"Are you telling us because you're going to die anyway and it doesn't matter?" Flower asked, but Androx could tell his mind wasn't there. This is just malice.
"Flowers!" Gabby shouted.
Agnar said in a low and threatening voice: "If you thought he was finished, is this how you want to recall your last days with him?"
An uncomfortable silence followed. After a moment, Androcles said, "I'm just being polite. I'm going to tell you anyway. It's a good example, so please pay attention."
"I was 17 at the time. Two seasons into the war. I already had this scar on my neck from holding the shield too low, and I had a few scars on my arms from being too sloppy. I had grown as tall as I could go, although I had grown a bit wider since then. The summer after the Battle of Trontos, I stopped counting my kills. Looking back now, that I also finished second in the running race at the Olympics last spring. However, he hadn't made it to the Pangea Circle yet. I'm telling you, I was an arrogant little bastard. I thought I had conquered the whole world.
"A few weeks before harvest that year, they called us out again and asked us to march. Only two thousand people, not all. It turned out that in Stymphy
A wealthy family in Thus, just on the northwest edge of Glory, had a slave uprising. Those slaves used their masters' money to recruit a group of barbarian mercenaries. They had overthrown their own city-state and established a tyranny. Most of the nobles and a group of citizens were executed. Freed a group of slaves and killed a group of slaves who refused to betray their masters.
"Now, a civil war in one city is not in itself enough to attract the attention of a great and glorious army, but a slave revolt is. It depends on how long it lasts and how bad it is. Sometimes we just let it be, as long as it doesn't spread to London Outside the City. In at least one city, Atsos, the slaves rebelled and instituted their own laws, while the Legion of Honor let it slide as they did not admit fugitives from elsewhere or spread the rebellion to their neighbors. And this place, they're doing everything, from what the generals told us, they plan to become independent from the Republic and start claiming territory from other cities.
"When we crossed their borders, their force numbered at least four thousand men, including horses, slingers, archers, and two thousand five hundred foot soldiers, many of them wearing hoplite armor. They heard that we came and retreated behind the walls, counting on us to besiege them and give them the advantage. We didn't want to do that, so we started destroying their fields. Cutting down trees and vines, destroying crops, killing livestock, that sort of thing. Just as they were harvesting season and made a mess.
"It didn't take long for them to realize that if they didn't come out and fight us, they would probably all starve to death, so they took up their spears and came out. We met in a small valley in the shadow of a large rocky mountain and began Let’s get down to business.
"Have I told you much about Sewell?" he asked, pausing for an answer.
"He was a god who loved war, but also what grew on the earth," Gabi said.
Flower said: "He was not a god, he was a giant. He came before the gods. He loved soldiers."
"Good. These are all true. He is the old giant of the earth, and all soil comes from his body. The Titans are the fathers of the gods, but they are different. The gods are wiser and more like us, but The Titans are more powerful and unpredictable. Most of them are dead now, but a few are still around.
"Shwell was named for his prowess in battle. He carried an axe, which could cut down an entire army of gods and demigods in one fell swoop.
"Before Arcos killed his father, the Thunderer, and replaced him, the Axewender was unpredictable and vicious. One day, he might thirst for blood and tear a bunch of poor peasants to pieces, or he might Decides he doesn't like what people are building on his land and then swallows the whole house with all the people inside.
"After Arcos ascended the throne and became the Avowed, he subdued Sewell and calmed him. Now we can visit Sewell like the gods, with prayers and sacrifices, and he may respond with blessings. He Taking care of two things: the blood that flows in his fields, and the crops that grow on them. He looks after soldiers and farmers, especially those who are brave. Part of the reason for Glory's success is that most of our heavy infantry are also farmers , they can buy their own armor by selling crops. The hoe blesses them twice.
"Well, I brought up Sewell for a reason, and that's because he came to watch the battle. We cut down so many crops that it aroused his interest and he was curious about what we were doing. Once Stymphy
thusia
The rebel came out to fight and we had his full attention. The battle starts just like you would expect, a fight over terrain. They sent horses to harass us, but the rocky hills prevented them from making full use of the horses. It wasn't until we raised our shields that they started throwing, and I don't think anyone got hurt. When our lines clashed, the rebels initially held their ground, but the simple fact is that we were trained and they were not. We also have better armor, it belongs to us, which means it fits us, which is different.
"It didn't take long for the battle to turn sharply in our favor. Unable to close the line faster before we could create a breach, they were preparing to drop their shields and escape.
At that moment, the monk himself burst out from the rocky mountain with a loud thunderous noise. Mud and boulders were flying everywhere. I saw more than one person beaten to death. Lots of broken bones. Where there had been a hill, there was now a giant head of earth and stone that moved like skin. He had a thick grass beard but no hair on his smooth head. He smiled broadly at the kill, each of his teeth like a flat shiny stone, taller than me.
"The worst thing, though, wasn't the shock, or the fear of seeing something like this. It was his presence. Like my murderous intent, or like Mary's, but a hundred times stronger. Pure bloodlust, Not even anger. Just a thirst for blood. I've never felt anything like it. If he wanted to, he could beat us all to a pulp with just one look. The only reason he didn't kill us all right then and there is because he didn't want to - He came to see us fight. He wanted to see our blood shed for him.
"Well, every man on the battlefield turned into a coward in just two heartbeats and ran away with all his strength. No one held his position longer than he threw his shield to the ground. Including myself .I threw the shield so hard that it hit another Decian right in the back of the head, knocking him down. I peed my pants before I could even turn around and run.
"Without a doubt, there's no resistance. Not in the face of power. I can't even describe what it feels like. After all these years, I pale just thinking about it. I usually try not to think about it, but sometimes I I will also think about it.
"Sewell was furious that his fight had ended prematurely, he told us. As the road broke out of the ground, he opened his arms and began grabbing people by the handful and throwing them into his mouth, where He would chew up the living and spit them out into a big glob of blood. Some of them survived and died slowly on the ground, all their bones broken.
"I didn't see most of what happened. I ran, like I said. I never looked back. I ran until I was exhausted and then passed out at some point that night. When I ran away the next morning When I woke up, most of my armor was gone. I think I took it off piece by piece to run faster, but I can't remember. All I could do was pick myself up and go back to Decaya Report. I was with a few other survivors and we walked the rest of the way in silence. Not a word was said.
"As soon as the Priest-Archon got wind of the news, he asked the Heavenly Hand to round us all up and take us to a wood to chat. He and some judges and generals swore us all to secrecy for several reasons. First, because If word got out that the Legion of Glorious failed in the war against the slave revolt, we would have a dozen or even a hundred. Second, because if people knew that Sewell was not really subdued by Arcos, then The religion of the city would be harmed, and if we could not continue to offer sacrifices to Him, we risked real disaster.
This is the story. Most families who have lost husbands and fathers don't know why, at least not officially. I believe many people put it together. But all Dikayans are prohibited from knowing or speaking about the battle in any way. All records have been destroyed. No funeral was held. It just...never happened.
"But I've never forgotten, and I've been thinking about it over the years, and here are some things I've learned. First, I know how disgusting it is to get me to run away. As long as it's not as dirty as Sewell, I There will be no escape. It hasn’t happened yet.
"Second, well, I lost Diocles in that battle. Did I say he was there? He was. I should have said that sooner. I don't know what happened to him, he was Eaten, or killed from behind, or trampled, etc. He was probably killed before Sewell showed up. I just don't remember, or I didn't see it, and I'm legally prohibited from asking Anyone asking.
"That was the last fight of the year, so I just sat there miserable until the spring. I felt like I had lost everything. My courage, my pride, and Diox. He was the one who kept me going I was taken in by my father after he committed suicide. I told you about him before. I don't know how to live without him, he was always there for me, like the father I needed.
"But...I figured it out. Life went on. As time went on, I made some new friends, and I loved them as much as I loved him. The weeks passed, the months passed, and the years passed. Seasons passed, a year passed, and I finally got through it. That's another thing I learned - as long as you live, you have to keep moving forward. Keep living. You can remember the past, but you can't Look back and look at it again. You can't change it. It will never go away, but it will never come back. If you want to remember, if you want to forget, but the past is in the past.
"So, Flowers, if you're worried that I'm going to die, I probably will. To be honest, I probably will. These wounds will fester and I'll be dead. But right now, I'm alive. You're alive. Pepper's alive, Che It's still moving. The sun hasn't stopped yet. The seasons are still rolling along as they always have. So we keep going. Got it?"
Flower didn't nod or say anything, but he looked less troubled. He turned onto his back so he could look up at the sky instead of at a bag. The light of imagination flashed in his eyes as he gazed up at the eternal blue expanse of sky. Maybe all the boy needed besides protection was some entertainment. As the gods knew, he rarely had such opportunities these days; even after Androcles rescued him from the king, they had ridden in silence for the most part, tense and worried.
Gabby, on the other hand, was staring at a hill through the trees, and he could guess what she was thinking.
After the story was told, Aguna turned to look at the children. She was satisfied with her discovery, smiled gratefully, nodded, and continued driving.
By now the road had turned to the southwest instead of the west, and the evening sun was shining directly in their faces. The sun is brighter than warm, but pleasant. This at least kept their clothes warm. Nor did they hear the whistle of the king's men hidden on the road, and it had been several hours. This could mean that the king or his scouts have not yet reached the village.
A
d
Okles said: "Wolf Scar, how far do you think we are from catching Pepper's demon? One day? Ten days? A month?"
The fairy gave him a blank look, then counted the fingers of his remaining hand. After a while, he said: "Five more points. Five things."
"Five days?"
"No...five, um, five..."
"Five what?"
"Five things! I didn't know how long that was."
"What kind of thing?"
"It tells you, this way for Gabby, that way for Daddy, that way for Pepper. Things like that."
Anchorex felt himself pale, though he didn't know why. He was mostly just confused, but a tinge of concern crept into his consciousness. "Something pointing to us? Do you mean a road sign? What do you mean? A king?"
"Oh, no, not the king. They're just things that let me know where to go. But don't worry. You can't see them."
"What kind of thing?"
"Just something, Dad. Like a hand. That kind of thing."
Ankerex took a deep breath to calm himself down and swallow his frustration. Why do so many of the things fairies say are crazy?
Gabby asked: "Wolfsca
, do you know how long it takes to fly to a place?”
"No, I just flew over and there I was."
"But how long does it take you to fly there? How fast can you run?"
"I get back to normal pretty quickly. But if I'm cold, I don't run as fast unless somewhere is warm. Then I run faster because I want to get in."
Flower sat up from his lunch, eyes wide. "Dad, I have an idea!"
"Thank you Father of the Oaths, because I really don't know. What is this?"
The little eagle's eyes are bright and lively as before. He explained: "He can use a stick! He can tell us with a stick."
"A stick? Xiaohua, have you started drinking Wolfsca?"
Got something to drink?”
Flower sat up, frowned slightly, and pulled his legs toward his chest. His tail suddenly came out from behind him and started waving in the air. "Wolfsca
, go get a twig. Just a small one so you can hold it in one hand. "
"I only have one hand!"
"I know, but go get one."
"But I can only get a small one unless I bite it. Or use my toes."
"It just has to be small. Like this long," Flowers said. He held his two fingers about an inch apart.
"But trees are not that short!"
"Then break up. Or find some grass. Go buy one."
"But I don't want to walk in the snow!"
Xiaohua couldn't help but laugh, no longer worried, but amused. "You don't have to walk in the snow! Go find something." You can do it. I'll even stretch out the blankets so you're warm when you get back. "
Wolf Scar flew into the air and floated to the side of the road. He looked around, floating back and forth to get a better angle around the woods. Suddenly, he ran away quickly and disappeared.
After a while, he returned, plopped down in Flower's lap, holding a thin black thorn nearly two inches long. He proudly brought it to me, smiled and said, "I want one anyway."
"Okay, good," Flower said. "Now you're going to do this. Keep flying up until... until the cart is as big as your thumbnail. Then, line up the thorns with the road. You have to keep the thorns in the same place for it to work. OK Right? So you line it up with the road, and then you can see where the tip of the thorn is. Then you fly to that point, go up the same, uh, height, and do it again. From there you align the thorn with the road Align it, then fly to a new place, where the dot is. Again. Then all you can do is tell us how many spines it has. Then we'll know how far away the thing is and how long it takes to get there."
Wolf Scar looked at the thorn clamped on his little finger and thought about it carefully. "How many thorns are there?"
"Yes," said Flower. "Then all you can do is tell us how many thorns there are in the village we just left. That way we know how wide a thorn is."
Androx said: "Boy, you are so smart. I'm impressed. Wolf Sca
, do you think you can do it? Do you understand what he is saying?"
"I think so. I just need to fly up and see how thorny the road is, and then I will count... I will be back soon." Wolf Sca
As he spoke, his wings fluttered behind him. He jumped from Hua's knees and soared into the sky, flying so high that the light on him could barely be seen in the afternoon sky.
Aguna stopped the car and let the horse rest, because the time had come again. She and Ga
bi got up and gave water to the team because Flowe
and A
d
okles has not been very active recently. The horse hasn’t even started to enter the water yet, the wolf is scoundrel
I came down again and stood at Flowe
on the knees.
"Okay, I'm holding it up like this," the wolf said
He said, raising the thorn in front of him like a sword, "This is a thorn in the village."
"No, that's not what I meant. Here you go." Hua said, carefully pulling away from the wolf.
Pull out the thorn from your hand. He held it parallel to the ground and said, "You've got to hold it down like this so it's flat like the road. Put your arm all the way out and see where the tip of the thorn is. Where it's on the road. And then You fly to that point but stay the same height in the sky, and then you hold it down and do it again. Like this. Does that make sense?"
Lupus Scar was obviously unwilling to give up such a valuable thing. He nervously grabbed the thorn back from the flower's hand and said, "Okay."
He flew back into the sky, probably as high as before; it's hard to tell. This time he stayed up longer, leaving everyone waiting in silent but interesting anticipation. If this method works, if the wolf sca
really gives a consistent distance measurement, A
d
okles The next few weeks will be much easier.
This time, the wolf sc
It did not fly down immediately, but flew westward along the road and soon disappeared into the sky.
The moment stretched into minutes. The horses finished their food and water and began to grunt, as if they wanted to see what the end of the road looked like. As she put the feed bag back in her cart, Argen said, "That little bastard better not lose it."
"We can get another fairy," Androl said. Flower and Gabby immediately gave him surprised looks.
Agnar said, "Yes, but we already have one copper, and I don't want to spend four more."
"What? Hua asked.
“We can’t get rid of wolf scab
!" Gabby shouted in a serious and concerned voice.
Anchorex could barely hold back his laughter as he said bluntly: "We're not going to get rid of him. I'm just saying that if we lose him, we can find another one."
Gabby looked from Andros to Argon and then to Andros again as she tried to decide if they were serious. "That's not funny," she finally said.
"No, it's not funny, but it's funny," Androx said, smiling genuinely for the first time in years.
"What does funny mean?" Ga
Bi asked.
Meaning it's funny, but just enough to make you smile slightly. Not funny enough to make people laugh. "
"That's all your jokes, except the ones that aren't funny at all," she said, her expression flat and matter-of-fact. Aguun snorted, and Ankerix had to admit defeat.
It took longer than anyone expected, but Wolf Sca
Finally home. He landed at great speed, slowing down just before landing on Flower's lap with a thud that startled them all. The fairy quickly lifted up the hem of the boy's shirt and climbed in, causing the flower to scream and squirm.
"Wolfsca
, you're freezing to death! "You're like a hockey puck!" said the flower. He put his hands on the fairy to hold him still, and then began to tremble and gasp, just as Pepper had done when she put the snowball on his back.
The fairy said something in response, but her voice was too low to be heard clearly. Flowers smiled from ear to ear, even as he squirmed. "Wolfsca
, so ticklish! "Stop moving like that. Oh! Don't poke me—ah!" Flower's screams escalated into uncontrollable laughter. "He always... sticks... his toes into my... belly button!"
Just when Hua seemed to be calming down, he laughed even harder and almost fell down. Tears streamed down his face, but he didn't want to free his hands to wipe them - he needed both hands to hold onto the wolf scar, which slid like an olive pit through Flower's shirt.
Finally, Scar the wolf poked his head out of Flower's collar, showing a smug smirk. Flower looked both relieved and disappointed, trying to control his breathing so as not to laugh too hard.
"Huh?" the dwarf asked, "How many thorns are there?"
WolfScar sighed and gave him an annoyed look. "Flower, lift me up. I don't want to slide down. Okay. Those are eighteen thorns."
Ankerix and Argon looked at each other. She said: "We've walked the horses three times, about 20 miles?"
"sounds good."
Wolf Sca
Said: "But! But I don't like doing this. If I don't go high, there will be too many thorns and countless roads. If I fly high, the air will become softer and it will be harder to fly." .I only fly that high occasionally to take a look."
"How high did you climb?" Androx asked. Soft air?
The fairy thought for a while and then said: "From such a height, the mountain looks very small. And the road is just a line. I can't see you at all. That's how high it is."
This is unimaginable. Androx didn't even have any frame of reference to imagine what it would be like there. "Can you see the entire Earth at once?"
"What?"
"The sphere of the globe. The Earth is round. Can you see everything from up there?"
“Is the earth round? Like a round head or a stone?”
"It's as round as a snowball."
"What's this?"
"Yes, but it's so big you'd never know. You'd have to use math to discover it, and no one ever taught me how to do that."
Wolf Scar looked up at the sky, obviously considering going back to take a look. However, he didn't; instead, he moved a little to make himself more comfortable, and that was the end.
from wolfsca
Start measuring distance, A
d
okles started thinking about the possibilities. Knowing the king was twenty miles behind instead of ten could mean the difference between life and death. But the possibilities don't end there. map. military plans. Land disputes.
Their escape was looking increasingly smooth. The four horses pulled his cart effortlessly, recovering well each time Argen slowed them from a trot to a walk. Even now, after real rest and food and water, they seem energetic and hungry.
Within an hour, they were on the move again. The sun was already more than a fist above the horizon, and it looked like they would have to walk some thirty miles before settling down for the night. At this speed, they could rest at any time to keep their horses healthy - it would have been unthinkable for the king's army to move nearly 50 miles in a single day, at least not for several consecutive days.
A loose object landed directly on his lap, jolting him out of his thoughts. He jumped with fright, sprained his ribs, and nearly fell to the ground trying to get away from it when he realized what had fallen on him was an animal.
After a while, he held it firmly in his hand and found that it didn't move. As soon as he picked it up, inspected it and threw it away, Gabby burst into laughter, her voice filled with joy like bells in the hair of the gods.
Was it...a hare? A big one—grey, heavy, and completely dead. He was startled again when a huge black shadow covered the carriage and a huge golden eagle landed without warning on the railing near where Galbi was riding.
A
d
okles wanted to curse, but he was too flustered and only said a bunch of messy half-sentences, which made Ga
Bi laughed louder. Flower panicked and tried to run away, but he had nowhere to go.
Aguna stopped the car and turned around on her bench. With an almost predatory smile on her face, she said, "I see you've met Queenie. Now you can guess why I asked her to stop." She snapped the reins and spurred the horse back into a trot.
Androchus tried to lean away from the large bird, which was easily as long as an arm and sat close enough to peck out its eyes. He was still holding the dead rabbit and didn't know what to do.
"Dad, it's okay. That's just Queenie. She's my eagle. Remember I told you about her? Come here, Queenie. Come on," Galbi said. She held out her sleeve and the bird jumped over and started nuzzling her face like a puppy. It looked bigger than her. She stroked the brown spotted feathers on its back and gently scratched the golden feathers on its head and neck. The bird responded like a cat or dog, leaning down and looking content.
Gabby cooed, stroking her raptor while Anklex stared at her, bewildered. Flower knelt down so he could watch. His yellow eyes grew larger than Androkle had ever seen.
"Ah, you are such a good boy!" You brought us a rabbit! Is that for us to eat? Oh, of course, my dear little baby. ” The big bird’s chirps and squeaks were nothing like the screams of predators piercing the sky.
He looked at the flower, which had crawled up to his knees, and was about to lie down on Androcles' lap to look closer, and he said, "Have you seen this before?"
"No," Toolkit replied simply.
"Xiaohua, do you want to touch her?"
"Can I?"
Androx felt what little blood was left on his face drain away. The blackbird's talons were as big as his fingers and sharper than a sewing needle. There is a vicious hook at the end of its black and thick beak, which looks sharper than a knife.
"Let the flowers caress you, Queen. Go on. Get over there." Gabby raised her arms several times to shoo away the bird, but it stayed put. "Maybe later. You can pet Ash, though. Do you want to pet her?"
"Ga
bi, I don’t——”A
d
Okles began, but stopped when he felt the beast's breath on his neck. He slowly turned around and saw that the gray wolf had raised his feet and looked at Gabby behind him. It had just turned its head, and at that moment, he felt its breathing. There it was, breathing on his neck.
Its greedy yellow eyes stared at the flower, which slowly retreated from Anchorage's lap to the front of the car. "Let's talk about it later," he said. The child looked pale even to him.
Ash shifted around in his seat and lay down again, continuing to ignore them.
The farther southwest they went, the rougher and more mountainous the countryside became, and the next ten miles or so were all slightly uphill, as the road wound up to the base of the mountains, and an hour after dark, We entered a narrow canyon. The steep, bare hillsides on both sides of the road seemed to be approaching them at any moment, as if they were about to be crushed at any moment, especially in the unreliable half-light of the waning moon.
Fortunately, the mountains here were not as steep as others he had seen, and the roads were not steep. When Androchus asked why he had to go so far up the mountain, Agnarr insisted that he had rested enough and the horse was fine.
At last they reached the highest point of the pass, and it turned downward so that even Androcles could see it, and the horses breathed a sigh of relief, for their burden was suddenly lightened.
After leading them downhill for at least three miles, the shallow canyon formed a wide valley in the foothills. The road turned left along the mountainside, leading indirectly into the valley but opening up a view before them that they could see dozens of miles away. The snow shimmered softly in the Elastrian light, revealing a ring of short pine-covered hills that guarded the small valley from all sides, except for the western horizon, which faded to gray in the distance.
Andrew had seen sights like this countless times, though never with so much snow lighting up the night; after all, he'd spent most of his life marching through the rugged, glorious countryside. But the kids didn't, or at least not often, and both of them murmured their surprise. Wolf Sca
Don't seem to understand what the big deal is.
A large stream flowed down from the center of the valley, and even from here, the sound of the rushing water told him that there was melting snow everywhere, and it was dangerous to try to wade into it, or even get close. The last thing he wanted was for Gabby to get swept away because she wanted a drink. Can her stag swim? He should ask. The road led down to the creek and then down in the same direction to the valley floor, where they seemed more likely to find a bridge.
Of course there will be a bridge. There is a lot of agricultural activity there. Their familiar round huts dotted the valley, and the firelight peeking from the doorways dotted the valley floor like yellow jewels on a blue dress. No doubt many of them are still out there, in the hours after the sun sets, tending to their chickens or cows, or whatever keeps them from starving.
The walk down the valley at night is easier than the walk here during the day. Now that they were out of the canyon, the full light of the moon could shine upon them, looking almost as bright as daylight. Gabby asked why it was so bright, and Aguin said it was the moonlight reflecting off the mountains, which sounded good. Whatever the reason, the horses found their footing effortlessly and even picked up the pace.
Once they reached the valley floor, the ground flattened out and the surrounding scenery was as cozy as a blanket, with tall hills surrounding everything, masking the steep mountains in the distance. They rested at a sharp bend in the road, where it turned and followed the creek instead of crossing the river.
By this time, Flower was getting impatient, and she got out and limped to help feed the horse, while Gaby deigned to get off the stag to help him. Wolf Sca
Hovering above them both, A
d
Okles noticed that the moonlight was so bright that it drowned out the shadows cast by the fairies.
Androcles decided he should get out of the car and walk around to get warm, since they still had a few more miles to go before settling down for the night. He lumbered out of the car, not hiding his flinch. He walked to a place that was probably a bush not far from the road and carefully unbuttoned his pants. His arm was bandaged and his fingers were frozen, and he held it in for hours to prevent someone from helping him get the stick out, but that wasn't the case. He could barely move them, but he flushed enough water to put the horse to shame.
Getting back into the car was much harder than getting out, and even Agen had to come over to help. There was nothing she could do, though; he was too tall and heavy, and she was too short.
"After peeing so much, I thought it would be easier for you," she said. "If you fall down and can't get up, we'll leave you here."
"This isn't the first time my woman has run off with all my money," he responded. "No, don't push there, that's-!"
"Oh, stop complaining, you crybaby," she said, but she stopped pressing his ribs to let him breathe again. She patted his lower back gently, like a caressing gesture she might give to a child. She still had feeling in her hands long after she had moved them.
Flower and Wolf Scar pulled at his shirt in vain and Aguna tried to push him up without grabbing his butt, and they eventually succeeded in pulling Androids back into the car. After a while they were back on the road.
However, as they round an unusually sharp turn, the wolf scares
He flew a little ahead of the horse and asked, "Where are we going?"
"What do you mean?" said Argon.
"I want us to go that way." Wolf Sca
He said, pointing to the continuous snow thirty steps away and pointing to the creek. "That's how you get to where Pepper is."
"We can't, dear," said Agun. "We can't ride in that snow, not in the dark. That river is too dangerous."
"On your way, then," he replied, giving her a look as though he thought she was an idiot. He pointed at the snow and said, "Just take this path!"
"There's no road there. We can't walk on the snow."
"Then don't walk in the snow!" Let's go! he shouted, starting to grow frustrated. "Don't you want to catch little peppers anymore?"
"Of course we know, but—"
“Dad asked me to search everywhere until I found him, even though it was cold, so you have to go find him now! I did what I had to do!”
Androx said: "Wolfsca
, we cannot build roads as we wish. We will cross the road at the next bridge. Will find it somewhere. "
"You don't have to go!" There it is! shouted the fairy, and she began to fly around very excitedly. Ankerex and Aguna looked at each other with concern, but tried not to look upset in front of the children. There is no reason for them to panic.
"Are you feeling okay?" Agen asked.
"No! I'm crazy! Go this way! Don't!"
"We have to continue on the road. I promise, my little baby. Come and sit down." Agurn said. She showed a little love and compared with Andrex's anger. The soothing warmth poured on their hearts, as if she wrapped them all with a blanket.
The wolf scar flew to one of the horses and wanted to pull its mane to turn it around, but it just shouted at him. "Let's go here!" He said to his ears severely. It ignores him.
"Gabi, can you call him?" See if you can calm him down. Andrex said. Gar is more pale than usual than usual, almost as pale as the flowers, but she jumped off the deer and walked over to find a fairy.
He glaring at her and shouted, "No! Don't lie to me! Let's go here! That's a bad way, so don't go down!"
Garby reached out and wanted to pick him up from the air, but he ran away from her and ran a few steps towards the river.
"Come here, the wolf SCA
. "Her voice was trembling, and her fear was almost obvious." Okay? "
The fairy wiped his eyes with a frustrated tears, and then clenched his fist firmly and said, "No! Then pick me up!"
The trembling Gal was a step towards him, and then took another step. As soon as she walked from the road to the snow, she screamed in surprise and froze.
"Ga
BI! Agen and An A
d
Okles shouted at the same time. Agen came down from the bench and walked in front of her, the girl turned around, staring at her eyes shocked.
"Mom, have a way!" I stepped on the road! "
Wolf Sca
Shouting: "Of course you step on the road! What do you think is it? A bread?"
Garby turned around, ashamed, his face flushed. She reached out to catch the wolf SCA
This time he asked her to catch him. She kissed his head, and in the middle of his sharp ears, he looked a little calm. However, she still looks confused.
At this time, Agena had arrived at them. When she crossed the threshold of Gabi settings, she turned around, her chin was relaxed, her eyes widened. "There is a way!" She walked back and forth several times on the threshold, staring at the footprints left on the snow in confusion.
"I have a way to say." The wolf SCA
Speaking. "You are too mean."
"Oh, wolf SCA
, No, we don't! "I just can't see it, so I don't think ... I'm sorry," Galbi said upset. "Sorry, the wolf SCA
. I know I should believe you. Please do not get angry. "
"Well, you shouldn't say that there is no way! Wolf SCA
explain. "Why do you all say that?"
"Unless we stand on the road, we can't see the way. We can only see the snow from behind. Let us calm down, don't let Gabi cry." Agun said.
"Why can't you see it?" The wolf SCA
ask. His unhappy expression was replaced by confusion. "It's here."
"You tell me, you can fly a mouse!"
Wolf Sca
Push GA
Bi's fingers flew over with his fingertips. He stopped near the threshold and looked up and down for four weeks. "Is this a matter?" He asked, pointed at nothing.
"How do I know?" Agen asked. "What are you referring to?"
The wolf scar glanced at her blankly, which usually meant that he was in contemplation and his face was expressionless. On one occasion, when Fraul asked him what the fish would sing, Andrekles had seen him doing this. The fairy just left, fell into thought, and forgot to answer. Before he lost his way, Freul had gone to chasing him.
After a while, he asked, "What does it look like?" Is this thing? "He pointed at the air outside again.
"I only see the snow, and then the river. There is no bridge or something. There is nothing to see there."
The wolf scar's eyes suddenly widened, and excitedly jumped in the air. "Do you see that snowy thing?" Snow? Can you see it? How can you see it? "
The fairy began to jump around in the air, talking to herself. Most of the time, he flew around on the threshold, high and low. "You can see this thing!" How could you see it? He stopped for a while in front of Galby and asked her.
Andrex is enough -he must see this scene. Fraul seems too nervous and dare not investigate, but Android said, "Children, help me come down. Let's take a look."
Sure enough, as soon as he got there, he crossed the line, and a magical way appeared under his feet. This makes him full of contradictions of surprise and fear, but this is the fact. From the side of the road, passing through a fork, extending to the right to a solid wooden bridge across the stream. From the other side, there is no bridge without a fork. He can even leave footprints on the snow that does not exist at all, if he stretches his feet over the line.
Fraul did what everyone was doing -shuttled back and forth online and watched this wonder. It's hard to say what he thought, but he didn't complain about his legs cut. He seemed to look at the hallucinations from another perspective to see if the trees had changed; such things.
"Wolfsca
What is this? "Andrex asked.
"This is a ... uh ... um, you can't see them, so I don't think there is a word." I don't know if there is any, but it comes from, uh, so if I think, I can do one, and it's not just Myself. Many elves are also available, and there are things that have no name like me, you can't see ... Some of them are elves, but not most, no matter what, I can make one like this- "Wolf scarred Waving in the air and announced that nothing happened. "Then there is one, it looks like what I want. Some will stay for a long time, but most of them will not. Other fairy, um ... others can see them, if they don't want, they can not see, but ... "
"I didn't see anything."
"I know! How can you see this? It looks a bit like snow, but you can see it! At least, I think you can. I seem to see it. I think you can see it. I want to do this like this of!"
"Why can't I see them, the wolf SCA
? "Gabi asked. She seemed a little disappointed.
"I don't know. I still don't know what you can see and can't see. You are too confused! Although you can't. Except for this!"
"Wolfsca
,come over. Come over and sit in my hands. "Android said, to the wolf SCA
Extend your palm. It's time to end all this nonsense. "Kneel down and show that you are concentrating on listening. Don't look at me like that; you are not in trouble."
The fairy left Gabi's hand and hummed the song in the air. He rushed to sit in Ankrex's hand according to the instructions, raised his head with a slight fear.
"Nothing you say, the wolf SCA
So help me. Do you have something we can't see everywhere? "
Wolfsca
Nod. "It's over. A lot. It's always."
"Big or small?"
"The size is different."
"Will they move?"
"Some, but not that."
"Are they ghost?"
"No.
"Are they dangerous?"
"Not for you. At least I don't think so, because you can't see them."
"Can I touch them?"
"No. Well, I don't think most people."
At this time, Fraul is leaning on An A
d
Okles hugged him, listened to his voice, and Gabi walked towards the other side of him. Her wolf appeared beside her, holding her leg.
"Can you touch it?"
"It is right, but limited to ... um ... no." Well, yes, but no. "
"What do they look like?"
"It's all different things, but sometimes they don't like anything. What happened just now. But sometimes they look like a tree, but different, or steam, or jump, or laugh. They usually let them make them let them make them let them make them. Put them there when happy things, or have a lot of feeling for what they do. "
"who are they?"
The wolf scar pointed at himself and said, "My similar. Fairy. Other things. Things like me, but different things."
"So, are there many people around you?" Agen asked. Andrex couldn't see what expression on her face was. Are you excited? Are you nervous? But she had a thought in her mind.
"Well, not a lot like me, no, but there are some fairies, but they are different. There are not many people like me. Since I met GA
After BI, I have never seen it again, but I know that there were more before, and I forgot. When I became younger again and became a flower, I forgot a lot of things. But there are small or different ones everywhere. There is one here, there is one here, there are some on the road ... "The wolf SCA
Start pointing around.
"Wait," Andaux said, "What are we talking about? Is it what we can't see, or your similar kind?"
"Oh, okay, both have both. But I mean my kind, those who are not like me. There are some stones, this is wood, that is rain, but it is asleep, there are other rain There is another, um, one, I don't think there is a word to describe this. Or that. Or that. "
A
d
Okles can't help but feel a little lost. One thing I was taught when I was a child was that no matter the size, everything had a soul, and God ruled all things. This is one aspect. If there is a fairy pointed at the bushside and tells you that there is a ghost in it, then it is another matter.
Gabi opened her eyes in surprise. Obviously, she didn't doubt any part of the story at all. "Do you talk to them?" What did they say? "
"No, usually not. Not most."
"Why not? She asked.
"Will you talk to the stone?" No. So why should I do this? "
Hua said: "Sometimes when I think I sing, the rock is listening."
"Well, that's not the same!" Shito can listen, but do you think it has to say? No. It just has rock and roll to say. Like this, where. That, you can't see it. But it is here. "
After listening to this, the fairy jumped from Ankrex's hand, pulled a zipper between the antlers of the deer, scaring it a few feet. He stopped in front of a small stone, and the stone was half buried in the snow, and the smooth ice must be formed after the night fell. He pointed at the stone and said: "There is something on this stone, made by the stone, but this is just a hard painting."
Android waved his hand to signal the fairy sit down. After several more and more insisted attempts, the wolf scar finally gave up the invisible things and sat down again. "Okay. So there are things that are invisible everywhere, it is made by you. Very good. Now. There is one on the road, so can we only see snow? Is that so?"
Wolfsca
Nod.
"You don't know that we can see it because we can't see others. Right? But it was it blocked the road."
Wolf Sca
He nodded again.
"So how did it come?"
When he fell into thought, the fairy's face became blank again. He was sitting motionlessly, his eyes looked like an empty cup. In the disturbing silence, everyone moved several times, waiting for the answer eagerly. After that, the wolf scar stood up, jumped up, and flew back to the invisible threshold.
He slowly turned around and turned around. Everyone watched his weak blue lanterns flashing on the snow under his feet.
Hua Qi: "Can someone like us do it?" Is it the king? "Where did this idea come from? Androps didn't know, but this was a good question.
Wolf Sca
Suddenly stop in the air. For a moment, he forgot to pat his wings and almost hit the snow before he began to touch his wings again. He looked back at Fraul, his mouth and eyes widened. "Can he do it?" He asked.
Agen said: "Well, mom, since you point it out, it is obvious. He thought he was very smart, and he could cheat the cute little Agena, is it?" She tied it between her waist Find in your pocket, find a spell, powder or similar witchcraft.
"What do you think?" A
d
okles asked.
"I bet this is a charm. I have never seen it, but I heard it."
Andrex didn't know what the charm was, but he wanted to understand himself, and he didn't want to look ignorant. He nodded wisely, "This is justified. What are you doing?"
"I'll see if I can break it," she replied naughtyly.
"Let's leave it to those who chase us," he said.
She stopped looking and glared at him. He realized that he ruined her fun. oh. It's too late now because he is right.
Agena closed the bag and said, "Wolf SCA
Can you open this and other differences? If you see another, can you recognize it? "
"Yes, because it is not ... um, it doesn't ... I can't ... if I work hard, I can." The wolf scar continued to circulate slowly around the illusion, staring at it focused on it. He stopped, hovered forward a few inches, reached out, and clenched a thing that others could not see. He pulled sharply, and the fake image water rippled, forming a circular disturbance on the edge of the hallucination.
"Oh! He shouted." Oh! Look! It has two things! They are the same, so I didn't notice it. "He pulled a moment, the picture was rippling again, and this time he became more vivid.
"Don't break it." Andrex said, partly because he wanted to confuse those who chased him, partly because he didn't want to know what it felt like when he was torn in front of him.
"Look!" The wolf SCA
This time he waved his hand and flew into the air. The phantom shook, and the light was brighter than the moon.
Andauke narrowed his eyes and looked out through his fingers, the glowing things were getting bigger and bigger than trees. Its glory illuminates the steep hills around the valley, covering the light of the stars. Near the top of the flashing light, the wolf scar danced in the air, singing a joyful song without a tone, just as he tasted the taste of figs for the first time.
Suddenly, the sparkling pillars faded down, turning into a behemoth that is taller than any temple. A
d
Okles is only enough to the ankle. It wears thick and loose fur, with long black beard, standing motionlessly, motionless like the eternal mountains.
In terms of size, it reminded him of Xiu'er. However, it is not like the old giant at all; thanks to the gods. Nevertheless, although he knew it was a fairy's trick, he was deeply disturbed. This scene was caused by the original part of the Android Kles's mind that could not be expressed in words.
"It's you, dad!" Look, ga
BI! Everyone! This is the dad in my eyes! If you are my size! Can you see, isn't it? You can see it! Wolf SCA
Screaming and fell back to the ground.
Agena clapped her hands happily and said, "Now, I have to see. Hurry up, Gabi, let's go back and see, so that we can see more clear A new thing is like a dancer on the carnival or a cat with three eyes. She walked on the circuit at the fastest speed he had never seen and waved to Gabi. "Hua, you too!"
"What about me?" Ankrex said, carefully out of the car, so as not to pull off the stitching.
"I will never tell you what to do," Agena said, with a smile in his voice.
Wolf scars ran quickly on the road for thirty steps and floated in the air. Somehow he looked impatient, although he could not see his body language at such a distance. Gabi jumped off the deer and ran to chase Agurn. The flowers followed behind, the ears raised upwards, and the tail fell excitedly behind him.
As soon as Agen walked to Wolf SCA
Being around, she couldn't help laughing. "It looks like him!" She spit it out in a mad laugh.
"Mom, his eyebrows!" Gabi screamed, although her laughter sounded a little barely.
Covering his mouth with a giggle. His glittering eyes swept through the giant, swept over Andrex, and then swept back.
"I would regret seeing this scene, is it?" Andaux said, when he walked to others, he was almost angry. He must be more tired than he realized.
Then, he turned around and looked at him, his original part was shivered by this scene again. Looking up at such a big and close thing to make him dizzy. He had to look away, take a deep breath, and concentrate.
The giant's eyebrows burned the flame, and his eyes made red light under the flame. He frowned viciously through a messy black hair. His beard was dark and thick, and there was a spark in inside and outside. The fur on the giant is not so much clothes, it is better to be stinky animal corpses; the skin exposed on his hands and cheeks is that it is scarred, it is better to be a cracking rock. The thin, flickering light straps like a net, shuttled back and forth on the illusory little angel, wrapped together in several places, brighter than other places.
However, what was most disturbed by him was a group of red and purple condensation, shrouded in his heart like a fire cancer. The flashing small pillars seem to end there, just like all roads lead to Dikaia.
"It's him!" Agena shouted in a laughed.
"What do you think, Dad?" The wolf SCA
Speaking, flying and asking this question.
"I ... Is that the statue when I was angry?"
"Oh, this is not the case when you are angry. This is what you look like, always. Should I make you angry when you are angry? I think I still have a little left. The sky stops somewhere on the giant's head.
After a moment of static, the cancer -shaped fireball on the giant's heart burst out in a thousand flashing lights. The giant was surrounded by a hazy red light, just like the sunset of the storm, but it was darker and more bloody. There are some shapes in the smoke, as if it is the surface of an disturbing meat rot pool -the skull, teeth, grabbed hands, claws, and tear meat pieces. With a kind of unknown drums twisting, the red mist expanded, and the evil wells in the giant's heart injected energy into energy, rotating like a thunderstorm that is about to become a whirlwind. The dangerous and tumbling anger constitutes the burning carrion constant flowing outward, increasingly, and swallowing everything they can see.
The laughter of the Andreck family disappeared, Gabi stepped back, hiding behind her mother. Hua Yan reached out to La Agen's hand, and the joy on his face disappeared.
The giant's face flushed, bright and fierce. Its skin was burnt, revealing the facial muscles and naked teeth of the giant. The giant's eyes turned into fire yellow and white glowing balls. The sparks on its beard turned into lightning, as if they were thrown into all directions. Its hair scrambled around like a snake -haired snake, trying to catch something.
"No wonder ... A
d
Okles said, but his mouth was too dry. He swallowed. again and again. "No wonder they always urine pants."
He turned around and found that after the initial shock, his family had little trouble. Gabi came out from behind her mother, and Hua Song opened Agen's hand. He said with a smile: "Dad seems to have just found a hole in the grape skin."
"He looks like usual." Agen said.
After only one or two heartbeats, the giant completely disappeared, leaving only the wolf SCA
A person faces the empty cave in the air. The little fairy hovered down, using the remaining hand to grab something from the ground, a small thing like a cobblestone. It emitted the last faint flash and disappeared.
"Huh? Wolf SCA
Proudly stretched his chest and said. "How do you like it?"
"Very good, wolf SCA
But I think it is enough once. "
"It looks like him, right, the princess?" Mom? It looks like him! Fairy said, not noticing everyone's anxiety.
"I don't think Dad is like that ... Fraul said, but everyone could see that he was lying from his tone, and it sounded like he knew this.
"No, he has it!" I think even if you can't see it! Well, there are some, because I don't play all the characters. "
"Well, no matter what he tells you, of course you don't need to dangle in the valley." Agen said.
Andrex laughed slightly, but it was half -hearted. He was uncertain and had no sense of humor. Is the fairy seeing the truth that is not obvious on him? Is he really like the painting in the painting? Or is it the interpretation of the artist? He needs to ask the Wolf SCA
More problems, but not now, not in front of everyone.
Wolf Sca
Put his fingertips into his mouth, slowly move back and forth, trying to measure his listener. "Don't you like it?" He asked.
"Very good. Unforgettable. I'm just tired." Ankrex said with a dull and dark voice that consistent with him. "Where is it?"
"It's finished, uh, nectar." Wolf SCA
Stretch out and say. There is nothing inside. "Oh. Yes ... it doesn't matter. But I still keep it. It is sticky, so I keep it. I can do more things in the future. I want to show you more things."
The road returned to the carriage was much longer than that he should have gone, and he seemed to be exhausted. For a long day, a horrible Abrax dreamer could not imagine himself, and he finished. Do enough. A
d
okles don’t know about Flowe
Will you want to sleep next to him, or is the kit too scared now? Andrex himself was too scared. This will be an intermittent and uneasy night. A place full of nightmares and fear. Who can sleep safely after that? Even if it is only its size, even if it is not showing his own poor soul, even if it is only the size of the giant, the terrible majesty, the bloody and rotten ... That is a mortal that people should not see scene.
Gabi leaned down, whispered to Fraul's whisper, Fraul laughed, covered his mouth with his hands, and then looked back at Andreal, his yellow eyes shone. The tool bag whispered to Gabi, she giggled.
A
d
Okles snorted and looked down at the ground. very good. If the children are not disturbed, let them out of the plague. Obviously, if they can see him like this and laughed, they don't have any good opinion of him. He should sell them all and buy dogs.
In fact, why did he worry about this? He has never seen Xihel. He forgot how many people he had killed -his soul looked like a lunch of the corpse Raphael, and he should not be surprised. The gods let him wander around and corrupt the earth. This is the real mystery.
When his troubles about the ruthless family gradually disappeared and turned into a calm anger, he realized that one thing still bothered him, that was the giant. The glowing red tumor on his heart reminds him of the pain caused by his irritation of his anger earlier. Mali called it a wound. Wolf SCA
Too. Is it because he was angry and aggravated some kind of damage, but now he began to reveal its true face? Earlier, he almost killed it because it circled inside him instead of radiating outward. The wolf scar said, but he didn't remember what it was. A ridiculous thing.
After returning to the car, they walked forward for another mile and found a good place to spend the night. Children spend time on talking about hallucinations and imagination of various crazy plots. Obviously, in fact, no one is plagued by giants like Andolkul. Even Agena doesn't seem to care, she may imagine what it represents. Their happy mood made them go to bed after dinner.
Fraul was sitting next to him as usual, which was very good, because the cloudless night was getting colder and colder, and Android didn't want to sleep alone. Wolf Sca
Even climb in with them instead of GA
He rarely does this together.
Tomorrow, Androps decided to do something he had postponed for too long: he had to understand his power. He will ask the wolf SCA
One hundred questions, once and for all to find out the truth.
When he drifted into the embrace of Abraxian dreamer, what he finally thought of was whether someone had seen a giant
