Chapter 60: Half-Scale Harbor
The brisk pace of the horses pulling the cart sounded very loud in the night, and the silence in the carriage was very distinct. Everyone was shocked by what they heard and didn't know what to say.
Zoya subconsciously curled her hair, and her teeth gently bit her plump lips, obviously at a loss for what was going on in front of her. After a while, she said in annoyance, "If it weren't for the fact that your current body can't touch the spirit pelican, we can find Kantu sooner." β
Dearlando shook his head and replied to her: "Fifteen miles is a small problem, but how to cross the thousands of miles between Hovland and White Mody is a big problem. Even a skyship ride would take at least two days, and even if we found the Needle of Memories at White Moody, we wouldn't necessarily find the Forgotten Island right away. Even if you find the Forgotten Island, you won't have time to complete the Ritual ......"
Zoya stretched out her hand to reassure him, but immediately thought of the terrible curse and had to retract her hand again.
At this time, the queen's doppelganger suddenly appeared in the crowded carriage, and the little kingfisher flew around in the carriage, and found that there was no target that he was willing to fall on, so he had to hover in the air and finish what he wanted to say: "I have contacted the elven queen, she will bring the twelve elders to come and exorcise the curse for you, plus my strength, even if I can't completely solve your problem, but it is still possible to find a way for you to ride the spirit pelican." β
Diarrando raised his head and looked at the little kingfisher from the shadow of the hood: "Thank you......" He couldn't say anything more at the moment except gratitude.
"You're welcome. Now is our common trouble. To help you is to help all of us, no, all living beings. I'm still waiting for you to come back and marry my precious daughter, and you must not give up struggling...... Oh, it's hope......" Queen Alan deliberately said something quip, but Deirrando could hear the uneasiness in her heart through the sound of the birds.
β...... Auntie, can you tell us something about a more encouraging future? Dearlando struggled to make his voice sound cheerful, then raised his hands and rubbed them vigorously on his face. He could feel Queen Allen's heart for him, and she wanted to cheer him up. Indeed, now everything is so bad. But not until the end. Never give up...... No, it should be said that not giving up in the end is your own style.
He finally patted his face vigorously, and then looked at the people in the carriage: "I'm going to take a break on the road, and call me when it's time." The people in the carriage all subconsciously opened their mouths wide. I didn't expect him to say such a thing.
"What for...... What is there to be surprised. I'm here to recharge my batteries. "Dearlando thinks he doesn't have much else to offer. It is the two points of thick nerves and vigorous vitality that are worthy of pride. Every time he gets along, he will take the simplest and roughest responses, and he will always adjust himself to the best possible state to meet the challenge.
"I didn't ...... It's nothing. You have a good rest, we will call you. Zoya smiled with relief, took off the thin blanket from her body, and handed it to him. Dearlando wiped the blanket with her fingers, then smiled, pulled the blanket over her head and fell asleep against the wall of the carriage.
Seeing that he slept well, Fayle was a little envious in his heart. If you want to change yourself, in the current state, you will definitely not be able to sleep. So he took advantage of this time to ask Zoya about the elf he was looking for.
"Who's Cantu?"
Zoya looked at the people in the carriage, and now there is a lot of information that must be said openly, although she was still with Dan a moment ago. But in the end, maybe any manpower is the key to the final victory, so she didn't shy away from it and introduced it directly.
"Kantu is a famous elven artist in our country, he is an architect and a gardener. He always likes to say that he is a sculptor of the earth, and he always has some unique ideas and creations. Hundreds of years ago, because he lost a bet, he did not want to return to our hometown of the Three Wings Peak in the Diecui Mountains and Forests, but wandered around. β
When Zoya mentioned Cantu, the Dreadhorn King's eyes lit up, and he muttered something in a low voice. Fayle immediately turned to the captive who was controlled by his own soul magic, "Do you know Kantu?"
A slight smile actually appeared on the face of the Dreadhorn King, but his voice was still wooden: "Friend, Cantu, the best elf." β
"......" Fayle and Zoya's faces were a little bad, if the Dreadthorn King was a friend of Cantu, and Cantu really regarded the Dreadhorn King as a good friend, then the question later would probably not be so easy.
"Does Cantu know the Needle of Memory?" Fayle asked, holding the Dreadhorn King's only remaining arm in one hand, tightening his grip.
"I just gave him so many benefits just because of the clichΓ©, but he was so strict and never told me the most important thing. A little cunning look appeared on the face of the Dreadhorn King, the Feather Human Clan's resistance to the gods of soul dementorship is relatively high, and even if Il increases his control to the maximum, he can't completely suppress his own emotions.
Fayer changed his perspective and asked, "Did he tell you anything?"
β...... The Needle of Memories was the third needle that could not be seen, as he once said when he was drunk. The Dreadhorn King looked more struggling before answering, and it seemed that this was another very important secret to him. In order not to break his charged state, the mage stopped asking questions and gave his captives a moment to relax. lest his spirit be in constant tension and escape from his grasp.
Dan cowered in the corner opposite Dirrando, his hand resting on the sword belt at his waist, ready to pull out the sharp dagger whenever he wanted. But he had just discovered a peculiar phenomenon, that is, the dagger would sometimes suddenly be small, and then it would continue to appear after a while. He didn't understand that this phenomenon was actually related to Dearrando using the dagger in the Dragon Realm, but his instincts told him that the dagger he had just grabbed in the chaos must have had a very, very important other purpose.
The fifteen-mile road is not long, but it is not short. The horse arranged by the Governor was the fastest, so after almost an hour of running, the half-scaled harbor gradually appeared in front of the passengers in the carriage under the sky that was gradually beginning to turn blue.
As mentioned before, this area is known as the Mermaid Sea because it is home to the largest mermaid kingdom in the world. Halfscale Harbor is a unique city with buildings both above and below the water, and the mermaids who spread throughout this sea regularly cruise between Halfscale Harbor and five other important mermaid cities with ocean currents.
The treasure from the bottom of the sea allowed the merchants to see abundant profits, and the mermaids here were more open. A group of merfolk who have been dealing with humans and other races for a long time have even extended their cities from the bottom of the sea to the surface. There are a lot of strange buildings that intercept people in the upper part and mermaids in the lower half.
Looking out of the window, conch-like silhouettes of buildings stand on the shore and on the hook-shaped peninsula jutting out to the sea. The sound of the sea crashing against the shore here is so soft, with a unique charm, as if there are countless singers singing softly.
The projection, which had disappeared for a while, suddenly reappeared, and she cried out loudly in Deirlando's ear: "Wake up, you little lazy worm, the sun is on your ass, it's here!"
Startled by the magical shrill birdsong, Diarrando jerked up from his seat, slamming the ceiling of the carriage with a thud. By the time he pulled his head out of the wood, he was completely awake.
He scratched at his tousled hair twice, then brought the fallen hood back with him. In an instant, Fayl saw that the black vines on his face were already more serious than he had seen before.
"Auntie...... You're so noisy!, where's the target?" Diarlando protested discontentedly, then stuck his head out of the window and looked out at the misty harbor, where the sky was getting white. By the time the carriage drove into the city at the foot of the mountain, it was estimated that dawn was coming. (To be continued......)
PS: First update~