As soon as this thought arose, she suppressed it harshly.
The Devourers are still human beings. This is not her definition, but the definition given by the Machinery and the Sun Goddess Cult over the years.
"You are a human?" The woman refused to believe it. She shook her head desperately and walked around the bed holding the wooden pole. "Impossible... How can a human know what is in my mind... Impossible! You are not a human!!!"
After yelling this, she immediately jumped over, swinging a wooden pole and was about to beat the girl on the bed.
You should just listen to what I have to say.
Hitzfeld completely gave up the idea of making a fool of himself and immediately rolled to the inside of the bed. As soon as he turned over, he heard a loud bang from the bed.
Her face turned bitter... She had originally thought of using deductive reasoning to bluff the other party into giving her free food and drinks, but she didn't expect to meet a fool who wanted to attack her without asking clearly.
Come to think of it, what is Wrm Village... Brace Island? She has never heard of such a place in the North. Most likely, they are the remains of the indigenous ancestors from that era. Some of their cultures and customs must be completely different from what she knows.
Thinking this way, she understood. Not only did she understand, she even felt a little fortunate - because at least she and the other person could communicate in the same language.
"How can I be swept into the net by the wind if I am not a human?"
While dodging, she kept trying to persuade the other party.
"Don't be crazy-Ashley!"
Hitzfeld's face darkened as he grabbed the wooden pole.
The gray hair swayed slightly with her movements, revealing the left half of her face that was originally blocked, and her wide-open dark golden left pupil was also revealed.
I have to admit that the two-color pupils, one gold and one blue, are still a bit intimidating.
The natives had obviously never seen such a face before. The woman she called Ashley immediately let go of the pole, took a few steps back with a trembling body, and sat on the ground with her legs weakened.
Half an hour later, the situation in the house became that Hitzfeld began to comfort the woman with kind words, while the other party buried her head in her knees and cried bitterly.
"I'm not an evil spirit... I can guess your thoughts not because I can read your mind, but because I infer them from the surrounding environment..."
"You told me about the 'Sky Hunters' before... this thing... right? It must be made up of the hunters you mentioned. They are a powerful force to protect the village."
"When you mentioned hunters, you sounded envious, which is not the tone of a hunter... Then I saw a web being woven in the corner, and next to it... there was a bow hanging on the wall that looked... not very reliable. I guessed that you dreamed of becoming a hunter, but obviously you haven't achieved your wish yet."
"What about...the name?"
After talking for a long time, Ashley finally looked up and faced the girl with her tear-stained face.
"You even guessed my name! And you said you can't read minds!"
"..." Hitzfeld looked at the woman with snot hanging from her nose, then raised his head to look at a stone slab leaning against the door and the words "Happy Birthday Ashley" engraved on it, and suddenly felt a little tired.
It was said that the savage natives were strong and courageous and could stand on their own.
This woman looked to be in her twenties and was physically strong. Not only was she mentally retarded, she would start crying at the slightest shock or blow.
It completely overturned her impression of the natives.
It is possible that the indigenous people are poorly educated, ignorant, and may even lack a sense of shame.
If you have emotions, you should vent them...it's actually in line with the way of nature?
Forget it.
She lay back and rubbed her swollen temples.
The top priority is to keep healthy and investigate intelligence.
It’s better not to bother with this silly woman.
the next day.
When Hitzfeld woke up for the third time, he felt much better.
I explained the situation to Ashley last night, so that she could understand that she was indeed a human being and that those were not the methods of evil spirits, but purely reasoning based on wisdom.
Then Ashley gradually believed her and got her some food and water.
The food was a kind of paste served in a wooden bowl. It tasted a bit like mashed potatoes without any seasoning, and to be honest, it was better than she expected.
After eating and having a good sleep using the power of the Ring of Desire, Hitzfeld felt that she could try to walk.
What he was wearing was more like a linen sheet with three holes cut in it than clothes.
Ashley made this last night at her strong request. Before that, she was covered with a coarse quilt and was completely naked under the quilt.
Walking out of the cave hut and into the yard, Hitzfeld saw a row of kelp hanging in front of him with a complicated expression.
These kelps...are her benefactors.
Her clothes, including her skirt, socks, underwear, shoes...all the fabrics on her body were most likely torn to pieces in the tornado.
Only the black leather collar around his neck and the Ring of Desire hanging on it remained.
When she fell into the net bag, her whole body was wrapped in a large cluster of kelp.
The kelp covered her body so completely that according to Ashley - other people had only seen her head at most.
The only way to repay your kindness in covering my shame is to eat you.
After putting on straw sandals similar to Ashley's and tying a vine around his waist, Hitzfeld reluctantly accepted this outfit.
Walking out of the yard, she first looked back at the structure of the cabin.
Needless to say, the cave hut is built on the basis of a cave.
Surrounded by dense jungle, looking up, there is a towering rock wall. On the rock wall, you can see many similar caves, but they get smaller as you go up.
Maybe it was caused by years of erosion and corrosion.
Hitzfeld didn't walk far. He just looked at the environment and went back to the house to lie down.
The fever had not yet subsided, and she did not want to risk being captured by running around before she understood the customs and practices of the place.
After resting for two whole days, during which he spent one day reading a lot of Ashley's so-called "collection of books" due to insomnia, Hitzfeld thought that the person in charge of Worm Village should arrive soon.
In fact, it was true. Not long after the sun rose that day, Ashley rushed in and shouted that the "village guard" of Worm Village was looking for her.
The village chief of Worm is called Lindworm, and he has no surname. According to Ashley, every village chief would take the first two sounds of his name plus "Worm" as his new name, and Lindworm is no exception.
Lindworm is here.
Like other villagers, this man wore clothes made of linen. He was obviously not young anymore, looking about 5 or 60 years old, but his back was still straight and his voice was very loud.
"Outsider, there is something I need to make clear to you."
The first words this person said when he met me were a warning.
"Worm Village will not restrict anyone's freedom, nor will it deprive anyone of their right to move or survive, but don't think you can leave here."
"Over the years, countless travelers have been swept here by storms. They have all thought about leaving, and have tried various methods but all failed... I say this to warn you not to waste the wind spirit's kindness. It's not easy to survive, and I hope you can cherish your future life."
"..."
Hitzfeld raised his eyebrows.
This kind of warning.
Ah……
She won't accept her fate until she tries it herself.
However, this statement is still very informative.
She began to wonder whether the Baron's daughter, Britney Skye, the real target of her trip, had also been here.
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Chapter 23 Filtered
By identifying the positions of the stars, Hitzfeld determined that she was not far from "the north."
Not only is it not far away, it is even further north than the sea area hit by the storm and has entered the Crystal Sea, located in the central and western areas of the Crystal Sea.
Combined with her own experience, a logical chain can be established here.
Two priests once came to the periphery of the Crystal Sea to conduct an investigation. The results of the investigation showed that all ocean currents near the Crystal Sea would change their course strangely after entering here.
Whether they are changing direction, flowing backwards, or offsetting each other, this is definitely abnormal.
Torres believes that this ability to change the undercurrents of the ocean is the reason why the Crystal Sea has become such a dangerous place... because these currents are occasionally disrupted and become more and more intense, eventually forming terrible waterspouts that engulf ships.
This speculation has now been confirmed.
This had been confirmed from the moment the sandworm was discovered, but unfortunately it was discovered too late. They were completely attracted by the corpse camp of the rescue team on the shore and had no time to investigate these things.
Well, since they - including her - came here by encountering a tornado → being caught in a storm → being thrown into the storm, crossing a distance of more than a hundred miles and falling onto Brays Island... just by applying the formula, they would naturally think that there were other people who had been here as well.
This was further confirmed by the words of Lindworm, the village chief of Worm Village: he said it himself that there had been outsiders before.
"Where is my companion?" Hitzfeld asked first.
"He's fine." Lindworm paused with his crutch. "Although he was more seriously injured than you, and broke many bones after hitting the top of the tree and rolling down, his body is much stronger than yours, and he recovers much faster than you."
"What color is his hair?"
"Deep black."
That's Flick.
Hitzfeld's heart sank.
Based on their interactions during this journey alone, she didn't hate Frick, nor did she think he was a bad person.
But after all, there was Xia Yibing's warning, and although Frick was not a bad person, he was too perfect in every aspect, which deepened the two people's suspicions.
On this deserted island where there are no laws.
A primitive civilization with no other acquaintances.
It's really hard to feel safe staying here with a Gold-level Flint Knight who has no idea what his attitude towards you is.
"You said before that many people were swept to Brays Island by storms." She looked at Lindworm. "How many years ago was that? ... I mean, do you remember how long the interval was?"
"No one would deliberately remember these things." Lindworm shook his head, "Because everything is destined. No matter whether it is an outsider or ourselves, no one can leave Brays Island alive."
"I just want 'roughly'," Hitzfeld insisted. "Five years? Ten years? Twenty years? Just give me an idea."
"Almost twenty years." Ashley, who was standing next to him, whispered, "My grandma seems to be an outsider as well. She was also blown down by the storm..."
The further she spoke, the smaller her voice became, because Lindworm was glaring at her sternly.
Hitzfeld noticed this detail, but she didn't say much.
Next, she had a lot of exchanges with Lindworm, asking a lot about the situation in Worm Village, deliberately mixing in information about civilized society, in order to test how much Lindworm knew.
"You mean the altitude here is over a thousand meters? But I've never heard of such a magical island in the northern part of Sara."
"We never lie... What is Sara North? Sara?"
"Oh, that's where we are... Also, I heard from Ashley that there are sky hunters here? Are they hunters who can fly? What tools do you use, airplanes? Or hang gliders?"
"What's an airplane?" Lindworm's frown was enough to hide the beans. "What's a hang glider?"
After this exchange, Hitzfeld obtained more detailed information.
The overall altitude of Brays Island is over 1000 meters, possibly higher... It is shrouded in mist all year round. Although it is divided into many peaks, the edges of each peak are extremely steep and smooth.
The so-called sky hunting team is just wings woven by local hunters using the feathers of a bird of prey called the "mist falcon" - in fact, it is the most rudimentary hang glider, which can be used to glide in the sky for a limited time.
Such a method can only be used when there is wind. However, there is always thick white fog in front of Blade's Edge Cliff - the edge of the cliff facing the mainland mentioned by Lindworm, and there is almost no wind to borrow.
This explains why the Wyrm villagers are trapped here even though they know how to make hang gliders. Trying to cross the strait with those crude wings is tantamount to seeking death.
After learning this, Hitzfeld's mood worsened slightly.
Lindworm refused to respond to any temptation. Through him, it can be basically judged that Brays Island is completely isolated from the world and has no knowledge of the outside world.
If Lindworm was not lying and the information was true, then she was obviously trapped here too.
Although the other party said that outsiders have the freedom to make a choice: either isolate themselves from the village and live on their own, or join the village and help each other. But people who are used to civilized society will definitely not be willing to stay here forever.
Without thinking about how to escape for the time being, she told Lindworm that she had six other companions, hoping that the villagers could help find them while they were on the island.
Lindworm agreed without hesitation.
