I have a date with the devil

Chapter 4

　As if a century had passed, Ye Miao regained consciousness with a splitting headache, slightly rolled over, from the throat crushed a low moan mixed with blood foam | moan. Before the fall of a scene of memory up, ruthlessly flushed the sore temples, filled with mud and stone like heavy eyelids finally lifted up.

She remembered that when she borrowed the fire, she inadvertently turned the lamp holder mechanism on the wall, and then, unawares, she fell through the cracked bricks and into the underground of this abandoned palace. From the ground to here is at least three stories high. She is through the curved slope rolled down, is considered the most unfortunate fortune. If there was no obstruction to smash directly on the ground, I'm afraid that the brains are going to collapse out.

How much time had passed since she fell?

What exactly did she fall into?

In Kadam's palace, the king and queen under the palace, as well as their children live under the palace also dug to repair the secret room. It could be used to hide treasures as well as for the royal family to take refuge in special circumstances. Could it be that there is a similar structure in the palace of the late king of Abilene?

Ye Miao sat up and caressed her limbs and body inch by inch, making sure that none of the bones were broken, but the shock between the ribs was raw and painful, and it was estimated that she had still bruised her internal organs, which was the worst possible situation. She lamented, and touched a smear of condensed dry block on the back of the clothes, uncovered with nails, rubbed in the fingertips, it became crumbly, flying down in all directions.

Because it was too dark, Ye Miao can not be sure what this is, the finger that touched it under the nose, it smelled a time-honored, slightly pungent smell, only guessed that this is just rolled down, clothes and stones rubbed sharply and dried pigment.

Oil lamp has been lost, but it is always stronger than people. Even if it could be found, it should have been broken long ago. Ye Miao covered the hidden pain in the ribs, waiting for the eyes to adapt to the darkness underneath, only to find that this place is not completely devoid of light, the wall stone coated with a layer of something, ghostly emitting ghostly fire like an unsettling dark green phosphorus light.

Overhead, the so-called slope or exit has long disappeared, replaced by a ragged, coarse, uneven stone ceiling, such as the twisting of a stone pattern, like a bone gangrene, is actually a large open mouth, burned by the fire torture of a poisonous snake.

Ye Miao stiffened and had a very bad feeling. Assuming she fell, her body still rolled a little way because of inertia, and it couldn't have been too far from the place where she fell. That means that the passage that connects to the outside world has automatically closed. If it can't be opened from here, then she only has two choices left, find another exit or - trapped to death.

This is an endless corridor, the far end can not even see the faint phosphorescent light, completely hidden in the extreme silence of the darkness, who knows what horrible things can be hidden there.

If there really was any monster, it would have come to eat her during the time she was unconscious - Ye Miao said this to herself three times in her head before she stood up holding the wall and took small steps to the left.

I hope that this place is really as she had hoped, and the Kardan Palace has a different structure, then the structure will not be too complicated. As long as you don't go off on a tangent, you might be able to find another exit to the surface.

If the light was not so dim at this time, Ye Miao would have been able to find that the clearing where she had been lying had an upside-down pentagram pattern, the dried ebony dye had been rubbed hard by her clothes, and in the center of the pattern, the clear border of the goat's head entangled by the snake was dragged out in faint cracks. What stuck to her clothes just now were these dyes stirred with crow's blood and holy water.

With the destruction of the mark, it was as if something, too, had been disintegrated in a silent manner. A cold wind blew, and the corridor was clearly still empty, with only the sound of Ye Miao's breathing and footsteps alone. But not far behind her on the wall, at some point, cast a shallow shadow, as step by step, it grew taller and taller, breeding curved and thick goat horns, tail prongs sharp huge bone wings from the back, sweeping down the phosphorescence on the wall.

In the many legends of the continent of Ripass, there is no shortage of "warriors to solid ice chains to trap the dragon", "witches with poison to curse the devil" and so on the story. And at this time, for these legends to write the follow-up of Ye Miao, still immersed in the hope of finding a way back to the ground, does not know that she has long unintentionally released a terrible thing, and was trailed by him on - as her ambiguous nightmare in the replay.

Ye Miao does not have a pocket watch, can not see the exact passage of time, but at her own pace, she almost walked for more than two hours. The corridor was surprisingly free of traps and diversions, and the worst thing she imagined - a monster swooped out and attacked her - did not happen. But that was the problem, there was nothing. How long would it be before there was an exit?

The vague pain in the abdominal ribs and the sore feet reminded Ye Miao that she must rest for a while. She held the wall and sat down in place, but her fingers accidentally touched a hard, cold thing.

Ye Miao vaguely saw its outline, and incredulously froze, reaching out to feel it. After confirming what it was, her face swiftly turned white.

This is the oil lamp that fell with her, the cold wick is still scattered around the broken glass.

It took so much effort, but still walked back to the original point, it was like a ghost wall. Could it be that this is a circular secret passage with no exit? Or was she confused by the blindfold and walked backwards without realizing it? Was it the work of a demon? Or did the miasma underneath cause her hallucinations?

Whichever it was, Ye Miao had vaguely realized that this place was not that simple. She shivered and took a breath, sitting against the wall.

Life's unprecedented difficulties in front of her, but scouring all the experience and knowledge to use, or no solution - in the realization of this, despair will come overwhelmingly.

Ye Miao is tired and hungry, the brain has been almost turned, unconsciously fell asleep.

This time, that dream, which she had not had since she came to Abil, visited her once again, but there was a difference compared to before. Before, she could not see the appearance of the thing that embraced her at all, and was also passive, as if she was an outsider, and had a feeling of being in the clouds from the beginning to the end.

And this time, although her vision was also darkened, she felt the other party's wandering breath more clearly than any other time before. The tip of His wet tongue parted the top of her lip slit and drove straight in, licking over the flesh of her teeth with novelty and delicacy.

Although only lips and tongues meet, but this time, she had an extraordinarily real, will be engulfed in a sense of oppression, as if once in the fog to see the final layer of things suddenly close to the eyes. Ye Miao whimpered in fear, too late to swallow the fluid flowing along the corners of the mouth.

In this instant, she suddenly realized that one of her hands was not pinned down and did something she had never done before - pushed the thing, her fingertips slid over His shoulder and neck, and she touched parts that were not human - sharp and erect pointed ears, in the rough and ugly lines spreading across the chest, and the huge bone wings burrowing out of the cold and solid muscle of His back ......

This was Ye Miao's last impression of this dream.

After a long silence, she slowly opened her eyes and found that she still carried the tear stains from sobbing in the corners of her eyes, but instead of sitting cross-legged against the wall, she was lying on her side on the floor.

That nightmare, once again, came to an abrupt end. This time, it actually only went as far as the kiss on the lips. But the timing was right, and in this eerie and helpless situation, the same dream would brew up several times the horror.

She rubbed her red eyes and suddenly realized that the phosphorescence on the corridor wall had disappeared and she could hardly see anything. When she was wondering, a very pleasant voice suddenly came from beside her, which should have been empty: "Hi."

Ye Miao stiffened, finally could not bear to scream, reflexively swung out a palm. She really did hit the other side of the cheek with a crisp "pop".

The air froze in a flash.

Ye Miao was so stunned that she almost didn't come back to her senses - the touch was warm and delicate, it was human body heat.

In front of her, is a living person.

Her hand, which was frozen in mid-air, was soon held by someone. A strange teenager's voice rang out, softly and gently: "Don't be afraid, I am your kind and am here to help you."

Others who speak in such a soft and light tone will only seem gentle and temperless, as if they are coaxing a child who is having a temper tantrum. This teenager's voice is unique, in the gentle and sincere skin, as if there is a hidden layer of feminine and seductive sweetness, more easily reminiscent of "coaxing", "compulsion", "cunning "Such words.

If Ye Miao hadn't suffered so many scares in one night that her soul was unconscious, according to her normal acuity, she would have been able to hear the unnaturalness of the wording used in this sentence - normal people, when introducing themselves to other people, rarely use "the same kind" The word.

This sentence, more like a new dealings with human aliens, in the use of a language that is alien to itself.

But now, Ye Miao has experienced being hunted by monsters, ghosts hitting the wall, but also by the abominable thing in the dream, in the midst of a desperate situation, it was not easy to meet a living person who released a goodwill ...... change is who, will not be the first to seize the other side of the subtle vulnerability, will only feel relieved.

Ye Miao swallowed the tears, sat up, half-heartedly and hopefully: "You ...... are human?"

The words sounded like a curse, but in no way was it Ye Miao's intention - just the aftermath of her encountering too many non-humans in one night.

The other party did not answer positively, but asked rhetorically in a natural tone, "What else could it be?"

Although she couldn't see her face, in Ye Miao's mind, she could imagine him making an expression of raising his eyebrows.

With this assurance, Ye Miao's stiff shoulders slowly relaxed. After calming down a little, she finally felt embarrassed for her over-excited action just now - she had just slapped the other party without even saying a word, and hastily apologized to the other party with a red face.

A sibilant sound rang out, and this strange teenager seemed to sit down in front of her, only to hear him say absently, "Who are you and why are you here?"

"I accidentally fell in." Ye Miao rubbed her eyes and found that she still couldn't see anything, and gradually became a little uneasy: "The light on the wall here, is there no more?"

"There is."

Ye Miao was bewildered: "Then why can't I see?"