Artoria wants to read people's hearts

Although the other party has only joined them for a week, in fact, almost everyone of the other girls of the same age in the stronghold regards the blonde girl in front of them as the object of their dreams.

With a bright and beautiful face, a gentleman's polite attitude, a reliable and handsome temperament, people like this are truly outstanding.

It's a pity...it would be great if Pendragon was a boy.

Huh, hush, but this does not hinder everyone's love for girls.

Artoria took the meat and walked aside. Seeing the happy faces of everyone who had meat to eat, she couldn't help but feel happy in her heart.

After greeting everyone, she returned to the cabin assigned to her by the stronghold.

Instead of dealing with the food immediately like everyone else, Arturia chose to use magic power to keep it fresh temporarily, and then put the hind leg meat in her hand on the table.

She turned around and came to the corner of the room, bent down and picked up a machine that looked quite technical from the ground.

This is the goblin item she exchanged from the pockmarked team members.

Among the group of 'trash' that everyone picked up from the ruins, Arturia felt the fluctuation of magic power only from this top.

I don't know... Does this world also use the word 'magic power' to refer to this kind of magical power?

While thinking, she got up and sat beside the table.

With the flickering lights, Arturia could clearly see that there was something like a display screen on the machine.

Looking left and right again, she finally found a socket at the very bottom of the machine.

What is it here for?

Frowning, she tentatively stretched out a finger, and then carefully input the magic power from the socket.

"Om-!"

Suddenly, the screen of the machine that received the magic power lit up.

Under Arturia's suspicious eyes, I saw its screen flicker twice, just like a TV with a bad connection. With the sound of "stabbing", the screen finally froze into a picture.

This is... a map? !

Seeing this, her face slowly became serious.

She turned her gaze to the screen, saw the undulations and meanders of the river, and finally determined that it was indeed a map.

but..........

The map on the machine is not complete, it only shows a part of it, but it is impossible to tell where the map is pointing.

Unwilling to toss for another half an hour, Artoria finally chose to give up.

After interrupting the output of magic power, she put the machine with the screen turned off back in the corner.

This thing is obviously a small part of a large machine, maybe she can find a map of other parts in that ruins.

Sighing, she made up her mind.

It seems that I have to go to that ruins again no matter what.

Night will come again soon.

When everyone fell asleep, a nimble figure quietly left the cave.

Relying on the darkness of the night and no one around, Arturia no longer concealed her speed, and she galloped towards the goblin ruins.

Chapter 10 Revisiting the Ruins ([-] in [-])

At night, thick black clouds blocked the sky, and the clouds were like a barrier that not even a ray of moonlight could leak through.

But Artoria, who has the eyesight of a dragon, can see clearly in such darkness.

At this moment, she has come to the ruins of the goblins, and all she can see is desolation and mystery.

After a moment of contemplation, she stepped into it.

Green moss and vegetation are wrapped around every dilapidated building, and the tall towers made of stone have been broken in two.

Thick trees started to grow sideways from the cliff, directly running through the broken high walls one after another.

It was quiet and deep here, and the stone carvings made by the goblins looked extremely ferocious and fierce.

Occasionally, she could hear the chirping of small insects and the flapping of birds' wings, and she could even see dirty stagnant water among the ruins of the ruins.

In the dead of night, a scene like this can be directly used as the background board of a horror movie.

However, Artoria did not change her face, and there was no trace of fear in her heart.

Walking on the earth, the blond girl is not stained with dust, and seems to be completely isolated from all the mess and darkness.

Suddenly, she stopped and turned her head to look to her right.

Through the detection of magic power, she felt a wave of magic power similar to that on the previous machine.

Without any hesitation, she turned around and ran over there.

It was at the foot of a dilapidated tower, and it was only after Arturia entered it that she realized that this place was different from the dilapidated one outside.

Although there are still moss growing inside the tower, the various facilities are well preserved, but perhaps because of the confined space, the air inside is very turbid, which makes Hartorya subconsciously wrinkle when she just entered frown.

Walking into the depths of the tower, she searched for the induction of magic power, and suddenly found a dark passage leading directly to the ground in a corner.

Blinking her eyes in surprise, Arturia really didn't expect this thing to be hidden so deeply.

After cleaning up the dust and rubbish next to her, she walked down the underground passage for about 10 minutes, and finally came to a room with a huge space.

The first thing that catches the eye is a dark open space, a wooden spiral staircase stands in the middle of the hall, and the khaki stone wall next to it is full of thick and dignified feeling.

Behind the hall are neatly arranged wooden tables and solid wooden benches carved from wooden roots.

The wall facing the door was covered tightly by thick wall hangings, but the wall hangings at this time looked dull and dull due to the passage of time.

It looks like...... This is a well-hidden and well-decorated secret room.

Artoria looked around, then walked up the wooden ladder.

"Squeak—" The wooden ladder groaned in pain under the pressure of its weight.

"........"

She paused suddenly, lowered her head and looked suspiciously at the wooden ladder under her feet.

It always feels like...it's going to break anytime.

But it was impossible not to go up, because Artoria could clearly feel that what she was looking for was above.

So two seconds later, she started climbing up again.

Perhaps it was because the body shape of the goblins was different from that of humans. Whether it was the room or the width of the wooden ladder, she felt a little awkward when she moved.

The space above the wooden ladder is not very large, and Artoria saw the machine placed in the middle at a glance.

According to Magic's feedback, this thing is the goal of her trip tonight.

Going forward, she reached out and took the thing in her hand, and observed the machine with the magical light cluster in her hand for illumination.

Not bad, this machine is as high as 80.00% similar to the machine she got before, except for some differences in appearance.

After thinking for a moment, she slowly input her magic power into that socket according to the previous method.

The same "buzzing" sound sounded, and under Artoria's sight, the screen on top of it suddenly lit up.

The one shown above is also a map, and with her good memory, she was able to link to the previous map for merging according to the picture shown above.

The two were combined into one, and she was finally able to determine where the place pointed to by the map was at this moment.

To the northwest, there seems to be something hidden in it by goblins.

"Well......"

Tilting her head slightly, Artoria began to feel a little distressed about her future itinerary.

According to the map, the place is neither far nor near.

Even if it was her, she roughly estimated that it would take half a day to go back and forth, but adding the time of exploration, she couldn't help but start to worry a little, if she chose to go at night again, would she not be able to make it back during the day.

but........

After thinking for a few seconds, Arturia finally decided that it would be better to go and have a look.

After all, every additional piece of information now will give her a better understanding of the situation in this world.

Although I don't know what this map points to, but for Artoria, who has the ambition to improve the living environment of mankind, she absolutely cannot miss this piece of information that has already been delivered to her lips.

Thinking of this, Artoria narrowed her lake-colored eyes, and her eyelashes trembled slightly.

The half-water of the lake that leaked quietly under that was pure, clear, clean and transparent.

Putting the machine back into the backpack behind her, she extinguished the light cluster in her hand, and returned to the empty room on the first floor from the wooden ladder on the second floor.

Then he returned the same way, left the underground passage and returned to the ground again.

Arturia couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief as her nose finally breathed fresh air.

There is still plenty of time, so what to do now? .

Maybe...... I can search for this ruin carefully next.

After all, she was able to find a mysterious-looking map here, so there might be other interesting things here.

"........."

Thinking of this, Artoria looked up at the sky, then turned around and started walking towards the depths of the ruins.

However............

After wandering around for another two or three hours, she finally walked out regretfully.

Except for some broken copper and iron, Artoria did not find anything valuable from this ruin again, which has to be said to be a very disappointing thing.

Forget it, it’s not completely useless.

At the very least, after this trip, the map matter has been completely settled.

Sighing, Artoria looked at the direction of the exit, and galloped away without hesitation.

Just like that, she returned to the stronghold at night when no one was around and everyone was sleeping, and finally returned to her cabin quietly.

And all the actions she did before, no one noticed at this time.

After that, Artoria went hunting with the hunting team again step by step.

In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.

In the dense forest, ancient trees in various poses and with different styles tower into the sky, with intertwined branches, and the lush branches and leaves cover the sky and the sun.

The dim sunlight shines through the shade among the leaves, like the best shelter exuding an elusive tranquility.

Amidst a rustling sound, a vigorous leopard suddenly jumped out of the bushes, and directly opened its mouth and bit the neck of a wild boar that was digging into the soil.

The poor little wild boar was no match for the leopard at all, and not long after being bitten by the neck of fate, he died of being bitten and grabbed by the leopard.

Seeing the wild boar lying dead in a pool of blood, the leopard finally let go after hunting, and lowered its head to enjoy its lunch today.

At this moment, a sharp arrow suddenly shot out from the woods with the sound of "咻——!"

The arrow was caught off guard, and before the leopard had reacted at all, the body of the arrow had already entered its eyes.

"Roar!"

The severe pain made the beast unable to stand still. After realizing that it was injured, it subconsciously wanted to leave the place as soon as possible.

But... at this moment, it has lost the best time to escape.

The last thing reflected in the leopard's remaining eye before it died was the voice of a blond girl.

After that, there was a flash of silver light, and it stopped breathing just like the wild boar it had killed.

"Amazing, Pendragon!"

Amid the cheers, members of the hunting team came forward around the trees, their excited voices startled a group of birds flapping their wings......

"you flatter me."

Smiling and nodding, Arturia stood up with a bow and arrow in her hand to make room for them.

Seeing this, the members who had already cultivated a tacit understanding rushed forward, and took out their own tools to tie up the wild boar and leopard on the ground.

They tied the wild boar and the leopard to the wood separately, and then divided into two teams and started to carry them towards the stronghold.