To be honest, it's rather strange that a very enthusiastic village chief suddenly appeared in such a desolate, run-down and isolated place, but it's much more comfortable to find someone who can communicate than to be surrounded by silent villagers. As soon as Hao Ren opened the translation plug-in, he immediately greeted him with the same enthusiasm. He first stated that he was an international friend living here and passed by this place on his way, and then he began to inquire about the local customs.
As expected, the identity of the old man is the village head here. According to his introduction, the name of this village is "Narim", which is a small village with a population of several hundred and rarely communicates with the outside world. During the conversation, Hao Ren found that the isolation of this village was beyond imagination: the old village head didn't even know what time it was outside, and whenever he mentioned something outside, the old village head would be vague, and he The most frequently said sentence is: "Ah, living in such a peaceful and peaceful place, why do you need to worry about the outside world?"
After a brief conversation, Hao Ren mentioned the matter of finding someone.
"We're here to find someone, he should be named Fernan," Hao Ren described according to the information provided by Hesperis, "he is a tall and strong man, almost seven feet tall, with a scar at the eye ... Ah, maybe it was called by another name, I don't remember exactly, but it was an old friend of my uncle's."
The old village chief frowned with a look of reminiscence, and finally shook his head slowly: "I have no impression, we have never had such a person in our village, and we have never had such a guest. Such a tall man should be very eye-catching, as long as I see him I will never forget."
Hao Ren and Hesperis looked at each other. This situation is not too unexpected, but it is quite regrettable to be honest.
"He may have moved away," Hesperis murmured, "changing places of seclusion is common."
"Guests, it's getting late now, why don't you just stay here for one night," the old village head said at this time, "It would be better to start looking for someone tomorrow—night roads in the forest are not safe."
"Oh, you're welcome," Lily waved her hands, "We have a place to stay, and the journey is easy."
"Let's stay here," the old village head still insisted on inviting, with an unusually enthusiastic attitude, "Visitors from afar are a big deal here, and it is disgraceful for us to let guests leave the house in the evening. You can Try our berry muffins, which you won't find anywhere else."
Hao Ren glanced at the current sky, and there was nothing wrong with what the old village chief said, but he could undoubtedly feel some unnatural discord in this village, and as night fell, the old village chief As the invitations continued to be sent out, this violation became more and more intense. And when he was thinking about how to find a reason to leave, the old village head's words made him change his mind: "Ah, speaking of which, the few guests who passed by here two days ago have not left yet. If you stay today, Maybe we can leave together tomorrow.”
Has anyone else found this place too
Hao Ren and his party were suddenly suspicious: this village was not marked on any map, and Hesperis believed that this village was almost extinct three centuries ago, and there was still an undeveloped forest around the village. Under such circumstances, apart from this group of people with special purposes, who else would visit this village
Could it be someone else who wanted to inquire about Hercules' whereabouts
Everyone exchanged opinions, and decided to stay in this place tonight, to see how weird this village is, and to meet those mysterious visitors by the way.
There is no hotel in the small village, but there is a big house dedicated to receiving guests. It was a two-story wooden longhouse, as old and dilapidated as the others, but solid and clean. After the old village chief brought Hao Ren and the others here, he bid farewell and left. Before leaving, he mentioned that he would meet everyone at dinner, and the mysterious visitors he mentioned earlier would also show up at that time.
After the old village chief and a few villagers left, Vivian stretched out, "It's really mysterious."
"I always feel that the atmosphere in this place is weird." Lily also nodded. Although she is relatively second-rate, her beast instinct is really first-class. "Whether it is the village chief just now or the villagers before, everyone There is a very strange atmosphere... depressing, false."
"Who else will come here besides us?" Hao Ren looked at Hesperis, "Does anyone else know about Hercules' seclusion here? Is anyone else interested?"
"Only demon hunters will investigate this matter, but now that the hunt is over, they have no reason to intervene," Hesperis shook his head slowly, "Maybe it's just ordinary people who strayed into this place, after all, although this village Isolated and eccentric, it is still physically connected to the outside world, and it is possible for a lost person to walk in."
Vivienne nodded: "Wait for those 'visitors' to take a closer look later, maybe they are trapped here. I have a bad impression of this village. Although the people here are all living people, the village is still alive. I felt like I was walking into a grave."
"Hissing—" A small voice came from the backpack behind Hao Ren—this backpack is a necessary disguise—.
Now it's probably the only one who doesn't know anything about the atmosphere.
There was still a little time before night fell, and Lily started wandering around the longhouse with nothing to do. After going around twice, she seemed to have discovered something, and ran back to Hao Ren: "Landlord, landlord! There is no electricity in this place! "
Vivienne replied casually: "Nonsense, no national power grid can cover such a desolate place."
"No, I mean there's not even a wire or a light bulb here!" Lily put her hips on her hips. There is no such thing as 'electricity' at all, look at the oil lamps hanging on the wall."
Hao Ren was stunned for a moment, and although he felt that what Lili said seemed reasonable, he subconsciously muttered: "Actually, many villages in the ravines and places that are particularly backward are really like this..."
"The oil lamp is a style from three centuries ago, as are the tables and chairs." Hesperis stood up and looked around. "There is no trace of modernization or modernization. In fact, the most obvious ones are the houses outside, three hundred years old." They were standing here when I was here before, and they are still the same today. Even if the house has been renovated and rebuilt, it will not be the case.”
The situation was getting weirder and weirder, but Hao Ren didn't show much nervousness on his face. He just looked at the ancient lamps hanging on the wall with great interest, and whistled, "Whoa—a place where time has stagnated."
After more than three years of working experience, now Hao Ren can finally say to others with a straight chest: I have seen many battles, what kind of strange secret realm has never been bombed, and time is frozen in a mere drizzle. !
"If the time in this village is frozen, then the villagers here..." Vivienne frowned, she thought more, "Could it be those people from three hundred years ago?"
Hesperis shook his head immediately: "Obviously not, I'm sure."
Hao Ren was not surprised by this: "This village was normal when you came here, so it must have changed after that. It's normal that you don't know the people here."
Vivian also agreed with Hao Ren's opinion: "Well, it should be like this. Anyway, this village may have been distorted in terms of time and space. The reason for the distortion is probably related to Hercules who lived in seclusion here back then. We..."
Lily's ears trembled: "Shh, someone is here."
Everyone stopped talking immediately, and soon voices came from outside the longhouse. After a while, the old village chief and several villagers appeared in front of Hao Ren and his party.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long," the old village head said with a friendly smile. "It's time for dinner. According to our custom here, guests from afar are auspicious omens for the village. Please follow me, and I will bring You go to the place where everyone gathers for dinner."
Hao Ren exchanged glances with others, and decided to follow the rhythm of these strange villagers first, to see how things would develop.
"You said earlier that besides us, there were a few guests from outside. Are they all there?" Vivienne asked casually.
"Of course," said a villager gruffly, "you'll see them."
Under the leadership of the village chief, Hao Ren and his party left the longhouse and came to a large open space in the middle of the village.
The place is ready for dinner, the thick wooden long tables have been lined up, the bonfire for lighting is burning, the aroma of food is wafting in the open space, the villagers in the village seem to be concentrated in this place, and now there are voices Noisy, the atmosphere seemed very warm.
Although the overall atmosphere of the village is still weird, it seems that the place is really more popular at the moment.
Hao Ren, on the other hand, saw the most conspicuous outsiders among the group of locals at a glance.
The old village head hadn't lied yet—there were indeed visitors other than Hao Ren and his party.
Vivian had a strange expression on her face when she saw those outsiders, and then she looked at one of them and muttered, "Hey, Hao Ren, does that person look familiar to you?" (To be continued~ ^~)