19. August 8
I stopped about forty or fifty meters into the fire, and considered what excuse I could use to make contact with them.
I can now see that a camp has been set up around the firelight, and three carriages are encircled on the left side of the campfire, probably a caravan, right?
However, before I could think about it, the night watchmen patrolling the camp began to notice me.
"Who's there? If you don't come out, don't blame us for being rude!" shouted a leading man, and some of the night watchmen beside him had already raised their weapons as a watchman.
I hesitated, stepped forward, and said, "I was just passing by, and when I saw a fire here, I came over to take a look." ”
There was a faint commotion in the camp, and I could faintly hear "...... witches" and "what are witches doing?"
Soon, under the shock of the strong man in the lead, some small riots quickly subsided.
He replied, "Please go back, we don't welcome witches here. ”
I didn't care, and turned around to leave, however, suddenly a voice came from behind me, "Please wait a minute!"
I looked back in confusion and saw a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes coming out of the field tent next to the campfire.
"Are you His Royal Highness Zhou Mo?" The middle-aged man ran out very excitedly, but was stopped by several people.
"It's me, Liu Chuan!
It seems to remember that as I said before, the status of witches is very high, and in a city, at least eighty percent of the people have received the favor of witches.
Therefore, the Holy See did not dare to take action against witches easily, and it was not until four years after the fall of the gods that the Holy See completed the formation of the Holy Cult Army, smeared witches, and reduced the status of witches among ordinary people, and then began to encircle and suppress witches.
Around, there are still a large number of ordinary people who maintain and help the witch escape. There are even quite a few city witches who hide in the city and survive under the cover of these people.
Uncle Yanagawa was one of the people who helped me escape from the initial encirclement and suppression.
At that time, two or three hundred people helped me escape, and more than 100 of them were killed by the Holy Cult Army during the escape.
These people don't have supernatural powers, and they rely entirely on flesh and blood to protect me.
I felt guilty that witches, who were the guardians of humanity, needed humans to sacrifice themselves for protection, so I voluntarily broke away from them and hid in the depths of the jungle.
And those people complied with my strong request and returned to the city to live an ordinary life.
I didn't expect to meet one here, it's a bit of a coincidence.
Uncle Liu's status seemed to be very high, and several people glanced at each other and said in a loud voice, "Since Uncle Liu knows him, then come here!"
I hesitated, but walked into the camp and was caught in the tent by Uncle Liu.
"Your Highness, how have you been doing in the past few years?" Uncle Liu smiled and looked excited.
"Not bad," I said casually.
"Really?"
That night, Uncle Liu told me that after they left, they decided to come to the Gukai Koda Grassland to live as a merchant.
The past few years have been very hard, some people have died, some have retreated back to live in the city, and in the end, only Uncle Liu is still persistent.
"By the way, Uncle Liu, who are you doing business with?" I was a little curious.
"Let's go to the Outlands to make a deal with the elves!" Uncle Liu said proudly.
Hey, elves? Such a coincidence? It seems that there are a lot of coincidences today.
Before I could think about it, Chu Feng's voice sounded in my head, "Hey, where have you been? ”
Uh, well, I forgot about that skeleton.
"Uncle Liu," I interrupted his rambling, "I have a friend, I'll pick it up." ”
"I'll come with you. Uncle Liu stood up, "If I am here, those little cubs will not be too rude." ”
......
The next day, the wind was mild, and the caravan packed up the camp under the command of Uncle Liu and headed in the established direction.
I rejected Uncle Liu's idea of packing up a carriage for me to rest, and walked in the middle of the line with Chu Feng.
While chatting with the strong man who led before, the strong man's name is Zhang Quanyi, he was adopted by Uncle Liu since he was a child, with a rough face, but he is actually thoughtful, and when he was chatting with Uncle Liu last night, Uncle Liu revealed his intention to make him the next head of the Chamber of Commerce.
After a few days of trekking, we came to the realm of gods and demons safely.
At first, I thought that just walking through the steppe was an outland, but in fact it was not that simple.
The entire outer realm is isolated by a huge barrier that penetrates the heavens and the earth called the boundary between gods and demons, and only a few passages can pass through.
These passages are called domain passes, and there are two domain passes in the Gukai Kodak grassland, namely the Gukai Pass and the Kodak Pass.
Each of these two realms is stationed with a large group of Holy Cult troops, which can only be passed through with a pass token issued by the Holy See. A wanted witch like me is absolutely impossible to get through.
When Uncle Liu told me about the domain with a smile on his face, I felt a little desperate, but I quickly realized that there should be another way to go to the outer realm.
"Uncle Liu, don't be kidding, is there another way?" I grimaced, and my tone was a little expectant.
After satisfying my appetite, Uncle Liu returned, "Of course there is!"
Then Uncle Liu told me in detail about the gap.
In addition to the perennial stable passage of the domain gate, there are also some small passages that can only open a short-lived existence in the realm of gods and demons after certain conditions are met. And these passages are called gaps.
These crevices appear in different locations and are opened in a variety of ways, and are controlled by a large number of merchants who specialize in smuggling rare products from the Outlands.
"It's dangerous to walk through the gaps, and there are always a few businessmen who die every year from walking through the cracks. Uncle Liu's expression was serious, "So, you must be careful when passing through the gap!"
"Don't listen to Uncle Liu's nonsense, the danger of passing through the gap is very small, and there are only one or two people who die every year. Zhang Quanyi interjected.
"Just one or two, you don't care about it, in case it's your turn, it's too late to regret it!" Uncle Liu blew his beard a little and glared.
Zhang Quan bowed his head to be taught, but I felt that he was a little unimpressed.
We were stationed near the limits of gods and demons, and Uncle Liu beckoned me to go with us to find the gap.
I walked in front of the Boundary of Gods and Demons, which was a transparent barrier, and only when I walked up to it could I see a slight distortion.
I pressed hard and felt a strong elasticity.
Uncle Liu and his entourage probed in front. Their method was strange, Uncle Liu held two silver-white metal rods in his hand and struck each other rhythmically, making a piercing and sharp sound.
Behind him was a diminutive young man with big ears, leaning sideways, listening.
Zhang Quanyi told me that where there are gaps in the barrier, there is a special kind of echo that only specially trained people can hear.
I could tell in his tone that he was a little envious.
I was a little curious, I listened with my ears sideways, and after a while I felt a little dizzy, this kind of sharp noise was simply unbearable, and seeing that the young man with big ears still looked serious, I felt sincere admiration.
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