"It doesn't make sense for a vampire to kill two half-bloods. Why kill them when they are already their own blood food? ”

Confused, Rick made his way through a pothole, and in the last rays of the setting sun, he entered the darker ancient forest.

He had thought that the forest was full of dense giant trees and low obstructive bushes, but when Rick flew for about ten minutes, a tall wall appeared in his field of vision.

There is no chasm between the high wall and the forest, nor is there any obvious separation. New saplings and pine trees are tightly wound with vines and vines that wind upwards, clinging to the high walls.

Rick looked up, and suddenly felt a slight tingle in his neck, as if he was being ruffled by some invisible, fearful creature.

Rick sneered, he didn't expect that he was also targeted.

He didn't panic, and slowly turned around, and a little girl was standing under the ancient tree that Rick had just flown over, she was wearing a long white dress, the end of which fell completely to the ground, making it impossible to see what was inside.

In the scattered afterglow, she looked at Rick with a smile.

The girl's hair was scattered over her shoulders and her hair was as black as ink.

Not humans, not ghosts, not vampires, not meeks.

Rick observed the other's breath and realized that it was not any creature he knew. Unable to distinguish between friend and foe, Rick can only salute first and then soldier, testing the details of the other party.

"Hello!"

He greeted each other in a friendly manner and took a step forward. The girl turned her head slightly as Rick approached. She was pale and had black eyes that could devour everything.

She looked at Rick as she walked by, and continued to smile, smile, smile, and disappear as if erased by some force.

Rick saw the girl disappear, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

He had already sensed that this vanishing technique was not the magic of the phantom shifters commonly used by wizards, nor was it the magic used by several other creatures who had mastered the method of spatial movement.

"It seems that this place is not simple. Interesting! ”

Rick had no intention of following the trail of the mysterious girl, and continued to walk along the open space of the high wall. Finally, he stopped in front of a sturdy gate.

The door was inlaid with iron nails and rusted hinges, and decorated with bronze knockers that had turned blue.

Rick hesitated, but finally raised his wand, and after reciting the lock picking spell, he immediately took a few steps back.

At the same time, the gate slammed open, and with a screeching sound, the heavy gate swept the weeds, stones, and dead branches that blocked it to both sides.

Rick raised his wand, and a flicker of fluorescent light up the courtyard. I saw that in the barren courtyard, the weeds were overgrown and lifeless. The courtyard is lined with trees on three walls, and there are remnants of wooden scaffolding next to the walls.

In front of the last wall sat a large house, the lime paint on which had peeled off a lot, and many places covered with moss and lush ivy. The paint of the blinds peeled off and, like the doors, closed tightly.

Rick walked slowly down the gravel path to the mysterious dilapidated house. The trail passes by a decorative fountain, and Rick holds a glowing wand and leans in to take a look, which is only filled with fallen leaves and garbage.

There is a statue of a mermaid in the center of the fountain, not the ugly mermaid found in the Black Lake of Hogwarts, but like a mermaid from a fantasy story.

Perfectly built to satisfy any man's fantasies, such a stone sculpture sits on an elaborately carved stone platform with its tail raised high. It's a pity that only the lower half of its head remains.

Behind the fountain there is a rose bush, which was supposed to be a flower bed a long time ago.

The flowers are nothing special, except for the color, which is bright blue under the fluorescent light, and some of the petals have a faint purple edge on the edge.

Rick plucked one, brought it to his nose, and took a deep breath. A rose scent, but stronger than a regular rose.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang ahead, and Rick jerked his head up to look at the house, only to see that the windows and doors of the house were opened at the same time.

A black figure pounced from within. Because of the distance, Rick couldn't see what the other party was in the dim vision, but listening to the creaking of the gravel on the path, he judged that the other party should be the last creature.

"All petrochemicals!"

Seeing that the other party was rushing towards him at a rapid speed, Rick took his wand and aimed his hand at the other party and cast a petrification spell.

The monster seemed to sense the threat of the petrification spell, and he kicked his left foot outward, sending debris flying in all directions. His body dodges to the right, dodging the petrification spell that was about to hit him.

Rick didn't continue to attack, he carefully examined the monster in front of him.

The creature resembled a humanoid and wore a shabby aristocratic garment, which, despite its tattered garments, was evident to be of superior workmanship and intricately decorated upper body.

Rick could see his face in the glow of the fluorescent light, sticking out his dirty neck under his shabby coat, a huge bear head rising from his neck, tangled hair, huge ears sticking out on either side, a pair of eyes shining with a fierce and tyrannical light, a bloody mouth full of crooked fangs, and a bright red tongue that flickered like flames.

"Get out, despicable wizard!"

The monster roared, his ancient Roman language obscure to Rick, but luckily Rick, who was born as a wizard, had learned these languages. The monster in front of him scolded him, but Rick couldn't understand it.

Seeing that the intruder did not react, the monster let out a low roar again. "Get out of here, or I'll eat you! Tear you to shreds! ”

Rick was unmoved, the wand in his hand not moving a single bit.

"Are you deaf? Get out of here! ”

The monster let out a long screech, a mixture of pig and deer howls, rattling the shutters and sending rubble and dirt falling from the walls.

"Get out of here while you're not hurt!"

The monster shouted again, seemingly losing the confidence it had just now, "If you don't roll, then wait a minute......"

"What will happen later?" Rick asked with a chuckle.

The monster gasped sharply, its massive head baring its long fangs, and stared at Rick with bloodshot eyes.

"You have the ability to put down your wand! Don't you realize that you are in my courtyard? Or is it your habit of pointing your wand at your master wherever you are? ”

Rick was amused by the monster in front of him, but he didn't expect this monster to be a threat, and began to reason.

"I do have this habit. Not to mention the owner in front of me, who greeted his guests with screams and yells, and who claimed to tear me to shreds. ”

Seeing that the monster in front of him still had such a high IQ, Rick was not in a hurry to deal with him immediately. He begins to talk to the monster, trying to extract more useful information from the monster's mouth.