Chapter 50: Wild Camping
After crossing the flat bridge across the galaxy and following the merchant group, Charles and his party finally came to a fork in the road.
A fork in the road leads to the inland lake 'Wing Loong Lake' to Arabe, which is located on the opposite bank of 'Pterodactyl Lake' and is located in the plain of the river impact.
Then further north from Arabe, over the tail of the Stormhorn Mountains, is the dead city of Tifanton between two large mountain ranges.
The other fork in the road, all the way east, eventually bypassed Guangze and entered neighboring Sambia. Almost all the merchants took this fork in the road, and the adventurers and players scattered after crossing the bridge, and they burrowed into the wilderness and did not follow the road completely.
"Pastor of the Holy Adventists, goodbye."
Demps rode a group of light horses and chased after him from behind, and when he passed by the three Charles, he greeted them loudly, and then followed a large merchant group bound for Sambia.
He should entrust the wounded and remnants to deal with these things. In more detail, Charles will not bother with it.
The 'Aquatic Ring' was still sitting quietly in the team's makeshift warehouse.
The group of three continued their journey along the northern fork of the road.
Due to an unexpected mission, which had been delayed for almost an afternoon, Charles's calculated path was off, and at sunset, they were at least a few hours away from the nearest village.
So I had to camp in the wild.
The camping location is very particular, preferably in a leeward and near the water, but it is not possible to camp in a river valley. There was a storm just last night, and who knows if there will be a flash flood.
Charles jumped off his horse, map in hand, looking at the forest on the horizon, then sniffing the moist lake breeze blowing from behind, and pointed his finger at the map.
"We're here."
Quicksand and haunting his fingertips were attached to him, and when he looked at his fingers, he saw that they were caught between the King's Forest and the corner of Pterodactyl Lake, in between.
"Qingxuan, you go to the forest in front, collect some dry firewood and plant fibers to make a fire, and if you can, get a few more game and save some dry food."
Charles began to assign tasks. If you don't hurry up and camp, it will be difficult to do it at night.
The female wanderer nodded, and without the slightest objection, she sprinted out.
"And you...... Set up camp with me. Charles glanced at the sorcerer, led the horses, and found a dry spot in the weedy field.
The clearing, which bears traces of the previous group of adventurers camping, is strewn with charcoal fire ash in the center. On the side facing Pterodactyl Lake, there happen to be two boulders, which are excellent leeward points.
Camping is troublesome, and if it weren't for the punishment mechanism set up in the system, Charles would also want to shrink into a sleeping bag and spend the night casually.
However, if there is no camp at night, players will go offline at night, and when they go online again the next morning, they may find that their bodies are weak, weak, and have diseases such as 'wind chill' and 'acid fever'.
It's okay to have a common cold and fever, but there are also a few strong people with a few professional levels. However, if the disease is infected by an evil creature in the wild, it must be cured by the priest's [Remove Disease] (Three Rings) magic spell.
So under the threat of death, the player must camp. Unless you find a place to stay in a village or town.
Pulling out the tent and some parts from his backpack, Charles beckoned the sorcerer to start camping.
When each person had to set up three tents, Charles, carrying a sledgehammer and a nail riveting to hold the tent in place, said to the sorcerer, "Spread the tent, and I will fix it." ”
"Division of labor and cooperation."
At this time, Haunting Dream had already lowered his hood, revealing a fair and delicate face. A pair of goat horns in her light purple hair always caught the priest's eye.
When the female Tieflin heard this, she showed a hint of hesitation, stepped forward lightly, looked at the tents spread out on the floor, and said with red ears: "I won't." ”
"Won't?" Charles was slightly surprised, "You haven't played holographic games before?" ”
Since the holographic era, the wild camping mechanics of several games have been similar. If you are a veteran player, this kind of work should not be too easy.
"I haven't played it." The sorcerer was sincere, and his tone was uninspiring.
"Okay......"
Charles glanced at the tent on the ground, and then at the sledgehammer and nail rivet in his hand, "Why don't you fix the tent and I'll unfold it?" ”
"Give it a try." Haunted by dreams, he thought for a moment before nodding slightly.
Then Tifling, a petite woman, stood beside the priest with a sledgehammer, and watched as he easily unfolded the canvas tent and attached the skeleton, and soon a personal tent was erected on the dry ground.
"Whoa." Charles pointed to the tendon ropes that stretched out of the corners of the tent, "Put the rivets around them, pull them tight, and drive them into the earth, and you will fix them." ”
"Oh."
The haunting answer was very light, as if he thought that such a trivial matter could not bother him. But in fact, after doing so, the pastor realized that he had overestimated the woman's abilities.
The hammer was unstable and crooked, although there was a soft yellow earth nearby, but Charles was haunted by the slamming of the nail a few times, and the nail only disappeared a small part, so it could not be completed in half a day.
“……”
If it's a close friend or someone else who knows him, Charles might be going to scold. He is sure now that this female teammate is definitely not very old, and then she still has some delicate attributes, there should be a maid or something like that at home, and she doesn't have to do rough work by herself.
"I'll do it."
"You go and sort out the blankets and sleeping bags."
Charles stepped forward to take the hammer, but he twitched and found that the sorcerer had grasped the handle of the hammer to the ground, and his beautiful eyes glared at him with stubbornness and shame.
Very familiar eyes.
It's like the feeling he felt when the quicksand at his fingertips was still a rookie.
"Uh......" Charles was stunned, then shook his head, with a helpless smile on the corner of his mouth, "Okay, since you want to learn, then teach you, it's not difficult." ”
Night is falling.
Soon after, Fingertip Quicksand returned from the forest with firewood and the carcass of a young deer.
The wanderers then found that only one tent had been erected in the clearing.
"I don't have enough time, so I can only squeeze three people." Charles spread his hand to the quicksand at his fingertips and said, "You raise the fire, I'll go find a water source and deal with the game." ”
The priest took the carcass of the fawn and walked away.
There was no interaction between the quicksand and the haunting of the fingertips, but after a few minutes, the wanderer also discovered the "clumsy" anecdote of the sorcerer. The corners of her lips slanted, and she glanced at the sorcerer with cold eyes, and then quickly withdrew her gaze.
Life is already so difficult, there are some things that should not be debunked.
Night.
The whole roasted fawn was divided among the three of them, leaving only a sleek skeleton across the campfire.
Charles, fingertip quicksand, and haunting dreams each sat on a blanket, and the atmosphere was a little dreary. Charles found himself traveling with two stuffy gourds, as if he had made a mistake.
The blue trinket is still in the team's temporary storage.
If it is not allocated for 24 hours, the accessories will randomly enter a team member's backpack. Now that the charr had also determined the meaning of the wanderer and the sorcerer, he accepted the ornament.
"You've earned the Aquatic Ring."
A hint came to mind.
Charles took out his ring and placed it on his index finger to look closely.
The ring is made of cool underwater jade, carved into a mermaid biting its own tail, and the fish's eyes are two emeralds the size of rice grains, shining brightly.
Charles calculated, and now he has a total of four magical equipment on his body, especially the 'Eagle Feather Armor' and this 'Aquatic Ring', which can help him for a long time in the future.
"Class: Civilian lv. 10 (max) / Priest lv. 6 (3850/32000)."
Upgrade progress: 12%
This is the result of today's treatment of wounded soldiers, and his 'medical' skills have improved a bit.
Patting his head, Charles suddenly remembered that there was still a power spell book that he hadn't learned.
Mighty Guardian of Faith (book)
Type: Daily Triple Ring
Description: Channeling divine powers creates an indistinct Ghost Guardian with the emblem of your deity clearly engraved on its shining shield. Any enemy that approaches will be bitten by its blazing light.
Prerequisites: Clergy Level 6. ”
Charles flipped through the book, page by page, and when the last page was turned, the whole book turned into a burst of golden light and burrowed into his head.
Next to the spell slot that appeared on the retina, a new power spell was added-
[Guardian of the Faith]: 1/1 today, cooldown time 24 hours.
This was the first three-ring magic that Charles had learned. He was now looking forward to the prayer ceremony tomorrow morning. After reaching the corresponding level, the priest's spell list will be automatically updated, and all the spells of the corresponding ring number will be obtained, instead of studying and mastering them one by one like a mage.
Behind the priesthood stands God Father, and I don't know how many professions envy and hate. Especially the mage who has to learn spells hard.
"Who?!"
A low creak in front of the campfire woke up the priest who was contemplating the use of the 'Guardian of the Faith'.
"Anyone?"
Charles's face changed slightly and he stood up.
Haunted by the dream, a black mist gushed out of the pitch-black orb in her hand, and when Charles heard that she said the name of the spell 'Eye of the Spider', the black mist gushing out suddenly turned into four ghost knights holding the emblem of the gods.
As soon as the Ghost Knight appeared, he was in a state of galloping, carrying a huge shield and rushing towards the two boulders that had been built up.
The sorcerer's crimson eyes seemed to see everything, and the ghost knight's vision was hers, and the four knights were just chasing something in the night, and had no ability to attack.
Charles speculated that it was a dark vision spell, plus the ability to observe invisible objects and creatures. He stopped the wanderer who wanted to escape, and said in a deep voice:
"Don't leave the camp, it's night."
"There will be a lot of scary monsters at night, and the camp is the default protected area of the system, where monsters can't do anything, but they can lure players out."
"Can't be fooled!"
Fingertip quicksand nodded, and said softly, "I see." ”
"What did you find?" Charles immediately looked at the sorcerer. He was thinking about things in front of him, and the transcendent perceptual attribute actually failed to make him perceive the hidden gaze. This made Charles secretly awe-inspiring.
"Humanoids, fast running."
"I don't know the specifics."
The immature voice haunted by dreams was rarely solemn.
"No matter what the noise is, don't leave the camp, and we'll go offline later." Charles was also worried about whether he had run into some demons.
Humanoid, can be invisible, and has terrifying stealth ability.
There are many evil creatures with this trait, and he is not sure what it is.
In short, caution is the best.