Son of the Olden Days

The space at the bottom of the well is a bit crowded due to the addition of new members, and food may be in short supply again, but for now, it is not a big problem.

There are not many things that can be done in winter. Sol is still fishing, reading, and occasionally discussing with Shuggs or going out to search together, which is boring and repetitive.

The sisters washed all the things that could be washed, and then collected some usable cloths and stitched them into a whole piece, so that Shuggs would not clamor for it all day because Sol pulled his quilt in the middle of the night. It's a duel.

When everyone has free time, Saul will teach the two sisters Irene to read, and Shuggs always brazenly leaned forward to show off his half-hearted literacy foundation.

Relatively speaking, the literacy rate of orphans seems to be higher than that of the children in the town. After all, they live in the monastery all day. As long as they are willing, they can always find opportunities to overhear a few words and slowly accumulate them.

During the coldest days, Thor had to burn the stump at the bottom of the well, sacrifice his only table, and ran out with Shuggs to steal back the door of a certain house.

In their leisure time, the three like to sit quietly around the fire and listen to Thor telling stories.

Most of the stories that Sol tells come from the various books he has read, some are remote and old, and some seem to happen around him.

Among Sol's many narrations, everyone was deeply impressed by one of the stories.

That story is not complicated.

A group of adventurers formed a team to conquer the host in a certain swamp.

Because they mistakenly underestimated the enemy's strength, the adventurers finally flee in defeat. The female mage in the team was seriously injured, fell behind in the escape, and fainted in the woods.

A ghoul found her and dragged her into a cave.

Soon the female mage regained consciousness, but her condition was so bad that she could only stay in the cave temporarily to recuperate.

Inadvertently, the female mage spotted a ghoul hiding in a bush of grass in the distance, peeping surreptitiously towards the cave, and her eyes showed a cold murderous intent.

The next day, the ghoul quietly left some clear water and the corpses of a few small animals at the entrance of the cave.

The next day, he found that Qingshui had disappeared, but the bodies were still there.

On the third day, the ghoul still left clean water and replaced the rotten flesh with some non-toxic berries.

Then he was pleasantly surprised to find that the water and berries were gone.

Many days later, the female mage left.

When the female mage reappeared in this swamp, she was already among a more powerful team of adventurers, and they successfully killed the host without much effort.

As the team was about to leave, the swordsman leader found a ghoul hiding in the distant grass and watching surreptitiously. He immediately raised his hand and touched the long sword at the waist.

At this time, the female mage in the team came forward and gently pressed his arm.

"We have already won, so why bother to dirty your sword because of a lower creature."

When she left, the female mage walked at the end of the team, she turned her head silently, her eyes stopped for a while in the grass.

After everyone left, the ghouls looked for a long time in the direction where the team had left, then returned to the swamp and ate the powerful corpse of the host, becoming the new master in that swamp.

That's the end of the story.

The sisters stubbornly think that this is a story about love across races, which is full of some indescribable sadness.

And Shuggs firmly believes that this ghoul only completed a successful investment, and he is the biggest beneficiary in the whole story.

The two opinions were at odds, and the three looked at Saul together.

Regardless of the authenticity of the story, when Saul first read this short story, he also had various conjectures. However, after reading it from different directions, Saul finally retained his own judgment.

He believes that what you choose to believe is the truth.

Saul shrugged at the questioning gaze of the three in front of him.

"If you ask my opinion, I will definitely support the sisters."

"Why?" Shuggs looked unconvinced.

"It's very simple, I support them, that is, three votes to you and one vote, and we win. And if I support you, the best result is only a draw with them. So, I can only apologize."

After listening to Saul, Shuggs shouted that Saul was a traitor with a look of abandoned sadness, and the sisters thought that the reason for Saul's support was not sincere enough, and the four people laughed together at the bottom of the well.

In the end, the three of them unanimously decided that Thor must show off his cooking skills in order to calm the unrest in the three of them.

The so-called cooking is naturally just a joke, it is nothing more than putting some salt in the fresh fish soup, and the small amount of wild vegetables that Sol found in the cemetery occasionally, but everyone still eats very cheerfully.

In addition to handing over a fixed number of fish to Shoggos to deal with the Thieves Guild every day, Sol buried the occasional extra fish in the ice and snow, so that he could drink fresh fish soup to change the taste from time to time, and at the same time it was a small piece.的后路。 The back road.

This incident is not a secret to the other three, so how to cheat Thor's inventory to eat has become their greatest pleasure this winter.

Perhaps because there are more people, winter seems to be less cold.

At the end of the winter, there seemed to be people stealing firewood in the monastery. They removed the gate of the monastery, leaving some traces of searching and movement.

During the period, Sisters Cowell had curiously asked about the skeletons wandering in the cemetery. They had heard about the strange existence of those dead and sleepless before in the town, but they were still a little surprised by what they saw.

Shuggs originally planned to remove them, but Saul told him not to disturb the skeletons.

Because it is meaningless to completely remove them, they will still crawl out at dawn, as long as the number is controlled to a certain amount, and staying at the door can be used as a certain disguise.

In the days before the harvest, the sisters made a scarecrow for the small field at the bottom of the well.

No one raised objections to this, although everyone knew it was useless, and there would be no crows or strange birds flying to the bottom of the well to spoil the crops.

In the last few days of the cold winter, Shuggs brought new news.

Today's Grey Screen Town is truly at its most dangerous time. It is said that there are still many crazy hungry people stubbornly wandering around, but almost all the people who are still alive have gathered in the North District.

There is not much food left in the hands of the various forces, the relationship between each other has been tense, and the delicate balance is crumbling.

"I heard that the lord Yongjun will send relief supplies in the early spring, but I don't know whether the news is reliable." Shuggs exhaled and talked about the only item in the news that was related to everyone.

The light of the fire reflected the four people's faces, and everyone at the side of the fire did not feel at ease because of the news.

The authenticity of the news is uncertain, and even if the news is true, whether the once frustrated lord Yujun is willing to risk his way through the wilderness again is a question.

Even if they dare to take risks, when the rescue will arrive in Grayscreen Town, whether it can last until that day is another question.

The four of them knew very well in their hearts that if Lord Savien didn't take any action, the death of Grayscreen Town would end up either eating people or driving everyone into the dark wilderness.

"The news should be reliable." Saul broke the silence.

The three of them turned their heads to look at him with an expression of how you know.

Turning the palm of his hand on the fire, Sol calmly said his opinion.

"Although Lord Savien's governance of Gray Screen has been relatively lax because of the remoteness and the barrier of the wilderness."

"But here is the only monastery in the entire territory. The Yal Mine to the west of the town is also the pillar industry of the entire territory. Coupled with the population who survived by chance after the disaster, the lord has no reason and should not abandon Grayscreen Town."

Although I don't know if Sol's analysis is correct, the three people beside the fire are all relieved.

"Will our parents...will come back with the team?" the sisters asked subconsciously.

"Yes, wait at ease."

This is actually an unanswerable question, but Sol still responded to the sisters' expectations with a brief comfort, but he was not optimistic.

In the early days of the disaster, the team of adventurers formed hastily plunged into the dark wilderness without any experience.

Their direction is undoubtedly towards the nearest Yuanmu Town to the north, after all, that is the nearest human gathering place to Gray Screen Town.

The four-day journey is not long or short. If you dare to speed up the journey, maybe two or three days will be enough. But it is not wise to hurry in the dark, so in order to ensure safety, they can only move forward slowly.

Luck is a very important factor. Some people live in the wilderness even if they live for a few weeks. Some people lose their lives just by wandering a little bit close to the town, and this kind of thing always happens repeatedly.

It is said that the most dangerous thing in the dark wilderness is actually staying overnight.

Except for the caravan guards who are accustomed to trade routes and a few strong mercenaries or hunters, there are not many people with real experience, and even these experienced guys may be buried in a certain journey at any time.

When suddenly encountering danger in the middle of the road, those teams are likely to get lost because of blindly fleeing in the dark, or split due to disagreement among the players.

Coupled with the shortage of food, the threat of various monsters in the wilderness, and the ulterior motives of the companions, even if a few teams can survive to the end, it is probably only a chilling probability.

And even if they finally survived, no matter where they were close to any small town on the other side of the territory, the lord would not allow them to enter the territory and run around until it was confirmed that there were no plague-infected among them.

It is more likely that those teams will only temporarily obtain permission to establish temporary camps outside the town.

If they cannot enter the town, they will not be able to obtain effective protection from the armed forces in the town, so they will still face the test of the cold winter and threats from the dark wilderness.

It is not difficult to imagine that if their luck does not continue, this is likely to be the last winter in their lives.

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