Chapter 240: Equivalent Exchange (I)
Everywhere you can see from above, there is snow......
Probably only with the special vision of Eagle Eye can you notice every move around you.
Seeing that there was nothing special in the surrounding area more than twenty miles away, Sean reluctantly withdrew his vision.
"There's not much around, and the direction of the village should be about ten miles ahead......," he said, pointing to the far side of the road.
I have to say that [Psychic Vision~] is indeed a very practical and helpful magic, using the vision of various animals to see the details that human locks can't detect.
It's no wonder that Igonia was clamoring to catch a monster at the beginning, it is said that the animal nature of monsters is higher than that of ordinary beasts, so it is conceivable that they have stronger practicality!
"Which direction are we going straight to? ”
"That's right. Sean replied.
It looked as if Aslant had something to say, but he didn't say it.
"Say whatever you want, don't hide ......"
After a moment's pause, he finally spoke.
"I don't think we should go into the village, my lord. ”
"Oh? Why. ”
Not only Sean, but even several other people have turned their attention to this side, Aslant is a commander trained by the Imperial Army, although he can't reach the point of commanding a real big war, but the soldiers under the command of Imperial Marshal Latura are different from other soldiers in training.
In later contact, Sean also gradually heard about the Marshal Latura, who was known as the brain of the imperial war......
"I think that if so many of us have gone there, it will probably attract the attention of the rebels, it should not be far from the forest, if it is further uninhabitable, they should be moving around here, and if there are rebels in the village we are likely to be attacked at night. ”
Aslant's worries are not unreasonable, this kind of wind and snow weather is not even convenient to move, let alone fight.
If the opponent occupies an attack with familiar terrain, the team is expected to suffer heavy losses, and even if the rebels do not attack, it will be a tough battle.
But these are of no use at all to Sean, who can see the change in people's favorability and mentality......
What's more, there are eyes patrolling all the time overhead!
"Don't worry about that, my eagle eye can see everything around me. Saying that, Sean changed his vision slightly, but instead of looking carefully at the range that Hawkeye saw, he focused on the map in his hand while using [Psychic Vision~].
Just like scanning a map, as long as the eagle eye can see the bright spots, it can show the bright spots of the representative person, which is larger than the range of standing nearby, which is probably related to the large range of the eagle eye's field of vision.
"But...... In that case, would it be impossible for adults to stare at the magic all night?"
"You don't have to spend the night, you just have to take a look when you go to the village. I know what you mean, but it is precisely because it is inconvenient to move in the snowy forest that we have to use the village as a base to operate, otherwise it is easier to encounter danger. Sean said.
It's really cold.
It's dangerous to walk around, and it's easy to fall behind when it's dark!
Probably thinking that his mind was decided, Aslant stopped talking about it, but concentrated on leading the team forward......
The four-member mercenary team in the group was originally a person who often carried out tasks outside, and the Wings of the Sky Witches seemed to have a good ability to survive in the wild, not to mention the garrison of Oro City, but they felt very tired after walking a few miles in the snow by themselves.
Fortunately, I finally persevered to the so-called village.
The village is not even marked on the map, and the total population of a village of a few dozen families may not be as large as the people brought by themselves.
The more than 200 people in the past attracted the onlookers of the whole village......
It's smaller than I expected.
"Looks like we need to set up camp in the village tonight. Sean said to Barnier beside him.
He proposed not to reveal his identity and let Aslan bring people to talk to the village chief, saying that it was the exploration and hunting team of Oro City, and the purpose was to explore or hunt in the deep mountains...... Because Basalam is in a period of war, any seemingly unreasonable move can be mixed up with the excuse of war reserves.
However, Sean found that these villagers didn't seem to be interested in the reason, as long as they could give some money to live in the village, and they were all [neutral] about their attitudes!
There are two explanations for [neutrality], either you haven't spoken to yourself and don't know each other, so it's neutral. But it's impossible not to know who is already the lord of the Oro region, so this gang is the second attitude that it doesn't matter who is the lord.
"What's going on with these people? Why is there such a village of a dozen families in the mountains?"
"Probably moved here. Barnier said.
"Adults may not know much about this, if the other party's ancestors were rich peasants or wealthy merchants, in order to escape the war and pursuit, they would choose to run to live in the mountains and forests, at first they would buy a dozen servants with money, and if it was a time of war, even women were cheap, and they could form two or three estates by buying and selling a few in the slave market...... If the rich merchant has enough money to last for several generations, he can slowly buy new women and form a family, and become such a village. ”
I had heard of the flight of wealthy merchants when they were in the small town of Telemien, and it was not long after the town's history that the tombs were stolen many times, probably the burial place of some deceased minister or merchant.
"I see. ”
"If you ask carefully, they should all have the same last name. ”
Looking at the surrounding villagers, it is no wonder that the rebels would choose such a place to hide, the whole village is neutral, and even if they are discovered, they will not be informed.
After communicating with the village chief, Sean didn't let the team move forward anymore, even though it was still afternoon......
The wind and snow suddenly became heavier, almost blocking the way the team could sneak.
In fact, this place is already very close to the camp of the rebels, maybe only twenty or thirty miles away, but the mountain road is difficult to walk, and if you don't communicate with each other, you are almost isolated from the world.
The eagle was no longer able to fly in this kind of weather, but fortunately, Sean had already observed the situation near the village in advance and there was nothing abnormal......
In the past two days, I have been careful in almost every place I have visited, after all, my opponent is using a dangerous magic...... It's like entering Tacoma City half a year ago, except that there are so many masters present at the time, and now it's just me.
Alchemy!!
Before it was night, Sean suddenly remembered that he took out the magic guide book and carefully looked through it to see if there was any record of alchemy.
However, there is hardly much alchemy written in the magic guide book left by Lucille, and only the title is written in the alchemy column, and nothing else is written, and it seems that Lucille is not proficient in alchemy.
But......
Others are not proficient because of magic alchemy town and problems with spells and materials.
I don't need this kind of skillful thinking......
Thinking about it, Sean picked up the most snow in the heavy snow and gave it a try...... If, according to Nissa's previous theory, alchemy is the reorganization of matter by decomposing matter, then the water elements are hydrogen and oxygen, rearranging them in a certain proportion.
Isn't that ......
For a moment, Sean's head even had a picture of his previous life studying chemistry.
As Sean thought about it, a halo appeared in the palm of his hand, and it opened again in a few seconds to become water.
Belch......
This one is too simple.
It looks more like it melted after it was heated by magic!
If you add wood blocks, will the carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in it be one more constituent thing, or the silicon in the sand and add that it means that it can be made into glass?
But these are relatively easy and not special.
Most of the objects in the world are composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, and they should be able to recombine more new things, even if there are the most in the human body......