Chapter 29: Escorts
Early the next morning, Gary handed over the "balance" of the purchase of the magic core to Du Yuhan. Looking at the three bears and rabbits as big as buffaloes, and a dozen cooing chickens, Du Yuhan carried a large bag of radish corn in his hand, and watched with a wry smile as Mrs. Gary kept stuffing some processed beast furs into Heywood's arms.
He thought that Gary might choose to give him some items because he didn't have enough money, but he didn't think that the other party really planned to give him enough three hundred gold coins, okay?!
Anyway, they are also in the end of the world, and others who don't know think they are rushing to the market!
There was really no way, so they discussed it with Uncle Gary and decided to pull the things to the next door in Riquan Town and sell them first, and give the magic core to the uncle's son by the way. Uncle Gary also thought it was a bit exaggerated, so he pulled a dilapidated wooden cart, loaded all the goods, and the group was ready to set off.
Seeing everyone passing by, the neighbors all greeted each other warmly.
"Yo, Brother Gary, where are you pulling so many things?"
"No, why don't you pull some trade to the town for some money." Uncle Gary said happily.
"Sunspring Town?" The aunt who greeted me instantly understood, "Go and see that baby bump again?" ”
"Hehe, I'll go and see it too, I haven't seen each other in months." Speaking of that excellent son, the uncle couldn't hide the proud look on his face.
"Be careful on that road." Auntie waved at them, a flash of ...... on her face Sympathize?
Du Yuhan was stunned, why did the people around him have such strange expressions after they knew that they were going to the next town?
When they were about to reach the entrance of the village, they were stopped.
"Huh! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! When he looked back, he saw Mrs. Gary panting after her, still carrying something in her hand.
"Auntie, what's wrong?" Du Yuhan hurriedly held the aunt who had some weak legs.
After soothing her breathing, Mrs. Gary stuffed the things in her hand into Du Yuhan's hand, "I almost forgot this." ”
Du Yuhan flipped through it and found that it was more than 20 broken books. "...... this?"
"I dug it up when I was digging up the ground in the backyard before, and I don't know what it is, so I'll just give it to you." Mrs. Gary babbled.
It turned out that the books were packed together in a large box of carved logs, and the box was carved with some strange symbols, which looked a little older, but still very strong. Mrs. Gary saw that she liked the box very much, so she took out all the contents and left the box for miscellaneous items.
They thought that these books would be placed in such a valuable wooden box, which must be some kind of rare thing, and they planned to leave them for their son to read. But the son couldn't understand the words in it after reading it for a long time, so the books were piled up in the corner and covered with dust.
Du Yuhan handed the book to Kevin, but he didn't expect Kevin to turn a few pages at random, and his eyes widened in surprise.
Noticing the change in Kevin's expression, Du Yuhan was stunned, but did not continue to ask. "Auntie, don't you want these books?"
"We don't know a single big word, what's the use of this book? Originally, there were more than 30 copies, but later there were a few times when there was no firewood and a few were burned. It's not anything of value anyway, so you can take it as soon as you can use it. Mrs. Gary waved her hand.
Hearing this, Kevin was full of slander.
Valuable?
These books can't be measured in terms of money at all, right?!
These are ancient texts on the continent, recording many long-lost spells and recipes, and possibly powerful secret techniques of various professions that have long since disappeared. Not only that, but it also records a lot of history and culture thousands of years ago, which can be described as a priceless treasure.
When he heard that his aunt actually used these books to make a fire, Kevin almost felt distressed.
He has been traveling with Enos for many years, and he has developed a strong interest in human history, and he likes to study the history of ancient culture. Thinking that there were several ancient books with research value that had been burned as firewood, if Uncle Enos was here, he might have fainted with anger.
Seeing that Kevin's face was faintly green, Du Yuhan pressed his puzzled thoughts, smiled and thanked Mrs. Gary, and slowly moved forward in Asahi Spring Town.
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Just as Du Yuhan and his party were driving to Riquan Town, the other group turned into a coffee table.
"What the hell is going on!?" The black-clothed man at the head stared at his subordinates with a gloomy face, and not far behind him, several black-clothed men were fighting hard with several rock snakes in a state of rage.
Following the trail left by Du Yuhan, they soon found the place where strange black smoke came out at that time. It was determined that the group had been camping nearby for the past few days, and they planned to follow the clues to continue the pursuit.
Uncle Gary, despite his old age, is still a seasoned hunter, not only covering up his traces along the way, but also misleading and distracting.
So the tragedy of the man in black who followed these marks was chasing.
First, he came to a black bee nest, and was stared at by a group of raging black bees; finally escaped, and was misled into a snake den with a rock snake king.
Generally speaking, most high-level demonic beasts are solitary creatures, and rock snakes are no exception. It's good to die, this time happens to be the breeding season of rock snakes, and more than a dozen rock snakes are carnivaling in the nest, who would have expected that they would be disturbed by this group of inexplicable humans when the tide was about to rise.
The disgruntled Snake King was furious, so the men in black were forced to dance with a group of snakes.
The man at the head was very depressed, according to his original plan, he was very sure to solve the other party in the wetland, but now it seems that maybe he was too optimistic.
"Captain, I just sent someone to investigate, and the traces of those people have disappeared nearby." The subordinate said in a panic.
"What? Gone? The man was surprised.
There are two meanings of disappearing. The first is that the other party has a strong anti-investigation ability and can eliminate the traces left by themselves; The second is that the other party has been wiped out by powerful demonic beasts.
Judging from the situation a few days ago, these hairy boys are completely fledgling, and it is impossible to be the first one.
Could it be that they have really died in the mouths of other monsters?
The man hesitated. The eldest young master spoke, if you live to see people and die, you have to see corpses, but the current situation may be that the corpses have been digested, so how can you go back and explain?
"Captain, you say...... Could it be that the group is already dead? The subordinate hesitated.
The man has also thought about this, and it is extremely likely. It's been a month, and he doesn't think that the pampered Third Young Master Heywood, who has no life experience, can hold on for so long. It's not a way to spend so much time here, the man thought for a long time and said slowly.
"Retreat, go back and re-investigate all leads."
"Yes!"
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The town of Riquan is adjacent to the village of Locke, separated by a hill, and can be traveled back and forth on the same day, and is under the jurisdiction of Rob City like Bede Town. However, since the town itself does not have famous ancient buildings such as the Cathedral of Bede, the scale is relatively small, but compared to the remote location of Rock Village, it is quite lively.
There is a slaughterhouse in the town, which collects the livestock of herders and hunters. Because it is a property in Wangcheng, there is no deception at the real price, and many farmers like to sell some prey and livestock to the slaughterhouse.
Recently, the Warcraft movement has caused the purchase price of livestock to rise a lot. After lunch, several people drove a dozen domestic animals to the slaughterhouse. Originally, Uncle Gary was already burning high incense when he could sell a hundred gold coins when he was full, but who knew that he would sell an extra twenty gold coins in the end. Uncle Gary counted the dozens of extra gold coins with a smile and carefully put them into his intimate pocket.
"Uncle Gary, where are these fourth-order demon cores going to be sent?" Du Yuhan saw that the goods were almost sold, and hurriedly asked about his own job.
"Ah, look at my old foolishness. My son's name is Worf, and he is only twenty-five years old when he attends the Riquan School of Magic, and he is already a second-order mage. Speaking of his son, Uncle Gary couldn't hide the pride on his face.
"Cut, it's only the second order, what's the big deal about this." Unaccustomed to the uncle's smug look, Heywood muttered quietly.
You bear child, what's there to worry about! Du Yuhan rolled his eyes, "Then do you know how to go to the Magic Academy?" ”
"You know, I often go to the door to see my son." Uncle Gary was happy, and then walked ahead and led the way.
Riquan School of Magic has a history of more than 200 years, although it is not as famous as Osgu Academy, and the teachers are not rich, but it has a full range of disciplines, and it is also a little famous in this neighborhood. Many civilians who can't afford to go to Odigu Academy will come to this magic school.
Everyone soon came to the academy, but Uncle Gary stood at the door and did not want to go in, but politely reported to the doorman and asked his son to come out to meet the guests.
Du Yuhan is very strange. Although it is an extraordinary time for visitors to enter and exit the college, there is no saying that they are not even allowed to enter. Why didn't Uncle Gary just go in?
Soon, his question was answered perfectly.
"Dad!" A young man who looked a little like Uncle Gary ran out of the schoolyard.
"Worf!" Uncle Gary was very happy to see his son who he hadn't seen for months, and pulled his son over to see if he was doing well.
But the young man named Wolf noticed that there were several people standing behind Uncle Gary, and his expression stiffened for a moment. glanced at them a little awkwardly, then hurriedly pulled Uncle Gary aside, looked at the school gate with a probe, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you here?" ”
Hearing this, Uncle Gary was stunned and said with a wry smile: "You haven't been home for months, and your mother and I miss you." I'll see you on the way this time......"
"Didn't I tell you not to come?" Wolf said angrily, "What if my classmates see it?!" ”
The uncle laughed dryly, still wanting to take his son's hand, "No, just take a look and leave." You see, your mother brought your favorite stew and it's delicious......"
"I don't want it!" He shook off the other party's hand in annoyance, "You hurry up and give me back now!" ”
"Hehe, it's a bit of a hassle to bring it into school. Well, can you taste it first......"
"I don't eat it!" But Wolf said mercilessly and coldly: "I'm doing well now, I have everything in school, and I don't need your things." ”
Uncle Gary moved his lips, but finally didn't say anything.
"Oh? That is, the fourth-order demon core is not needed, is it? Du Yuhan, who had been standing behind him and did not speak, raised his eyebrows.