26: The One Who Stands in the Way
There were two dirt paths in front of Takita, one of which led to the depths of the forest that he had walked earlier, and the other narrower one that bypassed the wooden house.
"It's an hour away, and it's not too far."
Assuming that the speed of human walking is calculated, the distance of one hour is 4~7 kilometers, and the time of delay during this speed is only three or two minutes for a round trip.
However, now Tipa Devierwood seems to need a little alone time, and it is better to leave space for her at this time.
Because his vision was more open in mid-air, Takichen directly left the obstructive woods and used his fruit ability to glide in the air, and the pitch-black figure that flashed under the moonlit night perfectly blended into the night sky.
The moonlight casts a layer of silver on the surface of the lake, and two full moons are reflected in the middle of the crystal clear water.
"Beautiful night... Why did I come into this world? ”
As if laughing at himself, Takichen was a little bored and fiddling with the lake water, and the droplets of water falling from his fingertips splashed ripples on the surface of the lake.
Now Takichen is the same as Tifa Devierwood, the same need for solitary space, since traveling through the two worlds, the only consolation left for Takichen is to be able to cook hometown food, and he also needs this comfort. However, it may take a lot of effort to re-taste the taste of home in this magical world.
The pitch-black figure hovered in the air, as if searching for something.
In a place where the black shadow did not find it, Takichen came to the suspicious woman with a big white fish.
On top of the flying fish shining with runes, a strangely dressed woman gradually narrowed the distance after seeing Takichen.
"Where is the Emissary of Nothingness?"
As soon as she came up, she couldn't wait to ask, and the woman seemed to believe that Takichen was the person she was looking for.
"Emissary of Nothingness?"
"Hurry up and confess, it's also for your safety."
Inexplicable words blurted out from the woman's mouth, as if she was looking for something through some means, but the answer was also obvious, the "messenger of nothingness" should be important.
This was evident from the fact that she searched the forest at night, and that she had been wandering the area, perhaps the messenger of nothingness she was talking about had something to do with Devile Wood.
"Arrest him, gargoyle!"
Seeing that Takichen was slow to answer, the woman looked a little impatient, and what came out of her hand was something like magic, similar to magic beans, which transformed into monsters with demonic wings in the air.
"Gargoyles?"
Takichen looked at the monster in front of him with some curiosity, just like the monster described in the Western fantasy adventure story.
However, the gargoyles didn't seem to want to give Takitsu enough time to watch, and flew towards Takitsu with their wings, forming a blockade around him, trapping their prey like a cage.
"Confess, gargoyles don't let their prey escape easily."
The woman looked at Taki Chen condescendingly, already deciding that he couldn't escape from the palm of her hand.
Somewhat unexpectedly, Takitaki walked towards the gargoyle under the woman's puzzled gaze, they are vicious monsters left over from ancient magic, they are natural killers, and naturally they will not let the insects in front of them provoke.
"It looks like a bat and a demon, it's a combination of the two."
"You're looking for death."
Ignoring the woman's words, he just wanted to take a closer look at the monsters he had seen on the Internet.
The gargoyle's dirty, sharp claws swung towards Takichen, but they didn't even touch the corners of Takichen's clothes, they slowly flapped their wings and flew towards Takichen, and the trajectory of movement between the claws and the blow was clearly visible. For no other reason, the gargoyle's speed was not only slow but also clumsy in Takichen's eyes, knocking down large trees from time to time between the narrow trees.
After easily dodging the gargoyle attack, Takichen reached out and touched their arms, the cold and hard touch, like a stone, but it gave people the feeling of a living thing.
Perhaps it was because she saw Takita's ease under the attack of the gargoyles, and touched the gargoyle's body from time to time, the woman frowned.
"Confess, or do you want to be torn apart by Fenrir's teeth?"
The woman didn't know what incantation she was chanting, and suddenly there were vicious dogs with fierce lights in their eyes beside the gargoyles.
"What you're looking for isn't here."
Takichen looked at the woman in mid-air and was unmoved.
That's your answer? Give it to me. ”
After seeing Takichen's attention shift to the gargoyle again, the anger of being ignored rushed straight to the brain, and the woman gave an order to the demonic beast behind her, Fenrir was more agile and ferocious than the gargoyle.
"How? It's almost time to talk about it. ”
"Similar in appearance to a gray wolf, but only the size of a domestic dog, very agile and cooperative. With such good teeth, it should be easy to bite your prey, right? But this kind of thing doesn't seem to be a deterrent to me. ”
Discussing these novel species as easily as an afternoon chatter, Takizu grabbed Fenrir's neck and smashed it directly into the other Fenrir who jumped into the air.
"You're good, but can you kill them all?"
Obviously, the woman didn't expect that the combination of gargoyles and Fenrir in the past didn't cause much trouble to Taki Chen at all.
The spell at the front of the flying fish shone with purple light, and as the woman's words fell, in an instant, dozens of Fenrir suddenly appeared on the ground, and dense scarlet eyes were scattered among the trees. At the same time, a charm emitting a purple glow imprinted on each summon.
As those monsters approached, the pattern on the back of Takichen's left hand suddenly emitted a dazzling light, like a spell to stop time, and the vicious and cruel Fenrir and gargoyle stopped in front of Takichen like petrified, even if he slapped it with his hand, he didn't have the slightest reaction.
"It seems that there is something special in you, look forward to our next meeting!"
The figure of the mysterious woman dissipated into the forest like a black mist, and the monsters also turned into nothingness after the woman left.
Even if Takitaki has been paying attention to her, she still doesn't understand how the other party left, as if she disappeared, and there is no such feminine aura in the range of her domineering perception, so the only possibility is that the other party used a magic similar to teleportation.
"I'm sorry that I didn't find the messenger of nothingness, and instead, confirmed the existence of the legendary sigil."
The woman's fingertips touched her forehead, as if she was using communication magic to communicate with someone.
"There's no hurry to find the Emissary of Nothingness, it's more interesting to say that way, and it's good to look at the situation a little more, you're a lovely child, Tashar."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After the mysterious woman left, the forest returned to tranquility, and the small, open area that looked like a battlefield did not change in any way, except for the broken trees, not even the traces of the battle remained.
"Someone came to the door so soon, and my life was really full of twists and turns."
After talking to himself, Takitatsu returned to the wooden house.
"Where have you been?"
"I went out and prepared the ingredients, and I was a little hungry."
The dishes on the counter had been cleaned up, leaving only the vegetarian dishes that Takitashi had left on the table when he left, and he cleaned up the fish, stuffed in the things he had prepared in advance, and skillfully cooked the grilled fish. The fish has no spines, but it saves Takichen a lot of time.
"I've kept you waiting, please taste this craft from my hometown, I hope it will make you forget your troubles for a while."
Takizu cut off the small pieces of fish and handed them to Devile Wood.
"Do you have the same taste?"
"I love it."
"I'm glad to have your affirmation."
"It's really delicious!"
Tifa looked into Takichen's eyes and replied very seriously.
However, Tifa only ate a small piece, and the rest went into Takichen's belly, and the fish had a little orange fragrance in it.