Two o'clock in the morning

On a dark and rainy night, on the empty road, there was only a clever figure walking alone on the muddy ground. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hurrying out of the inn and chasing the red figure that had been brought into reality from his dream, Saza walked all the way forward despite the heavy rain. It was only after being washed over his head by the cold rain that he calmed down. Looking further ahead, is there any red figure? Is it just a dream?

If he wanted to turn back, he was already some distance away from the inn, and even if he went back now, he was already soaked, and it was impossible for him to lie down and rest until dawn again, he had had enough of those strange and terrifying nightmares, and when he thought back to the feeling he had woken up before, he only felt a chill spread from his heart to his whole body.

Regardless of whether the woman in red he saw after waking up this time was his hallucination, he had realized that the effect of the so-called curse on the ring was becoming more and more obvious on him, and it was possible that he had changed from a simple nightmare to a hallucination that would also appear in reality. And he had to relent, admitting that he could not overcome this prolonged mental devastation.

He's even begun to wonder if he'll be able to hold on to the next nightmare or hallucination when it returns.

That imminent panic made him unwilling to delay for another second, he just wanted to end this matter quickly, while he still had courage and hope left. Friends, family, and this life that has just begun, it would be a shame to stop there. When I think about it, the desire to survive burns extremely strongly.

So, at this moment, rather than go back to that strange and deserted room to relive the old dream, Saza would rather walk like this in the heavy rain. It just so happened that when he chased him out at the beginning, he was going in the direction of the wasteland.

At first, in order to overcome the discomfort of heavy rain, he also let his brain constantly think to distract himself. He even smiled when he thought of Avis, who was planning to go out camping early this morning, hoping that today's heavy rain hadn't disturbed their camping. In fact, no kind of rainstorm can stop a group of friends who are determined to go camping, and he especially remembers a ...... with Jonathan and Knoll in the past

Just thinking about it like this, after walking for a while, the clear and orderly thoughts in my mind can no longer be maintained. Even if he had a wide rain-proof leather cloak on his body, it didn't help at all in the heavy rain. At this point, Saza couldn't find any dry presence in himself, and from head to toe, it was all the cold feeling of the rain.

The clothes on his body had become heavy after being soaked with water, and the mage, who had been weak recently, couldn't help but feel even more difficult to move at the moment.

But he didn't choose to turn back, and stubbornly walked forward.

After almost an hour, the rain began to lighten. But Saza doesn't feel happy anymore, it doesn't matter if the rain is heavy or small, the important thing is that he is still walking. At this time, the clearest feeling in the body is the ubiquitous coldness, and there is no feeling under the feet, but under the control of the body, the two feet keep repeating lifting, lowering, lifting, and lowering.

The rain had just subsided, but the strong wind had started again, and after the cool breeze blowing on his body soaked in the rain, Saza only felt that his body had almost lost his instincts, and his body had exhausted his calories.

I used my hand to dig out the jerky in my pocket, but my fingers couldn't feel the friction under the cold. Finally grabbed a piece of jerky and brought it to his mouth, but found that the jerky had already been soaked by the rain, and then chewed again, mixed with the rain in his mouth, the smell of meat overflowed in his mouth, so he almost didn't spit out the jerky. But he managed to chew them a few times and swallowed them down.

I don't know how long I walked, although the rain was still dripping, but the surroundings were already dyed with that hazy dim light.

Saza was already in a deep numbness at the moment, and the chill of his skull had persuaded him to stand up many times, even if it was to rest for a second. But in his gradually blurred consciousness, he still knew that once he stopped, it would be difficult to reach the sky even half a step forward. Fortunately, the sky had turned white, and the long night was finally coming to an end.

Looking around again with difficulty, Saza felt a slight shock that he had come to the Silent Wasteland in the darkness of the night. He couldn't be wrong, he recognized the bleak sight here, and the bad soil beneath his feet, which was indeed more disgusting than ever when it was mixed with the rain.

But where is Mo Village? If you follow the route last time, maybe you may still find that weird village, but after breaking into the wasteland like this, let alone finding Mo Village, it is still difficult to say whether you can go out again. Moreover, now, Saza already felt a tidal wave of fatigue constantly depriving him of consciousness.

Suddenly, he tripped over a small mud puddle under his feet, and he fell backwards with his whole body tilted forward. Subconsciously, he pushed his hand to the ground, his fingers did dig deep into the now soft soil, and resisted the idea of lying down to rest, he stood up, leaving a few small holes poked out by his fingers on the ground.

At this moment, the corner of Saza's eyes jumped, and what was pouring out of these holes was not rainwater, but a bright red liquid bubbling out like a wound.

'Blood?!' Saza couldn't help but shudder, and when he looked closely, the red liquid that came out kept flowing in the same direction. Looking at the blood, these red liquids were not diluted in the rain, and flowed in the same direction as if they were alive, and finally converged behind a figure not far away.

'Is that woman?' Saza couldn't help but think of the red figure he had chased last night.

The red liquid on the ground gathered together, as if it had been woven into a long red dress and dragged behind the man. She didn't react at all, just walked forward slowly with a straight body.

At this moment, Saza burst out of his body and quickened his pace to catch up with the man. But I found that no matter how hard I tried, that back was still so far away from me that I couldn't shrink.

But he didn't give up tracking, maybe it was just his subconscious that made him keep following the other party.

After staggering for a long time, Saza noticed a dead forest in front of him, and the distorted dead trees could be seen from afar. Sure enough, the woman walked into the woods. And he had nothing to worry about, and followed him into the woods.

followed step by step, but his physical strength also came to an end step by step, his consciousness became more and more chaotic, and his eyes became more and more blurred. After entering the forest, the ghostly dead trees seemed to be all making hideous gestures at him.

After being distracted, when he looked up again, a red figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and from the hem of the skirt that caught his eyes, the other party was facing him.

Saza had his head down, but after seeing the red floor-length dress down, he suppressed his breath and slowly looked up. When his gaze moved to the other person's waist, the other party suddenly moved and rushed forward towards him.

And in this state, Saza is unable to protect himself with magic as he did in the past. With nothing he could do, he could only raise his hand to block.

After a few moments, when he came back to his senses, he realized that nothing had happened. When I looked around slowly, there was nothing but dead trees.

Ahead was the end of the woods, and he walked forward with heavy steps again. After a few steps, I came out of the woods. At this moment, the sky that had just turned white darkened again.

Standing at the end of the dead woods, Saza suddenly felt that this scene was somewhat familiar. He looked further ahead, and a treacherous village stood silently, as if watching him. That's right! The village he first stumbled upon in the wasteland, and appeared in his dreams countless times.

Coupled with the fact that Saza was already in a trance at the moment, the current scene was almost like the beginning of that nightmare. I just hope there will be a different ending. He prayed for himself and walked towards the village.

It didn't take long for him to reach the entrance of the village, but unlike in his dream, this was not a world of black, white and gray. What's even more different is that he can no longer support his body to move forward as in his dreams.

With a messy pace, Saza walked to the nearest farmhouse on the side of the street, and when he reached the door, he was leaning against the rotten and blackened door. The door panel was pushed open with a bang.

As soon as he stumbled into the house, before Saza could see what it was like, his physical strength had reached its limit, and he fell straight to the ground in the room. Thankfully, it's a dry cabin.

It wasn't until the black-haired mage fell to the ground unconscious for a while that another voice softly entered the room and walked towards him...... (To be continued.) )