Brando, however, smiled slightly, having already got the answer he wanted, and looked behind him, just in time to meet the gaze of Nimesis lying in that direction, who had a sharp gaze like a knife, and nodded lightly at him.

At this moment, the sunset had begun to sink westward into the Empire's inland sea, and in the last moments before sunset, the surface of the sea in the far west burned and became a single piece of pure gold, but as the last ray of light also sank below the sea level, the golden waters were rapidly dissipating, leaving only a dark red color, like a gradually cooling casting. From west to east, the town of Greystone is surrounded by rolling hills, and on a cloudless clear day, the view is extremely open in the sky - especially the east-west Anzeruta Mountains in the distance and the endless plains to the east form a magnificent picture, but after twilight, the mountains in the distance seem to be shrouded in a layer of twilight, becoming hazy, like an impressionist oil painting, the edge of heaven and earth is shrouded in a layer of orange halo and clouds, and becomes blurred.

But this qiē eventually fell under the silence of the night.

As the light dimmed, the vision of the creatures accustomed to darkness widened instead, and the harpys hovering over the town seemed to notice something strange in the nearby hills, and they had been hovering over the nearby hills for a long time, croaking and screaming, but before they could attract the attention of the others, a riot seemed to break out in Greystone, and the noise and noise came from several streets, and the noise and noise recaptured the attention of the flat-haired beasts, and they turned around and flew into the town.

In Greystone, the cavemen were hunting down the inhabitants, Imperial soldiers, adventurers, or some other dangerous person who were in hiding, and they were not used to daylight, so the manhunt began in the evening, and soon the city was in chaos.

The second floor of the Bullfrog Inn. The stinking seeker had just left, when a cloak suddenly lifted from the pile of miscellaneous objects, and a small figure emerged from behind like a door in the wall, and at first a pair of dark green eyes like a lake were revealed in the dark room, and the eyes were large and clear inside. It blinked slightly, then let out a look of relief. It was a little girl in a dark green cloak, but the cloak on her body was a little strange—for it was clearly an adult's traveling cloak, and the hem had only been cut so that it would conform to her little figure and not drag to the ground, but the huge hood could not be changed, so that the little girl had to hold on to the brim of the hat from time to time, lest it hang down and obscure her vision, which was very funny.

The light silver ends peeked out from under the huge hood, and the little girl tied her hair into two short double ponytails. Pinned behind her pointed ears, it seemed to be her only identity—normally, such a half-elf with wild elf blood could only be seen in the north of the Knights of Greysius, or even further north in Elranta—and she carried a crossbow almost half as tall as she was, and wore a pair of short leather boots with a feather sticking to the left and right of the boots.

The little girl stood on tiptoe, just as she lowered her chin to the lattice, and looked up at the harpys in mid-air - until they were flying away again. She struggled to climb onto her desk again, then knelt on her desk and pushed open the window. Sneak a peek at the street below.

The cavemen are gone.

She closed the window and replied with some trembling, "Shanny, is it far away?" ”

A small whisper asked curiously, "It seems that this is the case, they didn't even notice us!" ”

A small, triangular head protrudes from beneath a wide hood, and it looks a bit like a dragon that has shrunk thousands of times. Even with the same horns, pointed teeth, and retracted wing membranes, this is not a dragon after all, it is a pseudo-dragon, and Vajnd's account of this strange species is very scarce, and only a few legends and biographies show it. Scholars along the shores of the Abyssal Sea consider them to be the spirits of books and knowledge. It is true that they often keep books with them, but only to satisfy their curiosity about the world, and for the same reason, they go on adventures with mortals everywhere in the world.

"The elves are terrified, this place is not fun at all, these people are bad, they are not friendly to the elves at all!"

"At your own peril, you shouldn't expect them to be nice to you from the moment you break their trebuchets." Shannie replied angrily.

The elf looked a little apprehensive, and defended in a panic: "I, I haven't seen what it is, I just want to touch it!" ”

"Then you don't have to cut that rope either."

"But I think if I cut the rope, something terrible will happen."

Shannie replied angrily, "It did, and then we were wanted!" ”

"We weren't going to hide until then," the elf curled his mouth, "Before I came, Sunni didn't tell the elves that there are these strange things here, didn't you say that this is the land of humans?" ”

"It was before I left last time."

"When was that?"

"About 300 years ago."

"Don't worry about that yet," the elf pulled Shannie off her head and shoved her into her pocket despite the latter's protests, "Did you really see that guy?" ”

"I can see that the scoundrel brought us down from the sky, and I know her even if she turned to ashes," replied Shanny, who managed to escape from the former's clutches, poking her head out of her pocket, "If you hadn't made such a big move, maybe I would have caught up with it." ”

"I'm sorry." The elf replied aggrievedly.

Shannie replied proudly, "Fortunately, Miss Ben was witty and put a magic mark on that guy earlier, as long as she didn't leave the city, I would have a way to find her." She gestured a few times with her paw on the elf: "Let me see, hey, she didn't go far, she was near us!" ”

"There, where is that guy?"

"Lift me up." Shanni commanded.

The elf took her out of her pocket and held her hands to the window, and Shannie glanced at the street scene outside, pointed to one of the rooftops, and said, "Oh, did you see that?" The roof of the house to the east, where she was in the attic—"

The elf leaned on the window and watched for a long time, before it dawned on him, "Oh, I see, she was hiding in that candy shop!" ”

"What candy shop?"

"It's the candy shop we went to that day, the chubby boss. The sign hanging on the door has four strange arrows, have you forgotten? ”

"Oh, I remember," said Shanny, "but it wasn't a candy shop, it was a bakery, and those four strange arrows were the compass, 'Rovis' compass,' you see I remember the name." Oops, oops—it's two streets from here to there. I remember one of the streets having a stinking sentry post. What to do, as soon as you show up, you will definitely be caught by them, and they will definitely prepare a big pot for you, and use the elves to stew the soup, and put salt, onions and carrots in it. ”

"It doesn't matter, if we go that way, they won't find us."

"Which way?"

The elf crawled down from the desk. There was no light in the dark inn, but her turquoise eyes twinkled in the darkness. Unaffected. She opened the door, walked through the hallway, and down the stairs to the first floor, where she entered the kitchen, which had a cellar covered with thick planks. The planks were piled with cabbage and potatoes. "What is this place?" Shanny asked.

"There's a secret passage down here that leads to the candy shop on the other side."

"It's a bakery," Sunny corrected, but she asked, "Why is there a secret passage in the inn that leads to the bakery?" ”

The elf shook his head, "I heard the innkeeper talk to a woman. ”

"Women?"

"A pretty woman, she gave me a candy."

"You mean that you eavesdropped on them. She also gave you a piece of candy? Shanny asked, incredulous.

"No, I'm far away, they think I can't hear it, but the elves hear it clearly."

"Don't you feel a little guilty?"

The elf apparently didn't have anything superfluous, and little by little she pushed the cabbage and potatoes off the plank, and thumped them to the ground, then lifted the plank to reveal a black-hole staircase.

There was indeed a secret passage under the cellar, the entrance hidden behind a row of wine racks, long and dark, and twisting and turning, and I don't know how many turns it had turned, and it was still up and down, and in some places there was water and ticking, but the elf was not at all afraid, and looked around curiously, as if it were an expedition - and indeed it was an adventure.

But no matter how long the passage is, there will eventually be an end, and soon one person and one dragon groped for an iron door, and the iron door was closed tightly, and there was not a single crack.

Shannie was about to fly to the doorknob to cast a spell, but the elf grabbed her by the tail, "Wait, there's someone in the back!" ”

"Pain, don't scratch my tail!" Shannie screamed.

The elf put a finger to his lips and said, "Shhhhh

A moment later, there was a rumbling sound from behind the iron door, as if someone was dragging something, and the murmur lasted for a few moments before it stopped, followed by the sound of footsteps. "One, two, three, four, five, six." The elf said silently. Six people entered the room over there, and then there was the sound of the door closing. Shannie was taken aback, "Are they going to come in?" ”

The elf shook his head and replied, "They didn't come." ”

As if to confirm her words, there was silence behind the door for a moment, and then a person's voice came out, and it was a middle-aged man with a rough voice: "Miss Delphien, we didn't come at the right time, no one knows where those ghost things came out, you can get an idea, you can't stay here anymore, we know that there is a secret passage in the city that can lead to the lower reaches of the Yong Galaxy, but if it's late, I'm afraid that the secret passage will also be found by those monsters." ”

A soft female voice replied, "I know where these things came from, that man has a troglodyte guard in his territory, which shows that his relationship with Jogandigang is extraordinary, they have been planning these conspiracies for a long time, but no one thought that he would dare to do anything to the Empire." ”

When the elf heard this voice at the end of the secret passage, he said to Xani, "It's her." ”

"Is that the woman?"

The elf nodded, she thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "I know." She must be the proprietress of the candy shop. ”

"In your hometown, do people call the proprietress a lady?" Shanny scoffed.

"She's in the candy shop, and of course she's the proprietress of the candy shop."

"Good logic."

At this time, a young voice behind the door said: "Mr. Ehrman, he must have seen through this man's conspiracy in the Ring of Trade Winds, so he was poisoned!" ”

"Thanks, Mr. Effie, the man is sinister and cunning. Presumably this is exactly what happened. I asked Andesa if he hadn't deliberately left Ehrman behind, she wouldn't have found a chance to do it, and that woman was hateful, but some hypocrites deserved to be judged. Ehrman swore to protect me for the rest of his life, and now that he's gone, I'm still his wife, and I must avenge him. ”

The first voice sighed, "Ah, Miss Delphien." Well, rest assured, no matter how long you stay here, we're here to protect you. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Solinz."

"You're welcome."

"The cavemen attacked the North Mountain outpost today, and that place is of no value to them, and if they were going for Boos, it might make sense. But it turns out that they only attacked the North Mountain outpost," the young voice began, "Cavemen don't do anything meaningless. But I've heard that Count Orcons is in that place, and that he has a vendetta against the nobles of the southern side of the Empire, so I guess he's most likely with these cavemen. ”

"Our staff did find out that there was a mysterious human being around Tan Servant all along." A thick male voice replied.

"Nine times out of ten, it's him, how can ordinary people be with those monsters. Especially this time of year. A new voice said, a somewhat hoarse accent.

"Can you find out where the servant and him are?" The woman's voice asked.

"It's not difficult, these monsters are probably used to the burrows, and they are not used to our buildings, and we can get close to their stations very lightly."

"Oh well. Find a way to arrange an ambush location on his way, don't get too close, that person is very powerful. ”

The young voice sounded again: "No matter how powerful he is, he can't dodge the Demon Slayer Gun." ”

"There's nothing wrong with being careful." A thick male voice reminded.

Then the others talked to each other a few more words, most of them were related to some recent events, Xianni and the elf lying on the door quickly lost interest, and the conversation behind the door gradually subsided, followed by the sound of dragging debris, and finally with a heavy closing of the door, a qiē returned to calm.

"Are they gone?" It was a long moment before Shanni asked.

The two of them cautiously pushed open the iron door, and behind the door was a small room, piled up with all sorts of miscellaneous items—wooden crates, barrels, broken cabinets, and iron shelves, and the elf looked around and asked in a whisper, "Do you understand, what are they talking about?" ”

"It's nothing more than revenge on each other, I've seen a lot of humans, and they're all like that." Shanny replied with a few flaps of her wings and landed on the elf's shoulder.

"They're so boring, we don't care about them, we're going to get revenge on that bad guy ourselves."

"I always felt like you scolded us too."

"How come, we are righteous revenge, not the same as them."

"What's the difference?"

"You're not allowed to speak, Xani." Those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and the elves have learned the skills of being embarrassed and angry without a teacher.

The two of them walked up the stairs in the basement, and they quietly pushed open the door of the basement, which was still a darkly lit corridor, and Cruz's architectural talent seemed to be limited to connecting the corridors, rooms, and stairs, and finally adding the façade, and there was no creativity at all, and they cautiously passed the first floor of the bakery, but there was no one living on the first floor, and the rooms everywhere were empty, as if they had been swept - and the characteristic stench of cavemen remained.

"Do you know how to get up to the attic?" Shanny asked, covering her nose with her paws.

The elf didn't care at all, sniffing east and west with his little pointed nose as he went, like a beagle. Then she replied, "Of course I do." ”

"How do you know you've been to this place?"

"Well, I snuck up there once."

"When?" Shanni asked, surprised.

"There's a grape trellis at the back of the house when you're away, and it's easy to climb," replied the elf in a whisper, "but then he accidentally got caught in the curtains, and fell down and crushed the trellises, and then he couldn't go up again." ”

"Later? How many times have you been up? What are you doing up there? ”

The elf replied, "I want to go up and see where the chubby fellow hid the bread." ”

Shanny scoffed at the answer, "You're trying to steal bread, aren't you?" ”

The former's face flushed slightly: "Who told him not to sell to us-"

"Have you ever seen someone who doesn't pay for something?"

"But the elves don't have any money."

"Oh!" Shannie scratched her face with two little paws, "It's pathetic, let's have a discussion." ”

"What?"

"If you are captured by Aiquisha this time, don't say that I brought you out."

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to die yet."

…… (To be continued......)