The Witch and the Doll Swear

When the sun of the early summer rose high from the end of the horizon, and when the verdure conceived by Niro Klei and the great source of this bounty was painted with a pale golden green, the side of the Tabta Avenue, which was already bustling, young The man carried a papyrus bag full of bags, passed by the shops selling fresh vegetables and catches, and hurried to a deep path beside the road.

Different from the white stone road that is enough for a dozen horses to walk forward, the stone path has been covered with a layer of soft green grass under the nourishment of spring wind and summer rain.

As soon as you walk in here, Alexandria's voices and noise, bustling and lights seem to be completely isolated by the elegant buildings on both sides. Quietness is the only melody here, and the spring flowers that have not yet faded and the flourishing summer grass are singing Silent ballad.

"call……"

The man took a nervous breath.

He grew up in the most prosperous city by the elegant inner sea, and knew the names of every street in Alexandria, but he didn't know that there was such a quiet place in this city marked by prosperity.

Every time he came here, he felt a chill running behind him like a snake. If it wasn't for the extra expenses required for the new home and marriage, he would definitely never come here once.

He doesn't like it here.

He didn't even want to know that there was such a place hidden in this city.

Before he went to Luweiyuan, his grandfather had warned him that there are countless secrets scattered in this land blessed by the Nine Pillars God. The most important thing to live a happy and long life is to worship the gods , secondly, just don't know too much.

Thankfully, Amon La, working here never takes too long.

At the end of the path, he quickened his pace, and then struggled to push open a heavy door carved entirely from rock.

The building at the end of the gravel road is an inn, but it has no signboard. After the door engraved with hammers and pointed pendants is opened, the interior is also a space made of rock locks. The man closed the door and bowed politely towards the counter.

The bearded dwarf - the owner of the inn glanced at him and nodded, so he walked softly through what looked like a monolithic lobby "growth" along the walls The man came to the third floor where he would visit every day during this time, and gently pulled the door rope in the room at the end of the corridor.

In this hotel, only the doors of these rooms are made of fig wood, and there is a rope on the side. When you pull it, the bell on the inside will ring to remind the occupants of the room that there is a visitor.

When, when.

It was not clear, so that some dull bells rang, and a few minutes later, an indifferent voice drifted into the man's ears as the door opened.

"……Come in."

The indifferent voice didn't confirm his identity, but just asked him to come in as if he didn't care.

As a grown man who was about to get married and have a child in a year or two according to custom, every time he heard such words, he couldn't help worrying about this girl who looked younger than his younger sister.

But reason told him that this was a foolish worry.

——An honorary adventurer of the Adventurer's Association, a powerful Noble Phantasm, probably doesn't have much to guard against.

"Excuse me, Ms. Liliana."

After taking off the leather sandals covered with grass leaves and morning dew, he knelt down to worship the altar where the statues of the gods were placed at the entrance, and the man walked into the reception room covered with high-quality carpets.

Two young girls wearing tulle burqas and silk skirts that almost exposed their thighs were coming out of the room on the other side of the reception room.

It was different girls again, their steps were a little unsteady, and they kept praying to the gods, hoping that they would fall in love with the kind lady. After passing by the man, they bowed to the gods' statues like him at the entrance prayer.

A fragrant fragrance permeated this luxurious room, mixed with some ambiguous flavors.

One can imagine how the owner here had a passionate entanglement with those two girls last night.

Girls and girls—Isis, the man shook his head, expelled these impolite and even profane thoughts from his mind, and walked into the bedroom.

Several people can lie on the big bed, the lady as beautiful as a goddess is not there, and there is the sound of water and white mist in the bathroom attached to the bedroom.

"Good morning, Mr. Holmes."

Beside the pillow, another woman in the bedroom lazily greeted the man who entered the girl's room.

"Ah, praise to the goddess Isis, Lady Alice, good morning."

Hammose greeted this petite but dignified little lady, and at the same time praised the goddess of mystery bluntly. This made the little puppet, who was combing the black hair with a rhino horn comb, roll her eyes a little bit - she has nothing to do with the goddess who is said to be in charge of magic and mystery in this land, and also protects the dead and guards fertility .

However, considering that this is a mortal who knows nothing about magic, it is better to forgive his ignorance magnanimously.

"Did you bring the materials Lily needs today?"

"Yes, I collected as much information as possible for Ms. Liliana and brought them here, as well as the request from the Alexandria Adventurer's Association that Ms. Liliana can help..."

"...put it on the table."

The bathroom door was opened.

The girl who walked out together with the rich and moist heat walked to the desk calmly, her golden bangs were sticking to her forehead wetly, and the black pupils under her brilliant hair did not look at the man who looked away in a panic after she walked out , waving fingers casually.

The magic took away the moisture from her body, and the flowing long hair with gradient color instantly became dry. Liliana looked at the opened envelope on the desk, and then at the calendar.

Alice just tore off the one representing yesterday, and a red circle was drawn on the number representing today.

From the starless and moonless dusk, spending the advent of the new year in different parts of the continent, and then the second month when the wild beasts run, the third month when the spring cherry blossoms are scattered, and now, the first of the fourth month when Xia Ya is born. weekend.

It's not long, but at this point, on the long scale, the ruthless pointer has pushed forward another frame.

Looking at the blue sky outside the window, the witch stroked the envelope on the table, feeling a little uneasy.

Sensing her mood, Alice casually announced to the man who had worked so far.

"Mr. Hammos, from today onwards, you don't have to come here every day. Lily's secretary and liaison officer will come in two hours. You can also be freed from the job you don't like very much."

"Is not likely to……"

The man shook his head hastily.

Although when he heard this, he was first relieved that he didn't have to go to such a place with a strange atmosphere every day, and then he regretted that he might never see such a beautiful lady again in the future, but he couldn't say it out!

The evaluation of the honorary adventurer is related to the salary of the liaison officer. If these two really feel that they don't like this job and give a bad evaluation, the early mornings for the past two months will be in vain!

"Oh? Could it be said that Mr. Hammos is already fascinated by Lily compared to his beautiful fiancée?"

The little puppet leaning against the pillow like a lady smiled softly. This kind of teasing has been a daily routine for the past two months, and Hammers has gotten used to it to some extent.

but.

"Ms. Liliana is indeed the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, but... wait a minute, Ms. Alice, are the two people who are going to pick you up scheduled to arrive at Faros Airport by airship in two hours' time? ?”

"Eh?"

Unexpected to be asked such a question, the little puppet was taken aback, and then looked at the witch who was enjoying the summer breeze near the noon at the desk.

Liliana looked at a letter on the table, and then at the timetable of the airship next to the letter. She nodded wordlessly, and looked at her with black eyes, her expression suddenly became subtle. A man rummaging through a papyrus bag in his pocket.

"... what happened?"

It didn't take long for Hammos to find the roll of papyrus he was looking for. After he opened it for confirmation, he immediately handed it to the witch who was drying her hair with magic.

"An hour ago, Pharos Airport received a magical communication. It was scheduled to arrive in Alexandria's airship in two hours. The rat asked for a ransom of 3,000 gold coins, if not given..."

"... If you don't give it?"

"They are going to let the airship and all the people on it sink into the depths of Lake Maritis, because they have been warned that the city guards cannot approach, and the association has already issued a commission."

"..."

The witch glanced at the documents attached to the entrustment agreement—information about sand bandits, their current location, and the list of passengers...Suddenly, a somewhat stunned expression appeared on that face.

Alice, who floated to the witch's side, also let out an "ah" in astonishment. After staring at the name for a while, they looked at each other. Liliana gathered the scroll and looked at the two envelopes that had been opened on the table. Then, I looked out the window at the clean blue sky.

"... Prepare the carriage."

The witch announced calmly.

"...I'm going to the airport within thirty minutes."

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...that's disgusting.

The girl leaned against the round porthole, trying to drive away the chattering noise by looking at the scenery outside.

It was the first time I took an airship alone, overlooking the earth from the sky, watching the grasslands and mountains gradually being shrouded in heat waves unlike early summer, and the jagged and lacking green rocks stood on the edge of the plain, forming a curtain on the horizon, After crossing, the golden yellow sand converges into the sea, undulating gently like waves, and the winding lines of the dunes are like brushstrokes painted by gods, creating a mysterious and fascinating picture scroll on the canvas called Sand Sea.

There are scattered oases like emeralds.

There is a crystal clear moon rising slowly.

The camel bells of travelers and caravans cannot be heard from the high sky, but they can be seen trekking in this endless sand sea.

There are towering ancient stone buildings buried in the yellow sand.

There are gurgling rivers feeding the wetlands along the banks.

When the airship continent skimmed along the longest river on the continent, the jungles on both sides of Nirokle flew up a large group of beautiful birds. Their red feathers and slender necks made them look like slim and beautiful red birds. Clothed girls, when they flew up in pieces, even the sky was dazzled with bright colors.

The waiters on the airship also changed into exotic attire. After stopping at the last airport for supplies, they brought Sinai beer, bread baked with Duran wheat, and desert-style dishes. The girl bravely tried it. , the result was nearly drunk and passed out, and a person slept through the whole day of the journey in a private cabin.

This should have been an exciting and enjoyable journey.

Yes, as it should be.

If it weren't for this group of disgusting air bandits.

A hand suddenly touched the girl's staggered thighs. Through the thin black velvet, the rough and calloused hand made the girl almost jump up. She stared at the unshaven middle-aged man in disgust, only thinking about his There were some gaps in the hand, but the weapon was still worn coldly, so it didn't knock that hand off directly.

"Phew - these stockings are really comfortable to the touch. In my hometown, only rich women can wear this kind of seductive thing. My mother-in-law wants a pair in her dreams, but she can't afford it."

Finally, the girl could no longer ignore him, which made the man with a small piece of lip missing show a successful smile, but when he saw the girl, he immediately turned his head away and ignored him—hehe, the man smiled and simply pulled the chair Sitting opposite the girl, he pulled the little feet wrapped in black velvet to his lap with the other hand that did not hold the sword.

The girl held down the hem of her white-trimmed skirt angrily and cursed.

"Wait! What are you doing!"

For the people in the aristocratic cabin on the ship, these gangsters are relatively restrained, probably because they know that these people are the source of the ransom - but this does not prevent them from doing things, especially when they are young girls who are "unaccompanied and protected".

A large part of these bandits are social losers, hooligans or rascals, led by people who are really cruel or scheming, like hungry rats in the desert, they can't be expected to know anything about respecting women, in cheap cabins, already Several female screams were heard.

"Hey hey hey, of course it's a foot kiss to a distinguished noble lady, tsk tsk, miss, your feet are much more fragrant than those women who become nobles by relying on their daughters and butts."

Taking off the small leather shoes with round toes, the palms covered with old leather and calluses stroked from the girl's toes up to the round knees, and rubbed back and forth on the calves.

After finishing speaking, the man grabbed the girl's foot and held it in front of him. When he did this, the girl's wine-red eyes finally could no longer maintain her composure. She kicked the man's foot hard with all her strength. A disgusting face.

But the girl's strength is still too weak. Even though she was kicked, the man still grabbed her ankle with a smile, and grinned to reveal a mouthful of severely worn yellow teeth. A tongue covered with yellow coating came out like a snake. To the soles of the girl's feet—

At this moment, a dark red magic circle lit up on the man's head—to be precise, on the bottom of the girl's feet.

Then, the world fell silent.

Quickly withdrew her feet from the unconscious man who was foaming at the mouth on his back on the chair, and the girl who felt a disgusting wet feeling looked at a small wet mark on the pantyhose with an ugly expression It was like she had just swallowed a plate of slugs - one of the things she hated most.

She quickly took off the velvet fabric from her body, threw it on the face of the man who fell into a coma due to the "Mobius mental shock", and almost frantically took a tissue to wipe herself from being licked by that disgusting tongue After doing all this, the girl seemed to finally realize what she had done, and covered her face with her hands.

"Oops……"

The location is more than one hundred meters above the sky.

Below is the mighty water, like the Maritis Lake inlaid in the desert and embellished with lapis lazuli.

Alessandro was still more than ten kilometers away from the end of the journey.

There are an unknown number of desert air bandits carrying weapons and holding hostages on the airship, and their small airships hover side by side.

Although driven by the unbearable physical disgust, he made a move to protect himself, but under such circumstances, this behavior cannot be called wise.

What would this man think if his accomplice walked in and saw him sitting in front of him, foaming at the mouth and unconscious? Honestly, did you kick him out because he was so disgusting?

No one knows that I can use magic, so my safety can be guaranteed, but such behavior may put other passengers in danger...

Putting on a pair of purple-black velvet pantyhose with diagonal checks, the girl rubbed her forehead with a headache, and deeply reflected on her lack of endurance.

After the introspection was over, an even more unwise idea emerged from the girl's little head.

When the air bandits boarded the boat, the captain hoped that everyone would not recklessly resist, which made this proud little guy a little dissatisfied, but after calm analysis, considering that she really could not eliminate these air bandits while protecting everyone, she Just pretend to be an ordinary noble girl.

But things have come to this point, and it seems that there is no room for redemption.

The girl is not sure what will happen to her when the air bandits find out about it, whether she will be treated badly as she has the consciousness and strength to resist or even... Well, how do you say that idiom in Dongguo? ?

To make an example to others?

Thinking of the picture of this idiom in the dictionary, the girl quickly tossed her long black hair with some dark red.

Shouldn't it be better to hold back when being molested by that man?

She was at a loss for what to do when her own safety and the safety of the group were in conflict. This was the first time she faced such a problem.

Tap, tap.

But the panic didn't last long, the sound of leather soles rubbing against the cabin aisle floor quickly approached from outside the open cabin door, and they were talking with the people in the cabin with opened doors on both sides of the aisle in a heavily accented dialect.

Now, the only ones who can move freely on the airship are those air bandits who hold cold weapons and rely on their numbers to control the entire airship.

The girl glanced at the unconscious man, unable to imagine how his accomplice would react after seeing this scene. She took her feet out of her leather shoes, ran to the door on the plush carpet, and covered the cabin door ajar.

——There is no time for hesitation.

Seeing the open door, the patrolling air bandits will definitely push it open, and then see the comatose accomplice, and then...

... "You are the light that fell from the sky, bound to my hand with iron and sand, temporarily hiding your power, waiting for the moment to shine."

I chanted the interpretation of the magic in my heart, adding the "delay spell".

The girl with a handful of iron sand between her fingers hid by the door, pressing her petite body against the wall.

When the hatch is opened inward, this area will be blocked by the hatch, and it will easily become a blind spot for people's vision.

After the door is pushed open, if he starts yelling as soon as he sees that he is not there and his companion is unconscious, that is the worst ending, and if he enters the cabin first to check his unconscious companion...

"—?"

The footsteps stopped on the other side of the wall, speaking a common language with an incomprehensible accent, and seeing the man with the door half-closed, he pushed the hatch open.

"----,--ha?"

The man walks in.

Perhaps he was puzzled by the scene seen in the cabin—to be precise, the current situation of the companion sitting on the chair with a pair of black pantyhose hanging on his face. The man drew the dagger from his waist, carefully Stepping on the carpet, he slowly approached the chair.

He looked around, looking for the nobles who were supposed to be in this cabin, but just when he wanted to see if there was anyone hiding behind the door.

"..."Thunder Touch""

After the interpretation was broken, a magic circle emerged on the girl's white hands, attaching the power of thunder and electricity to it.

The man looked vigilantly at the place where the small voice came from, he stepped to the area behind the door, and then.

He froze.

In his only knowledge, the dark red magic circle that emerged belonged to those priests and magicians who could scatter flames and lightning at will, as if they were the spokespersons of the gods. The enemies this power deals with should be the evil gods and monsters in the story—such as the big snake that devours the dead, such as the violent and ferocious offspring of the crocodile god.

The astonishment caused him to put on a fighting posture, but he didn't make any further moves. The girl's hand easily touched his arm, and the thunder light swam over his body. fell on the carpet.

The sound is very soft, maybe the cashmere carpet from the Sumi prairie really can make a knight in heavy armor move as silently as a cat like their promotional words. The girl stared nervously at the door of the cabin, and was relieved when no other footsteps sounded after a few minutes, and dragged the man behind the door with difficulty.

—It's safe for now.

But this security won't last long.

The cabin doors on both sides of the aisle are not arranged in pairs, but the cabin where the girl is in is not the last one. The patrolling men talk loudly when they pass the noble cabin in front, but they are suddenly silent here, which will definitely arouse suspicion soon. Not to mention that he stood at the door and said a few words before entering the cabin and being stunned by himself.

Now I can only hope that there is no such thing as "Where did the nobles in this room go" in those words...

"There are twenty-four spell slots left. The magic power and magic potion... are sufficient. As long as the number of these air bandits is not exaggerated, it should be enough. Unfortunately, I haven't learned the "quiet movement" and "disappearing"..."

The girl thought calmly.

Now there is absolutely no room for turning around. To protect your own safety, you can only find a way to get rid of all the air bandits.

First, get rid of the air bandits in these noble cabins nearby.

"Magic Shield", "Mage Armor", the first priority of a magician in battle is to protect himself.

Then there is the "wizard's eye", the premise of controlling the battle is to control the intelligence.

After using the three spell slots, the girl took out a bottle of magic potion from the space storage ring and drank it.

The second priority is to maintain magic and judgment.

After the preparation was completed, the girl pressed her small chest, and she could feel her heart beating fast through her clothes.

This will be the first battle in her life, which makes her a little excited and looking forward to it.

The girl covered her left eye, and the dark red "Wizard's Eye" flew out of the room. The eye-shaped coat of arms moved silently against the top of the aisle, and flew towards the deeper cabin.

I don't know if it's a blessing of good luck. The entire wall of the noble cabin is decorated with wine red wallpaper. This color is very similar to the girl's magic light, which provides a perfect camouflage. The open cabin door is even more impressive. Unobstructed views of the interior.

Soon, the "wizard's eye" passed the location of the air bandit who was sharpening a knife in front of a noble family in the latter cabin to the girl's eyes.

——The distance is not far, there is no need to leave this cabin, the best solution is... to guide the "Lightning Firefly Technique".

The scale powder of the lightning butterfly appeared in the girl's hand, and the "interpretation" of magic was sung silently, and then it was broken. The magic circle gathers the elements of the atmosphere and turns them into shining rays of light according to the laws and principles that are moved.

The thumbnail-sized thunderball looked like a little firefly flying on a summer night, but it could definitely knock a grown man half dead—although she hadn't actually used it on a grown man yet.

So, the man who was sitting silently in front of the unknown nobleman sharpening his knife became the first experimental subject, and passed out after a convulsion, the sickle sword in his hand fell on the blanket, almost chopped off The small half of his foot.

The sudden situation caused the noble family sitting opposite to stumble for a moment. The lady leaning on her husband's shoulder opened her lips with bright lipstick, as if it could be stuffed into an egg. When she saw this through the "wizard's eye", the girl felt that her heartbeat was about to stop!

She realized a very troublesome thing.

Although I am helping them, it will inevitably scare people, and as long as someone yells because of overreaction, the situation of myself and other passengers will become very dangerous!

"!"

At the critical moment, the bearded nobleman quickly covered the mouths of his wife and son with his hands, stifling their exclamation in his own hands.

— well done.

The girl breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt a headache again.

We can't expect everyone in every noble cabin to be as calm and quick-responsive as this gentleman. Although she knows the magic of isolating sound, if every cabin uses one, let alone the issue of magic power, there will be insufficient spell slots immediately. , This is just the air bandit in the noble cabin, on the next floor, there are people who occupy the cheap cabin to solve it.

Or... to silence everyone? But she hasn't learned the "Silence Technique", let alone the "Wide-Area Silence Technique" after the specialization of the world...

...However, it seems that the silence technique is not necessary to silence everyone?

Looking at the young aristocratic couple hugging tightly in the next cabin and the bald bandits munching fruit not far from them, a new idea popped up in the girl's mind.

A few minutes later, the middle-aged nobleman held the sickle-shaped sword, took off his expensive leather boots, and carefully walked out of his cabin.

There was silence.

There was only a subtle burnt smell left in this cabin.

He waved his hand to signal his son to pick up the knife on the table, and asked his wife to take off the high-heeled shoes that would rattle on the floor, lowered his body, and quietly walked into the cabin next to him.

His son followed with some excitement. After seeing the three people lying on the ground in the cabin, the blond boy stuck out his tongue and asked his father in a low voice.

"Are they all dead?"

"No, it's just being stunned. The young magician is very measured. It won't hurt them, but it will ensure that they are unconscious together—they won't make any noise."

The man with the sickle-shaped sword stretched out his hand to test the breath of the young men and women hugging each other, and nodded,

He walked along the corridor from cabin to cabin. There were eight air bandits and nineteen nobles in total. Their lives were not in danger, but they were all stunned quietly.

Apart from them, there is no one sober on this floor.

——This is the power of magic.

The man couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

He was a knight, and when he saw this scene, he immediately realized the purpose of the little girl who slipped past their cabin door twice with a cat on her waist.

Once forward, once backward, in just a few minutes, almost everyone on this floor was brought down.

"Honey, what shall we do next..."

The lady holding the skirt looked uneasily at her husband, who seemed to have returned to his military career, and wanted to reach out to hold him, but he couldn't stretch out that hand no matter what.

"Since someone has started to act, I, a knight, am not too old to hold a sword. Letting such a young child deal with dangerous gangsters alone will make my conscience uneasy. Find a place to hide, don't worry, there is one As a magician, it shouldn't be very difficult to deal with these bandits."

"Well, I will take my mother to hide. Dad, you know, I am good at hide-and-seek."

"Good boy."

He touched his son's head and watched him take his wife to hide in the closet of a certain room. The middle-aged nobleman unbuttoned the button of his suit that made it difficult to move. Of course, he did not forget to lock the door leading to The door to this deck.

After all this was done, the man rolled up his sleeves, took the sword and quietly, quietly moved towards the direction leading to the airship guard room.

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The girl didn't know that she had a new assistant in her operation, and now she was leaning on the main staircase connecting all the decks of the airship.

This is a central part of the stairs in the airship. It can be close to the noble cabin and the captain's cabin when going up, and the last section of the three-stage staircase connecting the cheap cabin. There are also metal doors that can be opened and closed on the walls on both sides. It is used for passengers to throw away rubbish during the journey.

Now she is leaning against the somewhat yellowed wall and the slightly rusted iron gate, worrying about the situation in front of her.

The girl in the captain's room has already secretly controlled the wizard's eye to see it. The security is quite strict, and at least five people are guarding the door leading there.

Walking down the stairs on the left and right sides, there is another long corridor. To the direction of the rear of the airship is a tightly arranged cheap cabin, and to the direction of the bow is the passenger hall below the deck. They were driven out of the cabin, squeezed into this space like the goods in the cargo hold, and were also guarded by several men.

Three, to be precise.

This is not something to be happy about, now the girl knows what the bandits did after boarding the ship. They separated men from women and children, and separated women from women and children when the passengers of the entire airship had become their hostages. The child was placed in the passenger hall as a hostage to threaten the men, and the men were driven to the deck and guarded.

In this way, there are more than fifteen known members of the bandits. It is not clear how many people are on the deck, but it is presumably no less than the number in this passenger hall.

When inspecting the captain's room, the Bandit almost found out that she had dismissed the "Wizard's Eye" hastily, and now she has used one again, so there are only twelve spell slots left.

In addition, when dealing with the bandits in the noble cabin, in order to reduce the power of the "Lightning Chain" to the point where it can knock people unconscious without turning into a piece of coke, she invested more magic power in Zhi Yu, this is the third bottle of powerful mana recovery potion in this hour.

There is still room for the accumulation of the toxicity of the medicine, but the lower abdomen is already a little swollen...

"A lot of problems really can only be discovered in the actual situation..."

The iron door, which can even throw large garbage, has resin glued to the edge to reduce annoying noise. Throwing the drunk potion bottle in, feeling the magic power gradually recovering, the girl patted her cheek and reconsidered the two choices before her.

One is to rescue the women and children who were taken as hostages, and then go to the deck to rescue the men. In this way, the passengers also have the ability to fight against the bandits, which should be about 20 in number.

But the risk of this method is that when the women are rescued, there will be riots.

One can imagine how nervous these women and children were when they were hijacked and separated from men. She was really not sure that she could liberate them quietly, and the three men who guarded the women were so far away that they couldn't help it. Using Chain Lightning to knock them all down in one go, using "Thunder Firefly" requires three spell slots.

Secondly, I don't know how many guard bandits are on the deck, or even if these people are saved, it is doubtful whether they can fight.

Another option is to go to the captain's room, but it is also heavily guarded and may not be solved quietly, and magic does not distinguish between enemy and friend. If the pilot of the airship is accidentally injured, the problem will be even bigger...

Of course, there is a third option, anyway, she knows the feather fall technique, sneakily finds a porthole that can be opened, and jumps out to escape this predicament - but this option only existed in the girl's mind for half a minute before being discarded No, she is not the kind of person who will run away from difficulties.

never was.

Although the difficulties encountered now are indeed a bit big.

"...Hesitating is not an option. After they find out that the people in the noble cabin are all silent, I won't even have this advantage. Let's rescue the women and children first."

No matter how careful the plan is, it can't compare with concrete actions—after making such a decision, the girl covered one of her eyes, pinched a handful of lightning butterfly scale powder, and silently began to cast multiple spells.

The "wizard's eye" on the top of the passenger hall conveyed a clear vision. Under the guidance of the girl's spiritual power, the fireflies of Lei Guang climbed rapidly. No one noticed these faint lights, and the girl controlled them to cling to them smoothly. The ceiling of the hall flew over the heads of the three men.

Immediately fell.

The three men fell without a word, and at that moment, the girl guided the wizard's eye to the corridor to monitor the situation, and at the same time, the screams of the women broke out.

"—?!"

"——————!"

Almost at the same time, from several different places, the girl's incomprehensible dialect accent exploded directly, above the stairs and in the direction leading to the open deck of the airship, the sound of pedaling footsteps sounded - good response quick!

The girl didn't know if this counted as the professionalism of these bandits, but when she called the wizard's eye to her side, the footsteps from the stairs were already very close.

Ignoring the noise she made while running, the girl turned her head and ran down the stairs on one side, planning to hide somewhere along this long corridor.

Her advantage is being unknown, and she doesn't want to lose this advantage for the time being.

However, the three goddesses of fate made a joke of her at this time. Just as the girl ran down the stairs on the left and ran along the promenade to the rear of the airship, a hatch close to her suddenly opened.

The narrow corridor was blocked almost immediately, and a sound of cursing came from there.

The girl who didn't expect that there were still people in these bed cabins felt her brain went blank, she stopped immediately, and someone there ran back to the stairs before seeing her from the cabin door.

But one mistake can lead to a cascade of problems.

"!!"

On the platform with the garbage mouth, the girl and the man meet.

The man holding an iron hand ax in his hand, wearing a half-naked leather armor, and using unknown dyes to draw various patterns on his exposed tan skin stared at the girl in front of him in shock, seemingly unable to react for a moment. . .

The girl was stunned, and so were the three men.

They thought some guy who couldn't control his third leg had stripped off a woman, but when he came down to take a look, he found a girl whose head was no higher than their abdominal muscles, and whose hands, feet and waist were as thin as bean sprouts?

Judging from his attire, he looks like a noble. What happened to the noble cabin? They ran down in a hurry and didn't pay attention.

When such an idea came to the first man's mind, a dark red light lit up in the hands of the girl in front of them.

In an instant, the dark red turned into shining white.

The girl reacted first. A dazzling electric arc jumped out of her hand, bursting out much faster than the man could think. The leather armor could not stop the ferocious electric light. In an instant, a large number of blisters and burns appeared on his body. Traces, falling like a puppet with its strings cut off.

Then came the two people behind him.

Bang! ! !

The chains of electric light jumped from the men to the remaining two people like poisonous snakes. Almost at the same time, before they even had time to scream or scream, the men rolled down the stairs with white smoke rising. Their weapons hit the floor with a loud noise.

The girl then realized what she had done. She took one or two steps back, leaned against the cold iron sliding door, and sat down weakly.

Instant, "Lightning Chain" without controlling power.

When my mind was blank, the results of hard training showed up.

His heart was beating heavily on his chest. The "Spell Instant" technique consumed a lot of magic power, and he was a little dizzy.

But now is not the time to sit here and catch your breath.

The girl slapped herself hard, and the pain made her thinking much clearer. She tried to stand up because the footsteps in the corridor over there - and in the passenger hall were also approaching, but no matter how hard she tried to drive her weak legs, she couldn't stand up. Unable to stand up.

Even crawling couldn't find the strength, and the feeling of vomiting hit his throat because of the stench of burnt flesh and blood.

She supported the ground with her hands so that her body was no longer leaning against the wall and the garbage door.

——We must leave as soon as possible, quickly...

The footsteps were approaching.

Just at this time.

The sliding door, no longer held down by the girl, suddenly opened.

Before the girl could react, a pair of hands stretched out from the darkness, covering her mouth and pulling her into the darkness.

The sliding door closed.

Only a negligible collision was left, and the weapon was lost in the noise of rolling down the stairs.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Rolling down, hitting, dizzy.

Then a sickening stench hit my nose.

The footsteps and curses were gone, lost in the lightless darkness.

"Looks like they didn't notice us, are you okay?"

There was only a voice that seemed to have been heard somewhere, lingering anxiously in his ears.

"Gu...well..."

"Hug, sorry, I tried not to let you bump into me when you fell down, um... eh?"

The voice suddenly stopped.

The girl slowly woke up from the dizziness - although she was almost fainted by the stench that filled the air, she felt that the other person seemed to be staring at her.

a long time.

The girl who had been confused for a long time finally became clear, and her nose became numb to the disgusting smell. The girl who slowly calmed down heard the next sentence.

"Miss Ai?"

Full of disbelief.

Then, Ai also remembered this voice that was so surprised that he seemed to be stunned.

"...Miss Tina?"

no answer.

But silence is the answer in the affirmative.

"——Why is Miss Ai here?"

"That's my line, why didn't Miss Tina follow Master Liliana?"

The questions sounded almost in unison, and both of them lowered their voices, but their words still echoed in this dark and smelly space, which made Ai quickly want to cover her mouth with her hands. Fortunately, before doing so, the blond girl Seeing her movement, he reached out and grabbed her wrist.

"Don't touch your face, it's dirty here!"

"……Well!"

Having said this, Ai Ye immediately realized where she was now. Her little face turned livid, and she stood up almost frantically, trying to shake off any dirt that might be on her body.

But in the darkness, she couldn't see where she was stained, so she could only cover her nose with her forearm, and asked Tina's question to another person.

"Why is Miss Tina in a place like this!"

"Because I took this airship to Alexandria to meet Miss Liliana...could it be said that Miss Ai did the same?"

"..."

Ai snorted and expressed her affirmation in this way, but then she asked:

"I'm asking why you are in this garbage cabin..."

"Ah, this..."

Tina, who also stood up from the garbage pile and shook off the dirt with her eyes blessed by Knight, thought for a while and sighed.

When the bandits boarded the ship, Tina was finishing her bathroom break and preparing to return to her cheap cabin with three other passengers.

It has been more than a month since she set off from Yansha City, and this journey from the southeastern coastline of the mainland to the Western Sand Sea is finally coming to an end.

Just when she walked to the sliding door where the garbage was thrown out, the radio in the airship rang. The news of bandits boarding made her think it was some bad joke for a moment, but soon, in the passenger hall ahead Then came the shouts of men and women.

After being blessed by Sylph, Tina was very keen to catch those dialects that were difficult to understand, and realized that this was not a joke. Since entering the desert, the local woman in the same cabin as her occasionally babbled. Speaking of these outlaws in the desert, those obviously exaggerated descriptions made the girl panic, and then...

"And then hide in a place like this..."

"Hmm..."

"You are a nobleman, my dear Miss Tina."

Almost gnashing his teeth, Ai made a whining sound from his throat.

"It's okay to live in the civilian cabin, and hide in this kind of place when you encounter danger—"

"Actually, I'm just an ordinary commoner, not a nobleman...and it's safe to hide in a place like this, even though it smells bad."

"...Leaving aside the first half of the sentence, I agree with the second half... Thank you, Miss Tingna. Then, how did you know it was mine just now?"

It is estimated that even those bandits did not expect that there would be fish that slipped through the net and hid in this dark and smelly garbage cabin. It seems that they did not check the passenger list one by one.

"Eh? Ah, because I was blessed by Miss Knight and the others in Miss Liliana's tower, so I won't be affected by darkness or light..."

Tina blinked her eyes, almost thinking she had heard wrong. The girl's voice of thanks was a little low, but she said it very clearly. In the dark, her dirty little face turned red and turned aside, making this proud girl very cute.

However, the girl also realized that the reason why Ai asked another question immediately after thanking her was probably because she didn't want to hear such words as thank you, so she skipped the politeness and explained.

But Ai looked at her again with the expression of looking at a fool.

"I mean why did you pull me in here? You didn't know it was me at that time, did you?"

"ah……"

Only then did Tina realize that she had made a mistake again.

"When I was hiding here, Miss Ai's leftover potion bottle fell beside me..."

Tina was stunned when a bottle of magic potion fell beside her with the symbol of the city of a thousand towers on it.

She immediately thought of a certain witch and doll, but obviously they would not take such an airship, and if it was them, she should have been able to contact them through the alchemy earring of the black pearl.

However, the seven wings of Magnus and the emblem of the city suspended in the sky still made her plan to go up and take a look. Out of caution, she did not call out, but waited for her to climb along the garbage dumping chute to the dumping port At that time, I happened to see a petite black-haired figure crawling from the back and wanting to leave.

At that time, Ting Na didn't recognize Ai, but when she saw the three smoking men beside her and heard the approaching footsteps, she subconsciously stretched out her hand and pulled the girl in.

"..."

Thinking of the potion bottle he threw into the trash after drinking, Ai felt a strong sense of unreality.

This almost absurd feeling made her not know what to say for a moment, so she could only turn her face in the darkness and look in the direction where she fell.

No one noticed here, their voices echoed in the stench and garbage, but they didn't come out, except that the environment was really bad, and this was indeed a good hiding place.

For a while, Ai felt that she couldn't leave here, and the silence would only make the stench seem more intense, so she just said it casually.

"After I passed the examinations of several grades in the Dragon Academy, Miss Aonian felt that I had the ability to go out for adventure and experience, so I came to see Master Liliana. Why did Miss Tingna leave the teacher's side? Aren't you traveling together?"

"Well, but not long after leaving the City of Thousand Towers, the New Year is approaching...I want to go home to visit my family, so..."

"That's right."

"...Although judging by the results, is going home this time a good thing or a bad thing..."

Tina hesitated, somewhat unwilling to talk about this topic.

But just when she was about to change the subject, a loud noise suddenly floated in from the garbage port, echoing in the long metal pipe.

The girl quickly pricked up her ears and walked to Ai's side.

It can be heard more clearly here, the ears blessed by the spirits of the wind and sky make Tina quickly hear the men's roars from the noise, the metal clattering, followed by the shrill screams, mixed with the women's shouts, Pushing, bumping, a series of footsteps.

""A subtle creation of the arcane and arcane brings forth vistas from afar.""

There is no need for Ting Na to remind, after a short chant, the "Wizard's Eye" that disappeared due to the short-term coma before flew out of the dark red magic circle again, and along the gap between the garbage pipe and the sliding door, this pupil-shaped The dark red coat of arms flew into the cabin of the airship.

"……Eh?"

"Miss Ai, what's the matter?"

The eye-shaped coat of arms flew towards the direction of the noise—that is, the passenger hall. This time, Ai did not carefully cover up his whereabouts.

There is no need for that anymore. There are several bloody corpses in the passenger hall. They look like bandits in costumes. Women and children are hugging their husbands and fathers, crying bitterly. Some men hold Weapons, and blood on their bodies - but it doesn't seem to be their own, because no obvious wounds can be seen.

Some people discovered the wizard's eye and screamed, but more people were still immersed in the joy of being out of the crisis. Ai looked at this scene in disbelief, and couldn't react for a while.

"Looks like the passengers suddenly rebelled against the bandits and succeeded..."

"Eh?"

Let the wizard's eye fly around, Ai frowned and looked at the commotion in the cabin.

--what happened?

The girl obviously couldn't understand what happened, but immediately, Tingna seemed to remember something, and asked Ai anxiously.

"Where's their airship?"

"Empty boat?"

"The airships of bandits! Miss Ai, take a look at the situation on the deck, hurry up!!"

Ai Bumingli looked at the anxious Tingna on the spot. She closed one eye and controlled the dark red eyes to leave the passenger hall, fly up the stairs, and come to the deck.

The sun was shining and the sky was clear.

More men seem to be gathered here, some of them are unarmed, some of them have weapons, there are two or three corpses on the deck, shot through the neck by crossbow arrows, the blood spreads on the wooden deck, reflecting the sunny scene of Sinai. Sky.

"The airships of the bandits are still there, wait, what's going on?"

The small boats of the sand bandits were also connected to the airships stagnant in the air with rope ladders with hooks, and five men were confronting the men surrounding them with sickle swords and shields like poisonous snakes.

The man at the front of the encirclement net——Ai was stunned for a while before he remembered that it was the owner of the noble family he first went to rescue, the middle-aged man who responded very quickly.

For a moment, the girl seemed to understand what happened on the airship after she was pulled into this garbage cabin by Tingna.

The wizard's eye flew close, and his conversation with the Sand Bandit was also captured by magic.

"Fleeing around in the desert like a mouse, I believe, your life will not be easy in the future."

"snort."

This seems to be just the end of the conversation.

The bandit leader with a lighter common language accent snorted viciously from his hooked nose, and led several other men through the rope ladder, back to the small airship painted khaki.

At this time, the wizard's eye flew in front of the nobleman. When the middle-aged man saw the dark red coat of arms, he was slightly taken aback for a moment, then smiled at her and nodded, putting his hands on his chest, that's all. A knightly ceremony.

"Young lady magician, can you hear me? I wanted to act with you, but after I got the weapon, I couldn't join you. But thanks to you killing most of their people, I have the opportunity to fly The empty boat went overboard to the deck, killed the few guards, handed them the weapons brought out from the guard room, and worked together to repel the sand bandits."

Then, the aristocratic man looked at the small airship with the rope ladder retracted, to be precise, the man who returned to the airship, and shook his head.

"But their leader is a dangerous person. I have retired for many years, and I may not be able to defeat him. The men around him are not easy to deal with. In order to avoid meaningless casualties, we let them go. After that, I I think Alexandria's city guards will take care of it."

He didn't want to let these guys go, but he was old and his physical strength was not as strong as before. He went to the guard room to take away a bunch of weapons, and after a thrilling high-altitude walk, he grabbed the hemp rope net outside the airship. , he is no longer sure of defeating him.

And after losing almost all of his hands, the leader of the sand bandits seemed to be afraid of the mysterious magician who hadn't shown up yet, so he chose to leave.

"...that's the case."

Ai relayed what he saw and heard to Ting Na who was waiting anxiously.

"What!"

After listening, Ting Na's face turned pale. When she heard that the bandits had returned to their airship, the girl was so anxious that she almost jumped up.

"No! How can we put them back!!"

"Even if you say that, the noble gentleman's thinking is not wrong. Compared with destroying these bandits, the safety of the passengers should be the top priority."

Ai didn't understand why Tina reacted so violently.

"But they didn't even think about letting go of this airship!"

"……ha?"

Ai froze.

Then, Ting Na's words made the girl's face turn as white as hers. .

"That leader planned it from the beginning! Once the ransom is received, use the cannons on their airship to sink the airship!"

……………………………………………………………………………………

That was a period of time after Tina hid in this trash cabin.

The girl hiding in the trash bin saw a few things with sparks thrown down from the trash port.

It was a few low-quality cigarettes rolled in paper, and then she heard a conversation coming from the garbage mouth.

One of the voices had such a thick accent that it was impossible to tell whether he was speaking a common language or a local dialect, while the other voice could still be heard as an accented common language.

"As soon as we get the ransom, we'll kill everyone and make those idiots quicker. And that cannon, let them get ready to blast this airship into Lake Maritis as soon as we're gone, Below is the crocodile nest, let the sons of Sobek devour them all, and the priests of Osiris not take our image from their eyeballs and minds."

"——————."

Snapped!

It seemed like a resounding slap in the face.

"Idiot, now no one knows that we hijacked this airship, but the people on it have seen us, why keep them? Did that eggless guy turn you into sheep without horns? ? Who is your head now?"

There was another beating.

"——,——!"

"roll!"

Then, a few more cigarettes with sparks were thrown down, and after that, the sound of footsteps faded away.

Those who spoke must have never thought about the fish that slipped through the net hiding under their feet, let alone thought that although they lowered their voices, Tingna, who had received Silf's blessing, still heard their plans clearly Chu.

"I originally thought that they wouldn't act until they got the ransom. By then, Alexandria's city guards or Miss Liliana might have thought of a way..."

"But the actions of me and that noble gentleman made their plan fail. They didn't get the ransom, and they lost almost all their manpower..."

Allie gritted his teeth.

make sense.

Totally makes sense.

It is not surprising that a group of gangsters who are hijacking an airship less than ten kilometers away from the capital and extorting ransom are so vicious.

And judging from those words, the leader obviously has a certain degree of magical knowledge, at least knowing that the priests of Osiris, the disciples of the master of the underworld in the ancient kingdom, have the ability to extract the last sight they saw from the corpse of the dead, so the plan Let the crocodiles in the lake devour the passengers.

Tsk, this is really troublesome!

"You have a way to go up?"

"Eh? Well, the ring Miss Liliana gave me has "Spider Walking" on it. "

"...?"

ring?

Forget it, it's not a matter of pursuing this now.

Climbing back to the cabin of the airship along the pipeline at the garbage port, Ai and Tina pushed open the door of the passenger hall. People who didn't know the imminent disaster screamed and looked at them. When the two rushed to the deck, the bandits The small khaki airship has already flown some distance.

The men, headed by the middle-aged nobleman, also saw the two girls running over. The nobleman with the sword calmed down and prepared to attack the son who seemed to be only a few years older than himself, but bravely saved the entire flying boat. Airship girl salutes.

Well? But why are they so dirty?

Ke Ai ran past him and rushed to the edge of the deck without even looking at him. On the way, the magic that had been chanted was released from the "delay spell".

A bright thunderbolt exploded in the sky.

With a deafening roar, in the complicated dark red magic circle, the roaring thunder light is like the angry hammer dropped by the giant god.

Elemental System · Sky System · Great Magic · "Tesla's Thor's Hammer".

The great magic that roared in the mountains of the City of Thousand Towers a few months ago reappeared before Tina's eyes. The sprinting thunder fell on the sand bandit's boat in an instant, as if an invisible layer of glass was broken, and it made a piercing scream.

The light cracked.

Ai stared dumbfounded at the translucent barrier that emerged under the reflection of the thunder and lightning, and only spit out a sentence after a few seconds.

"Decommissioned scout ship?"

Immediately afterwards, she chanted loudly the "Interpretation" that plucked the strings of "Fa and Li".

""The flaming giant, the hammer of destruction that was swung!""

Not even time to catch your breath and explain to the stunned men.

The distance between the airship and the airship is not too far, and she is not short-sighted because of studying hard. From this distance, she clearly saw that the rain cloth on the deck of the airship was lifted, revealing a mouth A cold ferocious beast.

The hook-nosed man was right behind the metal gun barrel painted fiery red, instructing his only men to stuff a gray rock into the gun barrel from behind, then took out a fuse, and bit it into his mouth. The smoking cigarette leaned over.

It begins with a bright, twinkling Mars in the wind aloft.

Then came a puff of black smoke.

""Swing and fall, forge the steel of disobedience!""

"Tesla's Hammer of Thor"! "

The moment the girl's "interpretation" was sung almost at the same time.

A molten golden-red fireball spewed out from the muzzle, and met the thunderbolt that was galloping again.

flash.

roar.

The blasting wind that swept across made Tina almost unable to stand still. Whether it was the airship under her feet or the small airship that Ai called a decommissioned scout ship, the scorching air expanded after the collision of thunder and fire shaking.

This airship is okay, as a passenger ship, its size makes it not shake seriously, but on the other hand, the small boat is like a fallen leaf being sucked into the torrent in the blast, and everything on the deck is thrown away —and even a screaming bandit, who danced and fell from the air like a comedian, and his next step was the blue water of Lake Maritis.

With a fall from this height, even the surface of the water would be as hard as a rock.

But there are also things that haven't been thrown, such as the cannon, which is tightly chained to the deck of the airship.

For example, the bandit leader and his other two subordinates, they firmly grasped the chains that bound the cannon, and stabilized in the turmoil.

And the chest with the gray round rock.

Some stones flew out of it, but some remained.

The blast pushed them away for quite a distance. After they stabilized, the sinister man directed his men to move a stone. He opened the tail compartment of the cannon, and was scalded sharply by the hot air from inside. cried out.

"Ai, Miss Ai, what happened!"

"It's a magic stone cannon! It's an alchemy weapon that can use special shells to launch magical attacks similar to Pyroblast. Generally speaking, it's used at sea, and their ships..."

Ai, who was tightly gripping the railing on the edge of the deck, covered his head, gasping for air.

Two consecutive big spells took away a considerable amount of her magic power. The world in the girl's eyes was filled with all kinds of glittering sequins. She lowered her head to make herself feel better, but she saw tens of meters above the deck. His feet went limp, and he collapsed directly.

"Miss Ai!"

Tina hurriedly hugged the gasping girl.

"That's a military airship, probably a scout model. Father... used a similar airship to take me to Olympian's home in the New Year. This airship has solidified a certain amount of magic power The shield is not strong, but at this distance, I can't beat it..."

In Tina's ear, the girl moaned a little uncomfortable.

The aftermath of the explosion dissipated, and the fragments of the stones wrapped in the fireball and the thunder and lightning splashed with flames, and several pieces fell directly on the deck. Under the high temperature, the wooden deck was quickly ignited.

The men yelled and took off their clothes to fight the fire under the command of the captain and nobles. The expressions on the faces of the middle-aged nobles became ugly when they heard Ai's words.

"How could the robbers in the desert have that kind of thing?!"

"have no idea!"

Panting, Ai wanted to stand up from Tingna's arms, but Tingna quickly hugged her hard to stop her act of bravado.

A large consumption of mana will affect the state of mind. Although Ai stood up unsteadily, it looked as if he would fall off the edge of the deck if he was not careful.

"They have already reached the edge of the range of several big magics I know. The farther they are, the more serious the attenuation of magic is. At first I didn't completely destroy their shields. Now, now..."

Now, Ai was not sure that the great magic he had mastered could destroy the small boat.

"What's the range of that cannon?"

"That's a cannon! It must have a longer range than my magic, and our target is bigger! Now they have to wait for the magic stone cannon to cool down before reloading and firing another cannon, but it won't be long."

"Can flying the airship get rid of them?"

The nobleman turned his head and asked loudly to the captain who was in charge of putting out the fire. The man who was telling the young boys to run shook his head and yelled in response.

"If we can get rid of it, we won't be caught up in the first place!"

"If you don't shoot them down, we will be shot down, but I don't have much magic to use, and how many shells do they have...Damn it, unless it is extremely powerful magic, or there is another person who is proficient in long-distance magic projection skills The magician appears, otherwise we will not be able to avoid the crash...Damn it!"

Ai thumped the deck vigorously, with self-blame burning like a flame in his annoyance.

In the City of Thousand Towers, she worked hard to learn many, many, whether it was magic or other knowledge and skills.

After being recognized for her hard work, she excitedly took the airship to Sinai, and when she was about to see the witch who once represented everything in her heart, but now she was also her master, and she even made a confession. I found that I still don't know enough.

——If, I worked harder before setting off.

——If I have more talent, at least, become an official magician.

—Would it be another ending?

She looked at the girl who hugged her tightly, the girl who made her feel jealous and eager to go to the witch.

Will he and her be able to reunite with that witch and doll and embark on a new journey?

For this matter, she is...

"...Miss Ai, if it's a great magic, can you shoot down the airships of those Sand Bandits?"

Suddenly, Ting Na spoke softly.

"...Of course, most of the great magic is characterized by a huge attack range, and it is more flexible, because there are more and more complex structures that can carry these..."

The blond girl looked at the sand bandits in the distance, and then at the airship with more than one hundred passengers.

She didn't listen to what Ai said later, and she actually didn't understand those things.

All she needs is affirmation.

Of course, the three words "mostly" made Tina hesitate for a while, but she quickly waved away the hesitation and stood up.

Only then did Ai realize that the girl's expression had changed.

She couldn't tell what kind of expression it was, but felt that the pair of sea-blue eyes seemed to be deeper on that dirty face.

It is no longer as shallow and clear as seen in the hot spring tower in winter. Under the faint blue sea, there seems to be a deep abyss.

Ai has never seen the real sea, but the sea seems to be so calm that there are no waves.

"Miss Tina, what are you going to do?"

She couldn't help asking questions. .

Tina also noticed the girl's gaze.

She didn't answer Ai's question, and of course Tina didn't think the situation was Ai's fault.

After all, like Liliana and Alice, not everyone can deal with any situation calmly, right?

From a distance, Tina looked at the small sand-yellow airship.

At this distance, with her not-so-good eyesight, she could no longer clearly see the movements and expressions of the men on the deck.

Of course, I don't know their names.

Tina raised her right hand and pressed her thumb on the ancient silver ring inlaid with dark blue round diamonds.

The blue gemstone was turned towards the palm of the hand, and after being held down, four different patterns of magic circles emerged in the girl's mind.

Without hesitation, Tina focused her attention on the last and most complicated magic array, which was like a crown composed of complicated patterns.

In Salt Sand City, she never slackened in these magic practices, and specially learned the magician's skills in using magic rings for this purpose. Every ring she got from Liliana is now very familiar to her.

But only this magic, she has not used it once.

Ting Na also always felt that she should not use this, but.

Seems like now is the time to use it.

"I still have to travel with Miss Liliana and Miss Alice, and there are things I want to do."

The girl looked at the boat softly.

"So, sorry."

When I really want to do this, I really feel very complicated.

But she let go of the dark blue gem anyway.

The ring lights up.

The magical light spread from the ancient silver-cast ring like branches of ancient wood, and the characters representing the achievements of magicians from generation to generation were arranged on the top of the girl's head. These light words and textures gathered, bringing together light, magic power and elements.

In the end, an exquisite sphere composed of patterns of light and words floated above Tina's head.

There was silence.

The trembling of "law and reason" seems to make everyone here be deprived of their words by the "silence technique". Looking in awe at the light above the girl's head.

Only Ai opened his mouth wide.

She and the middle-aged nobleman are the closest to Tina, and perhaps she is the only one in the sky who knows what is above Tina's head.

Three-dimensional magic circle · spherical.

It is complicated and profound, the crystallization of wisdom.

The light gathered in the ball, the atmosphere roared around the light, and even the unextinguished flames on the deck were swept up in the ball with a diameter of more than ten centimeters.

Then, the stars flowed.

This can be regarded as a metaphor, and it can also be regarded as a statement of the scene that is happening at this moment in the sky filled with the unique atmosphere after a thunderstorm.

Star-like light spots flew out from the ball of light above the girl's head. There were hundreds, hundreds and thousands of them. The sharp ones were like arrows, the broad ones were like ax blades, the blunt ones were like flying rocks, and the swaying ones were like arrows. Like a magic flame.

The shining ball of light seems to contain countless galaxies reflected day and night by Nile Klein, and these flying and flickering stars are like the anger of Nut, the lady of the sky, pulling the stars down at night.

Elegant like a firefly flying.

But invincible.

"Missile Queen".

This is the name of the ring, a formidable title given to one of history's great magicians.

Again, this is the name of this great magic.

A distance of tens of meters cannot attenuate the power of a huge magic. It was once broken by Ai Guojue's lightning, but the shield that was not completely destroyed was vulnerable to these flying arcane missiles. The magic shield I can't even stop it, just smash it completely like that, and then.

The torrent of arcane missiles tore apart the spindle-shaped airbag of the airship, and the power that made this behemoth hang high in the sky disappeared at that moment.

Tina couldn't see the expressions of those bandits who were still on the deck trying to load the magic stone cannon at the end. Under the power of the earth, the airship quickly flipped and overturned in the sky. The airflow dismembered and scattered.

In the end, a snow-white water column several meters high splashed up in the center of Lake Maritis.

The big wave disturbed a nest of crocodiles nearby. In the turbulent water waves, they were washed to pieces and couldn't find their way for a long time.

When was their angry neigher, overlord of Nerokri, the offspring of Sobek, ever so embarrassed?

But immediately, they were excited to find that the things that fell from the sky for some reason contained tempting blood, so these green predators quickly spread their ferocity and anger on their fellows , and began to scramble for the delicious food that fell from the sky. After all, even if you count the one that fell and was almost smashed into meat, this is still a little small. A few thighs and arms, if you divide it casually, there will be nothing.

Tina in the sky didn't know the end of these bandits. Watching the water column fall and the ripples dissipate, she put down her hand with fear, and knew why Miss Alice wrote in a certain letter, Do not use this magic yourself.

Don't say that it's just an airship that hides at the edge of the range of the great magic that Ai knows, which makes her helpless. In front of the torrent of missiles, no matter whether it is a human body, steel, or a thick city wall, it will be treated equally and completely destroyed. , leaving only the wreckage that symbolizes destruction and death.

Miss Liliana, what a terrifying power I gave myself...

With a trace of panic, Ting Na slowly turned around.

There was reverence and awe, and the people on the deck looked at her with indescribable eyes.

Several local men from Sinai knelt on the ground and shouted for Goddess Isis to bless...

But forget it.

Tingna laughed twice, and pulled Ai up. The black-haired girl stared fixedly at the dimmed ring on her finger, and then raised it up again. There seemed to be dark red flames burning in her burgundy eyes. combustion.

"That...Miss Ai?"

"Although I have many, many questions to ask, let's forget it now,"

"Ah, ah haha, no matter what, you are finally out of danger, can you continue to move forward to Alexandria?"

"Yes, of course."

The middle-aged nobles who were completely stunned came back to their senses at this time, and the captain who had forgotten to direct the sailors to continue fighting the fire, they quickly gave a positive reply to their inquiries, and the captain left some sailors to help maintain the fire. After ordering under the deck, he led the others towards the cockpit.

"About two hours away, what are you two planning to do next?"

"Probably rest..."

Tina thought for a while, and answered like this.

"There are still many things to do, such as maintaining order, counting the losses, and controlling those sand bandits who are not dead. I still have to explain to some nobles what I have to do, but before that."

Ai pushed Ting Na away in disgust.

"I'm going to take a shower first and get myself clean."

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A message was rushed to a room in the Pharos airport.

After the people who were waiting in full force circulated the report, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

They were grateful for the resolution of the difficult situation, and because of the above mentioned, the decommissioned scout ships and magic stone guns showed a dignified look.

Those are all military equipment.

But this matter has nothing to do with witches and dolls.

The veiled witch got up from her chair, greeted the representative of the Adventurer's Association here, pushed the door open and left.

Outside the door is the sky, the land, and the city. Looking up, the torch on the top of the airport is as bright as a steamer in the blue sky even in daytime.

Faros Airport is built on the remains of the oldest lighthouse on the mainland, overlooking the beautiful and prosperous city and the vast lake beyond the city that moistens several provinces of Sinai.

The airship flying from that direction was mooring at the pier not far away. Soldiers in armor escorted one after another from the deck of the airship, who were bound and scorched all over. The sheriff held a stack of papyrus to They corresponded with the above portraits one by one, and based on this, they decided whether they were going to Alexandria's prison or the execution ground outside the city.

"Judging from that report, it was a thrilling journey."

Alice sat on the girl's shoulders, looking in the same direction as her.

"……Um."

"What should I do, Lily, apart from Alice, I remember the experience of traveling with two people, I only remember the couple when I just left the empire, and the lovely twin sisters before the Thirteenth Jihad, right? ? Miss Tina and Miss Ai are not as harmonious as they are."

"..."

The witch didn't speak, but just reached out and poked the doll's face, and then, that indifferent face seemed to melt slightly, showing a reassuring expression.

"Hmm, it seems that Lily has already made plans, but remember, no matter how persistent a person is, if he is hit repeatedly, he will be disheartened."

"……I know."

"It's best if you know...Wait, Lily, don't mess around, the makeup is going to wear off!"

The teasing tone of the little puppet made the witch hug her from her shoulders, knead her soft face silently, and waited for the little lady to cry out in a hurry before stopping with a chuckle and decorating her clothes with delicate The doll of Chunik who decorated it was hugged in his arms.

"...are you ready to meet them?"

From the gangway, two familiar figures came down. On the somewhat solemn pier, the shorter figure looked a little nervous.

And the tall girl took her hand and was looking around.

"Who is Lily asking?"

The little puppet raised its head and returned an elegant chuckle.

The witch raised her mouth slightly.

There is no answer to this question, or the answer is self-evident.

Walk down the airport transformed from a lighthouse, step over the snow-white stone steps, quietly hide and shuttle among the crowd, and wait until they quietly walk to their side, when they are surprised to see themselves and Alice suddenly appearing.

Going to her who was expected—and unexpectedly met again, solemnly said to her:

"Welcome back."

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Postscript of a certain day:

"...Now, Ms. Ai can tell me why Ms. Ai came here. Isn't Ms. Ai still studying in the City of Thousand Towers now? Until I pass the Dragon Academy's skipping exam..."

"I have already passed it. Although Master Liliana gave me a one-year time limit, I only spent less than three months."

"……is that a lie……"

"That's it. From now on, I will also travel with Master Liliana and Miss Alice."

"Teacher, master craftsman..."

"Then, please give me some advice, Miss Tina von Sia."

"Ah, ah, please give me some advice..."

"..."

"..."

"...Miss Tina, Ai, what are you looking at each other..."

"No, it's nothing!" ""

"...?"