Returning to the shore again, Shade put on his shoes and socks, while the girl in the black skirt also sat on the stone on the shore and put on her white stockings and a pair of black leather shoes.
Shade squatted by the stream and washed his hands, then picked up the night watchman again and put the [God's Gift Box] on his back.
The girl in the black skirt did not introduce her name, but clasped her hands behind her back and asked curiously:
"Sir, may I ask why you went into the mountain?"
Blue eyes looked at Shade with a smile.
"I made an appointment with my friend to go to Shanshan Peak Lake to see the scenery."
"But in the past two weeks, the Five Gods Church has blocked the road to the top of the mountain, and now it is impossible to go up there."
The top of the mountain is also an important venue for large-scale magical rituals prepared to re-seal the narrow space between life and death. No matter what the church's considerations are, it will not let ordinary people enter there again in the near future. However, Granny Cassandra must have already
After considering it, Shade was not worried that he would not be able to climb up:
"So, madam, what are you going to do by going into the mountains alone? Although the front-end of the Middleburg serial murder case has been solved by a captain, a girl of your age should not go into the mountains alone."
"I was inspecting the old villages in the Sikal Mountains in the mountainous area to prepare for my graduation thesis."
The girl in the black dress raised the notebook in her hand, and the old villages in Sikal Mountain refer to the isolated villages scattered in the mountains before the city was established. But with the advent of the steam age and the increasing prosperity of Midhill Fort, the mountain villages
Most of the young people moved to the cities under the mountains, so within a few decades, most of the villages in the Sikal Mountains were abandoned:
"Is there a small mountain village near here?"
Shade was very curious.
"Yes, sir, right over there."
The girl in black skirt pointed to the other side of the stream, but in the dense mountain forest, it was impossible to see whether there were any mountain villages and settlements in the distance:
"I'm going to take a look. Sir, are you willing to accept my employment and protect me temporarily?"
She smiled again and said to Shade, her blue eyes looking a little transparent in the sunlight.
"You believe me so much?"
"When you were carrying me on your back just now, I noticed that you were carrying two guns. If I guessed correctly, you were holding an object wrapped in cloth, which should be a long sword inserted into a scabbard.
More importantly, you don't look like a bad guy, and bad guys don't look as handsome as you."
"Why?"
Shade asked curiously, and the smile on the girl's face became brighter:
"If you have a look like this, it's easy to make money. Why do you need to do bad things? Sir, I bet you are a detective."
"Yes, Shad Suellen Hamilton."
Instead of saying "John Watson," Shard gave his real name, which was actually Shard:
"Madam, are you really a student of the history department, not the folklore department?"
"Folklore and history are sometimes not clear at all."
As he turned around, the red butterfly pendant around his waist swayed. The butterfly seemed to be alive for a moment, but after just blinking, it returned to its normal appearance.
"Sir, please come with me. There is a wooden bridge over the creek over there."
Shade did not refuse, and just followed the girl in the black skirt, crossing the wooden bridge upstream of the stream, which was actually a rotten wooden board, and arrived at the other side of the stream, further away from the road up the mountain.
Walking into the jungle again, the late autumn afternoon light was completely blocked by the shade of the trees, and the temperature seemed to drop accordingly. The girl in the black skirt was a good talker. While leading the way, she asked Shade various questions.
His identity, his family, his life, the difference between Fort Midhill and Tobesk, and even asked about the box that Shade was carrying, and Shade still said "the evil beast is sealed here"
to explain.
As for the girl in the black dress herself, she didn't say much. She just admitted that she had a twin sister, and that she was waiting for her sister's return for a long time.
"Do you have a good relationship?"
"Yes, that's great. We vowed to be together forever."
After walking for half an hour, there was still no sign of a small village in the forest. The girl in black skirt stopped in the clearing of the forest. Shade looked around in confusion, but still saw no trace of the village.
"Look."
The girl in the black skirt suddenly stretched out her finger and pointed to the right front of the two of them. Shade looked up and saw a fiery red butterfly swaying in the forest. Its body seemed to be transparent, and it could still linger around when it moved.
Red dots of light.
When Shade paid attention to the red butterfly, it flew deeper into the forest, as if to attract the two of them to go over.
"That's it. There are often red butterflies like this near that small mountain village!"
The girl in the black skirt said, holding Shade's hand and quickly chased after him. Shade tried to break free a few times, but failed, so he simply followed the girl in the black skirt and chased the red butterfly deeper into the forest.
This kind of reckless behavior is usually the beginning of a horror story.
The dense trees made the forest become darker and darker, even a little eerie. At the same time, more and more red butterflies gathered from all directions and appeared around them. Those red butterflies flew among the leaves and grass, becoming
The brightest light source nearby adds a misty color to the gloomy scene.
The concentration of the whispering elements was becoming more and more terrifying as the two of them continued to advance. The light dimmed, whispers were murmured, and the dark wind swept by. But surrounded by red butterflies, Shade did not feel the slightest trace of the relics.
Impact.
"Look, here it is."
When the two finally stopped, the surroundings were as dark as night, but swarms of red butterflies still surrounded them, shielding them from the wind and resisting the invasion of the whispering elements.
In front of us is an old village located in the mountains and forests. It looks like it has been abandoned for a long time. Most of the buildings that can be seen are made of straw and mud. The two houses at the entrance of the village have completely collapsed. The road into the village is almost covered by weeds, and the entire
Looking around the village, except for the central tower, there are no buildings with more than two floors.
Not only that, Shade could even see the black fog shrouding the village, as well as the vague figure wandering in the village. Such a scene would probably appear in horror stories. For the ring warlock, this is obvious.
It is a location-type relic, a location-type relic attracted by the chaos of the four elements in the Fort Midhill area, just like the [Sin Mansion].
"There is such a place in the mountains. It's not easy to find it."
Shade looked at the girl in the black skirt, who was still smiling:
"Sir, my goal is here."
She held Shade's hand and refused to let go. When she turned to look at him, her blue eyes seemed to be shining under the reflection of the red butterflies around her.
"Ma'am, are you sure you want to enter this place?"
Shade asked hesitantly:
"In the stories people usually tell, the beginning of tragedy is often the situation we are facing now. A deserted village shrouded in black mist in the mountains, a man and a woman who accidentally broke in, stories and tragedies hidden for hundreds of years, and buried in the deserted village.
Secrets and horror. If my writer friend knew this story, maybe he could publish a good detective novel right away."
PS: Good news to announce. One year after the completion of the five-million-dollar used book "The Lord of Strangeness", which the author is not here, has finally reached 10,000 orders. Interested readers can take a look.
After the end of this volume, the author will update a linkage chapter here, which will not have any impact on the main plot. The story time point is after the end of the third volume, and before the official introduction of the plot in the fourth volume.