Chapter 852 (1/2)
Chapter 852: A Like-minded Friend
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When the sun was setting, the shadow of the Impassable Mountain Range started to grow gradually and it seemed as if the mountain range itself was growing constantly. In the end, the shadow together with the sky mixed in darkness which engulfed the predominantly brown land that was dotted with some green areas.
This was the first time that Lorgar saw such a scene. When flying in the sky, a huge monster like Maggie could only cast a small shadow on the ground. The darkness seemed to approach slowly, but they just could not get rid of it no matter how fast they flew.
The pure vastness of the Barbarian Land filled her with awe.
Lightning moved closer and whistled. “Let’s go down. We’re here.”
“Ow!”
When the beast was going down, the Wolf Girl on its back felt as if she was about to float up in mid-air. This feeling frightened her. She could not help but firmly grasp the beast’s skin.
Before long, the three witches successfully landed on a hillside.
“This is…”
“Our Exploration Group’s secret base.” Lightning waved at Lorgar. “Come with me.”
The little girl suddenly disappeared behind a big tree stump. The Wolf Girl came up and found that the stump turned out to be hollow. It had a small door facing the steep slope and behind the door, she was surprised to see that there was a pile of firewood and some simple stone chairs inside.
“It’ll take two days to fly to Taquila. We’ll spend the night here and continue our journey early tomorrow morning.” Lightning opened the window opposite to the door to let the air flow. Most of the decaying smell inside the stump instantly disappeared. “Now it’s our barbecue time. Wait to try my yummy toast.”
“Did you… build this place?” Lorgar curiously looked around. She had accepted Lightning’s invitation and joined the so-called Neverwinter Exploration Group because the little girl had promised to bring her to the abandoned city and to provide her further information about demons, which precisely peeked her curiosity. After all, the Wolf Girl believed that the more she knew about her opponents, the easier it would be to defeat them. She had to force herself to leave the city knowing little about demons and the wilderness, but now as she finally met a reliable source of intelligence, she decided to make some “sacrifices” to keep it.
She felt it was not a big deal to spend some time playing with these two little girls.
“I didn’t build it. I just found a place created by nature.” Lightning quickly made a fire, lighting up the room inside the stump. “It was eaten hollow by some worms and the upper part of it collapsed during a storm. Its branches and leaves happened to form a natural roof. As for the window and door, they were cut out by Maggie. We’ve many bases like this in the Barbarian Land. An observant explorer is always able to spot a shelter in the wild.”
Upon hearing her reply, Lorgor felt this little girl was quite trustworthy.
In the flickering firelight, she noticed that there were bolts behind the shabby door and window that could be locked to ensure safety. She also saw that a part of the roof above the open fireplace could be opened for venting smoke and this outlet could obviously act as a double for an escape hatch in the event of an emergency. All the firewood was shelved in higher places to avoid being soaked in water and two ditches were dug out in the ground to ensure good drainage. Although there was a decaying smell in the room, it was not humid.
She noticed many other similar details in this room and it did not seem like these arrangements were made by a little child.
She started to doubt whether she had underestimated this exploration group.
Maggie took out some jerky from her backpack and cooked it over the bonfire while humming a tuneless melody. Lightning picked out many condiment cans which had been wrapped around her waist and evenly sprinkled them on the surface of the jerky. The smooth cooperation between them suggested that this was not their first time to do such a thing together.