Chapter 37: The Blanket That Can Swim
"Did you come to me for something?" Lydia began. Everyone's ethereal thoughts were pulled back to reality.
"That's right, Lydia," Vane said with a steady. "There is an eight-year-old girl named Mina who has gone missing outside the forest, and we have been commissioned to find her. Can you help us?"
"It's not difficult for me, I'm originally a priest of the elves, and I'm good at communicating with everything. It's just that this forest is too big for me to do on my own. Lydia still looked so peaceful.
Everyone's hearts seemed to be poured with a basin of cold water all of a sudden, and they were a little depressed.
"But," Lydia paused, as if to say to herself, "if only that thing were still there......"
"What is it?" Felder asked, perking up.
"It's an elven magic item, the Prophet's Scepter, which can only be used by elven priests. I was smuggled here from Sabranto when I was exiled. With that, Lydia closed her eyes and a faint smile appeared on her face. "When I first arrived here, I could perceive every grass and tree, every animal, every insect in this forest, and I could integrate myself with this forest, listen to their voices, communicate with them, and make a lot of friends because of this. ”
Lydia slowly opened her eyes and said in a somewhat lonely tone: "But then one day, my prophet's scepter accidentally fell into the lake, and I dived into the water to look for it, and just as I was about to pick it up, a whirlpool suddenly appeared at the bottom of the lake, and the scepter was swept into it. And when I was about to enter the whirlpool, I was blocked by something invisible, which should have been forbidden by the tribe, and I could only move in this lake. ”
"Can you help us find Mina as long as we find that artifact?" Felder asked.
Lydia nodded slightly, hesitated for a moment and continued: "It's just that what is hidden under that whirlpool, I'm afraid it's not simple, and I can't even perceive it with my ability." ”
The last few thanked Lydia and decided to camp by the lake and make a decision the next day.
"Wayne, do you know where Sabranto is?" Felder asked, looking at the top of the tent. It was already dark outside, and when I looked out of the window, I could see the stars above the lake.
"All I know is that to the east of the Everfree Forest, there is said to be a forest near the sea called the Nightsong Forest, in which the elven kingdom of Sabranto was built. Vane also looked at the top of the tent and said leisurely.
"What is that lake fairy called...... Lydia, she's so beautiful! It's a pity that she's exiled here. Felder said with a sigh.
"You don't have to think about it, Felder, she can probably be your grandmother. Elves can generally live up to hundreds of years, and when you get old, she will still look like this. Vane said with a smile.
"And what kind of girl do you like? Felder turned his head and looked at Vane with a wicked smile.
"I ...... I don't know. Vane felt his face burn, and the figure of a girl with a long ponytail came to his mind, and scenes flew past his eyes. What is liking? a momentary heartbeat, or can't help but raise the corners of his mouth when he recalls? Vane didn't know, he just knew that it was a feeling that could make his mind restless.
"Actually, I think that Elena is quite good in addition to being like a boy. Felder stole a glance at Vane after speaking.
Vane stiffened after hearing this, like a child who had been found by someone else to hide a toy. He didn't know what to say, so he could only go through the past perfunctorily.
The lake felt even more wet and cold in the morning, and Vane no longer felt sleepy, so he wrapped himself in a suit and walked out of the tent.
"Vane!" he turned to see that Elena and Ace were walking from the woods with a pile of fruit in their hands that they had picked from nowhere.
Elena walked up to Vane, shoved a few into his hand, and said, "Just picked, there are several wild fragrant fruit trees here." After peeling off the thin green skin of the strange fragrant fruit, the yellow flesh was revealed inside, and Vane put it in his mouth, and immediately the sweet and smooth feeling came, and when he bit it gently, the sweet and sour juice overflowed into his mouth, which was really a wonderful enjoyment.
Soon Vane and Simpson also came out of the tent. There was a bit of an argument at first about whether or not to go to the bottom of the lake, but after Felder threw out the two heavyweight reasons of "a hundred gold coins and poor Mina", everyone quickly reached a consensus.
The group packed their bags and waited on the shore of the lake, and it wasn't long before Lydia arrived.
"Have you thought about it?" asked Lydia, dressed in a white dress, standing on the back of the massive creature.
"We decided to retrieve the Prophet's Scepter, but how did we get to the bottom of the lake?" Vane asked.
"Come on, Beechcraft will take you there. Lydia said. The creature named Beechcraft was flattened, with a black back and white belly, and looked like a huge black blanket floating on the water, while the sides of the body extended outward, what appeared to be a pair of "wings". What's even stranger is that it has a tail like a cow behind it.
Lydia saw that the crowd was scared, and she told Beechcraft to turn around and spread one of her wings on the shore. Vane stepped on its wings and walked up, the fleshy wings were a little slippery, and Vane had to bend over to adjust his center of gravity and walk little by little.
Elena walked last, and as she walked between Beech's wings, the wings suddenly tilted. Elena was unsteady on her feet, screaming in fright and sliding onto Beech's back.
Lydia laughed, "Don't be afraid, that's Beach likes you and jokes with you." Beechcraft is docile and very reliable, you can sit on it, and when you enter the water, it activates a special ability to create a waterless area on your back. ”
"I'm sure it's the craziest thing I've ever done so far. Felder said excitedly as he sat on top of Beech, it was slippery and he really didn't know where to put his hands.
"There are such creatures in the world, where is this fish, it is clearly a blanket......" Ace's voice did not fall, Beach had already adjusted his direction, and everyone was submerged in the lake at once.
There was an instant silence around them, without any vibration or jolting, as if they were sitting on flat ground, but the changing light and water fluctuations on either side showed that everyone was heading in the direction of the middle of the lake. Vane looked closely and saw that there seemed to be a circle of magical fluctuations around the area they were in, which was why such a large air-filled space could be formed.
It's like riding on a magical machine that can travel through time and space, floating into the unknown time and space......