Alan looked at the look in the dark, a chill went straight from the vertebrae to the scalp, the numb hands kept shaking, the torch fell into the snow, and the 'sting' was extinguished in the snow, a wisp of black smoke floated up carelessly, and the surroundings were dark again. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the dark hole, Kenny, who had fallen into the trap, rubbed his neck, the boy sat beside him and rubbed his knees, both of them seemed to be slightly injured when they fell, and the tall horse collapsed under them, twitching and whimpering, and the narrow trap was crowded with the uninvited guests.

Kenny picks up the unextinguished torch on the ground and gets up to see his surroundings, the dirt lines from the shovel are all over the walls, it is obvious that this cave is a trap dug by the soldiers during his hunt a few days ago, and he has fallen into prey a few days later.

The faint light of the torch jumped, Kenny looked up and saw that the trap was ten feet high, he regretted that he had let the soldiers dig the trap so deep that day, and just as he was about to call out Alan's name, he suddenly found a person on the wall, and the person who appeared in front of him was looking up at the entrance of the cave, without making a sound, the firelight printed a strange shadow on the wall, Kenny was so frightened that he took a few steps back and stuck to the edge of the hole.

The sound of a black steel sword unsheathed echoed in the cave, and Allen, who was sitting in the snow, heard the sound and saw the fire in the cave, and hurriedly got up and lay down on the top of the cave to look down.

Alan saw that in the three-meter-wide cave, the boy and the horse were sitting on the ground, Kenny was holding a torch in his left hand, and his right hand was holding a sword and pointing at the edge of the wall in front of him.

The terrible brown eyes in the darkness just now undoubtedly came from this guy, Alan saw that this alien was wearing a faded cotton robe, a dry vine wrapped around his waist, the guy's facial features were quite handsome, except that his left ear was wearing seven silver earrings of the same size from the earlobe upwards.

No one in the trap spoke, the quiet air was tense, and the alien leaned against the wall and looked at Kenny alertly, his left hand covering his right arm, as if he had been injured in some way.

"You look like you're hurt, friend. Alan couldn't help but break the silence.

Kenny looked up at Alan lying on his stomach at the entrance of the cave, and immediately turned his head to stare at the alien in front of him, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

"Who are you?" the alien asked tentatively, looking at Alan at the entrance of the cave.

"Don't worry, friend, we just happened to pass by here, two days ago I had a friend who dug a big hole here, and he was worried that the caravan passing by here would fall, so he himself rode down overnight, ready to fill this big hole with his body, probably like this. Alan joked, trying to ease the tension.

"I'm not hostile, can I put away your sword, knight?" asked the winged man softly.

Kenny hesitated for a moment and tucked the Ebonite sword into its scabbard, but his right hand rested on the hilt and never left.

"Who are you, and why did you fall into the trap?" Kenny raised the torch a little higher, trying to see the wings behind the winged man.

"I didn't fall in, I was hurt by something, so I hid here. ”

Kenny listened to the Wingman's words and looked up and down at the unknown guy in front of him.

"Hey, winged fellow, are you being hunted and killed, if yes, that's great, I'll tell you we're being hunted too, and now that my friend's horse has fallen, it's clear that we can't pull that beast up, would you be interested in taking me for a while, and when we get there, I can give you some of the hares you just caught yesterday as payment!" said Allen, looking at the winged man nonchalantly.

"Can you stop talking about it coldly, go find a rope and pull me and the little imp up. Kenny looked up at the hippie-smiling Allen with some anger.

Alan pursed his lips and got up and walked towards the palm grove behind him.

"Knight... Can you take me with you, I've been here for two days now, and the people don't know where, I mean... If you can. The alien was a little speechless, and it was clear that it was strange to make such a request from a strange human.

"I could pull you up, but—" Kenny pointed to the wings behind the wingman, "you don't seem to need much, do you?"

"You don't have to be so nervous, my name is Mio, I am the patriarch of the Winged Human Clan, I had a little conflict with the Prophet Clan in the valley a few days ago, in order to avoid the pursuit of that group of madmen, I hid in this trap, if you can take me to hide for a while, our clan will give you a very generous reward!"

A vine was thrown down from the trap mouth, and Alan stood at the mouth of the cave and said excitedly, "Who you are doesn't matter to us at all, talk about the reward." ”

"The reward is absolutely too good for you to imagine!provided that you take me safely out of this palm grove first!" Wingman swept away his previous shyness, and his words were a little arrogant at the moment.

"Shut your mouth, you're not the Winged Terran patriarch at all. Alan crouched at the entrance of the cave, looking ruffian.

Kenny was not at all interested in the conversation, he walked to the side and picked up the boy who was sitting on the ground, turned around and grasped the vines with both hands, and climbed out of the trap with his feet on the wall.

The winged man in the pit looked at Kenny who had crawled out of the hole, his face a little lost, it was obvious that Alan's words just now seemed to have pierced him somewhere in the bottom of his heart, and the arrogance on his face had disappeared.

"I'm really not the patriarch of the Winged Terrans, I just want to hide with you for a while. ”

"No problem, when we set foot on the Sumerian continent, we will consider opening a circus, and when the time comes, we will remember to come back and receive you, so stay in it with peace of mind." Alan smiled and turned to get on his horse.

"Wait!" Wingman stopped the two who were about to leave, "I can give you something as a reward for helping me take refuge!"

Alan heard the sound coming from the trap, hesitated for a moment, and walked back to the cave. Wingman took out a neatly folded piece of deer fleece from behind his waist, held it in the palm of his hand, and carefully opened it.

"This is the Mandate of Heaven card, the treasure of our Winged Human Race, 10,000 years ago, my ancestor Anzu was almost drowned in the Bula Sea by Ningirsu for this treasure, this thing has the power to change fate, provided that it is used appropriately. ”

Alan put the torch in his hand into the trap, and by the light of the fire he saw that the Winged Man was holding a black card with a circle of gold-rimmed pythons engraved on the inside of the card, and the word 'life' was engraved in cuneiform script in the middle.

Alan did not shy away from the greed in his eyes, he stared at the treasure held by the winged man, licked his lips that were blown by the cold wind and said, "Deal!"