Chapter Eighty-Nine: Tang Rui and Jem
Tom and Jem walk through a snow-covered forest.
They were friends they had known since they fled, and were later chosen by Manie in the camp outside of Victor to take them to the nameless town to become followers of the god of games.
"Jem, why are we coming so far away......"
Tang Rui, dressed as a warrior, looked like he was only twelve or thirteen years old, and his body had not developed because of malnutrition, and he looked dry and thin, like a clumsy blue cat.
He walked ankle-deep in the snow and complained, "Isn't it good to stay in a small town?" ”
"Of course not!" Dressed in a white robe and carrying a cross on his back, Jem looked a little smaller than Tang Rui, but his eyes were extremely bright, giving people the first impression of a clever mouse, and the boy said without hesitation at this time: "The first half of the Valley of the Dead is always crowded together, and there is no way to explore the chaos!" The Living Dead Cellar can't be beaten again, and if we continue like this, we will never want to change jobs for the rest of our lives! ”
"We can go to the Greyfjord to catch fish, the fish soup cooked by the frogmen over there is delicious." Tang Rui seemed to remember the taste of the warm fish soup, and couldn't help but snort.
"Although the inland sea of Greyfjord is big and there are many fish, the problem is that we can't catch it!" Jem sighed, "It's better to go there than to crowd people in the Valley of the Dead." ”
"I see a lot of players have been going to the Lancaster Underground lately, maybe something good is there!"
Tang Rui tightened the leather coat on his body, but the metal armor on the outside of the leather coat still reduced his body temperature little by little. If it weren't for the fact that he still had several bottles of hot drinks in his backpack, he wouldn't have gone out in such weather.
"Those people want to do the task of 'The Light of Our Lord Shines on the Earth', which is the weekly task of persuading others to become new believers, and those who complete it say that the reward is very good." Jem looked around aimlessly, and replied casually.
"Then we ......" Tang Rui's eyes lit up.
"It is said that many players have been reported as cultists by the residents who have been persuaded to do so, and now that there are seven or eight players hanging outside Lancaster, if you want to be used as a wall decoration, please do so."
Jem said with a blank face.
"That's what I said," Tang Rui could only smirk and try to fool around, "But you haven't said why we're going here." ”
"When I went to the Temporary Lord's Mansion to pick up the task of moving bricks before, I peeked at the map around here on the lord's desk, and if I'm not mistaken, this direction has been going forward, and it is the Trinia Dalinhai known as the 'Monster Forest'," Jem then said the purpose of his trip: "There must be a lot of monsters in it, and you won't be able to upgrade when the time comes?" ”
"Oh, it's you!" Tang Rui applauded very perfunctorily.
Suddenly, the expressions of both of them became a little more serious.
A faint smell of beast fish filled the air, and a moment later, a huge beast burst out of the snowdrift in the forest and pounced towards Tang Rui, who was walking in front!
Tang Rui's eyes had long since lost the lazy feeling he had before, and he rolled on the ground with an extremely fast reaction, avoiding the beast's pounce!
If Edward Alina had been there, they would have discovered that this beast that had suddenly appeared was the same as the dragon-toothed fangs that had attacked the village in the first place!
The lack of food during the frost season had apparently also affected the dragontooth fang, the apex predator of the non-magical beasts, and it was noticeably more impatient than the one attacking the village.
The two teenage players just glanced at the LV10 inscription on each other's heads and the half-empty health bar, and after confirming that there were no bosses or elite logos, they didn't have any worries and were ready to deal with this guy on the spot
Just as the Dragontooth Fang was about to make a second swoop, and Tang Rui and Jem both pulled out their weapons, a feathered arrow hit the Dragontooth Fang's left eye, affecting its path of attack, and then a figure wearing a thick fur coat flew out, knocking the two teenagers who were about to activate their skills to the ground, interrupting their skills and allowing them to completely avoid the Dragontooth's attack.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of figures dressed in heavy leather clothes appeared in the forest, and they all used simple bows and arrows, dung forks and other weapons to saturate the blind dragontooth fang, and the dragontooth fang, which had an unknown number of arrows and dung forks hanging on its body, finally died unwillingly after angrily breaking two trees.
Those in leather clothes couldn't help but cheer excitedly when they saw this.
It was only at this time that Tang Rui and Jem came back to their senses, and they felt like they couldn't cry or laugh...... They've been robbed by a bunch of ordinary hunters? No, when it comes to weapons, maybe some of these people aren't even hunters.
Looking at the men who seemed to be lurking around this area early, their hands and faces purple from the cold, Jem's last complaint was out of his mouth.
"Which village are you from?" The middle-aged man who pounced on them pulled them up from the snow in turn, and asked at the same time.
"We're ...... from the Valley of the Dead," Jem hinted at Thorough not to speak, and he himself replied vaguely.
The other party didn't suspect him, but just blamed him: "Don't you adults care?" If you run to such a place, don't you know how dangerous the forest is in the frost and fog season! ”
It's not dangerous, I'm not coming. Jem muttered to himself.
If the man continued to preach, Jem might have to go back, but fortunately, the other party had no such intentions, and his expression became gentle after saying a few words.
"Forget it, it's rare to hunt this beast, you also come to our village to drink a bowl of broth, right? I'll send you back when it's warm. The middle-aged man asked them for advice.
Tom looked at Jem, who nodded.
The other party seemed to have good intentions, and there was no need to refuse.
Taking a step back, it doesn't matter if the other party has any evil intentions in their hearts, I wait for players to be fearless, anyway, they will die if they stand up to the sky, but after that, they will definitely know what the player's anger is!
At this time, the other villagers also tied the dragon tooth fang to a wooden frame that they got from nowhere, and was carried away by more than a dozen people.
Jem couldn't help but think that they were stupid, even if they had that rack and used it as a sleigh, it would be less labor-saving than this......
However, seeing that the villagers seemed to be very happy, he thought that they were probably proud of it, so he didn't squeak.
It didn't take long for the group to come to the nearby village, a small village hidden in the valley, with about thirty or forty families, and perhaps more people in a single round than the nameless town.