The sky had just broken and the pale blue sky was still studded with a few sparse remnant stars, and the earth was hazy, like a layer of silver-gray light veil.

The morning curtain gradually opened, the gray morning fog was flowing, receding, and in the morning fog faintly appeared people and horses, one, two...... Droves.

Everywhere Sir Colin and his party passed, a barren field uncultivated, with herds of sheep and cows roaming the fields, left untended to them, and left them to die in the fields and ditches. When they passed a pasture, they found thousands of sheep lying motionless, their carcasses emitting a foul smell that even beasts and vultures would not want to touch.

To avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Blackface Wick's entire body was covered by a black linen cloak, especially his intimidating black face. If seen, he is mistaken for a demonic creature that spreads plague or an evil minions summoned by a witch.

"Quack, quack, quack," hundreds of crows and vultures hovered over a town that stood on a hillside. The coachmen pulled out of the town's gates in one wooden cart after another, full of dead bodies. From afar, you can feel the dead silence of the town.

Sir Colin rode across the round-arched stone bridge over the trench, followed by Jason and Paul, followed by the other knights and the guarded Wick, with Roy and Glia riding last. They were riding slowly into a town controlled by death.

A gray-robed priest recites poetry at the entrance of the city gate with a Bible in his hand, still holding a silver cross in his hand. "Almighty Lord, Holy Father, pray that You will dispel the pain and suffering of the world and remove the demons that spread disease from this terrible ......"

There was a disgusting and unpleasant smell of decay throughout the town, and from the moment they entered the gates, they covered their faces with a thick cloth. The houses lining the streets of the town were full of cries and pleadings:

"Please, please save us. ”

"I beg you, take me out of here. ”

"Please protect us!

"We must be people who have the right to choose life!"

......

Several soldiers wrapped in plate armor and masks patrolled by, their eyes equally filled with panic and fear. It's just that they have to guard this town because of their duty, and some of them have chosen to become deserters out of desperation, but the fate of deserters will only be faster than now.

The streets are full of thin-skinned and skinny figures. This terrible plague led to a severe shortage of food, and people no longer dared to eat the fresh meat of domestic animals, even if they appeared healthy. Bread, vegetables and fruits have become the only food for people, but the poor often cannot afford even a loaf of bread, and the price of bread is now far more than dozens of times higher.

Following behind Sir Colin, Paul, who was riding slowly on horseback, couldn't help but sigh. "It's horrible. He didn't expect it to be such a tragic scene.

Jason, who was riding beside him, teased, "Regret not listening to your mother and staying in Salt Town?"

Paul's brows furrowed a little annoyed, "You're still in the mood to make fun of me at this time." ”

"I just wanted to relieve my bad mood. Jason explained to him. The sight made him feel flustered and frightened.

"Where do you think Brandt will be?" Paul said with some concern, "will he be in any danger?"

"He'll be fine, you don't have to worry. Jason believes that Brant will be fine, even if he is in danger and will be able to escape. That night, everyone in the camp saw with their own eyes that he was able to fly into the sky.

Paul asked, "Did you say he would go to Rocky Harbor?"

"Since Sir Colin is taking us to Rocky Harbor," Jason told him, "it proves that he is convinced that Brant must go to Rocky Harbor, and that he may have already gotten there." ”

"Jason, Paul," instructed Sir Colin in front, "go to the street ahead to see if there is any bakery, and buy dry food for the road." ”

"Yes, sir. Jason and Paul left the group and rode off first.

A raven flew over their heads, then rested on the top of the opposite eaves, and the raven turned to fold its wings and stared at the passing figure with its black eyes.

Roy, who was at the back of the group, spotted the strange crow, and the crow looked at him with wide eyes. Roy removed the keel bow from his back and drew another arrow, intending to shoot the crow.

Sensing the danger, the crow suddenly spread its wings and flew into the air, and in a blink of an eye, it disappeared into the dense flock of crows hovering over the town.

"You scared it away," said Glia, holding the reins and whispering coldly, "a raven has provoked you, too?"

"I thought you weren't going to talk to me!" Roy said disapprovingly, "this raven is no ordinary crow, it's watching and watching us. ”

"Where did you see that?" asked Glia with an expressionless face.

"My intuition," Roy told her with a grimace, "and its eyes." ”

Griya stopped talking, and kicked her horse's belly with her legs to catch up with the team in front of her. She knew in her heart that this would not be so simple, and the assassination organization would not give up the target that was on the death list lightly.

Roy put his longbow back behind his back, his brow furrowed as he stared up at the blackened crow flock above, a sense of foreboding welling in his mind. After a sigh, he kicked his legs and rode forward.

"Burn her, burn her. "There was a commotion from the crowd ahead.

A girl in tattered clothes with a gray face had her hands tied to a fixed stake with thick hemp rope, and a pile of flammable firewood was set around her. Her panicked face was full of tears, and she pleaded bitterly, "I beg you, don't burn me, I'm not a witch, please." ”

"What crime did that girl commit," Jason rolled over and dismounted, asking pedestrians on the side of the road, "why did they burn her?"

"She's the evil witch who brought the plague to our town. The old man with a thin and dry face sued him.

Paul grabbed the horse's leash and said, "Jason, get on the horse, leave this alone. ”

"We must be sympathetic to the weak," Jason said, "to protect the elderly, the infirm, the infirm, and the unjust." ”

"But we can't delay Lord Colin for this. Paul reminded his companions.

"Paul," Jason said indignantly, "have you forgotten the spirit of chivalry?"

"Humility, honor, valor, sacrifice, mercy, spirituality, honesty, justice. Paul asked him, "Am I not mistaken?"

"If you remember, you should do it. With that, Jason walked towards the crowd in front of him without looking back.

Seeing this, Paul had no choice but to turn off his horse, frown, and led the two horses to chase after him.

"Burn her..."

"Burn the witch..."

Jason forcibly pulled away from the crowd in front of him and shouted at the inside, "Stop, let her go." ”

"Lord Knight," claimed the middle-aged nun in white robes, "she is a witch and cannot be let go." ”

"What evidence do you have?" Jason questioned her.

"Her whole family died of blackness and disease, but she was not dead," the nun claimed indignantly, "and she was seen secretly throwing dead rats down the well." ”

"I didn't, my lord, I didn't throw anything into the well. The girl who was tethered to a stake hissed and retorted.

"Whoever saw it, you let him come out and confront him. Jason pointed sharply. "If you don't get the Black Death, you're a witch, so what about you?"

"I am a nun in the church, a member of the Father. The nun emphasized. "Heavenly Father had mercy on me and saved me from my sickness. ”

"You can't let him go, burn her," shouted the crowd around him.

A man with a torch is about to light the dry firewood around the stake.

"Get out of the way," Jason shouted as he drew his sword from its scabbard, "or else blame me for being ruthless." ”

"My lord, I beg you, to get me out of here. The girl's lips trembled and she pleaded.

Jason untied the rope that bound the girl, and walked to the opposite side with her weak body, "Paul, lead the horse." ”

Reluctantly, Paul led the horse to Jason's side and helped the girl onto the horse. He whispered, "How do you explain to Lord Colin?"

"Let's get her out of here first," Jason turned on his horse and took the girl in his arms, "let's go." ”

"You take her to wait outside the city first, and I'll go buy dry food nearby. Paul could not leave what Sir Colin had told him.

Jason kicked his legs tightly, grabbed the reins, and galloped away.

When their figures disappeared into the street, the nun took off her white robe, and she sneered and left alone in the other direction.