Chapter 156 Puzzle

Tasa climbed up a small hill, from here he could already vaguely see the outline of the border town lord's castle.

Finally came back, he thought, it took nearly a month and a half when he set out, and only seven days when he came back, the main time was spent on the way from Yinguang City to Chishui City. Although Ashes himself didn't care about it, he still chose the path less traveled by to reduce the possibility of being targeted by the church.

Ashes was the witch called the Guider, and Tasa wasn't sure if the name was true or not. She always wore a black robe when she was on the road, and she carried a large sword wrapped with cloth on her back. Her long black hair was simply tied into a ponytail, dangling around her waist. Whether she was riding or boating, she seldom focused on herself, but walked ahead alone, looking around the scenery. Probably, to her, this trip to Border Town was nothing more than a relaxing sightseeing journey of.

Sometimes Tasa also doubts her own judgment. Is she really a fighter? The robe is not close to the body and it is easy to trip her hands and feet, and having long hair equals more flaws, and Ashes doesn't seem to be afraid of attacking her from behind at all, what he sees the most these days is the back of the other party. He didn't think that witches were naturally easy to trust others. He could only guess that she had the ability to protect herself. Even God's Stone of Retaliation could not pose a threat to her.

Tasa circled around the hillside, and soon found the target flagpole with red cloth strips hanging on it. He dug out a bundle from the mud beside the flagpole, replaced the red flag with the folded blue cloth strips, clapped his hands, and sat down on the ground.

"Is that all right?" Ashes asked.

"That's what they said," Tasa wiped the sweat from his forehead, ""Go to the foot of the mountain in the northeast of the town, follow a stone path, find the flagpole on the top of the mountain, and replace the blue flag, our people We'll notice." The Mutual Aid only works at night, so we'll just wait here. "

Ashes nodded, found a fairly clean place to sit down, stretched out his hand, "Eat."

"Uh... wait," he untied his backpack, took out a piece of dried meat, tore off half of it, stuffed it into his mouth, and then threw the rest to the other party.

Seeing the appearance of the witch chewing the jerky, Tasa sighed. Except for a big sword, he didn't even have a bronze eagle on him, and he dared to rush to Border Town with him without any money, and he paid for the accommodation and meals along the way. If the room is a first-class single bedroom, the food must be meat, and he has to try half of the portable food such as dry food first.

She is probably quite cautious in areas where she has no time to take care of. Still, the most prudent thing to do is to prepare your own food, right?

"The place we are going to is across the strait." Ashes swallowed the dried meat, and said suddenly, "I don't know if you have heard the rumors about the fjords, there are countless islands there, some of which are very harsh and sparsely populated .We're going to build a witch's home there."

"..." Tasa was stunned. No matter how much he inquired before, the other party kept silent. Why did he suddenly bring this up now?

"Do you find it strange why I didn't disclose any information to you before?" She explained seriously, "Because if you are a liar, if you go to inform the church while I am asleep at night, those girls will probably be arrested halfway." They were intercepted and brutally murdered. But now, they should be on a merchant ship heading to the fjords, and even the church is powerless to stop them. In addition, I came here to take away the witches of the Freedom Society. They will know this news sooner or later. It doesn’t make much sense to keep hiding it.”

"But even if I bring you here, the possibility of me being a liar cannot be ruled out."

"That's right, that's true." Ashes said word by word, "If it's not a witch who comes in the end, then you will die here, together with those who tried to attack the witch."

"Okay," Thassa breathed a sigh of relief, "Can I ask any other questions?"

She thought for a while, "If I could answer."

"Are you from Graycastle? I've never seen such eyes." Tasa decided to ask the other party's background first. Such information is not sensitive and can reduce the resistance in the other party's heart.

"I was born in the Kingdom of Eternal Winter, but it has nothing to do with the color of my eyes. Since I became a witch, my eyes have become like this."

"Eternal Winter? It's far away from Graycastle, with two kingdoms in between. How did you come to Silver City?"

"I was sold into the church, and then..." She paused, "I wandered from the old holy city monastery all the way to the royal capital of Graycastle, and it was not until I met her that I ended my wandering life."

"Her?" Tasa asked curiously.

"Tilly Wimbledon," Ashes showed a warm look in his eyes, "She took me in."

Qin Wei's heart was shocked. When he heard this name at first, he thought it was just a duplicate name, but with Wimbledon's surname, the meaning was completely different. Could it be that the person who led the witches to the fjord was Roland Wimbledon's younger sister, the fifth princess of the kingdom? His voice stuttered a bit, "She, is she your leader?"

"The leader? You can think so," she nodded, "but to me, she is the most important person...the one that no one can replace."

As night fell, the two lit a bonfire on the hillside.

Ashes took down the giant sword, and lifted the cloth strips little by little. The blade of this terrifying weapon was nearly waist-wide, and it was covered with marks left by collisions. The gray-black blade was not sharpened, and apparently it was enough to kill someone just by the weight of the blade when it was swung. It would be very laborious for ordinary people to lift this weapon, but in her hand, it is as light as a one-handed sword.

How many blacksmith shops would have to be robbed to gather the materials needed to forge such a giant sword, Tasa thought, if the prince's highness's witch is late, maybe he will become a victim of the sword.

"I heard that the lord of Border Town is also... Wimbledon," he decided to find something to say, otherwise the waiting time would be extremely difficult.

"Roland Wimbledon, the fourth prince of Graycastle." She said calmly, "I have seen him before."

"What?" Tasa opened her mouth wide.

"After I was taken in by Tilly, I served as her guard in the palace, so I naturally had the opportunity to meet several of her brothers and sisters." Ashes seemed to know the fourth prince very well, "Incompetent, arrogant, ignorant, hard to believe, He's actually Tilly's real brother. And... he's not timid in some respects."

By the end, her tone had gradually turned cold.

Tasa couldn't help shivering. When he was in the palace, he had heard a lot of rumors about His Highness, such as a maid who was outspoken, flamboyant, and liked to tease others. Although it is not to the point of threatening the other party with power or violence, it is inevitable to take advantage of it. Shouldn't...

At this moment, Ashes stood up suddenly, staring at the direction of the path, "Someone is coming, not just one."

Tasa followed her line of sight, and the figures of a group of people gradually appeared in the night, and the leading witch was the prince's personal guard, Nightingale. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)