The old man retracted his thoughts, knocked the cigarette stick on the ox cart, looked at the outline of a city vaguely appearing in the distance, coughed a few times, and said, "Red Fire City is almost here!"

Red Fire City, this is a weather-beaten small city on the side, the years have left heavy marks on the city walls, and the mottled city wall skin seems to be about to fall down at any time.

After passing the city gate, the ox cart carrying firewood drove straight to the backyard of a restaurant.

"It's been an early day. A steward took out a money bag and said with a smile: "Come, this is today's salary, take it." ”

The old man stepped forward, took the money bag, and thanked him again and again. took out three pieces of beehives from the package, handed them to the steward with a smile, and said, "Steward, these are some small wild goods found in the mountains. ”

Delivering firewood to a restaurant is a very easy job, and the salary is quite a lot, so there are many people who want to compete for this livelihood.

In the early years, the steward saw that it was not easy for the old man to pull an orphan, so he let them take over the job, and only needed to send firewood to the restaurant every day.

The steward took the hive and looked at it, and said with a smile: "What a pure beehive, the color is attractive." Haha, then I'm welcome, just go home and give my grandson a taste. ”

After unloading the firewood and coming out of the restaurant, the old man and Layton walked on the street, the flow of people was bustling, the pedestrians were endless, and all kinds of shouting and selling were extremely lively.

Layton, who was watching it, was dizzy, turned around and said to the old man: "Old man, I'll go ahead and buy some meat buns, you wait for me here." ”

When the old man heard this, he took out five copper coins from his money bag and gave them to Layton with a smile, "Little glutton, go and come back quickly." ”

As he spoke, Layton ran away.

"Boss, five buns. Layton said as he walked over to the bun shop.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the street.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way. ”

A group of city guards galloped through the street on red flame horses, causing a burst of chickens and dogs to jump, and quickly rushed towards the city gate.

"What's going on?" someone in the crowd said.

The people around him began to talk about it, and Layton leaned over curiously to listen for a while.

It turned out that in the depths of the mountains and forests of the northern mountains recently, a dense and extremely evil aura suddenly appeared, and a large black mist filled the air. The black mist continues to devour life and expands its range, but all creatures that fall into the black mist will continue to lose their vitality and corrupt into undead creatures that will never be satisfied.

Several groups of mercenaries had already disappeared into the black fog and disappeared, causing panic in the hearts of the people. The city lord of Red Fire City was furious and sent several teams of city guards to investigate, but the result was like a stone sinking into the sea, and the city guards also disappeared.

The black mist is like an abyssal demon that opens its huge mouth, swallowing all life into it. Fortunately, the black fog was only fixed in the depths of the northern mountains, and did not spread to the vicinity of Red Fire City.

The lord of the city has sent an urgent letter requesting the Empire's rescue. It just so happened that when the dean of the Imperial Capital Academy heard about this, he was very interested in it, and sent a tutor from the Dark Magic Department to set off from the Imperial Capital, and it was estimated that he would arrive soon.

After listening for a while, Layton took the bun and returned to the old man.

"Old man, taste it, hot meat buns. Layton said and handed it over.

While eating steamed buns, the old man asked, "Why did you go for so long?"

"Oh, I just heard someone talk about something...... "Layton said what he had just heard.

The old man looked up at the sun that was about to set, frowned and said, "It seems that it has not been peaceful recently, so let's hurry home while the sky is relatively early." ”

An old man and a young man drove a trembling ox cart out of the city gate and headed towards Black Mountain Village.

The bright moon hung high in the sky, and the old and the young had returned home.

Leighton unloaded the ox cart and led the old ox to the barn and put some hay. Looking up at the bright moon, it seems that there is something different about the moon today. It's just that there's something different, and he can't say, he didn't notice the dragon-shaped jade pendant on his chest, which flickered slightly under the moonlight.

The old man said to the young man: "Layton, tomorrow is your birthday, I will go to the village market to buy you an old hen, how about making chicken soup, and celebrate for you." ”

Layton said dissatisfiedly: "Every year for my birthday, I eat chicken, I have long been tired of eating, this year I want to eat braised fish." ”

The old man stroked his beard and said dotingly: "Okay, listen to you." Tomorrow go to the river to catch a white fish. ”

"Okay, let's go together, it's best to catch a big white fish, the meat is fat. Layton replied with a smile.

The old man has always regarded the day he picked up Layton as Layton's birthday. In the blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth birthday.

As soon as the sky was hazy, an old man and a young man drove an ox cart with a fishing net and walked slowly towards the mountains and forests. With the mountain breeze blowing, Layton tightened his somewhat thin coat and sat on the ox cart to enjoy the mountains and forests on both sides.

When we reached the edge of the river, I could already hear the sound of the churning river.

Suddenly, there was an earth-shattering roar in the river!

An old man and a young man hurriedly hid far away and looked at it from a distance. A huge figure churned the river, its slender tail swam and paddled across the water, and its cyan scales shone in the reflection of the sun.

The giant python's head sometimes emerges from the water, sometimes penetrates deep into the bottom of the river, and flows down the water.

The old scalper was frightened and uneasy, and refused to move forward even if he was driven away.

The old man hurriedly pressed Layton's head and hid in the grass by the side of the road.

Layton said in a low voice: "Old man, what a fierce aura, how can there be a demonic beast here?"

"Even low-level demonic beasts are not something that we ordinary people can deal with, and it takes city guards or magicians to surrender, I hope it hasn't discovered us yet. The old man frowned and said in a deep voice: "Without further ado, hurry up and leave this place"

Layton nodded, and slowly stepped back behind the old man.

In this world full of magic, Warcraft is born with all kinds of magic and has great lethality, which is a disaster for ordinary people.

In the face of demonic beasts, ordinary people can only resist powerlessly and let them be slaughtered. However, for mages and warriors, Warcraft is both a threat and a valuable resource. The fur and bones on the body of the demonic beast, and more precious is the magic crystal contained in the demonic beast, especially for magicians, it often has a huge attraction.

After retreating into the distance, the old man said secretly: "This big river has not appeared in a hundred years since a demonic beast, how can it appear inexplicably today." ”

"Old man, why don't we go to the waterfall, there should be a lot of frogfish in the pool below. ”

Leighton's words interrupted the old man's thoughts.

The old man knew about the waterfall, and remembered that in the summer, every time he finished chopping wood, Leighton would always pester him to go to the pool under the waterfall to take a bath and swim.

It was also the happiest time of the day for Layton.

"Okay, that's a good place too, let's go. As he spoke, the old man pulled the old ox back to the waterfall.

At this time, the old scalper couldn't wait to leave early, and the aura of the demonic beast in front of it brought it a deep sense of fear, and it couldn't help but want to surrender to the coercion.

The old scalper trotted all the way, and soon came to a quiet wood, and there was a trace of water vapor in the air in front of him.

"Brush, brush!"

From the top of the low cliff, the water that flows down the rocks constantly beats the rocks, splashing a splash, and below is a pool of clear water.

The water surface is sparkling, the pool water trickles and flows, it is crystal clear, you can clearly see a group of frogfish jumping in the water, there are several large water lilies standing in the center of the pond, and there are two or three frogs squatting quietly on it, which has a different artistic conception.

Layton pointed to the group of frogfish under the water and said, "Look, old man, this frogfish is like a fish with four legs, and I will go and catch them with a fishing net." ”

The old man put the dry tobacco rod diagonally into the belt of his trousers, tied the reins of the old ox to the tree, walked to the edge of the pond, and nodded incessantly at the beautiful scenery.

Layton pulled out his prepared fishing net and stood on a mossy stone platform. Sinking his waist and twisting his hips, he turned around and threw his hand to throw the fishing net towards the middle of the pond. The nets sink silently down the water, and the fish swim away as if frightened.

The old man sat on the mossy stone platform and began to smoke the old dry cigarette.

After setting up his nets, Leighton walked to a damp spot in the woods and crouched down to dig through the dirt to find loaches to use as bait.

At this moment, dark shadows flashed through the woods, and then the earth began to shake. At first, it was only a slight vibration that was difficult to detect, and then the vibration became louder and louder, and there was a rumbling sound behind it, as if thousands of troops were attacking.