Above The Sky

In the middle of the night, Harrison Harbor was supposed to be silent, but a raging fire suddenly ignited. The silent darkness that enveloped the harbor suddenly lit up, and then a surging flame wind engulfed the building.

The light of the fire illuminated the small half of the port and was reflected on the surrounding sea, so that the fish at high tide were thoroughly illuminated, and the shadows ran in panic on the bottom of the sea.

Many people were awakened by the sudden light and burnt smell. The father woke up the child, the wife pushed the husband to wake up, and everyone rushed out of the house with the most precious belongings in the house in confusion and natural fear of fire, without realizing it. You are not wearing pants, or your clothes are turned upside down.

"Is it the lame Orsenna house?" On one side, the sharp-eyed person quickly discovered that the fire's scope was not large. To be precise, only one house was affected.

The fire looked mighty, but because of the rain yesterday afternoon, only the wooden structure in the house was really ignited. The main beam and roof had not collapsed, not to mention that the wind direction did not support the spread of the fire.

This made the surrounding neighbors breathe a sigh of relief. In the final analysis, Port Harrison is a city surrounded by rivers and the sea. Putting out a fire of this level is nothing at all, and immediately someone is ready to fetch water to put out the fire.

"Oops."

After making sure that his side was safe, the people who knew Osenna on weekdays remembered the key, and the burly fisherman patted his thigh angrily: "It's fine that the lame one is gone, and the two children of Ian and Alan also There!"

Orsenna doesn't usually have a good relationship with his neighbors. He rarely communicates with others, and his life is not smooth, even if he is from the same family, few people care about his safety.

But brothers Ian and Elland are different.

The two brothers were half-brothers, not counting the foreign Canaanite Moorish mercenary, their parents were both good local people.

Ian's father was a member of the port guard, responsible for investigating the monster dens in the coastal waters. Because he often killed monsters to get hunted, he would distribute some meat to the neighbors and relatives.

The mothers of the two are rarely literate. They read letters and bulletins for the neighbors.

But because of a severe storm that had not been seen in the South China Sea for 300 years eight years ago, the escort who happened to be going to sea was wiped out - Ian's father was among them.

Almost everyone remembers it.

On that day, the dense thunderbolts stretched out on the sky with the roar, like tree branches. The purple thunder light cut through the dark sky and illuminated the churning sea.

Ian was born in this storm and lost his father at the same time, and many more people lost husbands and sons.

Many houses were blown down, fishing boats overturned and sank, and the city walls on the east and west sides collapsed with many breaches... Because of that unusual storm, the entire city of Harrison Harbor was full, and until now, the port has not fully recovered. .

Orsenna wasn't likable, and bright little Ian was different.

Thinking of this, an enthusiastic neighbor, who is also a fellow of Bai Zhimin, poured a bucket of water on himself and covered his head with a damp cloth.

He wanted to get close to the fire and see what was going on inside the house.

This person is the fisherman who spoke before, named Sai Nan. His skin is dark because of his long-term work at sea. Except for his white hair, he has no connection with the people of Bai, but his dark skin is thick and tough, like a layer of fish scales under the skin. .

Sai Nan was once rescued by Ian's father from a siege of a group of reef-devouring sea wolves. When Ian's father died and his mother was still alive, this kind-hearted fisherman often made some excuses and sent a fish or two to help.

He is indeed not afraid of fire, nor is he stunned, and has his own selfishness.

Sai Nan thought about it, he would go to the fire and see if he could save him if he could. If he couldn't, he had to show an attitude. If he was so loyal, could everyone not choose him as the fisherman's head?

But just as the daring fisherman approached the burning house, he was shocked to see a familiar young figure shaking in front of the fire.

Ian held the white-haired child in one hand, and dragged the blood-stained white-haired man with the other. The boy stomped on the shadows lit by the firelight, staggering away from the moaning house that was about to collapse.

"Ian?!"

For a time, the fisherman froze in place, he couldn't imagine why such a scene would happen.

But soon, he reacted, the man gritted his teeth, walked quickly to Ian, picked up Ian and Alan in his arms with one hand, and grabbed 'Osenna who was obviously unconscious with the other hand. ', and then strode back toward safety.

Sai Nan naturally has such strength. The catch he usually carries is heavier than the three of them combined, but when he was retreating, he asked inexplicably: "What happened, how did the fire start, Osenna How did your uncle become like this?"

Although it was only a short glance, Sai Nan could see that there were deep visible bone wounds on the face of 'Osenna', and there were extremely serious knife wounds on his arms and body.

Fortunately, Orsenna is tall and burly. Although these injuries are serious, they do not seem to be fatal for the time being.

But why did he get stabbed?

For the first time, Sainan thought that when Orsenna, a scum, was beating Ian, Ian resisted and stabbed him a few times - and he felt that Orsenna was not so strong before, a little heavy!

But this thought just flashed in my mind. After all, this is too ridiculous. How can an eight-year-old child have the strength to fight with an adult, and can pull out so many deep and visible scars on the other side?

As for Orsenna's weight... hey, maybe the other party is the thin type?

But then, Ian answered with a little crying, but he felt a lot of unease and consternation at the same time as it was ridiculous.

"Yes, it is the Sequoia native!"

Ian, who was held by Sai Nan in his arms, was sobbing softly, and he stammered: "There was a native who sneaked over and wanted to take my brother and me... He had a cigarette, but I had a headache and couldn't sleep, so I found out now..."

"Uncle had a fight with the natives and accidentally knocked over the brazier..."

Soon, Sai Nan, who brought the two brothers and the seriously injured 'Osenna' to a safe place, roughly knew what happened.

Ian's words were a bit topsy-turvy, with the child's sobbing included, which made the people around him feel distressed, but unexpectedly explained the key information quite clearly.

After Ian repeated it again and again, everyone understood the overview.

——The natives from the Sequoia Forest sneaked into the port and wanted to secretly kidnap the two brothers Ian and Alan with sleeping smoke.

Elan was naturally dazed, but Ian couldn't sleep because of the injury he suffered on his head a few days ago, and discovered the strangeness of Sleeping Smoke.

After Ian shouted to wake up Orsenna and alerted the natives, the lame guy unexpectedly burst into blood and fought with the natives who wanted to forcibly kidnap the two brothers.

Although Orsenna was inconvenient to move, his room was small and burly.

While tearing and tumbling with the last native, Orsenna overturned the brazier used to dehumidify the house. This brazier is usually placed in the kitchen to store fire, but because the clothes have been moldy in the house recently, it is placed outside to dehumidify.

The spark ignited the clothes, ignited the algae oil lamp that turned over and leaked oil, and then lit the floor of the table and chairs next to it, and the fire quickly spread.

Next, is what everyone saw - Ian couldn't put out the fire, so he tried his best to get his brother and unconscious uncle out.

"Good boy, strong and courageous!"

Everything went smoothly and naturally, and it made sense. Sainan didn't suspect him. He rubbed Ian's face hard and praised the boy for his decisiveness.

If Ian hesitated for a while, the three would never get out of the fire.

However, the sharp-eyed fisherman also noticed that Ian was holding a small bag tightly in his hand when he spoke.

The style of the cysts is rough and primitive, obviously aboriginal.

"……That is?"

Among the onlookers, an equally sharp-eyed herb collector also noticed this.

He usually walks in the mountains and forests, and his eyesight is the most important. At first, he didn't pay much attention to Ian, so he didn't find it.

But just now, he smelled a faint scent of flowers, which was linked to the 'sleeping smoke' that Ian had mentioned earlier. This herbalist who was worried about the fire and dressed upside down suddenly moved in his heart: "Ian, put that Show me the package."

"Huh?" Hearing this, Ian shrank in fear, took a half step back, and stammered back: "But, this is what my uncle told me, asking me to keep it away..."

This answer obviously made the herb collector impatient, and he held out his hand.

"let me see!"