Chapter 8 Efforts and Results
The north wind whined. It scrapes like a knife, ruthlessly cutting everything in its path. The continuous snowflakes flew around without a head or a brain. In the wind and snow, people are dizzy, and they can't distinguish between southeast and northwest. However, despite being overwhelmed by the wind, it became intermittent. But Zali's was still screaming at Sophia.
"You female...... Could it be you...... Is it in the brain...... What are you thinking about? Is it ...... Is it ......? I want to kill ...... Join...... Can't do it well...... You'll ...... I see...... ...... it early Mistress, that Shu ...... Do you think it's ...... now Sleep in ...... Warm ......"
Just now, because Sophia accidentally fell. It crashed into Martin's body, causing the fire that had been kept in the jar to fall out and extinguish in the snow.
In this day and age, ignition is not an easy task. There are no convenient little things that can snap and light a fire in all conditions. It is certainly too primitive to drill wood by hand to make fire. But other methods are not so convenient. Therefore, it is very common to preserve fire, and the typical method is to make flammable things such as carbon and hemp rope into a half-burning state with ashes, etc., and take them out and shake them to re-burn when they are used.
People in this era mainly use flint and steel + velvet to make fire, which is not very good. Ignition is actually a technical job, and the rangers are good at it, and the wanderers often have their own little tricks. And the mages naturally have the means of magic.
But at the moment, it's not good. First of all, magic doesn't work at any time and place. Otherwise, the position of mages in this world will definitely be much more important. In fact, there are many places where magic doesn't work for a variety of reasons. For example, the place where Martin participated in the knightly jousting could not perform magic. It is precisely for this reason that the lives of ordinary people who do not know magic are easy to escape from the oppression of those with extraordinary abilities. Magic is not mathematics, and the sum of the inner angles of the triangle in the prescribed case has always been that degree and does not change. But magic is always fickle, that's why it's magic.
Right now, in this frozen land, it's easy to cast an ice ray, an ice pick, or something. But don't talk about the Burning Hand or the Fireball. Even if it's a strong acid arrow, a magic missile, and the like, even if it has nothing to do with fire, but it has nothing to do with ice, you can't cast it. And in this cold and snowy environment, even Natasha, who is good at living in the wild as a nomad, or Zali, who is a wanderer with some strange gadgets, can't afford to start a fire. The environment for starting a fire is very important. To put it bluntly, it is necessary to accumulate heat in various ways before it can be lit. And the current high wind and low temperature are obviously not a good time to start a fire.
However, at such temperatures, it is extremely dangerous not to raise a fire. At this time, other magic was repelled severely, and the thick clothes could not stop the dual effect of low temperature and wind, which quickly took away body temperature. In fact, Sophia's accidental extinguishing of the fire just now was very fatal.
And Zali is small in size and is most afraid of the cold, coupled with her character, the scolding is naturally spiky. And she also scolded Sophia for her black history. If it weren't for the fact that the weather froze her face, Sophia's face would definitely be red like dripping blood.
Martin waited quietly at first for Zarie's outburst to end. He didn't stand up for Sophia at this point. If you do it wrong, you may even jeopardize the survival of the entire squad. Then naturally it should be punished. Martin didn't want someone to do something to cause the mission to failβit was about Lyukrixia's side.
And it is better to let the contradictions between the players break out than to slowly accumulate a total outbreak. Martin, as a Starch Spencer Druid, understood what "low-intensity arson" meant. That is, if every small fire in the forest is extinguished, then the combustible materials will gradually accumulate, and finally there will be a very large forest fire that is very difficult to extinguish. And if on the contrary, the forest has a small fire from time to time, and the combustible materials are cleaned up. On the contrary, it is not prone to extraordinarily large forest fires. It is also an order of nature. Many elves and druids of other factions don't know about this, and sometimes their gathering place is hit by the kind of forest fires that dozens of high-level natural magic can't handle.
But gradually, what Zari said was too much. Martin was also included in the process. Although Martin himself is not afraid of being scolded, he considers that he can't let Zari go too far. So he still spoke out to stop it. And personally decided, in view of the punishment of Sophia, that Zali would whip her twice with her own hands. The Wanderer always had a bad relationship with the Paladin, and with Zari being a dark elf, sometimes things were really messy.
Flogging was a common occurrence in this day and age, so Sophia didn't have much to accept. She also knows her mistakes.
Zali still refuses to give up. She puffed up and said, "Huh!, I don't know yet...... Not for a moment, I ...... Frozen. β
"You don't feel warm yet, so it's not a big problem. Taking advantage of the weakening wind, Martin said the whole thing.
"What do you mean?" said Zali, puzzled.
"Wait until you really feel warm all of a sudden. Laughing, or even undressing hotly, that's called danger. Martin said earnestly.
"Chuye, can you make a fire with psionic energy?" asked Martin. Immediately, Churchille reluctantly stretched out his mouthful tentacle from Shirley's cherry mouth. Although I have seen it several times. But Natasha retched at the sight.
"No, it's too much of a distraction. With that, Chuye shrank back. It's a good place to go, and it's warm there.
Shirley looked at the sky. "If there is light, I have a way. β
She was a wise mage, and even if she could only cast magic involving ice and snow now, she could still light a fire. This is done by using ice to create a large lens to concentrate the light. But now that there is no sun, this trick is also useless.
"I'll make a fire. Martin said simply. He was prepared. I saw him take out a wooden tubular object. Hold it firmly with your left hand, and then use your right hand to move it up and down to make a piston movement. Suddenly, Sophia's expression became a little distorted, and then she turned her head away, unable to bear to look directly. Because of her past experiences, Martin's movements reminded her of something unbearable.
Others gathered around curiously, they had never seen such a way of making a fire.
It was so cold that Martin had to repeatedly. Eventually, the fire was ignited. Then, everyone gathered in a circle and opened their coats to block the wind. He carefully placed the lit fire-taking objects next to the small pieces of wood, ignited them, and gradually lit a large fire.
Seeing this, Zali let out a long sigh of relief. "Saved!"
Next, everyone moved quickly and set up camp. They have considerable experience traveling in bitter cold lands. Soon the snow was used as a brick wall to protect the wind, and the canvas was used to reflect the heat of the campfire. And so on and so forth, to make a simple and comfortable campsite.
After settling in, everyone was intrigued by Martin's strange way of making fire. So Martin had to introduce: "This is called an air compressed firearm, referred to as a piston lighter." The structure is made of woodpipes and pistons to create an enclosed space in which fire-taking objects are placed. The reason for the fire is that when the air is compressed quickly and violently, its temperature rises rapidly, and if there is a combustible substance in the air and the ignition point is appropriate, it can easily ignite instantaneously. The principle behind this is that work is one of the ways to change the internal energy of an object. By compressing the air, work is done on the air, so that the internal energy of the air increases and the temperature rises, so as to reach the ignition point of the fire and cause combustion. The energy conversion during this period is the conversion of mechanical energy into internal energy. β
"You Starch Spencer Druids know a lot. Shirley couldn't help but sigh with emotion, as a mage, she didn't know anything about this.
"It's amazing to have such an invention. Natasha also said. She deeply understood how convenient it was to make fire.
Martin, however, shook his head. "We didn't invent it. It is the invention of the islanders on a distant and calm sea. Presumably, the invention may have something to do with the inspiration they gained when they used a blowwheel. β
Anyway, the team settled. When you have rested enough, the wind and snow have stopped. The team set off again, heading towards the village. Suddenly, Martin noticed that the magic instrument that Canian had given him earlier had finally reacted. They are getting closer and closer to the holy thing!
Wait for me, Lyukrixia. With this in mind, Martin urged the players to speed up.
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It's been a warm winter this year. It should be good for a lot of people. But it's not good for freezing to death pests, and it's said to be a good year, so we basically haven't had snow here. I haven't skated this year. However, after inquiring about the price of indoor ice rinks, I found that I can afford it now.
The subject 3 exam has been cleared, with a score of 90. 100 meters plus or minus may be deducted 10 points because the environment of the test room is not suitable for the environment, and the speed does not match the gear. In short, the long learning to drive is almost coming to fruition. The next step is to buy a car. As a young person, of course, I also have a show-off mentality. But for me, who is very frugal, it is really difficult to spend so much money. But if you have a car, you will feel stronger when you grow up to be an adult, and when I came back from an archery competition with them, I felt that they were not only accurate in shooting, but also much more mature than me.
Have you seen the theatrical version of Monogatari? I don't really like the style of the theatrical version, it's a little too much. "Your Name" was a success, and I watched it in the cinema β and I would love to see "Rebel Story" in the cinema. I thought about it for a while and found that there was a wrong bias among some people on certain forums. For them. Neither "Your Name" nor "Harry Potter" felt that it was enough. They are more in vogue of certain works. But in fact, both are universal works. It can be enjoyed by people from different groups. It's not easy. And some works are fanatically liked by some groups, and when they are outside, they don't fit in with the airwaves. I like "Rebel Story" very much, and it is highly regarded by some groups. But it really doesn't work when you get outside. Conversely, it is normal for universal works to be felt inadequate by some niche groups. But remember, just because you're in a small circle doesn't mean you've mastered the truth. Maybe it's just a fetish for being special.
Recently, I've come across some things that many people in the archery circle don't know, and suddenly I feel like some people on the forum are looking down at them from a high place.
I'm watching "Magical Girl Breeding Project". Quite a depressing animation. Do Japanese people like battle royale genres so much? Speaking of another magical girl theme by the author of "Thrilling Game", I was looking forward to it, but it is suspected that it has been cut in half.
Miyano has opened a new work again, how will this person draw this time?