Seeing His Royal Highness the Prince leave, Lightning pulled Maisie to a corner of the hall. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Goh?"

Her hair was almost dragging to the ground, moving like a floating ghost. Brushing aside the white hair that blocked her cheeks, Maisie's cheeks bulged high, and she still held half of the crispy pork chops that she hadn't swallowed in her small mouth.

"I've found an interesting place," Lightning whispered, "in the Hidden Forest, and you're going to go on an adventure tomorrow, do you want to come with me?"

"Gollum. Maisie swallowed the food in her mouth and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, what do you want to prepare?"

"Adventure Three-Piece Set...... No, the three most commonly used things," Lightning noticed that he occasionally uttered a strange phrase used by His Highness Roland when he spoke, "fire sickles, dry food, and daggers." It's not far away, enough food for a day, and you don't have to fill your entire pocket like you did last time. ”

"Good grin," Maisie patted her chest, and as she was about to leave, lightning stopped her again.

"Remember, this expedition is our secret, don't tell anyone else. The little girl advised, "We will set off early tomorrow morning." ”

Looking at Maisie's back as she eagerly leaned towards the table, she pursed her lips and began to think about her plans for tomorrow.

Despite the success of the bomb drop, and living up to Her Highness's expectations, she found that she was far less agile in her flight, as if something was restricting her movements. As soon as she raised her speed, Lightning felt as if there was always a devil chasing her behind her.

It was an obstacle of fear, and she realized that the source was the trip to the stone tower, and after seeing the terrifying figure at the basement door, she lost her cool and composure, and only wanted to escape from this place as soon as possible, and then she became suspicious of her identity as an explorer.

Fear is not scary, what is scary is the unknown. If you want to overcome it, you have to get close to it first.

Lightning silently recited in her mind what her father had taught her, that tomorrow might be in real danger, but explorers should not be afraid of danger, let alone retreat, and if they could not overcome this, she would probably find it difficult for her to fly freely in the future.

This is also the reason why Lightning decided to hide from His Royal Highness Roland and act on his own. According to His Highness's plan, the exploration of the Stone Tower will be arranged after the Evil Moon, and the First Army and the Witch team will be sent to go there in tandem at that time. She feared that even if she visited the tower again, it would be difficult for her to have the idea of "conquering fear" - it would not be an expedition at all, relying on the courage of everyone to dare to approach the danger.

Later, Her Highness might scold her and confiscate her ice cream, and the sisters of the League of Witches would be worried, but she still made up her mind.

As the daughter of Thunder, the greatest explorer of the fjords, Lightning couldn't accept a cowardly self.

However, this decision did not mean recklessness, and compared to the unpreparedness of a few months ago, she now had a revolver given by His Highness, a better understanding of the devil, and Maisie's company.

Especially the last point...... If she does encounter a group of demons in the tower, Maisie can at least flee with herself, if not in the form of an evil beast to drive away the enemy.

Explorers don't need a large group of people to be brave for themselves, she thought, but they can have a few trusted teammates.

At the end of the dinner, Lightning wrapped the accumulated pieces of honey into a cloth pocket, followed by weapons, torches, and hydration bags.

The successful completion of the bombing mission gave her some confidence, and His Highness's encouragement and slightly stubble cheeks also gave her more courage. Strike while the iron is hot, tomorrow is the best time to leave.

Early in the morning, she flew to the top of the castle, where Maisie was crouching at the top of the wall waiting for her.

"Check your package. ”

"I've taken everything you told me," she said, turning back to her original form, opening the backpack that straddled her waist for the little girl to examine. This time the food inside had been reduced from a full pocket to half, but at least a dagger and a fire sickle had been stuffed.

"Okay, you're qualified this time...... We set off," the lightning soared into the air, and flew with the dove in the direction of the Hidden Forest.

......

This journey has been repeated many times in the sea of flash computers, and you can find the right direction even with your eyes closed. Today's weather is a little overcast, but it's a lot better than last time when the clouds were thick. The color blocks that make up the earth slowly moved backwards, and the closer they got to the area of the stone tower, the more nervous the lightning became.

"Did you say last night that the interesting place was the new eagle's nest?" asked Maisie.

"No, it's much more interesting than that," Lightning shook his head, "and we're going to explore an ancient ruin, a stone tower from more than four hundred years ago, and the basement is still uncollapsed, and maybe we'll find some ancient books describing the situation in it."

"Ancient books?" Maisie shook her wings, "it doesn't sound like it's funny to dig out an eagle's egg." ”

"An eagle's nest has only two or three eggs at most, and it can be eaten in a few bites," said the little girl, "if you can find such books and bring them back to His Highness Roland, he will surely be willing to reward you with a basket of eggs, whether boiled or steamed, and you can eat three a day for a long time." ”

"Really?" Maisie suddenly came to her senses, "Then let's go find the ancient books!"

Near noon, the two successfully arrived over their destination.

The half-cut stone tower, covered in vines and moss, still stands in the woods, and everything around it looks the same as it did months ago. The lightning descended to a height, flew around the stone tower, and landed gently after confirming that it was safe.

"Is that what is going on?" cried the pigeon as he leaned on top of her head.

"Shhhh ”

"Devil?" Maisie's tail immediately stood up.

"You wait for me up there," she said, gesturing to the top of the Broken Tower, in a low voice, "I'll go find out first." ”

There was a slight rustle under his feet as he stepped on the withering grass, the entrance to the stone tower had not been re-blocked by plants, and the lightning could see a small cluster of vines that had been cut by himself with a dagger last time. Holding her breath, she slipped into the tower the way she came, little by little, approaching the basement passage in the center of the tower. Looking at the dark staircase in front of her, she could even hear her own heartbeat.

Fear stems from the unknown, overcome fear and approach the unknown...... The little girl kept cheering herself up in her heart, lit the torch, and walked down the stairs step by step.

Walking to the corner of the passage, she quietly glanced at it, the collapsed wooden door was already broken, and the entrance to the basement was no longer the devil, leaving only the deep darkness behind the door, like a big mouth that chose people and devoured the ground.

At that moment, she heard a voice wafting through the darkness, vague but familiar—

Lightning couldn't help but shiver, the cold hairs all over her body stood up in an instant, and she almost couldn't help but want to turn around and run away! She gritted her teeth, suppressed the fear that surged in her heart, covered her mouth, and listened attentively again.

This time the shouts were much clearer, and the pitch was exactly the same as the last time.

"Save Me ......" (To be continued.) )