Ever since Aldrich Triss asked the question, the living fossil statue sat in silent thought in front of the hollow of the tree, sitting on a stone bench provided by the Knight of Virtue, with his right hand against his chin, and his confused look froze in his eyes for a long time, as if the statue of the Thinker of Memory had come to him.

The marble-headed, chattering wise man had to say that he was an extremely difficult opponent. Aldrich re-entered the tunnel, heading to the deepest part of the tree cavity to investigate the collection of rotting foam.

In the bottom of the flywheel-shaped bag, the Knight of Tris witnessed the secret hidden by the golden toad's massive body, but unfortunately it was completely inconsistent with his previous suspicions, and the naturally formed narrow pit was covered with molting skin, which was covered with egg sacs laid by rotting foam, most of which had accumulated and metamorphosed into spherical metal bumps due to the high concentration of gold.

'It's not pure gold, it's a special alloy formed by combining a variety of metal components, and the hardness is ......'

Aldrich took a heavy lump from the egg-sac as hard as a coconut shell and pinched it so hard that with the strength of his fingers he could not leave any trace.

"Yes, very good, harder than sawdust bread, you can collect them and give them to Uncle Zatan, the blacksmith in Oak Town, and you may be able to farm your favorability, or ask him to craft a weapon that you can use." ’

Tris reached out and grabbed the corner of the golden toad's molting skin, pulled it out and put it into the red sock tied to his belt, only to see it swallow the rotting foaming oocysts little by little, until at last it was blocked a little.

With a "pop", a small toad egg the size of a fist was spit out by the red sock, Aldrich stepped forward to pick it up, and found that it was not a metal bump, but a life that was hatching, the offspring of the golden toad.

This was really unexpected, although Triss ended the life of the rotten bubble, but its only descendant did not need to suffer, and Aldrich could not afford to destroy a sinless creature.

In short, you can't extinguish this small flame of life, and you can't ignore it and let it go, so you can only carry it on your body. ’

After making a decision, Tris's mood was relaxed, the aura on the body of the Virtue Knight was very suitable for any natural creature, otherwise he would not have accepted the friendship of the Whispering Forest Brown Bear family so harmoniously.

Aldrich returned to the surface through the corridor, and the remains of the golden toad could not be kept, but had to be taken back to Oak Town as a witness, so it was also included in the Red Sock.

Unexpectedly, the gift of the king of reindeer, after engulfing the corpse of the rotten foam, seems to have a feeling of being ten percent full, and emits frequent vibrations, just like a hungry man's gluttony and burping one after another, and then the hidden attribute "symbol of the festival celebration" triggers the passive skill, gift!

The stockings spit out a cloud of white light, and in the blink of an eye, the colorful streamer faded, revealing a gold-textured card, with two secondary cards, and a high-level monster card with four attributes.

Rotten Bubble, Crypt Lord, Fourth-Order Wilderness Monster, Rare Elite Monster. Good at long-range attacks, sticky liquid backtongue, capture and drag back 1-3 targets, with 10-15 reinforcing acid, 12-16 poison damage, can be accumulated, tonnage charge, momentum like a rainbow in gladiatorial charge, damage value 50-75......

Secondary card one, metal skin, derivative skills, steel and iron bones, increase three-level defense, provide 18 defense......

Sub card 2, devouring, alchemy skill ,??? (the profession does not match, cannot be revealed)

'Oh my God, is this a pet summon card?or is it a wilderness transformation card?' The system is too harsh to give enough hints...... Well, maybe it's because I'm not level enough, a fledgling second-level character, controlling a fourth-order monster, it seems a little reluctant. ’

With all the harvest in hand, Tris quietly picked up the stone statue of the Thinker, left the hollow in the deep woods, and returned to the core of Pumpkin Jack's former territory, placing "Rodin" in the open space between the three large trees next to the ruins of the abandoned altar.

Finding branches and blades of grass, and using the trunk as a pillar to build a hut to protect him from the wind and rain, Aldrich faintly heard the whispers of thanks, and he thought he was hallucinating, but when he looked at the bright and clear eyes of the thinker, he immediately understood that it was from his mouth.

'Woke up, so soon. ’

The living fossil statue thanked him and continued to ponder, and Tris, unable to disturb his decision about the future of his life, quietly left, out of the increasingly lush dead forest, and onto the dirt path back to Oak Town.

From the bright sunshine of the morning to the twilight of the sunset, the inhabitants of Oak Town are so grateful to the Knight of Tris for Aldrich's swiftness in dealing with the golden toad that occupies the scourge of the dead forest, even some of the farmers who had been full of contempt and hostility to him as an outsider had to change their perceptions.

Especially when Aldrich took out the remains of the rotten bubble and handed them over to divide it up at will, in the face of the yellow gold, he immediately greatly refreshed the favorability of the townspeople, and even the mayor of the town, Orlov, was slightly impressed by him.

It's not a shame that he is a senior priest who worships the King of Reindeer, even if Tris has made such a great contribution before and after, Orloff has no intention of accepting him as a townsman, perhaps it should be said that he doesn't want to share the benefits of the original little divine grace with outsiders, even if he expells Pumpkin Jack and successfully destroys the rotten bubble.

"The king of the reindeer has given me enough favors, and I dare not ask for more. Without the gift of red socks, I would have to carry supplies in the wilderness myself. In the battle of the dry forest, it was he who incarnated and took the Pumpking, and I didn't dare to take this credit that didn't belong to me. ”

The look of surprise on the old man's face was wonderful, but he didn't expect Aldrich Triss to be so honest, "You are not the chosen one of the favor of the gods we worship, and if there is no oracle, I will not untie the red socks to you with my own hands, everything is according to the mind of the reindeer king." ”

Priest Orloff pondered for a moment, still not planning to include the Knight of Tris in Oak Town, he felt a little indebted, "Zatan is very grateful for the iron lump you gifted, the golden toad was separated by your upper and lower jaws, our senior blacksmith has found something interesting, you can go to him and ask for it." ”

Aldrich was a little saddened by not being regarded as one of his own by the mayor, and for such an old man with the strongest beliefs, if he wanted to change their minds, in addition to accumulating a lot of credit, he also had to have instructions from the oracle, at least the priest would follow them.

I'm afraid that I, who only have a good impression of the king of the reindeer, and can't even talk about shallow faith, have no value in letting this god give an edict. ’

With a long sigh, and after collecting his mood, following the instructions of the townspeople, Tris came to the blacksmith's rusty bungalow, where a square sign, anvil, hammer, and tongs hung at the door.

Aldrich knocked lightly on the door, but there was no movement, as if it had little effect, or was not loud enough to awaken the owner of the hut who was obsessed with discovering the secrets of the metal lumps.

"Bang Bang!"

With a little force in the palm of his hand, the dark brown door panel suddenly fell a lot of dark red rust powder, "This is a wooden door, yes, how can there be so much rust!"

Zatan finally regained his senses, as if someone had greeted him, he knew that someone would come to visit at this hour, and shouted from afar, "The door is unlocked, come in." ”

Hearing this, the Knight of Triss gently pushed open the door, and walked forward without seeing clearly in the dim environment, and the left foot that stepped out first sank heavily, as if stepping on the steps, and he continued to move forward quietly.

The ground was littered with scattered hay covered with brown river sand, and the hot wind from the fire blew and fist-sized balls of grass rolled around. It is surrounded by stone and brick walls, and the windows are protected from the wind and rain by layers of wooden veneer, which are particularly dim because they are not transparent to light. The blacksmith's workshop was divided into two tiers by slender wooden slats of nailed slabs, which were filled with all sorts of useless miscellaneous items, such as grain, small pockets of flour, dried fruits, and cured meats to dry in the shade, and above all a complex geared machine for animal power pushing and pulling, mainly for blowing air on the stove, although Aldrich sensed that there were other uses.

As the veteran blacksmith of Oak Town continues to immerse himself in the secrets of the iron lumps that come from the gold bubbles, his various maneuvers make Tris's eyes light up.

Pull the index finger and flick it, and then attach it to your ear to listen to its echo, put it in the clean water and wash it, stretch out the tip of the tongue to lick it, it seems that there is no taste, a few mouthfuls, and use the iron tongs to prepare to crush the crushed pieces on it, but unfortunately the alloy iron lump does not give him face at all, and he does not move to disappoint Zatan again.

"I'm really sorry, it's the first time I've seen such a special material, but unfortunately I can't analyze the ingredients for the time being, but I guess it's not much different from the legendary cold iron. ”

Aldrich, who had reservations about this, immediately recounted the origin of the pile of knick-knacks in detail, and the veteran blacksmith of Oak Town could not calm down for a long time, because what the Knight of Tris said was beyond his comprehension.

"You can think of them as the new fur brought by the fox Temosis, the steely feathers of the crow Kronis, these wilderness monsters all have their own strange characteristics, it should not be difficult to understand!"

"Oh...... So that's it, understood. Zatan took it for granted that the Iron Pimple was on a par with a comet egg, and that the astral ghostly energy contained in the celestial bodies was one of the sources of many ghost-like monsters that roamed the wilderness.

"The hard lumps of iron turned out to be the unhatched eggs of the golden toad, they have the properties of life, and they have the texture of metal, which are the most suitable for creating spiritual weapons, and as the victor of the battle, you have eighty percent ownership. ”

"Of the thirty-five iron lumps, I have seven, weighing about twenty pounds, enough to forge a divine weapon, and as for the rest, if you can peel off the fur of the evil fox Temothys to me, you may be able to create an armor no less than the fragile skin, or even a complete set of knight's equipment. ”

Aldrich hurriedly waved his hand and refused: "No, Temothy has proved his innocence and shown his ability with great results, I have no reason to peel it off." ”

Seeing that his intentions did not succeed, Zatan reluctantly put it down and did not mention it again, without the Knight of Tris, there was really no one in Oak Town who could deal with this "evil fox".

"By the way, I found something interesting in the jaw of the golden toad, you see......"

The veteran blacksmith pulled out a palm-sized piece of wood from the rough skin covered with wart grains, on which was painted a fine ring-like pattern: "The Passport of the Black Forest, this is the sign to a mysterious place shrouded in fog." ”

Aldrich Triss stepped forward to take it, smiling strangely and nodding in acknowledgment, "The adventures of the Black Forest, Little Red Riding Hood and Grandma Wolf, the key to the story quest. ’

'Phew, it's finally time to leave this novice village. ’