Chapter 3: The First Days of Walking
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It's been three days since I escaped from Angus. In order to get rid of the pursuers, Kahlil chose an escape route northeast through the forest.
"Fortunately, my mother also lived in the forest back then."
Kahlil was glad to think that because of the haste of her escape, she had no luggage or food at all, but only carried some silver coins in her purse, and there were few gold coins. So finding something to eat in the forest has become the primary problem she faces, but fortunately, she is not really a greenhouse lady, which is not difficult for her.
Yesterday I had taken a bath in the creek, although I didn't have a change of clothes, but washing off the dust on my body still made Carlil feel very comfortable, especially being able to release her ears and tail that she had been holding for a long time, let them soak in the water and rinse them thoroughly, and then go ashore and shake them off vigorously, and then hold her big fluffy tail on the shore to bask in the sun comfortably, and dry her hair. At this time, you can also eat some wild fruits that you picked before, although they don't have any taste, but the juice is very rich, and the taste is quite good.
She found a fairly empty spot in the forest and stopped to rest, and although the vegetation was not as dense as in the rainforest, it was difficult to see the way.
A moment later, a delicate green bird flew back and landed on Kahlil's finger, and then it turned into a cloud of mist and quickly dissipated into the air, and this summoned creature could not do much, so it was okay to see the direction.
"Very good, we can reach Icefield City before the sun goes down today."
Now Karil's magic and physical strength have recovered a lot, even with the conditioning of the foxtail pendant, within a week the physical strength will reach a bottleneck because of the physical fitness of this eldest lady, and it will be difficult to improve if you don't exercise, but magic is different, the mental power of Carlil's soul and the manipulation skills of magic power will not be forgotten with the body, if you have enough time, even if you don't do anything, you can recover to eighty percent of the magic power of your previous life. She also caught a little timberwolf in the forest the day before yesterday and beat her lower tooth sacrifice.
"So, let's keep going!"
She stretched, straightened up with the stretching movement, and then slowly relaxed. Kahlil had decided not to hide her tail when it wasn't necessary, anyway, although the number of orcs in this world was not very large, it was not a very rare thing, and no one would care too much.
It turns out that it is not too difficult for a fox demon with some experience to cross the forest, except that it is a little troublesome to build a bed in a tree every night when he sleeps.
By the way, a lot of that knowledge comes from Bell Grylls' Survival in the Wilderness ā oh no, it's a science show.
We were already near the edge, and the surrounding climate was changing rapidly, and the temperature had been gradually dropping since last night's trip, and by the time we finally reached the edge of the forest, there was already some scattered snow falling on the treetops.
Icefield City, one of the northernmost cities in the world, is backed by a continuous snow-capped mountain, no one knows what is on the other side of the snow-capped mountain, but because of some rare materials and magical beasts contained in it, it attracts countless people who come to pan for gold.
"If I had known, I might have worn more"
Karille sneezed, her ears drooped, and she had to rub her frozen hands and make a torch out of the branches around her, holding it up to dispel the cold.
"When you get to the city, you have to buy a set of clothes first, I hope it won't be too expensive." She quickened her pace, and if she didn't arrive before dark, the night would not be good.
After the fourth torch burned out, Kahlil finally arrived at Icefield City in disarray. The first task when I got to the city was, of course, to change my clothes, and I bought a warm coat to change into at a random shop on the street, and finally began to feel warm.
"What a disaster, what a disaster...... "Carlil thought depressedly.
After buying her clothes, Karil weighed her much lighter purse, and decided that she had to find a place to settle down first, and it would be nice if she could take a hot shower or something.
The thought of a hot bath made the ears on my head stand up.
After a short walk around town, Carlil finally found a not-so-expensive hotel at the end of Clark Street, and it was at this point that she really realized how important it was to bring a lot of money before leaving home.
"Welcome, what would you like to order?"
The fat boss at the front desk asked with a smile at Kahliel as she entered.
"A single room, preferably with its own bathroom."
"Okay, 1 silver coin and 35 copper coins per day, and a deposit of 4 silver coins, the deposit will be refunded to you when you check out, are you satisfied?"
"Okay, just wait until the day when you check out and then find the money."
Too lazy to care so much, Karil simply took out a gold coin from her money bag and pressed it on the table with two fingers. The fat boss's eyes were immediately attracted by the gold coins, and he hurriedly said, "Oh? Good, good! This is your key, please go up to the second room on the left side of the third floor. ā
Taking the key, Kahlil asked, "Can you help prepare something to eat?" Milk bread and stuff like that."
The fat boss patted his chest and said proudly, "Don't worry!" It will be sent to you in a while, and you are guaranteed to be satisfied. The price is deducted from the gold coins, and there is no overcharge. ā
"I'm sorry for you." Karil nodded.
When I returned to the room, it was getting dark, so I looked around the room, rubbed a small flame and lit the four oil lamps on the wall, and the bright light dispelled the darkness in the room.
Eat something casually, let the waiter get some hot water and take a shower, the fatigue accumulated for several days suddenly came up, Kahlil wiped her body groggily, went directly into the bed, yawned, and fell asleep deeply.
The next morning, Karil woke up punctually, the rough bed in the civilian hotel was completely inadequate for comfort, and after waking up from her sleep full of energy, Carlil felt that she could not lie down for a minute.
Got up from the bed, washed up briefly, pushed open the window of the room, the cold wind of the early morning blew her spirit, her ears and tail were erected in the shape of a fried hair, and the head that had just woken up was suddenly much clearer.
I changed my clothes, combed my hair, went downstairs, said hello to the fat boss, and left the hotel. Today's plan is to see if there is a job to make some money, she is not worried about the family people coming over, they should not believe that Kahlil can cross the forest alone and come to the cold Icefield City, according to their thoughts, if Kahlil really chooses to cross the forest, I am afraid that she will not be able to get out.
That's right, if it was the real Karil Andris, I'm afraid it would really be as they thought.
But the current Karil is not the kind of guy who is so weak that she cuts her wrists and commits suicide!
But having said that, it is not too easy for her to find something to do now to earn money, and in this place, the biggest source of income is generally hunting and gathering in the snowy mountains.
To put it bluntly, it is to hunt and do something in order to sell more money. But Karil's physical fitness, which has not been systematically exercised, is completely insufficient to see in such a dangerous place.
"A new body, a new body is really not good"
She looked at the ice lotus flower in her hand with disappointment, whether it was the size of the condensation or the precision of the carving, it was far from being comparable to that in her previous life.
"There's no way, then I'll have to try my luck." She muttered, and walked slowly in the direction of the mercenary union.
Basically, you only need to look at where all kinds of guys in armor and swords gather to know the location of the mercenary union, this kind of organization all over the world is distributed in almost any city, Icefield City, where all kinds of hunters and warriors who come to pan for gold are gathered, and the scale of the mercenaries is much larger than that of ordinary small cities, and even there are magicians in their own unions.
Kahlil hopes she won't get into any trouble now, but she's a lazy person, it's just that she's willing to work hard to prepare for it in the future to be lazier, but that doesn't mean she doesn't hate trouble.
Unlike the passers-by who turned their heads a few times to look at each other along the way, a few bored mercenaries whistled at her as she advanced the mercenary union.
Karil frowned and sat down away from them.
The mercenary union is directly outside a small restaurant, which is convenient for mercenaries to gather in their leisure time, and it is also convenient to organize their own teams here, and the wine and food are also affordable and sufficient, the only problem is that the taste is relatively rough.
Of course, this is generally not a problem for those rough mercenaries. A group of crazy people who don't have the leisure to enjoy any exquisite food.
Being able to eat meat while drinking a lot is the most realistic and practical need and enjoyment.
"Something? Half an hour later, the group of slackers in the office began to work," a waiter leaned in.
"Bread, oats, milk, a glass of water"
In fact, Kahlil would love to eat some meat or fruit, but she really didn't have the courage to challenge the food of this place, especially meat products. Just order something that doesn't look like it's going to be too bad.
"Okay, wait a minute," the waiter nodded.
I paid the money first and threw the few copper plates I found into my money bag.
It was still a little early, and some of the idle mercenaries waiting for the office to open were all bored to get together in twos and threes, but some people always had something to look at and see.
"I hope you don't make a fuss, I'm just trying to make a little money" Kahlil thought, brushing the fluff from her ear with one hand, "but if it does, the mana reserve should be enough"
After a while, the waiter came over with food.
"Sorry wait," the waiter said with a smile, then put down the plate.
"Thank you"
The mind was interrupted by the waiter who delivered the food, and the confused mind was crushed by the aroma of the food, and was once again abandoned to the back of his mind.
"Anyway, let's eat what we need first"
The rich aroma of oats spread in her mouth, causing Karil's eyes to squint in enjoyment.
But it didn't last until she finished eating.
"I'm sorry, I can sit like this"
A voice asked from the side.