"Sil Peter! Didn't I tell you that Selu would come back, or someone would come back in danger and send the signal?"
Schliemann was furious when he learned that Selu had not returned.
"Captain, there's smoke over there!"
"ah?"
Schliemann and others quickly climbed up the ladder and looked in the direction Hilpeter pointed.
There was indeed smoke there, very far away, and it was not like Selu could reach it in this hour. Moreover, the smoke was very light, and even started to disperse in the wind just above the tree crown.
"Be prepared to weigh the anchor and leave as soon as everyone arrives!"
"Okay Captain."
As the Crescent slowly advanced, Schliemann saw a rift in the forest, which ran north-south. If the sky island was regarded as a cupcake, then this canyon would be the crack on the top of the cake.
The smoke rose from the bottom of the rift valley. With the help of a telescope, Schliemann saw a woman busy cooking something.
She is not Selu, she has dark skin, hair pulled high, and two thick black lips.
She also spotted the figure of the flying ship, waving and smiling at it.
"Hey! Have you seen a girl with dark hands?"
Schliemann shouted at the top of his lungs, but the height was too high and the other party seemed not to hear him.
"More than two hundred meters away...and the cliff is blocking it, so she can't hear it at all."
Schliemann muttered something and asked Hilpeter next to him: "Is she the only one at the bottom?"
Hilpeter held the telescope and had just finished searching the north side of the rift valley, and was now looking at the south side carefully.
"No! Just herself..."
Schliemann sighed and said: "Call Mersin!"
Soon, Mersin came to the bridge. She was most nervous about losing Selu, who was her savior.
"How long does it take to climb down from this place?"
Mersin estimated it and said, "Two hours."
Schliemann wiped his face and had to admit that he had made a mistake in judgment.
For two hours, if Selu was not down there, he would miss the best time to save Selu who was poisoned.
"Why can't we hang a rope down? There isn't even a two-hundred-meter rope on the flying ship?"
"Rift valleys usually have strong winds. If it hadn't been for this wind, I would have let the Crescent go down directly."
Schliemann pushed Ampton aside and looked down again.
"That's it! Mersin, go pack your climbing tools and take me down. Hilpeter, drive the flying ship back and let the crew continue to search, and they found the cannon.
Don't get off the boat, just keep an eye on the woods. I'll fire a flare when I find it. But if I fire my flare from below, I'll probably only be able to see a little bit above it. "
"Okay, captain, don't worry, I'll handle it myself and I won't let anything slip."
Ten minutes later, Schliemann and Mersin disembarked from the ship. Apton insisted on following, but Schliemann refused.
"One less person means less burden for Mersin. Have you forgotten what happened when you went to the cave on Sand Island?"
“No, your safety must be guaranteed.
The gun is very powerful, but it only has four bullets. You only have strength and nothing else, so it is difficult to ensure your own safety. "
"Fuck you, grandma, you're a big watermelon...I've been here like this for the past five years!"
Schliemann was very upset at being underestimated and even swore, but he soon discovered something strange about Apton.
"Oh...I understand, then you can come, but you are not allowed to take Walter, let alone Vivian."
Walter stood on the side of the Crescent, making a face. The king asked him to obey Hilpeter's command, and he could only go back with the Crescent.
Looking at the steep cliff, Amp muttered again and asked: "Why can't we get a rope and tie it to the tree to hang down..."
He swallowed it back before he finished speaking, because he saw the grass on the cliff that was blown sideways by the strong wind.
Sure enough, during the descent, even if Mersin almost made safety buckles step by step, it could not prevent Schliemann, an amateur, from being almost blown away by the strong wind.
Several close calls made Apton break out in a cold sweat, and he even felt that he might lose his only guide in finding the Heart of Glory in this operation.
Even if Schliemann wore the leaf pendant, the huge force could not allow him to resist the strong wind. All he could do was hold on to the rope tightly and wait for Mersin's instructions.
Fortunately, Mersin's skills were excellent, and several dangers were resolved by her rich climbing experience. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the moment Schliemann got his feet on the ground.
"I advise you not to participate in such actions in the future."
Ampton collected the rope and spoke earnestly to Schliemann.
"I also suggest that you have nothing to do to practice. You have grown so big that you are so uncoordinated..."
Mersin complained.
Schliemann breathed for a while, waved his hand, put away the pendant and walked towards the pot that was still steaming.
What was burning in this bonfire was not wood, but some pitch black cake-like objects. The smoke they emitted was not even affected by the strong wind, and went straight upward.
In the cave next to the pot, the woman with thick black lips was looking at the three of them with a smile.
"Oh? A descendant of the sun god, a descendant of the sacrifice... and another..."
The man stared at Schliemann with fascination for a long time.
"Who are you? Your soul is so complicated..."
Although Schliemann was shocked by the woman's words, he still suppressed his doubts and asked about Selu's whereabouts.
"Are you talking about the girl whose hands were cursed? She was poisoned and is in a coma. The antidote will take a while."
After hearing the woman's words, Schliemann quickly took out the flare, but he overestimated the range of the flare in the strong wind.
The red smoke screen tilted to the side with a scream, and failed to fly out of the rift at all.
Schliemann sighed and said, "Then...what should I call this lady?"
"Witch Vader."
Schliemann narrowed his eyes. One of his favorite things to do was to expose the pretenders in this world.
"Vida, we are..."
"You are Selu's friends, I know, please come in quickly, the medicine will take about two hours to take."
The cave was very large and even had several compartments. Schliemann looked around and saw the skulls, claws, teeth, and fur of various beasts.
On the wall on the other side, there are many quiver-like things hanging, with various dried plants inserted in them.
There was a cage hanging from a small chain hanging from the ceiling of the cave. In the cage was a grinning monkey.
Selu was not here, so Vader led the three of them into the inner compartment.
On a bed woven with vines, Selu lay on it, as if asleep, without any other abnormalities.
"She ate the magic vine, what a silly girl..."
Seeing that Selu was indeed fine, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Schliemann also became polite and gave up the idea of tit-for-tat with the witch.
"Vida, thank you... This girl has been thinking about potions and other things all day long. She has never learned anything and always eats randomly."
Vader laughed so crazily that the three of them were startled.
"Haha, just like when I was young."
