She understood why Year Ring was reluctant to say these things.
That was probably the darkest and worst memory for her.
However, it is possible that the Cult of the Goddess of the Mechanical Sun was "created" by Saint Fili.
That era gave him enough opportunities (all other religions were dead), and he had enough power. All he had to do was add a little bit of theory... and put a layer of skin on the core of the Sun King myth, and a brand new Sun Goddess was born.
This made Hitzfeld think of an interesting phenomenon.
That is, although the vast majority of Sara people tacitly equate the two, there are still a very small number of fanatical believers who refuse to acknowledge that the Sun Goddess is the Sun King.
"This is stupid," Hitzfeld said suddenly.
"It's stupid, and arguing about this stuff is just a waste of precious time—"
Nian Lun moved the pipe away and snorted.
"I also heard that you were going to Onsin."
"You should get back to packing your boxes."
Chapter 16 Arrival
Another day later, at exactly eight o'clock in the evening, a black car drove into the Wayne-Portman Air Force Base.
"The last time I came here, it was still a private property." Alfred, who was driving, couldn't help but sigh, "Who would have thought that Skye Airlines would actually join the old royal party?"
"Really?" Hitzfeld looked at his expression in the rearview mirror.
"The main reason is that we have no evidence." Alfred glanced back. "He is a baron after all. We can use our power to search his house anytime and anywhere. But one or two times have yielded no results... It's embarrassing for us."
He opened the door and got out of the car, opened the trunk, and helped Hitzfeld drag out a large suitcase.
Alfred weighed it hard and looked at the girl in surprise: "This thing weighs at least 80 kilograms!... What did you put in it?"
"Clothes and books." The girl replied, then looked to the side with a smile, "You should ask her what she brought."
That’s right, this time she and Xia Yibing only brought one box together.
Two suitcases were too troublesome, and considering that they could share some clothes, they simply bought a bigger one and put both of them's things in it.
They also took out Darent's small briefcase and said goodbye to Alfred. After showing their identification documents, the three of them were quickly guided onto the airship.
It said the flight would take off at 8:30, but it didn't say that we could only board the plane at that time.
It is worth mentioning that Darent guessed correctly. There were a total of four large airships. Except for the one they boarded, the other three had been boarding soldiers intermittently. It seemed that they were reinforcements specially sent to Onsayin.
"Then our ship should be carrying cargo."
Lying on the edge of the circular window, Darent looked out with his butt sticking out and said, "You have to be careful with Aisuen. A small match dropped down could cause us to explode in the air."
"Get out of the way." Hitzfeld picked up the suitcase on the seat and smashed it on his butt, mocking him: "You should be the one who should be careful!"
Of course, because Darent was the only one of the three who smoked.
"Isn't that unfair?" Mu Ren complained. "It's not like your director hasn't done that before. Last time I saw her -"
"Xia has only done it once, and I can see that she is not very skilled." Hitzfeld interrupted him again, "Unlike you, not only are you skilled in the movements, but you won't even tell the story behind a cigarette~"
"You're provoking me!" Darent yelled immediately, "Do you think you can make me tell you this? I'm not that stupid!"
"I think you're quite stupid. It's been so many years since you started in Barvik, and you haven't even made it to the official rank of a Level 7 agent."
During the dispute, the airship took off.
Darent was ready to have a good debate with the girl just a second ago, but when he felt suspended in the air, his face turned green.
He stopped saying harsh words and simply slumped in his seat, fastening his seat belt with movements comparable to those of an epileptic patient. He then crossed his hands on his stomach, shrank his neck, and trembled with his lips in wavy lines.
This guy's fear of heights hasn't been cured yet...
Hitzfeld looked at it and shook his head.
This matter actually doesn't make sense.
Xia Yibing was also surprised: "Mapusi, you are a wooden man, you smoke, drink, and eat meat... but you are afraid of riding an airship?"
"I am a man first, and then a wooden man." Darent protested in a low voice.
"And have you ever seen a tree that is not afraid of being suspended in the air? ...My roots have left the ground! Isn't it normal to have some symptoms?"
No matter what you say, he is right.
But Hitzfeld still keenly found the loophole in his words: "Before that, you volunteered to kill Baron Skye..."
"That's an opportunity to make merit, it's different." Darent shook his head like a rattle, "Besides, that's a high-end airship! It's not that bumpy at all!"
I finally managed to get a convincing argument out of him, but maybe because he shook his head so violently, his face turned black, and he pulled out a half-fixed small wooden barrel from under his seat, stuck his head in it, and started making noises.
Seeing him like this, Hitzfeld was too lazy to ridicule him anymore.
She got up and went to find the flight attendant - who were all in military uniforms - and asked for a kettle of hot water. She poured a cup in front of the three of them, opened the suitcase, took out notebooks and books from the top compartment, sat in the corner and began to look through them.
I didn't go to the bedroom because there was none.
This is a military boat, and it is a dedicated cargo ship. The bedrooms are all specially converted large bunk beds, where more than 10 to 20 people squeeze together, and they are for the sergeants to live.
How could she have the nerve to ask so many people to make room just for her and Xia?
Fortunately, the airship still retained a part of the cabin, so no one competed with them for this place. There were six pairs of twelve seats on both sides, and they could arrange them as they pleased. The chair in the middle could be laid flat as a bed, which was enough for rest.
Xia Yibing got up and went out for a while. She came back about half an hour later with a few things in her hands and was weighing them up and down.
Hitzfeld glanced back.
A little weird.
Take another look.
Suddenly reacted: "You... grenade!?"
"Not bad." The woman smiled, "It's a welcome gift from the gunner, let's each take one."
Hitzfeld stared, still not coming back to her senses. She continued to weigh the three "heavy" objects: "Maps is right, there are ammunition all over here. We must be very careful when using open flames. This is no joke."
I think you are kidding me now...
"do you want?"
One of them stretched out in front of him.
It was Hitzfeld's turn to become a rattle.
"Then I'll keep it for you." Xia Yibing took the thing back and glanced at the wooden man who was already asleep.
"Maps... Well, I'll just keep it for now, reluctantly!"
Hitzfeld could only respond with a dry laugh.
She suddenly began to miss Lily who was staying with Lu Hill.
At least on the way to Fellington, Lily wouldn't do such fancy tricks...
……
The journey was longer than she had imagined.
A full eight days passed. We did stop once, but we still hadn't reached our destination. We couldn't even see the Bro River when we looked down from the window. There were only white clouds and vaguely discernible canyon mountains.
During this time, Hitzfeld had become familiar with the troops traveling along the same route.
They were the fixed crew of this Buku-type military cargo airship. The captain of the airship, Reyer, was a bearded man who looked like a pirate. The gunner, Lint, was a sturdy middle-aged man. The rest were a number of young and strong men, a total of 68 people, not counting the three of them.
These soldiers were quite polite... except for Lint who thought it was inappropriate for Darent to live with two women and dragged him away by force (in fact, the space they lived in was separated by six layers of thick curtains so that not even a sound could be heard) - they never came here.
At first Hitzfeld thought she could endure it, but by the 11th day, she felt she could no longer hold it in.
Except for going to the toilet, I can only curl up in a seat to read and draw all day. This kind of life is unbearable.
This reminded her of the days when she was drifting on the road to the Crystal Sea.
To be honest, that kind of life is better than now. At least you can go on the deck to get some fresh air.
Just when she felt her body was about to die, on the 12th day, they were finally notified that the time was approaching.
"That's it."
Xia Yibing pointed to a place outside the window and motioned the girl to come over and take a look.
"See that winding 'water snake' down there?"
"That's the Northwest Branch of the Burrow River."
"If nothing unexpected happens, we can get to the surface tonight."
Chapter 17 Encounter
The city of Onsayin is not a complete fortress.
Only the half facing northwest - perhaps even less - is the fortress city. The remaining half, including several towns outside, are normal living areas.
Before landing, Hitzfeld took a good look at the terrain from high above.
In her opinion, the terrain of this place was really steep.
First is the northwest tributary of the Bro River. This winding river is not very wide. The widest section is more than 50 meters, and the narrowest section is less than 10 meters. There are 26 towns of different sizes on both sides of the river. Of course, this includes the city of Onsin itself, but this is exaggerated enough. Hitzfeld could not have imagined it before seeing this scene... She originally thought that they should be separated.
In fact, they are almost connected. Small towns similar to Green Town... or even smaller, are located on the left and right, all the way to the end of the tributary.
The second is the terrain in front of the fortress.
Too high.
Looking northwest from a high altitude, Hitzfeld could clearly see a high plain. The altitude of the plain there was at least 100 meters higher than the fortress wall.
Fortunately, it was a long enough steep slope, and the distance smoothed out the gully a little.
There was nothing else to see, but she thought that was enough. This was not counting the cliffs rising from the northeast and the strong waterfalls pouring down from the top of the cliffs. You know, these waterfalls are one of the sources of the tributaries of the Buro River. She also vaguely saw a building similar to a waterwheel below the waterfall.
Unfortunately, there was too much mist and many details were not clear.
The airship landed behind the fortress city, the second town from Onsin City, and only here had enough flat land.
It was called the town of Shein, and Hitzfeld suspected that the person who named it had cut corners, because it sounded just a variation of the second half of "Onseen".
It took her a long time to adjust after her first step on the ground... Considering that today was Friday, she was too lazy to ask Xia Yibing to contact acquaintances, so the three of them found a hotel nearby in Sheyin Town and planned to get through tonight first.
She slept soundly that night.
Her insomnia was getting better day by day, and with the hypnosis of the Desire Ring, her sleep quality was unshakable. Even if she heard some messy noises outside before falling asleep, it didn't affect her much.
But Darente and Xia Yibing didn't have this ability. They didn't sleep well last night and yawned when they woke up in the morning.
"I really want to kill those sergeants!"
In the hotel lobby, three people sat around a table, and Darent drank custard while bitterly criticizing this damn place.
"It's not like I haven't been in tough situations, but never anywhere like this!"
"They have to hurry and unload the cargo." Xia Yibing was also drinking hot milk. "There's nothing we can do about it."
With so much military supplies, the longer the delay, the more dangerous it would be. It would be better to unload them as soon as possible.
There were also the rotations during this period, the transfer of veterans, the transfer of reinforcements, and the uniform footsteps of military boots that can still be heard even now.
Relatively speaking, her sleep quality was better than Darent's, because she had found Hitzfeld's human-shaped pillow last night, and she gradually fell into it while smelling the fragrance of the girl's hair.
Hitzfeld didn't say anything; she didn't feel anything at all and was drinking the rice porridge in small sips.
After Xia Yibing finished a glass of milk, she poured another one. Seeing her eating the meat pie with hot porridge, she pushed the cup in front of her to test her.
Hitzfeld protected Mi Zhou and leaned back slightly, looking at her in horror.
Xia Yibing had no choice but to pick up the cup.
She really does it for her own good...
Rice porridge, what nutrition does it have if you don't drink milk in the morning...
"What does Frick say?" Darent asked.
"The news has been passed on by the Tree People. He knows that the place where we are coming is Sheyin Town. I asked him to send people to wait for us on this street every day starting from the 15th." Xia Yibing replied.
"What date is today?"
