Three months, not too short, passed in the blink of an eye. He has not been idle for the past three months, and he has been helping everyone in Xiaoyin Village with some strange instructions that he himself doesn't know where to start. Needless to say, wooden oxen and saws, and it is not a problem to build gears and gadgets.

Three months have passed, and Jiuhan has become familiar with everyone. For example, he knew that Xiao Dui loved the porridge he boiled with Qiao He, but he always didn't say it; Brother Wang in the south of the village always likes to go to the door, but the frequency is a little high; the old prince next door is an old bachelor, but there are three houses in the house, and two of them are filled with all kinds of strange books. Three months have passed like this, and the ninth and a half are considered to be a small hidden villager.

But the good times didn't last long, and such peaceful days didn't last long, because the fire lion tiger came.

It's not the first time I've seen a fire lion tiger. He had met one three months ago when he was being chased by a silver mastiff, and of course he couldn't remember this part of his memory. The tiger-faced lion-like beast of the Fire Lion Tiger may be able to be dealt with by humans if it appears alone, but when they hunt in groups, the scene is very terrifying.

Unfortunately, three months later, when I was resting in the house, more than a dozen fire lion tigers appeared around Xiaoyin Village.

A long time later, when Jiu Ban recalled that distant afternoon alone, he was still feeling heartbroken and irretrievable for his weakness.

He was resting in the courtyard at half past nine that afternoon, and he gulped down the well water that had just been drawn, waiting for Twilight to come home, and for Qiao He to come back and cook them a delicious dinner.

However, all of a sudden, there was a slight commotion in the direction of the village. Later, the shouts mixed with the cries for help and grew louder. In the chaos, Jiuhan seemed to hear words like "lion and tiger beast", "a lot", and "save me", and uneasiness gradually rose in his heart.

"Something's wrong. ”

This was the first reaction of the nine-and-a-half, and then he broke down the door and rushed towards the entrance of the village, where the chaos appeared.

Along the way, people kept waking him up in his direction and running, most of them were female dependents. Everyone's faces were filled with panicked expressions, as if a demon was chasing them not far away. Jiu Ban walked against the flow of people, and suddenly he found a familiar figure among those people, so he hurriedly took two steps up and grabbed the other party's arm and asked, "Brother Wang, what's going on in front of you!"

Brother Wang, who was grabbed by the arm, was startled at first, and after seeing that it was nine and a half, he immediately stopped, and said breathlessly: "Hurry up...... Run, there's ...... There is a fire lion tiger..... ...... at the entrance of the village"

"Fire Lion Tiger, what about the village chief?"

"The village chief took a few hunters and confronted those fire lions and tigers at the entrance of the village...... What about the confrontation.....

As soon as he heard that the village chief and the others were at the entrance of the village, Jiu Ban nodded to Brother Wang next door to signal that he understood, and then rushed towards the entrance of the village.

Xiaoyin Village is in the middle of the mountain col, and there is only one entrance to the village, whether it is the exit or the entrance, and at this time, Xiao Du has not gone home, and so is Qiao He, how can he not worry? If Xiao Du and Qiao He did not come back this time, wouldn't he have become a lonely person again?

Hurried to the entrance of the village, and found the figure of Qiao He who had collapsed on the ground on the ground behind the village chief and a group of strong men. At this time, Qiao He's lips were pale as if he was seriously ill, and his eyes were full of fear. Seeing Jiu Ban running over, Qiao He seemed to be unable to control his emotions and threw himself directly into Jiu Ban's arms, and cried.

"Don't cry, don't cry, Qiao He...... Isn't this coming back?" while stroking Qiao He's black and shiny hair, he soothed her emotions. Despite the comfort of Jiuhan, although he had lost his voice for the memory of Jiuhan, Qiao He's tears still wet Jiuhan's chest.

Qiao He almost cried into a tearful person.

"Is Twilight back?" asked Jiu Ban in a low voice in Qiao He's ear.

Hearing this, Qiao He suddenly raised his head, his eyes full of questions.

Didn't Twilight come home?

Before Jiu Ban could answer, the village chief's voice came into his ears: "Jiu Ban, you are here, what do you say we should do in this situation......

Hearing the village chief's voice, Jiu Ban looked up, and his vision directly collided with the village chief's old and sad face: "What kind of situation is it now, village chief?"

"More than a dozen fire lions and tigers lined up at the entrance of our village, basically blocking Xiaoyin Village. ”

"Is there no other entrance and exit in our village except for the entrance of the village?"

"No......" the village chief sighed and said, "Many years ago, when the ancestors established Xiaoyin Village, it was to build a place that would not be discovered by the outside world, maybe they wanted to build an ideal paradise. Therefore, the current Xiaoyin Village is actually built in a mountain col, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is only one exit from the village entrance. More than a dozen fire lions and tigers are lined up at the entrance of the village, and we can't get out if outsiders can't get in, and there is no way to even send people out for help!"

Listening to the village chief's words, the whole person fell into deep thought. Indeed, if there is only one entrance and exit at the entrance of the village, even calling for help is a big problem. But what if you break out from within......

Just thinking about it, Jiu Ban looked at the hunters who were also lined up at the entrance of the village, confronting the group of fire lions and tigers, and quietly shook his head. Xiaoyin Village is indeed a good place to escape from the world, but the problem is that the people's tools here are really backward. They barely know how to use magic and don't know how to use some effective tools, and they don't even have their torches out when they confront the Fire Lion Tiger at present...... Torch?

Thinking of the fire, Jiu Ban suddenly had a move in his heart. It's just that before he could think about it, an old hunter walked out behind the village chief, and said to Jiu Ban with a pleading look: "Jiu Ban, you made so many useful things for everyone before, and you must have a way to get rid of these fire lions and tigers today, right?"

"Yes, yes...... But the cost can be a bit big. ”

"It's okay to get rid of the Fire Lion Tiger in any way! Life is more important than everything, who cares about those other things when they die!" the village chief spoke, his tone categorical.

So in this way, Nine and a Half became the commander of this tough battle. For a while, he seemed to have forgotten to ask Twilight if he had returned, only Qiao He, who had just been asked, had been thinking about where Twilight had gone.

In fact, the method of driving away the fire lion tiger is extremely simple: the demon beast is afraid of fire, don't look at the fire lion tiger with the word "fire" in the name of this creature, but in fact, they are not much better than other creatures afraid of fire and heat. Out of the fact that the monsters are afraid of fire, Jiuhan on the one hand took a group of hunters to confront the fire lion tiger at the entrance of the village, and on the other hand, asked the village chief to return to the village to notify each household door to door, so that everyone could tie a dry pair that was not worn to a long wooden stick and soak it in oil and take it to the village entrance to ignite it, so as to drive away the fire lion tiger.

After listening to Jiuban's plan, the village chief said yes again and again, and hurriedly took Qiao He back to the village to notify him from door to door. As for the entrance of the village, Jiuhan passed an iron spear from the hands of a hunter and confronted the fire lion tiger with the hunters.

Time passed minute by minute, and neither humans nor demon beasts dared to act rashly, as if they were afraid that they would give the other party a chance because of the flaws they exposed.

The scene was silent, but the mutant was in vain! On the side of the crowd, a fire lion tiger suddenly pounced towards Jiu Ban, and bit Jiu Ban's throat with one bite. has a mental calculation and no intention, and after all, he still loses unintentionally. Although Jiu Ban hurriedly raised the iron spear to block, the huge claws of the Fire Lion Tiger still shot him several feet away at once, and he couldn't get up for a moment.

It turned out that this fire lion tiger quietly slipped out from the rear when everyone was confronting the group of fire lion tigers, and after a big detour, he secretly approached the entrance of the village before he could succeed in a sneak attack. And it didn't sneak up on the others, it seems that it saw that Nine Half was the leader among the villagers.

Demon beasts are not unwise.

A fierce battle ensued, and a dozen or so fire lion tigers in the distance seemed to have received some kind of order, and in an instant, they all pounced on them. And what about the hunters in the village? Although they can barely deal with a demon beast like the Fire Lion Tiger, it is the first time that more than a dozen of them appear together. So in fact, most of the hunters were frightened the moment more than a dozen fire lions and tigers pounced together, and if it weren't for a few more mature hunters who barely blocked the first wave of attacks, I am afraid that the human wall at the entrance of this village would have collapsed with one blow.

The next half hour was a vicious battle. The hunters of Xiaoyin Village are worthy of experienced veteran hunters, and they quickly adjusted their condition after the first wave of hasty responses. Although there are occasional gaps in the defensive line, someone will fill them up immediately. When someone is tired, they replace them with new people, and they use wheel warfare to conserve their physical strength and deal with the fire lion tiger's round after round of attacks.

Nine and a half in a group of hunters were also very surprised. Usually, I have hardly seen the hunters in Xiaoyin Village cooperating in hunting, who knew that they could cooperate so neatly and tacitly when they were unanimous with the outside world?

In this way, after holding on for half an hour, when everyone was exhausted, they finally waited for more than two dozen huge long torches brought by the village chief.

More than 20 long torches were unanimous to the outside, and the flames were soaring into the sky. Even the red fur of the Fire Lion Tiger was eclipsed by the blazing flames, and the dozen or so Fire Lion Tigers that had just been extremely fierce were all deterred, as if they were facing a demon even more terrifying than them.

In this way, driven by more torches than the fire lion tiger, more than a dozen fire lion tigers finally quietly retreated. Nine and a half didn't know what they looked like when they came, but when they left, there was no reluctance in the eyes of the fire lion tiger, and they were all decisive.

It's amazing.

In the midst of cheers, Nine-Half was almost pushed back to the village by the crowd, and despite the presence of several hunters, Nine-Half was still their benefactor in the hearts of all the villagers. The Fire Lion Tiger retreated, and many villagers in the village threw a grateful glance at Jiu Ban, and then beckoned people to carry the injured ones back, and then gathered everyone together to repair the places destroyed by the Fire Lion Tiger. It would not be good if the fire lion tiger went and returned, or if the second time it came, those broken places became gaps.

Just when Jiu Ban was enjoying everyone's grateful eyes and a piece of joy, he suddenly saw Qiao He's eyes. His eyes were full of horror, and he pointed to his house and was speechless for a long time. Qiao He's eyes made Jiu Ban suddenly remember one thing: Xiao Dui! Jiu Ban hasn't found Xiao Du yet, and seeing Qiao He so anxious, his eyebrows suddenly twisted into a ball.

Don't be what you think......

While reassuring Qiao He and slowing down, Jiuhan opened his mouth and asked, "Is it Xiao Dui's business?"

Qiao He looked at Jiu Ban and didn't speak, just sobbing and pointing to those footprints on the ground with his fingers. Looking in the direction of Qiao He's fingers, why are those footprints on the ground so similar to the footprints of the Fire Lion Tiger? Seeing those familiar footprints, the uneasiness in Jiuban's heart suddenly sank directly like a mountain falling rock, and then hurriedly quickened his pace and walked directly towards home.

Then he saw that a corner of the house had collapsed, and there were shallow footprints of the Fire Lion Tiger on the road, almost bigger than the fist of the nine-and-a-half fists. Jiuhan clenched his fists and slammed into the ground, almost with grief and indignation, and said, "Damn the Fire Lion Tiger actually sneaked here......" Then he stood up and looked at the shallow footprints all over the road, turning around and turning to the hill behind the village. Nine and a half rushed into the house, grabbed all the tools and prepared to chase after them.

Qiao He took his arm and looked at him with hopeful eyes. Jiu Ban frowned, knowing what she meant, and after thinking about it for a while, the brow finally relaxed: "Let's go, let's go to Xiaodui together." ”

There was a hint of joy between Qiao He's eyebrows, and she still barely managed to squeeze out a smile in the suffering.

The two followed the footprints on the road directly, and gradually left the village, crossed the meadow, and chased a long way. Jiu Ban gradually began to gasp, and Qiao He also sweat droplets flowed down from his hair like a waterfall.

"There are fewer and fewer footprints, and there is a faint fishy smell in the air, Qiao He, do you know what this place is?" Jiu Ban sniffed his nose, and then turned his head to look at Qiao He. The latter straightened up and looked around, frowning his eyebrows.

Qiao He pointed in one direction, his expression seemed to be a little anxious. Jiu Ban looked at the direction indicated by Qiao He, and suddenly he had a splitting headache and a dull chest, and a familiar but uneasy feeling came to his heart.

It seems like a place that I used to be very familiar with?

Looking at the hazy scene in the distance, it seemed that there was a huge city hidden in the distance, and both of them were shocked in their hearts. Without taking a break, Jiu Ban and Qiao He set off again to chase after the distance. The fishy stench in the air is getting thicker and thicker, and the smoke of gunpowder that has not dissipated for a long time casts a layer of fog in front of us.

"Roar~"

There was a roar in front of them, but Jiu Ban and Qiao He's hearts suddenly cooled: Is it the voice of the Fire Lion Tiger? If it is true, how will Xiao Du survive under the huge mouth of the Fire Lion Tiger?

No matter how sore their legs were, the two of them gritted their teeth and raised their legs again towards the sound, their muscles tense like never before. Twilight, you must persevere, you must be fine. We've come to save you, and you must live.

But when Jiu Ban and Qiao He arrived at the place, they only saw a blood-stained piece of clothing in a broken ruin. Qiao He saw it and ran towards the piece of clothing, but accidentally tripped and fell to the ground under his feet, muttering in his mouth, hoarse as if muttering something: "Twilight... It's Twilight's clothes. Nine and a half saw Qiao He fall, and hurriedly came over to help Qiao He up, and when he heard the unclear sound from Qiao He's mouth, he found that there was a piece of clothing not far away, which was very similar to what Xiao Du was wearing in the morning.

took the dress and showed it to Qiao He, Qiao He grabbed the dress and cried bitterly, and his body fell directly into Jiuhan's arms. Twilight ....... It is likely to be dead now.

Seeing Qiao He so sad, Jiuban was also very uncomfortable in his heart, and was about to say a few words to appease Qiao He, but Qiao He suddenly stopped crying, and his eyes became extremely firm.

Then, suddenly, Qiao He broke free from Jiuhan's embrace, took the clothes and walked around, running wherever there was a sound. Her speed was very fast, and Jiu Ban took off the weapon behind her and chased after Qiao He, but she couldn't keep up.

The fog was very thick, and from time to time there was a crow cry, Qiao He's speed was surprisingly fast, obviously he was tired just now, but he couldn't find her in the blink of an eye.

Jiu Ban shouted Qiao He's name, while looking around, suddenly Jiu Ban saw a wall, a very high wall. I don't know why there is always an unbearable grief and anger in my heart when I look at this wall, and I feel the wall and gradually explore. After walking for about a few teas, he stopped and stared blankly at the scene in front of him.

On the tattered castle tower, there were pieces of hanging corpses, and the nearby beams that reached into the sky were also full of corpses. Nine and a half trembled and walked around, looking at the corpse hanging beside him, the tyranny in his heart gradually woke up, and he gasped for breath in his nostrils. His eyes were bloodshot.

"Fucheng. Looking up and seeing the words on the faintly recognizable stone wall, the weapon in Jiuhan's hand fell to the ground as soon as he loosened his legs, and he knelt directly on the ground with his legs weak.

Looking at the corpses hanging on the castle tower, watching the crows go back and forth on the corpses and tear off a piece of meat from the corpse from time to time, the hellish scene in front of him made Nine and a Half at a loss. Especially when I saw the piece that showed that this was a negative imperial city, although it was a broken and rotten ruin.

Tears flowed out of the eyes of Jiuhan uncontrollably, getting bigger and bigger, bigger and bigger. Nine Halves clenched his fists on the ground with his hands, and the dirt mixed with black blood was tightly clenched in Nine Halves' hands.

remembered that Qiao He had told him before that he was the ninth and a half princes of the Negative Wing Kingdom, and that the Jairian Kingdom had destroyed the Negative Wing Kingdom, but he never thought that these damn Jairian soldiers were so cruel, hanging civilians on the city tower, and looking at them were full of terrified and miserable faces.

"Jairs, damned Jairs, I swear to the dead people of the Negative Country. Destroy the Jianguo country, return justice for the people of my country, and use the blood of the people of Jianguo to repay my burden. Nine and a half roared towards the sky with all his strength, startling many crows.

The crow took off in the air, for the unknown. With the large black expanse jumping up, the nine and a half fell headlong.