"Here is..." Lily looked around in confusion. She was now in a fiery red flower field. Except for this flower field, the distance and the sky were as dark as ink, as if leading to an endless void...
Lily leaned down and gently touched the red flowers around her with her hands. The six petals of these flowers were rolled outwards, and the slender leaves were criss-crossed like needles. Lily didn't know much about flowers.
If it were those old antiques from the Tori family, they would definitely be able to tell a lot of stories and allusions, but Lily could only roughly judge that they were not the legendary Higan flowers. Legend has it that Higan flowers have leaves but no flowers, flowers and no leaves, and the flowers and leaves never bloom.
We meet each other, but while these little flowers are blooming in front of us, their needle-like leaves are also fluttering in the wind, looking lively and cheerful.
Wait a minute... Wind? Lily looked at her fluttering hair and skirt, stunned for a moment, and then looked in the direction where the wind was blowing - there was still endless darkness, but there was indeed a breeze coming from that direction.
Blow over here... Do you want to go over and have a look? Lily was hesitant. She was afraid of unknown dangers lurking in the darkness ahead. For some reason, Lily felt very at ease looking at the flowers in front of her. She didn't want to leave here, but...
Lily slowly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly. When her eyes opened again, the timidity and confusion in her eyes had disappeared. She knew that she could not wait here any longer, there was still someone waiting.
Follow her! No matter what is hidden in the darkness ahead, Lily has nothing to be afraid of!
When Lily took the first step, the petals behind her suddenly flew up and gathered into two giant red wings in the sky. As Lily continued to move forward, the ends of the giant red wings were projected outward and dissipated, and finally
Those petals were swallowed up by the endless darkness...and the flower stems behind Lily that had lost their petals withered and withered in an instant, turning into black thorns all over the ground!
Lily didn't seem to notice it. She looked straight ahead. In the endless darkness, she seemed to see that faint light - was it the exit? Or was it the fangs of the giant beast? Lily only felt the wind in front of her.
She was getting more and more anxious, as if her little body was going to be blown away! But she still moved forward hard, and the light became brighter and brighter! Gradually, she saw a hexagonal crystal column, suspended in the air.
In the sky not far away!
Below the crystal pillar is not a flower field, but a piece of pitch-black land, with dark red light flickering in and out of the gaps in the soil. And in the center of the crystal pillar, there seems to be a strange red figure! Lily walked to the flower field.
At the edge of the crystal column, staring at the little red body... the person in the crystal column... was actually herself! But Lily in the crystal column had completely blood-red long hair and was wearing a gorgeous blood-red dress.
, curled up in the center of the crystal column!
"Who are you?" From her body, Lily felt an instinctive fear! It was as if what was imprisoned inside was a wild beast!
Hearing Lily's question, the blood-red Lily slowly opened her eyes. The two eyes met, and a cruel smile appeared on the blood-red Lily's face. Her mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out.
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"What did you say?" Lily couldn't help but took a step forward, trying to hear clearly what the other party was saying. But just as Lily's feet stepped onto the black land that was emitting red light, a blood-red light blade struck out.
The crystal pillar formed the center of the circle and continued to spread outward! It was too late for Lily to dodge, and she could only watch the bloody light blade slit her throat and cut off her head!
In the hotel room, Lily suddenly sat up from the bed and covered her neck in horror - fortunately, her head was still there... In other words, everything just now was a dream? But it was all so real...
...What is the origin of that blood-red self? Is it related to my life experience?
As soon as Lily sat up, she was immediately embraced into a warm embrace. The familiar touch on the back of her head made Lily instantly feel at ease: "Aurelia...it's so great to see you again."
Aurelia gently kissed the top of Lily's head and said softly: "Me too, originally I thought I would never see you again..."
"Ahem..." Ji Ye, who was standing by the side, coughed lightly. If you look carefully, you can see that her cheeks were slightly red, obviously a little shy, "Master, you are finally awake."
"I'm going to call you Miss!" Lily took the trouble to correct Ji Ye's words and said with a smile, "Hehe~ Why is your face so red, Yeji?"
"Ah!" Ji Ye quickly lowered his head and said in a panic, "Miss, everyone from the Dragon Spear went to the Deadwater Bar. Do we need to go there together and take a look?"
"No, we can just wait for them here!" Lily rubbed her head on Aurelia's chest comfortably, curled up in Aurelia's arms and said, "Who else is left in the hotel?"
"We are the only ones staying. But it seems that the people from the Nightwalker Mercenary Group are also staying in this hotel." Ji Ye reported truthfully, and the light red on her face gradually dissipated, "Miss, are you still here?"
Do you need to continue resting?"
Lily raised her head, looked at Aurelia and asked, "Aurelia, what about you? Do you want to go for a walk in the city?"
Aurelia lowered her head, kissed Lily's lips gently, and said with a smile: "Look at you, if you are energetic, go out for a walk."
But Lily had no intention of listening to what Aurelia was saying at the moment. Her face was red to the roots of her ears! A stream of white steam came out of her head! Her eyes also turned into circles like mosquito coils - wuwuwu...
...What happened just now? Was it...was it kiss?! Was it really kiss?
Ji Ye's face turned red to her neck. She seemed to remember the kiss she had with Lily in Harlai... Why are the eldest lady and Aurelia so... open? Oh~ will I be like this in the future?
No, no, no, I can’t think about it any more!
"What's wrong? Lily?" He noticed that Lily's condition was a bit strange, but Aurelia, the culprit, seemed to know nothing and looked at Lily doubtfully, "Do you still feel uncomfortable? Do you want to take a rest?"
"Um...Okay, okay!" Lily suddenly got into the quilt, completely wrapping herself in the quilt to pretend to be an ostrich. Aurelia smiled, sat next to Lily, picked up a book at hand, and read quietly.
It seems that if Lily pokes her head out, she will find that this book is the "magic book" that she brought with her when she just traveled to Garsain! Before, because there were no pockets or backpacks on her clothes,
He handed the book and the broken mobile phone to Aurelia, who owned the space ring, for safekeeping. Unexpectedly, Aurelia not only carried it with her all the time, but also seemed to be able to understand what was written in the book...
On the other side, Dragon Spear had disagreements on how to deal with the group of children. Garudo's opinion was to continue looking for a businessman in the city who could be entrusted to transport the children home. Lan suggested entrusting Zheng
Nightcrawler, who was idle and bored, escorted these children home. Silla was actually inclined to Lan's suggestion, because Nightcrawler was composed entirely of orcs, and these slave children were almost all children of the orc tribe. It would be hard to leave it to the fellow villagers.
Be more at ease.
However, after contacting Ming Mo, the leader of the Night Walker mercenary group, Ming Mo rejected the commission. One of the reasons is that the Night Walker is just a small mercenary group, and it is a bit difficult to escort twenty children.
The journey is long, and they cannot bear the responsibility if something goes wrong. Secondly, mercenaries are hard-working professions that require hard work to earn a living. Although Dragon Spear expressed its willingness to pay some commissions, it also gave away the carriage it just bought.
Give it to them. But let’s not talk about Nightcrawler’s commission. Just feeding these children along the way requires money. Even if the Dragon Spear takes out all the money, it will not be able to pay off the cost.
Lan is very upset now. If he had known that after defeating the slave-catching team, he would have done a lot of looting. Such a large team must have a lot of money! However, no one seemed to be in the mood to care about it at the time, and it was always illegal to mess with the relics of the dead.
It was something that mercenaries were taboo about, so they didn't take the corpse seriously.
But soon, the Dragon Spear's troubles were solved. Mai Yi, the clever boy who had led Lily and others before, came out again and said that the Backwater Bar had a way to solve this matter.
"Follow me! Our boss will explain it to you personally!" Looking at the hesitation on Silla's face, Mai said to him with a smile, "Actually, you don't have to worry at all, we have done many similar acts of kindness.
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"Then I will go with you personally." Silla nodded and agreed to Mai's proposal.
Still crawling back and forth in the huge drainage channel, Mai took everyone from Dragon Spear to the Backwater Bar with ease, and the owner of the bar, Robert, had been waiting for a long time.
"Hello, everyone from Dragon Spear." Robert was still sitting behind the counter, playing the role of the hotel owner. He bowed slightly with a peaceful face and saluted casually but not arrogantly. "First of all, I want to thank you for your courage and kindness.
, I express my sincere admiration - but I still have to say that in a place like the Eastern City-State, too much kindness will bring you unnecessary trouble. This place is more chaotic than a place with 'power'."
"We already know this." Silla nodded. Regarding this Qiuli incident, Silla has personally experienced the chaos and darkness in the eastern city-state, but the old fox may have gotten what he deserves now.
Did he end up dead under the ravages of that giant snake? "I heard from your subordinates that there is a way to rehabilitate those children, but I don't know what it is?"
Robert smiled, snapped his fingers with his left hand, and saw a girl from the wolf clan walking out of the kitchen. Judging from her clothing, she should be a waitress in this bar. She was at an age where maturity and youth are intertwined. Her appearance made people laugh.
Silla was slightly startled - not because he was surprised that the other person was an orc, but because he accidentally saw the ugly scar on the back of her hand that had been specially concealed, like a brand. Maybe others wouldn't recognize what it was.
It means nothing, but as an orc who has been mixed in human society for many years, he understands the meaning of this sign very well.
slave.
It is also the literal totem of the Orc Empire.
The girl did not notice his gaze, but quickly placed a plate of wine glasses and an unopened bottle of wine in her hand on the bar in front of the Dragon Spear crowd. After doing all this
, did not leave, but walked up to Robert with an excited look and looked at him.
"Lei...ask Rapp to bring the prepared documents." Robert rubbed her head and whispered something. The wolf girl made a comfortable sound like a small animal, and then
He nodded seriously, and after watching the girl who seemed to be a little excited in her steps leave, he nodded to everyone.
"Sit down first and then talk."
This time he did not take them into the small room, because this time it was not to buy or sell information, but to discuss things. There were not many drinkers in this small bar, and it seemed that Robert had already greeted them and everyone was seated.
They were chatting quietly from a distance, which was completely different from the noisy scenes in other bars. Just like the name of the bar, it seemed like a pool of stagnant water.
After everyone picked their seats and sat down, Robert distributed the wine glasses to everyone and filled them up one by one: "This glass is for me, feel free to drink it."
Silla is still as stable as a rock, but Garudo is a little anxious: "If there is any way, please tell me quickly!"
Robert smiled, stroked the twisted knuckles of his right hand with his left hand, and said slowly: "Actually, that boss Fra Hunter, Patrick, the most powerful slave trader in Otez City a year ago, was created by our backwater.
Someone picked it up. That Hunter rushed back in a hurry, probably because he heard the news of his boss’s death.”
"Why didn't you say it before..." Aisela looked at Robert with dead eyes. Her memory was very good. Robert didn't say that at the beginning. "What do you want to express by saying it now?"
Robert shook his head and said with a smile: "In the eastern city-state, there is a natural line between speaking and doing things. I am telling you now because I want to say that after we took away Patrick's stronghold in Otez City, we rescued a lot of people.
The children of the Orc tribe. Some of them chose to stay and start a new life, while others were sent back to the Orc Empire by me, including a child of the White Bear tribe."
Silla's eyes flashed: "Are you talking about His Highness Bartholomew?"
Among the orcs, most of the people with white fur belong to the royal family. Even if they are not royal, they definitely have royal blood. The White Bear Clan is the royal family among the orcs and bears. A few years ago, the prince was captured by the slave team and caused a lot of trouble in the orc empire.
It was a big sensation! In order to appease the White Bear King, the emperor of the Orc Empire at that time did not hesitate to deploy troops on the border and almost attacked Kaletta and Brenno! However, the Prince of the White Bear Tribe was sent back later. It is said that he was taken away by well-intentioned people.
He was rescued from the eastern city-state and sent back specially. I didn't expect that the kind person would be the ordinary-looking young man in front of me.
As a member of the Bear Clan, Silla had naturally heard of this incident, which made him have a good impression of the one-eyed young man he met for the first time today: "In other words, you have a way to send those children to
Going back?"
Robert nodded and said: "Of course I have some safe ways to send those children back. But have you ever asked those children about their wishes? Most of the children captured by the slave team are actually orphans in the slums, and even
They were sold to slave traders by their parents. This was also the problem I encountered when dealing with the children rescued from Patrick, so many children chose to stay in Otez and start a new life.
"
Silla's expression also became very serious. As a member of the Orc Empire, he naturally knew about the problems in his country, but he originally just wanted to send these children back to their hometown to reunite with their families, and did not think too much about it.
More. Now it seems that even if these children are sent back, they will not suffer much less than they do now. Helping them start a new life is the most important thing.
"You have been taught. Then we will entrust those children to you." Silla stood up and bowed respectfully. She was convinced of Robert. But Garudo was a little disapproving.
It seems that the leader, whom he has always respected, has no need to salute to a blind man! Garudo stood up and walked out of the bar: "I will go shopping around first, and I will go back to the hotel later!"
"Garudo!" Lan wanted to call him, but Silla held her shoulders and shook her head and said, "No need, Tian Lan. Although Garudo is a little immature, he is no longer a child.
Well, it’s better not to force him on some things.”