Ah!! Ah!!
The crows' noisy cries never stopped. Ever since Fina and the other two came to the village, their cries had never stopped.
Fina was leading the horse, Lilith was holding the staff, Merry was carrying the luggage, and a black dog was following behind.
The trees on the road were like monsters. The branches were baring their fangs and brandishing their claws. There were also terrifying animal heads hanging on them. The most terrifying were the sheep heads. When the wind blew, they would collide with each other, making clanking sounds.
Merry took a few more glances. She saw a crow standing on the top of a tree. Its eyes were staring at her as if it was watching her.
"Let's go faster, fire."
She was a little scared. She quickly quickened her pace and walked from the back of the group to Fina's side.
"Where is this place? Why can't I see anyone? "
Fina looked around. She didn't find any trace of evil spirits.
"Geographically speaking, this is the edge of the Luas Empire. It's sparsely populated. It's close to the barren mountains of Dara. The people who live here are all exiled witches."
Lilith said.
"Exiled?"
Fina was confused.
"Their ancestors worshipped evil gods. Because they used curse witchcraft, they were exterminated by the king. The remaining elderly, children, and women were exiled. But that was more than two hundred years ago. Their witchcraft has long been lost. However, they still retain many terrifying customs. They are excessively xenophobic, so other people don't know much about them."
Even so, Merry was still afraid of this place. However, she didn't say anything. After all, she was the one who 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 perhaps after they separated, she would never have the chance to repay Fina for saving her life.
She wanted to do her part on the journey. She wanted to help her find the God Summoner as much as possible.
Fina taught her archery. For someone like Merry who worked hard all year round, her strength wasn't small. However, Fina's bow was shockingly heavy. She couldn't pull it at all. So Fina made a small wooden bow and taught 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. Human skulls hung on the gate. They were hanging in the air with a black rope, looking at the three of them.
"Is there any custom more terrifying than this?"
Fina felt that something was wrong. Were all the people at the foot of the mountain so abnormal?
"Do we have to replenish our food supplies here?"
She asked.
"If you insist on going in this direction, then we can only walk through the barren mountains. This means that we won't see a drop of water or a blade of grass for the next half a month."
After Lilith finished speaking, Mei Li felt a little scared. Could they really pass through this dangerous area?
"Speaking of which, why did we suddenly change direction? I thought we were going to the Dragon Boat Empire. "
Mei Li also had this doubt. In fact, she wanted to go to the Dragon Boat Empire to see if it was as prosperous as the rumors said. She wanted to see flying ships and iron carriages that could travel day and night.
"It was originally in that direction, but the needle of the compass turned three times yesterday. She went from one place to another. In a very short period of time, the compass was able to tell me her general direction, but I don't know how long she will stay there. We have to find her as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this, Lilith immediately realized that Reina must have teleported. As for teleportation magic, she did not have the talent to learn it, even though she knew the theory very well.
"Then we really have to hurry."
After that, Lilith seemed to be angry and walked towards the village.
She was very difficult to get along with. Mei Li did not know this red-haired mage at all. She never talked about her own affairs. About her relationship with Reina, she only said a few words.
Fina and Mei Li looked at each other. Fina smiled helplessly, shrugged her shoulders, and then pulled the horse to follow.
At least Fina was a very considerate elder sister.
Mei Li said in her heart.
Stepping into the village, she felt that someone was staring at her from behind. Mei Li turned her head. She only saw crows and the heads of dead people.
There were more crows in the village. They had reason to suspect that these crows were raised by the villagers. However, in this ghostly village, not a single person could be seen. There were only crows and crows. No, there were also many scary scarecrows. Next to the house was a farmland covered with snow. The scarecrows stood on top of the snow, and there were even crows standing on top of them.
"Is anyone there?"
Fina was not afraid of these scary scarecrows. Instead, she walked towards the house and knocked on the door.
It was pitch-black inside the wooden house. There were straw ropes hanging in front of the door. Some of them were in loops, while others were in strange shapes. Without exception, there were some black moldy balls tied to the ends of the straw ropes.
Fina knocked a few times, but no one responded. Perhaps this village was the same as other villages. The villagers had already run away, scared away by the evil spirits.
Although this theory was denied by Lilith, she believed that the news would never reach here. Even if they knew, they would not run away. Instead, they would worship the evil spirits as if they were gods.
Just as Fina was depressed and was about to turn to the next house, the wooden door opened without warning. The one who opened the door was a withered hand. The fingers were round and swollen, and the skin was full of red spots. Then the face of an old man appeared from behind the door. His face was even scarier than his hand. His skin was like he had a disease. It was full of bumpy small sarcomas. Above the drooping eye bags were hanging eyes. He looked at the three of them with disgust.
"We need food. I can exchange it with warm animal skins," Fina said.
Fei Na said. She had always been straight to the point without any nonsense.
She was very good at hunting, handling animal skins, and making animal skin clothes. Fina had taught her to make Melly's new clothes.
In this cold winter, good fur clothes could be sold for a good price, but the premise was that others needed it.
Melly felt hopeless about the old man in front of her. He was so thin, how could he have extra food to give them?
Sure enough, he shook his head and closed the door.
Just as Fina was disappointed and was about to go to the next house, the door opened again. She looked back and saw the old man holding three frozen persimmons-like food.
"This is?"
Fina was confused and puzzled. She thought the old man wanted to exchange the food. The old man handed it over without saying a word. The food in his hand looked like it was about to fall. She quickly caught it, and the old man put it in her hand.
In the end, the old man did not say anything. He turned around and went back into the house, closing the door.
The three of them stood in the cold wind, not knowing what to do. It took them a few seconds to understand that this should be a gift from the old man.
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