Edge of the Apocalypse

On an old tree with fresh green branches just pulled out, a withered young boy was lying weakly on the canopy, and two black raccoons were frolicking beside him. One of them jumped on his head, and the young man raised his hand and threw the naughty guy down: "Go away and go away, I don’t have the energy to take care of you. I don’t know how the old man’s business is doing. Everyone has had this winter. It’s not easy. Finally a fat sheep came, but don’t mess it up. Bah, baah, how can Abel’s eyes be messed up unless the old man is doing bad things.”

"I hope not." The young man picked off a small green sprout from the branch next to him, bit it between his lips, and immediately a faint bitter taste melted in his mouth, just like in this dark place. The taste of life inside.

The light gradually slanted to the west, and the temperature was gradually swelling. The boy tightened the patched cloak tightly on his body and was about to slip down the tree. Suddenly a dark shadow flashed in his sight, pig; pig; island; novel www.zhuzhu＋The young man looked at it and showed a row of yellow teeth: "Daddy is back."

He turned around and opened his throat to the tree houses behind and shouted, "Daddy, they are back."

After shouting two or three times, old faces gradually appeared in the seven or eight wooden houses. Their wrinkled faces cracked a smile, revealing their mouths with missing front teeth or even teeth that were all but gums.

The yellow boy slipped down the old tree quickly, and two black raccoons followed him behind him. The boy was wearing shoes that didn't fit well, and even a hole in his left foot could see the toes inside. The shoes left footprints on the soft mud, and the young man flew along a path to welcome the returning team.

At a glance, he saw Daddy Birek walking in front, and next to him was Abel, who had been idolizing since he was a child. Behind them are two tall horses, one horse and one woman rider. The male one has very rare silver hair, and the female is biased towards neutral regardless of temperament and clothes, but when he sees that beautiful face, the boy almost forgets to breathe.

The boy shouted in his heart: The quality of the fat sheep is very high!

"It's not far ahead, Master Ellen." Birrick rubbed his hands and tried to squeeze a simple smile. It's a pity that he looks too fierce and vicious, so it's only funny.

"Just call my name, old man." Allen smiled.

Birik grinned: "How can it be, I have never seen a big man like you, I think those noble lords should be like you."

"So that's the case, but sir, no matter how you slap me, I won't slap my **** and turn around, so you can lead the way with peace of mind. Also, there is a team behind us with about a hundred people. It will be here tomorrow, so how about I trouble you to get someone to respond?"

The expression on Birik's face was stiff, and his face was crying and said: "Master Ellen, our Dark Spears are not farts here. The space is limited, and there is really no room for so many of you." The old man thought that the rest of the food was just that Point, these elders don't want to stay for a day or two, that little thing is not enough for others to eat.

Allen seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, father, we have food for ourselves. It's just that we need a place to rest before going deep into the dark place, and I won't let you work in vain afterwards. "

Only then did Birik relax.

There was already a teenager running over there, shouting without a word: "Father, Abel. Our fat sheep looks very good."

As soon as Birik kicked Abel, the latter scolded and rubbed his **** while pulling the boy up and said: "Don't talk nonsense, we have kicked the iron this time."

"Steel plate?" The young man glanced at Ellen, who gave him a gentle smile. He grinned and said, "Why don't I look like it?"

Abel sighed and said, "I didn't look like it before, or I wouldn't be able to kick it straight."

Alan rode through a tree gate. It was two old trees growing along the road. Their canopies were naturally entangled to form a natural arch. Behind the tree door is an open space with several large wooden troughs for water storage, and seven or eight middle-aged women sitting beside them are washing clothes. At the back is a stove made of stone, with a large pot on it, as if something is cooking inside. A simple wooden table was built next to it, and a fat woman was stirring an iron pan with a large spoon on it.

Seeing Birik coming back, the fat woman shouted with her arms akimbo: "Birek, go get some meat out, or else everyone will only shout tonight." Seeing Ellen and others, hey said. "It turns out that you brought the fat sheep back. Why, do you want to kill them? Let’s say yes, I can’t do this kind of rough work. But this kid and the little girl look delicate, It must taste better than your stinky meat that seems to be hidden as a baby."

Birik heard a panic, and quickly shouted: "Shut up, these are our distinguished guests."

The fat woman snorted, obviously not convinced. Birik said to Ellen: "Master Ellen, she has something wrong here, don't go to your heart." The old man gestured to his head.

Allen shook his head and got off his horse. Looking around for a week, I saw that the den of thieves with dark spears was far more shabby than he thought. The tree houses built on the old trees don’t look so strong. In addition, the gang of thieves are old, old, small and small. It’s a thief’s den, rather than a small village. . Allen whispered: "Master, it looks like you don't mix well in the dark place."

Birek smiled bitterly, but did not answer.

Next, Abel and the young companion took horses from Allen and the others, and brought two carriages to the corner of the square. Alan asked Fares to take out the food and hand it to Birik to make the ingredients for dinner. When Birik saw the smoked meat, dried fruits and vegetables and bread delivered by Fares, the corners of the old man's eyes were moist, and he forgot how long he hadn't eaten something like this. Immediately all the brains were sent to the woman who was in charge of cooking, and then some secretly kept. The fat woman smiled at so much food, and called the women washing clothes to help cook together.

Before dinner, Allen found a clean place in the square to sit down. The camp of Dark Spear is on a high slope, and from here, you can see a dark forest spreading forward. The distant sky was already piled with fiery red clouds, like masses of still flames, dyeing the sky and the earth the same color. Alan's body was also stained with a red light, and he pulled out a newly grown grass core from the ground next to it, and rubbed it in his hand.

"Master Ellen...you are not a caravan, are you?" Birik came over and glanced at Ellen. He wanted to sit down but didn't dare.

Glancing at the old man, Allen patted the side and signaled that Birik could sit down. He tilted his head and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Birik sat down cross-legged, squinted his eyes and said: "It doesn't look like it, I've been here for some years. As long as the caravans passing through the dark land are all good, don't do anything like you Free to visit our doghouse."

Allen smiled and said, "You dark spears don’t look like bandits, old and young. If you have no combat power, and if you want to be equipped and unequipped, you have mixed up too badly. Right."

Birik murmured: "No way, we don't want to kill, nor dare to kill. We can only rely on more people to scare some small caravans, and blackmail some money is enough. This is not a lot of young boys who can't live on. , All ran to the big bosses who could be ranked, we are left with some old guys and stinky brats."

"In that case, why not leave here?"

Birik laughed bitterly: "Where can we go? Master Ellen, the reason why the big guy came to the dark place is because he can't live in his hometown. Whether he left on his own initiative or was forced to leave, In short, we can't go back. Everyone here works together and can barely survive. Once we leave, the people here will be unable to survive in all likelihood."

"After all, we are just a bunch of ghosts still alive."

At this moment someone called Birik's name, the old man patted his **** and stood up, he turned to leave. Allen sitting on the ground suddenly said: "I heard that the deepest part of the sea, where even the sun can’t reach. The depths of the sea are eternal darkness, but even in the darkest place, there are some lives that can on their own. Shine. Shine on yourself and also illuminate the darkness. They are the light in the darkness."

Without expressing anything concretely, Allen simply recounted a fact. Birik was faintly moved when he heard it. The old man scratched his head, shook his head and left. Allen did not look back, did not retain, everyone had their own way to go, and he couldn't expect everyone to follow his own path. He still looked at Yuantian, and said to himself after a moment: "Are you the flash in the dark?"

Then he turned his head and looked at a large rock. A head moved behind the rock, and then Abel crawled out from behind the rock. The boy smiled all over his face and said, "Did you find me while you were on the road?"

Allen nodded ~www.readwn.com~ Abel sighed and said, "I thought I was hiding well enough."

"You are hiding well. In fact, you are very talented in concealment skills. How about, do you want to go with me, I have a friend who is a master of assassination concealment, if you let him train you, You will be a good assassin."

"Really?" Abel's eyes lit up, and this is undoubtedly a life-changing opportunity for the teenagers in the dark places. But the light in the young boy's eyes soon dimmed, and he smiled bitterly: "I am willing to be by Master Allen's side, but I have very important things to go..."

"It's okay." Allen said softly, "That promise is long-term effective. You can come to me anytime when you change your mind. As long as I am not dead."

Abel stared at him blankly. The young man couldn't imagine the person as powerful as his eyes. Apart from time, there was nothing else that could kill him.

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