Chapter 191: The Swamp
It was Cremar and his companions' last night in the small village - when Kerry had told the village chief the news, with the elves' keen sense, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief to the people around him—they were not the bandits who were inclined to evil, nor were they stupid enough to think that the adventurers had done trivial things. In fact, it is precisely because they deeply understand the horror of monsters (especially shapeshifters) that they are afraid of Kerriben and others who can easily kill them, and perhaps they will tell themselves and others that these adventurers are kind, and will not swing their swords at innocent people, nor will they ask for payment that they cannot bear, but women and children will still try to be as unobvious as Kremar or Berdwin pass by, but hide unusually quickly, especially the black-haired spellcaster, who he thinks might be rubbed in his path-- I just don't know if there's such a custom here.
The village chief's attitude was probably representative of most people, and he took out all his savings against his previous stinginess, and demanded that his villagers meet all the demands of the adventurers, and even asked them if they needed "sweet comfort", the village girls could not, but he could have the lads run into the town to find one or two, but his tone and words were not as mellow as before, and sometimes he was talking to them, but he was never willing to make eye contact with any of them.
"It's so weird," Gülen said, "that they look at us like they're looking at another bunch of monsters." ”
"Almost. The black-haired spellcaster said, sorting out his scroll. "To them, we're just as dangerous as monsters. He inserted a scroll into the scroll belt. Gently try to extract and put it back in to make sure it doesn't go wrong in a pinch," and maybe they're a little resentful. ”
"Resentment?" the thief clasped his arms, "don't tell me there are shapeshifters among them that we haven't found." ”
"It's just anger," Cremar said, "and it was quiet until we showed up." ”
"But there were goblins here before we came along. Mei Mi said cautiously, "And these shapeshifters have been dormant for a long time. ”
"They don't think so. The soul from another plane said, "Goblins and shapeshifters have nothing to do with us. Then it only means that they have a terrible bad luck, even if we leave, it may still affect the future life of the villagers, but if we can be blamed for this fault, then we will leave the village after the disaster. Then the village's doom will come to an end. They will be able to start all over again without fear that something terrible will happen to them. ”
The thief spat out: "A bunch of ungrateful bastards." He said.
"It's easier to blame others than yourself. Cremar said.
Half-kneeling on the ground to check the horse's hooves, Kerry smiled, glad that Cremar understood that the Ranger could travel for almost five or six generations as a human being, and that he had hundreds of friends and companions, including humans, elves, and even dwarves. He had encountered such things more than once - at first, even he could not help but feel angry and sad about it. He could not understand why humanity could not face up to its mistakes and calamities, especially some of them that they had made and brought on them, that they refused to accept the facts, that they discerned the truth, and that they sometimes even spoke ill of those who had given them help or given answers. But the wise young elves soon understood that they were only fragile, not only physically, but also mentally and spiritually, to the point that they could not bear the heavy responsibilities implied by their real bodies, whether from themselves or from others.
Only a handful of strong-willed and high-minded people can face everything calmly, like Adel and Baldwin, the Elven Ranger is glad to see that his friend has not been degraded by the sudden loss of his high reputation, flawless fame, noble status, and complete body, and although he cannot raise his weapon in the name of Tyre, he is still able to defend justice and fairness with his life and dignity as always.
And now he has Leona, the royal daughter of the Norman of the Highlands, a noble and pure human woman, who the elves believe will one day clear their grievances and return to the royal capital of the Norman Highlands in the bright sun and the cheers of the people.
He was also glad to hear that Cremar had been able to say that, that Beavis had taught him well, that he was a good boy who was tolerant and wise - he didn't care about being alienated and cold by some ordinary people, and he understood why they did it.
Sighing at the thought of Beaviskerry, he stood up and pushed away the protruding head of a flower bantam, the pony and its brother were gifts from the villagers, perhaps because it was the first time he was outside of home, the pony was obviously overexcited, and he kept trying to chew on the elf's glowing hair.
They left the unfortunate village in the morning mist without saying goodbye to anyone, and Kerry had wanted to leave the two ponies behind - they were no ordinary adventurers, and they didn't need horses to carry their luggage and tents, not to mention that they would have to travel through the snow-covered swamp afterwards, but considering that they might be mistaken for resentment or contempt, he had to take them with him, but the problem was that the two ponies slowed them down so much that in the next town, the thieves dragged them away and sold them.
They rested only for a short day in the town, and then continued their journey southward, and after walking for several days in order to regain the lost time, they did not stop in the other villages and cities they passed, and after walking for several days, the elves asked them to unsaddle their horses, remove their bridles, and put the horses that had accompanied them for a long time back into the woods, and instead use magical horses, which were made by the mages of the Norman royal family of the Highlands, and were much more expensive and powerful than the collection of the Grand Duke Luzel, and their hooves left a finger-deep pit when they stepped on the rocks。
There are nine ponies carved with glossy black tourmaline in the box where the statue of the magic horse is placed, but Kerry has only picked up three of them. "We'll probably need them again in the future. He explained.
"Trust me," Gülen whispered, "I'm not so happy with the arrangement. ”
Mami glared at him, but eventually had to hug the thief's waist. The horse's back was smooth, and she was sure that if she fell halfway through, the bastard would be silent.
Gülen laughed loudly.
Leona also had a small argument with Berdwin about who was sitting in front of whom, and Baldwin thought that he could perfectly handle the tall magic horse even with only one hand, but Leona clearly had a different opinion.
"Berdwin sat in the back. Kerry said, ignoring his best friend glaring at him with a "you can betray me" look: "Only the one sitting in the back can use a weapon." He gestured with his eyes to Baldwin and Leona's weapons, and Leona didn't have to say anything. The flaming sword was almost above her shoulder, and Berdwin's broadsword wasn't short, and one of them must have given up his weapon.
Baldwin immediately fell silent. Leona gave Kerry a playful wink of "thank you" and gracefully and briskly jumped onto the horse's back, while Baldwin, after securing her flaming sword, reluctantly jumped on the horse that began to rub its hooves on the rocks.
As for the remaining two. Kerry and Cremar didn't have much of an argument about. Anyway, it must have been Kerry who was in charge of driving, and the soul from another dimension had always been a regular in the back seat, but Kerry suddenly smiled and gestured to a sign that no one could understand except him and Cremar.
The soul of the other world thought about it, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, thanks to the elves who seemed to be the flowers of Kaolin but were actually gossiping, his little prank on the Starlight River had become a secret for his sad cohabitant alone—although the magic horse would not bumble up and down like a normal horse, he did like the feeling of being dragged through the air like a kite or a balloon.
Then the priest of the former Paladin, Princess, Thief, and Flo watched as the only mage among them cast a spell on himself, levitating himself. He then tied himself to the Elven Ranger with his beloved silver string, leaving about the length of a man's arms outstretched.
"Is there anything wrong?" the black-haired spellcaster asked curiously. He was taller than all of them, so he could see the expressions on everyone's faces clearly.
"Oh...... It's nothing," Gülen was the first to react: "I just think...... It's a brilliant idea, it's brilliant. ”
"Me too. Leona said, trying not to make her smile so big.
"So......" Kerry drew everyone's attention back, "let's go!" he called out softly, "we're going to get to the snow cover swamp before the next dawn." ”
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"What do you think?" asked Ann Rui, "Ryit?"
"Very well," said Rywitt, clapping softly, "very well," she said sincerely, "I never thought you could do so well—you are now the true master of the White Tower and the Partridge Hill—so powerful, so intelligent, who would dare to deceive you, and who would dare to disobey you?" she bowed hypocritically and exaggeratedly to Ann Rui. I am glad that it is you, and not the stupid Demont, that is my collaborator, and I think we will soon see the White Tower flourish again, not only on the Partridge Hill, but also on the brightest pearl in the entire Starlight Valley, where gold coins will flow like water, where caravans will flow day and night, and mountains of goods will pile up, and people will be proud to be your people, and your name and power will be as omnipresent as the sun, and even the King and the Grand Duke will greet you, dear lord, what a wonderful sight it will be!"
"Definitely. Anrui said proudly, even though she was already hot and short of breath from the vision that seemed to be within reach.
"But does that tobacco really grow well?" After calming down for a while, she couldn't help but worry about whether the plants that were said to be able to exchange for countless gold coins would survive in Partridge Hill, where tobacco had been grown before, but their roots were either rotting or their leaves were black and withered, and they had to be thrown away in vain.
"Elves aren't the only ones who tease plants," said Ryette, "and our warlocks can do more than they do." "As far as she knew, there were others who were trying to cultivate the Devil's Finger, and Ostarr was looking for news of this, from her, the Devil and the Spirit, who, if possible, would snatch their fruit, and if not, at least destroy it, lest he encounter a less easy enemy in the future.
"I believe in you. Ann Rui said that although she believed not so much in Ryette as in the latter's thirst for power, if this thing went wrong, Rhett would be unlucky with her, and to be honest, if it had nothing to do with her, Ann Rui would be very interested in seeing Ryette's jokes, but unfortunately not, she was as eager as Ryette to hope that the matter would be as good as they expected.
Rayette quickly left Ann Rui's mansion, the half-elf, half-human woman had fallen to the point where she didn't even want to be with her, and she didn't seem to realize that her soul was rotting and stinking with her flesh - and that wasn't the worst of all, she felt like a pure white lily.
So even if things were done well, Gredi's priest's heart was still full of impatience and irritability, and a resident of the White Tower with a heavy load did not have time to give way to salute as she passed, and Reyette's whip immediately drew into his face, and the sharp hook gouged out his eyes, and the venom carried by the whip burned the skin of his face, and in the sizzle dissolved a black hole where teeth and gums could be seen—his howl made Ryette's mood less bad, but it would be a while before it really got better- Before dinner, Rayette got the response she wanted.
The warlock who had inherited the demonic bloodline agreed to cooperate with her.
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As they galloped all the way, the warm sunlight receded before their eyes, the woods thinned out, the earth became soft, and the tiny currents of water like human veins and veins of plants splashed under the hooves of horses, and the pools of water that they gathered together were dotted with thick mist on the surface, and water birds and small beasts were constantly startled by them, and they scattered and fled.
Just as Kerry had predicted, they arrived at the edge of the snowcapped bog before the next dawn - on the edge of the swamp grew a small tree with red branches and thin leaves, which only grew here, so that one could see this and know that the snowcapped swamp was not far ahead.
Of course, they couldn't have entered the swamp in the dark, the magic horse's power had been exhausted, calmly reverting to a statue of a pony with a shiny black tourmaline in the cool morning light, and Memmy wanted to pick them up, turning them into tiny pieces when she touched them.
The mist dissipated in the sunlight, revealing them a vast expanse of snow. (To be continued.) )
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