Chapter 003: One Eye
The evening sky is reflected in the lake, like a inkstone so thick that it cannot be dissolved, and when the last rays of sunlight disappear into the wilderness, smoke curls up from the edge of the forest. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Alan leaned against a strong pine tree, sipping half a pot of ale, when a pine cone fell from the top of the branch and hit him on the head.
He picked up the pine cone, raised his head, and saw a squirrel standing on a branch, staring at him.
"Damn, even you're here to tease me. He muttered to his feet, patted the mud on his back, and smashed the pine cone at the squirrel, causing the little one to slip away and disappear at the end of the branch.
"Hey, man, what are you doing?" said Sersi. He led a brown warhorse, dressed in the familiar bearskin armor, and his left eye was covered with a leather blindfold, looking like a weathered old knight.
"Nothing. Alan handed him the flask, his tone revealing an unconcealed apology, "There must be no news again, is there?"
"As you might expect, but there's still a team that hasn't returned. Sersi took the flask and took a sip from his sleeve, "What next? I mean, we can't wander like this all the time if we can't find a lord." He glanced at the heads of the people swaying in the distance, "Those people will have to open their mouths to eat, and sooner or later this forest will be hunted down, and then ..... What's wrong?"
"Sorry, man. Eren took two steps forward and reached out to pat Sersi on the shoulder, while hanging his head in frustration.
"Oh, damn it!" Sersi sighed impatiently, "Can you stop mentioning it?" he patted the hands on the shoulders, "It's just an eye, we're brothers with our lives!"
"Yes, brother, I owe you an eye. Alan turned his face and choked up.
"I just found out that you are so hypocritical!" Sersi pushed away the hands on his shoulders in disgust, "Use your clever brain to think about what we should do next, whether to stay in this deserted ghost place to search for the lord, or to establish a foothold for the time being....."
"But you're here to save me!" Allen pulled the topic back again, "If you don't make a move, I'll die!"
"Dude, I could die for you!" Selsey's tone suddenly became serious, "If it were you, you would do the same, wouldn't you?"
"Of course!" Alan replied quickly. At least after this happened, he definitely would.
"So, it was just an accident. Sersi pointed to the black blindfold, "There's nothing wrong with that, think about it, next-"
"Captain Sercy—"
A young Guards rode up. I saw him turn and dismount, jump over a ditch half a foot wide, and run over with joy on his face.
"Tell me!!!
"Yes, Commander, we found Captain Aiden by a pebble river!" replied the Guard, his eyes full of excitement.
"Where is he?!Is he still alive?!" Alan immediately came to his senses.
"Of course, but the captain was unconscious, and I handed him over to the old doctor who was with the army. ”
"The lord wasn't with him?" said Sersi's voice with a hint of disappointment.
"For the time being, I haven't found my lord. The young guard bowed his head, "The others are still searching the upper reaches of that river, and I'm in charge of sending Captain Aiden back....."
"Let's go, go see him!" Alan patted the guard on the arm and walked to the crowd not far away.
When Sunset gave way to the night, Aiden felt as if he was lying around a warm campfire.
He seemed to have slept for a long time and had a long dream. He heard the voices of his brother and father, who were calling out their names, and the voices came from all directions, as if they were from some distant place.
After that, a crow appeared before him, and it stared at him with its dark round eyes, which he thought were somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, and finally it turned into a raging flame that set everything in sight on fire.....
Before the discomfort hit, Aiden felt his hands hold down his upper body, and his eyes were stitching together. In the next second, there was an unpleasant sharp pain in his right leg.
"You'll need to work harder!" an old voice shouted.
Aiden wondered if he had fallen into the enemy's side, and the lunatics seemed to be doing some kind of inhumane experiment on themselves, whether it was the size of the gaps in human bones, or what the musculature of living people looked like.
He began to howl as someone shoved something hard into his mouth, and he felt like he was about to finish, and before he fainted completely, he struggled to open his eyes, only to see two burly silhouettes, and a somewhat familiar old face.
"Alright, alright, let go!" the old voice called out again.
"Oh! Damn! we woke him up!" a slightly apologetic voice came. The voice sounded a bit like Captain Sercy.
"Do you think he's been unconscious?" another voice said.
"Of course not!" the Sersi-like voice immediately denied, "The old doctor just said that the operation should be done before waking up, otherwise he will probably faint again!"
"Man, he's just got a broken leg. ”
"I have to remind you that he is also our companion, and even more so when I was blind, you did not have this attitude. ”
"You're here to save me, he may have fallen on his own, it's not the same thing!"
"Uh....." Aiden moved his mouth in pain. With difficulty, he opened one of his eyes, and the campfire on the side was printed, and a figure in armor appeared in front of him.
"Golden Retriever?"
"Sersi..... Captain ....." Aiden barely opened his eyes, "I'm still alive?" uh....." he tangled his features together, "Damn, my right leg hurts....."
"Man, your right leg is broken, we just picked it up for you. Alan crouched down, his tone becoming gentle.
"Lord Allen?" Aiden shook his head, "Where am I? What's going on?"
"Oh! I'll give you a grand introduction, this is the Nipur Wilderness, and we're homeless!" Alan quipped.
"Hey, you're enough!" said Sersi with a displeased face. "But it's a wilderness. He turned his face to look at Aiden, "Three days ago, the dam collapsed and the flood poured into Nippur, you followed the lord to persuade the people of the city to evacuate, and Eren and I blocked the enemy army, remember?"
"Yes, I remember. Aiden replied, then wondered, "Why am I here?"
"It must have been when the flood came, and you and the lord didn't evacuate in time. Alan replied, "Remember what happened after that?"
"My lord and I met the Chamber of Commerce Knights. Aiden closed his eyes in remorse, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't be nosy, in order to save an old woman, I recruited hundreds of chamber knights, and they charged me and the lord, and then, the flood swept us all in....."
"Woman?" Alan scratched his nose, looking a little confused.