Chapter 42: The Night Lady
Lumien was also shocked by the carriage pulled by the "devil" and the reaction of the undead, forgetting to struggle for a while, and was pushed by the invisible giant palm for more than ten seconds before stopping.
Although the carriage was getting farther and farther away, he could still see the appearance of the woman in the carriage clearly by relying on his eagle-like vision.
Her long brown hair was pulled up high, her brown eyes were beautiful and bright, her light eyebrows were slightly sparse, she wore a fresh green dress, and she wore a laurel wreath made of flowers, and her temperament was elegant and majestic.
Mrs. Pualis! Lumien's first instinct was to think that the lady in the car was the wife of the magistrate and the mistress of the parish priest.
But after a closer look, he felt that there were obvious differences between the two sides, not only the temperament was very different, but even the appearance was also different:
The lady in the car had softer and more mature features.
If Lumien were to be a metaphor, he would prefer to refer to the lady in the car as Madame Poalis's half-sister but seven or eight years older.
At this moment, the lady sat in an open-top carriage pulled by the "devil", surrounded by countless undead and death knights, and ran towards the distant mountains and forests, as if she were doing some kind of wonderful parade.
Aurel withdrew his gaze and hurried to Lumian, shouting as he ran:
"Get out of here!"
Lumian came to his senses, waited for his sister to catch up, and then took a big stride and stomped to the nearest edge of the wilderness.
It didn't take long for the two of them to have the feeling of walking through an illusory curtain or a thick layer of water at the same time.
The scene before their eyes changed:
The wilderness dissipated like foam, and the clear water, the new grass on both banks, and the green trees came into their eyes at the same time.
The scene was so familiar to Lumien and Aurel that they didn't need to recognize it before they made a judgment:
They are still around the village of Cordu!
This is Ava. Where Lizier often herds geese!
It's back...... Neither disappointed nor surprised, Lumian looked around with a "it happened" mentality.
Aurore gasped and said:
"Whether Mrs. Pualis is intentional or wrong, we cannot return to the village now.
"Continue to Daliege!"
Lumian immediately proposed:
"Then let's go to the nearest pasture, where there is a dangerous path down the mountain, and it will be fine with our ability."
"Okay." Aurore turned around and ran.
Borrowing a pony from Mrs. Poalis from time to time, she was no stranger to the highland meadows that surrounded the village of Cordu.
Seeing this, Lumian followed closely beside his sister.
He was both glad and frightened about what had just happened.
He had no idea that Lady Pualis would be so powerful that she could have so many undead, "devils", and death knights to follow.
Of course, it wasn't necessarily Mrs. Poalis.
As she ran, Aurel slowed down, her breathing became heavier and her guttural voice became more pronounced.
"What's wrong?" Lumian is still full of energy.
This is one of the boosts that "Hunter" brings.
Auroel simply stopped, gasped and said:
"I'm so tired, it took a lot of my energy to cast spells before."
Lumian said without hesitation:
"Then I'll carry you, I'm not tired yet."
Things were critical, time was pressing, and Aurel was not pretentious, nodded, walked behind Lumian, who was crouching, and got on his stomach.
Lumian first took off the brooch in front of him, returned it to his sister, then straightened up, kicked and ran again.
"Is this, a magical item?" He still had the energy to ask questions.
Aurore was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile:
"Looks like you know a lot.
"It's a magical item indeed, I call it the 'Integrity Brooch', it can create divine sunlight or help me light materials to help me use a secret technique against ghost-like creatures, but wearing it too long can make people feel frenzy, and if you wear it, you lose some thoughts, you know, the immoral methods of combat may be more effective, and this is limited by it."
Aurel paused and asked in a deep voice:
"Where did you get your extraordinary properties?"
As he ran, Lumian replied intermittently:
"Didn't that scepter card keep me awake in my dreams?"
"What scepter card?" Aurel looked puzzled.
Oh, and that's from the last cycle...... Lumian reorganized the following language:
"I was at the old tavern, when I met a mysterious lady who gave me one, the Scepter card.
"With that card, I was in a dream, awake, and entered a wonderful space.
"There, I met some, monsters, and got, the extraordinary trait of 'Hunter'."
"'Hunter'......" Aurore was familiar with this common sequence of Intis.
As she muttered to herself, she suddenly chuckled, not knowing what she had thought.
What to laugh at...... Lumian was inexplicable.
Aurore asked again:
"Who gave the recipe? The mysterious lady? ”
"Hmm." Lumian nodded as he ran.
Aurel sighed and said:
"My stupid brother has his own secrets...... I can't confirm whether what you're saying right now is true or not, so let's just leave it at that. ”
Lumian couldn't bear to be disappointed by his sister, and quickly changed the topic:
"Was that man in the carriage just now, Mrs. Pualis?"
"It's very similar and it's not very like." Aurore spoke contradictory words.
She pondered for a few seconds and said:
"Since you're already extraordinary, I'll tell you directly, my companion, well, the pen pals who mentioned something.
"They say that in recent years, in the southern part of Rune, the southern part of Intis and the kingdom of Fenerport, there have been many strange phenomena similar to the one just now, the same lady riding the chariot drawn by the devil, well, the creature suspected of being the devil cruising through the wilderness and mountains, and there are also many undead following the chariot all over the mountains, and some extraordinary people who have mastered the corresponding secret arts will also take the opportunity to let their spirits leave their bodies and follow the chariot for a while, which seems to allow them to have some kind of wonderful experience and obtain some occult knowledge.
"One of my companions obtained a note from one of the Extraordinary Beings, which mentions that the lady's name is 'Lady Night', and the owner of the note has obtained a recipe for a potion of invisibility from the corpse of a baby from his experience following the carriage parade.
"According to the survey, the women in the similar phenomenon are not the same in different places, but they all happened in the middle of the night."
Lumien was stunned and said:
"But now, it's daylight."
Could it be that the anomaly in the village of Cordu has brought about the change?
"So I'm not sure." "Maybe it was the fact that sending Narocca to the 'Other World' made a difference, or maybe that wilderness was the 'Other World', where the 'Night Ladies' roamed during the day and appeared in human society at night. Well, combined with the fact that the lady resembles Pualis, I'm leaning towards the earlier guess. ”
Lumian had no knowledge of the occult in this area, but intuitively believed that his sister's suspicions were correct.
He ran some distance in silence, and finally couldn't help asking:
"Why do you sacrifice yourself to save me? I prefer you to be selfish. ”
"I'm selfish." Aurore smiled, "At that time, I considered leaving you to run away by myself, and then I would help you get revenge when I became more powerful, but I thought about it carefully and found that even if I gave you the 'integrity brooch' and taught you how to use it, you would not be able to help me attract most of the undead and give me a chance to escape, and only I, as a 'wizard', could do this."
"Choosing between two people dying together and at least you can live, I don't need to tell you the answer, right?"
How can you make such a decision as easily as you say you are now...... Lumian is intellectually acceptable, but emotionally not.
He sullenly said:
"It's better to die together."
"If you die, who will avenge me, and who will resurrect me? In the world of the occult, anything is possible! "That's why I deliberately say something sensational at the end, so that you can always remember and not forget to try to resurrect me." ”
yes...... Lumian gradually agreed with his sister's choice.
After running for a while, the nearest plateau meadow could already be seen, and Lumian, who was carrying Aurel on his back, was visibly tired.
He didn't stop to rest, he mustered up his courage and rushed to the hillside with green pasture in one breath.
There are several pens and huts, the former made of stones and branches, the ground is made of compacted earth and flattened dung, and there is a narrow exit at one end for a sheep to pass through, and the latter resembles a primitive tent:
A low wall was built with stones, leaving doors and smoke vents, and then a row of grilles was built against the low wall, the lower part of which was buried in the earth, and the upper end supported a wooden frame with a roof covered with grass and mud.
This is where the shepherds live, and the environment is very difficult.
Lumian no longer carried Aurel and led her all the way to the other side of the hill.
That dangerous path is hidden right underneath.
Looking at the road that required a jump of seven or eight meters to reach the cliff, Aurel said to Lumien:
"Although you can climb now, don't waste any more time, I'll fly you straight down."
"Okay." Lumien wanted to see what kind of change would happen if he left the village of Cordu.
Aurel grabbed Lumian's arm with one hand, and spilled silver dust with the other.
The two of them floated up at the same time, slowly flying towards the bottom of the cliff.
In mid-air, Lumian's head suddenly hurt, as if someone had hit him hard.
Aurel had a similar reaction.
Lumien's eyes quickly darkened, and he felt that everything had become fragmented.
…………
Brushing the floor, Lumien sat up and saw the familiar wooden tables, chairs, bookshelves, and wardrobes.
Are you back to the beginning...... He thoughtfully rolled out of bed and went to the first floor, where he was surprised to find Auroel in her long light blue dress, preparing dinner.
"Auror, what time is it?" Lumian asked tentatively.
Aurore glared at him:
"Call sister!
"Are you sleeping stupid? Today is the 29th. ”