Feasts are fond of when they are happy, and often go on late into the night, and the town of Como is no different, and by the next morning the square is a mess, with drunken people lying on the ground, all sorts of leftover garbage, and ashes from campfires waiting to be cleaned up.

Burton and Manu are in the hospital, where the hunters who had been wounded in yesterday's battle were housed.

Chris had woken up by this time, and to be honest, he had not suffered any serious injuries, except for the temporary weakening of his hearing due to the explosion.

"How's it going? Feeling better?" Burton pushed open the door to the room as the medical staff guided him.

"My lord!" Chris, seeing this, quickly straightened up and prepared to get out of bed.

"No, you have a good rest and don't move until the doctor agrees. Burton hurried forward to stop him.

"It's a shame to let adults see me like this. Chris blushed and lowered his head.

"No, hunter, you and your companions are some of the most heroic men I have ever met, and not everyone can buy time for their fellow citizens with the determination to die. ”

Burton looked at Chris with satisfaction but said in a serious tone: "Although your courage is worthy of praise, I hope that next time there will not be such a crazy behavior, the palms and backs of my hands are full of meat, and I don't want to lose any of my comrades." ”

"Your Excellency!" Burton's words made Chris's eyes redden.

"Okay, can you tell me how you got out?" asked Burton.

"This ......," Burton's words pulled Chris back to the memory he had been wondering about, a scene that even he couldn't believe.

"Don't remember?" asked Burton.

"No, it's not like that, it's just that the memory of the time is very vague, and no one will believe what is said now. Chris explained.

"It's okay, say it. Burton said.

"Alas... All right. Burton's insistence forced Chris to speak: "The scene was very chaotic, our attention was focused on the mountain dragon, and we really didn't think about anything at the moment when we lit the fuse, but at this time, there was a black shadow surging in the sand sea under the ship, and then something suddenly rushed up, that thing was very big, and directly covered us, no, it was more like swallowing us in one bite, and then our consciousness was blurred for a moment, until we woke up and were already lying on the bed." ”

"Well, I see. Burton nodded, then said a good rest, and turned to leave.

But when he opened the door and was about to walk out, he suddenly stopped and turned his back to Chris and said, "Hunter, I can hear the doubts in your heart, and now I tell you that your guess is correct, miracles do exist, but miracles are often created by people." ”

"Your Excellency!" Chris's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Everything is fate, whether you know it or not, let it go. With a few words, Burton lifted his feet and left.

Looking at the closed door, Chris slowly reflected on Burton's words and slowly lay down.

Como Town is back to its former appearance, the storm sand is still the storm sand plain, and in the cracks of the laterite rocks, the tireless desert hunters are watching over the desperate desert, and nothing will escape their eyes, let alone a single step beyond the thunder pool.

The annual feast passed peacefully, but the hunters knew that the behemoth would still visit next year, and at that time, the hunters who responded to the guild's call would also gather here to repel it once again.

When the matter in Como Town came to an end, Nightblade and the others, who had been traveling all night, finally returned to Xialan, and their return made the village suddenly lively.

"Our hero is back!

"Remy, they don't seem to have come back yet. ”

"Stupid, then wait until they come back to have another party!

"Haha, that's right, then I'm going to prepare the ingredients!"

The enthusiastic villagers immediately began to prepare for the evening banquet, and everything was in full swing.

Nightblade concealed his injuries and didn't tell anyone until the evening banquet, he was undoubtedly the same as ordinary people, eating and playing treasure as before, but no one noticed that he had disappeared in the second half of the banquet, and not only that, as time went by, Night Feather, Night Wind and even Night Fire quietly left, and the cheerful people were already drunk, and even the protagonist of the banquet disappeared without noticing.

Xiao Yue is the only one who is still there, she doesn't drink, so her head is very clear, just when she wondered why everyone was gone, Xiao Ai of the medical hall jumped over and handed a note to her and said, "Now, Sister Yeyue, this is what Brother Yefeng asked me to give you." ”

"Really? Thank you, little Ai. Satsuki touched her head and sent her away, unfolding the note, which contained only four words: "Midnight, Houshan." ”

Nothing else, Xiao Yue looked up at the moon, it happened to be midnight, looking at the villagers around her who were still singing and dancing, she smiled lightly and went back to get a cloak and walked towards the back mountain.

Xialan is a village built in the mountains, and the so-called back mountain is the high mountain directly north of the village, and that high mountain has another name "Lingfeng".

Legend has it that in ancient times, a legendary ancient dragon once visited the area, and when it unwittingly exerted its power, a storm swept through the entire goddess's embrace, and the hunters of the village were helpless until the ancestors invited their friends, the king of Mirdapu and his beloved wife.

The queen has an incomparably magical ability, her singing voice can move all things, it is her singing voice that makes Gu Long realize the seriousness of the situation, and with a dragon groan, the storm gradually subsides, and Xia Lan is also preserved.

The villagers of Xia Lan also often come to Lingfeng to collect medicine, but no one dared to approach the peak that was inserted into the clouds, even Satsuki had only been there once, and it was that time that Nightblade discovered her potential and cultivated it.

It's late autumn, the weather is already a little cool, and the night breeze is even more chilling.

Satsuki wrapped herself in a cloak and held an oil lamp in her hand to light the way ahead, which was the fuel refined from the parching oil of the pendulum dragon, and the protection of the glass lamp prevented it from being blown out.

"Houshan, I've arrived, but where is Brother Night Wind?"

Satsuki walked forward cautiously, looking around from time to time, she didn't dare to shout, the instructor had told her that it was not wise to make too much noise at night, it would attract wild beasts.

"It's strange that the note doesn't say where to find him. Satsuki had no choice but to continue climbing.

The maple tree is the most common tree around the village, while the Kasuman ironwood grows at higher altitudes, and in autumn, the leaves of the maple tree have turned yellow or fiery red, and people come to enjoy the autumn leaves at this time of year, and some people even come from far and wide to admire the autumn leaves.

The evening breeze hit, the bright night sky at the far gate darkened sometime, the clouds covered the moonlight, the flickering oil lamps trembled in the glass cover, Xiao Yue couldn't help but wrap her cloak tightly, and the hands holding the lamps began to tremble.

Suddenly, she realized a problem, her surroundings were very unfamiliar, and it was not the path she often walked, and she accidentally came to an unknown place.

However, just as she was about to go back, there was a tremor among the grass, and then a dark shadow suddenly swooped out, and immediately disappeared behind another bush.

"Who...... Who's there?" Xiao Yue panicked and hurriedly shone the lamp in her hand over there, but the bush had already regained its calm.

Satsuki began to feel uneasy, she looked around vigilantly, and began to move her steps back.

The "rustle" sound reappeared, and the surrounding bushes began to shake again, Satsuki could no longer help but turn around and run, the instructor had told her not to leave her back to the enemy, that would be extremely dangerous, but she had long forgotten this.

Suddenly, she slipped under her feet and fell to the ground, the lamp in her hand flew out and fell to the ground and shattered, the oil lamp flickered unwillingly a few times and slowly went out, the wind became stronger at some point, and there was a chill with the strange sounds around her.

Satsuki was so frightened that she wanted to shout loudly, but she didn't dare to make a sound, or even move.

But at this moment, only the sound of flapping wings was heard, and a crow landed in front of Satsuki.

This crow is as dark as its kind, there is nothing special, but the way it tilts its head to look at Satsuki is a little different, and the feeling cannot be expressed in words.

"Crow?" Satsuki muttered to herself, confused.

"Gah," the crow cried, turned and flew up.

"Wait! Crow!" Satsuki somehow subconsciously followed, and she didn't know why, but her intuition told her that she must not lose this crow.

As if waiting for her, the crow flies very slowly, and when Satsuki falls behind, it will fly down to the treetops, and when she catches up, it will fly again.

"Wait, crow, wait for me!" Satsuki was out of breath, and her chasing crows began to slow down.

However, at this moment, there was a wonderful rhythm in the distance, like the beating of a drum or the low roar of a man, and the beats of one beat after another were seamless, and immediately afterwards a wonderful flute sounded, as magnificent and wonderful as an ancient miracle.

"This flute ......" Xiao Yue's expression was shocked, she had never heard such a tune, but it gave people a sense of déjà vu.

"Ga" seemed to be summoned by the sound of the flute, and the crow screamed and quickly lifted off into the air, no longer waiting for Satsuki.

"Ahh

"Right ahead!" Listening to the melodies that were getting closer and closer, Satsuki quickened her pace and suddenly pushed away a large bush in front of her!

"Whew~" The autumn wind blew, the eyes suddenly opened up, the dark clouds dispersed, and the starry sky reappeared, with the help of the moonlight, Satsuki saw a large magnificent complex in front of her, which looked like a shrine, because in front of her, that is, at the entrance of the complex, stood a huge torii.

"Gah!" The flying crow screamed, spread its wings and rushed into the torii, disappearing into it.

"Brother Night Wind!" Following the crow's flight trajectory, Satsuki saw a person standing under the torii, and she couldn't be wrong, but when she ran over, her footsteps stopped abruptly.

It was the night wind, yes, but the eyes in his eyes were extremely cold, not mixed with a trace of emotion!