The magical world and the ordinary world are very different in the sense of the forest. Silent Yan still remembers that in the end of the world, all the forests were full of blood, and even if there were no zombies, it gave people a dark and dull feeling.
It's different here, especially in the morning, whether it's the forest where they are now or the forest outside the town where the Holy See is, the air is much more sober than the town. At this time, the lake is crystal clear, and there are even A little bit of fluorescent light is like the sun shining down and naturally condensing, which is a natural phenomenon caused by the abundance of magical elements.
However, because the lake water is clear, it can be seen that the bottom of the lake is not deep. When you get close, you will find that you can see the bottom of the lake at a glance, at least to ensure that there is no danger in the lake.
Four-season grass grows on the edge of this lake, and they need to collect a lot. After confirming that there is no danger, everyone scattered to find a place to start collecting.
The collection work needs to be very meticulous. After all, this is a magical plant. If you are not careful, it is likely to lose its original magical effect.
Silent Yan was dealing with the four-season grass in front of him. Each four-season grass had only one fruit, but this fruit could play a role in various medicines, and if there was enough time, you could prepare some yourself.
He carefully put the fruit into the jar specially used to store these materials. In front of him was the crystal clear lake surface, and through the reflection of the lake water, he could even see his figure in the reflection.
Everything went very smoothly. As expected, he thought too much. Even if Xie Cheng was the protagonist, every mission would not be unexpected.
Even so, Xie Cheng was the person he had met with the most accidents, and Xie Yujin's discovery that night was one of them.
Now this location, and the magic core that was stolen as the enchantment stone, is obviously a quest that will appear in the plot at least three years later, and this quest has indeed fallen on Xie Cheng's head.
That incident will directly lead to the first contact between Xie Cheng and the Dark God. It is not that they don't want to be concerned about it, but they can't control this matter. If they really follow the clues and track down the incident three years later Triggered in advance, most likely the entire team will die.
The plot he got from Xie Cheng's perspective is not so perfect. For example, the mission this time is not in the plot. Now it seems that Xie Cheng and the Dark God are really connected. The first mission is related to the future plot. associated.
After collecting this piece of four-season grass, he plans to change the place. The four-season grass will grow new fruits every three months, even if they keep the fruits from the previous season, they will naturally wither and fall off. , In addition, this area is not the only one with four-season grass around the lake, and there is no need to worry about others who need it but can't pick it up.
He just stood up when he heard singing.
This song does not come from a certain place, but it seems to be naturally integrated into the surrounding air. It is ethereal, crisp, melodious and melodious. It is not like the sound that should be in the world. Force, want to kneel down to worship.
too weird.
Silent Yan felt that something was wrong from the very first moment when the song appeared. How could the song suddenly appear in the forest
Xie Yujin responded very quickly. He immediately evacuated from the lake, shortened the distance with the rest of the team as much as possible, and asked, "Are there any singing monsters nearby?"
"There shouldn't be." Zhou Jinpeng was holding a jar with four seasons grass fruit in his hand, "There are not many monsters who like to sing."
Amu said, "Could it be that someone sang it? If someone sang it, then it's really good."
This level of singing can basically be completely ruled out by human beings. If people's singing can reach such a level, then I am afraid that the mermaid family will be the first to protest.
"It won't be a person." Silent said, but his eyes kept falling on Xie Cheng who was standing by the lake, "There is something weird here, and the fruits we collected are enough to hand in the task, why don't we go back first."
"Okay." Everyone agreed with this proposal.
Only Xie Cheng did not respond.
With everyone moving, he stood alone by the lake without saying a word, and his gaze on the lake seemed particularly wrong.
"Thank you?" Amu couldn't help calling him.
At this time, Silent Yan had already stepped forward, and his sword was already in his hand, ready to respond in time in case of any situation.
However, just as he was about to grab Xie Cheng's shoulders and pull him away from the shore, the originally calm water suddenly became turbulent. The pure lake water seemed to be full of vitality and quickly wrapped around Xie Cheng's limbs. Immediately afterwards, he was dragged into the lake.
The sword does not stop the water, and the magic needs singing time.
There was a lot of splashes in the lake water, and when the splashes dissipated, the lake surface returned to its original calm. It seemed that the lake water was still crystal clear. Silent Yan drew his sword into the lake water, and the lake surface was only nearly half a meter from the bottom of the lake.
"This is... what's going on?" Zhou Jinpeng had already dropped the jar, holding the staff in his hand, and the magic condensed on the staff dissipated automatically when he stopped chanting the spell.
Seeing that Silent Yan was still by the lake, Amu quickly said nervously, "The lake is too dangerous, Silent Yan, come back soon."
Instead, Xie Yujin took a few steps forward and stood beside Silent Yan. He also observed that there was nothing ordinary about the lake. He looked at it and said, "Xie Cheng's state was obviously wrong when the singing started, and now the singing stops. Now, there shouldn't be any danger."
The singing should have a hypnotic effect. After all, the opponent controlled the water. If Xie Cheng had been conscious at the time, Silent Yan was by his side, and he should have been able to pull it back immediately.
This is not a petty fight during the apprenticeship. The companion was dragged into the lake by an unknown thing in front of him. Now his life and death are uncertain. This alone is enough to make him never encounter such a thing at all. The trainees panicked.
"There is no magic fluctuation in this lake." Xie Yujin made the final conclusion.
Silent Yan retracted the sword, got up and said, "Go back to the village."
"Then what about Xie Cheng?" Amu asked anxiously.
"Even if we stay here, we won't have any more information. It's not far from the village. Maybe the villagers will have some clues." Silent Yan explained, "And remember to send a letter to the Holy See."
When Xie Yujin was a little flustered by this emergency, Silent Yan became more and more calm, but if you look closely, you can see that he did not pretend to be calm to appease everyone because of an emergency or in times of crisis. More calm and so on, but his mood has not changed because of this incident.
He is still the same as always, it is because the people around him are too flustered that he is particularly calm at the moment, but in fact, the fact that his companions are attacked by monsters and their whereabouts are unknown is not enough to affect him.
Fortunately, everyone is indifferent at the moment. In their opinion, his calm behavior at the moment has pointed them in the direction. Xie Yujin didn't think there was anything wrong with this decision. They stayed here at the moment except for taking risks and being dragged down by another person. There is no other meaning.
Instead of doing this, they might as well ask someone who might know about it as soon as possible.
In order to get back to the village faster, they abandoned the carriage and chose to take a shortcut on horseback.
There are only two horses in all.
When Xie Yujin realized that they needed to ride a horse together, Zhou Jinpeng had already been pulled onto the horse by Amu, and at this time Silent Yan also rode the horse in front of him and extended his hand to him.
Time was running out, he grabbed his hand without hesitation, and then used the opponent's strength to get on the horse smoothly. The knight needs to hold the sword for a long time, so most of them wear half gloves to protect the palms. Often these Gloves will use some damage-resistant leather.
He only felt that the part that touched the gloved part was cold when he held it, but the fingertips without gloves were warm, and pulled him onto the horse's back with great force.
This is not Xie Yujin's first time riding a horse, but it is his first time riding the same horse with another person. Behind him is another person's chest. Just leaning back a little is like snuggling into someone else's arms. This feeling made Xie Yujin sit up straight involuntarily.
Is it better to sit in the back than in the front
he thinks.
However, after the horse moved, he was immediately thankful that he didn't ask to sit in the back, otherwise he must have hugged each other's waist tightly for fear that he would be thrown out.
To be fair, it's not that they have never learned to ride horses in the Ministry of Magic. After all, the main means of travel in this continent is horses, unless they can conquer their own special travel pets in the future, so learning to ride horses is the most basic skill everyone needs to master.
Although I know that knights and magicians have different physiques, I also know that they are in a hurry now, after all, their companions are in a very dangerous situation...
But isn't this too messy!
"Wait! Wait! The trees in front are denser than before, is it better to slow down a little bit?" Xie Yujin suggested.
Silent Yan took the time to look at him, and Xie Yujin, who was so frightened that he lowered his head, said quickly, "Don't look at me! Look at the road!"
"..." Silent Yanyiyan put his eyes back on the front, and was silent for a while. He seemed to realize that Xie Yujin was frightened, so he casually comforted, "It's okay, don't be afraid."
"It's not a question of whether or not to be afraid." Xie Yujin felt for the first time whether this person was lacking in heart, "Will Amu and the others..."
Can't catch up
The remaining half of the sentence was caught up with Amu and blocked in his throat.
Zhou Jinpeng, who rides the same horse, is no better than him. He has a soft personality and is far less courageous than others. Zhou Jinpeng will sit on the horse and close his eyes and hold Amu's waist tightly. The whole person buried his head and dared not look forward.
Are all the knights of the Holy Knights so terrifying on horseback? !
Xie Yujin sits astride, so it's not that easy to fly out, but at first, the idea of sitting upright because he was not used to being too close to others has completely been thrown away, so he unconsciously leaned back. , wants something to support his mood at this time.
It originally took nearly a morning to get to the village, and it would take less than an hour to arrive at the village. Although they were not fast in the morning, and they were looking for while walking, the latter gave Xie Yujin the feeling that it was more like a whole time has passed. century.
His legs were soft when he dismounted.
Silent Yan very considerately helped Xie Yujin, who was almost out of strength, to get off the horse. Looking at Zhou Jinpeng's side, it didn't get any better. His face was pale and he was dizzy. Amu was standing beside him at this moment. Nothing.
They were in a hurry, and they immediately attracted the attention of the villagers as soon as they entered the village. As warriors who helped to crusade the monsters that destroyed crops, the villagers immediately surrounded them.
"Sorry, can you call the village chief over here?" Silent Yan asked.
"Yes, the village chief should be in the house." The villagers looked at the two knights who were looking as usual, and then looked at the two mages who were obviously looking bad, "Are these two adults uncomfortable and need a rest? Let's go get the room and water."
"There's no need." Xie Yujin had already recovered, and he felt that it was more important to understand the situation as soon as possible.
Zhou Jinpeng also shook his head and said that he did not need to rest.
The village chief who heard the knock on the door opened the door and saw the people who had left and returned. He suddenly showed a somewhat surprised expression and invited them into the house. After they entered the house, the village chief quickly realized that there was one less of them.
"Where's the knight?" the village chief asked.
Silent Yan noticed the obvious worry on the village chief's face, and he said truthfully, "We encountered some situations by the lake, because it is not very far from the village, so we want to ask you guys about dragging people into the water. The lake has no clue."
Hearing the words, the village chief sighed and said, "I originally thought that according to the direction you came, you should not pass through that lake, so I never told you."
"There used to be a lot of villagers who disappeared inexplicably nearby. The magician who helped us lay the barrier came for this reason. He told us that the lake has always been inhabited by a magical beast with strong magic, so in recent years we have Try not to get too close to that lake."
When the village chief said this, he glanced at them one by one, and then sighed deeply.
"It's all because of me, being the village chief, that I didn't think well. Seeing you all grow up like this, you should have expected this kind of thing to happen."
"Eh?" Zhou Jinpeng was puzzled, "Does this have anything to do with looks?"
It can be seen that the village chief really feels guilty for not conveying the information in time to cause their companions to be in danger. He put his hands on the wooden crutches and said heavily, "Actually, that beast likes long ones very much. Good-looking boy, if it weren't for it taking away only one person at a time, I'm afraid all of you will suffer."
"The next time I go to the Holy See to entrust a mission, do I have to ask for some safe-looking..."