Chapter 287: Sudden Fall (1)
In the middle of the night, Glori and his friends arrived at the inn where Orson had paid for it. The inn is not very large, and Glori has seen it in general, not even compared to the "robber" tavern he went to in the evening. However, the steel-strudded masonry inn is more than enough to feed its guests.
Early in the morning, Orson pulled Walker back to the camp northeast above the rift. So, apart from the members of Glori's warband, only Lord Xavier and Evan were left here.
When they returned to the house, Glori slept peacefully, as Susan had thought. Actually, it's thanks to what happened to Zoe. In the evening, Zoe meets a man who helps the Rocky Warband lift Xavier's curse on Noah's Jungle. Now, Lord Xavier's mana recovery is no longer hindered.
It's just that things are still a little strange, and the person who reached out to Lord Xavier refused to come forward in person, but borrowed Zoe's hand. It always felt like Zoe was deliberately hiding something, so Susan never fell asleep.
Listening to the snoring, Susan tossed and turned. She knew that the night was not going to be easy for Glori, no matter who needed to rest well after a lot of trouble, and it would be a terrible thing if Glori had nightmares or been half-asleep all the time. Now, too, the wind is making trouble. So, Susan had no choice but to put on her clothes and go to check the hallway.
Closing the window on the north side of the staircase, Susan was a little relieved. However, the clang came again. She had to go back to the south window.
"What? This window is fine. So, which window was blown open by the wind?"
Susan was looking around. The windows in the hallway are closed, and so are the windows downstairs.
"So, whose room is the sound of the window coming from?"
Susan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly noticed a subtle fluctuation in mana. Then, she went downstairs back to the second floor of her lodging and looked at the room at the north end of the hallway, the one facing the stairs.
"Zoe?"
Susan immediately walked over. In order not to wake the sleeping person from the sound of a knock on the door, she gathered magic in her right hand. When she released her palm, an arrow of wind was born. Then, she sent the Arrow of the Wind through the crack in the door. After the Wind Arrow swirls around Zoe's room, it returns.
If there is an occupant in the room, the Wind Arrow will disappear due to the effects of mana fluctuations. If the Wind Arrow doesn't disappear, it only means that there is no one in the room.
Feeling unusual, Susan hurried back to her room in a whisper. She opened the window facing east, leaned out, and looked north. As a result, the windows of Zoe's room were indeed open. "Zoe, out of the window?" Susan wasn't sure what Zoe was going to do, so she packed up and jumped out of the window with her phoenix bow on her back.
If Susan had gone to Zoe's room when she heard the clang, then Zoe must not have gone far.
In the rain, along the street that led to the central clock tower to the south, Susan scurried from one eaves to the other. Everything was illuminated by the moon, as if good fortune had followed Xavier's mana recovery and stayed in the Flying Town. With this luck, Susan followed the footsteps and found a figure that stretched along the street.
"Zoe, where the hell are you going?"
Susan followed two steps and asked in her mind. She's not Irris, so naturally she won't believe Zoe. Speaking of the first time we met, it was two years ago. At first sight, nineteen-year-old Zoe was wearing a patched robe and had long brown hair. At that time, Zoe was alone in Noah's jungle to visit her deceased companion.
A simple worship, with no sacrifices but a few bouquets of flowers, and Zoe stood for a long time under the waist-thick tree, and everything happened before Susan's eyes. At that time, Susan was on routine patrols, but she did not expect to encounter orderly soldiers in the vicinity who were looking for the location of the Revival Corps. If she doesn't help, she can only watch Zoe get attacked. Therefore, Susan could only leave Oraya behind and lure the soldiers away alone. Later, there was the matter of Oraya inviting Zoe to join the Revival Corps.
Despite the rapid passage of time, Susan never mentioned the incident to Zoe. Aoraya, on the other hand, doesn't care about such things. In order to prevent troublesome things from happening, Susan simply kept it a secret. Gradually, Susan almost forgot how Zoe looked at the time.
Thinking back, Susan roughly remembered that Zoe was holding a mixed-colored zinnia. This kind of flower likes the sun, but is afraid of the heat. She stood in the sunlight and cleared the weeds around her with a flame before placing the zinnias on the slate. Even, Zoe was in the middle of the flames, waiting until the circle of flames disappeared without moving a single step. Thinking of this, Zoe's expression gradually became clear in Susan's mind, there was no sadness, and her face was pale, which is what Susan saw.
Therefore, the first time she met Zoe, Susan knew that she was a strong girl. Heaven and earth are not afraid, many people are like this, so it is very common. It was only later that Susan discovered what was truly unique about Zoe. Whatever Zoe wants to do, she will always insist on, and if someone stops her, then Zoe will do it, unless it is wrong. Moreover, Zoe is particularly assertive, but sometimes it is excessive, even a little extreme.
But, no matter what, Zoe never did anything excessive. So, Susan guessed that Zoe might have noticed something strange before leaving the inn without saying a word.
Of course, Susan was just guessing, not completely letting go of her heart. She is still following Zoe and even keeps herself away a little bit, as much as possible to avoid being discovered by Zoe.
If Susan doesn't care about her opinion, Zoe is an indispensable member of the Rocky Warband. Because, Zoe has always supported Glori. If anyone disagrees with Glori's opinion, then Zoe will be the first to speak up, and about this, not only Susan has seen, but also heard some from Dylan. Actually, Dylan didn't make a small report, just to get Susan to have a snack - Susan knew all this.
"Dylan, you can't do that. All of us are friends, and we are true friends. ”
That's what Susan said to Dylan at the time. But when she thought of Glori, she had to think about it. She hoped that there would be fewer bad things that happened to Glori, or at least that there would be no more things that would embarrass Glori. "If Zoe ...... If ......" Susan thinks a little too much, she means that Zoe has her own freedom, and that is when dealing with Glori.
In fact, Susan was happy to see that Glori had so many reassuring friends around her. "There is still a long way to go to awaken the God of Light, and if there are not a few people by his side who can be completely trusted, Glori will definitely bear more suffering. What if, one day......" Susan thought of something unpleasant, "what should I do when I have to leave Glory's side? It's hard for brothers to break into the world, but you can't lack new friends!"
"Zoe, is she as reliable as Dylan?"
"No, Zoe must be!"
In this way, Susan quietly followed with a determined mentality.
After stepping onto the steel revolving bridge that connects the streets, Susan was stunned for a moment. She saw Zoe burrow through the secret door under the clock tower.
The secret door was pitifully small, and if people didn't look for it, they wouldn't find it. Moreover, the secret door is located not against the wall, but under a similar arched eaves.
"Zoe, how did you find this secret door, and what the hell is she going to do?
In order not to be discovered, Susan waited for the moment when the shadow curled up in the secret door, and looked around by the way. On top of the clock tower, everything is fine. The revolving bridge, on the other hand, moved again, from one junction to another. If you have to wait for the turnaround steel bridge to come back from the end of the street to the other end, Susan worries that Zoe is not trying to enter through a secret door, but that Zoe is planning to get rid of herself, so she moves forward.
The lightning broke through the sky, and Susan blinked subconsciously. After a run, she came under the secret door. So, she could only regret that she had been slow just now. "So, what did you see just now? Isn't it a secret door? If you just saw it, then you should be able to pass through it before it closes!"
Susan had no choice but to use the Wind Arrow again. As a result, the Wind Arrow returned through the slit. So, there wasn't any magic fluctuation inside the secret door at all. Well, it means that Zoe didn't pass here at all. What the hell did you just see? Susan was depressed.
The more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, and Susan was a little flustered. She was sure she saw Zoe disappear into the secret door, but why didn't there be a mechanism to open the secret door?
"So, what did Zoe do to disappear?"
"However, Zoe doesn't know any space magic at all. ”
Susan regrouped her mind and searched everywhere, but there were no magical ashes to be found. She then thought of knocking on the secret door, but there was no space inside the secret door. Could it be that Zoe disappeared out of thin air? Susan shuddered, for she really couldn't understand. There are no mana fluctuations, is it because the other party's mana control is extremely high?
The rain gradually became heavier. Susan inadvertently covers the top of her head with her palm, but she looks down and sees something on the ground. She couldn't believe her eyes when she saw the strip of cloth falling from Zoe's skirt. She picked up the strip of cloth and examined the opening. The opening is very flat, and there is no detachment of the thread, which is obviously caused by a sharp blade.
Just where the strip of cloth was picked up, there were still a few drops of blood stains that had been diluted by the rain left on the slope. Susan rubbed her eyes and wiped her face. She didn't see any fights at all, just saw Zoe disappear through the door. Now, she's completely panicked.
Tightening her grip on the strips of cloth, Susan had no choice but to keep running in the direction of the inn. As she approached the steel bridge that was about to leave the junction, she fell down because the road was slippery. Fortunately, there was also a raft that had been washed away in the middle of the river. She got up and stride, landed on the raft, and jumped up the slope before climbing up the street.
Susan knew she had to tell Glori about Zoe.
Recommended: Witch Doctor Awakens Mobile Reading.