In the Clouds: Mulan Line

Chapter 19
I don't know why, although Hua Mulan's expression is not changing at this time, with a straight face, she is a little more girly than usual.

I don't know who the "old man" Hua Mulan is talking about, but there is no doubt that he must be someone very close to her.

"Captain, old man, who is it?" Baili Shouyue asked tentatively.

Hua Mulan frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Isn't a stinky old man just a stinky old man? Why, you've been dead for so long, you must have become a stinky old man!"

Baili kept the promise after being forced to die and turned into a stinky old man: ...

He probably guessed who Hua Mulan was talking about, it should be her adoptive father.

However, Hua Mulan's attitude is usually very respectful to her adoptive father, otherwise she would not have joined the army for her father, but now...

At this time, Hua Mulan seemed to have lost her patience, and raised her sword again: "Long-winded, let's fight first!"

"Look at the sword!"

Neither Baili kept the promise nor Kai expected that Hua Mulan would actually do it as soon as he said it.

Although the sword was not out of its sheath, the epee was powerful and heavy, and it hurt to hit the body!
Moreover, Hua Mulan's sword is faster than usual and goes up three points, and she bursts out with all her strength, as if she wants to show her strength as much as possible.

In addition, she clearly called "old man" to Baili Shouyan, but she treated them equally when she started her hands, and the armor next to her also did not let go.

Not only that, while she was making moves, she kept saying angrily: "Old man, eat me with a sword!"

"Old man, how about the Blooming Blade?"

"Why are there two old men? Hmph, no matter how many there are, beat them all to the ground!"

"Didn't it mean that I can only be a warrior!"

"What's wrong with me being a soldier!"

"Guarding and guarding all day long, you don't even know what it is to guard!"

"What's so good about guarding, it's so difficult to make so many decisions!"

"I would like to ask why you can make a decision so easily, why!"

"Don't you find it difficult!"

During the period, Hua Mulan inadvertently caught the three chocobos. The three chocobos seemed to be afraid that Hua Mulan would ask again, "Why are there three old men here?" His huge body was still shaking outside.

Even though Xiaoyu was small, she dug a hole in the sand silently, and then jumped in decisively. The tassel on her head was pulled around, and the sand rustled down, burying it in the sand in the blink of an eye. Inside, only a cluster of tassels was exposed, like a jade radish buried in the sand.

Although I don't know what happened to Sister Mulan, but I still don't want to cause trouble for Sister Mulan...

Xiaoyu's actions did not attract the attention of Hua Mulan and the three of them. Hua Mulan was using her sword moves with all her heart, while Kai and Baili kept the contract while coping with it, feeling helpless at the same time.

Kai couldn't help asking, "Will Captain Mulan do this as long as he's drunk?"

It is definitely not the first time to see her skillful and smooth movements.

Baili Shouyue also showed a helpless smile: "It's also the first time I've seen Captain Mulan like this."

The two were silent and made a decision in their hearts at the same time.

From now on, Hua Mulan must never be allowed to drink again!
Fortunately, it is in the wilderness. If it is in a place like restaurants and restaurants, wouldn't the shops be demolished?
At that time, the three of them...should not be able to pay for it together...

This is not alarmist talk, Hua Mulan is living on military pay and is not rich.

Although Baili Shouyue used to be a bounty hunter, he spent a lot of money on food research and had little savings.

As for Kai... Except for a big sword, Kai has nothing on his body and is very poor.

Baili Shouyue and Kai's thoughts wandered a little, and they were almost hit by Hua Mulan's epee.

"Old man, why have you become weak?"

"Come again!"

"You are so weak, old man, you have let me down!"

Baili Shouyi and Kai: "..."

It was not until the moon reached mid-heaven that Hua Mulan finally stopped.

If it wasn't for the exhaustion of her whole body's strength, Baili Shouyue and Kai had reason to suspect that she would continue to fight.

This is what they are... If they were weaker people, one would count as one, and they would have been beaten to the ground by Hua Mulan long ago.

After exhausting her energy, Hua Mulan sat on the ground drunkenly holding her epee, and said to herself: "Father, didn't you keep saying that I haven't met your requirements? Then look at me now, have you already met me?" Are you a qualified Great Wall guard?"

"The captain must be drunk and think of her adoptive father." Baili Shouyue sat by the campfire and said softly.

Kai nodded thoughtfully: "Captain Mulan must miss her adoptive father very much."

Hua Mulan suddenly raised her head: "Think about a fart!"

Kai immediately grasped the hilt reflexively.

However, after Hua Mulan cursed, she lowered her head and said to herself again: "Anyway, you were the one who backtracked first, and you will always watch me become a warrior and teach me how to become a qualified Great Wall guard." Army, let me lead more people to guard the Great Wall, guard the faith... let me know what guarding is. As a result, I didn't come back once I went! They left me a sword... not trustworthy!"

Little by little, her head lowered gradually, and her voice became smaller and smaller: "It's clearly agreed...how do I know what a qualified Great Wall guard is..."

"The village is gone, and you are gone, so just give me a sword..."

"Did you know? At that time, there were a lot of monsters in the village..."

Boo!
Xiaoyu pulled herself out of the sand, ran up to Mulan's side, tried her best to tiptoe, and rubbed Mulan's cheek with her tassel.

The gentle life energy seemed to calm down Hua Mulan's emotions and make Hua Mulan's breathing steady, but she still whispered: "The devil... foster father..."

Baili Shouyue and Kai kept silent until Hua Mulan seemed to be asleep, and Baili Shouyue said with a complicated expression: "The captain's village seems to be invaded by demon species..."

Even in a daze, Hua Mulan was full of hatred when talking about the demon seed.Presumably, the reason why Hua Mulan's adoptive father never came back was related to the demon seed.

However, Hua Mulan's strength must be the result of hard training since childhood.He has a very murderous aura, which can only be cultivated in the army of a hundred battles who are always at the front and who are not afraid of death.

Such Hua Mulan is undoubtedly already a powerful warrior, but Hua Mulan doesn't seem to know how to become a qualified Great Wall guard.

She was always thinking about her adoptive father's request, which made her even more confused.

But when is the qualified Great Wall Guard Army?Hua Mulan doesn't understand this question, and neither does Baili Shou.

What is the choice Hua Mulan mentioned?

Will it be like myself and Xuan Ce?
At the beginning, their village also encountered demon seeds. In order to protect his younger brother Xuan Ce, he had to hide Xuan Ce who was crying and separated from him temporarily, but in doing so, he violated the agreement to protect him forever. separate...

But if the two had stayed together back then, both Xuance and him might have died.But in that case, the two brothers will live and die together...

He wanted to protect Xuan Ce, and he didn't know if the decision he made was correct.

Did Captain Mulan refer to these decisions and choices?

When you think you are a guardian, is it really a guardian?
As Captain Mulan said...it's too hard.

Unknowingly, Baili Shouyue looked at the bonfire and began to speak slowly, while Kai listened quietly from the side.

"I promised to go back to him, but I didn't keep the promise, so I changed my name to Shou promise, because I always reminded myself. When I was young, he and I depended on each other. I always cooked for him, but at that time we both I haven't eaten anything good, so I promise him that I will make him the most delicious food in the world..."

Baili Shouyue spoke softly, and there was an unbelievable gentleness in his eyes. It seemed that the little guy with a steamed bun face and a pair of wolf ears buried in his red hair appeared in front of him, and he was facing him with a bright smile. smiling face: "Brother!"

Kai listened silently, with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes: "It seems that someone once called me brother..."

Baili Shouyue looked at him in surprise: "Have you recovered your memory?"

Kai thought for a while, then shook his head.

There is indeed such a voice in his mind, it looks like a girl, but when he wants to recall the appearance of the other party, he can't remember it at all, only a vague figure remains.

Baili Shouyue patted him on the shoulder: "So we are still in the same boat."

"You are still much better than me. At least you still remember your brother. As long as you remember each other, there will be a day when we will meet again. But I don't remember." Kai looked into the distance, his sea-blue eyes looked very deep.

Baili Shouyue shook his head and said, "Your memory will come back sooner or later. Before that, why not do what you want to do."

The two looked at each other, then silently turned to Hua Mulan who was asleep.

The drunkard Hua Mulan, who had been rambunctious for half the night, was falling asleep with her epee in her arms. After falling asleep, she lost some sharpness and looked more like an ordinary girl at first glance.

Seemingly aware of the gazes from the outside world, Hua Mulan snorted impatiently in her sleep, and muttered, "Why are you so overwhelmed, you have to put a typo on your face... Come again, my sword doesn't recognize people."

Kai and Baili Shouyue were taken aback for a moment, then looked at each other and smiled.

Well, it's still the familiar captain...

Unconsciously, the sandstorm has gradually gone away, and the night sky above the ruins has become clear again, and the sky is full of stars dotted in a bright galaxy across the sky.The star curtain hangs low, which makes people have the illusion that they can pick the stars with their hands.

The bonfire was crackling and burning. In the silent night of the sandy sea, among the once bustling ruins, the statues that had witnessed the prosperity and decline of the past silently looked at the three people sitting around the bonfire.

In the silence, only Hua Mulan uttered a few sleepy words that smelled of wine from time to time.

……

After waking up the next day, Hua Mulan always felt that the atmosphere in the team had changed.

It's not that it has become bad...Kai and Baili Shouyue seem to have become closer to her, and they are closer to her...but Hua Mulan just feels that something is not right.

"There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that we exchanged feelings after drinking." Baili kept his promise.

Kai thought for a while, nodded and said, "Hmm..."

To learn from each other is naturally to exchange feelings.

And the conversation between him and Baili kept the promise, of course, was more about exchanging feelings.

"Why can't you remember, Captain?" Baili Shouyue frowned, and said worriedly, "I never thought that you, Captain, can't drink so much..."

"Who can't drink enough? Of course I remember!" Hua Mulan waved her hand, "Okay, what are you doing with so much nonsense, it's time to get down to business."

Baili Shouyue and Kai looked at each other, and they both saw the smile in each other's eyes, but Kai still couldn't help touching his nose, feeling a little sorry in his heart.

Does this count as teasing the captain?

"Where are we now?" Hua Mulan asked.

Baili Shouyue suddenly looked serious, took out a map and said, "It should have gone deep into the hinterland of the sand sea, but a sandstorm last night probably changed the terrain quite a bit."

The reference objects in the sand sea can be said to change all the time. The small hills that can be seen today may be buried deeply under the yellow sand the next day, and there is no trace of them.

As for the many small ruins in the sand sea, they may disappear and reappear at any time.

"Let's go first, as long as there is no problem with the general direction, then just ask someone for directions." Hua Mulan said.

The three of them immediately rode on the chocobo, left the ruins, and stepped into the vast sand sea again.

The huge sand sea was like a real yellow ocean, and the figures of the three were submerged in it, making them look extremely small.

And the ruins left behind by them are lonely and desolate. After bidding farewell to the three travelers, I don't know how long it will take to welcome new guests.

……

The three of Hua Mulan traveled all the way, but encountered several sandstorms on the way, and even once, when the sky was clear and cloudless, and the surroundings were very calm, two gusts of wind suddenly rose from the ground, spinning upwards, A large amount of dust was swept up, forming a huge vortex in the sand sea.

Pillars of dust rose one after another amidst the loud bang, and vortexes appeared one after another on the sandy sea, one of which appeared between Hua Mulan and the three of them. If the three of them hadn't responded in time, they might have been killed on the spot. The vortex swallowed.

But other creatures in the sand sea were not so lucky. Hua Mulan and the three saw a desert wolf howling and being sucked into the vortex, and then its figure flashed in the rapidly spinning dust column. It disappeared without a sound. I don't know if it was torn into pieces in the dust column, or was brought under the sand sea by the whirlpool.

The three of Hua Mulan were stunned, and Kai said hesitantly: "When I was wandering in the sand sea... I saw a similar scene, which was called a dust devil by the locals... But, the dust devil I saw There are not as many winds as there are in front of you, and the wind is so strong..."

There was only one dust devil that Kai had ever seen. Although it would also pick up small animals on the ground, or blow down some weak buildings, it was nothing like the one in front of us...

The three of them stood in it, as if they were in a violent sea, and they were in danger of capsizing at any time.And the dozens of dust pillars soaring into the sky can be clearly seen even from a hundred miles away.

Such a terrifying dust column, how can it be compared with a mere dust devil.

"So, the previous sandstorms have become more powerful each time..." Baili Shouyue said in a deep voice.

Hearing what they said, Hua Mulan's eyes flickered with coldness: "There is no need to doubt, it is obvious that the closer we are to our destination, the more disasters we will encounter, and the greater the harm of disasters will be."

And it is clearly recorded in the intelligence of the Shazhou Brotherhood that although disasters occur frequently in this area, they are all small-scale disasters.

But seeing the raging sea and raging waves in front of him, who can say the word "small scale"?

Before they left, the Shazhou Brotherhood had not received such information, so it can be seen that these changes have occurred in the recent period.

That is to say...

"The situation is deteriorating." Baili kept his promise.

Hua Mulan nodded coldly.

First, a large number of girls disappeared, and then more and more escalating disasters...

Hua Mulan stared coldly at the mighty pillar of dust in front of her, and said, "Let's go."

Whether it's the Black Snake, or anything else... As they encounter more and more disasters, it also shows that they are getting closer to their goal!

……

(End of this chapter)