Chapter 102: Small Talk Around the Campfire (Part I)

The scene turns back to our protagonist-

The adventures that accompanied the Cave of Bones were over, and the adventurers of the Thorn Squad filled a small bottle of the soul powder of the ghost mage named Flosothos, and then came out to give a brief report to Eddie Horford, the captain of the guards guarding the cave entrance, about the results of the battle, and then retrieved the wagon that the team had rented from the city from the guards, and left the place along the mountain road back to the city.

Speaking of which, although the strength of the ghost mage Flosotos is a little unworthy of its character level, it is actually not too weak, and for some reason it has a constant state of vocalization, which leads to the initial attempts of players in the game to use silence to deal with its squad tactics have failed, and after a long period of clearing and groping, they have concluded a strategy plan to rely on the priest's magic to kill it.

Thea's presence and Urs's experience have led to the Thorn Squad in this world being its nemesis.

The defeat of the ghost mage boss was no surprise or surprise to the black-haired young man, but it took a long time for everyone to dig through the bones strewn across the cavern after it was scattered in mid-air, and thankfully it was thanks to the "detection magic" and "mage's hand" that Raven had memorized in her poet's spell slot to complete the post-battle finishing touches.

The ghost's soul powder carries the "residual warmth" of Flossotus as a mage, and is also a type of magic material that can be discovered by "detection magic". The "Mage's Hand" allows the caster to point their finger at a target item of their choice not far away, causing it to float and move it at will, and if done correctly, it can also aggregate scattered powders bit by bit and absorb them.

Both spells are apprentice tricks of Ring 0 and will not take up the official spell slot of Ring 1 or more when remembered.

As the sky grew darker, the team estimated that the mountain roads at night were not easy to walk, and Urs's driving skills ...... It's not too bad, but it still makes Koto, who is sitting in the back of the carriage, vomit, and even if everyone changes to Gloleden halfway through, or moves the dwarven companions in the group to sit down in front of the carriage, it still can't avoid this embarrassment that makes everyone laugh and cry.

Dwarven warriors, great warrior glory, are not afraid of strong monsters, but they are no match for motion sickness.

So everyone finally found a vacant place on the side of a mountain road on the way where everyone could rest, parked the carriage on the side of the road, found some firewood nearby, lit a warm campfire and prepared to camp for the night, and took out the dry food and water carried in the backpack to eat.

If this is not the side of the mountain road, but in the forest, the stew pot named Xiao Meng behind Koto might be able to set up a campfire to boil a pot of vegetable soup from the wild vegetables and water in the forest, which everyone can chew and swallow with jerky and rye bread, but the expected disadvantage is that there is no seasoning brought by salt.

Spices are probably a good idea, but they are not cheap in Emerald Bay, and are usually only found on the plates of the rich and noble, or on the business lists of merchants, not on the mouths of adventurers.

The horse pulling the cart was tied to a crooked-necked tree by the side of the road by Urs, and as an ordinary animal, it could not understand what the adventurers sitting around the campfire were chatting about at dinnertime.

Groledon took the cowhide water bag in his hand and raised his head to take a sip, swallowed his throat and swallowed the food inside into his stomach along the water, turned his head to look at the half-orc warrior monk who was sitting next to him at this time and asked casually: "Then again, which warrior monk order do you belong to?" ”

The old thief's casual question aroused the curiosity of the other members of the team, including Urs.

Orcs often appear in the image of barbarians or a few tribal shamans, let alone warrior monks, and in fact, even arbitrary factional tendencies are very uncommon for them, and they are no less rare than the non-evil dark elves like the Raven.

Shi Fist tore off a piece of jerky from his mouth, raised his thick fingers and gently wiped away the crumbs stuck to the fangs, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, "I don't belong to any of the Order of Warrior Monks in Emerald Bay, but there was once a master. ”

"Master?"

"It's the guru. In the culture of Far Easterners, mentors have the meaning of 'a teacher for one day, a father for life'. ”

"So, that master of yours is a Far Easterner?" The old thief took a bite of bread and followed the topic.

"Yes." Shi Fist raised his head in disdain, and the complicated expression on his face fell into memory, "Master is a respectable old monk from the Far East, he came from an Eastern empire called 'Yin', and took me and a tiflin as disciples on his westward journey, teaching us to overcome the filth in our blood with the help of the faith of order. ”

"And yet you said it was." Raven Que sat across from him, and suddenly picked out a detail from his words, "So it seems that your Far Easterner Master has abandoned you?" ”

Miss Drow's tongue seemed to have poisonous thorns, and her sarcastic tone sounded as if she remembered the rudeness of the orc monk to her in the Shadow Caverns of the Spotted Axe Forest.

There were no signs or signs of irritation in Stone Fist's heart, and the eyes in his sockets looked at her calmly for a few seconds, and then continued: "No, Raven, Master has not abandoned me or any of my Tifflins...... But just as I still struggle to overcome the dark side of the orc bloodline, my Tieflin companion was defeated early by his demonic bloodline, lured by power, and killed our common Master in a sneak attack one night. ”

"Pathetic master-apprentice relationship." The Dark Elf sneered and concluded, "So do you know where that Tieflin is hiding now? Are you going to seek revenge on him? ”

"I've been following him for a while before, but I've lost it and I'm even a little confused now." The orc shook his head, sat cross-legged on the ground, hunched over and sighed deeply, "Maybe I have plans to avenge Master for his death, but although this can vent my anger and hatred for him, in fact, it only caused another round of killing, didn't it?" It doesn't matter if it's me who dies at that time. You'd think I'm a coward, and I don't see a trace of wasteland blood, but after all, hatred is not all I have, and the urge to kill is something I desperately want to overcome...... If you don't want to understand these things, confusion will force me to hesitate all the time, and even crush me one day. ”

When the words fell, although he remained calm on the surface, the brilliance in his eyes obviously became a little dim, and even the crow with the poison in his mouth looked at his suddenly lost appearance and was not embarrassed to continue to sarcastically mock him.

The flames crackled the stacked wood, and occasionally splashed out a few bright red slags.

The atmosphere was suddenly a little quiet.

Glorydon blinked in amazement, not expecting that his casual question would open up such a sad topic.