Chapter Eighty-Five: The Peregrine Falcon on a Long Journey
Esther looked at the points of light suspended in the air, they no longer vibrated or floated around irregularly, nor did they outline the shape of a ring or a Mobius, but stood still as if they were fine dots left behind by the flicking of ink.
Esther remembers the last time she had seen such an anomaly was when she had recited the honorific name of Mr. Fool.
She raised her right hand upwards and made a grasping motion at the points of light.
In an instant, they were all back on top of her head, recoloring Esther's silver hair.
In addition to the increased control of the points of light, Esther found that the ability of "Zoya" was officially informed, and it directly appeared in her consciousness.
"Restarting", "circulating" and giving good luck and bad luck to others, the erosion of fate is part of "Zoya's" instinct, not only in his power.
But Esther still can't use a full "reboot", and can only target the "individuals" who are closely fated. But she can distribute them within a radius of about 50 meters by driving the points of light, and let them circle the area for a day or so.
Esther herself will not be limited by the "loop", which is definitely a powerful skill that is easy to get out, but it takes time to arrange it, and you have to find a way to get the other party into this range.
"Spirituality" had always been a vague concept for Esther, but now she could clearly feel the extraordinary power contained in her body and mobilize it, especially in her blood.
What surprised Esther even more was the qualitative change in her ability to "steal", she no longer needed any action to steal the other party's ideas, and she could also steal some more conceptual things, including spatial distance, but there was also a limit, at most ten meters at a time.
And most importantly, she can transform into her own form and parasitize on other creatures.
It's just that what silences Esther is that the form she will condense when she parasitizes is not a time worm, but a lark.
She patted her head and gladly accepted it.
Since you can't get rid of it, it's only if it's a "special case", as long as it doesn't affect the use of your abilities.
Esther picked up the "Pale Bone Spike" again, and this time it did not melt into her palm, as if it had been strongly repulsed. Esther released a portion of the light that melted into the blade, forcing it to transform into the shape of a ring that fit onto her little finger.
Eventually, it was still partially extended, connected to Esther's phalanges.
This bone sword's jealousy of me deepened......
Esther Mo tapped her cold bone-colored ring twice, tucked the silver half-face mask into her satchel, and retrieved her keyboard.
It's time to look for the parasite she wants.
Instead of going deeper into the woods, she tried to steal the distance, occasionally flashing among the canopies, startling a few birds napping in their nests. When she flashed under the tree, Esther almost stepped on a snake, and she stole the second ability in time to re-establish herself in the grass a few meters away.
Not long after she blew "Moonlight", groups of animals that heard the sound were attracted and began to gather in this direction.
Eventually, Esther took a fancy to an owl, a large bird with a sandstone color and short black stripes, which seemed to blend easily into the background of the tree trunk. Its forehead is flanked with yellowish-brown ear tufts, and its claws on the branches look quite powerful.
This is very much in line with Esther's needs for flying, if it weren't for the fact that she still has a lot of things in her backpack, she can't give up decisively, and Esther doesn't have to choose the largest bird on the field.
In that case, she might prioritize two larks that were trying to land on her shoulders.
Esther placed her backpack on the ground and stared at the owl she had targeted, and she took a deep breath as she drove away the two larks that were leaning on her shoulders.
Her figure instantly distorted and blurred, as if it had been crumpled into a ball of paper in an instant, and a ball of light that dragged out a meteor-like trail flew out at a rapid speed, and in the dark night, people could clearly see its almost bird-like appearance.
The animals and birds around them were all panicked by instinctive fear, and they scattered in all directions, but the light was faster, and when the owl could spread its wings, it slammed straight into the nocturnal bird's chest.
The owl fell from the branch, and when it opened its eyes again, its tiger's eye eyes had become light, and circles of glowing rings scattered in its eyes, and soon disappeared again, reverting to round black pupils.
However, the pattern on the top of the owl's head is gradually dyed with laurel yellow, including the two spiky ear tufts, which destroy the original protective color of the bird feathers and make it look particularly conspicuous.
The owl's forelimbs stretched outward, and small pieces of white bone were exposed outside the feathers, as if they had been bald from an injury.
Esther didn't take much time to get used to the bird's body, she very naturally flipped up from the ground, her paws gouged twice on the ground, spread her wide wings nearly half a meter long, and flew up with ease.
Asther was not uncomfortable with the lightness and ephemerality of a fish in water, full of instinct and ease, and the wind passing by her wing feathers seemed to caress her soul.
The owl let out a long whistling sound, which sounded eerie, and Esther flew excitedly over the canopy, spun through the air, and circled twice in the night wind.
Because of her transformation just now, the only birds left in the vicinity were the two larks, and they ignored the difference in size and the pressure brought by the birds of prey, and followed the shadows cast by Esther's wings, and let out a gentle chirp.
To Esther's surprise, she understood a little bit of the meaning of their calls, which were different from human written communication, but expressed sincere enthusiasm.
Esther let out a menacing "whine", and the two larks seemed to understand her, and after a more cheerful goodbye, they turned and flew into the trees below.
Because "Zoya" used to use larks as incarnations, I also have some kind of special connection with them?
Esther spun around twice more in the crimson moonlight, making out the distance and swooping down with her wings folded as she had enjoyed her new body.
Swiftly digging through the cracks in the canopy, Esther spread her sharp claws and clung to the top of her satchel, lifting it up again.
The owl she chose was big enough to hold on to the satchel.
Esther flapped her wings, quietly and pleasantly weaving through the night, the air beating with her heart, rising under her wings.
Far from here, owls glide through the valley, their wide wings flapping from time to time, overlooking the landscape below.
She gradually turned into a black dot on the horizon.
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In the early morning, as soon as the edge of the sky turned white, the valley, which had no access and was barely tapped, welcomed another visitor.
The black bird folded its wings and sat on the top of the bushes, turning its head to look around.
It is a crow with a white down feather on its right eye.
The animals in the woods have returned to their normal routines, as if nothing had happened here last night.
A bark-colored rabbit lies on its stomach in the bushes, turning its ears alarmedly, fearing the movement of any predator in the treetops. Butterflies land on the leaves of dandelion grass, avoiding the condensation of dewdrops, and the gray butterfly wings slowly stretch and keep opening and closing. The ant crawled over the trunk with its whiskers, but soon, it stopped, and the tentacles on its right side turned white.
It is not physiologically customary for two larks to crouch next to each other at the base of the tree, but they sit here all night. Occasionally, the lark would make a clear and gentle chirp, and from time to time it would gently talk to each other, as if there was some dissatisfaction.
No creature was aware of the crow that had fallen into the woods for the first time, as if it had not existed.
But suddenly the two larks turned their heads at the same time, stared at the ant on the trunk, and then at the same time spread their wings in a panic, trying to fly from the squatting root.
The next moment, they fell out of the air, stolen from their ability to "move", and the two larks let out high-pitched screams in panic, but they were stiff and unable to move.
The crow flew down from the treetops and circled the two larks curiously, and soon the right eye of the two larks gradually turned black, and they stopped struggling and regained their bodies from the ground.
One of the larks' eyes rolled in a circle: "She put on a 'parasite' monocle that was deliberately circulated a hundred years ago, a family item. ”
The other lark replied as if singing a double reed: "This kind of thing looks like an ontological plan, what a fool." ”
"The conflict reaction when the lens was destroyed was very exciting, and I recorded the scene of her screaming and rolling on the ground with her head in her hands, which is very memorable."
"But 'Zoya' protected his host, and the properties contained in that glasses were eventually safely absorbed, what a lucky fellow."
The lark who said this flapped his wings twice and flew first to a clearing next to the root of the tree, leading the crow to fly over as well.
After the two larks were deeply parasitized, Amun in their bodies gained memories of last night and knew exactly what had happened here.
The white-eyed crow followed the lark to the ground, its dark eyes glowing from catching some of what was left, and it stretched out its slender claws to carefully turn the soil, and soon dug up two pieces of the frame.
"It's a shame the tracking was disrupted, otherwise I could have arrived earlier." The crow jumped back and forth on the ground twice, not showing loss on the surface, but looking excited, "That unlucky guy who parasitizes the 'audience' hides his whereabouts, but how can it completely hide the ...... of the main body"
The two larks looked at each other, and because of the asymmetry of the information they knew, they cautiously did not answer, but asked, "Then what next?" ”
"She parasitized an owl and flew east, shall we continue to chase it?"
The crow tilted its head to look at them: "Why are you chasing?" The bait sprinkled by the main body has landed in the mouth of the fish, and then she will wait for her to bite the hook herself. ”
The lark who took the initiative to lead the way nodded: "You can't let us continue to squat here, it's boring, and it's impossible for her to return here." ”
"Help me find the grave of that unlucky bastard. I could vaguely feel that his bones were some distance away in the woods, and we had left a wide range of means of locating him on him. ”
The white-eyed crow took to the air again, and two black-eyed larks trailed behind it.