Chapter 19: The Long Wind Continues
"Your grandfather has seen our relics?"
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The theft of the Wild Heart is an unspeakable pain for the entire Orc Kingdom. However, looking at the young man in front of him with a calm face and a sparse beard just emerging around his lips, Poppy the Elephant did not have much hope.
"No, no, to be exact, he's heard it described,"
Yang Shou understood the scrutiny and suspicion in the other party's eyes, and shook his head lightly: "If the news that my grandfather got is true, then the three dragon knights who seized the Wild Heart back then hid the Wild Heart, two of them were killed by the temple guards on the Emerald Wasteland, and the other used the portal to escape, right?" ā
Poppy's pupils shrank when he heard this, his heart shook violently, and his big hand subconsciously grasped the armrest of the seat.
Yang Shou was keenly aware of the other party's emotional changes, and continued to smile and said, "Fortunately, the guards followed, so that unlucky guy couldn't teleport back to the human kingdom and died halfway. Before he died, he left behind clues about the hiding place of Wild Heart, and it was only after more than a hundred years that someone found this clue. ā
"Diger?" Poppy couldn't keep his composure anymore and couldn't help but stand up and ask hurriedly.
Diger, the current Emperor of the Empire of Steel, Diggle IV.
Yang Shou nodded: "Yes, so this is a great opportunity to get the Wild Heart before Diggle!" ā
Bobbi shook his head slightly, sighed, and said, "I'm afraid we can't do anything about it, unless we get accurate information, it is impossible to locate and track the human army in the vast Emerald Great Wasteland." ā
Yang Shou smiled slightly, and said confidently: "Normally, this is the case, but it also coincides, I just know a little bit about the content of this clue." ā
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Buckley and Yang Shou walked together, but after arriving at the Lord's Mansion, Buckley was politely invited to the side hall for tea by the leopard guards, and watched Yang Shou and Lord Poppy walk into the private room together.
Yang Shou, a stinky boy, didn't even intercede with me, just left me outside?
Barkley scratched his head and walked around the side hall in frustration, the more depressed he became, and his curiosity was aroused, almost driving the impatient bear man insane.
Unable to stay in the house, Barkley simply left the room and walked out the door.
It was the middle of the night, the wind was whining overhead, and I still felt cold when I stood in the clearing.
The bears liked to sleep when it was cold, but they weren't afraid of the cold, and Barkley walked around the courtyard, at least not as irritated as he was in the house.
Soon, though, Barkley made an unexpected discovery.
From this angle, just enough to see through the window of the reception room, Barkley perked up, and when he saw that there was no one around, he tiptoed over and put his head to the side of the bed.
"Your Excellency Yang Shou, your information is very important to us, I will ask the War Eagle to send this news back to the royal city, and let the chiefs and high priests know as soon as possible!"
Elder Bobby's slightly excited voice came, making Barkley very curious, what was it that made the old and respectful elder so excited?
Next was the sound of Yang Shou's boy being beaten.
"The sooner the better, I'm sure the Great Chief will be interested. I also have a personal request, I heard that you are one of the most powerful shamans in the temple, and I wonder if I can take the liberty to borrow something from you. ā
"Please."
"A Mana Extraction Totem"
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When Barkley heard this, his curiosity was hanging, and the whole person was excited. What, exactly, is it to report to the Great Chief? And what is the Mana Extraction Totem?
In the orc kingdom, the totem is an exclusive item for shamans, and ordinary people basically don't know anything about it, how does it sound, this Yang Shou seems to know very well.
Just as Barkley was about to continue eavesdropping, there was a sudden sound of neat footsteps on the other side, it was the guards patrolling the city lord's mansion!
Barkley hurried out of the window and quietly retreated to the crossroads of the courtyard. Seeing the guards slowly walk in front of him, Barkley felt that there were ten thousand ants crawling in his heart.
Ahhh I'm going to hear it all!!
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The meeting went smoothly, and after a short time, the two left the lord's mansion.
On the way back to the Qingteng Tavern, Yang Shou took two steps, looked up at Barkley, walked two steps, and looked up again.
It's not that Yang Shou has a problem, but Barkley's expression is too strange, staring at Yang Shou. However, the height difference between the two is a bit big, so Yang Shou felt hot on the top of his head every time, and when he raised his head, he saw a pair of huge bear eyes of Barkley.
"Grass on my head?" Yang Shou was furious by the other party's heart, and couldn't help but ask.
"Hmph, I want to see what's in your head." Barkley finally withdrew his gaze, a look of unwillingness.
Yang Shou shook his head and said lightly: "You don't believe it when I tell you now, and you'll know when the matter is done." ā
Barkley snorted twice, but he couldn't help it, his eyes were aimed at the wooden stick in Yang Shou's hand, and his curiosity was immediately hung up again.
"Elder Bobby gave you something, it can't be a root totem, right?"
"Dwarf oil? Can you still tell it's a totem? Yang Shou raised his eyebrows, and found that the other party's face was full of unconcealed curiosity, and his huge body squeezed towards him, and if he was a little closer, the totem in his hand would be eaten by Barkley.
Yang Shou thought it was funny, but he knew that Barkley had this kind of character, so he simply explained it to the other party: "Okay, okay, this is a mana extraction totem, Elder Bobbi just made it for me." ā
Yang Shou handed the totem to Barkley, and the anxious bear man immediately took it and took a closer look.
At first glance, it looks like an ordinary wooden stick, a foot long, slightly thicker than an ordinary person's thumb.
The sticks were carved with intricate patterns, and there was a faint flow of white light, and Barkley could feel the magical energy surging on them. Barkley was familiar with the feeling, the same as the totems in the village temple, only much more refined.
Totems are unique to shamans who attach spells to specially treated wooden or metal sticks that can be activated when needed, similar to a mage's magic scroll.
The mana extraction totem in Yang Shou's hand is the simplest one, and it can be activated by breaking it.
"Mana Extraction Totem (Finesse)
Use: Triggers a powerful mana field centered on the totem and 1 meter in diameter, and any magic within the range of the stance will be continuously absorbed until the totem is destroyed, or the absorption spell exceeds the totem limit. ā
The totem is made by Master Bobby, and the quality is naturally guaranteed, of course, the attributes of the totem can only be seen by Yang Shou alone.
"But you still haven't said, what's the use of you asking for this?" Barkley held the totem in his hand, still a question mark in his head.
"Of course it works."
Yang Shou snatched the totem over, carefully stuffed it into his backpack, and changed the topic: "By the way, I heard Elder Bobbi say just now that something happened to the Giant Claw Forest?" ā
"Well, that's right,"
Speaking of this, Barkley's mood was a little low, and he sighed: "A month ago, there was a fire in the Giant Claw Forest, and when the wolf cavalry from a nearby city arrived, the fire was no longer controllable, and nearly half of the forest was burned. ā
"What about your people?" Yang Shou frowned and asked.
"Fortunately, they escaped in time, and there were no casualties, but now they are all homeless, and they should settle in the wasteland."
Speaking of this, Barkley clenched his fists: "Anyway, you must go back and help the people rebuild their homes!" ā
Yang Shou nodded, "When this matter is done, I may have to go to the Orc Kingdom, and then we will be together." ā
"Oh? Do you really want to go on a trip? ā
Barkley said with some surprise: "That's not a joke, just your little body, tsk~"
"Hehe, maybe it's traveling, maybe it's settling, maybe it's going to be settled~" Yang Shou replied with a smile, looking up at the starry sky, his thoughts drifting far away with the wind.
It's late at night.
In the room, Yang Shou sat alone on the bed, placing the polished shiny broadsword horizontally on his knees, closing his eyes at the same time, and gently resting his hands on the spine of the sword.
Silently, red sword qi overflowed from the sword's body, like a rootless fire, burning spontaneously, and soon covered the entire sword.
At the same time, in Yang Shou's field of vision, a red progress bar was slowly growing.
"Infiltrate the Unique Weapon: Progress 26%, ...... in progress"
Unique weapons are unique skills of the Swordsman, which can be used to improve the quality of the weapon by spending time and transferring a portion of the experience points to the selected weapon.
The advantage of this is that your weapon will always be better than that of your contemporaries, but the disadvantage is obvious, once you change weapons, the experience you spent before will be in vain and you will have to start all over again.
As a veteran player of "The Witcher", Yang Shou knows that the best time to infiltrate a unique weapon should be when the character level is around level 20. Because at this time, players generally get their first purple epic, or the first top-of-the-line blue fine weapon.
At this time, infiltrating unique weapons can ensure that they are ahead of others for a long time, because the speed of updating other professional weapons is definitely much slower than the speed of infiltrating weapons.
But Yang Shou couldn't wait for that time.
The crisis is getting closer and closer, and Yang Shou must use all means to improve his strength as quickly as possible. If you waste your experience, you can earn it back anyway.
Yang Shou held the broadsword, calmly and patiently guided the ritual of infiltrating weapons.
At the same time, Yang Shou also turned on the "Experience Locking" option on the attribute panel, so that even if the experience value is enough, the character level will not be automatically increased, and can only be manually upgraded.
In this way, you won't miss the opportunity to infiltrate weapons because of accidental upgrades.
Nothing was said all night.
When I opened my eyes again, it was already dark.
When they arrived at the northern outpost yesterday, astrologers predicted heavy winds and sand today, followed by a high probability of heavy rain in the next few days.
When I woke up in the morning, I saw that the sky above my head was like a wash, but the northern sky was covered with rolling sand and dust, and in no more than half an hour, the sandstorm would sweep in.
The Emerald Heath is dry all year round, with only a few days of rain in spring and autumn. In this situation, the army must set off as soon as the wind and sand stop, otherwise they will definitely be trapped in the wasteland by the torrential rain, and it will be difficult to move an inch.
Yang Shou sat at the bar of the tavern, eating roasted rock lizard meat with relish, with a large glass of cold beer next to him.
A few veterans got up early and entered the tavern, and saw Yang Shou feasting, and Jane sitting on the side, quietly looking out the window.
"Hey!"
A veteran came over, poked Yang Shou with his elbow, and whispered: "Adjutant Jian came to look for you on purpose, why don't you just take care of yourself!" ā
"Ahem!" Yang Shou choked on the beer, raised his head and glared at the other party angrily.
"What are you staring at, Adjutant Jane is a good girl, don't be in the midst of blessings and don't know blessings~" Several veterans educated Yang Shou a few words, hummed and walked away.
Yang Shou was speechless, and said in his heart that it was really a group of rough men, and he was talking so loudly in my ear, the whole tavern heard it, couldn't the girls hear it?
Turning his head to look at Jane, he found that the girl was still indifferent, as if she hadn't heard anything, plain like a narcissus.
It was a little embarrassing not to speak, and Yang Shou spoke first: "Last night, Lord Caroline should have had a very unpleasant quarrel with Thomas. ā
"It's just a transport army transporting supplies, and it's about to reach its destination, Miss said it's fine."
Yang Shouyan nodded when he heard this.
From Jane's tone, Yang Shou could also feel that after yesterday's incident, Caroline was already very disgusted with Thomas.
This is a good sign.