At night, a brightly lit Timinoa went north, along the only road, the foothills undulated, the double moon hung between the stars, the cold light penetrated into the trees, and sprinkled the ground with fallen leaves, and the unknown night birds occasionally chirped one or two in the depths, only to be interrupted by the sound of the branches.

Far away, in the open space of the forest, there was a bonfire burning, and four figures sat around the fire, cooking dinner.

Langton broke off a dead branch and threw it into the fire, watching his companion named Lina stir the soup pot and put all the ingredients picked in the mountains into it.

Another companion, Karl, sat on a tree stump, boredly sharpening his stick, the firelight swaying, his short green figure holding a scimitar chasing the crow overhead, "Gob, quack—"

"I am the Ninety-Five, how can I see you like this, your dinner is mine!"

Grabbing a piece of jerky snatched from under the quack crotch, the ninth master fell on Xia Yi's shoulder over there, and the chasing quack stopped, angry in place, waving a knife and jumping and jumping.

"Have a backbone, come to me!" the ninth master spread his wings and shouted.

The eyes by the fire looked over, Langton got up, scooped a bowl of soup in the pot, came here, sat down next to Xia Yi, and handed the wooden bowl over.

"Spend the night at the edge of the woods tonight, otherwise when you get inside, the ground is damp, and there are many poisonous insects, and it will not be easy to get to Kamyhill, but even if you rest here tonight, you may not be able to arrive on time tomorrow. ”

"Well, I've been through long journeys, and I won't be so squeamish. Xia Yi took the wooden bowl and blew the rising heat: "By the way, ask one thing." ”

"Just ask, as long as I know. ”

Xia Yi took a sip of the hot soup, and when he felt the boiling heat sliding down his throat and into his stomach, he spit out his lips in a very soft voice: "...... Why is the Upper Realm separate from the Southern Continent, yet yet one country?"

"A country?" Langton didn't speak, Carl, who was sitting on the stump, wiped the dagger, put the carved wooden stick into his arms, and spat on the ground, "It's two!"

"Carl!"

Langton glanced at him, and when he turned back, he looked at Xia Yi, and his face was a little puzzled: "You are not from the upper country?"

"It's not. ”

Here, the woman who was scooping the soup stopped, and Carl on the stump also had a surprised face, thinking that it was a little different from their previous guess.

Xia Yi saw their expressions and just smiled: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked the question just now." ”

"I see. Langton got a calm answer, but his heart was comfortable, and he also laughed: "Actually, what Karl said just now is right, the upper countries are basically not engaged in labor, they are all supported by the residents and land of the Southern Continent, and only when there is a war, will people be sent to recruit soldiers and distribute some money to settle their families....."

"You didn't resist?"

"You'll have to beat them...... Langton wiped the ashes from his beard, his smile reflected in the firelight, "...... The people of the upper country, from top to bottom, are a group of bloodsuckers. ”

Along the way, Xia Yi didn't talk to the three of them much, but because of being an employer, or Xia Yi himself gave them a good impression, after knowing that he was not from the northern country, they were not as cautious as before.

Langton told him about the north, and the situation over there made Xia Yi feel incredible, this situation is actually very similar to the colonial rule of the old era of the earth, but in a different way, the nobles of the southern continent have become breeders of captive livestock.

After talking for a while, and finishing dinner by the way, Langton brought a stall: "When the fire is going to be extinguished, rely on these to keep warm, otherwise the fire will attract some fierce beasts." ”

"That's not just the right way to eat meat. Xia Yi joked that as an employer, he tried his best to show himself like an ordinary person, at least he didn't reach his destination, that's it.

As he spoke, he had just shaken the blanket when there was a slight movement under his feet, which ordinary people or the three adventurers over there would not have been able to detect it at all.

The soil at Xia Yi's feet slightly bulged out of a small dirt bag, and there was a rustling sound of digging in it, arching the dirt bag towards the backpack, however, the soles of the human beings in the past suddenly turned around and pressed on the way forward.

"Interesting stuff ....." Xia Yi reached out and grabbed it directly, broke through the soil, pinched something with his fingers, and lifted it out of the dirt bag.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa—"

A sharp cry sounded suddenly, and the three of them turned their heads to look over, almost subconsciously pulling out their weapons, and in front of their vision, they saw that what Xia Yi was holding between his index finger and thumb was a humanoid creature.

He has human-like limbs, a dull complexion, unusually long arms, only three fingers in his palms, shoulders, a head that is relatively large relative to his body, a round face with baby fat, and a muddy soil, which feels particularly greasy.

"What is this?" Xia Yi held the little thing in front of him and shook it towards Langton.

The latter breathed a sigh of relief and thrust the hilt of the knife back at his waist, and he smiled: "It is a creature unique to this foothill, it is not a threat, it is attracted by the light of fire at night, and it often likes to burrow under the dirt and steal the food wrapped by travelers. ”

Xia Yi snorted, and with the struggle from his hand, he unconsciously used his strength.

"Uh..... I forgot to say, don't kill it, these little ones are the living ...... of the Clan"

Before Langton's words were finished, his gaze had already stopped on Xia Yi's hand, and the little guy in his palm was no longer moving, hanging between his fingers and swaying as if he had hanged himself......

"Looks dead. Xia Yi turned it around, looked at it, spread his hands towards Langton, and then threw it into the nearby grass.

“........”

Langton tapped his lips and didn't speak, and after a while, he smiled bitterly: "Forget it, I'll pay more attention at night, although these little guys are not aggressive, but once they are too much, they will also cause a lot of trouble, especially to the creatures that kill their compatriots." ”

After assigning the order of night duty, Xia Yi went to the fire, lay down in the hay place, and Langton, Carl, and the woman chatted about some household chores by the fire.

As time went by, the night became deeper, and Xia Yi was in a daze, feeling an imperceptible movement on the ground in the distance, and opened his eyes a little.

In the forest, in the pitch darkness, countless dense eyes were looking towards this side, and then, diving into the dirt, silently approaching this side.

In the next second, a high temperature seemed to lock them, and the small figures that had originally walked through the dirt suddenly turned around and ran away quickly towards the passage from which they came.

The wind blew through the forest, the gradually extinguishing gunpowder swayed, Lina who was on duty at night heard the first movement, raised her head suddenly, grabbed the spear beside her, stood up suddenly, and said: "Be careful, there is a ......., why is it missing?"

Langton and Carl, who heard her voice, rolled over and got up almost at the same time, and heard the woman's back sentence: "Why is it gone?" I was relieved for a moment, and I went around to check it out and came back.

"The soil has been turned over, it should be those little guys who came to seek revenge...... Carl snorted, looked at Xia Yi, who seemed to be asleep, and shrugged his shoulders: "..... However, it seems that I finally gave up." ”

"Then go to sleep, or follow the order of the previous night duty. ”

The three of them came back and sat down, quite puzzled by what had just happened, especially Linna, who was the most puzzled.

"..... it just seems, it feels like the temperature has risen a lot, is it delusional?"

She sat down with her spear in her arms and thought.

On the other side, Xia Yi moved in the faint light of the fire, turned sideways and continued to fall asleep.