Chapter 10: The Hamers
In the blink of an eye, three days later, under the conscientious investigation of Martin and others, Tang Ruiyi learned that the goblin army was indeed trapped and died near the banks of the Twin Rivers and could not move, so he could only cut down trees on the spot to build bridges.
According to the results of Luopu's calculations, it was already two days before the Goblin army wanted to open the road to the castle, and it would be a problem for such a large army to not have enough logistical supplies.
Because there is no danger for the time being, Tang Ruiyi, who has nothing to do, plans to take advantage of this gap to go to the prairie mentioned by the wandering merchant to find some "foreign aid".
He didn't take anyone else with him except Martin, who was familiar with the way, grabbed a few bottles of newly made miniature healing potions, put on the brutality of the giant wolf and the iron sword made by John, and he hit the road.
There is a section of the road leading to the prairie that overlaps with the banks of the Twin Rivers, and the beasts are basically wiped out, and some of the lucky ones who survived also fled when they saw Tang Ruiyi and Martin.
Gradually, the beasts on the road also began to become colorful, and monsters such as Spotted Tiger, Giant Scorpion, and Trollier were generally around level 3 to 5, thanks to Martin's primary reconnaissance skills, there was no danger along the way.
After almost two hours, they came to a large cloudless prairie, where white and green were intertwined, exuding an incredible charm.
Tang Ruiyi finally knew why so many people on the earth yearn for the beauty of the prairie, the kind of beauty that cleanses the soul and rejects everything is really shocking, Tang Ruiyi remembered that he used to laugh at the blue sky and white clouds on the computer desktop, but now it seems that he simply has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, at this moment he was almost completely lost, he couldn't feel his existence, and the two of them came back to their senses after half a ring.
After collecting their minds, the two continued to move forward, the weather was getting colder and colder, and after walking for less than half an hour, Tang Ruiyi was shivering from the cold, even the cold sun shrank below the horizon, and even the leather armor made of the wolf king's fur was frozen hard, Tang Ruiyi shook his arm gently, and even heard the sound of clicking and rubbing,
In the end, the two of them couldn't stand it anymore, so they had to tremble into a cave in a gloomy valley.
A sparse fire was raised, and the two gathered together to cover their hands and chat by the way.
"What the hell is this weather, why is it so cold?" Tang Ruiyi complained casually, and found that the air coming out of his mouth was actually cold.
“...... I've never been in such a cold place in my life...... Is there really anyone living here?" Martin said passively, trembling a little.
I took out the dry food in the package, cooked it and ate it, adding a little calorie.
The two of them have been hiding in the small hole for most of the day, but the wind and snow outside have not weakened at all, but have become more and more intense.
"Who!" Suddenly Martin stood up suddenly, staring nervously at the entrance of the cave.
Tang Ruiyi looked in the direction suspiciously, but found nothing, just as he was about to get up, two figures, one tall and one short, appeared in the wind and snow, and in the blur, he seemed to see overlapping shadows.
Anyone with a little intelligence knew that it was impossible for a normal person to rush in such weather, so he immediately jumped up and pointed at the hole with a crossbow in hand.
Two hurried figures were out of the snow, and it could be seen from the size that they were a man and a woman.
After seeing Martin and Tang Ruiyi in the cave, they were stunned for a moment, and then immediately raised the longbow in their hands and pointed at them.
"Who are you, why are you here!" one of the big men did not dare to move at all, a slight snowflake fell on his eyebrows, and the fur suddenly moved, and the fox fur grassland hat was also covered with hashuang, covering his face tightly, revealing only a pair of eyes, and the pale yellow eyes flashed with a vigilant light.
"Who are you? Tang Ruiyi was about to ask rhetorically, but heard an inhuman roar.
The big man's face immediately changed, and he gritted his teeth and put away the bow, "Quick! Hide in the cave, it's coming!"
Tang Ruiyi and Martin glanced at each other, and at the same time put out the fire and quickly retreated.
"Hold your breath and don't make a sound!" A subtle crisp sound came into Tang Ruiyi's ears, he subconsciously did so, and turned his head to find a pair of small eyes blinking in the dark.
In the dark, everyone seemed to be living like a year, and the deafening roar alone made Tang Ruiyi thrilled.
It wasn't until the roar outside grew farther and farther away, and finally it was inaudible, that everyone let out a long breath.
The crisis is over, and the two sides have not reverted to a saber-rattling situation.
"What is that?" Tang Ruiyi asked curiously, and then he found that the two of them were dressed very strangely, with robes, shoulders, fur, leather boots, and standard nomadic attire at first glance.
"That's a snow monster that lives in the mountains, and I don't know why I've suddenly gone crazy lately and hurt people everywhere. "One of the nomads took off her fox fur hat, and it turned out to be a young girl, with beautiful black hair, a handkerchief wrapped around her head, tied up at two roots, her hair drooping and adorned with agate, coral, and jasper, and her delicate features and large round eyes, which looked no more than nineteen years old.
"So, you live nearby?"
"No, don't answer him, ordinary people don't come to the prairie, maybe he is a spy sent by the enemy. Dahan looked at the sharp iron sword in Tang Ruiyi's hand with a nervous face and said.
The girl rolled her eyes: "Yes, taking advantage of the heavy snow to close the mountain, the enemy quickly sent two spies to our clan to steal sheep to eat, right?"
The girl folded her hands, closed her eyebrows, and performed a strange etiquette towards the distant mountains, which made Tang Ruiyi a little embarrassed, and she didn't know what to do, so she could only do it with a weak heart.
The girl looked back and saw his indifferent movements, and immediately burst out laughing:
"In our clan, this is a prayer for the Holy Mountain to accept outsiders. By the way, my name is Anata, and this nervous guy is my brother Batu, and you haven't registered yet. ”
After Tang Ruiyi put it down stupidly, he beckoned Martin to put down the dagger: "My name is Tang Ruiyi, this is Martin, and we are from the swamp." ”
When Anata heard the word swamp, she looked him up and down curiously: "Is it the swamp on the north side of the grassland? ”
Tang Ruiyi rarely interacts with girls in real life, at most he has a crush on a few beautiful female classmates, but the girl in front of him is so cute that he wants to tease her, he stuffed the sword back into the scabbard and said with a smile: "In addition to me, there are many people living there, and I can take you to play when I have time." ”
"Really? That's great, I've wanted to see the outside world for a long time, but my grandfather just doesn't agree, woo woo, big brother, you're so nice!"
Tang Ruiyi's bones were numb with a big brother's call, and after some inquiries from Martin, Anata was a level 2 archer, and Batu was a level 3 warrior.
Generally speaking, after achieving certain conditions, you can choose your own profession, similar to Martin's scout, the benefits of the profession are many, in addition to adding additional attributes, you can also learn special skills, but it is rare to have a profession at such a low level.
Tang Ruiyi smiled: "No problem, by the way, you haven't answered me yet, how did you get into trouble with that snow monster?"
Batu looked a little unwilling, but when he mentioned it, he said proudly: "We are one of the patrols of the Great Snow Mountain outpost! We were hunted down to investigate the madness of the snow monsters!"
Anata muttered to the side, "Cut, if my brother hadn't stepped on a branch a few times, we wouldn't have been discovered." ”
Tang Ruiyi fainted to death, these two living treasures may not even be able to beat the goblins, they actually dare to provoke the snow monster, and the most important thing is that they survived, it is really a fool who is stupid......
"By the way, come and sit at my house, it just so happens that the snow mountain sentry is not far from here, and we are also going to report information about the snow monster. ”
Tang Ruiyi didn't say anything: "That's great, thank you so much." ”
"No, we can't bring them back to the clan!" Batu said, stopping in front of Anata.
"Do you still think they're spies? If you don't want to leave, you'll be frozen into popsicles here!" Anata's small eyebrows furrowed, and he took Tang Ruiyi's hand and jumped off, leaving him speechless for a while.
Seeing that the three of them were getting farther and farther, Batu had no choice but to follow with a stomach.
Finally bypassing countless rugged mountain roads, the four of them gradually came to a sentry post built on a leeward slope, and judging from the dense footprints around them, there should be quite a few people living there.
Soon Tang Ruiyi saw a huge gathering place composed entirely of ice bricks, and the ice bricks were particularly dazzling under the sunlight.
More than a dozen equally bloated grassland people were drying clothes, fishing, and feeding sheep, and the clothes that were well dressed reflected the generous, rough and frank character of the grassland herdsmen.
Anata shouted to the nearest herdsman, fortunately, there was no snow-capped mountain nearby and it would not cause an avalanche, and the herdsman looked up and saw Tang Ruiyi's Martin behind her was also surprised, after all, there are no special resources or specialties here, except for caravans and pioneers, who would walk for so many days to an unknown and desolate place?
After saying hello, the herdsmen took them to the sentry gathering place very enthusiastically, and a few little children with snotty noses realized that they touched Tang Ruiyi's sword, and he did not refuse, and took out the berries and dry food in his pocket as dry food and gave them to the children, and they put them in their mouths and tasted them, and immediately showed a surprised expression.
Although the dried berries that have lost their moisture are only slightly sweet, they are also a delicacy that these children can hardly taste in their lifetimes, and such a blatant bribe was immediately spread to the hundreds, and soon the people of the whole settlement knew that there were outsiders who had brought a delicious fruit, so they went out of the house and gathered in the square, and for a time it was extremely lively, as if it was a festival.
Seeing this scene, Tang Ruiyi actually felt quite a sense of accomplishment, and suddenly there was a commotion around, and then the two herdsmen muttered privately for a while, and then one of them hurriedly ran to the largest igloo in the gathering area.
The other rushed up and excitedly pulled Tang Ruiyi's arm tightly, as if he was afraid that he would run away.
Martin just wanted to stop him, but Tang Ruiyi waved his hand to stop him.
He looked at the herdsmen strangely, judging by the slightly more high-end costumes, these should be the higher status of the Anatas.
He asked, "What is the matter?"
The herdsman pulled him into a corner, his honest face full of excitement.
Tang Ruiyi asked a few times, but he couldn't answer anything incoherently.
Suddenly, a figure flashed, it was Anata, and she walked up to him vigorously: "Hey, why are you here? I was looking for you, do you still have that delicious fruit?"
Tang Ruiyi said, "What do you want that fruit for?"
Anata pushed the herdsman away and gently attached it to his ear, and Tang Ruiyi's ears itched with Youlan's anger, and there seemed to be a deer bumping into her heart, and she said, "Our patriarch is going to want you to buy that kind of fruit in large quantities." ”
Hearing that there was hope for trade, Tang Ruiyi couldn't care about enjoying it, and hurriedly said, "Trade, what do you want dried berries for?"
Anata raised her index finger and shook it, and said slyly: "I can't tell you this, you just say whether to sell it or not!"
The herdsman next to him also hurriedly said: "It's okay to sell it to us, we promise to pay a bigger price!"
It seems that this nomadic tribe is not united internally, although I don't know why berries are so popular, but since the buyer's market is greater than the seller's market, then he is not welcome.
Tang Ruiyi smiled: "I always have to compare, what about your price?"
Seeing the duck fly away, Anata stomped her little foot and said viciously, "Okay, my bid on behalf of the patriarch is a standard unit (for the convenience of wood, iron ore, and food, all use the standard unit system) The fruit is worth 0.3 gold coins, and you will reap the friendship of the Hamer clan." ”
Tang Ruiyi now knew that this nomadic tribe was called the Hamer tribe, and he was just about to speak, and then a large number of people came: "Who has the fruit that the snow monster likes? We are willing to pay the price of 0.5 gold coins per unit." “
The loud voice remembered, startling Tang Ruiyi, he took a closer look, and it turned out to be a middle-aged man wearing a shawl and a necklace made of teeth on his chest.
"What do you mean when you say snow monsters like to eat?"
The middle-aged man walked up to him with a smile: "Friends from the outside world, don't you know that the snow monsters on the snowy mountains like to eat sweet four or five sweets, as long as there are enough fruits, they will never harass us again!"
It turned out to be like this, Tang Ruiyi suddenly realized, no wonder he was so popular, he thought that he was extraordinary, and everyone wanted to make friends, but it turned out that it wasn't it, embarrassed......
Suddenly, Anata's face turned red, like a ripe red apple: "Bighan, you are also a prestigious elder in the clan, how can you be embarrassed to grab things with this girl like me!"
The middle-aged man known as Beagle Khan shook his head with a wry smile: "Who wouldn't want to get rid of the snow monster's entanglement? If it weren't for the last resort, I wouldn't have done such a despicable thing." ”
Anata screamed, "Hmph, if you're willing to sell it to us, I can provide some extra rare gems!"
Not to be outdone, Bighan said: "What rare gems? It's just some flashy things, I can float another 0.1 gold coins, and I will give the same to rare treasures!"
"You, you, you!"
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The eight characters haven't been wiped out yet, looking at Anata's arguing regardless of her image, Tang Ruiyi was speechless and a little uncomfortable at the same time.
The sorrow of the herdsmen's life is difficult to humanize, there are no iron mines, no decent weapons can be built, food is scarce, everyone has to pray to see the sun tomorrow before going to bed, even the girls who are in the flowering season are forced to take weapons and join the patrol, and they can quarrel at night for a little profit.
In the end, Anata had already said that Bighan couldn't do it, after all, the age gap was there, and seeing that both sides were almost thorough, Tang Ruiyi didn't plan to waste time.