Act 256 From Maltaha to Deharan (Part 1)

"she left……"

Delphine handed the strip of cloth to Brando and said with a wry smile. Brando took the piece of cloth and saw it written in beautiful handwriting: Thank you... four words, and there was no extra content other than that.

The little girl's camp was already empty. Brando thought that he didn't realize when the other party left at all. It seemed that the other party was able to trek alone in the Tauchik Swamp for such a long time not only because of Just luck.

Perhaps she should have some means of concealing her whereabouts, or a magic item, or a legacy left to them in vain, or a treasure of the Sifah family. I just don’t know why she accidentally fell into the hands of the Sheep-Headed Cultist. After all, it seems that the little girl is very vigilant and very cautious.

Brando glanced at the bonfire that had long been extinguished and opened the tent. There was nothing in the tent. It seemed that she had at least taken away the food. This discovery made him feel a little relieved.

"She shouldn't be able to go far," Princess Magdale said with some worry: "If we look around, maybe we can find her. Even if she has tools to hide her whereabouts, it must not last for a long time, otherwise she will It won’t fall into the hands of the Sheephead Cultists.”

Brando put down the curtains of the tent, ②↖②↖, but shook his head: "We catch up with her, and what can we do? If she is unwilling to accept our help, there is no point in forcing her."

"Mr. Brando, but..."

"I'm also worried about her, Princess Magdal, but everyone must be responsible for their own choices. I believe that little girl knows what she is doing. If it were you, would you be willing to accept charity from a stranger?"

"But that's not charity. We just want to help her."

"Perhaps in her eyes, it is charity, because she can survive here without us," Brando glanced at the banner and replied: "She thanked us, just thanked us for saving her."

"But she is still so young." Magdale thought of the scene of the little girl named Ling walking barefoot in the swamp, one foot deep and one foot shallow. Even her heart was twitching: "This swamp is so dangerous for adults. She will always get into trouble by herself, right?"

"Don't worry," Brando put away the cloth and said, "She will go to Hadland, which is not far from here. She won't have to trek in the swamp for too long. I have a hunch. Maybe we will still Meet her.”

Princess Magdalen nodded. Although her face was still a little worried, she stopped speaking. She also understood the importance of this line of work and could not waste too much time aimlessly looking for someone in the swamp.

It was already dawn, but Fang Qi hadn't appeared yet. Brando was a little worried, but not because he was afraid that the other party would keep his promise. After getting along with him for so many days, he already knew that this genius gentleman of Gui Che's lineage had a somewhat bad personality. But at least he kept his word, he was worried about what trouble the other party would get into. Tauchik is on the border of civilization in Madara near the Inner Sea of ​​the Dead Moon. This wetland swamp is actually a kind of alternative black forest. Today, when the magic of chaos is becoming more and more powerful, no one can guarantee what they will encounter here.

And Brando can be sure that the other party has more troubles than this.

For this reason, he decided to go to the meeting point in advance to see if Fang Qi hadn't appeared yet. Then they really have to consider looking for a big living person in the swamp. But this time he is not looking for a helpless little girl, but a grown man who can lose himself.

He asked Princess Magdale and Mr. Liu to help clean up the camp, and he walked around the camp. Although he said he didn't care about the little half-elf girl, Brando still subconsciously paid attention to the traces near the camp. . What made him a little strange was that there were no footprints or similar signs of departure within a mile or two of the camp. This made him sigh at the powerful effect of the prop that could hide his whereabouts.

The tent was quickly dismantled. Brando did not let others deliberately eliminate the traces of Sparse Shadow. He was not afraid that someone would catch up from the direction of Maltaha. To catch up was nothing more than to die. He did not mind killing a few more. Goatshead believers.

What's more, it's only a little over a day's journey from Maltaha to Deharan. With the blessing of magic, they may be traveling faster, and those cultists from Maltahar will probably just eat ashes behind them.

Everyone packed their bags, put on the goat-headed cult robes that made them feel extremely uncomfortable, and continued heading south.

Until their figures disappeared in the mist of the swamp, in the lonely camp, the space in the half-open tent suddenly twisted, and a small figure lifted up a cloak and emerged from the tent. The figure is revealed.

She slowly stood up from the tent and looked quietly at the direction where Brando and his group were leaving. Her delicate face was as expressionless as ever. After a while, she lowered her head and put her hands on the pockets behind her back. The hat was pulled up, covering her long silver hair and pointed ears, leaving only her white chin exposed.

She turned back, silently taking a look at her camp and the tent, and then started to dismantle the tent. She first tied up the wooden sticks supporting the tent with canvas and ropes, tied them like a luggage, and then lifted it. Hey, it's a bit heavy. But she only hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth and carried her luggage behind her. She glanced at the camp one last time, as if looking for anything else worth taking away. Then when she turned around, she saw a small figure with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Go deeper into the swamp.

Brando and others obviously did not guess that the little girl would still stay in the camp, or even if they did, they would not look back easily. As he said, the little girl obviously didn't want to stay and drag them down, so even if they found her, she would leave again sooner or later, and even if she was forced to stay, it would only hurt the other person's small self-esteem.

In fact, since the brief conversation last night, he had already understood the inner thoughts of the little girl named Ling.

Although he may not agree with it, he knows how to respect this small self-esteem, because it is the precious thing that the other party has left.

Thinking of that little girl, and then thinking of Bai and Medisa, to be honest, he saw more of the shadow of Medisa in Ling, rather than their cunning mother. I don’t know how Bai gave birth to such a daughter, or is this kind of pride in his bones actually the nature of the Silver Elf?

The group of people walked silently in the swamp. If they were still a little curious about the surrounding environment when they first arrived here, but once the curiosity period passed, Taoqik was completely worth cursing in the worst language, because this place is just a mud The pond is a large, tidal, cold pool, monotonous, boring, and full of dangers.

The flooded grassland is full of undead souls and skeletons that have lost their footing and fallen deeply into it. From time to time, an ugly-looking corpse with a foul smell will appear and pounce towards you with its teeth and claws. Even if you cut it in half with a sword, the corpses will scatter among the bodies. The liquid and the maggots crawling in and out will also make you so sick that you will vomit out the remaining contents of your stomach and return it to the earth.

However, in the face of the battle, both men took the responsibility more consciously. Huanghuo tried to fight the corpse several times, and then refused to fight again. Although this little princess has a tenacious temperament, she is also afraid of things. Those maggots almost made her lose her life.

In addition to fighting, trekking in the swamp itself is also a troublesome thing. Although Mr. Liu and Huang Huo among them both have the strength of element civilization, this little trouble is nothing to them. Since Princess Magdar began to awaken from the bloodline of the 'Creator', and with the blessing of the Book of the Earth, traveling in the swamp is not a very difficult task.

In fact, the help of the Book of the Earth to the nun and princess is far from that. Earth magic has the most complete range of travel spells, such as striding, guiding the road, summoning bridges, ignoring terrain, etc. Among them, ignoring terrain It can even allow people to move forward unharmed in lava fields, let alone mere swamps.

It's just that Princess Magdal's magic power is limited. Although she has the dragon's heart, she can't use too much power because her mental power is not coordinated enough. At the moment, her magic is only enough for her to use alone. Although the nun princess didn't say anything about this openly, she was secretly seizing the time to meditate and coordinate her mental power. She probably felt that her magic could not help others in the adventure, which made her feel a little sorry.

Brando has some understanding of the serious and kind-hearted character of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

Among the few people, the one who had the hardest time was the prime minister's daughter who had always behaved as if nothing had happened. Although Delphine was not very strong originally, he had also learned magic and swordsmanship. However, due to the contaminated fountain of life, all these powers were washed away and he became a completely ordinary person. Although Brando included her in the Death Moon deck, he could not reset this card because Morpheus and Andrique were not here, so she still maintained her previous ordinary strength.

As Princess Magdale was worried before, even ordinary adults traveling in this swamp is a very thankless chore. There are no so-called roads in the Gein swamp, and there are shallow bays and muddy areas everywhere. Once you walk in, the mud is deep enough, and there are also water plants in it. If you accidentally walk into the quagmire, without a companion to rescue you, you may even get caught in it with your life.

...(To be continued...) For more exciting novels from uw, welcome to visit our reading academy