In fact, she wanted to come over and rescue Hitzfeld.
After all, she was just short-sighted and ignorant, and there was nothing wrong with her intelligence. Naturally, she could tell whether Hitzfeld was truly willing or not.
Plus, it was the first time that Ashley saw the true face of the Hot Wind Festival ceremony up close. She immediately felt that she must rescue her good friend Heath.
It just so happened that there were not many people left participating in the festival ceremony. The remaining villagers were busy singing and worshiping the strange things below. She could take the opportunity to sneak over and cause some trouble.
"It's no use."
Hitzfeld shook his head slightly.
"As long as we are on this island, it doesn't matter where we hide. There is no point in escaping temporarily."
Her voice was a little hoarse and she was no longer licking her lips frantically.
There's no point. You might dry out your tongue first.
Frick was hunched over and curled up on the side, doing something unknown. Hitzfeld glanced at him, but didn't pay any attention to him. He turned around and continued to instruct Ashley: "Put on your feather suit and jump down later..."
"Ah! Heath wants me to die!"
"I'm not asking you to die..." Hitzfeld frowned and interrupted her, "Listen carefully - I am prepared for this situation, but I'm not sure if my preparations are sufficient."
Because the map marked several "heritage" burial sites. Even if the things dug out at each location were the same as she guessed, who knew whether the "quantity condition" had to be met?
She only informed Xia Yibing and the other two. At most, they could control three estates.
It's still a long way off... more than double, so she was naturally worried that the strength might not be enough.
"Take this." As he spoke, Hitzfeld handed Ashley a shiny piece of metal.
"What is this?" Ashley still had no idea.
"…I got it after breaking the wooden board."
"Ah - give me my mother's relics!"
"This is the real relic left by your mother!" Hitzfeld lied without thinking, because this was definitely the work of old man Ashral.
"It's not me who wants you to do this now, it's your mother who wants you to do this!... Do you understand? Don't interrupt me from now on, just listen to me!"
Ashley was indeed frightened by her serious and rigid look, and nodded blankly holding the metal fragment.
"Okay - something unexpected will happen soon. At most, a stronger light will be projected down to illuminate the monster..."
"If it is killed, then everything will be fine. But if it is not dead and becomes violent... then I will be even more angry!"
"boom!"
The entire cliff shook, and Hitzfeld stumbled and fell to the ground.
She propped herself up and looked down, her pupils contracted, and she found that the huge corpse-dissolving monster under the sea was rising higher and higher and getting bigger and bigger.
"Heath?" Ashley leaned closer. "And then? What should I do?"
"I want you to put on your feather suit and jump down." Hitzfeld said tremblingly, "Hold this fragment... Make sure you hold it steady! Use the fragment to reflect the sunlight and continue to shine on it."
"But! Heath!" Ashley's face was filled with panic, "I... I can't fly well! I've never passed the hunter team's assessment! I'm going to fall!"
"Ashley..." She was responded with a hug.
The delicate girl hugged a woman who looked several times stronger than her and comforted her in a coaxing tone: "Don't be afraid...Ashley...Do you believe me?"
"I……"
"You know, we've only known each other for a short time, but you must trust Amma, right?"
“I… yes!”
"This is your mother's plan. This is the task your mother entrusted to you..."
"really?"
"Really!" Hitzfeld emphasized.
"You are the only one among us who knows how to control the feather suit. Believe me... I promised your mother to take care of you... I will never let you die."
"So what should I do?"
"At that time... the entire sea surface affected by the strong light... the light reflected back there... the rising temperature will become even higher... there will be more scorching air currents."
"These thermal currents...the hot winds...are strong enough to provide you with a strong lift...You don't need to worry about falling...As long as you are determined and have enough courage..."
"boom!"
Before he could finish his words, a bright, extremely concentrated beam of platinum light came hanging upside down from the sky. The further it went down, the larger the projection surface became, rapidly expanding into a fan-shaped light surface that encompassed half of the strait.
Under the illumination of this light, a large amount of smoke emanated from the surface of the rising corpse-dissolving monster, and its entire body kept twitching and trembling, and it even struggled to crash into the sea cliff.
"boom--"
The mountains shook and the earth shook.
Brays Island was shaking, and a large amount of rubble and soil fell off the mountain. Some peaks even collapsed and fell into the sea.
Did they succeed?
Hitzfeld held on to the ground and looked at the light source with some surprise - there was a faint white light, which was not reflected by the cliff, but came directly from the distance... from the top of a sea cliff somewhere!
She couldn't help but clench her fists, which proved that her guess was correct!
But...it's not enough.
She saw clearly that although such radiation could cause damage to Braceworm, the extent was limited. It was still rising and approaching!
"Ashley..."
Before he could finish his words, another beam of light fell from the sky, overlapping with the previous fan-shaped beam, further burning and scorching the monster!
"hold head high--"
A shrill wail echoed through the canyon, making everyone feel dizzy.
"I heard what you just said! Hitzfeld!"
Just when the girl was confused, Frick next to her suddenly shouted.
"I talked to Carlo - they are also helping with the refraction!"
I fucking love hanging out with smart people!
Hitzfeld had no time to pay attention to the details here. She turned around and saw that Ashley had almost put on her feather costume.
"The time is now! Ashley!"
"Avoid that beam of light, don't rise too high, stay steady, and use the power of the air current..."
"Then just...fly!"
"Fly! Ashley!"
"Let it see what the real sun is—"
Chapter 48: Flowers Blooming from the Rot
Ashley was still a little hesitant, but in the blink of an eye, several figures led by Lindworm and Mogali rushed over.
We can’t take care of those who are far away for now, but the threat is right in front of us...how can we just sit back and watch them continue to act recklessly?
Hitzfeld had no fighting power at this time. Her beloved little pistol, the Prang-style that had accompanied her through many disasters, had been lost in the storm along with all her clothes. Not to mention that she was now recovering from a serious illness, and her fighting power would not be much stronger than that of a real golden squirrel or canary.
The more it is at this time, the more Flick's value can be demonstrated... Even though his injury has not healed yet, he still stopped this large group of "people" by himself.
Even though many of these things were similar in size to him, or even bigger than him, none of them could withstand a sweep from his arm. After several rounds, not only were they unable to break through the defense line, many unlucky guys were directly swept off the sea cliff by him.
Ashley gritted her teeth and knew she couldn't hesitate any longer.
She stopped looking at Hitzfeld, calculated the distance and took a few steps to run, then rushed out of the cliff without hesitation.
She must have been a little flustered at first, because she had never been able to pass the hunter exam and had never really worn a feather suit and "played" like this.
But soon, a gust of hot wind from the downwind gave her confidence. It was just as Hitzfeld said, the wind was forcibly lifting her upwards, and there was no possibility of falling!
It was just... a little too hot. She felt uncomfortable all over, and her exposed skin turned red and hot.
The entire feather suit was over 3 meters long when fully unfolded. In addition to the skeleton being put on her shoulders and firmly worn, there were two hook-like devices extending from the wings on both sides for the arms to pass through and firmly stuck in the elbows.
In this way, the hunter can flexibly control the direction of flight by moving the "shoulder-upper arm" part of the limbs. The two forearms including the hands can be free to pick up things and do more things.
Ashley's flying was not very stable.
She held on tightly to the metal fragments given to her by "Heath" and didn't even realize that her palm was cut. She tried hard to control the feather suit to soar in the sky, and then she was horrified to find that she was flying higher and higher.
There's too much heat.
It was simply surging upwards. She was already gifted for being able to keep her feather suit stable and not fall off, but it was really difficult for her to further micro-manage and maintain her height.
The temperature is too high... If I can't accurately control the flight trajectory and accidentally touch the beam of light, I will die!
Having witnessed what happened to so many villagers who fell into the area covered by the light beam, Ashley didn't want to try it herself.
correct--
At the critical moment, she suddenly remembered.
Mogali... Captain Mogali seemed to have said when she was teaching me... A truly excellent hunter does not rely on his arms to control flight, but on his feet... Use his feet to control the tail fin behind?
He turned his head reflexively, and his vision was naturally blocked by the feathers.
But Ashley knew - her vision seemed to be able to see through the layers of feathers and branches and ropes, and she could see that at the very end of the feather suit, there was a tail wing.
There are also two hooks under the tail wing. No need to ask, they are reserved for the feet.
Ashley tried to reach it with her lower body.
Out of reach...not a shred of hope exists.
This movement goes against the physiological structure of the human body - if she is asked to stay suspended in the air and lift her entire lower body forward, she can do it, but if she is asked to lift it backwards...
Her spine won't break...
Well, there is only one way.
"What is she doing?"
Hitzfeld watched helplessly from below, witnessing Ashley tumbling down from high in the sky, and his face suddenly turned pale.
She suddenly realized that she seemed to have missed a step. Ashley, because of her immaturity, lacked a specific understanding and concept of the consequences of many things.
If she thinks she can do it, she will just do it.
Instead of suddenly stopping like adults and having a three hundred rounds of inner struggle, which may eventually lead to poor performance due to excessive tension - this kind of thing does not exist.
It's a very common truth: human cubs like to play tricks when they are young, including but not limited to climbing stairs with bare hands and jumping on the scattered rocks just above the water at the top of the waterfall.
Although this behavior has also led to many tragedies, more surviving adults have used their healthy lives to interpret this truth - sometimes don't think too much, abandon fear, you can really do it.
When Hitzfeld was a child, he dared to ride his bicycle through the space between two moving buses - the gap was just wide enough to accommodate the width of the handlebars, and the two sides of the handlebars were definitely less than one centimeter away from the carriages.
Looking back as an adult she was amazed and terrified, and couldn't even understand how she had survived.
She didn't understand this just like she didn't understand Ashley's behavior now - she actually used her feet to hook the ring behind her while rolling, and she actually hooked it in!
"Oh!"
The wings spread again, and under the impact of the thermal air flow, Ashley stabilized her body again.
Trying to move the tail wing with her feet, she quickly got the hang of it. In addition to being able to control the left and right directions, she also learned to more accurately control the raising and lowering of the tail wing.
She finally had time to bend her right hand, place the metal fragment in front of her, and carefully adjust the angle.
No one knew where the fragment came from or what material it was made of. The sunlight shining on the metal surface could reflect destructive concentrated rays, but the metal itself was not very hot, so Ashley gritted her teeth and held on.
She continued to carefully adjust the angle of the ray, slowly deflecting it downwards, so that it overlapped with the other two already overlapping rays...!
"hold head high--"
chi chi chi...
Like the last straw, the speed at which the corpse-dissolving monster's body vaporized increased several times.
Originally, even under the two rays of light, it could barely maintain its original height - on the one hand, a large amount of liquid tissue was burned and evaporated, and on the other hand, more bodies were being pulled out from the sea and from the interior of the island.
But now, with Ashley's light added in, in just a few blinks of an eye, its huge body that had been exposed above the sea and was at least 500 meters high quickly shrank and was less than half of its original size.
Is this all right?
