Chapter 17: Desperate Survival x Catherine
Old woman, you're finally here. Northam poured bitter water.
When I signed the contract, I said that I could turn evil into good fortune, but why did I struggle?
"Ahem...... the old woman coughed very hard, and her breath was not as calm as before, "This is a test for you, even in the original world of Erth, you will not be able to do everything." Also, I'm going to call me Ms. De Mur in the future. ”
Demere!
"Demer, the goddess of life?!" Northon screamed, causing the old man and Eren to look at him in a languid and dazed manner.
Do legendary gods really exist?
"You believe, God is there."
Believe, I believe! Goddess, please don't test me, let me fulfill the contract in peace, and I promise to leave the Endless Continent as soon as I get the money!
"Huh? Where is your ambition to change the rules? ”
My life is almost gone, and I still talk about my ambitions. You...... Does God Hurt Too?
Something strange was heard in De Mol's tone, and Northon asked.
De Maer did not answer directly, but said: "I will rest for a while, and the rest of the road will be up to you, and someone will come to your rescue in a while." ”
Norson just wanted to ask again, but his body was shaken and almost fell apart. For seven or eight days without a drop of water, his hungry chest was pressed against his back, and he instinctively closed his eyes when he talked to De Mel in his mind.
The old man mistakenly thought that he had passed out, and patted him in the face and said, "Nuosen, hold on......"
Nuosen slowly opened his eyes, breathing: "We are saved." ”
There was a loud banging sound all around, as if the whole mountain was falling apart, shaking the eardrums of the three people to bleed, and they looked up curiously while being surprised.
The loud noise continued for nearly a quarter of an hour before it gradually subsided, and a pile of debris fell overhead. When the dust settled, a five-meter-wide passage appeared directly above, extending straight upwards.
The dazzling sunlight poured down the passage, and the three of them stood in the pillar of light with their necks held high, their eyes full of hope, as if they had been baptized by the holy light of the Endless God.
"Can you hear the people below?" From the top of the passage came the voice of a maiden.
Northon and Ellen scrambled to reply to her, both of them were hungry and had no strength, and the sound was as faint as a mosquito, and after a long time, the girl responded, "Wait! ”
A rope was thrown down.
Norsen thought that with the strength of the girl, it would be impossible to pull three people up at the same time, and he helped the old man, intending to let him go up first, and then join forces with the girl to pull him and Ellen up.
Seeing that there was hope of escape, Eren also regained his senses and did not fight with the old man.
Northon has been with him for these days and knows that his heart is not bad, after all, when people are on the verge of death, they will explode the desire to survive, which is instinct. He didn't blame Ellen, especially after learning that he had to take care of his seriously ill mother.
"Let's come up together!" The girl shouted.
Although the three of them were surprised, they also did as they were told, grabbed the rope, and saw it "swish", and then led them up rapidly, and escaped in only a moment.
Suddenly, they switched from the damp and dark underground to the empty mountains, and regained their lives, and the depression in the hearts of the three of them seemed to be suddenly vented, lying on their backs on the ground, breathing in the fresh air.
The sky was blue, there was no trace of dust, and at this moment, Northon seemed to forget about hunger and cold, he never thought that bathing in the sun would be such a pleasant enjoyment.
"Ah......h
Only then did he notice that during the duel with Vio, his clothes were burned to ashes by the huge net of firepower, and he was naked at the moment, although the old man and Eren were better than him, but they were also in tattered clothes after experiencing the burning of missiles, barely covering their bodies.
Northon sneered embarrassedly, hurriedly got up, and looked left and right for a week, in the Ezern Mountains in the northwest of the Heavenly Wind Empire, there were no other tree species except pine trees.
NND, what tree is not good, it is not a pine tree.
He cursed in his heart, broke off a few branches to block the vital point, and the pine needles pricked him hurt and itched, and he was embarrassed to take them away.
The girl peeked at his funny and couldn't help but sneer, she put down her hands, bent her right index finger into her mouth, and whistled.
A popping sound came from under her feet, and a few minutes later, the mountain next to the girl collapsed into a cave with a diameter of several meters out of thin air, and a huge crimson purple worm suddenly jumped out of the hole.
Compared to the one in the Phantom Forest, the worm was no bigger than the one in the Phantom Forest, with a shriveled and wrinkled skin tied to a saddle for people to ride on, its head held high, and the two rows of jagged fangs in its annular mouthparts were gently crushed, and the stones in its mouth were crushed with fragility.
The worm crawled to the girl's side like a snake, like a docile kitten, and lowered its head to rub her cheek, and the girl giggled and stroked it.
This is...... Beauty and the Beast?
Northon was dumbfounded.
"Roaring teeth!" The old man called out to the worm, and the latter instinctively showed a fierce appearance, but when he saw the old man suddenly relent, he crawled to his side and cheered, like a child, and met his relatives who loved him the most.
"Little doll, what's your name?" The old man asked the girl.
"Catherine." The abnormality of the worm made the girl understand that it had long been familiar with the old man.
Catherine ...... What? ”
The girl's face was filled with sadness, and she said frankly: "I was abandoned when I was an infant, and I don't know what my surname is, this roaring tooth cave worm is a pet given to me by my adoptive father." ”
As if sensing the change in its owner's mood, the worm drooped its head and returned to her.
Catherine tapped it twice, signaled that it was all right, took out a few pieces of black bread from under its saddle, turned her face and handed it to the three men, and said, "Come with me when you have eaten!" ”
The three of them took the bread and devoured it, and Norsen didn't know much about the Roaring Tooth Cave Worm, and after eating the bread, he asked the old man, "What is its specialty?" ”
"You just saw it, this worm is a good hand at digging holes in mountains."
"If you have this ability, hurry up and save the others!" Norson said to Catherine that when he saw her turn over and sit on the worm, he had no intention of rescuing her, and he immediately understood that the only thing that had happened to him was ...... Three survivors.
Its mood plummeted, and it no longer had the excitement of the rest of its life.
The old man advised him: "Let the past pass, no matter how sorry it is, it will not help, instead of dwelling on the past, it is better to try to change the rules." ”
Northon looked around at the vast and devastated mountain, clenched his fists, and sat down behind Catherine with the old man.
Ellen was slow to move.
"Uncle, aren't you going with us?" Catherine asked.
Ellen shook his head and refused, and apologized to Norsen: "I'm sorry, Norson, I'm really sorry, my old mother needs me, I don't want to be a miner, I really don't have the means to make a living." ”
"Well," everyone has their own way to go, and Northon didn't force it, sighing, "I hope her old man will get better soon!" ”
"Irina is an apprentice at a bakery in the west of the city."
"Okay, I'll visit her."
A few people said goodbye.