Chapter Ninety-Eight: Hasty Love
[Time goes back to two days ago, near the Stone Domain]
After the sandstorm receded, the crowd bypassed the maze in front of them and headed south. At the same time, Moran led the people in the camp to drive the camel caravan towards the oasis.
"It's strange, we don't seem to have seen a rocky beach like this before, what's wrong?" Moran pointed to the strange Gobi in the distance and asked the elder Aboud in Likos.
"Moran, don't look at the desert as a barren land, it also has life and will move on the ground. Maps are always obsolete in the desert. We're tired of walking, so why don't we take a good rest in this oasis? With a kind smile on the old man's face, Moran and Aziz helped the old man to roll over the camel and let him sit down in the shade of a tree.
"Let's take a break here! Just be careful not to go near that rocky beach! I have a bad premonition......" said Moran, pointing to the land, turning and leading the girls to the edge of the pool.
"It has just rained recently, and there is plenty of water in this vicinity, so it's a rare opportunity, so let's drink a few more sips and fill it again!" Moran said a few words to the girls, then turned and walked over to a new member.
It was a mother and son she rescued from the village. The woman was silent with the child in her arms, she had only one arm, and she didn't know what kind of tragic experience she had experienced.
"Ma'am, rest assured, you and your children are safe, everyone here is from Lycos except me, please don't be too resistant to our kindness." Moran pulled a piece of pancake out of his bag and shoved it into the woman's hand.
The woman had barely eaten a bite of food since she was brought back by Moran, and she had only muttered a name with her mouth half-open. Moran cautiously approached the woman's side, only to hear her lips tremble slightly, and she repeatedly called out "Uno" as if she sighed...... Uno ......"
"Uno? Is that your name? Or the weirdo who attacked you? Moran stared at her in bewilderment, this woman was undoubtedly from Lycos, and it was supposed that she could understand what she was saying.
"Uno...... He is my proud husband, the only thing I can rely on for this child. Don't worry, he's just gone hunting, he'll be back soon, and he'll be ...... soon," she said, and the woman kneaded the pancake in her hand into a dough and stuffed it into her arms.
Moran was frightened by the woman's appearance, it seems that the poor woman has serious mental problems, fortunately, Moran has a very good girl by her side, "Then again...... Where is Anna? ”
A girl ran out while everyone was fetching water by the river, and it was the girl Moran was talking about—Anna. Her eyes were very sharp, and before everyone could reach the oasis, they noticed the funny figure in the rocky beach.
"Miss Moran said not to come closer? It's heaven! There are still people playing magic tricks here! Vasya, don't you say? She stretched out her fingers and gently stroked the parrot on her shoulder, and walked towards the figure. It was only upon closer inspection that I finally made out that it was a man.
"Far away! Far away! The parrot flapped its wings and shouted into Anna's ear.
"Shhhhh Be quiet! Anna patted the parrot on the head and slowly walked over to the man's side.
She reached out and waved her hand under the man's body, but she didn't notice any invisible support, and the man didn't know what had happened to him, and his body was frozen in the air with a charred liquid as if he had been cursed.
The man's face was breathtakingly handsome, a delicate and angular face that Anna had never seen before. The willow-like delicate eyebrows are slightly closer, revealing the sorrow of seeing thousands of years of tragedy, the frozen eyes are slightly rippling with determination, and the muscles are as perfect as the sculptures made by Master Bonarotti, if he hadn't opened his mind slightly, Anna would have even wondered if this person with such a delicate appearance was a young girl.
Not far from the man's side was a pitch-black spike stuck diagonally into the ground, as sharp as broken obsidian.
Anna noticed something strange in his chest, a sharp puncture wound that had been scorched, and the charred liquid had been frozen in the air the moment it had spilled out.
"Anna! Don't touch it! Don't touch it! The parrot screamed nervously, for some reason, shortly after Anna approached the man's body, her body seemed to be enchanted, and her cries could not be heard at all.
The parrot looked at Anna's outstretched palm in horror and pecked her shoulder with its beak.
"You're getting more and more disobedient! Get out of the way! Anna slapped her shoulder in frustration, but the moment the parrot took to the air, its body stopped in the air as if it were imprisoned in an invisible cage.
Anna trembled with fright, and did not dare reach out to touch the poor parrot. She stepped back, but felt a stiffness behind her, as if she had hit some solid stone wall.
At the moment when she fell facing the spikes, a pair of broad palms suddenly held her shoulders. When Anna came back to her senses, she found that she had left the stone-covered Gobi.
"Oh, what a careless young lady......" A warm breath came from her ears, and the voice was as magnetic as a low moan from the throat of a lion, and in this case she should have felt fear, but Anna felt more relieved than ever.
She turned her head, and a handsome face appeared in her ears, wrapped in a white veil, and his eyes revealed an ocean of affection, the light gray eyes that shone the whole world like light only from the benevolent angel.
"I'm sorry, but I don't usually speak much to strangers." The man seemed a little shy and reached out to cover his mouth and nose with a white veil.
"Are you a Misaran? I'm sorry, I'm not very good at speaking, this language ......" Anna realized that she was leaning close to the man, and she stammered at the man in an unfamiliar Misarian voice.
What is it? Is it a treasure from heaven? What a gentle man this man in front of him, his warm embrace is like the sun melting ice and snow, if this is the legendary love, then it is indescribably sweet.
Anna's breathing grew rapid, her heart pounding in her chest, and thoughts that didn't normally occur flooded into her mind.
She quickly avoided the man's gaze, looked back at the spikes that were still standing in place, and suddenly understood what had just happened.
"That spike, I was almost hurt by it, you saved my life, didn't you?" Anna bit her lower lip slightly, not knowing what the man's reply would be.
I saw him smile slightly, his thick eyelashes covering his eyelids, like a crescent moon hanging on his face, "Well, it does look like that." ”
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