"There is an extremely deep wound on the back of the corpse, and the wound is erosive and cannot heal itself, and it is preliminarily identified as being corroded by the power of the dark attribute, and it may have been chased by something and fled here......"

As a researcher, she has always had a habit of analyzing and summarizing.

Roy also saw the strangeness of the corpse.

The injuries on the back of the red-maned ape were extremely familiar to him, and the wolf king of the Ellan Plains possessed a similar ability, which was indeed a distinct feature of the dark attribute power.

One of his inheritances, "Moon Shadow", is a inheritance that can use the law of dark power, and his third-order skill "Shadow Ball" can also add a corrosive effect to the target.

"Something chased and fled here......"

Roy thought for a moment, looked back and asked, "Morgan, do you know which of the demonic beasts in the wilderness around here are dark attribute magical beasts?" ”

"My lord, you've really knocked me down."

Morgan spread his hands and said with a wry smile, "I'm not an expert in combat, and no one has done a detailed investigation and classification of the demonic beasts in the wilderness.

"Because for us ordinary people, all we have to do is remember how dangerous these magical beasts are, where they are infested, and then avoid them from afar, that's all."

"Okay......"

Roy pressed the doubts in his heart, "Anyway, let's go first." ”

The soldiers are coming, the water is coming, the so-called art masters are bold, and Cynthia is there, and he is not particularly worried about what danger the team will encounter.

Under the protection of Ritsu Sword Cheyeus, Cynthia has the strength of a ninth-order holy knight at the pinnacle of human beings, and no magical beast will be her opponent.

After a little rearmament, the convoy started again.

This time there were not many twists and turns, and before night fell, the convoy arrived at the Sky Mountains as expected.

According to Morgan, the Sky Mountains are the end of this plain, and it acts as the last barrier against natural disasters and demonic beasts.

Crossing the Sky Mountain Range is equivalent to stepping out of the safe zone, out of the surveillance and protection range of the watchtower.

At the same time, the appearance of Warcraft and natural disasters will also become more frequent.

Fortunately, it was winter, and there were not many mosquitoes on the mountain, so the group dismounted and walked and climbed to the top of the mountain.

"It's a tough road."

Roy wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, "If you want to cross this mountain, is this the only way to go?" ”

Morgan shook his head: "This is the nearest road. We could wade through the lower valleys, but it would be a long detour and no faster than the road.

"Not to mention ......"

He looked up at the sky, and by this time he could already see the stars in the night sky.

"This is your first time in the wilderness, and I want you to experience the beauty of the wilderness. There are not only natural disasters and demonic beasts in this land, but also many beautiful things.

"Look at the night sky, my lords, for you, this is probably your daily life that you have seen a thousand times.

"But for the people in the wilderness, most of them come from dungeons that don't see the light of day, and the starlight right now is the best gift of this wilderness to them!

"Every pioneer who comes out of the dungeon will climb this Sky Range, and then they will be so shocked by the wonder of nature that they will volunteer their lives in the wilderness."

Roy glanced at him: "You are obviously from the city, but you feel the same way." ”

Morgan shook his head and smiled, "The night sky I see in Sidenia is different from the night sky I see here, and I felt the same way when I first came to the top of the Sky Mountains. ”

While talking, everyone had found a sheltered place suitable for camping, and began to set up camp and make a fire for cooking.

Morgan skewered the flesh he had cut from the red-maned ape with smoothed branches, sprinkled some spices, and roasted it expertly on the fire.

After a while, the camp was filled with the rich smell of meat.

During this time, Roy walked around the camp, spreading out the powder he had developed to repel mosquitoes and beasts.

He didn't know if it worked, but the smell was really pungent, and he had only kept it in the carriage for a day, and the smell in the carriage became subtle.

It has to be used quickly.

He swore he would never go out with anything like this again.

"Aha, the meat is grilled!"

Morgan whistled and held up the juicy kebab, "This is the most tender rib meat on the red-maned ape, my lords, who wants to taste it first?" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, no one spoke, and then Cynthia took the lead in breaking the silence.

She took out the dry food from the package and sat down by the campfire to nibble on it as if no one was there, and the "click" chewing sound was especially harsh at the moment.

Roy walked over and chuckled, "You've worked hard today, so you can eat this barbecue by yourself." ”

"It's not hard, it's not hard."

Morgan shrugged his shoulders and stuffed the roast into his mouth, "That's it, I'll just have this bite to myself."

"This barbecue in the wild is a beautiful thing."

He knew that the reason why people didn't eat his roasted meat was because they didn't really feel at ease with him.

After all, it's only been a day since we met, and if there is a choice, no one is at ease to eat the food handed by a stranger.

Roy sat back down beside Arya, and after eating dinner together, he proposed, "It's rare to come here, let's go outside and enjoy the night." ”

Arya nodded, she removed her armor, and the two of them walked together to the outside of the camp, finding an open spot at the top of the hill and sitting on the ground.

Morgan wasn't lying to anyone, the night view seen in Sidney is indeed different from the night view seen on the top of a mountain in the wilderness.

There is no neon of night lights, no hustle and bustle of everyone pushing cups and changing lamps, and no shadow of the World Tree that covers the sky and the sun, there are just the vast and brilliant starry sky far away in the sky, and the pretty beauties that are close in front of you and within reach.

The cold wind on the top of the mountain whined, and the nearby trees rattled, and Roy felt Arya beside him creep into his arms.

"Young Master, is it cold? I'll go get you a coat. ”

She looked up, her eyes reflecting a little starlight.

"It's okay, it's not cold." Roy hugged her tightly.

He didn't want to break the quiet atmosphere of the moment.

A long time ago, when he was first reborn into this world, he had looked up at the stars for as long as he did tonight.

But for himself at that time, all he could feel was the hesitation and loneliness of being in a foreign land, and since then, he has never been alone to enjoy the night view.

But now that there is a girl by her side, her mood is different, and even the night in front of her has become beautiful.

"Young Master, do you know the constellations?"

The girl in her arms stretched out a white finger and gestured in the air, "Do you see those nine bright stars, that is the constellation of Knights, and it is also the first constellation I knew."

"My father told me that no matter the four seasons, the Constellation will always be in the north of this starry sky, and that the brightest star of the first magnitude is its blade, which will always point due north, and as long as you see it, you will not get lost when you walk at night."

Roy saw the brightest star in the direction she pointed, but he couldn't put it together with the stars on the side to make it look like a knight.

Astrology scholars who arrange horoscopes for the stars...... They must all be abstract painters, right?

In the past, he thought that the flow of astrology was metaphysics, and the doorways in it were also very obscure, so he did not study it carefully.

If you could have introduced this scientific study at that time, wouldn't you be able to point to the stars in the sky and the beautiful woman in front of you to complain to each other?

And then mix knowledge and love words, and when Arya can listen attentively and affectionately, take advantage of the situation to deepen the feelings between each other, isn't it beautiful?

Roy's thoughts drifted away, and Arya looked up at him quietly in his arms.

After a moment of silence, she mustered up her courage and stretched her neck, her lips quickly tapping to the boy's cheek.

After kissing, she immediately lowered her head and hid in Roy's arms with her head in her hands, as if she wanted to shrink herself into a round pangolin.

Roy was stunned for a moment, then rubbed her head and smiled slightly.

yes, do you need any love words between the two?

Language is not necessary, and companionship is the most affectionate confession.

At this moment, there was a sound of stumbling footsteps behind them, and Cynthia walked over with a low voice:

"Roy, Arya......"

That's a bit excessive, Mistress Cynthia. It's understandable to do business during the day, but it's private time at night, so why bother to make this incomprehensible light bulb?

A resentment welled up in Roy's heart, and he sighed, and was just about to speak, when he heard Cynthia continue:

“…… Look into the distance. ”

Roy was slightly stunned, and he and Arya stood up and looked into the distance together.

The sky tonight is very clear, the moonlight and starlight reflect the earth hazy, and the two of them have been looking up at the starry sky, so they ignored the details on the earth, and now they look carefully, and sure enough, they found the clue.

At the end of the skyline, a faint glimmer of fire danced slightly.

Because the visibility at night was so poor and so far away, the light was so faint that it was invisible, and Cynthia could detect it.

"What is this?"

Roy called Morgan, "Is it a scourge in the wilderness?" ”

"Where, where?" Morgan walked over quickly, squinted and observed for a long time, and finally saw the faint light.

It's better to say that the light is gradually getting bigger.

"Hiss......"

Morgan gasped and said with some uncertainty: "It may be that somewhere in the wilderness is on fire, maybe it's a forest, maybe it's a gathering place, but it's too far away for me to see clearly." ”

"It's not going to be the Black Flag Gathering Place, is it?" Roy muttered, assuming the worst.

"I don't think it's very likely, after all, the Northern Crow is a gathering place that wants to snatch the Black Flag, so there's no need to burn it down."

Morgan touched his chin, "It's useless to guess here, wait until tomorrow at noon, let's go to the nearest gathering place to ask for information." ”

Today is definitely going to stay here for the night, not to mention the efficiency and danger of the midnight journey, and the horses need to rest well after a long day's journey.

Roy understood this, so he suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and nodded.

encountered such an unexpected event, and everyone lost interest in continuing to enjoy the night, and soon returned to the camp to prepare for rest.

Morgan and Cynthia took turns keeping vigil outside, while Roy, Arya, and Jiang fell asleep in the tent.

Before going to bed, Jiang Qiyu took out a notebook from his luggage, and by the dim candlelight in the tent, he was meticulously writing something.

This is not a personal diary, but a daily record that is necessary for researchers to go out in the field.

Just now on the top of the mountain, she also saw the fire in the distance, and at this time, she also recorded this phenomenon:

"At about 9 p.m. on January 7, 995, at the summit of the Sky Mountains, a fire was observed in the distance, presumed to be a hundred kilometers away.

"The specific cause is unknown, and we will go to the nearest gathering place tomorrow to investigate......"

When she was done, she re-read it, mapping the messages she had written in the camp one by one.

What is the connection between the unusual red-maned vertical ape during the day and the distant fire burning at night?

There is too little information at hand to make logical guesses.

She put the note back in her bag and prepared to fall asleep, when out of the corner of her eye, she stumbled upon a glimpse of an object in her bag.

It was a miniature doll, the size of a girl's hand, and the outside was a bird-shaped cloth cover woven from various coarse cloths, filled with soft cotton.

Jiang Qiyi paused, then took the doll out of his bag, put it in his hand and looked at it quietly, and was stunned for a while.

The candlelight illuminated a line of small words sewn with needle and thread underneath the bird doll:

Happy Birthday!

Leeds ......

Jiang Qi muttered, shook his head again, as if to shake out the distracting thoughts in his heart, and then stuffed the doll back into the bag, extinguished the candlelight, and lay down.

It's okay, I'll see her tomorrow.

……

Early the next morning, Roy and the others were woken up by Cynthia.

After breakfast, everyone rushed over the Sky Mountain Range and headed towards Area C.

The boundaries of Zones A and B are located in that plain, patrolled by Sidney sentinels, and are less dangerous, also known as the Safe Zone.

After crossing the Sky Mountains, you will come to Area C, which is not within the monitoring range of the watchtower, because it is further away from the World Tree, and the possibility of encountering fierce beasts and natural disasters is also higher.

The C4 gathering place where the Black Flag is located is in Area C, about 80 kilometers away from them.

These 80 kilometers are just a straight-line distance, the actual journey is far more than that, and Jiang Qiyi's freight carriage itself is not fast, so don't think about driving there in one step in a morning.

So at Morgan's suggestion, they would settle down at the C2 gathering place 40 kilometers away from here around noon, rest and get information, and then rush to the C4 gathering place of the Black Flag.

After climbing over the Sky Mountains, there was a forest, and the road was not easy to walk, and when they finally got out of the woods, in the distance, Roy and the others finally found a village-like gathering place.

"This is the C2 Gathering Place." Morgan whipped and pointed.

It was close to noon, and a few wisps of smoke were already floating over the gathering place, but as the carriage got closer and closer to the gathering place, everyone finally noticed that something seemed to be wrong.

It's not smoke, it's ......

Smoke!