Chapter 165: The Chase
Lightning shuttled through the hilly terrain south of the border town, filling up the parchment with a grid in his hand.
This is her new assignment recently, working with Zoroa to map the West.
If you fly with Zoroa, the altitude will drop dramatically, and it will be difficult to traverse the woods. So she first drew a rough outline, and then Zoroa pieced together the entire map. With the magic of the pen, the map looks like it's looking down from the sky, with every detail coming to life.
When the parchment fills up, the lightning turns around and returns to the border town. In the past few months of practice, her flight speed has become faster and faster, and if she flies at full speed, according to the calculation method of His Highness Roland, the speed is almost one hundred and twenty kilometers per hour. At this speed, the strong wind from the pavement made it almost impossible for her to open her eyes.
She thought that this was the limit of what she could reach, but the day before yesterday, His Highness gave her a gift - it was a headband made of cowhide, with two copper rings wrapped in the middle, and the copper ring was embedded with pure and transparent glass on one side, so that if you wear it, you can keep it away from the wind.
His Royal Highness said that these were called windproof glasses, and that they were made when firing glassware, and that with this he was more like little Ezreal. Lightning didn't know who Ezreal was, but she knew it would take a lot of work to just join the cowhide, the brass rings, and the lenses together. Each piece of leather has double stitching, the inward side of the copper ring is tightly wrapped, so you don't have to worry about scratching the skin, and there is also a buckle similar to a belt at the back, which can be adjusted at will, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like something made casually.
She immediately fell in love with the gift and wore it on top of her head almost to sleep. Now, with the windshield glass down, she can fly as fast as she wants, without worrying about the wind whistling in her ears.
In a short time, lightning arrived over the town, and just as he was about to return to the castle to hand over the lattice map to Zoroa, a white figure suddenly passed by from the corner of his eye. She looked sideways and saw a pigeon spreading its wings and gliding in the direction of the fortress of Long Song. The pigeon is not a rare bird, but this one is different, it is so fat that the pair of wings alone is enough to nibble on itself for a day.
Lightning swallowed, she remembered the scene when she was on a desert island, catching fish and birds with her own hands, and setting up a campfire to roast and eat. Although the food provided by His Royal Highness the Prince was also very rich, the butter bread and mushroom soup for a month were already a little greasy, if you could catch a pigeon and roast it...... She touched the pouch of salt and pepper around her waist and made up her mind.
With a turn, lightning rushed straight towards the pigeon, who quickly noticed the uninvited guest. It folded its wings and swooped downward, as if trying to burrow into the woods and get away from menacing pursuers.
Lightning was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect this pigeon to be quite smart. Then she grinned, spun sharply, and followed it. Ever since she had seduced the hybrid beast in Evil Moon, the little girl was confident that nothing could escape under her nose.
The dove skimmed over the treetops for a while, pressed its altitude very low, and flew close to the ground, but the distance between the two became shorter and shorter, and no matter how much it fluttered its wings, it could not shake off the lightning.
The trees retreated rapidly, the sun shining through the dense branches, alternating between frecks of light and shade, until they passed through an open area, and the surroundings suddenly became empty and bright. She seized the opportunity to push her speed to the limit and instantly grabbed the pigeon from behind and pushed it to the ground.
The pigeon struggled hard and could not break free from her restraints, and when Lightning pulled out the knife from his waist and was about to finish the prey, the other party suddenly spoke, "Don't goo!
The little girl shuddered, and was so frightened that she almost threw away the knife. But she quickly came to her senses, "You're a witch?"
The pigeon nodded repeatedly.
"I thought I could change the taste," Lightning sighed regretfully, retracting the knife. "My name is Lightning, what's your name?"
The other man swelled into a ball, then turned into a human form, "Maisie, you want to eat a bird!" she accused.
"I've eaten quite a bit before. Lightning shrugged and reached out to pull her up. Suddenly, a bead rolled out of her bosom, bounced twice on the ground, and fell into a small dirt pit. Lightning walked over to pick up the bead and wanted to hand it back to Maisie, only to find that the red bead was as transparent as glass with a string of strange runes engraved on it, which looked very familiar.
She frowned and thought for a moment, then hooked the string around her neck and pulled a crimson pendant from her chest. When she put the two in her hand and compared, she realized that the runes on them were exactly the same.
"Huh?" Maisie poked her head out from behind, "You have a tracking sigil too?"
"Tracer Sign...... What is it?"
"You don't know? This thing can be sensed by magic stones, and can locate the bearer's location. She paused, "No, why should I tell you that you just wanted to eat me." ”
"Do you have magic stones?"
"Yes, no. Maisie shook her head.
"So you can locate my location?" Lightning asked curiously.
"No, it must be a matching magic stone to locate the corresponding sigil. "And only witches can use it." You don't know anything, how did you get it?"
"My dad gave it to me when I was a kid," Lightning said as he returned the beads, "and yours?"
"I won't tell you," Maisie grimaced, then looked at the former curiously, "you're the witch of the Mutual Aid Society, and you don't want to leave the border town according to Ash." ”
"You're from her side?" Lightning pouted, "I thought you were a newcomer attracted by the rumors." Everyone is having a good time here, why should you leave. ”
"Because of the danger, the church may come at any time with an army. ”
"Explorers don't be timid because of danger," Lightning said, blushing slightly...... The trip to the Stone Tower doesn't count. The next time you go to the ruins, you must be the first to enter the basement, "And there are many incredible inventions in the hands of His Royal Highness Roland, as long as you have seen them, you will definitely be attracted by them." One of the weapons that emits fist-sized iron balls will be torn to shreds by anyone it touches. ”
"Really, can you show me there?" exclaimed Maisie.
"That won't work, unless you join the League of Witches and become one of us. ”
"But I'll have to take the ashes back......" she hesitated.
"Then you can come back after sending it off," Lightning encouraged, "There are so many fun things here, there are machines that can boil water and move themselves, and weapons that can attack the enemy from a distance of kilometers, eh...... How far is a kilometer? In short, it is far away, and people look the size of tree branches. "And there are more places to play in the hidden forest, poking honeycombs and picking mushrooms, but hunting birds and wild boars is interesting." Peel the fur and roast it over a bonfire until it shines, and then sprinkle it with minced salt and pepper, and it tastes like meat. ”
"Really?" Maisie licked her lips.
"What are you lying about," Lightning hooked the other man's shoulder, "or let's go hunt a bird and roast it now!" (To be continued.) )