193. Chapter 193: What a Lively Life!
Chapter 193: Really Lively
The next day, Ashitsuki appeared in front of the stronghold’s door with a pair of black eyes.
Darrell and Rosie from the Wilderness House were first shocked when they saw her, but then didn’t ask many questions.
It was inevitable that this kind of countryside elf would be nervous the first time she went to a holy place like Mourning Wood City, and it was normal for her to not sleep well.
They didn’t know that Gray Moon had memorized the “mission details” and “precautions” for the whole night.
“As long as this mission is completed, I’ll be able to talk to that guy, right?”
She thought to herself.
As a large amount of information about Mourning Wood City appeared above Mr. Sa’s head, his identity as a “powerful elf spirit” was confirmed.
Thanks to the long lifespan of the elves, “young people” in a broad sense were divided into the range of 15-50 years old, so it was reasonable for Mr. Sa to know the names of some of his juniors.
To such a “senior” who did not forget to support his people even after his death, the respect that Ashitaka already had grew stronger.
Her motivation for doing something had also changed from “brushing off favors” to a sacred mission.
…
“It’s a long journey, and the Great Horned Winged Beast has to fly for three days and three nights, stopping only once during that time, so it might be a bit tough, so you have to be mentally prepared.”
Before the flight, Darrell kindly reminded.
Gray Moon couldn’t help but stare.
You call that difficult?
As if she could see her confusion, Rosie explained, “What he means is that there’s no radio and no talking during this period, it’s boring as hell, you have to be prepared for that.”
Gray Moon nodded and didn’t say anything else.
She suddenly realized that even though they were both elves, they had long since stopped being from the same world.
……
On the same day, three griffins landed at the Blight Trail, in front of Quirkus’s huge body.
Two attendants went around collecting samples while Gawain stood quietly.
He looked around, an inexplicable light shining in his eyes.
He detected a wave of reluctance.
It was as if an arrogant man had stumbled solidly against a wall, followed by a burst of impotent rage that seemed comical and ridiculous.
He couldn’t help but curl the corners of his mouth.
But then the sunlight overhead grew hotter, as if punishing him for this blasphemous emotion.
“You have your moments of failure.”
Gawain whispered, oblivious to the fact that the burning of the holy light was getting stronger.
“My lord.”
An attendant approached.
It was clearly the same sunlight, and Gawain was already trembling slightly from the pain, but he was oblivious.
“Aren’t we going to check on Bedwyr?” The attendant asked.
Gawain: “He’s not a child anymore, there’s no need to ‘visit’. Besides, according to the rules, we can’t go any further west.”
After a pause, he suddenly looked up.
A silver-white airship appeared suddenly, actually hiding here just now.
It had a far more graceful streamlined body than Goldtooth’s private airship, omitting cumbersome decorations and having a minimalist design.
Especially the black hourglass emblem on the hull revealed an air of low-key luxury.
Gao Wen grunted coldly.
“People from the Veritas Academy also care about this kind of chicken shit?”
The airship dropped and two people stepped down from it.
One was a balding middle-aged man wearing vestments, and next to him was an elf maiden with a slender figure and honorable temperament.
Her hair was actually silver in color, and she wore a crystal crown on her head.
Seeing the elf, Gawain couldn’t help but stare.
“Your Highness Renee?”
The Third Queen of the Mercury Royal Family nodded slightly at him, but did not speak.
She took half a step behind the bald mage, emphasizing the difference between the status of guest and lord, adhering to the ancient etiquette.
In comparison, the Bald Mage was much more greatly spoken.
He gave Gawain a smirking look:
“If it’s so painful, why don’t you give up? As you know, we have a way to help you free yourself.”
Gawain snorted, “That’s just walking from the sea of bitterness into the desert, far from being able to call it relief, instead, it’s you guys who treat the desert as a fertile ground, this kind of self-deception seems incomparably stupid.”
The bald mage laughed, “Where in this world is not a desert? But we are in an oasis.”
A short 35 centimeter long wand suddenly appeared in his hand.
With a flick of his hand, three odd-looking silver-colored metal brackets floated out from the airship.
One looked like a reptile heading to a tree to collect samples.
One stuck the triangular support into the ground and stretched out a signal-receiving “pot” above its head, swinging slowly like a sunflower.
The remaining spherical object cracked open a slit, from which jewel-like eyes emerged, and proceeded to fly at high speeds around Quirkus.
The bald mage ignored Gawain’s presence, and fiddled with the props on the ground.
It was then that Renee walked up to Gawain.
Gawain owed her a slight bow.
“There’s no need to be so formal.” Renee waved her hand and said crisply, “Let’s do what we did before.”
Gawain’s face twitched unnaturally a few times.
“Yes, Aunt Renee.”
“That’s right!”
Renee’s eyes narrowed with laughter.
She looked up at Gawain slightly and sighed, “The last time I saw you, you were only twelve years old, and you were as tall as me then, so you really were born big.”
Feeling that the attendants behind him were getting taut, Gao Wen turned back and gave one of them a kind look, and the two of them hurriedly walked to the side, looking for nothing else to do.
“Why are you on this blimp?” He asked.
“I’ve been stationed at the House of Truth for two months now because of what happened with the Cuirassiers and the Shapeshifters. Yesterday the Truth Academy’s global monitoring station found an anomaly here, and since it’s located in the Blight Trail of the Whispering Forest, I asked Professor Collins to take me with him.”
She looked over at Quirkus’ form, a hint of gravity brought to her eyes.
“I didn’t realize it was actually real.”
Gawain was still immersed in the shock brought about by the other party’s words.
The anomaly was discovered yesterday, and it arrived today?
But the Veritas Islands were in the southernmost sea, and the distance to here was about three times the distance from here to Mourning Wood Valley.
Over 11,000 kilometers. ……
Have they improved their technology again?
“Have you found anything?” Renee asked.
Gawain: “The death aura is highly collected and not spreading, so unless a level seven or higher Holy Light, Shadow, or Undead caster is out there, there’s only one possibility.”
“What?”
“The undead creature that triggered this drastic change did so on its own accord.”
Gawain also looked at Quirkus.
“It’s called Quirkus, right? I remember you telling me this story back then.”
“Yes, it is the child of Zuki.” Renee nodded.
The two finished their words, and Collins’ testing was soon over.
“Your Highness, we should go.”
After seeing Renee leave, Gawain suddenly asked Collins.
“If you count as an oasis, then what are the McCalla Mountains?”
Collins froze, then snorted, “It’s just a relic buried by the wind and sand.”
……
Granite Town Mines, next to the meta-spirit printer.
“How did you end up writing the debriefing?”
Heine asked Megumi while waiting for it to “print”.
Megumi, or rather Naga Mage, pulled out a copy of “Good Morning! House of Truth”.
“I ended up reporting the malfunctioning of the MagicNet communication props and spells, saying that I hadn’t found any problems during my territory-wide checks, but that there were individual half-elves in Greenleaf who had hollowed out Lord Jones and partnered with the Court of Cuirassia to be stationed in strongholds close to the Blight Trail, something that would be dismissed as a joke at best, and that that arrogant group of mages wouldn’t have been interested in the political struggles of the villages and towns. ”
Heine froze, “Individual half-elves referring to Todd? He used to be with the Roaring Mercenaries.”
Megumi laughed, “There are only four people left who know the ins and outs of it, Todd, Frey, Simon and Naga, and they’re all fine now.”
“That’s good.”
Heine looked through the “Yesterday’s Magic Daily” in her hand.
The House of Veritas had noticed the anomaly here before Megumi, but apparently hadn’t thought about the mountains of Makara.
They sent a newly developed “Void Shuttle I” airship, which traveled more than 11,000 kilometers and arrived here within a day.
That’s about the same as traveling from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, across the African-European continent to Murmansk, Russia.
Although this was the speed of an airplane, as an unseasoned bumpkin, Heine was extremely shocked.
“That’s too fast ……”
He muttered.
This was 20 times the speed of Goldtooth’s private dirigible.
Megumi didn’t know whether to comfort him or not.
Anyway, by the time the Void Disaster was over, flying in such a low-protection airship with a near-magic net was tantamount to suicide, and the latter’s manufacturing company soon went bankrupt.
At that moment, a clanging sound came from the cabinet next to him.
A new “invention” had been printed out.
(End of chapter)