On the third day after Ann de Saint Violet, that is, the girl's team joined the Lily Nono regiment, the female mercenary received another good news.
Elena is back.
As a result, the number of Lily Nono's group has reached an unprecedented seven people - even including Amberli in Breeze Forest, there were only six members at most before. For the upcoming trip, this may be
That's a good sign, Lily thought.
"So, how was your time?" she asked the traveling nun who had just returned. "We thought you would spend more time."
"If I stay with Sophie, she won't be able to truly grow up, just like when Sister Yinyue asked me to travel alone." Elena said gently, her expression full of trust in her friend, "I will take her with me.
We went to the Forest of Farewell in the south, where it is relatively safer, so she will definitely be fine."
"Okay, anyway, welcome back." In Lily's view, Elena's return is obviously more important, "So, are you ready for the next trip?"
"A forest of ghosts?" Elena murmured, "I wonder if there is still light there."
"If not, how about you take him there?" Lily said happily, "Anyway, this time we must completely get rid of that abominable Huluman and let the forest return to the time when it was still our hometown."
"You are right." The nun also smiled, "Bringing light to the entire forest is what Lord Leonos wants to see more than bringing it to a few people."
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So on the third day after that, in the year 458 of the Saint Leon calendar, the forty-fifth day of the spring month, the Lily Nono group, which had rested for nearly half a month, set off again.
Since the team increased to seven people and needed to cross the Desert of Souls, which is also a forbidden land, they purchased a new carriage and replaced the wheels and horses of the two carriages with types suitable for traveling in the desert. They were used to pull them.
The driver is a creature called a sand donkey, which is shorter than ordinary horses, but is better able to withstand drought and hunger. It is said that it can also independently find water sources in the desert - of course, with Elena
With magical assistance, Lily's team doesn't have to worry about thirst.
The first half of the journey went quite smoothly. An didn't know where to investigate the information in the desert, and guided the convoy to successfully avoid two sandstorms and a purple insect nest. Although the old Beron man Grum didn't like it very much,
But his experienced adventure experience also played a big role when setting up camp.
As for Elio - at least, the young man's seemingly never-ending energy and enthusiasm have boosted the morale of Lily's team even more than before... right?
During their daily interactions, Lily learned that An had suffered a serious illness when she was young and had lost the ability to speak since then. The female mercenary assured her that another member of her group - referring to Yuffie - should be able to find a way
Cure Ann's disease. Elena also promised the girl that after this trip is over, she will look for potentially effective medicines from the church's classics.
Within two weeks, three groups of people who had just met have become mutually trusting companions. Perhaps this is the charm of travel and adventure.
But a forbidden area is a forbidden area after all, and good luck will not always favor the same group of people. When they were still about one-third of the way from the end of the desert, an unknown encounter happened unexpectedly.
It was early in the morning, and it happened to be Lily's turn to keep vigil. The female mercenary was sitting in the driving seat of the carriage, counting the stars in the sky with some boredom. Suddenly, she felt that the stars seemed to have dimmed a little, so she lowered her gaze and saw
A green curtain of light was slowly approaching from the end of her sight.
Instinct told her that what was approaching them was anything but friendly. She quickly woke up Alphonse, Elena and Ann, and pointed out the scene in the distance to them. However, even Ann, the most knowledgeable person along the way,
I don't know the origin of that light curtain either.
"I have never heard of this phenomenon... or creature, which means that whoever sees it will probably have no good consequences." An wrote calmly and quickly, "I think we'd better avoid it as soon as possible.
direction of travel, do not attempt to approach or make contact.”
No one raised any objection. Everyone quickly loaded their luggage onto the carriage and quickly headed towards its edge in a direction parallel to the light curtain.
However, the scope of the light curtain exceeded everyone's imagination. As the distance gradually narrowed, the green side was like a broad mountain wall, extending to both sides and overhead, even covering up the 'Tai Si' in the sky
and all the stars.
"There is nothing we can do." Lily looked at the light curtain that was getting closer and closer, looking a little anxious - it was still thousands of meters away, but moving several times faster than the carriage, and she wanted to escape from it
It seems that there is only one method left to spread the influence, "Ignore the carriage for now, put away your important things, and we will take you to the sky!"
The female mercenary stopped the carriage, jumped to the ground, and walked away for a distance. Then she closed her eyes and called on the power of creation in her blood to transform herself into a huge flying dragon with a wingspan of more than ten meters -
It is not a real dragon, but a kind of dragon that can fly. With Lily's current strength, this is her best choice.
"Climb up quickly and hold on!" Lily leaned down. The dragon's back was broad and there was a row of bone spurs in the center, which was just suitable for grabbing. The remaining six people quickly climbed up her body, and then she unfolded
With both wings, fly into the sky as smoothly and quickly as possible.
It was only then, with the help of Feilong's sharp vision, that she could clearly see the full picture of the 'light curtain' - and its true face.
It was neither clouds nor mist, nor pure light, but countless bright green butterflies. They were intertwined layer by layer in the air, dense but not scattered. They seemed to be slow, but in fact they were flying forward quickly, as if there was someone there.
Will unites these millions or more individuals together. As they flap their wings, countless fine scale powder slowly falls from their thin wings, flickering in the air for tens of seconds, and then dims.
"So beautiful..." she couldn't help but sigh, "Are these butterflies really that dangerous?"
"An said, after they leave, just look at the sand donkeys left behind." Elena read out the text written by An, "The more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are."
Lily nodded and said no more. She flapped her wings vigorously, raised her altitude again, and passed over the sky far above the butterfly swarm so as not to attract the other party's attention. About half an hour later, the butterfly swarm passed through where they were originally.
The location - the green flat mountain peak moved behind everyone and gradually moved away without stopping.
The female mercenary waited for a while for the scales to completely dissipate, and then slowly landed with the group members on her back. She saw that An's face was quite pale, and she thought that riding a flying dragon to the sky would not be a comfortable experience.
——Of course, Bell’s previous complaints about the hardness of his back and the cold weather were completely ignored by Lily.
She returned to the appearance of a human woman and walked to her original camp, finding that Ann's prophecy had indeed come true.