The sky was as dark as the Uruk Seminary they had fled, and the autumn rain was falling incessantly, drowning out the sound of horses' hooves and obscuring their faces. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

They ran eastward, away from the city, following a country road that barely made out the ruts in a barren field, into a forest full of streams. Horn took the lead and kicked the horse that had been stolen from the stables of Fort Sun, and the horses walked briskly, and it was not long before the dense trees surrounded them. Sonny and Sula struggle to keep up with him. The beast's roar was heard in the distance, and he could almost hear the gruff gasps of the two men behind him. With no one talking, Horn looked back from time to time to make sure the two companions hadn't fallen too far, but he really wanted to leave one of them, Sura.

She lied. He thought that the Uruk Divine Temple had long since lost the Mandate of Heaven card, which was originally a sacred artifact of the Winged Humans, and was now enshrined on the top of a 10,000-year-old ancient tree in the forests of southern Assyria. Maybe she didn't know it at all, it was just hearsay, but it was a thousand miles away from Assyria, and the damn rain was falling non-stop, and they didn't even have a map, so they had to find their way through this damn forest, and he didn't want her to continue to suffer with him.

Upon reaching the first creek, Horn jerked his horse's head around and left the road. They walked a quarter of the way through the winding river before they climbed onto a rocky bank. If Uncle Lawrence had brought a hound, it would have made our smell indistinguishable, and he expected that. They can't take the big road, the big road will only bring the fate of being captured, all roads will, even if this is already Uruk, thousands of miles away from the northern city and the ice field.

Sonny and Sula did not question his decision. After all, they didn't know anything about Uruk, and Horn had just participated in the southern expedition some time ago, and I heard that he had also carried out a very successful mission to suppress bandits, although they heard these things from Horn himself, but about the honor of knights, this stubborn and somewhat rigid Dalton should not lie.

It was pitch black under the trees, the ground was soft and full of cracks, and there were half-buried roots and hidden stones everywhere. The rain stopped and fell, and it stopped, but fortunately the cloak was enough to shelter from the wind and rain, and Horn tried to make sure that Mar under his crotch moved at a steady pace so that he didn't leave his two companions too far behind. Sonny is not a good rider and can't run faster.

Soon, they crossed another road, and the deep rut marks on the road were filled with rainwater. Horn was away from the road again, and with two companions weaved through the rolling hills, over heather, thorns, and tangled bushes, and deep into the base of the narrow ravine, heavy branches mingled with damp leaves, whipping them in the face again and again.

Suddenly, Sonny's horse stumbled in the mire, fell to his knees on his hind legs, and threw him out of his horse, but fortunately everyone was safe. Although this had happened countless times, Sonny still looked stubbornly dead, and before Horn could turn his horse's head, he had already turned over and continued on his way, saying nothing. He was always so stubborn when it came to riding, even though he had been riding for decades and still riding so badly.

Not long after, they witnessed two wild wolves devouring the carcass of a fawn. Sulla's horse smelled blood, stood up in terror, and then ran for his life. The two wolves saw that they were old and dead, but the third raised his head and bared his teeth, ready to surround his hunt. "Stand back!" Horn told Sonny, "go slowly, don't scare it." ”

They rode slowly around the place, until the wolf could no longer be seen, and then he took charge of Sulla, and saw the girl clutching the saddle in despair, and her horse was stumbling in the forest, but fortunately she did not fall off the horse. Luckily, the frightened horse wasn't the one under Sonny's crotch, Horn thought.

Later, they passed a burned village and cautiously stepped over the empty shells of the huts that had been burned to black charcoal. Horn dismounted, and found one of the rooms where there was no rain, and in which Sonny lit a bonfire, and he picked some rotten apples, and Sula shivered in front of the fire, but did not complain.

"When is a day like this?" said Sonny, his frozen hands roasted in front of the fire, his sleeves steaming.

"Let's go back," Sura's teeth chattered, "I'm homesick, I miss my mother, I miss my brother." She shrank back, "It's too cold, we have no food, and if we continue to run like this, we will either be eaten by the wolves of the forest, or freeze to death, or starve to death on the way." ”

"Damn, why are we going east?" Sonny tilted his head, looking at Horn.

"You're got a freeze on your head?" Horn took off his gloves. The apples he had picked were ripe and almost rotten, but he didn't mind at all, swallowing the worms in his stomach. Sulla said that there was a secret place south of Scourge City, where all questions could be answered. ”

"But Scourge City is at least a thousand miles away from here. Sonny glanced at Sura who was shivering, "We should send Sula back first, she's a girl after all." ”

"Uncle Lawrence is chasing us, and I don't want to be caught. Horn frowned and said, "Why don't we go our separate ways from tomorrow, you take Sula back, and I continue to Scourge City?" he threw the kernel into the fire, "I don't want you two to suffer either, after all, this matter has nothing to do with you, and I'm very grateful to be here." ”

"No, I have to follow you. Sula looked up stubbornly, "In case there are wolves in the forest, or bandits in the village ahead, or if your horse breaks its leg..... What's more, only I know where that secret realm is. ”

"Without me, you're afraid you won't even be able to make a fire, and you'll freeze to death sooner or later. Sonny pouted, "I don't want to go back to Assyria and hear that your body was found in the forests of Uruk and frozen into a popsicle. ”

This caused Sula to chuckle. "yes, Popsicle Horn won't be able to find the answer he wants to know. ”

"Thank you. Horn looked down and smiled.

"Sura, are you running out of money?" asked Sonny, turning his head.

"Nope. Sula frowned, "What do you want money for?"

"The next time I meet the town, I'd like to change horses. Sonny sighed, "I've always felt that this horse is too bad for me, it always wrestles, and I'm really worried that the next time I'm thrown out of the saddle, I'll not be as lucky as I am today." ”

"As far as your riding skills are concerned, I guess I can't even change a dragon for you. Horn grinned.

"Who's to say it's not, I think horseback riding is the hardest thing in the world, and there's still a thousand miles to go. Sonny yawned, "If I could, I wish I hadn't come out with you." He put his hands behind his head and cupped the back of his head, "Now, I should be lying on the chaise longue in the study, drinking mead and reading my favorite witchcraft book." ”

"Alright, go to sleep. Horn picked up two sticks of wood and added them to the fire, clapped his hands, and lay down on the cold floor.