"Only hyenas know ......"

Magellan was thoughtful. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"There's no way we're going to defeat something like that, how the hell does the hyena know?"

As Edward said, the hyenas knew from the beginning that their attack on the temple would awaken the monsters, but this simply couldn't be explained, Magellan, who studied the temple the most, didn't know about the existence of hydra, and how did the scavengers know about this?

"In short, hyenas know something that we don't know, or rather, a lot. ”

"What now? Don't tell me you're going to slip away. ”

Magellan smiled, and he led the group along the mountain road in the direction they had come: "There is a hillside in front of us that is suitable for camping, we should hurry over and make a fire before dark." ”

......

There were no camps, no dry rations, only a few campfires on the hillside, the sailors fetched clean water, but there were no containers, and in the end they took turns to go to the river and drink water.

But it doesn't bother the optimistic sailors, who are now grilling fish by the fire, and soon there will be roast rabbits.

The undulating hillside blocked the view, but they knew that just on the other side, a campfire had been lit in the hyena's camp.

"Have you figured out a way?"

"Not yet. ”

"Why don't we catch a hyena and ask?"

"At that time they didn't know that we were next to the temple, and if there was the slightest possibility of entering the temple, the hyena would not give up. ”

"So what are your plans?"

"Get a good night's sleep first. ”

Edward smiled, "I'll arrange a vigil." ”

The stars rose into the sky, and in the darkness, huge monsters moved in the distance through the mountains, like some natural phenomenon, like wind, clouds, or waves, so big that they were beyond the limits of human influence. Its howl echoed low through the mountains, like the sound of a gale wind.

By the campfire, the sailors took one last look at the dark shadow, turned around, closed their eyes, and the world became quiet.

Magellan walked around the vigil in the dark and slid down the hill with ease.

Following the trail around the three slopes, you can see the camp across the path, the hyena people look very tired and obviously dissatisfied with the leader, and the night watchmen gather together to curse and curse, completely unwarned.

Bypassing the explorers, Magellan walked into the camp and headed straight for the largest tent in the middle.

As he lit the oil lamp, a heavily armed explorer sat up from his bed.

"Good evening......

It was a short man, with brown hair, brown eyes, and two mustaches on his mouth, and a Francie gentleman's demeanor, but at the time of saying this he was not fully awake, with a half-dream, half-awake dazedness.

"Long time no see...... Dragon. ”

"Long time no see, Reyes. ”

Magellan nodded, flipping through the papers on the table.

"You're still the same as before. ”

"You too, hyena. ”

Reyes stood up, sat down on a chair at the table, pulled a metal flask from his bosom, and poured all the wine down his throat.

"Listen, I didn't do anything to you, you can't do that!"

"You're not qualified to teach me how to do it. ”

Magellan picked up a large, thick book from the table, a rare parchment book, with a bright red calfskin on the outside and an ancient Theros script interspersed with Loren on the inside.

"That's what the Pope meant......," Reyes said more like he was bargaining, "he gave me the book you have in your hand, and I can give it to you." ”

"Remember?"

"I don't remember!" the hyena finally broke down, "You can't kill me, tyrant!"

"I can let you go, but, for no reason. ”

Magellan put the book in his arms.

"We are explorers. ”

"You said it!" Reyes waved his hand indiscriminately, not even noticing that the flask in his hand fell to the ground, "you won't make a move on us!"

"You're mistaken. ”

......

The next day, as soon as the eastern sky was white, Edward walked up to Magellan.

"Old man, we can't wait any longer......"

When he saw Magellan, who was listlessly getting up from the ground, the captain frowned: "I remember you said that you won't get your hands dirty anymore." ”

"Explorers, there are no innocents. ”

Magellan rubbed his eyes, sat down to fetch the kettle, and drank it up.

"What's the catch?"

"A very valuable diary. ”

Magellan took out the large book with a red cover from his bosom and handed it to Edward.

"Well......" the captain opened the book with his pipe in his mouth, and carefully looked at the pages one by one, "I don't know ...... at all"

"To put it simply, this is the diary left by the ancient Captain Theros who built the temple for Athena. ”

"That's remarkable...... Edward sighed as he returned the big book to Magellan, "but if things go well this time, someone will look at my story and say that in the future." ”

"You don't seem so surprised. ”

"There's nothing surprising about it, for people like us, it's like the sun coming out of the east. ”

The captain spat out a cloud of white smoke and turned to leave: "I'll leave the rest to you, if you're bored, let it go first, I'll move the camp over." ”

The sun had risen, and the sailors had followed the captain away, and they were going to the camp to bring what they had not had time to take with them.

When the world on the hillside becomes noisy, only Magellan, the witch and the count are left.

"What did the captain write?"

"He completed the whole process of a difficult task. From the beginning of accepting the task to the final completion, each day is recorded in detail. ”

"Then there must be a way to defeat the hydra. Medea sat down beside Magellan and looked down at the dense ancient Theros script on the large tome.

"Is there any mention of witchcraft in it?"

"Nope. Magellan shook his head.

Medea sighed and stood up, "I'll find out if there are any herbs here." ”

With that, she left.

The Count let out a low sigh as he watched the witch's back disappear behind the hillside: "You caught a hyena and asked him about the location of the book...... Is he still alive?"

"He's dead. ”

"It's not necessary. ”

Magellan flipped a page and closed the book.

"For a thief, maybe one day he can take a lot of money he has stolen and live incognito and live a good life until he dies of old age. But if he is caught, he only deserves it. ”

"I just, I don't want to see your hands dirty. ”

The count had on his face the real vicissitudes of life that belonged to a middle-aged man.

"My hands are dirty, but I'm clean. Magellan smiled, "I'm not afraid of being dirty, don't pity me." ”