Neighbors in forbidden land

"I didn't... I didn't mean to!"

Yimi in the cave suddenly yelled and broke the silence of the night, but I, lying outside the cave, didn't understand what happened at all.

Is it a bug again?

"Xiao Hei! Xiao Hei! Xiao Hei! Are you there!" Yimilian called my name three times, his tone completely lacking the usual stability.

"You are here... as long as you are... as long as you are, huh..." Yimi's voice gradually calmed down again, and her shortness of breath from shouting gradually stabilized.

I cautiously poked my head to the entrance of the cave, and saw that Yimi, who had already sat up, was stroking her chest with her hand to calm her breathing. There were tiny beads of sweat on her forehead, and her face with her eyes closed was gone. The calm expression before was a little distorted. At this moment, Yimi's whole body was trembling slightly, as if she was afraid of something.

Yimi's mood is very unstable, but I have no idea why.

Is it really because of coming here?

This piece of land is completely unfit for human habitation.

"Xiao Hei... when did I fall asleep?"

"it's dark?"

"...Then it's time for dinner."

"Is there anything else to eat..."

Yimi's question reminded me that Yimi doesn't eat much, but sooner or later the meat of the Bechymos behemoth will be eaten up.

But since it is a monster, even if it dies, a new one will appear again, even if it is Behemoth, otherwise, there should be nothing on that land.

But it is not very clear when the next Bechymos resurrection will be, and it is also the first time I have killed the Bechymos behemoth, so the situation in all aspects is still unknown.

Of course, the most important thing is that Yimi doesn't seem to want to eat Behemoth's meat anymore, so it is necessary to find other food for her.

But what else is there... where to look again...

"Eat as much as you can..." Yimi suddenly whispered.

"I said just eat as long as you can... It's already evening, Xiao Hei, do you really plan to go out to find something to eat?"

I'm planning to go out to find something to eat, isn't it the same day and night?

But since that's the case...

In fact, just spit it out.

"Take it to the river, I just went out to drink some water... Which direction is the entrance of the cave?"

So I spit out the meat directly by the river I dug out, and watched Yimi reach out to the river step by step carefully.

"It's cold..." Yimi sighed softly after touching my meat piled by the river.

"By the way, how did you get such a big pile of meat?"

"what?"

"Such a big pile of meat...Xiaohei, your strength...is bigger than I imagined...Are you really a girl younger than me?" Yimi knelt down by the river and held the He picked up the water inside and washed his hands.

Let alone whether it is a girl or not, I am not human...

"Naturally..." Yimi took another cup of water, said this in a low voice, and put the water in her hand into her mouth.

Then Yimi quietly put the minced meat I piled beside her into her mouth, but she seemed to dislike it from her expression.

But what else to look for?

I don't know if Yimi eats fish or not... But there are too few fish in the sea, and they are much harder to catch than Behemoth, and I don't want to kill Mr. Whale, so it's a little troublesome...

And Yimi doesn't drink sea water, right?So after all, is the fish in the sea edible?

a bit difficult...

"Xiao Hei, I don't want to eat." After Yimi said this to me, she squatted down to the river to wash her hands with water.

So I bit the meat back into my mouth.

Yimi didn't eat much at all...

"Xiaohei...do you feel..." Yimi stood up again and hugged her body tightly with her hands, her voice trembling, "...is it cold?"

I didn't feel it, I just saw that the wind seemed to be getting stronger from the dust flying on the ground.

But judging from Yimi's appearance, not only the wind has become stronger, but it seems to have really become colder.

"Xiao Hei... don't you feel it..." Yimi rubbed her arms with her hands, bent slightly and gritted her teeth, and said this sentence.

"Uh..." Yimi's light orange long hair was blown by the wind and danced in the night sky, but Yimi's body was trembling, as if she was about to be blown down by the wind.

The plants on the ground were almost all bent by the wind, and the seedlings that had just emerged from the soil were directly uprooted and disappeared under the night.

It seems a little bad.

I used my paws to help Yimi block the wind, and Yimi curled up her shoulders and walked back to the cave with difficulty.

"It's so cold, so cold..." Yimi was almost curled up in the cave, repeating these two words while trembling.

The moment I was about to spread my wings and leave.

"Don't... go..."

Yimi weakly raised a hand and stretched it towards the cave entrance.

"Don't leave me...alone..."

Her voice was more than soft.

"It's so dark..."

It is softer than the sound of raindrops.

"I'm... afraid..."

Against the blowing wind, I spread my wings.

fly.

Go east, as fast as you can.

The wind that blows by.

A monster fleeing on the ground.

The distant skyline shrinks, and the earth merges with the night.

None of this matters anymore.

Before I saw the mountains piercing the sky, I started to lift up and flew diagonally upwards.

By the time I got to the [-]-meter mountain range, I was just high enough to get over the top.

Unexpectedly, I actually came here twice in one day.

Then I descended as fast as I could, plunging headfirst into the eastern side of the mountains, still in the smoking volcanoes.

Then he took out a pile of churning and burning magma with his claws, and flew back as fast as he could.Seeing that the magma in the claw's heart also slid towards my two sides on the black ground like flowing water, I couldn't help but flap my wings and accelerate further.

How long has it been since I flew so fast?

I haven't flown so fast since the day I started journaling.

Soon, he returned to the edge of the cave.

As a result, I almost threw the magma into the cave.

I tried to lift the magma to the entrance of the cave, and the dark red flame brought some light to the dark cave.

And the weak Yimi curled up her body into a ball, lying inside, shivering.

"Xiao Hei... Cough cough! Cough!"

As a result, just as Yimi's expression eased, he coughed violently again, covering his chest with his hands and twitching continuously.

why--

I remembered.

Yimi had the same reaction when he handed Yimi the meat that had been burned by the magma.

Not just temperature.

The smoke from this thing called magma is harmful to humans.

why.

Watching the magma in the claw's heart drop to the ground, turning into dark stones.

Why can't I have a simpler way to start a fire.

Looking at Yimi in the cave, she coughed in pain.

Why isn't there a way to start a fire without harming it?

I threw the magma in my hand aside.

This kind of thing.

Why can't I do magic.

What else can these claws do——

Just at the moment when I was at a loss.

On the other side there was a conspicuous light, and dancing flames danced in the wind, shining in the night.

It's the plants, burning.

Because of the magma I threw, those plants were set on fire.

I remembered.

Humans have also used plants to enhance the combustion of fire.

Maybe this will work?

I hurriedly stepped over, chopped the surrounding plants with my claws, and then gathered the plants towards the burning flame.

The flames that were constantly twisting in the wind became brighter and more powerful.

I hurriedly used my claws to poke a piece of flame to the entrance of the cave. This time the light was brighter than the magma, reflecting the dark cave more clearly than during the day. The flame twisted in the night and made a crisp "crackling" sound.

And Yimi's expression finally eased, her tense body gradually relaxed, and she didn't cough so violently anymore.

Great...Finally...

"Xiao Hei..." Yimi's voice was still weak, but not so soft.

"It's so warm..." Yimi was lying on the ground very calmly, the light of the flame sprinkled on her snow-white skin, illuminating her small face, and covered her with a gauze made of light.

Although I don't know what warmth feels like.

However, now I am also very warm.