21 Fear

Dusk had passed, and Afterglow threw out one last glimpse of the South Changling Pass.

According to Kolan's instructions, including herself, Milo, Irene, the Night Sparrow Snow Dog couple, and the two Green Dragon mercenaries were scattered on the former battlefield, even if Kelan guessed that this was the possible location of the magician who manipulated the sand spirit, everyone still needed to be scattered in different places to expand the search area.

"Whoever encounters the other should not be hostile," Kelan reminded him in the previous discussion, "try to stabilize the other party, try to come up with some information, and especially see what the other party's purpose is." And ......" Kelan looked at the sky, as if it was difficult to speak the next words, "If the people you meet know you, please also focus on the survival of Windrun Town, because their goal is Windrun Town." ”

With her back to the broken bar, Erin handed her musket to the Guards general, leaving her handcuff to her waist and unloaded, following Kran's advice not to be hostile. From time to time, Erin glanced at Milo not far away, he was taking advantage of the last ray of light to check the scattered discarded equipment, and he also followed Klan's advice, and did not carry a long sword, only a dagger to defend himself. Everyone else was at a distance, at a distance where they could look at each other.

When Milo finished checking, he came to Erin and said, "The dust will appear in a while, I'll be there, if it's not going well on your side, come to me." With that, he carved an arrow with his dagger into the ground beside Erin, pointing to where he was about to be. No matter what happens, I hope you're safe. ”

"Me too." Erin replied affectionately, "You have to be safe too. After saying that, the two couldn't help but hug each other.

"Well, they're all watching." After a few moments, Erin reminded Milo that it was time to separate, and sure enough, her companions were all looking at them. Mello let go of Erin, stared at Erin's eyes as if conveying something, and then turned around with some reluctance and walked to his place.

As soon as Milo's footsteps stopped, a sandstorm appeared, he hurriedly turned to look for Erin, but what he saw was already yellow sand, and his vision was completely obscured, he couldn't help but think of the night when he met the soothsayer Domi on the way to Windy Town a few years ago, they had also encountered such a big sandstorm, and Captain Hans Weir was still tripped by an unknown black shadow in the dust.

Unlike last night's battle outside the "Sand Wall", this is already deep inside the "Sand Wall", and Melo does not dare to move around at will, and is at a loss for what to do, so he can only wait for time to pass. However, he soon noticed that a vague humanoid silhouette was approaching him from the front, very slowly.

"Irene! Is that you? Melo shouted to confirm the other man's identity, but he didn't hear any response.

The silhouettes kept getting closer, and when Milo was finally able to see each other, his legs went limp, and he sat down—the ...... that kept coming up in his nightmares, repeated in his hallucinations, and tormented him repeatedly in his memories The dark-skinned, blue-eyed man had come to him through the dust!

Even through the dust, the blue pupils were still bright, and he stared at Milo deadly, as if he wanted to kill him with his gaze, but Milo's side was so frightened that he had no strength at all, so he could only sit there paralyzed, and his courage was lost little by little. The other party did not come closer, and Milo slowly regained his sanity and strength, but he still couldn't stand up. The man approached slowly, drawing his dagger at his waist, ready to stab at Milo, who could only shield helplessly with his hands while closing his eyes for his final moments......

"It doesn't look like you're afraid of the djinn."

An unexpected voice came into Milo's ears, and it was a female voice, which sounded very familiar to him, and in shock, he quickly opened his eyes, and saw the figure he had seen many times—

"Wind chimes? How are you? ”

The man he had feared was gone, replaced by a wind chime with a kind face, dressed in a black robe. Wind Chimes reached out and pulled Melo up, who bent over, put his hands on his knees, and took a few deep breaths, not fully free from the fear he had just had.

"Thank you for saving me again." After Milo recovered, he thanked the wind chimes, although he didn't know what the connection between the man's disappearance and the appearance of the wind chimes was, "Why are you here?" ”

"She'll use your fear to kill you," Wind Chime didn't respond to Milo's question, instead saying something that didn't make the other party clear, "In this dust, no one can break free from fear. ”

Milo was taken aback: "Kill me? Who's going to kill me? Wait a minute...... Do you know the secrets of this dust? He had just come to his senses and couldn't accept the wind chime's words for a while.

"I don't know much about this sandstorm, it's a strange, unknown magic, but now there's a person who can control it, and she's not going to stop until she achieves her goal." Wind Chime said slowly, and his face became serious.

"The goal? Is it Windtown? Or those villages? ”

"The target isn't the village, it's not your guard, it's not Windwalk—it's you." The wind chime's words made Milo shudder.

"Why me?" Milo asked in a desperate tone, he knew that if it hadn't been for the wind chimes to save him just now, he would have died, and it seemed that it would be easy for the other party to kill himself in this dust.

"I'll tell you why, but not now." Wind Chime paused, "If you still want to survive tonight, do as I say: take your companion back to Windwalk, and I'll look for you at the right time." Don't try to find me, and don't go into the dust again, this is the last time I can protect you. Milo felt the sincerity in the tone of the wind chime, and he vaguely remembered Kolan's words: "Try to get some information."

"The person who wants to kill me is not the person you've been looking for." Milo asked as he calmed down a little, and the wind chimes were silent. "The direction of Sanddust's expansion is Wind Town, and it's because I'm there, right?" Still unresponsive, the wind chimes raised her head slightly, looking up at the sky - the sky was also full of sand, could she really see it?

"So you're all in one, the dust, the vanished villagers, the attacked passers-by, and the Sprelet soldiers...... It's all about you? Milo asked coldly, at this time, in his eyes, the wind chime was no longer the trustworthy companion before.

"That's all your battle mage friend to know, right?" Wind Chime suddenly asked sharply.

"I want to know the answer, too." Mello skillfully avoided the edge to keep his language hostile, and he took the opportunity to look around, he was also very worried about the safety of Erin and the others, but he couldn't see anything but dust.

"Don't worry about your companions," Wind Chime reassured him, "they're safe." The villagers who 'disappeared' are also safe, and if these shadows do cause casualties, maybe by mistake, I am trying my best to avoid causing them damage, as you should have experienced last night. ”

"Then why are you here?" Milo returned to his original question, "I guess I didn't come to save me." ”

"I'm providing vision to the people who manipulate the sandstorm, and the sandstorm can't expand so far without my help."

"Why don't you expand during the day?"

"The man who manipulates the sand...... Sunlight aversion. ”

"Why did you kill me?" Melo asks the question again, but the wind chimes are still silent, and the two of them are speechless.

Silence and darkness enveloped the land, as if time had stopped passing, and trust had turned to suspicion and suspicion, and yellow sand mingled the air, obstructing vision and adding to the barrier. There was no longer the slightest light, and the wind chimes silently chanted a spell, and a blue fire illuminated the square inch where the two of them were.

After a long time, Milo broke the silence: "Spare Windwalk, let the others go, if you just want to kill me." ”

Wind Chimes smiled, not a smug smile, not a reluctant smile, but a smile of relief. "When you go back to Windy Town, I said before that I will go to you, and I will tell you all the stories behind it all."

"But ......" Milo wanted to say something, he realized that there was a faint white light in front of him, which he had seen and experienced before-teleportation magic, and in an instant, the wind chimes and yellow sand were all merged into the white light......

"Milo!" Erin's voice rang in Milo's ears, pulling his consciousness back into his body. Gazing around, he saw his companions—Erin, Night Sparrow, Snow Dog, Kolan, and two Green Dragon Mercenaries, each with a mixture of surprise and loss on their faces, "It's great that you're okay too!" Erin said excitedly.

"What happened?" Melo asked, regaining consciousness, looking at the clear scene around him, there was no dust, no dark shadows, only a "wall of sand" behind everyone. "We're out there in the sandstorm?"

"Well, that's right." A familiar tone, this is Kelan's response, "Are you feeling better?" It looks like you've spent more time in the dust than we do. ”

"Milo, you're not hurt, are you?" Erin put her hands on Milo's shoulders, carefully examining him for wounds, and staring into his eyes to see if he was conscious.

"He's fine, don't worry." Nightsparrow comforted that Erin's overly exaggerated concern for Milo made her feel crying and laughing, in fact, the partners next to her also felt the same way, but Erin didn't care about these at all.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Melo put his hand on Irene's hand, and then he stood up and dusted himself off, "Thank you for your concern, but can you tell me what's going on?" ”

"Just like you, they've been teleported here." A green dragon mercenary said, "I didn't expect the other party to do this." ”

"Not long after the dust appeared, I felt a white light in front of me, and then my body instantly moved here." "Of course they are, too, and there are a few of them. ”

The snow dog made a gesture: "I'm the first." He pointed at Koran again, "She's the second." "Next up are Erin, Night Sparrow, and the two Green Dragon Mercenaries.

"We didn't touch anything in the dust, we were just teleported, we are all like this." Another Green Dragon mercenary added.

"But I haven't seen you teleported out for a long time." "Little Erin was worried, and tried to rush into the sand several times, but we stopped her. Erin shrugged and smiled wryly, and Melo gently touched her hand, hinting at thanks.

"Not long after the sun had completely set, several of us were teleported. But it's just after midnight before you're teleported. Kelan continued, "Can you tell us what you've been through during this time?" The eyes of his companions were focused on Milo, expecting his reply.

After a moment of thought, Milo let out a long breath, and he gathered his thoughts a little to bring his sanity back to normal.

"Let's go back to Windy Town first," said Milo, glancing back at the "wall of sand" and remembering what had just happened there, the conversation, and the enigmatic wind chimes, "and I'll tell you what I've seen and heard in it when I'm back in Winden." ”

"What's in the dust?" The snow dog couldn't help but gesture.

Milo did not ignore the curiosity of the snow dog, and whispered a word to him:

"Fear."