This ancient town is not large, and there are no tall buildings in the town that can be seen from the sea, and the old town is framed by brown mud bricks, and even the pavement under your feet is paved with the same bricks.

Rowan walked on the cracked brick road, smelling the damp moss, and observing his surroundings with a little caution.

At this time, it was dark night, although the bright moon was shining, but the night was darker, but it was not as good as the street lamp standing alone on the road.

A few small moth-like insects perform a "moth to fire" around the street lamps, and the beams on both sides of the street are hung upside down with bat-like black animals, and their scarlet eyes release a cold light in the darkness.

There was a dead silence on the streets, except for the sound of moths flapping their wings, except for the footsteps of Rowan and his party.

"Click, click."

There was more sound in the void, the sound of water droplets sliding down the pipe and falling to the ground.

A tool that looked like a water pump leaned silently against the dark corner of the wall, and there was an ancient well with moisture nearby.

Up to this point, there is still no half of the town in sight.

But Rowan breathed a sigh of relief.

Someone is using a well, which shows that this town is not an empty ghost town.

Perhaps for some reason, the townspeople don't live at night.

Or maybe there's some kind of big gathering somewhere in the town, so there's no one to be seen on the outskirts of the town.

There could be many reasons, but as long as there are real people, it is enough for Rowan.

The question now is, are the intelligent beings who inhabit this town really human?

……

"Whew!" Rowan exhaled and said softly, "I always feel that the bad atmosphere in this town has made our mood depressed. ”

Qin Ying whispered, "It's not that exaggerated, is it?" What sparsely populated village or town is not like this? There aren't many people wandering around late at night......"

Luo Wen was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "That's what I said, maybe it's just that I'm thinking too much." ”

So he lifted his spirits and continued walking into the town.

Gradually, although they still did not encounter any pedestrians on the road, in the area near the center of the town, there were already houses with lights lit inside.

Through the window-like facilities, you can clearly see a figure shaking in the room.

"Maybe it's just too late at night?"

Rowan pondered: "I just wonder if there are inns and inns in this town for outsiders to live in?" ”

Of course, even if he did, he wasn't going to live in the inn here.

"Bang bang bang!"

Suddenly, the sound of hurried footsteps came from the alley.

Rowan's heart moved, and with a wave of his hand, the baby slime understood his thinking, and immediately arranged the virtual projection of the town in the projection method, completely covering the figures of several people in the projection.

Almost instantaneously after their figures vanished, a group of humans, numbering around twenty, rushed out of the corner.

Purely outwardly, they are indeed human, and even if there are some non-human features in a certain part of their clothes, they can at least be considered a subhuman race.

The so-called subhuman race basically refers to the life that has a humanoid appearance and is not reproductively isolated from humans.

Rowan and his party were standing in the middle of the street, and the group of humans almost ran past them, but they didn't notice them at all.

The camouflage of virtual projection is certainly not perfect, but it is still very concealed when no one has expected it beforehand.

Rowan observed carefully and found that the group of humans were basically green hair and green eyebrows, and their skin and skin color were quite normal, some black and some white.

They wore lightweight, durable leather armor and sporty boots, and held spears that were almost as tall as people!

The spear is a soldier of attack, which is very suitable for the use of soldiers in the queue, but the spear in the hands of these humans is obviously too long and too long, although it can give full play to the advantages of the long weapon, but it is actually not easy to use outside the military array.

"Looks like they're supposed to be the town's guards? I thought there might be no guards in this town, where there were no walls or levels, but now it doesn't. When they walked a little away, Rowan said softly, "They are running so anxiously, they must be searching for some dangerous object, right?" Maybe that's why no one in the town is active at night? ”

Qin Ying asked, "Is it a curfew?" ”

Rowan spread his hands and said, "Maybe, right?" Anyway, it's not interesting to go on like this, let's go over and see, what are those guards hunting? ”

Then he said "The Flying Carpet is called," and the Flying Carpet burst through the air and appeared at his feet.

The two of them boarded the flying carpet as soon as they got on the carpet, and the baby slime immediately included the flying carpet with a new virtual projection.

As everyone's figures disappeared into the projection again, Rowan manipulated the flying carpet and flew into the air.

The flying carpet does not fly at a very high level, that is, it is a little higher than the average house here.

Rowan discerned the direction a little, and chased after him on the flying carpet.

Soon, they caught up with the small group of guards and quietly followed them in the air.

After about two minutes of tailgating, people in the team began to communicate with each other.

Rowan listened attentively, and with the excellent hearing brought about by his strong physique, he could hear quite clearly.

But what came to my ears was a complex and incomprehensible language, a language that was very strange, unlike all the languages Rowan knew so far.

"Obviously, I can understand the language of the other world outside, but I can understand the language of the people in this foggy world?"

Rowan couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

Language barriers are undoubtedly a very fatal thing, and many senseless wars in history have been caused by language barriers, unable to communicate.

However, when he thought like this, he suddenly found that he understood again!

He still didn't know what the language was, but he did come to understand the meaning, as if some mysterious force had translated it and made him understand.

"Is it some kind of law unique to the Misty World? Or is it because of those two unknown [Runes] and [Occult] skills? ”

After Luo Wen thought about it for a while, he immediately asked Qin Ying, who said that he didn't understand it at all.

"Since Qin Ying can't understand it, then it's not the effect of some special law, it's a little more likely that it is the effect of [Runic Literature]."

This kind of prediction is because the task system of this misty world is actually interlocking, and [Runic Literature], as the basis for career advancement, should also have some use in the future, and that use is likely to make him able to understand other people's words.

After thinking about it, Rowan continued to listen, and finally heard some of the information he wanted.

First of all, it is true that the main reason for the absence at night is indeed because of the "curfew", as they suspected.

And the reason for the curfew is because there are extremely dangerous prisoners who have escaped from the prison inside the castle!

And these guards are just searching for prisoners!

In this regard, Rowan ignored the existence of prisoners, and first noticed the words "castle" and "prison".

"It seems that further inside the island, there must be a castle with a large population. The system is relatively well-developed, with guards to defend the power of the ruling class, as well as facilities such as prisons. Maybe tomorrow morning, we can go directly to the castle. And now that it's late at night, there's no need for us to follow these guards to hunt them down......"

Saying this, Rowan suddenly stared, and found that a dark figure was wriggling in the corner of the shadows.

That figure was extremely inconspicuous, and even an ordinary body sank into the shadow, if it weren't for Luo Wen's body at a high altitude and his extraordinary eyesight, he would definitely not be able to find it.

"Is this the prisoner the guards are looking for?"

Thinking like this, Rowan twinked lightly at the black figure and said, "Levicorpus!" Fuchsia! ”

Suddenly, an invisible hook hung down from above the pitch-black figure, and then with a sharp hook, hooked it upside down and hung upside down!

"Woooooo

The pitch-black figure was completely unknown, he tried his best not to let out too much exclamation, and struggled desperately in mid-air to fall, but his strength level was naturally incomparable to that huge sea beast, so he was hung firmly by the "upside-down golden bell", and he couldn't break free at all.

Finally, the guards in front of him noticed his voice and immediately turned around him, and then discovered to great horror that he was hanging upside down in the air.

"Shadow?"

A young guard let out a sharp exclamation of surprise, a look of incredulity.

"Be careful, just in case there is a fraud!"

The other into. The familiar and steady guards hurriedly stopped the young guards who wanted to rush forward.

After the initial surprise, this group of guards surrounded the "demon shadow" with a little nervousness, and easily did not dare to come forward to arrest it.

Thinking about it, this "Demon Shadow" should be very powerful, so powerful that they all have a sense of fear.

A guard who was different from other guards, with armbands on his arms, and who should have been captains, walked out of the crowd carefully, then pointed his spear at the "Demon Shadow" and shouted in a deep voice: "Strange thief Demon Shadow, stop fiddling with your clumsy acting skills!" I'm not going to be as stupid as Popolo to fall into your trap! ”

The rest of the guards did the same, and the spears were pointed at the body of the "Demon Shadow", but all the guards were very cautious and did not dare to shoot easily, as if, as if the scene of the "Demon Shadow" being hung upside down was his personal acting skills!

And the "Demon Shadow" himself did not dare to reveal the fact that he was being hung up at this time, he still struggled violently for a while as before, and finally found that he could not break free, and he could not touch the shadow on the ground at all, let alone escape into the shadow.

So in order to survive, he forced himself to calm down from his fear, then stopped struggling, and whispered in a hoarse voice: "Who is Bobolo?" I blame the Shadow of Thieves for killing countless people, and I can never remember the names of the people I killed! ”

"You!"

The captain of the guard was so angry that his face turned red, but the bluff of the "Demon Shadow" made him more and more cautious and did not dare to attack.

……

Luo Wen, who was hidden in the air, watched this dramatic scene the whole time, and they couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

But after hearing the bluff of this "Demon Shadow", Rowan was relieved: "It seems that this Demon Shadow is indeed a murderous and vicious criminal, not the kind of prisoner who has been wronged......"

There are many examples of good intentions doing evil things, and Rowan certainly doesn't simply think that a person is a bad person just because he is a prisoner.

But now, naturally, there is no need to scruple.

……

And the "Demon Shadow", who was still hanging upside down, continued to blempty in order not to be seen through by the guards: "But even if you react now, it's too late!" I have set up a blood shadow killing array within a radius of ten meters, and once I enter it, even the lord of the castle will definitely not be able to escape. ”

"Blood Shadow Killing Array!"

As if he had an extremely uncomfortable impression of this term, the face of the captain of the guards suddenly changed drastically, and he immediately retreated frantically: "Run, run away!" Watch your step, watch your shadow, don't be strangled by the shadow! ”

The rest of the guards also fled frantically in fear, and they were really frightened by the empty and weak lines!

"Run, run, run! You have been locked by the Blood Shadow, and even if you escape to the sea, you will not be able to resist the fate of checkmate! Truly, abruptly! I blame the Shadow of the Thief for stealing something, not even the shadow and human life can escape the palm of my hand! Truly, abruptly! Truly, abruptly! ”

The dimly lit alleys resounded with the mournful and seeping hoarse laughter of the "Demon Shadow", the street lamps on the street corners were filled with moths, and many mottled shadows shone on the ground.

Rowan sat in the flying carpet speechlessly, watching those guards really frightened by this demon shadow and fled, and suddenly let out a helpless sigh.

"Who! Come out! ”

The Shadow snorted.

Although he managed to scare away the guards, he didn't forget that he was hanging in the air.

Just as the guards were afraid of him, he was also afraid of the secret ones who had lured themselves out of the shadows by unknown means.

Rowan ignored him for the time being, but opened the world map, and sure enough, he saw that the location of the "Demon Shadow" was marked with a flickering - it meant that the Demon Shadow had a mysterious stone tablet or stone slab fragment on its body.

In other words, he has a certain level of mystical power in his hands.

"Manipulating the shadow, or diving into the shadow, I'm afraid it's the mysterious power that this shadow possesses, and it's really quite recognizable."

Ordinary humans who don't know anything about mystical powers may be overly frightened by this, but Rowan naturally won't.

He had been observing it for so long, and he had already understood the characteristics of the Shadow's abilities.

Since using the spell of "Hanging the Admiralty Upside Down" can hang him upside down, then the "Avada Suo Curse" should also work on him, killing him directly.

As long as his body does not touch the shadows on the ground or walls, he cannot burrow into the shadows in mid-air.

This is undoubtedly a very limiting and should not be a complete capability.

[PS: Hey.] 】