When Li Yunfei returned, the hand of time had already traveled half an hour on the dial and would continue to walk.

And in the fire that was originally dancing with firelight, there was only a pile of red ashes left at this time, which represented that this originally vigorous bonfire was about to decline.

Looking at the makeshift camp in front of him, which was basically the same as before he left, he couldn't help but sigh and glance sideways at the darkness.

"Are you still there?"

The figure in the darkness nodded slightly, and the voice came out.

"Yes."

So Li Yunfei threw the things in his hand over, "Since you can't eat meat, let's eat some fruit." In this wilderness, there is no other food to fill your stomach. ”

Listening to his words, the man in the darkness raised his hand to catch the flying thing, and those cold eyes still had vision in the darkness, so he could see clearly what was in his hand - a well-washed apple.

As he watched, there were still a few drops of water on the smooth surface of the apple, as if it had just been fished out of the sink, with the cold and fresh feeling of clear water.

He subconsciously raised his head, and then saw Li Yunfei squatting next to the fire to add firewood, blowing air into the red ashes while adding firewood, trying to rekindle the fire.

Sensing Samael's gaze, Li Yunfei raised his head and glanced in the darkness, revealing a bright smile.

"Don't worry about hygiene, I wash very cleanly and there won't be any sludge and pesticide residues...... If there is a pesticide in a wild apple, too. ”

His jokes are cold, so the people in the dark don't react at all. Just quietly watched as he rekindled the fire, and then spoke again.

"Your roast is cold."

Pointing to the cold skewers of barbecue next to the fire, the man in the dark said coldly. "So I'll leave the apples to you."

As he spoke, the man in the dark raised his hand, intending to throw the cleanly washed apple, but was rejected by Li Yunfei.

"It's okay, anyway, it's just that the outside layer is cold, and the inside is still hot, just put it on the fire a little bit and heat it up. Eat the apples yourself. After eating, I still have it here, come and get it myself. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the small bag of apples wrapped in huge lotus leaves beside him. Li Yunfei told the other party that this was the harvest he got in the half hour he left - fresh fruits specially found for the other party.

Looking at the man who was taking care of himself and starting to re-roast the meat, his eyes in the darkness were silent for a while, and finally recognized the other party's opinion and accepted the fresh and sweet apple.

"Then I'll keep it myself."

Then the campfire rang out. It's an unspeakable dead silence. Only the crackling sound of the fire beating sounded from time to time, and the sound of the darkness around it seemed quiet and distant.

Li Yunfei frowned, tilted his head sideways and glanced at the person in the dark, a little confused.

"Aren't you going to eat?"

He was referring to the apples he had brought for the other party.

The man in the darkness replied, of course, "Eat." ”

"Then why haven't you eaten yet?"

"I'm already eating."

"But I didn't hear the chewing...... That's an apple, isn't there a sound when you eat an apple? You're kidding me. ”

So there was silence again around the fire, and the eyes in the darkness were half silent. It seems that he is caught in some kind of difficult choice, and he is speechless for a while.

Just when Li Yunfei began to wonder if the figure in the darkness had quietly left. Suddenly, some kind of crisp sound sounded in the darkness.

Click-click-click-click-

It was the sound of the apple's flesh being bitten open and shattered by hard teeth, very crisp and very striking in the silent darkness.

So Li Yunfei nodded with satisfaction and returned his attention to the barbecue.

At this moment, the cold voice sounded in the darkness, and drew his attention back again.

"What's next for you? After leaving the forest. ”

It's a strange question, at least for the man's cold personality, which doesn't seem to come up.

However, Li Yunfei didn't think deeply about the details, he just shrugged his shoulders beside the fire, and said his plan indifferently.

"I'm going to Stormwind to claim the reward, and then use that bounty to post missions and hire mercenaries to find my companions. The girl was separated from me on the road, and now I don't know where she is, and if I can't find her, I can't go home, and she is the only one who has a map of my hometown, so it's very important for me to find her. ”

The man in the dark looked at him silently, looked at Li Yunfei's side face in the firelight, chewed on the information he had obtained, and asked an abrupt question again.

"If the king of Stormwind were to grant you the status of a nobleman, give you a title and money, and ask you to serve him, would you agree?"

After a pause, he added another condition, "After you serve him, he will mobilize the power of the country to find your companions for you, which is much more reliable than your plan to hire mercenaries to help you find them." ”

Li Yunfei next to the fire was a little surprised, "The king of Stormwind City will crown me as a nobleman?" Asking me to play for him? Why? ”

"Because you killed Hogg, and you killed the gnolls by your own strength. Being able to slay the leader of an enemy in a camp of hundreds of gnolls on his own, and still be able to escape with his whole body, such a warrior is extremely scarce in both the Alliance and the Horde - not to mention that you are slaying Hogg, which is not comparable to the average bandit leader, so you may be received by the king and then recruited. ”

Looking at the surprised expression on Li Yunfei's face beside the fire, the man in the dark continued, "If you were really lucky enough to be received by the king and then received a solicitation message, would you join this country's army?" ”

Li Yunfei was a little strange, "Why not?" Joining the army seems to be good for me, right? ”

The man in the dark shook his head and denied Li Yunfei's judgment.

"In fact, as far as the current situation is concerned, you can do no harm in joining the army...... There is no benefit. ”

Pointing to the night sky in the north, Samael said coldly, "According to the latest rumors, there is a terrible enemy awakened in the snowfields of Northrend in the north, who will invade the world of the living and kill everyone in the tribe and the alliance. So at times like these, Stormwind will definitely recruit troops and send them to the snowy fields of the Arctic to face the endless terrifying monsters. ”

"With your strength, you will definitely be one of them. Instead of wine and enjoyment, you'll be greeted by icy Arctic storms, gigantic monster enemies, and a dangerous fate that will take you to the next place at any moment. ”

"At that time, you will lose everything you have now, and even the opportunity to return to your homeland - because you are completely dead, and the dead have no homeland. The nobles of Stormwind will be happy then, because when you die, they will be able to take all the rewards you have received and will not be repelled in the slightest, after all, you are the owner of the one. And the search for your companion will stop and never start again, for no one will waste money for a dead person or a worker. ”

looked at Li Yunfei beside the fire coldly, and the person in the dark used the coldest sentence to put an end to his conversation, "This world is so realistic and cruel. Dead people are not qualified to have anything, only living is the most precious truth. ”

Li Yunfei frowned, "Are you asking me to refuse the king's solicitation and let me not join the army?" ”

The man in the dark shook his head.

"I'm just telling you what I know, and it's up to you to decide how to judge. In addition, what I said is only a hypothesis, and it may not come true. After all, the merit of killing Hogg alone may not really be able to attract the attention of the king. ”

Especially when he's been busy lately......

Samael didn't say this, because he didn't have to.

As he said, he just coldly told Li Yunfei what he knew, and how to choose it depends on the other party's decision.

Of course, there must have been some concealment in this information, and some modifications, and these were all predictable. But at least at this moment, he didn't care what Li Yunfei would do next.

Because after the sun rises tomorrow, the entire Stormwind Kingdom will feel a terrible enemy appear in their distance.

That enemy will be as indestructible as the most terrible sword in the world, ready to fall and kill all the people, enough to send all who know the news into a panic.

At that time, the man in front of him naturally knows how to choose.

Of course, none of that had anything to do with him - the man in the darkness slowly closed his eyes, thinking indifferently, and the frozen apple in his hand was put away by him, pretending to be eaten.

The real night finally began to fall, and the two chose to sleep temporarily, waiting for the wake-up tomorrow morning.

It was the darkest of long nights. (To be continued......)