Chapter 457 Phantom Sound

"Actually, you don't have to come with me." Huiyin walked by the Chishui River, the snow crunching under his feet.

"The city is not safe. This is not a border town." Iron Ax walked behind her, keeping a distance of two steps. "And His Highness has ordered that if you leave the castle and there are no other witches around you, I should protect you." Your safety."

"If I had known, I wouldn't have told him," she huffed, "Besides, you don't need to use honorifics to me."

"In my heart, you will always be the leader of the Aosha clan, Lord Drow Silver Moon."

At the mention of the word Aosha, Huiyin fell silent. Although Tie Ax couldn't see her expression, he could feel that the other party was feeling a little depressed. He wanted to say a few words of comfort, but he didn't know where to start. In the end, he could only Close your mouth and follow her slowly forward in silence.

Compared with the Chishui River that meanders in the wild, this tributary forms almost a straight line after entering the city. The embankments on both sides are paved with bricks and stones, making it flat and neat. Every few dozen steps, there is a staircase leading to the river, probably for people to get water.

The snow is not too heavy today. Occasionally, you will meet one or two pedestrians on the road. Whether they are men or women, they will look at Huiyin in surprise - obviously, Lord Yinyue's tall figure and light brown skin are really special. Besides, Coupled with the long blue-gray hair, it is particularly eye-catching - it is rare to see pure-blooded sand people in the interior of Graycastle.

"Let's go to the other side," Echo said, obviously not liking being looked at like this.

"yes."

Finding an arch bridge, the two carefully crossed the frozen bridge deck and arrived at the east side of the fortress. There are almost no houses visible here, and vast areas of farmland are covered with snow, and everything is flat as far as the eye can see. The blue city wall in the distance is reflected in the snow, forming a sharp contrast with the western district.

"I have never seen such a scene in Iron Sand City." Huiyin lamented, "Before I left the extreme south, I thought that the entire continent looked the same, except for sand, it was still sand, and water sources and oases had to be fought for with life. resources. But here, no one will bleed for the Chishui River. When you want to drink water, you can squat down."

"But they will bleed for other things," Iron Ax said solemnly, "Golden dragons, gems, honor, status... you can't escape the fight anywhere."

"Really... But Nightingale told me that she believed that His Highness could stop the disputes." She raised her head and looked at the gray sky. "Whether it is the sand people or the mainland kingdom, whether it is ordinary people or witches, they can all enjoy it equally." resources, a life of freedom.”

"This...I don't know," Tie Ax hesitated for a moment. He really couldn't imagine how everyone would put aside their barriers and live together. Even someone like His Highness who has mastered the power of the gods would probably have difficulty doing it - —He can undoubtedly conquer all his enemies, but can he make them willingly accept his rule? No matter what method His Highness used, the seeds of hatred were already planted in the process of conquest.

"Do you want to go back to Iron Sand City?" Huiyin suddenly asked.

"No, Lord Silver Moon," Iron Ax came back to his senses and replied without hesitation, "I have sworn to the three gods that I will always serve His Highness Roland Wimbledon as the master and open up territories for him. But. Don't worry, since he promised to avenge you, he will definitely do it in the future. When you return to Iron Sand City, no one will dare to be disrespectful to you anymore."

"But I don't want to be the leader of the Aosha clan anymore," she whispered. "I like to stay where the trees are evergreen, I like to be with Wendy and Nightingale, and I like the songs that His Highness taught me. I hope that one day I can go back and take a look, but I don’t want to live in the desert and fight endlessly for water.”

Even so, you are still the only successor of the Aosha clan in my mind. In the end, Tie Axe did not say what was in his heart, but lowered his head and said, "No one can force you."

The two walked across the white fields and reached an open area. Echo stopped and said, "Just practice here. You shouldn't disturb others."

Iron Ax knew that the opponent's ability was to make various sounds, and she usually practiced in the back garden of the small town castle. This time, in order to avoid disturbing the important meeting between His Royal Highness the Prince and the nobles, she came here specifically to display her ability.

He nodded and took two steps back, "I will be on guard for you."

"By the way, I composed a song for my hometown," Huiyi turned around, "Do you want to listen to it?"

"Song?" Tie Ax was slightly startled.

"Well, I used the arrangement method that His Highness taught me - mixing the sounds of multiple instruments together to make the tune more layered." Speaking of this, Huiyi's expression became obviously much more relaxed. "I found out after trying it. It turns out that a song can be so beautiful. The addition of each timbre will give it a completely different feeling. I don’t know where your highness knew these methods. When I was sold to the royal capital, I never listened to any noble Talked about it.”

"His Royal Highness Roland is different from others." He is the favorite of the gods, Iron Ax thought.

"Yes... no one has ever treated witches as sincerely as he does," Huiyin said with deep sympathy, "But the names His Highness gave those mixed musical instruments were too weird. It was like combining completely unrelated things. At the same time, for example, electronic music, agricultural heavy metal," she smiled and shook her head, "I guess he is the only one who can come up with such a name."

Before Iron Ax could reply, the singing started.

When the complicated music flowed into his ears, he was stunned on the spot - what an incredible tune it was, like sand blowing across an oasis, and like orange fire jumping from the ground.

At that moment, Tie Ax felt that he had returned to the desert land illuminated by the scorching sun. Is this...an illusion? He lowered his head and realized that the snow had disappeared. At some point, he was in an oasis. Looking out, the scorching sand covered the entire field of vision. The woman in front had her eyes slightly closed, her singing echoed in the blue sky, her feet stood in a shallow water, and the ripples slowly spread out, it was breathtakingly beautiful.

"Walking between sand and dust"

"Following the Traces of the Oasis"

"Your footprints are left in the sea of ​​sand."

"The clear spring reflects your figure."

"One day, the oasis will become the new desert."

"And new oases will grow in the desert."

"But the only thing that remains unchanged"

"It's a legend about you"

"One day"

"I will follow the footprints you left."

"Finding your presence"

"Before dawn breaks"

"That moment of being speechless"

…

When the singing gradually faded away, Iron Ax returned to the Changsong Fortress where snowflakes were falling. Everything was like an illusion, as if nothing had happened. He couldn't help but swallow, and spread out his palms. A transparent gravel was shining in his palms. (To be continued.)