Part 3 Lost Pathos 40 Again, Magic Letterhead
40 Again, magic letterhead
Wind Chime was not interested in that "weapon", and at this time she was most concerned about Lilith's happiness. When Lilith excitedly explained to Wind Chime how this "weapon" controlled the sand and dust in the desert and how to control the "black shadow" in the sand, the wind chime didn't listen carefully, she kept thinking about how to break Lilith's desire to avenge her father and brother, because she must not let the pleasure of revenge become the source of Lilith's happiness, which was contrary to Lilith's original intention.
Not noticing the wind chime's distraction, Lilith was still introducing: "...... In the dust, the dark shadow will become something that people fear, and each one is more terrifying than the other...... Hey? Wind chimes, are you listening? β
"Ah...... Princess, I'm listening. The wind chimes immediately turned their attention back.
"That'...... What am I talking about? β
"The princess is talking...... The dark shadow in the sand and dust becomes something that people are afraid of...... Right? β
"Hmph, I know you don't dare to get distracted." Lilith said smugly.
"Princess, don't be willful." Wind Chime breathed a sigh of relief and said that it would make her sad to be found out by Lilith that she was absent-minded.
"Haha......" Crisp laughter, Lilith seemed to be the princess like that child, "Tell me, where is Windwalk?" β
"To the north, on the border of Split and Aube."
"Hmm," Lilith shook her head, "it's too vague, you have to have a precise direction...... Wind chimes, if you start from here, do you know how to get there? β
"I should be able to, I know almost all the roads when I get out of the desert."
"That's good!" Lilith clenched her fists, "Wind Chime, you're here to be my eyes." β
"What can I do?"
"You come and take the dark shadow in the direction of Windwalk, and then I'll control the dust to spread in that direction with you...... I can only do this at night, the sun is too strong during the day. β
"Can the princess see the outside world?"
"Yes, I can see what the shadows see...... Didn't I say it earlier? Yes! You're distracted! β
"Woo......" The wind chimes were speechless.
"Humph!" The corners of Lilith's mouth twisted, revealing a look of displeasure, "I can probably advance some distance every day, it doesn't matter, it adds up." β
"And if I go into the dust, will I see what I'm afraid of?" Wind Chime asked slightly anxiously.
"No, I can control the sand and the shadows so that they don't affect you." Lilith said confidently, "Let's start training tomorrow, and I'll take these dark shadows well, take down Fengxing Town, and kill the descendants of Entekoman!" β
Lilith's words made the wind chimes shudder, "Milo Enteman......" she muttered inwardly.
What Lilith said afterwards, Wind Chime replied in a non-positive manner, and there was nothing new. So far, Wind Chime has not told Lilith that Ente Keman was not the murderer of her father and brother, and Lilith still does not know the truth. Wind Chime knows Lilith's temper, and even if she tells the princess what happened that day, Lilith will probably continue to target Windrun on the grounds that "Entekman did not fulfill his duty to protect as a Praetorian Guard", and it is more likely that her anger will burn directly into the current Spreet Empire...... These are all things that wind chimes don't want to see. After much deliberation, Wind Chime decided not to tell Lilith the truth for the time being, and completely obeyed Lilith's instructions, after all, the damage caused by targeting Windwalk Town could be very small, and as for what to do after that, she was also thinking about finding a way to convince Lilith to give up her revenge.
So the next day, the wind chimes began to cooperate with Lilith's "weapon" as planned. The process of coordination was not easy, but Lilith showed plenty of patience, the anger of revenge did not burn her sanity, she understood that if she wanted revenge, the assistance of the wind chime was essential, which required a lot of preparation, so she was not in a hurry, and even the wind chime did not expect the princess to be so calm.
As with the combat exercises, Wind Chimes also worked very hard to cooperate with the Black Shadow, and at the same time, she continued to solve the knot in Lilith's heart, and she also found more and more that the Black Shadow around her, like Lilith herself, looked at her with an affectionate gaze, even if the Black Shadow itself did not have eyes. Some caravans, travelers, patrolling soldiers, and lingering djinns roaming the edge of the desert...... All of them have become the target of training operations, and although the wind chimes are trying their best to avoid causing innocent casualties, she can't stop the actions of some black shadows......
What worries and grieves Wind Chimes is that every time the Black Shadow causes a killing, a look of joy can be seen on Lilith's face - an expression that comes from the heart. So, Wind Chime tries to move alone away from the shadows, perhaps to give more innocent people hope of survival, and she carefully chooses the time and place so that Lilith does not become suspicious.
The training lasted for more than a month, and on the same night as the cake incident between Milo and Erin, the wind chimes stood on top of the dilapidated building, and countless black shadows lined her up in the yellow sand, and Lilith rarely came out of the building, shouting delicately behind the wind chimes: "Wind chimes, get ready to start!" β
Wind Chimes turned her head and looked at Lilith with adoring eyes, responding to her with a happy smile. With a wave of the wind chime, the black shadow began to move forward, and everywhere it went, the sky was full of sand and dust.
"Target: Windwalk!" A decisive command sounded, and the black shadow quickened his pace.
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After that, I have already told most of the ......
In the previous story, Klan pointed out to Milo that she had discovered the point in time when the efficiency of the Sand Spirit attack had skyrocketed - October 1805 in the Imperial Calendar, which was the time when Wind Chimes began training and fighting the Sand Spirits, and then the Sand and Dust Expansion that began in December, and the direction was to move towards Windwalk. The wind chimes move forward with the black shadow, Lilith observes through the black shadow, and then controls the sand and dust to spread step by step in the direction of the target - the sand and dust that is growing step by step brings people not only the unknown and psychedelia, but also fear.
Finally, on January 18, 1806, the dust spread to a large village, and Lilith was about to order the Shadow to go on a killing spree, but the Wind Chimes teleported the entire village to Overwatch Island, far from the mainland, leaving only a few people who lived far away from the Shadow's attack, who later fled to Windwalk to report the news. The shadow fluttered into the air, but Lilith didn't care, believing that the villagers were afraid of her "weapon" and had already fled with their tails between their legs. On the night of the 26th, another village was about to be swallowed up in dust, and the wind chimes were concocted in the same way, still not arousing Lilith's suspicions.
Two large teleportations made the wind chimes tired, but fortunately the people of the third village evacuated on their own. But soon a new trouble ensues: the Guards of Windrun Town. Luckily, Lilith didn't know that this force was coming from Windwalk, otherwise she would have killed her at the South Changling Pass. Under the persuasion of the wind chimes, Lilith continued to send different kinds of black shadows to test the combat power of both sides in the battle, and there was no intention of killing, so in the battle of the South Changling Pass, even if she had won the battle in the end, she did not let the black shadow continue to attack.
Lilith's open net gives Wind Chime hope, and she knows that Lilith doesn't want to be a murderer in the first place, let alone a tool for revenge...... Everything she was doing so far was the result of a long period of loneliness and loneliness. Wind Chime was right, and she began to slowly sketch out her plan, a way to enlighten and resolve Lilith's resentment, which might soon be implemented, and to free Windwalk, to free Milo Entekoman, and to save more innocent people who had nothing to do with the coup d'Γ©tat more than 500 years ago.
On the night of 11 February, Wind Chimes was shocked to notice that Milo, Koran, Erin, Nightsparrow and two Green Dragon mercenaries were standing in advance of the sand, and it seemed that Lilith's "mercy" during the previous night's battle had caused a misunderstanding, and she had to act quickly and warn them not to try to enter the dust again. So at nightfall, the wind chimes temporarily escaped the shadow and acted alone, which she had already mastered, and then teleported everyone who had entered the sand outside, and finally had a brief conversation with Milo...... We've learned about it in the previous story.
In this way, the guards of Windrun Town are no longer an obstacle to the spread of sand and dust, and the sand and dust continue to spread from camp to camp in an orderly and step-by-step manner.
Finally, in March, Lilith was guided by the wind chimes to locate Windwalk, and the sand and dust had advanced close enough that she no longer needed the guidance of her vision, and even during the day she manipulated the sand and dust to spread towards the predetermined location.
The speed of the sand and dust was picking up, and the wind chimes knew that time was running out for her......
On March 6-7, Wind Chime wrote a long letter outlining his first encounter with Lilith as a child, his entry into the Royal Castle, his participation in the Demon Court, his study tour, his participation in wars, his involvement in a coup d'Γ©tat, and his search for Lilith until he finally reunited with her not long ago. When she finished, she cast a spell on the letterhead, just like the magical letterhead she had written to Lilith when she was at Kuromon.
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"It's a long story, would you like to hear it? β¦β¦ In this way, I became a 'wind chime'...... Princess Lilith is the love I've been looking for...... At that time, Spreet was in the center of the storm, but the center of the storm was the safest...... I will spend my life protecting her smile...... I gradually realized that even if I escaped from it, the distance between my heart and soul never changed...... Do you really have to get to the point of 'knowing how to cherish when you lose', and admit that your emotions are not good early? β¦β¦ I'm not without my worries, but I am so happy to break them...... She made it clear to me that she didn't want anything to do with politics, and I always remember that...... Alista, the pride of the Aegis Akayi family...... If I can't even protect this place, how can I protect the person in the castle? β¦β¦ We won the war, but we lost the northern barrier...... And then there's the coup...... This is forbidden magic, and even if the God of Ten Thousand Sources no longer accepts me and completely annihilates me from now on, I will have no regrets...... Just so that my beloved can open those beautiful eyes again...... The cursed fate of the Entekoman family began at that moment...... Who would have thought that fate had played tricks on me for hundreds of years...... Every time I think about that night, my heart feels like a knife has been dug out and thrown into an ice cellar...... So, I locked my time as well...... It wasn't that long ago that I finally remembered someone under your reminder...... It was with the help of this person that I was able to get the princess back...... You're going to find us. There's something you want to know about that ruin, tooβa ...... about the Curse of the Stars We will be frozen forever...... We're leaving, this is not our time, and you, you, will continue to create the future! β
(In the third part, the chapter with wind chimes as the main perspective is preceded and followed by a sentence from this epistle as the introduction and epilogue of the chapter)
Wind Chimes checked the contents one last time, sealed the letter, and placed it along with the map that led her to the Desperate Desert, and teleported to Heidi's room in the Windrun fortress, where she believed Milo would enter, especially in the event of a life or death.
And thenβ
"Well, it's time to go with the princess...... It's over. β