Chapter 9 Companionship
Turing Noble Clothing (Old): From the century-old Brand-Georginny, +1 for cold and +1 for charisma. [I'm getting older, but it's more expensive.] ]
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"When I was fifteen years old, I was swept away by a tsunami and woke up to find myself on a black rock. It is surrounded by towering reefs that block off all sides, and even the sea cannot be flooded in. I struggled to climb up with my hands and feet, but I found nothing but wasting my strength and breaking the weathered edges and corners.
Then an even more terrifying scene happened, just when I had little strength left, I was paralyzed in the corner waiting to die, and the black stone under me suddenly began to seep out, and I looked closely and found that there was a hole in it, about ten centimeters square, and it was spraying water continuously.
"I was afraid that I would drown if I continued like this, so I hurriedly plugged the hole with gravel. Then it didn't take long for the earthquake to shook, and the surrounding reefs made an overwhelming sound, and I was directly frightened and fainted.
"When I woke up again, I found that there was an extra golden apple in front of me."
Zaix sighed softly with a look of remembrance.
"Needless to say, that's how I became a mage."
"Mr. Zaix...... Shamu: He seemed to have something to say. Surya reminded him with a smile.
The mage drooped his eyelids and glanced at Mu Yan, who was anxious to open his teeth and claws, but unfortunately his mouth was sealed by an invisible force.
There is a line written in his status bar: "Woe comes from the mouth": Simply put, you are gagged with a rag, calm down for a while! ”
"Nod when you know you're wrong, and don't interrupt others in the future."
Mu Yan nodded hurriedly.
"Good." Zaix moved his fingers. "Say it."
Mu Yan felt that the power that prevented him from speaking disappeared, and hurriedly asked.
"Why don't you let that hole keep coming out of the water and swim up when it's all around? Have you ever heard a story about a crow drinking water? It says that once upon a time there was a little crow......"
Zaix suddenly regretted letting the guy speak, and he wondered if it was a repeat of his old tricks......
Seeing that the other party's expression was a little unnatural, Mu Yan hurriedly played a round.
"Ah, I see! You were exhausted and didn't have that much energy! Damn, I'm still too tender......"
Zaix gave him a "count you know" look.
Mu Yan breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he also has a new understanding of the other party's experience.
The tsunami must have swept him away from the legendary "Five Hairpins", a reef 30 nautical miles southeast of Manarola. The terrain is complex, the reefs are thick, and many reefs that only have a few exposed seas are like hills underwater, which is why it is named "Five Consecutive Hairpin Bend" by many players who love sailing.
There is a unique marine creature, the silver line whale, named for the silver ribbon mark on each side of its large black body. This grumpy Class 40 creature survives by catching fish and shrimp near reef groups, often attacking passing ships, but often getting stuck in rock crevices. Zayx was supposed to have blocked the vent of a silver-threaded whale by chance and suffocated it, thus obtaining the golden apple.
After knowing the truth, Mu Yan was a little desperate, could it be that he was destined to lose his relationship with the mage?
He couldn't help but cast an expectant look at Zayx.
As if teasing him, the other party deliberately hung him for a long time before he spoke.
"A year ago, a level 4 (level 45) deadwood spirit escaped from the direction of Ashenvale, and I marked it on a whim to see where it was going and what it was going to do. As a result, on a rainy night half a year ago, it died in the valley near the town of Beloka. I rushed over to examine the body and found that it had been killed by lightning and a torch had fallen next to it. It didn't take long to hear that there was a 'god favorite' in Beloka Town, and in his twenties, he suddenly awakened the mage talent......" Speaking of this, Zaix smiled: "I vaguely understand how the golden apple appeared. ”
"I stole his memories two months ago, and found out that this poor creature had the same childhood as me. Originally, I was going to ask him to help me complete a task to see if I could get a second golden apple to do research, but Goddess Mia asked you to come here, so you had to complete the task. And you, Rhine's granddaughter, originally I planned for you to challenge the Bone Colossus, since this kid is so protective of you, you can accompany him on a trip.
"I'll send you to Nighttown, where there's a Wraith Flower, about level four (level 40). At its core, it comes from a man named Anthony, whose wife had an affair with the mayor, and the two teamed up to strangle him after the matter was revealed, and buried his body in a flower field on the outskirts of town. I happened to pass by that day, and I felt a lot of resentment, so I itched my hands and transformed his heart, so that he became what he is today. ”
"So you mean, let the weak me get him and see if there's a golden apple?" Mu Yan asked.
"That's what it means, if it doesn't work, you can only let this beautiful young lady challenge the white bone colossus comparable to a fifth-level demonic beast." Zaix was still smiling, but the words he uttered were chilling.
"Don't you know Miss Soulia's grandfather, Mr. Rhein......"
"Hmph, a lazy toad who wants to eat swan meat, if Grace hadn't protected him, I would have frozen his body into ice cubes."
That's a lot of information! Mu Yan exclaimed in his heart, it turned out that the two were rivals in love back then? But Uncle Zayx, it's a bit boring for you to blow like this, you were in your twenties when you married Grace, and you have been a mage for less than ten years, no matter how magical the golden apple is, it is impossible to turn a child with no foundation into a purple-robed mage in such a short period of time (40-50), right? But at that time, the old man of Rhine was a swordsman who was a great success in the field (70+......
Tsk, the lies are all to be heard in reverse, it seems that Grace was true love for Zaix.
Zayx also seemed to realize that his words were full of loopholes, and waved his hand impatiently.
"It's all done, you guys pack up and leave, it's daytime outside."
"Yes."
Mu Yan hurriedly leaned down, and did not forget to remind the indignant eldest lady.
The latter was apparently unconvinced by Zaix's denigration.
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Returning to the surface and breathing fresh air, Mu Yan's spirit was not very good.
There was no other reason, this way out, the mine was full of dead corpses that had lost their souls, some of them had begun to rot, flies and maggots rolled on them, and the scene was very disgusting for a while, which made him very unaccustomed to seeing mosaics.
Seeing that he was holding on to the tree and vomiting, Suria thoughtfully handed out a tissue.
"Thank you."
Mu Yan's face was a little pale, and it took a long time to recover.
Because of the national conditions of the Great Celestial Empire, the game is full of harmonious forces and mosaics, and there are very few such exciting scenes, plus he is a scholar, and he doesn't have much contact with fighting and killing, so he is naturally not as good as the eldest lady with countless souls under the sword, and he only frowned slightly along the way.
Considering that this was the first step towards becoming a combat profession, he stood up against the discomfort.
"Then let's go."
It would be better if it was sunset at this time, with background music, he thought to himself.
"Okay, then please lead the way."
"Wait, you don't know the way?" Mu Yan couldn't help but be stunned.
"Why should I know ......" Surya looked aggrieved.
"Didn't one of your regiments get caught by him in Nightlight?"
"That's right, we walked west along the Qifeng River, from the junction of the Misty Forest and the Hilde Hills, and we were caught before we reached the town......"
"Don't you usually look at maps?"
"We have professional scouts (thieves in the class) in our team......"
Mu Yan covered his forehead helplessly.
Draw a line through Nighttown in a north-south direction, with the Kansa region where they are located to the west, and the Misty Forest, the Hilde Hills and the Qifeng River, and even most of the Horse Plain to the east...... It's really embarrassing for this road idiot.
Fortunately, he still remembers how to get back to Wild Chrysanthemum Town.
"In that case, let's go to Yeju Town to find a map, by the way, do you have any money?"
The eldest lady shook the money bag very wittily this time, and judged from the voice Mu Yan that the contents were all copper coins.
Well, if she took out a bag of gold coins, it would make him uneasy.
The two started their journey home along the path in Mu Yan's memory. He didn't encounter any danger along the way, but Mu Yan had the idea of a minor swordsman or archer, so he discussed the possibility of this matter with Surya.
After carefully examining his thin arms and legs, the eldest lady made her own suggestion tactfully.
"Every pebble has a purpose, and I think it's good for you to be a scholar."
After receiving the rejection from the NPC, Mu Yan remembered that his current attributes didn't seem to be able to trigger the opening of any combat class, so he had to accept this reasonable status quo.
As night fell, Surya pulled out a tent from the spatial ring.
It is worth mentioning that Mu Yan, who is a legendary scholar, has the top in the game - the package that will only appear in the world of Lokan forty years later. Yet there was nothing inside, and the two hundred empty lattices were as clean as his trouser pockets.
The two were huddled in the same tent without embarrassment, as they were in a cell. After all, the big sword that Surya carried with him was more than a meter long, and Mu Yan visually measured that it needed at least about 14 points of strength to move. In the face of such a huge disparity in strength, the eldest lady with mercenary experience naturally does not need to worry about anything.
Three days later, at dusk, they returned to the town of Yeju.
Grasshoppers are usually chaotic and alive, with dull eyes and disheveled hair. Since Mu Yan took over this body, his image has completely changed. His messy hair was tied up and tied back haphazardly, and his thin body was covered with Zaix's old clothes, and the whole person looked new, like a weak nobleman. So much so that he and Sulia walked straight into the tavern without anyone recognizing him.
Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that Surya has attracted almost everyone's attention.
The girl was obviously accustomed to such a gaze, and she quietly took out a badge and hung it on her plump chest.
The azure blue badge depicts a black iron sword, which is a divisional (30-40) badge issued by the Mercenary Guild.
In the world of Luokan, the aborigines want to write their strength on their faces, commonly known as pretending to be forced in two ways, one is to become a mercenary, and obtain four levels of badges by completing tasks or strength evaluations, corresponding to the player's level 20-50. The second is to join the association of your own profession and conduct a rank assessment.
Compared to the former, the latter is more rigorous and more precise. After all, the former can be advanced through accumulation, for example, although Mu Yan has never been able to fight, he has also accumulated a lot of points because he has participated in the crusade of the epic boss many times, and if he goes to the Mercenary Association, he can also get at least one gold-level badge.
However, because of the popularity of the former, most professionals will register a mercenary status, which can save a lot of trouble.
For example, as soon as the divisional badge came out, many guys with green eyes put away their obscene gazes.
In this way, Mu Yan's identity is a little embarrassing.
In all fairness, the appearance of the grasshopper is okay, but he usually doesn't care much about it. In addition, as an old nobleman in his sixties, Zayx still lives an elegant life even if he becomes a necromancer. So Mu Yan, who was wearing his old clothes, looked more like a little white face.
When I become a mage, a group of light spells will blind you people. Mu Yan thought indignantly.
Surya walked over to the counter and talked to the scantily clad proprietress with heavy makeup, while he looked around boredly.
Even in the remote Kansa area, there is no shortage of adventurers licking blood in the bustling taverns.
The fireplace was blazing, and two bards stood at the table, one playing a tambourine and the other playing a lute, and singing softly to a brisk rhythm of the folk songs of the Kansa region.
"Oh, the cold mist is at the foot of the mountain,
Carefully guarding the souls of his companions.
The flames of war and the smoke of gunpowder cover the sky,
Please protect God's people.
If all things will burn in the fire,
Let's burn together.
Gazing at the leaping flames
……”
Mu Yan listened very attentively, and he inexplicably remembered Alduin's "Song of Dusk".
The dragon that was rolling in the sky because of pain, the blood flowers blooming on the huge golden body, and the muffled murmur of the world-destroyer in his ears......
He seemed to have caught something, but before he could write it down, his eyes went dark and he was sent to Lokan, and now the inspiration has long since gone.
What does that mean exactly?
"Hey, what do you want?"
A hand holding a map shook in front of him.
"Look at your heavy expression, as if you have discovered some shocking secret."
Mu Yan chuckled silently. If the song of twilight is really deciphered, it is really a shocking secret.
"Didn't you say your family is in this town, so you don't have to live in a tent tonight, do you?" The girl sat across from him and poured two cups of tea.
"That's right...... Let me think. Then he remembered that he had a small cabin here, but why did he feel a little complicated when he thought of it? What bad memories do you seem to have made?
"What's wrong? Any questions? Seeing him frowning, Surya asked.
"It's nothing, let's go and see."
"Hmm."
(All kinds of begging, my keyboard has arrived!) You can code words again! )