Chapter 2

In the evening, my compatriots came out of the ground like the freshly unearthed living dead, patting off the dirt from their bodies, leaving behind pits like dug graves. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

We boarded the helicopter and prepared to go to the next location where Schuster might be passing by. The helicopter I was flying in was piloted by Volcker himself.

Anthony sat in the passenger seat holding his crystal ball, his eyes glazed over, not knowing what to think. "Alex, do you really want to continue your search for the Dark Elemental Shards?" he asked me meaningfully as he turned abruptly.

I was stunned by his question, and I didn't answer for a long time.

He continued, "I don't think you seem to have something on your mind. ”

I replied by the way: "I don't have anything on my mind, I just don't think it's the way to go." ”

"This is not your usual style, you personally promised your father to come to find the Dark Elemental Shard, and you are responsible for your words. ”

"I don't know what's going on, but I always feel that the fragment we're looking for doesn't exist, and even if it does, it won't be our turn to look for it, and maybe one day it will come to my father. ”

"What if the fragments are found by the Evil Spirits? If we don't look for them, they will find them sooner or later. ”

"Excuse me, why does my father need that fragment so much?"

He was silent for a while, "You'll find out later." ”

"I have to know about it. ”

"Alex, you know, your father is doing this for the sake of the whole organization, but also for you and Frank. ”

"Answer me, why did my father need that piece so much?"

Under my questioning, Anthony had no choice but to tell the truth: "The Evil Spirits are trying to expand their sphere of influence with the Sixth Desire, while your father wants to use the Dark Element to rule the world. ”

"I see. "My worst fears have happened, and sure enough, just as I thought, it seems that the curse on the slate of the underwater city is real. In this case, I will have to cooperate with Anthony to find the shard, get the shard, and then destroy it, so that the curse can be lifted, and my father's ambition to rule the world can be completely destroyed.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, our helicopter landed in a forest in Corsica, the fuel to power the helicopter was about to run out, we left the island of night only to take our weapons, but we did not expect that the plane would run out of fuel, but it didn't matter, Sardinia and Corsica are across the sea, the next destination is Sardinia, using Sardinia as a springboard, and finally landing on Sicily.

Anthony and Walker are on guard deep in the forest with a dozen body robbers. The Simone brothers and Frank played poker in the cabin, with Wiñola watching and keeping watch around at all times.

Taking advantage of this free time, I quickly lit a bonfire.

Isabel sat under the tree, staring at the fire, and began to whisper poetry with emotion: "In tranquility, gaze at sunny, sparsely populated Italy, home of the savage partymen, who descend from the Alps to the Apennines, and follow the ancient ......"

I came to her and continued to whisper along with the poem she had recited: "My fury comes only at dawn." At noon I will work with my compatriots, eat, be in reality, raise the white flag, and today, it is about the fate of all beings. ”

"Victory, this is the work of the famous Italian director Pierre Paolo Pasolini, I love his long poems, and he also has a long poem called "The Ashes of Gramsci". ”

"You know so much, what a wealth of experience!"

"Thank you! But what I'm most worried about now is the Sixth Desire virus, once it spreads, the consequences can be imagined. ”

"It seems that the plague created by the Evil Spirits has been spreading for a long time. ”

"They want to use the virus to harm the world, it's just the idea of breaking the net, and this is also their last resort, and they will only make such a move when they are forced to do so. We are not facing one enemy now, even the Evil Spirits and the Wolves are facing multiple enemies, and they are in the same situation as us, they have fears and worries. ”

"Such wars will never stop, and the war that my father started on Poppy Island thousands of years ago was only a pre-emptive war. ”

"The black gold fanatics of the American Federation must be several times stronger than before, and their footprints are likely to have stepped into the Europa continent, coupled with the intervention of the witchers, it is really a wave of unsettled. ”

"You're thinking too much. ”

I looked at the bonfire on the ground, and I gradually entered the scene of my memory, as if I had seen a war on Poppy Island a long time ago: at that time, Green Siegfried was appointed the supreme general of the Eagle Knights' First Legion, and I was his lieutenant. As our cavalry was crossing the canyon, the Evil Spirits army suddenly struck out from the hillsides on either side, taking us by surprise and in confusion. In the midst of the melee, Green still calmly commanded our troops, acting very calmly. I fought my way through the bloody path and saw Celt Draka, the commander of the Evil Spirits, who yelled at me, "Alex. "He rushed towards me desperately. I'm ready to fight him to the death. Suddenly, a double-edged axe that spun from the side shaved off his head with a "poof", blood splattered on my face, and I heard Green's voice calling out to me: "Alex, Alex......" I couldn't see him, I could only hear his voice. The tragic memories that had been imprinted in my mind began to blur and eventually brought me back to reality.

"Alex, Alex. Isabel's whispered shouts interrupted my memories.

I suddenly woke up from my memories and said, "What happened to me just now?"

"What were you thinking?"

"I just remembered something. ”

"Alex. Anthony came over and said.

"What's going on in the woods?"

"There's not even a ghost here. Now the most important thing is to go to Sicily and find Schuster. Anthony said, "We'd better go now." ”

"Without further ado, why don't we leave now. ”

So we burned the helicopters that ran out of fuel on the spot, so that the technology of these helicopters could be stolen by the warlike peoples, so as to start a war.

We found a lot of small wooden boats, and under the cover of the sea fog, quietly sailed towards Sardinia. In the eerie fog, we can only rely on the compass on our phones to discern the direction. In the end, we made it to Sardinia with great difficulty.

We stayed in Sardinia for only one day and then took a cruise to Sicily. Sicily isn't huge, so I don't think it's hard to find someone here, and there are a lot of people in our team who know Schuster. We tried to go to places with a lot of people, but the island seemed so transparent that you could tell at a glance that it didn't look like a dark elemental shard had fallen, so we had misjudged it? If Schuster did find the shards and didn't want to give them to my father, where would he go?

After several days of searching, no signs of Schuster or Dark Elemental Fragments were found on the island. In recent days, it has been cloudy and there is no sunshine, which makes it easy for us to move during the day. The dark forest has always revealed a sense of mystery, and the silence of the surrounding environment has cast a veil of mystery over the place.

"Hell, where the hell is this Schuster?" said Volcker.

Anthony walked over to a large tree, pointed to the scratches on the tree and said, "Don't worry, maybe he's in trouble." Look, this is what the werewolf left behind. ”

"A few scratches alone don't mean that Schuster is in trouble. I said.

"I'm afraid there will be more than one luck. ”

"Let's hope the Dark Elemental Fragments don't fall into the hands of the werewolves. ”

This proves that there are werewolves on the island as well. Frank said.

I took a closer look at the scratches, "The scratches were from a long time ago. ”

We searched the area again, and occasionally found a few scratches on the trunk of the tree, could it be that Schuster had really been poisoned by a werewolf? or was it something that had nothing to do with Schuster at all?

"Alex. Winora shouted suddenly. I watched her half-crouch under a large tree with bare roots, as if she had found some clue. She picked up a small transparent glass bottle that had been discarded for a long time, and said, "This is a small bottle containing the power of the earth, and only members of the Dark Realm Society have this potion. ”

I took the vial and looked at it, "Well, it's indeed the power of the earth, and the people of the Underworld have been here before, but I'm not sure if it's Schuster or them." "I looked around and felt that there were other supernatural species living in this forest, so I felt that the island was no longer so transparent.

Winora looked anxious, "What to do?"

"Keep looking, there must be places we haven't been. ”

We decided to split up in groups of five to look for clues, and if we couldn't find any clues after an hour, we would meet up here.

We searched for a long time, but we didn't find a single ghost, let alone a vampire, except for some birds in the trees and insects on the ground. What's even stranger is that there are many trees here, and when several people are together, as long as they are separated slightly, even if they are separated for a short distance, they will not be able to see anyone, and they need to follow their accomplices closely so that they will not get lost.

The thick trunks of the trees were one after the other, making it seem that there was no end to this forest, and I underestimated this small island, but I did not expect that there was a labyrinth of forests here.

After a while, an area of dry trees appeared in front of us, and we curiously approached and found a crater that looked like it had been created by a meteorite impact, surrounded by long-scorched trees and sprouting vegetation seedlings. It can be seen that this pit was left very early. For everyone's safety, I asked the others to wait here and boldly walked into the bare pit myself.

I searched the pit for suspicious clues, and if the Dark Elemental Fragment did fall on this island, I think this is where the Fragment fell. There is a high probability that the fragments have been taken, and since time has passed, there are no traceable clues here, and we can only guess at it.

Suddenly, a stranger appeared across from us, standing on the edge of the pit, as if he was looking for something. "Who?" Volcker shouted at him. The stranger turned and fled into the forest, and Walker jumped over the pit and chased after him.

"Don't chase it. I shouted.

In order to avoid being fooled by Walker, I and several other compatriots also chased after him. Our target is an as-yet-unidentified vampire who is lean and agile enough to easily navigate through the narrow gaps in the trees.

After chasing, the opponent was gone, and a heart-rending scream was heard in front of him. We rushed over at once and found Frank's squad. Winora was choking the strange vampire by the neck and pinning him to the ground, licking his face with her long, blood-red tongue.

"Who are you, why are you sneaky?" I asked the stranger.

Winora dragged him up from the ground and said, "Do you need to ask? ”

The stranger glanced at her, looked at me again, and finally spoke: "Please, don't hurt me, I will help you." ”

"Let me ask you again, who are you?" I asked.

"I'm a member of the Evil Spirits. ”

"What are you doing here?"

He hesitated, "I ......"

"Say it quickly. ”

"Spread the virus. ”

"Who sent you?"

"Don't kill me, I'll take you there, and you'll know when you go. ”

"Okay, lead the way. ”

"Wait. Frank shouted, pulling out a dagger and shaving off the head of the demon party with lightning speed, Frank slung his body over his shoulder.

By the way, Winora picked up the head that had fallen to the ground, and said face to face with the head, "If you tell the truth, we will give you another head, and if you lie, you will be in a different place, and you will die without a body." ”

The head didn't look painful, but he was terrified. "Okay, I'm not going to lie, please don't kill me. He said.

Winora took the head in her hand and asked him to face forward, "You show the way." ”

"Okay. ”

We followed the direction of the evil spirit, walked a little way, and found a small house in front of us, and it seemed that there were not many people inside. The signal here is strong and I was able to get in touch with others very quickly to get them here in the shortest possible time.

The pesky head was always muttering, and from time to time it would amplify its voice, as if it was deliberately trying to attract the attention of his accomplices. Frank finally couldn't take it anymore and threw the headless body on the ground, then pulled out his dagger and stabbed it into the heart of the wriggling body, only to see the head of the evil spirit party quickly turn into scattered dust.

"I can't hear the dead man anymore. Frank said.

Our men were soon all gathered and formed a semi-encirclement of the small house. In order to find out what was going on inside, I decided that I couldn't make a rash move, and I would observe the other party for a while before it was too late.

For the next few days, Frank and I would spend hours and hours each day on the house, wondering what was hidden in the mysterious house.

One day, two days......

One week, two weeks......

Frank and I patiently observed the movement outside the house, and according to what we have observed in recent times, there are only five people living in this house, and I don't think the members of the Evil Spirit Party inside are very important, I guess they are just some virus spreaders. Now that we've found out, we're not going to let their plan succeed.

That night, I gathered all of us to bring weapons, surrounded the house, and then the soldiers rushed into the house in three directions, and searched many rooms, but to my surprise, there was no one. In the end, only the last room on the second floor was left unsearched, and the door was locked. Now, with all the guns pointed at the door of the room, it was obvious that everyone was nervous. I gritted my teeth, whether it was a trap or not, and kicked the door open with a single kick, but we were shocked to see that there were thirteen shriveled vampire corpses lying in the room, all with stakes pierced through the heart.

"Oh my God, what the hell is going on?" said Anthony, surprised.

I found a note written in blood on the table, I picked it up and looked at it, it said: You are so stupid, we have delayed it for two weeks, the Sixth Desire has been destroyed by us, and none of you can think of it.

I gave the note to Anthony, who quickly skimmed through it and said, "It seems that they have known that we are spying on them, and they would rather kill themselves than be caught by us." ”

"We should have done it two weeks ago. I said.

"But we didn't know about the situation here, so we had to be cautious. ”

"Maybe I'm too suspicious. ”

"It's not your fault, it's the same with someone else. ”

"Looks like we've come for nothing. Frank said.

"If I'm not mistaken, Schuster may have gotten the Dark Elemental Shards. ”

"Why do you say that?" I asked.

"It was my crystal ball that told me. ”

"Where is Schuster now?"

"I just flashed him in my crystal ball, and then I couldn't see anything, judging by the environment in the crystal ball, he should have gone to the Alps. ”

"He doesn't want to take refuge in Elias, who doesn't have anyone at the moment, and Schuster doesn't have the key to the castle. ”

"I don't know, maybe it's not just Schuster himself, but there are other people around him. ”

"Then let's stop talking nonsense and hurry to the Alps. ”

We crossed the forest to the eastern shore of Sicily, and hired a merchant ship to carry us across the Strait of Messina to the Italian mainland. Over the next few days, we traveled from Calabria to Campania, then to Rome, then to Tuscany, and finally to the Alps, with a smooth ride along the way, hoping to find Schuster, as well as the Dark Elemental Fragments, as soon as possible.

We found an abandoned tomb in a cedar grove down the hill that was easy for us to live in. Because of the sun, we can only make a temporary home here.