Leaving the Withered Land, Captain Misty did not take Nikita back to the ship.
Instead, he led her through a fog.
When the banshee followed the captain out of the fog, she smelled a familiar scent.
Looking up, the lush canopies of the towering trees are intertwined, leaving almost no gaps for the sky; lowering the head, the multi-legged reptiles quickly crawl along one fallen leaf into another, holding a drop of nectar in their pincers.
It was today's dinner. Fist-sized mushrooms shone with a charming blue light in the moisture, and invisible birds sang softly in the darkness.
The young banshee covered her mouth, with an expression of fear and sadness on her face.
This is the forest of silence.
Located on Phuket Island, outside the First University is a vast forest intertwined with light and darkness.
This is also where Nikita fell.
"I feel the fear deep in your soul." Captain Misty's voice sounded in front of her.
The banshee nodded silently.
Two demons appear on Phuket Island. If they are discovered by wizards - especially First University - they may have a hard time dying.
Even if one of them is a great demon.
Wizards like the experimental materials of high-level demons the most.
It just so happens that the most important thing that First University lacks is great wizards. This island may have the highest density of great wizards in the entire wizarding world. Imagine the scene of two hyenas falling into a pride of lions.
"An Xin. Although the school's guardian formation is very sensitive to demonic energy, this place already belongs to the Silent Forest." The captain led the banshee and walked leisurely through the crisscrossing tree roots in the forest, explaining in a gentle voice:
"And it is one of the most remote areas in the Silent Forest. The guardian circle will not monitor this area all the time... and I will not stay here for too long."
When the banshee heard this, she gasped for breath and nodded with peace of mind.
Then he suddenly raised his head and looked at the captain with a horrified expression. His lips moved slightly, wanting to speak but feeling a little timid.
Captain Misty happened to turn around and glanced at her, with a smile on his face and his eyes as cold as ever, as if he had guessed what the banshee wanted to ask, and very thoughtfully repeated what he had said before:
"...That's right, I won't stay here for long."
The banshee finally turned her attention away from the mood of revisiting her old place.
She couldn't help but shudder.
"I…"
She really wanted to ask, what about me? I came with you! You can't leave me and go back alone! But facing the captain's indifferent eyes, she really didn't have the courage to express her thoughts.
The banshee grabbed the scarlet strip of cloth on her wrist and ran her fingers around it, like the words lingering on the tip of her tongue, hesitating for a long time.
But she made the right choice in the end.
"I...what can I do for you?"
The banshee very wisely chose another rhetoric. Since she can't resist the arrangement of fate, why not compromise with fate in exchange for fate's favor?
Just like in that desert, she threw away the beetle, climbed on the dead body, and bit his neck open.
Just like in that dark cabin, she gave up her fantasy and finally sank into the abyss.
Right now, it's just that the River of Destiny has a new fork, and she only needs to continue moving along the widest tributary. Even if she knows that there may be a waterfall with a height of thousands of meters in front of this tributary, but that's not the case.
What does it matter? This is the widest tributary after all. Moreover, there will be dangers on any tributary.
Captain Misty nodded with satisfaction, finally showing a hint of appreciation in his eyes.
"Experience is a pile of embers with a little bit of residual warmth inside." The captain's words always carry a bit of philosophy, but what he actually wants to express is very simple:
"You have spent a long time in this university and know enough about this forest. Compared to the other guys on the boat, you still have enough residual warmth to keep warm... Stay here and close up in the forest.
Those restless beasts, take them out of the Silent Forest at the right time, and enjoy the delicious food you deserve!"
While speaking, the sea monster closed his eyes, opened his arms, and took a deep breath.
It was as if I had smelled the fragrance of the blood of the young wizard coming from the campus on the other side of the silent forest.
In comparison, the banshee is much more rational.
"When is the right time...?" she asked cautiously, but she felt silent for herself for a few seconds in her heart. No matter how it sounded, the captain's arrangement was to make herself cannon fodder.
If First University is so easily overwhelmed by beasts, then wouldn’t the annual Silent Black Tide be the most terrifying accident in the entire wizarding world? But in fact, the Silent Black Tide has not even destroyed Beta Town a few times.
The captain's answer was very simple:
"When the stars come."
This answer is a bit vague. Nikita really wants to ask again, what is starlight? When will the starlight come? Will he lead the beasts to rush out after the starlight comes, or at the same time as the starlight falls? Where will the starlight fall?
Can she raise a huge herd of beasts in the Silent Forest on her own? She is just a little lich with a registered wizard level!
Captain Misty quickly used practical actions to give the young banshee some confidence.
It led the banshee through the edge of the Silent Forest, and in a short period of time, she subdued a tribe of forest giants, a black dragon with three heads, and a group of Welsh green dragons.
The banshee was very satisfied and took the three-headed black dragon as her mount.
When the morning star lit up, a red light appeared on the horizon, and morning fog filled the forest, Nikita suddenly understood that this was a sign that the captain was about to leave.
"You won't stay here for long." Captain Mist stood in front of the surging white mist, looked at the young banshee, and threw her a domino:
"Maybe it's a month, maybe it's a week, maybe it's tomorrow, it won't be too long anyway... Don't worry about the lack of beasts you have gathered, our allies have completed most of the tasks. You stay here, and you represent me.
attitude. Take it and our allies will find you."
The confidence in the Banshee's heart finally increased a little more.
She even began to think about whether to take the initiative to do something - she originally planned to hide in a cave with the three-headed black dragon after the captain left, and then remotely control the group of forest giants and the Welsh Green Dragon to do things.
but now.
The figure of Captain Mist gradually disappeared into the depths of the white mist.
The banshee raised her head and looked past the stacked treetops to the red sun jumping into her sight. Something called ambition grew inexplicably in her heart.
She realized one thing very early on, that is, the incident related to the Black Prison was not a unified action of the demon world. This visit to the Withered Land confirmed this.
A very obvious fact is that during the entire visit to the Withered Land, Captain Misty did not follow the general etiquette to visit the real owner of the Withered Land. Neither Sir Ulrich nor the captain mentioned it in a tacit understanding. Those huge things behind them.
For example, the Siren King or the Lich King.
The law of nature is that big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat small shrimps.
So when small fish start to steal food in the hunting ground of big fish, can small shrimps also steal the bait of small fish?
Nikita closed her eyes, opened her mouth, and faced the sun. The tip of her tongue was warm, as if she had just swallowed a big mouthful of sunlight. The sunlight passed through the eyelids, leaving a colorful red on the retina. The red was flowing and rolling. There are countless mysterious symbols and patterns floating around, making the young banshee obsessed with them.
The red color made her feel warm.
When I opened my eyes again, the world was enveloped in a misty blue color.