Chapter 17: The Guardian
Colin Iliad struggled against the invisible force, but his body had been taken over by someone else, and he no longer moved as he wished.
The strange lady on the other side spoke: "Don't be like this, I have something I want to talk to him." ”
"You can ask directly now, and he can still answer. If you are worried that the answer is not true and that I have completely parasitized him, you can also ask me. ”
Colin's mouth suddenly moved, and he subconsciously tried to stop talking, but he bit his tongue hard at the end - it was obvious that the person controlling his body was intentional.
The lady in a monk's dress sighed while kneading the center of her right eyebrow, and then she slowly floated close and landed lightly on the ground next to Colin: "Seriously, don't play anymore. ”
Her somewhat helpless and smiling gaze pierced through Collin, who was looking back at her, and landed on another being.
Esther stretched out her hand, and a crow with white eyes emerged from the warrior with a vicissitudes of face, but when it flew over, it did not approach her palm, but squatted directly on top of Esther's head.
After Colin regained control of his body, he had an inexplicable guess in his heart, related to Derick Berg's experience under the Round Tower, and he only felt a chill growing on his body:
"Who the hell are you?"
"Just call me Esther, is this Silver City?"
She came from the outside world, and the chief of Silver City immediately made this judgment: "Yes, where you came from......"
"No, it's not a stable passage, and it's just an accident that I'm here."
Esther knew in her heart that this might not be just an accident, the door opened by the Radamanta was located near it because of the attraction of the gathering of light.
Thinking of this, she turned her eyes to the outside of the round tower, looking at the city below which is mainly made of stone, where the architectural style is only slightly different from the "Dream City", such as the layout and decoration of the streets, and the light of the Silver City illuminates every place.
To Esther's words, she saw lantern mushrooms planted all over the city, which made her subconsciously raise her arm and touch her hair, but the first thing she touched was the hard claw, and the crow smacked her hand.
"Ouch!" Esther quickly withdrew her hand and turned to look at the warrior with the doubt in her eyes, "There seem to be a lot of glowing mushrooms in your city. ”
Colin just nodded, he didn't say it was a new breed that someone had brought in from the outside world, and judging by the woman's expression, and the way she had drained the light earlier, it was clear that the mushrooms had something to do with her.
"They're, well, pretty that way," Esther said awkwardly, "can I go down and have a look?" ”
"Would you like to visit Silver City?"
Thinking back to what the "Sun" had shared at the Tarot meeting, Esther had a basic understanding of the composition of this place, she nodded subconsciously, and then pointed to the ground under the feet of the two:
"I don't have to visit the places where you keep secrets, I just want to see those weird mushrooms."
If what she did before would leave hidden dangers in these mushrooms, then Silver City, which uses these mushrooms as a stable light source, is likely to encounter more crises because of her.
When she noticed that there was a scorched black on the periphery of the tower, Esther guessed that she had caused the accident, and she was a little embarrassed in the face of the chief, who did not look very good.
At least she showed enough kindness in her words and deeds, and in the face of this unknown high-ranking person, Colin took a long breath to calm his chaotic thoughts: "If that's the case...... Well, I, Colin Iliad, on behalf of the Council, welcome you to the Silver City. ”
"No, no, there's no need to be so restrained, I'm not a great person," Esther looked up at the warrior who was half a body taller than her, "I might look at those mushrooms, take some seeds, and get out of here as soon as I can." ”
Without waiting for Colin to say anything more, Esther smiled gently, "That's what you want, isn't it?" If another outsider suddenly appeared in Silver City, and it was related to the changes in the sky, people would feel anxious. ”
"Did you know we've ever found outsiders?" Colin couldn't resist a frowning reaction, since the other party had been calm enough, he didn't want to show too much hostility on the surface.
"I heard from a, well, a friend, if it counts."
Although the "friend" that Esther was referring to was the "sun" with whom she had communicated several times at the tarot meeting, these words fell on Colin's ears, and he couldn't help but think that the lady with the crow in front of her, what does she have to do with the "fool"?
The lantern mushrooms that Daerik brought into Silver City were also from the hidden being, or at least the new varieties that could only be brought here by praying to him, and there were not many creatures that could survive in Silver City for a long time without causing mutations, which made that kind of mushroom extremely precious.
And before, she, or he, had used the power of those mushrooms to solve the disaster......
The crow glanced indifferently at the chief of Silver City, clenched her claws and pulled at Esther's hair, causing her to poke her belly feathers impatiently, "What's wrong?" ”
"Shouldn't we have left early?"
The raven's words reminded Colin and brought him back to reality from his thoughts: "Please wait a moment, I have someone with you." ”
"I'd love to, so I'll wait for you here?"
Esther didn't say no to Colin, and although he said "accompaniment", what she really wanted was to leave a watchman behind and see what an outsider was going to do.
She knew that if there was no such candidate, the other party would not be at ease with her walking around the Silver City, but Colin agreed to her request so easily, which also made Esther a little puzzled, according to the "Sun", there are still many residents in the Silver City.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Colin was still in a weak state, he would never have given this task to others, but if there were any unpleasant "accidents", with his unstable spirituality, I am afraid it would be difficult to delay the other party in time and pass the news on.
The rest of the inhabitants are still taking refuge in the underground area of the Round Tower, and until the sudden appearance of the lady leaves, Colin does not intend to lift the warning previously issued, and until then he will let everyone stay underground in case anything happens.
As for the person who would "accompany" the other party on his visit to the Silver City, Colin Iliad made a quick decision.
Colin nodded at Esther, and exited the top of the tower through the trapdoor.
Esther chuckled when she heard the crow overhead, "What do you think?" ”
"This town is populated by people who are related to Fort Source."
Esther was stunned for a moment, then laughed again: "Really? ”
"You're not worried?"
"If you had a way, something would have happened to him a long time ago."
The crow smacked her lips in displeasure and tugged at Esther's hair twice.
Esther rubbed the place where the bird's claws had been scraped, "Why do I think you're sulking?" ”
"You're thinking too much."