“卡尔队长？！”
老汉斯愣了两秒，随即那张凹陷的脸上爆发出劫后余生般的狂喜。
他撑着地猛地站起来，膝盖都软了一下，却顾不上站稳，踉跄着迎上去。
“太好了，额……不，我是说——”他语无伦次地搓着手，眼眶泛红，“太巧了！卡尔大人，您也在这里！”
巴顿也站了起来，那个瘦弱的少年跟在父亲身后，怯生生却又带着崇敬地看着卡尔，小声叫了一句：
“卡尔大叔……”
卡尔随手丢下肩上的原木，几步跨到两人面前。
他那双总是带着煞气的眼睛，此刻也难得地露出几分惊喜。
“汉斯，你们怎么来了……那帮该死的达伦特杂碎，没把你们怎么样吧？”
“没、没……”
老汉斯激动得语无伦次，眼泪在眼眶里打转，
“命大，逃出来了……”
亚修坐在一旁，目光在几人身上流转。
没想到在这见鬼的迷雾里，还能遇到这种老乡见老乡的戏码。
“你们认识？”亚修插了一句。
“当然。”
卡尔转过头，脸上带着一种见到亲人般的红光，
“黑岩镇就那么大，老汉斯是矿上的老实人，以前给守备队送过炭。他那婆娘做的黑麦饼味道不错，可惜……”
说到这，卡尔眼神黯了黯，没再继续。
这时，迷雾南侧传来轻盈的脚步声。
伯尼也回来了。
他背着一大捆树枝，看到篝火旁突然多出的两张生面孔，以及正和他们热络攀谈的卡尔，碧绿的眼珠微微转了转，脸上的笑容变得有些耐人寻味。
“看来今晚很是热闹啊。”
伯尼放下东西，拍了拍手上的灰，自然地在火堆另一侧坐下。
简单的介绍后，六人围坐在篝火旁。
气氛因为这层“同乡”的关系，比往日那种死气沉沉要活跃了不少。
“说说吧。”
亚修往火里添了根柴，看着还在狼吞虎咽啃着第二块雾薯的巴顿，
“黑岩镇现在什么情况？你们是怎么进来的？”
提到这个，老汉斯咀嚼的动作停滞了。
他咽下嘴里的食物，浑身不由自主地颤抖了一下，像是回想起了什么极度恐怖的画面。
“没了……全没了。”
老汉斯放下手里的半块雾薯，双手抱着脑袋，声音嘶哑，
“那天夜里，那些达伦特人突然冲进了镇子。到处都是火，到处都是惨叫声……”
他抬起头，眼神里满是惊恐，
“我们不敢回头，更不敢停。”
“后来起了大雾，我们就这么深一脚浅一脚地走……大概走了两天两夜，实在走不动了，然后就看到了这边的火光。”
“两天？”
一直沉默听着的卡尔，手里的动作猛地一顿。
“你是说……从镇子出事那天算起，你们只在雾里走了两天？”
卡尔的声音变得有些幽深，听不出情绪。
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