Chapter 35: Meat Balls
According to the map behind the bounty order, Ning Wushuang and his party arrived at the designated location of Chinorite Mountain very smoothly.
"Fortunately, the snow is not too big, otherwise it would be very difficult to come to this place." Ning Wushuang looked up at the sun hanging overhead, and complained that everyone had walked all morning to get here.
"Didn't you say someone answered?" Zou Haoyun wondered.
Qian Zilai looked around, pointed to a small wooden house in the distance and said, "Look there." The person who answered us must have been there. ”
Ning Wushuang nodded and said, "Let's go over and have a look first." ”
The group set off towards the cabin.
When they got close to the cabin, they saw a figure inside through the window, and they quickened their pace.
After Ning Wushuang knocked on the door, a man in his 30s appeared in front of everyone.
Ning Wushuang asked politely, "Hello, excuse me." May I ask if the eldest brother is the person who Uncle Mulajan arranged to pick us up? ”
The man asked, "Oh? Are you the adventurers who are here to help us? The road to Kiba is more difficult, and Brother Mulajiang specially arranged for me to wait for you here. ”
Ning Wushuang nodded and replied, "Yes." ”
The man hurriedly invited Ning Wushuang and his party into the cabin: "Let's come and rest first, it's estimated that you're tired from the city." ”
"yes, I'm tired."
Ning Wushuang was about to say thank you, but Zou Haoyun took the lead in squeezing into the wooden house, Ning Wushuang shook his head helplessly, and said to the man with a smile: "Thank you." ”
After entering the house, Ning Wushuang found that the cabin was very simple, with only one bed, one quilt, one table, four benches, a teapot, and a few wooden cups. However, fortunately, there is also a stone fireplace in the house, and the temperature inside the house is relatively warm.
After everyone sat down, the man poured a cup of hot tea for each of them.
Ning Wushuang exhaled a breath of warm mist after drinking the hot tea, looked at the small wooden bed in the house and asked curiously, "Does Big Brother usually live here?" ”
The man was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, he smiled and said, "Haha, no, no, no." This chalet was built for other people going up the mountain. ”
Yu Feng was puzzled: "Other people who went up the mountain? ”
The man nodded and replied, "Well, yes." If it's not winter, there are quite a few hunters and herb-hunting apothecaries who come to Chinolite Mountain. These cabins are also hoped to give them a place to rest or something, and sometimes they need to spend the night in the mountains. ”
Zou Haoyun was surprised: "These 'some' cabins? And a lot more? ”
The man laughed and said, "There are only 5 or 6 rooms in the whole Chinolite Mountain, not many." The doors of these wooden houses are not locked, only the inside is equipped with a plug, which is also for the convenience of those in need. ”
Ning Wushuang continued to ask, "Where does the eldest brother live?" You're not going to run back to Wardle City, are you? ”
The man smiled and said, "We have a dormitory in Kiba, so I'll take everyone to our Kiba after a while." ”
Ning Wushuang nodded: "I see." ”
Sophia asked, "Which good Samaritan came up with the idea?" ”
The man replied, "Haha, it's Brother Mulajan." ”
Zou Haoyun laughed and said, "I'm really right, Uncle Mulajiang is a good man, haha." ”
Qian Zilai complained: "What are you proud of? Who said that the miscellaneous fish character forgot? ”
Zou Haoyun laughed twice and stopped talking.
Later, Ning Wushuang and the others chatted with the man for a while, introduced each other, and learned that the man's name was Deli.
"Are you almost rested?" Deli asked.
Ning Wushuang and his party nodded, and Ning Wushuang said, "Please lead the way with Brother Deli." ”
"Okay, everyone come with me."
After saying that, Deli led everyone to Kiba.
"It's here, it's ahead."
After following Deli for a while, they arrived at Uncle Mulajan's woodyard.
"Amazing, is the owner of this Kiba Uncle Mulajan?" Zou Haoyun looked at the big wooden field in front of him and said in surprise.
Deli nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, there are nearly twenty employees here with the lumberjacks, plus the cooking aunts and the bookkeepers." ”
Ning Wushuang also said with a smile: "Haha, it seems that the uncle is really just having fun as an adventurer, money is nothing to him at all, right?" ”
Deli led the group to Kiba's office.
As soon as Ning Wushuang and the others entered the door, a familiar voice sounded.
"Haha, everyone is here."
As soon as the words ended, everyone saw that Mu Lajiang had already walked out of the desk to greet everyone.
"Haha, uncle! Long time no see! Zou Haoyun greeted happily.
After enthusiastically leading everyone to the lounge next to the office and sitting down, Mu Lajan said apologetically: "Alas, there are too many things to do to pick you up in person. ”
Ning Wushuang hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Uncle Mulajiang." ”
Ning Wushuang paused, and asked straight to the point: "Uncle, what exactly are we going to do in this mission?" ”
Murajan thought for a moment and explained, "I believe that Miss Patser has also explained the general situation. The main reason is that a worker encountered the cold armored bear yesterday, but fortunately, the distance was far away, and the bear did not find the worker. So early this morning, I went to the adventurers to help us with our work, after all, the safety of the workers is also very important. ”
Zou Haoyun said excitedly: "Otherwise, if we go and slaughter that bear, then sit back and relax." ”
Mu Lajiang hurriedly dissuaded: "No, no, no, no one knows the specific strength of that cold armored bear, so it's better not to act recklessly." The main task of everyone is to keep watch in the vicinity when the workers are working, and to lead the workers to avoid the sight of the cold armored bear. If it is attacked by the cold armored bear, everyone should protect the workers and evacuate without having to fight it to the death. ”
Zou Haoyun still didn't give up: "Hey, uncle, don't underestimate us, it's just a cold armored bear." ”
Ning Wushuang also dissuaded: "I think what Uncle said makes sense, it's better for everyone to avoid direct combat when they see the Han Armored Bear." ”
"Since both of you have said so, Haoyun can bear with it, although I know that you really want to show your strength in front of your uncle." Qian Zilai comforted.
Zou Haoyun had no choice but to nod and say, "Alas, who called Shuang'er the captain?" ”
Mu Lajiang said with a smile: "Haha, I naturally know that all of you are very good, otherwise how can I find everyone to help me with peace of mind?" ”
Zou Haoyun continued to ask: "How many days do we have to protect the workers? ”
"A week." Ning Wushuang, who had carefully read the reward order, replied.
"Yes, after the timber harvesting this week, the wood farm will be temporarily closed until spring," Mulajan added. ”
Ning Wushuang nodded: "I see." ”
So, after the workers' lunch break was over, the work of Ning Wushuang and the others officially began.
There were two logging areas, so Ning Wushuang and the five needed to divide into two groups. After weighing, Ning Wushuang and Zou Haoyun were in a group, and the remaining three people were in a group, and the two groups went to the two areas to guard and protect.
The five of them eat and live in the same way as the other employees of the wood yard, and Mu Lajiang will also be busy in the wood yard this week. So, every night when the five of them had dinner with Mu Lajiang, Zou Haoyun would pull Mu Lajiang to tell a lot of adventure stories during this time.
Thankfully, however, Murajan was clearly happy to hear about the adventures he longed for but had never had the chance to experience.
In this way, the five of them worked happily for five days in the woodyard of the Mulajiang, and there were still two days left to successfully complete the task.
"Ah, there's only two days left, and the bear hasn't been seen." Zou Haoyun complained after putting away the "Detection" skill.
"I mean, are you itchy like that? Do you have to find some hard work? Ning Wushuang said speechlessly.
Zou Haoyun sat on the stump and pouted: "Otherwise, I haven't done anything, how can I be embarrassed to accept my uncle's reward?" ”
Ning Wushuang smiled and said, "Haha, you are so thick-skinned, will you be embarrassed?" ”
Zou Haoyun rolled his eyes at Ning Wushuang and said, "I'm thick-skinned and it's much better than your thin-skinned people who don't even dare to confess." ”
Ning Wushuang was so choked by Zou Haoyun's words that he couldn't refute it, and thought for a long time before remembering a sentence in the movie: "I like a flower, but I don't have to pick it off." ”
The sharp-toothed Zou Haoyun retorted: "Can you only take it off?" Isn't it okay to transplant it home and raise, provide, and care for it? ”
Ning Wushuang shook his head helplessly and said, "The problem is here, how can I take her home?" If we suddenly go back one day, how can we be worthy of her? ”
Zou Haoyun also felt helpless, sighed and said: "I don't know if it's possible to go back, why worry so much? Whatever you want, don't regret it. ”
After saying that, he stood up and prepared to continue patrolling.
"Roar!!
Suddenly, a roar sounded, and Ning Wushuang and Zou Haoyun fought at the same time.
"On their side, you arrange for the workers here to withdraw to the wood yard first, and I will go over first, and you will come back when you are done." Ning Wushuang hurriedly arranged.
Zou Haoyun nodded and immediately started to act, and Ning Wushuang also ran at full speed to the place where the roar was made.
After arriving, he happened to see Yu Feng and Qian Zilai who were nervous, Ning Wushuang ran to the two of them and was about to ask where Sophia was, but was frightened by the scene in front of him.
Not far away, Sophia was slumped in the snow, and blood stains were clearly visible on her clothes. About three meters in front of Sophia, a "polar bear" with its body and head covered with light blue crystals was staring at Sophia with a fierce look.
Looking at the crystal that protected this bear like armor, Ning Wushuang instantly reacted, this is the cold armor bear!
"Suo...!" Ning Wushuang was about to shout in a hurry, but Yu Feng covered his mouth.
"Shhhh Don't irritate the brute. Qian Zilai whispered eagerly.
"Slowly approaching little by little." Yu Feng let go of his hand and said softly.
Ning Wushuang nodded, following the steps of the two of them and slowly approaching Sophia.
"Roar! Roar!! ”
However, before the three of them had gone a few steps, the Coldarmored Bear noticed the three of them and let out two roars in succession as warnings.
The three of them hurriedly stopped, and Ning Wushuang was so nervous that his breathing was disordered at the moment, for fear that the cold armor bear would attack Sophia.
Sophia, who was slumped in the snow, was now facing ashes, her hands clutching the pendant of the goddess on her necklace, not daring to move.
"What?!" Ning Wushuang asked eagerly.
But Yu Feng and Qian Zilai didn't have the slightest way to deal with it, so they could only stalemate with Han Armor Xiong like this, not daring to act rashly.
"It's going to take two moments to get to Sophia." Ning Wushuang gritted his teeth and said.
Yu Feng frowned and said, "But if you use it once, you can't use it a second time right away." ”
Ning Wushuang fell into deep thought again.
Suddenly.
"Yu Feng!"
"Huh?"
"Hold me!"
Ning Wushuang's inexplicable words made Yu Feng and Qian Zilai confused.
"What are you going to do?"
"Hug it!"
Yu Feng was helpless, and hurriedly hugged Ning Wushuang's waist.
Ning Wushuang began to explain: "Wait a minute...".
However, the moment Ning Wushuang opened his mouth, another change occurred.
"Hey!! What are you doing?!! How's it going??!! ”
Suddenly, Zou Haoyun rushed towards everyone while shouting from not far behind everyone.
Qian Zilai hurriedly squeezed his eyebrows and signaled him to be quiet, but Zou Haoyun didn't react at all, and still ran while shouting.
"Roar!!"
Sensing that someone was coming to help, the Chill Bear finally couldn't hold back anymore and roared and pounced on Sophia not far away.
Just when Qian Zilai and Yu Feng felt desperate.
"Yu Feng! With an instant slash! Ning Wushuang shouted.
Yu Feng reacted instantly, and after mentioning Ning Wushuang, he launched an instant slash.
I saw that after Ning Wushuang was taken to the limit distance by Yu Feng with an instantaneous slash, Ning Wushuang's feet just landed and directly launched an instantaneous slash.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Ning Wushuang came to Sophia's side.
"Shield Wall!"
"Bang!"
The cold armor bear's claw hit Ning Wushuang's shield wall fiercely, and the strong force directly shattered the shield wall, and Ning Wushuang's hand holding the shield also cracked.
The blow was unsuccessful, and the cold armored bear did not give up, and opened his bloody mouth and tore at Ning Wushuang.
Ning Wushuang hurriedly raised his shield to resist, but he was not at all sure that he would be able to resist this blow.
Sophia, who was behind Ning Wushuang, saw this scene and hurriedly hugged Ning Wushuang from the back in horror.
"Meatball, stop!"
The cold armor bear's bloody mouth was frozen in the air, and then slowly retracted, but it was still staring at everyone indignantly.
Behind a tree not far behind the cold armored bear, a figure slowly walked out.