan said, the old slave couldn't help but be shocked: "What? Hero, that slave of yours was captured? That's bad, judging by the direction, that direction should be the direction of Lord Diorbe. She doesn't usually come to the market, but when she does, she kills a lot of slaves. ”

"In other words, the piles of corpses we saw were also killed by Diorbe?" Ivan asked.

"Yes, yes." The old slave nodded hurriedly, "Only Lord Diorbe would kill people in a heap. ”

"Why kill these slaves?" Mock wondered.

"This, I don't know, I heard that it was a sacrifice!" The old slave answered honestly.

"Sacrifices?" Ivan asked for some more details, and some of the old slaves did not know.

When the old slave heard that Ivan meant to save the slave, he couldn't help but persuade: "Hero, give up that slave!" Mistress Diorbe is a man as powerful as a god, and if she takes him away, he will never come back. ”

Mock scoffed softly, "Hey, someone as powerful as a god......"

Ivan sneered in his heart, but did not express it, but said to the old slave: "I suspect that your son was also taken away like this......"

The old slave's eyes widened, his mouth and nose gasped, and he immediately changed his words: "I want to save, I want to save...... By the way, hero, by the way, save my son......"

Ari watched from the sidelines, calmly pondered, and learned Ivan's methods to the half-point.

After the old slave left, Ivan ordered: "Moke, Yunye, you two escort these slaves to the Dark City first, and I, Ari, and Tillan will go to the total eclipse market to investigate." Tomorrow's Action! ”

Mock listened to the arrangement and couldn't help arguing: "Why am I with Yunye, I don't want to ......" Before he could finish speaking, he was glanced at by Ivan and quickly shut up.

Ah Rui was a little hesitant, but still said, "Master, I think it's ......."

"I know what you're trying to say." Ivan looked at the fire, "Then Cobb is still useful, besides...... Hmph, god-like people, oh, I want to see and see! ”

Knowing that Ivan had a plan in mind, Ari stopped asking.

The firelight reflected the stars in the sky, hazy and unreal. Ari lay on the ground, looking at the stars in the night, bored and calm.

The starry night is hazy, the cool breeze is faint, and there is no moon shadow.

The bluestone sand, the faint lights, the hearts of the people left are ringing.

But there are new thoughts and old dreams, falling flowers, lonely and desolate, and sleepless.

When the top god realm, once you see the sky.