"What the hell is going on?" Fang Yu unscrewed the plug of the water bag, poured out the water, and slapped a handful of water on his face with one hand to sober himself up. He shook his wet hair before asking, "You see someone coming, Tata?" ”

The two of them walked forward. The plover trampled one foot deep and the other shallow, and occasionally had to burrow his head under the arched roots, the thick roots of which were covered with ferns and corianders, from which a string of moonlight asters hung down, and he picked some of the bags that he stuffed into his robes.

Tata sat on his shoulder and shook his head slightly.

"Isn't it?"

"What's that?"

Centaurs believed that sun-dried aster had magical powers, and alchemists later discovered that aster powder could be used as a good material for magic catalysts, which could be used to make magical solutions.

Soaking the core crystal in the mana solution for more than eight hours will allow the crystal to fully absorb the free aether magic. Fang Yu lost the magic furnace, and he could only charge the core crystal in such a primitive way - fortunately, he had a solid basic homework when he was studying alchemy in Kapka, and he still remembered these emergency methods.

Aitaria is rich in bounty, and the whole world is filled with aether magic, and all kinds of strange raw materials can be found everywhere. Fang Yu raised his head at this time and saw crystals floating around in the forest, these were the original crystals, one of the reasons why the floating continent was floating.

There should be a natural protocrystalline mining area here, but it is not valuable, and only high-grade protocrystals have the value of making core crystals. Most of the high-grade original crystals are buried deep underground, and this kind of floating in the original crystal mining area that has been discovered on the ground has long been just a landscape.

Here the surface sloped slightly to the south, and the sound of rushing water came from ahead, and the two parted from the bushes, and saw a light purple stream rushing down under a sharp white rock.

The light purple is the low darkness of the forest and the crystalline light.

Tata looked across the stream and said, "I see people camping over there." ”

"On the other side of the stream?"

Miss Leprechaun nodded slightly.

"Let's go and have a look." Fang Plover was eager to meet the traveler, so he asked how far it was from Al Pahin and how to get there.

Still, he went down to the stream to refill his water bag and leaned down to take a few sips of water, and the mountain spring was sweet and clear. There are some beautiful fluorescent plants growing along the stream, and there are white swimming fish under the water, like silver light shuttling.

He told the walker to raise his blade foot and plunge it, and the water splashed, but he caught it.

The fish sensed the change in the current and fled in all directions.

"It's a silver trout," Fang Yuan sighed and shook his head, "It's a pity, the meat of this fish is very good." ”

He touched his belly, and it growled.

Tata nodded. "Indeed, in Assyria, silver trout was one of the typical dishes on the table of the aristocracy."

"Is that so?" Fang Yu turned around and asked.

"Because the many rivers of Assyria do not produce silver trout themselves, they are transported to Assyria via the Istania-Fasa route. In order to ensure survival, these ships were equipped with water tanks and bulky oxygen generators, and a live wild silver trout could be sold for a sky-high price in the Assyria, and some nobles even did not hesitate to use warships - the 'silver trout route' was also born. Tata replied nonchalantly.

Fang Yu listened very fascinated: "If there is a chance, we can run this route." ”

"Transporting silver trout, that's a special commercial license." Tata's dream was shattered with a single word.

However, Fang Yu knew how the locals cooked silver trout.

One way to do this is to brush the trout with oil mixed with celery and aniseed leaves, grill it until golden brown, and serve it with lemon and salt and pepper to create a crispy exterior and a fluffy interior with a rich, layered flavor.

Just thinking about it, Fang Yuan's saliva came down, but in fact, he was a foodie. But the fantasy made the hunger more obvious, Fang Yu rubbed his stomach and stood up, looked around, and found a shallow beach to wade across the stream.

The 'Sword Plover' walker remained on alert and walked in front of the two.

In this mode, the walker is basically completely managed to the system, and the square plover doesn't even need to operate, but in this mode it only has a single marching mode - of course, if the reconnaissance module is installed, the system will occasionally stop to scan the surroundings.

Only in places where the terrain is a little more complicated, and the system is powerless, will the plover take over. The walker flew from side to side in his hands, and even ran between the rocks, without the help of the system at all, because Fang Yu found that this would allow him to practice his proficiency.

Soon the two of them were at the place that Tata had said.

There were traces of encampment in the forest.

The dead leaves have been swept away, revealing a soft layer of humus underneath. Someone built a makeshift stove out of stones on the soft soil, and his degree of expertise was as high as Fang Ou's, showing that the two men were not comparable in terms of skill investment in the direction of survival.

There are still traces of fixed tents around, there are about three, two small and one large, and Fang Yu estimated that there should be at least five people. There was no excrement of pack animals in the camp, or it had been disposed of—though since the other, more obvious traces had not been treated, it was unlikely.

An expedition team composed of several team members was sketched out in Fang Yuan's mind, and he didn't know anything about the composition of the personnel and the tasks of the team, and he didn't have professional tracking skills, but only drew conclusions through analysis.

Such teams are not uncommon in the area around town, which is at least a good sign that he may not be too far from Al Pahin.

Fang Yu checked it and found no other clues, and the wet embers in the wind stove indicated that the other party had been gone for a while, at least for several hours.

"How did you find this place, Tata?" He then turned around and asked.

"I found it when I was collecting Stardew."

Fang Plover knew that the stardew was not the dew on the grass and trees, but the nectar of the starlight flower.

The star flower blooms only at night, releasing pollen and secreting nectar during the period between the rise of the glow star and the setting of the moon before dawn. The nectar will disappear before the first rays of morning light appear, and the best time to collect them is before dawn.

The nectar of Starlight Flower is the essence of Elven Wine, a favorite of the elves, but Tata collects them mostly for the magic within. Although she is a dragon soul, she is still influenced by the memories and experiences of some goblins.

By the way, the Radiant Star is also the Dawn Star of Aitalia.

"Was there anyone here then?" Fang Yu asked again.

Tata shook his head. "They should have left not long after, though, when I saw embers in the campfire."

"It's a pity," Fang Yu said with some annoyance, "If we had come over a little more yesterday, maybe we would have been able to see each other's fire." ”

"But there's no guarantee that the other party will be friendly."

Fang Yu scratched his head, thinking about it, it seemed that this was indeed the case, Tata's words made him have more eyes, he hadn't forgotten the experience of the elven ruins.

The other party did not deliberately hide their whereabouts, and Fang Yu could roughly guess in which direction they were leaving. This made him a little lucky, otherwise with the other party's survival skill level, it would be easy to get rid of a novice like him.

But do you want to chase after it? Fang Yu was a little hesitant, if he continued to walk south, he would always be able to see the bay shore near Aichenpal, but he didn't know how long it would take.

Tata also reminded him: "If you leave the original direction, you may get lost, Mr. Knight." ”

"So be it." Fang Yu finally made up his mind, he was actually mainly worried about the situation in Elpahim - it was the traditional sphere of influence of the Rainbow Alliance, and he now had a bit of a shadow over the Grand Guild, and felt that it was necessary to clarify the situation before entering the territory of the 'enemy'.

"We chase in this direction for an hour, and if we don't see anyone for an hour, we turn back the way we came." He took out his pocket watch and shook it, probably the most valuable thing he had left—a gift from Kapka's apprentice craftsman, which he had assembled by himself.

Tata nodded.

So the two continued on their way. The terrain in front of us gradually lowered, and the last traces of the hilly landscape disappeared here, and the forests began to become flat, and the lowland forest finally revealed its true face.

Several streams converge here to form a dim, shallow swamp with island-like highlands and plants of the genus Ficus and Mangrove.

The huge banyan trees were not inferior to those of the ancient white oaks he had ever seen, they grew side by side, and their huge aerial roots grew into thick branches that hung down below the water's surface, some like a wall, and the branches were luxuriant.

The plover also saw two long-tailed spear storks, a giant predator up to two meters tall nesting at the top of a banyan tree, and the body of a freshwater crocodile hanging from the trunk of a tree that used its sword-like beak to tear off its scales and pull out its internal organs to feed the nestlings in the nest.

He was startled when he saw it, and quickly retreated with Tata holding his breath. The long-tailed spearstork is only a level 6 creature, but as a flying creature it is much more difficult than a predator on land, and walkers can barely attack flying creatures.

And conversely, it is much easier for the long-tailed spearstork to kill them.

Fortunately, when there is plenty of food and there is no provocation or threat, most wild animals and magical beasts will not take the initiative to attack people.

Fang Yu walked in that direction for another quarter of an hour before finally discovering the traces left by the person in front of him again. It was a dagger, lying in the grass glittering.

The trouble was that a dragon-feathered emu was also nearby, and the wingless bird with its indigo feathers, fiery red crest, and a strangely large jaw also intended to pick up the dagger as an ornament to attract mates, but when it spotted a competitor on the other side of the grass, it couldn't help but rage at the crown, spread its gorgeous feathers and let out an angry scream at the square plover.

Of course, Fang Yu couldn't give it the clues that he had found so hard.

He stepped forward, trying to drive the bird away.

But he didn't expect this tall bird to spew a mouthful of fire directly at him.

The people of Kaolin believed that the wingless bird had dragon blood, and now the plover was somewhat convinced. He hurriedly rolled sideways to dodge the fireball, and the flames scattered in all directions, but due to the proper dodging of the active dodge, his dodge value actually only dropped by more than ten points.

"Sword plover, up!"

He stretched out his hand and pointed, and two cold rays of light sent the walker down. But the dragon-feathered emu was also very reactive, and took a step back to make the 'Sword Plover' slash into the air, and plunged its blade foot into the muddy water.

The walker lost his balance for a moment, but the dragon feather emu was the same, and a light blue number appeared in Fang Yuan's field of vision, and the light blue color means evasion value damage, as high as one hundred and fifty-seven points.

This damage is enough to affect the balance of the Dragonfeather Emu.

It then stepped back into the muddy water, tilting its body to readjust its weight. But Fang Yuan's palm was reversed, his middle finger and index finger were cut, and the walker suddenly stretched out two bladed claws in the muddy water, moving forward.

The sword flashed, and the emu's thick claws snapped in response.

Its heavy, one-man tall body lost its balance and fell forward.

The only remaining brass frame on the square plover's gloves and the flexible rails on them spun wildly, and the walker's second pair of feet suddenly reached forward and plunged under the muddy water to stabilize his balance, and the entire torso twisted, and the two pairs of bladed claws swung upwards in a bright semicircle.

Just cut off the strange bird's fiery red head with a knife. As the liquid bladder was destroyed, the flammable liquid came into contact with the air and a spark exploded.

The 'Sword Plover' walker hurriedly dived down and sank into the water to avoid the flames, its wooden structure was afraid of fire and water. It's just that the gear set is in the mud and sand and needs to be cleaned up.

The whole battle was done in a flash of lightning, and Tata blinked slowly and looked up at him.

"This is a fourth-level creature."

Fang Yu also wiped his sweat and nodded: "It's a bit extreme, but fortunately it's a close-range battle, and the walkers who hit high at this distance actually restrain it." ”

"But from the panel, the 'Sword Plover' can't beat it."

"Luckily, the walker is much more powerful than the clockwork elf." Fang Yu sighed a little. The fourth-level creature is almost at the level of a third-level adventurer, which means that his performance just now is already at the level that a fighter should have.

Combat Professionals –

He couldn't help but look at his hands, slender and slender, still a pair of hands that belonged to a craftsman.

Tata has already flown over. Then he came to his senses, walked over and fished the walker out of the water, turning it over so that the water and mud and sand flowed out.

That's when Miss Fairy picked up the dagger.

"Mr. Knight, this doesn't seem to be a war tool."

"This dagger ......" Fang Yu was stunned for a moment when he saw the dagger - there was a seven-ring starlight chisel on the blade of the dagger.

"You know it, Mr. Knight?" Tata asked, holding the dagger in both hands.

"This emblem is the mark of Xingmen Port, this is the dagger of the trainees."

Fang Yu nodded.

"Stargate Harbor? Trainees? ”

Fang Yu scratched his head, not knowing how to explain to her about the Elector. But at this time, Miss Fairy reacted and asked, "Mr. Knight, is it the matter of the Elector?" ”

"Huh? You know? Fang Yu was stunned for a moment.

……