readx;? Seeing the sudden appearance of the clown, Rogge and his party subconsciously stopped, and looked at the clown who blocked the way, he was wearing a green and purple court clown suit, wearing a hexagonal clown hat, and a golden bell hung at the tip of each horn, and the tips of the shoes were curved and cocked, and there was also a golden bell each. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo（.. ）

At the waist of the clown is a short sword with a saber gauntlet, and in his hand he holds a skull with a green and purple clown hat with a white V-shaped prom mask on his face, and a row of snow-white teeth peeking out from the bottom of the mask.

"Hee-hee-hee, stranger, it seems that you have entered my master's territory without the consent of the god of crows, and tell me, who are you and what are you doing here?" asked the clown, looking at the group with a pair of sly eyes, and with a goosebump-sounding laugh.

Rogge and Antonio silently exchanged glances, and Rogge stepped forward and said to the Joker, "We have something to see the God of Crows, who are you, can you take us to meet him?"

"Hee-hee-hee, stranger, you should be humble in your tone, especially when you face me, Jock, the messenger of the god of crows, you should know that I can send you to hell with just one word. Jock the Clown still kept his weird laugh, but his tone was stern and threatening.

"Ah, forgive me, Mr. Clown," Rogge shrugged his shoulders and smiled nonchalantly with his hands outstretched, "I've heard a lot of things like this, maybe you should take me to the god of crows and let him say it to me himself, in that case I might be a little scared." ”

When the clown heard him, he let out a burst of maniacal laughter, looked down at the clown skull he was holding in his hand, and said, "Hee-hee-hee-hee-ha-ha, did you hear him? He wants us to take them to their master, do you think we should do that?"

The skull looked at him silently, without a hint of reaction, but the clown squeezed his eyebrows and laughed a few times as if he was listening to someone, and continued to smile and said to Rogge: "Heehehehehehe, stranger, you are very bold, maybe I should take you to meet the master, he likes those special people." ”

"Looks like you're better at talking than you think, Mr. Jock. Rog smiled faintly, winked at Antonio, and continued to Jock, "So, can we now leave to meet the Raven God?"

Unexpectedly, Jock waved his hand with clown gloves and a string of bells on his wrist, and laughed strangely with the jingle of bells: "Hehehehehehehe, don't worry, it is not so easy to meet my master, you must sacrifice to him in order to be summoned by him." ”

"Sacrifice?" Rogge glanced back at the crowd behind him, shook his head mockingly at the clown, and smiled, "I don't think any of us would sacrifice their heads to your master, Mr. Jock." ”

"Ah, no, no, no," said the clown, shaking his head and clanging the bell hanging from his hat, "I'm not talking about human lives or anything like that, but sacrifices collected by the crows at the six sacrificial sites in the Valley of the Damned." ”

"Hee-hee-hee, if you can get to each of the sacrificial sites before midnight, and write the name of any of you on the offering, then my master will appear and summon you when midnight comes!"

"Remember!" the clown suddenly leaned forward, raised a finger to everyone and said solemnly: "Be sure to write the name of the same person, all six locations, before midnight, not a minute later!"

After saying that, he returned to his previous laughing appearance, and said with a smile: "Hehehehehehe, that's it, I don't think it's difficult for you, after all, there are so many of you, aren't you?"

"Sounds very simple," said Rogge, looking up at the gray sky, frowning, "but if I'm not mistaken, it's still morning, do we have to wait here all day until midnight to meet the god of crows?"

"Hee-hee-hee-hee, because the master does not allow me to do that, he only summons me to him, and this is the only way to see him. The clown danced and gestured to the crowd.

"But," he paused, and then smirked slyly, "if you are impatient, I can help you." ”

I saw him pull out the short sword of the saber gauntlet from his waist, use the short sword to draw some strange patterns on the ground, and then put the skull wearing the clown hat in the center of the pattern, and inserted the sword in his hand from the top of the clown hat on the skull.

The skull's two eyes with a V-shaped dance mask glowed black, and the sky became darker and darker, and soon it became darker, and everyone looked up at the black sky in disbelief, and the villagers on both sides of the road lit their lights one after another, revealing a row of night shadows.

"Hee-hee-hee, it's night, go find the sacrifice, you still have six hours to complete the sacrifice, remember, midnight falls when the moon is obscured by dark clouds!" the clown let out a series of chilling mad laughs, lifting his skull and dagger and turning into a crow and flying into the sky.

"I hate ugly crows, it's weird!" said the little owl, leaning on Rogge's hat and pouting in the direction the crow flew away.

"That's right, little crow. Rogge echoed with a wicked smile, turned to Antonio and the High Priest and said, "Two leaders, we should obviously split up and find those six sacrifice points as soon as possible, Miss Tully, we'd better let the Lantern God search for the location of the sacrifice points with the dimensional map first, and then set off separately." ”

Tali immediately summoned the god of lights and asked him to help him search for the sacrificial sites, and the god of lights used the dimensional map to inspect the entire Valley of the Damned, marked the locations of the six sacrificial points on the dimensional map, and then presented them to everyone, Antonio asked the six knights to take pen and paper from the god of lights, and drew six maps.

The team was then divided into six teams, Antonio, Goethe, Catherine, Britney, and Tully each led more than 100 people to the five sacrificial points, and Rogge and Mina led more than 100 knights to the last sacrificial point, and everyone agreed to return to the Raven Court after completing the sacrifice, and meet at the village bell tower.

After parting with the others, Rog and Mina left the Raven Court with the knights and went deep into the night fields, which were silent and dark except for the lights of the Raven Court behind them.

Rogge observed the movement around him as he walked, while Mina followed him quietly, bowing her head in silence, Rogge glanced back at her thoughtful face and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?"

"I'm wondering, did I do something wrong?" Mina asked, looking up hesitantly, "Look at the people here, living so peacefully and comfortably, and not suffering from the terrible torture they imagined." ”

Her face showed self-reproach and guilt, and she lowered her head sadly and sighed: "Maybe this was the life I should have accepted back then, maybe I would have to be separated from Owen, but I might not have encountered the terrible situation I thought, in this way, wouldn't I have harmed the whole village, including my family, for my own selfishness?"

Rogge silently looked at the guilty look on Mina's face, was silent for a moment, put his hand on top of his head, and shouted, "Little villain?"

Little Furball turned his little head and looked at his hand, and jumped into his palm, Rogge held her up in front of him and asked: "If you are to be kept in a birdcage in the palace, let you eat delicious food every day, eat, sleep and play, you are not allowed to leave the cage, are you willing?"

The little furball tilted his little head to look at him, and shouted without hesitation: "I don't want it, I'm a free bird, so I don't want to be locked in a cage! Whoever wants to keep me in a cage will be blinded in one eye, like a stinky priest!"

Rogge smiled slightly when he heard this, and put the little furball on Mina's shoulder, Mina had already heard Lilith's words, raised her head to look at the little furball and Rogge, only to hear Rogge laugh: "You heard the words of the little bad bird, a greedy and playful little bird knows how important freedom is." ”

"But is it really worth sacrificing my lover, my family, and all my neighbors for the sake of this freedom?" Mina looked at him confusedly, and Rogge nodded solemnly and said, "Of course, this is not your sin, but the sin committed by those who try to deprive you of your freedom. ”

"Thank you, thank you for giving me strength again. Mina stared at Rogge gratefully, her eyes glittering with excitement, and she couldn't help but take one of Rogge's hands and say, "Since entering here, I feel more and more that my will for revenge is weakening, and I am starting to become afraid, afraid that I am wrong. ”

"You should learn from the little bad bird," said Rog with a wry smile, glancing at the little furball lying on Mina's shoulder, "The little bad bird never thinks she is wrong, she does everything right, and only the one who says she is wrong is wrong." ”

"Bad wolf, you don't want to get an inch, you just said that I was greedy for food, play, and sleep, and I haven't settled accounts with you yet!" said the little furball with his little head tilted and stared at Rogge menacingly.

Rog stuck out his tongue at Mina, who was so amused by him that she couldn't help but smile, and the gloom in her heart gradually dissipated, and together with Lilith, they led the knights through a large field according to the guidance of the map, and finally found a clearing surrounded by stones in the wilderness, and in the center of the clearing were some glittering crystal stones.

"It seems that this is the legendary tribute. Rogge stepped forward and looked down at the crystal stones that emitted a deep blue light, and the little furball lying on Mina's shoulder said, "I feel that there is magic in these stones, bad wolf, if we take them back and sell them, they may be worth a lot of money!"

"I guess you'll be chased by crows for a hundred years. Rog looked back and smiled and raised his eyebrows at her, leaning over the stone slab in front of the tribute pile and writing down the names of himself and Mina as agreed, in case the god of crows only summoned those who had their names left in front of him.

After they had written their names, the slate vanished in a burst of light, and Rog and Mina waited for a while, and when nothing else happened, they led the group back to the Raven's Court.

When the group returned to the agreed meeting place, Rogge saw that several groups of people were already waiting here, Rogge stepped forward to inquire about everyone's situation, and learned that the sacrifice had been completed, he looked up at the sky, dark clouds were obscuring the moon, and midnight was approaching.

At this moment, a large colorful box suddenly landed not far from the sky, and everyone was startled by this sudden loud noise, and hurriedly looked back, only to see a colorful note pasted on the box, on which was written a line of strange words.

Rogge cautiously stepped forward, and when he lifted the note to look at it, he saw that it read: "Well done, guys, this is a greeting for you, do you want to know what's inside? ”