Heading inside from the outskirts of the settlement, El and Tiana soon uncovered more suspicious leads. Different from the foul-smelling shack areas on the outside, when they entered the inside of the settlement, they found that the living environment and living standard here were not the same as those outside, not only did there be no smell of feces and urine, but the quality and cleanliness of the tents had also improved significantly, at least it looked like a place for individuals to live, basically reaching the minimum standard of living in the ranks of exiles.

However, El also noticed that the refugees living in the interior area had some unknown stone carvings outside the tents that might have been used for religious sacrifices, including human figures and animals, and the carvings were very crude, looking like the kind of garbage that no one wanted for the two copper plates on the carpet. However, the statues were respectfully placed outside the tent door, and all of them were depicted with a mysterious symbol that he did not recognize.

There were also people patrolling the settlement, and judging by their attire, they were definitely the same people as the gang of thugs who attacked Baron Farah, but they were clearly not vigilant enough, walking around the prescribed route as if it were routine, and occasionally talking with a hippie smile, looking no different from ordinary peasants.

A team of twelve people scurried past El and Tiana, noticing nothing out of the ordinary, and judging by their nonchalant appearance, it seemed that even if something unusual was going to happen, it was not worth noting. El silently exchanged a look with Tiana, both of them a little confused. In their imagination, an organization like the Masonry Brotherhood, which can organize the migration and gathering of 30,000 refugees, must have a complete and smooth organizational structure. With the strength they have shown, it is basically impossible for this kind of rookie-level omission.

"Do they still have a secret whistle?" said Tiana, guessing for a moment's moment.

"They don't have a secret whistle. El glanced at his surroundings and said with certainty, "But...... There may not be other means of warning, we can try it. ”

El picked up a pebble from the ground, studied it carefully, then placed it on his finger and bounced it at the stand of a tent in the distance.

The tent was a branch cut from an old poplar tree, and it wasn't anything special in itself, but it was chosen because it was strong and tough enough. The sudden appearance of the stone hit the middle of the support impartially, and with a click, the thick branch broke through it, and the tent it was supporting collapsed.

A pebble, a branch, these are all inconspicuous things, even if someone opens their eyes in the dark, they may not be able to notice, but the sound of a tent collapsing is enough to attract the attention of the night watchman, especially after the screams of a woman are heard from the tent, and the silence of the night is broken in an instant.

These makeshift tents were impossible to sturdy in the first place, and it was normal for them to collapse occasionally, and the night watchman, though attracted by the sound, had no intention of reaching out to help. Most people are thinking of watching the excitement, wanting to see if the screaming woman will jump out of the tent with her bare ass for everyone to feast on. But then came the sound of men's abuse from the tent, and the owner of the tent seemed to have a lot of status, and a mere reprimand made the night watchman who was watching the excitement scurry.

The farce of midnight terror quickly subsided, and it did not even alarm the surrounding neighbors. The only frightened birds were the tent-perched birds, which fluttered in the night sky for a long time before falling slowly, as if to protest that humans had disturbed their dreams, and these birds opened their mouths wide and let out oozing calls

"Quack...... Quack ......"

"Crows?" El's eyes moved as he watched the birds hovering over the settlement.

"So it's a crow?" Tiana narrowed her eyes, stretched out her hand to aim at the crow in mid-air, opened her palm, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "These crows have no magic fluctuations on them, and they are not animals controlled by humans. ”

"Not necessarily. Shake her head and say, "I used to hear when I was hunting in the mountains that there was a person with a special gift who could understand the language of animals and communicate with them in depth...... Isn't that magic?"

"You're talking about the druids, the kind of people who are more withdrawn than the ascetics of the Darkmoon Church, and who almost never appear in the human world. Tiana thought for a moment and dismissed El's speculation: "But you are right, there is more than one way to drive animals, and perhaps the Prophet Muhammad has mastered a secret method that we don't even know." ”

"Anyway, at least we found out their secret eyeliner, and that's a good start. El's eyes were fixed on the movement in the sky, and the blue light in his eyes flickered, and he noticed a different kind of crow, which was a full circle larger than a normal crow, and its wings were nearly a meter long, and it looked like an eagle. It's just that in the night sky it's mixed with other crows, and it's impossible to spot it without looking closely.

The giant crow did not open its mouth and croak, but tilted its head sideways as if to listen to the sounds of the other crows. It didn't take long for the other crows to quiet down and land on top of the tent, while the big crow flapped its wings and turned and flew in the other direction.

"Follow the crow, it must be looking for its master. El said to Tiana, pointing in the direction the crow flew away.

The big crow flapped its wings twice and made its way through the barrier of the tent and landed in a huge but inconspicuous tent. There is no way out of this tent, but it is surrounded by other tents, and it is impossible to see the hidden mystery from the outside. The surrounding tents seem to be quiet, but if you look closely, you can still tell the clues. The people who lived in those tents didn't really fall asleep, their breathing was even and powerful, almost imperceptible in the dark, but because of this, it was not as natural as normal people sleeping and snoring.

The big crow did not bark after breaking into the tent, but quietly folded its wings and landed on the perch specially prepared for itself, shook its feathers, and chose a comfortable position and squatted down.

A faint light lit from the tent, followed by a slight cough, and then an old and weak voice was heard asking, "What's going on, Hemcchacha?"

The big crow showed a very human expression of impatience, opened its mouth and closed its eyes after "croaking", as if he felt that this trivial matter was not worth wasting his energy.

There was silence in the tent for a long time, and the old voice said again: "When people are old, they are easily frightened...... Hemcchacha, you go and check it again. ”

The big crow opened his eyes, looked helplessly at his master, and after confirming that he was not joking, he couldn't help but shake his head, stood up and stretched his bones and feathers, spread his wings and flew out of the tent.

El and Tiana, who had followed the trail of the big crow to the vicinity, but could not find the entrance, were at a loss, and suddenly saw the big crow fly out again, this time he did not fly far, but flew into the sky, took a deep breath and "croaked" vigorously, and suddenly countless crows flew up in the entire settlement, and for a moment they all covered the moonlight in the sky.

"No, let's withdraw. El's wild instincts sensed the malice coming from the birds, so he immediately stopped Tiana's steps, and the two of them retreated cautiously back the same way they came.

The flying crows not only alarmed El, but also woke the others from their dreams. El had barely taken a few steps back with Tiana when he felt the ground tremble slightly, and then he heard a voice that almost roared like a beast shouting, "Helmchacha, shut your beak, or I'll crush you to pieces!"

The sound of this voice is more likely to wake up the entire settlement than the loud crow, but the big crow is clearly unaware of this threat. It flew in mid-air and croaked, sounding like a shrill laugh. The owner of the other voice cursed, and then El felt the ground tremble again, and then he saw a huge monster crawl up from the tent near him.

It was a giant with a hammer, at least three meters tall, almost on par with any ogre chief El's ever seen, but compared to the ogre chieftain's big belly, the giant's muscles were so angular that they looked like iron ingots that had been forged.

The stone hammer in the giant's hand was more than two meters long, and the head of the hammer was a boxy piece of granite, the size of an adult, and its weight can be imagined. The tremor of the ground that El felt just now was actually the effect of the giant picking up the hammer from the ground.

El only glanced at it, and was sure that this giant must be the "Hercules" Hagnam mentioned by Thomas, and there could be no more terrifying warrior in the Masonry Brotherhood than the giant in front of him, and he just stood there to make El feel a faint sense of oppression, which made him a little breathless.

The giant carried his huge stone hammer, looked at the big crow in the sky, and scolded while digging his nostrils: "Hemcchacha, are you in heat when you run out of the middle of the night without sleeping and screaming? The white-striped chicken that has stripped off its fur can't satisfy you anymore? Hell, do you still miss that girl? But you don't have that capital! Although you are a bird, you can't stuff yourself under the ass of other girls, can you?"

When he opened his mouth, there was a pile of foul language, which made the big crow so angry that he almost fell out of mid-air. The big crow flapped its wings twice and screamed angrily at the giant.

"Hmm, did the Prophet say there are little mice?" the giant flicked off the boogers from his fingers, turned his head and looked in the direction of El and Tiana. (Jiangsu.com)