Chapter 174: Old Dryad
The further she went, the more relaxed Angela became.
The whole forest seemed to help her, and the branches that stood in the way automatically gave way to the way, and when Angela accidentally fell, there were also branches that came to help her, allowing Angela to borrow.
The sky gradually dimmed, and dots of fluorescent light appeared around.
Angela looked closely, and it was some plant spores or something.
At last, she reached the very center of the woods, and saw a large withered tree, on which a lifelike face was looking at her with a smile.
This sight is ...... Creeps.
Quack......
The crow landed on the tree with a human face, and Angela stepped forward, looking at the tree, looking at the face, watching the face come to life.
"You're looking for me?"
"Yes." The lips of the human face squirmed, and he looked at Angela with a smile, and the bark brush on his face fell down: "As you can see, I don't have long to live." ”
Angela nodded, this is a witch, probably because of an experiment, it became this virtue.
"I'm no better." Angela said, "As you can see, I can't even use my magic now, and I'm no different from a waste. ”
"The injuries on your body are weird, but at least you'll live for a while."
The face smiled and said, "I want to ask you to take care of Shiro, for the sake of these days, please." ”
White, this crow? What an interesting name.
"I'll take care of him." After staring at the face for a moment, Angela nodded, "So, can you tell me why you became like this." ”
"An experiment." With a wry smile on her face, Angela nodded, she already knew.
"You can already see that I am an old woman and my life is near, but I am not reconciled, I want a longer life."
Angela said, "So you think of the tree? ”
"Yes, as we all know, the lifespan of a tree is very long, ranging from a few hundred years to thousands or even tens of thousands of years."
"Indeed." Angela nodded: "It's very thoughtful, but it's a pity that the experiment failed." ”
"Yes, the experiment failed, so I became a tree, and for various reasons, as you can see, now I'm withering and can't hold on for long."
"I see." Angela said, "Thank you for satisfying my curiosity. ”
"It's nothing, it's good to have someone to talk to." The face of the man on the tree was full of kindness: "By the way, I have become like this now, and some of my things are of little use to me, so I will give them to you as well." ”
She observed Angela's expression and said slowly, "Look over there." ”
Angela turned her head to look and saw a clearing not far away, and a small cabin was exposed to the moonlight, and said, "A small cabin." ”
"That's the house I used to live in, and it has some of my stuff in it, and it's not very valuable, but it should help you."
"Thank you." Angela bowed slightly: "I'm like this now, and I just need something." ”
"You're welcome."
The surrounding trees rustled, and the big tree with a human face controlled the surrounding trees and swayed their branches and leaves, and seemed to be happy.
"After all, those things are useless to me, take them, take them all, and then take Bai with you, leave here, and live a good life."
"Yes, I will."
Angela said, walking towards the cabin.
I stepped on the creaking wooden ladder and walked to the door, the door was unlocked, and I pushed the door directly, and a puff of smoke and dust came to my face.
Angela retreated to the door and waited until the smoke cleared before entering.
A simple wooden bed, a dresser, an alchemy table, all kinds of bottles and jars, potions, eyeballs soaked in glass bottles, internal organs, and a long steel sword hanging on the wall...... Everything is covered with a thick layer of ash.
In addition to the ashes, in Angela's opinion, the house is small, but it is complete.
Opening the wardrobe, Angela took out a set of black robes, clothes, pants, and boots to change into, and the gifts were fairly clean due to the closet closed door.
Angela then removed the sword that hung on the wall and pulled it out, the blade as smooth as a mirror, reflecting Angela's scarred face.
Angela nodded with satisfaction, carefully wiped the clothes in the closet, put them on her waist, and then, walking to the alchemy table, opened a glass jar soaked in potions, and sniffed.
It's not the heart of a man, it's the heart of a wolf, and this wolf should have stepped into the category of monsters.
The potion is defective, causing the heart to have some bad smell, and the loss of energy is so severe that the heart is a little pale.
However, Angela guarantees with her cooking skills and knowledge that this heart can still be eaten after being heated at high temperatures and without psychological burden.
She was already hungry in her belly, and Angela didn't care that she was a little dissatisfied with the ingredients, so she first adjusted a pot of potion, then put her heart in this pot and soaked it for a while, neutralizing the effects of the previous potion, then chopped the heart, placed it in a container, took out the alcohol lamp, took out the flint and flint to light the fire, and heated it.
After a while, Angela took out a piece and tasted it, it smelled a little weird, but it was bearable.
She doesn't have this kind of psychological burden, in her opinion, except for the same kind that can't be eaten, the others can be eaten as long as they are not poisonous.
And this heart, just the way of preservation is a little special, and it is not rotten, and it is not harmful to her body after treatment, on the contrary, because of this way of preservation, all the parasites are killed, except for the nutrition and taste are not as good as fresh, there is nothing bad, anyway, it can satisfy hunger.
Angela meticulously ate it, found five more gems, carried them in her arms, walked out of the cabin, and came to the face again.
The face said slowly, "This sword is a good sword, it almost pierced my heart at the beginning, but I'm curious why you thought of taking this thing." ”
"As you can see, my magic has been sealed, and I can only defend myself with a sword until I find a way to break the seal."
"Also, you have such good skills, if I didn't already know your identity as a wizard, I'm afraid I would still think you were a female knight."
So, is it to use white to confirm my identity, or is it to be confirmed by other means.
Angela had this thought in her mind, and suddenly changed the subject: "By the way, I don't know your name yet." ”
"I've forgotten my name, they all call me the Old Dryad."
"Old dryad? It's a really ugly name. ”
"Yes, that's why the owner of that sword came to the door, but it's a pity that it's a handsome young man."
"So, what did you do back then?"
"It's nothing, it's just some experiments. After all, that's what we do. ”
"Yes!" Angela nodded, "That's true." ”
"Alright, you go, I want to rest."
"Well, goodbye."
The old dryad closed his eyes, Angela nodded, and the white fluttered her wings to Angela's shoulder.