The area was like a town of the dead, desolate to the point of non-existence. Tonight, however, a speeding carriage carrying three mercenaries from the distant Oguna Empire - Avi, Carrie, and Van - was ushered in.

"If I had to choose again, I'd rather walk!" said Big Nose Fan, rubbing his nose, because he had been in the car for too long, and occasionally he could get out of the car for some fresh air at a few times a day, but most of it was hidden in the car - the windows were tightly closed by the coachman, and he thought that all the way along the border between the Kingdom of Kosai and the Duchy of No's must have good people snooping inside the car, so he did it.

"That's your choice, I think that's good. Avi lay down on the planks in the car, and he somehow got some straw from somewhere, and spread it all over the board, and then he laid a long cloth, and he lay down with his hands behind his head.

"Do you think we're going to be sold to traffickers by this coachman?" Carrie said suddenly, causing Fan, who was already having a bad nose, to sneeze immediately, making the air in the carriage even more turbid.

It turned out that Carrie had secretly made a small hole in the carriage the day before yesterday when the coachman was sleeping to observe things outside. But tonight, she found it dark outside, and the occasional animal chirping was very sad—no one would pass by.

Avi also didn't understand why Miss Delia arranged for them to go to the Republic of Marvil in such a closed carriage, it stands to reason that no one would know their identity as a "dead man" after leaving the empire.

However, the explanation of the connector and the coachman was to hide it.

"It may not be sold to the traffickers, but I always feel that something is wrong," Avi said, turning over and closing his eyes sideways, "I went down today to see the coachman wearing a rather thick robe, and covering his face, leaving only two holes to see. Avi had not slept well, because the carriage was a bit bumpy, and the coachman slept for a short time, usually at night, and he rested for a while when it was almost dawn. It's been more than ten days of driving like this, and if it were Avi, he would have foamed at the mouth, collapsed on the ground, and died like a sun-dried earthworm.

"Could it be that someone up front will check," Carrie looked intently at the world outside the carriage, finding nothing but stacks of black, "after all, we should be almost at the border between the Republic of Marvey and the Kingdom of Kosai." Carrie also felt a little strange, for the carriage had picked up noticeably today, as if it was about to run away from something that was being pursued.

Fan sat there looking particularly irritable, he hadn't taken a shower in three days. Although the territory of the Winter Kingdom is not as warm as that of the Oguna Empire, the lice have begun to make themselves uncomfortable, and their skin is itchy and swollen.

"I said, why don't you buy a few horses after crossing the border and run to the City of Honor by yourself. Big Nose Fan touched the money bag, and the connector still gave them a certain amount of gold coins.

"What about the coachman?"

"It's slaughtered," Fan rolled his eyes, "anyway, the task we have to accomplish will not come out of his mouth, and if he dies, he will not have to go back to the empire again." ”

Avi thought for a moment and nodded, but he quickly sat up and said, "You don't really want to do that, do you?"

Carrie was amused by the serious discussion between the two brothers, and laughed nonstop. But suddenly something flickered in the black wasteland, like a green lonely ghost. This directly scared Carrie, after all, she was only fifteen years old, and she still couldn't bear things that were too magical.

"That's... There are ghosts!"

Big-nosed Fan and Avi immediately squeezed over when they heard it, and Carrie's eyes widened in fright, and she couldn't even blink. Fan immediately pushed to Avi and leaned in to see first.

"I'll go! There are ghosts!green ghosts!" said Big Nose Fan and fell to the ground in fright, and stepped back.

Avi immediately looked out with one eye as well. There was nothing outside but black, and tonight's moonlight had long been obscured by dark clouds, and nothing could be seen. But in the next second, he saw a green thing flash, like a firefly that knew how to glow on its own, and before he could see what it was, the green thing grew bigger because it was rapidly approaching him.

"Help, Uncle Coachman, there's a ghost out there!" Avi slapped the plank of the carriage in front of him, which forced the driver to stop the car, and stepped down and opened the carriage.

The coachman's whole body was wrapped in a black robe, which was almost one with the night. All three of them screamed at the same time when they first saw the driver.

"Did you really see a ghost?!" the coachman asked in a whisper, tearing off his mask.

"You... See for yourself!" Fan pointed in the direction they saw, but when all four of them looked that way, there was nothing.

The coachman himself climbed into the carriage, closed the door, and said, "I tell you, this area is the border between the Republic of Marvel and the Kingdom of Kose, and there used to be a city here," he said, and took out a map, and pointed to a point on it, which was a point on the border between the two countries, and there was a sign of ruins, "but then because of a strange natural disaster, all the people in the city died overnight, and all the skin and bones were left, and the flesh and blood were gone." Then the whole city was deserted and left uninhabited. Later, some travelers passed by and said that they had encountered ghosts, and many people said so, and even the border posts between the two countries were abolished..."

The three young men pricked up their ears and listened attentively to the coachman's conversation, when suddenly there was a sound of lapping outside the carriage.

"Papapa!

Carrie cried out with a "wow", this is the first time Fan saw Carrie crying, and he himself was trembling with fright. Only Avi remained calm, as he had already worn the enchanted ring that Miranda had given him in his hand, and he had maintained his mental composure. And he has escaped the torture of the "judgment of justice", heard the whispers of owls and snow wolves, and recalled the magical battle between mages and dead corpses. These incredible things are comparable to ghosts, so he didn't seem flustered, but put his arms around Carrie and stroked each other's hair with his hand to comfort him a little.

The coachman pulled a dagger from his waist, and he tried to gently push the door open with his hand, but at the same time, a force from outside lifted the door open.

A man in green armor was standing outside the carriage, and behind him were several horsemen who had not dismounted.

"It is worthy of the sword of the kingdom! Catch a suspicious person at once!" complimented one of the cavalrymen in the back.

And the green-armored guy in front of the four of them was not a ghost, but a tall man with a scar on his face. He didn't pay attention to the words of the guys behind him, but asked directly, "Where are you going?"