Chapter 5 The Road
The noisy cries of the four-legged snakes were completely gone, replaced by the whirring wind that blew through the ears.
Govern struggled to crawl out of the garbage heap, carefully dodging the edge of the carpet and moving towards the front of the carpet little by little.
After all, at an altitude of at least a few thousand meters, standing on a flying carpet of seven or eight square meters, you still need some concentration.
Finally he overcame his fear of heights and weakness of his legs, and slowly moved to the side of the old goblin, and sat down on his ass.
After all, sitting is always more stable, and my heart is not so panicked.
Jiwen, who came back to his senses, sincerely said thank you to his life-saving benefactor. He hadn't spoken so politely since he was in college.
But the old goblin didn't raise his eyes at Jiwen at all, but just replied casually: "Well, I know, the new kid, what's your name?"
Jiwen glanced at the old goblin, a little unhappy in his heart
But after all, this guy is a benefactor who helped him get out of danger, and Jiwen had to answer honestly: "Jiwen." ”
Hearing the answer, the old goblin was still expressionless, but he muttered for a long time without making the correct sound.
"Ji ...... What a strange name, it seems that you came from an unknown place, so what level of summoned beast are you?"
"How many steps?"
Hearing this question, Givens was a little confused.
The old goblin finally turned around, his yellow eyes looking at Jiwen as if looking at a monster.
"Aren't you a summoning beast?"
Summon, summon beasts!
It took a while for Givens to adjust to his new title. Yes, in this fantasy world, one's identity is a summoned beast.
He nodded smugly and replied, "I was called...... I don't know what rank I am, though,"
"Didn't they help you test your rank when they first summoned you? The old goblin grumbled loudly.
Given's sudden wry smile as he finally remembered the odd ranking.
When he had previously explored the memories of the elf Adella, he had learned that the summoned beasts summoned by the summoning spell were divided into ten classes, from low to high, and each class was divided into three classes: upper, middle, and lower.
As a rule, when a new type of summon is summoned for the first time, the summoner should evaluate the summoner's abilities. But Jiwen's summoning ritual turned into a chaotic battle, and the test was out of the question.
Seeing that Jiwen was silent, the old goblin said with some sympathy: "It seems that you don't understand anything. If you want to stay here safely, you can't do this. ”
Hearing this, Jiwen was stunned.
Indeed, if it is that elven world, he can still understand a little bit by reading Adelia's memory. In the white world in front of me, I really don't know anything. Provoked that group of lizards just now and almost finished himself, if he continued like this, I don't know how many dangers he would have to face.
Perhaps, you can ask this old goblin?
It suddenly occurred to Jiwen that this old goblin seemed to have a bad temper, but with personal guidance, it was always better to suffer by himself.
So Jiwen tentatively asked, "Why don't you tell me about it?"
A sly smile flashed across the old goblin's face, and he shook his head.
"How much time is going to be wasted! Time is money, you know?"
Jiwen was stunned, he could hear the meaning of the old goblin's words.
Those pointers aren't free. But now that he has almost nothing to look up to, he probably can't come up with anything that the old goblin can look at.
Jiwen's reaction was expected by the old goblin, who looked at Jiwen, who was almost naked, and was deliberately silent.
The goblin remembers the countless newcomers he had met, all of them just as ignorant, all so unhelpful, and willing to pay any price for that little guidance. This newcomer should be no exception.
Jiwen hates begging the most, but now this situation is forcing him to start asking questions in a low voice.
"Uncle, you are a good person to the end, how much guidance you have, I owe you a personal favor. ”
When the old goblin heard this, he lamented, "Forget it, then I'll teach you for free." Hey, who told me to be so soft-hearted? But then you have to work for me and make up for the money. ”
After speaking, a look of great loss and pain appeared on his face.
Watching the old goblin's performance, Jiwen muttered to himself, "Workmanship, you old fellow, are you waiting for the last sentence?" I first became a summoning beast, and now I have to be a contractor, what the is going on!"
But Jiwen doesn't have any bargaining capital at all now. After all, this old goblin seems to have strong mana, and if he uses it as a part-time job, it is not impossible to learn how to settle down in this world.
So Ji Wen hesitated and asked, "Do you have food and shelter?"
"There are single room dormitories, free accommodation, you don't have to worry about eating, you are given 5 stone coins per cycle. ”
The old goblin replied skillfully. He was getting more and more satisfied now. The newcomer seemed to be familiar with wage labor, and was not mad or paranoid, which is rare among intelligent beings.
Givens was a little puzzled, he really wasn't sure if the pay was high or low, so he asked instead: "How long will I work?"
"Just pay off the bill, no accidents, only four cycles are enough, and in a few days, you will be free then." ”
Givens probably knew the value of his labor, but he still had to know the most important thing.
"And what can you teach me?"
The old goblin said confidently, "I can let you know everything here, and I can also let you learn the craft of making a living." ”
The quid pro quo didn't sound too bad, so Gilvin didn't hesitate any longer and sold himself in a low voice.
"Okay, deal. ”
After the deal was concluded, the old goblin immediately changed his face. I saw his affectionate Jiwen greeting him, as if he had seen an old friend who had not seen him for many years.
"Hello, Given. I'm Harvey, the oldest second-hand merchant in the world, and the president of the largest goblin second-hand store. From now on, you're my employee!"
After saying that, Harvey also deliberately hugged Jiwen to show affection.
Givens were taken aback by the change in the old guy's attitude, but at that moment, Gawain found that the old goblin could easily touch him, which seemed to be different from when he was in the elven world.
However, the old goblin Harvey didn't seem to notice the change in Jiwen's expression, and immediately began to train the new employees in business.
He pointed to the earth with his staff and asked, "Come, let's start the first lesson, look down and know where you are?"
Looking at the white and lonely wilderness, Govern shook his head.
"This is the Forbidden God Realm!" the old goblin explained with a complicated expression, "This is a paradise reserved only for summoned beasts, or rather...... It is the eternal prison of summoned beasts. ”
"Then you're also a summoning beast?" blurted out Given.
The goblin's expression was obviously a little unhappy, and he said with some annoyance, "Listen to me, don't interject." ”
Jiwen had no choice but to shut up and continue listening.
This white land originally had no name, but now the old goblin called it the Forbidden God Realm.
But no matter what the land is called, the only thing that is certain is that the god or creature who created the summoning art in the first place developed this land.
Any creature summoned from another plane by the summoning spell will be teleported into this boundless white space once unsummoned by their own summoner.
In this space, summoned creatures do not die, they recover quickly even from temporary injuries, and they do not feel hungry or thirsty or affected by disease.
They will remain in this space forever until the summoner's summoner summons them, and they will return to the summoner's plane to fight for their master. And when the summon ends or the summon dies, the summon will return to this strange plane unscathed, waiting for the next summon.
"What a pervert!"
Jiwen couldn't help but mumble again. He now finally understood why the big lizard he had killed had reappeared, and he was chasing him with a group of his compatriots.
However, the setting of this space is completely unacceptable to Jiwen, in his opinion, after the summoning, the creature should return to its original world and live happily without shame, instead of coming here to prison.
"What do you know?" the old goblin was impatient with the new employee's casual interjection, "If you tried your best to summon a magical beast to help you in a life-and-death battle, only to find that the beast couldn't go full because of diarrhea or didn't have enough breakfast, would you go crazy?" Or ten years ago you summoned an evil dragon, only to find out that it had been killed and extinct when you repeated the spell ten years later, would you be willing?"
Givan was convinced, and from this point of view, the old goblin's words did have some truth. In its own world, the Chinese national football team also has to be confined before it can squeeze out some combat effectiveness, but the hotel wall is obviously not as powerful as this magic prison, so Chinese football is rotting day by day. But Givan quickly thought of another question.
"Isn't the summoning beast going to stay here forever? If no one summons you, you can't even go back to the real world?"
"Yes. When asked, the old goblin was visibly short of breath, "If your summoner dies and no one else can reproduce the summoning spell, then you'll have to stay here forever, just like it." ”
With that, the old goblin pointed to a conspicuous gray hill on the white plain in the distance.
Givens looked closely, and the hill seemed to look like a gray ...... A large conch?
"That guy was originally a fierce beast of a certain water world, a tenth-order forbidden spell-level summoned creature. ”
The old goblin spoke eloquently, and when he heard this, Jiwen couldn't help but look back at the conch monster twice, he vaguely remembered that the summoned creatures of the forbidden spell level were second only to the gods, and they should also be extremely powerful.
"But the first place where it was summoned was on land. This guy can't move at all, and his spells and attacks are completely unavailable because he doesn't have a huge amount of water as a medium. So his summoner was beheaded in that battle, and the summoning art was lost ever since. ”
"How long has it been there?" said Given, who began to feel a little sympathy for the hapless conch.
"It's been too long, I don't remember. The old goblin muttered, "About thirty million cycles? no, at least fifty million cycles." Anyway, now that it's dormant, no one cares about it. ”
Hearing this, Jiwen's heart was half cold.
If this fate happens to you, then you will have to stay in this hellish place forever.
"Is there a way to break through the summoning spell and return to your homeland?"
Givens asked with little hope.
"Yes!" replied old Harvey affirmatively.
"What's the solution?" said Given, who was immediately excited, now he just wanted to go back to that filthy dormitory.
"But wait until your summoner becomes a forbidden spell summoner, it's an almost impossible goal. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the old goblin Harvey laughed maliciously.
Forbidden Spell Summoner?
As soon as you hear the name, it is those ranks that only the mad and the paranoid can reach.
His summoner seems to be the elf girl named Adella, and it seems that it is impossible to become a forbidden spell summoner.
"Am I going to be like that conch for the rest of my life?"
Perhaps because he was too disappointed, Jiwen actually said what was in his heart to himself.
But hearing this complaint, old Harvey laughed
"You don't have to worry about such an unattainable problem, in fact, it is a blessing to be able to sleep peacefully like it forever. ”
"Happiness?" asked Given, surprised.
For Given, how could such a miserable life be called happiness.
Old Harvey was not surprised by Given's reaction, and he retorted in the tone of the shopkeeper teaching Tu Baozi: "Of course this is happiness. I don't know how many evil guys have been summoned here. Why don't you get caught by some evil monster and torture for the rest of your life? ”
If this old goblin didn't lie, in this world, even summoned creatures couldn't die.
If you're captured and tormented by those mythical creatures of evil, death is a luxury.
As soon as he thought of this, Jiwen immediately felt chills in his body.
It seems that the old goblin is right, and the first thing he has to worry about now is how to survive in this big prison, and then he has the opportunity to think about issues like going home.
Just as Given's thoughts were wandering, he suddenly noticed that the talkative old Harvey seemed to be quiet. He turned his head to see that the old goblin was now staring strangely into the distance, with a solemn expression.
Jiwen didn't dare to disturb him, and waited quietly until the old goblin suddenly asked, "By the way, Jiwen, as a summoned beast, what are you good at?
Jiwen shook his head and replied truthfully: "I don't know spells, I only have more strength." ”
Old Harvey looked at Given's figure, and his expression was obviously a little disappointed.
This thin guy said that he had a lot of strength, and it was probably no more than that. He casually ordered: "Then you hurry up and get something that can be used as a weapon in the garbage heap, protect yourself, we are going to fight." ”
At this moment, even Jiwen could clearly see that in the distance in the sky, a bipedal wyvern was waving its wings and approaching rapidly.
"Is he going to eat us?" asked Given, a little uneasy.
"It's not hungry, and it can't eat us," the old goblin picked up his staff and stood up, "it's just bored, so it wants to grab a toy and play with it." Remember what I just said, being caught by these things is much more miserable than the big conch. ”