Their arrival at Downwind Harbor coincided with dawn, and after a series of events, it was already dusk.

The sky was covered with fog, the clouds were gray, and the light rain was falling, seeping into the cracks of the gravel pavement, and the leather boots stepped on it, and there was always some indescribable viscosity.

The whole day had been terrible, and the only thing to be thankful for was that after coming out of the sewer channel, before it was completely dark, they finally found a hotel in the middle of a depressed alley that was still open.

The owner of the inn was a woman, about the age of her early thirties, and her clothes were not made of expensive materials, but they fit her very well, and the person and clothes looked natural and coordinated.

When Hodge walked into the hotel, the landlady was wiping down her glasses, there were not many customers in the store, and I think it was also in this period of urban turmoil, when the locals were preparing food and water to hide in their homes, and there were few outsiders, and because of the remote location, they were lucky to find this place.

The lady's craftsmanship is good, as a person who has eaten fish, crab, and dry bread on the ship for so many days, it is a very happy thing to be able to taste the taste of fruits and vegetables, although the fruits and vegetables should have been beaten by frost, and the taste is a little biased, but the four of them did not care about these small flaws, and ate the soup and vegetables cleanly.

They shared three rooms, with Hodge and Devany alone and Hera living with Sylvie.

There was still some time to fall asleep, the four of them sat at the dinner table, the rest of the guests went back to their rooms, and the landlady went to the back kitchen to help clean up the plates, so only the four of them sat together, not worrying about whether they would be eavesdropped.

"That Sagisan ......"

Hodge was the first to speak, his voice paused for a moment, and he asked in a low voice, "What do you think of this person?"

"Hmm...... That's good. ”

Sylvie took a large sip of barley tea, which she had eaten the most, and most of the food had gone into her stomach, but it seemed that she had choked on it in such a hurry, and now she poured water into her throat.

"It's not a kind old man, and he didn't force us to do anything. ”

Hodge looked at Daphne, waiting for her opinion.

Devine pondered for a moment, and her good-looking eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Actually, when I met Sajisan, I always felt a lingering sense of weirdness, I can't tell what it is, but it's just uncomfortable." ”

Hera nodded too, she felt something similar.

Hodge held his palm and held his jaw: "Almost, I feel the same way, even if he just stands in front of me like that, it always makes me feel ...... He didn't seem to be there. ”

Sylvie is just an ordinary person, and wizards are much more sensitive to mysteries than ordinary people, perhaps that's why Sylvie is the only one of the four who doesn't think it's anything out of the ordinary.

He didn't tell them something more suspicious, which was about dice.

When Sagisan finished his final words, he habitually summoned character cards and dice, wanting to roll a psychology to see the result.

But after the dice were thrown, the dice in mid-air exploded with a bang, and there was no result at all, and there was no prompt, and he was forced to exit the dice rolling interface.

This had never happened before, and even he thought it was unspeakably weird.

After a moment of contemplation, Hodge made up his mind as the backbone of the four.

"Let's go back to our room and rest, and get up early tomorrow, and we'll leave the headwind at once. ”

He vaguely felt that the smell in this harbor city was getting more and more wrong, and even the falling rain seemed to smell the fishy smell......

........................

Hodge lay on the bed in his room, unable to get the slightest sleep, even though he tried to force his consciousness.

He was very concerned about the "prophecies" that Sagisan spoke of, because in Sagisan's description, the way in which those prophecies were presented was too similar to the way he had seen images of the past twice before.

If Sagisan had been favored by the gods because of his piety, he would have been able to see the future in order to free the oppressed slaves.

So why was he able to see something like that, at least so far, he had barely any sense of mission or anything like that.

The second time he saw Devine from some time ago, and the woman named Renfrey next to her was the first one to appear.

There must be some kind of hidden connection in it, but now the clues are broken into thousands of threads, and only one or two of them are shown to him, and it is impossible to guess the original appearance of the incident.

And also...... Why do the dice break.

How true is what Sagisan said and how much is false?

His mind was full of distracting thoughts, and he subconsciously rolled over, looking for a more comfortable sleeping position.

However, his pupils suddenly constricted.

In the corner of his right eye's field of vision, there was a faint shadow that he was sure was not caused by the dirt in his eye.

However, as his pupils moved, the puff followed suit, always in the corner of his right eye.

When he noticed the anomaly, the shadow suddenly let out a slight tremor, as if consciously, sensing Hodge's gaze, and disappeared into the corner at a very fast speed.

"Who!"

Hodge quickly rolled up from the bed and quickly turned his head to look into the shadows, his eyes rolling extremely fast to see a strip of black mist.

Like ...... Broken clothes corners?

Hodge's face was gloomy, and the shadow fled so fast that it was about to disappear into the night.

"Don't run!"

He subconsciously raised his hand, and his fingertips suddenly burst out with a fiery beam of light, directly enveloping the black shadow, and as the beam continued to shrink, the shadow was pulled back little by little.

"How can it have this effect?"

It was the first time he knew that his new ability could be used like this, and he had thought it would be just a simple lighting effect.

The shadow was pulled into Hodge's hand, and he grabbed the corner of the shadow and looked up at the palm.

The moment his gaze fell on the palm of his hand, the hair on his whole body trembled like an electric shock.

Shade is not some tattered garment.

Rather, it is a human face made of black mist.

A face that looks exactly like him!

But Blackface's eye sockets were empty, there were no eyeballs at all, and under Hodge's gaze, two strands of black slime flowed from the hollow eye sockets, which flowed down his cheeks, dripping into his palms, and then dripping down his fingers onto the stockings.

Sticky ...... Indescribable viscous.

It was so thick that it seemed to hold all the air, and breathing became extremely oppressive.

Blackface suddenly cracked its mouth and quivered silently, and although there was no sound, Hodge could still clearly perceive that it was laughing.

This strange face, the same as himself, is laughing silently......

Bang bang bang!

Daphne, Hera, and Sylvie are awakened in their sleep by a sharp knock on the door, and when they open the door, they are Hodge drenched in sweat.

"Get dressed, bring your belongings, come with me at once, and we'll be out of town now!"

The three daughters are unknown.

"Now?"

It's not even the middle of the night.

"It's too late to explain. ”

Hodge swallowed his saliva and spoke only one sentence quickly.

"There's something weird about this city!"

........................

The streets were covered with fog, and even with torches, the view was blurred.

"Where is the city gate?"

Sylvie asked with a blank look on her face.

"It should be right in front. With his impression, Hodge estimated that he was about to get out of the city.

After walking some way, he still did not see the gate, but there was a faint light, and when he came closer, he found a burning bonfire brazier, placed on the side of the street.

"Why is there only one place in such a long street where a bonfire is lit?"

Hodge didn't have time to think about it, and the three of them prepared to continue walking.

Two torch-wielding blades suddenly stepped out of the side street, and Hodge narrowed his eyes to see their faces and the armor they were wearing.

The man at the head stood still and looked at Hodge, and nodded, "Four, Lady Tina, please." ”

Soldier?

Hodge's heart sank, thinking that he had been bumped into when he burned the two soldiers, so he immediately took the three girls without looking back, and ran straight forward.

After making sure that the soldiers had not caught up, they slowed down.

A light appeared in front of him, and when he looked closer, he saw a lit bonfire again.

"Is it the street we are walking on that that lights the brazier?"

Hodge was thinking for a moment when he saw two men with torches coming out of the street next to him.

It was actually the two soldiers before, his right eyelid kept jumping, and he didn't understand why the two of them could still catch up quietly with their armor on their bodies.

The two soldiers stood very calmly, and the leader looked at them, nodded and said, "Four, Lady Tina is invited." ”

Wrong!

Hodge's heart sank completely, and the two soldiers said the same thing in exactly the same tone as before, as if they hadn't seen the four of them run away at all, even the campfire next to them was exactly the same.

Hodge bent down slightly and felt the hilt of the knife in his boot, "You two, can I ask a question?"

The soldier looked at him suspiciously: "Of course." ”

"How many times have we met?"

The soldiers looked at each other and said puzzledly, "Of course it's the first time." ”

Wow!

Hodge never imagined that he would be able to swing such a sharp knife move, and the cold light flashed, penetrating directly through the gap in the armor, piercing the soldier's heart.

"You're ......"

Daphne hadn't expected such a reaction.

Hodge had a cold face and took their hands: "Don't speak, run forward, don't stop!"

The fog grew louder and louder, and even the light of the torches was almost swallowed up.

I don't know how long I ran, but I still didn't see the city gate.

How could there be such a straight and long street.

A faint light lit up not far away.

Looking closer, there was another lit bonpit, and Hodge turned to the street corner with a numb expression, and sure enough, two soldiers with torches walked out of it.

The leader nodded: "Four, Lady Tina is invited." ”

At this moment, even the three girls who didn't know why noticed that something was wrong.

The two soldiers looked exactly like the two men killed by Hodge!

Hodge calmed down this time, took a deep breath, and said to the soldier.

"Then take us to Lady Tina. ”