Chapter 556: The Outer Camp
Along the narrow potholed improvised road, Zhao Mai drove swiftly north, overtaking travelers on mules or ox carts. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ infoMost of the people who use these vehicles and draw their weapons when they see a taxi are adventurers. Maybe it's just starting out, or maybe it's already having a few successful experiences, and you've saved up a little money to buy a car for your team.
Adventurers are not afraid to walk, after all, the farther away the more dangerous it is, the less people compete for the task. The reason why I bought a car was to avoid not carrying enough to turn the loot into money. For adventurers, almost everything that can be moved is trophie, and even an old tablecloth has its own value.
The utilitarian nature of the adventure is very clear, whether it is money, or fame, or faith or love. Because of this, the four gains are "good challenges", and the ones that are all missing are bad challenges. What adventurers fear most is that their efforts are wasted, so there are five types of monsters that have been selected as the "Black Five", that is, the kind of existence that is difficult to fight and poor.
Elementals, necromancy, mud monsters, plants, and constructs are fortunate enough to be on the list, and they are the kind of beings that adventurers sigh at the sight of and lament as if they have been cursed, and are the last thing they want to face. If you need to rank sixth, then the Ramashtu Monster that is wreaking havoc in the Farmer's Forest will make the list. Mother of Monsters loves to create all kinds of twisted, blasphemous and evil monsters, constantly pushing the limits of ugliness and weirdness. Most monsters are born to disgust people, and naturally they don't bring any loot to people like.
Therefore, in the camp of adventurers near the farmer's forest, everyone is resting, waiting for the silver crusader to bring a bounty before acting. In order to avoid unnecessary onlookers, Zhao Mai disguised "Theγ»Che" as a four-wheeled carriage and parked it at the outskirts of the camp.
"Hey, isn't this Grimm and Sock from Nepo, and you're here to get your shop here?" spoke a muscular orc man with a double-barreled shotgun slung across his broad shoulders, or a special model with a pair of axes attached. He wore simple, loose chain armor, but Green knew that he actually had a delicate custom cuirasse, and was considered a relatively wealthy adventurer.
"The dwarves want to come here to experiment with ideas and gain experience for future improvements. Nugt, how long have you been here?"
"I've grown so bored that I want to have some fun with my old friends. The orc grinned, "You guys just came from Nebo Town, so you must have brought some fresh supplies, right?"
"Wait, that's what you're talking about. Green jumped into the car in two steps, then took a glass bottle and came down. The bottle was originally labeled with a trademark, but it had long since been killed by Zhao Mai. It's a bottle of brandy brought from Earth and kept in a taxi cabinet in case you need it - like now.
The half-orc unscrewed the cap of the bottle, sniffed hard, and then raised his eyebrows and nodded: "Well, you still have a wide range of friends, although this bottle of wine is not the best I have ever seen, but it is also among the best." β
"It's really a friend's stuff, so I'll introduce it to you. Green called Zhao Mai over: "This is my close friend Mike, he is a druid, from the druid community in the Farmer's Forest. This is a person who can be entrusted with the back. β
"Thank you for the compliment. Zhao Mai said.
"You're from the Druid community, why do you feel so awkward in this Druid robe?"
Zhao Mai looked down, it really didn't fit. The Druid robe of the Departing Community is a ceremonial garment worn during the Enlightenment Ritual, with a wide hem and wide cuffs, a diagonal placket on the chest, and inlaid red-edged gray fabric. Zhao Mai has never been able to have an official robe, and this one was made by Rang Duojian according to his memories.
"I also think it's a little awkward, so let's use the battle equipment. Zhao Mai reached out and grabbed the clothes on the back of his neck and tugged hard, throwing the robe out. The so-called battle clothes are a simple piece of leather armor, a bargain bought from the town of Nebo, and only the bankrupt adventurer chooses. Zhao Mai just used the repair spell to restore it.
"Are your friends crazy, or are the druids of the Departing Community like this?" the orc looked at the bottle in his hand, fearing that it had dropped some kind of intelligence-reducing drug, so he shoved it back to Grimm.
"The druids of the other Departings, have you seen them, when and where?" Zhao Mai asked eagerly.
"Right in the camp, there's a little white face named Lucius, who's pretty but has a bad brain. He persuaded us not to attack the monsters in the forest, and to wait here to stop the Silver Crusaders from sending us money. The orc snorted: "If it weren't for his politeness, I would have beaten up this fool who cut off people's money." β
"Lucius? I'm looking for him, and I have an old account to settle. Zhao Mai clenched his fists, and the natural force swept across the entire camp. Several casters sensed it, looked around suspiciously, and became alert.
Lucius was driven away again, and he was almost the least persona non grata in the camp. Some of the good-tempered ones pushed him away at most, warned him not to come any closer, and the bad-tempered ones directly used their fists to shut him up.
He can avoid or block those fists, but that will cause more conflict and affect the persuasion effort. So he withstood the punch with a part that was not easily injured and then treated with the Natural Force. This fluctuation of the Force naturally caught his attention, and it was none other than the Great Druid who could trigger this phenomenon, and he hurriedly ran towards the source.
"Mike, what are you doing with the sudden casting of the Force of Nature?" Wadsworth walked over on crutches. He sniffed around and shook his head: "There are too many people here, and it's too chaotic. How long are you going to stay here?"
"I'll set off when Sock finishes unloading his things. But I'll go it alone and fly straight through the air first. Zhao Mai happened to ask the orcs about the air passage, "Didn't the caster try to enter the forest from the sky?"
"There are flying monsters to intercept them, and they are black and crushed, with black wings and four arms and a crow's beak. The half-orc said helplessly: "In the sky, there is not enough cover, in fact, it is more dangerous." The caster can only scout occasionally, and the progress of the advance still depends on the ground. β
Zhao Mai nodded, it is true that not everyone has a strong flying breakthrough ability like him, and this situation is normal.
"Mike, it's you, it's great you're back!" Lucius, with his golden hair still fluttering, strode towards Zhao Mai. He saw Wadsworth, felt the natural force that belonged to the mangroves, and said, "Where did you get the Great Druid?"
"Don't talk about this yet, you bastard almost killed me by cutting my rope, I know?" Zhao Mai snorted, and the reserve immediately bared his teeth at Lucius and let out a low roar.
"Ahh
"Strangle you with a rope? You bastard walked ahead and jumped into the water, and then used the cloud technique. I can't see you at all, how can I strangle you with a rope?"
"Later, I was rescued by Mentor Joseph, and after I returned to the community, I figured it out, and we also knew at that time that you were not dead, so we chose to leave for the south. Lucius said, "You cut the rope, at least you didn't suffer anything along the way, and you didn't worry about being killed all day." β
"What about the two of them, are they all right?"
"It's okay, it's just that I've suffered a little flesh and skin, and now it's all fine, and I should be under the protection of the elves with most of the apprentices. β