The enthusiastic old Bill family prepared a relatively unpretentious but steaming meal for the three Kloses.

Da Zhu Bajie also got a pot of hot rice porridge, of course, the pumpkin pieces in it are full to eat, after all, this is pumpkin town~

"Uncle Bill." Klose exclaimed, "Without those thugs who bought devil grass, how do I feel that our town is a lot depressed?" ”

Klose asked how he felt after entering the town.

"And there seem to be fewer people walking around town than there used to be?"

Old Bill sighed and said, "Although people often disappeared before, I have to say that the devil grass purchased by the underground pharmaceutical factory can bring a lot of income to the residents of the town. Although the pharmaceutical factory has been destroyed, the townspeople who rely on planting pumpkins and grass have no choice but to leave here. Most of those who remain here now either have other livelihoods, or they have old arms and legs that can't walk. The younger people all rushed north of the Silvermoon River to the Misty Lands to beg for a living. Staying in our Pumpkin Town, a small town that doesn't care about anything, there is no chance after all. ”

Lana drank pumpkin porridge, raised her head and interjected, "How could there be no chance?" The opportunities for this town will only increase in the future! Uncle Bill, right? Look, our lord will soon be marching his army into the borderlands! I also want to let the townspeople here live a good life~! Hey~~Isn't it? ”

Lana finished looking at Klose.

Klose was stunned and subconsciously said, "When did I say I was going to occupy this place?" ”

But then he saw Lana sly smile and said: "My lord, of course you will occupy this place, because this place used to be the territory of Holger, but it was separated by the Demon Forest and could not be managed~ Since you are now the master of the Demon Forest, then of course this borderless land also belongs to you~ The townspeople here will be your lords in the future, and you have the obligation to take them to live a good life, right?" ”

Klose couldn't react for a while, he was still wondering what the hell this girl was doing?

But to occupy the Borderlands.... The area here is huge, but where did you get so many people to occupy this place? Now even the builders of the Demon Forest don't know if it's enough!

As if seeing Klose's concern, Lana handed him a bright smile again: "Hehe~~ Lord Lord, you just said that you want to occupy this place, right?" I'll take care of the rest. ”

Klose didn't know why, but looking at the eager eyes of Uncle Bill's family of four, he still scratched his head and said, "It's not impossible to occupy, but we also have to have that strength." ”

"Of course!" Lana said, "Of course you have that strength!" ”

"Really? Klosen people .... No! Your Lord! ”

Old Bill reacted quickly, and he had already changed his name at the moment.

Klose hurriedly waved his hand: "Oh, Uncle Bill, don't call me Lord Lord!" Just call me by name, we don't have to see each other, Ian and I are classmates now, and you are my elder. ”

Unexpectedly, little Bill also came over excitedly at this moment.

"Your Lord!"

Yes, he called it too.

"If you take over this borderland, will you be able to get me an errand? Hey~~~"

This kid! Klose smiled: "Of course there is no problem, if there is a real day, I will definitely need a lot of manpower." ”

Klose wanted to say, "I don't know when this day will come." ”

But Lana rushed: "This day will come soon!" Haha~"

After dinner, the few of them slept on the tatami mats of Old Bill's house. The women were in one room, and the men were crammed into the other.

Klose was lying on the ground, chatting with Ian and little Bill about what they had seen and heard some time ago, and the two of them were amazed! Little Bill even came up with the idea of joining the army with Klose.

But he quickly dispelled that idea. After all, the eldest brother is no longer at home learning alchemy, and if he runs out again, then who will take care of the father and mother of the family?

As they spoke, the three of them all snored unconsciously.

It's late at night, and although it's cold and bleak outside, it's warm and snoring in the hut....

But around three o'clock in the morning, a cool breeze blew into the house through the crack in the window, and Lana couldn't help but shiver.

Lana, who opened her eyes, suddenly felt a little urinating. Then I got up and wanted to make it easier.

Aunt Bill slept lightly, and Lana opened her eyes the moment she got up.

"Kid... If you want to go out and turn right. ”

"Well, okay~"

Lana nodded, put on her coat and cloak, and tucked herself in as much as she could.

I opened the door and trotted to the right side of the house, which turned out to be a simple thatched hut with air leaks on all sides.

After she squatted there and released it freely, she was blown goosebumps by the cool breeze that was unobstructed and airy on all sides.

"Hmm.... It's a cold night..."

She muttered and lifted her pants as she prepared to go back to her room and continue sleeping. But suddenly I noticed that there seemed to be a black shadow shaking on the edge of the grass not far away!

Lana's heart tugged.

"What's that? Is it a twig? ”

She comforted herself like this, but then the black shadow shook again! It was clear that it was not a branch, but something that stood upright on the ground!

Lana's face turned pale as she remembered the story Klose had told her about the Pumpkin Ghost.

No, Klose said it wasn't a story, he saw it with his own eyes!

"It won't be so unlucky, will it?"

Lana wrapped her coat tightly, and although she was scared, she was full of curiosity, but she moved towards the place where the black shadow was.

Lana shouted in her mind as she approached, "Go back!" Get back! You goddamn feet! Get back to the house for me! ”

But her feet still carried her body close to the place where the black shadow had just flashed.

There the branches of the trees swayed, and the weeds rustled back and forth with the night wind.

The unknown critter sprang away in fright as Lana approached, and a flash of moonlight shone through the thick dark clouds in front of her.

Lana poked her head in the direction the shadow had vanished.

Suddenly! A thunderclap rang out in the sky! With the flash of lightning, the originally dark town instantly illuminated as bright as day!

Even if it was only for a second, Lana was sure of what she was seeing! A pumpkin head!?

She took two sharp steps back on her feet, but was held back by her damn curiosity.

She squirmed her teeth and leaned forward.

In the shadow of the tree, a huge pumpkin head stood not far from her!

"Pumpkin Ghost! Did it really appear!? Lana shouted inwardly.

"Oh my God! Run, run! A voice roared in Lana's mind.

But another voice whispered like a demon, "Go over.... Walk over and pat it on the shoulder to see what its front looks like... Maybe it's a handsome guy playing a prank on you? ”

In the end, Lana was overcome by the voice behind her. Her curiosity is indeed strong enough...

I saw her trembling legs slowly rubbing forward, until she was less than two meters behind the black pumpkin-headed figure.

Lana swallowed and stretched out her fingers to slowly reach for the other. But the inverted figure remained motionless, as if unaware of the person behind him.

Lana quickly tapped her finger on the other's shoulder and quickly retracted it!

"Huh? No response? ”

She was sure she had touched the other, but the big pumpkin-headed figure didn't react.

And... Lana's fingers rubbed each other, and the body she had just touched... It doesn't have the kind of touch that comes from a human body! It's more like... Soft, empty, cold.... I don't know what it is!

Lana's curiosity grew heavier and heavier, to the point where she couldn't move without looking at the other person's looks.

She swallowed a large gulp of saliva again. This time, she changed her fingers to her entire right hand, and her palm quickly stretched out, grabbed the other person's shoulder and pulled it back violently!

"Click"! Another thunderbolt pierced the night sky in the sky! Illuminate the front in an instant!

A huge pumpkin face appears in front of Lana! Her eyes were dark and hollow, her mouth was huge, her teeth were out and there, and her strange expression seemed to mock her ignorance!

Lana screamed "Ah~", rolled her eyes, and fell to the ground completely.

The pumpkin-headed shadow was still swaying back and forth at her side, making a "crunching" sound, as if mocking the bold woman, but there was no further movement.

Lana's screams were heard, and Klose and his party were all woken up.

They lit oil lamps and ran out wrapped in clothes, only to see how the red-haired woman who came out to release water was lying in the field?

And... Next to her....

Klose approached with a lamp and saw a scarecrow with a pumpkin head next to Lana? Could it be that this guy was scared out of the scarecrow?

Picking up his promising Chancellor of the Exchequer, Klose smiled wryly and walked into the house.

But another lightning bolt struck! At the moment when it suddenly lit up, Klose faintly saw a figure with a pumpkin head, leaning out half of his body to look at him.

He raised his hand to say hello, but couldn't find the other person after the flash point.

Shaking his head, Klose decided to move the female genius back into the house.

"Hahahahahaha~~ My genius Miss Chancellor! Didn't expect you to faint from a pumpkin-headed scarecrow? Luckily, you didn't go until after you went to the hut, and if you saw it first, I'm afraid your pants would be soaked, right? ”

Early the next morning, Klose mocked his chancellor of the exchequer without grace, and the latter's face was about to turn to eggplant.

Lana pulled her hood very low, and she wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, it was so embarrassing! Why didn't you think it would be a scarecrow? When I touched it for the first time, it felt like a straw! But I made up a lot of inexplicable things in my brain.... Alas! I was caught by this guy this time, and I don't know how long I will be ridiculed....

Old Bill and his wife also shook their heads apologetically and said, "I'm really sorry, Miss Lana, that pumpkin head was covered by Little Bill on the scarecrow, we should have told you in advance, alas! You see this is a trouble, what if you get scared? ”

Lana shook her hand repeatedly: "No, no, no! It's because I'm too curious~ And last night's atmosphere.... It's thunder and lightning again, it's really scary, hehe~ It's my rudeness. ”

She glared at Klose, who was still laughing in place, and said hatefully, "Why don't you hurry up?" We still have a lot of business to do! ”

Klose wiped his tears and said goodbye to the old Bill family, and then took Ian on the road again.