Normally, the night tends to mean a dull and dull black. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But for Linzhong Lake, the night here is not monotonous.

Overhead, there is a bright full moon like a jade disk, and in the distance there is a lake that sparkles like broken jade, and even on the lakeside, the path, and the trees on both sides are adorned with a variety of magical creatures.

The luminous moss glows green, like a clumsy painter, smeared at the foot of the bluestone and the big trees by the lake, the candle wood holds up its own flowers, letting the stamens bloom in the night breeze, swaying the warm orange, and the precious purple vine, coiled on the branches, lazily set up in the air, providing a resting place for many tired flying insects.

Lampworms lay on the trunks of trees, sucking the sap of the trees, their bellies bulging and glowing blue and white, fluorescent clams lying quietly in the shallow waters, opening their shells and luring tiny fish and shrimp with their blue and faint light, and a few red chains of fire that have become climates, flickering with red rays around them, not caring at all about the dangers that are close at hand in the water.

The slightly heavy silence between Zheng Qing and Lin Guo did not last long.

The active little wizard quickly found a new topic.

Because he knew that Zheng Qing lacked the basic knowledge of many wizards, Lin Guo held his schoolbag and took the trouble to explain the glittering magic plants by the lake to the young public-funded students.

"Many magical creatures like to hunt around Candlewood, such as ghost-faced spiders, scarbacks, and many long worms. Lin Guo pointed to a low shrub not far away with orange glow and said, "So at night in the field, it is better to stay away from the candle tree...... Of course, there shouldn't be any of those things near Linzhong Lake. ”

A long worm surrounded by red mangs clings up the candle wood, and finally rests its head among the flickering flowers. The little genius of Alpha Academy quickly changed his words and added: "Except for the Red Chain Snake." ”

"Why would the school let such an aggressive creature as the Fire Red Chain stay by the lake casually?" Zheng Qing cautiously looked at the long insect fifty meters away, his hands in his pockets, and he almost didn't take a few iron armor talismans on himself.

"Why did the school allow a banshee to touch the entrance plane?" a gruff rhetorical question sounded behind him.

Zheng Qing quickly turned his head, looked at the old man Verne stiffly, and shook his head nervously.

The old man had just taken an overcoat from the house and draped it over his body, and a thick belt was attached to his waist, on which hung several thick leather bags, and I don't know what was inside.

Maybe he is the leader of the patrol team tonight, Zheng Qing has a little clarity in his heart.

"The newspaper said that the school was understaffed and was exploited by demons. Lin Guo hugged his schoolbag and replied in a low voice.

Compared with Zheng Qing, this very young alpha freshman is even more uneasy when facing the elderly.

"It's either that you can't manage it, or it's too lazy to take care of it. The old man stretched out the wooden staff in his hand, hooked off the angry wind lamp above Lin Guo's head, put it in his hand again, and said slowly: "Kick the kappa water ghost that touched the shore back into the water, catch the poisonous insects among the grass, clean the yard, and let the other students feel at ease." ”

"That's what the patrol does. ”

"That's your job. ”

When Zheng Qing was still recalling this sentence, the crowd not far away suddenly stirred.

"Look over there. ”

"Someone's coming!"

Zheng Qing followed the prestige, only to see a little light faintly emerging from the depths of the lakeside path.

This light is very faint and inconspicuous in the colorful night scene of the lake, but as if it has been magically applied, it will always inadvertently attract people's attention and stand out.

And as time went on, this little bit of light became more and more noticeable.

At first, it was only the size of a mung bean, swaying, as if it would go out at any moment, and then the lights became brighter and brighter, like peanuts, like eggs, like pineapples, and soon, Zheng Qing judged that it was a dead wind lamp floating in mid-air.

It was almost identical to the lamp that the old man of Verne had grasped in his hand.

"The first Night Patrol has returned. ”

But they came back with a little bit, and they refused to delay for a moment. ”

"They look very relaxed, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with the patrol tonight. ”

"Just because they're out doesn't mean we can feel at ease. You know, pests like kappa and fish women like to walk around in the middle of the night. ”

The people around him were chattering, and Zheng Qing, who was listening, was dizzy.

As the light in the distance became brighter and brighter, the figure behind the light gradually became clearer.

A row of young wizards dressed in various robes quietly followed the lamp and silently walked through the sleeping woods.

Occasionally, a few mischievous boys poked the sleeping tree spirits hanging from the branches with sticks in their hands, and watched them look around with their big blank eyes, and they looked down and laughed.

Soon, the row of wizards came to the cabin.

A tall, black-bearded, silver-haired old wizard lined up with a wooden staff and came to the old man of Verne.

"It's still the same, those guys who pick and search have been waiting for the peak moment of Yuehua. So the first half of the night was quite quiet. The tall old wizard reached out and grabbed the waist of the old man Verne, and complained quickly: "I knew it was so boring, so I let Thomas's stinky boys lead the team, and my old man has been walking for so long, and he is dying of thirst...... I've finished drinking my amber light, and you're going to make up for me. ”

The old man of Verne quickly dodged the big hand that stretched out to his wine jug, raised the wooden staff, held the other party's arm, and said impatiently: "Hurry up, don't make noise here...... I haven't trained the newcomers yet, so I don't have time to listen to your nonsense. ”

"Training?" shouted the tall old wizard with a spittle, "follow the wind lantern and be knocked to death by a stick that doesn't have long eyes...... Where is the training needed!"

Zheng Qing paid attention to the dispute between the two old men, and at the same time carefully paid attention to the discussions of the young wizards who had just returned from patrol, and soon had a vague concept.

The tall old wizard was known as Master Ernest. Like the old man Verne and Uncle Stendhal, they are all highly qualified school workers.

It's just that unlike Uncle Stendhal, who guarded the medicine garden, or the old man Verne, who guarded the Bell Lake, this master Ernest traveled to and from the silent forest all year round, and rarely communicated with ordinary students, and even among the old students, his reputation was not very loud.

The handover of the two patrol teams was completed quickly.

As Zheng Qing thought, the old man Verne was the leader of the second patrol.

As Master Ernest said, the patrol really had no training.

If you have to say anything different, it's probably this wooden stick in your hand.

"Follow the wind lantern, don't panic when you encounter monsters, just go up and smoke a stick. The old man of Verne waved his hand with a big grin, looking indifferent: "The fart is bigger than Linzhong Lake, there is no big risk...... Even the old fishman who has been hiding at the bottom of the lake all his life can't withstand your rush and mess around. ”

The old man hung the dead wind lamp on the top of the wooden staff in his hand, tightened the belt around his waist, looked at the anxious young face behind him, and straightened his face:

"Keep up, line up, and don't be left behind!"

"That stinky boy named Lin Guo stood behind me...... If you're so short, don't drill into the tall guys. ”

Lin Guo muttered reluctantly, holding his schoolbag, grinding and chirping forward.

"It's good for young people to have dreams, but don't always think about dragons, dragons, it's easy to flash your tongue in the wind. The old man pressed Lin Guo's shoulder with one hand, and while babbling a lesson: "It's such a big Linzhong Lake, but if there is a dragon species, it has not been cramped and skinned by those fishmen in the lake, and it has already been caught and bred by the professors who are like wolves and tigers in the school...... What's the matter with you!"

"Also burn the swallow...... Burn the bun for you!"

Zheng Qing looked at the helpless short figure in front of him and couldn't help but smile.