Little Priest's Cat Diary

Mr. Thief, long time no see.

This sentence made Xidir lose his mind for a moment.

When the boy raised his hand, put his arms around the head of the lowered big-horned deer, smiled and rubbed the big-horned deer affectionately, he faintly sensed something.

The boy was still standing there, he was still the boy he knew, but he was no longer the boy he was just now.

Hidir didn't know why he had such a strange idea, but his feeling told him so.

The boy standing in front of the big horned deer turned around and smiled at him.

Those blue eyes that smiled at him were less ignorant and innocent, and more calm and calm.

It's like a child who doesn't know the world at all, matures and grows up in a short moment.

It's like a tender bud that still needs to be held in the palm of the hand to take care of it. In a flash, it grows into a beautiful green plant, and the still green tree crown has stretched out on the ground.

"you……"

Hidir hesitated for a moment, but still asked.

"You all remember?"

"Ah."

Mia replied with a smile, "Just like what you said five years ago, the world is as fickle as the moon. Probably neither you nor I thought that we would meet again one day."

"And still in this way, Mr. Phantom Thief with Thousand Faces."

Xidir laughed happily: "Although I have long been used to being called this by people, it always feels awkward to call it out of your mouth."

He coughed.

"You should continue to call me Shidir."

"Although I am very happy to see my savior in the past again, but now is not the time to reminisce about the past."

Mia said,

"Sidir, I want to go back to Ponwe City."

"Wait a moment."

Hidir raised his hand and made a gesture of waiting.

"I know that you have recovered your memory. You should also know that the couple is not about your parents. Presumably your home and your relatives are elsewhere, and the powerful people in that city can no longer tolerate you."

"So, Isaiah, tell me, why do you have to go back?"

The boy tilted his head to look at him.

"If I told you that I went back to save the lives of more than 3 people who were about to die in the city, would you go with me?"

"what?"

Even the red-haired Phantom Thief, who had always been quick-thinking, was stunned for a moment.

The first reaction that flashed in my mind was naturally the thoughts of 'what are you kidding', 'what nonsense' and so on.

Mia smiled.

He raised his hand, and the majestic Bai Yuelu bent down docilely.

The boy turned over and rode on the back of the deer.

With one hand resting on the deer's neck and the bow in the other, he sideways looked down at the illuminated city below the mountain.

"Listen, Hidir, the ruins of the temple have collapsed, and the volcano that has been buried underground for a long time is about to erupt, just this night."

He says,

"I want to go back to Pangwei City and take the residents of the city away from the city."

Volcano eruption.

Shidir felt his heart skip a beat.

It was obviously groundless, but for some reason it came out of the boy's mouth, as if it would really happen.

He subconsciously followed Mia's gaze and looked towards the city below the mountain.

The city is full of lights, and more than 3 people live in it.

If the volcano in the south really erupts...

Shidir felt a slight chill all over his body.

He couldn't imagine what a hellish scene it would be if there was a volcanic eruption and more than 3 lives were buried alive in the magma.

The night was silent, and the volcano in the south that made the back of his neck chill still stood quietly in the night as usual.

Hidir opened his mouth to refute, and wanted to question how the boy could know such a thing—he instinctively resisted to accept the occurrence of that terrible natural disaster.

But he opened and closed his mouth, and his eyes fell on the white bow on the young man's right hand.

He remembered that he and Isaiah, who lost his memory, couldn't pick up the bow.

But now, the bow was held by Isaiah with ease.

Moreover, it was still held by Bai Yuelu and delivered to Isaiah.

He suddenly remembered that on the ancient map that led him to find this place, there were a few sentences in the ancient language that he had searched for a long time before being translated.

When evil abounds on the earth

The gods will abandon humans

when disaster strikes

All will be buried in fire and earth.

The scene described on the ancient map, Hidir once thought it referred to the fall of the temple in the past, and the destruction of the ancient city that guarded the temple.

But now, he couldn't be sure.

Are those words on the map referring to the past or the future?

At the moment when Sidir was stunned, the big-horned deer had already spread its four hooves, and its fiery red and huge body galloped lightly in the dark night.

The huge white jade-like horns on the head leave a stream-like trace in the night.

It ran at an astonishingly fast speed, and in just the blink of an eye, Shidir could only vaguely see the light golden hair of the young man riding on its back that shimmered under the moonlight.

The red-haired phantom thief raised his eyebrows and suddenly laughed.

What are you hesitating about?

It's just a trip back to Pangwei City, what's the big deal.

The little guy is not afraid, how can he be inferior to the little guy?

He had sworn in the name of the Moon God in the underground Moon God Temple that he would protect the child well.

Luna is not a good-natured god.

If he breaks his oath, his end will definitely be miserable.

So, even for his own sake, he has to run with the little guy, doesn't he?

…………

The small door in the corner of the city gate remained open quietly.

For more than an hour, someone left here and then came back.

The indulgent guards in the duty room next to the city gate didn't know about this, and they were almost drunk and indulged in food, wine and beauties.

They didn't even know that someone had quietly entered the weapon room beside them and took a pack of quiver from there.

The streets of the city at night are quiet.

Ordinary residents living on both sides of the street had already turned off the lights in their homes and fell asleep.

And the gorgeous residences of the rich and powerful merchants are still brightly lit, including the city lord's mansion, they are using the arrival of the festival as an excuse to hold a feast all night.

Pangwei City, the city of money, the people who live here have long been accustomed to a life of extravagance and luxury.

The big-horned deer ran briskly on the street, and their four hooves stepped on the stone slabs, making a crisp knocking sound.

"So, what are you going to do?"

Sidir looked around the dark city and asked the boy in front of him.

"According to what you said, the volcano will erupt soon, so you can't call people from house to house, can you?"

He glanced at the most spectacular and luxurious mansion in front of the city, which is also the brightest place in the night.

There is the City Lord's Mansion, and a grand banquet is being held inside.

"It stands to reason that we should notify the city lord of this kind of thing and let him urge everyone to leave."

"However, regardless of whether that guy will believe our words or not, as long as we show up in front of him, I can guarantee that we will definitely be greeted with spears and sharp swords."

The red-haired phantom thief glanced coldly at the mansion full of people with a pair of phoenix eyes, his eyes showing a sense of sarcasm.

"Well, it's useless to find him."

Mia ran forward briskly on a big-horned deer, and replied calmly.

He has not been in this city for a short time, and he still has some understanding of this city lord who only wants to make money.

"We have the fastest way to call everyone in this city."

After saying the above sentence, Mia lightly patted the big horned deer's neck.

The big-horned deer who connected with him leaped lightly and onto the high altar.

Only then did Hidir realize that while they were talking, they had already unknowingly ran to the center of the city.

That is where Ponwe City holds a grand festival every year.

Because this is just a square for celebrations, except for the day when gems need to be offered, there will be heavy guards, and no one will guard the place on weekdays and nights.

In the dark night, a tall altar made of white jade stands in the center of the city.

The stone pillars around the altar stand tall, and the middle of the stone pillars is hollowed out, and there are lights that can be ignited inside.

It's just that the lights were not lit because the ceremony hadn't arrived yet, and the entire altar was shrouded in darkness.

There are stone steps on the four sides of the altar, and you can walk up to the middle platform.But the tallest circular platform in the middle is like a column, and there are no steps to walk on.

The big horned deer lightly jumped a few times, as if flying to the highest place in the middle of the altar.

But Hidir's big black horse didn't have that ability, so he could only walk up the stone steps to the platform in the middle.

Hidir rode over and looked up at Mia standing on the high pillar of the altar.

"So, what are you going to do?"

Mia looked down at Shidir and smiled slightly at him.

Then, he raised his hand and pointed at the sky in front of him.

Hidir looked in the direction Mia pointed and saw a tall white tower.

That is the tallest building in Ponway City, it stands in the night like a sharp sword.

At the very top of it hangs a big bronze bell half the height of a person. Under the moonlight, the bronze bell reflects the bright metal luster.

bell tower.

Every city has buildings.

The bells of the clock tower do not strike easily.

Only when something important happens that threatens the entire city will the bronze bell be rung.

Hidir squinted his phoenix eyes and looked at the clock tower. He began to think about how long it would take to get to the clock tower from here, get rid of the guards guarding the clock tower, climb up the tens of meters high clock tower, and then ring the bell. time.

This won't work, time is too tight, it's too late.

He thought so.

When she looked up, she was surprised to see that Mia had drawn an arrow from behind her.

The young man bent his bow and nocked an arrow.

"Do you mean to—"

Shidir was dumbfounded.

He blurted out.

"Impossible! It's more than 100 meters from here to the bronze bell. How could you hit it with such a long distance?!"

What's more, even if it hits the target, the arrow only shoots so far, and the remaining strength is impossible to shake the bronze bell!

Shidir's words just fell to the ground.

The almost invisible bowstring in the night sky made a humming sound.

Sharp arrows roared out.

Like a meteor flying across the starry sky from bottom to top.

Like a bolt of lightning tearing through the night.

Through the night.

In Hidir's suddenly dilated pupils, the sharp arrow hit the bronze bell hanging on the high tower with perfect accuracy.

Boom!

A loud bell rang suddenly in the silent night.

The sound of the bell spread in all directions.

Hidir hadn't recovered yet, and he watched helplessly as the young man on the altar raised his bow and shot arrows again.

Boom!

There was another mighty bell.

The melodious and long song echoed over the city with the shaking of the bronze bell.

thump -- thump -- thump --

Sidir looked at the sharp arrows galloping through the air one after another, and at the bronze bell shaking again and again, he was already numb.

Are children nowadays so scary?

Should he be thankful that Isaiah hadn't recovered his memory when he jokingly kidnapped Isaiah?

Otherwise, at that time, as long as Isaiah shot him an arrow...

Ok.

Don't even think about this horrible possibility.

A certain Phantom Thief just tossed aside the imaginary scene that made him shudder, when Mia's voice came from above.

"Shidir, please light the lamps around you."

Hidir had no time to think about it. He looked around and immediately realized that the hexagonal stone pillars standing around the altar were all hollow.

He trotted his horse around and ignited the lamps in the surrounding stone pillars one by one at an extremely fast speed.

The flames ignited, and the stone pillars lit up.

Bright lights illuminate the huge altar.

At this moment, those dull houses also lit up one after another.

The loud sound of the bell awakened the people from their dreams.

And the bell, which when sounded meant that the city was under attack or facing a great crisis, made them dare not delay at all, rushing from the house to the street.

They instinctively flocked to the square where major events are announced on weekdays.

As a result, when I went there, I was surprised to find that the originally quiet altar was lit with lights at some point.

The huge altar was reflected by the firelight of the surrounding stone pillars like daytime.

In the center of the altar, a young man with pale blond hair was holding a white bow and riding a fiery red giant deer on it.

That is the place where only the moon god priest who presides over the ceremony is qualified to stand.

For so many years, only respected old priests have this standing there.

The giant deer under the boy was majestic and mighty.

Huge, yet extremely graceful.

The huge horns that spread out like tree branches on its head were almost as wide as its huge body.

The giant horns of Yuze are not like ordinary things, and they fluoresce under the moonlight.

When it stood on the altar and looked down at the crowd, it had an invisible majesty.

"Could it be that..."

"Bai, Bai Yuelu!"

"The Holy Beast of the Moon God!"

Many people who often went to the Moon God Temple to pray were shocked to find that the giant deer was exactly the same as the stone statue of the Moon God Beast standing in the Moon God Temple!

Over the years, they have only seen Baiyuelu in paintings and stone statues.

Now, the holy beast most loved by the legendary moon god actually appeared alive before their eyes.

At that time, only a few people bowed down.

White Moon Deer.

A holy beast that conveys the will of the moon god.

The one that can be carried on the back of the holy beast must be the messenger of the moon god.

Some of them had already knelt down, and some of the city residents were astonished and blankly looking up at the young man riding on the white moon deer on the altar.

They couldn't figure out the situation for a while, so they could only look at the young man on the altar in confusion.

"People of Pangwei City, I will take you away."

In the flickering flames, the boy's voice came from the center of the altar.

The sound spread throughout the square due to the special loudspeaker structure of the altar, allowing everyone who came to hear it clearly.

"The arrogance and lust of most people in Pangwei City have offended the gods."

"God will destroy this wicked city."

The youth's ethereal voice echoed in the air.

His hand was raised, pointing south.

"There, the volcano is about to erupt and the lava will flood the city."

"So, Pangwei people, now, follow me and leave this city that is about to be destroyed."

The people gathered here exploded with a bang, and they all showed disbelief and chattered loudly.

"Demon talk to confuse the public!"

There was a loud shout from outside.

The densely packed people were pushed aside by the hurried guards, revealing a passage.

The city lord and a group of dignitaries rushed here with a large number of guards.

All of them were dressed in extremely gorgeous clothes, and they still carried a strong scent of incense, which was the aroma that was dyed during the feast.

The pearls and gems they wore gleamed in the firelight.

"You guy, are you trying to rebel by spreading rumors here?!"

The mayor was furious.

He was originally in the banquet hall, enjoying the feast comfortably, enjoying the flattery and flattery of everyone, enjoying the wonderful taste of being in the air-the sudden loud bell ringing shocked him who was intoxicated by it. trembling.

Before he could react, the continuous emergency bells startled him out of his mind.

Immediately afterwards, he heard that the people were gathering on the side of the square, so he hurried to this side with a large number of guards.

Because according to the regulations, once the bell that symbolizes the crisis rings, he, the city lord, must show up to make an announcement.

Otherwise, the city residents will riot because of panic.

Hurrying all the way here, the city lord with a fat body was out of breath, and hated the person who caused the riot so much that he gritted his teeth.

As soon as he arrived at the altar, he heard the young man's bewitching words, and he immediately flew into a rage.

For so many years, Mount Suwell in the south has stayed there quietly, how could there be any volcanic eruption.

That boy dared to use such rumors to cause turmoil in the city, damn it!

The city lord darkened his face and waved his hand.

"Go, grab that guy for me!"

The guards he brought swarmed up and surrounded the entire altar tightly.

"I really don't know how to cherish my own life. After finally escaping from the execution ground, I dare to come back."

The commander of the guards who led the guards around looked coldly at the young man on the altar.

"You are courting death yourself."

He sneered and said,

"Little ghost, look, you are already surrounded, and it is impossible to escape, so it is best to come down from above obediently, and catch them without a fight."

The young man standing on the high platform riding a deer looked down at the commander of the guard who yelled at him.

He smiled slightly.

"You're right, but also wrong."

Mia smiled, raised her hand, bent her bow and set her arrow.

"You don't know how to live or die! You are already surrounded, and you still want to resist—"

The stern reprimand of the guard commander stopped abruptly in the middle.

Because the sharp arrow passed by his cheek.

A strand of torn hair fell on the man's stiff shoulder.

And almost at the same moment, a scream came from behind.

When the man turned his head, he was horrified to find that the sharp arrow that passed by his head had penetrated the robe between the legs of the city lord behind him.

Yes, exactly.

A sharp arrow pierces the slate for three points.

Nail the hem of the city lord's robe firmly to the stone ground.

It is conceivable that it is even easier for it to penetrate the head.

The guard commander, who was in a cold sweat, turned his head and saw the young man bowing his bow and shooting an arrow again.

This time, the flashing cold light of the arrow tip in the firelight made his heart tremble.

The sharp arrow tip made him swallow involuntarily.

Raising the bow again, he pointed the sharp arrow at the city lord who was so stiff that he couldn't move. The boy's blue eyes were curved and his smile was bright.

"Don't move, you are already surrounded by me. So, put down your weapons and don't hold back."