Release that Witch - Chapter 1235

[Chapter 1204 The Spine of the Continent]

When the sun sets, the temperature among the mountains also drops rapidly.

Time to find a place to spend the night, Lightning thought.

The temperature difference on the Peak of Impossibility is astonishingly large. After crossing the sea of clouds, the sun during the day is like roasting people. If they are not covered, the exposed skin is easily sunburned.

And once it’s night, the howling cold wind will quickly take away all the heat. If you still sleep on the treetops like you did in the hidden forest, you’re afraid that you will freeze to dryness the next day.

Therefore, it is necessary to find a safe haven before the night completely covers the earth.

“That’s all for today,” Lightning took out the listening sigil and said, “I’ll go find the nest, and you can bring some food back.”

Maggie couldn’t reply while flying, but she knew that the other party heard her call.

Then she lowered the altitude and entered the state of flying close to the ground – Agatha had repeatedly told her before she set off that when looking for the traces of the devil, she should either fly very high or walk close to the ground, and never change the path at will.

Otherwise, once they stray into the area affected by the God Stone vein, no one will be able to save them.

Lightning strictly carried out this order. In the vast mountains, no one could help her if any accident happened. She had to take care of herself and Maggie at the same time.

Since she had paid attention to possible hiding places during the previous search, she quickly found a cave halfway up the mountainside – the terrain here is like a stone forest, with tens of thousands of peaks almost equal in height, densely packed Together, each hill is about the size of Neverwinter City, and it won’t make people look at it outside, but a wonderful change has taken place here, as if the top of the hill was carved like this by a big hand .

The gap between the hilltops has become a natural waterway, and when there is a heavy rain, the mountain torrents will sweep down with great force.

More importantly, the climate changes on the high mountains are extremely violent. There may be clear skies on one side, and lightning and thunder on the other. There was no sign of the torrential flood, so no matter whether there was an ideal shelter from the wind or not, the foothold had to be chosen at a high place.

She had seen something like this several times since entering the mountainous region known as the spine of the continent.

In addition, the hilltops here are also different from those in other places. Most of the time, the rocky walls of the peaks should be steep and sharp, but these hills are basically round and even soft in shape. They are full of concave holes, as if they are not natural The rock formed, but what the fluid looks like after solidification.

Fortunately, they still retain the hardness of stone, enough to support a shelter.

This time the cave was quite large, about ten meters square, and there were some weeds and branches scattered inside, probably left by birds and beasts when they made their nests.

After confirming that there was no potential danger, Lightning notified Maggie of the location, and then packed up the temporary residence.

When the afterglow of the setting sun was completely replaced by night, Maggie, who had turned into a snowy owl, also returned to the cave.

She shook her feathers, returned to her human form, and raised the cyst on her chest like a gift, “Look what I found!”

Lightning took the bag and took out a pheasant and four huge eggs from it.

This is a rare harvest on the top of the desperate situation. Even Maggie, who is experienced in hunting, may not always be able to return with a full reward.

“Good job!”

Lightning touched her head, and returned a smug smile, “Hey.”

The bonfire quickly rose, and she surrounded the stove with the mud deposited at the bottom of the mountain to prevent the fire from being discovered, and then covered the shaved pheasant with mud, put the whole thing into the fire, and finally covered the bird Egg.

Thirty minutes later, dinner is done.

The two of them have practiced this cooking technique many times in the Hidden Forest, and it can be regarded as practice makes perfect.

The moment the mud shell was knocked open, a strong fragrance flooded into the nostrils of the two of them.

The fat soaked under the skin makes the chicken glisten, and the spices filled in the belly are fully stimulated under the roasting, and melt into the whole body along with the steaming heat; after removing the soft skin, the rest is tender and delicious .

Unlike the finished products that are directly roasted over flames, the whole chicken has no scorching marks on its body, and the meat is as white as new, and you can still see strands of filaments connected when you tear it.

Served with steamed bird eggs, the two of them ate their mouths full of greasy food in a short while, even the chicken bones were not spared.

“Hi’er,” Maggie let out a breath, “it really is the most delicious food I caught myself.”

This guy, when we first met, he plausibly accused himself of “You want to eat a bird”.

Lightning shook his head amusedly, “Did you find anything today? Except food.”

“Well, there is no Goo… The landform here is basically the same. If there are traces of the devil’s actions, I will definitely find Goo.”

Sure enough, if the sacred stone veins were buried deep underground, it would be too difficult to find clues only by aerial reconnaissance.

I don’t know where Taquila’s support fleet is now. If they can give a general direction, no matter how vague the location is, it will be much better than blindly looking for it now.

Lightning suppressed his distracting thoughts, pointed to the side of the cave, “If that’s the case, then go and make a bed for me!”

“Oh—I understand Goo.” Maggie dragged her long white hair to the location she designated, and turned into a group of terrifying beasts.

Lightning extinguished the embers and lay down in her belly—limited by the size of the nest, the two people’s heating methods were also different. Compared with being squeezed into each other’s narrow sleeping bags, it was obvious that Maggie was in the form of a terrifying beast. It is more comfortable to resist the cold wind, at least her stomach is like a huge heater, which is enough to ensure that she will not wake up from the cold at night.

However, this is not without disadvantages. The skin of the Horror Beast is quite rough, and can even be described as shaving. Lightning can’t help but miss Lorgar’s fur.

“Aren’t you sleeping yet?” Seeing her take out the glowing magic stone, Maggie turned her head and asked.

“Well, I have to record today’s route, it won’t take long, you go to bed first.”

“Okay.” Maggie said softly, and after a while, she suddenly muttered again, “Will you continue to take me on adventures in the future?”

Lightning was startled, and then replied softly, “Of course.”

After the ashes are gone, I will take up the responsibility of protecting you.

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After hearing the answer, Maggie finally closed her eyes.

Lightning sat there for a long time before taking out the notepad from his pocket.

It is now the tenth day since they entered the northern mountains of the Eternal Winter Kingdom, and the search distance has reached about 120 kilometers.

The deeper she went into the peak of the impasse, the more she could feel her own insignificance.

In this place that no one has ever set foot in, she saw many indescribable scenery – a vast rocky forest landform like a fertile plain, an ice waterfall that hangs straight into the sea from the northeast side, and a sea of clouds rising like a ladder. And the huge rift valley located in the center of the continental spine… Compared to this area, the Impassable Mountains that separate the four kingdoms are just a branch that spreads out.

And these scenery are hidden on the top of the mountain, if you don’t cross the cliff-like cliff, you can’t see it with your own eyes.

Lightning vaguely understood why his father was so obsessed with exploring.

The world is too vast. If you don’t open your eyes to see it, people will always be insignificant.

Only through understanding can we make ourselves bigger.

Deciding to become an explorer was the most correct choice in her life.

Of course, exploring the world can be done in the future, and Lightning has not forgotten that he still has a mission – if he flies too far away from Eternal Winter, the search efficiency will be low, and the support team will be worried.

Calculated by time, the “Roland” should also arrive at the Everwinter Harbor soon.

She glanced at the hand-painted map a few times, then set her sights on the Great Rift Valley.

From a distance, it looks like a raised platform in the stone forest, but it is hollow in the middle, and it is difficult to determine how deep it is.

Compared with the stone forest that has changed little, at least the section under the surface of the mountain rock can be seen there.

If she still didn’t find any traces of the god stone veins or the devil, she should consider whether she should return to Eternal Winter and join the support team before making the next step.

[End of this Chapter]