Volume 1 Darkness Rising Chapter 28 Getting Out of Trouble
"Grandma Sakya, my fat man misjudged you. The fat man jumped out from the big rock where he was hiding, and came to Zhou Chang's side with Tamar.
The fat man kept staring at Sakya, the sinister old woman finally revealing her true colors.
"As long as it is a living object, there will be desires: eternal life, power, lust, materialism, and no one can escape to the past. Sakya said lightly.
This sentence seems to be an answer to the fat man's words, and it is like the old man's perception of the world after experiencing the vicissitudes of life.
While Sakya was speaking, Tamar quietly walked to Taizhang's side and whispered something in his ear, only to see Taizhang's face show a hint of joy after hearing this.
After Tamar finished speaking in Taizhang's ear, he walked over to Angelina and said a few words.
After Sakya finished speaking, Tamar pulled Zhou Chang's clothes, which were with Angelina.
Zhou Chang saw someone pulling his clothes, turned his head to look, and saw that it was Tamar, and was about to ask. Suddenly, Tamar winked at him, as if to tell him not to speak, and he shut up.
At this moment, Taizhang retreated to the side of the inverted triangular boulder, and suddenly disappeared. Sakya and Flod's attention was focused on Zhou Chang, and they didn't notice that Zhou Chang was missing one person among them.
At this time, Flot struck again, this time his eyes were as wide as a brass bell to look at Sakya, and he silently recited the demon mantra in his mouth.
"This little trick of spying on people's hearts is also embarrassing. Sakya let out a sneer, "This is what you want to see, don't blame me." ”
Flod's gaze seemed to penetrate Sakya's body and enter the world of memories within her.
He saw a simple-looking girl with an iron pot beside her, and the pot was filled with black liquid.
There was a wooden table beside the girl, which was filled with all kinds of bottles. The girl picked a few bottles from them, poured them into the cauldron, and suddenly tilted out of the bottles with colorful powder.
When the powder fell into the iron pot, the black liquid in the pot suddenly boiled and tumbled, and the billowing white smoke coiled up like a big snake.
At the other end of the iron pot, a man with an unclear face walked towards this side with a very beautiful woman.
They stood beside the steaming cauldron, and the simple maiden came around from the other side of the cauldron and knelt down to salute the man whose face he could not see.
The man who couldn't see his face nodded at her, and then said to the beautiful woman who followed him, "Do you really want to live forever?"
The beautiful woman gritted her teeth and nodded firmly.
The man's fingertips ran over the beautiful woman's face, "It's a pity that this beautiful face will never be seen again." ”
Before he could finish speaking, a huge skeletal hand broke out of the ground, grabbed the beautiful woman, held her in the air, and then threw her into the boiling pot.
The beautiful woman couldn't stand the scalding of the hot liquid in the pot, and let out a terrible scream.
At this moment, the man who could not see the beauty clearly raised his hands above his head and shouted an inexplicable incantation.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck the cauldron in the sky, and with a bang, the cauldron was shattered by lightning strikes, and the beautiful woman fell out of the cauldron.
The beautiful woman slowly stood up from the ground, and at this time, a layer of folds like tree bark suddenly appeared on her skin, and the beautiful face disappeared, becoming like the wrinkled face of an eighty or ninety-year-old woman. However, she seemed to be happy with the way she was now, and a smile appeared on her face.
The man whose face he couldn't see clearly suddenly said, "Sakya, as long as my true body is immortal, you will gain eternal life." ”
Sakya fell to his knees, clutching the face of the man with an unclear face, "Yes, Lord Gulvedan. No, it should be my master, and I will serve you all my life!"
The picture of Sakya's inner reflection ends here abruptly.
Flod, who spied on Sakya's privacy, not only did not bewitch Sakya at this time, but was shocked because he saw the unbelievable painting, and his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
"Why, did you see an unbelievable picture? Now that you're hurt, you might as well give me the book and the bracelet, and the person will still be yours." "Although Frode was injured by using a spell that spied on people's hearts, the powerful mana of the Purple Mage Master should not be underestimated, and Sakya still focused all his attention on him.
Froude smiled, "Even if you can get the book and bracelet, you won't be able to get out of the cave, the outside of the cave is already surrounded by the demon regiments I brought." ”
Before Froud's words fell, there was a sudden rumbling sound from the direction of the top of the mountain, and the whole mountain trembled.
Before the demons could react, the cave became dark. The demons panicked for a while, and at this time, they suddenly saw countless rubble outside the cave rolling down to the ground, like a mountain collapsing from a high place.
When the sound of falling rubble stopped, the cave lit up again. However, at this time, Zhou Chang and a group of them disappeared out of thin air.
It turned out that just now, when the demon soldier's arrow shot at Zhou Chang and them, Tamar fell into a pit and dodged the rain of arrows. When she was about to get up, she habitually used the power of exploration to sense the memory of the nearby pothole, and accidentally discovered a very hidden mountain path not far from the pothole.
So, Tamar first told Taizhang the secret. Because Tamar felt that among this group of people, only Taizhang was the most thoughtful.
Taizhang was overjoyed when he knew this secret, thought for a while, and then took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to the passage to explore the way.
Taizhang found that the mountain road could lead to the top of the mountain, and when he came back, he came up with a clever plan to let Tamar quietly take the book and bracelet from Zhou Chang's hand, and then ran to the top of the mountain. Harnessing the power of books and bracelets, he smashed several boulders.
As a result, countless pieces of rubble rolled down from the mountain, blocking the small holes that let in the light, making the cave temporarily dark. Then, taking advantage of the fact that no one was looking, Tamar fled into the mountain with the others.
At this time, Zhou Chang and the others were already standing on the top of the mountain. The rain had not stopped, and in a short time they were all drenched.
Now Zhou Chang and they can't care about this, because the demon soldiers will soon chase after them. Tamar glanced in the direction of Night City and told everyone to run in the opposite direction of Night City.
Taizhang suddenly denied Tamar's opinion, "The demon soldiers will also think that we will run in the opposite direction of the Night City, the demon soldiers' foot strength is already better than ours, plus those swift and flying Stygians, we can't escape at all." ”
Perhaps because of his internal injuries, Taizhang was a little exhausted, and after a pause, he continued, "If we go in the direction of Night City, they won't be able to think of it anyway. ”
As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at Kana. I wasn't going to take Kana out with her, she had too many suspicions. However, due to Zhou Chang and Angelina's strong opposition, others have no choice.
Everyone felt that Taizhang's analysis was very reasonable, so everyone decided to temporarily find a place to take refuge in the direction of Night City.
Due to the heavy rain, the mountain road, which was originally difficult to walk, has become muddy again, making it even more difficult to walk. The crowd walked with difficulty.
Tamar led the way in front, Zhou Chang and Fat Man walked in the middle, and they followed Kana and Angelina. Taizhang has been following Kana, paying attention to Kana's every move, and if she has any abnormalities, Taizhang will come forward and question her.
I don't know how long I walked, but the rain stopped and the sky turned dark.
It was at this time that Tamar found a cave, and this time they did not rush into it, but first asked Tamar to sense the surroundings on a large rock, and when they saw that nothing happened, they all went into the cave.
This cave was more than ten times smaller than the one where Sakya had lived before, barely enough for the six of them.
Because Zhou Chang and his clothes were soaked by the heavy rain, they didn't feel anything when they were in a hurry, but as soon as they stopped now, they felt a cold feeling coming.
The fat man shivered, and wanted to take off his wet clothes, but he thought that there were three beautiful girls beside him, and although they were in the dark, he still felt embarrassed.
"Why don't we make a fire? Zhou Chang suddenly proposed.
Before Zhou Chang's words were finished, he was stopped by Tai Zhang, "You don't want to live anymore, the demon soldiers in Night City are very sensitive to firelight, do you want to attract them!"
Hearing Taizhang say this, the fat man, who almost said the words in favor, swallowed the words back.
"It's easy to get sick in wet clothes, so you have to find a way to dry your clothes. Tamar said.
Tamar's words speak to everyone's hearts, but there are men and women here, and it is very inconvenient not to light a fire.
At this time, Kana suddenly said, "I have a piece of cold jade here that can absorb the moisture on my clothes. You men go out first, and after we girls have sucked the moisture out of our clothes, you come in. ”
Although Kana's voice was still as cold as before, it made everyone feel like a spring breeze, and a smile appeared on their troubled faces.
The fat man quipped, "Don't say it, Miss Kana's piece of cold jade really seems to be omnipotent!"
Before the words were finished, Zhou Chang was afraid that Kana would be unhappy when he heard it, so he pulled the fat man and Taizhang out of the cave together. As soon as they reached the entrance of the cave, a gust of cold wind hit, and the three of them involuntarily hugged their bodies, and their mouths couldn't stop shivering.
At this time, the dark clouds have dispersed, and a bright moon has appeared in the sky, and judging by this situation, it should be sunny tomorrow.
After about half an hour, Tamar called Zhou Chang and the three of them in, and then Kana handed the Hanyu to Zhou Chang and taught them how to use it, and the three women walked out of the cave.
The moonlight shone on Kana's cold and gorgeous face, like a moon fairy, and it was really beautiful to the point of suffocation.
Tamar pursed her lips, and said in her heart that this is too beautiful, and let no other woman live. Thinking of this, I had the idea of ridiculing Kana.
I saw Tamar walk up to Kana with his hands behind his back, look at her, and say with a smile, "Kana, you are so beautiful, if one day you get old and have age spots on your face, will you cry sadly?"
Kana, who was admiring the moonlight in the sky, heard Tamar say this, and lowered her head and glanced at Tamar, "Beauty and ugliness are just white bones under the skin, and I care more about endless knowledge about appearance." ”
"Knowledge?" said Kana, who surprised Tamar, "I didn't expect your quest to be special. ”
She touched a soft nail at Kana's place, but she didn't get angry, and then asked Angelina with this topic, "Angelina, what about you, what are your pursuits, or desires?"
Angelina suddenly looked to the east, "I will follow in the footsteps of my mentor Aresa and work for peace on the mainland." ”
After hearing the pursuit of Kana and Angelina, Tamar couldn't help but pout, "Your ideals are quite great, it seems that I want to learn from you." ”
When Tamar and the other women were talking, Zhou Chang and the other men had already sucked up all the water on their clothes according to the method taught by Kana. At this time, they were being told to come into the cave.
Hearing Zhou Chang's shout, the three women walked into the cave one after the other.
When Tamar, who had been very active just now, entered the cave, she was silent, she leaned against the stone wall and fell asleep.
After Zhou Chang returned Hanyu to Kana, he was called over by the fat man, saying that he was afraid to sleep alone. So, the two of them leaned together.
Taizhang sat at the entrance of the cave and took the initiative to take on the task of sentry, always watching the movement outside the cave.
After Kana took the cold jade handed over by Zhou Chang, she half-closed her eyes without saying a word, as if she was thinking about something.
Angelina sat on the other side of the cave, looking at the moon outside the cave with a melancholy expression.