Chapter Twenty-Five: A Long Journey
Then Zhao Xiao'an also had an extra 1,000 gold coins in his backpack, and he received a lot of goods. Although it is not as much as the arena to get a championship, it is relatively cost-effective in terms of time.
After Zhao Xiaoan handed over the task, he planned to see if there were any other suitable tasks.
After Mei Xu and Zhao Xiaoan went through this trial, they also have an understanding of each other's abilities, learn from each other's strengths, and know each other.
There are many quests here, all kinds, not only to hunt Warcraft, but also to help NPCs find things. But Zhao Xiaoan is naturally not here. In the No. 37 task bar, they are all tasks at the same level as hunting crocodiles, and Zhao Xiaoan can accept them.
No. 1: Hunt the 3rd Tier Intermediate Hippopotamus Monster. The resilience is extremely high, and the hope is cautious. A reward of 2,500 gold is awarded.
Number 2: Hunt mammoths. The body is huge, the strength is huge, and the reward is 2500 gold coins.
Number 3: Saber-toothed tiger. The speed is high, the attack power piercing power is extremely high, and the group small team activity is rewarded with 3000 gold coins.
These are all tasks that are recommended to be done in a team. Because the difficulty is also higher. The location is farther away, and the physical effort required to travel is more.
Zhao Xiaoan was also hesitant to accept these tasks, because it was indeed much more difficult. Zhao Xiaoan was afraid that Meixu would not be able to bear it, because she didn't seem to have much experience yet.
Mei Xu also noticed that Zhao Xiaoan had been standing in front of the task bar for a long time at this time, and said, "Don't worry about me, if I can't even bear this, then my level will be here." ”
Zhao Xiaoan thought: Indeed, if you can't even bear this, then it will be difficult to go on the road ahead, and your worries may really be superfluous...
"Okay, then I'll take all three tasks." Zhao Xiaoan said calmly, and he didn't want to put too much pressure on Meixu, regardless of whether Meixu was reckless or not.
Zhao Xiaoan paid a deposit of 1,500 gold coins and took the list of 3 tasks in his hand. If you can't complete the task, then the liquidated damages are very high, and a task reaches 500 gold coins, so those teams are also very cautious, and they don't dare to take the task easily, and they need to carefully weigh their own strength.
"Let's go, Mio-chan, we completed the three tasks this time, and then come back to hand them over, so as not to waste time, and wasting time is equivalent to killing money." Zhao Xiaoan suddenly remembered this sentence, and planned to liven up the atmosphere, so that he could better hurry later.
Mei Xu also sneered, and Zhao Xiao'an looked at Mei Xu's expression and gradually relaxed, and he was also a little more relaxed. When a team acts together, the atmosphere in the team is also the most important, and the players need to trust each other, and if they have a bad heart, then sooner or later the whole team will be buried.
After Zhao Xiaoan and Mei Xu walked out of the city gate again, they summoned their wings and went to the farthest place, the swampy area, to hunt hippos, and then to hunt elephants in the valley east of the forest, both of which were to the east of Laika City, so Zhao Xiaoan planned to go to these two concentrated places first, and finally go to the colder places west of Laika City to find the saber-toothed tiger.
It's a long journey, so to speak, across the whole of Laika City. It's already 11 p.m., and if something goes wrong, we might spend the night in the wilderness tonight, but of course it's the next choice.
Zhao Xiaoan and Mio flew over the forest, almost 80 kilometers per hour and flew eastward, also to speed up. But it can't be faster, and the wind blows on the face. The trees in the forest were hugged, densely packed, and as soon as Zhao Xiaoan and the others flew over, they would scare the birds and beasts away, and then return to calm. There will always be demonic beasts in the forest roaring and declaring their territory, and from time to time you will also see a scene of the jungle eating the strong.
Zhao Xiaoan watched the rules of survival in the forest in the air, and also sighed, whether it was in the game or in reality, it was the same cruelty. The strongest monsters always occupy the top of the food chain, and in the arena, it is also the strongest players who stand at the very top of the pyramid.
Zhao Xiao'an thought wildly, only felt that the wind was blowing from his ears and cheeks, making a whirring sound, and the rest of the sounds were all filtered out, but he felt that it was interesting to travel at night, his brain was very clear under the strong wind, and he felt the temperature of the night... The breath of the night, the people who accompany you at night, will not feel tired at all.
Meixu flew behind Zhao Xiao'an at this time, looking at Zhao Xiao'an's back, she was also in a trance, and her feelings for him were also very complicated, and she didn't know whether to love or hate.
Silence, only listening to the symphony unique to the forest at night, constitutes a beautiful score, and those notes dance lightly on the score, in order to show the vitality of life, the courage to fight for survival.
The easternmost part of Laika City is the habitat of the hippopotamus monster, almost 80 kilometers away from the City Lord's Mansion, so it is on the border of Laika City. Near the North Gate of Laika City.
Zhao Xiaoan and Meixu didn't say anything all the way, and hurried quietly. After about an hour, the north gate was faintly visible, but the city wall was still like a line. There may still be some way to go. Zhao Xiao'an slowed down, and Meixu, who followed closely, also slowed down.
Zhao Xiaoan said: "Mio-chan, hippos come out to hunt at night, and they are social animals, now should be the active period, let's not have a hard time with them." ”
Mio said, "Let's consume them with bows and arrows in the air first, shall we?" Wait until they are exhausted and go down to give them a fatal blow. ”
Zhao Xiaoan actually thinks the same way, hippos can't fly, so they have a natural advantage in the air.
"We've been flying for an hour, so let's adjust our condition first?" Zhao Xiaoan proposed.
Then they stopped in the tree, ate some food, drank some water and recovered. In fact, flying for an hour is not tiring, just a little tired, but it is very reasonable to be able to adjust the combat state to the best before the battle.
Mei Xu and Zhao Xiaoan were eating separately, looking up at the sky, the moon that was originally covered by clouds was also revealed, it was a full moon, the moonlight through the dense leaves, sprinkled a little starlight on the ground, and the forest shrouded in darkness was also bathed in moonlight again.
For some reason, Zhao Xiaoan suddenly wanted to sleep, maybe he had stayed up late for a long time recently, men always have one or two days in a month.
But at this moment, Zhao Xiaoan had no choice but to hold on, and one liver should be used for five.
Ten minutes later, after Zhao Xiaoan and Mio have eaten and drunk enough, it is time to hit the road...
It was still at least five minutes before they reached their true destination, so Zhao Xiaoan and Mio slowly slid forward while observing the situation around them.
Fly over the edge of the last sparse trees in the forest, and in front of you is the shallow water of the river that stretches as far as the eye can see. Herds of herbivores in the meadows come into view. There are wildebeests, elk, and goats, because the meadow is large enough to accommodate countless animals.
A large river runs from east to west, with many branches.
Zhao Xiaoan has not found the hippopotamus for the time being, but it must not be too difficult to find, not to mention its large body, after all, a whole group of hippos together, it is difficult to find it.
Zhao Xiaoan and Mei Xu are also looking for hippos, and from time to time there are lions and other fierce carnivores barking at them, but they have no choice but to watch them leave.
After a while, Mio finally noticed that on the right side of her observation, there were several hippos sleeping on the bank with large rocks, but more than 10 hippos were grazing on the shore. Hippos have their schedules almost upside down with humans, and possibly hippos are feeding baby hippos.
After Mei Xu saw this scene, she hurriedly stopped Zhao Xiaoan.
The hippopotamus was not far from them, just 200 meters in front of the shoal.
This herbivore is a big threat, but it's only for the kind of person or animal that threatens it.
It generally does not actively attack.
Zhao Xiaoan was actually reluctant to hurt this non-threatening animal, but Zhao Xiaoan thought: Okay, it's fake after all.
Mei Xu's heart also trembled slightly, if it was a big hippo, she could be a killer, but if it was a little hippo, she really couldn't bear it, after all, women all over the world have the heart of their beloved son...
Zhao Xiaoan said: "If you are reluctant, I will come." Zhao Xiaoan left his back to Mio, and he couldn't see the expression on his face, but it must not be easy.
Mio was slightly stunned, and she didn't know what to say for a while. “... I... Me".
Zhao Xiaoan also knew Meixu's dilemma, and wanted to help him but couldn't give up, which can be described as a dilemma.
"It's okay, trust me, if you really want to do something, help me disperse their formation with arrows, after all, there are too many of them, I can't handle them."
Mei Xu nodded and agreed when she heard this, her behavior was at most for the tiger... It's not a killer, but it may feel better.
Zhao Xiaoan took out his spear, held a shield in his left hand, and flew straight towards the hippopotamus, while Mei Xu stayed where he was, took out his bow, put on the bow and arrow, and aimed at the hippopotamus, ready to let go at any time.
The hippopotamus seemed to sense the approaching Zhao Xiao'an in the sky, and let out a "yaa, yah" cry to warn the enemy of the invasion.
The mother hippopotamus roared even louder. The hippos that were resting on the shore also woke up and watched Zhao Xiao'an's approach.
Zhao Xiao'an got closer and closer to them, and directly waved his gun from the oblique sky, and the air flow rushed down, and those hippos also felt the strong wind, and then shouted angrily, and their big mouths opened widely, and then closed again. In the face of Zhao Xiaoan's demonstration, they were not afraid at all.
Zhao Xiaoan first aimed at the hippopotamus that had been relatively close to the side to test the water, and the spear in his hand began to charge, and the copper-colored light was great, and then Zhao Xiaoan no longer waited, the boost of the wings, retracted, reduced the resistance to the minimum, and stabbed down quickly, and the hippopotamus was a female hippopotamus with a child!