Chapter 174 The Legend of the Candy House
Bangier ran home and looked at his sister who was still working. Bangier held Coranti's little hand with a serious face, touched the thin but rough little hand, and Bangier said in a particularly hoarse voice: "Koranti , two cows were bitten to death by poisonous snakes."
"Let's run away!" Bangier stared into his sister's eyes, feeling that his heart was full of strength, wasn't everything planned long ago? As long as you have your sister by your side, those fears are nothing.
"But brother, where can we escape? Even if the cow dies, but my brother is so capable, my parents won't sell him. Isn't it good for my brother to stay at home?" Coranti said softly.
"But they will sell you, I will never accept this." Bangier took his sister's hand and put it on his heart, he said: "Leave everything to my brother, we will have a good time living together."
"Cole and I have already planned to escape to the forest. The few of us will help each other, and we will definitely survive." Bangier said firmly. Coranti nodded, and then packed things together with Bangier. .
They will be able to bring fur clothing and some edible food. Originally, if their father hadn't taken the bow and arrow, with the help of the bow and arrow, they would have been safer in the forest, but now they can't control that much.
It won't be long before the parents come back from the village chief, and it won't be long before they find out that the sister is gone, and then immediately find out the fact that the cow is dead, and time is running out for themselves and the sister.
After packing up his things, Bangier took Coranti out of the house carefully, avoiding the eyes of the neighbors. Although there are not many neighbors now, they are probably trying their best to survive the difficult life, and no one will go Pay special attention to your neighbors.
Without any danger, Bangier took his younger sister Coranti to the back of a small hill, where Bangier's two companions were already waiting.
One of them was Cole who had called him before, and the other was Udyk, a young man about the same age as Bangil.
"Hey, Bangier, why did you bring your sister here?" Cole pulled Bangier over and said in a low voice.
"I'm sorry Cole, our plan has to be advanced." Bangier said: "Due to an accident, we have to run first. I hope you can come too."
"This is different from what we said." Banguir's collar was grabbed by Udyk angrily. Of course he knew why Udyk was angry, because their plan to escape was not today, which would inevitably lead to problems such as lack of preparation. The danger is greatly increased.
"Listen up to Udyk, the plan will never keep up with the changes. No matter what, I will take Coranti to escape. If you don't follow us, you won't even have a chance to escape." Bangier panted and said to the other two. The person persuaded: "My parents have gone to the village head's house for a meeting today, I think you understand what this means."
"You don't have much time, maybe today, maybe tomorrow, you will be sacrificed to the great river of black mist." Bangier said the cruel fact: "Today is also your last time gone."
"Damn it!" Cole cursed angrily, "Bangil, remember, you owe us once."
In this small forest village, there is such a tradition, that is to offer sacrifices to the great river of black mist, to pray for peace in the forest, so that hunters can enter the forest to hunt safely.
Hunting is the main source of income for most people in this village. It can be said that without hunting, most people here will starve to death, and the danger in the forest is not only from wild animals, but also from some mysterious things.
If there is no sacrifice, no hunter in this village will dare to approach the forest. The unknown thing hidden in the darkness will eat up anyone who enters the forest. As a poor village, the only Of the sacrifices, naturally only human beings remained.
Cole and Udyk were part of this sacrifice. They accidentally learned that they were sacrificed, so they had already planned to escape.
It's just that the tradition of this village has been going on for so many years, and it has long been intentional or unintentional to prevent other people from escaping. The first is the road leading to the town. The village head's house is erected next to that road, and the village head has raised three terrifying The big dog, anyone passing that way, will be found.
Most of the roads in other places are surrounded by rivers, and there is only one road leading to the forest. Bangier and the others have heard about the horror of the forest since they were young. If they are not sure that they are sacrifices, they will not think about it. Flee into the forest.
But Bangier is for his younger sister. He can't bear that his sister is treated as a commodity, sold to other people, and becomes a slave or a toy. As Koranti gets older, Bangier can perceive that his sister The idea that it would be better to die inside.
That's why after he discovered that Cole and Udyk were planning to escape, he didn't report it, but chose to hide it and join in.
When things came to an end, Udyk hesitated a bit: "Are we really going to escape into the forest? It's so dangerous there, and it's said that there are cannibals."
"Don't you still want to stay here and wait to die?" After Banguir's hope of keeping his sister was completely shattered, he had already regarded escape as the only way. Naturally, he wanted to have one more person to make this way seem safer.
"Maybe we can still find the candy house," Coranti interjected.
Hearing her sister's words, Bangier pinched her cute little face and said with a smile: "Yes, we will find the candy house in the forest."
The candy house in the forest is a legend that spreads in the nearby area.
According to the legend, in this forest, there is a house made of candy. Anyone who finds the candy house can realize any wish. In the rumor, there is also a saying that the reason why the forest is so dangerous is because Because it is necessary to protect the candy house. In this barren society, candy is a precious food that only nobles are entitled to enjoy.
Compared with people, the candy house has almost the same meaning as the gold house, let alone the so-called function of fulfilling wishes, and some things in this village seem to be saying that the candy house is not fake of.
That is, after the annual sacrifice, the village head will take his three big dogs to the forest to look for something. The village head is a rare wealthy person in this village. Rumors say that the reason why the village head doesn Safer town living is here for the candy house.
And every once in a while, there are some so-called rangers or others who are attracted by the candy house and enter the forest to seek death.
"Okay, let's go get the things we have prepared, and we will gather here later. Since we have decided to leave, then don't delay." Cole said with a sigh. He wanted to survive, so he had to go face to face to danger.