The long night is still there, and the fog is slowly dissipating with time. The forest seemed to be a huge maze, with intertwined branches and leaves, and silence. Even the chirping of birds and insects had no sound for some reason.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew by, the branches swayed, the leaves rustled, and a red-eyed raven flew through the night at low altitude and flew over Cesare's head. It screamed - "Never again!"
It was like an echo from hell running through the forest, but it quickly disappeared into the dusk, as if it was just an illusion.
Cesare could barely feel the pain in his shoulder, and instead he suffered from exhaustion and high fever.
The infection caused by the hyphae continued to ferment in his body, and his condition was far more serious than the injuries that occurred to his sister Crocia.
But if he dies... who can save Crocia...
Cesare's consciousness was almost unable to keep him from thinking about this problem clearly. He only knew that he had to leave the place quickly before Anya could react, and leave far away. He had to get away from everyone before the mycelium completely controlled his thinking. People who don’t want to hurt…
He had a severe headache, and his body was in unbearable pain as if it had been pricked by needles. His vision was blurry, and the surrounding trees were shaking in his field of vision, as if countless gloating guys were twisting and laughing at his dissatisfaction. Be self-aware.
It was too reluctant for two teenagers to dream of walking through a forest infested with monsters. They may have been favored by God to get to this point. Maybe from the beginning... the ending was doomed.
Cesare understood a lot of things. No wonder Count Hunyadi only let him stay in the castle since he was a child. It turned out that the forest outside the castle was not a place he could handle. Cesare was really afraid...
He was afraid of what he was about to become, afraid of the process of losing his sanity. If he had just decided to stay with his sister,
Would it be a wise decision to accompany her until the end of her life instead of risking returning to the family territory to find some herbs...
He was walking alone in this cold forest, helpless and lonely. Cesare's body was getting weaker and weaker. He could feel that his body temperature was dropping, and his limbs were gradually losing feeling. Everything was just moving forward based on muscle memory.
Just remember that as long as you go far enough, Anya will be safer.
Sweat dripped from Cesare's forehead, and his close-fitting clothes were soaked with liquid. His breathing became more and more rapid, and as the light in his eyes gradually disappeared, the consciousness in his brain also floated upward.
It seemed as if the next moment I was going to blend into this forest and become a part of this cursed land.
"Help! Is there anyone nearby?"
The faint call of a man brought Cesare's consciousness back to reality briefly. He shook his head, his pupils diverging and erecting like a wild beast. It sounded like the voice came from not far away, and it was very familiar.
After hesitating for a moment, Cesare dragged himself towards the cry for help.
"Everyone is welcome, help me! I'm here!"
There was a crunching sound when he stepped on the short branches, and Cesare left fresh paw prints on the trees he passed.
His breathing turned into white mist in the cold night, and he cautiously pricked his ears and approached step by step in the direction of the caller. From time to time, he raised the tip of his nose to smell the breath of living people in the air.
I don't know if this is a good thing. Although the severe pain all over his body has not diminished at all, Cesare feels that his body is getting lighter and lighter, his steps are light and graceful, and walking in the muddy and humid forest is no longer laborious but faster. many.
In addition, in the foggy dark night, the tree canopy completely blocked the moonlight and could not see his fingers, but at this moment, Cesare looked at everything in front of him as if it was emitting a strange green light on its own.
The apparently dark forest was as bright as day to Cesare, allowing him to accurately avoid all obstacles and move forward faster.
Soon, Cesare came to another forest path, which should be an extension of a fork in the road they missed before.
A familiar carriage was parked on the side of the road. It was the one that Captain Claudius drove away. The horse stopped peacefully and grazed with its head bowed. Polonius' pleas for help continued to be heard in the iron carriage. Voice.
After gently pushing the door a few times, I found that it was locked. I held the lock with my "hand" and pulled hard, and the door opened by itself.
The moment the door opened, the carriage was in a mess. Polonius fell to the ground, struggling and flopping around like a dehydrated fish.
When Polonius saw what was outside the door, he first felt happy that he had been saved, but then his expression turned to horror.
He saw that the boy's body in the darkness was covered with vine-like hyphae, his skin was cracked and black mucus was flowing outwards, his nails and fingers fused together and turned into sharp claws, and his mouth was bursting with canines. Bleeding black blood.
But soon, Polonius recognized that it was Cesare's face, and his expression instantly recovered and he became ecstatic. He almost cheered, excitedly looking at the mycelium growing on Cesare's body. Weirdly, he burst into laughter.
"It's you, I remember your name, Cesare Hunyadi! Do you still remember our agreement? You have to save me and take me to the fields! We are already very close to here!"
The other party was just a little excited, but the voice sounded so harsh to Cesare that he covered his ears in pain. He sighed hard, blinking his left and right eyes one after another, trying hard to remember how to use his throat to produce human sounds.
"No..." Cesare held the car door and calmed down for a long time before making a sound. "The lock on the car door is broken... You'd better wait for others to save you. I'm in danger now..."
With that said, Cesare supported his head that was twitching with the beating of his heart and turned to leave. Polonius, the man in the carriage, shouted hurriedly. "Wait a minute! Where is the girl with you! Do you know?"
The human stick asked, but still did not stop Cesare from wanting to leave, so he roared even more heartbreakingly.
"Don't you care about her life or death! The reason why the girl named Anya can understand bird language is because she is a child chosen by the dragon! Do you know what price the Dragon Whisperer can be sold to smugglers! Claudius has gone to capture her, and he may have succeeded now!"
"...What did you say?" Cesare stopped, and his eyes when he turned around were bloodshot.
"As long as it is what Claudius wants, there is no example of escaping from his hands. Take me away, I know where our leader is! This is your last chance, Cesare Hunyadi!"
