Chapter Twenty-Six: A Chance Encounter
I don't know how long it took, Andrew came to his senses, and looked to the side, the bonfire had not been extinguished, and it was obviously not long.
"What's wrong with me, it's weird."
Patting his head, Andrew sat up, the sudden loss of consciousness just now made him a little strange. Leaving aside other ideas, Andrew began to polish his vindictiveness.
As soon as he practiced, Andrew noticed that something seemed to have changed in his body.
"Hey, how did the speed of absorbing Dou Qi become so fast, compared to yesterday, it was at least thirty percent faster. Moreover, I have a clearer sense of the thunder and fire elements around me, what is going on? ”
Andrew is very puzzled, this day, he didn't break through.
"Could it be that my spiritual power has broken through?"
Andrew himself was a little unsure.
According to common sense, there are two things to perceive the elements in the air, one is talent, which is the ability to perceive the elements, and the higher the talent, the more elements are perceived. Another point is mental power, the stronger the mental power, the clearer the perceived elements. These two points are also the criteria for the Academy of Magic test.
Andrew knows the original book well and naturally knows this. In his opinion, his talent will definitely not change, only his spiritual power will change.
"How did your mental power change?"
Andrew thought of the loss of consciousness just now, if the spiritual power really broke through, it could only be just now......
After thinking about it for a while, Andrew couldn't think of a reason.
"It seems that systematic learning is very necessary, although my cultivation speed is fast, I am not clear about many problems in cultivation. Now my strength is still weak, this has little impact, and in the later stage, I am afraid that these will become my shortcomings. ”
Andrew is a person who is prepared for danger in times of peace, as soon as this idea appeared, he immediately remembered it, and secretly made up his mind that this time when he went to the imperial capital, he must go to the Warrior Academy to study.
The night passed quickly, and when the first rays of the morning sun came, Andrew opened his eyes, and he smiled contentedly at the sun.
"The breakthrough in mental power is really powerful, and the progress of this night is comparable to the previous two days."
Soon, Howard and Janice came out of the tent. Looking at Andrew, who hadn't slept all night, Janice reproached distressedly: "Isn't there still your father, why did you stay alone all night?" As he spoke, he gave Howard a roll of his eyes.
Howard smiled bitterly and didn't know what to say, Andrew had to explain: "No, don't blame my father, I'm used to practicing at night, you see, I'm not worse than you now." ”
Ling'er was awakened by Janice with sleepy eyes, Andrew took her to wash, and then, the family had breakfast and continued westward. The tent was put away and put back on the golden tiger's back.
Looking at the golden tiger carrying people and goods, Andrew was quite lucky, fortunately he received it, otherwise, the family really didn't know what to do.
Another boring day of travel.
Andrew was obsessed with cultivating the explosive step, and the three Howard sat on the back of the golden tiger, and by noon, the three of them were tired and didn't even want to say a word. And just like that, the day passed quietly. Except for Andrew, who felt something gained, the three Howard only felt tired.
The night, as yesterday, was Andrew's vigil.
Thinking of the exhaustion of his family at dinner, Andrew couldn't help frowning.
"It's not okay to go on like this, at this rate, you can walk about seven or eight hundred miles a day, and if you want to get to the imperial capital, even if you have a map, I'm afraid it will take a month. What's more, we don't have a map now, so we must have taken the wrong road, and it will take longer. I can stand this situation, but Ling'er can't stand it. ”
Andrew didn't expect that at this time, the population of the Magnolia Continent was so small, and he walked more than a thousand miles in two days, and he didn't meet a person or see a city.
In fact, there is a reason for this, more than ten years ago, there was a god-level powerhouse battle on the Magnolia plane, and that battle was too tragic, and the aftermath sank the other two continents. Although the Magnolia Continent was protected by the strong, after the Great War, the population of the continent also decreased by more than half.
If it were placed 10,000 years later, in the era of the protagonist, the population of the Magnolia Empire would never be so small.
In the dark night, Andrew was engrossed in his cultivation, and at the same time, he also used his mental power to perceive the movements around him. Although he didn't know how to perceive magic, his super mental power still allowed him to know the environment around him for hundreds of meters.
Suddenly, Andrew opened his eyes and his nose moved.
"It smells of blood!" He affirmed.
Jin Hu also raised his head and let out a low roar, confirming his guess. In general, Warcraft is far more sensitive to the smell of blood than humans.
"The flavor comes from the northeast."
Soon, Andrew judged that at this time, the wind was blowing slowly from the northeast, mixed with the smell of blood.
At this point, Andrew hesitated, he didn't know what to do.
"Check it out? What if an enemy comes in your absence? Stay here? It's a bit passive again. ”
Staring at the firelight, Andrew couldn't make up his mind.
However, someone soon came up with an idea for him......
"Roar!"
Andrew's thoughts were interrupted by the golden tiger's low roar, and Andrew looked up dissatisfied, and suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a hazy black shadow in the distance.
"Someone's coming!"
Andrew suddenly stood up and grabbed the long knife beside him.
"Golden Tiger, wake up my family and protect them!" Andrew confronted the Black Shadow and gave the order to the Golden Tiger at the same time.
Golden Tiger let out a low roar in understanding, and then ran into the tent, waking up the three Howards......
At this time, Andrew had already left the tent for more than ten meters. Fearing for his family's safety, he stopped and waited for the shadow to come.
"Two people?"
After a few moments, he finally saw that in the darkness of the night, two people were walking towards him, one after the other.
Without thinking about it, Andrew threw out a fireball, which flew more than a hundred meters and landed next to the two figures, illuminating their appearance.
"A magician, a warrior......"
Before the fireball went out, Andrew could see the person coming. One of them was wearing a black robe, and the robe had a unique style, which was the legendary magic robe. If Andrew hadn't seen Janice's magic robe, he wouldn't have recognized it. This person should be a magician. The other one was holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, clearly a warrior.
Seeing Andrew's fireball, the speed of the two figures sped up a few points.
When the two of them got closer, Andrew shouted, "Who are you?" Go any further, and I'll do it! ”
"Don't get me wrong." In the darkness of the night, a gentle voice accompanied by the wind reached Andrew's ears, "We have no hostility, and we are not enemies. ”
Behind Andrew, the three Howards also came out of the tent. Howard came to Andrew's side with a little unease in his eyes. Janice and Ling'er hid behind the golden tiger, very panicked.
Andrew calmly watched the people gradually approaching, and his heart became more and more calm. He knew that at this time, whether the other party was friend or foe, fear was useless.
Finally, the two walked out of the darkness and into the area illuminated by the campfire.
"Hello." The magician said humbly, "We are the mentors of the Imperial Capital Divine Grace Academy, my name is Banderni, he is Pollit, I am sorry to have taken the liberty to come here and disturb you. ”
Andrew said lightly: "I don't know why the two of you came here late at night?" He saw that the warrior shield named Pollit had obvious blood marks on it, and he thought of the smell of blood just now, and the two men had probably fought and killed people before. It's just, why didn't there be a sound just now?
Bandney explained, "We were originally teachers of the Grace College, and we were assigned by the College to come to the Far Eastern Prairie. After the Academy's mission is completed, we are preparing to return to the Academy. I haven't seen anyone all the way, but just now I saw the fire here, and I was curious, so I thought about coming over to have a look. ”
Andrew stared at his every move, judging in his heart whether his words were true or false. On the face of it, Banderney's performance was genuine.
"What was the battle just now?" Andrew pointed to Pollit's shield and asked coldly.
Bandni suddenly realized, and immediately said: "You have misunderstood, just now Pollit and I found several corpses in the pit over there, and Pollett buried those corpses with an iron shield, so they were stained with blood. If you don't believe me, you can check it out. ”
"Okay, I'll go with you." In order to find out whether the other party is friend or foe, Andrew decided to check it out for himself. Banderney and Pollitt were very open, turning to lead the way in front and being unguarded against Andrew. Andrew was a little relieved, comforted Janice and Howard, left the Golden Tiger behind, and left with the two.
After walking for about a few kilometers, the three of them came to the pit that Bandni had mentioned. Andrew fireballs illuminate his surroundings and discover that there are really no traces of a battle here, only a newly buried dirt pit, confirming that Banderney had just lied.
"I'm so sorry, I'm suspicious!" Andrew immediately apologized.
Bandni smiled gently: "There is nothing wrong with what you are doing, if it were us, it would be impossible to trust a stranger who suddenly appeared." ”
Pollitt, who had not spoken the whole time, also nodded, showing his understanding of Andrew.
Andrew was embarrassed and said apologetically, "Thank you for your understanding." We also came from the vicinity of the Far Eastern Prairie, and this time our destination was the Imperial Capital. I haven't seen anyone else in the past few days, so my vigilance is a little higher. Since we met here and the purpose is the same, why don't we go together? ”