Locke reluctantly followed Dalyan out of the barracks, followed by several soldiers to keep them safe. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After much hesitation, Locke still wanted to make sure.

"Are you sure you're going to find that maggot? Are you sure you're going to eat their meat? ”

The maggots in Locke's mouth are the long, thick yellow scavengers that roamed the plague lands in the game of his previous life. Its shape resembles a maggot maggot that has been magnified dozens of times, and its mouth is a mouthpiece with a figure of ten spread out.

At a time when Eastern Lordaeron was not yet affected by the plague, there were no such disgusting maggots here. And when the plague struck, countless humans died in their homes or in the wild. In Locke's mind, the maggots must have crawled from the corpse. Maybe it's a human corpse, maybe it's a beast's corpse, but now the origin of this bug is beyond scrutiny.

Perhaps because of the carrion, it is a delicate and delicious meal with high nutrition and high protein under the protection of their yellow and thick chitin hard shell.

According to Locke's understanding, the soldiers of the First and Third Legions in this land improved their lives by eating the flesh of these maggots. The meat of all the beasts in the wild has been infected with the plague, but these disgusting-looking creatures who eat carrion are not poisonous.

This was a bit difficult for Locke to accept, even though he had in mind the relevant practices for handling the meat. But he felt that he had not yet reached the point where he was going to eat maggots, and that in this vast land of plague, how could there be carrion of animals for them to eat? Obviously, the last thing that is lacking here is the carrion of human beings....

And because of the large number of carrion corpses in the plague lands, the nutrition of these scavengers can keep up, and they can grow several tons one by one, and wriggle and crawl like earthworms and maggots in the wild. If someone who doesn't open their eyes accidentally swallows it, then maybe one day other humans will kill this maggot and find bones in its stomach pouch that have not yet completely corroded...

"How can you call this delicacy such a disgusting name?" Dalyan disagreed with Locke, "though they do not look very good." According to my father, it was this scavenging insect that fed many people. Because only their flesh is not poisonous in this land. ”

"Besides, under the erosion of hunger, it's better to eat than nothing, right?"

Well, Locke genuinely felt that he and Westerners were really not the same kind of creatures.

"Whatever you want, I'll only be responsible for killing you for a while, and you can do the rest yourself!" Locke frowned with a look of disgust, "I can't accept this disgusting bug. ”

Dalyan shrugged, "It doesn't matter, I've been on my own since I was very young. Many times my father and Renault ate my cooking, and it was not difficult for me to peel the skin and extract the meat. ”

The group walked along the wooden fence of the barracks towards the woodland, unlike the ubiquitous mushroom forest. Some trees are not affected by the plague, or are not deeply affected. These trees have only mushroom rhizomes at the bottom, and green branches and leaves on the top. And this kind of place is generally a place where you can live and live.

Along the way, Dalyan told Locke from time to time about the deliciousness of this food, to which Locke could only hehehe.

If I am possessed by Bei Ye, you are making me eat cow dung! I can eat it too! It's a pity that I'm me, I'm not Bei Ye, so you better eat it yourself.

While Locke endured the bombardment of Dalyan's words, they came to the position of the guard post.

There are civilians here who are negotiating something with the soldiers.

"Please! Go find him! He just said to look for some meat to eat, but he didn't expect to come back for so long! ”

"No just no way! You traders are not unaware of the threats in this land. Maybe something has happened to your companions, so don't bother with it. The leading sergeant refused the merchants' pleas.

Locke, who was far away, heard the conversation between them, and saw them through the woods in between.

The men hadn't left, still gathering around the sentinels, pleading.

The young sergeant's bitter pleading made the young sergeant a little unbearable, and he thought for a moment and said to the men, "It is useless for you to tell me this, we are only sentinels. Our duty is to be here, and if you really need help, you can go to the barracks at the bridgehead and find our commander somewhere. Maybe he'll do you a favor. ”

"Thank you! Thank you! The group bowed and thanked the soldiers, and soon began to discuss together.

After a while, the people split into two waves and rushed in the direction of Locke, and the wave was still waiting there.

When this wave of people passed by Locke, they bowed respectfully to them. waited for Locke and the others to leave, and then hurriedly rushed to the side of the barracks.

"Hello Commander." The young sergeant saluted Locke and the others with vigilant soldiers, and the civilians on the side bent respectfully on the side.

"What happened to them?" Locke asked, pointing to the civilians over there.

"Commander, they're a bunch of merchants. Just before, one of them had gone alone into the woods. We've warned of the danger here, and he's gone. Now they're coming and want us to help them find their companions. ”

Locke turned his head to look at the civilians over there, perhaps hearing the soldier report Locke's words. The merchants hurried up and bowed to Locke, begging him to help find their companions.

The merchants were dressed in tatters, and the ragged clothes made of linen had patches on them. There is a slight dish color on the face, slightly white. Chronic malnutrition had left them a little thin, and they looked at Locke pleadingly.

"Where are you from? Where to go? Why take this path? Locke asked them carefully, looking at their dress and state not like people from the Cursed Sect. If it's a civilian, it's okay to help, and they're going to go into the woods anyway.

"Venerable lord, we are all people of the Hearthvale Valley. As you can see, we are all merchants, and we have been doing business on this road since our Crusaders cleared it and connected it to the hands of Tyr. The woman in the lead, dressed in a long black linen dress, looked at Locke respectfully with an expectant look on her face.

"You're merchants?" Locke looked the group up and down, "It doesn't look like a rich man." How much money do you make on this trip? ”

The woman sighed, she looked at the yellowed ground and said, "The Valley of the Hearthplace is overcrowded, and many of the survivors have gone there. If it weren't for the fact that the Valley of the Hearth really couldn't find anything to do, no food and no place to live, we wouldn't have chosen to venture out and take this trade route. ”

"We're just small traders, not big traders. We could only earn less than one gold coin on a trip, and this was due to the lack of supplies on both sides. But here the road is full of dangers, and every day merchants are captured by those monsters on this trade road. The woman sighed and continued.

"We small businessmen have no choice but to walk together in a team, so that we can take care of things."

Locke nodded, it is always the common people who suffer in the face of this kind of catastrophe. The difference in identity and status becomes more pronounced in this environment.

"Honorable sir, can you help us?" The woman looked at Locke expectantly, and suddenly she seemed to understand something, and said to Locke, "Sir, please wait a moment. ”

Under Locke's astonished gaze, the woman gathered all their merchants together and muttered, and it wasn't long before the woman came over.

She held a small cloth bag in her hand and handed it to Locke.

"What is this?" Locke didn't pick it up, he asked the woman with a frown.

"Sir, we can only come up with this money. Please, save our companions. When the woman's words ended, the surrounding merchants pleaded.

"Shall we help them?" Dalyan, who had been watching behind him for a long time, was a little unbearable, and he stepped forward to ask Locke. "They're so pathetic."

Locke didn't speak, he turned and walked in front of the soldiers, telling the guards to keep an eye on the men and keep them from entering the woodland.

The merchants behind him looked disappointed, and even Dalyan was a little unhappy with Locke's decision.

"Let's go, let's go find the maggots you want." Locke beckoned Dalyan, and he led the way into the woodland.

When scavengers, they wriggle like earthworms. Therefore, where they passed, there were layers of deep friction on the ground, and there were traces of miscellaneous. Just follow these traces and you will be able to find those scavengers.

Maybe since the last trial, Locke has become afraid of death. At all times, he was always accompanied by a company of guardsmen.

The matter of finding traces of scavenging insects was naturally left to those soldiers to find.

Locke and Dalyan wandered around the woodlands here, waiting for information from the soldiers.

"Why don't you help them? Isn't there a word of mercy in our paladin's creed? Dalyan's puzzled voice came from behind Locke, "Isn't it something we should do to be kind to the weak?" ”

Hearing Dalyan say this, Locke glanced back at him, and then continued to wander through the woodland, not answering him.

"Am I not right? Or am I misunderstood? Isn't that what we paladins are supposed to do? Dalyan continued to ask, somewhat angrily. How can we reject the cries of the wretched? It's just a small thing for you! Isn't it? ”

"yes, it's a small thing." Locke nodded, not answering him directly.

"Then why don't you help them? That's not how the Light guides us! Dalyan walked briskly in front of Locke, blocking his path.

"Answer me! Locke! Dalyan looked at him with fierce eyes, as if he was not satisfied with the posture of a duel.