Chapter 18.5: Can't wait
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You can't decide who to talk to next, so let's talk about it at lunch.
As you prepare to leave the Frostbringer's room, you beckon in mid-air for Leia to follow. In fact, there is no need to do this at all, but she has just taken Leia as a demon pet and has not been used to it for a long time and has not been wary of this white-brained teenager. It's just a subconscious move.
"Huh, who are you waving to?" the boy looked surprised, "I already felt something there, what was it!"
He looked startled, perhaps thinking of a ghost or something worse. It's just a hairy boy who has no power to tie the chicken, and after a little hesitation, you signal Leia to lift her stealth and let the boy take a look.
The boy saw Leia, a Pico. He was surprised and excited, and he almost jumped forward and almost pounced, staring at Leia: "Demon, magic fairy......? How is it...... It's amazing!"
Because Elizabeth is giving you a thumbs-up behind her, indicating that the teenager has no hostile intentions.
Enough of that, isn't it?, Leia is invisible again.
The boy didn't have the idea of catching Pikjing, and he didn't have the ability, he was thinking of something else. He quickly rolls over to his desk, opens a drawer, pulls out a book, rummages through it at high speed, and then shouts at you, "This works!" (Good)
Annette tilted her head and asked, "What's feasible?"
"Listen, didn't they force me to become a Frostbringer, but I'm going to die now, because I'm only level 3 druid, and as you can see, I'm just a half-druid. However, as long as you reach level 4, you can "resist the temptations of nature", which is one of the most basic requirements to become a frostbringer. I don't have a teacher, I don't have talent, I'm a sheep herder at all, and I can't get to level 3 in a short time, but ......" The young man pointed to Leia's position just now, and continued excitedly, "I've checked, the magic fairy is a high-level spirit creature, and there are some similarities with elemental creatures. Let her accompany me to the "Frost Mistress", will you, help me!" (Good)
“...... Didn't you just jump out of the window and escape?" Annette frowned.
The young man opened his arms and raised his voice: "It's possible now! If I can settle the 'Frost Mistress', I will be the real 'Frost Messenger', the greatest man in the whole Frost Ridge Village, and everyone will respect me." (enemy)
Enemy?
What's wrong with this sentence?
You stare at the two folded fingers behind Elizabeth, wondering what was wrong with that sentence. So, you ask the teenager: What about the risks?
"There's no risk, and even if there's risk, it's all mine. (False)
You go behind your desk and turn the page to see what's going on.
It reads, "Other beings of the Plane with intelligence who can assist in negotiating with the Frost Mistress. You can think of it as a regulator, a buffer, or a meat shield between you and the Frost Mistress, and if the Frost Mistress gets angry, a huge amount of elemental energy will hit the alien creature first, and then the aftermath will reach you, which will be much smaller. 」
The boy noticed that you were glaring at him, and his face turned pale, and he took a few steps back against the wall, and explained, "Aren't you here to solve the problem, just help me to calm the anger of the Frost Mistress, and everyone will be happy." In case the negotiation fails, isn't it your job to destroy the monsters? (enemy)
Well
It's a good idea, but it's not a good way. Elizabeth offered to throw him off the balcony, but was dissuaded by Annette.
As you walked downstairs, Annette touched her chin and pondered, "Or, let's take him to level up and get to level 4?" ”
"He's not the material for battle at all, I'm afraid I'll have to take him to kill seventy or eighty goblins to level up. Wouldn't it be better for us to kill them all and escort the wagons full of expensive wine out of here?" muttered Elizabeth, "Our mission is to 'solve the blockade of Frost Ridge', not 'solve the weather problem'. ”
That's right, too. Annette smashed her fist in the palm of her hand: "The council hall is undergoing a big change, and the market urgently needs these expensive red wines to make connections, and even jumps in a hurry, so this is the key and real meaning of this mission." ”
Looking at the weather, some things are actually too late. Before you arrived, the crops and grapes were almost dead, and the damage was irreparable. There are only two ways to deal with Frostridge Village: destroy the goblins in large numbers or kill the evil warriors, and then escort the carriage away. Or, to calm the wrath of the Frost Mistress, after the snow melts, both the escort and the carriage can break through the enemy encirclement as usual.
"Leia, are you really not cold?"
Normally, the weather is fine, but the closer you get to the mountains, the colder it gets. We elven creatures don't care much about the hot and cold environment of the main matter plane, but the icy aura of the mountains is completely different - Leia looked in the direction of the mountains and muttered that if she was going up the mountain, even if she was wrapped in a furry winter coat, it wouldn't do anything. The important thing is not the temperature itself, but the powerful ice aura of the elemental creatures, which cannot be resisted by a mere winter coat.
An image comes to your mind: Leia hides in the arms of your winter coat and turns into a popsicle. You sneeze and accidentally snap your hard butterfly wings.
...... Terrible.
It might be helpful if there were any new abilities that could be borrowed from Raumi before setting off. Actually, the magic fairy ice sculpture is also quite artistic.
Convince the Brewer to release the genuine Frostbringer from prison, or convince the Captain of the Guard to gather his men and kill the Evil Warrior who is in command behind the scenes. With that in mind, you walk towards the restaurant.
Just opened the door,
I'll go!
More than 20 villagers were choking the winemaker's neck and beating him violently! The winemaker had already had a swollen nose and eyes, and the two guards could not draw their weapons to stop him, but it was a drop in the bucket with their hands. Annette and Coco immediately rushed forward, pulling the angry villagers away and dissuading them. "Ah, who stepped on me?" said Elizabeth, whistling with her hands behind her back.
Didn't the villagers get along well before?
"Adventurer, this selfish bastard won't agree to hand over the Frostbringer for anything, he only cares about his vineyard!"
"Wait, his vineyard hasn't frozen to death yet?" Annette was surprised.
"Maybe it's all dead, who knows, but there's still next year, the year after that, the year after that!" the villager clenched his fists and blushed with anger, "This guy is worried that if he releases the Frostbringer, he will lose control and will either completely anger the mistress or take the mistress away from the mountains after going up the mountain." Either way, his winery was finished. ”
You tapped Elizabeth on the shoulder and motioned for her to continue judging the truth of her words, who shook his head and whispered, "I'm busy trying to persuade you." ”
Maybe
If you're not mistaken...... Her so-called persuasion was just taking advantage of the chaos to stomp on the villagers' little toes with high heels with unmistakable precision. Her hobby is really weird.
With a roar, the winemaker waved his arms away from everyone: "Don't dream! I'd rather die than release that bastard! He should go to jail forever! Forever!"
"You're ......!"
"Didn't I already arrange for a new Frostbringer?
"What's the use of that little kid who doesn't have any hair! You two just kick the ball back and forth, and we'll look for you!"
"Yes, we're looking for you! You must unleash the Frostbringer today!"
"No way, die!"
The brawl continued to worsen after a few shouts. Coco knocks out an agitated villager who grabs a knife, and then throws you a look of what to do. Perhaps the winemaker is insane, his own life is important, or is resentment important? Today the villagers use their fists, tomorrow they should grab their forks and sickles.
Well?
You look around and sense that something isn't quite right. Obviously the argument was so loud, why didn't the other guards rush in?
The captain of the guard here is also strange. It was as if he had abandoned everything outside the castle, herded cattle and sheep and other domestic animals into the castle's backyard, crowded all the villagers in the castle, and the guards guarded around the castle, but completely ignored the other houses, walls, and deer, even if it was a bit too much to retreat to a point.
Boom!
The door to the restaurant was kicked open!"Don't fucking make any noise, shut up!" The captain of the guard broke into the restaurant as if he was mad. But he ignored the bruised brewer or the out-of-control villager who had been beaten to the ground, and instead sat down at the table with a grunt, filling his glass and drinking it all. The glass slammed heavily on the table, echoes replacing the quarrel and reclaiming silence.
"What's going on?"
"I saw that evil warrior just now, with my own eyes, in the village to the west. That guy has unknowingly led the goblins to occupy various houses one by one, and the situation is getting more and more unfavorable. From an ambush in the snow to a street fight, the encirclement is shrinking. The most thing is, I just saw it - a goblin with a hook on his cross-body! This is the rhythm of trying to storm the castle!"
Silence, eerie silence.
None of the people in Frostridge Village looked down on goblins, and the people in the countryside knew best how tricky goblins really were.
A villager shuddered and asked, "Are you ...... Kill that evil warrior, right?"
"I was no match for him at all, and two more brothers died, and I immediately retreated urgently. Where might that guy have been a soldier, ambushing, siege, street fighting, reducing the number of our guards little by little, waiting for the time to attack. Damn it. The captain of the guard raised his head and drank another glass of wine, and lowered his voice, "You have the right to know: if this continues, the encirclement will be completely reduced to this castle tonight and tomorrow morning." If you lose three or five more brothers, they will soon attack the city. ”
"The castle looks sturdy...... Right?"
The captain of the guard laughed and slammed his glass against the wall: "It's just this kind of thing that the squire built hundreds of years ago has no military defense at all. If we have time to beat up the winemaker, we might as well come and help us—the windows that should be nailed are shut, the doors that should be blocked are blocked, and the men are not so strong that they have nowhere to go? ”
The villagers became a little panicked and loosened the collar of the winemaker, who wiped his nosebleed and sat on the ground with a calm face and did not move. The captain of the guard sent the other guards to direct the villagers, and sat down at the table to drink.
Who are you going to ask about it?
A, winemaker
B, Captain of the Guard