I weave my destiny in parallel time and space

Xia raised his hand, and with the surge of magic power, they instantly crossed the distance of thousands of miles and arrived at a border town on the European continent.

Char passed through this place during Alicia's global travel decades ago.

Because of its remote location, it was not affected by the war and still retains the wooden structure of the 16th century.

The timber-framed house is an architectural form in medieval Europe that originated in Germany in the 12th century. The timber-framed structure is exposed on the exterior facade and is also known as "half-timbered building" or "timber frame building".

In the forest-covered Bavaria, wood and soil were widely available, and the cost of building houses was not high. Therefore, craftsmen used wood to form the frame of the entire house, and then filled the wood with soil and bricks to turn it into a house.

You don’t need to bring a map to go here. It’s such a small town that you can visit it all in less than a day. There are some lovely small towns in West France. Troyes has its unique wooden houses, Cassis has its colorful little houses, Annecy has the canal that runs through the city, and Saint-Emilion has its refreshing wine. ...and this town has all of these.

The wooden houses all over the street are painted in various colors, decorated with flowers, and the canals are quiet and winding, giving the whole town a fairy tale-like dreamy feel.

This small town left a deep impression on Charia and Alicia at that time.

Walking in the old town here, you feel like you are in medieval Europe. The streets are narrow and can only accommodate one car. The paving stones form patterns on the ground like water waves.

Compared with neighboring big cities, there are not many tourists here. The pace is slow and the sunshine is soft and bright. Find a small bar near the waterway to sit down and have a glass of Alsace wine. The time spent in daze cannot be considered a waste.

But at this moment, this beautiful, fairy-tale town has turned into a purgatory.

The air was filled with a strong smell of sulfur and burning. Most of the houses were burned to a frame. The raging fire was still spreading around, and the red tongues of flames struck the dark night.

The sound of crackling fire filled their ears.

Other than that, there was no cry at all

Xia Ya took a step forward.

"Click"

He seemed to have stepped on something, so he slowly lowered his head. There was a burnt piece of wood under his feet.

To be precise, it's not wood. This "wood" has obvious finger parts. It is a carbonized arm.

He then looked at the charred object on one side that had been completely burnt and had no visible shape, and he could vaguely make out some traces of human figures.

At a glance from here, these "charcoal"-like things can be seen everywhere.

There were charred corpses everywhere on the road that was blackened by the flames. Their bodies did not make many painful movements, and it looked like they should have been instantly carbonized by the ultra-high temperature.

The people here must have seen something and fled on the streets in terror, but in the end they were all burned to death by the flames.

Char and Alicia overcame the scorch together and continued walking forward. The smell of phosphoric acid and burnt wires in the air became stronger.

When Xia Ya walked to the side of the street, she saw a family.

The parents guarded their young children, as if they wanted to use their bodies to protect them.

But it is a pity that the ultra-high temperature that can instantly carbonize people is simply not something that humans can stop.

The child in their arms is basically mature, but she can still see her past appearance.

The half-burnt bow fell to one side. The color of the bow was very bright.

Alicia looked away, breathed a long sigh of relief, stopped looking at this family, and continued walking forward with Xia Ya.

They came to the canal. When the flames arrived, many people should have come here, but they obviously didn't know how high the dragon's flames were.

The river was steaming with steam, and the water boiled at the moment when it was burned by the flames, and the people inside...

Char couldn't use words to describe what he saw.

The steaming heat was filled with a disgusting smell.

A warm wind blew, and the echo of thunder echoed in the sky.

When Xia Ya raised his head, sporadic raindrops continued to drip. The crystal and heavy raindrops spread like black blood drops in the sky. The moon was covered, and the town under the night sky became even more hazy.

The flames gradually died down, and the sparkling firewood made a sizzling sound due to contact with the rain. Other than that, there was silence.

The stench in the town spread wantonly in the dark night. In the dark night, the rain seemed to wrap the town in a shroud.

"Why does this dragon want to come here to kill people?" Alicia finally couldn't help asking her doubts.

"There are not so many reasons in this world, Alicia." Xia whispered softly.

After a pause, Xia Ya said, "Have you ever seen an ant nest?"

Alicia nodded.

“When I was a child, if children under the age of ten saw an ant nest, except for those who were not interested, they would generally have two choices.

One is to throw some candy or food, and then observe how the ants take away the food in groups.

The other is to pour water and watch the ants flee in panic.

You will definitely think that the children in the front are kinder and the children in the back are evil.

But what would you think if I told you that a child who lost his candy was just as likely to pour water into it, or even boil it? "

Alicia fell into silence.

"This is "evil", but it is not "evil"." Xia Ya said seriously, "Because whether it is the child pouring water or the child throwing candy, they have no "malice" subjectively, just because " Just curious."

"For them, an ant is something that can be crushed to death. Even if it is a real life that exists in this world, it will not leave any trace in their hearts."

He looked at Alicia, "And to 'dragons', humans are this kind of ants."

"Watching people fleeing in terror under their own flames, watching these houses being destroyed by themselves, is very interesting for it." Char murmured softly.

Alicia didn't reply, she just fell into a long silence.

She could understand what Xia Ya meant, but it was precisely because of her understanding that people couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts.

In her opinion, this kind of unreasonable evil is more terrifying than any kind of evil in the world.

At this time, a slight whimpering sound came from their ears, and both Char and Alicia turned their heads together.

They saw a pair of dark eyes staring at them next to a beam lying under the ruins not far away.

As if he noticed that Char was looking at him, he quickly hid like a mouse, and then began to run along the side of the street out of the town.

Char and Alicia looked at each other.

"Is that a survivor?" Alicia asked.

"It should be." Xia Ya said.

He looked at the place where the owner of those eyes had been. "There is a cellar here. This cellar is very deep and blocks part of the temperature."