Chapter 2: The Road (1)
Ten days later, Hogg was back to normal, wearing sturdy linen trousers and a sleeveless vest. The muscles of the grave, judging from the appearance alone, were a formidable warrior.
On this day, after saying goodbye to Steward Ciri and Hillman, Hogg set out on his way to the Warcraft Mountains with a sturdy leather package on his back.
"I can't imagine that the dignified dragon blood warrior family, the Baruch family, an ancient family that has been inherited for five thousand years, only has two thousand gold coins, which is only enough for two years of the family's normal expenses." Looking back at the mansion, there were moss, creepers and other plants on the walls of the courtyard, and Hogg was a little uncomfortable.
The Baruch family is the owner of Osan Town, and it stands to reason that the tax revenue from Osan Town alone is enough for the current Baruch family to spend a year, but Lena was very kind at the beginning, so Hogg exempted the residents of Osan Town from taxes in order to make his wife happy, and even sometimes took out some of the money to pay it upside down.
Today, the entire Baruch family's total cash is only 2,000 gold coins, in addition to some more valuable stone carvings and hanging bells, but they are all antiques that have been passed down for hundreds of years and thousands of years, unless it is really to the point of difficulty, otherwise no one will sell them.
Hogg searched all over the backyard, and finally found a black heavy sword in a room that had not been cleaned for hundreds of years, this sword was not opened, and weighed eighty-one pounds, if it weren't for Hogg's dragon blood warrior blood, his body was stronger than others, and his strength was much stronger, he really wouldn't have used such a heavy sword.
With his heavy sword in his back, Hogg stepped onto the path leading to the Warcraft Mountain Range, and gradually, the town of Osan grew smaller and smaller, and then disappeared from Hogg's sight......
Hogg's speed was very fast, even if the road was more difficult, and he even carried a heavy sword weighing eighty-one pounds, but with the strength of Hogg's sixth-level warrior, he could easily advance forty miles in an hour, and at this time, Hogg suddenly saw three people in front of him.
"Huh?" Hogg's gaze suddenly fell on one of them.
Because the man was dressed in the Ernst Academy robes, and the other two of the three, one of whom was extremely strong and carried a huge sword on his shoulder, and the other who was lean with a short knife at his waist, the lean young man turned around and looked at Hogg in alarm.
Hogg didn't linger for even a second on the lean young man and the strong man, his attention rested on the magician in the Ernst Academy robes.
Ernst Academy, the first magic academy in the Magnolia Continent, all magicians who graduated from the academy are at least sixth-level magicians, and there are even many seventh-level magicians. It is known as the Magnolia Continent along with the 'O'Brien Academy' of the O'Brien Empire, a rich in magicians, a cradle for magicians, and a holy place for warriors.
Hogg noticed that the mage wearing the Ernst Academy's standard robes knew that only when he reached the third level of mage would the Ernst Academy allow the students to go to the Warcraft Mountains for training.
Didn't pay much attention to the three, and accelerated more than the three.
This time, Hogg went to the Demon Beast Mountain Range to exercise himself, and the magic crystal core was just a bygone harvest, which was used to improve the family's economy.
After all, this world belongs to the world of demonic martial arts, the world of gods, strength is fundamental, and any other gold coins and magic crystal nuclei are nothing.
About an hour or so, in the mountains and forests behind Hogg's trail, more than 100 meters away, a man dressed in green with green juice on his face holding a composite powerful longbow stared at Hogg indifferently.
The man's lips were constantly moving, as if he was silently chanting a magic spell.
At the same time, the longbow had been pulled into the full moon form, and suddenly the arrow shot out at great speed, and the cone at the top of the arrow was faintly cyan shining, and the speed of the entire arrow reached an extremely terrifying level, tearing the air, cutting through the sky, and breaking through the distance of a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.
Hogg, who was in a hurry, at this moment, only felt that the hairs on his whole body stood up all at once, and his heart suddenly hung to the extreme.
"Danger!"
Hogg was aware of the danger, but although he had the strength of a sixth-level warrior and a powerful body, at this moment, Hogg found that his body could not keep up with his consciousness, and he had no time to react.
"Ahh
In an instant, Hogg felt a pain in his left shoulder, and the pain stimulated Hogg's nerves, and cold sweat broke out all over his body.
"Damn it!" Hogg also realized that it was not good, a tumbling and hiding in the grass, gritting his teeth in pain, he knew that although his soul had seized Hogg's body, he was just an otaku in his previous life, where would he have martial arts, and now he has become Hogg, but the body is not something he has been exercising, even if it is simply physically strong, it is comparable to a sixth-level warrior, but that is not his own strength.
Hogg clutched the arrow on his left shoulder, blood pouring out, and Hogg felt death so close to him.
"Ah~!"
Hogg broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, gritted his teeth, and pulled the arrow out sharply, and the blood spurted out from the wound.
Just as Hogg was hesitating whether to walk through the grass or lurk still, a gentle footstep came to Hogg's ears, and Hogg knew that it must be the sneak attacker who saw that he had not shot an arrow and was going to kill him while he was wounded.
Hogg unloaded his heavy sword, held it, and looked warily ahead.
"Hand over all your belongings, and I'll spare your life." I could only hear a cold voice, which was about ten meters away from Hogg.
With Hogg's memory, where will Hogg believe the other party's words, cut the grass without removing the roots, and the spring breeze blows and grows, this is not only the iron rule of the previous life, but also the most applicable in this world.
"The other party is a rookie like me." Hogg was lying on his body, his mind was highly concentrated, and he secretly said in his heart, with the memory of Hogg in this life, he also saw that the other party was probably just starting to do this business, if he was a veteran, he would never have an archer lurking on the side of the road to rob passers-by, and he would not dare to talk so close when he missed a hit.
The pain in his left arm caused drops of cold sweat to flow down Hogg's forehead.
"Otherwise, don't blame me for dying." The cold voice of the other party reached Hogg's ears again.
Footsteps, getting closer.
"Now, give it a go." Hogg didn't dare to retreat, with Hogg's memory, Hogg understood that the other party was an archer, and it was difficult for him to dodge the opponent's bow and arrow within fifty meters, and if he escaped, he would undoubtedly become a target for movement.
Therefore, Hogg can only fight and kill the other party!
Archers, like mages, are most afraid of melee combat, and once they get close, the threat is greatly reduced.
Hogg took his heavy sword and rushed out of the grass, and when he saw the archer who had attacked him six meters from his right hand, Hogg shouted as fast as he could, and pounced on the man whose face was covered with green juice.
"Look for death!" With a look of panic in his eyes, the man saw Hogg killing, and hurriedly drew his bow and shot an arrow.
In a hurry, the arrow missed and flew past Hogg.
By this time, Hogg had already driven forward, his heavy sword slashing at the man.
The man's eyes widened, and he blocked it with his bow and arrow in shock, but Hogg's heavy sword weighed eighty-one pounds, where was it so easy to resist in a hurry, the bow and arrow were split by the heavy sword, and it suddenly cracked, and the heavy sword castrated a little, but it still dented the man's right arm, and even the bones were crushed.
"Die!" Hogg gritted his teeth, and the giant sword slashed, and the man showed a look of panic and begging for mercy, but the heavy sword still fell, and the man's head suddenly cracked, and brains and blood spurted out.
"I killed someone? I killed someone!? Looking at the man who was dead and couldn't die anymore, Hogg muttered to himself blankly, his mind went blank, and a feeling of nausea came, and Hogg threw up on the side of the road.
"Don't be afraid! Unafraid! Hogg comforted himself, but his stomach was churning and he was vomiting.
Although, Hogg knew that this was the world of demonic martial arts, a world where the strong were respected, and someone would be killed every moment of every day, and even if a holy domain was angry, it had happened that a city would be destroyed in an instant, and human life was the most worthless.
But Hogg has never killed anyone after all, the first time he killed someone, he felt that he had committed a big crime, and he was afraid that the police would arrest him, and when he woke up, he was no longer on Earth, but came to the Magnolia Continent, and there would be no crime to kill people, but Hogg was still terrified in his heart.
In his heart, life is the most precious, and no one can take the life of others away at will!
After vomiting for almost a quarter of an hour, Hogg only felt weak, especially the arrow wound, which still had some blood oozing, Hogg took out a small bottle of medicine from the package, poured some medicine powder and spread it on the wound.
"No wonder there is a saying that the roads leading to the Demon Beast Mountain Range are all paved with corpses and bones, and I don't know how many people were killed by sneak attacks." Hogg took a sip of water to calm his stomach.
It's also Hogg's luck, if he is unlucky, it will not be one person who will attack him, but a group of people, this kind of group of people, there are not only archers, but also magicians and warriors.
"The most important thing for me now is not to break through the body, but to master the body and give full play to my strength, although I am physically strong, with a strong body alone, I have the strength of a sixth-level warrior, but now I am afraid that I can't beat a fourth-level warrior." Hogg said secretly.
If Hogg completely controls his body and really has the strength of a sixth-level warrior, then he will not be attacked by a sneak attack just now, that archer, that is, the strength of a third-level warrior, even if there is an enchanted bow and arrow, at most it is a fourth-level warrior.
Regaining some strength, Hogg re-embarked on the road with his heavy sword in his back, and at the same time took out a piece of jerky and ate it, in this dangerous journey, he had to keep his attention at all times, and he had to be vigilant at all times, and he couldn't do without sufficient physical strength.