Chapter 18: Moonsee Mountain Strategy (2)
Adventure Guide No. 2: Campsites should be located on high and flat ground as much as possible, and pay attention to the location of nearby water sources. It's a good idea to spray insect spray around the area before staying overnight, as it not only repells insects, but also gives off a smell that elves don't like.
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Mountain climbing is a great full-body exercise that not only exercises the body, but also cultivates the sentiment. But if someone asks climbers what they are most afraid of encountering while climbing a mountain, ninety percent of them will answer that you are a rumbling rock.
This kind of free-spirited spirit is naturally not worth mentioning in normal times, but it is a nightmare to encounter it in the mountains, especially on the way to climb the mountain. When its huge spherical body rolls towards you from a great height with a thunderous momentum, do you run or not? If you don't run away, congratulations, you will die as a warrior, and leave your deeds to posterity as negative teaching materials; Run, do you think you run fast or do you roll fast? So, the best option is to judge its trajectory, dodge sideways, or force it to change lanes with an elf skill.
Fortunately, although this kind of elf is a stone head, it will not seek death for no reason, and if it really rolls down from a very high place, it will be crushed to pieces.
At the entrance of the Tsukimi Cave, I saw a sign with the slogan Beware of Rumbling Stone. There are also obvious traces of manual excavation above the entrance, in order to direct the rolling stones to both sides and avoid hitting passers-by.
Climbing the mountain is really a manual work, and it was already evening when the two stumbled to the entrance, and at this time the air felt that his body was hollowed out, although there was rest along the way, it was a drop in the bucket.
The father of the god tail in front was already choosing a suitable campsite, but he didn't find a suitable place for a circle near the entrance of the cave, and finally simply walked back a few hundred meters with the air, that is, the place where the two of them rested before and set up camp.
The tent is portable and can be used when unfolded and slightly secured. Then Sora saw his father take out a small pot from his bag, and put a few stones on the ground to build a simple stove, apparently planning to eat something hot at night. At noon, there was no way, and now that I have time and conditions, of course, I have to eat something good to treat myself and the elves. The bear had already been released, and Daddy Kamio asked him to find some firewood and mountain goods to come back.
The elves of the Circle Bear generally live in the mountains and forests, and the environment of Moonsee Mountain is equivalent to its home field. It has a more sensitive sense of smell than a cutty dog, and can find even food buried deep in the ground.
It didn't take long for the bear to come back, holding a lot of things in its hands, walking like flying, and walking on the slope like walking on the slope, it was really very suitable for mountain life.
"Whoa." It threw everything on the ground and handed Daddy Kamio a leather bag containing a mountain spring that he had gotten from nowhere.
"Well done!" Kamio Ippei patted his old buddy and took a few yellow energy cubes from the cube box and threw them to it. Then he began to take care of the trophies brought back by the ring bears.
Sora watched his father sort on the side, there were a lot of things, in addition to branches and broken trees, there were a lot of wild vegetables, tree fruits, mushrooms that he couldn't name, and he even saw a piece of beehive that had been bitten off more than half and a half-dead pangolin. This can't help but make him sigh that the circle bear is really a good elf necessary for home travel, moving cars and fighting.
Father Kamio quickly divided the edible and inedible mountain goods into two piles, and the speed was dazzling.
"Dad, can you teach me this?" Sora felt that this hand would be used in the future.
"No problem, I can teach you now, let's start simple." After speaking, he began to find out several common mountain goods and show them to the air.
The mushrooms in the mountain goods are relatively easy to distinguish, the general color is coffee, lavender, gray-red and smells a little fruity, bitter apricot is non-toxic, in addition, the mushroom stem will be torn off will secrete a thick substance, in the air will change color. Due to the large variety of wild vegetables, Kamio Kazuhei can only teach his son the characteristics and distinguishing methods of several common ones, and the rest can only be said after encountering them in the future.
Dinner is stewed pangolin with native honey.
Of course it is impossible. The pangolin woke up and slipped away by digging a hole on its own, and the bear resented it.
The real dinner is wild vegetable soup and mushroom skewers.
The soup of wild vegetable soup is boiled with compressed biscuits, I believe that friends who have eaten have a deep understanding, compressed biscuits are high in salt, high sugar, high oil, eat a small piece can supplement the various elements required by the human body, throw it into the water and boil it will soon get a pot of soup with a unique flavor, and then put the selected wild vegetables into it, it is not much delicious, it is better to warm the body and mind.
In contrast, mushroom skewers are more popular, not to mention the honey drizzled on top, which is sweet, smooth, tender and juicy in the mouth. There are a lot of mushrooms, but there is very little honey, so the special skewers are only enough for one person after they are distributed to the elves, and it is a bit unsatisfying to eat them empty. It's not that the bear gnawed off most of the hive first, it's the bear's nature to eat honey, and it's thankful that it can leave a small half. But it's really delicious...... Anyone who has eaten thinks so.
The rest of the roasted mushrooms are sprinkled with fine salt and eaten directly, which is also unique, just look at Nana's little gluttonous mouth and round belly. Elves bring very little food, and usually in the wild, trainers let elves forage for food on their own, and their sensitive sense of smell can easily find food. Of course, some elves have lived with humans for a long time, and they are not used to eating tree fruits and wild vegetables, and it is possible that they like to eat the same food as the trainer.
The night in the mountains was cold, and I took a small sip of soup in my bowl, feeling the warmth flowing from my stomach to my whole body. The bonfire in front of me was swaying in the wind, like a phantom, like a red lotus, unable to grasp its form, but also beautiful and moving. Kamio Kazuhei on the other side of the campfire is sorting out the equipment he might need tomorrow, there was an earthquake here not long ago, and it is impossible to overprepare enough.
Feeling Nana on her lap turn over in her sleep, she drank the soup in one go, helped her change to a more comfortable position, and said to her father, "Are we going to go into the cave tomorrow to investigate?" ”
"Well, I really don't want to take you in if I can." "The cave is not a good place, it's dark, cold, and sometimes damp. Powerful elves, falling rocks, underground rivers, you never know what you'll encounter in the next moment. ”
"Isn't this cave leading to Hualan City, hasn't the alliance repaired it?" Sora asked as he watched his dad put the gear in his bag and put it back in his bag one by one.
"It must have been repaired, otherwise it would be too dangerous." Kazunei Kazuhei replied as he stuffed things, "But didn't you notice that we hadn't met other travelers in so long?" ”
Sora shook his head, feeling strange when he heard his father say this.
"This indicates that the alliance may have issued an announcement to close this place for the time being. We may have been the last people to come in before the lockdown. There is a large-scale migration of elves, and I believe that the alliance will soon send someone to investigate. ”
"Didn't we just come in to investigate?" Empty and incomprehensible.
"We were sent by the Doctor in the name of a private commission, and the official alliance investigation mission has not yet been released, and besides, do you think I would allow you to follow if it was an official mission?" Kamio Kazuhei said angrily.
"Hey, hey." Sora laughed dryly, took out his backpack and planned to tidy up, and after listening to his father's words, he began to think that this trip might not be as simple as he imagined.
Before going to bed, take a towel dipped in water and wipe your body, brush your teeth and wash your face or something, don't think about it, every drop of water in the wild is precious.
The tent was not big, but it was more than enough to sleep two people, Sora and Nana were both in their sleeping bags, the adult's sleeping bag was very generous for him, and through the small window, he could see that Daddy Kamio was spraying insect spray, and then he put out the campfire, and then released the metal monster vigil, and then got everything in order before getting into the tent.
"Is it okay to keep a metal monster alone for a vigil?" Sora asked.
"It doesn't matter, he's a bit like a mechanical being, he doesn't need to sleep, and his body made of steel is not afraid of the cold, so it's the best for vigil." It's obviously not the first time that Daddy Kamio has let a metal monster do this.
"Oh." He answered, yawned again, and stopped squeaking.
Listening to the cold wind howling outside, he felt a little cold, and couldn't help but hug Nana tighter. Also tired all day, Nana had already fallen asleep, and he himself soon fell into a deep sleep.
In the middle of the night, Sora vaguely heard the sound of a fight outside in his sleep, and his consciousness instantly returned to his brain, he opened his eyes suddenly, touched his side, and sure enough, his father was no longer there. He hurriedly dragged Nana, who was also woken up, out of the tent.
As soon as I got out of the tent, I felt a gust of wind coming from the side. Nana didn't wait for his command before she pounced, as if she had collided with something in the darkness. Hurriedly turning on the flashlight, there is nothing on the ground, escaped? Then he saw Nana licking her paws, which were faintly bloody.
"What are you doing here? It's too dangerous. Sora only then noticed that Father Kamio was controlling the metal monster and the ring bear at the same time, fighting with something.
Shining the flashlight there, Sora was suddenly startled, it was a supersonic bat and a large-mouthed bat that could not be seen. They constantly attack the metal monster and the ring bear, but the highly poisonous teeth cannot leave a mark on the metal monster, and the end of the circle bear is often slapped away by a claw.
"Metal monster, use [bullet punch]." Even in the face of multiple enemies, Kamio's father still seems unhurried.
The metal monster floated out of thin air, swung its claws at high speed, and accurately attacked the nearby supersonic bat, and for a moment it looked like a dumpling in the sky.
"Nana, [Shadow Ball] is free to attack." Sora didn't answer his father, and told him with his actions that he could fight too.
The [Shadow Ball] in the darkness was simply nowhere to be found, and the silent attack directly hit a supersonic bat, knocking it to the ground.
"Nana, reduce your output and attack the head directly." Realizing that the bats were not strong, Sora immediately asked Eevee to shrink the [Shadow Ball] and reduce the consumption.
With Sora's help, the supersonic bats, who were not dominant in the first place, soon fell into disadvantage, and elves continued to escape and die.
What if you don't kill it at this time, can you leave it for breakfast?
"Tss
Suddenly, there was a harsh sound in the darkness, it felt like a cat scratching the glass with its paws, which made Sora uncomfortable, and Ibu also trembled and stopped attacking, her ears were particularly sensitive, and she couldn't stand it.
"Damn, it's [Ultrasound]!" In the sky, several large-mouthed bats invariably launched their skills, and their already large mouths opened even more exaggeratedly.
Do wild elves also work together?
Then, before he could come up with a solution, he heard another deafening roar, and the whole world fell silent.
"Whew, it's dangerous, it's dangerous. If you don't let the ring bear use [roar] in time, it will be troublesome. Kamio Ichihei wiped his sweat and said luckily.
Most of the sonic bats were stunned by the roar just now, and only a few of the large-mouthed bats fled in a hurry.
Sora picked up Eevee, who was still in a state of confusion, and gently stroked its back, and Nana quickly calmed down.
"Why didn't you use this trick earlier." Sora grumbled.
"It's not like I didn't expect it~ haha." Kamio's father smiled awkwardly.
After that, the two of them threw all the elves on the ground far away, since they had lost their combat effectiveness, there was no need to kill them again, and when they regained consciousness, they should not come to trouble again.
Seeing that it was still early, he got into the tent and planned to go back to sleep. Before entering, he saw his father take out the communicator as if he was going to contact someone, but he didn't pay much attention to it, probably a doctor.