There are two kinds of people in this world who are annoying, one is the person who never stops talking, referred to as chatter.

The other is someone who only speaks half the way.

Of course, the degree of dislike of these two kinds of people depends on the specific thoughts of the parties.

But at least what was happening around the fire, Li Yunfei's babbling mouth was not enough to make the man in the darkness feel bored—a long time ago, he had such a friend by his side harassing him, and that experience had lasted for many years, and it had given him enough immunity.

It can even be said that just this level of chatter can't shake his indifferent and cold state of mind.

In the darkness, he just looked coldly at the chattering people around the fire, wanting to see how far the other party could nag.

"So were you really burned by fire when you were a child? Or have you ever seen a corpse burned by fire? Disgusting, right? That distorted pitch black look......"

Li Yunfei, who was babbling, didn't notice that he had inadvertently exposed some information in his chatter—at least ordinary people didn't have the opportunity to see charred corpses.

Then the eyes in the darkness moved, and asked him his question again.

"Have you ever seen charred corpses?"

"Of course."

"When?"

"When my wife died."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, all I see is someone else's corpse anyway. When I found her, all she left me was a dime of clothing, and I don't know where it went. ”

"Maybe she's not dead, she's still alive somewhere, and you might be able to meet her in the future."

"Hah...... Who knows, maybe. ”

Li Yunfei by the fire shrugged. There was not the slightest expression of sadness - too much time had passed, and when he poured the focus of his life and affection into his daughter, who was the result of their couple's love, it meant that his nostalgia for his wife was slipping.

The emotions are still there, but they are buried in the depths of darkness, and it is almost impossible to be awakened again.

The world is like this, the dead are gone. The living must continue to live, and some unnecessary things can only be discarded - just like all the weight that must be left behind in a short run, otherwise the precious physical strength will be wasted in the run, and the gain will outweigh the loss.

In the run of life, there is always something that must be forgotten.

So the conversation around the fire seemed calm and peaceful, and the voices of the two people surprisingly reached the same level at that moment, and they were both the same indifferent and cold.

And when this conversation was over, there was a sudden silence in the darkness, and the man was no longer to be seen.

Li Yunfei next to the fire finally closed his mouth. It seems that the thirst for confiding has finally been satisfied, and there is no urge to continue nagging for the time being.

He flipped the grill on the fire, waiting for the fox meat to be cooked.

The golden flames scorched the surface of the meat with boiling heat, and the burning fat turned into boiling oil droplets that bubbled out on the surface of the meat, and then fell into the flames below under the pull of gravity, stirring up sparks that crackled.

This originally slight sound was infinitely amplified in the silent darkness, and it seemed extremely harsh. It seemed to be the only note in the entire night sky, beating to some unknown rhythm.

Li Yunfei spoke again.

"The meat is cooked."

said. He took the barbecue from the fire, held it up in the direction of the darkness, and motioned for the man to come and get it, "This piece is for you." ”

The small barbecue was divided into two parts, one for each other and the other for oneself. It's enough for adults to eat, and it's not a feat worth writing about, but it can also make people feel the feeling of being valued, and normal people won't refuse such kindness.

It's just that what responded to him in the dark was still indifferent and indifferent.

In the dim light of the fire. Li Yunfei's raised hand did not retract, but was a little confused.

"Aren't you going to eat?"

The eyes in the darkness watched him be silent for a while, and then slowly spoke, "I don't like to eat meat." ”

The short answer, though slightly outlandish, gave a plausible reason for his actions.

So Li Yunfei shrugged his shoulders, took back the barbecue handed over with an innocent expression, and did not persuade the other party again.

A person like this who cherishes words like gold will basically not waste words on lying-at least in such trivial matters, the other party should not lie, so Li Yunfei chose to trust him.

He no longer looked in the direction of the darkness, as if he didn't feel that the cold eyes in the darkness were looking at him, and he took a bite of the hot barbecue with an indifferent expression.

"To be honest, I really don't want to eat this thing."

Chewing the barbecue in his mouth, Li Yunfei muttered in a vague tone, "There are no ingredients added, this thing has no taste at all." Although the meat is delicious, chewing is more like chewing a piece of fat meat that has been blistered and whitened, greasy and disgusting. ”

Swallowing the finely chewed fleshy fibers in his mouth, he lifted the roast meat and took another bite in the dim glow of the fire, and the babbling words continued to sound.

"But if you don't eat, you can't do it, if you don't eat, you'll starve to death, life is so helpless."

Glancing at the silhouette of the man in the dark, Li Yunfei raised the barbecue in his hand, and grunted and complained as if he was holding a glass of wine on the wine table.

"The goddess of fate was raised by a female cousin (biao)."

This time, the man in the dark echoed him.

"Yes, the goddess of fate was raised by a female cousin."

This common view seemed to have narrowed the distance between the two men, so much so that the man in the darkness spoke up immediately afterwards - something that had been completely unimaginable before.

"What's in that bag next to you? I smell blood. ”

There was a black bag at Li Yunfei's feet, which was not big, but the round things contained in it could be clearly seen in the general shape, and it looked a little mysterious in the dim halo of the fire.

As for the contents of the bag, Li Yunfei did not have the slightest idea of wanting to hide.

Hearing someone ask, he shrugged his shoulders, his expression casual and indifferent, "Hogg the Gnoll's head, it is said that he can exchange it for a large bounty in Stormwind City. ”

The man in the darkness was silent for a while. When the voice sounded again, Li Yunfei clearly heard the other party's curiosity - this was the first time that this person showed the emotions that a human being should have in front of Li Yunfei, not a cold emotionless ice cube.

"A bounty of two thousand gold coins is not a small amount, you are about to become a rich man with a small fortune, and it is not necessary that you will be knighted for this meritorious service."

Then he looked at Li Yunfei beside the fire, his eyes calm and indifferent. There is no ordinary person who is jealous when he hears this kind of news, "Congratulations, Mr. Li Yunfei." ”

The very formal rhetoric showed the sincerity of the congratulators, which made Li Yunfei couldn't help laughing.

"Is your tone always so cold? Can't you bring a little emotional ups and downs? You're not a human-made robot. ”

The man in the darkness was silent for a few seconds, and then said slowly, "I'm just telling a fact. ”

"Oh, well, in that case. I can't say anything. ”

Shrugging his shoulders, Li Yunfei obviously didn't care about the other party's cold attitude, just casually looking for a certain topic.

"Are you hungry?"

"I'm hungry."

Or rather, forever feeling endless hunger.

It's just that he didn't say it.

In the dim firelight, Li Yunfei looked at him, then looked at the barbecue in his hand, and frowned, "You really don't like to eat meat?" ”

"Yes."

"What happens if you eat it?"

"Will vomit."

"Okay. I kind of know. It's a type of cholecystitis, right? Don't eat eggs or meat with too much fat, or you will have nausea or vomit. I've seen this disease before. ”

Li Yunfei said something that the people in the dark couldn't understand, sighed helplessly, put down the two skewers of barbecue in his hand, and walked to the forest in the other direction.

"You wait here for me, I'll be back soon."

Then he disappeared from the view of those eyes, and even faded away from his perception.

The air around the fire. Silent and cold again.

The man in the darkness watched him leave silently, without saying a word to stop him or ask. Because it wasn't necessary, he didn't have that idea.

He just sat there and quietly watched Li Yunfei disappear. Quietly watching the light of the fire not far away gradually decrease, quietly staring at the black bag next to the fire.

It contains the head of a gnoll, worth two thousand gold coins, and it is possible to be knighted, and it will rise to prominence, fame, and soar into the sky.

These things are irresistible temptations for anyone. Confuse.

But the man by the firelight ignored these beautiful temptations, and placed such an important thing there at will, as if he were not afraid that someone in the dark would quietly take the bag while he was away.

Feeling that trust—or so casual, even willful—Samael sighed.

It was the first time in years that he sighed.

When the faint sigh was scattered in the cold night wind, it was not perceived by any living creature or living person, but in the darkness behind him, a soft white light slowly floated out, and finally converged into a beautiful figure in the air.

"Master, do you really want to lead the way for this human? To this humble mortal? ”

Walki's voice was filled with confusion and disbelief.

In the time she had served her master in the past, she had a deep understanding of what kind of existence the man in front of her was, and could such a dead and silent soul really do this kind of thing that only a warm-hearted living person would do?

Giving a stranger you don't know at all leads the way......

Then, in the silent darkness, Walkey heard her master's voice, and instead of answering her inquiry, she spoke of another completely unrelated order.

"Tell Thassarian that the attack is ahead of schedule, and I'm going to send the whole of Stormwind into endless panic."

The cold voice conveyed a cold command, scattered in the wind, and at the same time, made Hua Erqi's expression freeze.

"But master, the plan is not ready yet......"

People in the dark are cold and ruthless.

"Don't care, just let the panic spread, and the sacrifice is worth it."

Walki's heart was cold—it had always been cold, but this time it was far more chilly than ever.

This order, once delivered, would mean that the expeditionary force, which had not yet been fully prepared, would attack the enemy's base camp in advance, warning them of their presence with a stupid act that would be as suicidal as suicidal. This may cause panic...... No, not perhaps, it is bound to cause panic.

However, the price to be paid for this will be the annihilation of the expeditionary force, which might have had the hope of inflicting heavy damage on the enemy's capital. And such a heavy price in exchange for only the panic of the enemy, and the ensuing all-out counterattack, seems to have no meaning at all.

She had no way of knowing the specific reason why the order had been given suddenly, but she knew that it had to do with the figure that had disappeared into the darkness.

In the mortal man, the master seemed to see something that made him change his plans for the time being.

So surrounded by darkness, she took a deep breath and knelt respectfully.

"Yes, my lord, I will pass on your commands. However, for a period of time after that, please forgive me for being away from you for a while, and I will not be able to serve by your master's side. ”

The man in the darkness nodded, and said with an indifferent expression, "You go." ”

Then he fell silent, no longer looking at the phantom behind him as beautiful as an angel Valkyrie, and silently locked his eyes on the beating fire in front of him, as if thinking about something crazy and important.

In those cold eyes, there was a certain thought circulating, trying to piece together the desired picture.

-- That's a vision of the future. (To be continued......)