Locke fell into the lake.

The cold water of the lake enveloped his whole body, and he could swim, but his feet could not move, and he could only sink weakly.

And the darkness in the lake made him feel more frightened than the cold.

He felt himself being eroded by the darkness, looked up at the faint light, and tried to reach out to grasp it, but slipped away from his hand.

Strangely enough, sinking in a pool of lake water, Locke did not have trouble breathing, he just felt dizzy.

He tried to keep his eyes open, trying to stay awake, but slowly he didn't even have the strength to open them.

He closed his eyes, and strange images echoed in his head...

"Locke, wear it, get out of here!" Locke came to the house, the tears from his mother's eyes had not yet been wiped away, and pretended to put a strange cloak on him calmly, "Don't leave this dress, you know?"

"Locke!" Locke instantly arrived at the hunting area again, and his father was standing not far away and shouting to himself, "You must learn to hunt, because in the future, you will not face prey, but enemies, understand!"

"Locke—" Locke instantly returned to Profez, the old tree trying to look at him with wide, wrinkled eyes, "what else do you want to know?

After speaking, Locke instantly fell to the bottom of a dry well, and a beam of moonlight sprinkled down from above, illuminating Locke's position.

"Locke, Mommy loves you forever. "Mom appeared in front of Locke, shaking him and shouting...

"Locke! Danger!" Suddenly, Dad ran from behind and shouted at him...

"Locke, remember our agreement..."Locke raised his palm, and found that the palm of his hand was actually Prophes's face.

This series of strange phenomena overwhelmed Locke, and he whipped himself hard,

"Wake up, you're dreaming, wake up!"

There was no pain at all, and Locke hit harder and harder,

"Wake up quickly!"

"Locke..."

Suddenly, the parents beside him and the Prophes in the palm of his hand disappeared, and an unfamiliar voice came from the darkness ahead, sounding like an old woman who had been choked by the throat, very weak, but very cold.

Locke stopped his frantic actions and looked ahead, and a dark figure walked towards him from a distance.

"Who are you?" Locke asked at the shadow.

"Locke, what is the most important thing in your life?" the black shadow stopped in front of Locke, only a silhouette of a humanoid, a person formed by black smoke.

"Mom and Dad," Locke replied stupidly, "the most important thing in my life is my family. ”

"Locke," the dark shadow's voice was cold, so cold that it scared Locke a little, "it's time to grow up." ”

"It's time to grow up," Locke repeated his words.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the black smoke of this humanoid form, a human hand, it grabbed Locke's right hand and squeezed it gently,

"I can grant your wish, heir of the dragon..."

As soon as the cold words fell, the black smoke instantly dispersed, and the sound of water flowing was heard all around.

Locke felt the liquid flowing under his feet, and he looked down,

It's blood!

A sea of blood beneath your feet!

"Ahh

"Wake up!"

Locke's eyes were dark, and he felt that the left side of his face was hot, as if he had been slapped in the face.

"Are you awake?"

Suddenly the same sensation was felt on the right side of his face, which made Locke's consciousness clear.

He gradually opened his eyes, and the gentle sunlight caressed his eyes.

In front of me is a dense wood, very green and green...

"Wake up at last!" next to it, the strange creature sat on the ground, panting, and seemed to be tired.

"You're—" Locke rubbed his eyes, slowly regained consciousness on all fours, and sat up.

"I'm tired, stinky boy!" the strange creature gasped, seeming anxious and angry, "I've been screaming for a long time, but I just won't wake up!"

Locke sat aside, carefully examining the ...

He didn't know whether to call it a "human", or a "elf", or a "demon", or...

The creature in front of it has a structure similar to that of a human: limbs, a body, and a head, as well as eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. However, its body is very thin, and its head is large, with almost no hair. A piece of cloth wraps around the shape of a short skirt, wrapping the lower body, and the barrenness on the chest seems to be able to make others distinguish that it is a male.

"Are you human? or what?" Locke asked tentatively as he watched it gasp for air.

"Locke... A worrying little ghost!" It calmed down, lowered its head, pulled the grass beside it, and seemed to be talking to itself, "How can he explain to his parents if he hasn't come home all night?"

Locke reacted at this time, and when he saw the sun, it was dawn!

He had to hurry back, for his parents were anxiously waiting, and this strange creature in front of him... Think it's the first time you've seen a monster in the Borderlands.

Locke quickly got up, took out a short arrow, and carved a "ten" mark on the tree next to him, in order to make it easier to remember this place.

"Locke has made a mark here, and he'll be back...", the little monster sitting on the ground, still pulling grass, seemed to be talking to himself

The same, explains Locke's behavior.

"Who the hell are you?" Locke's curiosity was piqued, "Why are you here? I've never seen you in this woods!"

"Locke is still young, there are so many things that Locke hasn't seen..."Its movements didn't change in the slightest, "Does he really want to know who I am?"

Locke was completely confused, not knowing who the little monster in front of him was talking to.

"That's right, Locke really wants to know who you are. In order to cooperate with it, Locke had to change his tone as well.

"I'm Giri, Giri who knows everything!" the little monster suddenly jumped up excitedly, stood next to Locke, stared at the big round eyes, and introduced himself.

It was a head shorter than a twelve-year-old, but it still startled Locke. Locke took two steps back and clenched the "Tony" in his hand in case of an emergency.

Giri is mysterious, and we have no way of knowing its origins, only from the mouth that can't tell the truth or lies.

"Omniscient Giri," Locke repeated the strange creature in front of him, "does that Giri know what race Giri is?"

Giri lowered his head, as if confused by the question...

"Does Giri know, what race Giri is?" it didn't seem to know what race it was, scratching its head as it became agitated, "What race is Giri of... Giri... Ahh

It seemed to think of something, and suddenly it dawned on it, raised its head, and looked at Locke with its big round eyes, as if it had discovered a new world, "Giri is a magician! Yes, Giri is a magician!

Mages are a unique group of people in the Lorraine Alliance, they are a group of humans who have signed a contract with the Codex, and they are obsessed with and subject to all kinds of magic all their lives.

Locke was skeptical of its words, for it seemed to him that the Giri was just a deranged savage, and most likely a solitary creature, for he had never seen such a creature in Kailin.

But now, I can only barely listen to Giri's side of the story, believing that he is a magician.

"Giri, who knows everything, I'm going home, goodbye. Locke was in a hurry to go back, and he didn't want to talk to this magician at all.

"No, Locke!" Giri hurriedly ran up to Locke and stopped him, "Locke can't just go back like this, Locke will be in danger!"

"What's the danger? Are those bandits still in town?"

"Locke is going back to Kailin, right?" said Giri, staring at Locke with big eyes, looking urgent.

"Yes. ”

"Locke can't just go back like this! Kailin is about to be in danger!" "Giri looked very excited, even a little irritable, and kept beating uneasy, "Locke has more important things to do! Locke has to find a way to save Kailin!"

Locke didn't believe what Jiri said, but Jiri's expressions and movements really didn't look like they were pretending.

"Why? why is Kailin in danger?" Locke pressed Giri's shoulder, trying to calm it down.

"Because Locke," Girry looked at Locke, his pupils dilated, "Murder!"

"Nonsense!" Locke pushed Giri away, but he was a little panicked in his heart, "I didn't kill anyone, I'm a hunter, Dad said that gray creatures can be hunted, I didn't..."

"Locke killed someone..."Giri was pushed to the ground, still looking at Locke, looking very calm, "Locke made a deal with the monster, gave someone else's soul, and got the truth of the matter!"

Locke was suddenly speechless, his heart was pounding, he already knew what was going on.

"Really?" Locke looked frightened, with a little crying in his voice, "Are those bandits?"

"The barbarians," Giri stood up, staring at Locke, grabbing his arms, "The bandits tried to kill Locke, but they strayed into the Soul Eater Swamp and became Locke's bargaining chip..."

No wonder, Proface was willing to talk so much to Locke, it turned out that at that time, the old dryad had already obtained the soul of a bandit!

"And what should I do?" Locke panicked, not knowing what to do, "Are they all dead?"

"No," Giri stretched back his arm, turned away, and lowered his head, looking frustrated, "Two of them survived, and they're going to tell their clan leader that they're coming for revenge! will take revenge on Kailin... The people of the mountain tribe will never tolerate such a disgrace!"

"What should I do then..."The twelve-year-old was about to cry, he didn't expect that he would poke out such a big basket in order to help, "I want to tell Daddy, Daddy must have a way!"

Every time he encounters difficulties, Locke's first thought is his father, in his eyes, his father seems to be omnipotent, maybe, this time, he can also...

"No!" Giri suddenly turned around, startling Locke, "Locke will be a problem for Dad!"

"Then what should Locke do, Locke can't think of a way!" Locke finally couldn't help it, cried, and quickly wiped his tears with his left hand.

Giri looked calm, took out a gold coin from the "short skirt", and wanted to stuff it to Locke,

When it grabbed Locke's right hand, it froze.

"Locke's right hand touched something dirty—" Giri held Locke's right hand and stared blankly.

"What?" Locke tried to stop crying when he heard Girry's words, "My right hand, what did you touch?"

Giri looked up, frowned, and looked at Locke with a hint of worry in his eyes.

"What's wrong with Giri, who knows everything?" Locke asked, looking at Giri as well.

"Nothing. Giri came back to his senses and placed the gold coin he had taken out on Locke's left hand, "At the northern foot of Mount Lef, there is a meadow, and there is a camp there, Locke is going to find a man named 'Kyle' there and ask him to save Kailin!"

"The northern foothills of Mount Lef?" Locke repeated, making sure he heard correctly.

"Yes, at the northern foot of Mount Love!" Giri repeated to make sure Locke had heard correctly, "time is running out, Locke must hurry up!"

Giri pushed Locke's body and told him to hurry up,

Locke stopped after a few steps, still hesitating to listen to the strange Giri, who had only known each other for less than an hour. At this time, he looked at the gold coin he was holding in his left hand, his eyes widened and he was stunned.

On the gold coin, a sword is engraved!