Chapter 25: Bait

Tata lowered his oars and after navigating the steeper currents ahead, the rest of the journey was completely hands-on, as the river would take the boat to its destination. The creek is covered by lush greenery, hanging ferns and various vines on both banks, and the serpentine roots of the motley. It's hard to see it in a wooded valley unless you walk in front of it.

The easily captured human cub was hit by his own sweet montee, and he was sleeping sweetly. Although it smelled almost identical to the big target, Tata was still unsure of his relationship with the other. The owner said that this one was of great value, but Tata had not yet discovered it. But so what? The master is responsible for thinking, he is responsible for doing things, and everything is in order, as it should be.

The boat passed through a low cave, and Tata had to lie on the hull because the entrance was too low. However, after this section of the road, the front is open, and the stream that flows out of the cave begins to widen, forming a small lake. The half-moon-shaped surface of the lake embraces the secret place in the cave at the bottom of the sinkhole.

There are more than a dozen wooden houses built among the towering ancient trees, most of which are enclosed in a one-person-high wooden fence, which looks like a small village. These houses blend perfectly with nature, and look round and simple, as if they are not human architectural styles. The distance between here and the top of the sinkhole is more than 300 feet, and the surrounding cliffs are full of large and small caves. Tata knew that behind the caves there were cobweb-like passages filled with his own kind.

It was already dark early in the mountains, and by the time Tata returned to the dock with his prey, it was already a little dark. So now there is no natural light in the entire sinkhole, only the buildings are lit up. Tata itself does not need any light. The Zerg's shili can distinguish the outline of the target in any light.

Seeing that it was about to reach the shore, Tata began to switch to the second type of skin. Her height became a little shorter, her body became a little rounder, her smooth and beautiful goose egg face became a fleshy round face, dense freckles sprinkled with cream-colored skin, and her blonde hair darkened into a faint brown curl. A moment later, a young and pleasing little maid appeared where the Thousand Worms had been standing.

On the dock on the shore, a man dressed as a silent gardener stood, who placed a lantern on the ground. He reached out and took the cable thrown by Tata and tethered the boat to the pillar. Tata stooped down and picked up Dino and easily tucked him under his ribs, following the gardener in the direction of the lights ahead.

The destination of their trip was a small two-story building with so low doors and windows that the gardener leading the way had to bend down to get through the door. When he got here, he didn't go any further, but hung the lantern on the wall next to him, closed the door, sat down on the stool at the door, and quietly wiped the various weapons that were piled up on the table.

Unlike what you see from the outside, the inside of the small building is spacious. In fact, the surface part is just a cover, and a wide flight of steps is the entrance to Tata's destination. The underground passages here are spacious and comfortable, and are covered with various lichens and mosses due to their age.

After passing through this passage, you will be greeted by a hall. The hall was more than thirty feet high, sweeping away the depression just now. This is an ancient dwarven ruin, and the new owner of the dove occupies the magpie's nest on a throne in the dwarven parlor. Looking at the various images of myself from the magic mirror.

"Master, I've brought back that human cub. Do you need me to remove the sweet montine from him now?" Tata knelt down at Fekkelen's feet, holding his prey flat. Easy to check by the host.

"Don't worry, I'm going to do some research first, according to what I've heard so far, this child is the illegitimate son of Dearlando. But judging by his reaction to seeing your new skin, I don't think so. Faelen stood up and walked slowly down the steps, sliding his hand softly over the sleeping boy's face.

A long, black, lanky creature crawled silently out of his sleeve, then followed its fingers to Dino's face, and after a long walk, its sleek head suddenly cracked through a triangular opening, and needle-like mouthparts quickly pierced Dino's earlobe. Red blood flowed through the translucent pink walls of the mouthparts into the creature's body.

After sucking up the blood and becoming almost twice as thick, the thing withdrew its sharp mouth. Dino's earlobes were pale, and there were no other traces left.

"Send him to Elena, and say you picked it up on the way. When the time comes, withdraw Sweet Mengting and see how they react. Faelen let go of the hand that grabbed Dino's face and caressed his well-fed little pet, fresh blood filling its body, making it look black and red, and shiny.

Blood is the source of life, and with blood, many, many things can be done. The Blood Elf smiled and walked back to his throne, waving for Tata to step down.

Returning the way he came, the gardener silently opened the door for the tower, then handed it the lantern and closed it himself, faithfully fulfilling his duties as a caretaker.

Tata adjusted the expression on his face, revealing an innocent look, and then changed Dino to a posture of clasping his hands, reluctantly hooked the lantern with his little fingers, and staggered in the direction of the dense residence.

Elena Barker found tonight particularly uneasy, having moved to this strange new home for more than a week. Although the environment was very comfortable, and the king's envoy said that it was only a temporary expediency, she was still very unaccustomed to living there.

The past few weeks have been like a dream, and I have lived peacefully with my husband in Songda City. However, the mysterious person who suddenly visits tells himself that his identity and memories are fake, and that he has been tampered with to protect himself. In the case of almost being hijacked, she and her husband were taken to this mysterious cave. The king's secret envoy unlocked the memory lock of his husband and wife, it turned out that he and his family had lived in a lie for more than ten years, and the ultimate purpose was to protect the child he had raised for many years as his own son when he was rescued from the lake.

The recovered memory seems to be just yesterday, and the more than ten years that have been spent have become blurry and unreal. Although it was only eight o'clock in the evening, Wood had already gone to bed early, and his body had always been particularly tired in recent years.

Elena was bored and planned to knit a piece of lace to sew a new summer dress, but she was always in a daze with the crochet in her hand.

The door was slammed, and it was very heavy and urgent, and Elena answered, put down the crochet and silk thread in her hand and got up to open the door.

Lulu stood outside the door sweating profusely, holding a small child in her hand, and the rickety lantern hung on her fingers, she used it to bang on the door just now, no wonder her voice was so rude.

The little sixteen-year-old maid couldn't speak—not surprisingly, for all the people in this secret manor couldn't speak. As early as the first day, when she found out that neither of them had tongues, she was too afraid to ask any more questions.

Quickly opening the door to let Lulu close, Elena then took the lantern, and then led the little maid to the chaise longue by the window and asked her to put the baby in her hand.

With a "pop", the lantern fell to the ground, the windshield of the glass was smashed, and the lamp oil inside spilled out, causing a small fire.

But Elena stared blankly at the child in the chair, completely ignoring the lantern that she let go, and finally she cried out in surprise: "Oh my God, my Dino!"

Lulu panicked and picked up the rag next to her, and beat the fire on the ground hard, and finally snuffed out the small fire in the cradle after a while. Elena covered her mouth with both hands and was in a daze for a few minutes before she trembled and stretched out her hand and carefully stroked the soft hair of the sleeping child.

She remembered very well that this should be what Diarrando looked like when he was ten years old, and the memories that had just been awakened appeared very vividly in her mind. That year, his children had already begun to grow taller, and their rapidly stretched limbs were as tall and slender as small tree trunks. Because of the accident of harassing him as a girl by the nephew of the Lejo family, he no longer wants to keep shoulder-length hair. The short blonde hair was always on the top of the head, trembling slightly in the wind like the fluff of some small animal.

"Who is he, where did you get that?" Elena asked subconsciously after forgetting that Lulu couldn't speak.

Lulu was holding the rag she had just put out the fire, and she was wiping the sweat from her forehead with her free hands. Listening to the hostess's question, a confused expression appeared on her innocent face.

Elena remembered that the other party couldn't tell her, so she changed the way she asked: "Where did you find him, and who brought him here?"

This time the little maid showed a clear expression, she walked to the door and pointed to the boat on the small pier, then made a rowing motion, and then gestured herself to walk over, find the person, and then carry it back.

"You mean, he was lying on the boat, and then you found out, so you brought the man here?" Elena guessed what Lulu meant, and after a few days of getting along, she was able to communicate with the poor child in a simple way.

Lulu immediately nodded violently, indicating that this was it.

"Oh, that's weird. Lulu, can you wake up Wood? He's just fallen asleep, and he shouldn't have slept very deeply. I'm going to stay here and take care of him......" Elena's eyes were obsessively fixed on the face of a child who was very similar to her own son, and she didn't want to walk away from him for a second. He has lost more than ten years of time with his beloved son, and now no one wants to separate him from himself. (To be continued......)

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