Volume 1 The Wasteland Chapter 22 Saved by the Hire-Dead
Junyue, who came to the cliff, walked around along the edge, pretending to identify the direction, and suddenly with an "ah" sound, he accidentally fell down.
Ten seconds later, a magical beast sprang out of the woods on the edge of the cliff, riding a girl on it, and galloped to the place where Junyue fell. The girl hurried down, and as soon as she leaned out of her upper body to take a look, she was grabbed by the collar by a hand and pulled her down.
In order to lure her out, Chunyue pretended to fall off the cliff, but in fact, there was a huge rock embedded directly below where she fell, and there was a drop of about three meters from the cliff, and it was impossible to find it without approaching. She took advantage of the blind spot in her line of sight and successfully lured out the girl.
After the girl was caught, she was forcibly pushed to the edge of the rock by Chunyue, and there was an abyss below, which scared her so much that she kept trembling, and grabbed Chunyue's forearm with both hands, for fear that she would fall.
"Don't, don't, I have no ill will. ”
"Why are you following me, you've been doing it since yesterday, what is the purpose?" Junyue took another small step forward, and the girl's feet were already half empty, and she could only stand on tiptoe, barely maintaining her balance.
"I'm not... I'm not a bad person, I'm going into the mountains to find herbs and make potions. ”
"Looking for herbs, what are you doing with me, to be honest, if you lie to people, I will push you down. ”
"Really, I really didn't lie to you, I'm a pharmacist, the nearby mountain spirit village was attacked by a demonic beast a while ago, and many people were injured, I came to help them. ”
"Mountain Spirit Village, where are you a pharmacist going up the mountain to collect medicine and taking a demonic beast to monitor me?"
"Warcraft? It's not Warcraft, it's my mount, Velvet Rabbit... Velvet Bunny. ”
A cute magic rabbit jumped to the edge of the cliff, except for the slightly larger size, the rest was no different from ordinary rabbits, the two furry front paws pulled at the ears from time to time, and the mouth divided into three petals kept shaking.
"It's really a rabbit, and when I look at the glow of my eyes at night, I think it's a monster, and it's so cute that such a big rabbit. Junyue thought back to the scene last night, mistaking the magic rabbit for a magical beast, her outstretched arms were slightly bent, her expression softened, the girl's body no longer leaned back, and her feet were completely standing on the rock.
"Even if it's a rabbit, why are you stalking me?"
"I saw you alone in the woods in the middle of the night, and I wanted to see what you were doing in the mountains so late, so I followed you, and before I could see clearly, you found out, and when I saw you summon a pack of wolves, I was scared and ran away. I saw you back and forth here during the day, and I saw that you were from the wasteland, so I was curious why the wasteland people appeared here, so they kept following you, but who knows..."
"Did you really follow me out of curiosity?"
"Really, I'm a pharmacist who has just arrived at the heart layer, you are a wastelander, the level gap between us is too big, even if it is a sneak attack, I can't beat you. ”
"What does it mean?" Chunyue only knew about the barren layer, which was only divided into primary, intermediate, and advanced levels in the wasteland, and there were no other levels, she had never heard of the inner layer, and she didn't know how the mercenaries divided their ability levels.
"You let me go first, and I'll explain it to you. Seeing that Chunyue's attitude softened, the girl quickly opened her mouth to beg for mercy.
"Seeing that her expression doesn't look like a lie, I haven't found a way down the mountain after turning around in the mountains for a long time, so it's better to follow her out, go to the human village first, and then find a chance to inquire about Mu Chen's whereabouts. Junyue thought as she pulled out the short staff at her waist.
"Don't play tricks, be careful that I kill you. She let go of her hand, took two steps back, raised her staff, and uttered a summon that summoned two Steppenwolves.
Steppenwolf let out a low warning roar and pounced on her to the girl, who was supposed to be relieved to see Steppenwolf shivering and standing in place, not knowing what to do.
"I'll go up first, and then you will follow, don't act rashly. Chunyue turned and walked towards the edge of the cliff, jumping up with a light leap.
"Come up. ”
"I... I don't dare. The girl looked at the wolf in front of her and didn't dare to move.
"Get out of the way and let her come up. The two wolves retreated, but their eyes remained fixed on her.
The girl cautiously walked to the edge of the cliff, grabbed the raised stone and slowly climbed up, Junyue leaned out and grabbed her arm and dragged her up. The two wolves below also jumped up and jumped up.
After the girl came up, she directly hugged the magic rabbit on the side and knelt on the ground, frightened. Chunyue looked at the girl, a human being of seventeen or eighteen years old, with a sweet appearance, a height of just over one meter and fifty, wearing a pale yellow long skirt, two braids on her head, and the overall appearance was not threatening.
"You said that you came to the mountain to collect medicine, then you must know the way down the mountain, take me down the mountain and I will let you go. ”
"Where are you going? From here, it's going down the mountain to the human outback, are you going to make a trade?" the girl got up slowly, but still holding the magic rabbit.
"Then you don't have to worry about it, just take me down the mountain. Junyue didn't answer, not wanting to reveal more information. She didn't have the ability to return to the Boundary Map Department alone to find Mu Chen, and following the girl into the Human Continent was the best choice at the moment.
The girl walked in the middle with the magic rabbit, the two wolves were separated on both sides, vigilantly surrounding her, and Chunyue followed behind to observe the terrain, so the two walked for several hours, and there was no conversation.
"Let's take a break, we've been gone for hours. The girl broke the silence and walked over to a smooth stone and sat down.
"Can you go down the mountain before dark?" Junyue didn't want to spend the night in the mountains anymore.
"Yes, there are some herbs around here, you can rest and I will pick them, and after coming down the mountain, I can help the villagers heal." The girl was about to get up when two wolves came forward to block her path, baring their teeth and growling.
"Sit down, you can't go anywhere. ”
After being rejected, the girl's face darkened and she was silent, and the two fell silent again.
After a long while, Chunyue opened her mouth and asked, "You tell me about the situation in Mountain Spirit Village, why was it attacked by demonic beasts?" She wanted to grasp as much information as possible to prepare for the search for Mu Chen.
"Shanling Village is only a dozen kilometers away from this mountain, and it experiences demonic attacks every year, and this year the time is advanced, and the villagers are not ready, so there are heavy casualties. ”
"What kind of monster is coming to attack?"
"Black-capped goblins, they burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil, and the villagers stole all the food they had saved for a year, and killed and injured many people. ”
"What is a black-hatted goblin?" Chunyue didn't know about this kind of magical beast, they didn't haunt the wasteland, she had never seen it.
"A very short green man, very ugly, with big ears, a long nose, and a flat black hat. All in all disgusting. The girl's face was full of disgust and she didn't want to remember it anymore.
It's just that the losses were so heavy a few days in advance that these villagers were too careless. ”
The wasteland is a place where demonic beasts are rampant, and the three major tribes are ready to fight almost at any time to resist the attacks of demonic beasts, and the wasteland people are powerful, brave and good at fighting, and live in that environment all year round, so Chunyue can't understand why these villagers are so negligent.
"You... You—" the girl was speechless for a moment, "they are all honest villagers, and they are ordinary humans, how can they be able to defeat such a powerful magical beast as the Black Flat-Cap Goblin." ”
"Then you should prepare and formulate countermeasures in advance, and you should train more to improve your ability. ”
"They are farmers, and no matter how hard they train, they can't beat the monsters. ”
"Why can't you beat it?"
"They are ordinary humans, ordinary human beings. The girl felt that Junyue was a little inexplicable, and emphasized it loudly twice. "Have you never been to the Human Continent? I don't know how ordinary humans survive?"
"I don't know, it's my first time leaving the wasteland. ”
"The people who live here are ordinary humans, they basically have no combat power, and those who can reach the elite martial arts level are rare, and there are only a few people who can resist the demonic beasts, except for relying on a large number of troops, the rest are all brought forward by our mercenaries. ”
"What level is the Jingwu layer, and what is the difference between it and the barren layer. ”
"Desolate Layer, that's the level of your Wasteland's ability, not to mention ordinary people, even the top mercenaries can't reach that level. ”
“... Then what do you rely on to defend against demonic beasts?" The demonic beasts of the wasteland are all barren layers, and Junyue doesn't understand why they survive here since humans and mercenaries are so weak.
"The demonic beasts of the Human Continent are not that powerful, except for the dragon clan, there is basically no barren layer. You don't know anything and dare to come here alone, it's..."
"According to what you said, you are not powerful, what am I afraid of. ”
"It's really simple, this world can't survive by brute force. The girl looked at Chunyue as a life coach.
"Stop talking nonsense, tell me how you divide the levels. Chunyue was a little annoyed and angry when she was counted down by a little girl.
"Hey, like I said before, there is no level for ordinary humans, and the hires are divided according to Jingwu, Extreme, Knowing, Bright, and Barren, and the Bright and Barren Layers are divided into three stages: primary, intermediate, and advanced, what stage are you, aren't you wasteland people born with the Barren Layer?"
"Intermediate barren. Do you say that you are a good person and a strong among the employers?" Chunyue deliberately tried to understand the overall strength of the employers.
"I'm not strong, most of the hires can practice to this level, and there are many in the bright layer, but when you reach the barren layer, there are very few, I really envy you for being born so strong. ”
"Well, I see, come on. Chunyue said perfunctorily, thinking about other things in her mind: "There can be a strong man like Mu Chen among such a weak mercenary, he single-handedly killed our entire tribe, and also challenged the king of the wasteland to retreat, it is really impossible to underestimate the potential of the mercenary." ”
"What do you think, it seems that you really don't know anything about the human continent, it's the first time I've seen a wasteland man from the mountains, you ran here alone, you didn't want to rob us, right?" The girl asked Junyue's purpose in a tentative tone.
"No, no, you don't care what you're doing, don't guess, be careful that I kill you. Chunyue deliberately intimidated her.
"If you kill me, you won't be able to get out, the mountain roads here are winding and there are many forks, so you can go around there without a guide. The long conversation between the two made the girl relax and speak less as reservedly as before.
"You... You, Chaco wolves..."The two wolves were resting on the ground, but when they heard the order, they bowed down and stood up with their hair on their backs, making an attacking gesture.
"I was wrong, I was wrong, let's get down the mountain when you're rested, or it's going to be dark. Seeing this, the girl hurriedly stopped Chunyue, hurriedly got up and walked down the mountain.
By talking to the girl, Chunyue has some basic information about ordinary people and hirers, if what the girl said is all true, then there is no doubt that she is an absolute powerhouse here, which has increased her courage and strengthened her confidence to go to the human world to find Mu Chen. For now, she will follow the girl for the time being, and then make plans when she gets out of the mountains and arrives in the human village.