Chapter 7 Mirror River, Rolling River, Waterfall
Out of Fish Scale Town, walk north along the Sea of Falling Stars, and you will see the Mirror River.
The Mirror River flows slowly from west to east, the surface of the water is calm and smooth, like a mercury mirror spread on the ground, and at the bottom of the mirror is the dark riverbed, and the water surface reflects the figures of the adventure group.
The party changed the carriage, added two horses, and sold the poor donkey to someone else.
Omoni sat in the groom's seat with a pipe, while the rest of the group gathered in the spacious carriage.
Leo has a bag of gold coins and is in the process of distributing the first loot.
"This town is still not rich enough, Lao Mo didn't sell all the things he picked up, the blacksmith took out more than three hundred gold coins and cleaned them in the crotch, according to the contract, the one hundred and fifty gold coins in it were used as team funds, and there were more than one hundred and ninety gold coins left, giving Isenas and Lao Mo sixty gold coins each, and the kills I won, I divided the rest of the gold coins with Nana. β
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Little Paul's eyes lit up even more when he listened. According to the calculation of a family of five, no matter how bad it is, it only needs seven or eight gold coins a year to spend it comfortably. Although he didn't have his share in this money, it was also the largest amount of money he had ever seen.
"As for the team's funds, it took eleven gold coins and two silver coins to buy horses, carriages, and supplies and equipment, and I don't plan to keep the rest in my hands, because it would be terrible if they were dropped during the battle. Who of you is left to keep this money?"
Ente also expressed his excuse: "I also belong to the combatants, so it is better to leave the custody of the funds to someone else." β
Isenus leaned against the wall of the box and waved his hand.
"Although I need to take care of the intellectual part, I am also a combatant. What about you, old Mo?"
"I have so much stuff in my pocket... The day before yesterday, when I was preparing food for you, I turned out a jar of jam from twenty years ago, and I can't guarantee where this gold coin will be scattered when it is handed to me. And I'm half a combatant, right?"
So among the rest... Everyone's eyes wandered between Nana and little Paul.
Little Paul's hands were held high, his eyes were full of the words "Choose me, choose me", and there was a big desire in his small eyes.
Esenas snapped Paul Jr.'s hand off.
"Wait until you have hair on your mouth before you think about it. β
Little Paul retracted his hand and said goodbye in dissatisfaction.
"So, can I give it to you, Nana?" asked Leo.
"No problem, it just so happened that I was also managing the accounts when I was at the hotel. β
Leo put the money bag in Nana's hand, sighed in his heart, and silently thanked Esenas and them.
Except for one imp, the party is full of smart people. Everyone could understand the significance of Leo's move, and he didn't want to weaken Nana's position in the team and make her incompatible with the party, so he handed over a small half of the party's lifeblood to Nana. But he didn't want Nana to feel that he was deliberately taking care of her, so he had these excuses that seemed reasonable, but in fact they couldn't stand up to scrutiny.
Then Leo took out the adventure map and pointed his finger at the location next to the Mirror River.
"This is our location, according to various legends, the closest to us is the artisan town, along the Jing River to its birthplace, through the boiling river, Bangkok-Ang-tunya waterfall, to the lake, next to the artisan town. β
"The journey is about 700 kilometers, and the most dangerous of them is the Bangkok-Ang-Tonya Waterfall. This place, called Waterfall, is actually a deserted waterfall belt of canyons, cliffs, and dark rivers, and it is also the only proven surface route from the east to Artisan Town. β
"The deeper you go down the waterfall, the more frequent and powerful the beasts become. β
"So Paul, before you get there, you have to choose someone who will guide you. Whether it is physical strength, observation or knowledge reserves, they all have to be upgraded to a higher level. Leo admonished little Paul.
"And there is a legend in Tonya Falls, because the thunder attribute ores, treasures, and monsters in Bangkok-Ang-Tonya Waterfall are endless, and people have rumored that there is a void thunder in the center of the waterfall that rings all day long, so there are endless thunder shocks and thunder secret treasures. Since it's an adventure, let's explore this by the way. β
"According to the contract, this spoils will also be divided in this way, and if you want to get this gold coin, you have to choose someone quickly, little Paul. β
Little Paul hesitated for a moment, and first asked the knight of Ente, "Knight of Ente, can you teach me?"
Hearing this, Knight Ente took out a thin pamphlet and said, "My fighting spirit needs to be matched with a specific meditation method, which will choose its owner, you can first see if you can control it." β
Little Paul took the booklet, looked at it twice, put it down, and said helplessly: "I don't know how to read." β
Esenas took the booklet: "It's okay, it's understandable that country kids are stupid. I read, you try it. β
Little Paul obediently closed his eyes and listened to Esenas read the pamphlet.
However, the pamphlet was flipped back and forth three times by Esennas, and little Paul still did not react.
Ente shook his head regretfully and comforted: "It's okay, if you have any difficulties in the use of power, you can also come to me." β
Little Paul thought for a moment, then looked at Isenas again.
"Mr. Isennas, can you teach me?"
Esenas looked Paul up and down and asked, "Why don't you go and ask Leo first?"
This time it was Paul's turn to look at Leo.
"Heβ" Paul Jr. was visibly speechless.
It's too weak. Little Paul added silently in his heart. But these things are not for him to say.
Isennas, of course, guessed what little Paul was trying to say, and immediately burst out laughing, regardless of his image.
He patted little Paul on the shoulder, a little encouraging.
As long as you backstab Leo, we're good friends.
"Okay, you can learn from me, in terms of knowledge, I should be the most extensive in the adventure group, and it is more than enough to teach you. β
Little Paul nodded, looked at the doorway, and asked Ormoni tentatively.
"Master Omoni, can you teach me a little magic?"
Omoni nodded.
"No problem, as long as you complete the homework assigned to you by Esenus, you can always ask me to learn a little magic. β
So over the next few days, as soon as he rested, Isenas would teach Paul a little adventure, and at the same time, little Paul would leave the ingredients for his daily lunch and dinner to find himself. There was a day when Paul didn't find the ingredients for the whole day. Not to mention rabbits, not even a single edible grass was found.
Fortunately, Nana quietly stuffed him with a rabbit leg, which also made him feel good about Nana.
And no one said anything about their actions.
On this day, he knew that this was the junction of the Mirror River and the Rolling River.
The Hills replaced the Grington Plains, the Mirror River's mercury-like surface shattered, the clear water mixed with the debris washed down from the foothills, and the calm river turned into a turbid river like a twine.
Before the rolling river, Paul could still touch the fish to improve the taste, but after the rolling river, Paul had to look for seeds and pine cones in the cracks and pits of the rocks to ensure that he would not be starved and unable to walk.
And to Paul's eye, Isenas always find something tasty.
It's not the food that's delicious, it's the power that covets them.
One cool evening, Paul came back with two birds.
"I heard some strange sounds in front of me, as if they were coming from far away, but they weren't very real. β
It can be seen that Paul has made a lot of progress in the past ten days. This is a breakthrough not only in the absolute amount of power, but also in many aspects of intelligence, experience, ideology.
Unfortunately, he seems to have a mediocre talent for magic.
Leo took out the map and looked at it, they had walked more than 500 kilometers in the past ten days, if the map was correct, not far ahead was the range of the Tonya Waterfall belt.
So he asked Isennas.
"How's little Paul training?"
"No problem, although his strength is not very strong, but this new vindictive spirit is enough for him to do some reconnaissance work. The mind is also very smart, and although there are still some stumbles in reading and writing, I have memorized all the knowledge I need recently. β
Leo nodded.
"Well, then, Paul, you won't have to look for food on your own from tomorrow onwards, your task is to check the traces around us while we stay, whether it's large monsters or small animals, or dangerous geological trails, we need to record them. β
"No problem. β
"If there's a fight, don't get involved, keep Nana safe. β
"Okay. β
The next day, after driving more than 20 kilometers, they clearly heard a continuous "boom" loud sound coming from the sky.
Seven or eight kilometers later, a bright spot of light appeared in the distance on the horizon.
You can see that the ground has risen significantly, the trees and vegetation have become denser, and the air is a little confused by the mist of rising water droplets.
Although the photoelectric light looked close, it was not until noon that everyone actually came to it.
A tiny-looking white stream of water rushed down the stairs from the sky, growing bigger and bigger as it fell, and finally slammed into the indentations of the blue-brown stone, and the splashed droplets often flew more than ten meters before falling on the wet earth. Fine, faint moisture is always attached to the human skin.
"This is Tonya?"
"No, it's just her portal. β