Stop at the door of the village chief's house.

I'm a little reluctant to go in.

There was a strong sense of resistance in my heart.

It's like if we go in, something will happen that we don't want to happen.

Taking a deep breath, I looked at the village chief warily.

"Otherwise, let's talk in this courtyard."

"It's almost dawn, and there's no need to go inside."

The village chief turned his face to look at me, and a look flashed in his eyes that I couldn't understand.

After a moment, the village chief nodded.

"Okay, let's talk in the yard then!"

I quickly found a random stone bench and sat down.

When I sat down, the village chief looked at me with a smile.

"Tell me, what questions do you want to ask?"

What's the problem?

I gathered my thoughts for a moment and asked the one question I wanted to ask the most.

"I wonder if the old man who lives in the woods is from this village?"

Hearing this, the village chief's eyes suddenly changed.

It's like being asked a question that you don't want to answer.

Noticing the change in the village chief's expression, I hurriedly continued to ask.

"That old man, does it have anything to do with the village?"

The village chief was stunned for a moment, and then looked at me with a serious expression.

"Are you sure you really want to know?"

This is a strange answer.

If I don't want to know, why should I ask him?

Of course, I could also hear that this sentence was implying that I knew that it was useless, but that it would lead to danger.

But the words have already been asked, and I have no intention of taking it back.

"I'd love to know!" I continued.

I felt that the old man's identity was not simple, and I could also feel the relationship between him and the village.

Now that we're trapped, we don't know if we'll be able to get out of here.

So before the crisis happens, I need to know what I'm curious about.

Seeing my insistence, the village chief sighed.

"Okay, I'll tell you, he's the mage our village hired twenty years ago."

A mage hired twenty years ago?

Could it be that the village chief was talking about at the beginning?

But it's a young hire, why is it still there?

"What do you mean, didn't you say that the mage is dead? Besides, why is the person who was hired twenty years ago still there? ”

Hearing my question, the village chief began to speak eloquently.

"We found him twenty years ago, and he promised to help us recover what was in the woods."

"But after trying all means and even killing several apprentices, they couldn't successfully deal with the monsters in the forest."

"After that, he left us some magic weapons, and we learned from him to draw talismans and make some godly things to ward off those monsters."

"Since then, he has remained in the woods, saying that he wants to die with the monster."

"We thought he had been dead for many years, but we didn't expect him to be still in the woods!"

After listening to the village chief's story, Zhang San and I glanced at each other.

We both sensed something was wrong at the same time.

But why would the village chief lie about these things?

What is the purpose?

If we don't understand what he thinks, we can't ask him questions.

After glancing at each other, Zhang San chose to ask the second question.

"What's going on with that town you showed us earlier?"

"Why did they kidnap us and sacrifice us?"

The village chief stood up suddenly.

"What? Will they sacrifice you? ”

For Zhang San's words, the village chief seemed to be incredulous.

Zhang San looked at him suspiciously

"What we have experienced firsthand, is it possible to lie to you?"

The village chief's expression couldn't be pretended.

It was as if he had heard a piece of news that he didn't want to believe.

I don't know why the village chief behaved like this.

But I'm sure there must be some secret hidden in the village chief's body waiting to be discovered.

Seeing that the village chief was still stunned, I reminded softly.

"Village Chief, are you feeling okay now?"

The village chief snapped back to his senses, then swallowed a mouthful of saliva and told me.

"It feels okay, it's just, it's just ......"

At this point, the village chief paused.

I squinted at him slightly.

"What's it?"

As if thinking of something, the village chief hurriedly waved his hand.

"No, it's okay, it's okay."

He doesn't look like he's fine.

Now that some clues have been asked, it is time to continue to ask.

I quickly looked at the village chief and continued to ask.

"Village chief, have you really never been in contact with that old man?"

"Haven't you seen each other in all these years?"

In the face of my question, the village chief's brow was tightly knit.

His abnormal behavior made me wonder.

What the hell is he still hiding?

Could it be that I have met the old man, and such a question cannot be answered?

Seeing that the village chief was still stunned.

Zhang San didn't hold back and asked directly.

"Do you want to keep it a secret from us?"

"Now that we've helped you so much, you still want to keep it a secret from us, so why are we willing to help you?"

"And these things are not trivial."

"It's about the safety of our lives."

"If you still want us to continue to help, or if you still want to solve the problem, it's best to tell everything you know!"

Zhang San's attitude is much worse than mine, and it is completely an attitude that if you don't say it, then there is no way to solve the matter.

The village chief's brow furrowed at us.

After hesitating for a moment, the village chief said softly.

"I, I don't know what to say."

"These things are too complicated, I want to explain them one by one, it is definitely unrealistic!"

Complicated? Can't explain it one by one?

The words he said revealed an unreliable taste.

The fat man took over the baton of inquiry.

"If you don't, then how can we help you?"

"We only have one life."

"If you still insist on not saying it, then let's do it, let's leave tomorrow, we don't care about these things!"

The village chief quickly got up and grabbed my hand.

"You must not leave, if you go, then, that, then our village will be saved!"

His expression was very affirmative, as if if I really left here, their village would have no way to save itself.

What the hell is going on?

I took a deep breath and looked at him.

"You, do you have any hesitation?"

"We've all said this, if you don't give us an answer, then how can we help you?"

The village chief was still hesitating.

It seems that in his heart, his secrets are more important than life and death.

I couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

At this moment, a figure walked behind the village chief.

"If they want to know, give them the answers!"