Lightning shuttled through the hilly area south of Border Town, filling the parchment paper with grids in his hand one by one.
This is her newly accepted task. Together with Soraya, she will draw a map of the Western Region.
If you fly with Soraya, the altitude will drop greatly, and it will be difficult to pass through the forest. Therefore, she first drew a rough outline, and then Soraya pieced it together to draw the entire map. Under the touch of magic, the map looks as if it were from the sky, with every detail coming to life.
When the parchment was filled, Lightning turned around and returned to Border Town. In the past few months of practice today, her flying speed is getting faster and faster. If she is flying at full speed, according to His Royal Highness Roland's calculation method, the speed is almost 120 kilometers per hour. At this speed, the strong wind from the pavement made her almost unable to open her eyes.
She thought that this was the limit she could achieve, but just the day before yesterday, His Highness gave her a gift. It was a headband made of cowhide, wrapped in two copper rings, and one side of the copper ring was embedded with a gift. Pure and transparent glass, as long as you wear it, you can stay away from the wind.
His Royal Highness said that these are called windproof glasses, which were made by hand when firing glassware, and also said that with these, he would be more like little Ezreal. Lightning doesn't know who Ezreal is, but she understands that just joining the cowhide, copper ring and lens together is a lot of work. Each piece of leather has double-layer stitching, and the inward side of the copper ring is tightly wrapped, so there is no need to worry about scratching the skin. There are also buckles similar to belts on the back, which can be adjusted at will. Anything made at will.
She fell in love with the gift immediately and wore it on her head almost to bed. Now, as long as she pulls off her windshield, she can fly as fast as she wants, and she no longer has to worry about the gust of wind whistling in her ears.
After a while, the lightning reached the sky above the town, and when she was about to return to the castle and hand over the grid map to Soraya, a white figure suddenly passed by the corner of her eye. She looked sideways and saw a pigeon spreading its wings and gliding in the direction of Changsong Fortress. Pigeons are not a rare bird, but this one is different, it is too fat, and the pair of wings alone is enough to gnaw on it for a day.
Lightning swallowed, she remembered the scene when she was on a deserted island, catching fish and birds with her own hands, setting up a bonfire and roasting to eat. Although the meals provided by His Royal Highness are also very rich, the butter bread and mushroom soup for a month are already a bit boring. If you can grab a pigeon and roast it... She touched the small packet of salt and pepper around her waist and made an order. determination.
With a turn, the lightning bolted straight towards the pigeon, who quickly noticed the uninvited guest. It folded its wings and dived downwards, as if trying to burrow into the woods to escape the menacing stalker.
Lightning was stunned for a moment, but did not expect this pigeon to be quite smart. Then she grinned, turned sharply, and followed it away. Ever since she had lured mixed-species demon beasts in Xie Yue, the little girl was confident that nothing could escape under her nose.
The pigeon swept over the treetops for a while, and then pressed the height extremely low and flew close to the ground, but the distance between the two was getting shorter and shorter, no matter how much it flapped its wings, it couldn't shake off the lightning.
The woods quickly retreated, the sun shone through the dense branches, and the light spots and shades appeared alternately, until after passing through an open area, the surroundings suddenly became empty and bright. She seized the opportunity to push the speed to the limit, and instantly hugged the pigeon from behind and pinned it to the ground.
The pigeon struggled hard but couldn't break free from her restraint. Lightning pulled out a knife from his waist and was about to kill the prey when the other party suddenly said, "Don't go! Help Goo!"
The little girl shuddered and almost threw the knife away. But she quickly came to her senses, "Are you a witch?"
The pigeon nodded again and again.
"I thought I could change my taste," Lightning sighed regretfully and retracted the knife. "My name is Lightning, what's your name?"
The other party swelled into a ball, and then turned into a human form, "Maggie, you actually want to eat a bird!" she complained.
"I've eaten a lot before." Lightning shrugged and reached out to pull her up. Suddenly, a bead rolled from her arms, bounced twice on the ground, and fell into a small dirt pit. Lightning walked over to pick up the bead and wanted to hand it back to Maisie, but found that the glass-like transparent red bead was engraved with a string of strange runes, which looked very familiar.
She frowned and thought for a while, then hooked up the string around her neck and pulled out a crimson pendant from her chest. After comparing the two in her hands, she realized that the runes on them were exactly the same.
"Huh?" Maisie stuck her head out from behind, "Do you also have a tracking sigil?"
"Tracking Sigil... what is it?"
"You don't know? This thing can be sensed by magic stones and can locate the holder." She paused, "No, why should I tell you that you wanted to eat me just now."
"Do you have a magic stone?"
"Is there any?" Maisie shook her head.
"So you can locate my location?" Lightning asked curiously.
"No, it must be a matching magic stone to locate the corresponding sigil." She answered quite neatly this time, "and only witches can use it. You don't know anything, how did you get it?"
"My dad gave it to me when I was young," Lightning returned the beads to the other party, "How about yours?"
"I won't tell you," Maisie grimaced, and then looked at the former curiously, "You are the witch of the Mutual Aid Society? According to Ashes, you are not willing to leave Border Town."
"Are you from her side?" Lightning pouted, "I thought you were a newcomer attracted by rumors. Everyone has a good time here, why did you leave."
"Because of the danger, the church may lead the army to come at any time."
"Explorers won't be timid because of danger," Lightning said, blushing slightly, um... The trip to the stone tower doesn't count. When you go to the ruins next time, you must be the first to step into the basement. "And there are many incredible inventions in the hands of His Royal Highness Roland. As long as you have seen them, you will definitely be attracted by them. One of them can emit a fist-sized iron ball. Weapons, anyone who touches them will be torn to shreds."
"Really? Can you take me to see it?" Maisie exclaimed.
"That won't work, unless you join the Witch League and become one of us."
"But I have to take Ashes back..." She hesitated.
"Then you can come back after you've delivered it," Lightning persuaded. "There are a lot of fun things here. There are machines that can move by themselves when you boil water, and weapons that can attack the enemy from a distance of a thousand meters, eh... How far is a kilometer? In short, it is very far, and people seem to be only the size of a branch." She gestured with her hands and feet, "and there are more places to play in the hidden forest. Bird hunting and wild boar hunting are interesting. They are skinned and roasted on a campfire until they are shiny, and then sprinkled with salt and pepper, it tastes full of meat."
"Really?" Maisie couldn't help licking her lips.
"Why lie to you," Lightning hooked the other party's shoulder, "Why don't we go hit a bird and bake it now!" It's my biggest motivation. Please come.)