Chapter 2836: The Sixth Person by the Fire
The darkness seemed to want to swallow the last bit of courage, but the tiny elf, shrinking her neck, gripped the strap of her bag tightly and raised the back of her hand to wipe away the tears from her eyes. No matter where this was, since she had promised Xia De that she would return with surprises and power, she could not be scared away here.
Biting her lip hard to recover from the terror, she carefully walked forward along the corridor.
The rapid recovery of her vision allowed her to see a glimmer of fire in front of her after taking only two steps. Thus, after a brief hesitation, she continued to walk toward the firelight, and soon saw that it was a bonfire located on the side of a large gap in the corridor wall, and four strange figures were sitting around the bonfire.
They looked dull, like soulless corpses.
The firelight dragged the pitch-black shadows of those four strange figures onto the corridor, and the shadows swayed with the flickering of the bonfire. Seeing this scene in the darkness, Ai Mi Li Ya felt that the courage she had just mustered was about to disappear again.
Especially since she noticed that among the four shadows, one had a terrifying tail, one had sharp claws, one had huge eyes that did not look human, and one... one seemed normal, but it seemed to be simulating someone familiar in her heart.
Ai Mi Li Ya had already wanted to stop her steps and turn to another direction at this time, but unfortunately, the dull people by the bonfire also noticed the sound of her panting, so those people who looked like resurrected corpses in stories turned their heads and looked straight at her.
The firelight illuminated everyone's faces. The green dragon maid with a big tail, the gray wolf witch who was grinding her claws on the ground unconsciously just now, Miss Luo Si Mei Zi who was holding a book with glasses, and...
"Yin Yi Yi Lu Na?"
The familiar face made the tiny elf want to cry again. Xia De had told the story here, and she knew where this was.
And Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, who came from the "next Wednesday," stood up with some confusion because of the long silence and the drowsiness caused by the lethargy, but did not welcome her immediately:
"Who are you?"
"Don't you recognize me? Yin Yi Yi Lu Na."
"I of course recognize Ai Mi Li Ya, but I mean, are you really Ai Mi Li Ya?"
Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, who had recovered to a clear state, asked very vigilantly, her eyes examining her up and down. Thus, Ai Mi Li Ya also realized that the four people opposite her, or perhaps this weird scene, were simulated illusions from the stories Xia De told in her memory, so she also subconsciously took two steps back.
"Ha~ I feel really sleepy. I originally thought that this weird place about to be destroyed only had darkness and fear, but ever since Yin Yi Yi Lu Na came, it has become more and more lively.
Look, another acquaintance of Yin Yi Yi Lu Na has come. But this time at least it's a female, and she's an elf."
The green dragon girl stood up. After waking up from her drowsiness, she wanted to find something to do:
"I'll boil tea for everyone, there should be new stories to listen to in a while."
The gray wolf girl quietly stretched:
"I always couldn't sleep all night after drinking strong tea, but after leaving here, I'm afraid there won't be such a problem anymore. The elf over there looks like a minor, she looks really beautiful."
Miss Mei Zi did not talk about the topic of tea, but suggested very rationally:
"Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, just like when Mr. Han Mi Er Dun first came, can't you prove it to each other?"
Ai Mi Li Ya asked very nervously:
"Mr. Han Mi Er Dun? Are you really... Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, what was the gift you gave Xia De on the Festival of the Year's End last year?"
"This kind of question is easily guessed by monsters that can read minds. If I could read minds, I could see the answer is a scarf right now."
The experienced Yin Yi Yi Lu Na reminded, and then reached out and grabbed toward the front. Ai Mi Li Ya immediately felt the bag shake, and then something flew out. After Yin Yi Yi Lu Na caught it, she discovered it was a brooch.
Yin Yi Yi Lu Na carefully checked the "Sunlight Spear brooch" she had made, and in her empty left hand, the warm yellow sunlight floated up immediately. She compared the power of her left and right hands, and then said very certainly:
"I don't need to confirm it. This is indeed the alchemy item I made myself, this cannot be faked. So, Ai Mi Li Ya, how did you run here? After you left last week, Lu Lu Weiya said that Xia De would say 'I don't know how Ai Mi Li Ya is doing' every few hours."
The elf's figure had already pounced and hugged her. Feeling Ai Mi Li Ya's trembling, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, who originally wanted to ask more questions, closed her mouth and then hugged her gently.
(A Jielina is meditating...)
"I don't know how Ai Mi Li Ya is doing."
After the violent wind swirling with white mist finally calmed down, Ai Mi Li Ya's figure was no longer in the ritual base. Hearing Xia De's sigh, Lu Lu Weiya walked over from behind to comfort him:
"Rest assured, my divination shows that although she might encounter unexpected situations, generally speaking, there won't be any big trouble."
"If Miss Xian Nuo De wants to become a Chosen, to become an Elf King, there are many things she has to face in the future."
The red-haired girl also came over to comfort him. Xia De also knew this truth, but... He adjusted his mood and looked at the elf in the forest who was silently watching the gradually extinguishing ritual base:
"Now can you jump out of the bushes very surprisingly and then announce that you have returned?"
The elf shook her head:
"I don't know what you are talking about. Ai Mi Li Ya Xian Nuo De will return next week. Today is Friday, please wait slowly."
Lu Lu Weiya then looked at Xia De suspiciously, but Xia De shook his head, signaling her not to ask more:
"In any case, at least the use of the qualification is no problem. We can't help now, we can only wait for Ai Mi Li Ya to return by herself. The time that gentleman from the Nature Church disappeared was not long. If Ai Mi Li Ya really has to return next week, then I hope she can have breakfast with us early next Monday."
Everyone could see that he was very worried. Fortunately, Xia De's self-adjustment ability was quite good:
"Clean up the traces of the ritual here, you three leave first in a while, I still have things to do here. Just take the chocobos away. I will go home directly after I finish my work, this way it is slightly closer.
Lu Lu Weiya, after going back, tell A Jielina not to sleep too early. Ai Mi Li Ya's matter is temporarily over, tonight we two, have to talk to A Jielina properly."
None of the girls asked what Xia De was going to do so late. After cleaning up the traces of the ritual here, they left with the unicorn and the chocobos.
"I don't know how Ai Mi Li Ya is doing."
Xia De stood alone in this open space looking at those five chairs, and only after sighing again did he turn and leave here. He found the place where he separated from the doctor last time, opened 【Magic Vision】 to search for the traces left by the doctor, and then continued to move toward the southwest.
The doctor had disappeared into the forest for a full week. Xia De really wanted to know how he was doing now.
Those traces were specially left by Dr. Shi Nai De to facilitate Xia De's search for him. The doctor also did not think that the area around that giant tree was a very safe place, so he did not camp nearby, but continued to move toward the deeper part of the dense forest.
The traces along the way were easy to find. Xia De, who had turned into a silver wolf, moved forward rapidly again for half an hour and discovered the doctor's footprints, which indicated that he had already arrived in the area where the doctor was active daily.
After turning back into human form and continuing to walk forward with his long sword, not long after, firelight appeared in front, and then Xia De saw a wooden house standing in the forest.
That was a wooden house with a very classic style, the front door was on the right, the windows were on the left, and there was a chimney with smoke on the roof. The seemingly very warm light was projected from the windows and the door cracks beneath the front door, and travelers lost in the forest would absolutely not refuse such a shelter.
Xia De walked over and knocked on the door. Unexpectedly, as soon as his finger touched that door, it opened inward with a "Zhi Ya~" sound.
"A door that opens inward?"
He stood at the door and looked into the wooden house. The warm small house had a fireplace lit, and a pot was simmering on the fireplace. Some air-dried bacon was hanging on the wall, and an upside-down book was placed on the table.
There was no one inside the door, so Xia De did not enter. After standing at the door and waiting for a moment, footsteps appeared in the forest again, and then a middle-aged man with a panicked face and a backpack walked out of the forest:
"Oh, thank the gods! There is actually someone here! Young man, can I go in and rest for a while? I got lost in the forest and haven't eaten anything for a day."
Xia De shook his head:
"Alright, Doctor, now I fully understand why you wanted to make preparations in a place far from human habitation. I admit this is indeed very dangerous."
Seeing that the middle-aged man was still explaining "I am a traveler," "luck is very bad," "lost water bag and food," "can give rewards," Xia De interrupted him very impolitely:
"Bi Er Shi Nai De, I recognize you."
Thus, the middle-aged man who was explaining his identity nervously stopped, then slowly lowered his head and laughed "He he he~".
Black mist surged from behind him, until it constructed a floor-standing stone mirror. His body merged into the stone mirror, and what walked out from it was the psychologist with red eyes.
Without any intention of communicating with Xia De, red rays immediately radiated from his eyes, drawing right-angled traces in the air, and then hit the tip of 【Night Watcher】 and turned into thunder to strike the doctor himself.
But that scarlet thunder only pierced through the thick liquid. Using the space jump of the maze demon Ya Lu's power, the doctor appeared silently behind Xia De in the black mist, and then was hit in the head by Xia De who turned around:
"Why does everyone who uses space power like to run behind others?" ===== CHAPTER 2837 =====
End of Chapter
