Chapter 52: Yuria's Heart
"I was going to name them Julia the Serpent in my name, but since you discovered them first, then do as you say." Yulia was still a little unwilling.
"You really like to name things, aren't you afraid that one day when people think of the big snake, they will think of Yulia. So what's next, how do you get them to leave your piece of fat alone? Orlan then asked.
"Fat? I'm not fat, but I've used a little alchemy, the kind that works well for snakes. Let them go into 'hibernation' as soon as possible. ”
"Well, what about the ant nest? You don't have that many potions to deal with so many worker ants. ”
"It's very simple, of course it's to communicate directly with the queen, and don't forget that I know a lot of ancient languages. Then I asked the queen ant to help me all the way here, and she asked her worker ants to show me the way down the waterfall. It's just strange that those worker ants don't want to go any further, and in the end, I don't know how to step on the air and fall down, and I met you. Julia briefly recounted the easy-sounding process.
"So, you're still at the bottom of the waterfall before me?"
"I guess, I didn't go to that river as stupidly as you did. The passages dug by the worker ants are much more complicated than you might think. ”
The two of them searched for a way out in the cave while talking about what they had heard and seen. Soon they found the hole above their heads, but the walls were so smooth that there was little to cling to. By this time, the water in the entire cave had reached the knees of the two men.
"This hole is probably the nest of thunder eels, and they should go out to hunt along this hole after the tide rises." Yulia spoke her mind.
"Then let's get out of here."
Oran looked at Yulia and wanted to take out an iron pickaxe to dig in the cave wall, shook his head, and said, "With your method, we guess it's the big eel's dinner, and it seems that I saved you this time." ”
"yes, why did you forget about you, little monster, take me up quickly." Yulia jumped on Oran's back, not minding Orlan's taunts at all, and if it was a tsundere knight, she might have to talk to him.
Orlan carried Yulia on his back, squatted and jumped, then borrowed a lot of force from the smooth wall of the cave and jumped out of the cave without much effort. The two finally reached the ground.
"Looks like we can't stay any longer, hold on to me."
Although now the two of them did come to the ground, or the beach next to the river. As far as the eye can see, there are all such caves scattered around. As the river rises, the beach will soon be flooded, but that's not the worst of all. At that time, hundreds of large eels sprang up from these caves, and it was difficult to think about it.
Yuria grabbed Oran's shoulders because she knew Orlan could run faster than a horse. A cool breeze swept across his cheeks, but it was still no match for the tide. The river was overflowing the caves.
Boom! There was a thunder eel in the cave, and I saw this big eel with a mouth full of sharp fangs and burst over. Orlan drew his sword and split its head in an instant, Orlan would not be afraid of such a monster on land, after all, its most powerful tail was still hidden in the cave.
Perhaps it was the smell of blood that had been split off the head of the thunder eel that began to spread, and more thunder eels jumped out of the water-filled burrow one by one. Then they attacked Orlan and Yulia one after another, but they didn't taste it, but Orlan killed several in an instant with a thunderbolt.
These big eels still seem to have some intelligence, and they don't continue to attack, they all stand upright and roar with their mouths open. As if to say, "When the water rises and you have a good boy, I will let you escape for a while." ”
More and more thunder eels followed Orlan's running footsteps and poked out of the cave, but instead of attacking, they stared at the two little bugs.
By the time the river was past Oran's knees, the eels had begun to use their attacks. Oran could feel a tingling pain in his soaked legs from below the knees, but not as intensely as he had reacted in the water not long ago. Yulia on his back was also unaffected.
This may be because the water is not deep enough, and the thunder eel is not using its full strength. It may also be because of Orlan himself, after all, he has such a strange and strong physique, and is extremely resistant and adaptable to various abnormal states.
Orlan and Yulia were already close to the roots of the giant tree, and the thick, intertwined roots formed a large "palace". Oran could even see the statue of the god in the center of the palace and the altar.
"Hold on!" I saw that Oran's whole body jumped up, and Yulia hugged Orlan tightly.
I saw them fall on top of the head of the thunder eel with its upright body. Before it could react and bite back, Orlan bounced again, and the poor big eel was trampled back into the cave by Orlan without doing anything.
This method would not work every time, so much so that the later eels learned to be clever and waited for them to throw themselves into the net before Orlan could fall.
If she falls into the water again, then even if Orlan can withstand the attack, Yuria's slender body will definitely not be able to bear it. So Oran decided to throw Yulia away.
Right! Throw her into the palace of the giant tree in front of you.
"Remember to help me destroy the idol." Orlan didn't wait for Yulia to react, and threw her into the air with all his might, hoping that she still had a slow fall technique useless, this was the last thing he could do.
It seemed that time had slowed down at this moment, and Yulia watched from the air as Oran gradually moved away from her, gradually falling into the abyss, and leaving her again.
"Don't!" Other than that, she had a long mouth but couldn't say anything more, because there were so many things she wanted to tell him that it was too late. Every parting is always like this, and people are caught off guard.
Tears welled up in her eyes, and she wanted to follow in his footsteps as before, hoping to catch up with him one day. Whether it's in the dense forests of the mountains, or in the wilderness of the ice fields, or even in this dark underground world.
She pursued this lonely hunter in her own way, thinking that one day she would be recognized by him and become his true friend. Even if this careless hunter never took her to heart, every encounter turned into a miss.
She even went so far as to use transformation potions, perhaps only she knew that turning into her grandmother wasn't just to maintain "Devola's Alchemy House". In fact, I just want him to stop hiding from himself.
Perhaps Nian Oran would never have known which villager, which hunter and Devra might actually be Yulia, and I am afraid that in those years he even thought that she had left this place for the so-called long journey.
She was happy to see Orlan again as Yulia, but in the blink of an eye, it seemed to be goodbye. Maybe the idea of coming here to help him was wrong in the first place, but she was sad to see Orlan become someone else's companion and friend, so she came.