Shadow Covenant

Chapter 196 "Healing Holy Water"

"Outlanders, this is a matter of River Valley City!"

Before Woody got out of the carriage, it was obvious that this appearance had frightened the group of guards who had been chasing hard on horseback, but the leader still forcibly suppressed his fear of the spellcaster and stood still. The head said firmly.

He obviously wanted to use the name of River Valley City to scare Woody. In the carriage, Cecil replied interestingly when he heard this.

"It used to be, but not now."

Her voice was extremely resolute, and with the blessing of the "magic sound technique", even if she didn't appear, Cecil's voice could still be like a ubiquitous ghost in the open field, allowing people to clearly understand the unique and arrogant voice of the caster. It was reflected in the mind, and there was a hint of coldness and coldness in the high-pitched voice, so that people would not think it was a joke after listening to it.

"Go back and tell your city lords that this little girl belongs to me and is under the protection of Cecil Caroline Fischer. If you want her, you have to come and talk to me in person."

"No, what we received..." This group of guards obviously couldn't agree, especially for the meritorious service that was about to be obtained. Now they watched the cloaked girl Shi Shiran who they had been chasing for several days board the carriage, not to mention how uncomfortable they felt. But as soon as the commotion started, the ubiquitous voice directly interrupted their words.

"Then you are going to fight me!?"

"Ok?"

Immediately, the whole field became quiet, only the sound of waves rolled up by the wind blowing across the grass, but at this moment it was like the call of death.

No one dared to question it, because they already felt the atmosphere in the air, and they didn't even dare to move, as if a slight movement would detonate the explosive barrel.

"Then I'll take it as your consent!"

"In this case, take the words back."

As the voice said, there was already the sound of horseshoes kicking in the air, and they were about to leave.

Facing the extremely powerful spellcaster, the group of guards didn't even dare to resist. They only dared to lower their heads, and waited until the sound of horseshoes disappeared between the boulders before they dared to look at each other, and then quickly left the place.

……

At this time, in the carriage of the galloping carriage, the little girl Tesia, who had just been rescued, was clinging tightly to the cat incarnated by the bronze dragon Doni. Oh no, to be precise, it should be the cat rubbing against this human girl. , did not hide its love for her at all.

Woody didn't know what to say for a while, and Cecil was busy arranging various protective spells and countering spells. As a qualified student who graduated from the Mage Tower, she clearly knew that when the caster made up his mind After starting a war against another force, it is necessary to guard against the opponent's various methods.

Such as "spell counter" for divination spells, "Eye of True Sight" for invisible assassins, "chain accident" and "trigger" for surprise attacks and various unexpected events.

These all take a lot of time and effort, so although Cecil has a lot of questions in mind, she can only arrange these first, and the priority is still clear in her mind, especially after these two days After the two successive incidents, she was never sloppy in terms of her own safety.

But Cecil didn't speak, but Tesia, who got into the car first, asked questions.

"Have you been watching me all this time?"

The little girl's eyes were full of vigilance, and her hands tightly held the brown amulet not much bigger than her palm, not daring to let go for a moment.

"No, we have no way to leave, so we came to you."

"As for the whereabouts, the magic pet told me."

"You are not difficult to find, and we are not the guards of River Valley City."

Woody's eyes were quite helpless, but as a player, he was well-informed and understood Tesia's mentality.

But this is also good, Woody feels that telling this reason will definitely ease the relationship between Tecia and them.

After Woody's words were spoken, Tesia's face was suddenly startled, and he immediately denied it.

"This is impossible!"

"The gray mist will never involve any outsiders, and it will never spread to the outside world."

"He told me!"

……

Tesia, who realized what she said wrong, immediately covered her mouth, looking a little flustered.

"he?"

Although Woody knew that there must be someone behind Tesia, such secrets can be confirmed. Obviously, his identity is very unusual, but now it is not a matter of entanglement with this person. His top priority is to let Tesia believe them first.

So he said without hesitation.

"Although you may not believe it, but take you there, you will know."

Saying that, the magic servant of the carriage turned around and galloped towards the nearest border.

The mist is surrounded along the border of the Golden River Valley, so as long as you keep walking away from the valley, you will soon see the end.

"Behold, this is what you call a place where the Mists never set foot."

When Tesia listened to Woody's words and lifted the veil of the car, and saw the cloud of gray mist wrapped around forests or rocks under the night starry sky, she, who had passed through it more than once, was naturally clear, Woody wasn't lying to her.

So, she fell silent, and after a while, she said in a low tone, with a look of disappointment on her face.

"Sorry, this is the first time, and I don't know why it became like this."

At this time, Cecil, who had been preparing for measures, finally raised her slightly sore head. Her white hands were resting on the table with their elbows, as stable as Mount Tai, while her ten fingers were like butterflies. They rubbed each other's sore and swollen parts, but it still didn't prevent her from speaking solemnly.

"It shouldn't be you who said sorry, and I just want to know how we can leave now."

"I heard from Woody that you have a way to leave the gray fog, can you take us away?"

She has always been more purposeful, and she speaks more directly.

But when she said this, in addition to staring at Tesia, she also used her peripheral vision to look at the state of the mantra barrier that she had just set up. This is a small lie detection circle, which is very useful.

However, Tesia couldn't feel any disgust after hearing this. Instead, she felt that the elder sister who seemed to be a nobleman in front of her was very dashing, but she could only show a embarrassed expression for Cecil's answer.

"I don't know either. I left the gray mist with a talisman, but I can only let one person out, and I'm not sure if other people can use it. Lily originally wanted to come with me when I was in Huangshi Town. , I was holding hands with her at the time, but in the end she was still lost, only Jon was still with me, but I left it before, I am sorry for it, I am sorry for Lily, and my mother..."

The more Tesia talked, the more sad she was. She was eleven or twelve years old, and she was still under the protection of her parents. The two days of running and fleeing had greatly consumed her few energy, coupled with the successive pursuits, I was a little apprehensive at first, but now recalling what I have experienced along the way, in the end there was only the sadness of being alone, which burst out suddenly, and I couldn't restrain myself.

"Ugh."

Seeing Tesia like this, Cecil couldn't bear to continue asking, and she saw that the blue of the mantra enchantment hadn't turned red, and knew what she said was true, and there might be no way to take people away. It seems to be a strange object, is it relying on that to pass through the gray fog?
At this time, Cecil also found that there was another gaze that was also watching the wooden sign. It was Woody who was standing sideways and kept silent. She and him looked at each other, and the two of them suddenly felt concerned. Everything goes without saying. ,

On the contrary, the bronze dragon Doni, who was lying beside Tesia, seemed to be infected by the lonely mood of the little girl beside him, and finally couldn't help it. He pulled on Tesia's body with his hands and claws, relying on his legs to support himself , wanting to say something into her ear.

But just before it wanted to do this, it felt Cecil's gaze, which made it think of the treasure it had taken away, and the "guarantee deposit" that was still in the hands of other dragons. In the end, Donnie could only let out an unwilling meow, which turned into a docile snort, and then rubbed Tecia's face with her head to show comfort.

Tesia naturally didn't notice so many small movements. She felt Furry's love, so she stopped crying, wiped her tears, and said embarrassingly.

"I'm sorry, I can't help you, and I made the atmosphere very bad. You can ask whatever you want, and I will tell you everything I know."

But what Tesia didn't expect was that there was only silence to answer her, and then she heard the sound of clothes shaking, and when she looked up, it was the sound of this noble girl getting up.

Before her pupils could shrink due to the action, she saw this noble girl gently stepping forward, revealing her unworn glistening bare feet under the robe, and also showing her her tenderness and helplessness.

She hugged her lightly, put her cheek against her ear, and patted her back softly.

"It's okay, Tesia, I don't want to know too much now."

"But... wow, thank you... thank you."

This soft tone and her familiar maternal brilliance made Tesia's originally suppressed tears well up again.

Cecil didn't show the slightest bit of anger, and together with the cat, he comforted the little girl who was busy and had experienced many hardships outside.

After a while, the sobbing sound gradually stopped, and Tesia, who had a few tears on her face, wiped her face indiscriminately, trying to pretend that she had recovered.

"This is the treasure you use to protect yourself from harm?"

At this time, Cecil took the initiative to provoke the conversation, and was comforted. Tesia, who had long since stopped being wary, replied very readily.

"Yes, without it, I would have died countless times along the way. There are wild wolves and giant pythons. The wild of the Golden River Valley is still very dangerous."

As she spoke, there was still a little lingering fear on her face.

"Can you show me?"

Cecil asked.

This time, Tesia hesitated for a while, but did not refuse, and handed the brown wooden sign to Cecil very readily.

Woody also stood behind her at some point, looking at this palm-sized wooden sign together, the front is very delicate, forests, mountains, clouds, stars, nothing falls, all are lifelike, even birds are carved out .

A very skilled craftsman, even Cecil, who is used to seeing good things, couldn't help admiring.

But when it was turned to the back and the wooden sign revealed the logo on the back, Woody suddenly spoke.

"Show me."

Although Cecil was puzzled, he still handed it over.

Woody took it, and felt warm and cool, a little heavy, and it was a good piece of wood.

But none of this affected his impatient flipping. Originally, he was still guessing whether this wooden sign was related to the Feathered Serpent, but when he saw the lower right corner of the back of the brown wooden sign, there was a brand mark left by the creator. , Having remembered the previous life, he immediately understood.

Because the brand in front of him is not from the Feathered Serpent God, but from a slightly famous miniature artist in the previous life of River Valley City.

"I have something to tell you."

After returning the brown wooden sign, Woody grabbed Cecil and pointed to a single room in the carriage, which was her bedroom.

Although Cecil was a little embarrassed, but the situation is urgent now, but he can only act in a hurry.

……

The two didn't talk for a long time in the bedroom, but when Woody and Cecil came out, Tecia had already ushered in his farewell.

"Thank you for saving me, now I have to walk the rest of the way by myself."

While tidying up her sleeves, she pinned the brown wooden sign around her waist, as if fully charged.

"I have troubled you enough, I will keep your kindness in my heart, and I will definitely repay you in the future."

She turned her attention to Woody and Cecil. She understood that without Woody and Cecil just now, she would never be able to escape from the guards. She was naturally grateful in her heart. She followed the gratitude steps her mother taught her and told the truth.

But unexpectedly, there was a long sigh in exchange.

"Don't worry, Tecia."

Cecil stopped her helplessly, she knew how the helplessness on Woody's face came from, but then again, probably only people with this personality are qualified to take risks outside.

"It's useless to go now."

"I know you want to leave here to avoid the trouble they come to us, but now I can't leave this valley, and I will meet them sooner or later."

"But..." Tesia was a little embarrassed when Cecil said something out of his mind, but he still wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Cecil forcefully the next moment.

"Please don't make decisions for me in the name of thinking about me. You can leave if you want to, but you really don't want to save your mother?!"

Cecil's words were resounding, and with the way she stood up and looked down, her delicate and soft face was a bit more majestic.

"Of course I think, if I can save my mother, I am willing to give everything! But no one is willing to help me, I can only go to the elf market to find a possibility. I heard that the healing potion there can cure my mother's coma."

Tesia looked at Cecil with helplessness in his eyes, and Cecil returned a look at the silly roe deer, Shi Shiran said.

"Then do you know why they are afraid of me?"

"Your status is very honorable? Or a powerful mage?"

As a child who grew up in a small town, most of Cecil's understanding of the outside world was limited to the old blacksmith in the village who for some reason came to live in seclusion in the small town.

Children in the small town like to gather at the door of the blacksmith shop, pestering him to tell stories, and Tesia also likes it, and every time she listens to a story, if her mother allows her, she likes to rub a freshly shaved sweet potato against the door of the blacksmith shop. With extra charcoal fire, the baked sweet potatoes are very hot, but when you peel off the outer skin, the inside is fragrant and soft, which is a taste that I can't forget now.

As she said that, Tesia couldn't help secreting saliva from her mouth, she swallowed it quickly, and then waited eagerly for the answer from the noble girl in front of her.

"Mages cannot be described as powerful, because their resources are beyond your imagination."

"Tesia, look, what is this."

The next moment, what Cecil took out made her freeze in place.

A glass bottle filled with a milky white liquid.

Although Tesia didn't know what was inside, she could still recognize the emblem of the Goddess of Life.

It is said to heal all wounds
——"Healing holy water!"

(End of this chapter)