Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 572

[Chapter 570 Another place in the forest]

In the forest shrouded in the dusk light, Lucretia followed the elf woman holding a strange long-handled weapon, trekking deeper into the dense forest.

The opponent walked very fast, even in a rugged forest with overgrown vines and no roads at all, his footsteps seemed to be running on a flat and wide road – this kind of extreme adaptability to the forest and special footwork One can’t help but think of the “classical skills” mentioned in some ancient elves’ legends. In those descriptions, elves once lived in a vast country full of “forests”, and they could move in the woods like a breeze. Jumping around, instead of being like modern elves, who have long forgotten many skills of harmonizing with nature in the city-state full of high-rise buildings.

Lucretia certainly couldn’t keep up with such a pace – she knew it without even trying.

The witch lady has always refused outdoor activities, and even when she had to go out, she would use various spells to get on her way. Therefore, after she was thrown away by this elf woman for the first time, she decisively turned on the phantom wind, and from time to time she would Transformed into flying pieces of paper through the forest, so as to keep up with the opponent’s speed – anyway, my father is not here.

The only thing she was worried about was how the weird elf who appeared in this “dream” would react after seeing this scene, but it turned out that the other party didn’t react at all when he saw these weird spells of hers, just like at the beginning At that time, the elf did not realize that the “uninvited guest” in front of him was a human being. Instead, he wanted to take him to the place called the “Wall of Silence” like an invitation to his fellow humans.

Seeing this situation, Lucretia had some vague guesses in her mind, so she deliberately did some more obvious and inconsistent things to verify her guesses – she simply stopped from time to time and used magic to create some comparisons. Big movements, such as suddenly summoning giant flower vines, or creating some explosions in the air.

The elf still showed no abnormal behavior – at most she stopped when Lucretia deliberately delayed her time and waited patiently for the other party to catch up.

Lucretia temporarily stopped her “test” and began to follow the other party with peace of mind. At the same time, she controlled the “puppet medium” in the distance in her mind and described the situation on her side to Duncan: “After my test

, This elf is indeed not the ‘dreamer’ of this dream, she should be the ‘product’, or a component of the dream… Her cognitive and behavioral patterns have obvious limitations… It seems to be a ‘normalization filter’ ‘, the abnormal performance of outsiders has been ‘normalized’ in her eyes. This normalization may be to maintain the stability of the dream.

“I have not conducted higher-intensity ‘tests’, and I don’t know what this ‘normalization’ means. What is the upper limit, but theoretically if my behavior is too outrageous, it may cause the cognitive reset of this ‘elf’, and may also lead to more intense ‘rejection’ in the dream world… Now I need to continue investigating and cannot take this risk. …

“Ah, you have entered the neighborhood where the ‘mutation’ occurred? Great, then I hope you can find the ‘dreamer’ from the real world side. If you lock the source of the dream, you should be able to intervene directly as usual. Here…”

“By the way, what’s your name?”

A voice suddenly came from the front, interrupting the communication between Lucretia’s mind and the distance. The witch lady immediately stopped and looked up to the front.

The elf girl holding a long-handled ax and with magical blue threads woven into her blond hair was turning her head and looking here curiously.

“You can call me Lucretia,” Lucretia said frankly, “Why do you suddenly think of asking me my name?” “The

more people know your name, the more people may remember you.” The elf not far away said seriously, “My name is Shirin, you have to remember it.”

Lucretia noticed the worry and tension in the other person’s eyes.

Along the way, she noticed the worry expressed by this strange elf more than once – and the tense atmosphere always permeated the entire forest, just like the “undertone” of the dream itself.

After a slight hesitation, Lucretia asked: “What happened?”

The elf named Shirin opened her mouth, but didn’t say anything. It seemed that she didn’t know where to start, and she seemed to feel that certain things should not be disclosed to “ordinary people” at will, so in the end she just shook her head gently. He shook his head and said: “Don’t worry, Sirandis will protect us, everything will be fine… Let’s go quickly, it is no longer safe outside the Silent Wall. Corrosion may appear in the area outside the wall at any time. If you meet people like me The ranger is your luck.”

Erosion – Lucretia immediately noticed this special word, then silently remembered it in her heart, and then followed Shireen’s wind-like footsteps again, heading towards this piece of land. A seemingly endless trek deep into the jungle.

…

“Agou, did you hear any movement?”

In the lush and endless dark forest, Shirley suddenly frowned, and then she bent down to hide behind a bush while vigilantly observing the movement around her. He carefully asked Agou who was hiding in the shadows.

Agou’s voice came directly into her mind: “The sound of wind, trees, and unknown birds are all normal sounds on the surface – but the atmosphere is very weird, and it’s getting weirder and weirder from just now. I don’t know I don’t know how to describe it, it’s like…the environment itself is changing, the surrounding trees are no longer trees, but something that is gradually showing malicious intent…”

Shirley suddenly got goosebumps, and there was a twinge in her eyes. Feeling nervous, he looked around at the unknown towering trees. One arm had gradually transformed into the characteristics of a deep demon: “Agou, what you said is a bit scary, there are damn trees everywhere here…”

“You asked me to say it, and I tell the truth about my ‘feelings’,” Ah Gou responded in a sullen voice, “I advise you to take it seriously. The deep hound’s perception has always been sharp – this forest is gradually… Something’s not right.”

“Every fool knows something’s wrong here…”

Shirley mumbled and cautiously left the bush where she had just been hiding. Although she didn’t know what was changing here, her intuition told her that it would be best. Don’t stay in one place for too long.

Everywhere she looked, there were plants everywhere, and the lush and gloomy jungle was a scene that she, a girl who was born and raised in a narrow and crowded slum, could never imagine. She only learned about it from the conversation between the captain and others not long ago. I had heard of such a place, but I didn’t expect that I would be brought here just for a nap. If I guessed correctly, this should be the “Unknown One” that the captain and Lucretia both mentioned. dream”.

Feeling the eerie atmosphere around her, a look of regret suddenly appeared on Shirley’s face: “Shouldn’t I have taken a nap while doing my homework…” “I

think you entered this weird ‘foreign land’ with you. It doesn’t matter whether you nap or not while doing homework,” Agou’s figure gradually emerged from the shadows, condensed into shape in the floating smoke, and he muttered while following Shirley and guarding the surroundings, “But the sentence itself is correct – ” You shouldn’t take a nap while doing homework.”

“The main reason is that I get a headache when I do arithmetic,” Shirley muttered, as if she wanted to talk about everyday topics to divert herself from the tension caused by the gloomy atmosphere here. “Besides, I already know a lot of basic words. Why do I still need to learn arithmetic…”

Agou listened silently. He seemed to want to keep quiet, but after a few seconds of silence, he started talking as usual: ” I still need to learn some arithmetic, even if it’s for myself…”

Shirley pursed her lips and couldn’t help but mutter: “Agou, why do you want me to learn these things so much… I feel like you are more motivated than the captain. …”

Agou didn’t speak for a while. After a while, when Shirley had almost forgotten the topic, he suddenly said: “Remember the seventy-two pesos?” Shirley was stunned for a moment

. After a moment, she opened her eyes slightly, as if she finally remembered something from the faded childhood memories.

A slightly complicated expression appeared on her face, and she whispered embarrassingly: “You… still remember, it was so long ago…” “

I will always remember that a bastard who killed a thousand swords, used a few random… A piece of smeared paper can defraud a child out of his reward for working through chimneys in a factory for several days – if I had been literate at that time, you wouldn’t have been hungry for those days. If you had been literate at that time, you wouldn’t have been hungry. There’s no need to crawl into those dark and dangerous chimneys – it’s better than being an apprentice copying numbers in the pump room.”

Shirley fell silent.

After a while, she whispered: “But now you can read. Not only can you read, you can also learn at the same pace as Nina…” “What

if I can’t stay with you all the time?” The dog grunted and spoke.

Shirley was stunned for a moment, as if she didn’t know what to say for a moment, and then she spoke subconsciously: “Then Captain…” “The

Captain may not always protect you – he is very good, and he takes good care of you now, but in subspace, after all It’s unfathomable.” Agou shook his head, “Shirley, you have to rely on yourself.”

Shirley lowered her head, and after a few seconds, she gently shook the chain connected to her arm: “Agou, What did you mean when you said you can’t stay with me all the time?”

“…Don’t think so much, I’m just making a metaphor.” Agou sighed in his throat, “I didn’t mean to leave you, it’s just that I I’m not sure about the future, after all… I have a ‘heart’, and there has never been a deep demon with a heart in this world. No one knows what changes will happen to me. Maybe ‘human nature’ will make me like you. Human beings also have a lifespan limit. Maybe my reason will gradually diminish as time goes by, and maybe one day, my ‘heart’ will disappear again…”

“Agou,” Shirley suddenly interrupted. She stared and tugged on the chain in her hand, “You… stop talking.” “

Okay, I won’t talk anymore.”

(End of Chapter)