Four people were walking through the haze of moonlight within the forest, not bearing torches, instead relying on the simple blue stream of water above Moli’s head for illumination.
Their progress was actually quite quiet, even Xiayat with horse hooves hardly made a sound when not running, let alone Miss Anna in her traditional Nali attire.
Although she wasn’t wearing the intricate high heels, even normal flat shoes that ladies wear were quite a struggle on this kind of mountain path.
Her pace had always been slow, simply unable to keep up with the others, but she was quite strong-willed, remaining silent and trying hard to follow everyone’s steps.
Fisher noticed her discomfort, and oddly enough, his "Fisher Intuition" always found Anna to be very dangerous at first glance, yet upon closer interaction, he only saw her as an average lady, devoid of any means of resistance.
Apart from her extraordinary beauty, there wasn’t anything else exceptional about Anna.
Speaking of which, her appearance was entirely that of a West Continent person, yet she had claimed to be from the South Continent. Fisher had seen people from the South Continent who typically wore grass skirts and had complex patterns dyed naturally on their faces; there should be a certain difference from West Continent people...
Pushing aside his doubts, Fisher didn’t gallantly offer his hand to help her. As long as she could roughly keep up, that was fine.
"Is this underground river really so long, Moli?"
Xiayat looked at the endlessly flowing blue water above Moli’s head, which kept pointing towards Nali Lake in the distance, showing no sign of deviation. This indicated there must indeed be a passage leading back to the sea within Nali Lake.
They had been walking for over half an hour, but still nothing.
"Um... I don’t know either. We should discover it if we walk a bit more."
Moli poked the blue stream on her forehead, which steadfastly pointed to the adjacent Nali Lake. Fisher glanced at the endless dense forest ahead, shaking his head and saying,
"No, this pace is too slow; we must speed up..."
Upon hearing this, Anna pursed her lips apologetically and said to the three,
"Why not, I can carry her. That might speed us up a bit..."
Fisher looked surprised at Xiayat who had spoken. More precisely, he looked at the not-so-broad horse section behind her,
As mentioned before, the physique of a Centaur was in fact not as broad as that of a real horse. Fisher felt when studying Xiayat that the horse part of her body was not very wide, which seemed a bit of a stretch for carrying someone.
"Yeah, if this lady isn’t too heavy, I can still give it a try."
Xiayat had no choice. Anna’s walking pace was simply too slow, needing rest after a few steps. Although Xiayat didn’t have a good feeling about this lady, she didn’t pose any other problems over their time together, so taking her for a distance shouldn’t be an issue.
Anna didn’t insist on being strong, slowly walking over to Xiayat’s side. Fisher helped her climb onto Xiayat’s back, where the horse section lacked items like a saddle so it was somewhat awkward to sit. For a moment, Anna was so afraid, she hugged Xiayat’s waist tightly, which caused Xiayat to blush deeply and nearly bolt away.
"Sorry... am I holding on too tight?"
Fisher watched the two ladies hugging each other with a deadpan look, feeling that the scene seemed rather harmonious, but perhaps it was just his gentlemanly appreciation for ladies kicking in...
"Since that’s the case, let’s advance at full speed, aiming to arrive earlier."
"No problem, hold on tight."
Xiayat raised her front hooves, while both Moli and Fisher were in good physical shape. Sprinting at full force was certainly not out of the question.
Watching Centaur Xiayat take a deep breath and charge forward, it was Fisher’s first time seeing a Centaur run at full speed. Her velocity was truly lightning-fast, effortlessly navigating the rough mountain terrain. It was hard to imagine how beautiful she would look running across the plains.
Moli and Fisher exchanged a glance and quickly sprinted to keep up. After all, Xiayat was carrying someone, and it didn’t take long for Fisher and Moli to catch up with her pace and see Anna, with eyes tightly shut, holding onto Xiayat. This speed was obviously a bit too fast for her.
"Wait, the direction has changed!"
Before long, while sprinting, Moli suddenly spoke up. The pale blue ring above her forehead abruptly turned in another direction. She stopped in her tracks, looking towards where the ring pointed.
Xiayat and Anna also came to a halt, and before Xiayat could turn around, Anna, clutching her mouth, almost fell.
"Are... are you all right?"
Anna got off Xiayat’s back and walked towards a tree with a pale face, bending over and nearly vomiting out all the contents of her stomach.