Chapter 32: Return to the City
It wasn't until the Night Leopard completely disappeared that Alan noticed that the two girls had turned pale and bloodless with fright, and it was obvious that the fright just now was not something that a girl who had lived in the city for a long time could bear.
"Let's take a break, let's go back to the Academy of Magic tomorrow morning. Alan looked at his tired classmate and added:
"El, you keep vigil with me. ”
With the experience just now, several people became more cautious. Elvis and Alan set up a few earth-based magic traps around the clearing, and when everything was set up, Alan told Elvis to rest by the rocks for a while, but he himself pondered over the campfire.
The early morning sun shines through the gaps in the trees at the edge of the forest, casting sparse spots of light on the grass at the foot of the mountain, and the forest seems to wake up at the same time, and the birds in the forest begin to sing merrily, and the chirping of insects is like strings.
Several young people woke up one after another in this musical ensemble. After last night's turmoil, everyone didn't have much rest, and the breakfast baked hare that was originally prepared had been used as a supper by Elvis's leopard brother, so everyone could only chew dry food with black circles under their eyes.
The original plan was to have half a day's experience today, and the location was the woods on the mountain, but now the woods are obviously too dangerous for them, and the night leopard is obviously still hiding in it, although it does not hunt during the day, but if a few people disturb its rest, it will not mind having a close contact with a few more people, not to mention that there is a leopard hidden in this wood, can't it hide something else?
Allen, as the leader of this field training, took advantage of the time to observe everyone during breakfast, and it seemed that except for Elvis's heartless goods, the other four were not in a good mental state, especially the two girls, the fright they received last night did not seem to have been completely eliminated. So Alan decided that after breakfast, everyone would return to the city and report last night's incident to Mr. Fama X.
Alan shared his thoughts with a few people, and everyone said they had no opinion, and although Elvis regretted returning to the city so early, he also happily agreed.
So a few people packed their bags and prepared to go back to the city.
"Brother Leopard, your little brother is going home, won't you come out to deliver it?" Alan shouted in the direction of the woods before leaving.
"Goodbye, Brother Leopard!" everyone waved collectively, not taking a cloud with them.
Several people determined the direction of Boulder City, walked along the field in this direction, and soon saw the road connecting Boulder City, and everyone's mentality relaxed a lot, and they talked and laughed.
In the midst of the laughter, in the distance, a tall city wall made of huge rock barriers rose in everyone's sight, which was the imperial capital of the Yusi Empire, the Great Stone City. Boulder City, once the capital of the orcs, was established more than 500 years ago, and due to the use of a large amount of hard granite, even after hundreds of years of wind and rain, except for the large flag of the orcs on the head of the city that has become the royal flag representing the Yus Empire, the original style is still well maintained. If it weren't for the orcs' crushing defeat in the Battle of Togo Hills, the Beast King took the initiative to abandon Boulder City in order to retain his only strength, and all the orcs moved north, then even if humans could defeat the Orcs to defend the Boulder City, they would have paid huge casualties.
Three years ago, Alan was also led by Fama Lux into this ancient city, when Alan saw the ancient city wall that has stood through the wind and frost of history today, thinking of the changes in the history of the mainland, those legendary figures who were once dominant, have been incarnated into loess, I can't help but feel a sense of right and wrong, vicissitudes of life.
"When did you become so sentimental!"
Alan smiled faintly and glanced at Felicia, who was walking in front of her, holding hands with Kelly, as the two of them exchanged ears and chattered about something.
"El, if you go back to the Academy of Magic like this, others will think that you have fled and returned. ”
Kelly and Felicia held hands and complained to Elvis, who was at the front.
Elvis didn't care at all, and still swaggered to the front. Alan followed but remained silent, except for glancing at Felicia from time to time, the rest was a thoughtful look.
"El, don't lose the face of the Academy of Magic, come here, go to the creek in front and I'll help you tidy it up. Kelly said and ran over and pulled Elvis towards a stream by the side of the road.
"Hey, you, why are you so savage," Elvis said indignantly.
Kelly didn't speak, grabbed Elvis's collar with her hand, and glared at Elvis fiercely, and Elvis was obediently at his mercy like an eggplant.
"Felicia, are you alright?" asked Alan as he walked over to Felicia.
"I'm fine, thank you for what happened last night!"
"You're welcome! It's our pleasure to take care of you. Although Alan wanted to say "you", the words still became "you".
Felicia listened to Alan's words, and the corners of her mouth showed a shy smile peculiar to a girl.
"I had a great time with this field training, especially the barbecue you cooked. I wonder if I'll ever get a chance to eat your roasted rabbit meat?"
Although Alan was a little sluggish, he was not a fool, he knew that the girl was already throwing an olive branch to himself by asking this, and his face turned red with excitement, and he said incoherently.
"Of course, you can eat as many as you want!"
The girl smiled and said angrily: "You think I am a foodie, how many more do you need? I can't eat a leg!"
"Hehe, I'm used to being with El, I didn't react for a while, I'll take you to eat a roast leg of lamb tonight, and the money you earned from the last bet hasn't been used up yet!" Alan scratched his head embarrassedly and said with a sneer.
At this moment, Alan suddenly felt that today's sky was exceptionally blue, and the birds around him were also very cheerful, and turned his head to look at the beautiful girl beside him, he thought, is my love coming?
But what is love? is it the magic of attraction between people of the opposite sex, or the spark of the collision of the hearts of men and women, or the habit that has grown over time. Alan may not have understood it now, but he couldn't suppress the excitement and joy that came from his feelings.
After resting by the creek, the group of six continued on their way back to the city.
Boulder City is located in the center of the Noah continent, and the strength and prosperity of the Yus Empire are reflected in this city. It is the hub of north-south and east-west transportation on the continent, and a large number of goods from all over the continent gather here every day to trade, and it was once the continent's commercial center before humans waged war against the orcs. In recent years, although the area ruled by the Holy See in the southeast of the mainland has also developed rapidly, but due to the geographical location of the southeast coast, it still cannot shake the status of the Boulder City as the center of mainland commerce, and every year a large number of merchants from all over the mainland come to the Boulder City, which not only makes the business here more prosperous, but also makes the buildings in the city begin to diversify.