Chapter Seventy-Nine
Three figures waited behind a simple table, their gaze resting on the only chair bathed in light. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ info They are waiting for someone to arrive.
There was a slight knock on the door.
"Come in. An old woman's voice came from the shadows.
The silhouette of a young woman appeared behind the door, she hesitated for a moment, but only for a moment, then entered the room and sat down.
In the dimness, a ray of light shone on the woman's face, a heterochromatic pupil, a very rare heterochromatic pupil, one was an ordinary flickering bright blue pupil, while the other eye was a strange green. A beautiful long red hair goes straight to the waist
"Good. Your identity has been confirmed, and you are the thief, Tia. β
"So, what about the goods?"
A man asked impatiently, urging Tia to hurry up and get the goods.
"Don't worry. β
Tia reached for her hair behind her, then pulled out a tiny object from her hair and placed it on the table.
It was a tiny hairpin.
"What are you kidding? We asked you to steal a jewelry necklace, and you went steal a hairpin? What are you doing?"
"Charles, step aside. β
The old woman spoke again.
"Yes. β
"When did you find out?"
She asked Tia.
"You said about the target change?"
"If you can't even tell the real thing from the fake, how can you be a Jiangyang thief. β
"Good, you passed the exam. β
"Wait, Nightmother, do you mean that it was a test for her?"
"yes, what's wrong? I asked the boss of the so-called warrior group to keep a pearl necklace for me, and placed this pin on him, but Miss Tia saw through it at a glance. β
The man was very flustered, slightly embarrassed.
"I didn't know there was another one. β
"Because you don't have to know. β
It was Tia who interrupted the conversation between the master and servant
"It's all a small thing, and it's not too difficult for me. Tell me, what exactly do you want me to steal? β
"I just want you to steal something. β
"What's that?"
"Dragon's teeth. β
"Dragon's teeth, such a mythical thing, where do you want me to steal it for you?"
Tia was a little dissatisfied, apparently thinking that the noble lady was teasing her.
"No, no, no, you're mistaken, first of all, you have to know that dragons are not legendary creatures, but actually exist. β
"Huh?"
"You heard it right, the dragon actually exists, and there's one hidden near Avaklin, but it's still asleep. β
"Do you know the location?"
"I don't know exactly where it is, but I do know that you only need to follow a silver-haired and blonde girl to find the dragon's tomb, and then steal the dragon's teeth, and you're done. β
β......β
Tia fell silent and began to wonder if she should take such a risk.
"The pay is definitely enough. β
"Can you tell me about the dragon's teeth, what's the use?" Tia was puzzled, willing to pay a lot of money to hire a master thief like her, it would be too much to say that it was worthless.
"Because the powder made from the dragon's teeth can help me stay young forever, and even immortal. β
"It's strange, no one has used that kind of thing, how do you know it has this effect?"
"It's not your business, all you have to do is steal the dragon's tooth and give it to me. β
"Got it. β
Tia left the dimly lit room, accepting such a task, not for any reward, but to satisfy her curiosity. She had never seen a dragon or something.
Tia, who left the secret room, quickly found the combination of golden and silver haired girls according to the description. Anyway, why she could find the dragon by following the combination of these three people, this was still a question, but she still chose to follow the girls for the time being.
"Wait?"
"Now you all wait in the inn, and I'll take care of the guy who set a trap for us, and besides, the enemy's hideout is not in the city right now, and it will be a lot more trouble to take you out of the city. β
"Understood, Natsuhime-sama, then we will wait for you at the hotel. I wish you good luck. β
Xia Ji nodded, and the sound of "brush" was gone.
At least in the eyes of Theon and Phidelia, Natsuki suddenly disappeared, but Tia, who had been staring at them, could still see Natsuki's movements, but the swiftness of the movement surprised her.
"Is this faster than me?"
But there was no time for her to be surprised, as Natsuki was quickly leaving the inn.
"This is too fake, isn't it? What about the weak girl who said it was good? Why did she fly up like a hanger all of a sudden?"
said so, but the kung fu on her feet did not stop, but with the title of Jiangyang thief, she couldn't close the distance between her and the silver-haired girl even a little bit with all her strength.
"What the hell is it going to take to get to this point, it's too fast, isn't it?"
In a few moments, the two approached the city wall.
"What is she running to the city wall?"
But in a moment, Xia Ji's movements explained why she ran towards the city wall, only to see her feet bend down slightly, that is, a flying vertical jump, and suddenly the person rushed into the air as if flying, and easily climbed over the city wall.
"This. β
Tia swallowed, could this really be done? But she didn't have time to care so much. Because she is now also close to the city walls.
"I'm playing against Superman, right?"
She kept muttering and complaining, but she didn't slow down, it wasn't that she couldn't climb over this type of wall, but it wasn't as exaggerated as the silver-haired girl in front of her.
Tia, who was galloping, quickly grabbed the gap in the wall, and by inertia, rushed straight up the wall, quickly reached the top of the city wall, and easily climbed over the wall with a light support of her hand.
Obviously, she would have been happy for a long time if she did such a thing, but now she couldn't laugh at all, because the distance between the silver-haired girl and herself had widened again.
"It's really going to be exhausting!!" Tia revved up, boosting to the highest speed she could reach.
The two of them swooped down on their way to the enemy's hideout outside the city.
Finally followed Natsuki to this ruin-like place, Tia was surprised to find that there were all kinds of holes in the ruins, each hole did not know where it led, which immediately stimulated her desire to hunt for treasures, but because of the commission, she had to follow the silver-haired girl.
I saw the silver-haired girl go straight into one of the holes, and she immediately followed.
The speed of the girls slowed down a lot after entering the cave, but even so, the two of them were actually moving very fast, and the two of them reached the depths of the cave like the wind.
In the depths of the cave lies a woman, dressed as a warrior, what's going on? Why are there women here?
Could it be that this is some kind of place that resembles a brothel? The silver-haired girl is actually a -ββ? wrong, Tia shook her head desperately, how could this be, with the silver-haired girl's kung fu just running, she didn't need to come to that kind of place to make money.
So where the hell is this, Tia is afraid that she will get lost, so she clings to the wall and watches the girl's actions.
Wait, that's, magic?
Tia noticed that the glimmering light in the silver-haired girl's hand was not a prop, but a simple glow from the palm of her hand, that is, it was magic.
Tia was very surprised, could it be that the silver-haired girl was the same existence as herself? No, no, no, no, she was so special, and there was more than one way to get magic, and the silver-haired girl might have obtained magic through some other existence, right?
Following the silver-haired girl on, Tia also walked to the place where the woman was lying before, she looked at the woman who was as strong as a warrior, but found that she was missing something, yes, she couldn't look carefully from a distance, but she could see clearly when she looked closely, this woman had no heart.
What kind of supernatural unfolding is this, Tia was a little panicked, and then she realized that she was almost lost, and hurriedly accelerated her pace to chase after her.
The grotto grew narrower and narrower, and suddenly, as she passed through a place, it became spacious, and then Tia found herself standing on the side of a huge pit, full of skulls of all kinds of animals, and even human bones, which the mass grave said. Tia's gaze scanned up and down, trying to catch Natsuhime's figure. Eventually, the silver-haired girl was found in a corner of the pit, only to find her crouching there motionless and looking somewhere.
Looking through the silver-haired girl's gaze, Tia saw several men in black robes all over their bodies, one of whom was holding something and still dripping something. Realizing what it was, Tia looked away and looked at the men instead. It was too far away to make out the eye, but she could be sure that what the men wanted to do was not a good thing, such as reviving the dragon. The light in the tomb became brighter and brighter, and after a while, the whole tomb was gradually enveloped in light, and the light drowned out all the men, and then, the whole tomb began to tremble, and Tia was so frightened that she hurriedly grabbed the stone pillar beside her so that she would not fall out.
The strange words in the tomb float up and down and fly everywhere, up and down, making it a little difficult to find the north, but these words are not flying randomly, but gradually converge to form a complete pattern.
Is this the so-called ritual of summoning a dragon in the legend? I didn't expect it to be so magical, after the words are arranged, the so-called dragon will be revived, right? At that time, I quickly went to get the dragon's teeth and left.
Tia looked at the silver-haired girl's location, only to see that she wasn't there anymore.
"Whatββ?"
But her mouth was blocked by a hand reaching out from behind.
"Shhhh β
The person behind her motioned for her to be quiet.
Tia nodded hurriedly.
Seeing Tia nod, the hand that gagged her mouth loosened.
Tia, who turned around, saw that it was the woman named Natsuki standing in front of her.
"You're scaring me to death. β
Tia whispered.
"No way, I know you're following me, but I can't make sure you're safe, so don't worry, you'll run behind you. β
"Thank you so much. β
"So, what are you following me for?"
"I don't know why I'm coming along, I'm just being asked to get the dragon's teeth, and the person who commissioned me told me that you can get the dragon's teeth by following you. β
"People, who?"
"Don't you know? An old woman said that she asked me to come to find the dragon's teeth, and said that it was okay for her to give anything in return. β
Tia had some bad premonitions.
"Show me now, what do you see?"
Tia, who raised her head again, was startled by the sight in front of her, and in front of her was an abyss, not a pit where the dragon was buried.
"Let's go out first. β
The silver-haired girl grabbed Tia and took her out. The two of them left the tomb-like place.
"Tell me what your name is. β
In the moonlight, the silver-haired girl looks particularly beautiful, like a sparkling pearl.
"Ah, well, my name is Tia. β
"So, what are you doing here?"
"Someone asked me to come looking for the dragon's tooth, and said that if I followed you, I could find the dragon's tooth, so I followed. β
"And what's the name of the person you're bringing along, and is there any characteristic?"
"It doesn't seem to have any distinctive features, except that the leader is called the Night Mother. β
"Nightmother? What is that? How does it look like some Assassin Order?"
"Hey, hey, I don't know if you ask me. β
"Be serious, don't laugh. β
"Ah, yes, yes, what the hell is the place you just went into?"
"I'm just following the location, it's not the right place, it's all illusion from the moment I entered the grave, and I've been completely tricked. β
"What? illusions, but isn't magic all useless?"
"It's just God-given magic that can't be used, and there are all kinds of other things that can give magic. β
Xia Ji's brows furrowed more and more, obviously she felt very uncomfortable being tricked by illusion this time.
"Go back, it's not a good idea to stay here any longer, I've been tricked twice, what's going on?"
"And what about the woman who died?"
"It's also fake, okay, there are no dead people in that tomb at all, it's all hallucinations, remember?"
"Yes. β
Tia kept her mouth shut.
"What's your name?"
She couldn't help but ask, after all, she had only followed him according to the description.
"Natsuhime. β
"Natsuhime, that's a good name. β
But Natsuhime suddenly stopped.
"Do you have anything else to hide from me?"
"Huh?"
Tia was stunned by Natsuki's sudden questioning.
"No, how dare I hide anything from you, you are so powerful, if you get angry, you must not tear me up. β
β......β
"Then why are you running so fast and being able to keep up-"
"But aren't you running faster?
"It's-"
Xia Ji was suddenly choked, but she couldn't speak, because Xia Ji herself didn't know how to explain her situation.
Seeing that her countermeasures were successful, Tia began to ask questions one sentence at a time.
"So you're not here for the dragon, but for an acquaintance, right?"
"Let's just put it that way. β
"Are your acquaintances missing? Or are you playing peek-a-boo?"
"Don't be stupid, where would peek-a-boo come to a place like this. β
"Eh, I thought there should be a lot of people like you, aren't you very good people playing peek-a-boo together?"
"Okay, it's not some hide-and-seek, it's looking for an acquaintance who has been captured, do you understand? β
"So you're playing with the guy who teased you a lot?"
"Didn't I say that you fell to the ground with the wrong tendons? I'm not playing, don't talk about playing without a word, how much do you want to play?"
"Don't you like to play?
Natsuki grabbed Tia and gagged her, leaving her speechless.
"Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo. β
But even with her mouth gagged, she looked like she wanted to say something.
"That's it, don't talk, I'll untie it for you when you get to the city.
"Woo. β
Tia nodded. Tia realizes that her strength is completely inferior to that of the silver-haired girl, so she adopts such a gag to show weakness in order to relax Natsuhime's vigilance.
Xia Ji put Tia down, and Tia, who had just gotten off the ground, was about to get the handkerchief that was blocked in her mouth, but she was glared at by Xia Ji and retracted her hand.
The way back was slow, so it was a lot easier for Tia. But Natsuki kept thinking about something, she was thinking about the true face of the enemy, and what was the connection between these many events, and who was this guy named Tia who appeared behind her now.
"Woo woo ~ woo ~ woo woo ~ woo!"
Even with a handkerchief in her mouth, Tia hummed to the tune of a song with a whimper.
"Okay, okay, okay, annoying!"
Natsuki pulled the handkerchief from Tia's mouth.
"Say whatever you want. Anyway, if you don't say something, you'll be bored, so it's better to let you say it happily. β
"Hey, hey. β
"Laughing at what?"
"Sure enough, Natsuhime, you are very gentle. β
"What does this have to do with whether I am gentle or not, but how uncomfortable it is for you to hold back like that. β
"So, you brought her back?"
Thean was incredulous.
"This guy who has a mind like a seven-year-old kid brought back like this?"
"Not so. β
Natsuhime clearly didn't care.
"If it is Natsuhime-sama's decision, I will definitely support it with all my might. β
Fidelia couldn't be counted on at all.
Tian'an covered his head, although he was also protected by Xia Ji for this reason, but this kind of character that accepts people when he sees them, I am afraid that he will be plotted by others.
It's not that I don't want to remind Xia Ji directly, but people have obviously completely let down their guard against the guy named Tia, and if I say this kind of thing now, it will be too annoying, so it's better to wait for the accident and then advise Xia Ji, anyway, with Xia Ji's ability, probably no one in this world can hurt her.