Chapter 3 The Imperial Lotus of the Iron Mountain Wood Tree
There was no banquet in the world, and due to the unsatisfactory progress of the gathering of the team, the drunkard monk was unable to withdraw, so he sent someone to send Su Le and Til to the Iron Mountain Wood Ridge in advance, which was the only human castle near the Qilin God Forest.
The drunkard monk also specially instructed: "It is more appropriate to find someone based on the Iron Mountain Wooden Stone, and if outsiders want to enter the forest of the Qilin God, it is likely that they will also stay in the Iron Mountain Wooden Stone." β
"Thank you, Mr. Monk."
Although the drunkard monk used some sand gold from Till, it did help a lot, and Till was still very grateful to this master.
With the escort of someone familiar with the terrain, Su Le and Til successfully arrived at the Iron Mountain Wooden Ridge. Iron Mountain Wooden Fortress is a walled city built on the riverside for ironmaking, because it is in the deep mountains, the transportation is extremely inconvenient, and there are fierce beasts around.
It is said that it is a walled city, but it is actually very simple, and the main body is a wooden structure, so it is used to defend against wild beasts. After Su Le and Til explained their intentions, they were given the opportunity to meet the city lord.
The lord of the castle is a very high-ranking and cold woman, and the people of Tieshan Muqi call her Lord Yuhezi. is still the same name as the royal lotus known to Su Le, and his appearance and temperament are also very similar.
At present, the Imperial Lotus of the Iron Mountain Wood is resting in bed with some injuries, and she meets Su Le and Til in her bedroom.
Till was a little anxious, and after just a few words of greeting, he hurriedly asked, "Miss Yuhezi, have you had any strange young people coming here recently?" β
"You've come to see McCor, she's been here, but she's gone, and she's ...... with her antelope deer and the mountain dog princess," Mihako replied.
McKee is a strange name, but she is indeed Till's sister, a brave and kind female warrior. Judging by the reality of the current magical world, Bacheng is very close to the bear girl Mai Ke that Su Le knows.
Hearing what happened to her sister, Til showed an excited expression and asked again, "Does Miss Mihako know where she went?" β
"I don't know, it's probably still in the nearby forest. Mai Ke saved our people here, you are her friends, that is our friends of Tieshan Muqi, stay here and find it slowly. β
Sule and Til accepted the city lord's kindness and began to use the Iron Mountain Wood as a base to find Maiko.
However, the two searched for several days in a row, but they found nothing. And it is true, as the drunken monk said, it is extremely unsafe for outsiders to enter the forest here......
The animals of the forest are hostile to humans, especially the wild boars, some of which are ridiculously large. If it weren't for Su Le's protection, it would have been dangerous for Til to enter the forest alone.
In the process of searching for Mai Ke, Su Le accidentally got a news that someone secretly told Su Le that Mai Ke was hit by a stone fire arrow when he left the Iron Mountain Wooden Stone, and asked Su Le and Tyr not to look for it again.
Su Le told the news to Till, who was very sad when he heard it, and while crying, he broke into the courtyard of the city lord like crazy.
"My sister, is she dead, the stone fire arrow is your weapon, who did it?"
As he spoke, Til pulled out his knife and pointed at Yuhezi, at this time, Til's eyes were fierce and murderous, and his usual gentle and lovely appearance was completely different.
"Miss Till, who the hell unleashed the stone fire bolt to hit McKee... I'm never going to tell you that. Please forgive the poor woman, who just wanted to shoot the mountain dog princess to avenge her husband. At that time, your sister had to save the mountain dog princess, but Shi Huoya accidentally injured her. But McCor used her own legs to walk out of the Iron Mountain, and I firmly believe that she will survive. Mihako still said calmly.
"Yes, Jiren has her own natural appearance, Mai Ke won't die so easily."
Su Le also persuaded on the side, he didn't want the two sides to fight, so he might have to fight in order to protect Till. As far as Su Le knew, Yu Hezi and the people of Tieshan Muqi led by her were not extremely vicious people, and most of them were from poor backgrounds.
After listening to Yuhezi's explanation, Tyr finally put away the knife in his hand, and his expression was no longer so fierce.
"What's the matter with that mountain dog princess? Is it a human or a mountain dog? Thiel asked.
"The Mountain Inu Princess is a human girl who has been robbed of her mind by the Mountain Inu, and she is about the same age as you. She regarded the mountain dog god Meng Yan as her mother, and she has been trying to take my life. I had set a trap to surround her, but McKe suddenly used her magic power to save her, as for why this happened? Probably because it smells like that. At the end, Mihako smiled bitterly.
"How so?" Tyr muttered to herself, feeling even more sad, and then said nothing, and left quietly.
Su Le wanted to follow, but was stopped by Yu Hezi, "It's better to let her be quiet alone at this time!" β
"Why?" Su Le asked.
After Tyll was far away, he replied, "Tyr and McCor have a very deep relationship, I made an inappropriate joke, but it's useless to say it now, you can comfort her later, and apologize to her for me by the way." β
"......" Su Le didn't speak, and nodded lightly to show that he understood.
"It just so happens that I have some things to ask you for here, if it's convenient, can you stay with me for a while?"
Yu Hezi's words made Su Le wonder, "Convenience is convenience, but what must I do?" β
The hostess smiled rarely, took Su Le to a small and dark room, and then suddenly showed a guy and said, "Do you know what this is for?" β
Su Le carefully played with the other party's thing, and replied, "This is for the cannon, although I haven't seen it, but I have heard of it." β
"This is a stone fire arrow made in the Ming Dynasty, which is very powerful, but it is not very portable. Now we're trying to remodel it so that the women here can use it too, can you help me? β
"Sorry, I don't understand any of this stuff, so I can't help with that." Su Le wouldn't stay here for long, and he really didn't know about these firearms.
"That's right......" Mihako was a little disappointed, "but even if you don't understand the stone fire arrow, you're quite powerful." I've heard that you can defeat many wild boars alone, so if you can, can you stay and help me? β
"If you just make iron, you don't need strong force."
"Yes, if it's just iron...... "Mihako paused for a moment, then continued, "But after we developed this place, not only did the beasts of the forest often come to make trouble, but even the nearby samurai also took a fancy to our iron mines, so they ......."
"So we have to guard not only against animals, but also against humans."
"Exactly, and you should have seen some wild boars, the animals here are very large, and there are also the mountain dogs of Meng Bai, although they are far less numerous than wild boars, but they are fierce and cunning." Mihako-sama further explained.
Su Le's knowledge greatly exceeded that of the ancients, and as long as the language was compatible, he could easily understand it. Mountain dogs, as carnivores at the top of the food chain here, must be relatively small in number, while wild boars are either herbivorous or omnivorous, and it is conceivable that the forests here are dense and the number of herbivores is huge.
As for the animals that are big and intelligent, this is the category of myths and legends, and it may also be another evolutionβan evolutionary process different from the earth world that Su Le is familiar with.
Yuhezi wants to lead his people to open up the wasteland in the mountains and forests, and compete with these powerful animals for living space. As a human being, Su Le is also willing to help if it is within his power.