Volume 1 Chapter 62 The Beginning of the Adventure
The atmosphere at the bottom of the well was a little heavy for a moment, and Lowton knew exactly how his words had affected Saul and Shogues.
They may have thought that as long as they are willing to put in the effort, they can have a place in the circle of the strong. Now I was suddenly told that it was useless to work hard, it was luck, and I could imagine the fluctuations in my heart.
Virtually strong, the road seems to have become more distant, more difficult, and foggy.
However, in Lorton's opinion, if Saul and Shogues were determined to embark on the path of a combat career, it would not hurt to know about these things earlier. If you are not strong-willed, then it is better to stay in the town and be an ordinary person.
Now that he had said that, Lorton felt that he should share all the adventures he could think of, even though those experiences might be just common sense among adventurers.
With this in mind, Lorton spoke again:
"In the period of the Old Kingdom and the Bright Calendar, there was actually no hierarchy on this continent. However, at that time, the power system seemed to be more complicated, such as the profession of magician, people were divided into apprentice mages, mages, archmages, magisters, sages, ......"
"After entering the Dark Calendar, it seems that in order to describe the level of power more intuitively and simply, the term rank and promotion began to be used. ”
"With the times, it is not only the name and division of the power system that has changed, but also the living environment and the form of the gathering place, and the wilderness, which was originally known as the backyard of mankind, has long been changed beyond recognition. ”
"Monsters and monsters are there in all ages, and the truly terrifying thing about the Dark Wilderness today is its fluidity. ”
"For example, if you find a bear den in the forest, in those days of the Bright Calendar, you might have found that the bear was still there, and there were a few more cubs at most. ”
"But if you go in a month or even a week in the dark calendar, you may find that the bear is long gone, but a litter of monsters that you have never seen before. ”
"Some people say that the darkness in the wilderness now breeds countless evil monsters, constantly shrinking the living space of other creatures, and the truth is unknown. ”
"By mobility, I mean that these monsters don't migrate according to the seasons, don't enclose territory, and don't maintain a fixed range of roamers. In other words, they will be everywhere, all over the continent. ”
Speaking of which, Lorton curled his finger and counted:
"Every time you go out on an adventure, if you encounter a very aggressive beast such as a bear or wolf, an experienced hunter can pick them up. If you encounter a magical beast, because of its own particularity, adventurers can find it in advance as long as they observe it carefully, and they have a chance to fight or escape. ”
"The rest are monsters that can't be guarded against. ”
"Once, I followed the team into the wilderness and stood by a bush and urinated. Halfway through the pee, the grass in front of me suddenly came alive, and something stood up, knee-high, with a canopy of weeds on top of my head, or rather the weeds themselves. ”
"I was so frightened that I urinated instantly, but fortunately they didn't attack me, but let out a low roar, and in a blink of an eye, they all ran away. The small patch of grass in front of me turned into an open space in an instant, leaving only pits of varying shades of earth on the ground. ”
"You say they're animals, and they seem to plant themselves in the ground. You say they're plants, but they run and howl. If it is intelligent life, their strange appearance does not seem to resemble it. ”
"To this day, I still don't know what those are. ”
"Poof~" Hughes laughed, he obviously didn't care about the weirdness of those monsters, but kept a lot of attention to the words 'peeing' from Lorton.
After Lorton's self-deprecating joke, the atmosphere at the bottom of the well suddenly lightened a lot.
Thor also suddenly remembered a shadow he had encountered in the alleyway during the famine, which swayed on the ground like a puddle of stagnant water, and finally disappeared through the wall.
Lotton shook his head after thinking about it, saying that he had never seen it before, and could only be roughly classified as a kind of monster.
Then everyone started the conversation around the adventure part that they were most interested in, and from Lorton's words, it was learned that adventurers were not as colorful as everyone thought. They live a life of dominance, and they have to face threats to their lives all the time.
And every time they venture out of town, most of them don't actually have any specific goals. Or herbs, ores, and beast skins can all be targeted, and then in the course of the adventure, they will be killed or killed.
Thor and Shogoth were a little restless in their hearts, Sol thought that since it was impossible for him to reach the first order by training until he died of old age, what kind of strength would he still shrink at the bottom of the well all day long, and Shogues was even more eager to immediately rush into the wilderness and knock over a few demonic beasts.
In a relaxed atmosphere, today's meeting seemed to be coming to an end, and just after Lorton got up to say goodbye, Thor suddenly looked at his back and asked.
"You say we're qualified to enter the wilderness, right?"
"Yes, but it's all about your determination. Lorton didn't look back.
Lorton put it mildly, the so-called determination is nothing more than whether you have courage or not.
"My guru once said to me that to overcome fear, go to the most terrible places. Saul replied.
Shogues had a stiff neck, and habitually wanted to say a few cruel words, but perhaps he didn't find it interesting, and finally only held back one sentence.
"What's the use of talking more, just today, now, now, now, how about it?"
Lorton turned back to look at Thor and Sorgus with a grim expression, and the smell of slaughter suddenly wafted through the air.
"If you decide to embark on your adventure today, there are some things I want to tell you in advance. ”
"Maybe the three of us left today, but in the end no one came back, or only one person came back, I hope you are mentally prepared in advance. ”
"Also, I never go into the dark wilderness alone because being alone in the wilderness is doubly stressed. The threat of the wilderness, and the ethereal loneliness within yourself. ”
"People are pack animals after all, which means I need teammates as well. ”
"The reason why I have never extended an invitation to you is not because you can't, but because I can take responsibility for my own life, whether life or death. So I hope you will think carefully before making a decision. ”
"I'm going too!" Valle said suddenly, agitated, knowing full well that he was not one of the three people Lotton was talking about.
Lorton rolled his serious gaze.
"No, the adventure is not for you, you're not like Thor, you still have family in town, and you're an only child. With that, Lorton turned to Saul and Shogues and said sorry, then turned back to Valle and continued.
"You should inherit your father's mill and accompany your family. Or buy a few sheep, marry a woman, and die in bed surrounded by children and grandchildren. ”
Valle bowed his head a little aggrieved, and remembered that Lorton had never spoken to him in such a tone.
He knew that in the small group of the Brotherhood, the other three had always looked down on him, no, not down, it should be said that they would always subconsciously take more care of themselves.
While he's been trying to learn combat skills from Lowton lately, Valle is well aware that he's not a gifted man. He just vaguely felt that if he wasn't with everyone today, he might never be able to catch up with everyone again.
Raising his head with red eyes, Valle shouted to the three of them with almost all his strength:
"I don't need anyone to take care of me, I can fight, life and death. Even if I encounter a man-eating monster that the four of us can't beat, I can take the initiative to jump out and let him eat for a while to increase the time for you to escape. ”
"......" faced with Valle's seemingly joking but extremely serious determination, everyone was speechless for a while, and even looked at him a little impressed.
"Also, even if you stop me today, tomorrow and in the future, I will always find an opportunity. Without teammates, I'm on my own. ”
Whether it's anger or stupidity, Lorton opened his mouth in the face of Waller's red eyes, but said nothing. He suddenly remembered that he had shouted at his father before, and that he was always unwilling to hold everyone back in his father's team.
Lorton had a hunch that he had lost a younger brother to illness, and that he was likely to lose another today.
With a wordless wave of his hand, Lorton left the bottom of the well.
"When you're ready, bring your best gear, and I'll be waiting for you under the east parapet. ”