007. Famine
In the next few days, Luo Beigui can be said to be living in dire straits, and the reason is very simple... Scarface doesn't talk anymore!!
Maybe it's because his spiritual attributes are far beyond ordinary people, or maybe it's really Luo Beigui's talent, in short, his performance in spells is very good. www.biquge.info For example, it was obviously the first time he used spells to fight before, but Scarface's evaluation of him was that he used spells quite slippery, and he should have put in a lot of hard work'... Well, that's actually a credit to the after-sales service when buying spells...
But in the period after that, Luo Beigui's skills in spells did improve by leaps and bounds, and in contrast to his progress in melee combat, which can be called turtle speed... No way, this thing is too scummy. I didn't realize it when I used to play basketball, but now I am tired like a dead dog after practicing by Scarface.
So Scarface was not happy: "As a master, how can you do it if you can't beat a warrior with your bare hands?!" ”
He seems to have completely forgotten what he said, 'You have to play to your strengths and avoid weaknesses, focusing on medium and short range', and every day he takes Luo Beigui to play hand-to-hand combat with all kinds of strange-shaped monsters, not only does he not help, but he jumps out every now and then to make trouble... If he hadn't been able to beat him, Luo Beigui would have rammed him to death with a stick.
In addition, Luo Beigui spends all of his free time reading the magic book called "The Cornerstone of Spells: Mystery Analysis", which records all the basics of the introduction to magic, which is a must-read for beginners, and teaches you how to rub fireballs by hand.
Of course, with Luo Beigui's current level, it is impossible to learn new spells by reading books, but with the three spells he learned before as reference and learning materials, plus Scarface, a teacher who does not need to be used in vain, Luo Beigui's understanding of magic is becoming more and more sophisticated.
Five days later, just after dawn, Luo Beigui finally saw for the first time in this forest the traces of human existence - a sheepfold that had been deserted.
"That's pretty much it..."Siegel looked at the map in his hand and smiled innocently at Luo Beigui, "Looks like you can finally take a break." ”
The carriage continued to move on, and more and more abandoned facilities like this appeared, and finally a simple, gloomy, decadent village appeared before everyone's eyes.
The village resembles the medieval hamlets of many werewolf and vampire movies, dilapidated and lifeless, protected only by a rudimentary fence and random wood-made houses, like irregular ringworm on the surface of the earth.
There was no fire in the village, only the occasional noise proving that the village was not completely dead.
"I hope we're not late," Siegel muttered to himself, and walked briskly into the village with the carriage.
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The villagers were very resistant and wary of the arrival of these outsiders, but when they heard that they were all witchers, their attitudes changed very quickly, and it felt like they had finally looked forward to the Red Army, and they took Siegel's hand and refused to let go.
The first was an old man with a western face, his face was withered, so thin that he seemed to be blown away by the wind, his body was covered with patches, and his hands were covered with calluses: "Looking forward to the stars and the moon, I can be regarded as looking forward to you!" ”
"This line is really visual..."Luo Beigui complained silently.
"Uncle, don't worry, speak slowly." Siegel was a little puzzled, although they were busy training Luo Beigui along the way, they involved some energy, but the trip was not delayed, and they came a few days earlier than the agreed time of the mission, why the villagers were still in such a hurry.
The village chief who took the lead fluttered and knelt down, crying with rain chrysanthemums: "You don't know, if you come later, we will starve to death!" There is a famine in the forest, and we will soon run out of food!! ”
"Famine?" Siegel thought about it for a moment, it was true that they had not encountered anything to eat when they had been walking through the forest for the past few days, and many of the monsters looked like they had lost their appetite and had irregular menstruation, and it seemed that the famine was true.
The village chief continued: "Actually, our village has lived in this forest for so long, and it is not a big deal to encounter a famine once in a while, because everyone is used to it, as long as we send more hunters to hunt for meat, we can always survive. But this year, there is an extra group of wild wolves in the forest, and the wolf king who takes the lead is still a monster with dark blood, and many hunters in our village have been injured by wolves!
That's it, the key is that this group of wild wolves has also been affected by the famine, and there is not enough food, so they come to our village every once in a while to fight the autumn wind. At first, it was fine, they only caught our livestock outside the village... Eh, just catch it, we can't sustain it anyway because of the famine. But then they ran out of livestock, and they started to circle the village trying to catch people to eat... Until last night, the wolf king sneaked into our village and took away the old hunter Jack, who was injured and recuperating at home... Eh, poor old Jack... I can't even find the bones now..."
At first glance, these villagers were as thin as matchsticks, with yellow faces and thin eyes and green eyes. Luo Beigui looked around again, and found that a lot of bark land had been dug out, it should be very hungry, and some villagers couldn't help but get some bark and Guanyin soil to eat.
"How do you know this so clearly?" The interrogator was still in the same cold and gloomy shape, and his tone was as gloomy as the air in the forest.
The old village chief explained in a trembling voice: "We all saw it at that time!! Old Jack was wounded, but he was the best hunter in our village, and the Wolf King didn't manage to kill him, so many of us were attracted by the sound of the battle... But unfortunately, we couldn't save him together. ”
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little depressed, Siegel quickly changed the topic and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this for now... Where are we staying tonight? ”
The village chief patted his head: "I almost forgot... Come on, come on, this is my granddaughter. He pulled out a cute Lori from the crowd, "Just let her take you to the residence, let's go prepare a reception feast." ”
Although the villagers were going crazy with hunger, the reception feast for the three witchers should be quite good, and the smell of stewed meat wafted in the air.
Scarface waved his hand and said, "The reception banquet will be waived, and we will bring our own food." Let's go and rest, and take us to see the scene of Jack's battle with the Wolf King later. ”