Chapter 269: Labyrinth Life
"Wow~" Thor gently sank a fish cage into the edge of the lake, and then tied the rattan rope that connected the fish cage to the tree on the shore.
The crudeness and simplicity of this fish cage is what is left over from Saul's previous use in the wilderness.
If he had a choice, he would prefer fishing, because it can hone his patience and perception to some extent. Unfortunately, in a place like a labyrinth, it seems that even metal is hard to find, and the delicate handmade work like a fish hook is even more extravagant.
However, Thor remembered that everyone's weapons in the team and the dagger he was currently using were clearly iron, forged by the blacksmith over and over again. But there doesn't seem to be a blacksmith or anything like that, so where did these things come from?
It seems that there is obviously one more problem to be clarified.
The fish cage contains only a few fresh grass stalks, which can attract an unnamed herbivorous fish. The reason why minced meat and bones were not put in as bait was because carnivorous fish could be ferocious, and Thor was too lazy to look for trouble.
In fact, there are many ways to get food in the maze, and it is not necessary to eat fish, Thor just likes this way of not having to invest in energy. With a fish cage to ensure a certain amount of food, you'll have more time to explore the maze.
These days, Thor has been moving very regularly, and every day after following the team to the resting place, he will try to find a lake and river to throw down the fish cage first, and then make a few rope nooses in the bush where the pheasants are infested, and then collect it when he is ready to return to the camp to rest.
Every time he went out, Thor didn't dare to go too far so as not to come back, so he could only take his place as the center of the circle and explore the surroundings.
It's hard to describe this strange labyrinth, except that you can't see the sky, you can find almost everything in the wilderness.
Waterfalls, swamps, grasslands, hills, plains, and even mountains are often seen. But the mountains were not a single mountain, but seemed to be cut off by the top wall of the labyrinth and the ground, and only an abrupt foot of the mountain lay there.
As the quest unfolds, Thor discovers that the labyrinth is far more extensive than he had ever imagined.
In addition to a variety of terrain, there are also various cattle, horses, sheep, deer and other livestock in terms of wild animals.
At first, Thor was happy, but he didn't care if he saw too much, after all, he couldn't eat enough meat himself.
In terms of the use of livestock, cattle can be cultivated and horses can be ridden, but these are of little use in the labyrinth.
Eventually, Thor just kept a mule, a horse and a ewe near his kennel. The beasts in this labyrinth don't know why, they are not too afraid of humans, they seem to be very docile, and of course they are not strictly speaking.
Thor revamped his chop and added a foldable twist at the end.
When you are ready to leave to explore, you can put up the right-angled wooden raft at the corner of the wall, and enclose a small space in the middle where you can put the mules, horses and ewes.
This was done to prevent wild wolves from attacking livestock, but it is unclear whether this will be effective.
After all, wild wolves can also jump and crawl, and it's really hard to say whether they can climb into the fence.
Thor didn't care too much about this, though, if the wolf climbed into the fence and ate the mules, horses and sheep, or if the mules and sheep were frightened and ran away with the rafts upside down, then run away.
It's not distressing, as long as you don't stomp on your cups and plates. In Saul's eyes, the value of these livestock may not be worth one of his own pottery cups, after all, livestock are everywhere in the labyrinth.
So every time before going out, Thor would find a place to hide his cups and plates in a haystack.
As for raising these two livestock, the main purpose is to carry the weight.
Originally, Thor was going to raise a horse to achieve this goal, but after chasing twice in the grassland terrain and failing to catch up, Thor didn't bother to bother anymore, so he retreated and got a mule and horse.
On the ewe side, you can produce goat's milk every day, and if you wait for yourself to be in a good mood later, you may be able to get some cheese. And wool can also be woven into clothes and the like, but unfortunately that field has exceeded Thor's ability, and he can't make it himself.
The most important thing is that if there is a sudden shortage of food in the future, the livestock can also be killed and eaten for meat. Anyway, as long as they don't run on their own, Thor doesn't mind keeping them all the time and collecting a little fodder every day.
So every day in a certain part of the labyrinth, you can see such a strange scene, a team of more than 30 people, carrying large bags and small bags in front of the road, and a lone guy leading a mule, horse and a sheep in the back.
Every time the people in the team turned around, they could see Thor's figure, but they were no strangers to mules and horses, and after so many days, the team had long been accustomed to having a tribesman who had broken away from the tribe behind them.
The joy of life often lies in the fact that even in the repetitive wanderings day after day, there are occasional surprises.
It's another day of exploration, and today Thor finally discovers something different.
While wandering through the labyrinth, Thor came to the foot of a mountain with grass spreading out of it. A few sheep are leisurely nibbling on the tender grass in the meadow, such a scene can often be seen in these days of the labyrinth.
Just as Thor was about to turn away, he suddenly noticed two sheep some distance from the flock, standing at the bottom of the hill and not knowing what they were doing. Thor's heart suddenly tightened, and he watched carefully from afar.
After seeing the two sheep licking the stones on the mountain wall, Thor smashed his fist in the palm of his hand, and he finally found it.
He thought that those mountains were very likely to contain rock salt, and after being cut off for so many days, Thor was purely supported by animal blood such as chicken blood, and he drank it every day and vomited.
Just as Thor was about to step forward to verify it, the sheep suddenly stirred, and a wild wolf that came from nowhere rushed into the flock. After knocking down a lamb, the flock panicked and the wolf began to eat alone.
Thor didn't bother with the wolf, he rushed directly to the place where the two sheep had stayed just now, picked off a piece of gravel and licked it, Thor happily 'bah' a mouthful, this salty and bitter taste should not be wrong.
Just as Thor turned to get about his own business, the wolf dropped his half-eaten prey and approached Thor closely. I don't know if it's because Thor's ignorance angered it, or because Thor 'smacked' it in front of it.
Thor will definitely not relax his attention on the aggressive enemy, but he is now full of thoughts about going back to get salt, and he wants to let this guy go, but this guy doesn't know whether he wants to do it.
Isn't it good to live well?, somewhat helplessly, pulled out his dagger, and Thor walked directly towards the wolf. Then the wolf jumped up without accident, and was dodged by Thor to find the right space and kicked him in the head, then pounced on it, held it down and stabbed it with a dagger.
This kind of wild wolf Thor has not been seen for a long time, and in the dark wilderness of the original Sarvinian continent, there is no living soil for this kind of purebred wild wolf for a long time, and most of them are more powerful existences such as some giant wolves and devil-horned wolves.
Biting and claw fluttering are old stories, and for Thor, as long as he doesn't make too little trouble, holding down his head to kill a wolf is almost the same as killing a wild dog. Even if you accidentally get rubbed by a wolf's claw, go back and apply some herbal potion and you're done.
Not to mention that he still has a rank now, even if he doesn't have a rank, Thor has never been afraid. He didn't dare to say that he had killed thousands of wolves in his life, and there were always more than a hundred, including various species of giant wolves and devil-horned wolves.
The battle started quickly and ended even faster. This was Thor's first formal hunt in the days, and he spent most of his time exploring, as food was readily available.
It's just that after the wild wolf whimpered and died, Thor's gaze suddenly froze, and a blue demon spirit suddenly appeared, swaying among the grass. Is this a demon soul? Isn't it? The point is, why are there demon souls in the labyrinth?
Thor stood in place and suddenly felt a little messy, he came to this labyrinth because he had absorbed the Demon Soul in order to advance to the fourth order.
Now that the journey is not over, I don't know why I have become another person, and my strength has dropped by one order. Since there is such a thing as a demon soul in the labyrinth, what will happen if you absorb the demon soul and reach the second-order level?
Thor folded his hands and frowned and fell into a long thought, but to no avail, it seems that active hunting will also be on the agenda in the future.
Thor was not satisfied with this hunt, because he suddenly remembered that he could have sent the wolf away in a gentler way, instead of wasting the whole wolf skin like now.
Eventually, though, Thor peeled off the wolf's skin with a dagger, wanting to go back and see if he could make a cortical bladder. As for the wolf, let it lie there naked, as a reminder to its fellow citizens to love the flock.
After walking a little down the hill, picking up a few pieces of rock salt, and then collecting a bundle of forage to feed the cattle along the way, Thor hurried back to his kennel.
The process of cooking salt is not complicated, but the lack of utensils makes Sol sweat.
There was no way, in the end, he could only use his shallow clay plate to cook, if the plate exploded because of the temperature, it would really be worth the loss, and he could only use his hands to eat in the future. If the team had stayed a little longer each day, he would have burned pottery long ago.
It was quick to find some firewood for the fire, and the torches on the wall were ready for fire at any time. Speaking of torches, this is obviously another strange thing about this labyrinth, at least Thor has never seen a torch go out, as if it could burn forever.
For something that is obviously out of common sense, Saul didn't waste any energy researching any answers.
There was it in the charcoal fire, but it was a bit troublesome to filter, and Thor thought about it, so he could only sacrifice the coarse linen clothes on his body.
As a result, Thor poured back and forth with two cups, and then the coarse linen clothes on his body appeared black circles of equal size, which looked sloppy and funny.
Either way, it always turned out well, and Thor finally smiled with relief as he looked at the plate full of white salt.
What more do you want for a meteor hammer?