[The Chronicles of Narnia] Sin

The approaching ship was large in size, with a deep draft, and a slightly worn-out hull. It was estimated that it had been at sea for many years.Edith and Edmund stood on the rocky beach where it was docked, watching dozens of strong men with weapons coming out of the boat.Their costumes are retro and strange, with fishbone and ivory decorations on their necks and shoulders, and they hold heavy and huge machetes in their hands.

The visitor looked very curiously at the two people on the bank who were a little thin, with unclear emotions under the deep eye sockets.

Edmund was about to ask for help, but his voice was blocked by the big guy opposite: "Seizethem."

"Wait a minute! We are not invaders—" Edith wanted to continue explaining, but Edmund grabbed her arm and dragged her to the dense forest behind her: "Don't reason with barbarians, run!"

King Justice saw that the pirates didn't have bows/crossbows, so he wanted to give it a go and see if there was a chance to get rid of them.The two of them galloped quickly among the bushes and grass, but their physical strength was gradually exhausted because they had not eaten enough for several days.

"Maybe they are the only ones who can help us leave the island..." Edith said out of breath, unable to understand Edmund's decision just now.

"They are human traffickers, and they will only tie us further away!" The Justice King found a stone cave in front of him, blocking the blind spot of the pursuer's vision and pulling the girl into the cave.

Edith flashed into the darkness with him, and lowered her voice: "—how do you know?"

Several savages sprang from above their heads, apparently failing to discover their hiding place.

Edmund breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to Edith and said, "The waterline of the hull is abnormal. There are either cargo or slaves in the cabin—seeing how illiterate they are, could they be merchants? "

The girl suddenly realized: "——it can only be bandits who traffic people on the black market."

"Yes."

The sound of footsteps around him gradually faded away.The two cautiously peeked out of the cave to make sure they were safe for the time being.

"It's impossible for us to hide like this forever..." Edith said worriedly, "The whole island is only this big, and we will still be discovered in the end."

King Justice shook his head: "I don't think the two of us can sell for a good price. If they get tired of looking, they might give up on us and plunder people from other islands."

"But they've all landed on the island... I don't think they'll let it go so easily."

The two were thinking about each other, discussing anxiously, completely oblivious to the gradually expanding black shadow in the cave behind them slowly approaching.

"Stay away from here, get out!" It turned out to be the voice of Goblin.

Edith looked back in surprise, and found that the thing was covered with gold chains and bracelets, as if it had just crawled out of the cave where it lived.

"You seem to be the one who should be accounted for." The Justice King gritted his teeth and threatened, "Return all the things you snatched, or I will let the bandits who landed on the island cut off your head."

"Don't be funny, human idiot." The goblin laughed dismissively, his gong-like voice was very piercing, "You can't catch me at all with your moving speed-the time for those bandits to swing their knives is long enough for me to circle around Swim the whole island."

"But they can take your 'baby' away." Edith took a step in its direction and continued to threaten, "With a cave of gold, I don't believe you can run so fast."

This time, the goblin immediately changed his face.

"No!" He hugged his emerald green head tightly in pain, "No one can take away our treasure! No one can!"

"—Help us avoid the bandits, and we won't sell the location of the cave. This is a fair deal." The Justice King stared at it and issued an ultimatum.

The ugly alien monster pondered for a moment, and finally turned sideways to avoid the passage leading to the cave, and said viciously: "Keep your word."

Sleeping next to hills of gold isn't nice—they're cold and hard, hurting your back, and far less appealing than a hot mouthful of food.But because the trafficker's boat was still moored on the shore, Edmund and Edith didn't dare to go out of the cave easily to look for food.

During the starvation, Edith tried many times to persuade the goblins to go out and find some food for them.But the monster didn't know what hunger was at all, and had no sympathy for what happened to the two of them, and refused to leave its babies for half a step.

In the end, the two were so thirsty that they couldn't hold it anymore, and decided to go out in the dark at night to pick some fruits.

Edith has been trained for a long time, her steps are light and silent, and she quickly picked seven or eight wild fruits, wrapped them in her vest and prepared to return.At this moment, a man's voice came from a distant hillside.

"Are these two guys made of iron? They haven't come out to look for food for a day and a half?"

"Who knows. I think that girl has a good figure, and she can be sold as a wife for at least two hundred gold coins. If it wasn't for the money, who would want to wander around in this damn place..."

"It's also... women are really a scarce resource. Labor and management have been single for more than 20 years. I really want to taste what that chick is like."

Anger made Edith clutch the dagger at her waist.Listen to the voice, there are only two people walking alone.She wanted to rush over and slit the throats of the two beasts silently, but reason told her she had better be careful.

The two walked towards the direction where she was hiding, and the footsteps got closer and closer.Edith gently put down the fruit she had bagged, and lay down in the grass, holding her breath.

"Actually, it's hard to say..." The barbarian said in a frivolous tone, as if he was talking about an item, "As long as that kid is not stupid, it is impossible for such a woman to be left on the isolated island. Not that much price."

The prairie fire of dignity being challenged burst out from Edith's chest.These damned scum insulted her and Edmund at once!She no longer cared about the consequences of exposing herself, and threw herself madly at the back of the night watchman.

The blade is inserted from the gap between the left shoulder blade and the spine, slightly slanting upwards and pointing directly at the angle of the heart.The clean cut made the bandit fall to the ground whimpering without making any cry.

"What's wrong with you?" Another night watchman bent down to check his companion's situation in surprise.

Edith circled behind him in the dark night, wrapped her hands around the other's neck and swiped decisively at the other's arteries—hot plasma sprayed out, sticking to her sharp short knife and fingers.

But unfortunately, the bandit uttered a short but loud groan before dying.The camp on the north side of the hill was suddenly crowded with people, and the sound of footsteps gradually approached in the solitude and darkness.

"What did you do, Edith?" Wang Xunsheng, who was looking for food not far away, rushed over.When he saw the two corpses in a pool of blood on the ground, he immediately understood everything.

"Are you crazy?!" He gave Edith a scolding look, grabbed her sleeves and ran towards the cave.But this time they were not as lucky as last time. They were chased and intercepted by two bandits from different directions, and fell into a dilemma.

"Who killed my man?" The leader of the human trafficker, who was more than 1.9 meters tall, drew his knife angrily, and his voice shook the entire mountain forest.

Edith was about to answer, but was taken a step ahead by the Justice King: "It's me."

Edmund ignored Edith's shocked eyes, and drew his sword to meet the strong man who was rushing towards him with an angry face.The scimitar was full of [-]% of its strength, and it was as heavy as a thousand weights after being tempered by anger, but he held it with his sword alive, and the two metals collided with silver sparks in an instant.

The leader couldn't get a single blow, so he swung his knife again.The Justice King tried his best to parry, and managed to draw with the barbarian who was half a head taller with four or two thousand catties.

"Killing me won't do you any good!" Edmund swung his sword, not forgetting to persuade the other party, "Dead people can't be resurrected, why don't I serve you instead of them!"

The leader was still angry and continued to attack the opponent.The young man dodged sideways and continued to shout: "Not only can I die for you, but I also know where the gold on this island is hidden..." He managed to dodge another knife, "Kill me, but everything will be gone!"

While the two were fighting, Edith was firmly bound by the rest of the bandits.She knew that there were too many people on the other side, and fighting recklessly was tantamount to death.

The leader of the human traffickers was awakened for a moment by Edmund's final roar.The giant blade in his hand stopped in the air, staring at King Justice.

"Where's the gold?" he demanded.

"I can take you there." The young man gasped and sheathed his sword, "But please ensure my woman's life—this is my only request."

Edith, who was knocked to the ground by two strong men, raised her head in surprise, and saw Edmund's normal expression, calm.

"I can't see that you are still an infatuated species." The leader sneered twice.Although he was reckless, he was not stupid. He had already seen who killed his subordinates - the captured woman had bloody hands, while the boy in front of him was basically clean.

"Let's go," he said casually, "but you should have taken care of your own woman."

When the other party said this, it was the acquiescence to his conditions.King Justice led everyone towards the entrance of the cave with a heavy heart, full of deep apologies to the goblin.To be honest, that thing didn't cause them any great harm, and now the situation was urgent, so they could only sell the treasure it had accumulated for most of its life.He didn't know how to explain to the elf - he was the first to break the original promise.

Walking to the entrance of the cave, Edmund raised his hand and said, "The things are here, you can go in and confirm."

The trafficker leader gave him a suspicious look, probably afraid of fraud.King Justice had no choice but to take the lead and lead the crowd to file in.

Goblins are not in the cave.This group of human traffickers, who are used to living a poor life, probably have never seen such a huge golden mountain in half their lives, and they knelt down in front of the wealth at their fingertips.

Edith looked at Edmund frowning at the end of the line, apologizing for her reckless behavior and puzzled by his refusal.

"I have no other choice." He shook his head and sighed.

The density of gold is actually not low, and it takes time and effort to carry it.The leader of the strong man supervised all the crew members transporting gold at the entrance of the cave, and from time to time found a few guys who were trying to hide it in his pockets.

"In the future, your share will be indispensable, do it well!" He warned others.

On the premise of saving their lives, Edmund and Edith boarded the slave ship that was about to leave the shore the next morning.The hands and feet of the two were bound, and they were thrown into the cabin full of people of all colors.Edmund entered the prison where the male slaves were, and Edith was in the female slave area next door.The two lost contact for a while, so they had to wait for the opportunity to create conditions for a reunion when the next ship berthed.

There is a very interesting thing that Edmund told Edith a long time later - the gold that the bandits had gone through all kinds of hardships and took seven or eight hours to completely move was on the way out of the unnamed island. In a moment, it all turned into worthless gravel.Although the goblin's magic power is not very advanced, it seems to be more than enough to trick ordinary people.Edmund felt that he owed it an apology from the beginning to the end—it's a pity that people are drifting in the ocean, and it's hard to control their fate. They never returned to this mysterious island, and they never saw such a weird, stubborn, wise and foolish elf again. .

Volume Five: Fierce Battle