Chapter 7: Magic
Link completed a number of postures under the teaching of the one-eyed old Joe, the time was about ten o'clock in the morning in the previous life, everyone began to eat and drink, Link was embarrassed, it turned out that no one in the tribe ate breakfast, everyone had two meals a day, one meal before noon in the morning, and one meal after the sun set in the afternoon. No one would share their limited food for no reason, let alone give it to Link, who was about to become a herdsman, and the water in the tribe was rationed, and Link didn't have a water bladder, and he couldn't drink the water of Old Joe One-Eyed all the time. So Link made an appointment with Old Joe One-Eyed to continue training after dinner and returned to his tent.
Link walked on the road, his body felt very tired, but a sense of satisfaction after exercise lingered in his heart, although the air was still steamer-like stuffy, but walking on the road could still feel the breeze blowing, listening to all kinds of noises in the oasis, looking at the tall date palm trees swaying in the wind, Link felt very comfortable, but thinking that he would have to train later, Link couldn't help but sigh, " I still have to persevere, the task at this stage is to work hard to improve my physique, whether it is to accept my fate as a herdsman or find an opportunity to escape from the desert, good physical conditions are a must, come on, I must live!"
Link walked into his tent while cheering himself up, first took off his robe, found the jug and took a big sip of water, checked his food and water reserves, looked at the food in his hand, swallowed his saliva, and didn't make up his mind whether to eat again. "The food and drink in the tribe are rationed, who should I go to get my own food, how long will I survive on these things? ”
Just when Link was desperately resisting the temptation of food, the sound of light footsteps came, and a slender figure was reflected in the curtain of the tent, and then the curtain was lifted, and Niata, who was covered with a turban, walked in, she looked at Link who was facing a wild apricot with straight eyes, quite speechless, and lazily raised the things in her hand: "I'm here to bring you today's food and water, camel dung is piled up for you outside the door"
Link hurriedly greeted him, and took the two clay pots in Niata's hand, one jar contained nearly a liter of water, and the other jar contained two pieces of plant rhizomes that Link had eaten in the morning, and a fist-sized piece of black jerky, and then Niata took out a small cloth bag with six dark brown dried dates, "This is what Zacia asked me to give you." The old priest said that the date palm tree in the desert oasis is the greatest gift given to the tribe by the ancestral spirit, and there are not many date palm trees in the tribe, and the date palms are rich in nutrients, and they will not get sick if they eat dates regularly, and those who can't eat dates will get all kinds of diseases. Zaya is very fond of Link, and will give most of his dates to Link every day, although a total of thirteen were given, Nyata embezzled seven with Zacia's acquiescence, but seeing Link get six dried dates, Niata was still very unhappy: "This is sweet!"
In order to vent the unhappiness in her heart, Niata asked a little angrily: "Why weren't you there just now, causing me to run away with my things in vain." ”
Link asked Nyata, it turned out that the food and water in the tribe were distributed on a daily basis on a family basis, with the most warriors, followed by freemen, and the fewest herdsmen, and they were generally received by families, and were managed by the women of the family, Link and Niata's mother were gone, and this errand was naturally Nyata's, as long as Zathia didn't die or drove Link out, Link was still a free man, and with Zaya's help, the materials he got were not small.
After knowing that these things were his supplies for the day, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and he didn't care about the dissatisfaction in Niata's tone, and said that he went to exercise with the reserve soldiers, and said that he planned to exercise together to strengthen his physique.
Listening to Link's words, Niata was a little surprised, her titular brother was still quite tenacious, he didn't give up on himself in the face of the current situation, and it was not in vain that Zacia was so good to him, so is it possible for Zacia and his plan to be realized?
"Do you have any other plans now?" said Niata, thinking tentatively.
"If you have any other plans, let's exercise first, but unfortunately I don't know magic or magic. Link replied rather distressedly, others are crossing and being a portable grandfather and a system stream, and the worst is also a rich man's son, he is good, he has no golden fingers, and he will become a herdsman as soon as he comes, or in the desert, and there is nowhere to run.
"Aren't you afraid of magic?" Nyata was surprised by Link's answer, the desert people's attitude towards magic was not friendly, and they were in a state of fear, even blaming magic for all the disasters in the desert. If there is a mage or a warlock in the tribe, it is generally exiled directly, leaving them alone, which is actually more cruel in the desert than killing them directly, no food and no water, even if you have a powerful spell, you can't survive, when your teacher returned to the desert is to rely on powerful spells to deter the tribe's people, there is an abandoned well as a place to live, the tribe also often sends various materials to the teacher, the average little mage apprentice and the newly awakened warlock do not have this treatment, once they are found to be expelled to the depths of the desert and become the food of the desert vultures is their end。
"Why be afraid, I wish I could learn magic. Link said disapprehantly, although Link had vaguely heard the discriminatory remarks about magic in the tribe, but this was undoubtedly very ridiculous in Link's opinion, magic in Feren is equivalent to the science of the earth, people should study and use it, not to be stupid to be afraid, not to mention that Link still has a heart to become a master as a traverser, but he doesn't know if he has this qualification.
"Don't you want to learn magic?" asked Niata in a low voice.
Link pouted: "Let's not mention that the old priest of the tribe has a grudge against Zaya, I don't have a chance to learn divine arts, not to mention that if you want to be a priest, you must completely obey the gods, follow the path of the gods, carry forward the concept of the gods you believe in, and believe in the gods wholeheartedly, the higher the degree of compatibility with the gods, the higher the level of divine arts obtained, once you are abandoned by the gods, you will have no power, I can't do this." ”
Niata was quite surprised by Link's remarks, but I didn't expect this younger brother to have some basic understanding of magic, so it seems that he should also have a more sober understanding of magic, not nonsense in a desperate situation, if he can learn magic, then the plan to escape from the tribe is more certain, but unfortunately he has been studying magic hard in the past few years and has not communicated much with this younger brother, and it is not very likely that he can quickly learn magic in the limited time now.
Niata pondered for a moment and said to Link, "Zacia really loves you. ”
Link listened a little disappreciatively, Zacia refused to see him this morning, Link was just about to perfunctory Niata a few words, only to see Niata show her eyes showing a little sharpness, her slender hands in the air to make complex gestures, her mouth was chanting an awkward unknown language, and her body was also swaying slightly rhythmically, and then, just when Link was confused, she jerked her finger at the dried dates she brought to Link, only to see that the dried dates suddenly trembled strangely a few times, and then floated up against the attraction。
Link was shocked, special function, no, this is the Wild Bull Desert of Faerun, this is magic! This is the hand of a mage!
Niata looked at the stunned Link, and a smile appeared in her sharp eyes, "Do you want to learn?"