Lily didn't bother to pay attention to him at all.
She took two steps to run, used her hind legs to push forward, gracefully passed over the head of the Elna man, and rushed into the forest without looking back.
Soon she discovered that the entire Breeze Forest seemed to be different from what she remembered.
The forest did not produce any physical changes - she had only been away for decades, and a dense forest without accidents was just a moment in millions of years. However, no matter how hard she tried, she could not find the familiar forest.
The warm breath was replaced by a chill that penetrated into the bone marrow, as if countless eyes were always watching her.
That was not an illusion, she could detect the alert gazes from the Elna people, but other than that, even the forest itself no longer seemed to welcome her back.
What is going on here? Lily is puzzled. What's worse is that all the Elna people are avoiding her. Even if she occasionally meets one or two, the other party's answer to any question she raises is only
silence.
She reluctantly gave up searching for answers. Four days later, she crossed the entire forest and plunged into the wilderness of the North.
But even that wild wilderness has never returned to its original state.
Lily - no, the Northland in September's memory is a desolate but tenacious place full of vitality. She has visited here several times. The Sachi people who also believe in Edda respect her very much, and she uses her talents to promote crops.
, so that those tribes don’t have to worry about filling their stomachs for the time being.
Because of this, every time she comes, it is equivalent to a lively celebration. The tribes she visits will take out the rice wine and dried bacon that have been stored for a long time, and hold a joyful banquet in front of the bonfire. Some aggressive men even
She would be asked to compete with her on strength or running speed, and she would not refuse anyone who came. She would even occasionally let her out on purpose and lose a hand - of course, only if the challenger really worked hard enough.
Nowadays, the Saqi people have indeed shown no obvious hostility towards her, and still hold her... in awe. Unlike the arrogant and conceited Erna people, they still dare not directly resist the "demigod"
Lily. However, the obvious defensive gaze and the fear revealed intentionally or unintentionally made her feel unhappy enough.
"You guys... what's going on?" She stared at a Sachi man suspiciously, "It's only been a few decades since we last came here, how come it seems like... you don't recognize us anymore?"
"No...no, it's nothing, Lord "God of the Living God"." The man stammered in reply, "You...what are your orders?"
Lily lowered her head and was about to continue saying something when she was interrupted by a loud voice belonging to a young man.
"It's not 'nothing' at all!" The young man shouted angrily, "You 'gods' just want to steal our prey, and you still want us to be your slaves!" He saw several adults asking
He ran and dodged while continuing to shout loudly, "Even if I die, I will never agree to you!"
Two adult Sachi men finally caught the boy on the left and right. One of them slapped the boy hard several times, causing his cheeks to quickly become red and swollen. Then, the two pressed the boy down and came to the scene with frightened expressions on their faces.
In front of Lily.
"Sir... Your Majesty." Another adult whispered respectfully, "I'm very sorry for offending you. He... he will be left to you. Please deal with it as you wish."
The young man raised his head drowsily and spat forward. Lily could clearly see that there was a knocked-out front tooth mixed in the blood-streaked saliva of the young man. Unfortunately, he was still suppressed, and his head went straight to the ground.
It is impossible to affect the female mercenary on the opposite side.
"Stop it, you two." She immediately stopped shouting and raised her hand again, preparing to swing it at the young man, with her eyes fixed on the other person, "Is what he said true?"
The man nodded subconsciously, and then immediately shook his head desperately. But this momentary reaction was enough for Lily to understand many things.
"Let him go, and you are not allowed to punish him, remember?" She pointed to the boy whose arms were suppressed so that he had to kneel on the ground, "About what he said..." She turned her back and rushed
Looking at the forest where my hometown is, "Let's go and ask clearly."
She spread her legs and rushed out like a sharp arrow, as if she wanted to put all the bad things behind her.
She walked almost non-stop through the wasteland, turned into a goshawk, and flew over the mountains that separated the Northland and her hometown. When the familiar scenery came into view again, Lily found that besides nostalgia and excitement, she actually also contained
A hint of fear.
That's not all the so-called cowardice of being close to home, she said to herself. In fact, she has only 'left' for a few decades. She has nothing to do with the extremely long-lived "God of the World" and the seemingly eternal forest.
It's a blink of an eye.
What she feared was the experiences and things she saw along the way. It was the news she heard at the first stop, the attitude of the Elna people, and even the words of the Sachi boy.
The female mercenary vaguely felt that the El Continent at this time was completely different from what she had experienced personally - whether it was the longer past or the time she spent with Leo and Feist. It seemed that there was something different.
This invisible force is fundamentally changing all the creatures living on this continent.
"Huruman Stark..." Lily slowed down and murmured in a low voice, "Did you do it?"
Of course, no one could answer her.
She searched for the memories belonging to "September" that had been buried for hundreds of years, and walked towards the lake where she once lived.
Not long ago, she, Al and others - and Jill, were searching for the message left behind in this forest that had long lost its vitality. But now, as she gradually went deeper into the forest, she finally had some joyful thoughts.
Real feeling.
Her hometown is still alive in this era.
Every giant tree was full of the breath of life. Countless rare and common creatures, big and small, were walking in the forest, constantly jumping and chasing each other. Through the huge canopy above her head, she could see the warm but not dazzling sunlight, and the pale blue sky.
The blue sky.
If coming back here is the second chance given to her by God, then she will never let the tragedy happen again. Lily strolled leisurely, clenched her fists, and secretly swore in her heart.
I don't know how long it took, but with her keen senses, I could already detect the unique atmosphere belonging to the "Lake of Return". She silently quickened her pace and walked towards her "residence".
Not long after, when the clear lake came into view, a proud and slightly sarcastic voice came from the forest on her right.
"Isn't this September? I heard you said so decisively before, I almost really believed that you planned not to come back here for a hundred years."
Lily stopped suddenly, turned her head, and looked into the pair of green eyes in the dense forest.
"We wanted to come back, so we came back naturally." She raised her lips and found that she didn't feel angry at all. "Where is mother, Ryan?"