"Now, Brother Charles, do you know? The river that gathers into a forest waterfall never dries up, is it amazing?"

Abby walked along the forest path and said triumphantly to Charles at the front of the team.

"It's amazing. Abby: Do you know when the waterfall came about? In retrospect, I've never heard of it. Does Uncle Berlin know?"

Charles turned back to the blacksmith, who shook his head.

"I've never heard of it before. ”

"Of course you won't know, it's my secret, I stumbled upon the waterfall two years ago. ”

"That's right, that's really unexpected. ”

Charles found it hard to believe.

"I have been coming every few days since I discovered the waterfall because the view is so beautiful. I often come with my dad. But then my father was lazy and didn't bring me, so I sneaked here myself. Hey, hey!"

It is not difficult to hear from the little girl's words that Green has gone to the forest many times to look for Cleannster ore, but it seems that he has not found anything.

"Abby, though the forest is not very far, you should not run around alone, what if you are in danger?

Berlin said with concern.

"Don't be afraid, there's no danger at all. ”

Abby didn't care, because she hadn't been in any danger for two years.

"I'm going back and tell your dad that I won't let you go out alone anymore. ”

Charles put away his smile and said seriously. But the quick-witted Abby said, "Hmph! It's okay if you don't let me, then I'll take you with me." Brother Charles, will you refuse me?"

"Uh..."

"Hahaha—worthy of Green's daughter. ”

Charles was speechless, causing Berlin to burst out laughing.

While talking, the group came to the vicinity of the forest waterfall.

The rushing water in the sun is particularly dazzling, and the sound of the water rushing down does not stop for a moment. Both Charles and Berlin were pleasantly surprised by the sight they saw for the first time, and they kept sighing at their feelings.

Berlin found a tree on the left bank downstream of the waterfall that had been cut down by a lumberjack and decided to rest here for a while. The two children and the puppy ran upstream, carelessly. Their exuberant energy never seems to run out.

Berlin sat on a tree trunk, less than 50 meters from the Shire. He wondered about the whereabouts of the rare ore as he watched the scenery. Unfortunately, he only heard that the ore was near the mine, and did not know the exact location.

Charles and Abby have a water fight with each other. At this moment, the blacksmith's puppy suddenly sensed that something was approaching, sniffed its sensitive black nose, and then barked in alarm.

"Woo, woooo

"Huh?"

Charles looked in the direction of the puppy's barking, alert.

Blue was calling. What's wrong? ”

Abby straightened up and said, her eyes looking in the same direction. Puppy Blue kept barking at the jungle opposite.

"Whoa-la-"

This is the sound of an animal moving a tree branch and the branches and leaves rubbing against each other.

"Something's coming. ”

Charles said calmly.

"Is it a beast? ”

Abby walked quickly behind Charles and asked in a calm tone.

"It's not clear. It should be the beast, Abby, and we'll retreat to shore. ”

"Hmm!"

The two cautiously walked through the river and retreated to the left bank. At this time, the blacksmith downstream noticed the unusual movement of the two children, so he quickly got up and rushed upstream.

The sound of "bang-la-la" was getting closer, and Charles stared closely in front of him, feeling a sense of foreboding.

"Uh-woo——!"

A strange sound similar to a low roar suddenly sounded, and then a hand brushed away the last thick branches and leaves, and the whole figure walked out. Blue, who was at the front line, looked at the enemy in front of him, turned and fled in fright, and came behind Charles.

"Who is this?"

Charles muttered to himself, his eyes unblinking. The man who came was in rags, presumably scratched by a tree branch. His skin was pale and bloodless, his red eyes glowed red, and his face was terrifying. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a normal person.

"Brother Charles, look at his eyes..."

Abby was scared and said timidly.

"Judging by his clothes, he should be a citizen of the Land of Winds. But no matter how you look at it, this guy is very abnormal. ”

Charles said clearly, reaching out and drawing his wooden sword as a defense. At this time, Berlin arrived.

"Charles, Abby, are you alright?"

"Uncle Berlin!"

Abby ran to the blacksmith in fear, and Berlin reassured her not to be afraid.

"Uncle, we're fine. Who do you think this guy is?"

Charles was still calm at the moment, which was a rare quality of a swordsman, especially at his age.

"If I'm not mistaken, he's supposed to be an undead, a dead man manipulated by demonic magic. ”

"What should we do?"

Charles asked.

"There's only one way, and that's to escape. Let's go, let's go!"

The blacksmith was unusual, restrained his usual talking and laughing, shouted very seriously, gave a command, and the group turned around and ran.

At the same time, the hungry undead go on a frantic chase for their prey.

She didn't have to run a few steps before Abby tripped over the branches under her feet because a panicked Abby didn't pay attention to the branches under her feet. Despite the weeds underfoot, the immature Abby broke her arm and leg.

"How's it going? Abby!"

"Brother Charles, it hurts. ”

"Come, get up!"

Charles picks Abby up and finds Abby bleeding from a broken knee on her left leg. He glanced anxiously behind him, and not far away, the figure of the undead was less than 20 meters away from them.

"Charles, you take Abby and walk quickly, and I'll stop the undead. ”

Berlin said, drawing the iron sword at his waist.

"Uncle, I...let's run away together!"

"No! if you run away, you'll be caught up soon, you go first, I'll stay and find a way to hold it down. Hurry!"

At the critical moment, Charles had no choice but to obey the blacksmith's words, carry Abby on his back and continue to flee for his life.

He hadn't taken a few steps, and when Charles looked back, he saw Berlin at war with the undead. The blacksmith slashed at the undead with his sword in both hands, but the undead blocked the iron sword with his arm, and Berlin was unsteady in his hand, and the iron sword flew backwards.

"Not good," Charles hurriedly put down Abby and said to her, "Abby, you run as fast as you can, I have to go back to save Uncle Berlin." ”

"Ah, Brother Charles. ”

"Let's go!"

Charles didn't have time to turn back, he hurried to Berlin's catapulted iron sword and picked it up. Then he rushed towards the undead as he felt the metal.

The blacksmith fell to the ground, and the loss of weapons was equivalent to the loss of the ability to resist. The fear of death made him shudder, and the undead was so close that it leaned down, some rotting hands approaching the blacksmith's neck.

Berlin thought he was dead, and his heart was full of reluctance to give up on the world. At the moment of emergency, he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing behind him.

"Hah-"

Charles roared and darted, the sword stabbing directly into the chest of the undead, and the green liquid flowed out randomly, and the fishy smell was disgusting. Charles drew his iron sword and kicked the undead to the ground with a forceful kick.

"Uncle, you're not hurt, are you?"

Charles asked, picking Berlin up.

"Ah, no. ”

Berlin was relieved. The undead a few meters away roared in pain and struggled to get up from the ground. Its red-glowing eyes stared at the Charles, as if with a look of cruelty and hatred. This distance allowed Charles to see every part of the undead's body more clearly.

"What a horrible guy. Uncle, are they immortal? I was stabbed in the middle. ”

"It is said that the undead use the soul as their source of life, and evil spirit magic controls their will. If you can destroy the demonic magic that controls his movements, you should be able to defeat it. ”

"And how do you break that magic?"

"Only cut it off."

"Chop, do you mean chop?

"That's right. It's just that this iron sword is too mediocre and has not received the blessing of magic. It's almost impossible to cut off the undead's demonic magic. Or..."

"So far, I can only barely try. ”

Charles said, settling in a battle posture.

"Uncle, you go first, I'll deal with him. ”

Berlin looked at the boy who was shorter than himself, and admired it in his heart. Unconsciously, however, he saw a familiar layer of transparency in the boy's body, a phenomenon that surprised Berlin.

"This is..."