Chapter 3 Preparation before departure
The journey from the village of Kalipura to the castle is difficult and dangerous for ordinary people.
Not to mention Tia and Seri, even Uncle Enrique, the hunter in the village, rarely leaves the village more than ten miles away - it is dangerous to be too far away, and it is easy to get lost.
The traversers certainly don't get lost, and although there are no roads in the grasslands, they have more than enough ways to show themselves the way.
The easiest way to do this is to use the restored magic tower inside the castle.
After the Magic Tower was repaired, a rune stone was first made for each traveler who went out. This rune stone can be used neither for attack nor defense, and its only use is to indicate the direction of the magic tower. With its guidance, you can find the exact direction of the castle no matter where you are, and you definitely don't have to worry about getting lost.
The trio had escorted Tia's mother and son to the castle, and their house was empty. Until they might return in the future, the traversers are free to use the room - something that has been agreed upon.
With a few people, the panda renovated the house a little, and the bed in the bedroom was removed and replaced with a bunk on the floor so that it could sleep a few more people. Anyway, as long as you do it carefully, the floor is actually no worse than an ordinary bed.
Many countries and nations on the earth have retained the habit of sleeping on the floor, and they have not seen them feel uncomfortable on the floor.
Of course, the accommodation conditions in the village of Kalipura are certainly not as good as the rooms in the castle, but it doesn't matter if everything is simple when you go out.
Pandas don't matter anyway.
The soft straw mat as a bed did not make him feel dissatisfied. On the contrary, the fact that he didn't have to worry about falling out of bed made him feel quite relieved.
The panda is not the kind of person who sleeps very peacefully, in fact, he sleeps a little lightly, and when something happens, he is often immediately awakened. Lying on the ground gave him a sense of relief, as if he could fight immediately at any time.
"It's not normal for you to think like that. Listening to his own statement, Ankh frowned and said, "This sense of crisis and tension shouldn't be in a martial arts master like you." ”
Panda doesn't explain this, and he doesn't have anything to explain.
He himself understands that his state is indeed a bit of a problem.
But...... As long as it doesn't affect your life, it doesn't matter.
At the head of his bed, there is a small bookshelf, which is improvised and holds three books. These books come from the castle's library, and are made with magic, and the content inside is some related strategies compiled by the strategy team.
During this time, he had been working on one of them, From Kalipura to Tara Khan, which detailed several villages along the way, as well as various related tasks.
The traversers had already planned to send someone to the city of Tara Khan to make contact with the rulers of the border. This team is different from the previous team that visited the village of Kalipura, with the royal nobles Sleepless as the apparent leader, and the rest of the members also choose humans or humanoids as much as possible, pursuing as little as possible to arouse the vigilance and hostility of Count Tara Khan.
Panda is the only non-human in the entire team, and his ostensible identity is a martial arts master who teaches the self-defense techniques of the noble sons and ladies, and Sleepless and the others are his apprentices.
In order to play this role well, he needs to learn a lot of knowledge - the strategy team arranged for him to be a Vajraliu warrior monk from the "Wuyi Mountain" in the Eastern Continent, so he needs to learn the customs of the Eastern Continent and Wuyi Mountain, as well as the knowledge related to the Vajraliu warrior monk, so as not to show his stuff in front of insiders when he gets it.
The "Wuyi Customs Record" and "Detailed Explanation of the Vajraliu Warrior Monk" in the bookshelf are his teaching materials during this time.
Of course, these materials are all from the game, and the members of the strategy team spent a lot of time and energy to sort out these two books. As long as he memorizes them, with the panda's athletic hands, no one will doubt his identity as a warrior monk.
After all, the biggest characteristic of Vajra Warrior Monks is that they don't pay attention to the use of "qi" at all, and all their abilities are in empty-handed fighting techniques. This kind of warrior monk is completely different from the warrior monks who fight with "qi" common in the western continent, and there is no need to worry about any conflict of ideas, nor do they have to be afraid of meeting their fellow disciples.
In fact, the real source of the "panda people" race is the ancestral garden of the orcs, "Hanging Mountain". But at this time, the Hanging Mountain is still hidden in the slit of time and space, and if the identity of the panda is revealed, I am afraid that there will be trouble.
Relatively speaking, the "Iron Eating Beast" of the Eastern Continent has been recorded in more than one travel book of the previous sages, and using this as a cover, unless you meet those sages who may still be old and immortal, you definitely don't have to worry about being exposed.
Recently, in addition to the disciples, the panda has even relaxed his daily exercise a lot, so he has memorized these three books. As of today, he has memorized the first two books, and only the last book "From Kalipura to Tara Khan" is missing.
When they had memorized the book, they prepared to set out for the city of Tarakhan.
Of course, before that, they have to wait for someone.
A man who visits the village of Kalipura every three months.
Wandering merchant, Ah Yuan.
The Raiders team is very clear and familiar with the situation in Tara Khan City, but they are not clear about one very important thing: what "point in time" is the current Tara Khan City?
According to the plot in the game, there will be a great plague in the city of Tarakhan. Is this plague already happening? Is it not happening, or is it happening? It's an important question.
Because the answer to this question is related to a certain boss in this place, as well as the situation of Count Tara Khan.
Old Count Tara Khan was a very powerful character, ruthless, insidious and vicious. After he dies in this big plot, the successor earl is his daughter who studied in the royal capital. His daughter, Linda Tara Khan, is a good battle mage, not only with a strong level of spells, but also not weak in fighting. But this woman's personality is brighter, far less than her father's fancy intestines and ghostly thoughts.
This was not surprising, since she was not the old earl's preferred heir. According to the old earl's original plan, the old earl's successor to the earl's throne should be his son John Tara Khan, a man who is just as insidious and vicious as he is, almost a copy of him.
The situation of this plot has a great deal to do with the overall plan of the traversers. Therefore, although everyone was a little anxious, they still waited patiently for the visit of the wandering merchant.
Just as Panda had finally memorized the third book, the chubby wandering merchant, who had been many days late, finally arrived in the village of Kalipura – several days later than usual.