"Don't look so hopeless."
A cheerful voice came from the side.
Frick looked back and saw Hitzfeld turning his head to look up.
"Hitzfeld... are you——"
“There are solutions.”
The girl nodded, licking her cracked lips frantically.
“And I think this would be the best ending for it.”
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Chapter 46 Broken Sword Fragments
Strictly speaking, the solution to the problem was not something Hitzfeld came up with on his own.
She guessed it.
There is a preceding logical chain here: the books left for Ashley, including "Confessions of an Adventurer: Jesselle's Adventures in Slaying the Dragon", the hidden notes at the bottom of the pages, and the little easter egg... Britney probably doesn't know about it either.
This guess is strange - because if Britney didn't know, then she obviously couldn't have deliberately torn up only this one of the four books into such a miserable state. And it doesn't explain why the little story in the notes is so appropriate.
But if she really knows what the annotation means...
The remains of the book had survived, having not been destroyed by Lindworm three years after Britney's death.
This thing just doesn't make sense.
Because Britney's way of solving the problem, that is, the way she figured out to take revenge on this big monster, is to let it eat her.
First, find a way to become a transcendent, and then when you are about to be eaten, let your mind be polluted by nightmares and directly transform into a corrupted one.
In this way, even though her body would be dissolved and absorbed, Britney's spirit would retain its own consciousness, and would not be corroded and controlled like other victims.
But that's all. To put it simply, Britney's actions can only allow her to maintain a certain degree of independence, but she can't refuse the other party's connection.
Everything about her will still be open to reading, and her thoughts during her lifetime and after her death will become part of Braceworm.
This also explains why Ashley can live a carefree life to this day - because Braithwaite devoured not only Britney's body and soul, but also her maternal love.
After Hot Wind Festival, everything of Britney belonged to it, including maternal love, and it subconsciously regarded Ashley as its own child.
Because this is truly unprecedented.
This is the first time that a pair of "sensible" parents gave birth to offspring in such an environment, and the mother chose to face the outcome even after knowing that she could not escape it.
This kind of emotion, the power contained in it, is far beyond the comparison of those muddleheaded native souls.
Sure…it’s touching, but Hitzfeld pays more attention to other details.
She believes that Britney's love for Ashley and Lind's love for his wife and children can at best protect Ashley from growing up safely.
Braceworm acquiesced to this happening. On the one hand, it was tricked and influenced by Britney's will in its body, and its subconscious mind began to love the child; but on the other hand, and most importantly - it didn't matter to it at all.
It is hidden in the lower crust of Brays Island. Although its body is not as big as the entire island, it is definitely not small.
Does leaving Ashley uneaten have any effect on it?
No.
Ashley alone is not enough to fill its teeth.
But what if - Britney knew in advance the meaning of the notes in "Confessions of an Adventurer: Jessier's Dragon Slaying Adventure" and wanted to leave them behind to remind later generations of the truth about this island.
Still with the presupposition that Braceworm would read everything about her, Hitzfeld felt that this big monster would never let this happen.
Those books will definitely be taken away and destroyed by Lindworm, who is controlled by it.
It's a very simple truth...because this matter will really damage its core interests.
The ignorant Ashley will not resist its rule, but if those new outsiders unite... judging from the island map provided by Ashral, which marks many buried "legacy" locations... it will indeed be quite troublesome.
So a new question arises - since Britney doesn't know the secret hidden in "Confessions of an Adventurer: Jessier's Dragon Slaying Adventure", why do all these coincidences match up?
Isn’t this a paradox?
Hitzfeld thought about it for a long time and felt that this might be the case.
Britney's understanding of annotations may be a state of "knowing but not knowing".
It sounds mysterious, but it is actually easy to understand with an example.
That is, she might have vaguely heard the legend of the annotations to this book from somewhere a long, long time ago, when she was still a noble lady in Port Vien.
But she herself did not care too much about this little Easter egg. She might even have tried to crack it, but because of some... well, probably intelligence-related factors, she ultimately failed to crack it.
So she didn't know what the annotation meant—she hadn't even cracked it, so of course she didn't know.
But she vaguely knew what the note meant - she was just not sure, and maybe she didn't even count on the book too much, but placed more hope on the list.
This explains why, after Bressworm had completely acquired her, Lindworm's attention was still focused on the blessed slate.
This monster's intelligence is still flawed after all.
Being able to control the human body and speak human language without being seen through for a short period of time is the ultimate achievement of its evolution after years of devouring human brains and imitating them.
It is unable to further understand those things that are "possible", "probably" or "vague".
Therefore, the entire logical chain is established——
Known Condition ①: Braceworm can control the souls of its prey after devouring them, integrating their thoughts, and any plans of resistance will be exposed in front of it.
Known condition ②: If the prey itself does not know what it is doing, if the prey itself does not know the meaning of what it is doing, even after obtaining them completely, Braceworm will not know.
Known condition ③: Ashraal gave Britney a map of an island where many "legacies" were buried, but he did not say what the specific use of this thing was.
Known condition ④: Britney thought this map was useless and never counted on it from the beginning to the end, and even threw it away not long after.
Have a look.
Take a look!
Does Hitzfeld have reason to suspect that the map actually has a deeper meaning?
Can we further suspect that those "legacy" are the key to the outsiders' resistance to Braceworm?
Let’s speculate further – why are there so many branches of the estate and why are they so scattered?
After reasoning to this stage, we can extract condition ⑤: The cliffs of the entire Brays Island are actually acting as mirrors, with the purpose of reflecting more sunlight to the main peak.
Based on Hitzfeld's observations, she was sure that not every mountain was emitting strong light to the main peak.
why?
Can we make a bold guess that the strong light is too intense, the temperature is too high...it can't bear it?
……
"What kind of junk is this?"
On a mountain in the southeast corner, the white-haired priest used a few branches as a shovel to dig for a long time and finally dug out a highly rotten wooden box.
I thought there was some great treasure hidden inside, but when I opened it, I couldn't find any tools like a shovel or a pickaxe, let alone a dagger.
There was only a rusty, completely unusable old-fashioned musket, a cardboard box that broke at the slightest touch and it was hard to tell what it contained, and some scattered black powder.
What is the use of such a "legacy"?
Is Hitzfeld playing a trick on them?
"Agent Xia Sha..."
Cybert was also speechless and could only turn around to look at Xia Yibing.
"She asked us to find a mirror, but there is obviously no mirror here..."
"..."
Xia Yibing didn't say anything.
She stood up, walked out of the woods, and stood in front of the edge of the cliff looking out.
The sunlight projected onto the cliff section at her feet, forming a reflective ray whose outline could already be seen, which was projected obliquely to the other cliff more than ten meters away.
Then this cliff directed the light obliquely to other angles, zigzagging back and forth, and finally projecting it onto the "light curtain" at the top.
The main peak where the light curtain is located should be where Hitzfeld is now.
During the digging process, she came out to observe the place more than once. She was sure that the light curtain at the top of the main peak should be a living thing.
Because it changes its position and angle more than once, the direction of light can be controlled at will.
Is this the truth about the Crystal Sea?
Taking a deep breath, Xia Yibing tried hard to control the fear in her heart.
Oh, actually she wasn't that surprised.
Because this surprise has been suppressed by another emotion since its birth, and there is no hope of turning around in this life.
This emotion is called "concern and worry about someone."
Driven by this emotion, Xia Yibing turned back to the woods, bent down, and started rummaging through the pile of junk.
She was even bitten on the hand by a spider that emerged from the black soil powder, but she didn't care and eventually got a new reward - a metal fragment hidden under the powder.
It looked like a fragment of a sword, the size of a palm, with a blade.
When I shook it in my hand, all the dust fell off automatically, revealing a snow-white and shiny metal surface, shining with cold light.
Tres and Cybot showed disappointment on their faces.
It's not a mirror, it's useless...
"No...wait—"
Xia Yibing raised her voice and raised her hand to send them away.
She found a beam of sunlight that shone through the jungle and placed the broken sword fragments underneath it.
The next moment, a faint platinum light naturally refracted from the surface of the fragments and burned through several tree trunks.
At the same time, another hill in the southeast corner.
Three grown men were squatting in a grove of trees. Below them was a small earth pit with a rotten box inside, and inside the pit was a pile of junk.
Zafira was also holding a piece of broken sword in her hand, and was discussing it with Ethan, her face full of praise and amazement.
[Captain, Captain—are you there?]
Next to him, Carlo was squatting there tearing the skin off his palm. It was a rare occasion that he used blood magic to harass his companions during the day.
[I seem to have dug up a treasure here!]
[I just don’t know what use it is…]
Chapter 47 Fly, Ashley!
Hot wind blows.
the weather is getting hotter.
A thin white mist of steam rose up on all sides of the island, accompanied by a foul stench and thick smoke, with orange clouds as a background.
The natives cheered and sang songs of praise that they had woven themselves.
The mist falcons were calling, and countless large gray-feathered birds were circling in the sky, staring at the ground below with salivating eyes.
Everything became blurred and distorted in the hot air. If one really had to find a word to describe this place, Hitzfeld would definitely say - this is purgatory.
"Ashley," she said calmly.
"Ah?" Ashley had just quietly approached behind her and was stunned when she suddenly heard her own name.
"There are some extra feather costumes scattered around. Go find one and put it on yourself."
"Ah?" Ashley stared at her in confusion, totally not understanding what she meant.
