Alan kept his breath down as much as he could, groping his way along the wall, his sudden loss of vision flustering until he touched the edge of the window he had just climbed into, and saw that the sky seemed to be obscured by something, accompanied by a noisy flapping of wings and the occasional hoarse chirp or two. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He leaned forward and poked his whole head out of the window. The sky was dark, and the earth was dark, and he tried to keep his eyes open, and the terrible thought that the cause of the darkness seemed to be a staggering number of crows, made him shudder.

"Oh, damn it, guys! I'm fucking blind!"

In the midst of the horror, there was a sudden anxious cry of Sersi behind him, followed by the sound of a chair falling to the ground, and then something seemed to be knocked over, it seemed to be a vase, and the sound of porcelain shattering was extremely harsh in the dark wooden house, and then a heavy object fell to the ground, and the whole room seemed to tremble.

Alan retracted his body, and when he turned around, a light suddenly appeared in front of him, and he looked closely, behind the light was a familiar face, and then he realized that it was Mike who blew the edelweiss, and at his feet, Selsey hit his head on the ground and fell on his back.

"What's out there?" Mike suppressed his uneasiness and lit a worn-out kerosene lamp and placed it on the table.

"A staggering flock of crows," Alan walked towards Sersi, "I've never seen so many crows, and if I hadn't seen them with my own eyes, I would never have dreamed that they would cover the entire sky....."

"Thanks, I just wanted to move my hands and feet!" Sercy explained awkwardly as she grabbed Allen's outstretched hand and got up.

"What's happening on this continent is always unbelievable. Mike muttered. He sat on a bench, fumbled in the bag for a long time, took out a piece of bread, broke off a piece and chewed it, and asked vaguely as he chewed, "What should we do next?"

"Did we miss something?" said Allen, who walked over to Mike's table and sat down, turning his head to look at the obscured sky outside.

"Really?" said Sercy, sitting on the edge of the bed. "Oh! yes!" he said, standing up from one of the spirits on the bed, "what about the cloak?

"Right at your feet!" Mike said indistinctly as he pointed to Sersi's leg with his hand on the bread.

"Quick, look!" Sersi shouted as she bent down and picked up the cloak at her feet, "This cloak belongs to Kenny, I'm sure!"

"It looks like it's Kenny's. Alan scratched his hair and said as he looked at the cloak that Sersi had handed him.

"The lord had something to do with the witch we're looking for?" Mike patted his hands full of breadcrumbs and turned his head to look at the two of them.

"No, it can't be. Alan shook his head, "He's never set foot in Assyria, and he doesn't have anything to do with witches, but this cloak is his." He cupped his chin and thought for a moment, "Perhaps, because the torrent washed him here, and the tributaries of the Unun River lead in all directions, is it possible that he was saved by a witch?"

"No way!" said Sersi at once, "the upper reaches of the Unune are Assyria, and the Nipur is downstream, and the torrent pours into the Nipur from the east, and he will only be swept to the west, how can he go upstream, and be washed here? ”

"yes, we're ..... downstream," Alan muttered to himself.

There was a brief silence in the room.

"Guys!" Mike sniffled, "there are two possibilities now. The lord may be with the witch, or perhaps the cloak is the witch's trophy. He looked at the two in the firelight, paused for a moment, and then added, "There are only two possibilities, and of course I hope the former." ”

"White had sent someone to chase it here, and there was blood on the ground, which means there was a fight, right?" Allen analyzed, "Then the witch now, and Kenny, who might be with her, must have escaped from the forest." He tapped his finger at the door of his head and thought for a moment, "Guess where they're going next?"

"Hiding in the forest?"

"That's not a long-term solution. Alan immediately rejected Selsey's conjecture.

"Nippur," Mike muttered, "if the witches are really with the lord, they will definitely go back to Nippur, where they have just encountered a torrent, but at least their own territory." ”

"Yes, that's our territory, but the vast majority of the city's citizens have moved, and there are only bandits and robbers left!" Alan vetoed again.

"Elidu!" Sersi held up a finger, "they must have gone to Elidu, it's so close to Eli that you can reach it on foot." ”

"How long does it take to hike?" Mike licked the kerosene wick with a bamboo stick, and the gray room became brighter.

"If the rains hadn't caused mudslides, it would have taken almost seven days to cross the Dragon's Blood Forest. "But it seems like we've just experienced a torrential rain, and if we're going to Elidu, I'd suggest a detour from the edge of the forest, which will take three more days, but at least not have to go back." ”

"Decided?" Alan raised his eyebrows, his gaze sweeping back and forth between the two.

"Now that you're the leader, we'll listen to you. Sersi looked at Mike and said slowly.

"If Kenny is really with the witch," Alan said, standing up from his chair, "go to Eridu as fast as you can, without a second of delay!"

When they walked out of the hut, the sky was still dark, and the three of them could not tell whether it was dark or covered by crows, and they used the only torch they found in the house to find their way, some low oaks and slender cedars scattered in view, and then they were thrown behind them.

The forest in early spring gradually covered with a layer of twilight, accompanied by a sharp cold wind, the ears continued to hear the branches and leaves screaming in the wind, the birdsong became no longer clear, the moonlight and the starry sky gradually replaced the crows on the roof, but this did not make the dark night forest road easy to walk, the three of them found some pine resin before the torch went out, and after a simple meal, they carried a new torch and set out on the road again.

On the evening of the third day of the starry night, they walked out of the Dragon's Blood Forest, which was connected to a vast wilderness, camped by a stream, hunted some hares to fill their bellies, and slept soundly.

Early the next morning, the trio headed south, gradually approaching the border of Elidu.

"If I'm not mistaken, it's Kansleung!" said Sersi seven days later, looking not far away.

In the twilight, the setting sun casts an orange shimmer on the town's rooftops, and the air is gentle and moist, filled with the smell of burning firewood and horse manure.

As the distance approached, the streets were filled with busy figures, and the three of them, exhausted, walked into the town, and were immediately attracted by a fresh oven of bread.

Alan touched his pocket and walked to the front of the store, suddenly feeling a strange stinging pain in the back of his neck, he quickly reached out and held the black steel sword.....

..... But it seems a little late. The sound of hard-soled boots kissing bluestone floor tiles sounded all around, coming from all directions.