011: Deep
The wild dog was beaten a little hard by the shield, and it lay on the ground, shaking its head, and whimpering from its mouth. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info Around it, his companions walked around it restlessly, apparently frightened by the armed soldiers behind Rum.
Rum looked at the poor group of cute little ones and sighed. "That's enough, save some strength to deal with the real threat, and get rid of them, there's no need to make any extraneous problems. Rum commanded, and the soldier covering him took his sword and drove away the wild dogs, who had been frightened by them.
Rum looked at the wild dogs in the distance, and the uneasiness in his heart still did not subside, so far, Woodlin was no different from a normal forest, and even safer, which was more frightening than the hundreds of wild beasts encountered along the way.
Rum suppressed his thoughts on Rum, and stopped thinking about it, and whatever this peace represented, it would be beneficial to his actions.
"Thanks to you, lad. Rum said to the soldier who had saved him. "Your skills are impressive. ”
"It is my pleasure, my lordship. The young soldier said with some emotion, and it could be seen that he had great respect for the Count of Rum.
"Tell me your name so I know who saved my life. Although the Earl of Rum did not feel that he would be injured by a wild dog, he was indeed saved by the young man in front of him anyway.
"Barron, Barron Mounts, my lord. The soldier hesitated, then gave his full name.
"Mounts, so you're bastard. Rum was slightly surprised, and somewhat relieved, that Mount was the surname of an illegitimate son of the Rhodoc region, which represented both his good fortune - a noble birth and his misfortune - that he was only an illegitimate child.
"Yes, my lord, my father was the venerable and famous Duke Rand Butters, but my mother was only a tavernkeeper, so I have no right to inherit his surname. Barron's tone was calm, as if he were talking about something so extraneous. "Thankfully, Master Butters didn't acknowledge my pedigree, but he gave me the opportunity to use my skills to make ends meet. ”
Bastard, Rum's heart filled with bitterness, which brought back some not-so-good memories for him. "No wonder he is extraordinary, and he has the vigilance of a hound. Rum sighed. "To repay you, my good lad. Rum looked at Barron with a sincere expression. "I've decided that you'll be in charge of the vigil tonight. As soon as the words fell, the soldiers burst into laughter, and they were all amused by the Count Rum's sense of humor, and Rum, taking advantage of the noise, passed by Barth, and whispered, "Then, when it is all over, perhaps there will be one more knight under my command." Ignoring Barron, who still had a frozen expression on his face, Rum urged the gloating soldiers to hurry up and set up camp, and he would spend the night at Fort Repolet before the sun went down tomorrow!
And in the depths of Woodlin, Andre and the others were walking in a fog.
"What the hell!" Andre grumbled angrily. "Where the hell did all this damn fog come from?" Andre was surrounded by a thick fog that barely made him see anything but himself, even Anderson, who was standing next to him, he looked a little blurry.
For Andre, the ferocious beasts and the harsh environment could not stop him, but there was nothing he could do about an obstacle like fog.
"I can't see the sun at all, and I can't tell the direction at all. André tried to look up for the sun, but could see nothing but a fog.
"Andrew, remember to make more marks, I don't want to starve here!" Andre commanded, searching for a path looming on the ground. "Look, Lord Rorschach didn't deceive us, these paths still seem clear, I'm afraid the end of this road is our destination!" Andre couldn't help but speed up a little at the thought that the mission was about to be completed.
But, apparently, they didn't succeed so easily, they didn't know how long they had been going, but the road seemed endless, and Andrei felt like they weren't even moving forward at all.
"How long is it before you get out of this damn fog?" Andre lost his patience and kept complaining about why this rotten road was not coming to an end.
"Hey, look here!" Eve pointed to the side of the tree trunk, which had some marks that were clearly thought to be engraved. "Uncle Andrei, this is engraved by Uncle Andrew. ”
"Very well, we're still standing still!" Ender said in an exaggerated tone, and then he sat down on the floor, feeling unpleasant, at least for now, they were just going around in circles.
"Andrew, can't you get in touch with Lord Rorschach?" said Andre to Andrew, who was constantly trying to fiddle with the ornament around his neck, and when he was camping before, Andrew had discovered that his ornament didn't work, and he didn't know when it started.
"No, this thing isn't moving. Andrew kept fiddling with the ornament around his neck, but nothing happened. "Maybe it's because of the fog?" Andrew said uncertainly, not quite understanding why this was happening.
"It doesn't matter, we're stuck here now, anyway. Andrei said to himself, unable to see the sun, unable to discern the direction, but the road in front of him was turning in circles, and there was such a thick fog that he no longer knew how to move on.
Andre sat on the ground, ready to regain his energy first, Andrew was still fiddling with his ornaments, even if it didn't work, and Anderson was already drowsy from boredom and exertion.
Only Eve was thinking carefully about the details that André and the others hadn't noticed - although they had been in circles here for a long time, they didn't always return to the same place. Eve found that the marks on the tree were engraved from the beginning, and the marks she had seen before were different from this one.
"What does that mean?" Eve sprang her little head and looked around them, as if she had found something.
"Uncle Andre, these trees all look the same. Eve asked, sensing some patterns. "Why?"
"Oh, because they're all trees, and they're still in a forest!" Andre was a little irritable, and this childish question made his already bad mood worse.
"But that's not the case with the ones we've seen before. Eve asked, keenly aware of the patterns that lurked in the mist.
"Oh, really? You're amazing. Because of the thick fog, André didn't pay much attention to the changes in the scenery around him, and besides, he didn't think it would help.
"Listen to me, Uncle Andrei. Eve said anxiously. "If the trees weren't the ones they are now, does that mean we've gone out? Eve gathered her thoughts and spoke.
Anderson was about to retort, but then reacted, maybe she was right. "You mean, we might have gone out and just circled back again?" Anderson also began to think back to the sights he had seen on the road, and there was indeed a slight change. "So, maybe there's another way out, but we haven't been able to find it?" Andre thought as he guessed, after all, those paths looked like they had been walked by, and there was no reason to just go around in circles.
The more Andrei thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and he immediately regained his vitality and immediately got up. "You're a little genius, my good girl," Andre couldn't help but praise Eve, kicking the sleeping Anderson before commanding. "Get up, let's be on our way!"
This time Andrei walked very cautiously, he watched the changes around him intently, and sure enough, when they advanced for a while, Andrei noticed a change in the tree species, and at the junction of the two woods, there was another way to go.
"Aha, you naughty little one. Andrey cheered, and continued down the road. "I don't know who made the road like this, but I'm sure that person must have been called a 'shameful bastard'" Andrei was a little smug, it was unpleasant to encounter difficulties, but overcoming it was the opposite.
However, Andre was overjoyed too soon, and although they did not go around in circles again, they encountered new problems.
"Well, let me count, there are indeed five paths in front of me, right?" Andre had the feeling that the expression on his face now must be more laughable than any clown.
"I think it's three-of-a-kind. Anderson snapped his fingers and said with some uncertainty. "You're stupid, I can see six. And Andrew, who was on the side, also expressed his opinion.
"Sorry, my fault, why did I ask. Andrei held his head in pain, how could he forget that there were two idiots.
So, what's next? Andrei looked at the five branches in front of him, and at least they didn't seem to be any different. "No way, let's go through them all in order and see where we can lead. Andrei decided to act first, they were running out of supplies, and they had to complete the task as soon as possible.
André walked to the far left, and suddenly, Eve grabbed him again. "No, don't go that way!" she looked horrified, as if she had been frightened by something.
"You've been getting weird lately, little ghost. "No matter how sluggish André is, he can feel Eve's recent changes - not like she was at the beginning, although he was annoying, but he was also a noisy little ghost. Now, not only is he silent a lot, but he often does some inexplicable things.
Eve didn't answer him, just hugged him tightly, and Andre could feel her trembling slightly.
"Hey, everything will be fine, don't worry about me. André gently pushed Eve away, letting Anderson keep an eye on her, and then continued on the far left road. He wasn't going to change his mind because of a little girl's crazy words.
Eve, on the other hand, curled up in Anderson's arms, sobbing softly as if she had lost all her strength.
"Hey, Eve, don't worry, Andre will take care of himself. Anderson comforted Eve, he didn't understand what was wrong with Eve, but like anything else he didn't understand, he thought it would get better.
"He's right, little girl, believe Andre. Andrew also said on the side.
Eve just nodded silently, no one knew what she was thinking, or what she knew.
Because of this little episode, Andre and his party were silent along the way, just silently moving forward step by step. Gradually, the surrounding scenery changed a little, some unsettling changes - the first was silence, a dead silence, not even the slightest sound of insects could be heard, then the surrounding vegetation became a little sparse, but the fog grew thicker and thicker, almost like a piece of cotton, as if it could be grasped at the slightest lifting of one's hand.
André felt very bad, the scenery around him was becoming more and more difficult to discern, and he almost had to lie on the ground to determine if he was still walking on that road.
"If I knew this was going to happen, I would have asked Master Batus for one that could deal with these damn fog things. Andre complained, and inadvertently pulled out the damaged 'flute', "Speaking of which, I don't know if this thing has any other use than to make people fall asleep. He played with it for a while, and finally reluctantly stuffed it back. "Unfortunately, it's broken. ”
"Hey, Andre, you're walking too fast, Anderson didn't follow. Andrew grabbed Andre, who was taking a big stride, and pointed to Anderson, who was almost out of sight behind him, complaining that he was too fast.
"Alas, when did he become so slow. Andre sighed, although Anderson carried almost all of their belongings, as well as the goods to be transported, and a little ghost, but if it was before, it was still a question of whether Anderson's physical strength could feel the weight.
"Could it be that after curing the disease, his health has deteriorated?" Andre couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic for the old Anderson, at least then he was much more reliable than he is now.
However, after André and Andrew waited for a while, they felt that something was wrong - Anderson was like a statue, standing there quietly, neither forward nor backward.
Andre felt a pang of uneasiness in his heart, he remembered his unlucky dream, and he trotted to Anderson, but was startled by him.
"Oh my God, what are you doing?"