Just as Fern and the others were about a mile away from Talheim, the apparition of Asgard reappeared. This time, all three of them saw the bizarre sight, and the whole city seemed to hang in the air, without any contact with the ground.

"It's really projection magic, I can feel the power of magic inside. Ness clutched her cloak and said with a serious expression.

"In this way, the inhabitants of Talheim should all be dead, and not killed by the Darktide. Quiai rarely did not harass Fern, but said to himself.

"It's unimaginable, and hopefully it won't be too bleak. Ness quickened her pace, overtaking Fern's speed.

Fern didn't say anything, but picked up speed and walked side by side with Ness.

As we got closer to Talheim, the plants on the road began to show some abnormalities. The grass that had been buried under the snow on the side of the road at first seemed to have been blown open by a blast wave, exposing itself from the snow, and all of them were facing the direction from which Fern had come. Then there were several sparse woods, the trunks of which had been struck almost with considerable force, and all of them were tilting violently in the opposite direction of Talheim, and all the needles had turned yellow, and the trunks had lost their moisture.

"It was like an explosion. Fern blurted out as he looked at the strange appearance of the plants.

"You're right, it's an explosion of mana, and it seems that the actual situation is more than we expected...... Worse. Quiai hesitated at a rare remark.

"What do you mean?" Fern looked at her puzzled.

"Let's let Ness do it. Queai raised an eyebrow at Fern and regained his lively appearance.

Ness gave Queai a strange look, but didn't refuse. "I guess the Great Sage has used the spiritual power of all life in Talheim...... If they had, and life force, in addition to that, he still used all his spiritual power and a little bit of origin power, in order to make this magic foolproof, it seems that he is desperate. ”

"And then?" asked Fern.

"The magic power accumulated with these spiritual powers and life forces was beyond the limits of the Great Sage's control, and a magic explosion occurred, an explosion caused by magic. Ness's clear eyes stared into Fern's eyes.

"I understand. Fern nodded at Ness. "In that case, Talheim may no longer exist. ”

"Maybe, we'll see it right away. Ness tried to get closer to Fern, but Quiai suddenly interjected.

"Fern, no matter what happens, I'll be there for you. Queai looked at Fern with a sincere expression, and his hand quietly pulled towards the mercenary's arm.

Ness couldn't hold back any longer, slapped Quiai's hand away, then grabbed Fern's hand and ran forward.

That's it, Ness, well done. Ness cheered in her heart, but she didn't dare to look back at Fern, he was afraid that Fern would ask her why she suddenly pulled him and ran away, and she couldn't say, so it was better for Fern not to ask. Don't ask me, Fern, I won't say it, I just want to.

Ness took Fern's hand and ran for a long distance, slowing down until their hands were no longer cold and even began to sweat. Fern, you idiot, you'd better not ask me, you wooden mind, you can know the answer by thinking about it, don't ask me. Ness's heart was like a fawn, and her face was as red as a moon flower behind her hood and scarf.

"Ness, thank you. Fern didn't ask her why she was running with her, but looked at her with a smile, his gentle eyes like a pool of spring water, almost melting her into it.

"Fern ......" Ness's head slowly leaned towards Fern.

"You're running really fast, you see, Talheim is right in front of you. Quiai caught up with the two and shattered the beautiful moment.

Fern and Ness panicked and let go of their holding hands and pretended to look ahead, but they were shocked by what they saw.

What appeared before the three of them was a huge pothole, the edge of which looked as neatly polished, and scattered around the hole were scattered with only a few wooden stakes left, and the roof and walls were long gone.

The three cautiously walked into the ruins of Talheim, and Fern stood on the edge of the crater and looked down, almost filling a hill at a depth. "Is this the power of the Demon Explosion? Not even a single corpse can be found. ”

"I'm afraid that's not the worst. Ness glanced around, "The bodies of creatures killed by the blast will be completely consumed by magic, but their souls will remain in this world. ”

Fern shuddered. "The soul remains in this world...... What does this mean?"

Ness glanced at the sun hanging low in the sky. "At night, these spirits will gradually manifest themselves, wandering the place where they died, watching themselves become ruins of their home, never to be freed. ”

This time, even Fern looked up at the direction of the sun. "Let's get out of here, we can't stay here tonight. ”

Queai stretched and yawned lazily. "I thought I could find a room to sleep well today, but it looks like I'm going to have to sleep in the wild again, and I almost didn't wake up last night. ”

"Waking up in good condition every morning is the best gift the Seven Gods can give you. Fern took another look at the massive pothole, turned and led away from Talheim.

"Fern, let me tell you, I really froze last night, and if I do this again today, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on. Quiai caught up with the mercenary and grumbled in a pitiful tone.

"And what do you want? sleep in that hole?" said Fern as he walked briskly, obviously afraid of the ghost that Ness had mentioned.

Quiai's eyes rolled in his eyes. "Our cloaks are wide enough, and we can both take them off and cover them together tonight, so that we have two layers of cloaks to keep us warm. ”

Fern tightened his cloak, as if Quiai was about to pull it. "Wouldn't it be better for you to build it with Ness?"

"I forgot about Ness, we can build it with three people, you sleep in the middle, Ness and I sleep on either side of you, three cloaks, you won't feel cold anymore, how about Fern?" Queai's eyes sparkled.

Ness coughed twice and quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

"You do have a solution, I mean you and Ness. Fern quickly added.

"How many calories can we two weak women have? We'd still be cold without you. Quiai pouted in frustration.

"That's enough, that's it, let's find a place to block the wind, it's going to be dark soon." With that, Fern ignored the mage and pulled out his dagger to carve something into a stone on the side of the road.

Ness looked closer and asked, puzzled, "What is this? a skeleton?"

Fern struggled to carve a mark on the hard stone with a frozen hand. "I'm going to have to mark Ryan and Stan to let them know that Talheim is in danger and that we're not there. ”

Ness nodded in understanding, "Today is the agreed meeting day, I hope they can arrive on time." ”

Fern finally finished carving, stood up and glanced at the sun that was only half of the sky left. "I prefer them to arrive tomorrow, or they will not see the mark I have made and go straight to Talheim, where there is a ...... Phantom. ”

"You're right, and we're not far enough from Talheim. Ness glanced back at the ruins that were still in view. "We'd better leave a little longer until we can't see Talheim. ”

Fern nodded, and led the way, crouching on the side of the road and carving a few simple marks into the stone along the way. Quiai took advantage of this moment to take a look at his surroundings, and finally found a cedar forest at the foot of a small hill. By this time, it was almost dark, and the group hurriedly burrowed into the woods.

"I'll keep watch tonight, although your enchantment helped us a lot a few days ago, but today it's too close to Talheim, in case those ghosts ......," Fern said to Queay as he threw a piece of wood into the fire.

"Don't worry, my enchantment can't be easily passed even by ghosts, and even if it does, the previous movement will wake us up, so you can sleep in peace. Queai's eyes swirled in his sockets again, and whenever this happened, Fern would worry about what bad idea the mage was working on again.

"Queai, you and Ness can arrange how you want to sleep by yourself, I sleep under that tree, and something calls me. Fern stood up, then walked to a tree not far from the two mages and slept wrapped in a cloak, the sword in the stone had been untied from his belt and held in his hand. This is the habit of mercenaries all along, as long as he is in the wild, he will sleep with his sword in hand.

Fatigue hits the mercenary, and his thoughts begin to wander. "Guy has so many bad ideas, I need to be careful, but her personality is a bit like Kaya, oh...... Kaya, I don't seem to have thought of her in a few days, what's wrong with me, I used to think of her almost every day, and every time I thought about her, my heart ached, but now...... But it doesn't hurt anymore. ”

Fern rolled over so he could see his companion, and Queay and Ness were still drinking tea and chatting, sometimes laughing and covering his mouth with his hand to make himself look more ladylike. "Am I already letting go of Kaya? yes, it must be so, but it's ...... Is it because of Ness? hell, what am I thinking, hurry up and go to bed!"

Ness and Queay's voices grew softer and softer, and it wasn't long before Fern could no longer hear anything and fell into a deep sleep. Perhaps because he knew there was an enchantment around him, Fern slept much more heavily than usual. After I don't know how long I slept, the mercenary felt his cloak lifted a little, and a fragrance of roses entered his nose, and then the cloak was lowered again. Vaguely, something crossed his waist and rested on his back, but Fern didn't pay too much attention to it, the fatigue of sleep and the sense of security given to him by the enchantment made him have no desire to get up to check, and soon lost consciousness again.