"The elder notified me to come find you."
Carde's pupils dilated slightly. He felt guilty and even couldn't help sweating.
The girl, whose hands were so shriveled that almost no muscles could be seen, did not notice this and just asked curiously, "What's wrong with you, Calder?"
"No, no, I'm fine..."
Calder said with a guilty conscience. He forced himself to remain calm, and then asked casually, "Let's go over there now. Did they say what they wanted me to do?"
"have no idea."
The thin girl shook her head. "Did you do something bad again? You look guilty..."
"I don't... "
After a pause, he couldn't help but ask, "Do I look guilty?"
“Somewhat.”
The thin girl looked suspicious and said, "Are you thinking of holding a prayer ceremony in private again?"
Basically everyone who knows Carde knows about him, and even those who don’t know him have heard about it to some extent.
After all, it is really a problem to light up the flag...
Unfortunately, it was never confirmed and was ultimately determined to be false.
Considering that every time I prayed in the past, I would end up with ominous and terrifying gazes...
So in the end they didn't plan to hold a large-scale prayer.
After all, the risks are simply too great.
But the girl knew that Carde had not given up and still wanted to wait for the light to appear.
"If you continue like this, uncle and aunt will probably beat you again, and then..."
The girl didn't finish her words, but suddenly noticed that Calder, who had seemed a little flustered just now, suddenly seemed like a different person.
She asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Calder."
"My parents disappeared in the 'Dark Zone'..." Calder said with red eyes and a choked voice.
The girl was startled, and at first she seemed unable to understand what this meant, but she soon came to her senses... .
"Oh! Yes, sorry, I didn't know..."
The girl stammered and said that the news was passed back not long ago and she really didn't know. She didn't expect that the uncle and aunt she had met some time ago would actually... .
Like everyone else in the territory, she knew what it meant to get lost in the "Dark Zone". After all, no one had ever returned alive.
"It's okay, it's not your fault."
Calder wiped his eyes and said in a firm tone, "But I believe they must still be alive!"
"Me, me too..." the girl followed.
There was a sudden silence here. The two walked in silence until they stopped at a huge torch.
Calder glanced at the torch in front of him that looked like an altar, then turned his head and said to the girl:
"You go do your thing, I'll go in alone."
"Okay..." The girl pursed her lips, "If you have anything, you can come and talk to me."
After saying that, the girl waved her hand with some effort, then left.
Calder took a deep breath and walked into the building. The air was filled with the rich smell of herbs.
In the room illuminated by the fire, besides the elder, there was also a human being over two meters tall and extremely strong—