The Book of Hibernation

Lane says nervously, "They're going to kill," but Winter Thistle assumes the target is a dead hunter, so it's not surprised.

Winter Ji looked at his younger brother seriously: "Ryan, don't worry about these things, don't ask or talk nonsense. If the people in the chamber of commerce think you are nosy, they won't be willing to cooperate with us for a long time. If you can't cooperate for a long time... …we would have no chance to find out what happened 19 years ago.”

Ryan was silent for a while and said, "But taking someone's life without a trial is a lynching...it's wrong. Unless it's in a war where the two armies are facing each other, or fighting back in a critical moment."

"So? What do you want?" Winter Thistle asked.

Ryan said: "I really want to get in touch with more people from the chamber of commerce and get to know them better, so that I can get closer to the truth of the year... I understand, of course I understand... But think about Dongji, our Before the father was killed, did some people secretly arrange such a lynching? Did they also say in a contemptuous tone that they wanted to 'get rid of' him? No matter what entanglements they had, he shouldn't just be killed like this ah……"

These words made Dongji's back tense.Although he thought about it a lot, he hated bringing it up with his mouth.

It hurts to hear, and I don't know how to respond.

As a child, Winter Thistle had no idea of ​​the fate of his father Haman.It wasn't until Lane's mother showed up that Winter Thistle knew that Haman was dead, and it was a violent death.

The human mother cries day after day.What she brought to Winter Thistle was actually not sadness in the true sense, but fear.In other words, it is vigilance against the entire outside world.

Winter Ji sighed, adjusted her emotions, and said softly to her younger brother: "Lian, I've thought about it carefully... If you really can't bear this, forget it."

"What is it?"

"You don't have to force yourself to get acquainted with people you don't like. You're not young anymore, have you heard of the Ten Sail Street Chamber of Commerce? Although it's called a Chamber of Commerce, it's actually more like a gang and a fraternity... …There's a lot of weirdness in it. You're a Templar, I know, and you can't stand this."

Ryan muttered: "I'm not that delicate..."

Winter Thistle continued: "In the past, you helped others repel the bandits and drive away the goblins who harassed the village. These things are good deeds. You are willing to do them even if you take risks. Even if you don't get benefits, you can still get glory. But Things are different now. The bodyguards at the pier are not easy to mess with. If you say they look like bad guys, you will be reluctant, let alone a person with an identity like Anaconda. He will definitely have a dark side. In your eyes Definitely can't tolerate..."

Ryan interrupted him suddenly, and his tone was a bit aggressive: "But what if they are really doing bad things? Can you tolerate it?"

Dong Ji squeezed the space between her eyebrows: "It's not this problem. Look, don't we have a goal? Don't we want to find out what happened 19 years ago? When we approach this goal, we must face many problems. Me and You are different, you are a temple knight, you must stick to your creed, and you must not be ambiguous in doing things; but I don’t have this restriction, I can tolerate it, and I can keep my attitude. So I thought... this task of guarding the warehouse , since you have accepted it, do it well, and after finishing it, you can continue to complete the tour. I will give you the task of contacting the chamber of commerce, and you should focus on your own path."

"How can this be done?" Ryan raised his voice suddenly, and Dongji hurriedly reminded him, and then he hastily lowered his voice, "How can this be done... What do you mean, let me go on tour and leave you here alone ?Yeah?"

Winter Thistle said: "I didn't say goodbye to you. You can become an official Templar Knight in a short time, and you can apply to come to the Temple in Harbor City, so we can meet again? At that time, I Maybe you have won the trust of the employer, and you are an official clergyman, let's continue to investigate together, I am responsible for inquiring information, you can protect me."

Ryan didn't answer right away.Winter Thistle heard his snorting from the communication spell.

Ryan was like this when he was a child. When he was dissatisfied, confused, and unable to express, he would frown, flatten his mouth, grit his teeth, and snort heavily.

They are separated by a wall.Listening to this voice, what Dong Ji imagined in her mind was not the current Ryan, but the awkward expression of her younger brother when he was a child.

"This is not good, I still..." Ryan stopped suddenly while talking.

Dong Ji waited for him to speak, seeing that he remained silent for a long time, she couldn't help feeling a little worried: "What's wrong?"

On Ryan's side, he was always leaning against the wall and facing the corridor. When he was talking, he saw someone coming from the distance in the corridor, who looked like a woman.

At first, he thought it was a maid, so he didn't pay attention, but the woman fell down while walking, slowly got up, supported the stone pillar and stood for a long time, and continued to stagger towards him.

Ryan walked towards her and reached out to support her: "Ma'am, are you feeling unwell?"

March leaned on the pillar, approached Ryan, and narrowed his eyes.

After looking at Ryan for a while, Sanyue sighed deeply, and said to herself: "I'm really confused... Looking at such a silhouette from a distance, I thought it was... I'm really confused..."

Lane didn't quite understand what she was talking about.Just guessing from words such as "looking at the outline from a distance", it is estimated that she mistook him for someone.

Just as he was about to ask her again, two maids hurried over from the corridor and took Sanyue from him.

One of the maids curtseyed, said nothing, and the two of them walked back supporting Sanyue, one left and one right.

Ryan went around and stopped in front of them: "Wait!"

In fact, he didn't have any reason to stop them, he just walked over as soon as his brain got hot.

"She is not well," said one of the maids curtly.

Ryan asked, "Did you see the doctor?"

The two maids looked at each other, as if they didn't want to answer.The servants in the anaconda's mansion are all like this. They don't talk much, don't care about the guests, don't chat with the guests, are not curious about the unknown, and keep silent when they can't answer.

March raised her head and looked at Ryan carefully, her eyes resting on the holy emblem pattern hot-stamped on the leather armor. "Daytime Temple Knight..." she murmured.

"Yes, ma'am. I'm a trainee Templar knight on tour," Ryan said.

"Did you know Frans Tull?" March asked. "Oh, or in your terms, Frans Messenger. His original name was Tull."

Ryan carefully recalled the name in his mind, and replied: "Sorry, I don't know this person."

At this time, Winter Thistle also left the laboratory and walked along the corridor.

Seeing March standing with Ryan, Dongji's heart tightened, he was afraid that March would bring up topics like 19 years ago.

He walked over to support March, so that the maids could take a rest without taking care of it.

To the servants, a winter thistle is nothing like a Lion.Ryan is a guest who occasionally comes to sleep, and is a short-term worker hired by the master; and winter thistle, anaconda, and Kanai are very familiar, and are friends and assistants of the master.

The servants also knew that the two were related by blood, but they could tell the difference between a temporary worker and a permanent assistant.Even this kind of differential treatment is acquiesced by the master.

So, after Winter Thistle finished speaking, the two maids bowed their knees and left silently.

After the maid left, Winter Thistle looked around and said softly to Ryan: "There is only one entrance and exit in this corridor, you go and stand there. If anyone approaches, you come back and let us know."

"What's wrong?" Ryan asked.

"This lady is a mage, and I have something to give her. Because I don't want to give it to other mages, I want to hide it. You help us keep an eye on outsiders."

When he said that, Ryan understood it as soon as he heard it.His elder brother Winter Thistle is a refiner, and it is common for refiners to make good things and trade with other mages.In the case of limited energy, there must be a first-come, first-served basis for who to give to the things made.

Ryan thought, "other mages" obviously refers to Kanai, Winter Thistle must want to give priority to serving this lady, and is afraid that Kanai will be angry.

After Ryan also walked away, Winter Thistle helped March to the stone bench, and took out two small round iron boxes the size of a thumb for her.Sanyue was too weak, she looked at the iron box in a daze, she didn't speak or ask, she was not as alert as before.

Winter Thistle took out another salt shaker and showed her to smell it.In the bottle are not ordinary smelling salts, but drugs that can help refresh.

After March became clearer, Winter Thistle lowered her voice and told her all the plans to ambush the dead hunters.

"This is the masking agent, keep it away," Winter Thistle stuffed the masking agent into March's palm after talking about those plans, "Remember, if they want to take you out, you must not use it in the first place. In the original plan, they didn't plan to use masking agent on you, because you need to use you to fish out hunters. So, don't use it at first, and use it when you are in danger, understand?"

March nodded: "I don't need it when I go out, I use it after there is a commotion..."

"Yes, that's it. What I gave you is a more effective masking agent. It works quickly and has a sensory interference function. As long as you don't have a close one-on-one with the hunter, it will be difficult for the hunter to notice you. Between thugs and hunters When there is a conflict, if you use a masking agent, you can hide better and avoid being targeted."

When he spoke, Sanyue nodded along, not knowing if he understood.Dongji was worried, so she repeated it several times.

March suddenly asked: "Where are they sending me?"

Winter Thistle said: "Southern Fishing Port. They will pretend to send you on a boat, just pretending. This route is arranged so that the hunters will chase you outside the city, and when the matter is over, they will not actually send you to sea."

After hearing this, March shook her head and sneered.

Winter Thistle didn't understand why she showed such an expression, and could only guess that it was because she didn't trust this dangerous plan.

March didn't say much, just thanked her.

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Ryan stood under the corridor.Looking out from here, it happens to be the sky in the west.

The sky was clear at this time, but it was darker than usual, as if there was a layer of translucent gray veil covering the sky.

The weather is still very hot recently, why are the days suddenly so short?Ryan estimated the time. Today he took turns to rest in the afternoon, and the agreed time to return to the team was before midnight, which is still far from midnight.

Several servants passing by were also muttering, wondering why it was so dark so early today, some said it was because of the clouds in the distance, another said no, it was because the trees in the mansion had grown too crazy, because she had just Coming back from the outside, the street is very bright, and it is not so dark.

Ryan was thinking about it when he saw Kanai walking out from the direction of the main house.He was about to run back to tell Winter Thistle, but Kanai didn't go this way right away. He walked through the vine stand and stood in a place not covered by plants, holding something like a compass, as if checking something.

At first, Kanai chanted a spell, but after finishing it, it turned into cursing that even Ryan could understand.

Kanai sent away all the servants in the courtyard, and then some young men in leather armor came out of the backyard and quickly ran to various positions designated by Kanai.

Kanai saw Ryan in a daze in the distance, and walked towards him: "You must not have received the blessed holy emblem yet."

Ryan didn't understand why he brought this up, but answered seriously, "Yes, because I'm still on tour."

Kanai said: "The holy symbol of consecration is the real holy symbol, with real magical protection. If you wear it, it will definitely start to be cold or hot right now."

Ryan was surprised: "If the holy emblem becomes cold, it means that there are very evil and powerful undead creatures nearby!"

"Yes. Really." Kanai said.

"how is this possible?"

At this time, the compass pointer in Kanai's hand accelerated, spinning crazily, and finally stopped in a certain direction at the end of the corridor.

Ryan was startled, isn't that where Winter Thistle and the female mage are!

Before Kanai and his men could react, Ryan ran towards them.The long sword and armor were placed in the room, so he could only draw out the dagger in the boot for the time being.

Beyond Winter Thistle and March, the already dark sky grew even darker.

On the ground, the shadows of branches and vines trembled, but the plants themselves remained still.

Winter Thistle stood up and looked around nervously, but March stared straight in one direction.

There was nothing in that direction, just an inconspicuous corner of the yard, shaded by shrubs and vines.

When Winter Thistle paid attention again, a star of fire suddenly lit up in the darkest shadow in the corner.

At first, the flame was very small, like the little red spot when someone smokes a cigarette at night.Then, the second small red dot appeared, and the two flames began to vibrate, and the range gradually became larger. The shadow trapped them, and they were struggling to break free.

Finally, Huoguang broke free from the shadow and flew out from the messy corner.Winter Thistle let out a short exclamation. He wanted to keep March behind him, but March stood up, pushed him away, and walked firmly towards the two firelights.

Her back straightened, and her face was much rosier than before. Dong Ji looked at her in surprise, and suddenly understood that the blood refinement was successful, and the swearer she made came to find her.

An arrow flew in and was piercing between March and the erratic fire.There were chaotic footsteps in the corridor, first Ryan jumped over the stone bench and stood beside Winter Thistle, and then the guards from the mansion swarmed over.

The arrow was shot by one of the young archers, and it was he who shot the arrow in the cemetery to stop the hunters of the dead.With today's arrow, he didn't aim at Sanyue, but wanted to stop her footsteps, and at the same time block those two ghostly flames.

From the archer's point of view, the ghost is obviously some kind of monster. He also knows that bows and arrows are mostly useless, but he can use one attack to attract the monster's attention and make it divert its target.

Sure enough, the fire stopped.March also stopped.Her body became lighter, but her consciousness was a little dazed. She glanced at the arrow at her feet and frowned.

At this time, Kanai, who was walking slower, was walking through the corridor.He hadn't seen what the scene looked like, he only heard the exclamation of everyone in the place where the crowd gathered.

Near the arrow, all the shadows on the ground began to lose their outlines, becoming incomparably chaotic, and floated into the air, gathering towards the ghost fire.

In an instant, the darkness formed a strong body, and the two ghostly fires were his eyes.He went straight through March and continued to move forward, changing from phantom to entity in two or three steps.

This is a warrior covered in black armor, that black is not the natural color or paint of metal, but the texture of coke.Flowing bright red was seen from the gaps in his armor and under the mask, like blood, or flowing magma.He raised his right hand, and from the palm grew out the same scorched black twisted object, and finally formed a broad-bladed heavy axe, which was also covered with blood-red lines.

Two guards rushed forward to attack first, but their swords could not harm the monster at all.The black heavy ax was swung, and one of the guards was blown away, and the other was also swept down by the wind pressure. When the heavy ax was about to strike, the other guards rushed up.

A dozen strong men couldn't stop the scorched black warrior's footsteps.His target seems to be the archer from the beginning.

At this time, Kanai's mantra sounded in the distance.The guards tacitly reorganized their formation and broke away from melee combat. The moment the scorched black warrior approached again, an invisible barrier fell in front of him.

The force field is hemispherical, completely covering this small area, and cannot be bypassed.But in this way, not only the Black Warrior and March were in the force field, but Ryan and Winter Thistle were also trapped in it.

At this time Aldin also came.Looking at the picture in front of him, Aldin ordered all the guards of the mansion to withdraw.

Despite the bizarre situation in front of them, the guards quietly obeyed the order.Aldin and Kanai were the only ones left in the corridor.

Aldin looked inside the barrier: the female mage stood where she was, her eyes lost.Ryan protected Winter Thistle behind his back, holding a pitiful dagger in his hand. Winter Thistle grabbed his younger brother's belt with one hand, and looked out half of his face.

The black warrior was repeatedly smashing the force field wall with a heavy axe, and the wall made a harsh friction sound.After smashing for a while, he gradually stopped, turned around, changed his target, and walked towards the three people inside the barrier.