The convoy stopped at a hill far from the town, around which all the ceremonial sacrifices were on standby, and the figures of the knights were interspersed in all corners, and the selected hundred, led by the knights, entered the interior of the hill. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Dracula followed the team through the narrow passage between the mountain walls on both sides, when he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing from ahead, as if they were not going up the mountain, but into an ice cave.

Is Fina out there?" Dracula thought to herself.

"It's not right. Bearded approached Dracula and whispered to him. The people in the same sedan chair were also arranged together in the advancing procession.

"The flow is not in the right direction, the wind is coming from below, and we are not going up, but down," the old man on crutches showed his experience and erudition at the moment, "and continue with the procession." ”

"There should be a hole in the inside of the hill. Dahan stared at the direction of the team's progress and also expressed his feelings.

The team continued to move forward, Dracula followed behind the three people, he looked at the dozens of people around him, each of them bent over and hunched over their legs, as if their bodies were filled with lead, the closer they got to this last place, the more difficult it was to move, Dracula looked ahead again, this walking corpse-like team, but the three people in front of them had never bent their bodies, as if they were not going to die, but to go to some battlefield, they might die, but they died for something most important.

Perhaps, this is really looking at life and death, human life is important, everyone wants to live well, but there must be something, it is something that needs to be guarded more than life, at this time, even the life that is difficult to change has become a weapon and bargaining chip used to guard.

At this moment, Dracula suddenly felt that the world was very big, and in other corners of this land, there were really all kinds of people that Dracula couldn't imagine, if it wasn't for Fina who gave him the opportunity to reconnect with the outside world, he would still be the bastard boy who succumbed to the narrow and dark alley, like a frog squatting at the bottom of a well, after all, he could only see a fragment of the sky that could be covered with one hand.

An indescribable excitement suddenly welled up in his heart.

"Are we going to survive?" Dracula began.

"Who knows," said the beard, "but I'm here to die, so it's better not to live, I finally have a little conscience, I don't want it to be ashamed," this man with a developed personality suddenly became more serious and lonely between his eyebrows, "If I really live, I will be angry and angry with myself." ”

"If I can survive the best, I will take the man's favorite meat and the favorite wine, go to him, tell him about this place, and tell him that we can continue to drink and eat meat for many years," said Dahan, "If he dies, as long as this can keep his benefactor safe, I will not ask for anything else." ”

"Where's Grandpa?" Dracula looked at the old man again.

"Although I don't think that my old bones will survive," said the old man, although he walked on crutches, as if he were alive, "but if I live, it will be that God still thinks that this country needs me, then I must live longer, and wait for the next time when it is my turn to come in handy." As he spoke, he held his head high, and his torso, which had been killed by the years and turned into a dead tree, seemed to be burning again, clearly facing death, but it made the old man's chest hot again as in the past.

But the wind on the road ahead is even colder.

"Sure enough, you're all weirdos. ”

Dracula heard someone talking behind him, and he turned around to see the middle-aged man walking behind the crowd, pale like a porcelain man, and his face extremely haggard, as if he was seriously ill.

"Uncle," Dracula looked at him, "are you really scared?"

"Although it is a determination made for the sake of the children, but at this time, the body still can't help but tremble, and the legs seem to be numb when walking, and the body is no longer his own," the middle-aged man reluctantly squeezed out a smile, "Determination is really not enlightenment, yes, I'm really, very scared." He spoke, then gasped heavily, no smile on his face.

Dracula thought to himself that maybe the four of them were really weirdos in the uncle's mouth, everyone was scared and nervous, helpless and desperate, and gave up everything to fate, but they were not afraid, according to common sense, middle-aged men are the most normal and ordinary people.

He thought that many people said that he was crazy, and at this time he finally agreed with this statement.

"It's here. Dahan said suddenly.

Dracula looked ahead, it was a huge hole, it was pitch black and oppressive, and the seeping coldness was released from it, as if it was a monster's mouth, a bottomless pit, an abyss, with unknowns and fears inside.

"It's a hole. "Nonsense.

Under the guidance of the knights, a hundred people entered the inside of the cave, which was a huge space, with torches inserted everywhere, each torch illuminated an area the size of a wheel, and the firelight reflected the ground, which was a circle of circles, a total of a hundred circles corresponding to everyone, forming a semicircle on the ground.

Everyone entered the inside of a circle in turn, sat down, and waited.

Dracula sat down in the center of the circle, the chill wrapped his body, if he hadn't really touched the ground, he would really have mistaken it for a huge ice cellar, just the temperature of a torch next to him, it was like a void but it was better than nothing, Dracula put his hand on the torch and rubbed it, seeing that everyone was already seated, the knights slowly withdrew.

"You just have to wait here for a while, and when it's all done, someone will come in and tell you to go out. A knight walked past Dracula and said to him in a soothing tone. He saw the other ninety-nine, and all of them had knights whispering beside them.

Dracula nodded in a daze, the knight was silent for a few seconds, nodded at him, patted him on the shoulder with moderate strength, and couldn't say anything more, Dracula heard him let out a slight sigh at the end, with helplessness and pity in it.

The knights all evacuated, and the cave was as quiet as death.

"Are they telling the truth?" Dracula looked at the beard that was sitting a short distance on his right.

"I think they'll send someone in when it's all over," the bearded shrugged, "but we may not hear them tell us we can go out, because we're probably going to die, and I don't know what we're going to sit here waiting for, but it's certainly not going to be a rain of gold, it's about the same as a rain of knives." ”

The old man shook off his clothes, sat upright, put his cane in front of him, and said nothing, it was too dark for Dracula to see the expression on the old man's face, but he felt the atmosphere around him, like a serious samurai.

Dahan also sat on the ground, quietly waiting for the unknown things that were to come. And the middle-aged man, holding his head at the moment, shrunk in a corner, trembling.

"Isn't anyone thinking of running away?" Dracula suddenly thought, "If everyone is so scared, why doesn't anyone think about leaving, the entrance to the cave is not closed, and it is okay to escape while there is chaos." He was nervous, but he told himself not to be afraid, because there was a reason why he couldn't leave.

He hadn't seen Fina yet, would Fina really come?

"Boy, who are you here to meet?" said the big man.

"Her name is Fina, and I've been told that he can fulfill my request as long as I trade with him," Dracula scratched his head, "and now think about it, it won't lie to me." ”

"Fina ......" the big man thought about the name, "No, probably not, this name has been heard from the benefactor, if it is right, she will indeed come here, you said you want to see her, don't you know her identity?"

"Identity?" Dracula was stunned.

"Anyway, she should be here, and what happened here today, she will also be there to take charge," Dahan said, "Listen up boy, you really want to see her, there is no chance in here, although I don't know what will happen after that, but as soon as something starts to happen, you will leave here immediately, and only outside can you meet the person you said." ”

"Oooh," Dracula nodded, "thank you, uncle." He didn't know how he could meet Fina, and although Dahan's words confused him, he trusted him for no reason at this time.

Silence followed again.

"She's my family," Dracula said, "and that's who she is." ”

"Yes. The big man nodded.

At the same time, on the outside of the hill, the three-hundred-meter ritual sacrifices were also in their place, and a huge combined magic circle was formed under their feet, and the magic circle extended dozens of long lines, all the way to the inside of the cave.

Each priest was surrounded and guarded by four to eight people, and the closer they got to the cave, the denser the troops were set up, and everything was ready.

The old man in a white robe stood in the center of the back of the sacrificial group, and the magic circle under his feet was more complex and ancient than any of the sacrificers.

"In such a sky, even if the moonsong bird has developed a habit of a hundred years, it probably won't appear. The old man looked at the sky and said.

"Just to determine the time, one is enough," a majestic voice sounded, and a man in heavy armor walked up to the old man, carrying a birdcage in his hand, "and then I'll hand it over to you." ”

"Speaking of words, he is serious and indifferent, he really looks like a dictator, Chief Knight Ang, at this time, let go of his identity, maybe after the ceremony, everyone here may not be able to see him again. The old man sighed.

Ang did not respond to the old man's wishful thinking, silently opened the birdcage, and grabbed the blue-feathered bird imprisoned in it, and the bird fell asleep and was carried in the air by Ang.

Time passed minute by minute.

"Did the girl really not come? The old man spoke again.

"Well," Ang nodded, "she threatened me with all the information in her hand, saying that there are some things that only she can explain and complete in order to complete the final establishment of the magic circle, and if I don't agree to her request, she will destroy the achievements of more than ten years with her own hands, although the arrogant attitude of a mortal really makes me angry, but the situation is critical, and I take a step back." ”

"Mortal, it is as if you were a messenger of God," the old man smiled and shook his head, "she is indeed a great talent, and it would be a pity to die here." ”

"After all, it's just the level of talent. "A condescending tone.

"In your eyes, are all human beings lowly creatures?" the old man was a little displeased, "As the chief knight who leads the country, you talk too much, don't you include yourself in the human race?"

"Do you think humans can touch the sky?" said Ang, who didn't look at the old man.

"I think the most powerful power of human beings lies in infinite possibilities and creativity, and human beings are creatures that can create miracles. The old man said.

"It's just delusion," said Aang, "isn't the meaning of the miracle that men and people say is not the blessing and manifestation of God." ”

"If you think so, I have nothing to say, and I am not in the mood to argue with you," said the old man, "but I can only say that you will always see the possibility of seeing mankind one day, O chief knight, how do you always think of this world when you sit in your place, and I have not been in contact with you for a long time, and I cannot understand you." ”

The moonsong bird in Ang's hand suddenly moved violently, it opened its eyes, as if it did not understand what was happening, after a moment it appeared extremely frightened, struggled with all its might, and let out a sharp cry at the sky, which was a sound that people had never heard on the moonsongbird, but it was accustomed to it, it was the most ordinary, frightened cry of all birds.

"I don't need your understanding, it's worthless, let's get started, don't let me down," Ang stepped back, "You are the key to this ceremony, the task of protecting your side, I will come personally." ”

"That's really scary," the old man strode forward into the center of the circle, his hands clasped together, "but you are wrong, I am not standing here for you, I am only for the dignity that I have studied all my life. ”

The strong veins struck and vibrated in all the corners of the old man's body, it was no longer an ordinary flow of magic power, it was to squeeze all the magic power to the maximum limit, no, it was a phenomenon beyond the limit, the flickering light was accompanied by the release of majestic fluctuations, and a layer of transparent fluctuations that were so dense that they could be vaguely distinguished by the naked eye spread in mid-air.

The old man stretched out his arms sharply, facing the sky, and the sound of an ancient bell ringing, recited an obscure mantra.

Then all the priests performed the same act, they unleashed their magic power, stretched their arms to the sky, and for a moment the whole audience was filled with the sound of mantra chanting, and more fluctuations burst into the old man's initial unleashed fluctuations.

The final converging waves, like the largest waves, pressed against the hole in the ground.