Poseidon Festival

This can be said to be the biggest festival in Alan City, even if it is the New Year's Day of the two years, it is not as important as the Poseidon Festival to the people of Alan City.

The festival doesn't start until noon, but early in the morning, the harbor is already crowded with residents and tourists who come to participate in the festival. In order to grab a better viewing position, people do not hesitate to come to occupy the land in the middle of the night. And for this kind of person, Hachi's eyes always show disgust. For in his opinion, this was not a celebration at all, but a sacrifice of children to the monster as food, and those people were still vying for seats in the front for this cruel scene.

Today, Hachi didn't cover himself in the cloak this time, after all, it would make him stand out, make people pay more attention to him, and cause the same for the actions in the future. He is not afraid that his appearance will be recognized by others, after all, even at that time, only a few people saw his appearance up close, and if he really met him, he could only blame him for being unlucky.

Soon after Hachi came here, he found that the Poseidon Festival this time and the last time he participated, the security had been significantly strengthened, not only a large number of garrison troops were mobilized to the coastline to maintain law and order, but there were also some people who were dressed very obscurely, but they could obviously feel the vigorous qi and blood in their bodies, and they had far more combat power than ordinary people mixed in the crowd.

At first, Xiaohachi only thought that he was the person of those caravans, or the bodyguard of the big officials and nobles. But he soon discovered that these people were not so simple. If he thinks so, these people should be mainly protecting their employers, but they are not at all with a particular person, but in the crowd. And these people are still like acquaintances, and when they meet each other, they will whisper some conversations.

For these people, Xiao Hachi soon had a guess, and secretly said in his heart: "These people should be mercenaries, right? ”

Thinking of this, Xiao Hachi also showed a wry smile, if it is really the same as he guessed, then there is no need to ask for the reason, it is naturally thanks to himself, which will make the Poseidon Festival have so many "bodyguards". This is completely to prevent people like himself from disrupting the normal progress of the sea god sacrifice.

At this moment, Hachi suddenly felt the people around him squeezing towards him. Xiao Hachi raised his eyes and saw that less than ten meters away from him, the flow of people automatically split to both sides, and their separation was only for the two of them.

These two people are not princes and nobles, but a pair of middle-aged men and women. The man looked to be in his thirties, but he had an old age that did not belong to this age.

The messy beard has not been repaired for a long time, the eye circles are black because of poor sleep, the skin is dry and lacklustre, and the whole person looks very tired.

The woman, who looked more haggard than the man, had red eyes, and had apparently just cried. At this age, the charm and self-confidence that she should have have nothing to do with her. All she had was haggard, and the only emotion she could reveal was a deep sadness. Needless to ask, Hachi also knows that these two are probably the fathers and mothers of the boys and girls who were chosen this time.

The man held the woman, or the two of them snuggled up to each other and walked forward, and in front of the passage where the flow of people separated, there was an old man. He was dressed in a blue robe, with a plum crown on his head, and a silver-white beard that hung down to his chest, and he smelled of holiness. The old man looked very kind, he smiled, stretched out his arms, and waited for the men and women who were gradually walking towards him.

The distance of a few hundred meters seemed like an incomparably long distance for the couple, and if it weren't for the man's support, the woman would have almost fallen to the ground several times.

On both sides of the flow of people, sighs were heard from time to time, and some people whispered to the two of them, "Come on." "Hold on. "It's going to be fine. ”

The couple walked for a long time on this road of several hundred meters, and finally came to the old man with open arms.

The old man took a step forward and put his hand around the shoulders of the man and woman, and his hand gently patted them on the shoulders. At this moment, a white light appeared from the old man's body, which directly integrated into the bodies of the two. After this white light blended, the complexion of the man and woman was noticeably better. Although they still looked haggard, at least their pale faces were a little more bloody than before, and their strength was replenished.

The old man put his arm around the two of them and whispered in their ears: "Good boy, for the sake of Ailan City, I have suffered you, you are the heroes of Ailan City." ”

The man and woman slowly withdrew from the old man's embrace, and they looked at each other. The tears in the woman's eyes once again poured out uncontrollably, lying in the man's arms, sobbing incessantly.

The man reached out and put his arms around his wife's head, his eyes were also a little moist, and he looked up at the old man in front of him, the man gritted his teeth and said in a trembling voice: "They are our first pair of children... Can we wait for another one later..."

"Shut up!" Before the man could finish his words, he was interrupted by the old man's reprimand.

At this time, the old man's kindness was completely replaced by majesty, his eyes glared at the man, and he lowered his voice and said, "At this time, no one will agree to your withdrawal." If you can't stand it, I'll send you back, and no one will stop you. ”

"No," the woman heard this, broke free from the man's arms, grabbed the sleeve of the old man's clothes and cried, "Don't drive us away, let us look at the child again." ”

The old man glanced at the man, and the man looked at his weeping wife, so he gritted his teeth and nodded, took his wife back into his arms, and comforted her.

Hachi has been paying attention to the couple's actions, although the old man has kept his voice as low as possible, but for Hachi, who is paying attention to the two, he can still hear it clearly. For this old man's disgust, Xiaoba already had killing intent in his eyes. Maybe it's because of his own background, what Xiao Hachi hates the most is this kind of thing that breaks up a family, if it weren't for the fact that there are too many people here, Xiao Hachi may have already taken action and given this old man an unforgettable lesson.

At this moment, a child's cry attracted everyone's attention. Hachi followed the sound and saw two children who were only about five years old and looked a little similar to each other walking towards a large ship parked in the harbor under the escort of two soldiers.

It was a man and a woman, and with the conversation between the man and the woman just now, Xiaoba knew that this was a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses. At this time, the little girl was crying because she had left her parents, but the little boy seemed calmer and comforted the little girl. The two children probably didn't know that death awaited them.

Xiaoba looked at the two children, and did not immediately choose to come to the rescue, he had to wait for the appearance of the "sea god". Otherwise, if the "sea god" does not appear, in this vast sea, no matter how great his ability is, it is impossible to find it. Moreover, this is also a solution once and for all, only by expelling the so-called "sea god" can we ensure that there will never be a poor person like this pair of parents again.

The two children, escorted by the soldiers, were about to board the ship, when someone in the crowd suddenly let out a loud shout.

"Stop!"

Xiao Hachi followed the sound and looked, only to see a sword-wielding man dressed as a chivalrous man, rising from the crowd, and with the breath he expressed, Xiao Hachi concluded that this person also had at least a sixth-order level, so as to enter the holy level.

"I didn't expect to see such an ugly scene in broad daylight. This sea god sacrifice turned out to be a child-killing act!" the man rebuked, as he quickly rushed towards the boat.

The mercenaries who were patrolling the crowd also rushed up to stop the man after discovering him. However, this man was indeed very skilled, and the mercenaries who rushed up to stop him were repelled by him.

Seeing that he was about to rush to the soldier who was crushing the boy and girl, suddenly a stone shot out of the crowd and struck the sword-wielding man in the back of the heart. The man shuddered, his eyes full of anger, but he was powerless to stop his body from falling down. As the man fell, a large wave of mercenaries on his heels had already rushed to the man's side, and they quickly pressed him down.

Standing in the crowd, Hachi frowned, looking at the place where the stone shot out, Hachi whispered to himself, "Why is it him...?"