"Hold, I'm sorry, this gentleman and young lady...... Do you know where Hilda's Alley is?"

The lost old woman opened her eyes wide and stared at the two people in front of her with hope in her eyes.

The old woman was wrapped in an old turban, she looked very old, her face was dull, and the white hair leaking from under the turban was unkempt. Holding a small package in his arms. Seemingly lost for a long time, she wandered around the square, only to be treated like a beggar and impatiently shake her hands.

Her lips pursed, she didn't know what to say, and her voice stammered: "Please help me, I've been looking for it for a day." ”

"I don't know, find it yourself. ”

The little girl gave her a blank look and waved her hand unhappily: "I'm busy, I don't have time." ”

"White tide. ”

Ye Qingxuan raised his voice, and his eyes became serious: "Pay attention to politeness." ”

Bai Xi was looked at by him, and his impatient expression gradually collapsed, and finally became helpless, and he reluctantly stretched out his hand and pointed in a random direction:

"There. ”

Ye Qingxuan sighed, took back her random fingers, sighed, and looked at the old woman: "Hilda's alley is on our way back." If you don't dislike our slow speed, why don't I take you there?"

The old woman seemed stunned, and her lips opened and closed twice, not knowing what to say. Cloudy eyes were full of gratitude: "Thank you, kind sir, otherwise I would have ...... I don't know what to do anymore. ”

"It's okay, come with me. ”

Ye Qingxuan smiled and led the way in front with a cane. Bai Ximan followed behind unhappily, quietly glared at the old woman, and muttered in a low voice: "There are thousands of lost people in Avalon every day, can you help me?"

Ye Qingxuan knocked on her head and did not speak.

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"Are you visiting Avalon for the first time?"

On the way back, Ye Qingxuan casually chatted with the old woman.

"You can call me Emma. ”

The old woman followed with some staggering, her eyes sad: "I have herded sheep in the highlands all my life and have never left. My daughter passed away the other day, and my son-in-law kicked me out. My nephew wrote to me that I could come here, but after coming here, I couldn't find him......"

Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a moment and pursed his lips: "I'm sorry." ”

"Nothing to be sorry about. Granny Emma shook her head gently: "My husband used to tell me that there are always so many misfortunes in life, and sometimes they ...... It's good to be patient. He has been with me for so many hard days. It's so much better now than before, and I'm not going to be overwhelmed. ”

Bai Xi pursed his lips and snorted, but didn't say anything.

The old woman, Emma, didn't care, but smiled flatteringly, and asked softly, "Are you and your sister locals?"

"Sister?" Ye Qingxuan glanced at Bai Xi and laughed softly: "It's about the same, but she's been in Avalon for a long time, and I've just come here." ”

During the long march, Ye Qingxuan stopped, turned into the alley behind a row of shops, and pointed to the corner not far ahead: "After passing here, you will arrive." I remember there wasn't much occupancy in Hilda's alley, so it would be easier for you to find it."

The old woman Emma stopped and looked at Ye Qingxuan gratefully: "Thank you for helping me show me the way, I really don't know what to do without you." ”

"It's nothing, people always have to help each other. Ye Qingxuan smiled and said goodbye.

"Please come and sit with me. My nephew is a good boy and he will repay you. Granny Emma grabbed his hand and gratefully withheld: "You are a good person, if you don't repay him, I won't be too upset." ”

"No need. Ye Qingxuan smiled and wanted to pull out his hand, but he couldn't.

He twitched again, only to find that the old woman had grabbed his hand and was dead. The withered palm had a supple and sticky texture like a dead snake, making it impossible for him to break free.

He froze, and looked up at the old woman. The old woman Emma was still smiling, her wrinkled face full of joy, but there was no lonely panic in her squinted green pupils, but full of creepy gloom.

"As you said, people always have to help each other. ”

She grabbed Ye Qingxuan's hand, her nails embedded in his skin, and her hoarse voice was still full of a kind of hypocritical gratitude: "Sir, you are a good person, why don't you do me another favor?"

She cracked her mouth and whispered something. There was a crack in the air.

Ye Qingxuan's eyes were dark, like a snow wind sweeping up from under his feet, and the instant chill seemed to drain all his strength, making his legs weak, and he almost fell to his knees.

"Hey, old woman, what are you doing?!"

Bai Xi finally sensed that something was wrong, and rushed to break her hand, but was held by her palm backhand: "Be polite, little girl, impolite little ghost, you can't sell it for a good price." ”

Emma's voice went from hoarse to shrill and thin. In the last light of the setting sun, there was a faint green light in her pupils, like a demon. Ignoring Bai Xi's hard kicking, she reached out and pinched her chin, and looked at it carefully: "It's really like......"

She chuckled softly, "It's like that." ”

During the kick, a folded piece of white paper fell from her sleeve, and a portrait of a silhouette was engraved on the white paper. The white paper fell into the water, and the sludge and marks stained the portrait of the girl and Bai Xi's face indistinguishable.

Ye Qingxuan was stunned, he opened his mouth to speak, but he couldn't make a sound. Something was wrapped around his neck, making him barely able to breathe.

Bai Xi's lips trembled, powerless to resist.

The rustic-clad old woman was muttering something softly, her lips open and closed, but there was no sound. It was like a black wind tunnel hidden in her heart, and a steady stream of foul breath was blowing, like a rotting corpse in the mud. The strands of that stuff were like spider silk, silently wrapping around the bodies of the two of them, draining all the strength to move.

"Come with me, go back to where you should be. Someone has been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Emma scraped the girl's face with her sharp nails, looking at her eyes that spread out with fear: "Remember what I said?

Sometimes, you have to endure it. ”

She shrieked softly, in this deserted alley. The laughter echoed on the walls, the air rippled, and there was a faint shadow swaying, entangled Ye Qingxuan's limbs and throat, like layers of seaweed entangled in the deep sea.

As a result, the painful feeling became even stronger, and I could only struggle in pain in the pain of suffocation.

"Don't ......"

Bai Xi's pupils dilated, and he murmured in a low voice.

"Come, don't be afraid, come with me. ”

Emma grinned and shook her hand. Bai Xi was involuntarily pulled by him like a puppet doll, and walked towards the gloomy alley.

In the suffocation, Ye Qingxuan climbed on the ground with difficulty, trying to grab her clothes, but missed. He had never seen Bai Xi so frightened, frightened, uneasy, as if he was going to go to hell or something worse.

"Don't ......"

In the invisible shackles, the girl's lips opened and closed, trying to make a sound, but the voice was as weak as the last words of death, trembling and full of fear.

“...... No. ”

Her face suddenly twisted, as if she was in great pain, and her body trembled violently.

Emma's steps paused, and she bowed her head in astonishment, and in her sleeve, something was drumming, like hot water boiling.

The sudden wind lifted open the wide sleeves, revealing her old skin and the strange runes etched into it...... The notes implanted in the skin were constantly vibrating and becoming blurred.

There was a huge power that emerged from Bai Xi's body, and instead of being restrained, it became more and more violent, almost frantically ramming, regardless of the fact that Bai Xi's skin had broken in the impact.

Her notes are getting out of hand!

Emma frowned and pressed her shoulders hard, the cry echoing in her throat like a ghost cry. Like a python trying to strangle its prey, Bai Xi's bones almost made a sound of collapse.

Bai Xi's shoulders trembled, staring at the palm pressed on his shoulder, and finally uttered a complete voice, sharp and frightened:

"-Don't touch my !!"

Collapse!

The violent impact seemed to burst out of Bai Xi's body, shattering the invisible restraints. The burst of air was almost faintly visible at that moment, tearing huge gaps in her clothes.

Emma's cry was completely interrupted, and he let out a scream, took a step back like thunder, and bent down and coughed violently.

A metal cast, broken tooth and sticky blood spurted out of his mouth and landed on the ground. In the last ray of light, the seven orifices on the bronze broken tooth were like a slight sound when the breeze blew.

Ye Qingxuan felt the restraint disappear along with the cry.

He didn't have time to think too much, rushed forward, picked up Bai Xi, who had fallen softly to the ground, and plunged into the alley in front of him.

There was a burly man at the mouth of the alley who wanted to stand up, but before he could stop Ye Qingxuan, something came into his arms.

It was a fine walking stick, and the polished and oiled pear blossom wood had a faint woody scent, but now it was grasped by a young man and stabbed in the man's heart like a spear.

"Get out of here!"

The young man's expression was hideous.

In an instant, the young man's hands were as fierce as a bloodthirsty thug on the street, as if something had awakened in his heart, and his eyes were no longer kind, but ...... Filled with an indescribable rage.

When he poked the cane out, he pressed all the weight of himself and Bai Xi, stabbed the man in an instant, and fell to the ground holding his heart.

He didn't have time to pick up the crutches again, so he could only hold the girl in his arms.

Staggered, grabbed the road and fled.

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In place, choking and coughing, Emma bent down, picked up the tooth, and examined it carefully.

It has holes like facial features, and at first glance it looks like a distorted human face. It fell off because it had been deformed and exploded from the inside.

Visible to the naked eye, the old woman's face was distorted, and her turquoise pupils were full of gloom, like a crumpled dahlia.

This is a tooth forged from white copper and immersion iron, strong and wear-resistant, after the seven orifices are chiseled out by musicians and craftsmen, it is a fine musical instrument, with the runes engraved on the skin, even ordinary people can mobilize the power of a certain section of the score, strange and secretive, it is impossible to prevent it.

"Damn little a**!!"

She roared hoarsely, the corners of her mouth screeching, and then there was a faint echo and resonance in the distance, filling her turquoise pupils with a chilling chill:

"You can't run!"