Lightning shuttled through the hills south of Border Town, filling in the grid-marked parchment in her hand. (Quality#……Net)

This was her latest task, to work with Soraya to map the Western Region.

Flying with Soraya would greatly reduce her altitude, making it difficult to traverse the dense forests. Therefore, she would first draw rough outlines, and then Soraya would piece them together to create the complete map. Under the magic pen, the map looked just like a bird's-eye view, with every detail lifelike.

When the parchment was filled, Lightning turned around and headed back to Border Town. With these months of practice, her flying speed was getting faster and faster. At full speed, according to Roland's calculations, she was approaching one hundred and twenty kilometers per hour. At this speed, the strong wind rushing towards her made it almost impossible to open her eyes.

She thought this was her limit, but just the day before, His Highness gave her a gift—a leather headband, with two copper rings wrapped in the middle. One side of the copper rings had a pure and transparent glass embedded in it. As long as she wore it, she could stay away from the wind.

His Highness said it was called windproof goggles, made when firing glassware, and said that with this, she would be more like little Ezreal. Lightning didn't know who Ezreal was, but she understood that just joining the leather, copper rings, and lenses together was a laborious task. Each piece of leather had double stitching, the inner side of the copper rings was wrapped tightly, so there was no need to worry about scratching the skin, and there were buckles similar to belts at the back, which could be adjusted at will. It didn't look like something made casually.

She immediately liked this gift and wore it on her head almost while sleeping. Now, as long as she pulled down the windproof goggles, she could fly as fast as she wanted, without having to worry about the whistling wind in her ears.

Soon, Lightning arrived above the town and was about to return to the castle to give the grid map to Soraya when a white figure suddenly flashed past the corner of her eye. She turned her head and saw a pigeon spreading its wings and gliding towards Longsong Stronghold. Pigeons were not rare birds, but this one was different. It was too fat. Just the wings were enough for her to gnaw on for a day.

Lightning swallowed. She remembered catching fish and birds by herself when she was stranded on the desert island, and setting up a bonfire to roast them. Although the food provided by Prince Roland was also very rich, she was a little tired of buttered bread and mushroom soup for a month in a row. If she could catch a pigeon to roast... She touched the small bag of salt and pepper on her waist and made up her mind.

With a turn, Lightning rushed straight towards the pigeon, which quickly noticed the uninvited guest. It folded its wings and swooped down, seemingly trying to burrow into the forest and get rid of the aggressive pursuer.

Lightning was slightly taken aback, not expecting this pigeon to be so smart. Then she grinned and made a sharp turn, following it. Since luring hybrid demon beasts in the Evil Moon, the little girl was confident that nothing could escape her eyes.

The pigeon skimmed over the treetops for a while, and then lowered its altitude, flying close to the ground. However, the distance between the two was getting shorter and shorter. No matter how it flapped its wings, it couldn't shake off Lightning.

The forest retreated quickly, and the sunlight scattered through the dense branches, with spots of light and shade alternating, until passing through a stretch of open ground, the surroundings suddenly became empty and bright. She seized the opportunity, pushed her speed to the limit, instantly hugged the pigeon from behind, and pinned it to the ground.

The pigeon struggled hard but could not break free from her restraint. Lightning pulled out a small knife from her waist, ready to finish off this prey, when the other party suddenly spoke, "Don't goo! Help goo!"

The little girl shuddered and almost dropped the knife in fright. But she quickly recovered, "Are you a witch?"

The pigeon nodded repeatedly.

"I thought I could have a change of taste," Lightning sighed regretfully and put away the small knife. "I'm Lightning, what's your name?"

The other party swelled up into a ball, then transformed into a human form. "Maisie, you actually wanted to eat a bird!" she accused.

"I've eaten a lot before," Lightning shrugged and reached out to pull her up. Suddenly, a bead rolled out of her arms, bounced twice on the ground, and fell into a small pit. Lightning went over to pick up the bead, wanting to return it to Maisie, but found that this red bead, as transparent as glass, was engraved with a string of strange runes, which looked very familiar.

She frowned and thought for a while, then hooked the thin rope around her neck and took out a deep red pendant from her chest. Comparing the two in her hand, she realized that the runes on them were exactly the same.

"Huh?" Maisie poked her head out from behind, "You also have a Tracking Sigil?"

"Tracking Sigil... what is that?"

"You don't know? This thing can be sensed by magic stones and can locate the holder's position." She paused, "That's not right, why should I tell you? You wanted to eat me just now."

"Do you have a magic stone?"

"Yes—no." Maisie shook her head.

"So you can locate my position?" Lightning asked curiously.

"No, you must have a matching magic stone to locate the corresponding Sigil." This time, she answered quite readily, "And only witches can use it. You don't know anything, so how did you get it?"

"My dad gave it to me when I was a kid," Lightning returned the bead to her, "What about yours?"

"I won't tell you," Maisie made a face, then curiously looked at the former, "You're the witch from the Mutual Aid Society? Ashes said that you don't want to leave Border Town."

"You're from her side?" Lightning curled her lips, "I thought you were a newcomer attracted by the rumors. Everyone is doing well here, why leave?"

"Because it's dangerous, the church may come with an army at any time."

"Explorers won't be timid because of danger," Lightning blushed slightly at this point. Uh... that time going to the Stone Tower doesn't count. When she goes to the ruins next time, she must be the first to enter the basement, "And Prince Roland has many incredible inventions. Once you've seen them, you'll definitely be attracted to them. One of them is a weapon that can fire iron balls the size of a fist, and anyone who touches it will be torn to pieces."

"Really? Can you take me to see them?" Maisie exclaimed.

"That won't do, unless you join the Witch Union and become one of us."

"But I have to take Ashes back..." She hesitated.

"Then you can come back after you send her there," Lightning persuaded, "There are so many fun things here, there are machines that move on their own when boiling water, and there are weapons that can attack enemies from a thousand meters away. Uh... how far is a thousand meters? Anyway, it's very far, people look only as big as twigs." She gestured with her hands and feet, "And there are even more places to play in the Misty Forest. Poking beehives and picking mushrooms are nothing, hunting birds and wild boars are more interesting. Skinning the fur and roasting it on a bonfire until it shines with oil, then sprinkling it with salt and pepper, your mouth will be full of the aroma of meat."

"Really?" Maisie couldn't help but lick her lips.

"Why would I lie to you?" Lightning hooked her arm around the other's shoulder, "Why don't we go catch a bird and roast it right now!"(。)