At night, the meadows by the river are very quiet, and the cool wind blows through the white dry reeds, and the reeds rise and fall one after another.

The Bailin River, which flows through Wilkes, shimmers at night, like a precious pearl necklace on the chest of a plump woman.

There were stars in the night sky, and the star map here was very different from the star map in the night sky of Highlandsa City, and Surdak knew that this place must belong to a different star field from the Roland Continent.

The fireflies that lurk in the grass merge with the stars in the night sky, forming a sky full of sparks.

The ogre Gulitham sat on the grass by the river, munching on a skewer of grilled fish in his hand, looking at the brown and crispy grilled fish, a group of recruits who ran to the river to fetch water couldn't help but swallow and spit at the mouth, and suddenly felt that the marching rations for dinner were not so fragrant.

At this time, the recruits sighed infinitely: no wonder the veterans said that they would feel unfragrant when they ate it, and if there was grilled fish, it would be as mushy as West Malaysia...... Sure it doesn't smell good.

Samira, the half-elven archer, sat alone on a grassy slope, and everyone knew that she was a bit withdrawn, and never paid attention to anyone except Surdak and Andrew and Gulitham, so no one bothered her.

At night, she lifted off the hood on her head, her pale red eyes were like crystal clear rubies, she held a few cactus fruits in her arms, peeled off some prickly peels, the orange flesh inside exuded a sweet smell, her eyes chased the fireflies flying in front of her, and seemed to be completely immersed in this beautiful night scene.

Veru, who was covered in bandages, sat down beside Samira, stared at the eyes of the half-elf archer like rubies, and said very indifferently:

"No wonder you wear a hood every day, it turns out that you have elven blood!"

Not to be outdone, Samira rhetorically asked:

"What about you? What secrets are hidden under the strips of cloth? ”

Viru tugged at the strip of cloth on his left arm to show the scales on Samira's eyes before he said:

"We're pretty much the same, you're a higher level of elven blood, I'm of lizard blood, and we're born archers."

Only male lizardmen in the wild swamp have obvious scales on their bodies, and generally half-lizards will have very light scales.

"How did you meet our captain?" Samira asked curiously.

Viru's eyes fell on the Bailin River in the distance, as if he was caught in a memory, and said slowly:

"I used to be his captain, but our adventure group has been disbanded, and everyone is going their separate ways, maybe now it's just me and him who are still alive, and I don't have any place to go for the time being, so I came along."

Samira glanced at Viru's arm and saw that his skin was covered in scaly veins, no wonder he was wrapping his whole body.

His eyes were really like lizardmen, cold and without a trace of emotion, like a poisonous snake hiding in the grass staring at him, which made people feel a cold chill all over his body.

"What about you, how did a half-blood elf know Surdak?" Viru asked.

"In the city of Warjmara on the Kenda plane, when our city was besieged by hellhounds, the captain was a knight of the guard battalion who had come over for reinforcements, and I was in need of a sum of money at that time, and he advanced my salary for five years, and I sold it to him." Samira said calmly.

With that, Samira got up and took the cactus fruit and got up to leave.

"Do you want to be an Hawkeye?"

Viru asked as he walked towards Samira, who was walking further to the edge.

Samira stopped, turned her head to look at him with a puzzled expression.

"I'd rather be a Silvermoon Ranger than Hawkeye."

After speaking, he shook his red broken hair and left without looking back.

……

There was a lantern hanging on the surface of the tent, and some mosquitoes were flying under the light, and Signa was lying on a soft blanket, practicing writing on a piece of parchment with charcoal, and she looked very serious.

The dromedary lay quietly on its side, seemingly curious about the words written by Signa.

Surdak came out of the barracks, sat on the grass outside the tent, stripped off the salamander leather armor from his body, and sat beside Selena wearing only a linen shirt, comfortably resting on her round and delicate thighs, looking up at the clear starry sky.

Selena sat outside the tent in a nightgown, rubbing her fingers lightly against Surdak's cheek.

"Maybe it's a better place for me and Signa to live!"

Surdak looked up at Selena's soft face and asked curiously:

"Why? Seeing this vast meadow, did you have such a feeling? ”

Selena shook her head and said softly: "I want to try it and see if I can spread the teachings of the Goddess of Darkness here, the influence of the Goddess of Liberty on the people of the Grimm Empire is almost imprinted in the bones of every Imperial person, even if those priests and battle priests have been gone for so long, and the temple is overgrown with wild grass and almost abandoned, everyone still hopes that one day they can return with the blessing of the gods." ”

Then he closed his eyes, as if to feel the plane world with his senses of smell, touch, and hearing.

When she closed her eyes, her spiritual power spread like a tide.

"It may be different here, I don't see an abandoned Liberty Temple in Wilkes, and there probably aren't many Lady Liberty followers here." Selena said with her eyes closed.

Before Surdak could speak, Serena seemed to sense something, and she turned her head to look northwest, and in the distance was covered in darkness by night.

She said to Surdak: "There is the sound of horses' hooves over there, and there are many horses ......"

Surdak stood up and looked in the direction Selena was pointing.

At this time, Viru, who was sitting alone on the slope, also stood up and looked in the same direction as Surdak.

……

Almost a quarter of an hour later, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves came from far and near like thunder rolling in the sky.

In the dark night, several herdsmen drove a group of horses directly to the river from a distance, the horses gathered by the river, several herdsmen held long whips, and stopped the horses at the riverbank, and any horse that took a step towards the river would be whipped.

Five or six herdsmen actually suppressed the commotion of hundreds of horses.

"What are they doing, why don't they let the horses drink?"

Although it was dark, Selena could still clearly see their every move, which was an ability given to her by the Goddess of Darkness.

Surdak didn't have Selena's skills, he couldn't see the situation of the horses over there, and when he heard Selena say this, he guessed:

"Probably worried about the horse blowing up the lungs, when the horse is running rapidly, the whole lung needs to inhale a lot of air, if you drink cold water at this time, accidentally inhale it into the lungs, it is likely to make the lungs explode, and even if the horse does not die, it may be scrapped."

When the horses were quiet, the herders let the horses go into the knee-deep river and bow their heads to drink.

The herders also seemed to notice the military camp stationed here, but they did not stay away or come closer, but only kept a safe distance.

Two herders set up a bonfire with horse dung and set up a blackened iron pot, presumably to prepare dinner.

Four other herdsmen pulled a horse out of the herd, and there seemed to be a man lying on the horse's back, and they carefully lifted the one down and laid him flat on the grass, as if someone was sick from a distance.

"Someone seems to be sick...... Selena said to Surdak.

Surdak said to Selena, "Let's go and see, maybe we can help, and then talk to them and see if they do what you say...... There is no faith! ”