Chapter 39: The Bazaar
Intense joy stirred Keisha's chest, and she couldn't help but quicken her pace and crawl upward.
"Keisha!" Kane called out from behind.
"What's the matter?" She looked back at him, laughter coming from under her mask.
Kane wanted to speak and stopped, and a thousand words converged into one sentence: "It's nothing, pay attention to concealment after you go up." ”
"Hmm." Keisha continued to crawl upward, but the pit was narrow and sloped, so she could only climb.
At the end of the tunnel, Keisha saw a gap above her head that shone through the sky, and it was the world she longed for!
A stone's throw away!
For a moment, she seemed to return to that childhood that was about to be forgotten, and the corners of her mouth curled slightly.
Kane patted her calf and held up a finger in front of her mouth to tell her not to get too excited.
Silence.
Hearken.
Keisha fell silent, feeling the movement coming from the ground.
The helmets magnified their five senses, and the air was filled with a strong smell, the sound of people haggling, mixed with the pungent smell of spices and barbecue, and the sourness of longing in their mouths.
This is probably the market, but I don't know what that is.
Kane's web of consciousness can only detect void creatures, and there is nothing he can do about it, so he can only tell Keisha to be careful and careful.
He won't follow, and Keisha will have to explore on her own.
The Void Skin Armor rippled, and Keisha's form was hidden, but she was still there.
She reached out and grabbed the slit, digging at it little by little until she could poke her head out.
She saw the little bazaars drowning in colour and noise, the arched canvas awnings next to each other covering almost the entire street, the air scorching in the scorching sun, and the people setting up their stalls in the shade.
Sellers of water, livestock, spices, fruits...... Although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs. The settlement was even more prosperous than the small village she had been living in for ten years.
"Is this the world up there? I am back. ”
Keisha was full of anticipation, and seeing that no one noticed the edge of the corner where she was, she crushed the dry dirt above her head and got out.
She didn't forget Kane's advice, and the first thing she went up to was to quietly bring things and seal the exit.
The exit to the tunnel was in the corner of an abandoned dirt wall to block the view from the other side, and next to it was a missing mud jar with only dead grass and pits, which Keisha moved to block the hole.
Before sealing her mouth, she didn't forget to wave her hand to Kane in the tunnel, but this was done in a state of stealth, and I don't know if he can feel it.
After doing all this, Keisha cautiously walked towards the market.
The smell of sweat wafted through the streets, and there were all kinds of pedestrians coming and going, but in general it was not very dense, and Keisha could walk in it with ease.
Keisha noticed the sun strip in the middle of the road that was not covered by the awning, where few people walked. Even if they had to cross the width of only five meters, they had to speed up their pace and run as quickly as possible, as if they were going to die if they touched the sun.
Keisha looked up at the sky, the sun was very hot today, but it wasn't like a vampire.
Seeing this, she suddenly had an idea - is it that no one will stupidly bump into her when she walks into the sun?
She dodged passers-by and plunged one foot into the sunlight, the light distorting against her skin armor.
Then she showed her feet.
Keisha discovers that although her body is still invisible, the shadow cast by the sun is still there!
Fortunately, no one will notice that there is a dark spot in the sun, and even if they do, they will make up the shadow cast by a bird that falls on the awning.
Keisha retracted her feet into the shadows and continued to walk through the bazaar avoiding pedestrians.
The streets were neat, but her eyes didn't keep falling on the stalls on either side. Sometimes she also looks at the beautiful houses on both sides, soaking up the sun brick by brick.
She saw a huge golden disc on the top of a temple, a crude imitation of the legendary solar disk, without a trace of magic flowing on the surface, but with the glory of Shurima's past.
Kane was once heard to say that the real solar disk was very large, floating in the air and towering into the sky.
Before she knew it, Keisha came to a sheepfold, and when the animals asked about her smell, they immediately panicked and scurried up, stretching the leash straight, and almost jumping out of the sheepfold.
The peddler walked over and scolded the animals, and Keisha hurried away.
Suddenly, a trace of blood entered her nose, arousing the longing of the flesh and blood of the Void. The inner layer of the carapace bit hard at the flesh, and the pain made her feet weak, and her invisibility was almost lifted.
It wanted to eat, and Keisha subconsciously looked at the source of the smell of blood—a butcher who had slaughtered a goat in the street and was bleeding it with a wooden barrel.
Keisha walked around and staggered to a stall.
Dozens of baskets are filled with all kinds of small objects, including bracelets, necklaces, and bracelet earrings, all of which are very popular objects for girls.
And Keisha liked a wooden comb, with a silver-plated comb next to it, a carved comb, but she just liked this ordinary mahogany comb because it was the cheapest.
However, no matter how cheap it is, she has no money, and she doesn't dare to show up to buy things.
A girl in a veil no more than two years older than her walked over, Keisha hurriedly moved out of the way, and the stall owner and the girl enthusiastically introduced her, completely unaware that her goods were being spied on.
Keisha watched the whole process, watching the girls pick and choose at will, and finally chose a shell bracelet that is rare in the desert, paid the money and left happily, suddenly feeling very envious.
Returning to the wooden comb that the girl didn't even look at, an idea popped into Keisha's mind: Do you want to take one quietly? No one will find out.
Keisha was ashamed of her thoughts, and while it wasn't anything of value, it wasn't right to steal.
But she really wanted to go back underground with the comb as a souvenir, and let Kane help her comb her hair, which made her enjoy it very much.
She also saw the ear plucking stick, maybe it would be more comfortable to pluck the ear, but the underground black rumbling didn't seem to fit well.
There was a vanity mirror next to it, but she didn't dare to look at her face yet. She wasn't sure if she was still the little girl she remembered, but Kane said she was good-looking, and she didn't want to or dare to verify that it was real.
Eyes returned to the comb, Keisha still wanted it more than anything else.
The stall owner suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at Keisha, she was startled, and thought she had been discovered.
Then she looked around in a panic and realized that she was referring to a giant beast not far behind her.
The beast was Skarash, and Keisha had seen it for the first time, but she had heard her father talk about it before.
It was taller than a street house, with four hooves as thin and long as a giraffe, but its neck was as short as that of a cow, and it didn't know how to drink water from the ground.
Scarash had a pack on his back, and with the rider at his control, he was walking towards the street where Keisha was.
Keisha should go, her scent might scare the beast and cause it to run wild, and there were so many pedestrians in the streets, it wasn't what she wanted to see if something happened to her.
So she was going to leave, but before leaving, she saw the stall owner and the pedestrians on the street looking at Skarash.
In the end, she couldn't resist the temptation and did something wrong.
No one noticed a wooden comb that disappeared into thin air.
She ran down the street, and a gust of wind swept up as if she were fleeing.
The comb in her hand could not be invisible with her, so she held it in her arms and covered it to death.
Arriving at the corner of the bazaar, she removed the mud jar and crept back into the cracks.
Looking back to see Kane still waiting in the tunnel, Keisha was startled at first, and then suddenly had a sour nose.