Chapter Fifty-Eight: Set Sail
After another day of preparation, Rafa carried some water and dry food, three guns, and three hundred rounds of ammunition into the gondola, and since the gondola was wide enough, he also added a low shed with his own hands, and then put a toilet with a lid in it, and if it was really impossible to land, he could squat in the shed.
Rafa didn't think about whether Hedda and Elle would mind, as long as he didn't mind.
In the evening, the painstakingly hot air balloon was finally ready, and after a sumptuous dinner, the three of Rafa boarded the hanging basket.
In fact, Rafaben didn't have to force himself to join the team looking for Lianna, with his current cultivation, the simplest wind movement technique may be disadvantageous, in addition to being quite agile, it really looks like heddah and Elle are holding back, and the reason why he forcibly joined despite opposition is actually - suffocated.
It had been more than three months since he left Byron and came to Icefield City, and with the countless alternations of light and darkness that had been destroyed in his dreams, he felt like ten years had passed, and during this extended time, he had stayed in Icefield City, and the farthest he had gone was the mine, and he had never even been to the frozen river;
He wanted to take the opportunity to search for Lena to vent his claustrophobic feelings, and by the way, to see what the unpredictable Orr Mountains were like next to Icefield City, maybe some of the resources in it were exactly what Icefield City needed.
Standing in the hanging basket, the women outside the hanging basket have different expressions, Audair and Shirley are unhappy, they want to join the search team, but they are refused; Katya Cole and Lilith may know that they may not be able to help, so they are very rational; the most surprising thing is Shi Nai, who has only joined the alliance for a long time, but looking at Rafa and his party with very sincere eyes, as if to say, "You must save Liana".
Rafa guessed that Shina's expression might have something to do with the teachings she had received at the Abbey, since the Nerves said that saving others was saving oneself, but he thought about it and learned a little bit about Shina's misery in the Abbey through his conversation with her favorite Knight of Kyle.
She had never been well taught, and had always been self-taught, but perhaps that was the reason why she had not been corrupted by the ugly clergy, and that the "nerves" as she understood them might be the revelation that had not been polluted by the church in the true sense of the word.
"Don't worry, Audrey, I'm not going to die that easily," Rafa smiled at Audrey, "You still owe me a song, you have to be ready, I'll listen to it when I get back." ”
"......" Audele's eyes were a little dark, and she was silent for a while, but finally replied, "Yes." ”
"Alright, alright, don't make it look like we're going to die, we're not going to go and we're not coming back," he said, looking at Filihill to the side, "right? ”
Felihill's eyes flickered, and she was silent, as if she was brewing something.
But in the end, she just said lightly, "Go and go back quickly." ”
"Understood. ”
In agreement, Rafa asked Heddah to light the flames.
"Your Highness, take this!"
As the basket began to lift off the ground, Audair ran to the basket and handed him a dagger in its sheath.
Seeing that Audrey was about to reach the hanging basket, Rafa had no choice but to take the dagger in order not to hurt her kindness.
"Sister Heda, Sister Elle, and Brother Rafa, you must come back safely with Sister Lianna!"
The basket rose slightly, and Shirley began to wave her hand towards the sky.
Looking at the witches on the ground with their heads up, Rafa's heart warmed.
He already had enough, how could he give it up so easily?
Taking advantage of the night, the huge hot air balloon quietly left Icefield City and floated away in the vast darkness to its west.
"Elle, be careful to walk slowly, don't miss Liana. Retracting his gaze, Rafa admonished Elle.
As the hot air balloon floated over a mountain peak, the dim firelight of Icefield City finally disappeared without a trace, and the surrounding mountain wind was much colder than that around Icefield City, but although the three people in the hanging basket were all wearing fluffy cloaks, none of them were characters who were afraid of the cold, and Rafa even wondered if Hedda and Elle would have stripped naked and walked around if they were in a place where no one was.
As now, Hedda and Elle had stripped off their robes, revealing their light casual clothes underneath, revealing their beautiful curves, but they didn't care about it, which was a feast for Rafa's eyes.
"It's just entered the Orr Mountains, it's all steep rocks, but there's no place to camp, Lena won't sleep on the mountain roads, right?" she said so, but she slowed down.
"Who knows? It's always good to be careful. As he spoke, Rafa sat down on the wooden box containing the bullets, took out the gun on his back, and began to reload the bullets, "And watch out for the flying beasts, if one jumps out and tears the balloon, then we're done." ”
"That's a real problem. Hearing Rafa's advice, Heddah also unloaded the magazine, filling it to the brim with only one bullet.
Loaded with bullets, Rafa sat diagonally on the bullet box, holding the gun and looking at the dark mountains, "Maybe it was a completely wrong decision for me to send Liana out to survey the evil beasts and the terrain, look at these reckless mountains, how can a girl survive in them?"
When it comes to survival, Eleco has a say, "Actually, it's not that difficult, if it weren't for the evil beasts pouring out like crazy this year, it would not be a problem to survive in the Orr Mountains, although the food is not as good as Icefield City......" she said, she took a cookie out of her pocket and nibbled on it.
"Well, it's strange to say, since you came to Icefield City, I've eaten and drunk almost every time I've seen you, but why haven't you even shown any signs of gaining weight?" said Rafa, who began to stare at Elle carefully.
"Hmph, if you were to pinch around a pile of broken copper and iron every day and use magic from time to time, you would have lost weight by a long time, besides, besides, ......" Elle glanced down at her breasts, "I'm not fat at all." ”
"Hmm...... It does seem to have gotten a lot bigger. Staring intently at her chest for a moment, Rafa touched her chin and nodded.
"Really?" Elle suddenly became happy, but after seeing Heda's chest in front of her, she was immediately a little depressed, "It's a pity that it can't compare to Sister Heda." ”
"Hehehe, you girl, what do you care about these things?" Heddah laughed as he reloaded.
But as Elle said, Heda's chest is indeed much more majestic, especially when she laughs.
"Sister Heda, in the future, Icefield City will be a holy place for witches, and when the time comes, witches will be the same as ordinary people, then we can also marry!" said Elle excitedly.
"Marrying a ......" Heda was stunned, this is a word she never dared to reach, never even thought about, as heretical witches, do they really have the right to pursue happiness?
Maybe it's really possible!
She unconsciously glanced at Rafa, although Rafa was the prince, but his wife was not ......
"Ahem, isn't it just getting married? Look at Katya, aren't Knight Cole and her like glue? I don't see any drastic behavior on the part of Cole. Perhaps fearing that they would be discouraged, Rafa cheered them up.
"But Katya doesn't seem to have told Cole that she's a witch...... Hedda puts her cloak back on and puts the hood over her head, "in case Cole doesn't like witches...... Katya must be sad, right?"
"Hmph, who knows what these stinky men think, if that's the case, I'll definitely burn all the hair on that guy Cole!"
Looking at the excited Heda, Rafa was really afraid that her fingers on the trigger couldn't help but pull down.
"It's a pity that there are not many people in this world like Rafa who don't reject witches. Elle sat on a cushion and looked at Rafa with her chin in her hands, "If no one really wants me in the future...... Rafa, you're going to have to ask for me. ”
"Huh?" Rafa was startled, she didn't expect Elle to have such a rough thought.
"Don't think I'm joking," Elle blushed slightly, "at least you're the man I've met the most and know best." ”
He didn't understand why these witches always liked to talk about love and love, isn't it good for a person to be unrestrained?
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent, and Hedda and Elle watched him silently, looking a little embarrassed.
Helpless, Rafa reached into his arms, and in order to distract himself, he reached for the dagger that Audair had given him before leaving.
"Well, wasn't that what Freya gave her?
Stroking the scabbard that didn't fit the dagger, he slowly pulled it out.
"Ahh
Feeling a strange sense of oppression, Elle suddenly screamed, her magic power was suddenly suppressed, and the flames behind the hanging basket controlled by her suddenly dissipated, and the flames in the balloon above her head shook slightly.
"Breaking the Demon Stone!" Stabilizing the flames, Heddah said the material of the dagger.
"Sorry......"
By the time Hedda said "Breaking the Magic Stone", he had already understood what was happening, and quickly withdrew the dagger from its scabbard, and the aura that oppressed Elle disappeared.
"Fortunately, Sister Heda's witch is strong enough......" Feeling that the magic power was restored, Elle, whose face turned slightly pale, took out another cookie, "Otherwise, we will be killed by you." The thought of the hot air balloon falling made her feel a little afraid
"Sorry, sorry......" Rafa did not tell the truth that the hot air balloon does not fall suddenly.
"The Demon Breaker Stone is the exclusive weapon of the Church, and this dagger looks like it is made of the top Demon Breaking Stone, and it can affect me slightly......" Hedda stared at the dagger in Rafa's hand, "What the hell does Freya mean, is she afraid that we will come to Icefield City?"
"Uh... I think you're mistaken... Ao Dai is a good friend of Freya, and this dagger was given to Ao Dai by her, not for me," Rafa tightened the scabbard and carefully put the dagger into her arms, "perhaps she was also afraid that the nightmare would sneak up again......"
"Again, the Demon Breaker Dagger is the only way to deal with that lurking nightmare. Speaking of nightmares, Hedda was relieved.
Before they knew it, the sky was getting brighter, and the three of them began to look more closely at the ground.
Since Elle knew the location of many of the magical groups before the invasion of the evil beasts, and she speculated that Lena must have encountered the surviving magical groups in the Orr Mountains and did not return for a long time, she continued to "take the helm", controlling the hot air balloon to explore the camp she knew one by one.
However, because the magic group she was in before did not have much contact with other magic groups, the camps she knew were also extremely limited, and the hot air balloon quickly explored several camps that Elle knew, but without exception, all of them were in ruins, and some places were even trampled by evil beasts to the point that there were no traces.
For two days in a row, the three of them found nothing, not only did they not find any trace of the witch, but they did not even see any trace of the evil beast, and if it weren't for the sharp-eyed Rafa who saw the jumping hare, he almost thought that this was a world without the slightest life.
But even with the tiny life, the mountains were so still so quiet that there were hardly any wild beasts or birds, and even the streams were frozen, except for the occasional cracking of trees crushed by snow and ice, all of which looked like a dead painting.
"Raise it up, maybe the trail of the beast's attack can give us some clues. ”
After counting the dry food and water, it was enough to hold out for three days, and if there was no result within three days, they might have to return or go down to search for food.