On this day, the four of them had an early dinner and went to bed, and in the territory of Sarah, no one dared to let their guard down, and Stan and Rui took turns keeping vigil at night. Fern greeted Rui apologetically, but Rui didn't care.

The first half of the night quickly passed, and Ray walked out of the house to replace Stan, who took off his cloak and handed it to Ry. "Be careful, tonight is a particularly dark night, with little light. After saying that, both of them unconsciously looked up at the sky.

The moon was completely obscured by dark clouds, even the stars and aurora were gone, and only a patch of black could be seen in the distance, but no details could be seen.

"I'd better stay with you in the middle of the night, I really can't rest assured in this weather. Stan takes a few steps towards the room and walks back again, coughing twice and keeping his eyes wide as he can.

"You'd better go and rest, Fern hasn't fully recovered yet, and if you fall down again, won't it be possible for me and Ness to carry you two on our backs?" Rei saw that Stan was actually very tired, and persuaded him to rest.

Stan sighs, but relents. "Well, you have to be careful, wake us up as soon as there is a situation, and don't be reckless. ”

Rui laughed and snorted, "I'm not Fern. ”

Stan smiled and walked slowly back to the house, and before closing the door, the knight gave Rui one last look of concern, "Be careful, Rui." ”

Rui nodded, but Stan didn't see it clearly in the dark of the night, and closed the door nervously.

There was darkness and silence all around, and the occasional cold wind blew the bald branches near the house to a crumbling stagger, and the other abandoned houses in the village of Nassus could barely see their outlines in the darkness, which was all the more frightening.

Rui wasn't Stan after all, and at the moment, she could only sit quietly in the chair that Stan had moved outside, meditating intently, she was afraid that once she was distracted, she would only grow more and more scared in the darkness.

She remembered her long blonde hair and pale yellow pupils, the boy in the village with whom she had a crush when she was thirteen, and her mentor Moses, all before she began studying dark magic.

"Skuld, my home, barren but calm village. What's that boy's name? Loveville, or ...... Rockville? I can't remember. Rui shook his head helplessly, it seemed that in Rui's memory, since he had studied dark magic, there was nothing worth remembering.

"Maybe this trip is the only exception. Rui thought of his three companions, "And those three guys." Thinking of this, the mage smiled faintly.

Meditate like this, and time passes imperceptibly. "It's going to be dawn in a minute, it's great. "It's been a long time since Rui has looked forward to dawn, even the last two days of vigil, because the weather is good, and the moon and stars are exceptionally bright at night. "I don't know how long I haven't looked forward to the dawn of the day, it seems that I don't look forward to it anymore, I don't know when anything no longer makes me feel a glimmer of hope, but today, I seem to have regained that feeling. Tears oozed from the corners of Rui's eyes.

At this moment, a heavy feeling of depression suddenly surged into Rui's heart. "This is!" Rui snapped his eyes open and looked around nervously, but he couldn't see anything clearly in the dark night.

Rui closed his eyes again, trying to feel everything around him. "That's how it feels, damn it, it's so close to Doyle, how can it be ......"

The mage hurried back to the house and hurriedly woke up his companions.

Stan was the first to get up, "Is there a situation?"

"It's a dark tide, I feel a dark tide in the distance north of us!" Rui said nervously, quickly packing up his food. "We've got to pack up our stuff quickly, and while I'm not sure they're targeting us, we'd better be prepared. ”

Fern sat up as well, "Just got rid of the Doyles, and are you going to face the dark tide again?" The mercenary slowly stood up, his temples still aching so much that he didn't dare to move too quickly.

Ness looked at him worriedly. "It's alright, Fern. ”

Fern smiled and shook his head. "It's okay, don't worry. ”

As soon as Ray and Ness had quickly packed all their belongings, Fern immediately extinguished the fire in the fireplace, and Stan had closed the wooden door and placed his desk behind it.

"Well, Ray, are they getting closer here?" Fern asked softly.

"Yes, but there's no way they know there's anyone here, why they're here. Rui's right hand clenched into a fist, looking puzzled.

Ness's nervous hands clenched her wand, as if that would ease her fears a little. "Could it be just passing through here, and it just so happens that we are here. ”

"No, Sara has been down for so long, there's nothing left for the Gloody Tides to stay here, they must have some purpose. Rui dismissed Ness's naïve speculation and continued to lower her head and close her eyes.

Stan stands guard by the only window in the room, watching everything outside the room vigilantly, but he can't see much at all. "Not necessarily, although Sara has been down for a while, but it's only been about two months, and I guess they haven't found what they're looking for. ”

"What could it be? Sara has something that the Darktide wants?" Ness leaned against the wall in fear, not daring to go too far from Fern.

Fern touched Ness's head, trying to soothe her fear. "Don't think about it so much now, let's get through this first. Then the mercenary looked at Rui with a serious expression, "Can you feel how many ghouls there are?

"Not yet, they're too far away. Rui frowned and shook his head.

"Since it's still far away, it might be safer to get out of here now. Fern spoke his mind.

"I agree with Fern too, and we'll keep running east, away from here until the ghouls find us. Stan angrily knocks on the window. "Hell, it's too dark to see anything. ”

"We can try, but no matter which direction we go, we don't know what awaits us on the road. Rui opened his eyes and said helplessly.

"I'd rather we'd have run into a dark tide and wait here and not know what's going to happen next, it's a bad feeling. Ness subconsciously hugged her hands.

It was pitch black in the room, and no one was deciding what to do. After a moment of silence, Fern finally spoke, "So be it, Ray, can you discern the direction?" before dawn. ”

"It's okay here, with Nassus as a reference, and after a little further east, it's almost dawn, and then it's even more fine. Rui nodded affirmatively, but in the darkness, no one could see.

"Rui you lead the way, Stan and Ness are in the middle, I'll break off, let's go now. Fern said, strapping a package on his back.

Stan picks up another package and opens the door, leaning against the side of the door, waiting for his companions to go out first. "I'll break off, Fern, you haven't fully recovered, and we don't know what happens in the end. ”

Fern still wants to argue, but he has to admit that Stan is the best solution, so he taps Stan on the shoulder and runs after Rui into the darkness outside.