The night is already deep.
The chair made of chopped tree stumps felt wet to the touch, and the ranger could not sit comfortably.
Listening to the sound of the bonfire exploding, thick sleepiness gradually invaded him. He shook his head and tried to shake off the sleepiness, but the mixed smell of earth and wind was like a sleeping pill for him. This approach made his My head became even more dizzy.
Go to the lake and wash your face.
With this thought in mind, he stood up and walked into the darkness.
The bonfire could not illuminate the distance, and it was pitch black beneath his feet.
But that doesn't matter.
The forest guards have very good noses. They must be able to smell the smell of fire at any time, and they must also be able to find the source of water at any time. As long as he moves his nose, he can smell the smell of water.
As expected, he easily reached the edge of the lake in the darkness where no one could be seen.
He squatted down slowly, his useless old bones cracking.
The lake extending into the distance beneath your feet gradually reflected the starry sky and the old face of the forest guard.
The face in the lake looked a little absent-minded and old. Even when it was reflected in the water, the wrinkles were obviously scary.
He lives in this inaccessible forest and has not looked in the mirror for a long time.
At this moment, he seemed to suddenly realize that he was old, completely old.
It's really unbearable.
The forest guard smiled, but his smile froze. In the end, the helpless smile that froze on his face turned into a sigh, and left with the night wind, leaving nothing behind.
It seemed that because he was distracted by his thoughts, he suddenly noticed some bubbles rising from the water surface not far away.
Something is hiding beneath the water.
He knew he had to escape, but his useless old legs suddenly lost strength after squatting for a long time, and he couldn't even take a step.
Before the forest guard had time to react, the calmness of the lake was broken, and a huge splash of water sounded.
A black shadow emerged from the water and grabbed the forest guard's leg tightly.
"Caught~you~"
The black shadow made a faint sound, and its eyes revealed a deep red light.
The old face of the forest guard was trembling like a child starting to twitch, and it was hard to say whether it was the splash of water or the sweat rolling down his face drop by drop.
what to do?
He tried to ask himself this, but the ranger's body had already acted before his brain was still trying to calm down. He had served in the army in his early years, and although it had been many years, the warrior's instinct was still in his body. functioning in the body.
He regrouped his strength in his hands and punched the black shadow without mercy.
The fist landed impartially on the shadow's forehead, and the sound of the shadow's skull cracking could still be faintly heard under the wind of the fist.
This instinctive strike was quite effective, and the black shadow loosened its grip on the forest guard, and sank again bubblingly.
"So weak!"
The forest guard couldn't help blurting out.
He didn't know what was attacking him, but it was too weak for someone who could lurk in the forest.
Before the forest guard could think too much, the guy started to stir in the water again, causing countless splashes, but...
But with many years of experience, this doesn't look like a dangerous beast preparing for an attack at all, but more like... tsk, more like... a drowning person.
"What are you doing...Gulu...quickly...save...save...Gulu gulu gulu..."
The water splash gradually stopped and the water surface returned to calm.
"What are you doing!!"
The forest guard stayed for a while before he woke up as if from a dream, took off his coat and jumped into the water screaming.
After a while.
The forest guard and the black-haired young man were wrapped in blankets and huddled in front of the bonfire.
"Ah, ah, sneeze! I'm definitely going to catch a cold, stinky old man, why are you beating me up when you have nothing to do!"
The young man's tuxedo hung steaming at the other end of the bonfire, while the young man was shivering at the other end with a snot hanging from his nose.
"When I saw those ominous red eyes, I should have thought it was you, brat, and what's the matter with your saying 'I caught you~'!"
The old forest guard wrapped his blanket tightly, and what sounded like a distressed voice seemed to come from the abyss, as if he would be torn to pieces if he didn't give him a perfect explanation.
As expected of the man formerly known as the "Ghost General", although he has aged, he is still as terrifying as ever.
Li Mo felt the pressure and hid his head in the blanket with only his eyes exposed.
"It's just a joke, a joke, and in this situation, shouldn't normal people crawl on all fours to escape? How could you punch someone in the head like this!"
"We don't have this kind of trash in the Demon King's army who will run away after being frightened! That kind of shameful guy should kill himself with a knife to apologize!"
"That's right, that's right. How could there be such a guy, hahaha..."
"So....."
The ranger took off his blanket and put his faded uniform, which was still damp, back on.
"Why would General Li Mo personally come to find me in such a barren mountain?"
He raised one eyebrow and stared into Li Mo's eyes, as if a snake was threatening its prey by spitting out letters. Li Mo had hated this about him before.
No, it's better to say that I'm afraid rather than disgusted.
I hate this person because I am afraid.
Li Mo also took off the blanket, wiped the mud off his face, and gave the old man opposite him the same look.
"I wouldn't come back to a place like this even if someone begged me to come, but my mistake was that someone actually begged me."
"who is it."
The question was a nonchalant question, and it sounded like it didn't matter if Li Mo didn't answer him.
It should be said that he is this kind of person.
Li Mo picked up a piece of firewood from the ground and threw it into the bonfire.
The firewood crackled and screamed in the campfire, polluting the silence around him. Just as Li Mo expected, even if he was silent, the old man would not question him.
He has completely become a lonely person.
Li Mo sighed, as if whispering:
"It's your daughter, your daughter."
