The noisy crows of crows never stop, and their voices have not stopped since Fina and the three came to this village.
Fina is holding the horse, Lilith is holding the staff, Mellie is carrying the luggage, and a black dog is following behind.
The trees on the road looked like monsters, with their branches showing teeth and claws, and they were also covered with terrifying livestock heads. The most terrifying ones were sheep heads. When they were blown by the wind, they would collide with each other and make a tinkling sound.
Melly took a few more glances, and she saw a crow standing on the treetop, its eyes staring at her, as if it was spying on her.
"Let's go quickly and light the fire."
She was a little scared, so she quickly quickened her pace and walked from the back of the team to Fina's side.
"Where is this place? Why don't you see anyone?"
Fina looked around, but she found no trace of the evil spirit.
"From a geographical point of view, this is the edge of the Luas Empire. It is sparsely populated and is adjacent to the Dala Wilderness Mountains. The people who live here are all exiled witches."
Lilith said.
"exile?"
Fina was confused.
"Their ancestors worshiped evil gods and were annihilated by the king for using curses and witchcraft. The remaining old people, children and women were exiled. But that was more than two hundred years ago. Their witchcraft has long been lost, but it is still preserved.
They adopted many horrific customs and were so exclusive that others knew little about them."
Even so, Mellie still felt scared and uneasy about this place, but she didn't say anything. After all, she insisted on following the two of them and embarking on the journey with them. She didn't know where she should go. She only knew that maybe after separation
, she would never have the chance to repay Fina for saving her life.
She just wanted to do her part during the journey and help her as much as possible to find the God Caller.
Fina taught her archery. For Melly, who had been working hard all year round, her strength was not small, but Fina's bow was so heavy that she couldn't pull it at all. So Fina made a small wooden bow and
Teach her how to make arrows.
The three of them stopped in front of the village. They looked up and saw something even more terrifying, human bones. The human skull hung on the gate, hanging in the air with a black rope, looking at the three of them.
"Is there any custom more horrific than this?"
Fina felt something was wrong. Are all the people in the mountain so abnormal?
"Do we have to replenish food here?"
she asked.
"If you insist on going in this direction, then we can only hike through the barren mountains, which means we won't see a drop of water or a blade of grass in the next half month."
After Lilith finished speaking, Mellie felt a little scared. Can they really pass through such a dangerous area?
"Speaking of which, why did we change direction suddenly? I thought we were going to the Dragon Boat Empire."
Mei Li also had this doubt. In fact, she really wanted to go to the Dragon Boat Empire to see if it was as prosperous as the rumors. She wanted to see the flying ships and the iron carriages that could run day and night.
"Originally it was in that direction, but yesterday the compass needle moved three times. She went from one place to another. In only a short period of time, the compass could tell me her approximate direction, but I didn't know where she would be.
How long will it take? We must find her as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this, Lilith immediately realized that Reina must have teleported. Regarding teleportation magic, she did not have the talent to acquire it, even though she knew the theory very well.
"Then we really need to hurry."
After saying that, Lilith seemed to be angry and walked towards the village.
She is difficult to get along with. Mellie doesn't know the red-haired magician at all. She never talks about her own affairs. She only talks about her relationship with Reina in a few words.
Fina and Mellie looked at each other, she smiled helplessly, shrugged her shoulders, and then pulled her horse to follow.
At least Fina is a very considerate elder sister.
Mei Lixin said.
When she stepped into the village, she felt someone staring at her from behind. Mellie turned her head, and she only saw crows and dead people's heads.
There are more crows in the village. They have reason to suspect that these crows are raised by the villagers, but there is no one in this ghostly village, only crows and crows. No, there are also many scary scarecrows next to the house.
A piece of farmland covered by snow, with a mummy-like scarecrow standing on it and a crow standing on it.
"Is anyone there?"
Fina was not afraid of these scary scarecrows at all. Instead, she walked towards the house and knocked on the door.
It was pitch dark inside the wooden house. There were some straw ropes woven from straw hanging in front of the door. Some were loop-shaped and some had strange shapes. Without exception, there were some black moldy balls tied to the ends of these straw ropes.
Fina knocked several times but no one responded. Perhaps this village was like other villages, and all the villagers had already fled, scared away by the evil spirit.
Although this statement was denied by Lilith, she believed that the news would never reach here, and even if they knew it, they would not run away, but would worship those evil spirits as gods.
Just when Fina was depressed and about to turn around and go to the next house, the wooden door opened without warning. The person who opened the door was a withered hand, with swollen finger joints and skin covered with red spots. Then the face of an old man emerged from the door.
Then he appeared, his face was scarier than his hands, his skin seemed to be diseased, full of small bumps and bumps, and his eyes were dangling from the drooping bags under his eyes. He looked at the three of them with a look that was almost disgusting.
"We need food, I can exchange it for warm hides."
Fina said, she has always been so straight to the point, without any nonsense.
She is very good at hunting, processing furs, and making animal skin clothes. Meili's new clothes were taught by Fina.
In this cold winter, good fur clothes can be sold at a good price, but only if others need them.
Mei Li felt that there was no hope for the old man in front of her. He was so thin, how could there be any extra food for them?
Sure enough, he shook his head and closed the door.
Just when Fina felt disappointed and was about to go to the next house, the door opened again. She looked back and found that the old man was holding three frozen persimmon-like foods.
"This is?"
Fina was confused and puzzled. She thought the other party wanted to exchange this bit of food. The old man handed it over without saying a word. The food in her hand seemed to be falling. She quickly caught it, but the other party put it down.
In her hands.
As a result, the other party didn't say anything, turned around, returned to the house, and closed the door.
The three of them stood in the cold wind, not knowing what expressions to make. It took them a few seconds to understand that this should be a gift from the old man.