Chapter 17: Between the Mountains

Mount Rao, on a mountain trail. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Because the Biggs that Leo is looking for grows on a cliff. So, Leo was walking on this mountain trail. As he walked, he looked at the mountain wall.

"If the map is correct, it's pretty much around here. ”

After walking for several hours, Leo came to a forest. On the way, I looked around here, looking for the mountain wall that I didn't know exactly where, and Biggs who grew on the mountain wall.

"Hmm...... Why are there all trees here, so you can't see it clearly? Forget it, let's find a tall tree and climb it to see. ”

Leo walked into a wooded area and saw that there were trees all around him, and he couldn't see anything around him at all. So, he planned to climb a tall tree in the vicinity and inspect the terrain around it to decide what to do next.

"Whew, it's finally coming up. ”

It took a while for Leo to finally climb up. Standing on the top of the tree, Leo looked at the sight in front of him, which shocked him. I couldn't help but lose my mind.

"Really...... It's beautiful....... ”

"Why...... How could it be like that?"

"It's just as ...... as it was back then. ”

Looking at the forest dyed red by the setting sun, the birds returning to their nests not far away, and listening to the chirping of insects, Leo remembered his old memories. That was when he was the son of an aristocracy.

Leo stood on the tree, looking at the scene in front of him, and gradually remembered his former home...... The place that abandoned him, that ...... Paying too much attention to whether a person is worthless or not...... Family.

It was in a large courtyard, and in the evening, the same view and sound as it is now. However, compared to the courtyard in my memory, it seems that there is something missing here.

"Musical Voice...... Is it?"

"That's right, Leo. ”

Leo remembers that there was a kind of music in the courtyard at that time. Seems to be ......?

"In the end...... Who is it?"

The song, which I don't know who played to him, was played with leaves, with a natural breath that only leaves can have, and it played a music that only leaves can blow.

I don't know why, Leo liked it very much at that time, and liked this piece very much. So the man taught him how to play the piece, so that he could play it himself with a leaf.

"That's how you blow....... ”

Gradually, Leo remembered the song, plucked the leaves from the branch next to him, used the leaves as a musical instrument, and began to play the song he had learned.

As soon as the leaves were blown out, a melodious sound of music came out and spread throughout the forest. However, apart from Leo himself, there is only life in the forest.

"I didn't expect that I would think of this song again, and I blew it, alas...... I didn't think I would think about it anymore. ”

Although Leo used to love this piece very much, but when he played it now, it only reminded him of old memories, those bad memories. Therefore, in the past ten years, he has not played this song that he likes very much for a long time, not once.

When the song was finished, he put down the leaves in his hands, put away his troubled thoughts, and began to inspect the forest intently.

"Judging by the size of this forest, you can't leave it. ”

Leo looked around, and the forest was densely packed with trees, and there was no way to see the mountain wall. Therefore, he can only prepare to camp here now, and then set off at dawn tomorrow to continue looking for the target of the mission.

In the forest at night, Leo sat on a withered log with a fire in front of him, and from time to time put some branches into the fire so that the fire would not be extinguished. After making sure that the size of the fire was not extinguished, Leo began to think about the target drug for this mission, Biggs.

"According to the records, Biggs is not uncommon medicine. However, because it is so difficult to collect, not many people are willing to collect it at all. This also led to an increase in the value of Biggs, which became a rather rare drug. ”

Leo recalls what he saw at the Mercenary Guild, which states that Biggs usually grows in large numbers on mountain walls, so there is basically no problem with numbers, mainly in terms of its collection. Because Biggs grows in some very steep places in the mountain walls, even in the crevices of some cliffs. Therefore, it is difficult to capture it without tools. Therefore, if you don't have tools, you can only rely on some more advanced magic to assist in its collection. For example, wind magic, earth magic, and the like. However, ordinary magicians will not come to the mountain wall to pick it up, because the mountain wall is not very safe, and it is still quite dangerous for magicians who are not very strong.

Due to its high difficulty in collecting, Biggs is a special medicine for treating high fever, but usually not many people use it as medicine, because ordinary people simply cannot afford to use it. Therefore, it is used except for some high fevers that must be quickly resolved, that is, high fevers that can no longer be cured by ordinary medicines.

"That ....... ”

After analyzing Biggs's information, Leo found that no one would usually use Biggs unless it was an emergency. If you speculate like this, you will naturally get that the city lord's family is such an urgent situation. Then, the faster the task is completed, the better the reward should be.

"It seems that there is still a lot to do tomorrow. ”

It wasn't long before Leo felt sleepy, so he lay down in a tent he had set up under the tree while it was still dark, and gradually fell asleep.

"Ha~...... , slept well, continue today....... ”

Leo yawned and stretched.

Now, before the sun had fully risen, Leo had already packed his things, and when he was ready to go on the road, he swept up a patch of dirt with his feet and extinguished the fire that had burned for a long time last night and had not been extinguished until now.

"It's finally out...... This forest is really big...... , actually walked for so long. ”

After a journey of several hours, Leo finally walked out of the forest and onto a cliff. At this time, Leo looked at the sun in the sky, which had already risen to the center, ready to solve the most important problem of the moment, the food in the bag was gone. Because, at that time, Leo didn't have enough money to buy food. So, now it's noon, and there's no food. Now that there is no food, it means that he has to go back to the forest and hunt in the forest to solve his food problem.

"It was really troublesome, I didn't expect there was not enough food. Well, I guess I'll have to go hunting now. ”

Leo picked up the luggage he had left on the ground while searching for food, so that he wouldn't be bitten by some animals when he left. So, he was now carrying a bag and walking towards the forest that he had just walked out of.

"Huh, this forest is really rich in food, and it can hit a first-order fire rabbit so quickly. ”

It didn't take long for Leo to take advantage of his strength that was already close to the Holy Order, and soon carried the ears of a rabbit with red fur and a body slightly larger than that of ordinary rabbits.

"One...... , I don't know if it's enough, let's catch another one first. ”

Hoping to see if he could catch another one, he sat down on a broken tree, and after placing some bait in front of him, Leo ducked aside and waited for the food to take the bait.

After waiting for a long time, and not seeing the hooked beast, Leo cleaned up the place, intending to prepare to eat the fire rabbit in his hand.

After killing the fire rabbit and removing its internal organs, he put it on Leo's homemade grill and roasted it slowly. Because it takes time to cook food, he lay down on a nearby tree and waited for the fire rabbit to be cooked.

"Well, it's not good to lie down like this, it's better to ...... Let's practice for a while. ”

Lying down, Leo sat up, intending to practice the skills he had mastered in his mind.

Because these techniques seem to be etched in Leo's mind. So, although Leo is not very familiar with it, after practicing a few more times, it is still very smooth to use it.

As a result, a large number of magical elements were now converging in front of him, but there was no conflict. Gradually, he condensed the elements in front of him into the shape of a sword. Not long after, after the shape of the sword stabilized, it began to transform into a second shape, and after the second was completed, it was the third, and the technique was practiced again and again.

When the fire rabbit was cooked, Leo stopped practicing, took the fire rabbit off the grill, tore it with his hands, and ate it little by little. After eating, Leo realizes that it is already noon and it is time to collect the medicine. Otherwise, it will be very troublesome to collect after dark.

After eating, Leo went to the cliff he had just walked on, looked around, and began to look for the target drug, Biggs.

"Hmm...... Huh, that ...... over there. Really?"

Leo picks up the portrait of Biggs, which he bought on the black market, and compares it to a plant he had just discovered.

Biggs is a purple color that looks more like a dandelion and has a flower color like a morning glory. However, after Leo took a closer look, he found that the plant was actually a red dandelion.

"How can there be red dandelions? Forget it, just take it off and let it be examined." ”

Leo was puzzled, but he was ready to go down to the cliff and look for it again.

"Gliding"

"Levitation"

In order to be able to go down the cliff smoothly, Leo used the magic in his mind. So, after a burst of blue light, his body suddenly became fluttery, and he gently descended along the edge of the cliff.

"There's still no one here...... , why don't you go down and have a look. ”

With the power of magic, Leo came down without a hitch. After inspecting the mountain wall in front of him, he found that there was nothing here, and he was ready to look down to take a look.

"It's about a dozen meters away. ”

A short time later, Leo looked at the cliff above him and estimated the distance he had traveled.

"Looks like we're going to have to go a little bit down, but it's dangerous. ”

Leo looked down, and it was an abyss where the ground was completely invisible, only thick clouds could be seen. Leo wiped the sweat from his head a little nervously and continued to float down.

"Whew~, I finally found it. ”

After a long and focused search, Leo finally found Biggs. Now, he was resting on a protruding stone on the edge of a cliff.

"I didn't expect this thing to be there, it really took me a lot of effort. ”

Leo remembered that he had finally found it when he had reached the mouth of the cave with many poisonous snakes, and had almost bitten the poisonous snakes in the holes. Recalling the scene at that time, Leo couldn't help but shed a cold sweat.

"Still, the harvest was good. ”

Leo looked at his bag, which was full of Biggs.

"Oh, and this. ”

Rummaging through it, a red plant appeared in the bag.

On the way up, Leo also picked the plant he had just found. However, Leo observed for a long time and found that this plant was not exactly similar to Biggs, except for the difference in color, there were some slight differences in some leaves and flowers.

"What the hell is this?"

Leo was curious about it, but now he had given it the task. Put it in your bag and put it away, and then you are ready to go back to the city to hand in the mission.

However, before he left, he stopped to look at the interior of the forest, and after staring at one of the trees in the forest for a while, he found that there was nothing unusual, so he turned around and left here.

Shortly after Leo left, a figure dressed in light green clothes suddenly jumped down from the tree where Leo was looking, and unlike ordinary people, the figure had longer ears than ordinary people, only elves have such ears, so it seems that she is an elf of the elves.

"What a keen human, and took away the grass I wanted to pick, and that grass is very precious. I also found this place with a lot of difficulty. However, I couldn't go down. When I prepared the tools and thought about it, I didn't expect this human to be able to take it away so easily. ”

The elf clasped his hands, thinking very attentively about what he should do now.

"Hmm~...... However, his music played by the leaves is so good that it makes it hard for me to imagine that he is a vulgar human being. Forget it, it's more important to be Biss grass now, let's continue to see where he's going. ”

Then the elf stopped thinking, crouched down, and began to carefully observe Leo's footprints.

After a while, she seemed to remember Leo's footprints and followed Leo's footprints.

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