On the morning of the 12th day, Gong Yu was woken up by Luana's shouts in the courtyard. People who practiced martial arts like her usually woke up very early. When he woke up, he wanted to go back to sleep, but he couldn't. After tossing and turning for more than ten minutes, he felt even more tired. He had to get up and fold the blanket. He stuffed the sheets into the top shelf of the wardrobe. He didn't know when he would use this blanket again, and he might never use it again. This was because he had never considered returning after leaving Border Town.
When he went downstairs to wash up, he found that Hilo was already up. She was cleaning up the ingredients in the kitchen, so he went over and asked,"Morning, Hilo, preparing breakfast?"”
"Ah, good morning, Mr. Gongyou." Hilo was so shocked that she almost dropped the basket in her hand. However, she still greeted him politely and explained with a little distress," I was cleaning up the kitchen and preparing to pack all the food so that we can take it away, but I just realized that we have too much food in stock..."
Gong You suddenly remembered that the plan to go out had only been decided yesterday afternoon, and before yesterday, the three of them had stored their favorite ingredients in this house, which resulted in the current situation of excessive food. He shook his head and left after saying," Thank you for your hard work." He felt that if he couldn't pack all of them, he would just give them to the nursery opened by the Temple. This was just a trivial matter.
When Gong You went to the dining room after washing up, the two girls were already waiting for him. When Luana saw him, she complained," You're so slow." They could have eaten first, but now they wanted to wait for him to eat together. Therefore, Gong You was not dissatisfied with Luana's complaint. Instead, he smiled and asked her," Morning, are your luggage packed?"”
"I've already prepared them. They're all in the living room.”Luana replied incoherently as she stuffed bread into her mouth. Right now, common sense was not as important as breakfast to her.
"I'm ready too. Do you need me to help you pack your luggage?”Shiloh put down his bread and replied when he saw the common gaze shift from Luana to her.
"This…I'll clean it up myself. It'll be done soon, haha.”He answered awkwardly and realized that his two roommates were all ready. He was the only one who hadn't packed his luggage. However, he couldn't ask others to help him pack his personal clothes.
After that, he was busy until eight in the morning. He locked the door and walked into the courtyard with his luggage. He found that the two women had surprisingly little personal luggage. The few big backpacks piled in the courtyard were filled with public items, such as tents and other camping equipment, as well as necessities such as food.
The three of them carried the backpacks onto the five horses 'backs and secured them tightly with ropes. The saddles were also covered with layers of soft cloth. Instead, the carriage was pushed to a corner of the courtyard. So, Luana asked," Why aren't you driving the carriage this time?"”
" In the wilderness, even if you drive a carriage on a muddy road with good road conditions, you can only travel 120 to 180 kilometers a day. If the road conditions are bad, the speed will be even slower. You might not even be able to travel 100 kilometers a day. If you're unlucky, you might have to take a detour if you encounter particularly bad road conditions. On the other hand, a horse could run at least 300 kilometers a day in mountainous areas. If they encountered a jungle, they could slow down and travel without taking a detour. If they happened to encounter a plain, their speed would be about 500 kilometers a day.”Gong You answered while tying the rope. After he was done, he thought for a while and added," The City of Agriculture we're going to is about 900 kilometers away from this border town. The slowest ride will take three days, and the fastest ride will take six days.”
Although Luana nodded as if she understood, she only understood half of what he said. On the other hand, Hilo, who did not speak, must have studied arithmetic in the temple. She completely understood what he meant. The basic education in this world was still too weak. It was not obvious usually, but it was obvious in the general details. Many uneducated people could only perform four arithmetic operations within ten, which surprised him who came from a highly civilized world.
When the three of them rode past the Adventurers 'Guild, Gong You was wondering if he should go in and greet them. However, he remembered that Catalia and the others had asked Luana for information yesterday, so he sped up and passed through. Luana might have thought of something unpleasant, so she also drove her horse past quickly. Hiro followed closely behind the two of them. She was only a nodding acquaintance with the people in the guild, so Gong You and Luana did not want to go in, and Hiro would not go in alone. This was her collective life experience as an orphan. The two inferior horses that were pulling the reins at the back also sped up. After the three people and five horses left Border Town from the south gate next to the guild, they immediately galloped away.
.
At noon, the three of them let the horses graze and rest by the river more than 100 kilometers southeast of the town. They also made a small fire to heat up the food. They looked at the continuous mountain range in front of them and said to the two women," After crossing the middle of this mountain range, we will enter the southeast plain of Gaia Continent. We will be slower in the mountains for the first two days, but on the third day, we can cover nearly two-thirds of the distance in a day on the plain.”
" Mr. Gongyou, did we forget to buy a map…" Hilo only realized now that something was wrong. The three novice adventurers had actually left the settlement without a guide or a map and entered the wilderness that deviated from the main road. They had even run hundreds of kilometers in the morning. A normal person would have been lost by now.
"It's okay. My intuition is very accurate. Just follow it.”Gong You felt that it was better to ask Omniscient than to look at the map. Omniscient navigation was even more accurate than satellite maps. At least Omniscient could even find man-made traps, and satellite navigation could not be used in bad weather.
"Gongyou, it's not that I don't trust your intuition, but…I heard from the merchant group in the village that they don't go into the mountains when they're doing business. Are you sure this is the right route?”Luana used a questioning tone to say that she did not have any doubts. Then, she immediately asked in a questioning tone. If it weren't for her cute appearance and sweet voice, he would have ignored her.
"Don't worry. If we go around this mountain range, we'll need to walk for two more days. We'll just go over it.”Gongyou patted his chest and guaranteed that although he was a fake sage, he was much more powerful than the real Great Sage. How could the Prophet compare to his omniscience?
Hilo and Luana looked at Gong You's confident expression and thought of his experience of wandering around the Dungeon Ruins as his backyard. They no longer objected. After the three of them waited for the five inferior horses to rest, they immediately set off. They first rode to the periphery of the mountain range, then found a mountain path under the omniscient navigation. Then they began to climb the mountains and disappeared among the mountains.
.
Throughout the entire afternoon, the three of them slowly drove their horses for more than 30 kilometers. When the sun was about to set, they were lucky enough to find a small village in the mountains. Then, they climbed over a hillside and approached the village. Finally, at the last moment of the evening, they entered the village.
From afar, the three of them noticed the villagers watering the terraces on the hillside under the afterglow of the setting sun. When they walked closer with their horses, they realized that the old villager in old clothes looked a little flustered when he saw the three of them. This made the three of them a little depressed, so they could only go up and talk to him." Uncle, we're just adventurers passing by, not bad people like bandits.”
After the old villager saw the adventurer tags that the three of them had deliberately shown, he glanced at the two young women and finally let down his guard against outsiders carrying weapons. He asked in a weathered and hesitant tone," Are you children here to stay?”
"Yes, we want to cross the mountain range to the big city on the other side. Seeing that it's getting late, we want to stay here for the night.”Although Gong You was a little unhappy about being called a child, he still replied gently.
"... You want to spend the night? Go inside and find the biggest house. That's the village chief's house, but..." The old villager looked at the three people and hesitated for a while before hinting," It's good to stay here. It's better than staying outside. You can go directly."”
Gong You politely thanked them and led the two girls back to the village. The five inferior horses he led left deep iron hoofprints on the mud ground because of the heavy load. After they had walked far away, the three of them began to talk in low voices.
"That uncle's tone is a little strange.”
"Could there really be bandits here?”
"It shouldn't be a mountain bandit. How can there be mountain bandits in such poverty?”
"Then what is he wary of?"
"Goblins?"
"Most likely. Even if it's not a goblin, it could be another monster.”
"Usually, this kind of small village is very xenophobic and very friendly. He should be reminding us to be careful.”
"It should be fine. Each of us has two or three enchanted equipment. If the Goblins dare to come, we will kill them.”
"I hope it's not these villagers who are causing trouble.”
The further they walked into the village, the more villagers they met. As they talked, the three of them walked past the villagers who were looking at them curiously. It was not until they arrived at the largest courtyard in the village, in front of three two-story buildings, that the three of them stopped their horses outside the wall made of mud and stone. They ignored the villagers who were pointing and whispering in the distance and knocked on the gate of the village chief's house. After a while, an old woman came out and opened the door. She was dressed quite cleanly, but the material of her clothes was similar to that of the other villagers. They were all made of coarse linen.
"Who are you looking for?" The old woman asked hesitantly after observing the three of them for a while. She must have realized that the three of them were outsiders, so her tone was heavy.
"We are adventurers and want to stay in the village.”He introduced them with a smile on his face. When he arrived at an unfamiliar place, he had to keep smiling often, so that people would let down their guard and it would be more convenient for them to do things.
The old woman looked at the three adventurer tags again and turned around to call out," Jerry, go to your third uncle's house and call your grandfather back.”
However, before the child named Jerry could go out, the three of them saw an old man running over from the other end of the village. The old man ran to the village chief's house and asked the old woman,'Who are they?'，They guessed that he was the village chief, so they explained it to him again. After that, the village chief invited the three of them into the house to sit down and rest. As for the inferior horses, they were left in the courtyard. After closing the courtyard door, they probably wouldn't run around. However, Luanna was still worried and glanced at the courtyard from time to time to see if the horses were still there.
After that, he talked with the village chief for a while. Although he could see that the village chief was always hesitant to say something, he did not say it in the end. However, the conversation between the two parties was still smooth. He borrowed two bedrooms for the night at the price of 2 silver coins. The meal for three people only cost 1 silver coin. The five inferior horses were fed by the village chief's son, which cost 2 silver coins. In other words, it only cost 5 silver coins for the three of them to stay for one night, including the meal fee for tonight and tomorrow morning.(250RMB), which was much cheaper than in town. Although Luana and Hilo kept saying that they could feed the horses, they had never helped to feed the horses in the border town. Now that they realized that they needed to spend money, he still refused the two women's help on the grounds that it would be easier to travel tomorrow.
When the three of them entered the village, the sun had already set on the horizon. After staying in the village chief's house for a while, the village chief's family members came back one after another. The village chief's second and third sons had already moved out, and his daughters had also married off. Now, there were only the village chief and his wife, the village chief's eldest son and his wife, and three underage children left in the house. There were a total of seven people, including the three of them, who made up a big table. Because there were guests, an extra roast poultry was added for dinner. Gong You also took out half a catty of dried meat to share, plus an unlimited amount of farm vegetable soup, and ate comfortably.
" Speaking of which, in the past few months, there has been a missing person in the village every ten days..." The village chief's son suddenly mentioned something strange during the chat after dinner. His family members 'faces immediately changed when they heard it. Even the three children shut their mouths and did not dare to speak.
"Shut up. This is not something you can talk about. Go back to your room.”The village chief reprimanded his son before he could finish speaking. He obviously wanted to stop his son from telling him what happened next.
"Did something happen?" Gong You asked curiously. It was very normal for people to die in such a closed mountain village. For example, tigers, wolves, goblins, mountain bandits, and so on would threaten the safety of the villagers. However, it was very strange for them to disappear continuously, especially since the village chief seemed to be hiding something.
"Ahem, it's nothing. It's just that someone in the village got lost. Guests, go to bed early and don't go out at night.”The village chief deliberately changed the topic. He seemed to hesitate after he finished speaking, but in the end, he did not continue. Instead, he called the children back to their rooms and urged them to rest.
Even if he wasn't a True Sage, he could sense that something was going on, so he immediately asked Omniscient.
Is there a problem with this village chief?』
" Omniscient: The village chief is a kind-hearted person. He has no ill intentions."
" Then why is he hiding something from us?』
[Omniscient: Because he has no money]
What does this have to do with money?』
[Omniscient: Hiring adventurers requires money. The village chief doesn't have money, so he doesn't dare to ask you for help.]
'This matter…I'll just pretend that I didn't find anything.'He could not go to the village chief and tell him that he could help him for free. Firstly, he was not that free and did not like to meddle in other people's business. Secondly, the village chief would suspect that he was trying to curry favor for no reason and was either a traitor or a thief.
"Since the village chief doesn't want to tell us, then we shouldn't ask around. We're guests after all, so it's not good for us to interfere with the affairs of the village.”He tried to persuade Hilo and Luana. Although the two women were still a little reluctant, they could only listen to his instructions.
After that, the three of them helped to wash the dishes, and then Hilo and Luana shared a room. He could have an empty room to himself, and did not have to squeeze with the children of the village chief. He really had to thank the village chief's family for having a large population and building three large houses. There were no activities in the village at night other than making people. Moreover, the village chief had specially instructed not to go out, so he stayed in the room to read magic textbooks after washing up early. He only turned off the lights and went to sleep when he was a little sleepy.
Other than the slightly moldy smell of the pillow, he should have had a peaceful night, but…
.
Around midnight, on the dark dirt road in Undermoon Village, a rotting humanoid corpse bent over and crawled clumsily on all fours. It crawled from house to house along the village road, stopping for a moment in front of every house before crawling to the next house. It only stopped for a long time when it passed by the village chief's house. It straightened its upper body and stood on two feet, revealing its broken chest. Most of the flesh on its chest had fallen off and was missing, leaving only neat rows of ribs. Its mouth was protruding, and although its entire head was slightly deformed, one could still tell that it was once a human.
It raised its hands and lay on the courtyard wall. Its sharp nails extended and pierced into the wall made of mud and stones. Then, it raised its legs and stepped on the wall. It also extended its nails into the wall. Then, it released one hand and raised it into the wall above. Finally, it climbed up the courtyard wall with its hands and feet. It raised its eyeball-less head high and crossed the courtyard wall to one of the three houses in the village chief's house. Just like that, it remained motionless.
After a few minutes, it finally used its unique sensory method to confirm the location of tonight's candidate targets. It was the scent of three unfamiliar humans. It opened its big mouth with crisscrossed canine teeth. Because its cheeks had long been smashed, its mouth was wide enough to bite a human's neck, but its throat had also rotted and could not make a sound. After another half a minute, it closed its mouth again, climbed down the wall, and entered the courtyard.
The domestic dogs and inferior horses that had the instinct of beasts were awakened by its arrival, but they trembled and lay on the ground, not daring to make a sound. They watched it climb up the outer wall of the house and climb to the window on the second floor. Its nails pierced into the wooden board and easily climbed up the window sill on the second floor. Finally, it lay on the window sill facing the bed, silently sensing the sleeping figure inside.
The two moons, which were covered by the clouds, could not cast light on the ground, but this did not affect it at all since it had lost its eyeball. It gently pushed open the half-closed window that did not close the bar and slipped into the room without making too much noise. It clumsily but silently crawled to the bed, then propped up its upper body and opened its mouth to bite its target. Its bite could chew the neck of a creature. The target that was targeted by it could not make a sound and died quietly.
At this moment, a layer of white light lit up on the target's body, turning into a wall of light to block its bite and protect the petite body behind the wall of light. Its target was not woken up, but another beautiful girl sleeping beside the target was woken up by the white light. She opened her eyes and looked through the wall of light at the terrifying rotten face opposite her. She was so scared that she screamed in fear.
"Ya…ya…"
Luana's crazy scream woke up everyone in the village chief's house, including many people in the neighboring village chief's house. Hilo, who woke up a step later, covered her ears and rolled on the bed in pain. She was not hurt by Luana's scream, but her eardrums were almost broken by Luana's scream. However, Luana was no longer a novice adventurer who had not experienced the slightest bit of wind and rain. Her heart almost stopped beating when she saw its rotten face suddenly appear beside her bed. After a few seconds of screaming, she finally caught her breath. She reached out to the side of her pillow and grabbed a pair of light pink boxing gloves to put on quickly.
It was not as if it had not done anything during this period of time. It used its hands and feet to continuously knock on the Holy Wall that was like a wall of light. It even used all its strength to straighten its nails in an attempt to pierce through the Holy Wall. However, these attacks were useless. Although it was a huge threat to ordinary people, and its rotten arm could exert a slightly higher strength than ordinary people, it did not mean that it could destroy the Holy Wall that was automatically generated by the miracle tool.
At this time, Hilo had already recovered from her shock. She stared blankly at the rotten humanoid object that was trying to charge at her from the other side of the Holy Wall. She was so scared that her bladder exploded, and warm liquid flowed down her thigh. She was so scared that she could not control her body. She could only mutter to herself," Ghoul..."
Luana felt her underwear soaked in her own urine. She felt the same shame and anger as Hilo, who had lost control of himself. She gritted her teeth and said," Hilo, unlock the holy wall. I want to kill it."”
However, Hilo was too scared to react immediately. She was still searching for her staff, and she did not dare to close the Holy Wall on her Holy Robe that had automatically opened and operated.
" Dong, dong, dong." At this moment, someone knocked on the door.
"Luana, what happened?”Gong You, who was sleeping in the next room, woke up immediately after hearing Luana's scream. He took the sword and shield by the bed and ran over without changing into the magic beast leather armor. However, there was no fighting sound in the room for the time being, so he calmed down and asked.
"Mr. Gongyou, a ghoul has broken in.”Hilo's anxious voice came from the other side of the door. After hearing Gongyou's voice, she calmed down a little.
" Wait..." Luana wanted to remind Gongyou not to come in. The two of them could deal with the ghoul themselves, but it was too late.
He saw that the bar of the door had been cut off by a magic sword, and he kicked the door open to enter the room. He immediately saw the ghoul lying on the holy wall, its fingernails waving like blades, and the two women who were forced to hide on the bed, their clothes disheveled and trembling in fear. They must have been frightened. He didn't have time to think about it now. After throwing the oil lamp casually, he activated the Wind Wall Shield and charged at the ghoul. After watching it being pushed away from the bed by the wind wall formed by air, he returned to guard the bed.
It was only then that he realized that he really needed to learn illumination magic. For example, in a night battle like this, because there was not enough light, he did not dare to chase after the monsters in the dark. He could only rely on the weak light from the Holy Wall to illuminate the place. Moreover, he did not dare to use the Flame Sword easily in this wooden structure, which made him feel that his hands and feet were tied during the battle. Fortunately, the two women did not seem to be injured. This was a blessing in disguise.
"Stand further away and don't look back.”Luana's angry voice came from behind him. However, he was now fully focused on the ghoul that had readjusted its combat posture. He did not have the mood to pay attention to the two women behind him. He did not need her reminder to know that it was not the time to turn around and check.
Just as the two women behind him were changing their underwear, the ghoul pounced on him again. It had not tasted the taste of fresh blood tonight, so it was impossible for it to retreat with its low intelligence. However, with its strength that was only slightly stronger than an adult and the speed that was no different from a child, it was impossible to cause any damage to him in a head-on battle. After using the wind wall to send it flying again, he finally confirmed that it was not deliberately showing weakness. It was really weak. So, while it was rolling on the ground without regaining its balance, he quickly rushed forward and slashed its leg with the Flame Sword that was instantly activated. Then, he immediately turned off the Flame Sword and retreated back to the bed to avoid accidentally igniting the wooden house.
However, the situation was a little out of his expectations. Although one of the ghoul's legs was burned by the flames, making the rotten stench in the air even more serious, it climbed up with its remaining three limbs as if nothing had happened. It made him feel extremely strange. What was even stranger was that he was not injured at all, but he still felt a little dizzy.
" Mr. Gongyou, that's a ghoul. Their bodily fluids have long solidified, and they can't affect the entire body by heating up a part of their limbs.”After changing into her underwear, Hilo closed the holy wall and picked up her staff. She stood behind the common man and explained in a low voice. However, as soon as she finished speaking, she screamed," The air is poisonous. It's a fever caused by the bodily fluids of the ghouls being evaporated.”
"What is it? Poison?" Gong You was so surprised that he couldn't help but cry out. He thought it was just a small fish monster, but he almost lost. Fortunately, Hilo reminded him in time, so he should still be able to make it in time.
"Oh merciful Mother Earth, please bestow the holy light upon us who have lost our way in the darkness.”Hilo held his staff high above his head with both hands and chanted a prayer of Holy Light. The tip of the staff immediately emitted a soft white light, illuminating the room as if it was daytime.
Without waiting for the ghoul to attack him, he took the initiative to attack. As soon as he got close to it, he used a Petrification spell as a sure-kill skill. Under the gaze of his golden vertical pupils, he killed the fish monster like killing a chicken with a butcher's knife. Then, he immediately turned around to look for the antidote. However, after casting the spell, he saw Luana lying on the bed with one leg crossed and changing her underwear under the holy light... This scene was extremely awkward.
"Bastard Gongyou, didn't I say not to look back?”Luana called out shyly, which made Gong You feel even more awkward.
"Ahem, I'll go back to my room to look for the antidote. When you're done, remember to come and find me and tell me what's going on with this ghoul.”Gong You quickly slipped to the door. If he stayed any longer, he might have to face Luana's iron fist. Moreover, it was a fatal iron fist with an enchanted glove. It would kill him.
.
A few minutes later, the three of them and the village chief's family gathered in the living room on the first floor of the main house. They quietly listened to Luana's summary of what happened tonight. Perhaps there were outsiders present, but she did not mention the embarrassing scene just now, which made Gongyou heave a sigh of relief. After she finished, Hilo added on the situation of the ghouls, which scared the village chief's family until their faces turned pale.
However, the truth behind the incident was still unclear, so the few of them were a little worried. They could only ask Omniscient once again, but the result shocked him. This matter had to start from half a year ago. A villager in the mountain village died of an unexpected illness, and his wife became a widow. She was not willing to live a lonely life, so she blindly listened to the rumors and kept her dead husband's body without burial or cremation. Instead, he sacrificed his own blood to the sinister and bone-chilling Demon Lord Angidilmo every day, hoping that his dead husband would be resurrected. In the end, his dead husband turned into a low-level ghoul under the demon's power. The first thing he did was eat the widow, and then he began to harm this sealed small mountain village.
" Are there any more ghouls in the village?』
[Omniscient: No more]
Although Gongyou knew the truth, he could not tell them. He could only whisper in the two girls 'ears that there were no other ghouls in the village and they did not have to worry about the safety of the villagers. However, he could not directly tell the village chief that the less he knew about the impersonation of the sage, the better. He only reminded the village chief to carry out the ghouls that had turned into stone statues to show the other villagers tomorrow. He told the villagers that the monsters that had attacked them continuously in the past few months had been attacked by the kind adventurers passing by. Finally, he would smash the stone statue and burn it in front of everyone. This way, the matter would be more or less over.
As for the broken door and window, he paid a total of three silver coins. Although the village chief said that he did not need it, he still gave it to them. He also asked the village chief to change two bedrooms far away from the corpse of the ghoul for the three to rest in. After everything was arranged, he yawned and wanted to go back to sleep. After all, he could not stay up until dawn and cause a bad mood to affect the journey tomorrow. However, in the end, the development of the situation was subtly different from what he had expected.
"I'm not afraid. It's just that that thing is too smelly. The entire room is filled with the stench of decay, so I came to sleep with you.”Luana hugged Gong You's right hand and refused to let go. She was even sleeping on the same pillow, making him unable to even turn over. It was so uncomfortable.
"Mr. Gongyou, good night." Hilo lay quietly on the left side of the common room, with a little distance between them. She knew more about shame than Luana, but no matter how shameless she was, she didn't dare to sleep alone because of what had just happened.
" Didn't you already change rooms? Forget it, I'll just make do with it. Otherwise, it'll be terrible if I really can't get out of bed tomorrow morning...'Gongyou thought about it and fell asleep in a daze.
.
On the morning of the 13th day, he woke up on the small wooden bed in the bedroom that the village chief's daughter used before she got married. However, the two girls who were lying next to him had quietly woken up a few minutes ago. Although he was still half-asleep at that time, he could vaguely sense their situation. After waking up, he rubbed his shoulders and lay down for a while before he lazily got up.
The breakfast was prepared by the village chief's family yesterday. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that today's breakfast was especially sumptuous. After the meal, the village chief asked if he wanted to attend the emergency gathering in the village later, but he refused because he thought it was unnecessary. It was impossible for him to meet this mountain village again.
Before leaving, the three of them received a letter of thanks from the village chief. They happily accepted it. This letter could be sent to the Adventurers Guild as proof of social contribution. They still had to stay in this world for at least one and a half months, so it was necessary to increase the social contribution determined by the guild. The villagers they met on the way expressed their gratitude to the three of them. Only then did he know that the village chief had knocked on the door of every house early in the morning and vividly explained the wonderful performance of the Adventurers last night. After bidding farewell to the mountain village, the three of them and five horses continued to rush on the mountain road.
In the morning, in order to take a shortcut over a very high mountain, they found that the poor horses were even more tired because of the difficult mountain road. They had to feed them Energy Serums. However, near noon, they were lucky enough to find a small spring. The three of them rested by the spring for half an hour. They didn't walk in vain. After that, they continued to walk forward and encountered a small waterfall. The three of them stood on the edge of the cliff and felt the breeze blowing across their faces, as well as the fragrance of flowers and plants blowing along with the mountain wind. It was a beautiful scenery that made people feel relaxed and happy.
.
In the afternoon, they passed by the canyon between the two mountains and found that there were all kinds of leaves and flowers growing inside. As far as the eye could see, there were tall plants and plump fruits that had never been seen before. There were also a large number of flowers of different colors blooming in the middle of the season. The fragrance of the flowers was accompanied by a faint fragrance of fruits, making people unable to resist the urge to walk in and taste it. This place was like a beautiful secret realm that only existed in storybooks.
However, in the middle of the canyon, there was a huge plant with a thick trunk and leaves like an umbrella. Part of its roots were exposed from the ground and extended to the edge of the canyon, connecting with the roots of other plants. What frightened the three of them was the scattered beast bones beside the network of roots. After countless years of accumulation, the beast bones had covered more than half of the canyon. It was more appropriate to call this place a beast graveyard than a sea of flowers.
"This is too suspicious. Let's take a detour.”Luana reminded Gongyou. She was very polite to this kind of problematic flower sea.
"No need. I obtained a new spell from the magic book in the Buried City. I haven't had the chance to try it out yet. The current situation is suitable.”After observing the environment of the canyon, he excitedly refuted Luana's suggestion. He asked the two girls to lead the five inferior horses away before connecting to the magic net and activating the mudslide spell slot that he had prepared on both sides of the canyon.'Mask of the Wise, all things underground…Oh, the Giant Spirit Ureya…The world roars, the mountains shake, please shatter all things.'
Unlike Petrification, which required eyes as a medium and had a range of a few meters, the mudslide's medium was soil and rocks from the outside world. Its range was dozens of meters long, and its effective range extended to dozens of meters. Therefore, it could affect things as far as a hundred meters away. However, the disadvantage of this spell was that it required a long time to accumulate power before it could take effect.
After waiting for half a minute, the mountain walls on both sides slowly rose and fell like waves. After another half a minute, when the accumulated power reached a certain critical point, some rocks broke away from the mountain walls and began to pour down like a tsunami. Finally, the rocks mixed with the soil formed a rolling wave that flooded the canyon in the middle from both sides.
At this moment, the giant tree in the middle of the canyon finally reacted. Its roots struggled to pull out from the ground, and its trunk gradually tilted. Like a living creature, it began to exert strength from the bottom up, but it was still a step too slow. Now that the landslide had finished accumulating power, its struggle was useless. First, the plants around the canyon were buried by the mud and stones. Then, the two waves quickly merged in the middle, and the canyon was raised by three to four meters. Finally, the waves broke the roots of the giant tree and the bark was worn away. The lower half of the tree was buried in the mud, leaving only its dense canopy of leaves on the ground.
After the mudslide stopped, Luanna led the three irritable horses to Gongyou and complained," Isn't it impossible to pass? In the end, we still need to take a detour."
"Actually, after the mudslide stops, we can still barely walk on it. We can save a lot of time by passing through the canyon.”He didn't expect that an Intermediate Spell like the mudslide could cause such a huge commotion. Perhaps it was because this special canyon terrain was suitable for the full power of the spell that it could cause such a huge commotion.
"Mister Gongyou, that tree seems to be alive.”Hilo walked over with two other horses and reminded them that although the roots and bark of the beast-eating tree had been destroyed, its branches and leaves were still there. It would not die for a while.
"Oh? Then Hilo, take out the scroll. We'll burn it.”Gong You glanced at the giant tree and stretched out his hand to Hilo, reminding her to take out the scroll in her waist pouch.
"I'll go first." Luana happily took out two porcelain jars from the backpack on her horse and hopped into the canyon that was buried by a large amount of soil and rocks. Could it be that she found the alchemy tools too heavy and wanted to use them?
Hilo looked at Gongyou and saw that he nodded. He took out two magic scrolls for fire arrows and handed one to Gongyou. He led the horse into the canyon, and he led the horse that Luana had abandoned into the canyon. Walking on the road made of mud and stones, the horses were so scared that they couldn't move forward. Especially the sound of the explosion of the alchemy tools, they almost turned around and ran away. They had to be pulled by the two of them to move forward.
When he arrived in front of the giant tree, he found that it was using its branches to fight the flames on its body. It seemed that it was indeed alive, so he calmly opened the magic scroll and shot a flame arrow in the middle of the tree trunk. Beside him, Hilo also skillfully added another flame arrow. After two more burning branches, its final struggle was futile. It was gradually burned into a huge torch by the sea of fire, and waves of heat spread to the surroundings. However, the three of them and five horses had already left from the other end of the canyon.
.
In the afternoon, when they passed by the edge of a basin forest, they encountered a young unicorn that was out for fun. It had a white horse-like body and a golden horn. The inferior horses were suppressed by its aura and could not move. The three of them had no choice but to dismount and lead it away. The young unicorn observed the three of them from afar for a while before turning around and returning to the depths of the forest. It was curious and asked Omniscient about the reason. Only then did it know that there was a forest tribe in the forest.
Ten minutes later, an owl appeared in the sky and followed them. It only returned to the forest when the three of them were far away from the border of the basin and after confirming that the three of them would not look back after crossing a hill.
" That owl must be a demonic spirit, sent to spy on us?'He felt that the Forest people were too sensitive. They were just passing by and did not even go into the forest to take a look, but they were guarded like thieves. However, this was probably the cautious attitude of the Forest race.
At this moment, Gongyou had no idea that a conversation had once taken place in the depths of the forest.
"Is it them?"
"Hiss hiss hiss"
"An older virgin and two virgins?”
"Hiss hiss"
"They don't have any evil spiritual light on them?”
"Ssss!"
"Then who destroyed our guardian tree?”
"Hiss!"
"You can't even find a Sacred Beast? I'll send a demonic spirit to take a look."
After a large-scale search, the Forest people finally locked onto the culprit. It was a group of goblins that were wandering nearby. They must have climbed up the mountains on both sides of the canyon to peck at the rock walls, buried the giant guard trees with falling rocks, and then set fire to the traces left behind. For this reason, the Forest tribe had even issued a summoning order.
Before nightfall, the three of them finally crossed the mountain range and rested at a water source at the edge of the plain. Unfortunately, there were no fish in the water, and there were no wild beasts nearby. They could only have boiled jerky for dinner. Fortunately, they had enough jerky. Even if they walked in the no man's land for three to five days, they would not run out of food.
At night, he used his flaming sword to burn a large dry open space and sprinkled insect repellent powder. However, Luana only asked him to set up a tent. After leaving Shiloh to keep watch, the two of them squeezed together to sleep. He felt that she would not be able to cure the trauma of last night without seven or eight days, so he simply let her do as she pleased.
When it was time for the night watch, he took out a magic textbook by the bonfire to study, thinking about the model structure of lighting magic. Under the starry sky, there were towering mountains on one side and gentle grasslands on the other. A black-haired young man sat quietly by the bonfire to read and watch the night watch, and two girls slept in the tent behind him.
.
On the morning of the 14th day, the warm sunlight shone on the tent. The temperature was very comfortable early in the morning, and the sky was clear and cloudless. This was a good weather for traveling.
Luana, who was in charge of the night watch, had already begun to exercise her muscles and bones in the face of the morning sun. Gong You and Hilo had no choice but to climb out of the tent and start packing up the equipment they had taken out from the camp. However, he felt that her face was red. Perhaps she was not used to sleeping alone with him. It was not awkward for the three of them to sleep together. It was not until he noticed that her eyes quickly glanced down at him and quickly turned away that he realized that it was because of the reason he made her shy every morning. Wasn't this too embarrassing?
The inferior horses had eaten their fill on the grass near the tent, so there was no need to feed them. The three of them hurriedly finished their breakfast and began to ride on their horses. The five horses ran very fast on the plains in the morning, covering at least 200 kilometers.
However, the weather was unpredictable. When it was close to noon, the distant sky began to thunder. He looked up at the lightning in the sky and saw that the dark gray clouds had spread to the other end of the plain. As the southeast wind blew, he knew that if he continued to move forward, he would encounter a storm. The three of them did not want to be hit by the thunderstorm and lightning while riding, so they had to stop and hide. However, there was nowhere to hide in the vast plain. They could only find a low-lying place to hide. He hoped that the rain would pass quickly.
Before the rain clouds arrived, he saw some flying magic beasts that couldn't dodge in time being struck down by lightning. Then, he saw the lightning hit the nearby high ground. He was so scared that he immediately activated the Wind Wall Shield and placed it flat above his head. This temporary umbrella could also prevent the rain from wetting his clothes.
At noon, the thunderstorm and dark clouds formed a gray curtain that covered the entire sky and land, making it impossible for Gongyou to see clearly even if it was dozens of meters away. Moreover, the rain hitting the wind wall would greatly consume the stored energy of the magic crystal in the shield, so Gongyou had to take out magic stones from his luggage to charge the shield while using it. Fortunately, he had brought a lot of magic stones on this trip, so it should be able to last until the rain clouds floated over.
He thought that the two girls would be frightened by the lightning in the sky, but it turned out that it was not the case at all. Luana looked excitedly at the rain, while Hilo put his hands together and prayed silently. One of them raised his shield to block the rain for the people and horses. It took about an hour for the rain clouds to completely float over their heads, turning into a magical scene of clear sky ahead and heavy rain behind them.
In the afternoon, when they continued their journey, they found that riding on the plains without any shade was really a torture. Although there were many villages and towns scattered across the plains, the three of them did not enter them in a hurry. Fortunately, they encountered the mobile tents of the nomads on the plains. The three of them bought some fresh milk from the nomads to replace the remaining drinking water to fill the water bags. Then, they bought a batch of beans for the horses to eat temporarily. After two and a half days of continuous travel, the horses had lost weight. Even if he had to feed him Energy Serums every day, he had to try his best to replenish his nutrients.
Occasionally, they would encounter merchant groups on the road in the afternoon, but neither side had any intention of approaching each other. Without a carriage to slow them down, the three of them directly bypassed the merchant groups and continued forward. Some large merchant groups were even surrounded by many guards riding horses and carrying weapons. However, the sharp-eyed Luanna reminded them that those who seemed to be guards did not wear the Adventurer's nameplate. After asking Omniscient, they found out that those people were not Adventurers, but members of official mercenary groups registered in the Mercenary Guild. These mercenaries and the Adventurers of the Adventurers Guild were two different types of people. Although Adventurers would sometimes take on some escort missions, mercenaries were professionals. Adventurers 'real jobs were to explore ruins and kill monsters. Escorting caravans could only be considered part-time.
In the evening, the three of them passed by the river near the City of Agriculture. They saw a team of adventurers cleaning the blood on their equipment. There were several large beast corpses on the shore. This team might also be part-time hunters to earn a secondary income. Luana could not help but run to ask them how far they were from the City of Agriculture. After being told that they were still 50 kilometers away, the three of them gave up camping and planned to rush to the City of Agriculture to stay in a hotel before nightfall.
Normally, the heavy rain at noon would look at least 200mm or more, but in fact, the rain clouds were moving. When it rained a little, they would drift away. Therefore, on average, the rainfall was only a pitiful 20mm, which was only moderate rain. However, although the rain was small, it still had a great impact. Even if the three of them reduced the time for eating and resting, they were still delayed by about three hours due to the rain and the difficult road after the rain.
After nightfall, the three of them and five horses finally arrived at the City of Agriculture. This was indeed a big city. The city gates would not be closed even when it was dark. The three of them entered the city duty-free with the adventurer's nameplate and did not have time to slowly enjoy the night view of the city. Instead, they followed the stone path with hundreds of years of history and took the two girls directly to the best hotel. Finally, they opened a business suite on the top floor of the hotel. It had two bedrooms, a living room and a dining room. It also had a kitchen, a bathroom, and a toilet. The facilities were very complete. As expected of a hotel in the city. It was great that they didn't need to bathe in the courtyard like in a border town.
Hilo and Luana helped to carry the luggage back to the suite first. Then, they took the change of clothes and occupied the bathroom. They even threw the luggage in the living room. They went to the waiter to take care of the horse and gave him an extra silver coin as a tip. Then, they went to the hotel's attached restaurant to pack three steaming chicken stewed beans and barbecue cakes for dinner. Only then did they have time to go back to the suite to pack their luggage. They took out their clothes and put them in the bedroom wardrobe. The dirty clothes were placed separately. Tomorrow, he planned to check if there was a paid bath service. After the two girls finished bathing and had dinner together at the dining table in the living room, he took a slow bath. He thought that after he was done, he could finally read the magic textbook alone in his bedroom. However, not long after, Luana pulled Hilo over again. They even brought pillows to sleep here.
"There are no ghouls here. You can sleep peacefully in your rooms.”Gong You tried his best to persuade them. He was also very distressed that the two underage girls could only be seen but not eaten.
"It's not because I'm afraid. We're worried that you'll be too scared to sleep, so we came over to accompany you.”After saying that, Luana jumped onto the soft white sheets and rolled on the mattress to find the most comfortable position before stopping.
"Mr. Gongyou, good night." Hilo greeted her in a calm and polite manner, and climbed into bed with Luana, but she slept on the other side of the bed, leaving the middle seat for the common room.
"It's going to be another tough night." Gong You sighed in his heart. In order not to disturb the two girls 'rest, he could only put down the book and turn off the magic stone lamp before going to bed.
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]