All three of us were taken aback and hurriedly got up from the bench.

I stepped forward and helped the old man up and said, "Old man, what are you doing here? We're not mages, we're just passing by." Looking for a place to spend the night. ”

The old man said, "Our village is close to the forest to the west, and usually only mountain walkers pass by, and I have never seen a boy of your age. It shows that you are not ordinary people. When I talked about corpse thieves just now, if it were ordinary children, they would have been scared out of their minds, but you were not afraid at all, and you just said that you would cure them. Except for the mage who can subdue demons, no one has such courage. Don't shirk it. Help us. ”

We couldn't explain the old man's statement to her, and after being silent for a long time, He Xuanya spoke: "Old man, don't worry, although we are not mages, since there are unknown things in the village, we will not care." Surely find a way to solve this problem. ”

The old man thanked us again and again.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of soft footsteps outside the house.

After a while, someone outside started knocking on the door.

The old man was so frightened that he didn't dare to move.

The three of us also raised our hearts to our throats.

He Xuanya was still calm and calm, she put her fingers to her mouth, looked left and right at me and the sailor, and told us not to make a sound. Then he tiptoed to the window and looked out.

Her head swept around the outside, and as soon as she turned in the direction directly in front of the door, she jerked and took a half-step back.

Then he tiptoed back quickly.

She sat down on the bench in a panic, put her mouth to my ear and whispered, "It's Master!"

I was taken aback and asked, "What then? She's not here to chase us, is she?"

He Xuanya shook her head and said, "I don't know." ”

When the sailors saw us whispering, they stretched out their heads and asked, "What are you talking about?"

He Xuanya put her head to the sailor's ear and whispered a word.

The sailors suddenly became nervous and fidgeted.

He Xuanya said: "It doesn't matter if she is chasing us or not, let's hide first." ”

I hurriedly squatted down, put my head in front of the old man and whispered: "Old man, now there is a real mage outside the door, and she is also a good person, you can beg her to save the people in the village later, but our elder has a vendetta against her, if he sees us, he will mistakenly think that we have something to do with you, and he may not help you in a fit of anger." So, the three of us have to hide. ”

I looked around, and the room was small, except for a small bed and a small place where we were sitting, all that was left was the wall.

I asked the old man, "Do you have a back door in this house?"

The old man said, "I'm an old family, I live here alone, why do I need so many doors, besides, outside the back eaves wall is someone else's yard, I can't open the door to someone's yard." ”

I said to myself, "This sucks. Where are we going to hide? ”

The sailor said, "Hide under the bed." ”

He Xuanya said: "Do you see that bed can hide people, when you come in through the door, the first thing you see is under the bed." Besides, there won't fit the three of us in it. ”

"Knock! knock!" came another soft, rhythmic knock at the door outside.

At this point, the old man took my arm and walked to a corner of the room.

There's a brazier there.

The old man walked over and moved the brazier aside, revealing a wooden lid in the corner, but the lid was not round, but square.

The old man lifted the lid of the "square pot", and a black hole appeared on the ground.

I whispered next to the old man, "Old man, do you have a secret passage here?"

The old man sneered, and said, "What a secret passage, this is the cellar where the potatoes are kept." ”

I had the impression that the cellar was all outside the house, so I asked curiously, "How did you move the cellar into the house?" ”

The old man said, "I am so alone in a house, and I have no yard, where can I dig without digging the cellar in the house?" ”

At this time, the knock on the door sounded again, and outside the door was the voice of the fairy grandmother, shouting: "Is there anyone at home? Don't be afraid, I'm here to help everyone." ”

I heard the sound and jumped into the cellar, but unexpectedly, the cellar was much deeper than my house, and I fell to the bottom of the cellar, and felt that my leg hurt as if it was broken.

When I looked up, I found that there was a ladder in the cellar.

He Xuanya and the sailors also climbed the ladder one after another to go down to the cellar.

The old man handed down a half-inch long candle and a matchbox from above, put his head into the mouth of the cellar, and said, "Do not light it in the cellar, for this lid is transparent and can be seen from the outside." You can go into the cellar and get some of it. When the mage is gone, I'll lift the lid on you. ”

As he spoke, he closed the lid of the cellar, and then pressed something on it with a "bang", which should be a brazier.

The three of us stood at the bottom of the cellar and didn't move, pricking up our ears to listen to the movement above.

As he staggered towards the door, the deadbolt clicked for a moment, and then the creak of the door opening.

After a while, I heard another "bang", and then it was like a door panel hitting the wall, making a "bang" sound.

The footsteps in the house quickly moved outside the house, and at the same time, an old man's voice came from outside the house: "Master, please stay." ”

I vaguely heard the voice of the fairy grandmother in the distance and said, "I thought there was no one at home." ”

Then I heard the fairy grandmother coming from a distance, and entered the house with the old man, and then the door of the house was closed and bolted.

"What did you just call me?" asked the fairy grandmother.

"Master, you are the archmage of demon slaying and exterminating demons, right?" replied the old man.

The fairy grandmother laughed.

The old man said in a nervous tone, "You better speak softly." ”

"How do you know that I am the Archmage?" The fairy grandmother did not listen to the old man's advice, and did not lower her voice.

At this time, I began to get nervous in my heart, for fear that the old man would say the wrong thing and expose us.

"There is a rumor circulating in the village these days that a mage will come to our rescue soon, and people describe the mage as exactly what you are wearing. So when I saw you, I thought of the archmage. ”

"Hahahaha!" the fairy grandmother laughed again.

"I'm not an archmage, just a doctor. Grandma said.

"Ahh Are those babies lying to me? The old man said disappointedly. I heard him slumped on a stool.

Hearing him say this, my heart pounded, and I said casually, "Now it's going to be exposed." ”

He Xuanya grabbed my arm and shook it slightly, then shook her head at me and pointed to it.

I understood what she meant, telling me to calm down and listen quietly.

"What babies?" asked the fairy grandmother.

After being stunned for a few seconds, I heard the old man say, "Oh, it's those babies in the village who said that there was a mage to save us." ”

"Don't worry, there's nothing that people can't handle. I'll help you get through this. ”

"Alas——! you know of the calamity that has befallen us, and you are too old to stay here, and I advise you to leave this village quickly. It's too late. ”

As he spoke, a strange sound came out in the distance, the sound was like a dog roaring when it was protecting food, but it was much lower and louder than the dog's voice.

The sound slowly moved closer, and at the same time, there was a series of heavy footsteps, which were heard very well in the cellar.

"Open the door!" said the fairy grandmother suddenly.

"Huh!? I don't dare to go out now, I can't live if I go out. The old man's voice was visibly trembling, and he was crying.

"It's okay, don't worry, with me, they won't hurt you. ”

"You're really a mage! Okay, I'll open it. The old man's voice revealed surprise.

Then, the deadbolt was pulled out and the door opened.

The moment the door opened, the heavy footsteps suddenly stopped. At the same time, we heard a strange and piercing roar, like a wolf roaring and a tiger roaring, real, like above our heads.

"No, I have to go up and help Master. Listening to the voice, there are quite a few demon immersion bodies coming tonight, and Master may not be able to cope with it. He Xuanya said.

As she spoke, she was about to climb up the ladder.

I grabbed her and said, "You wait first, so we can get out, and our plan will be finished." The fairy grandmother has great ability, otherwise how can she be the first mother. Do you remember what she said about dealing with the high-descendant crossers? One or two hundred people can handle it for her, not to mention the above few magic obstacles. ”

He Xuanya still stepped on the ladder with one foot, hesitating. I persuaded again: "Even if you go up now, you won't be able to help much, maybe the fairy grandma will still be distracted in order to protect you." ”

He Xuanya slowly put her feet down.

At this moment, a chaotic sound was suddenly heard outside, followed by an earth-shattering scream, and the boom was like a high wall falling to the ground.

Then, a rush of chaotic footsteps rushed towards the west of the village, accompanied by one after another screams, farther and farther away, until it disappeared completely.

Silence returned.

"Oh, I really met a living immortal, we are saved, saved. The old man said excitedly.

"As I just said, I'm just a doctor, not a living immortal. Grandma said.

"As soon as that monster touched you just now, it turned into ashes, how can someone with such a great mana not be a living immortal. The old man said.

"There are no monsters in the world. Grandma said.

"I don't understand, what are those not youkai just now?" said the old man.

"It's all an illusion. Grandma said.

"Illusion?" said the old man's tone with surprise.

"Yes, a lot of people in your area have this strange hysteria, and they have hallucinations in front of their eyes at night, and the monster you just talked about is the hallucination. Grandma said. I heard her say as she paced into the room and sat down on a stool.

Then I heard the sound of the old man closing the door and bolting it.

"But the graves that were dug up on the hills to the east, and the people who were taken captive in the village, are all true. The old man was obviously confused by the fairy grandmother's statement.

"Those were all done by people, and they have nothing to do with the so-called youkai. ”

"Did people do it? Could it be that those monsters were disguised by people?" the old man was even more puzzled.

"Don't worry, you listen to me tell you slowly. ”