Had it not been for Lucius's stop a hundred yards in front of the village, Barred would not have been able to catch up with him, which made the warrior suspect that the logistics chief had given the prince the best horse when he was choosing. "You've finally stopped, why don't you just rush in?"

Lucius's reaction was beyond Bared's expectations, and the prince was looking ahead in confusion. "Something seems wrong with this village. ”

"What's wrong?" Barred followed his friend's gaze, the village in front of him did feel very strange, but what was strange, he couldn't say for a while. "But I thought there was a problem because I didn't see any villages, not even farms, when I passed by two years ago. ”

"I don't think it's a problem, it's possible that they fled from some town, or that another village was attacked by natural disasters or bandits, and the villagers had to rebuild the village in a safe place, and two years was enough to rebuild. Lucius said disapprovingly, and led the horse forward.

Barred followed. "Let's go around it, we'll be in Parades in two days, and eat and sleep as you like there. ”

"When did you become so cautious, Bared?" Lucius glanced at Bared, not intending to stop. "If you look at that village, I can see villagers basking in the sun at the door of their houses. ”

Lucius was right, there were indeed figures walking through the houses and streets of the village, looking peaceful, but Barred still frowned. The two approached the edge of the village, where a clean and tidy street ran through the village, with the only side roads stretching out on either side of the street, no more than a few dozen yards long, and the houses were all built in good order. The villagers, who had been basking in the sun just a moment ago, were now slowly walking along the street towards the center of the village, where there was the largest building in the whole village, the church, and everything seemed to be in good order.

Lucius jumped off his horse and walked over to the nearest villager. "Hello, we are travelers passing through this place, what is the name of this village?"

The villager gave Lucius a strange glance and didn't answer, a glance that gave Lucius goosebumps all over his body.

Lucius did his best to calm himself down. "It's ...... here" but the villagers ignored him and followed the other villagers towards the church.

Barred led the horse and walked over. "I think I know there's something wrong here. ”

"What is it?" Lucius swallowed.

"If you look at these houses, most of them are made of wood, and the roofs are not sloping enough, so it can accumulate a lot of water. Barred pointed to a room beside him.

"You're saying this kind of house shouldn't be here?" Lucius stroked the stubble off his chin.

Barred walked over to the wall of the room. "That's right, this is the Black Marsh, the climate is very humid, I've been to Wet Harbor, and the houses there are almost all made of stone, because wood is easy to rot in this environment, and even grows all kinds of mushrooms, and this roof, the Black Swamp is rainy, and it should be built as sloped as possible so that the rain can flow down, but you see this roof, it seems to be built in a relatively arid place. ”

"Grace ......" Lucius fell into deep thought.

Barred pulled a piece of the wooden wall with his hand, and his brow furrowed. "No, there must be something wrong with this village, and we'd better get out of here. With that, Barred was already walking out of the village.

"Wait!" Lucius called out to him. "Don't you want to know why this village is so strange?

"Are you crazy? I don't want to get in trouble, it's more than I expected. Barred rejected Lucius and continued walking.

Lucius looked at his friend with disdain. "You coward, go and wait outside the village, and I'll go to the church myself. ”

"Stop!" Bared yelled, causing the villagers in front of him to look back at them, making them look furious, but after a few words of exchange between them, the villagers ignored them and continued to walk towards the church.

Barred walked back to Lucius and stretched out his right hand, which was a dry piece of wood. "Look at this piece of wood, I just picked it off the wall there, if this village was built here, then the trees here must be used, the woods here are soaked in humid environment all year round, how can it be so dry?"

Lucius just glanced at the wood chip in Barreid's hand. "You can't convince me, Bared, it's been a long time since I've been so excited, I'm going to suffocate to death by staying in the castle all day, I'm going to have to investigate. ”

Barred angrily threw the pieces of wood on the ground. "Then you can go, I won't accompany you!"

Lucius watched Bared's back go away, examined his two swords, and then vigilantly followed the villagers.

Barred found a small dirt slope outside the village and sat on it. "Lucius, this idiot, isn't the previous lesson enough? always asking for trouble, this time I will definitely not help him again, give him some lessons. ”

The lady was quietly grazing, Barred had been sitting still, drowsy, and the sky was gradually darkening, and when Barred woke up again, it was almost evening, and the sun was only half a small part of the sky, and the whole land was dyed red by the setting sun, and the village was no exception, falling into a bloody color, which looked even more strange.

Barred couldn't help but get anxious. "Why hasn't this guy come out yet, it's almost dark. The warrior stood up, but immediately sat down again. "No, I won't help him this time, bastard!"

The sun continued to set, the last of the dark red disappeared into the sky, the whole sky turned a deep blue, Lucius still did not appear, and the village was no longer as lively as it was during the day, but there was an unsettling silence. Barred couldn't sit still any longer, he angrily took out his wine bottle and took two big sips, swearing and preparing to leave. "This is the last time, I swear, there will never be a next time!"

Holding the lady in his left hand and the hilt of his sword in his right hand, Barred was ready to draw his sword at any moment, slowly approaching the village, and when the moon appeared in the sky, he stepped into the village again. There was no one on the street, and to Bared's confusion, there was not a single light in all the rooms except for the church in the middle of the village. Barred knew that this was extremely abnormal, as a mercenary, he had traveled to almost every corner of Wallis, and had never seen the entire village gathered in the church, unless the village was in danger of destruction. Thinking of this, Barred was even more disturbed by Lucius's situation, he simply drew his sword, anyway, he didn't see pedestrians now, he didn't have to worry about scaring others.

Getting closer and closer to the church, by the moonlight, he saw Lucius' horse standing by the church wall, but Lucius was nowhere to be seen, and it seemed that he must have run into the church. This idiot, do you mean he's bold, or he's stupid. Barred shook his head, left the lady on the side of the road, and walked to the church by himself. s

The church was brightly lit, and the light was shining through the closed window, and Barred walked over to one of the windows, looked around vigilantly, and after making sure that nothing was wrong, he slowly pushed the window open a small gap. The warrior tried his best to restrain his nervousness, he didn't know why he was so nervous, and he was already sweating all over his body before he could look out the window. Barred wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, took a deep breath, and looked out the window, then his eyes suddenly widened, and his breathing stopped at that moment.