Eighth Crown

"Gentle? It's the first time I've been told that."

Esders took these words indifferently, gentleness is unnecessary to her, "For most people who are not familiar with me, they should think so, probably because I am on the battlefield. The image is so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.”

"But don't look at me like this. When I was in the army, it was easy for me to get along with my subordinates. As long as I drink and eat meat with them, they will quickly accept me."

Esdes raised his chest and said proudly: "Also, I can get along well with the residents of the Imperial City. Everyone often invites me to eat snacks for free. Usually, I am very approachable."

That's right. When getting along with the hunter's crowd, Estes didn't put on airs at all, and even if she persuaded her to drink, he would drink it boldly.

"Because subordinates and residents are precious treasures?"

After thinking about it for a while, Liuxia tried to substitute herself into Esdes' thinking and made such a guess.

"You know well, that's probably what I think."

Esders glanced at him unexpectedly, nodded and admitted his statement, "I like war very much, the excitement of war when it comes, the pleasure of being ravaged, and the screams of the enemy during torture, but I like it. I won't do anything to my subordinates and ordinary people, because they are all precious treasures."

"If they're gone, no one can bring me war."

Her subordinates and residents are all wealth that can bring her war.

This woman's idea is really simple but thorough, easy to understand but stubborn, and I am afraid that no one can forcefully change her deeply ingrained concept.

"But why would such a captain suddenly want to fall in love?"

Liu Xia pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose and asked inexplicably: "To be honest, I think the hobby of love is very different from the hobby of the captain's previous wars and torture."

"You really like to dig deeper, but this is also a good opportunity to deepen your understanding."

After thinking about it for a while, Esdes naturally covered his chest, and a longing smile appeared on his face, "There seems to be no reason to say it, it's probably just a little throbbing in my heart... um, It always feels like an indescribable experience, and it feels really good.”

Only at this time did the expression on her face really look like a woman.

"but--"

Esders glanced at him very lightly, "I'll tell you the ugly thing first, you're not playing, you're too boring, you don't have the guts, your body looks weak, and most importantly, your smile is too worldly. Now, it's not pure at all, you and the Seleu group are a good pair, I think she has a good impression of you."

"...Captain, I don't have that plan either."

Liu Xia's figure stagnated for a moment, and then she replied slightly speechless: "If I fall in love with you, I will feel very fortunate."

"That's good."

Esdes stood up from the stake, patted off the sawdust on his butt, and said to Liu Xia, "Let's look for some more prey, and after identifying the location and orientation here, we will return to the imperial capital through the flying dragon. Go, need to stock up on some more food until then."

While saying that, she walked towards the depths of the forest.

Liu Xia followed closely, thinking silently in her heart.

Estes is almost flawless, and it is really impossible to achieve one-hit kills by finding her weaknesses.

…………

The day passed quickly under the non-stop hunting.

After the night came, a crescent moon hung on the sky at some point, surrounded by stars, twinkling, disappearing and reappearing from time to time.

Liu Xia stood on the edge of the beach, looking up at the twinkling stars in the sky.

"what are you doing?"

Esdes dragged out a tiger-shaped dangerous species with a body length of more than three meters from the forest, threw it in front of the flying dragon, and let it eat it while it was drenched in blood, and then saw at a glance standing under the night, Lucia who doesn't know what she's doing.

"Look at the stars." Lucia replied.

"Is this a unique interest for people like you who like to read?"

Esdes came to Liu Xia's side, also raised her head and looked at the sky, trying to find fun in it, but she couldn't understand the fun of this behavior at all, and quickly gave up.

"No, I'm just identifying the direction." Liu Xia shook his head and replied like this.

"Oh? Do you still understand astrology?" Esdes asked with great interest.

"Just a little bit." Liu Xia said modestly.

In fact, recognizing astrological signs is a compulsory course for every orthodox magician, even if they are not specialized astrologers, in order to confirm the best time and environment to perform magic, they must learn to distinguish orientation, season, leylines, etc.

"It was about early morning over there and noon over here, which means that the two space nodes are on the east and west hemispheres, and the emperor is the season when autumn gradually enters winter, but here it is close to midsummer, in other words. Mostly there are differences between the northern and southern hemispheres, considering the distance, it is best to fly to the northeast..."

After Liu Xia thought silently, she turned her head and pointed her finger in a direction, "It should be in that direction, and the error shouldn't be too big."

"Oh, it's roughly the same as my judgment."

Estes glanced at him admiringly, "I didn't expect you to have this kind of ability, I am impressed by you, Liangyi."

"And then? How long do you think it will take us to get back to the capital?"

"Hard to say."

Liu Xia hesitated, "Considering the error in orientation, the speed of the flying dragon, and the supply of food, etc., it is conservatively estimated that it will take at least ten days."

There is no need to consider the foothold. With Esdes' ability, he can easily create an ice layer on the sea as a foothold, and let the dragon rest for a while before starting again.

But even so, it would be even more difficult to return to the imperial capital just like that, and in the middle of it, food consumption, fresh water supply, etc. had to be considered.

Esdes pondered, "Ten days, you are better than me in this regard, I can't even calculate the approximate time-"

"bass--!"

Just as she was about to continue to say something, a purple light suddenly shone on the beach not far away, turning into a beam of light rising into the sky in the night, making it hard not to be noticed.

"That's... a teleportation array?"

The two looked at each other with a surprised look.

"Although I don't know why it suddenly opened, it's always right to try it."

Esdes made such a decision, then took the reins of the flying dragon, pulled it into the teleportation array, and then pulled it out again. The flying dragon was still intact.

"It looks fine, let's go in."

"Yes, Captain."

The two walked into the teleportation array one after the other.

Thanks to the smiling grim and Feng Lingyao for the reward! I owe a monthly ticket of 300, and I was asked to go home for a blind date today. There is no way to add it for the time being. It is still three, and I owe Zhang Ming to make it up around the day after tomorrow.