Act 15: The Journey (I)

By the time the former mage struggled to climb ashore from the riverbank, the sky was getting brighter.

Ge Tongluo, who struggled to fish Avis out of the river, stood up straight, shook the water droplets on his head, and finally glanced at Ives helplessly: "To be honest, you can run a little more than I thought...... I thought I had to do something to save you. It seems that the magician has more than enough means. ”

"Ahem......" Ives opened his mouth wide and finally coughed up a mouthful of water that had choked into his lungs. He gulped for a few moments before he felt the oxygen re-enter his lungs. He reclined on the grass, watching the black clouds slowly drifting over his head, and the stars representing the gods, feeling the early summer evening breeze blowing. After a long time, he said, "Ge Tongluo, I (beep-) you! ”

"At that time, there needs to be someone who catches everyone's attention." Ge Tongluo squatted down and said, "So we must have one person to escape incognito, and after breaking out of the encirclement, save the other." And I think with your strength, how can it not fall into their hands...... I didn't mean to harm you, or do you think I should let you drown in the water? ”

Ives sat up, "Why don't you discuss it with me?" ”

"Will you say yes?"

"Of course not!"

Ge Tongluo made an expression of 'that's not it's over', and then said, "Go back and get your bags, we're going to go." ”

"Huh?" Ives felt like he really couldn't keep up with the wanderer's thinking. Ge Tongluo glanced at Avis, and then said, "You don't think you can venture around here unharmed after offending the 'Blazing Axe', do you?" So pack your bags, we're ready to run away – if you're average, or if there's a lot of unobtrusive ways to do it. But now you're a mage, and the Blazing Axe only has to go around town and ask around to find out which mages have been coming lately. You're doomed, so pack your bags and we're going somewhere new......"

Ives felt like he had been pitted by this wanderer from start to finish. He sighed, and continued, "I think it would be a good choice to kill you now and exchange your head for the trust of the Blazing Axe......"

"Since you say it, it proves that you don't intend to do it."

"Okay." Ives smiled wryly, "I admit I can't seem to beat you right now...... and he stood up and shook off the drops of water from his body. He doesn't have any spell slots now, and he really doesn't have the confidence to defeat a level 5 thief. Ge Tongluo glanced at Avis, and suddenly laughed: "I lack a teammate now, and I suddenly feel that you are not bad, do you want to travel together?" ”

"Do you think I'll say yes?" Avis looked stunned, "You just tricked me." ”

"But you don't seem to have a choice." Ge Tongluo smiled mysteriously, "Or do you think you can escape the pursuit of the Blazing Axe alone?" With your IQ that can only read and won't fool people? ”

"Aha! You're underestimating me! I'm dignified too! I'm not going to join the ranks of you who are full of intrigue! ”

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The midday sun was soft, and the authority of the sun god Pandoshi looked over the land. Legend has it that the sun god has three tireless Pegasi who pull the sun from a corner of the earth across the Great 6 in a single day, bringing endless light and heat to the world.

The chirping of birds sounded in his ears, and Avis, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, was woken up by a jolt from his companion. When you open your eyes, the world is incomparably bright, and the soft sunlight renders the earth into a golden world. In the distance, there are low hills, scattered huts between the fields, and you can see people and animals farming. The fields on the side are full of crops, and the green ears of wheat are swaying in the wind as the breeze blows. Slowly retracting his gaze, Ives saw some windmills that were five or even seven people high, and the windmills were still making a 'crunch' sound when they were turning, and the carriage that Ives was riding in passed by the windmill, and Ives also saw a few children running around the windmill with joy......

"What's wrong?" Avis turned his head to look at his companion beside him. Ge Tongluo played with a turquoise dagger in his hand, and he kept playing with the dagger back and forth in his hand, almost dancing with the afterimage - according to him, he was familiar with the sensing of weapons. And Ives estimated that the wanderer in front of him, who was about level five, should already be a master-level figure of the dagger weapon.

"You've been asleep for five hours." Ge Tongluo casually put the dagger back into the cowhide daggard on his waist, and he looked at Avis with a hint of mockery in his eyes, "And you slept very well, and you didn't have a sense of crisis at all." If I had this heart, you would have died hundreds of times. ”

"Hey." Ives shook his head helplessly, he was an otaku who squatted in front of the computer to play games before the crossing, his combat skills were certainly trained by highly realistic games, but you teach an otaku how to stay vigilant while sleeping?

"It's time for dinner." Grethorn blocked all of Avis's angry words, and smiled and took out a dry bread that was hard enough to be used as a hammer, and a jug of water. Avis's face stiffened: "You just spare me......"

"This bread is much easier to preserve and more filling than the cured and bacon meats you have prepared before. If you had brought food as you had done before, we might not have survived for three days. Now it's been two weeks. Ge Tongluo said, "And this kind of bread can still be eaten after soaking it in water, don't you want to taste it?" ”

So Ives ate the bread. He felt that he was eating wood. But he had to admit that this bread was quite satisfying. And in order to prevent the loss of physical energy, they also cooked a pot of soup. The main ingredient is a little bit of ground meat, and some easy-to-preserve vegetables, which are a plant that resembles Chinese cabbage. Ge Tongluo, who has rich experience in the wild, also found some wild vegetables and put them in. The driver they had hired to drive also had a little bit of this soup. As for Avis's valuable pure-blooded plain horse, which was used as a cart horse, he ate the weeds on his own. Ge Tongluo looked at the horse with a twinkle in his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

"If you dare to slaughter it and eat meat, I'll duel you now."

The young mage's vicious voice rang in the ears of the wanderer. The wanderer, on the other hand, spread his hands helplessly: "It's too expensive to raise this horse...... It eats beans once a week, right? Although it can usually eat some wild grass at will, it is not good for its health for a long time...... That is, with it we pay an extra 3 gold coins per week. Well, it's about the same as the cost of two of us for a month. ”

"How poor we have to live, only spending three gold coins a month! Wait, did you just say 'the two of us'? Two people spend three gold coins together? ”

"If you sell it, you should have a thousand gold coins in your account......"

"Hey! I bought it for 10 times the price! Uh, why are you looking at me with the eyes of the wronged man? ”

"Nothing." Ge Tongluo sighed, "I just got a glimpse of the **** of aristocratic life." ”

After arguing with Avis for a while, Ge Tongluo looked at the pure-blooded plain horse: "But...... There are many advantages to having such a good horse in the team. At least it's pretty fast to pull the wagon......"

"Apologize to it! It's a war horse that can take on the charge of heavily armored knights! ”

"Huh." The coachman, who had been invited by the two of Avis for a silver coin, laughed, took a sip of the mixed soup with only a little bit of meat foam in front of him, and said with a smile: "This horse is really good, it has a lot of strength, and its temperament is not wild, and if you keep it, you don't need to consider the need to change horses for at least five years." ”

Ge Tongluo had a shocked expression of 'you can actually save money', and Ives no longer complained.

After eating and drinking, the carriage moved on. Ge Tongluo played with the dagger on his waist again, and Avis was not sleepy, he groped for a magic book from the side, and added a trick to himself 'vision optimization', so that his eyesight would not be short-sighted due to incorrect reading posture. He knew that many mages had lost their most precious sight in this way.

Ge Tongluo played with the dagger for a while, and then said to Avis, "By the way, I warn you, we are still about five hours away from Snow City. ”

"So fast." Ives expressed his shock at the efficiency of their previous progress. Ge Tongluo nodded: "You should sigh that your horse's endurance is really herd, and you don't look tired after running all day at this level." By the way, to enter Snowman, you will pass through a canyon...... It's impossible to know what the original name was, and now we all call it Death Canyon. Be careful, there are a lot of robbers inside. ”

"Why do I feel that as long as you say this, we will definitely meet the robbers?"

"Because we can't avoid it." Ge Tongluo said, "Of course, most of the robbers are just asking for money, and a small team like ours can just beat a few small sums and pass." A small team like ours, which doesn't have much oil and water, but may have a big background, is generally not managed by anyone. ”

"I hope so."

Avis changed to a more comfortable sitting position and flipped through the magic book in his hand. Ge Tongluo looked at the tome that had a headache at first glance with some helplessness: "Why do magicians like to read?" ”

"There is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is a golden house in the book!"

"Huh?"

Ge Tongluo said that he really couldn't understand this strange lingua franca translated from Chinese.

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Minor revisions. Friends who read this chapter should be able to see that the protagonist's emotional intelligence is not high. He's the 'look good' type. Although he is extremely talented in spells, what about science students......

In the second edition, perception is also referred to as wisdom. And our protagonist's attribute is 12, so he is a typical person with high IQ and low EQ, and it would be too much to overestimate him if he was to calculate others.

In addition, this book does not abuse the Lord, and I never write an article about the abuse of the Lord.

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