Joan was elated.
She was the first person other than Maggie who could understand her Mermaid Language.
Of course, Joan was not sure if Maggie could understand her. After all, Maggie's cooing was harder to understand and she could only guess a few words.
"But... what is the Guardian?"
She continued to ask, "Are you guarding this big pit?" Where am I? "
"It's not a pit. It's a bridge." The Guardian smiled.
"I've seen bridges before. They don't look like this." Joan cautiously walked to the edge of the pit and looked around. The wall was covered with thick mud and vines. She could not find a way down.
"Not everyone can cross this bridge. Only those with the key can go there," the Guardian explained. "You don't have the key, so you can't see it."
"So that's how it is." Joan suddenly understood. But why would the bridge builder do this? Wouldn't it be better to just let people go through the pit? Even if they didn't have the key, they could go around the side.
The Guardian smiled bitterly. "Indeed... But I have to do this. I have to wait for the person with the key to come and open the bridge for him."
Joan looked at her for a while and said.
You're not chained.
"What?"
If you're not chained, why don't you leave the island? Joan pointed to the other side of the mist. I saw a continent not far from there. It won't take long to swim there. Since you're not chained, I can take you with me.
The Guardian was a little surprised. Then she smiled and shook her head. "Let's not talk about this. You're injured. Did something attack you? "
Although Joan did not understand why the Guardian suddenly changed the topic, she still answered instinctively, "I was scratched by a monster in the sea."
"Lie down next to me. I have some medicine here. I can bandage your wounds." The Guardian waved at her.
For some reason, Joan felt that the Guardian was not a bad person even though it was their first time meeting.
Joan did as she was told. The Guardian took out a bottle of ointment from somewhere and applied it to her hands. Then she carefully applied it to Joan's wounds. A cool feeling immediately dispelled the pain and fatigue in his body, just like a cool breeze on a hot summer day.
"Ah..."
"Comfortable, right?" After applying the medicine, the Guardian tore the corner of her skirt into strips and tied them to the place where the medicine was applied. "By the way, where are you going next?"
Home, Jon murmured. I want to go back to my friends.
"Then you can't walk in the direction of the shadow. Although there's a continent there, it's not a place you should go. "
Do you know where Neverwinter is? She was overjoyed.
"Hmm … It should probably be on the opposite side of the shadow, but it's also very dangerous to travel by land. You'd better swim along the coast."
Really?
"I'm not lying. But you should rest for a while. I can feel that your body is almost overdrawn. "
Hearing this, Joan, who had been feeling pretty good, suddenly felt a wave of tiredness wash over her. It was as if all the fatigue she had accumulated over the past six months had exploded at this moment.
By his side, she indeed experienced a sense of relaxation that she hadn't felt for a long time.
Forget it, I'll just rest for a while.
She slowly closed her eyes.
The woman stroked Joan's hair and said softly, "I'm not chained, but chains aren't the only thing that can trap people. Sometimes, words can be stronger than chains. "
"I … don't really understand."
"It's okay if you don't understand, because even I don't understand."
The woman's voice seemed to come from far away. It was soft and peaceful, and Joan's consciousness began to blur.
Maybe I can ask for you … I'm a little stupid, but there are people who are very smart, such as Miss Anna and His Majesty …
"Really? Then I'll have to trouble you. "
"We'll meet again … right?"
"Yes, if there's a chance …"
Joan fell into a deep sleep.
When she woke up, she found that it was already dark outside.
"Oh no, how long did I sleep?" She suddenly sat up, but did not get an answer from Miss Watcher. Joan looked around in panic, but there was no one around her.
Not only that, but the stone tablets were also gone. Apart from the bottomless pit, there was only an empty grassland and a flat mountain, as if everything she had seen before was just an illusion.
"Was it all a dream?"
"No, that's not right." Joan soon found that there was still a strip of bandage on her body, but the cool feeling that had seeped into her skin had disappeared.
She hesitantly untied a strip of bandage and did not find any traces of the ointment on her scales, but the wound was completely healed.
While Joan was still in a daze, she suddenly heard a strange roar in the distance.
Only then did she notice that the mist surrounding the island had completely disappeared, and the black shadow in the distance was completely revealed.
It was indeed a tall mountain, but it was ridiculously tall. It could not even be described as towering over the sky.
Not only that, but its size was also astonishing. From a distance, the mountain was probably wider than all the islands in the Fjords combined. There was not a single tree on the mountain, and it was pitch-black as far as the eye could see, as if the mountain was dyed with ink. Apart from that, the mountain was covered with a layer of hazy red mist, and scarlet liquid spurted out from it from time to time!
Joan then saw where the roar came from.
At the foot of the mountain, countless monster ships swarmed toward the land like ants, piling up on the beach. They spat out venom one after another, causing the black ground to crumble layer by layer. Boulders tumbled into the sea, and the entire coast seemed to be boiling! Although these monsters were insignificant compared to the Black Mountain, it was this insignificant part that was nibbling away at the mountain bit by bit!
However, they were not completely unharmed.
In the area where the ships could not reach, tens of thousands of Sea Ghosts collided with another kind of monster. It took Joan a while to recognize that it was the demons that people often talked about!
The tide of Sea Ghosts, which was usually a headache for sailors, was as fragile as the waves splashing on the reefs. The Sea Ghosts were scattered in all directions, but the demons' defense line was not shaken at all. Even so, there was still an endless stream of Sea Ghosts passing by the monster ships and rushing toward the shore without any regard for their lives.
This crazy scene made Joan cover her mouth tightly.
[There's a continent over there, but it's not a place you should go. ]
[Your home is on the opposite side of the black shadow. ]
Suddenly, the woman's words rang in her mind.
Joan looked to the side. There seemed to be no sign of a continent on the opposite side of the Black Rock Mountain, only a vast sea. However, she only hesitated for a moment before she ran in that direction.
The scene of the two forces fighting and devouring each other made her feel extremely dangerous. Her wild instinct told her that she should leave as soon as possible. On the other hand, she had a feeling that the Guardian would not lie to her.
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