readx;? Walking between the dilapidated houses in the village, Rogge and the others inquired about the whereabouts of the village's residents as they went, but most of the houses along the way had collapsed into rubble, and there was no sign of inhabitation in the few houses that had not collapsed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It doesn't look like it's a living place to live. Antonio looked at the deserted village as he walked, there were ruins almost everywhere as far as his eye could see, the ground was covered with rotting leaves, and the smell of ** was exuding from the dirt, which was dark and oppressive.

"But there doesn't seem to be a dead man's breath here. Rogge's gaze glanced over the little owl on his shoulder and Britney beside him, and the little furball shook his little head and echoed, "The bad wolf is right, I don't smell anything, there are no dead unlucky people here." ”

"I don't feel the breath of the dead either," Britney said, looking at the shadowy dilapidated houses around her, "Speaking of which, before entering the village, the breath of the dead was stronger than it is now, but after entering the village, it disappeared. ”

"We don't need to worry about the damn undead now!" said High Priest Goethe, pinching his waist impatiently, staring at the dilapidated house beside him with his only one-eyed brow, "The Holy Light will deter the undead, they dare not come near us, we need to find the whereabouts of the Shadow Fortress as soon as possible." ”

"You'd better not say that, High Priest," said Rogge, looking back at Goethe with a mocking smile, "Have you forgotten that the Light will fool you?"

"You ......" Goethe glared at him angrily, and Antonio quickly diverted the subject, pointing to a small wide square in front of him and said, "Look, we seem to have arrived in the center of the village, where there is a pool." ”

Rogge and the others looked in the direction Antonio pointed, and sure enough, in the center of a small circular square surrounded by several wooden houses, there was a pool made of white granite, and in the center of the pool stood a statue of the goddess holding a water bottle.

When they came to the pool, they saw that the pool had long since dried up, the bottom was covered with rotting leaves and mud, and the statue of the goddess in the center of the pool was covered with a thick layer of dust, and the whole white granite pool looked gray and lifeless like the village.

"I don't like this place more and more," said Catherine, looking up uneasily at the statue of the goddess holding a water bottle in her arms, "Everything here is lifeless, as if there is an invisible pressure that makes people breathless, and we should probably get out of here." ”

"Relax, baby," said Rog, patting Catherine on the shoulder comfortingly, "Let the Lamp God check this place again, and then we'll make a decision." ”

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Tali, who looked inquiringly at the lamp god beside him, who was now looking down at the dimensional map held in his palm, and after feeling Tali's gaze, he said, "We are indeed in the center of the village now, but I have not found anything alive for the time being. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly frowned, rose into the air and floated to the top of the pool, looked at the village street opposite the pool, and said, "Wait a minute, it seems that someone is coming." ”

Everyone immediately became vigilant and pressed their hands on their weapons, and Rog and Antonio circled around the sides of the pool, and looked at the opposite street with the lamp god, and vaguely saw a figure slowly walking in their direction.

Rog and Antonio exchanged glances with each other, and Rog walked around to the front of the pool and shouted "Hi, hello!"

Hearing Rogge's voice, the man stopped suddenly, raised his head to look at Rog standing in front of the pool, Rogge waved his hand lightly and looked at him with a keen eye, only to see that the man was wearing gray clothes and trousers, his face was old and his hair was thin, his body was slightly rickety, he was holding a cane in his hand, and his steps seemed to be a little shaky when he walked.

"Hello, we have come from a long way away, are you a resident here?" said Rogge as he walked towards the old man, who did not seem to be afraid of him, and calmly stood in place with his cane in both hands, and looked at him as he said, "Yes, my name is Holman, and you are welcome, stranger. ”

"Are there any other residents here besides you?" Rog walked up to him, asked with a pleasant face, and quietly sniffed his scent, but found nothing unusual.

"And my wife and a pair of children, and there is no one else here but my family. Holman shook his head slightly, looked at Rogge and the crowd behind him with a puzzled face, and asked, "Where are you from, and what are so many people doing here?"

"We're here to find a treasure," Rogge said to the old man in a loud voice, glancing at Antonio who was standing not far behind him, and the knight leader nodded slightly, only to hear Rogge continue: "But we seem to be lost now, and we happen to find this place, so let's come in and see if anyone can give us some guidance." ”

The old man nodded silently, and before he could speak, he suddenly heard an old female voice behind him: "Old man, what's wrong?"

Rogge looked up and looked past the old man to follow the voice, and saw an old lady in a light purple dress trembling towards this side, and beside her there was a tall middle-aged man, wearing a brown shirt and pants, looking at Rogge and the others with curious eyes.

"Sarah, these people are here to hunt for treasure, and they found this place because they got lost. Holman slowly turned to the old lady and said, the middle-aged man helped the old lady to Holman's side, and Holman introduced to Rogge: "This is my wife Sarah, and this is my son Kane." ”

"We haven't had an outsider here for a long time," said the old lady, looking up at Rogge with a kind smile on her wrinkled face, "and if you don't mind the humble conditions here, you can stay and rest." ”

"Thank you, ma'am," said Rogge, politely to the old lady, and asked, "why is there only one family in this village, and where have all the others gone?

"That's right," replied Holman's son, Kane, "the first time you have come here, you don't know anything about us here, and in fact a few years ago there were many inhabitants of this village, and now we are the only ones left because of the Cursed Valley northeast of the village. ”

"Cursed Valley?" Rogge narrowed his eyes in confusion, only to hear Kane nod his head, "That's right, there is a dark evil god living in the Valley of Cursed, known as the God of Ravens, who has a powerful curse power and will cast a curse on anyone who dares to oppose him, causing them to die in pain and despair. ”

"Could it be that your village has been cursed by the god of ravens?" Rogge asked first when he understood the meaning of Kane's words.

"That's right, the people of our village have to pay tribute to the god of crows every year, and if we don't pay it in full, it will anger the god of crows, and we have done what we asked until this time, when the whole village was cursed because the tribute was not paid according to the god of crows. ”

"Why didn't you hand it over, what is the tribute that the God of Ravens is asking for you?" asked Rogge, who glanced at the solemn expressions on the faces of the three of them.

"The god of crows wants us to send a virgin into the Valley of the Curse every year, and the woman who sent it has never returned, but the people of the village can only do what he asks for their lives, until the last year, it is our family's turn to Mina. Old Holman sighed and said.

"My sister has a beloved lover, and they were going to get married that year, but the day before the wedding, the god of ravens sent his messenger to choose her, and Mina refused to accept this request, and finally chose to flee the village with her sweetheart. ”

"However, they did not succeed in getting away," Kane said with a melancholy sigh and shook his head, "The crow god's minions took her and the young man back and let the crow tear her sweetheart apart in public, but instead of killing Mina, he cursed her." ”

"What kind of curse did he put on Mina?" Rogge looked at the sad expressions on the faces of the three with a serious expression, and Sarah, Mrs. Holman, said, "He cursed the people in the village except our family, as long as they got close to Mina, they would die inexplicably and tragically, while our family had to watch the other neighbors die one by one." ”

"If that's the case, you should lock Mina up and keep her from touching anyone. Rogge said to the three of them puzzled.

"We did, but since the curse, Mina would inexplicably disappear from the room where she was locked at night, and reappear in the room at dawn the next morning, as if she had never left, and soon the news would come that the body of a villager had been found. ”

Old Holman's words made Rogge's brow furrow, only to hear Kane continue: "We even thought about killing my sister, but she always survived from death, and we tried to escape from this place, but neither we nor the other villagers could escape the crow god's grasp, and we would always be captured here." ”

"And do you still offer sacrifices to the God of Ravens?" said Rogge, looking around at the ruined houses around him, "This curse doesn't seem to do him any good, and the sacrifices he brought are all dead?"

"He has abandoned us, and I think he must have found another place where we can offer sacrifices, and we are left to fend for ourselves here, because he still won't allow us to leave the village. Old Holman said with a desperate sigh.

Rogge pondered for a moment, then turned around and walked up to Antonio and told him what had happened, and Antonio was indignant and returned to the Holman family with Rogge.

"Mr. Holman, I am Antonio, the Captain of the Knights of the Silver Dragon Wings, and my knights and I are here to help you out of your predicament. Antonio eagerly took the initiative to say to the Holman family.

Old Holman looked up at Antonio with admiration on his face, and said gratefully: "Thank you, thank you, Captain, if you can save us from the sea of suffering, our family is willing to be your slaves to repay all this." ”

As he spoke, he was about to fall to his knees, but Antonio hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold him, and before he could speak to comfort the old man, he suddenly heard Catherine's shout behind him: "Be careful!"

Rogge and Antonio hurriedly looked back, only to see a stone thrown at Antonio head-on, the knight leader subconsciously raised his hand to block, and the stone hit the metal arm of Antonio's full-covered armor, making a crisp sound and falling to the ground.

The Silver Dragon Knights near the pool drew their swords one after another, and Britney and Tali both clutched the mermaid staff and necromantic scythe, and together with Catherine with the spear, pointed at the woman in red standing not far from the two, her pale and cold face showed a trace of incomprehensible hatred, and a pair of blood-red eyes stared at Roger and Antonio.

(Today is the day when the number of words of the wolf detective breaks two million, and it is a coincidence that the number of collections is also over two thousand, and the wolf detective has been serialized for a year and a half in a blink of an eye, and I would like to thank all the brothers and sisters who support the wolf detective, it is your love for the wolf detective to support me to this day, starting from this chapter, the wolf detective will open a foggy case, and in the second half of this volume, open the second big ** of the book, reveal the true identity of the main line**oss, Qiuqiu will continue to be cute and cute to accompany everyone, I wish you a happy reading!)