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Chapter 2977 "Picnic" and Conflict
Chapter 2977 "Picnic" and Conflict
Too much time had passed. If one could really rely on the eyes to find clues from more than 30 years ago, the child would have been found long ago. And relying on the perception of the ring wizard, Shade and Miss Orlanod could not find anything except a large tree that inexplicably contained vitality even in spring.
"Recently, many large trees have revived in the woods. Some trees have grown to several hundred meters in height. This tree will probably become like that tonight or tomorrow night."
But this had nothing to do with the purpose of their trip, Shade judged.
It was still early, and since Luvia asked Shad to stay here until three o'clock, Shad had no intention of leaving the area.
He touched the cat on his shoulder, and after confirming that the cat was in good health and was not affected by the sub-zero temperature, he said to the witch beside him:
"Let's just keep waiting here. I guess something will happen soon."
Miss Orlanod set up detection means in various places they had just passed, and Shade threw out a small piece of gold, and the camp appeared in the snow.
The moon's magic perfectly concealed the camp, and the two sat down on the cushions in front of the campfire. Then Shade found an emerald, and a few moments later, a steaming afternoon tea was served.
Mia probably felt that it was right to follow Shade out this time. After Miss Orlanod picked up the muffin, she smiled and said to Shade:
“I didn’t expect that I could still taste the familiar craftsmanship when I came here.”
"I've always been curious, how did Fiona and the others do it?"
"Shad, there are some things you can't ask, like the girls' ages."
She said with a smile, and handed the muffin to Xia De. After Xia De took a bite, she took the muffin back and took a bite herself:
"I came here because of the Time War, and I don't know how long I can stay here. It's incredible when I think about it. Yesterday at this time, I was standing in the garden behind the astrology tower of the academy and saying goodbye to my teacher, but now I'm drinking afternoon tea with you in the snow."
She whispered:
"The teacher will also envy me."
Xia De, who was feeding the cat, asked:
"If I could find a way to keep you a little longer, would you stay?"
"Of course I do."
The gentle lady with yellow hair said, and then asked:
"What can you do?"
"No way for now, but if I can really resolve the matter of Vista Forest successfully, I mean resolve it satisfactorily, I should be able to make a request to the Tree Father."
He himself was not sure, but he would definitely do it if he had the chance.
"The old gods favor you, Shade."
"Yes, sometimes I don't understand why I have this preference myself."
The "she" beside her ear chuckled, because Bryony Olanord had tilted her head slightly and rested it on Shade's shoulder. Both of them held porcelain tea cups and watched the sun hanging obliquely above the silver-white forest.
"Xia De~"
"I'm here."
The teacup was thrown onto the snow, and the brown tea stained the silvery white frost yellow. A gentle red lip imprint followed, followed by a warm hug and the cat's unhappy cry because it was almost hit by the teacup in Shade's hand.
She hugged him, hugged him whom she had missed for many years but could not touch. The yellow moon admired the silver moon, and admired that man even more. No matter how many words she said, she could not express her longing for him when looking at the moon, and no matter how many questions she asked, she could not ask enough questions to satisfy her desire for him.
The white snow is the proof, the blood on the bitten lip is the witness. Every breath she takes expresses the passion at the moment, and every touch she makes shows the peace she seeks in her heart.
The yellow moon was deeply imprinted in the stranger's heart. Her eyes were always looking at him. They were a pair of beautiful and gentle eyes. He saw the moon in those eyes, and he saw himself in those eyes.
If this wasn't the snow in the forest, Shade actually doubted what Miss Orlanod would do at this moment. The passionate kiss lasted for a long, long time, and then Shade felt as if the person he was hugging had suddenly become Leicia - this was definitely not a derogatory description.
In the summer, Miss Feliana and Fiona came together. The passionate dragon maid had the courage to sneak into Shad's room at night to let him know the softness of her tail. As Fiona Drago's teacher, Brianna Orlanod would certainly not lose to her student.
To be honest, such a gentle and intellectual lady suddenly became Leicia. This is of course a compliment.
Fortunately, although Shad failed to pass the test of "temperance" in the fairy tale, at least he still remembered what he was doing. Therefore, he controlled himself a little and did not do anything particularly indecent.
【Yeah? 】
"I meant 'particularly' indecent."
Shade emphasized, gently stroking Miss Orlanod's hair:
"Besides, didn't we agree not to do this at this time?"
As for Mia, Shade used his Rhodes deck to build a temporary cat bed for her with the opening facing the bonfire, and placed a small cake in front of the opening so that the cat could eat it. Now the cat should be sleeping soundly facing the fire, and facing this scene, Shade also had the same feeling as Miss Orlanod just now:
"Almost 24 hours ago, I was still struggling to hold on in front of the Doomsday Rift. I didn't expect it to turn out like this a day later."
At 2:30 in the afternoon, the cat, which had been lying quietly in front of the fire, suddenly stood up, knocking the Rhodes cards above its head off.
The cat stood up quickly from the pile of cards and looked around, so Miss Orlanod, who was leaning against Shad's chest by the fire with her fingers crossed with his, also indicated that something seemed to be happening around Shad.
Although it's hard to compare it directly with the cat, the two of them, as a ring wizard and a witch, have very strong perceptions. They calmly sense the surrounding environment and the sound of the wind seems to be a little strange.
They stood up together, and Shade did not forget to control the cards to carry the cat into his pocket:
"Strange, why is it a miracle element?"
"It wouldn't be surprising if it was a miracle element."
The witch, the blush on her cheeks fading, pointed in the direction of the temple:
"Maybe something happened over there. Could the disappearance of the child be related to that temple? But the God of Hunters should be a good god."
The miraculous elements were not strong, but considering that the camp was far away from the temple ruins, something extraordinary was indeed happening there.
The changes in light and shadow could not be seen from a distance for the time being, but when Shad approached with the cat and Miss Orlanod, they unexpectedly discovered that the situation did not seem to be the same as they had imagined.
The remaining parts of the temple ruins were the bricks and stones on the ground covered with snow, two walls, four or five columns of varying lengths, and a small stone platform whose function was unknown. But these things did not show any abnormality. Instead, three men with longbows were confronting the academy's ring sorcerers in the ruins of the temple.
The rippling miracle elements came from the longbows they held. Those longbows were not originally particularly powerful divine items, but within the scope of the ruins of the temple, they showed traces of elements far beyond normal levels.
The three men holding longbows were of course also ring sorcerers. At this moment, the life rings appeared behind them. They were two fifth-ring sorcerers and one sixth-ring sorcerer. Although they were all middle-ring sorcerers, they were not particularly difficult for this team led by an eleventh-ring professor.
The team of Zala's Academy of Literature consists of eight people, and no one has shown their life ring yet, probably because they don't want the situation to escalate further.
"Those three people are believers of the old gods?"
Xia De, who was hiding in the woods using illusion, was a little confused.
Although the two sides seemed to be on the verge of a fight, they were still communicating, and the two people who had not appeared yet also understood the general situation.
The three people in the ruins were indeed believers of the long-gone old god "God of Hunters". They did not even come from afar because of the Vesta Forest, but lived in this forest.
Although the temple ruins have been dilapidated to their current state, the three believers still retain the habit of coming here to pray regularly. When the three came here again this afternoon, they found that a strange ring sorcerer seemed to want to explore this place, so this conflict occurred.
It was really a coincidence, but fortunately the ring wizards of the Zala School of Literature were very reasonable. Although the ring wizards of the school were very strong, they did not force the three people to leave. After asking about the cause and effect, the leader, Professor Hermann Hope, apologized on behalf of the team and promised not to approach the ruins again:
"You may have heard about the big things happening in Vista Forest. It is not easy for the old god faith to be passed down to this day. Are you willing to cooperate with us? We can help you repair this building."
"We'll think about it later."
The sixth ring warlock among the three bow-wielding people said, he was dressed in hunter's clothes, but not the hunting clothes of nobles who went out to hunt in the wild, but the clothes of hunters who were active in the forest for a long time. On a snowy winter day, the three of them were wearing light-colored clothes and white headscarves on their heads:
"We just overreacted. Since you are a professor at the Zaras Academy of Literature, we can trust your words."
He signaled his two companions to put down their longbows:
"According to our tradition, if you are willing to share our prey with us, we can become friends afterwards, and we will also consider the restoration of this temple."
As he spoke, he kicked the wild boar lying at his feet. Shad had thought that this was the sacrifice they had originally planned to offer in the temple.
Professor Hermann Hoppe nodded in agreement.
"Do the followers of the God of Hunting really have such a tradition?"
Xia De used telepathy to ask the lady next to him. The yellow-haired witch was watching what was happening in the ruins with great interest:
"I don't remember such a tradition in our time. Let's wait a little longer. I have a feeling that something very interesting will happen next."