"Hey! Barbers! You're lazy here again, damn it, do you really want to kill the whole town? ”

On the high parapet wall, the brown-haired middle-aged man holding the torch moved the fire in his hand forward, trying to use the light and temperature of the flame to wake up the bloated man who was leaning against the stone wall and drowsy. This is the twentieth person he's caught after a patrol tonight, and all twenty of them have one thing in common, and that's the smell of alcohol.

Dahan slowly woke up from sleep, scratched his thick neck itched with sweat with his hand, and said lazily: "Owl, do you think everyone is like you?" Rest assured, as long as this wall does not fall, nothing can threaten our town. What's more, we lit such a fire all night, and those low-level demonic beasts couldn't overcome their instinctive fears at all. ”

"If it was a low-level demonic beast, our guards wouldn't have made such a big move. It is precisely because we suspect that it is not only low-level demonic beasts that have been active recently, that we will especially tighten the guards at night. The middle-aged man, known as the owl, said with his hand blocking the smell of alcohol in the air, and although he knew that nothing would be effective in the face of a fearless drunk, he still took the trouble to explain. One night of patrolling, he wanted to make everyone nervous, so that everyone could understand as well as he did, that Fenglu Town was surrounded by an invisible threat at this time.

"What exactly are you worried about?" The drunk, who had been disturbed by his dreams, couldn't help but be a little annoyed when he found it difficult to fall asleep, and he asked bluntly.

"Don't you know that a lot of convoys around you have been attacked at night lately? So much so that now as soon as it gets dark, all the inns will be filled with convoy people. The brown-haired "owl" replied. However, he could see that the other party, like the nineteen people before, was dismissive of such an explanation.

"That's it?"

The nineteenth time he heard such a rhetorical question, the owl also replied for the nineteenth time: "Those merchants say that they see monsters that can swallow life!" Their interest in people far outweighed the car's belongings, which were left untouched in the wilderness, as the search team had seen. ”

"Just because of a few words from the mouths of those merchants, you are nervous like this?" The bloated man Barbers shook his head with sarcasm, "They've never been like that, suspicious, haven't they?" Standing guard like this overnight is just for those thieves and rats who are full of lies? Even if what they say is true, how could such a beast be stupid enough to attack a lone person in the wild? ”

The argument between the two of them grew louder and louder, attracting the attention of the other guards who were also standing guard around them. Although they hadn't listened to the whole conversation, the rest of the conversation alone gave them a rough idea of what the subject of the argument was, as it was one of the most talked about topics in town.

"Barbers, you drunkard, you've been caught lazy again, haven't you? Ha ha! ”

However, the people present were all comrades in the town's guard, and they were all very close, so someone soon intervened.

"I'll bet ten silver coins, and if no one comes to wake him, he'll be able to stand there and sleep until tomorrow morning!"

In the eyes of these comrades-in-arms, such a quarrel is not a serious conflict, but can become a talking point for their amusement. In the midst of such laughter, the two who were arguing just now were gradually extinguished.

After a while of talking and laughing, everyone was in good spirits. In any case, the owl knew that his patrol mission was almost complete, and he was about to say hello and leave, when he heard someone say to Bables:

"Wine pumpkin, to be honest, you really have to be vigilant, otherwise you might really get into trouble."

Such words made the middle-aged man stop and listen silently.

"Something? Was it eaten raw with clothes attached? Barbers's answer was still a bit harsh.

The admonition was given by a guard armed with a spear who had just been attracted by the laughter. Although he was just an ordinary militiaman, like everyone else present, because of his outstanding performance in his usual training, his words of this man known as the "soldier leader" often carried more weight in the hearts of everyone. At this time, he grabbed Babers's shoulder with one hand, turned around, pointed to the street of the windy dew town, and said, "Open your eyes and take a closer look." ”

"Look at what? Soldier Boss? Many people around also turned to look, but they didn't see anything of note.

"Can't you see this? If you can't see it, listen with your ears," paused, and the soldier leader didn't plan to beat around the bush anymore, and said bluntly: "Look at the stray dogs and cats in the streets and alleys, do you see?" ”

"Well, see, what's so noteworthy about that?" Babes looked up in confusion and looked up at the soldier beside him and asked.

"Don't you think, there have been a lot more stray dogs and cats recently?"

"That's true," Babers nodded, but quickly sneered, "Could it be that you mean, these stray dogs and cats are those potential threats?" Did they move the caravan and eat them to nothing? ”

The cynicism did not pray at all to the soldier leader, but instead he looked at the rhetorical "wine pumpkin" with a disdainful gaze. He explained in a charity tone: "Okay, okay, in order to avoid you being embarrassed again, I'd better make it clear." This is Fenglu Town, how can there be so many live stray dogs and cats? ”

He slapped Babers' fleshy face: "Normally, these cats and dogs will never be able to walk in the streets so comfortably. It's a town on the main road to the Arch of the Seven Gods, and there are countless merchants coming and going, so every day a new loser and unlucky person joins the ranks of the homeless. What do these penniless homeless people like the most? Isn't that all this free cat and dog meat? ”

As soon as he said this, the people around him suddenly came to their senses. "That's right! That's true! In the past, these cats and dogs were basically rare at night. Basically, as soon as you show your head, you will be caught by homeless people and eaten. ”

"Those hungry guys eat everything, what are cats and dogs? I've seen them roast rats with my own eyes! It's just a whole living one! ”

Soon, there was a lot of talking.

The soldier leader brought the topic back to the topic: "Push it back, there are so many stray cats and dogs, then there is only one other person who does not exist." ”

"You mean...... There are a lot fewer homeless people in town?! At this time, the militia can be regarded as seeing the point behind this matter. The inexplicable disappearance of a human being can make people feel chills at any given time.

"There's no way a good Samaritan could have given these guys enough money to get them out of trouble, right?" The soldier leader asked with a smile. In the old days, the biggest security problem that could have arisen in the town was these troublesome homeless people, who had nothing to do, to do something terrible. Now that I think about it, it is true that in the near future, there will be no more trillary things like homeless robbery.

"It seems that this is really the case, and the owner of the Tavern seems to have mentioned it to me. He often gave some leftover food such as stews to the homeless, and every time he used to distribute food, there would be quite a few homeless people scrambling there, but it seems that there is no more recently. ”

"...... right"

After being singled out in such details, everyone began to realize that such a strange event was indeed happening around them.

And the head of the soldiers added another handful of wood to the emotions in everyone's hearts at this time: "So what? Combined with what Kanter just said about the caravan, I don't think these two events are just two unrelated things that happened to happen at the same time. ”

At this time, I think back to what the owl Kanter just said, those man-eating monsters...... Everyone only felt a chill rise from their hearts - perhaps, those man-eating monsters had come to their side!

"That'...... So how did they sneak into the town without us noticing? When the ignorant learns the truth, he no longer has the capital of fearlessness, and Babers is a little disadvantageous when he speaks.

"I don't know," said the soldier, ruffling the long hair from his head and tying them back with a black hair rope. "Maybe as you just said, they just disguise themselves as ordinary stray dogs and stray cats to sneak in, when people are not looking...... The prototype was revealed and ate them! ”

A bluff made the surrounding militia suddenly quiet down, quietly looking at the cats and dogs on the streets. At this time, they looked so suspicious, and there seemed to be a conspiracy hidden under each pair of glowing green eyes......

"Wang! Barking! ”

The sudden barking of dogs startled many soldiers with trembling bodies. When everyone looked back, they saw that it was a black dog outside the town barking at the parapet. The militiamen, who were a little flustered by what they had just said, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw such a dog that suddenly appeared again.

"Soldier Chief, should we ......?"

"Wait!" The leader of the soldiers stopped the archer who was about to draw his bow and arrows. Sure enough, after the black dog, three more figures walked into their field of vision......

At first, looking at the burning town, Yu Yi thought that it had suffered some misfortune, at least a looting or something. As he got closer, he realized that the fires were just fires that had been lit around the town for guarding.

That would be fine, at least they had finally found a place to rest and not make it until dawn. It's just that this kind of fire makes him can't help but think of the scene of Wildfire City when facing the beast tide. Since this town must be defending something with such a move, it is still uncertain whether they can pass through the closed iron gate.

At this time, the black dog seemed to be more eager than they were to find a comfortable resting environment for their master, and ran under the gate first and barked at the guards above the parapet. Such a move, normally, is only the end of being shot.

But fortunately, the Yi and the others followed it in time, and the guards on the high wall put down their bows and arrows.

"Who are you?"

A guard on the wall asked first.

"We're just passing explorers, can we open the town gate and let us in to rest? We're really tired," Yu Yi naturally knew that it would never be easy to open the gates of the town at night, so he added: "If we can, we are willing to pay a little more to enter the city." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow feather landed on the ground a few meters in front of him. I think this was originally an arrow used as a deterrent, but because the accuracy is too bad, it looks a little funny.

But the people at the town gate still spoke: "Normally, our town does not close the town gate all night, but now is a special period, if you want to enter the town, just wait for tomorrow morning!" But if you want to use your dirty money to break through the town gates...... Then don't blame us for greeting you with unfriendly arrows. ”

"Uncle, are you still so high? Phew! After eating, Yu Yi said unhappily in a voice that only three people could hear.

However, the silver sail girl beside her unhurriedly took out a badge from the small bag on her waist. She held her badge aloof and shouted at the people at the town gate, "The Magic Society has asked to enter the town." ”

The emblem glowed brightly in the night, bursting with elements of ice and fire lining up in the air to form a more visible logo of the Magical Society. After a few moments, the gate that had just been closed began to slowly rise, and one of the inner gates was also opened.

"I'll go! So much worse treatment? Is the Magic Guild so good? A group of calves who can't get it with money can actually do it with a badge? Yu Yi looked at Ying in surprise.

She glanced at him lightly, put away her badge and walked forward: "Prepare to enter the town, I hope there are still rooms in the hotel." ”

"Won't you explain it to your deed?" Yu Yi carried Pearl on his back and chased after Bai Siling.

The gates of the town were open, and inside, a militiaman was already waiting there. When he saw the queen, he immediately saluted slightly: "Hello, Master Mage, militia Kante, I am happy to serve you." ”

"Take us to the inn in town, we're tired."

"Yes." The militia simply agreed. "There are quite a few inns in the town, but recently the caravan has survived as soon as it arrives at night, and I don't know if there will be any rooms left at this time." Walking on the empty streets, the militia explained.

"What's going on in this town? How does it feel weird? Yu Yi asked.

The militiaman glanced at the black-haired young man in disarray, and finally replied, "It all started one night a week ago," and the owl was about to begin his recounting, when he saw several white cats lined up on the side of the road staring at him with green eyes. Thinking of Kante's words, he swallowed his saliva before continuing: "There is a caravan from the Arch of the Seven Gods......"