Chapter 34: The Process

"Bang bang bang", the light tambourine sound is mixed with the crisp sound of bells, the organ plays a cheerful melody, the enticing aroma wafts from the fire, and a few extroverted female members of the caravan hum a brisk little tune in their mouths, stepping on small broken steps, distributing the cutlery to everyone, the body is tossing and turning, the fragrant wind is gusting, and the gorgeous dresses are not affected by the cold weather in the slightest.

This is the persistence of the women of Lint, well, this is the attachment shared by female intelligent creatures all over the world.

In the afternoon, after a simple exchange, things finally became clear, and the coincidence made everyone sigh at the miracle of fate.

No one knows how the ghost space exploded, but it was not far away from each other, and at most three teams separated by more than ten kilometers were pulled closer to the ghost space at some point before and after the banquet ended the night before.

Maybe everyone was asleep by then, maybe some of the teams were still busy tidying up the camp and cleaning up the mess, maybe some of the knights were still rolling around and didn't know what they were doing, but, regardless of their actions, no one noticed the anomaly in themselves or around them.

Until the next day, that is, yesterday, it was just getting dark, and the people of the caravan got up earlier than usual because they had had a banquet last night, and although they had cleaned up the mess during the night, they must have had more work than usual this morning.

So early in the morning, everyone was in the dark, ready to start sorting out their personal belongings, and then continued the day's journey. The whole team was very lively, and everyone was very busy, although they had not yet started loading, it was still very difficult to organize the camp tent and put everything in order to be easily loaded according to their habits. Even the pampered Earl Merck was cleaning the treasured jade ornaments he had shown to everyone last night while he was drinking.

The little ones were also busy, and the three children got together crying to find the toys they had lost last night. Obviously, the children fell asleep before they knew it, and no one remembered where they had left their toys in a daze, so they could only wipe their tears and rummage through their treasures amid the good-natured laughter of a group of adults.

Of course, they found it, and when the adults finally packed everything and were about to start loading, the children finally found their beloved toys under the long dining table in the main banquet hall, which had become clean and tidy.

So, as the three overjoyed children threw themselves on their toys and took them in their arms, the whole camp fell into shock, and even the children were stunned and cried at a loss.

Because, everyone suddenly found that they had been busy all night and morning, and the camp changed back to the way it was when the banquet was held halfway last night.

Cutlery and wine bottles were scattered crookedly on the table, tables and chairs standing and lying down on the floor were everywhere, boxes of food were placed in the open air, and even miscellaneous items such as bedding that had been sorted out were restored to the way they had not been cleaned up last night.

What's even more terrifying is that it's getting dark again.

Obviously, one moment ago, the sky remained faintly bright, although the sun had not yet risen, but the surroundings could already be seen clearly, but the next moment, the sky fell into darkness again, and the silver moonlight shone on the wilderness, and the cold light made people shiver. The fire in the middle of the camp was not running out of fuel, and the faint flames were still beating, struggling to emit the last light and heat.

Look at the sky, and then look at the fire, the current time is about two o'clock at night at most, that is to say, it is only two hours since everyone went to bed after the banquet, and it is impossible for the sky to be bright, and it is impossible for everyone to get up and work energetically.

Could it be that we were sleepwalking in a group just now?

At this time, the people of the Chamber of Commerce remembered to observe themselves, and then they were surprised to find that everything that had just been changed into clothes and items today had disappeared collectively, and they ran back to the camp tent to see, those clothes were lying quietly where they were last night, but the clothes that they changed this morning had completely disappeared, there was no body, there was no package, and they couldn't be found anywhere, as if they had gone to another space, so that many people were only wearing underwear and standing in the cold wind awkwardly.

Before the people could regain their senses, the children's cries resounded in the sky, and the three children ran out in horror and got into the arms of their parents and shivered. After the explanation, the adults learned that after these children picked up the toys, they suddenly found that all the toys appeared in the same place again, and what they were holding in their arms was just a cloud of air, and the strange changes really scared the children, and they were stunned for a long time before they remembered to cry.

The sudden appearance of the children reminded the adults that they should count the number of people first to see if there were any fewer people, but after a simple count, it was found that someone was really missing, a businessman affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce, who had just greeted a friend and said that he wanted to solve a personal problem, so he ran to the edge of the camp to make it convenient, but he has not returned so far, and he cannot be found anywhere.

All the changes are beyond the comprehension of normal people, from the leading nobles and captains, down to the caravan handling laborers, and even the mercenary guards outside the two sequences, they are all in a panic, parents are holding their children, and they don't care about underwear or underwear, everyone gathers together, protected by the guards in the inner circle, and waits nervously.

Even they don't know what they're waiting for, but they don't know what to do after the change, and they are dazed in the hope that there will be further changes so that everyone can understand what is happening. If nothing else, it is estimated that they will panic for a long time before they try to reorganize the camp, and then quickly flee in confusion.

Fortunately, the unexpected happened.

After just over ten minutes, five figures appeared out of thin air from the edge of the crowd, but fortunately, when the figures appeared, the crowd was far away from the banquet venue, so there was no bloodbath.

Of course, it was Marlene and the three knights who appeared, and one more, the missing member of the caravan.

The poor fellow probably will never forget this day for the rest of his life, and he was still laughing with his friends and companions a moment ago, but when he came back from just solving his personal problems, everyone was gone, and only an empty camp remained.

What a hell of a thing.

The poor merchant was almost stupefied by the sudden turn of events, and ran frantically around the camp, trying to find the others, hoping that it was just a joke on his companions, but he ran around every corner of the camp and found not a single companion.

At this time, he still maintained the least calm, and reluctantly lit a fireworks for help in the camp, pitifully curled up by the fire and shivering, the loneliness of abandonment and the fear brought by the weirdness continued to entangle around him, making this poor fellow's brain make up countless terrifying scenes.

What's even more terrifying is that there is a sudden sneaky sound outside the camp. Already oppressed by fear, he was close to losing his mind, and hearing a sneaky noise, the poor fellow had forgotten the purpose of his own fire, and like a rabbit with an arrow, he plunged into the pile of goods, and did not dare to come out with his head covered.

In fact, it was the footsteps made by Linda when she came to check the situation, but unfortunately this guy didn't know, or rather, fortunately, this guy didn't know, and Linda just walked around the empty camp hastily, and left quickly, unwilling to stay in this strange camp for a long time, which led to the two sides passing by.

Holding his head, I don't know how long I hid, and suddenly there was a heavy sound of horses' hooves in my ears.

For him, the sound of horses' hooves, which was open and undisguised at this time, was much more intimate than the sound of footsteps made by tiptoeing, at least it made him dare to poke his head out and observe the source of the sound.

Knight? Is it a knight?

The reputation of knights is not particularly reliable in Pavatiga, but it is by no means bad, especially this kind of knights who are fully equipped and look very powerful, at least they are very rich, and they will not be robbers who kill people and goods. In this situation, the strange knight was already the most trustworthy person he could think of, so he ran out as soon as possible, crying and crying for help from the knights.

The knights must have been Marlene and her companions, and she, who had been trying to find out the situation, was naturally overjoyed by the merchant's appearance, and after inquiring about the general situation, she let the abandoned merchant take them and hurriedly patrol the camp.

The pace of the patrol came to an abrupt end at the banquet venue.

In the middle of the tent, Rockcore inadvertently kicked the wooden sword that protruded from under the table, and then led the entire pile of toys. So, in the originally dead camp, they suddenly heard a large number of faint sounds, and when they walked out of the tent, they saw hundreds of people staring at each other with them in a daze, and no one could speak for a while.

With the poor middleman as a bridge of communication, the two sides quickly let down their guards, at least on the surface, and began to communicate with each other, when they understood the general context of the matter, although Marlene did not know what was happening, but her keen instinct made her realize for the first time that the pile of toys that were touched at the end was probably the key to the matter.

Blowing the trumpet, he couldn't contact the group Dack, and sent people to explore the parasite's camp, but all they saw was an empty camp, and what was even more terrifying was that when the Wind Wolf Knight was sent to return the same way to find Duck and the convoy, the Wind Wolf ran all the way back to the place where he had camped last night, only to find the carriage that had not moved in the camp.

At this time, Marlene already knew that there was a big problem, and then she made the wisest decision, which was to force everyone, including the hundreds of people in the caravan, not to approach the banquet area, and never allow anyone to touch the pile of strange toys.

No one knows what kind of situation the people in the ghost space will fall into if they change the state of the toys in the real world, and whether they will be able to return the same way, but it turns out that at least it is correct not to touch them, and after two hours, Shur and they will return safely, and they can still sit in the new camp away from the scene of the incident as they are now, and enjoy the hospitality of the caravan.