Zhou Lie, who is almost omnipotent in various fields, finally encountered obstacles in fishing, obviously in the same posture as the old man on the side, and the distance of the mountain house throwing rod is almost the same, only the direction is different, but the old man has already caught two fish, and Zhou Lie's float here has not moved at all, and he stays quietly in place.

"Haha, there are very few fish in that area where you are fishing. The old man laughed.

"It's obviously in the same palm-sized lake, what's the difference, not to mention that I am not far from you. Zhou Lie felt strange when he heard the old man say this.

"This lake, with this stone monument around me as the boundary, there are many fish in this area in the west, but there are very few in the east, almost none, I don't believe you come to my side to try. ”

Zhou Lie listened to the old man's words, and only then did he notice that there was a slender stone bar pestled by the lake, with intricate patterns carved on it, and he didn't know what the meaning was.

"Okay, I'll try. ”

Although he didn't believe what the old man said, Zhou Lie still moved his position, came to the side of the old man's fishing, and threw the hook far away, away from the old man's hook.

After a short wait, Zhou Lie's fishing rod was vigorously pulled.

It's really the same as this old man said!

A lively black fish was pulled ashore by Zhou Lie, and no technique was used, Zhou Lie only pulled the rod violently at the moment when the fishing rod was pulled, and it was a shame that the fishing line was not broken, and this fat black fish drew a perfect curve in the air and fell into Zhou Lie's hands.

"I didn't expect to move so many meters to catch a fish, is it really like what the old man said, half of this fish pond is without fish?" Zhou Lie said with surprise in his tone.

"When I used to fish here, there was no such thing, but in recent years, it has been like this, and I have been fishing here for a long time before I determined this range. ”

It turned out that the origin of this stone bar was like this, and the old man probably came here to fish every day out of his own hobby, and after discovering the strangeness of this lake, he discovered the law on his own.

"Then do you know why this is happening?" Zhou Lie asked curiously.

"Haha, I just did it to find a comfortable fishing environment for myself, and as for why it is like this, it doesn't matter what the reason is as long as it doesn't interfere with my fishing. The old man said with a smile.

"That's just as well. ”

The fish caught by Zhou Lie were all loaded into the old man's fish basket, and the old man would always put all the small fish he caught back into the lake, and these small fish were basically put back by the old man back to the east of the stone.

As soon as the little fish that had returned to nature fell into the water, they twisted their tails happily, shook them from side to side a few times, and then swam towards the west of the stone bar, and so on several in a row.

"It's weird. ”

"It's not just the small fish, but the big fish too, as if they're all afraid of this half of the lake. ”

It is said that animals will feel the threat to themselves and stay away from those threats, just as no other herbivore will dare to approach the lair of a beast, and no monster will dare to enter alone around the town of a human being.

Just like at this moment, Zhou Lie also sensed that there was a person with a powerful aura behind him who was rapidly approaching.

Steady footsteps, even breathing, steady pace, all these small movements told Zhou Lie that this person who suddenly appeared was a master, and behind this master, there was a person with a slightly chaotic breath and a fairly stable pace, and it seemed that he had also exercised.

"Ah, why are you here? There is grass everywhere, and there are a lot of bugs, which are the natural enemies of women's skin, can you consider me? It was a woman's grumbling.

"I didn't ask you to come with me in the first place, you had to come with you. The man's voice had no emotional fluctuations, and came out faintly.

"That's not going to work, it's my job to spy on you, Arthur, and although you're a witcher now, don't forget your current duty. ”

Zhou Lie looked back, a man with a giant scythe on his back, wearing a dark brown army uniform, appeared, and was slowly walking towards the lake, his waist was straight, like an ancient spear, straighter than the sickle behind him, every step he took spanned a lot, one moment it was still relatively far away, and the next moment it came to Zhou Lie and the two of them.

Behind this tall man, a woman in a military uniform of similar style, in order to keep up with the man's pace, trotted all the way, did not notice that the other party suddenly stopped, directly hit the other party's solid back, snapped and fell to the ground, rubbed her nose, and blamed coquettishly.

The man known as Arthur turned to pick the woman up and said, "Vivien, you should know that it's useless for you to follow. When it's time for danger, it just drags me back. ”

"Arthur, although I am not as strong as you, it is still possible to protect myself, you must know that only Admiral Griffin has defeated me in the barracks. "The woman is colorful.

"Hmph. The man smiled contemptuously, then turned his head and continued to walk towards the lake, checked the soil by the lake, and tasted the taste of the lake water, before turning his head to look at Zhou Lie and the two, and after pausing on Zhou Lie's face for a while, he looked at the old man.

"Are you from this town?"

The old man nodded.

"May I ask the old gentleman if there is something strange going on in this lake?"

"It's strange to say that in the summer the lake glows with green fires, but the next day during the day there is no trace of anything, and for the past two years, the fish in the lake have gathered on the east side of the stone bar, and even if they put the fish they catch in the west, they will swim back to the east. The old man said, pointing to the stones and fish baskets by the lake.

"Haven't there been any cases where people have gone missing at the lake, or cattle and sheep have gone missing at the lake?"

"Old man, I've been fishing in the lake for more than ten years, and I've never encountered anything like this. ”

It seemed that he was satisfied with the answer given by the old man, although there was a little surprised look on his face, the tall man nodded, and said to the woman in military uniform who followed behind, "It should be here, and the rest will be left to you." Then he said to the old man and Zhou Lie again, "Don't come here to fish these days, there will be danger." ”

"What are you going to do?" asked the old man suspiciously, and from the conversation just now, and the clothes of the two men, his intuition told the old man that there would be a conflict here.

Vivien and Arthur looked at each other, then nodded, Arthur thought for a moment, seemed to be considering the words, and then explained, "I am a witcher, there are monsters in this lake that I track, and the army will cooperate with me in the crusade against each other in the next few days, so don't come here again for your safety." ”

"Warcraft?" Zhou Lie's eyes lit up.

Arthur glanced at Zhou Lie, saw the other party's expression, frowned, shook his head and said, "It's not a monster, it's a very dangerous monster, we need some time to deal with it, I advise you not to have any curious thoughts, otherwise something happens, and no one will come to save you." ”

Zhou Lie, who had seen through his thoughts, shrugged.

When the old man heard the news, he frowned and looked worried, then sighed, put away the fishing rod, and left the lake with the basket.

After the old man left, Zhou Lie also left the lake, since the other party was a soldier on the imperial side, it was better for him to deal less with the other party, but he was curious about what the other party was doing, but he hid in the blind corner of their vision, ready to eavesdrop on their conversation.

After the two left, Arthur and Vivien were still at the lake, one looking at the lake and not knowing what they were thinking, and the other folding reeds around the perimeter and paddling on the water.

"It seems that there have been no casualties in the past few years, maybe there will be salvation?" Vivien folded a reed and paddled around the lake, as if writing.

"This time has reached the limit, and when he decided to enter the lake, it was already proven that his time was up. Arthur said in a deep voice, "You know very well that this kind of thing can only be handled according to the worst-case scenario, and when I decided to take on this responsibility, I had already thought of the current situation. ”

"Even in the end, you're going to end up like this?"

"I volunteered then, and I still do, and when I accept this responsibility, you must know that the past honors have nothing to do with us, and there is no other way to do it than to seal it up. Arthur said lightly.

"But you were originally heroes, without you we don't know how long we would have been dragged by the Holy Blessing Army, and the Western Continent would not have been unified so quickly. Vivien's tone was agitated.

"Because in times of peace, there is no need for weapons, we are not heroes, just deformed weapons. Arthur took the huge scythe behind him, and with a relaxed look, slashed at the lake.

The scythe didn't touch the water, as if it had swung into the air, and the top-down slash slashed directly to the ground, making a violent sound, and an invisible blade of air flew out of the slash, slicing through the water as if it were substance, causing a high splash until it disappeared in the center of the lake.

It would not be easy for even a magician to unleash such a wind blade, but this man could make such a noise with just a swing of his scythe.

Drops of water rained down, wetting Arthur and Vivien.

"Do you think that's human power?" Arthur put away his scythe and walked away.

Vivien's eyes darkened as she looked at the few dead fish floating on the surface of the lake, but the depressed mood did not linger long in the woman, and she immediately dissipated, still trotting to keep up with Arthur's pace as she had done at the beginning.

"But you are more like a human than any human in my eyes, and you have more noble qualities than any knight. Vivien shouted behind Arthur, "Your enemies have always been you!"

Arthur paused slightly, tilted his head imperceptibly, and then walked forward at the same pace as before.

Zhou Lie, who was hiding on the side, looked at the imprint left by the sickle by the lake, shook his head and sighed.

This is already close to the strength of the grandmaster.

Towards dusk, a detachment of troops in armor and uniforms completely different from ordinary soldiers appeared in the town of Rhine, and they quickly imposed martial law around the lake, and the residents of the surrounding farms and mills were dispersed and resettled in the town, and all the residents and travelers were warned not to approach the lake during this time, but the exact reason was not revealed in the slightest.

And in the middle of the night, everyone had already fallen asleep, and the roar of shaking the mountains woke up the whole town.