Chapter 27: The Road
"Mr. Harvey? Mr. Harvey? ”
"Huh?"
Locke hurriedly opened his eyes and sat up with a swish. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Scarface Mario stands in the doorway, and it's dark outside.
It's time to stand guard yourself.
Locke stretched out his arms and stretched back for a big slouch.
"I've done some precautionary measures outside the house, be careful not to bump into them."
Locke nodded, took out the heirloom sword of the Agamande family from his backpack, and walked out.
"Where's your armor?"
Scarface Mario walks into the room and sits down.
"I don't have armor, and I don't need armor for the time being."
"Okay, you can rest quickly, I'm here, it's okay."
Locke tilted his neck from side to side and walked out.
He had to admit that he was disgusted by the remark.
That armor was worn by a dead man.
Locke, who has a habit of cleanliness, will not wear it unless it is absolutely necessary.
Sleepless nights.
The sky gradually brightened, and the ruins of the gallon's haunted house were also filled with a thick fog.
Locke got up and walked out of the hiding place, moving his hands and feet that had not moved for a long time, and walked into the house.
Scarface Mario is still sleeping in the house, and the armor on his body has not been taken off.
Seeing this, Locke lowered the sound of his footsteps, but it still woke him up.
Scarface rolled over and stood up.
"Sorry to wake you up."
Locke apologized.
"I'm going outside to pack my things."
Scarface Mario didn't say anything, got up and moved his hands and feet, turned his neck up and down, and walked out.
Soon, the two were sitting around the campfire, eating the turkey that Locke had taken out of his magic bag.
"I have a suggestion, avoid the dangerous gnolls ahead. We walked around the gallon haunted house and headed north. ”
Locke knew a few things about the Gnoll, and he remembered the trumpet killer Hogg in the Elwyn Forest, the strong Gnoll.
Gnolls are one of the notorious humanoids in World of Warcraft, who live in hordes to rob and attack lone sapient creatures as their rations. The largest and most powerful of them were the chiefs, while the weaker gnolls were to be eaten in the absence of food.
Their tribe ranges from 20 to 200 at the largest, and they range from scouts, archers, and even shamans and druids connected to the forces of nature. Their tactics are very simple, they attack when there are many people, retreat when there are few people, and they also like to ambush their prey if conditions permit, and if they suffer large casualties, they will collapse on the battlefield and flee in all directions.
Locke paused, looked at Scarface, and asked for his opinion.
Mario nodded, motioning for Locke to continue.
"Directly north of us is the Endless Sea, and on the coast there, there is a Fish-Man tribe, the Darkscale Tribe, and we don't need to fight them, just stick to the edge of the forest, walk along the coastline, and as long as we bypass the Gallon Haunted House, we will enter the forest and head southeast until we reach the Clear Water Lake."
"Be warned, though, that although they're less than 2 feet tall, these little creatures are very dangerous, and when they are discovered, they will besiege you in droves, and some will use the power of the tides to use magic. Until you are knocked down by them and then pulled into their nest by the sea and become their food. ”
Locke cautiously reminded Scarface.
"Then do as you say, just tell me how to do it!"
Mario said solemnly.
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The two went around the house complex and into the forest.
Scarface habitually took over the task of exploring the way ahead.
And scouts are really what Locke is not good at.
Scarface, who was scouting in front of him, suddenly turned around, put his index finger to his mouth, and made a silent gesture at Locke.
Locke paused, stood still, bent over, and pulled out the heirloom sword.
In front of Scarface, he handed the big sword to his left hand, and with his right hand, he slowly pulled out a short-handled axe from his magic bag, weighed it up and down in his hand a few times, aimed at the target in front of him and threw it fiercely, followed by holding the sword with both hands, and charged out.
A terrible barking of earth dogs came out.
Locke also hurriedly followed.
Scarface is fighting a gnoll!
The gnolloll was about 6 feet tall, covered in fluffy gray-green fur, and resembled a hyena, with yellow teeth, blood-red eyes, and a dirty tail wagging back and forth.
Around its neck, a short-handled axe was embedded in it, red blood splattering outward.
Locke charged, swinging his sword and slashing at its neck.
The Gnoll was using a tattered wooden bow to block Scarface's attack, and he didn't have time to pay attention to the charging Locke.
Immediately, a mournful scream came out of its mouth.
The dog-like head flew up, blood gushing out of the severed neck.
Splash on their bodies.
"Run! It's just a scout, and there's its kind nearby. ”
Locke yells at Scarface to run.
Nearby there was a faint sound of gnolls, the sounds of a barking dog.
Being surrounded by this group of gnolls will not be very good.
The two of them spread their feet and fled due north.
In the deep forest, the twigs and mantle plants constantly blocked the footwork of the two of them.
The two of them can't take care of it, holding their heads is running!
I don't know how long I ran, until I heard the sound of waves crashing against the reef in front of them, and the two of them stopped.
"We're going to the beach! Wash off the blood stains on your body, or you will have countless troubles to find you. ”
Locke gasped and looked at the woods behind him.
"But the fish-man by the sea..."Scarface questioned a little.
"The coastline is so far away, you can't necessarily meet a fishman, right?"
Locke said uncertainly.
"Let's go! Give it a try. ”
The two of them moved again, and soon came to the beach.
The sea was foggy, and the waves crashed against the reef in waves.
Luckily, there are no fish-people here.
The two hurriedly jumped into the sea.
The water is so cold!
Although the harvest moon has just passed, the weather has slowly become cooler, and the sea water is not as refreshing as the midsummer moon.
Locke shuddered involuntarily.
In order not to be discovered by the fish-men, the two washed off the blood stains on their bodies and walked along the coastline against the edge of the jungle towards the southeast.
Along the way, from time to time, I saw the shallow area of the Endless Sea, and there were some green fishmen running on the beach and in the waves.
At noon, after passing through a large ginkgo forest, the two finally arrived at Cheshui Lake.
And it was not far from the Crusaders' control area.
Located in the east-central part of the Tirisfard Woodlands, Cheshui Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the area, with a diameter of 10 kilometers and a narrowest point of 3 kilometers.
Rich in freshwater fish, the lake was once one of the main freshwater fish suppliers in Lordaeron City, and the many fishing boats on the lake left a deep memory on the young Locke, but now, this huge freshwater lake is empty, only a faint mist drifting on the water, and countless fish are jumping on the water.
"I'll let you see the techniques of the Fishing Grand Master today!"
When Scarface on the side heard this, the corners of his mouth rarely twitched, and he was very disdainful.
Locke wandered around the ginkgo tree for a while, and when he came out, he had a large section of trunk in his hand.
He chopped off the trunk of the tree, removing the branches and leaves from it, and turned to Scarface to ask for some tools.
"Lend me your rope, bells, and wire."
"You're not kidding?"
Scarface looked at Locke seriously, and after confirming that he wasn't joking, he threw out the tool he used to warn in the wild.
That's all you want to fish? Yes! See what you say if you can't catch it for a while!
Scarface's face was silent, and he was ready to watch the show in his heart.
Locke first threaded the rope through the bell, letting go of a distance of several meters, and then tied a dead knot at the part of the bell.
The fish floated!
He also cut off a section of the wire given by Scarface, and held an arc-shaped hook in his hand, and sharpened the hook around the sharp edge of the long sword, and the short end bit it with his teeth, and bit out two large circles, and threaded the rope on it, and made a fishhook.
Locke motioned for Scarface to grab a few small bugs to use as bait.
It's already come to this point, and Scarface also wants to see what he's capable of, so he obeys.
Locke hangs the end of the rope around the branch of the branch, Master! He dragged it out again and tied a live buckle.
It's done!
The improvised rod is done, and it's time to wait for the bait of Scarface.
Soon, Scarface returns, handing over several living creatures to Locke.
Locke took it and fixed his eyes!
I want to curse people!
Cockroach!
God knows what he thinks!
Can this thing be used as bait if it's not handled?! Catch the fish you eat!?
He looked up at Scarface, in need of an explanation.
"There's only these things around, and there's quite a few!"
The scar on Scarface's face twitched, but he held back.
Maybe he wanted to see Locke's jokes.
Alas, catching a meat worm is also stronger than this!
Try it, the fish here eat grass and leaves in the water every day, and it should be fine to change the taste once in a while.
Locke hung the cockroach on it, ignoring its writhing body, took the rope in his right hand and threw it twice, then threw it out by inertia.
Suddenly, the system that had been silent for a long time in his mind jumped out.
"Aware of the host's behavior, professional - fishing launched!"
The iron hook was thrown far into the lake, the hook had no sinker, and the line was a rope, and it floated on the water.
Behind his back, Scarface Mario looked serious, and said in his heart, nonsense!
After a while, the rope that served as a fishing line filled the lake before slowly sinking.
Slightly embarrassed, Locke was finally relieved.
Soon!
The bell on the rope as a fish float jingled, and the fishing rod in his hand also felt a strong pull.
Looks like you've caught a big fish?
Locke's heart was relieved! OK! OK! No shame! This system is reliable!
Locke put the rod up and let the big fish roll on the surface of the water, splashing with huge waves from time to time.
Behind him, Scarface looked constipated.
What a hell of a life! You can catch fish that way!
Yes, Scarface deliberately.
He deliberately went to catch cockroaches.
As a Brill man, he is not far from Cheshui Lake, he has been fishing in Cheshui Lake since he was a child, and there is no one in the town who can't fish, but as far as he knows, fishing with cockroaches is still the number one!
Finally, at lunchtime, the fish is eaten by Scarface's twitching skin.