As the night deepened, the mist shrouded the forest like spider silk.

Before leaving, Mazak left behind a sum of money, a rare star peridot - worth tens of thousands of miles at least according to the sky blue estimate.

In addition, he also gave a small gift to Fang Ou - a silver amulet in the shape of an owl, whose scientific name is the amulet of insight, one of the works of the master forger. In Aitalia, the owl is meant to be a calm and wise bird, and this amulet has the same ability, helping the wearer clear the mind and improve the ability to calculate, and it is almost a superior replacement for the common sober amulets on the market.

But it's much rarer—

After Fang Yu put it on, he really felt that his mind was clear, and some sleepiness had faded like a tide. He looked left and right before he reacted and asked, "By the way, what about Hudi?" ”

"When Mr. Hu Di separated from us earlier, it seems that he said that he had gone back to the hotel." Kita replied in a whisper.

Fang Yu nodded.

Thinking that although the hotel was not safe, Hu Di should not rush into it recklessly, although there were many people hanging up in the commotion of the traveler's rest, there were also many people who escaped, including many staff members of the Kaolin Business Alliance. If Hudi joins those people, safety should be safe.

So he stopped asking.

The light of the bonfire in the wind stove gradually dimmed, the firewood collected was almost burned out, and everyone's clothes were gradually dried. Tianlan suddenly stood up, patted the floating soil on his body, and took the initiative to propose: "Let's leave when it's almost over, let's take Brother Ed to see the secret base." ”

Fang Yu was stunned. "This isn't your secret base?" He thought that this labyrinthine island in the swamp and surrounded by mangroves was their secret base.

Tianlan shook her head when she heard this: "Of course not," she replied mysteriously, "Our secret base is much more powerful than this place." It's still deeper, Sister Attila? ”

Attila nodded, picking up her spear and standing up.

The elven girl apparently had the role of a leader, and the others began to pack up. Luo Yu extinguished the bonfire, stepped on it, and then poured water to cool the ashes completely. Sky Blue on the side also took out a torch and lit it with a flint and steel.

After the fire dimmed, Paparal on the side woke up and asked with a blank face, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" Is the dragon back again, or is it still time to eat? Can we finish the supper before it arrives? ”

"There's no late-night snack, Mr. Parker." Kita replied.

"Huh?" Parker's eyes widened and he tried to open it wider, but always two black beans. He lay down on the ground in a large zigzag, his short hands and short feet stretched out, and shouted, "Then let the dragon eat me." ”

Without a supper, the Paparals become a supper.

Sky Blue smiled and leaned back.

Attila shook her head, took the torch from her hand, and walked forward.

Fang Plover followed the elven maiden as the team walked through a dense mangrove forest, a small island overgrown with grass, and the light of the torches seemed to reflect only a palm-sized area among the reeds.

The reeds are inhabited by some strange creatures, such as waders with curly and ornate feathers, a bit like herons, but apparently there are no such ornate storks on Earth. There are also some scaly Talon mink and shrew.

Beware of snakes, venomous aquatic ringsnakes and chain snakes - but elven maidens have a talent for survival in the wild, and that's pretty much the hunter's job. Not to mention that she's also a follower of Amea, a druid, who always sees danger before she does.

The road stretches deeper into the land, with only a few weird dead trees along the way, and the scenery seems a little boring. The starlight also appeared dim against the light of the torches, and the mist was blown by the wind, forming a strange shape like a ghost.

Kita seemed to be a little frightened, and followed everyone step by step with the huge book on her back. She walked behind Fang Yuan, and accidentally tripped over a rattan and nearly fell—if it weren't for Miss Fairy flying over and carrying her collar.

Thinking that it was Fang Yu who made a move, Kita carefully held on to the huge lens, and thanked him quietly with a red face.

Tian Lan muttered quietly on the side, asking Fang Yu if the master and servant had given him this goblin? Fang Yu was actually very strange in his heart, the fairy construction was not cheap, and it was difficult to buy it even if he didn't want to buy it.

The Paparals and Luo Yu were talking from behind, a little staccatory: "Seriously," Parker said, "I'm starting to miss the life of the Giant Tree Hill, no wonder the real Paparals never go out." ”

"But weren't you kicked out?" Luo Yu looked at him a little puzzled.

"No, no, I just think the Mountain Lord's hat is ridiculous......"

"And accidentally said it?" Sky Blue looked back and asked with a grin.

Paparal was so angry that he grabbed the mud and threw it at her.

The little girl screamed, laughing and mingling with the latter.

"Are you guys on an outing?" Luo Yu asked angrily.

Fang Yu thought so——

The team had not been long on the march when Attila suddenly stopped. Sky Blue seemed to notice something, and stopped fighting, and rushed over with an arrow - almost knocking Kita down, so angry that the latter glared at her angrily.

Tianlan gave her an apologetic look embarrassedly, and then parted the long grass in a master's posture and introduced Fang Yu in a show-off tone: "Dangdang, welcome to Sister Atila's secret little base. ”

"Why mine?" Attila looked at her inexplicably.

The little French girl winked at her a little mischievously.

However, Fang Yu looked at the scene in front of him and was speechless in surprise.

Ahead is a giant beast.

The beast looked a bit like a rhinoceros, covered in hair, with three rows of sharp horns and a long tail. It was twelve to fourteen meters long, about the length of a bus, with a flat back about two and a half people stacked on top of each other.

Against the backdrop of the firelight, it resembles a swaying hill.

The beast sensed someone, turned back and looked at them curiously with its wrinkled brown eyes, and when it saw Attila, it immediately mooed as close as a cow.

"Ha," Tianlan was also very happy when she saw this, and waved her hand to greet the big guy: "Hello Mr. Gray Rock, we are back, have you taken good care of the big cat?" ”

It's a Grey Ridge Negative Hill Beast—

The negative hill is a large herbivorous mammal that maintains its social habits. They know a little about them, a large creature found mainly in the mountains of the Stilik Peninsula and in the steppes of the hills east of the Empire, and the wild Grey Ridge Negative Hill Beast lives in groups and migrators, they are quite intelligent and gentle, and they are not afraid to get along with humans due to their lack of natural predators and curiosity.

It is for this reason that the herders of Tasya train them as pack animals and consider them members of their families and tribes. The culture of the Tassia people is very closely related to the Grey Ridge Negative Beast, from which both the pack house culture and the nomadic nomadic custom of the Tassia are born, and they are given their first property in life and a lifelong companion - a young beast. If it is a woman, on the day she marries as an adult, the Grey Ridge Negative Hill Beast will be her most generous dowry.

Fang Yu looked back in surprise: "This is your pack beast?" ”

Beasts of burden, the most valuable treasure of adventurers. In Aitalia, the Great Pack Beasts even have a reputation as land boats, and they are second only to floating ships.

When he was still in the Dawn Star Adventure Party, Miss Scapet had been trying to get a large pack beast for the team. However, because the large pack beasts are too expensive, they have not been able to do so.

In fact, some of the most rare species of large pack beasts are no cheaper than the low-level floatships - such as the Cato Brepas Behemoth, the former being the petrified cow and the Walking Mountain, which is named after the mythical monster.

That's why Fang Yu was so surprised.

Although the Grey Ridge Negative Hill Beast is not a large pack beast, it is also the largest type of medium pack beast. In addition, the Tasya people are conservative and avoid the world, and rarely communicate with outsiders, so the Gray Ridge Negative Hill Beast on the market can be said to be extremely rare.

"Of course not," Sky Blue shook her head, "This is the beast of burden of the Kaulin Merchant Alliance, which we rented in Elpahin." But we've made a lot of money this time, and maybe we'll be able to buy Mr. Greystone when we go back. ”

"This name was also chosen by someone from the Chamber of Commerce?"

"Of course not, I took it, how about it, isn't it great?" Tian Lan's expression of "Come and praise me" made Fang Yu can't bear to look at it, he really wants to know which part of this behemoth is gray from beginning to end?

But after thinking about it, he wisely chose not to speak.

Fang Yu thought to himself that this was what made him smarter than Luo Yu-

And Tianlan was also pulling Luo Yu over, and introduced with some pride: "The pack house above here is Luo Yu's masterpiece." It only took a week to complete, and even the dwarfs in the Kaolin Business Alliance were full of praise. ”

Luo Yu shook his head and replied, "It's all up to everyone's help, especially Miss Atira's druid abilities have helped a lot. ”

Attila smiled and nodded.

Only then did Fang Plover raise his head and see that the wooden platform on the back of the beast was a bit like the sedan chair on the back of an elephant, but it was wider than that, there were four in total, and they were connected to each other—that was the Taixia Pack House.

The so-called Tasia pack house is essentially nothing more than a house on a wooden platform, because it is carried on the back of a pack beast, hence the name. There are suspension bridges between the front and back wooden houses, and the left and right are hard wooden planks, forming the shape of two saddles on the back of the Ash Ridge Negative Hill Beast, like two arch bridges.

The wooden house in front is open, with a place for an animal trainer or a motorist in the middle; The wooden house at the back is semi-sealed, more similar to a carriage. Fang Ou could see the Guy Crystal on it at a glance, and this structure was indeed similar in nature to the Tasya Pack House - using a unique skill in using the Guy Crystal to maintain the center and balance of the platform, and reduce the burden on the pack beast.

Rather than a bulky alchemical load-bearing structure.

But this is also the secret of the Tasia people, Fang Yu couldn't help but look at Luo Yu with some curiosity.

"I figured it out myself, Mr. Ed," Luo Yu was a little embarrassed. "Actually, the alchemy structure and the Guy crystal are used at the same time, but the alchemy structure is hidden under the platform, and the size is also much smaller, thanks to Miss Attila's help."

He thanked Attila again.

"No wonder the staff of the Chamber of Commerce are also full of praise." Fang Yu thought to himself, this can be regarded as another way, and the principle must not be simple, otherwise the other alchemists and carpenters would have come up with a similar solution long ago.

Fang Yu couldn't help but look at it again and muttered, "This is your secret base?" ”

It's quite a pretty good base, with pack beasts and pack houses, which are not available for some small adventure groups - even though the pack beasts aren't their own.

He hadn't finished thinking about it yet—

A huge head suddenly appeared on the platform, almost startling him. It was a lion's head, with a fiery red mane, a broad chin and a flat forehead, and pale silver eyes that looked extremely graceful—only a little sleepy-eyed, and raised his paws to rub his eyes.

Then it suddenly opened its mouth:

"Ah, you're back, I saw someone making a fire on the island, and I knew it was you," it yawned, "but you haven't been here for a long time, and I'm asleep again." ”

"Hello, Mr. Red," Azure smiled and beckoned to the lion, "Brother Ed, this is Mr. Red, it's Sister Atira's friend." A noble lion Templar, the Paladin of Marland. ”

Fang Yu had already recognized the other party's race at this time—the golden village of Rotao, the lonely high man on the gray field, who regarded honor and loyalty as his life, and the big cats of Marlan - the Rotao Lion Man.

The lionman looked at him with a narrow gaze.

"Uh-" it muttered, "Hello another little human boy." ”

"Another one?" Fang Yu turned his head to look at Luo Yu.

Luo Yu coughed unprecedentedly.

……

Traveler's Rest, Dragon Horn Hall.

The pitch-black hall presented a completely different scene from the brilliant lights of not long ago—empty and silent, the black fog was dissipating little by little, leaving a thick layer of dust on the overturned tables, chairs, and utensils.

In addition to the spider silk that has not spread, it is like a scene that has not been visited for many years:

The dragons, dragonmen, guests, and guards were gone, leaving only the aftermath of the apocalypse.

The monstrous horns hanging from the dome above the hall were long gone, leaving only a broken 'skylight', and the starlight poured down, forming a pillar of light in the center of the hall, and the clear light shone on the stone platform in the center.

Twelve giants carved in stone, holding up a stone plate, on which a golden ring shines.

In the darkness, a gaze fell on this ring that no one cared about.

The smoke fell suddenly, recondensing into a cloaked figure, but the cape's hood had been torn by a bullet, revealing half of his handsome face below.

The short silver hair was soft against the cheeks, a pair of long pointed ears, and the narrow and beautiful eyes had a heart-wrenching beauty, but they were a little indifferent, and the golden flame was reflected in the depths of the silver eyes.

The young man stretched out his hand to the stone platform, extinguished the golden fire, and held it in his palm.

A rush of footsteps came from behind—

The boy turned his head and frowned, just in time to see the annoying face appear in his field of vision. And after running such a long distance, the latter was also slightly panting, but when Zhang Tianmu saw the young man, he immediately raised the magic guide gun and pointed at the other party.

He immediately snapped again.

"You are ......" Zhang Tianmu looked at that face, with a surprised look in his eyes, and blurted out: "Wait a minute! ”

But the boy's figure is fading.

Seeing this, Zhang Tianmu pulled the trigger without hesitation, and the fire flashed, and the lead bullet penetrated the opponent's body, hitting the wall behind him with a bang, and the stone chips were splashing.

But the boy just looked at him steadily, and his body rippled like water lines, and finally disappeared.

was so angry that Zhang Tianmu kicked the chair next to him and flew out.

"Remember my rules," at this time, a voice came from the other side of the hall, Zhang Tianmu turned around, only to see the owner of the inn, a tall man, walking out from that direction with a serious expression: "The damage will be compensated ten times the price-"

"You still care about this?" Zhang Tianmu said angrily: "Where have you been, have you seen it, that guy took that thing away." ”

"That's true."

Mazak was a little unanswered.

He looked up, staring blankly at the hole in the dome of the Dragonhorn Hall, and at the Dragonhorn that was no longer there.

……