There is a saying in this continent that good fortune never comes in pairs and misfortune never comes alone.
The general meaning is that if there is one trouble, more troubles will come one after another.
This is exactly the case for Yuffie and the others. They had an inexplicable fight with a madman who called himself "Setsuna" the day before, and now, not long after they left the "Heart Home" hotel, they were stopped by a group of people again.
The way to go.
There were more than twenty people blocking them, all wearing white robes, and even their faces were covered tightly. The person in the lead seemed to be a woman, and the whole body was covered with thick mist, which also made people unable to stand.
Recognize her face.
"You are the ones who solved the 'plague' in the southern part of the alliance, right." There was no emotion in the female voice, "If it is convenient, please come to our stronghold and sit down. There are some things that need to be confirmed with you."
I guess this is one of those 'companions' that Setsuna mentioned. Yuffie thought about how to answer the other party, but her friend was faster.
"I'm sorry, it's not convenient. We still have things to do." Lin immediately rejected the other party's 'invitation', "If there is nothing else, let's go."
The blonde girl shut her mouth, took her hand, and planned to bypass her and continue moving forward.
Obviously the other party did not intend to let the few people leave like this. Water mist suddenly spread from the woman's body to the surroundings, blocking her entire vision in an instant.
The fog quickly dissipated, and in front of him was no longer the path and woods before, but a pure white spacious room about ten meters square. Yuffie looked around, Lin was still holding her hand, Anya
He Mangyexing disappeared without a trace. The room was equipped with simple wooden tables and chairs, with steaming tea and a box of delicate pastries placed on the table. The woman in white was standing on the other side of the room,
He made a 'please' gesture to them.
"Please take a seat." She pointed to the chair next to her, "It's just a few simple questions, please feel free to answer them."
Yuffie stared at the woman in front of her and was silent for a while.
"Is this how you treat guests?" She said softly, "I am also somewhat interested in you, but when entertaining people... you must at least bring out something real."
The magic bloomed from her fingertips and turned into extremely thin blue lines, penetrating into every corner of the room. No matter the tables, chairs, tea cakes, women in white, or the surrounding walls, they disintegrated one by one in Yuffie's eyes.
Return to hazy mist.
The next moment, all illusions disappeared, and they were still standing on the gravel road beside the grove, with Anya and Gypsophila beside them.
"That's right." Lin interjected at the side, "Using illusions to deceive people is the worst. Fortunately, I still find those snacks very tempting."
The woman shrouded in water mist slowly took a few steps towards them. Just when the two of them were in the illusion, the 'subordinates' she brought had already surrounded them, and in Yuffie's perception,
Everyone has a magical aura that is about to take shape.
It seems that as long as they make the slightest movement, the spells that are already on the string will immediately target them.
"Then I'll just trouble you to wait a little longer." The woman replied calmly, "When we get to our stronghold, we will naturally serve you real snacks."
Anya stood next to Gypsophila, looking a little scared. The doll girl remained calm as always, neither paying attention to the 'enemies' around her, nor having the desire to speak.
Forget it, it might be a good idea to take this opportunity to visit the other party's 'stronghold', Yuffie thought. On the one hand, she was indeed somewhat interested in this organization belonging to the empire, and the person coming this time did not seem to be Setsuna and his ilk.
On the other hand, if a war started or she tried to escape now, she would not be sure to escape with Anya intact.
After more than ten minutes of stalemate - the other party was always cautiously wary of them, so she naturally had no reason to relax her vigilance - the situation finally made progress.
The land outside the 'encirclement circle' rippled, as if it suddenly turned into a viscous liquid. Then, a strong man wearing a brown cloak and nearly two meters tall 'surfaced' from the center of the ripples.
He strode towards them.
"Well done, thank you for your hard work, Shuiyun." He first said to the woman in white, then quickly walked through the crowd and walked towards the four of them who were surrounded.
"I am Wei Feng, the leader of the Earth Tribe of the Pale Hand." The man lifted his hood, revealing his angular face - not very handsome, but not ugly either. He stretched out his generous palm towards Yuffie
, "Please come with me, please rest assured that I will not harm your lives."
Yuffie gently patted her friend's arm and signaled Anya not to panic with her eyes. Then she took a step forward and put her hand on the man's palm, "Sorry for the trouble, Wei Feng."
She understood that there was danger in doing so, but her intuition told her that the man in front of her was different from the man who called himself "Snap". Wei Feng may not be a "good guy" in the conventional sense, but she believed that the other party would not break the promise easily - since he
She said she wouldn't hurt them, so she didn't need to worry about this.
The ground beneath her feet slowly surged again, and she felt herself sinking downwards. Her vision became pitch black, and only a faint rumble came from her ears. She closed her eyes, feeling the changes in the magic around her, and in her heart
Analyze this somewhat peculiar 'travel' spell.
It was not a teleportation using astral positioning, but rather a means of traveling quickly through the Shadow Realm. The only difference was that they did not step into the Shadow Realm, but seemed to blend into the thick earth under their feet. The soil was no longer a solid obstacle, but
It was the man in front, and even part of their bodies, that led them to fly forward at a speed far faster than walking.
She remembered that the earth element had similar abilities, but this was the first time she had seen humans use this power. If this was a type of 'Alchemy', maybe she had discovered another magical method that the El Continent did not have yet.
And the possibility of bypassing the restrictions in the star realm, Yuffie thought with satisfaction.
The sound in her ears slowly faded away. Yuffie opened her eyes and found herself in the center of a spacious hall. Different from the previous illusion, Lin, Anya and Man Tianxing were all beside her. Of course, the man who called himself Wei Feng
The men are also there.
There were more than a dozen strong warriors holding spears and wearing heavy armor lined up around the hall. She looked around and found that everyone was looking at Wei Feng intently, raising their hands to greet each other, not caring at all about the extra appearance.
'The four of them. Finally, she set her sights on the high place in front of the hall, where there hung a thick plaque that seemed to be some time old, with vigorous and powerful golden writing engraved in Yinil script.
She squinted her eyes and read the contents softly——
"Living on the firewood and tasting courage, serving the country with loyalty and loyalty."