At the naval base in the Sabaody Archipelago, Oran boarded the warship again.
The local garrison commander happened to be a subordinate brought by Zefa, and Zefa had greeted him in advance. In addition, the headquarters also conveyed the order, so he very politely arranged for a warship to escort Oran back.
On Doudou Island, Kate was sitting on the windowsill, measuring the thickness of her tail with a tape measure.
"Is it because Riley has such a good appetite that she seems to have gained weight recently?"
Kate sighed as she looked at the number on the measuring tape.
You need a companion when eating. If the people at the table have a particularly good appetite, sometimes you will unconsciously eat more.
There was no doubt that Leliana had a very strong appetite, so much so that Kate felt she had gained weight during the days when she was taking care of Orlan's children.
"Ha! Hey! Ha!"
At this time, regular slogans came from under the windowsill. Leliana was practicing boxing with Blitz.
Blitzcrank, wearing two huge red boxing gloves, took a defensive counterattack stance, blocking the small fists swung by Leliana.
Boom! Boom!
Although it was a collision between flesh and steel, it made a banging sound like iron hammering.
"Riley, I'm going to fight back, be careful."
Blitzcrank's growth module is also constantly learning, and its voice system is beginning to mature. Although there is still a distinct metallic sound, its speech is no longer intermittent.
"Oh, come on!"
Leliana took a horse stance and put her right hand back to her waist, making a fist stance.
Bang!
A puff of steam emerged from Blitzcrank's back, and his right fist flew towards Leliana. If you look closely, you can see that the trajectory of Blitzcrank's punch is actually crooked. Even if Leliana stands still, it would be difficult for this punch to hit her.
After all, his mission is to teach and spar, not to fight to the death.
Leliana did not notice this. At this moment, she did not realize that her talent was beyond the reach of many people. Now she just wanted to show Oran the results of her studies when he came back.
An unknown energy flowed through her body, and the fallen leaves and dust at her feet began to tremble.
The faint golden color was difficult to detect, and the energy that was closer to a transparent state gradually condensed on Leliana's fist.
"Aha!"
As her waist rotated, Leliana concentrated her strength into her fists.
A burst of energy swung out from the front of Leliana's fist. She was not yet proficient at it, so after the fist was swung out, the force dispersed in all directions, and in the end only a part of it brushed past the target.
Blitzcrank's mechanical flying claws deviated from their trajectory due to this force. With a crackling sound, the red gloves were torn apart, and the cotton inside scattered out and drifted away with the wind.
"Yeah, it worked again!"
If Sett had delivered the punch himself, it would undoubtedly have failed, but for a three-year-old beginner, it was enough.
"Brother Blitz, let's do it again. I think this time we can hit even harder."
"Riley, it's time for us to go to training. You can continue practicing in the afternoon."
Before Blitz could respond, Kate had already changed her clothes and walked down.
Cross-country running around the island every day is a compulsory course for Leliana, and her physical fitness continues to grow in this process.
"Hey, it's time. Why hasn't Dad come back yet? Didn't he say he would be back in a few days?"
Leliana looked at a stone disc in the yard with a steel needle stuck in it.
That is the timer in the yard, commonly known as a sundial.
At this moment, the shadow of the pointer was just under her feet, and this position also meant that noon had arrived again.
In this place, the sundial timepiece seems a bit old, but it is actually the handiwork of the whole family.
Terra dug the stone out of the dirt, Blitz carried it back to the yard, and Frankenstein pounded it into the proper shape.
Kate adjusted the details according to astrology, which was her late father's hobby, and for this reason Kate was the person here who knew the most about the movements of the stars.
Orlan himself was the chief designer, and Leliana engraved the dial, and the slightly childish pictures on it are her work.
The work itself is not difficult, but it is the first finished product made by the original members of the "Sidilir Family". Zach, who was born later, was unable to participate in this matter due to time constraints.
An ordinary sundial has great commemorative significance. As a timekeeping tool, it is more like a unique milestone.
"It's almost there. According to the itinerary, we should be there tomorrow."
"I understand. Brother Blitz, I'm going to play with Sister Kate first. I'll play with you when I come back!"
Yes, in Leliana's eyes, this is not training or learning at all, but playing. Although she will feel tired and exhausted, the process always makes her feel happy. In her mind, this is equivalent to playing.
"Tyla! Come out and don't ruin Sister Fran's garden!"
After searching around for a while, Leliana came to the entrance of a crypt, then crawled in and dragged out the dozing Terra, carrying her on her back as a load.
With Riley's physical condition, ordinary weights are of no use to her. If you want to achieve the desired effect, you have to wrap her up like a tire with sandbags. But Terra is different.
Each elemental dragon has its own preferences. As a mountain dragon, digging holes in rocks is as basic to life as flying and crawling.
By the way, in the note given by Qiyana, there is a record that the mountain dragon is the favorite dragon of farmers. Just one dragon can solve all the arable land problems of a city-state.
Elemental dragons also have their own elemental magic. Gravity and rock are Terra's abilities. It can increase gravity to allow Leliana to have a more reasonable load.
This is its innate ability. Although it is not yet proficient, it is enough to help Leliana practice.
"roar"
The sleepy Terra seemed helpless.
It, the mountain dragon, could become very powerful if it just slept for a hundred years, but it was forced to practice every day.
The "family status" determined at birth and the reality made it unable to refute it. Fortunately, during Leliana's island-circling training, she encountered a special mineral deposit that allowed her to have a good meal. Over the past few days, she got used to it.
"Let's go!"
Making a starting pose, Leliana ran towards the distant coastline, calling out to Kate to catch up.
Adjusting her breathing frequency and pace, Leliana once again set foot on the road she had passed countless times. Kate followed her not far away, but when she passed a coffee plantation, she frowned.
"It's been three days. What on earth are these guys trying to do? Hello, is that Orlan? It's the same thing again. Those guys are still on Riley's path.
Sure, my cat won't mistake the smell.
See Riley's own reaction? Meow knows.
Meow will take good care of her, don't worry."
The specialty of Doudou Island is coffee beans. Most islanders make their living by growing coffee. Ordinary coffee growers would not attract Kate's attention.
After all, Leliana's route passed through the coffee plantation, but Kate had smelled these scents in many places in the past few days. They seemed to have some purpose, but they had not taken any action.
"Boss, why don't we go rob Feld? He's the richest guy."
"Nonsense! The World Government still has money. Why don't you just rob the ship carrying the Sky Gold? Even if you make money, you still need to live to spend it. That guy Feld has too many bodyguards around him.
I've already inquired about it. This girl's father is a very famous doctor. He is also researching something for Feld. He must have money. As long as he kidnaps her daughter, he will definitely earn a large ransom.
With this money we can regroup and kill those damn pirates!"
This group of people were originally mountain bandits, but the island they occupied was taken over by a group of pirates. After several twists and turns, these people finally ended up on this island.
Feld was the boss of the underworld, and his territory was a mixed bag of people. These people coming here did not attract much attention.
"As expected of the boss, she always seems to be carrying a strange lizard. It should sell for a good price, right?"
"Idiot, that's a dragon! It's a legendary creature. If it were auctioned, I can't even imagine how much it would fetch!
That idiot doctor didn't even provide a bodyguard for his daughter. This is simply wealth delivered to your doorstep!"
The bandit leader painted a rosy picture for his subordinates, imagining a wonderful life for them, but there were always some people who did not give him face.
"Boss, does she have bodyguards? Isn't that Catwoman always following her?"
"That's called a babysitter! What kind of skills can such a tiny thing have? You've figured out the route, right? Then hurry up and get started!"
The bandits immediately took action and took a shortcut to the side.
In a forest, the bandits who had already prepared a good spot were waiting here. Soon, Leliana's figure appeared on the mountain road.
"Here we go, get started!"
To some extent, these bandits followed the rules very well. Instead of going out to kidnap people directly, they pulled up a rope, trying to trip Leliana before taking action.
A rope close to the ankle was suddenly tightened when Leliana approached, and then
The people on both sides pulling the rope flew out.
Who am I, where am I, and what am I doing?
This is a true portrayal of the inner thoughts of the two bandits. Even if an adult was riding a horse, he would have tripped the other one, but the reality was that the two of them rolled to the middle of the road. Leliana looked at the rope at her feet and the fallen uncle with a puzzled look on her face.
"What do you want to do? Jumping rope? Or performing magic tricks?"
Before she realized what was happening, she felt something stuck in her leg, and then two people suddenly flew out.
"You useless idiot! You haven't eaten for a few days? You can't even trip over a little girl?"
The chaos in Feld's territory refers to the presence of people from various forces here, rather than a disorder of order. If anyone makes a big noise here, Feld's men will clear them out without anyone else having to do anything.
So in order to carry out their operation smoothly, these penniless bandits endured for several days without making any noise, relying entirely on wild fruits and grass to fill their stomachs.
They wanted to hunt, but for some reason, there wasn't even a rabbit to be seen nearby.
This was the result of the choice made by these bandits. In order to keep a close watch, they were very close to Oran's residence, but there lived a dragon there. Even though it was a sub-dragon, it scared away almost all the animals nearby.
They finally caught a few fish, but they were not enough to fill everyone's stomachs, and in the end it became like this. If they didn't find a way to take action, they might become starving bandits.
"Don't be afraid, kid. We won't hurt you. We just want your dad's money."
As soon as he finished speaking, a banknote worth five thousand Baileys floated to his feet.
The note was light, but it struck his heart like a heavy hammer.
"Is that enough? This is all the pocket money my dad gave me. Go buy some food! I'm so hungry I can't even hold the rope."
"We are not beggars! We are bandits! Bandits!!"
He saw sympathy and pity in the eyes of a little girl, and that look instantly made him feel defensive. After all, he was once a bully in the mountains, but now he has fallen to this point.
"You guys have no money to eat, so you want to ask my dad for money? Isn't that just begging?"
Leliana is still relatively innocent now, and has her own childish way of thinking. At least in her eyes, this group of people are just beggars.
"I'm robbing! I'm going to kidnap you and then demand a ransom from your doctor dad! I'm not a beggar! I'm a bandit! Got it?"
"So you are bad people."
"Yes, he's a very bad person. He'll sell you off and make sure your father can never find you again!"
This was not the first time he had done this. When he was driven away by pirates, the locals even praised the pirates as heroes.
After all, that pirate only robbed bandits and did not attack ordinary people. He was considered a more moral group among pirates.
According to his previous experience, children of this age would burst into tears if they were easily frightened, and this would allow them to vent the depression caused by being treated as a beggar.
As he threatened, the smile on Leliana's lips and the pity in her eyes did disappear, but what replaced them was not fear, but anger.
"You said you wanted my father to never find me again?"
Leliana put Terra on her back to the ground and stared at the bandit leader. The look in her eyes even made the bandit leader take a step back.
Although he was just a child, he gave off the feeling of a ferocious beast.
"No, why should I be afraid? She's just a little kid over three years old. What can she do?"
Thinking of this, the bandit leader took a step forward, and Leliana also made a fist-raising gesture.
After a punch was thrown, the surrounding bandits laughed out loud, because nothing happened and the opponent seemed to have just posed.
"Boss, she looks down on you!"
"Yeah, a little girl looks down on you, how can you be the king of bandits?"
Amid the laughter of the pirates, Leliana pouted.
"It's all your fault. I've already learned it, and I'm going to show it to my dad when he comes back. I hate you bad guys!"
In fact, Leliana's control was somewhat unstable, sometimes working and sometimes not, so she had been practicing with Blitzcrank. Now, at this moment, someone happened to offend her, and she became the natural scapegoat.
And instability can also float upward.
The key to this move is to smash as you please! This move comes from the master of deliberate punching, Sett.
Leliana threw another punch, and for a moment, everyone's laughter was stuck in their throats and they swallowed it back with difficulty.
The wind swept across the field, and the violent whistling sound seemed to pierce people's eardrums.
The same action had a completely different effect. Before the attack even arrived, the intimidating aura had already bound the opponent firmly in place, unable to move!
boom!
A half-meter-deep dent appeared on the ground, and a section of the tree that required two or three people to hug disappeared out of thin air. It fell to the ground with a creaking sound. This time, Leliana delivered a deliberate punch with real power.
Although it was a basic version without any accumulated heroic energy, it gathered most of the strength in her body.
"The boxing skills my father taught me are really powerful."
Leliana pumped her fists a few more times, as if savoring the feeling just now.
"I'm just a little tired and hungry."
The price of performing above average is consuming more physical energy.
Leliana was still immersed in the momentum of her punch, but the bandits around her were not so calm.
"Where is the old man? Where did he hide?"
"Are you kidding me? Didn't they say the target of the kidnapping was a three-year-old child?"
"You call this three years old? I'm thirty and I don't have this ability. That's basically a monster."
There is a gap of three years, and Zefa's son has no ability to fight back, but here, everything is different
No one answered the question of where the leader had gone. The scene explained everything. Even the rocks and trees were smashed into pieces. How could the human body withstand it?
They didn't even hear their boss' screams.
Even if they didn't want to admit it, they knew that their boss had probably merged with the rubble and dust.
"I say, let's run before she notices us."
"That makes sense. Robbing Feld should be safer."
The bandits quietly retreated into the mountains and forests. Even though they were armed, they were frightened by the punch and did not dare to make any more attempts.
Terra noticed this but didn't alert Leliana. It smelled another familiar scent in the forest.
At the same time, it was still thinking about what would happen if this punch hit itself, and whether its heavy rock scale armor could withstand this punch in the future.
"Oh no! Those bad guys got away! I have to tell Sister Kate."
During previous training sessions, Kate would always keep a certain distance from her, so Leliana wasn't curious about where Kate was now.
Taking out a specially made Den Den Mushi, Leliana pressed the one-touch dialing button, but the Den Den Mushi said the line was busy.
Meanwhile, in the forest, a hunt continues, which also explains why Kate's phone is busy.
"Olan, it's meow. Riley's move was quite decisive. It's quite good for her age to be able to do that."
If an adult had let the other members of the bandits go, it would undoubtedly be incompetent, but for Leliana, it was already a good start. When faced with anything that threatened her, she would fight back without hesitation.
"It's okay, meow. I'm cleaning up the follow-up issues and I won't let any of them go."
With a scream, another bandit fell in front of her. All the bandits in the group fell in the forest without exception. Like their boss, they became one with the mountain as a bandit.
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