Reining the reins and stopping the horses at the gates, Anusen looked around suspiciously.

There was not a single Ebone near the gates or even on the streets as far as the eye could see. The town in front of me was lifeless, standing deserted.

"Isn't that right?" Anusn felt a little uneasy, "This should be a pretty lively town...... Not a single one in sight?"

"Anyone can see that something is wrong. Seresa snorted, "Alright, instead of wasting time standing here, it's better to hurry up and go into the city to have a look." ”

Am I in the wrong town? There should be only Jiuquan Town in the vicinity.

Raising his head, the knight couldn't help but take a closer look at the four words carved out of the top of the city gate in Eurasian language: thoe, vinae, cripin, tain (Jiuquan Town)

"Don't look at it, it's not wrong. As if seeing through Anusen's thoughts, Mad Dog scoffed rather sarcastically. Then he pulled the reins and entered the city gates. The knight did not lag behind, and overtook him on his mount.

Until they reached the fork in the street at the end of the street, neither of them saw a single Eborn. In contrast, the houses on both sides of the street are almost all wide open. Feeling more and more uneasy, Anusen reined in the horses.

"People here don't close their doors when they leave home?" Mad Dog simply jumped off his horse and turned his head to look around: "Knight, we seem to be in trouble." ”

"I feel the same way. Anusen also felt bad: "It's better to go straight to the center of town." ”

"There's a signpost here. The mad dog's attention was focused on a wooden sign on the side of the street. He approached the wooden sign and leaned his head closer to it for a moment: "There is no sign on it that it is the center of the city?"

"Anyway, let's go deeper. The knight felt that the atmosphere of the town was becoming more and more strange: "There is no way that there is no one in Jiuquan Town. ”

"What if there really isn't? I mean, 'living people'. Ceresya slumped, "Knight, my sixth sense has always been accurate - in my opinion, we'd better get out of town now." ”

"Why?" Anusen couldn't accept, "I've got to go deeper, right? besides, the hooded man mentioned that there might be news of my daughter here." ”

"Come on, you. Seresya's tone was helpless: "Look at this strange city that is no different from the dead city...... Do you really think your daughter is here?"

"Perhaps—" Before the knight could utter the second word, he was interrupted by a creepy, cold scream.

"He shouted assenode...... What else?" said Seresa, putting her hands on the saddle and turning her head to look at the knight.

"I didn't hear what he was saying. Probably not Eurasiatic. The knight looked uneasily in the direction from which the voice came: the street on the right corner ahead. Then he said, "Anyway, there's a guy over there -- we can go and ask him what's going on in this town." ”

"I suggest you don't even ask. The screaming made me uncomfortable. Seresa shook her head, "This place is weird, knight...... It's like a huge trap waiting for us to jump. If you'd like to hear it, I've got a plan for a safe point -- see the high ground over there?" Mad Dog pointed to a high slope outside the city, "We'll retreat outside the city gates, and it won't be long before we reach the top of the high ground." Then, you can look out over the town. After making sure that there was nothing wrong with it, we went back into town. ”

Just as Anusen was hesitating, a man slowly stepped out of the corner on the right. Then, he twisted stiffly, and his eyes fell on the two people on horseback.

Swallowing the greeting that was about to blurt out in shock, Anusen, who looked at him, felt only shudder: the man's eyes shone with a dark blue light, which made the knight feel that his body temperature had been lowered to freezing point.

The man's exposed face and hands were covered in large dark spots, and he looked disgusting. The man who was surrounded by a white mist-like chill twisted his neck slightly, and let out a provocative laugh. Then he suddenly picked up the signboard beside him with one hand and waved it in the direction of the two of them.

Cereya quickly came to her senses, jumped off her horse and drew her sword. The knight followed suit and raised his shield at the same time.

"I don't think you need to talk to him. The gritted mad dog shook his sword and crossed his legs in a convenient stance: "Do you know what this thing looks like?"

"It's the same as the Tavern rumors about the Corruptor......" The knight nervously stared into the Corruptor's eyes, feeling a chill from his internal organs once again. Then he realized that he couldn't keep staring into the man's eyes.

Twisting his neck again, the Corruptor lunged at the two of them with his wooden card in tow, unleashing a heavy blow.

Ceresa quickly dodged sideways, while Anusen raised her shield and took the swing head-on. With a swing of his sword, the knight slices off the wooden card he slashed again, and slammed the Corruptor down with his shield. Mad Dog attacked from the flank at the right time, plunging his sword into the enemy's chest.

"It's pretty neat. Cereya looked at the black blood stuck to the sword in disgust: "Damn, it's disgusting......"

"How can there be corruptors here?" the knight was still shocked, "Is it because of this ...... that you can't see people on the streets?"

"Wait, knight—look at the light!" the mad dog that glanced ahead of him cried out in shock, "I didn't see it when I looked over there." ”

Raising his head to follow Cereya's line of sight, the knight's heartbeat began to accelerate: a black-purple arc of light from the depths of Jiuquan Town.

"We've got to go and see. Anusen suppressed his extreme uneasiness and climbed back to his horse.

"Are you crazy or stupid?" the mad dog yelled in discontent, "don't you see this corruptor dressed as a common townsman who wants to kill us?

"I'll have to make sure with my own eyes. Anusen insisted, "You can wait for me outside the city." ”

"Come on, don't give me this set. You think I'm like the kind of person who hides in a safe place and steals his own fun?" muttered reluctantly as Celesya climbed back on horseback, "Can't our knight change his stubborn temper?"

"No! I'm sorry. Anusen glanced at the corpse again, "Maester Legri told me that the corpses of the corrupted must be burned...... Otherwise he will stand up again. ”

"You're going to help him burn his body again?" Seresya's helpless voice came from beside him again, "Come on, you, how can we have this time?"

"Let's go. The knight had to abandon the unrealistic idea and pull the reins.

The horse sped fast, but the hooded man appeared right in front of him. Before the frightened knight could stop the horse, he fainted.