289 Cecia
Cecia didn't know how long she had been in this new world, where there seemed to be no day or night, and the day and night were always long, long enough to change day and night when she thought it would always be like this.
Time didn't matter to her in the first place, and it still does so here.
Time was used to measure the days she had spent here, and now she had to rely on her original concept of time.
She'd been living here for four months, and as far as she could see, the planet had less than four days and three nights.
She also found that it was only in the darkness of night that Marseille and Tak would lead the Martas in the direction of Samael.
During the day, she would follow Marseille as they climbed to the great black iron tree.
The original name of the Iron Tree was not the Iron Tree, but Checia herself called it for ease of identification, and the name Marcel said was very long, and there was no need for her to remember it at all.
The reason why she had to go up the tree during the day was a lesson that Cecia had already learned.
The first time during the day, she had just taken to the skies to identify the planet, but was nearly captured by a giant strange bird.
The bird was unusually large, but it had two heads, and when she first flew into the air, she didn't pay attention to this strange bird, which seemed to suddenly appear behind her, and if it hadn't been for Marse's mind-reading to remind her, and her speed was fast enough, one of the bird's heads would have pecked at her.
After she entered the forest, the strange bird flew reluctantly into the sky.
Cecia saw that the bird had only flown a certain height, and in the process, its body seemed to shrink, not because of the distance that caused the loss of vision. It's a real reduction in size.
It shrinks rapidly, and at the same time, the feathers on its body change like white clouds in the sky, making it difficult to discern them.
Perhaps, this is how it hunts.
"That's not Luan." Marse said.
"What's that?"
"The Sympathetic Bird, the Guardian Goddess Luan is more than twice as large as it." Marseh continued yearningly, "I heard that Luan is very beautiful, and its tribe says that when its wings are extended, the ground will have a variety of colors, and those beasts of prey will stop their actions and bow down to it when they see Luan, and even the common birds. β
"So is Samael."
"No, Samael is not, you have felt Samael's heart, only Luan will calm the anger in Samael's heart."
"I'd love to know, Samael he... Why is there such a fierce hatred? β
"I don't know this, we have lived under his protection for generations, his hatred, it has been clear for generations, but we have not been able to solve it, because we don't know what he hates. Maybe our ancestors knew, but they didn't pass it on. β
"Heβ" Cecia paused, when did she start referring to Samael by his name? In our place, only Luan can help him? β
"Yes, only Luan..."
Cecia quietly looked up at De setting up a tent in the tree, Marcel was centering the tree, and some improvised traps were placed around it, although she didn't need to eat at all, Marcel and De still needed some food to help them fight their hunger.
Her memories were interrupted by Marse, who had just returned, and the behavior of the previous few days made her clearly know that the reason why she had to rest during the day and only act at night was because those giant creatures only dared to come out to forage during the day, and the night was the time period for Samael's activities, and Samael moved very fast during this time.
This had to make Marseille and De reduce their rest time during the day, otherwise, in one night, they would be farther and farther apart, although they could still see Samael in their sight, but because of the lengthening of the distance, this made Marse a little anxious.
"Hurry up and rest." Cecia flew in front of the tent, and Marseille had just gotten into it, and Deze cut down a few of the living rattan sticks outside the tent, and built a rattan bed on the branches outside the tent and hung it in the air.
Marse poked her head and nodded at her, "Stay safe." β
Cecia saw that the Martas were also surrounding the trees, hiding themselves in the bushes, stretching their waists.
She was the only one who remained awake.
Her wings flapped slowly, and she flew above the trees, her head baring out in the dense foliage.
At this time, she was no longer afraid of the trees, and the rattans of the trees still preyed on the intruders who suddenly broke into their territory, but to her, it was more like ignoring them.
She looked up at the sky, the planet had a star, but it seemed so far away that she couldn't feel much heat when she saw the star, and she noticed that she could absorb very little energy during the day, but not at night.
The pattern of this planet is completely different from that of Chongxu and Earth.
It has three moons, two of which seem to absorb the energy of the stars, and only at night, the two closest moons release heat, giving the planet's flora and fauna a hint of warmth.
This also explains why the planet's people, animals, and even plants remain alive in the night, and during the day, those animals that need the day will appear.
In the distance, for example, she saw a giant animal living in groups, with long necks, a huge tumor on its head, and black hair that protected them from the spiky trees, and good teeth that could tear through the strange hard bark of the tree to eat the tender pink flesh protected by the bark.
Cecia followed Marse, and on their way the second day, they had passed by the range of such social animals.
She could clearly see the inner workings of the trees that had not yet been eaten.
The outer layer of the tree was the black bark that she still didn't know what it was, and the inside of the bark was not like the white smooth fiber trunk she knew, but had a pink and pink fleshy structure, and she could even clearly see some of the structures, which seemed to be light and jumping.
It's like, it's not the trunk of a tree, it's more like the flesh of a tree.
She saw what Marse was looking for in the abandoned flesh, and de was the first to find it, holding a fist-sized sarcoma in his hand that had just been dug out of the flesh and handed it to Marse.
"This is the heart of the tree." Marcel happily took the heart of the tree, with its sticky pink sap, and took a big bite of it.
Cecia didn't feel any discomfort, she was even more curious about what else could subvert the knowledge she had on this planet.