Chapter 5: Autumn Wind Sword Hero
Only the three girls of the Dragon Kingdom and Genesis said 'good night', and the rest didn't even say 'please', and the group began to prepare for bed. As the owner, Wu Guang, a native of Shuguo, had to find a place for everyone to sleep, and he used sofas, tables and chairs to make beds in each room, and he also had to make the beds. In the end, Wu Guangcai, who was exhausted, lay back on the bed with a sore body, not in a very good mood, and secretly made a decision not to get up early tomorrow morning to make breakfast for others. The blood with poetry and distant places has gradually cooled, and he is really not sure if he will go on an adventure with everyone tomorrow morning.
As he lay on the bed, he could still hear Genesis' bass harmonica playing softly:
Over the permafrost tundra and the Lost Lands,
Jumping over the icy plateau and the blur,
Parting through the endless sea,
We need to leave before the morning,
Arrive at the place where the flowers are in full bloom.
Wu Guang fell asleep to the melodious tune, which caused him to have several strange dreams. It was long after dawn that he woke up.
Wu Guang rolled over and got out of bed, put on a simple nightgown and ran to the dining room. It turned out to be empty, only the traces of a hurried hearty breakfast. Wu Guang breathed a sigh of relief when he found that everyone had already left and did not wake him up. However, in a corner of his heart, there was a sense of loss, which surprised him.
"Don't be stupid!" he said to himself, "At this age, what adventures in fiction are you still fantasizing?" and he changed into decent clothes, lit the fireplace, and cleaned up all the work. Then, before Wu Guang walked into the dining room, he made himself a very exquisite breakfast. By the time he had finished eating, the sun was already high and a warm spring breeze blew in through the open front door. Wu Guang began to whistle loudly, trying to forget all about last night's events. But in fact, when Andorra walked in, the Shuguo people were lying on the sofa, looking out the window.
"My good friend. Andorra said: "When are you going to leave? You said yesterday, 'I'll get up early tomorrow morning', look at the time, it's half past ten o'clock -- you're still having breakfast! Those people can't wait, so I've left you a message." ”
"What information?" Wu Guang asked.
"Oh my God!" said Andorra, "how strange it is that the greatest novelist in the world should not have written—"
"What does this have to do with information? I'm already emaciated. ”
"If you sit on the desk in front of the door, you'll find this thing in the chair......" Andorra handed Wu Guang a very small stone.
When the temperature of Wu Guang's hand was transmitted to the surface of the stone, a virtual image was created.
It reads something like this:
Honglushan, Genesis and other friends greet Wu Guang, the world's greatest novelist! We would like to express our most loyal thanks to you for your hospitality, and we are very honored to invite you to be the accompanying writer of this expedition. The conditions are as follows: the copyright of the adventure novel belongs to Mr. Wu Guang, the profits from the later stage of the novel are divided into five or five equal parts, and if things do not go well, the funeral expenses will be provided by us.
As it's rude to disturb someone's sleep, we've prepared you for the expedition team to be waiting for you at the Castle Black Inn along the trail. Please arrive on time at half-past eleven, we are sure you will be on time.
Your most loyal companions.
"You're only one or more gone, and you have to run with all your might. Andorra said.
"But—"
"There's no time. The white-robed mage said.
"But—"
"There's no time to talk about that!
In his life, Wu Guang never believed that he could become a person who changed the world, and perhaps because of this, he pinned all his ideals and ambitions on the novel: in the end, he was empty-handed, and his veins could not be opened, even if he earned enough money that could not be used up in his life, but the lover of his dreams had not yet been found. When he came back to his senses, he found that Andorra had disappeared from sight.
So he ran as hard as he could, and breathlessly walked along the path of the forest, leaping over the stream, running past the mill, and then past a great dead tree.
Wu Guang finally arrived at the Castle Black Hotel before half past eleven, only to find himself playing with a handkerchief!
"The people of Shuguo have always been very punctual!" said Honglushan, who was standing at the door of the inn and waiting.
At the same time, the rest of the people all came out of the surrounding area. They all rode horses, carrying all kinds of luggage, backpacks and parcels, and equipment on their backs.
"Get on your horse, we'll go at once!" Andorra said.
"I'm so sorry. Wu Guang said: "But I forgot to wear my hat, my handkerchief was left behind, and I didn't have any money with me." To be precise, I don't even have five minutes to prepare. ”
"Don't worry, you won't need the Terran currency for this trip, just enough gold and diamonds. As for the hat - there are also excess cloaks and hoods in the luggage. ”
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And so, on a cool morning before May, they set off. Wu Guang rode on the back of a horse with luggage and wore a hood and cloak borrowed from the three sisters of the Dragon Kingdom. The spirited Andorra squinted his eyes and held a white staff in his hand. Genesis played the harmonica, Honglushan took out the shepherd flute, and the harmonica and flute sound complemented each other. The three girls of the Dragon Kingdom were joking, and Dali Erni and the four people of the Fog Kingdom laughed together about the legends and stories that Wu Guang had never heard of.
All set out on the journey contented, singing and telling stories throughout the day, stopping occasionally for a meal and a brief and excited conversation in between.
The verdant and beautiful land is inhabited by elegant and courteous Shuguo people, and the roads are very smooth, and can even be compared to the streets of the tree king. There are a few inns along the way, and you will occasionally meet people in a hurry and farmers dressed like poets.
However, this comforting scene changed as the adventure progressed, until Andorra regularly reminded the crowd to avoid the surveillance of the Temple of Wisdom after entering the Radiant Forest. Fortunately, as Andorra said, 'the only thing that can make the impossible possible is magic', and although the top psychists don't know the principles of magic, magic does make them rub shoulders with the people of the Hall of Wisdom several times.
Later, they arrive in the mystical Glorious Forest, where Genesis blows a tune he had never heard before. As they gradually went deeper into the forest, there were no more inhabitants or inns around, and the road conditions were getting worse and worse, and not far away you could see eerie hills stretching straight into the endless sky, covered with turquoise sun forests, and at the same time full of strange atmosphere, which seemed to be the ruins of the legendary ancient battlefield. Everything seemed very depressing, and even the weather became uncomfortable. Most of the time, it's like good weather out of a fairy tale, but now it's slowly getting wet and cold.
"The thought that it's almost June makes people happy," muttered Mr. Wu, who was walking along a muddy road with his group. At this time, it was supposed to be afternoon tea time, and it was raining heavily all day, the hat was wet and sticking to his face, and the cloak was also full of rain. The horses were very tired and staggering, and the others were sullen, and even the two pistachios, Dali and Erni, did not speak.
"Mr. Andorra, aren't you a white-robed mage, why don't you just use a spell to get this damn rain away?"
"Dear Mr. Wu Guang, once you want to participate in the future adventure, you must understand the most basic point - before the danger comes, please treat yourself as an ordinary person, no one can guess what will happen later. Andorra said in the rain.
Genesis in front of him never looked back, letting the rain beat on his clothes and the wind howling in his ears, he didn't care about Mr. Wu Guang's complaints at all. And so, in the sound of the rain, the rustle of cloaks over the branches, and the wind, the crowd moved on.
After the gray clouds, the sun set and the sky began to darken. The wind became stronger, and the willows by the river bent down and lowered their eyebrows, letting out a faint sigh. Soon, the sky was shrouded in night, and a strong wind blew away the dark clouds, and a crescent moon emerged from the clouds. Then the group stopped, and Arin and Assen whispered about dinner.
That's when they found out that Andorra was missing. He had already traveled such a long distance from the expedition, and the thirteen figures along the way had never changed, and even Genesis, who was comparable in strength to the inheritor, had not noticed it.
Another person from the team appeared in the place of Andorra in the rain.
"Who are you...... What about Andorra?" Amu, Alin, and Asen instantly became vigilant, and each of them opened the eleven veins in their bodies, and the harmonic pulse array formed in the next instant. Since this guy in front of him can do the trick of stealing beams and changing pillars in front of everyone's noses, then he is not simple.
"It seems to be the enemy...... You can't go wrong...... He must be pretending to be Andorra...... "Leng Wu and Ming Qi pulled out the short sword in the wooden umbrella that the people of the Fog Country carried with them, and also opened the veins of their whole bodies.
This is the wind that is even more intense, but it cannot hide the imminent tension.
Having said that, everyone was reluctant to make a move here, and if so many top spiritual magicians attacked at the same time, it would be a matter of time before the Hall of Wisdom would be brought in, and in this case, all plans would be frustrated.
So, the stranger who had taken the place of Andorra confronted the expedition without saying a word.
"Did Andorra say he would go on an adventure with you?" asked the man in the Andorran cloak softly, and in the quiet of the night, everyone could hear it clearly, and he took off his hood after looking at the bewildered expressions of the crowd. In the moonlight, everyone saw the uninvited guest in front of them, with shoulder-length red and yellow hair like deciduous sycamores, gentle eyebrows like lion hair, a pair of breathtaking beautiful pupils, fair skin, a slender figure, and the fragrance of plants. What is even more eye-catching is the long sword in his left hand, the sword master is slender, the scabbard is simple and simple, but it contains indescribable charm, between the eyebrows, as if everything is an eternal existence.
He is a true tree countryman, and like someone who came out of a fairy tale, he is full of romance. And the sword in his hand symbolizes his identity.
"Autumn Wind, I didn't expect you to come anyway. Jannessis, who had not been in the slightest flustered from the beginning, came from a distance and said in a tone that seemed to have seen through everything: "If you have you, maybe a few of us will survive—"
The two shook hands vigorously, looking like a pair of brothers who hadn't seen each other for a long time.
"This is the famous Autumn Wind Sword Hero of Shuguo, Autumn Wind, the long sword in his hand is the first sword in the world, and his name is also called Autumn Wind. If you pay a little attention to the sword culture of the Tree Country, you will understand that this Autumn Wind Sword Hero is an existence that can be compared to the Sword Immortal of the Snow Country, and he is also a person with the strength of the inheritor. Janesis explained.
"Autumn ...... Autumn Breeze ......?" Erni said in horror.
"Sword ...... Jian Hao...... "Dali also said in horror.