The last man in Hodge's rotation sequence, who happened to be on duty early in the morning, was waiting by the fire, rubbing his stiff fingers at the temperature of the campfire.

The sound of rustling came from behind him, followed by the sound of the tent's curtains being opened, and he looked back to see that it was Hughes and Fink awake and had just come out of the tent.

He noticed that Hughes's eyelids were a little darker, and Fink was slightly better, but only slightly better.

"Didn't sleep well last night?"

Hughes waved his hand impatiently: "If something like that happens, who can sleep well." ”

Hodge shifted his gaze to Fink, and the priest shook his head with a wry smile on his face.

"Now that you're awake, let's come and sit down. He patted the place next to him, "Speaking of which, we've been walking together for a while, and I don't know you very well. ”

"Hmph, it's just a civilian, what am I doing-" Hughes couldn't finish his cruel words when Hodge ruthlessly interrupted him.

"Save it, it's all like this, if you want to have a good chat, don't talk about your aristocratic superiority theory. ”

"Hmm......" Hughes decisively shut his mouth, it was really uncomfortable to be isolated at this time.

The three men sat around the campfire, and the winter day, which had just revealed half of their heads, could not shine in the snow forest at all, so it was still dark and dark, and the faces of the three of them were glowing yellow under the light of the fire.

"Tell me, what did you all enter this expedition for, I think you all know my purpose, it's very simple, it's just because of a letter of recommendation from Priest City, what about you?" Hodge sighed into his palm, the extremely cold temperature making the exhaled breath very clear in the air.

Hughes proudly patted the chest of his armor: "As a nobleman and knight, there is nothing more worthwhile to do than protect a beautiful young lady." ”

Hodge nodded thoughtfully: "Understood, you're here to pick up girls." ”

"......" Hughes almost wanted to vomit blood, and although what you said seemed to be accurate, could it not be said in a better way?

"What about you, Pastor Fink?" he turned to the other man.

Fink smiled faintly: "My purpose is similar to Miss Carroll, this kind of monster sounds like I've never seen before, maybe I can get some rare materials that I've never seen before." ”

"Oh, researcher, admiration. Hodge waved his hand perfunctorily, "I thought it was hired by that aristocratic lady Gao Jin, and I invited a big man like you." ”

"Under the gaze of the gods, we are all small people, Doctor Hodge, you may not know enough about the priest, it is difficult to impress a priest with money alone, I am here, just because I want to come. ”

Fink was not angry, still smiling: "What's more, Miss Carol was able to find her in a strange city at that time, this may be the arrangement of the gods, and she looks like she needs help, as a servant of the gods, I have no reason to refuse." ”

"Gods—" Hodge looked up at the brightening sky, "how noble is that, and even if a beggar came to you at the time, you would have helped?"

"Naturally, God is the common belief of human beings, and there is no distinction between high and low under the gaze of the gods, as long as the gods make arrangements, we will act on them. Fink said calmly.

Hodge stared at him for a long time, only to look away when he was sure he didn't look like he was telling a false lie.

"All beings are equal, that's what you said. ”

"Yes. ”

Hodge suddenly jumped up, his face almost touching Fink's nose, and his tone suddenly became solemn: "And what will you do with witches? As far as I know, witches have not turned their backs on the gods you speak of, they also believe in gods, but when they need help, will you lend a hand?"

"Do you know what you're talking about! Are you trying to defend the wicked witch? If you're in the city, you'll be burned at the stake!" Hughes stood up, clutching the sword at his waist, and became rarely serious.

Fink sighed, stood up as well, waved at Hughes, signaled him not to be so nervous, and then turned to look at Hodge: "You're right, witches are also believers in the gods, and it stands to reason that priests should help, but as a priest, we are also human beings, and we also have our own subjective feelings, I once accompanied a friend back to visit his family, do you know what happened?"

"His hometown, the village in the countryside, was destroyed by a fire, and the cause of this fire was that a witch had asked the village chief to come up with enough money and food for her to travel far away a week ago, but the village chief did not agree, but he did not report the witch's whereabouts to the nearby towns, and because of this, the witch burned the whole village with witchcraft before leaving. ”

"In the face of such a tragic situation, it is really difficult for me to treat witches with a normal heart. ”

"Can the evil of a group, a single individual, mean that all of the people in the group are heinous?" said Hodge.

"No, you can't. Fink looked him in the eye, "But people have an inherent impression of witches, and even priests can't change the whole world's opinion." ”

"Huh. Hodge mocked, and just as he was about to return fire, a loud noise not far away startled the three of them to look at each other.

A snow more than ten meters high was raised, and then it disintegrated and drifted away, and the snow mist began to fill.

"That's where the carriage is. Hughes's heart sank, "Something's wrong." ”

"Let's take a look. After Hodge finished speaking, the three of them immediately rushed in the direction of the carriage.

It took them only a few moments to reach the carriage, which Carol was nearer and faster than they did.

At this time, the carriage in the impression was gone, including the skin-wrapped wooden wheels, the body became fragmented, and only one of the black horses of the two kayaks tied to the side was neighing, while the other was only half bloody.

The two guards sat on the ground, staring at the broken carriage in a daze.

Hughes strode forward, picked them up, and said viciously, "What happened, and where else is there?"

The guard swallowed his saliva and said with an embarrassed expression: "When the two of us came out, he was still getting dressed in the car, but I didn't expect that when we hadn't walked a few steps, there was a sudden loud noise behind us, and then, we saw——"

Seeing that he didn't continue for a long time, Hughes frowned slightly and shook him vigorously: "What do you see?"

The other guard's tone trembled, and even began to cry: "I saw a black thing come out of the ground and penetrate the carriage directly, he- he should have died directly, and before we could see what it was, the monster turned over and penetrated the body of the black horse and burrowed into the ground!"