Chapter 114: Set up camp
The caravan's carriages and horses finally came out of the dark jungle, which made people feel suddenly enlightened.
Although there are roads in the jungle that are specially opened for business, the surrounding dark environment and the sound of wild beasts are really depressing, not to mention that the road conditions are not as good as the real business roads, and the bumps can even make people feel that their butts are no longer growing on themselves......
But now he has not left the jungle, but has come to a small clearing in the jungle. There are still traces of stakes and campfires in the clearing, and it is clear that the clearing is not naturally generated.
"That, Lord Sivi?"
Shasan-san rubbed his hands together and approached Sivi with a flattering expression, and called out respectfully.
Sivi, who was teaching a few fledgling girls some common sense about travel, paused, turned to the fat goblin and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"A few of the traveling merchants who just partnered with Sha Sangsang think it's better to camp here today," the fat on Sha Sang's face was squeezed together, and it could be seen that he wanted to make a flattering smile, but it was not very successful from the effect point of view: "After all, this place is very close to the water source, and the surrounding area has been cleaned, so there shouldn't be any monsters coming at night." What do you think? ”
"How far is it from Yonia?"
Sivi asked casually. Although he has no reluctance to camp in the wilderness, it is a lot of trouble to go to the dungeon at night, and it is not fun to be found out.
"There's about eighty kilometers to go." Shasansan replied after a moment's thought, and looked at the sky that had begun to darken, the sun in the west had disappeared into the dense canopy of trees—it was evident that no matter how much he had, he would not be able to make it there today. The expression on its ugly face changed several times, and then it said as if it had made up its mind, "If Lord Sivi wants to." We can try to walk overnight, although it is difficult to walk at night in the jungle. But you should be in Yonia County by noon tomorrow! ”
"Forget it, let's camp here while it's still dark." Sivi said with a faint sigh.
His predecessor was also a person who had traveled to most of the Eastern Plains, and naturally knew that the night road in the jungle was not just 'not easy to walk' as Shasangsang said—many carnivorous monsters were nocturnal, and if there was no sunlight, the already dim forest would become pitch black with no fingers out of sight, and all kinds of obstacles, let alone rushing, even ordinary walking would become very problematic.
Rather than take that risk, it is better to delay for a day and wait until dawn to move in peace. Anyway, I don't have to rush what I want to do in the next day or two, and I can take this opportunity to popularize the knowledge of camping in the wild to a few girls, which can be regarded as being fully prepared for future actions.
Originally, Sivi wanted Shasang and them to vacate a tent for Alyssa. I squeezed it with Sasang.
But when he saw the Sasan-san and the others untie their greasy, dirty, and strange-smelling tents from the wagon, he immediately changed his mind.
Play with eggs to go. Labor and management would rather spend some achievement points to buy a tent than sleep in that kind of thing!
Sivi gritted his teeth and endured the distress and spent ten achievements to buy a tent from the miscellaneous items category of the achievement store.
Although the tent looked small from the outside, about only more than two square meters, it was actually surprisingly wide inside, and even had a two-bedroom and a living room. Although the room is only about one ping, the living room is the size of three pings, which also avoids the embarrassment of Xiwei sleeping with several girls...... By the way, the place where Sivi sleeps at night is the living room. …,
Although the tent has the function of automatic stationing, but then it will not play the role of exercise, so Xiwei still asked a few girls to work together to tie it up like an ordinary tent, while he drank tea and guided.
The problem of housing was solved, and then the problem of food.
Naturally, the food they prepare is the same as for lunch, which is a dough with a texture similar to a compressed biscuit and a combination of jerky with a chewy texture and rubber bands. In addition, on the way, a magic swordsman caught a rabbit, so they added a roasted hare meat to their dinner.
Of course, Sivi wouldn't do such a tasteless thing as snatching food from someone else's mouth, but he didn't want to hurt his stomach either.
It is the so-called easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. After staying at the Academy for so long, I ate cafeteria meals with excellent taste and portion every day, and suddenly switched to this emergency food. Lunch can last with that freshness, but if you don't have a good dinner, you can go hungry when you go to bed......
So he summoned a few leprechauns and asked them to help catch some small animals and pick some edible wild fruits for dinner.
The efficiency of the leprechaun was astonishing, and in the stunned expressions of the rest of the caravan, a bunch of wild fruits and pheasants tied up with flowers, and a bunch of wild fruits and vegetables piled on plantain leaves were presented so quickly.
After making sure that over-hunting and gathering would not have a bad effect on the surrounding food chain, Sivi called the leprechauns back and gave them a portion of the food that his group would never have eaten, and in doing so, he gained the friendly eyes of the rest of the caravan.
The rest of the cooking part of Sivi can't help, even if he has crossed over from the original gastronomic powerhouse - the flower chicken has to prepare spices and clay in advance, not to mention other dishes.
Fortunately, an all-purpose maid also came out of the academy.
Alice immediately took over the cooking, and began to methodically begin to make dishes with humble ingredients.
And Elisa, who was born in a farming family, immediately helped Alice in style.
Tio stared unblinkingly at the campfire and the appetizing skewers on it, like a kitten waiting to be fed by its owner.
"How can I help?"
Unlike Theo, Sophia is not the kind of person who can watch others go about their jobs while she waits for the meal to begin. Soon she found work for herself: "Why don't I go get some water?" ”
"Well, there's a lot of hot water to use." Alice smiled softly, but there was no sluggishness in the movements of her hands: "Just Miss Lange." ”
"No problem. Also, just call me Sophia now. The girl scratched her long, unkempt beige hair, picked up the jug and walked to the small lake not far away, where it was the only source of water.
Xiwei, who had long felt that it seemed useless to stay here, picked up a few empty kettles and chased after Sophia: "Sophia, wait, I'll go fetch water too." ”
It was getting dark, and most of the sky had been stained by night, except for a hint of red left on the far edge of the sky to the west. Because of the jungle next to it, the creepy cry of an owl comes from time to time, mixed with the occasional roar of other beasts, all of which suggests that the jungle at night is not as peaceful as it seems.
This is also the main reason why Sivi has to keep up, after all, Sophia's actual combat ability is not very good, and there are other magic swordsmen on the caravan's side who can act as a protective force, but if you are too far away from the caravan, there will be potential dangers. …,
"How did you feel on your first day of travel?"
Sivi walked beside Sophia and asked the girl.
Sophia's face now was one that Sivi had never seen before, like a child who had come to the countryside from the city for the first time.
"How so...... I guess it's a little incredible. The girl whispered.
She casually plucked a dark brown from the branch of the jungle beside her: "I know that this tree is called purple beech, and I know very well the function of its leaves, wood, fruits, and even resin. But it was the first time I had actually seen the tree, not from the cold paper. ”
"To be honest, I don't know what this feeling is, but it's really nice to be able to see a lot of things that I only have in my memory along the way. It also made me feel like I had done nothing wrong in my decision to leave the college. ”
"Really?" Sivi carefully observed the surroundings, and casually said to Sophia: "But after all, today is only the first day, maybe you will soon get tired of this wandering life." ”
"At that time...... the girl lowered her head, her face became a little ruddy, and her voice became a little quieter: "At that time, let me go to your academy to be a teacher." I'm still very confident in alchemy. ”
"Really......" Sivi replied absent-mindedly.
His attitude annoyed Sophia, who was still a little subtle girlish, for no reason.
She took a big step forward, then turned and kicked Sivi on the shin of her calf.
"It hurts! What are you doing! Sivi, who came back to his senses, screamed and crouched down to cover his right calf.
"Stupid!" Sophia cursed and ran to the lake.
Sivi sighed and stood up again, and then his gaze sharpened and fell to the jungle next to him once more.
In the jungle, many black shadows appeared with two fluorescent shadows, and if you look closely, you will find that those are actually giant wolves with a height of nearly one meter, and those two fluorescent points are the eyes of giant wolves. And there are already more than twenty of them, which is a medium-sized wolf pack!
Just now, Sivi found out that these were not just giant wolves who planned to come to visit them in a group, but compared to the lizardmen in the [Sand Pirate Stronghold] who were more than a nest of ants, such wolves were really not enough to see.
I'm not afraid of them, but if I do fight, it might affect Sophia. So Sivi just stared at them, and the magic began to radiate with the will, just like the so-called coercion, this technique can greatly affect the surrounding atmosphere.
With this kind of little skill, Xiwei's momentum alone overwhelmed the more than twenty giant wolves!
The leader of the giant wolf seemed to know that the human in front of him was not easy to mess with, and after howling lightly, he disappeared with the wolves.
After confirming that the other party had really left, Sivi chased after Sophia: "Wait a minute! That's why you want to kick me just now! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )