Chapter 13: Reunion
After Laura climbed up the shaft, the two walked out of the hut.
What catches the eye is a path that has clearly been carved out by artificiality. The stone staircase went all the way forward, and there was a faint light of fire flickering in front of it.
Su Bai looked up at the sky, it was dim, and it was difficult to tell whether it was night or day. After advancing in that dark tunnel for so long, it is difficult to grasp the moment.
At this moment, a female voice faintly came from the front, followed by a man's voice. Seems to be talking.
Laura immediately became excited: "Sanmantha? ”
"Is it Sanmantha?" Su Bai immediately said, "Let's go over and have a look." ”
Laura nodded vigorously and hurried away in the direction of the firelight in front of her. Su Bai immediately followed.
As the two approached, the voices became clearer.
"We're in the southwest, you'll have to follow the road, you'll need to climb a little uphill." The man's voice just now said.
"Did you get it?" It was the voice of a woman suspected to be Sanmantha, who seemed to be in contact with someone over the radio.
"We have a fire, just find a place with smoke."
The two of them walked some distance forward, and in front of them was a corner, and they could see swaying figures on the stone wall illuminated by the firelight.
Laura was just about to rush over, but Su Bai stopped her and shook her head.
The girl understood what he meant, slowed down, and cautiously approached the stone wall.
Coming to the stone wall, Laura became a little nervous and slowly poked her head out.
"Sanmantha!"
After seeing the person sitting there, she immediately shouted excitedly.
"Laura! You did it. Sanmantha looked up and saw that it was Laura, and her face was excited.
"Thank God!" Laura patted her chest, tears of excitement glistening in her eyes.
Su Bai walked up from behind and stood next to Laura.
Sanmantha looked at him with a puzzled gaze, and then a man stood up with a cane.
The two immediately looked vigilant.
"It's okay, it's my own person." Sanmantha hurriedly said.
"Sorry to scare you." The man glanced at Sanmantha and said to the two of them, with a kind face, "This place makes people nervous. By the way, we just spoke to your companions, and they are on their way. ”
Sanmantha also pointed to her bandaged left leg and said, "Look, he helped me bandage my leg." ”
"I can only do such a small thing." The man smiled and said, "By the way, I forgot to introduce myself." My name is Matthias and I'm a teacher. ”
As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand at Law.
Laura was hesitating, Su Bai stood in front of her quietly, reached out and held the man's right hand: "Hello, I'm Su Bai, this is Laura." ”
The smile on the man's face stiffened slightly, and then his expression became more kind: "It's nice to meet you." ”
"Come and sit down, honey, you look tired. And also...... Su Bai, you too. Sanmantha said to the two, "Reyes, they're coming soon." ”
Su Bai stretched out his hand and grabbed Laura's shoulder: "Let's go over." ”
The two of them walked over to the fire and sat down.
Laura took off the bow from her back and put it aside, looked up at Shanmantha, and saw that the other party was looking at her and Su Bai with inquiring eyes, with a little smile on her face.
The girl's delicate face suddenly turned red, and she forgot what she wanted to say.
Matthias said, "Sanmantha was just telling me the story of the Sun Queen. ”
He looked at Sanmantha and pleaded, "Can you tell me some more?" I'm interested. ”
Su Bai also showed an interested look.
Sanmantha glanced at the three of them and said, "Believe it or not, thousands of years ago, Queen Himiko ruled almost all of Japan. ”
Hearing this, Laura suddenly laughed, with an expression that she couldn't do anything about her, and whispered to Su Bai: "She loves this story to death." ”
Sanmantha continues to tell her story: "Queen Himiko is an enigmatic beauty, but she is cruel and ruthless, and does whatever she wants. She is said to be able to perform shamanic spells......"
With that, she lowered her voice, creating an atmosphere of mystery.
Laura chimed in, "I really don't understand that. ”
Matthias, however, seemed to believe this statement, saying, "Legends always have some basis......
Su Bai glanced at him and said secretly: "Of course you will say that, you have seen the power of the Sun Queen with your own eyes, and even now you are still planning conspiracies for the other party's reincarnation and resurrection." ”
Unaffected by the two, Sanmantha continued, "Queen Himiko controls a powerful army of samurai, the legendary Storm Samurai. They can manipulate the wind to attack, killing their enemies to the ground. They say that Himiko can control the sun, and that wherever the sun shines, it's her territory. From the mountains to the deep sea, to the ends of the earth......"
She spoke vigorously, gesturing with body language as she spoke.
Su Bai listened to it with relish, but in his heart he sneered at the so-called Sun Queen.
A small island country in the land of projectiles, blowing to the sky.
Although Queen Himiko does have magical abilities in the game, she is obviously not as powerful as the story in Sanmantha's mouth. Even if one of them was only in an undead state, Su Bai didn't believe that the real Queen Himiko really had the power of the so-called "controlling the sun".
Dongying has a small land area, a single ethnic group, poor resources, and extremely poor living conditions. In such an environment, the psychology of the people is generally fragile, even to the point of distortion. Finally, someone who seems to be more powerful has appeared, and he must have to brag about it.
Of course, at this point they are still not as good as the stick. If it were to be replaced with a stick, it is estimated that the scope of Queen Himiko's rule would not be limited to "where the sun can shine", and the entire universe would have to tremble in front of the queen.
Just as he was thinking about something, Laura yawned and her eyes became clouded.
"If you're sleepy, just rest for a while."
Su Bai gently hugged the girl's shoulders and let her head rest on her shoulder, and whispered softly in her ear.
The girl hummed softly, her eyes slowly closed, and she soon fell asleep with even breathing.
After a while, Shanmantha finished her story, looked at Laura, who was sleeping on Su Bai's shoulder, stood up and said, "I have a coat here." ”
She walked to the side one by one, took out an old coat from a box, walked to Su Jin, and put it on Laura.
"This seems to be the Japanese pilot's in World War II, although it is a little old, but it is very clean and not damaged." Sanmantha whispered.
Su Bai smiled at her and nodded: "Thank you." ”
Sanmantha was stunned and gave him a strange look, as if to say "I put a dress on Laura, why do you say thank you".
Su Bai reacted, he seemed to subconsciously regard himself and Laura as the closest people to each other, and her business was her own business.
However, in fact, Sanmantha is Laura's friend, and the intimacy with Laura is not necessarily lower than that of herself, and her gratitude is indeed inappropriate.