Act VIII. Frost Mine (B)
The night in the Pamirs was cold and silent, and in the night sky, the glow of the silver moon Eustia illuminated the snow-covered mountains, and on either side of the silver moon, the blue moon Elslan and the crimson moon Cecilia who did not belong to this season hung silently in an inconspicuous position, representing the stars of the gods, it was an awe-inspiring starry sky. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
And in the corner of the mountain range, deep in the long-abandoned mine, there was a conversation between two people.
"Mr. Shiloh, can you really find food here?"
Princess Eliefils asked softly, her left hand gently grasping the corner of Shiloh's robe, her blue eyes glowing brightly in the light of the fire.
"I used to, uh, I mean the old hunter I met before, that although these mines have long been abandoned, and many places have collapsed into dead ends, it is these places that have been destroyed by nature that bring something else."
Shh
Seeing Her Royal Highness the princess who was about to speak, Shiloh put his right index finger to his lips and motioned for her to be quiet.
There was still some confusion in her heart, so Princess Eliefils heard that voice in the next moment.
It was the sound of running water, a reassuring breeze, and she could even smell the water-soaked soft earth.
The narrow and long mine road seemed to have come to an end, and when she walked around the corner and finally reached the source of the sound of the water, Her Royal Highness could not help but be shocked by what she saw in front of her, and stood still for a long time.
Pale green fluorescence illuminates the spacious cavern, and even the stream is stained with greenery. In the clear and cold water, several slender swimming fish swayed their tails and went upstream. It seems that even the air is filled with green points of light, swaying with the breeze.
It was a dream-like scene, and Princess Elyfils had only read such descriptions in fairy tales, and if it weren't for the crisp crash of Shiloh's iron utensils that looked like pots on the side, she would have thought she was still in a dream.
Shiloh saw Her Royal Highness the Princess, whose eyes were dancing with excitement, and smiled slightly, but the work in his hand did not stop.
Frozen due to the inability of the magic to evacuate, they were deposited with flowing water, eventually forming these fluorescent stones. In the mines of "Rainbow Verse", such places are often encountered, and they are often used as strongholds for team repairs, Shiloh has been mixed in the Pamir Mountains for many years, and the location of these strongholds is naturally well known, just relying on the characteristics of the cave entrance, you can know the general composition of the roads in this mine.
It is rumored that the probability of bringing a female player to such a place is quite high, Shiloh doesn't know if it's true or not, at least he doesn't have that opportunity to bring a female player he knows, no, to be precise, the female player who will come to this ghost place with him is generally better than him.
"Well, Your Highness the Princess, can you help?"
Calling Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was still intoxicated by the magical scenery, Shiloh propped up the iron shelf and set the pot aside.
"Well, what?"
Because of Shiloh's call, she came back to her senses, and Her Royal Highness realized her gaffe, and her cheeks seemed to be a little red, but Shiloh didn't seem to be aware of it, which made her feel a little relieved.
"Wash this pot a little...... Uh, or rather, I'm going to wash the pot? ā
Halfway through his words, Shiloh suddenly remembered that he was not calling a female player with superb combat effectiveness, but the princess of Aster, so he changed his words again.
"What are you going to do?"
She didn't care about being assigned a mission by Shiloh, Princess Eliefils just didn't understand the meaning of the young man's actions in front of her.
"Forget it, I'll do it alone."
Shiloh did not answer Her Royal Highness's question, but stood up on his own, stood on tiptoe, and walked to the shore of the underground stream.
In his hand, there is a dilapidated net.
Princess Elyfils felt like she knew what he was going to do.
Gently submerging the net in his hand, Shiloh secured a section of it to the opposite bank, and then, as if rather casually, stepped across the stream.
The nets were quickly retracted, and the fish that were going up against the current had nowhere to escape because of the sudden blow, and all of them were caught in the nets.
In Shiloh's vision, a string of words slowly jumped out.
[Capture Skills for 3 XP]
Is it only 3 o'clock?
Shiloh complained in his heart about the stinginess of the system, but after thinking about it, for a profession like a praying person with the lowest strength and dexterity, the capture skill is basically better than nothing, and only when he is in a good mood, it can be regarded as a pastime to use it for fishing.
"Wow, that's amazing."
However, Her Royal Highness did not think so, and when she saw that Shiloh had caught three fish with ease, she seemed to be eager to try it, and her eyes were fixed on the net in Shiloh's hand.
"This is not a toy......"
Shiloh was about to explain that this was actually a prop left by the previous adventurers for the benefit of future generations, and the two of them had to return it as it was after using it, but looking at Her Royal Highness the princess, who was as curious as a wagging tail, he had no choice but to hand over the fishing net in his hand.
"Don't break ......"
"Okay!"
After receiving the fishing net, Her Royal Highness also followed Shiloh's example and began to set traps on the shore.
Having no time to take care of Her Royal Highness's pre-dinner entertainment, Shiloh washed the ashes of the pot and spoon a little downstream of the stream, hung a small half pot of water on the iron rack, and lit a small bonfire with the fire that he had brought to explore the way.
Pulling a folding knife and thumb-sized rock salt from the pouch around his waist, Shiloh began cooking on a flat slate.
In addition to professional skills, "Rainbow Verse" also has a large number of life skills, in a sense, the game almost all the things that players can do, are given numerical values, and because of this, in addition to the combat professions in general online games, "Rainbow Poems" also has a large number of so-called commercial players who specialize in life skills.
Not to mention anything else, Shiloh knew a professional blacksmith who had trained all the skills related to forging to the full level.
And after Shiloh checked his related life skills, he couldn't help but wonder if the so-called military priest was another name for the military chef.
With an average combat skill of less than 3 levels, there are actually 7 levels of cooking in life skills!
This means that even if he is not a priest and works as a chef in a restaurant in a big city, Shiloh can afford to buy a house in a few years.
Remove the scales, cut open the belly of the fish, remove the internal organs, and remove the bones, leaving only the translucent flesh, Shiloh throws the bones with a little bit of fish into the pot as the base of the soup, knocks off the corner of the rock salt, crushes it in half, smears a thin layer of white crystals on the fish, threads it with wire, and puts it next to the campfire to bake.
Then, Shiloh opened a small bag wrapped in oiled paper, which contained a mixture of dried herbs, sprinkled some into the soup, and threw down the remaining half of the rock salt as the clear water in the pot boiled and turned to a cloudy white, and it didn't take long for the whole space to emit an enticing fragrance, which made Her Royal Highness, who was addicted to fishing, also stop what she was doing.
"It smells so good!"
Putting the empty fishing net aside, Princess Eliefils sniffed, stared at the golden roast on one side, and the white and delicious fish on the other, and then slowly stretched out her hand.
"It's not ripe yet."
Subconsciously grabbing Her Royal Highness's slender wrist, Shiloh didn't realize what an offense he had done until he touched the delicate skin.
"Ah, I'm sorry!"
Quickly let go of his hand, but his fingertips hit the reddened wall of the pot because of the force he exerted too much.
"Wow!"
Shiloh's eyes jumped with a faint health of -1, but he was not in the mood to study the calculation of the damage, the burning finger came into contact with the cold air, the pain became more and more serious, and he was about to do something to relieve the pain, but Her Royal Highness the princess took an unexpected action.
The beautiful blonde girl grabbed Shiloh's palm, put the slightly red and swollen finger, and gently put it into her mouth and sucked it.
In the cave where the fire is flickering, a second seems like ten thousand years.
Before she could savor the touch from her fingertips, Her Royal Highness let go of Shiloh's hand, and then turned her face away, I don't know if it was the reflection of the flames, and the girl was crimson from the root of her ears to her neck.
"No, don't get me wrong, I just heard the teacher say that it can relieve the pain, so I subconsciously ......"
Without thinking about who the teacher she was talking about, Shiloh only felt dizzy and his face began to burn.
"Hmm......"
Silent not knowing how to continue the conversation, Shiloh desperately tried not to pay attention to the warm, crystalline liquid on his fingertips.
The boy and girl just looked at each other, speechless for a while.
"Fish, are you alright?"
Eventually, Her Royal Highness remembered what was going on, and she turned her gaze to the sizzling grilled fish, gently poking the flesh with a tiny broken branch.
"Uh, I think it's ready to eat."
Pulling the hot wire out of the soil with a handkerchief, Shiloh handed it to Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was already swallowing her saliva.
"It's still hot."
Taking the grilled fish from Shiloh, Princess Elyfils puffed out her cheeks, blew lightly, and then took a small bite of the fish.
"Wow, it's delicious!"
Her eyes suddenly brightened, and Her Royal Highness took another bite of the white and tender fish.
"Mr. Shiloh, I didn't expect you to be so good at cooking! It tastes so much better than the so-called palace food I ate in the fortress! ā
He did not answer, but took a plate and two bowls, washed them by the stream, and put the remaining two grilled fish on the plates, and filled them with two bowls of fish soup, and handed one of them to the princess.
"Hmmm, this soup is also very fresh!"
Thanks to years of living underground, the fish here don't have much earthy taste, so the fish soup is delicious. You know, in the original "Rainbow Verse", in order to prevent players from feeling full in the game, all the food tastes bad, and even if the dishes are made with full cooking skills, they can only be evaluated as not unpleasant.
And Shiloh ate the grilled fish, and after taking a sip of the fish soup, he found that the cooking skills were superb, and it seemed that the corresponding dishes would become more delicious, in fact, after thinking about it carefully, he found that when he was processing the fish and seasoning just now, his body seemed to be already familiar, and it was completely subconscious.
So, it seems that this is the difference between this world and "Rainbow Poem" again.
While Shiloh was still pondering the other recipes in his memory, thinking about what the various foods he had eaten in the past would taste like in this world, Princess Eliefils had already swept away the food in the bowl, filled another bowl of soup herself, and then split the remaining fish in two, leaving a larger piece on the plate.
"So what's next......"
While Her Royal Highness the Princess was feasting, Shiloh wanted to talk about his future plans, after all, what he was about to face was the Frost Mine Cave, which was quite difficult for novices, and if he didn't explain it carefully, he was afraid that Her Royal Highness the Princess would cause a lot of trouble.
Just as he was about to explain the strategy of the dungeon to the princess, from the darkness at the other end of the cavern, the low roar of the beast was heard.