There was only one table and four chairs in the room, and a few oil lamps lit on the tables and on the surrounding walls illuminated everything in the room. Except for the man named Fairbank in the middle chair, who sat on it, the other chairs were empty. But behind Fairbank stood several strong bodyguards, which made the already cramped room even more cramped.

Fairbank lifted his chin to the chair in front of him. "Sit down, I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Instead of sitting down, Fern leaned against the door with his hands on his chest. "Thank you very much for your water bladder during the day, but if you have any traps waiting for us to throw them in, we won't show mercy. ”

"Hahaha!" Fairbank laughed. "I'm kind of self-aware, and none of us here are necessarily your opponents, so I'm certainly not going to be bored. ”

Queai didn't sit down, but moved to Fern's side. "Then what is the purpose of waiting for us to come? I advise you, we still have a lot of trouble of our own, you don't want to get into trouble, do you?"

"Oh?" Fairbank seemed completely unimpressed by what Quiai had said about the trouble. "Whatever the trouble, as soon as you cross the Pilatus Mountains and reach the endless Eastern Continent, you will disappear without a trace, and the Eastern Continent will make everything that happened in Wallis a thing of the past. Well, I'm right, you're also going to the Eastern Continent to escape something. ”

"What about you?" Fern didn't answer the other man's question directly. "What are you trying to escape from going to the legendary Eastern Continent?"

Fairbank stared into Fern's eyes. "Gloomy tide, Threndra has fallen, the Sweetforest has been leveled by them, I guess now those monsters have reached the border of Cumberland, it won't be long before they invade Cumberland and Alesia, then Rodanok and Tempe, and finally the border country, and the whole Wallis will fall into the abyss. ”

Queai snorted. "You know a lot, as far as an ordinary person knows. ”

"Yes, thanks for the compliment, pretty girl. Fairbank smiled at Queai. "In fact, I know more than you think, such as...... The Great Sage Adeline is also dead. ”

Queai frowned slightly, but Fern didn't react.

"Even the Great Sage is no match for the Dark Lord, oh...... Of course, the Great Sage is not an opponent of the Dark Lord, and no one is an opponent of the Dark Lord. Fairbank propped his hands on the table and continued. "Listen, Wallis is finished, and everyone will die unless we can cross the Pilatus Mountains. ”

Fern waited for him to finish and said, "What do you want us to do?"

"It's simple. Fairbank relaxed and leaned back in his chair. "The first time I saw you, I knew that you were very strong, no one knew what was in the Eastern Continent, I needed as many companions as possible, strong companions like you, we could live together in the Eastern Continent. ”

"What if the Eastern Continent is just a legend and doesn't really exist?" asked Quiai rhetorically.

Fairbank shrugged. "We have no choice, we should try instead of waiting to die in Wallis, even if there is nothing on the other side of the Pilatus Mountains, but at least we can pray that the dark tide will not try to climb over this towering mountain, so that our chances of survival will be much better than staying in Wallis. ”

"I appreciate your kindness, but ......" Fern nodded. "Our destination is not the Eastern Continent, we have more important things to do, and even if the trouble is always on our back, we have to face it. ”

Fairbank stared at Fern for a long time, and was about to speak, when suddenly a terrible scream pierced the silent desert sky. Everyone was startled by the sudden scream, and Fairbank jumped up from his chair and gave orders to the bodyguards behind him. "What's going on? You guys go out and see!"

Fern swept past the bodyguard behind Fairbank. "Are all your people here? I remember there were more than a few of them during the day. ”

Fairbank scratched at his hair in confusion. "There are two other people, they joined halfway, saying that they don't know how to get to Dune Village, let's show the way, they offered a very high price, I really can't refuse, but they left as soon as they arrived at Dune Village. ”

"Hmph, I hope that your gold will be as valuable as here in the Eastern Continent. Fern reached out and stopped the bodyguard. "If you stay here, you will die if you go out, and you will leave here as soon as it is dawn!"

"What? are you so scared of those two guys?" Fairbank pulled out his gem-encrusted dagger from his waist and looked eager to try.

"Of course not, something much more terrible than them is coming at us. Fern pushed open a crack in the door and observed the situation outside, only to see that the streets were already in chaos, and people were shouting and running in all directions. "We're leaving, Fairbank, thank you for your kindness, and good luck for letting us know about the Eastern Continent. With that, Fern slid into the stables like a shadow, and Quiai hurriedly followed.

The two found their mounts in the stable, but they didn't leave immediately, they had just arrived in Dune Village, and they had not had a chance to replenish water and food, and if they fled the village like this, they would die in the desert soon.

Fern straightened the horse's luggage a little, and pulled out a couple of water bladders and a linen bag. "We also need water, the more the better, and if we can find some bread or cheese. ”

Quiai nodded in the dark. "Let's go to the kitchen, there must be some food there. ”

Fern walked towards the kitchen. "Follow me, the demons are very smart, they must know that we won't be going anywhere else than this inn. ”

The kitchen had several oil lamps still on, but they were empty, and the floor was littered with ale and food. Fern slowly moved from the back door to the front door, and the tavern was in shambles, the air filled the air with the smell of alcohol from the spilled wine. "You set up an enchantment in the tavern, and if the demons come over, try to delay them a bit. ”

Quiai stepped lightly over the overturned chair on the floor, took a stand by the tavern door, and began to cast a spell. Fern followed, staying by Quiai's side, knowing that the mage was very vulnerable when casting the enchantment, and he had to protect her, and the wooden door next to him seemed to be kicked open at any moment, and the tension filled the hearts of the two.

The short ten seconds were as long as ten minutes, and the shouts and footsteps outside the house were also lowered, no longer as continuous as before, but this only made the two more nervous. Finally, Quiesch finished letting go of the barrier, and both exhaled and walked back to the kitchen looking for any supplies they could take with them.

Fern found some ale, poured it into the empty bladder, filled the other two with water from the tank in the corner, and found several large pieces of cheese made of goat's milk on the wooden rack next to the tank, which pleased him. "I've found a lot of good things, what about you?"

But there was no response behind him, and a strange feeling came to his heart. "Quiai!" Fern jerked around, only to see Quiai standing still, with fallen water bladders and bread at her feet. In front of Quiai, a robed demon was standing at the kitchen door, two hollow eyes staring straight at the two prey in the kitchen, and a hoarse laugh came out of his mouth.