After a day, everyone gathered in front of the small grave again.
"Will it work? Will the child turn into an elf? "
"I don't know."
Ciri shook her head and knelt in front of the grave.
"But we'll find out soon."
Ciri looked at the grave and whispered, "I summon you with the power of blood.
"I summon you by the power of my blood. I beseech you by your name. Hear my call and rise, Yatiya! "
Along with Ciri's call, a faint light appeared. Then, a small, glowing figure flew out of the grave and appeared in front of everyone.
"Great, it's a success …?"
Looking at the elf before them, Riz and Miao Jie revealed joyful expressions. However, when they took a closer look at the glowing body before them, their joyful expressions instantly stiffened.
"This is … a success?"
"Didn't it fail?"
It was no wonder the two young ladies showed such expressions. The thing that appeared before them looked almost exactly the same as the zombie infant they saw yesterday. Aside from the translucent, glowing body that was originally wrapped in flesh and purplish-red muscles, whether it was the sharp tongue in the mouth, the sharp teeth, or the ET-like eyes, everything was exactly the same as before!
Is this an elf? It's an evil spirit, right?!
"I thought it would be cuter after being purified …" Riz was dumbfounded.
Liz was dumbfounded. She didn't know what to say. In her opinion, the original baby definitely wouldn't look so ugly. Since it was purified into an elf, it was very likely that it would become a small, very cute baby.
But … Looking at the domestic elf before her, Riz felt like her worldview was being reshaped.
"Take me to the person connected to you by blood."
However, Ciri wasn't as dumbfounded as the two young ladies. She shouted again. Upon hearing her shout, the elf turned around and flew into the distance.
"Quick, let's follow it!"
After calming themselves down, Fangzheng and company followed Ciri as she chased after the little pixie. They left the crow's nest and chased her all the way to a small path beside a nearby forest. Here, the little pixie stopped. At that moment, everyone saw the scene before them clearly.
A dead horse with its head torn off lay in the middle of the road. It was obviously attacked by some terrifying monster.
"What's going on? Could it be that some monster attacked them and ate them? "
"Don't worry, we'll know what's going on once we take a look."
Fangzheng waved his hand, looked around, and snapped his fingers.
Very quickly, the scenery around them began to change, quickly turning into something else. Seeing the changes in front of him, Ciri was shocked.
"What's going on? Where are we? "
"This is Mr. Fangzheng's ability. He can twist time, and things that have happened in the past appear before us again."
Miao Jie giggled as she explained. Hearing her explanation, Ciri couldn't help but sigh.
"I didn't expect Mr. Fangzheng to have such an ability …"
But she didn't sigh for too long, because at that moment, accompanied by the sound of horse hooves, three shadows appeared in the distance and galloped towards the three of them. There were three horses. On the left was a man dressed like a commoner, in the middle was the baron's daughter, and on the right was her mother. The three of them were riding three horses, galloping along the path at high speed.
"There really is a spy. I was wondering how those two women could run so far away."
"I know that person."
Ciri looked at the man in front of her with a serious expression.
"He seems to be a blacksmith who works here at the crow's nest … I didn't expect him to be so bold as to run away with the baron's wife and child.
"I just hope this isn't another elopement. Otherwise, Mr. Baron will have to wear more than one cuckold."
Fangzheng casually commented. Hearing his words, Ciri helplessly glared at him. She opened her mouth but didn't say anything. After all, this lady also had a history of cheating. No one could tell if she had found a new lover behind the baron's back … If that was the case, the baron would probably die of anger.
At the same time, the three of them galloped over. Suddenly, the baron's wife screamed and curled up. When the other two saw this scene, they were shocked. They quickly stopped their horses and came to her side. At this moment, everyone saw that in the palm of the Baron's wife, there was a strange symbol shining with a strange light.
"That's … a mark?"
Staring at the mark in the center of the woman's palm, Ciri was startled. But at this moment, there was a sudden roar from not far behind her. Then, a huge monster with bull horns suddenly pounced out of the forest, pouncing towards the group.
The sudden appearance of the monster gave Ciri a fright. She hurriedly drew her sword and slashed at the monster. But unexpectedly, her sword went straight through the monster's body without causing any damage! Just as Ciri was about to retreat in fear, Fangzheng grabbed her.
"Don't move. That's an illusion. What we saw was something that happened in the past. You can't save her even if you want to."
"Yes, I see …"
Hearing this, Ciri breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, the illusion was so realistic that she forgot about it just now and thought that she had really met the monster.
At that moment, the monster stepped forward and grabbed the horse the baroness was riding. It tore off the horse's head with one hand, then grabbed the baroness with the other, turned around, and went back into the forest. On the other side, the other two were also scared out of their wits. When the girl came back to her senses, she wanted to rush into the forest to find her mother, but she was held back by the man next to her. The two chatted for a while. The girl seemed to be convinced by the man and continued to follow him forward.
At that point, the illusion ended.
"What do we do now?"
Fangzheng spread his hands and looked at the forest and the path. Obviously, the baron's wife had been taken away by the monster, and it was unknown whether she was dead or alive. On the other side, the baron's daughter had been taken away by the blacksmith. He didn't know what happened to her.
"If it was a normal monster, I think the lady would have been dead long ago."
Ciri also frowned.
"But the pattern that flashed in the Baroness' hand just now gave me a bad feeling. The monster only came out to target the Baroness, not the other two. It's obvious that it's not just looking for food, so I suspect that …"
Ciri glared fiercely at the forest before him.
"It's very likely related to the three old witches in the swamp!"
"Old witches?"
"That's right, Mr. Fangzheng. You don't know that I have a grudge against those three old witches!!"
Having said that, Ciri indignantly recounted her experience to Fang Zheng.
It turned out that when Ciri was escaping from the Wild Hunters, she was teleported to this swamp area. She fainted due to her injuries and exhaustion. She was then found by the three old witches who lived in the swamp, and they brought her back.
Unfortunately, the three old witches were not the witches who helped Cinderella in fairy tales. They knew that Ciri was being chased by the Wild Hunters, but because they fancied the ancient blood in her, the three old witches actually said that they wanted to cut off one of her legs to make soup!
Fortunately, Ciri woke up at that time. When she heard this, she hurriedly found a chance to escape. It took her a lot of effort to leave the swamp forest, and then she met the Bloody Baron …
Ciri gritted her teeth when she thought about it. If she hadn't woken up in time, those old witches would have cut off her leg to make soup!
How could she tolerate that?!
"How about this? Miao Jie, you and Liz follow the path and see if you can find the lady. Ciri, you go back to the crow's nest and tell the Baron about the situation. Let's see what he's going to do."
"Huh? Aren't we going to save her now? "
"It won't take too long. Besides, she's his wife, not mine. It's up to him."
"What about you, Mr. Fangzheng?"
"Me …."
Hearing Ciri's question, Fangzheng stroked his chin.
"I'll make some supper here. I'll wait for you guys to come back."
After hearing what Ciri said, he was a little hungry. Let's make some pig's trotters soup.
Ciri rolled her eyes helplessly when she heard Fangzheng's answer. She turned around, mounted her horse, and left. She had been with Fangzheng for a long time, so she knew that this man was usually not serious. If Geralt was always serious, then Fangzheng gave people the impression that he was always joking around. Although he wasn't frivolous, he wasn't serious either. It felt like he was playing a game. Usually, he liked to play tricks on girls. This was one of the reasons why Ciri always thought that Fangzheng wasn't very capable. After all, in Ciri's opinion, none of the strong people were like Fangzheng.
Miao Jie and Liz also rode along the path. Fangzheng wasn't worried that something would happen to them. These two girls were quite capable, and Miao Jie was quick-witted and quick-witted. Finding someone shouldn't be a problem.
So, Fangzheng found a place, stewed a pot of pig's trotters soup, and began to enjoy it. Although the sky was cloudy that night, there was no rain, and there were no wild beasts around. Sitting on the hillside and drinking pig's trotters soup was quite a treat. Fangzheng ate and drank while nibbling on the pig's trotters. After a while, Ciri came back on horseback, followed by the Bloody Baron and a dozen soldiers.
"Mr. Fangzheng."
Ciri hurriedly dismounted when she saw Fangzheng. She walked to Fangzheng and whispered to him.
"I told the Baron about what happened here, and he said that he must come to find his wife in person."
"Oh, that's not bad."
"Is that okay? Those old witches are very powerful. Although the legends only say that they use evil magic to harm people, if we underestimate their danger because of that …. What's this smell? It smells so good. "
Midway, Ciri's nose twitched as she looked around curiously. As for Fangzheng, he chuckled.
"Pig's trotters soup. Do you want a bowl?"
"Pig's trotters soup?"
"That's right. It's made from pig's trotters. It's very nutritious."
"…."
Hearing Fangzheng's answer, Ciri stared at him speechlessly.
"Mr. Fangzheng, you did that on purpose, didn't you?"
"No, it's just that when you mentioned it just now, I suddenly felt a little hungry …."
"You did it on purpose!!!"
Just when Ciri was about to explode in anger, the sound of horse hooves could be heard from the other side. Miao Jie and Liz had also returned. But their expressions did not look too good.
"Mr. Fangzheng, we found the blacksmith. He said that he couldn't stop the lady. She rushed into the forest to find her mother!"
"…."
One or both of them were reckless and could be.
Fangzheng helplessly threw away the pig's trotters in his hand and clapped his hands.
"Then let's get ready."
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