Chapter 25 25: Dark moon and high wind

Author: I really want to eat meat 597

Chapter 25 25: Dark moon and high wind

Tonight is the new moon, and thick clouds cover the sky full of stars, making it almost impossible to see.

Based on what Yu Burrell talked about during the chat, Angie successfully found the most remote cabin - Berg's residence.

They even found that the hostess of the house they were staying in was standing guard nearby, looking very nervous.

"Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door ~ there is indeed something fishy."

Anji boasted happily in her heart. She had already expected that the host and hostess who had not returned home at night must have gone out to do some shameful things...

Oh wait, why does it seem so easy for people to think wrongly?

The girl shook her head violently to get rid of those strange thoughts.

She is here to do big things this time!

Taking advantage of the dark clouds covering the already dim moonlight, Anji quietly used the cover of various houses and trees along the way to cleverly avoid the sight of the hostess and arrived at the outside of the wooden house.

But the peasant woman has been patrolling around, and she has injuries on her legs, so sooner or later she will be exposed.

Thinking of this, the girl lowered her voice, picked up the narrow sword in her hand and asked:

"Elia, can you make the vines like a ladder for me to climb up?"

Seeing his master asking questions, Elijah's eyes kept moving, as if he wanted to speak freely.

But under Anji's sharp gaze, it still suppressed those rubbish words and responded with actions.

Green vines sprouted from the hilt of the sword and climbed silently along the wooden wall to the thatched roof.

Anji endured the piercing pain when the wound burst, climbed up gently, and finally took back the vines and sword before the hostess discovered it.

With the help of the original holes in the thatched roof, Anji was able to peek into the scene in the wooden house.

In the most remote cabin in the village of Andekofi, six villagers sat around a large wooden table.

Anji recognized the white-haired old man among them at a glance as Havok, the head of Andekofi Village.

The young man in his twenties sitting next to him was the male owner of their accommodation and Havoc's son, Locke.

The other four were all middle-aged men. Although she did not recognize them, they must have been prominent figures in the village.

The villagers sitting inside the house all had gloomy faces, and their expressions were full of anxiety and uneasiness.

An atmosphere of silence spread in the air. The weak candlelight illuminated everyone's faces, but it could not cover up their stiff breathing.

"Berg, what did you just say about Grand Village?"

The speaker was none other than the village chief, Havok. At this time, he frowned, lowered his voice to relieve the tension, and asked the strong middle-aged man sitting opposite.

"I've already said it - it has become a strange place, and there are no survivors in the whole village."

Berg's voice was calm and powerful, and he seemed to be answering patiently, but there was a hint of disdain in his expression.

The room became completely silent again. These adults naturally understood what the phrase "no survivors" meant.

Anji on the roof was also helpless: he had eaten the melon and had it on himself.

After a long time, a middle-aged man with a rich voice slowly spoke:

"Glen Village is a border village with us, and it's not too far away. We often interact with each other on weekdays. But if a village like this disappears in one day, why do all the residents in the Glosk Territory keep silent about it?

"

It's as if there has never been such a place as "Grand Village" in the world.

After the man finished speaking, the expressions of everyone present were more or less shaken, but no one was willing to speak first.

In this extremely depressing environment, Locke, who was sitting next to the village chief, finally couldn't help but stand up. His overly high emotions made his voice tremble slightly:

"How could this happen? Isn't it absolutely safe inside the barrier? What on earth is Slade..."

Just as he nervously said the almost taboo name, a loud "bang" sound came, shaking the bodies of everyone present.

Village Chief Havok slapped his right hand heavily on the table.

This usually kind-hearted old man was obviously angry. His weather-beaten and wrinkled face looked a little ferocious under the candlelight.

"Locke! Watch your words!"

After being scolded by his father, the young man in his early twenties blushed instantly and his tone became even more excited:

"Didn't you say it before? That woman, she is not human at all!"

"Fifty years, she has ruled Glosk for a full fifty years! Such a long time has passed, and she has not changed at all - not only her face has not changed, but her body has not shown any signs of aging!"

"How can such a thing be a 'human'!"

hiss--

Such an astonishing truth was like a boulder thrown into the lake, stirring up turbulent waves in the silent crowd.

Everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and looked at the indignant Locke.

At this time, Anji was lying on the roof, listening with interest, summarizing the information he said in his mind——

Slade.

This woman, who has been the Lord of Glosk since half a century ago, has a young face that looks to be at least thirty years old.

Time almost stopped in her body. All the changes that humans can undergo have never appeared in her body.

But those dark and twisted black claws became more terrifying as time went by.

She is naturally powerful. It is within the barrier she maintains that the villagers of Andekoffi Village can live a peaceful and peaceful life.

But at the same time, she is also an inhuman monster - this is a fact that makes everyone living in the Grosk Territory uneasy, but will never say it easily.

But now, this fact has been brought to the table by this young man who was so excited that he couldn't speak at all.

For a time, these villagers had to face the horrific truth that they had already seen, and their mood became extremely complicated.

"Locke..."

Facing his young and energetic son, Havok's aging and slack face showed a look of exhaustion.

The old man murmured for a long time, and then in a sigh, he told everyone the things that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

The story takes place fifty years ago in the village of Underkofi.

At that time, the village chief of Havok was only ten years old, which was an ignorant age, and the lord of Glosk was not Slade.

It was an extremely ordinary day, and he could not even remember more details. But the encounter with that strange-looking woman with black arms was like a branding iron, firmly imprinted on his mind.

The young woman was only wearing some tattered animal skins, her long black hair was messily draped behind her back, her dark eyes were even more dim in the deep eye sockets, her face was as big as a palm, but she had an unusually burly figure.

figure.

The exposed dark arms were as dry as charcoal after being burned by karmic fire. The slightly beating blood vessels were clearly visible, and they were almost so thin that only skin and bones remained.

The most important thing is the pair of huge black claws covered with black scales, weirdly shaped, like beasts -

That is definitely not something that humans can grow.

The young Havok stayed in place for a long time. Just as he was about to escape, his eyes happened to hit those dark eyes.

"Hehe... do you know how to get to Kent County?"

A low and somewhat unclear voice came from her.

This sentence sounded awkward and had a strange accent, making this strangely dressed humanoid look even more suspicious.

"Kent County? We only have one called Kent County..."

Although he was very scared, the young boy bravely answered the "young lady's" question.

"Ah...yes, yes. Kent County, hehe..."

The seemingly small mouth suddenly opened to both sides, forming a strange arc. It seemed to be smiling, but there was no smile in the eyes.

This scene was far beyond what Havok could understand back then - even now, fifty years later, he would occasionally wake up suddenly when dreaming about this past event.

He could only think that the "person" in front of him was a sick lunatic, and after casually pointing her in the direction of Kent, he fled the scene in a hurry.

Ten days later, messengers from Kent County spread the latest news throughout the Glossk Territory——

The former lord, Archduke Bird Hazetash, has died in the battle, and a new lord named Slade Raisa will take his place and gather troops from various villages and towns to repair the old castle.
Chapter completed!