Mount Piriede climbs steeply and almost in a straight line as far as the eye can see, like the figure of a giant standing between the heavens and the earth, until it fills everyone's eyes.

As the mountains rise, the vegetation on the surface rapidly transitions from rainforest to broad-leaved forest belts, and the trees gradually thin, covered with shrubs and rocks, and the gray color begins to become the mainstream.

Further up, only moss and lichen remained, and valleys scattered with desert rocky beaches, with steep cliffs and mist on the peaks.

The black cumulonimbus cloud was thousands of meters high, and even a corner of it obscured the part above the glacier line, Fang Ou felt a slight chill on the back of his hand, and looked up to see that the churning clouds brought a trace of rain.

Showers are coming.

The walnut in the ground looked at the shadow of this lofty mountain, and talked about the information he had:

"From here there was a camp to the south, from which they walked along the mountain path into Mount Piried, where there should be a valley."

Fang Plover is familiar with such camps, and there are always many such temporary camps in areas infested by adventurers. Some of the temporary ones became permanent, and the locals who were in the adventurer's business – in this case, the lizardmen of the rainforest, formed villages and even towns over time.

There are even short boats between Orenze, Pačva and such camps, bringing adventurers and groups who don't have a sailboat across the rainforest.

If it weren't for them, Ms. Esalie and her teammates would have taken such a short route.

However, most of these ships are not dedicated passenger ships, but expedition ships owned by guilds and groups large and small in the area.

Running passenger transport is only to make use of the wind boats and avoid the idling of guild property that has been maintained at great expense; Of course, compared with the sky-high maintenance costs of the windboat, that meager income can only be said to slightly balance the income and expenditure.

Some business-minded people have built a passenger transport business that even goes deep into the inner hinterland of Azuka, in the harsh rainforest swamps known as the land of green hell.

Most of the adventurers who can take this route are not of low rank, and they have long passed the stage of worrying about a little travel expenses, so most of the boats that take this route can maintain a lot of income.

But in a wild area with few routes, outside the law, there will always be people who lose their ships, some people lose their lives, and sometimes it all depends on luck.

Fang Yu flipped through the community, in addition to the abuse and exposure, it was simply blood and tears, and he couldn't help but be speechless.

The window of the community was holographically projected in front of him, and Sylvid also watched silently, and spoke: "Aitaria has always been a dangerous and chaotic place, comparable to your civilized world, don't let you be deceived by the prosperity of alchemy that you saw in Elpahim, Kapka, and the Old Kingdom, which is the heartland of the kingdom." But more often than not, there are no rules, not to mention that even within the kingdom, political struggles are brutal and bloody - poisoning, assassination, and you will see many things that only happen in your history. ”

Fang Yu nodded, feeling a little touched.

Sylvide looked past the faint window and looked at the distant mountains:

"But for many of you, perhaps that's the beauty of this world, where risks and opportunities coexist, and where stories of careerists are also satisfying the fantasies of those who share the same qualities."

She gently ruffled her hair with her hand, "Actually, I'm one of those people, did I surprise the captain?" ”

Fang Yu did look at her with some surprise.

Sylvest smiled, "If it weren't for that, I would have accepted my fate." But the more people like this, the more sensitive they are to the surrounding environment, and now that I think about it, the reason why I chose the captain is probably because of this reason. ”

She suddenly looked back at Fang Yuan:

"Is the captain ambitious?"

Fang Yu was stunned.

He doesn't know if he has the same ambition, but the yearning for heroes is probably part of his ambition.

The walnut in the ground suddenly grabbed the side of the ship, pointed in one direction and shouted, "I see that way." ”

The thin mountain path was passing through the canyon, looming in the clouds.

The sudden situation interrupted Fang Yuan's train of thought, and he immediately called the boatswain and asked:

"Mr. Baggins, can we go down?"

But the latter told them that the Seven Seas Traveler could no longer get close to Mount Piried.

The passage through the mountains is probably one of the most dangerous flying areas in the world, and the complex air currents brought about by the difference in calorific value at different altitudes and the thin distribution of wind elements at high altitudes will make the sailboats encounter many dangers.

Only the larger ships with more advanced Gay generators were qualified to claim to conquer the world above the glacier line, while the Seven Seas Traveler could only circumnavigate north along the foothills.

"Gotta figure figure out."

Fang Yu stared at the inverted mountain road that winded on the cliff and said.

Luo Hao also shook his head, "But we can't reach that height, Ed." ”

However, Fang Yu quickly came up with a solution:

"Descending into the valley below, we split up, and the Seven Seas Traveler continued north, sailing along the northern rim of Mount Piried. The rest crossed the mountain by land, and we met at Kailanao about a week later. ”

The ship and the expedition split up, and this was indeed a viable approach.

It's just that Luo Hao looked at Fang Yu and asked, "Then how are you going to break up the staff?" ”

"Mr. Big Cat Man is with us," Fang Plover predicted a possible battle, "you stay on the ship with Baggins and Miss Attila, and I will take one of the three spellcasters, and you will choose." ”

"You bring Ji Ta with you," Luo Hao thought for a moment and replied, "After all, compared to the box and Luo Yu, she hasn't had much experience in the recent past. ”

Fang Yu nodded, he actually thought the same thing.

In addition to the big cat man and Ji Ta, their expedition team also included Parker, Sky Blue and Tang Xin, a little girl from the land of beautiful irises claimed that she was going to work hard recently, so Fang Yu simply caught her.

Tang Xin is the only healer in this team, and at the same time, she also needs to level up.

Of course, Ai Xiaoxiao is also not of high level, but this is an adventure after all, and you can't bring too many oil bottles, so you can only consider bringing her next time, so that everyone will take turns to improve their level.

As with most guilds, this is how adventures in Aitaria are carried out in a way that brings the old with the new, and this is not an innovation.

The only thing that surprised Fang Yu was that Sylvid looked at him with bright eyes and said to him seriously:

"I'm going too, Ed."

Under the playful, long eyelashes, a pair of eyes as agile as a fawn, the sea blue is like a magnificent jewel, and the towering mountains and his shadow are reflected inside.

She added: "Remember the obelisks, the ruins underground, I know better than you." And you need someone who knows how to find your way through the harsh environment. ”

"We've got Miss Scholar."

"Kita is not from our world after all, I can fill in the gaps for you."

"But the ship also needs someone to guide the way......"

"Baggins is on board."

"Captain."

The captain, who was a little ridiculous, finally made Fang Yu react.

She had a point. But Fang Yu saw a strong sense of reluctance from the eyes of the ship's officer, and she didn't want to be separated from her for a moment, let alone let him go on an adventure alone.

He paused for a moment, and finally nodded slightly.

So there were two more people on the expedition, Sylvid and Shesta, who helped her carry her luggage.

The ship staggered down to a valley with layers of rainforest, but the dense canopy prevented it from lowering further, forcing the group to land in small boats.

Sylvid wore a wool cloak, a tight-fitting adventurer's outfit, straight trousers, and a pair of dragon fur boots underneath to ease her trek through the mountains. His hair was tied in a bunch, with a wide-brimmed hat with bullets inserted into the belt, and behind it hung the Gunner's magic furnace and a glowing orthogonogram.

A silver handcuff hung from one side—a lizardman's jungle hunting knife on the other, its blade shining in a leather scabbard.

She leapt from the dinghy and landed on the soft ground of the jungle, looking neat and capable.

Looking at Sylvid, who was smiling at her, Fang Yu suddenly understood what Miss Ship Officer was like in her past adventures.

The others also disembarked from the ship, and in addition to the members of the Seven Seas Brigade, the members of the expedition included Miss Betty and Walnut who acted as guides.

The commoner girl, also dressed in an adventurer's outfit and with a handkerchief tied up in her hair, seemed a little unaccustomed to this outfit, but refused the help of the others and disembarked from the dinghy by herself.

Only the walnuts in the ground went up to help.

He asked if the other party had lost anything, and then told her to follow them closely. Betty glanced at him with brown eyes and nodded slightly.

Several people from the Art Dispute Guild couldn't help but laugh when they saw this scene.

Fang Yu and Sylvide also glanced at each other and smiled knowingly.

Everyone could see that the young man was interested in Becky, and even the girl herself had a hint of obsessiveness. She may not understand what she was thinking, but at least she didn't refuse—

On the ship, she kept her distance from everyone, trusting only the walnut underground.

Only the latter was unaware of this, and thought he was acting seamlessly.

But no one said anything.

After all, the wine brewed by hazy feelings is often more mellow than intense feelings, and it may always become a memory, or it may blossom, but in any case it is enough to leave something precious.

……

After Sylvid had recorded the coordinates with the pocket star tracker and determined the bearings, the team began to follow the direction of the valley towards Mount Piried.

Overhead, the Seven Seas Traveler lifted off and turned north, and everyone looked up through the canopy in the valley, the windboat like a leaf floating in the air, the sky was overcast, and from time to time a flash of lightning flashed between the clouds.

Soon, only a tiny speck remained in that direction.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the Seven Seas Traveler had completely disappeared from view.

In Aitalia, the compass is often useless, and the star orbiter is the only device that can determine the exact direction between air and land. The principle of this sophisticated magic instrument comes from the star attraction technique of the Noumerin elves, and it was not invented by the Korin people until 300 years ago, and since then the sea voyage between land and air has flourished.

Over the past three centuries, thanks to the efforts of countless craftsmen, the smallest star orbiters have been able to shrink to the size of a palm. Since then, even those who have traveled long distances across the continent have gradually abandoned other obsolete navigational equipment.

However, using the star tracker requires considerable skill, and most adventurers still use primitive means to confirm their bearings, and only a few professional guilds have their own navigators and navigators.

Sylvede's knowledge of navigation came almost entirely from his family roots, and Baggins often said that few of his peers could match his young lady in terms of sailing skills.

Although most of the people on the ship thought that this was a kind of praise from the boatswain to his young lady, in the limited time he had learned about it, Fang Yu had already discovered that his young lady seemed to be of extraordinary level.

At least the last time I entered the elemental layer to find a passage to the deep sea, it was a skill that only those experienced old captains would have.

Of course, isn't it a matter of course that my own ship's captain is so powerful?

Fang Yu didn't think it was strange.

The team made their way along the valley, and it wasn't long before the rain poured down, crashing against the canopy of the dense forest and making a fluttering sound. The dense jungle had not yet allowed raindrops to fall down the canopy, but the valleys were already covered with rain and mist.

By five o'clock in the afternoon, it was already completely dark, and the heavy rain made it impossible to continue on the way, and the team had to stop for a while. Fang Yu ordered the crowd to cut down a few nearby trees, made a temporary shelter with dense branches, and then set up a tent to shelter from the rain.

Sky Blue, who had been in high spirits a few hours ago, was now crying bitterly, soaking wet and shivering with cold, and there was no steaming, warm meal that Miss Ettila had prepared, only cold, hard dry food that could barely be eaten.

Although the canopy worked well, they had already been drenched in soup before that, the lit bonfire emitted only a slight heat in the darkness, and the boys and girls were divided into two sides, drying their clothes.

Fortunately, they had anticipated the heavy rain and had enough spare clothes.

Parker muttered, took off his boots, and watched as the water poured out of them formed a waterfall that merged with the water outside the tent.

Nearby is the only high ground in the valley, and if it is only a few hours of showers, even flash floods or mudslides will not affect the area. But that doesn't mean it's completely safe, and no one knows how long the last two rains of the season will last.

And the flood sometimes brings herds.

Fang Yu hung his wet clothes on the wooden shelf, watched the white smoke rising from it, then untied the goblins from the belt, put on the control gloves, and threw them one by one into the rain outside.

There is no short circuit in the magic guide, and the rain does not interfere with the flexible construction operation, and at most there will be some load on the flight, and adjusting this balance is nothing for Fang Yuan.

Only then did he rejoice that he had fortunately installed a night vision module for the silver bee, which came in handy now, and in such an environment, even if Miss Nightingale was there, it would not be of much use, and the large-scale vigilance was the specialty of the combat craftsmen.

Before he set off this time, he put all the original outfit on the Seven Seas Traveler, bringing only four dragon hunters and more than twenty rangers. These rangers were all he had produced in recent times, and he had used up almost one-third of the Earth Source Crystal, filling the space inside the information crystal.

In addition to these two types of main battle builds, the one he brought the most was the Silver Bee, and this was the first time he brought other types of builds, more than the fire djinn.

Fang Yu also wanted to see how much of his combat power was without the help of the Fire Giant Spirit.

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