Son of the Olden Days

There are six small towns in the territory under Lord Savien.

Among them, the five towns of Hound Dog Town, Yuanmu Town, New Town, Bat Mountain Foot, and Kuyeling are not far away from each other. The new town is located in the middle, and the remaining four towns are scattered around and form a guard against the new town from four directions. .

The foothills of Bat Mountain and Dead Leaf Ridge were rebuilt on the ruins many years ago, retaining their original names.

The new town has only been relocated and built in recent years. It was originally named Yuhui Town, but because the lord’s mansion is located here and the prosperity is better than the surrounding area, people prefer to call it ‘new town’.

Compared with the dazzling new town, Gray Screen Town is located alone in a half-hill col on the south side of the entire territory, close to the edge of the mainland.

Going south is the endless waters outside the mainland. To the west is the endless Grams Mountains, and to the east is the dense and endless sleepy forest. I don't know where to connect.

Traveling in the dark has always been difficult. Starting from the north gate of Grayscreen Town to the nearest Yuanmu Town, it would take at least three or four days to travel even if there were no accidents in the wilderness.

The remote location, coupled with the risks of trade, has caused the town of Gray Screen to always lack attention like an unloved child.

However, in terms of scale, Gray Screen Town is the second largest town in the entire territory except for the new town.

Many years ago, this place was originally only three scattered villages. In the years of fighting against the darkness, people gathered together to resist the monsters and beasts in the wilderness. This gave the origin of Gray Screen Town.

Like most human gathering places on this dark continent, the overall pattern of Gray Screen Town is roughly circular, with a protective wall erected on the periphery.

The wall is polished and piled with hard solid sandstone, tamped with clay, and reinforced year by year. The height is half higher than that of an adult man. The thickness of the wall is for people to walk on.

The walls over the years are covered with messy vines, which are not beautiful and reliable, but they still bring some sense of security to the residents of the town.

At the end of the cemetery in the backyard of the monastery, there is an ancient retaining wall passing by.

Saul was lying in the thick weeds, biting a grass stalk in his mouth, looking out of the gap left by a certain time in the parapet wall, behind the wall was a vast dark wilderness.

It is said that some special monsters occasionally appear in the wilderness.

People can see them in the distant darkness, because their appearances are always high-profile and unassuming, surrounded by brilliant and shiny magic waves, accompanied by some slight magic explosions from time to time.

At this moment, Sol didn't see anything. Every time he looked from here, there was only constant darkness outside, and occasionally the wind from the wilderness squeezed in through the cracks in the wall and hit his face.

Most of Sol's knowledge of the dark wilderness comes from books or rumors.

Those hearsays are often not specific, making him not only afraid of the unknown and mystery of the wilderness, but also often inspired by the dangerous and uncertain adventure journeys in his imagination.

"Stab!"

There was a faint sound of crushed dead leaves not far behind, and something was clearly passing by.

That is Sol specially prepared for visitors.

He laid a layer of dead leaves around the wreckage of the carriage, and no matter who walked by, those leaves that had lost their vitality would still make a warning cracking sound.

The other party sounds like there is only one person.

Thor got up from the grass and shook the dust, and after another vigilant patrolling in the cemetery, he turned back and got under the carriage.

It was bright under the dry well, and Shuggs had already lit a candle, and was sitting on the stump with his hands shaking and legs irritated, and a tightly sealed cloth pocket was thrown next to it.

Obviously he was not in a good mood after having diarrhea for three consecutive days.

Seeing Saul, Shuggs didn't even bother to perfuse the basic politeness, letting out the empty space on the stump, untied the cloth bag and dumped all the contents inside.

Saul hid the heat in his eyes and walked forward, grabbing a broken clay pot from the wall and handing it to Shuggs.

"That's what you said... Delay Relief Medicine? Take it every three days?"

Shuggs frowned and took it, looking at the dark green liquid that was strangely colored and slightly viscous at the bottom of the broken clay pot in his hand, he had some bad imaginations.

Sol did not respond, he was sorting the messy goods on the stump one by one.

Two small bundles of candles, a small bag of salt, and some omnivores such as dried meat and sand beans are the real good things. The salt and candles in the stable period are not cheap consumables, but they are obviously minor problems for the Thieves Guild.

Trying to take a sip of the liquid in his hand, Shuggs's suddenly tightened brow almost twisted his eyebrows.

"Oh...! Damn, is this horse dung soup? I'm going to throw up!"

Turning his head to look at Sol, who was indifferent, Shuggs gritted his teeth and suddenly poured it all down. Then he suddenly wailed, and his whole body was shaking while making some strange sounds of unknown meaning.

This is a mixture of the moss on the side of Sol's water hole and a certain plant in the cemetery after being ground into juice. Both of these things have left an unforgettable impression on Sol during the hunger period. He felt it was necessary to talk to Shuggs. Share these profound flavors.

In fact, in Saul's original plan, today should be Shuggs' death.

Orphans have many qualities, suspicious, cunning, and hostile to everything under the light. They speculate on others with the greatest malice, and at the same time use the greatest malice to calculate others. In short, it is difficult for them to truly trust anyone.

After Shuggs left that day, Saul sat silently in the dark, undecided. He felt that compared with the trivial things like using the other party to inquire about the news, perhaps only the dead would not make extravagances.

So Saul is going to mix real poison in the so-called antidote today.

As an extension of the scam, Shuggs must only drink it, or for that reason, he didn't have a choice.

After Shuggs died silently, everything that might be out of his control naturally ceased to exist. Then I can continue to live in my own world, although I am still alone, but at least at ease.

The reason why he finally changed the plan was that Saul didn't want to cross the bottom line of murder for the time being.

Although he knew very well that his hands would eventually be stained with blood in the future, at least it should not be now, and the object should not be an insignificant passer-by like Shuggs.

On the other hand, as far as the contradiction is concerned, the relationship between him and Shuggs has not yet reached the point where you have to die.

For a long time in the future, Shuggs will repeat this process of drinking the antidote countless times, and he will have the opportunity to revise the plan again at any time.

Now that you have the initiative in your hand, just look at it again.

That's why there is this joke-like farce between children.

Shuggs didn't know that he had escaped invisibly. After pouring the suspicious liquid, he realized that the world was deeply malicious, and it took him a long time to come back to life.

Seeing Thor's back from the stump that was shaking because of his forbearance of laughter, Shuggs rushed forward in grief and grabbed Thor's skirt, as if he was preparing to do his best.

"Calm down, my friend. This potion does not taste very good, but you have to learn to get used to it, or you can try to mix it in fresh fish soup next time, maybe you will like the new one in the end. Flavor."

Saul pretended to severely open Shuggs's hand, and then fished out a fresh fish from the pitcher by the wall.

The same scene and the same cooking process as last time, the two people sat opposite each other across the stump and ate a silent meal.

After the meal, Shuggs walked around the bottom of the well, and soon he noticed the puddle and fishing rod in the corner.

"It seems that this is your secret?" Shuggs turned his head and asked Saul with a look of discovery.

"I don't have enough salt. I need more salt." Saul didn't mention the food anymore. There was already enough for him to support him for a while, so there was no need to push Shuggs too tight.

"Salt? Damn it, are you going to use it as a snack?"

Shuggs was puzzled. In his opinion, only food was the most important thing for Thor's requirements. As for salt, he couldn't think of any other effects besides seasoning.

"I want to try to marinate all the extra fish to prepare for the coming winter." Sol stared at a fishbone on the ground slowly dragged by the ants.

Listening to Saul suddenly mentioning winter, Shuggs's originally laid-back expression suddenly became serious.

For the people in Gray Screen, in addition to the fear brought about by the dark wilderness, the cold winter is also a nightmare that goes hand in hand.

Every winter, the town of Grey Screen freezes to death some people, because heating has always been a very serious problem, people always do not have enough firewood to survive the winter.

Almost most of the houses in Gray Screen are made of rough black sandstone or rubble. In most occasions where wood is needed, people always use iron and other metals as much as possible. This is why wood is better than iron in the town. Also expensive reason.

Of course, if you have enough strength, you can also own a high-quality log mansion like the town elder Elton, or, like the major guilds, set up elegant tables and chairs that exude the fragrance of wood.

Every winter, the town of Grayscreen suddenly pops up a large number of amateur thieves.

They are active and crazy, looking around and looking for opportunities, ready to steal your door, your table, or your sleeping bed or even clothing fabrics when you are not paying attention, in short, everything that can be used to burn for heating.

In previous years, when winter approached, profit-seeking caravans would bring a certain amount of firewood from Yuanmu Town.

In addition, the mayor Elton will also allocate a large sum of money from the income of the Yal Mine pit west of Gray Screen Town to recruit people to form a so-called logging team to log in the sleepy forest east of the town. This will relieve the pressure of wintering in the town.

Logging teams often have mixed members, among them there are some reckless men who have confidence in their own strength, sophisticated mercenaries, and risky speculators.

Although the rewards are generous each time, and the vastness of the sleeping forest is enough to support the year-round wanton deforestation, the ever-increasing travel distance and the increasing death and injury rate in the dark wilderness still discourage most people.

There will be no more logging teams this year, and the caravans in Roundwood Town will not come again, so those who are still staying in Gray Screen can only face nightmares by themselves.

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