Chapter XXXVI: The Prisoner

This suffocating night is finally over. The mossy skin became a shadow for the rest of my life.

Thankfully, the morning was late.

Yu Ge took me back to the birdman's settlement, where the big bird's nest was full of lanterns and all sorts of strange ornaments woven from leaves, and the quaint building was full of colorful lights, even in the fiery sun, it was still half dazzling.

On the large platform in the center, the birds are constantly waving colorful petals into the sky, a bright fragrance, and the colorful spots of light in the sun surround each reborn tribe after the catastrophe, and all kinds of different intoxicating smells add layers to the morning air.

"You're all going to get out of here!" A group of male birdmen were wearing wreaths for Long Shao as a way to thank him for standing up in times of crisis, but standing among a group of monsters with bird heads and human bodies, Long Shao seemed very reluctant.

He saw me and ran to my side. "Brother Quan, you are here, what are these monsters doing?"

"They're thanking you for saving Haori, the girl you saved from going into the sea yesterday." Long Shao's feat yesterday made me have to look at him with admiration.

"I'll go! I saved that girl because I wanted to soak her. Long Shao said excitedly. Could it be that these people are the girl's boyfriends again? ”

I shook my head in embarrassment.

"Then these ugly monsters are here to make a fuss, I want a girl, not a monster!"

"Humph! Stinky man," Yu Ge glared at him fiercely. "You are less delusional, even if you save my sister, she will not take a fancy to you, and she is injured now, you will not be able to see her for a long time."

Yu Ge had teased Long Shao many times before, and he thought that Long Shao would be restrained, but he didn't expect him to be fearless. "Little sister! Less preachy! This is my dream, do you think I will still be afraid of you? ”

Long Shao waved his fist and came towards Yu Ge, but Yu Ge gently flicked a loose ball, causing him to fall to the ground again.

"Holy! Brother Quan! What's going on, why can you feel pain even in dreams! Yes! ”

Long Shao fell to the ground and groaned in pain, he used to have a body of fat that could be used as a buffer. Now that I've lost weight, I've fallen harder, and it looks like I won't be able to get up for a while.

Yu Ge and I really didn't have time to take care of him at this time, and at first we wanted to tell him the details of the matter, but we felt that there was no need for this, maybe we would have to leave here soon, so why bother to break his beautiful dream?

"Izumi, without further ado, let's hurry into the big bird's nest." Yu Ge pulled me and ran to the central platform in a hurry. "If it's too late, we probably won't be able to save the horseshoe crab."

The "Big Bird's Nest" is the central hall of the Birdmen, and we slowly pushed open the wooden door, and just as we were about to rush in, we were stopped by several guards.

β€œmutu! mutu! The birdman roared.

"Haere mai" A wind chime-like sound slowly came out of it, and the birdman put away the steel fork in his hand and let us go. "Come in."

The decoration and structure of the large bird's nest have changed a lot, and I feel completely new, and the green branches that used to be interspersed on the walls are now covered with dyed maple leaves, and the bright red maple leaves like flames are swaying in the air, outlining a strange autumn scene.

Autumn symbolizes the harvest, and this season of the interior is a natural celebration of their victory on the beach.

In addition to this strange and mysterious interior view, more attention is still paid to a person who is wrapped in hemp rope, and it seems that she has really been captured.

The night had passed, and Ah Wan had really turned into Ah Wan, who was now being bound in the center of the hall, apparently to be judged by the three Birdman Elders.

She was covered in bruises, and her snow-white skin was covered in mud at the moment, but the fact that she was able to survive such an earth-shattering thunder and lightning spell as Yu Ge showed the depth of her Taoism. She was neither panicked nor timid, and smiled back at us when she saw us walk in. "Hee-hee, long time no see."

"Who told you to come back?" The female leader, who is also Yuge's mother, Qingyuan, is still sitting on the suspended old stump, but her face looks much more vivid. The wrinkles on my face before are now gone, and I am really much younger.

"Actually, I ...... I know it all. Yu Ge's voice suddenly deepened a little. You kicked me off the island to protect me, didn't you? ”

"It's self-inflicted." She was suddenly stunned, her eyes were in a trance for a while, but then she became indifferent. "Who told you that? Hehe, is it this human next to you? You believe a man's words. ”

Obviously her heart is like a knife and she pretends to be careless, what is she doing this for?

Yu Ge and I could see it clearly, her eyes were moist just now, and tears were almost dripping, so she couldn't hold back her sadness and pretend to be cold. Who can be deceived by such a clumsy cover-up?

"You don't have to admit it, just think I'm self-inflicted." Yu Ge smiled bitterly.

The female chief turned her back and looked no longer at us.

"Okay, for the sake of your merit in this battle with this human race, I don't care about your previous sins, you can sit down." Not far in front of us, there were two large round lotus leaves floating, she motioned for us to sit on them, the lotus leaves were very light, it was suspended at a suitable height, and it was very comfortable to sit on.

"Human, I reward and punish clearly, although I don't welcome humans, but as a foreigner, we are willing to be born and die, I naturally will not treat you badly." The leader suddenly looked at me with a slightly gentler look that gave me goosebumps.

But it didn't matter, her eyes widened, staring straight at me. "You ......"

She was amazed when she first saw me, and now she has this expression again, as if she had seen me before. "Impossible...... But it's really ....... ”

"What do you mean, Chief?" Her words did overwhelm me a bit.

"Look at the flowers and trees on this island, and look at the exquisite furnishings in this room, do you feel a little familiar?" She said hesitantly.

I shook my head helplessly, how could I feel familiar with this strange place?

"You humans...... Do they all look the same......" she asked in hot pursuit.

This question is even more ridiculous, and I really don't know how to answer it.

"Of course not." Yu Ge immediately answered for me. "There are hundreds of millions of human beings, how can they look the same?"

...... she didn't say anything more, just sat there with a lot of thoughts, and it took a long time to come to her senses. Good ......"

"Looks like I'm stupid...... After several vicissitudes of life, my heart is worried about the old people. Rolling red dust, where is the heart of the people? ”

"Human, you wait for me to finish trying this fish-man criminal, and then think about giving you a reward."

I wanted to stand up immediately and beg Qingyuan to let Awan go, but Yu Ge gently tugged at her sleeve, and she whispered to me. "Izumi...... Let's wait and hear what they have to say. ”

"Leader Awan, it's really okay." Qingyuan looked at Ah Wan with hatred. "You should be glad you escaped once, and lived for decades more."

"You witch!" Ah Wan suddenly scolded. "We fishmen have no grievances with you, but you have imprisoned my men!"

"No grievances?" Qingyuan sneered twice. "Not only did you assassinate our ancestor Lord Bi Fang, but you also seduced my lover and made him leave me, and I have long hated you to the core. I didn't expect you to dare to lead troops to attack us this time, it's really too deceitful! ”

"Hahaha! Impossible. Ah Wan suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, a contempt unique to a woman's voice. Stupid woman, you deserve your lover to leave you. ”

Qingyuan's face turned red angrily, and she recited a spell, and for a while her feathers rushed towards Ah Wan like a tide.

"Wait!" I stood up and stood in front of me.

β€œmutu!” She hurriedly retracted all the feathers that flew out, and the flying feathers suddenly lost their strength and flew in all directions. "Human, what are you doing?"

"Izumi! You are crazy. Yu Ge looked surprised and grabbed me tightly. You don't want to die. ”

"Chief, I think there must be a misunderstanding here, please don't kill her yet." I was also hot-headed, and it was only after the incident that I realized how dangerous it was.

But this matter has to be done again, the situation is critical, since I promised Senior Bi Fang, there is no reason not to save Awan. And for me personally, this matter is also full of suspicions, especially when I saw the tragic scene in the cave last night, I even had some doubts about whether I was really helping the birdman as Ah Wan said.

"Idiot! You didn't want to kill her at all, how could I possibly let her die so comfortably. Qingyuan explained indifferently. Even if I want to kill her, what does it have to do with you. ”

"I don't think what you said about Lord Bi Fang should be dead." I tried to calm myself. "I've seen her."

"What?" Qingyuan was stunned. "What nonsense are you talking about!"

I regret saying this, because Bi Fang's predecessor once asked us not to tell anyone that she was on the island, but naturally we can't take back what we say, so it's better to say what we see.

"What you said she had assassinated your ancestors was false, but what she said was true that you imprisoned her men." Tension flooded all at once.

"You! What the hell are you talking nonsense as a human. A hint of panic appeared in the green mandarin's eyes. Believe it or not, I killed you. ”

Seeing that things had reached the point of irreversibility, Yu Ge was no longer silent. "Izumi is right, we found those masterpieces of yours last night on the rockery on the shore of the lake."

When a person suddenly tells a secret that you have hidden for a long time, the panic at this moment is naturally self-evident.

"You ......" Qingyuan was in a mess, his face was pale, and his breathing became rapid. You're the opposite! ”

"Facts are facts." Yu Ge said disappointedly.

"Chief, you just said I could ask for a reward." I turned my head to look at Ah Wan, and her shocked expression at the moment was probably no less than that of the green mandarin. "I want you to please let her go."

The other birdmen in the hall couldn't understand Chinese, but they could feel the heavy atmosphere, and they all took up their weapons and rushed at me.

"You ......" Qingyuan gritted his teeth in anger. You humans are all sick in the brain, aren't you, why bother. ”

"Mother!" Yu Ge suddenly shouted. "I haven't used the title Mother for a long time, and now I beg you to spare this fish-man. I'll do whatever you want me to do after that. ”

"You're all crazy!" The green mandarin duck almost lost its mind, and angrily waved its hands to cast a spell. β€œManu!”

The feathers in the room gathered again, even faster than before, and a huge white wave rushed towards Awan.

"Izumi!" Yu Ge reacted quickly, and threw me to the side, and the huge wave of feathers gathered passed by us, and knocked Ah Wan to the ground.

"Hmm!" Awan groaned in pain. "Enchantress!"

"I will never let her go, and I will not allow anyone to interfere with my torture of her." The green duck pointed at us and yelled angrily. β€œhao!”

A group of birdmen with weapons surrounded me and Yuge, and actually tied me and Yuge tightly with ropes, which were probably made of strange plants on the island, and I felt a tingle and fluffy on my skin.

"Tomorrow I'll execute this fish-man with the bird-man ritual." The green mandarin duck took a deep breath, and his mood was slightly eased. "Just in case, you spend time in the 'birdcage' before that."

"You two, what's going on?" Awan was shoved out of the hall with us, and she said to me with a guilty face. "I told you not to get involved."