Chapter Eighty-Seven: Old Sam

Walker left the dwelling with the three of Vane and came to the edge of the forest in the valley not far from the dwelling. Here stands a dwarven fortress house.

Walker pointed to the house and introduced the three to Vane, "Look, this is Old Sam's house. ”

"Why should he live here, and not in the place where he lives?" Barka asked, puzzled.

"I don't know, I'm not a mountain ranger." Walker shrugged.

As the group of four approached the house, they realized that it was much larger than what they saw in the distance, and it was also several times larger than the house in their residence. As they approached the house, several wild beasts came out of the house and told the four of them. Suddenly, Vane's bodies began to stiffen, and Walker and Vane began to pull out their weapons and prepare for battle.

"What's the matter with how many of you are here?" Just then, a dwarf came out of the back of the house and shouted to them. This also gave Wayne and Walker a sigh of relief. Put the weapon back in its original place.

"Hey, old Sam, what's going on with these guys?" Walker asked, pointing to the crouching or lying beast in front of him.

Old Sam looked at Walker with a strange look on his face and said, "Of course they are my animal companions." As a dwarf, don't you know? ”

"Of course I know animal companions, but how can there be so many." Walker asked, confused.

"There's no rule that a ranger can only have one animal companion, right?" Old Sam asked rhetorically.

"Uh, okay. It seems that I was wrong. Walker was stunned for a moment, then nodded in reply.

"Okay, what are you doing here?" Old Sam didn't intend to continue the conversation and asked them what they meant.

"That's right." Walker pushed Barka in front of him and said to Old Sam, "This kid's name is Barka, and he's got a little bear." I want to learn from you how to tame bears, and by the way, sign a contract with bears. ”

"Sign the contract?" Old Sam frowned and asked, "Is it just a contract?" ”

"Yes." Walker nodded, then asked suspiciously, "Are there any other contracts?" ”

"No, no. This little guy is a high elf, so it's okay if you just sign a contract, but the skills of the ranger can't be taught to him, no problem. Old Sam made it clear.

"Hey, old Sam." Walker was a little dissatisfied: "The High Elves also have a ranger unit, even if they teach him the skills of a mountain ranger, is it?" ”

"You know what, it's good for the High Elves to have ranger troops, but it's a different thing than us mountain rangers." Old Sam glanced at Walker behind Barka and said.

"Is there any difference?" Vane asked curiously.

"Huh?" Hearing Vane's inquiry, old Sam looked at him and said, "I'll tell you the difference, and you won't understand why." ”

Old Sam turned around and waved to his animal companions, who got up and headed out into the forest not far away. Then old Sam turned back and said, "Go into the house first, and I'll tell you the difference." ”

With that, he led Vane and them into his house, and when Vane and the others were all seated, Old Sam explained, "The High Elf Ranger is fundamentally different from us Mountain Rangers, and the Ranger uses arcane powers. And we mountain rangers use the power of nature. By the way, human hunters use traps more often. So once this kid learns the art of our Mountain Ranger, he will no longer be able to use the arcane powers of the High Elves. ”

As Old Sam explained, Vane understood the difference. The Ranger is more like a shooting specialty, and the Mountain Ranger is a Beastmaster specialty, so aren't the humans who use traps more a survival specialty?

At this time, Barka and the others already understood the difference between the two, and for Barka, who had always wanted to become a ranger, the power of the arcane was indispensable. So he hurriedly said to Old Sam, "You don't need to be a mountain ranger, just teach me how to tame a teddy and make a contract with it." ”

Vane and Kalia, who understood what Barka had been thinking all along, kept nodding their heads, and even Walker said, "Yes, this kid has always wanted to be a High Elf Ranger, so there is no need to teach skills at all. ”

"Hmm." Old Sam nodded, then said to Barka, "Show me the little one you're holding." ”

"Little one? You mean Teddy? Although it was a question, Barka handed over the teddy in his arms.

After taking Teddy, Old Sam took a closer look at Teddy. At this time, Teddy, who was being held by a stranger, barked softly at Barka, and bared his teeth to show a fierce look at Old Sam.

"Teddy, don't be afraid. He won't do anything to you. Barka heard Teddy's cry and quickly stroked Teddy's head and said to him.

It seemed that he heard Barka's voice and knew that Barka was behind him, so Teddy put away his fierce look. Constantly kicking his legs in Old Sam's hands, trying to break free from Old Sam's hands.

"How did you get it?" Old Sam saw that Teddy was breaking free, so he put it on the ground. Teddy ran to Barka's feet and stood upright and grabbed Barka's legs, trying to pick him up.

Barka bent down and picked Teddy up from the ground and said, "I bought it, in the same town on the way to Minahir Harbor. ”

"Oh?" Old Sam, who was still very interested, suddenly frowned and asked, "Bought?" How many gold coins? ”

"Thirty silver coins. What's wrong? Is there something wrong? Barka asked curiously.

"Silver? It's the dwarves who sell it? Old Sam's expression was even more bizarre.

"yes, what's wrong?" Barka wondered.

"What the hell is going on? Can't you make it clear? Walker was confused as he listened, so he said aloud impatiently.

"Generally speaking, animals are more or less the same. However, there are occasional variations in the mix. Old Sam said.

"Teddy is a mutant. I said, what's the color of its coat, it's blue? So that's what happened. Barka didn't wait for Old Sam to finish speaking, he held Teddy in front of him and said. Teddy, on the other hand, didn't understand why Barka was holding it up.