Chapter 35: Saline (2)
People can always burst out with unimaginable power in desperate situations, and dwarves are no exception.
By the time the mercenaries caught up with the caravan, they had already run more than a dozen kilometers.
"You know, those dwarfs are so good at running, we don't have to fight the jackals."
Goth gasped and said with bad intentions.
Because of his short legs, the dwarf swayed on both sides when he ran, like a tumbler, which looked a little ridiculous.
"Don't talk nonsense, goth, and have a minimum of respect for your employer!"
Ari said with a serious expression, "They didn't do anything wrong, think about it, what would happen if those jackals really chased after them?" Do you want to fail a mission? ”
"I also understand the reason, but I am a little upset, and I have lost a few brothers."
Goth was a little depressed, and Ari sighed and didn't speak.
In the battle just now, the war mercenary group lost five more members, all of whom were ordinary adventurers who had not yet changed careers, just like Mu Kai said, the weak always can't survive.
The caravan followed the main road, and after about two hours entered the territory of Barnices.
After passing through the jackal camp, there are no more dangers on the way, except for the occasional attack by some monsters.
Huge spiders would suddenly emerge from the bushes on the side of the road, and those spiders were not much smaller than the caravans' carriages, and their bodies were covered with colorful and strange patterns, which looked very terrifying.
The long legs are formed by a bony shell, covered with sharp barbs, and the toes are like steel spears, which makes people shudder at the sight.
This kind of monster is often encountered in the wild, and adventurers are very experienced in dealing with them, but for ordinary businessmen, these giant spiders are terrifying killing machines, and there are not a few people who die in the belly of spiders every year in Gurudin.
From time to time, low-level scavengers would hide from a distance and peep, but the swords of the mercenaries kept them from approaching, which saved them a lot of trouble.
In the evening, after a long day's travel, Norman asked Cloune to rest, and the mercenaries found a suitable place on the side of the road and began to set up a makeshift camp.
When camping in the wild, you need to be vigilant if you have a caravan with you, and it's still some distance from the range of the lizardmen, but there is no guarantee that the scavengers won't sneak up in the middle of the night.
There are now many experienced adventurers in the war mercenary group, how the camp is arranged, how the defense is arranged, these don't need Mu Kai to worry about, he just found a place to sit down and watch quietly.
Sareen followed him like a little tail, and after leaving the jackal camp, the dwarf was a little excited, and her little mouth was grunting, but if you listened carefully, you would find that she was talking about the battle with the jackals over and over again.
"Look at this ore, it's been recovered from the corpse of a gnoll!"
The female dwarf held out her small pink hand in front of Mu Kai, holding an egg-sized stone in her palm.
The light blue ore was irregularly shaped, he didn't know how to recognize it, but it felt heavy in his hand, and the point was that the ore was not dug out of the pit, but produced in the body of the jackal.
Self-transformation, a magical skill exclusive to dwarven collectors.
Through this skill, you can have a wonderful reaction in the body of different monsters, condensing a variety of different rare minerals.
"What kind of ore is this?"
Mukai tossed the light blue stone to Sareen.
"Yasuopi Rough Stone! It's a rare material. ”
The dwarf smiled and took the ore in her hand, put it in the small waist bag embroidered with a rabbit pattern, and patted the bulging waist bag, where there were at least five or six more of these stones.
"In that case, you can make money by recycling this kind of stone."
Mukai took out a few crosses from his pocket and put them in his hand, "There are gnolls in that camp, and to you it's a mine of activity." ”
The cross mark in his hand was taken from the jackal, and it was the mission voucher for exterminating the jackal barracks, red for ordinary jackal soldiers, blue for officers, black for senior commanders, and the bounty was different when settling.
"I don't dare to provoke those jackals alone, Kai, do you think it's good for me to join the mercenary group?"
Salene tilted her head cutely, blinking at Mu Kai with a pair of big eyes, and a hint of cunning flashed in her pale green eyes.
Under the gaze of those big watery eyes, Mu Kai couldn't help blushing a little, feeling like a bad guy who seduced little Lori with a lollipop, and he was the kind that was recognized by Little Lori on the spot.
He quietly put away the cross and said with a smile, "If you are willing to join the war, we will welcome it." ”
"So, will you take me on an expedition to the giant's ruins in the future?"
The female dwarf showed an innocent expression again, and Mu Kai nodded, then stared back at the sky red by the sunset.
"In addition to the places you mentioned, I'm going to climb the Tower of Pride!"
"Yo, young people are ambitious."
A low, gloomy voice suddenly came, and Mu Kai turned his head to look, only to see Walter walking over with three men in black cloaks, apparently, it was one of them who had just said what he had just said.
"These three were passing by here just now, and they said they wanted to spend the night in our camp."
Walter winked as he spoke, and the meaning was obvious, that is, he hoped that Mukai would not agree.
The three guys were covered in black cloaks all over their bodies, and they didn't even show their fingers, looking gloomy, and they didn't feel like normal people.
The man in black standing in the middle lifted the hood over his head, revealing an old face, holding a twisted wooden wand and bending slightly to Mu Kai in respect.
"Hello, young adventurer, we are wandering ascetics, would we like to spend the night in your camp? Don't worry, it won't bother you. ”
The man in black standing to the left of the old man hesitated for a moment, and also took off his hood, it was actually a dark elf, holding the same style of wand as the old man, with pale hair, a cold face, sharp and unruly eyes, and a kind of indifference that rejected people thousands of miles away.
The man on the right didn't move, just stood quietly.
"That's right."
Mu Kai groaned slightly, and said, "It's not easy to go out, if you don't like the simplicity here, then stay overnight, and you can have dinner with us later." ”
"That's so thankful."
A smile appeared on the old man's face, and he owed Mu Kai again, "Then what should I call you?" ”
"Kylemore, just call me Kai."