After a day and night of fasting, Pooh was tired and weak, and she endured bouts of dizziness and went downstairs, and the apprentice of the Ministry of Outer Law passed her like a gust of wind and ran downstairs. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Pooh was probably the last to see the excitement, and at the corner from the second floor to the first floor, she heard the noise downstairs, the sound of rushing water—the sound of very loud waves. She leaned against the wall in a daze, not daring to go down the stairs.

"Kid, you're alright. The merchant's warm voice came from behind him.

"Hello, I'm fine. Pooh forced a smile, "What's going on?"

The merchant crouched down so that their eyes were at the same level. "It's weird that the first floor is flooded. But this is the Song Tower, and there will be an explanation for the strange things, maybe the tower owner is ready to surprise everyone, or a new way of teaching. We know less about the Tower Master than we know about magic. ”

Pooh was stunned, he thought of Kord.

The merchant crouched down and looked the girl in the eye, "How long have you not eaten?" he fumbled in his pocket.

"The Instructor Says ......"

Holding Pooh's cold little hand, "When I was young, I was an apprentice in a pastry shop, and the stingy proprietress only served two meals a day, both of which were thin bean soup that could shine on the face. At that time, I thought every day, either I would be starved to death by this wicked woman, or I would be smarter...... No, don't be a stupid kid, I didn't steal, that's not businessman's behavior. I secretly gathered scraps of flour and rotting raisins, kneaded them with butter and stuffed them into the oven while no one was looking. While making homemade muffins to satisfy hunger, I secretly studied the ingredients, and occasionally adjusted the ratio in the store to make the pancakes more delicious. When I left the shop half a year later, the taste of the muffins dropped a lot, and the boss thought that his wife had cut corners and beat her half to death. ”

Shang then pulled out a large piece of a greasy muffin and placed it in Pooh's hand. "So hunger is always temporary, learn to be kind to yourself, even if it's secretly. He smiled warmly and warmly, and warmed Pooh's hands and heart.

"Why are you talking to me about this, other apprentices are more than able to share your experience. ”

"Because out of these twenty children, you are the only one who is the most special. The merchant said sincerely, pointing to the muffin, "Our secret, okay?"

"Okay!" Pooh carefully put in his pocket. "Won't you go down and watch the fun?"

The merchant stood up and shrugged, "If I have any life experience in business for so many years, it is to watch the excitement from afar. ”

The long spiral staircase from the second floor to the first floor is divided into two sections, and in the middle is a circular corridor built against the inner wall of the tower, which is considered a half-storey and overlooks the banquet hall. Pooh went down the hallway, and he exclaimed, what a big lake!

The hall was once overflowing with water bottles, the waves spilling up the corridors, the dance floor, the bandstands, the stone pillars of five people hugging each other, the ornate tapestries from foreign countries, all the extravagance was submerged. What's even more spectacular is that a large number of hardwood long tables, chairs, grains and other miscellaneous items float on the water, which is muddy. The water pushed countless floating objects and collided with the tower wall, clanging and clanging.

She was taken aback for a moment, only to realize that except for the three mentors, the entire tower was in the corridor. The staircase further down the corridor was flooded, and the apprentices chattered together, leaning over the fence to see the water, each more excited.

"Pooh, do you see Kord?"

The girl shook her head.

"He really did it! The hall and the two basement floors were completely soaked, and all the food and supplies were gone. The tower master will pluck his skin!"

"What did he do?"

"How would I know. The apprentices were busy denying it, for fear of getting involved with themselves.

On the other side, the three knights used their swords to pick up lettuce and cabbage in the water, and the black-haired one frowned and said, "The water is very clear, but where did it come from so much?" Another knight said, "Why hasn't the tower lord shown up yet?" ”

The serious-faced general stared at the water and said, "The tower master has already taken measures. He pointed to the watermark on the wall, "The waterline has stopped rising, the source has been cut off." Now the question is not how the water comes from, but how it goes. ”

"Let the sword spider move around and let the water out of the gate. ”

The general shook his head: "When this tower was built, military use was considered, and all the side windows on the first floor were locked with iron plates, and water could not be drained. If the sword spider moves, the raging water will run down the gate and crash through the servants' houses outside, and there will be many sightseers at the gate to witness the embarrassment inside the tower. ”

"What about the sewers. ”

"Sewer ......" the general furrowed his brows, "An apprentice asked me for a map of the distribution of the waterways in the tower before, is it ......?"

Pooh listened with his ears bred as a sharp voice squeezed in the direction of the stairs, "Get out of the way, little ghosts, don't step on my dressing gown." Mrs. Cindy walked down the stairs and looked at the ocean, and was also surprised. She walked up to the generals and knights, "What's going on?"

The black-haired knight stepped forward and said, "The flooding of the lower levels of the Gota by a stream of water of unknown origin may be an accident, or perhaps a sabotage by a foreign spy." ”

"Oh my God!" said Mrs. Cindia, covering her little mouth.

The brown-haired one then pushed his companion forward and said, "It's not surprising that the Assassin organization in the south that calls itself the Cult of the Shadow God has been wrecked everywhere, and it is said that many of the big names who have stopped their expansion have been assassinated. ”

Mrs. Cindia's eyes widened: "Doesn't that mean ......"

The black-haired and brown-haired knights raised their voices almost simultaneously......: "We will protect you!"

"That doesn't mean I can't eat breakfast today!"

...... There was silence.

If it weren't out of place, Pooh would have laughed out loud. She saw the general turn his head in disgust, and the silver-haired knight pulled away from the two embarrassed companions, "If you don't dislike it, I've saved some dry food." ”

"Thank you for your kindness, I'd better go rummage through the cookies in the room. She had no interest in spies or water, pulled up her skirt and tiptoed back to avoid the water stains in the hallway.

The knights watched the lady and the spy, the artist cared about his breakfast and dressing gown, and no one seemed to notice that a boy named Kord had disappeared. Pooh looked at the water and lost her mind, should she go and report to the tower owner. At this moment she noticed a rather large table with low legs, spun violently, and then slammed against the wall of the tower, causing waves that wet her shoes.

Pooh was stunned for a few seconds, gasped, and staggered back several steps into the black-haired knight's leg. "There's something in the water," she said. ”

The knight and his companions argue over rumors of the Shadow Assassin and ignore her.

The girl raised her voice and shouted, "There is a living creature in the water!"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what she was crazy about. The general was the first to react: "If the source is disconnected, then there should not be such a big wave, and there is something swimming underwater." All upstairs!" The last voice was like a command, and the voice was fierce.

There was a commotion, and more than two dozen children crowded the passage, and the three knights spontaneously maintained order and let the apprentices go upstairs first.

"Look. ”

The surface of the water stirred violently, and a very thick line of water moved rapidly towards everyone, and all the floating objects in its path were knocked away at the slightest touch.

"Go up, go up, go up!"

Everyone panicked, and Pooh was pushed and shoved back, when she suddenly understood what the merchant had said, how wise it was to see the excitement from afar.

The girl suddenly flew up, at least that's what she thought. The hallway beneath her feet arched, cracked, and shattered, and she realized that something had broken through the hallway underwater. No sooner had the thought flashed through me than the sound of stone breaking, screaming, and roaring came to my ears. She reached out and grabbed a broken hallway as she fell, the water touching the tips of her toes. Several apprentices on the stairs tried to pull her, but their hands weren't long enough, and the only ones in the stairwell except the apprentices were the merchants, and the other adults were separated in the hallway.

Pooh clung to the protruding slate, feeling that his ten fingers hurt so much that they were not his own. Her heart was pounding, and she took a deep breath and tried to climb up. Then, in a scream, the slab broke and she fell.

At the moment of the fall, time seemed to slow down, and Pooh's senses and thoughts seemed to stretch out a hundredfold. She noticed the panic on every face, and the first to move was the smiling merchant, who stood in the safest position, and did not come to rescue her or evacuate the apprentice on the stairs, but simply turned and ran. "I'm going to contact the tower master......"

In the hallway, the artist was half-paralyzed, dumbfounded, the three knights were anxious and angry, the black-haired one was the most impulsive, almost rushing to grab her, and his companion grabbed the black-haired knight's belt, and the general looked grim, focusing on the water behind Pooh, whose creepy instincts told Pooh that the thing was waiting in the water behind her.

Poof, cold water recalls her wandering thoughts. She had never learned to swim, and she choked and threw her limbs twitching. Then a strong stream of water swept past him, and a huge shadow flashed out of the corner of his eye. Pooh came to the surface and choked, fear and drowning forced her to inhale, then drink more water, and then sink again. In an instant, she saw it. The blue-gray skin is indistinguishable from the underwater background, a ring of giant spikes and hundreds of sharp teeth, and slippery, terrifying eyes.

It rushed over.

Pooh watched as he swam close with its mouth wide open, his mind blank. A force grabbed her by the back of the neck and carried her out of the water, almost suffocating.

The black-haired knight leaned out of the stone slab and fished out the girl, his companion dragging him by the legs. Then the shadow floated up, making a loud sound of breaking water, and the black-haired knight roared, and at an incredible angle of force, raised his arms high and threw the girl behind him. In front of him was a mouth that could swallow him, three rows of triangular teeth in the upper and lower jaws, and dense folds in the mouth.

"Click!"

(To be continued.) )