8- The aftermath of the catastrophe

A thick cloud of smoke rose from the shore, and thin black smoke rose into the sky.

The distress signal has been like this for several days now. For the rest of his life, Weir in Shekou has not left the beach for several days.

God knows if there will be some poisonous beast all of a sudden?

In his dreams, Veil would always dream of a snake, which was very large, like an evil dragon. Wrapped around Veel's body, Veel couldn't move. He wanted to run, he wanted to struggle, but he couldn't move. A pair of scarlet snake eyes stared at him like that. Makes him creepy.

The two halves of the letter spit out and retracted, slowly licking towards him with a cold feeling.

Will tilted his head back, and the snake drew closer. Veel could even clearly smell the stench in the snake's mouth.

Suddenly. The serpent opened its mouth wide and bared its sharp fangs, and bit down at Vere......

Veil's bags under her eyes were dark and she wasn't getting enough sleep. For the last few days, he has been waking up in his dreams every night. Once, because I got up too hard, I hit my head. In the dark, in a small space. Ver clutched his hand over the place where his head had been hit. Eyes fixed on the darkness. Not a word.

......," said Will, throwing another handful of thatch into the fire. ……”

Call~

“…… Why can't you make something of the first level? Is even gold mining an illusion? ”

Lift the arm that is fastened with a plank and wrapped in rope. Ver looked at the fire, his eyes following the smoke, and looking at the sky.

The sky was still blue, and the clouds were blowing. Occasionally, a few seabirds are chasing and playing. But Ver couldn't tell if it was an illusion or if it was real...... The fog would loom in Will's eyes.

"Crackle, crackle" The wood in the flames made a cracking sound. Everything around seems real and unreal.

“……”

Wiel's mouth opened, but he was silent. Every day, the stone platform can be filled with pure water, so that Veer can replenish the water.

With each drink, Veel feels the fatigue of his body be swept away.

Behind him, there was a campfire surrounded by stones, on which a stone slab was erected. Conchs, scallops, piled up on the sand around the stone slabs. The flames under the slate were about to be extinguished.

In the distance, the sound of sizzling waves can be heard. The sea water is constantly pounding against the reef below the cliffs.

A little further from the shore, a raft, strangely parked there.

When Wiel came to the beach, he squinted as the sea breeze blew.

Squat down slowly, with your right hand on the ground first, supporting your body, and then slowly sit down.

Curl up your legs, rest your hands on your calves, and gaze out on the coastline in the distance. He wished that a ship would pass through here, no matter who it was, "come and save me......

Time passed slowly, and the sun in the sky was slowly moving towards the shoreline. The golden sunlight slowly became bright.

"......" Will still didn't say a word, and he sighed. Today, no one will come.

The wind is getting cold. Man, curled up, head deep into his knees. When I closed my eyes, it was pitch black.

"Are you still waiting?" Veel thought. "No one is coming, is it...... After all, it's all fog all around...... No one is coming......"

The sea breeze was blowing again, and Wille felt a little cold. "It's time to go back......"

Wiel looked up at the dark sea. Veel's feet were numb, and he got up and walked a few steps, and then fell to the ground.

Biting his lip. Vere stood up again.

"Whew~" Suddenly, there was a howl from behind. Ver shuddered, and then fell to the ground.

Looking behind him in a panic, there was nothing. The screams came from the trees above the broken wall.

But Wille felt like there was everything behind him. Gritting his teeth deeply, Veel's throat twitched up and down.

At night, it was quiet, so quiet that you could hear the insects chirping. It was quiet enough to hear Wille's speeding heartbeat.

What does it feel like to live the rest of your life after the catastrophe?

Ver smashed the serpent's head, but could not lift it up to the sky and roar. I can only leave in embarrassment. Drinking the antidote, he saved himself. But I can't laugh out loud. can only lick his wounds in the rudimentary stone cave like an old wolf in a pack.

He was scared, but what could he do? If there is no coral that suddenly falls, if you don't jump down decisively to get the seaweed.

The arm was torn and the body was sore. If it hurts the artery, if it hurts the snake, it will be a little more venomous.

Vere didn't dare to think about it.

But even in his dreams, nightmarish dreams, he continued to stimulate Will, causing him to wake up violently in the night.

Vere had to think about it.

The bloodshot eyes approached the pupils, and the eyes revealed exhaustion and the anger of being cornered. It's just that deep in the pupils, there is only confusion and fear.

The joy of the aftermath of the catastrophe is often a skin to hide fear. The tense body gradually subsided, and Weir fell to the sand in a decadent manner.

"Who's going to talk to me, who's going to listen to me."

Little people, in this world, seem so small and humble...... Lonely.

"What's wrong with me?" Weel wept bitterly.

After crying for a while, Ver stood up, feeling that everything around him was hazy, and he didn't know if it was tears or the restless water that had blurred his vision.

Walking towards the cave where he was hiding, at a certain angle, Ver suddenly noticed a slight difference. Under the moonlight, Weir found that in one part of the cliff, the moonlight illuminated a stone...... "Wait, why is the stone bright?" ”

With reddened eyes, Wille walked in that direction...... Vere came to the stone and found that it was no ordinary stone. It's a huge black crystal-like stone. In the moonlight, Weir noticed that behind the stone, there seemed to be an extremely steep staircase going up!

Ver quickly lay down on the stone, and kept hitting the stone in front of him. "It's a place to go up...... I can go up! Then he shuddered, and remembered the howl of the wolf he had just heard...... I couldn't help but smile bitterly. "Looks like I've lost my mind...... If you go up directly on a night like this......"

He thought of the straw hat in his famine system......

-Dividing Line-

Somewhere in the woods.

"Darkness is coming...... Continent...... Separation, magic fades...... Gradually, the seeds of light remained...... Leader...... Intruder, Waves...... Finally hidden, will perish"

A blue-and-white glow flickered through the woods, and a hazy whisper sounded. Pouring out a mysterious prophecy.

The moonlight was gone, and the light was gone.

-Partition-

"Yes! Person! At! Why! ”

Wiel stood on the beach's shore. "Come on! Help me! No one can see such a big smoke?! Anyone! Someone! Weir shouted and jumped beside the black smoke.

"There's someone here! Someone here is crying out for help! Feed! ~Feed! ~Someone! Please. Someone's coming. ”

Vere cried out tired. "It looks like there's no hope." Weir grinned helplessly. "There are three suns in the sky, so what's impossible? This is the Otherworld! Recognize this fact, Will! ”

The leaf bag was filled with some toasted coconut, coconut shell water and gold. A few tools are available. The weather was sunny and sunny. Back to shore. Putting on his straw hat, Wille suddenly felt that the sun was less intense. The mood is also a lot lighter.

"Now it seems, what have I been doing these days? Frustration, fear, all the grass? Will shook his fist twice. It's just a desert island, I have a famine system, isn't it easy to build a family and develop it?! ”

"As long as I have enough supplies, I don't want to wait as long as I want!" Weir's tone paused. "No, if I can, I must go back as soon as possible!"

A humble dwelling, with a scruffy beard and stubble straw sandals...... Although Vere regained some courage, the surrounding environment and the hope of returning home made Vere anxious. "Damn! Why me! ”。

"But...... Why can't I make a first-class thing? Weier frowned and thought seriously, "I've always been very concerned, where is my scientific machine?" I can't find it in my consciousness. ”

Vere came to the place where the materials were stacked. "Science machines! Hmm, there was no response. ”

Veil still hadn't figured out why he couldn't make anything of the first level, even though he had the materials. "Why do I make planks and ropes to make splints...... Why can't you suddenly do other first-class technologies? ……”

Suddenly, rummaging through something, Wiel noticed the glass bottle stuffed with a sock. There was a faint call in his heart for Ver to pick it up.

Wiel picked up the bottle and pulled the stopper (sock) with his hand. Pour out the paper of unknown material of the "ghost drawing" inside.

"I still can't understand it, what's so rare...... This! The piece of paper was in Will's hand, and although he didn't see it, Wille's back suddenly lit up, and at the same time, the piece of paper suddenly flashed brightly as if it had been summoned.

A cloud of light and shadow flew in front of Wille with scattered confetti. Without a mirror, Vere would not have noticed the lines on his back. Even if he did, Vere wouldn't have noticed. The whole texture has become gray and transparent, hidden under the skin. It's not like the light of a starry light when it's just formed.

"Who are you?" Will watched as the light in front of him transformed into the shape of a face. Pieces of paper gather on the facial features.

"Whoever it is...... ...... you saw it, please come to ...... Ruins, I must have failed to stop them...... Found it...... Sacred tree, with ta (listen to the sound who knows which ta), to the top of the mountain magic...... Spell...... Walk.. ”

The light flickered, turning into a wisp of green smoke, and no trace was gone. Weir looked surprised at first, then bewildered.

"Big brother, big brother! You leave a complete message, stumble, and add broken sentences. What the hell is shengshu? You tell me clearly, there are still ruins here, right?! What has failed, what are you going to stop? Is the magic in the mountains used to run? Did you know you wouldn't succeed? Is there still magic on the mountain? Is this really a wizarding world? Hey, hey, don't you scatter, hey! ”

Vere came back from the excitement of talking to someone. I didn't realize that the voice just now was a bit like my own.

Suddenly, I remembered the sensitive words just now. "Magic Circle! There's a magic circle here! ”

If what was in front of him didn't make Ver accept that it was a magical world, then his nerves would be worth studying and healing.

"It looks like I'm going to go inside the island," he said, looking at the mountains in the distance. "Magic...... This island looks more mysterious than you imagined. Anyway, why didn't this letter trigger when I first read it? Does it have anything to do with magic? No, I don't have anything to do with magic?! "I didn't notice that the lines on my back lit up and disappeared.