In the shadow world intertwined with black and white, Gawain, Amber, Betty, and an unknown wild mage sit around in a simple wooden house. In front of them is Betty's, just made lunch, simple bread slices, fried sausage, and some vegetable soup.
All these are colorless, just like the old black and white world.
Gawain didn't mean to move the food in front of him. Although it was possible to cook in the Shadow Realm, he was really not sure what would happen if he, a living human (probably), ate something in the Shadow Realm.
Amber and Betty next to them didn't move their knives and forks, either.
The wild mage across the table did not urge them. He just silently ate the food in front of him, presenting a silent atmosphere.
A strange tactic understanding lingers in the wooden house.
The first to break the silence was Gawain: "How long have you been here?"
"It's been a long time," the wild mage put down his knife and fork, appearing very polite, "I have settled here since the second year after leaving the secret society."
"Have you been a member of the Secret Society?" Gawain asked somewhat unexpectedly, "I thought you had always been a wild mage."
"I was originally a second-level member of the Arcanum," the wild mage said quietly, "According to the standards of the Arcanum, I am a poor spellcaster."
I am good at calculation and reasoning, but I lack the ability to transform them into a spell model. My spellcasting level is always at the beginner level. Such a wizard is unpopular in the secret society."
"So they drove you away?" Amber felt ridiculous. She knows that a real mage is precious, even if his spellcasting level is crappy for those secret masters. In the eyes of ordinary people, even a mage who can only release a small fireball is also valuable. Even if these grassroots spellcasters are not taken seriously in the secret society, they will not be swept out.
"I left by myself," the wild mage shook his head and turned to look at Betty. "to heal my daughter, I have to leave."
Betty stared at the wild mage blankly, then nodded confusedly.
Gao Wen did not entangle this issue more but stared into the eyes of the wild mage. He pressed the hilt of the long sword, and said slowly: "You should know what we are here for, we don't want to waste too much time here."
wild Mage's stiff and lifeless expression finally changed slightly, his body trembled a little, and then he lowered his head: "... Guest, I don't know what you mean."
Betty looked at Gawain nervously: "Master?"
Gawain frowned. After a while, he removed his hand from the hilt of the Trailblazer's sword. He slowed down: "Then wait a moment."
The wild mage lowered his head and continued to eat his meal quietly and silently. His only extra action during the eating process was to raise his head from time to time and look at Betty next to him.
The food will eventually be eaten, and Gawain can't be left indefinitely.
The wild mage ate the last bite of the sausage, and then carefully wiped the soup on the plate with slices of bread. After the meal, he looked in Betty's direction-but his eyes were not focused on Betty at all., But focusing on more distant places. He shook his body as if he was about to stand up, but he tried several times without success.
In the end, Betty helped him up.
"Dad, I'm leaving now," the little girl held the wild mage's arm, and then let go after confirming that the other party was standing firmly. She moved to the side of Gawain with small steps. "Miss Rebecca and Mrs. Heidi are still waiting for me. ——And the master is here too."
The wild mage's lips moved, and finally, he nodded slightly. His expression had calmed down, and he explained carefully: "Don't eat anything strangers give you." "Go to bed on time." "Remember to listen to the teacher." "Don't fight with other children."
The brilliance of reason was gradually fading from the poor man's eyes, and Gawain knew all he was saying now was babble.
Although he had barely been awake during the entire process.
The figure of the wild mage gradually faded, but a flame-like thing suddenly burned in the faint phantom. Gawain had been waiting for this moment, and he quickly drew out the pioneer's sword, the blade. There was a faint gleam visible on it.
Amber quickly pulled Betty into her arms and covered the little girl's eyes in time.
Gawain pierced the long sword into the flame of the wild mage's chest and the flame violently shook. The wild mage, who had already transformed into the evil spirit, suddenly stopped changing. The illusory figure quickly solidified into an entity, and then the raging flame swallowed it. It burned his whole person into a terrifying, scorched corpse.
After burning for half a minute, the corpse was completely wiped out.
the creaking sound came from all directions. The cabin quickly disintegrated after losing its owner. dense cracks covering the walls and roof in the blink of an eye, and the pale light of the outside world spilling into the cracks on the wooden boards of the house.
Gawain pulled Amber and Betty and ran out, and the wooden house collapsed completely as soon as they rushed out.
The collapsed wooden house ignited in front of them. The fire lasted for a short time as if it was not a wooden house that was burning, but a paper house.
While the wooden house was gradually turning to ashes and drifting away in the wind, Amber suddenly held Gawain's arm and pointed to the foundation of the wooden house and exclaimed, "Ah! Look at that!"
Gao Wen looked at it intently and saw that under the ashes of the wooden house, a flashing line is brightening, and the light visible through the flying ashes, and gradually formed a complex and huge rune structure-it was appeared to be a large magic circle.
"This is probably the highest achievement of the wild mage in his life," Gawain nodded slightly. "Probably it was a problem with this magic circle that caused him to fall into this situation."
While he was speaking, Betty's figure began to gradually transform into small light spots. These light spots floated two seconds on the spot, and then quickly flew in the direction where Gawain and Amber came.
Amber looked down at her hands. The hands that had turned gray and white were glowing with blood, and as the colors returned to her and Gawain, the shadow world's rejection of them became more and more obvious...
Some shadowy things condensed from the thin mist around them. They have no shape at all, but they are obviously malicious. The native inhabitants of the shadow world finally smelled the breath of outsiders and some things in the deepest layer emerging., And gradually gathering like hyenas smelling blood.
"We must withdraw!" Amber said to Gawain, "this place doesn't welcome outsiders at all!"
Gawain finally took a deep look at the ruins of the hut and tried to remember those luminous lines and symbols in his mind and then took Amber's arm: "Go!"
After brief dizziness, the real-world appeared before his eyes again.
The mist of the resentful spirit has dissipated, and the dense forest has returned to its original appearance. Rebecca and Heidi, who have lost their energy, are supporting each other and leaning under a tree. Next to them, the two surviving soldiers have collapsed to the ground.
Betty should be the best one of them all-she was standing beside Rebecca, holding the pan in a daze as if this dazed expression had set on her face.
After seeing Gawain, Heidi immediately supported her body and stood up: "Ancestor-it is great that you are safe!"
Then she saw Amber followed by Gawain, and her face instantly became subtle: "Did this thief run away?"
"Hey! What do you mean by this different welcoming approach!" Amber suddenly jumped up like a cat as if its tail trampled on. "Your ancestor and I went to the shadow world to save you after a life of nine deaths, OK! Your big chest with the old woman's brain..."
Heidi didn't expect that this young lady thief would dare to swear at herself, and her face immediately became unsightly: "Shut up! You extremely rude fellow! Do you know what it means to offend the nobleman like this..."
Gawain hurriedly intervened in the middle before they complete the round: "Don't make a noise, don't make a noise, Amber didn't lie, we really went to solve the crisis together just now-of course, she was indeed wrong with her scolding you for having big chest..."
The scene was quiet for a while, and Rebecca raised her hand cautiously: "My ancestor, Amber, has said such a compliment just now, and hasn't you suggest it..."
Heidi Immediately looked unlovable.
Gawain: "..."
Fortunately, Heidi was broad-minded and didn't struggle with these minor issues for too long. After Gawain explained what happened before, all misunderstandings disappeared.
What Gawain and Amber saw and heard in the shadow world surprised everyone, and even Knight Byron, who knew nothing about magic, couldn't help but want to listen to them for a long time.
After all, this is an impossible experience for ordinary people.
"You can actually enter the shadow world?" The first thing Heidi cared about was Amber's special ability. She looked suspiciously up and down at Amber several times as if she wanted to examine the answer from the half-elf face, "Solely a few high-ranking wizards of the Shadow System or the chosen of the Shadow System gods have this ability, how did you do it?"
Amber turned her face away: "I'm the daughter of the shadow goddess, okay?"
Heidi glared at her: "Don't make excuses, can a god's choice be struck on a fool like you?"
"Forget it, don't ask," Gawain finally stopped Heidi from exploring her bottom line. "I have promised her not to pursue these things-she will naturally say when she wants to."
The great ancestor's words are the final, and Gawain speaks like this, so Heidi can only choose to be quiet.
The fog dissipated, and the warmth returned to everyone. Seeing that everyone had recovered a little of strength, Gawain got up and came to the soldier who died because of the shattered soul." He also fought bravely and should be buried like a soldier."
The two surviving soldiers looked at Gawain with some surprise.
Gawain was a little puzzled: "Why, what did I say wrong?"
"After the people became a serf," Knight Byron came over from the side and said. "The Viscount Lord issued a decree. serf should join the territorial army and redeem themselves with service to become soldier, but he has just served only half a year, so He is still a serf, and such an identity cannot be buried as a soldier."
Gawain frowned and looked at Rebecca: "Is that so?"
Rebecca immediately became nervous as if she had done something wrong: "Yes... I'm sorry! But I think the serf system is really not... not very reasonable, so let them be redeemed by service is.., I know it's not good. But..."
Gawain's brows loosened slightly: "No, I didn't blame you."
Then he bent down, fumbled for a coin from his arms, and stuffed the coin into the chest pocket of the dead soldier and placed it against the heart.
The coin was placed by Charles I when Gawain Cecil was buried 700 years ago.
Amber realized what it was the moment she saw the coin and then covered her eyes: "Mom...at least half of the manor worth..."
But Gawain himself didn't realize this. He just finished these things according to the rules in his memory, then clapped his hands and stood up: "Now someone has redeemed his life debt and buried him."
Byron hesitated slightly: "But the rules..."
Gao Wen glanced at him: "I am the rule."