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"Mentor!" Seeing Cara fall, the witches panicked and surrounded her.
"Idiot! Cough … "She covered her wound, only feeling that her lower body had completely lost feeling," Quickly, quickly go kill that traitor for me! "
At this time, Nightingale had already taken Vendy and escaped into the fog.
Back at the fork, she saw that Vendy's forearm had already fallen into a coma, the venom was gradually spreading, she could not hesitate any longer. She gritted her teeth, rolled up Cara's sleeves, tied the upper edge of her arm with a cloth, and then took out a hiltless dagger from the sole of her shoe, and forcefully stabbed down.
After a quarter of an hour, she cut off Vendy's entire arm, took off her robe and carefully wrapped it, then took out two straps and tied it tightly behind her back. As long as she could return to Border Town alive, Nana would be able to make this broken arm as good as new.
But … could she really go back alive?
It took her three days to come here alone, and carrying someone on her back would only be slower. If she walked too fast and accidentally slipped down the trail, she was not sure that she could climb back up.
Vendy's arm was still oozing blood, she would not be able to hold on for another three or four days, but Nightingale had no choice, she could not leave Vendy alone – Vendy was injured because of her.
"Do you need help?"
Hearing the sudden question, Nightingale almost at the same time released her fog and took a defensive posture.
But there was no one in front of her.
"Don't be nervous, I don't want to fight with you."
Nightingale looked up and found that the other side was floating in the air, "Who are you?"
"My name is Lightning, I just joined the Witch Cooperation Association not long ago, and I run around every day, it's normal that you don't know me." She pretended to be relaxed and smiled, "But I know you, the famous Nightingale, the assassin of The Shadow."
"Did Cara send you?"
"No, no, don't misunderstand," Lightning slowly landed on one foot, "I want to go with you."
Nightingale wondered if she had misheard. "What?"
"You said that we should have the freedom to choose our own lifestyle." She paused. "I choose to be with you. It's that simple."
"Why …?" Nightingale was completely disappointed with the Witch Cooperation Association, even Vendy couldn't fully believe in herself, but the girl in front of her – she was indeed a child, about fourteen or fifteen years old, similar to Nana. He had clean and neat short golden hair, and his face was in high spirits. His words were filled with confidence that did not match his age. She didn't wear the robe issued by the Witch Cooperation Association. Instead, she wore a set of close-fitting clothes and trousers, plus a leather jacket full of pockets and patches. Finally, she wore two thick leather belts that she didn't know where she got them from. At first glance, she looked like a man.
"Because of what you said, the black machine that puffs out white gas, the gray powder that turns into stone when touched by water, and the snow-white machine that can burst out thunderous sounds, I want to see them." She raised her head and said, "I'm determined to become an explorer, of course, I want to go to interesting places."
What kind of reason is this … Nightingale was stunned, it sounded completely out of tune, but her consciousness told her that the other side was not lying.
"I don't understand … since you want to be an adventurer, why did you join the Witch Cooperation Association?"
"Not an adventurer, an explorer!" Lightning emphasized, "I'm not the same as those people who are paid to do things. They say that I'm an adventurer, but in fact, I'm just a jackal who does all kinds of dirty work. But an explorer only does things out of interest! As for why I joined the Witch Cooperation Association … "She confidently said," Isn't looking for the Holy Mountain a great adventure? But Cara doesn't understand the spirit of adventure. She is completely addicted to the ancient book, and everything she finds on the road is related to the content recorded in the ancient book. What stone door rising from the ground, it's just two weathered stone pillars. If she keeps looking like this, she will never be able to find the real Holy Mountain. An explorer must honestly record everything he or she sees. Following the map is not what an explorer should do. This is what my father repeatedly emphasized! "
Although she wanted to ask who her father was, and how he could raise such a strange daughter, Nightingale knew that now was not the time to chat. Vendy's life was in danger, and since the other side didn't have any malicious intentions, it would be good to have another helper.
"Is your ability to fly?"
"Uh-huh," Lightning nodded, "Even if I drag you two, I can still move forward like the wind."
"Then I'll have to trouble you," Nightingale nimbly tied Vendy to her back, and then climbed onto Lightning's back, her hands wrapped around her chest.
"Uh … it's really heavy," Lightning bit her teeth and slowly rose up, "I think, probably, maybe, I can't move forward like the wind."
…
The two of them took turns to move forward, and when Lightning was exhausted, Nightingale would carry her through the fog. When her physical strength was restored, Nightingale would hang on her back and let her fly forward.
Only when both of them were exhausted and had to stop to rest, would Nightingale tentatively ask her some basic questions – such as her father, her family.
And Lightning said that her father was the world's greatest explorer, and his footprints were all over the ocean. He owned an ocean-going fleet, and the crew affectionately called him Thunder. Her mother died early when she was young, so she didn't have many memories. During a voyage in a storm and torrential rain, the ship hit a reef and capsized. She was washed away by the ocean current on an island, and lost contact with her father. On the island, Lightning used the knowledge and skills taught by her father to spend nearly two months, and in the winter she awakened as a witch.
Then she flew all the way west, across the strait to the south of Graycastle, and after several twists and turns, finally joined the Witch Cooperation Association. She felt that as long as she persisted in exploring, one day, she would be able to meet her father again in some strange place – if he was still alive.
Nightingale didn't get much useful information from these conversations, her ability could only be used to distinguish whether the other person was lying or not, but couldn't determine the truth of the content. In other words, as long as someone said that the sun was square, and believed it, her ability would also determine that it was true.
However, there was some information that could be inferred, such as that she must have been born in a wealthy family – a family that was still struggling with food and clothing was unlikely to have the leisure to explore, and having an ocean-going fleet was also consistent with this judgment. Therefore, a wealthy ocean-going merchant might be Thunder's true identity. And with Lightning's blonde hair, it didn't seem to be the blood of the Kingdom of the mainland, but more like the people of the Fjords across the sea.
During this time, Vendy woke up several times, and Nightingale spent a lot of effort to give her a few mouthfuls of water, and then she quickly fell into a coma. Feeling that the other's body temperature was getting lower and lower, Nightingale became more and more anxious.
With the two of them taking turns to run, they only took a day and a half to finish the trail that would have taken three days. At the entrance, the horse that they had received from the Prince was still tied in the same place, and the pile of straw in front of it was mostly eaten.
Nightingale carried Vendy on her back, turned over the horse, and led Lightning towards Border Town without stopping.
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