Russell eventually decided to stay in the village to see what was going on, and just like that, Russell spent a few unforgettable days in the village.

A few days later, at night, it was approaching the monthly fair festival in the town that Russell had been looking forward to, and he could finally leave the remote village for a while and go to the larger city to find news.

Truth be told, he had a good time in the village, and Betty and her parents took good care of him and didn't let him do some heavy lifting.

What made Russell a little happier was that Betty called him a lot more kindly, and she also overcame the shyness in her heart, and directly called him "Brother Russell" one by one.

And the village chief and the villagers are also very friendly, although Russell has not had much contact with them these days, but the smiles and hugs they send to themselves from time to time can really make people feel their simple kindness.

However, Russell could not stay in the village for long, he seemed to be a member of the village, but in fact he was at odds with the village.

It is very difficult for such a poor village to take in a person who is not engaged in agriculture.

And Russell still has something unforgettable in his heart, which is to find a way to return to his own world and completely repel the forces of the abyss.

Now Russell looked at the bright moonlight in the sky, and estimated that the time of appearance should be around eleven o'clock in the evening, when Betty's family had already fallen asleep, and Russell could still hear Betty's father's slight snoring.

Russell looked up at the hazy moon through the window next to his bed, it was really very strange, it was not a world, but there were still some similar suns and moons.

Russell suddenly remembered many famous poems in his previous life praising the sun and the moon, which he had not felt before, but now he had only been in this world for a few days, and he felt the deep homesickness contained in these poems.

Russell couldn't help but look up and smile, he was really a lot more fragile, and he couldn't bear the loneliness after only a few days.

Russell curled up against the wall, chin crutched and remembering the past, unconsciously feeling sleepy.

Suddenly, Russell vaguely heard the slight sound of the door bolt opening in his room, and out of the vigilance of dealing with the crisis that came from the training of war, Russell suddenly woke up from his state of confusion.

Russell secretly took out the wooden stick he had prepared for self-defense from under the pillow, held it in his hand, and at the same time hid his body behind the wooden basket stacked next to the bed, ready to stab the uninvited guest in the back with justice.

The deadbolt rattled, and then the door was slowly opened, and Russell could clearly see the sneaky signs of the people who had entered through the gaps in the basket.

The dark shadow crept towards Russell's bed, and Russell thought that it was indeed coming at me, and then he lifted his spirits again, ready to face this mysterious black shadow.

The shadow walked slowly, but it wasn't long before the figure made its way to Russell's bed. Russell seized the best opportunity to hit the shadow hard, and immediately appeared from behind the basket and struck the shadow in the back of the head with a stick.

However, the moonlight that came out of the window revealed the identity of the black shadow, and after Russell found out his identity, he hurriedly forcibly controlled the wooden stick that was waved in the air, and hid the wooden stick behind him, but Russell's method almost sprained his waist.

However, Russell's big movement still attracted the attention of the black shadow, and she turned to look at Russell in surprise, and asked Russell in some surprise.

"Brother Russell, why don't you sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing behind the basket, and what are you doing with this big wooden stick in your hand?"

Russell innocently looked at Betty in front of the bed, blinked and replied, "Do you mean this wooden stick? Just now I couldn't sleep because of the rats in the room, so I took this wooden stick to beat the mice." Alas, these rats are really hard to catch. ”

The innocent Betty naturally didn't associate too much, she directly believed Russell's statement,

"Oh, that's the thing, but we have so little food at home, and there are basically no rats living in the house!"

Russell knew that his excuse couldn't stand up to scrutiny, so he hurriedly changed the subject to her: "Then again, Betty, you don't sleep well, what are you doing sneaking into my room in the middle of the night?"

Betty was shocked when she heard this, and said to Russell: "Brother Russell, I really can't sleep tonight, I'm too bored, so I'm here to chat with you!"

"Oh. Russell nodded and agreed to her request, slowly sitting down on the bed, while secretly throwing aside the wooden stick in his hand.

Russell, who was relaxed and nervous, turned his head to look at Betty beside the bed and asked, "I wonder what Betty came to me in the middle of the night to talk about?"

Betty sat on Russell's bed, the fingers of her hands intertwined, as if she had made a lot of determination to speak her mind,

"Brother Russell, are you going to leave this village in a few days?"

Russell couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Betty's words, of course he hadn't told everyone in the village what he thought, so he should have thought that no one could know what he thought, but now it was just a little girl who saw through his thoughts.

Russell thought for a moment, but decided to cover it up first, so he smiled and said to Betty: "Betty, you think too much, how can I leave the village so easily!"

Betty looked at Russell with a hint of anger and said angrily: "Brother Russell, you must be lying, do you still think of me as a little girl? ”

Betty pointed to Russell's new clothes and said, "Brother Russell, you come from far away, if you have an unfulfilled wish, it must be that you want to return to your hometown, so I will ask you if you will leave here." ”

Russell didn't expect the village chief to say such philosophical things to Betty, he heard Betty's questioning, and couldn't help but wonder if he was too revealing his intentions, but Russell thought about it seriously, and still felt that his thoughts were well hidden.

In that case, why did Betty still perceive his intentions, was it really her eyes that were good at spotting details?

Russell didn't have time to think too much, he reached out and touched Betty's head on the side, as if to comfort her, and said, "Betty, don't worry! I won't leave here during this time, you are so good to me, I haven't had a chance to repay you yet!"

Betty looked up in joy and looked at Russell with teary eyes and asked, "Is it true? Brother Russell, are you not going to leave our village?"

Russell smiled helplessly and touched Betty's head, he didn't dare to make a tangible guarantee to her.

At this time, the shouts of people suddenly came from outside the house, and there was a faint fire outside.

The loud noise of course woke up the sleeping Betty family, who argued with each other and climbed out of bed, got dressed and went into the living room.

When Betty's father saw that everyone had arrived, he said to them, "Let's go out and see, let's go!"

When Russell and Betty and his family walked out of the house, they found that the main road in the village was already full of people.

The village was full of torches and a noisy crowd, and Russell had never seen so many people in the village together.

"What is going on?" asked Betty's mother, who was holding Betty's brother, as she looked at her husband as he returned from questioning the villagers.

"I don't know what beasts have appeared in the north of the village, and they haven't left the village yet, but the village chief and some of the village men are hunting them!" Betty's father explained to his family and Russell with a heavy look.

"What kind of beasts can make a whole village like this? In the past, these beasts would not have come to the village to forage unless they were very hungry, and if we had found them, they would have fled in a hurry!"

The discussion of the surrounding villagers attracted the attention of Russell on the side, and he seriously thought about the discussion of the villagers, and they made a lot of sense.

Wild beasts are animals that seek advantage and avoid harm, and once they meet so many people, they will not rush to fight people for the sake of livestock.

Could it be the orcs! Russell suddenly had an idea, and the knight he met a few days ago mentioned to them the orc thieves, it couldn't be these fierce orcs attacking the village here, right? Russell was very anxious, he would not be naïve to think that these farmers alone could defeat this pair of orcs.

"Don't run around here, I'll go to the front to see how the villagers are doing, and I'll be back soon!" Russell said a word to Betty's family, and then ran away from the crowd of onlookers to the north of the village.

"Eh!" Betty looked at Russell's back and wanted to say something, but seeing that Russell had already run far away, she had to sigh and give up.

Betty could only stare at Russell's disappearing figure in a daze, clasped her hands together and prayed: "O merciful goddess of grain, please bless Brother Russell to return safely!"

The villagers spontaneously formed a circle around the burning corral, and they could also feel the danger, so they also watched from a distance now, and did not dare to go ahead to test it.

Russell ran to the front of the crowd of onlookers, but did not see the village chief and the villagers he led, Russell hurriedly pulled over a man who was watching and asked where the village chief went.

"Hey, where have they gone, village chief, why are there no traces of them?"

The villager who was grabbed by Russell was a little panicked and said, "The village chief, he went to that house, they just saw a wild beast running into the pen to steal livestock." ”

Russell knew the specific location of the village chief and hurriedly looked in the left and right directions.

Russell saw a villager with a pitchfork and hurriedly ran over and snatched the pitchfork from him as a weapon of engagement.

"Lend me first, and I'll pay you back soon!" So, Russell ran to the place of the beast pen with a pitchfork under the shocked gaze of the villagers.

For some reason, the pen was suddenly lit up with flames, and the roaring light of the fire lit up the night sky, and the rolling heat wave discouraged Russell.

The anxious Russell looked left and right, and finally found a place where the fire was not too strong, Russell kicked open the burning door and rushed directly into the sea of fire.

Where the hell are they, village chiefs? Russell searched the pen with his eyes wide open, and finally heard the sounds of people fighting in the houses to the north.

Russell hurried to the place where the voice came, and as soon as he entered, he saw the corpse of a man whose throat had been torn open by sharp claws, and several villagers in front of him were attacking a huge tiger about the size of a gate under the command of the village chief.

And what made Russell feel the most sense of crisis was not the giant tiger in front of him, but a pair of red pupils peeking through the broken house in the north!