The gloomy laughter around made Selena's hair stand on end, and she looked around a little hesitantly, but did not find her parents and sister-in-law, only saw that the people around her were looking at her, and they all had exaggerated and unnatural smiles on their faces.

Selena shivered and stumbled out of the reception hall.

Everyone in the hall watched Selena leave with an unnatural smile as if they were watching a play.

As soon as she went out, Selena found that it was already night outside.

Suddenly, the reception hall went pitch black, and the entire valley was left without any lights.

All the buildings seemed to have turned into monsters, as if they were about to rush over and devour Selena at any moment.

The warmth of the keyring gave Selena courage, and she called out to her father and mother to stay away from the buildings as much as possible.

It was at this time that Selena finally saw two people in the snow, an adult and a child, both wearing hats, red noses, and a scarf of red colors.

"This gentleman!" Selena didn't see that unnatural smile on their faces, so she quickly stepped forward and asked, "Do you see my parents?" What's going on here? Why is everything so weird? ”

"Originally, this was a very nice hot spring mountain resort!" The gentleman replied with wide eyes, "A few days ago, a thick fog suddenly drifted from the sky, and since then the staff and guests here have become very strange. ”

Selena asked, "A thick fog?" ”

The child, who also had big eyes, said, "Yes, there seems to be something terrible wrapped in the mist, and lo and behold, the fog is coming!" ”

Selena looked in the direction they had pointed, and the fog on that side seemed to be alive, rolling and forming a figure, landing in front of the door of the reception hall.

The figure saw Selena and quickly chased after her.

Selena hurriedly ran into the forest, and the big-eyed child said, "Run! Run! When you're back here, go find Mr. Harold, who knows more about it. ”

Selena didn't have time to ask why the two of them, one big and one younger, didn't run, she burrowed into the woods and struggled through the snow.

Although the trees obscured her vision, she knew that the figure of the dense fog had been chasing her, and she didn't dare to stop, she wanted to keep running, keep running!

Until she ran out of energy and couldn't run anymore.

The warm keyring gave Selena courage again, and she broke a branch and leaned against the tree, about to fight the figure!

Closer, the figure getting closer.

The branches swayed, the snow fell, and a dark shadow emerged from a crack in the tree.

"Chris!" Selena exclaimed, "How about you." ”

Chris didn't speak, just a wry smile.

Selena felt that her brother's appearance was a little strange, so she didn't take the initiative to approach: "What's wrong with you, Chris?" ”

Chris still didn't speak, he pointed to the snow beside him, and at some point, there was an abstract symbol.

That symbol consists of zigzag vertical and horizontal lines, as well as a few dots.

Selena asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Chris didn't say anything, and pointed to the sky again.

Selena looked along his finger and she saw a ...... Fireplace?

Her vision suddenly distorted, it was indeed a fireplace, and she was back in the reception hall!

The difference was that Selena was also sitting on the couch in the hall, and the whole hall was full of people, all of whom were already asleep.

Selena sat next to her mother and sister-in-law, while her father sat on the sofa opposite.

Everyone was covered with blankets and waited for the hunters to return.

Selena, who was a little confused, remembered that the people who went out hunting in the afternoon had not returned by the evening, and the family was very worried about Chris, so they were all waiting in the hall.

When they arrived in the hall, they found that many people who had not returned from hunting with friends or family were already waiting here.

As a result, they waited and waited, and they all fell asleep.

It turned out to be a dream, and Selena breathed a sigh of relief.

But she soon noticed that something was wrong, that there was mud and snow on her shoes and on her sister-in-law's shoes, most of which had melted and the carpet was wet.

"They're back!" Suddenly there is humanity!

This woke everyone up, and they came to the door, and a dozen young men and women who had gone hunting did return, but ...... Selena always felt as if something was wrong with them.

At the front of the pack is the shaggy hunter, whose job is to take the lodge's guests on a hunt: "We met a grizzly bear!" ”

The hunter smiled and said, "It's a pity that they are not real hunters, otherwise we would have tried to hunt the grizzly bear."

"We had no choice but to avoid the grizzly bear, which is why we came back so late."

Selena saw a long-haired woman in the team sharing the joy of hunting with her friends: "Oh my God, this is the first time I've encountered a grizzly bear in the wild, and it's so exciting!" ”

Selena remembers that she had a round face when she set out, but now she has a long face.

There was also a young man in the team whose skin had become dark, and Selena clearly remembered that he was a fair-skinned young man.

But Selena cared more about her brother, and she stared at Chris's mouth, but fortunately, Chris smiled and said, "I'm going to hunt tomorrow, so it's a bit of a vacation." ”

Selena let out a long sigh of relief: she didn't become "dumb", it was just a dream!

Mr. Wood said, "Do you know how worried people are about you? ”

Chris stroked the back of his fiancée Vina: "Sorry to worry you, well, there is still a group of people going hunting tomorrow morning, I can go with them, and I will definitely be able to come back in the afternoon." ”

Mr. Wood shook his head, "Okay, okay, since it's a vacation, have some fun." ”

Everyone was tired and sleepy, and after a short chat, they all went back to their rooms to rest.

Selena lived alone in a room, she looked at her dirty shoes for a while, she always felt that there was an important hint in the dream just now.

So she planned to write to Mr. Hobart tomorrow morning, explaining to him the situation here, and asking the teacher to help her interpret her dreams.

In her thoughts, Selena, who had been tired for a day, quickly fell asleep, and when she woke up, the sun had already risen.

At breakfast, Selena talked about last night's dream, and before she could finish it, Vina smiled and said, "I had a similar dream yesterday, except that I was chasing someone who knew important information, not being chased." ”

Mrs. Wood joked, "It can't be the two of you who are on the run and the other are chasing, right?" ”

The whole family laughed, and only Selena glanced thoughtfully at her sister-in-law's shoes.

After breakfast, Chris was going hunting again, and Vina went with him.

Selena returned to her room to write the letter, then asked for three donuts from the dining room and summoned Teacher Hobert's messenger.

After delivering the letter, Selena was in a much better mood and went for a walk outside in the yard.

Coming out of the reception hall, she remembered the dream she had last night: I remember turning around from there and meeting an adult and a child.

Selena smiled as she walked that way: it was just a dream.

Turning the corner, Serena stood there for a long time, with two snowmen, one big and one small, in front of her!

They all wore hats, big eyes, carrot noses, and red scarves around their necks.

After a while, Selena felt cold: The snowman is alive? No, no, no, it's just a dream, it's just a dream...... Is it really a dream? Why is the snowman in this position? Coincidental?

Selena suddenly thought of the snowman's prompt, and she was going to find Mr. Harold.

"This young lady, I see that you are shaking, is there any discomfort in your body?" A middle-aged man with a kind expression asked, holding a cigarette in his hand, which should have been smoked just now, and the cigarette had not completely dissipated.

"I, I'm looking for Mr. Harold!"

The middle-aged man was slightly stunned: "I am!" ”

Selena asked, "Mr. Harold, do you know more about it?" ”

Harold looked surprised, the cigarette in his hand fell to the ground, he took two quick steps forward, and whispered to Selena: "Hurry up and run while you still have sense!" ”

Selena was a little flustered: "Where to run?" ”

"Run outside the villa!"

"Where to run?"

"See that pine forest? Where you climb a mountain, there is a small village, and when you get to that village you are safe. ”

……

Fenerport Kingdom, Jeffrey Collar.

Early in the morning, Hobart received a reply from Bishop Simpson, in which he said: "His Excellency the Archbishop has not given any instructions on the question of cooperation with the Gnostic. ”

That is the acquiescence, of course the archbishop will not make any instructions, after all, he will "unload the mill and kill the donkey" in the future.

It's just that after Hobert and Bishop Simpson are bound together, there is a lot of room for maneuvering how to kill the "donkey".

After sending away the big dog and having breakfast, Hobert finished teaching Freya today's words before asking Alan to invite Helen over.

When the beautiful and elegant Helen came to the study, Hobert said straight to the point: "Help me tell Monica or President Jonathan that the Mother Earth God Church has agreed to my cooperation plan, but they have given a condition, the Gnosis Society will help us kill a demigod on the other side, and the extraordinary characteristics of that demigod will be given to the Earth Mother God Church, so that we can reach a complete agreement." ”

Burst~

Dennis, who was cleaning the study, didn't hold it steadily, and the book in his hand fell to the ground: the insidious baron!

Helen didn't care about the manservant's mistakes, in her opinion, since it was cooperation, of course, they had to make their own conditions, and if everyone was interested, they could promote cooperation.

It's just that what Helen didn't expect was that the Mother Earth God Church really had the intention of cooperating.

As far as she knew, this was the first time that the Gnostic Society had cooperated with the Orthodox Church!

Helen knew very well that she was a microphone, and she said yes and immediately went to report to Lady Monica.

Hobart glanced at Dennis on the side: "Were you just thinking: this baron is really insidious!" ”

Burst~

Another book fell on the floor.

Hobert looked at Dennis, who was a little surprised: "When I can't tell what you think from your demeanor, you don't have to clean the study every day." ”

He paused and didn't say to Freya or Dennis: "Engaging in politics is to make peace with the mud, you can make peace with water and soil, but this is always a mud, only by adding some sand, grass blades and other sundries, can it be more and more hard, and finally become a whole."

"If you don't have this ability, the mud will always be just mud."

After waiting seven or eight seconds, he said to Dennis, who was contemplating, "Go, bring me my tea!" ”

After Dennis left, Alan at the door came in and whispered, "Sir, in case he leaks your ......"

Hobert waved his hand: "This kid doesn't seem to have much of a city, but he is very clever and won't joke with his family's life." ”

Alan nodded and said no more.

Hobert said to Hill outside: "You keep an eye on the affairs of the army, just come here and stay for about an hour every day, you don't have to stay here every day!"

"Also, bring Grove's eldest son and second son to the army, two stupid big ones, rough hands, who can flatten the watering can when they water a flower."

Schill smiled, "Yes." ”

"The name of the potion you're taking is 'Hunter'!" Hobart said: "In the future, you will be given three days off a week, and learn how to be a real hunter with the hunters in the territory." ”

Schill was slightly stunned: "Yes." ”

Although he didn't understand the purpose of the lord, he knew that there would be nothing wrong with following the lord's orders.

Hobert returned to his room and was about to use "travel" to ask Upton how the materials were progressing, when he felt something, and saw that the space in the room had become illusory.

The messenger came out of the spirit realm, and a letter popped out of the coffin and was falling into Hobert's hands.

Hobert opened the letter and was slightly stunned, there was not a single word on the letter that could be read, he felt something, and turned the letter upside down.

Looking at it backwards, these letters actually formed a hideous wolf face.

When Hobart saw that the messenger had not left, he asked, "Who sent the letter?" ”

"The little girl who loves the occult." The messenger said: "The doughnuts she paid for were the doughnuts of the night." ”

Hobert smiled: "I'll make up three for you when I send a letter next time." ”

He looked at the letter again: "Selena's prank? ”

Do you want to graduate from me?

"She's contaminated." The Messenger said.

"Polluted? Did she provoke the Aurora Society again? ”

"No, it's more polluting than that."

Since he is Selena's mentor, of course, he can't ignore it, so Hobert asked again: "She sent this letter from home?" ”

"Boklon Hills, East Chestershire."

Hobart asked again, "Do you know what the source of the pollution is?" ”

The Messenger: "I got a very conflicting message, feeling both familiar and strange at the same time. What is certain is that there is a smell of 'soothsayer'. ”

Flavor? Hobert remembered the big dog who had delivered the letter in the morning, and he smiled, "Thank you! ”

"You're welcome, three donuts!"

Hobert smiled and shook his head: "No problem! ”

"Also, watch out for this painting, it's not the same as before!"

Hobert was slightly stunned and thanked him again.

Courier: "You're welcome, three donuts." You owe me a total of nine donuts. ”

After the messenger left, Hobert reacted: "Is this all an initiative to start 'selling'?" And it seems to be a bit of a strong buy and sell, right? ”

Hobert shook his head helplessly, but then he thought that he could afford nine donuts.

He didn't go to save people immediately, but hugged his arms and pondered the plan to save people, and then changed into Rune-style clothes, and considered bringing magical items and seals.

This time he covered his back with a thick cloth over the oil painting on the wall, first of all, it was a very good shield, and secondly, he wanted to try to pull up Fabuti and take the risk together.

The most important thing is, Hobert wanted to see how the painting had changed.

Now that the messenger has reminded him, there must have been some changes in the oil painting, but Hobert does not dare to bring it to the "Land of Disorder" again, and can only pay attention to the changes in the oil painting during the battle.

If it's dangerous, just throw it away: Brother Fabuti, I don't want to just throw it away, but the battle is too fierce, and I can only do it to save my life.

Hobert smiled and changed his appearance first, and came to Beckland with "travel", and found a travel agency to consult about the situation of Boklon Hills.

After getting the detailed news about the villa, Hobert sighed: The villa deep in the mountains; Deep mountains covered in snow and ice! It's so reminiscent of The Shining! Or maybe that's a standard environment for ghost stories!

While thinking wildly, Hobart went to a no-man's corner and used "travel" to East Chester County.

Standing on a high hill, he looked at the mist-enveloped Beauklon Hill in the distance, and could see the guests coming in and out.

This lively scene is not what Hobart imagined, just Selena, or only Selena and a few friends and family.

Hobert hugged his arm and thought for a moment, then took out the letter Selena had just written, and prepared to use it as a medium to navigate with the "Faceling Necklace" to find Selena.

But the necklace hung there motionless, Hobert: Failed divination? No, the messenger says that there is a smell of "soothsayers" here, so there may be anti-divination forces in the vicinity.

He checked the magical items and seals on his body again, and then used "Travel" again to come to the short distance of the mountain villa.

He had barely taken a few steps when Hobert saw a hand on the road, a hand holding a cane to be exact, which was disconnected from the lower arm, and a black jewel bracelet on its wrist, which was suspended in mid-air, clutching the cane.

Seeing that this hand was not "aggressive", Hobert prepared to bypass it and continue walking.

But this hand pulled out the cane stuck in the ground, as if jumping on one leg, and stopped in front of Hobert.

Hobert, who had already had a lot of adventure experience, calmly asked, "Do you need my help?" I am very good at medicine and can suture severed limbs. ”

Or you can be sewn back to the corpse.

The hand clubbed the cane to the ground, then let go and waved it at Hobert.

Hobart asked, "Don't need my help?" ”

He waved his hand again, then pointed in the direction of the villa.

Hobart understood: "You don't want me to go to the Lodge?" ”

The hand regained grip on the cane, as if to say: this is what it means.

"Thanks for the reminder." "I know there's danger there, but my student is in the lodge and I have to save her," Hobert said. ”

The hand stopped for two or three seconds, and then suddenly the bracelet on its wrist withdrew from the direction of the broken wrist as if it had come to life, and flew towards Hobart.

As soon as Hobert caught the bracelet, the hand and staff fell to the ground.

Hobert was slightly stunned when he held the bracelet, which was a seal, and he bowed slightly towards that hand: "Thank you for your blessings and gifts." ”

He buried his hand, which was holding his cane, in the woods by the roadside, so that it would not be crushed by the passing carriages.

When Burying it, Hobert noticed that it was a right hand.

To be on the safe side, Hobert returned to the hill opposite the lodge with a "trip", and he simply set up the altar and sacrificed the bracelet to the "Land of Disorder" to check it.

Using the personality of the "State of Disorder", he knew the ability of this seal: "You can quietly put the opponent into a deep sleep, and enter the enemy's dream, create some monsters in the dream to attack the opponent, and the opponent is injured in the dream, which is really injured, and death in the dream is real death." ”

The negative effect is: "The wielder is prone to sleepwalking, and while sleepwalking, he will become a completely different person and do something that is difficult for ordinary people to understand." If you die wearing this necklace, it will seal a part of the spirit and will of the bearer in the body, turning the holder into a living corpse with intelligence, but the holder will also miss the opportunity to enter the underworld, and eventually become an evil spirit after the body decays. ”

Hobert pondered for a moment, the holder of the necklace must have been attacked by an irresistible attack, and one hand was cut off by Qi Qi.

The negative effect of the necklace retains part of the owner's will, giving the hand a certain amount of wisdom to block guests who want to enter Boklon Villa.

Along these lines, Hobert thinks it should be a seal of the Church of the Night Goddess, and that its owner may have come from a member of the Night Watch team who had been sacrificed or escaped with a broken arm.

Looking at the necklace in his hand, Hobert decided to investigate the situation in the villa if he had the chance, and then report it to the Church of the Night Goddess.

Back in the real world, Hobert once again used "travel" to get closer to the lodge, this time without encountering obstacles, and entered the reception hall while watching the tourists playing in the snow.

The manager greeted him warmly: "Welcome to Boklon Hill, how can I help you?" ”

"You're laughing so ugly, don't laugh anymore is the best help! Well, let's laugh, it's even more ugly to look expressionless. As he spoke, Hobart took out the police ID issued by the Church of the Goddess of the Night: "According to eyewitnesses, there is a fraudster mixed in among the guests of the villa, and I want to investigate the travelers here, and ask the staff of the villa to cooperate." ”

The manager asked with an unnatural smile, "What is the name of that prisoner?" ”

"He has a lot of fake identities, and I have five different identities that I have."

"What are the physical characteristics of the prisoner?"

"He's proficient in disguise, and it's said that he once deceived a pirate general by disguised as a woman, and I even have reason to wonder if you're the one?"

"I'm sorry." The manager said helplessly: "In this case, we may not be able to help anything." ”

"I don't need your help, I just need to assist me in my investigation." Hobert smiled, "I've been hunting him down for months, and after a series of investigations, I can recognize him!" ”

The manager nodded: "You can also tell me about the fake names that the prisoner used before, maybe he used one of them to register?" ”

Hobert nodded, "As far as I know, one of the pseudonyms he used recently is Gelman Sparrow. ”

A certain adventurer sneezed at sea!

(End of chapter)