"What is this thing called Shell Fruit for?" Eddie looked up and down, and if he sniffed closely, he could detect a slight strange smell.

"Hey, do you want to buy it? For the sake of saving my store, I'll give you a 20% discount. The shopkeeper grinned, "There's still a small amount of wood attribute magic in it, which is quite useful for the corresponding magic experiments-

Of course, it's not tasty. ”

“...... What price?" Eddie frowned—it didn't look like something valuable;

"Three copper plates are a catty, and ten copper plates are three...... Ahem, four pounds!"

This is too cheap, right, one copper coin can buy four catties?

"Thank you for your patronage, how many catties do you buy?"

"I'm sorry, I'll just ask, don't buy it. ”

"If you don't buy it, don't buy it. The shopkeeper sighed, "Made, this thing must have attracted this beast!"

"Oh...... What do you say?" Eddie continued to begin testing the strength of the Darkcloud Pony;

"You see, this beast likes to eat this thing......" explained the shopkeeper as he cleaned up.

"The hard-shelled tree that grows this fruit is so tall that the Darkcloud Pony is not normally able to eat it—and only a few are occasionally blown down by the wind;

For those brutes, this thing is as attractive as eating grass root bark and then trying sauce elbow...... I heard that a few years ago, those guys rushed into the town and gnawed half of the town's grocery stores!"

That's a big attraction...... Eddie nodded, poked the dark cloud foal a few more times, and then looked at the three of them: "Call it a day, the test is quite enough, let's find a hotel to stay in for the night." ”

There was one nearby, and Eddie took out four copper coins and asked for two double rooms, and he didn't say anything all night.

......

The next morning, as soon as the sky was dark, Eddie reluctantly opened his eyes.

But he knew very well that he had already rested the longest of the four.

Needless to say, Nightstar, who was an ascetic, was probably the first to rise up in the entire inn;

Half an hour ago, Add asked the Grey Wrist in the room to sell his unused weapons and miscellaneous items to save space, and gave him a budget of three copper coins to buy a women's outfit to come back - after all, Nightstar was too conspicuous to move.

It was the sound of his returning footsteps that woke Eddie up. It's really hard for him.

"Young master, the iron sword before was sold for a copper coin, the knife was sold for five copper coins, and other miscellaneous items were also sold for a copper coin. The gray wrist had a little apology on his face, "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, my tongue is not good, and I can't sell it for a higher price." ”

"The price is already in line with expectations. Add sat up a little stiffly;

Wake up early...... Waking up early is really uncomfortable.

The two girls next door got up a little earlier—Orange Wind was in charge of the food for the four, and Eddie gave her a copper coin to buy four of the first bread in the inn kitchen when it came out;

Considering that chewing bread for a long time is not good for her health, Eddie asked her to buy an extra plate of vegetable leaves, a total of six copper plates.

At this point, Add asked her to bring her clothes to Nightstar and let Nightstar change into them.

During the meal, as Eddie had expected, Nightstar, even as a "holy woman", did not express any dissatisfaction with such shabby food—her penance during the purification of the temple made her not care about this;

It's Orange Wind, although he doesn't mean to complain, but he has a slight expression of "no love" on his face;

Speaking of which, is it true that he is a little bit picky?, Eddie munched on his bread and reflected on himself;

Do you want to add another plate of crisp and refreshing saliva and rich in nutrients...... And what about cheap vegetable leaves?

...... Forget it, Nightstar may leave the team, wait for her to confirm. Thinking of this, Eddie canceled the idea of adding vegetables.

Yes, she was only "probably leaving", and Eddie glanced at the thoughtful Nightstar, and through the previous judgments, he couldn't rule out a possibility - the person she was looking for was ......

"It's full. ”

After breakfast, the group headed towards the "Maple Leaf Forest" southeast of the town.

Before the crossing, Eddie still had some longing for the "adventurers" in the story;

Under the premise of sufficient strength, the job is quite free, and no one forces them to set off, carefully planning to hunt the monster in exchange for payment, and then feast and drink after the bounty......

But it doesn't feel good to actually experience it, after all...... The sound of the rooster crowing is still there.

It is not uncommon for adventurers to dress up on the roads - about half of them are hunters, who are relatively weak in physical fitness and mainly hunt a few wild beasts by traps, bows and arrows.

Only those who are physically stronger, or whose families are relatively wealthy enough to combine crystal nuclei, will advance deeper into the jungle to hunt demonic beasts.

...... These people, who don't lack a finger or have two or three scars on their faces, don't look normal;

There are not a few who are missing half an arm or blind in one eye.

It's just dawn, but it's late for adventurers - because the forest is dangerous at night, adventurers need to go as deep into the forest as possible during the day and then rush back before the sun sets.

When passing through the defense line of Maple Town, Eddie took a look at the situation over there: the originally destroyed earth wall was being repaired, and the corpse of the monster was buried on the spot;

But the soldiers' expressions looked more pessimistic—after all, they had heard the conversation that day;

If the lord doesn't swear allegiance to the Regent's Ernemi family, there will be no more cores sent over - what will happen to the town?

Even the part of the demon core in the hands of the forcibly recruited merchants will not last long, Eddie thought, hoping that this exploration will be big enough to make an effective plan to resist the beast tide.

From the line into the forest, the further you go into the forest, the more sparse the signs of human activity become;

At two hundred meters away, there were almost no roads - hunters and adventurers were scattered in small groups, after all, it was difficult to divide the spoils if there were too many people.

The rattle of the wind and leaves completely drowned out the sound of the other teams, and there were not many people left around except for the marks carved by the hunters.

"Young Master, I'm a little curious......" Orange Wind asked in a low voice, "Why don't we find some adventurers this time?"

"Those guys are unreliable. Add recalled the suffocating operation of the previous team of adventurers, "What's more, we have more reliable combat power now." ”

"My magic isn't worth your expectations......" Nightstar lowered his head a little embarrassed;

"Rest assured, enough ...... Wait a minute. Add stretched out his hand to stop the three of them, and then pointed to the bushes not far away, "Look there." ”

In the direction Eddie pointed, a pitch-black boar peeked out half of its head and looked sneakily;

Although there was a disparity in numbers, the four of them couldn't detect much of an attack, but this sneaky appearance was really uncomfortable.

"Let's try it first. Add smiled at Nightstar and said, "Please?"