At dusk the next day after Aphrodite left, Surdak was having dinner in the restaurant of the castle.
Today is a very special festival in Ruit City, the Day of Divine Revelation. It is said that a great swordsman who lived in Ruit City received God’s revelation and finally successfully passed through the shackles of the peak stage of the third transformation and became a
A sword master who can travel across the star field.
The name of this sword master is Gumbu McDonnell. This sword master has been wandering in the outside world for many years, constantly finding several planes, and left the coordinates of one of the planes in Ruit City. That plane later became
It is called the plane of dry cloth.
The people of Luit City came to Luit City for the Sword Saint Gumbu, so the day when he received divine enlightenment became a special festival in Luit City.
It was only when Surdak returned to the castle that he realized that today was a festival unique to Ruyter City.
Since it's a holiday, of course you can't just dine on the tea table in the bedroom, and Hathaway also made some careful preparations in advance. Not only was there a huge flower basket on the dining table, but she also bought a piece of plesiosaur neck in the magic shop.
Meat, I made Warcraft barbecue for Surdak.
As a second-level immigrant strongman, daily intake of some World of Warcraft ingredients has many benefits for maintaining physical condition.
Many nobles also like fresh World of Warcraft ingredients. Plesiosaur neck meat is one of the more expensive Warcraft ingredients. I didn't expect that Surdak could see it on his dining table.
Hathaway forked almost half of the plesiosaur meat onto Suldak's plate.
After this main course, there is a chowder made of blue ice deer whip.
This is a dish that Hathaway ordered half a month ago in order to allow Suldak to play a stronger role in the evening. Even the chef who cooked this chowder was brought back from a high-end restaurant in Ruit City.
of a chef.
Surdak was already very full after eating a large plate of plesiosaur meat. When he saw a bowl of broth with light oily flowers brought to him by the maid, he felt that the soup tasted really good and was just right.
It relieves the greasiness of the plesiosaur barbecue, and there is no cloying milky taste in this soup, which is more in line with the taste of Suldak.
When Suldak saw Hathaway and Beatrice looking at him intently, he lowered his head to see if there was anything wrong with him, and then asked with a surprised look on his face: "Why are you all doing this?"
Looking at me, what’s wrong with me?”
"No...it's nothing, Duck." Hathaway's pretty face blushed slightly, and she quickly took a sip of sweet wine to cover it up.
But Beatrice asked without hesitation: "Dak, you don't have any other entertainment tonight, right?"
"No!" Suldak replied, raising his head and looking at Beatrice.
Beatrice smiled very happily, took out a bottle of golden cider from the basket on the dining table, and said to Suldak:
"I've prepared a nice bottle of golden cider, and we can destroy it tonight..."
Before Beatrice could finish her words, she saw a lavender magic circle spreading out from under Suldak's feet. The lines of the magic circle continued to spread outward, forming a huge and complicated pattern in the restaurant.
Hathaway ordered to the maids on the side: "Please step aside first!"
A line of maids immediately walked out of the restaurant.
At this time, a door to the void appeared behind Surdak.
He hesitated for a moment and then put down the knife in his hand, stood up from the table, wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, and said apologetically: "Aphrodite must have encountered some trouble. Sorry, I'm afraid I have to go out."
A trip..."
Hathaway and Beatrice didn't have time to tell Suldak, "We must come back as soon as possible."
Surdak waved to them and stepped into the Void Gate.
…
Surdak walked out of the ruins. The ground was full of waste ore, and the cracks in the rocks were covered with grass.
A dark mine entrance appeared in front of Surdak. Aphrodite and a middle-aged man dressed as a hunter stood guard in front of the entrance. The hunter did not expect that someone would come out from behind.
But he didn't feel anything at all. When he saw Surdak, he was startled.
The hunter looked at the badge on Surdak's chest, and his pupils shrank inward inexplicably.
"Where is this?" Surdak stepped forward and asked Aphrodite.
Aphrodite motioned to the hunters to guard the entrance of the cave.
Pulled Suldak farther away and said to him:
"The abandoned mine outside Selia Village, this is the last mine in the iron mine..."
Surdak raised his head and looked at the barren mountains above his head. There were two rusted railroad tracks among the weeds in the valley.
The hunter stared at the entrance of the mine very carefully, glancing this way from time to time.
Surdak looked at the deserted mine entrance and asked Aphrodite:
"How's the situation here?"
Aphrodite spread out her hands and said helplessly:
"As you can see now, the current situation is a bit complicated. I can't handle it alone, so I called you over."
Surdak looked around in surprise. He knew that Aphrodite's strength must be very difficult to do things that Aphrodite couldn't handle.
"When I rushed to the village, the two old couples had disappeared." Aphrodite said, standing next to Surdak.
Although he had had a premonition, Suldak couldn't help but complain when he heard the news.
If the Ruit City Guard Camp hadn't hastily closed the case, even if they were ordered to leave Selia Village, maybe they would have had a chance to avoid disappearing...
Aphrodite pointed to the hunter guarding the entrance of the mine in the distance, and introduced to Surdak:
"This is Crake. He was trying to leave here with his two daughters. His wife and eldest son disappeared the night before yesterday. He was planning to leave the village with his two daughters last night. He
My second daughter is about twelve years old, and my youngest daughter is only seven or eight years old."
"I just happened to arrive at Selia Village at that time, and I went to old Avi's house first to make a mistake. I found that they were also missing, so I followed him secretly to see if the murderer would appear again...
"
"What did you find?" Suldak couldn't help but ask.
"Skeleton warrior." Aphrodite lowered her voice and said, "I saw a skeleton warrior with a rusty sword in his hand running out of the woods and stopped the father and daughter."
"I'll take action to get rid of that skeleton warrior..."
She told Surdak what happened last night.
…
Craik sat and stared at Aphrodite with a gloomy expression.
His two daughters hugged each other, or rather supported each other and hid behind the hunter Crake.
In the forest, the eyes of the two skeleton warriors had lost their soul fire, and their bodies were shattered into white bones on the ground. The two rusty iron knives looked like kitchen knives stolen from a kitchen.
Aphrodite just used 'mental whipping' and directly used her mental power to kill a skeleton warrior.
For succubus, the means to deal with undead warriors are relatively simple. Many magics have almost no effect on these undead warriors, such as 'charm', 'hypnosis', 'seduce', 'psychedelic' and so on.
These low-level skeleton warriors only act with this instinctive soul fire.
Aphrodite stared at Crake without speaking or leaving. She was waiting for Crake to speak on his own initiative.
When facing humans, succubi have more methods.
It was pitch dark in the forest, and Aphrodite was wearing a mithril mask. Crake was only stared at by Aphrodite for a short while, and then his mental defense completely collapsed under Aphrodite's gaze...
"Are you the magician sent by above to investigate this matter? I know some things, but I need you to send my two daughters to a safe place!"
After hesitating for a long time, Crake finally said.
Aphrodite said readily: "Okay, I promise you!"
Then she followed the hunter Crake.
Under the protection of Aphrodite, the hunter Crake took his two daughters through the mountains. After walking for most of the night, they finally arrived at a small town. This is one of the only two small towns left in the abandoned mining area.
The town has a population of nearly a few thousand and is not a very big town.
There are actually grocery stores, hotels and pubs on the streets in the center of the town.
Crake was very familiar with this place. Even the tavern was closed at midnight.
He knocked on the door of the hotel, settled his two daughters in the hotel, and took Aphrodite back to the village of Selia without stopping at all.
Looking at the frowning Crake, Aphrodite remained silent all the way.
It wasn't until he settled his two daughters that Crake showed any signs of anxiety.
Craik took Aphrodite directly to the ruins of a mine that had been dug up. Aphrodite stepped on a piece of waste ore and stopped.
As the sky grew brighter, she asked Crake:
"Do you know what's going on?"
Crake lowered his head, and it could be seen that he was struggling in his heart and did not want to tell the answer.
"..."
Aphrodite said casually: "I know you need help. If I don't help you, your wife and eldest son will probably die..."
Before Aphrodite could finish speaking, the hunter Crake spoke:
"She has lived here for a long time. I guess she may be a magician. She usually lives in an abandoned mine. She is very thin and never contacts people. The first time I saw her, she
She happened to fall on the cliff outside the mine and was injured, so I took her back to her residence."
"From then on, I would send her some daily necessities every month, and she would pay me a sum of money."
"Oh, by the way, she is very rich. I never saw her doing anything for a living, but her leather bag is always full of silver coins..."
"Sometimes she would ask me to buy some weird things. Some of them can be bought from the magic grocery store, and some don't need to be bought at all. I would go hunting in the mountains, and if I caught them, I would send them directly.
Then she would go to Ruit City to buy the things she wanted, but this job only lasted for a while, and then it became increasingly difficult to find the things she wanted, so I was only responsible for some daily necessities."
"It wasn't until one time I saw some bones in the cave, various animal bones, and human bones... there were many... yes... very many, that I was a little scared. I was very scared, but I was also worried about being discovered by her.
, one day, my family and I will be part of those bones,”