Chapter 7: Through the Forest
As the night deepened, the travelers lay down to rest. After a day's trek, even elves are tired.
It is said that in this kind of camping in the wild, people must be arranged to take turns to keep vigil. But today they did not, and even Joseph Sr., who wanted to keep vigil, was persuaded to go to sleep.
What gave them confidence was a crystal ball floating in the air that emitted a faint blue light.
This crystal ball is Hoshizhao's newbie equipment, and her profession is a witch - to be precise, called "Hoshimi Witch".
The witch profession is an advanced level unique to female scholars, and on top of this, it has four different branches: the spirit witch is good at communicating with the spirits of all things, and can summon the spirits of nature, similar to shamans, the cursed witch is good at using toxins and curses, and is the most feared, the prayer witch is good at blessing and praying, and can preside over large-scale sacrifices, and use the sacrifice to complete extremely large-scale spells, and the star witch is good at divination and observation, can predict the future through the observation of the stars, and use the crystal ball to observe the distance.
When I first played the game, Xingzhao was mainly responsible for reconnaissance and combat in the team, and it was the positive buff when it was fighting. As long as she lifts her crystal ball into the air, she can exert a wide area of stealth and hostility detection. On a starry night, using this skill consumes very little for her, and she can maintain the detection effect all the time, which is nothing more than a slight decrease in sleep quality.
Compared to the early warning effect of the crystal ball, this price is completely worth it.
Anyway, when it's daytime, she can lie on the back of Sword Thirteen to make up for sleep.
For this plan, Sword Thirteen's opinion is great. He didn't mind walking with his sister on his back, but he felt that sleeping on his back must be uncomfortable. However, Xingzhao insisted on this plan, and there was nothing he could do.
In the face of the stubborn sister, most of the brothers are helpless.
Except for some representatives of backward civilizations, this is mostly the case in various stories and records from ancient and modern China and abroad. For example, Zhuo Wangsun of the Han Dynasty, even if he was so angry with his sister that he could only grit his teeth to support the lives of his sister and brother-in-law.
The blue crystal ball floated above the rudimentary grass hut, and the faint light spread through the jungle like a giant disk.
In the shadows deep in the jungle, several druids stared at the circle of blue light and discussed for a long time, but finally did not step into it, and retreated silently.
This night, the traversers slept soundly.
When he was on his way the next day, Xingzhao slept on the back of Sword Thirteen as he had promised yesterday. She is also wide-hearted, and she really fell asleep like this.
She slept very peacefully, but when Jian Thirteen walked, she was light and careful, and after half a day, she was tired and sweaty, and she looked very embarrassed.
When it was time to break at noon, Xingzhao naturally woke up. Seeing that his brother was tired like this, he was distressed and funny, and he reprimanded him severely, to the effect of "Since I'm tired, tell me, I don't have to make up for sleep".
Jian Thirteen just laughed and didn't say a word back. Xingzhao trained for a while, and he felt bored, so he had to sigh and tell him not to be so reckless in the future, so he gave up.
That night, they were still setting up a makeshift camp by the river. However, this time, Xingzhao went to sleep honestly, and did not insist on using the crystal ball as a warning.
The work of the vigil is rotated by several large men. They were divided into three groups of two people each. True Remnant Nian and Shumania guard the first shift, Panda and Sword Thirteen guard the second shift, and Harmony and Old Joseph guard the last shift.
In addition to Xingzhao, Sleepless doesn't need to keep vigil - after all, he is a pampered royal capital, and the long journey is already very hard for him, and if he is allowed to keep vigil again, he is afraid that he will be tired and sick.
Originally, everyone didn't plan to make Sleepless so hard, but he insisted on joining the expedition for the reason that there was a nobleman in the team, who would be of great help when negotiating with the locals.
No matter where you are, it is inevitable that the dog will look down on people. A civilian, even if he is strong in martial arts, often encounters a lot of trouble. But if it is replaced by a capable nobleman, a noble magician from the royal capital, then many problems will not be a problem at all.
Everyone can understand this reason, but everyone is a little unbearable to see that Sleepless is so tired that he lies on the ground panting like a dead dog every time he rests.
"Let's just make a stretcher and carry you. On the third night, Zhen Cripple couldn't help but say, "Anyway, we have good physical strength, so it doesn't matter if we carry someone." ”
Sleepless shook his head.
"If you go on like this, your body will not be able to bear it. ”
"I'm also exercising. Sleepless said weakly, "Reality is not a game, and poor physical strength is very dangerous." So it's not a bad thing to take advantage of this opportunity to exercise. ”
"What about the workout effect?" Xingzhao asked curiously, "Has there been an increase in strength or endurance?"
Sleepless was silent for a moment and shook his head.
Obviously, for the people of Wangdu, it is not very reliable to rely on this method to exercise physical strength.
But Sleepless still insisted, and he even asked Panda to be his coach and ask for special exercise methods.
The panda didn't say anything and made him a pair of leggings.
"Does this help with exercise?" asked Sleepless.
"It makes your legs less sore. Panda replied.
In the end, Sleepless Perseverance paid off a little, and when they finally walked out of the labyrinthine forest after six days of hard trekking, his stamina stat really improved a little.
And most importantly, in his skill bar, a special skill appears.
Adaptation in the wild.
The explanation for this skill is as follows: there are some nobles who are pampered in the royal capital and will come to the wild for some reason. Although they will never reach the level of survival in the wild, at least with the help of reliable teammates, they can adapt to life in the wild a little, and will not be as tired as ordinary royal nobles.
This surprised everyone - it was the first time since the crossing that someone had mastered a new skill.
The news soon spread back to the castle through private chats, and many people began to wonder what new skills they could learn or exercise.
The first thing that comes to everyone's mind is, of course, cultural skills, after all, they are all literate people in reality, even if they open a grocery store or sell food stalls, they have received at least 12 years of education, and they can be regarded as high-level intellectuals a few decades ago.
Among the traversers, there are actually not a few who have no cultural skills.
For example, Berserkers don't have a single cultural skill in their skill list, and some people can't even understand the basic lingua franca. Chinese is still popular in the castle, on the one hand, everyone has developed a habit, and on the other hand, it is to take care of them.
In line with the idea that Yiduo is not pressing, this group of "uneducated" traversers have participated in the cultural classes held by the emperor for his students, a group of guys who look five big and three thick and don't even have a human appearance, sit neatly like elementary school students, and follow Sai Li, facing the crooked letters on the blackboard, trying to straighten their tongues, and chanting in unison.
At that scene, many passers-by couldn't help laughing.