Ever heard the ringing of an old-fashioned clock?

Tick...... Backbite... Click.

In the dark room, the faint ticking of the clock sounded in my ears. Will was carefully looking at the room setting.

Fluster.

This was Will's first impression, the sunlight outside the window was fading, and Wille was holding a torch in his hand.

"The people here seem to be in a hurry...... What is it? ”

The room is not high, which makes people feel oppressed. The curtains on the side of the window seemed to be torn apart, and the light shone into the room from the window, dyeing the white curtains red.

Wick crouched in the dappled light, and on the ground, he found a scratch and a wooden chair fell to the side.

Touching the ground lightly with his hand, debris of stones scattered on the edge of the ravine.

The scratch was shallow, but it wasn't like the stool next to it, and it looked as if someone had scratched it with something hard.

Wiel sensed something unnatural, but didn't know what it was.

Standing up gently, his trousers were covered with a lot of dust, "strange scratches...... "Will" swept the torch around, took two steps forward, and saw a dusty table.

"Ahem......" gently brushed the dust on the table, and Weir covered his mouth and nose and coughed lightly.

"Crystal cup? Glasses ...... "Will looked at the objects on the table, where several cups were being poured onto the table.

The top of the house is triangular, and above Wille's head, a large space is vacated.

"Tick-tock~" Will heard it, and raised the torch upward, artificially separating an attic-like place above the room. "It seems to be coming from some direction."

Looking around, Vere found a broken ladder under the partition, and Veil pressed the table with his hand and lowered the glass to the floor.

Pushing the table, there was a gurgling old sound, and the wood and stone rubbed against each other, stirring up dust on the ground.

"Ahem......" Placing the table directly below the ladder, Weir tried his feet and stepped on it.

The table creaked as if it were moaning.

The wooden table shook, and the light of the torch in Wiel's hand swayed.

The glass behind him reflected the fire, and a dark shadow flashed from the glass.

Steady, Weir straightened up on the table and regained the torch in his hand.

The hand is just enough to reach the broken ladder.

"Looks like we're going to have to climb up...... Is it strong? He rubbed the ladder with his hand, and the whole partition creaked, "It's okay, it should be okay to go up." ”

Spotting the position of the ladder, Ver extinguished the torch in his hand and placed it in his backpack.

Grasping the ladder with both hands, Ver led himself up.

Boom~ Weir's shoes stepped on the partition, and a puff of dust fell through the cracks in the board.

"Attic? The voice ...... "Lighting the torch again, Wiel discovers that this is the attic where the food is stored in the house."

But the food here has turned to dust. "Where did the sound come from?"

Will fell silent, and listened carefully.

The popping of the flames, the sound of his own wheezing, the sound of Ollie and Boreth rummaging through the cabinets on the other side, all gathered in the quiet room to Will's ears.

'Tick ......' Wiel opened his eyes and looked in the direction the voice was coming from.

It was deep in the attic.

Crunchy.

Half-crouched forward, Wille walked to the inside of the attic, where a small Tianzi window was blocked by several large baskets, and Wille removed the debris, which contained the shriveled remains of unknown food.

Underneath a few thatched cloth bags, there was a faint ticking sound.

Wiel opened the bag and found that at the bottom, there was a metal object.

It was a pocket watch.

"Mechanical vintage pocket watches?" Ver was overjoyed and took it from the ground.

"Rustle!" With a bang, a dark shadow flashed from under the pocket watch and out of the window.

Vere's hand shook and he almost threw his pocket watch out, "What's that?" Before he had time to look at his pocket watch, Wille hurried two steps forward and came near the window.

It turned out that before I knew it, the sun was about to set.

The sun cast a cyan glow, and the window was sealed, so Vere had to wipe off the thick layer of ash from the window and look out.

A well, in the eyes of Will.

"Well? Well? A dark shadow flashed above the window, "What's that?" Wiel tilted his head sideways and looked up, but there was nothing.

There was no movement from the roof.

"Alas~ weird, am I dazzled?" Wille retreated to the edge of the partition and looked at the pocket watch in his hand.

The ticking is loud, it's time to get oiled. "It's in good condition, it seems to be still usable."

With a click, the metal chain was pushed to the side, and Vere found the button and pressed it, opening the lid of the pocket watch.

There are no scales, only two hands, one stubby and one slender.

The long hand was constantly walking, and Wille counted it silently, and in about two seconds, the hand would move.

As for the other, it points to the opposite side of the pocket watch chain.

Wiel looked outside, "Evening ......"

Boom! Crunch~ I looked around with a torch again, but there was nothing. Veil jumped off the partition.

It landed on the sturdy-looking table, only to hear a click, the legs snapped, and the thick board slammed to the floor.

Prepared for this, Wille trotted a few steps and fell from the table to the ground.

The sound came out very suddenly, so that Bo Ruisi, who was rummaging through the cabinets on the opposite side, stopped the movements in his hands.

"Vere?! Did something happen? Boreth was not at ease and ran downstairs.

When he came to the door, he saw Weir coming out of the doorway, onto the main street, which was sloping downward.

"Nothing...... I accidentally knocked over the table. Ver came out, and saw Boreth open the half-closed door, and knew that he might have made too much noise.

Patting the dirt on his body, Weir was about to wipe his pocket watch clean, but suddenly noticed that Boris on the other side seemed to open his mouth, looking above behind him.

Forgive!

Wiel's hair stood on end, and he turned sharply, and in the afterglow he saw a spider pounced on him!

When Boreth went out and saw Vere, he found that he was fine, as if he was going back to continue looking, but when he wanted to turn back, he found that on the roof behind Vere, a dark shadow had crawled out from behind the roof!

"Eh!" Before he could speak, the shadow struck at Will.

At that moment, time seemed to stand still.

The hair on the spider's body was clearly visible in the remnant sun, and the sharp feet and limbs pierced towards Veel's head, and the open mouth looked weird and disgusting.

But Vere's attention was drawn to the spider's eyes.

It's not like the ferocity, killing seen before.

Only hollow, godless, like this spider - just a corpse.

Before he had time to think about it, his toes had already come to a place less than a meter in front of Will.

"Alas~ so slow......" Weier was slightly stunned, and then dodged and retreated to the side.

Wiel didn't notice that the thin needle of his pocket watch in his hand only moved forward.

Burst! The spider stuck to the ground, like a marionette, twisting its limbs strangely, and wanted to stand up and continue attacking.

This is, a white light hit the spider's body, and a trace of black smoke came out of the spider's body, and then the spider scattered into a lot of pieces, and at the same time, a foul smell of rotten flesh came out of the pieces.

"What the hell is this?" Vere stood beside the shards.

"Are you alright, Wiel?" Boris ran out, and Ollie appeared in the doorway. "How did you just dodge?"

Originally, Boreth thought that Ver was going to be finished, but in the blink of an eye, Ver magically stood in the blind spot of the spider and dodged the originally fatal blow.

"I don't know, I just thought it was moving so slowly...... I'm fine, did you see it just now? Vere pointed to the debris on the ground.

"What? I was patronizing to see you just now, and I didn't pay attention. Boris looked at the debris on the ground and couldn't help but cover his nose, "It stinks!" ”

"This spider is long dead, and when you attacked it, a black shadow ran out of its body." Vere fanned and motioned for Borreth to walk into the room.

"Dark Shadow?" Bo Ruisi asked curiously. She didn't see any darkness.

"Hmm...... Is that so? Is it really me who is dazzled. Weir rubbed his chin with his hand.

"Did you find anything?"

"This house is full of good cloth for making sails! Ollie~" Ollie stood beside the two of them, his big tail flicking around.

"We just have a bunch of rotten clothes here. What about you? ”

"Me? Nothing, only a pocket watch was found. As he spoke, Vere handed Boris the cleaned pocket watch, "No, this is it." ”

"Pocket watch......" Boris looked at the sky, "this time, it shouldn't be so dark." ”

"Haha...... Boris, I don't know how many years this watch has been gone, but it's good that it can still move. Weir laughed, "The time above is not to be believed." ”

"Didn't you adjust the time?" Boris looked at Ver suspiciously.

"Adjusting the time? What do you mean? ”

Boris suddenly said, "Oh, I think of course. ”

As he spoke, Boris held the pocket watch in his hand and pointed it at the sky, his hand emitting a white glow.

"It turns out that this watch is also magical!" Watching Borris's movements, Ver unconsciously thought of the automatic update time.

"That's how it was used, teach me quickly, how do you look at this thing, it's connected to ...... Wow! This is? ”

As he spoke, the two looked at the pocket watch together.

On the dial of the pocket watch, it is no longer one piece, but presents three colors, divided into four pieces, golden, red and black.

"It's a light pocket watch, and the gold on it represents the sunny moment, and the red is about to fall into the night or the dawn."

"Black is night...... That's ...... now Evening? When Wiel looked closer, he saw that the needle was pointing in red

"Yes, and as the seasons change, just by injecting magic into the sky, you can change the size of the four areas, you see, right now, the four areas are the same size, and it is harvest time."

"Harvest time?"

"Yes, the red zone is the most in the newborn season, the golden day is the most in the fiery season, and now the harvest season and the cold season when the black is the most."

"Uh-huh~Husband~ Boris is right! Whoop ~ If you are at sea, Woo ~ , there will be heavy rain and storms in the newborn season, don't stand on the deck in the hot season, and there will be hail in the cold season! Whew~" Ollie said seriously.

"I see...... Four seasons? Borris, is this time accurate? Will looked at his pocket watch and frowned.

"Hmm...... You can see that it's almost impossible to see without torches, but the pocket watch is still ...... in the evening," Boris said.

"Indeed, this time should not be so dark." Wiel looked behind the house he was exploring. "Maybe it's not that I'm dazzled, there might really be something here."

"At the back of the house?"

Vere nodded, "The shadows have all fled in that direction. ”

The two looked at each other and decided to go over and have a look.

It was getting darker, and Boristo raised a ball of light, and Ver made another torch for Ollie.

The three of them walked along the gap between the stone house and the stone house towards the back of the house.

A well, just as Veil had seen, appeared in front of the group.

"There's a road behind the well, Wiel." Boris walked in that direction and looked at it. "A road with cliffs on both sides...... It seems to lead to the sea, huh...... It's a little far, but it's ...... There seems to be a building at the end. ”

Vere squeaked, and Boris turned back to see Vere walking towards the well, and Ollie standing with a torch in his hand.

"There's something here that makes me feel uncomfortable! Whew~"

It was pitch black in the well, and Wille was about to put his head up into the well, and the torch in his hand poked into the well.

The flame was extinguished with a pop.

Surprised! Ver saw a hand of black shadows come out of the well, grasp the flames, and die with the flames!

"Whew~!" Ollie was startled, and the torch fell to the ground and squatted and shivered, covering his face with both ears.

"What was that?!" A white light flew over the well, and Boris withdrew his hand and ran towards Vere.

"Shadow?!" Absolutely, that thing is the dark shadow of the famine.

Will was shocked.

"Shadows?" Boris was on guard, his hand condensed with light, and he listened to Wiel's answer as he walked towards the well.

Before Boris could get closer, a sharp, hoarse laugh was heard coming from the well.

"Shh

Immediately after, a large black mouth burst out of the well, and Boris's light struck it at once.

The big mouth turned into a gust of wind, and with a swish, it scattered and drifted towards the road behind Boris, and flew towards the building in the distance.

"Don't run!" Boris quickly turned and chased after the shadow.

Vere looked at Ollie, who was still squatting there, gritted his teeth, and patted Ollie's head, "Follow!" Or you're alone! ”

Then he chased after Boris.

Ollie froze, and found that both of them had run away.

"Whew~ Don't leave Ollie! Whew~" and then sped up to follow.