Chapter 63: Cutting the Table
The icy river water kept trying to pour into Zhao Mai's mouth, carrying the disgusting smell of alchemical elixir, and the white spray smashed into his eyes, and a layer of slippery grease climbed up, sticky and uncomfortable. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
In this situation, it was difficult to see in the distance, and the thick fog caused by Lucius had not yet dissipated, and now with his landing, it had covered the west bank of the river. Zhao Mai wants to call for help, but he always has to spit out the water in his mouth first, right?
The huge backpack was as heavy as a stone, constantly pulling hard behind his back, trying to drag Zhao Mai to the bottom of the water. Zhao Mai held the reserve grain in one hand and the wooden shield in the other, only his mouth was empty. He took a sharp breath, lowered his head, and relied on the touch of his tongue and lips to find the strap that was tied to his chest, and then pulled hard.
It is estimated that this time, the gums are going to bleed. The strap of the backpack was loosened, and the backpack was opened. Then the pull of the water, Zhao Mai pulled out his arms one by one, and he was finally liberated!
The wooden shield was floating on the water, and the reserve grain had already climbed up, and it was biting Zhao Mai's collar with his teeth and dragging him up. Zhao Mai is not so greedy, he only needs to lie on it with his upper body half on it, and he can get enough buoyancy. The Smoke River took the two of them all the way down, and after only a while, they couldn't see the place where they had fought with the kobolds just now.
After a few breaths, Zhao Mai began to paddle towards the river. The water quality of the oil smoke river is not good, there are no aquatic plants in the water, and there will be no fish to disturb it, so it is not difficult to paddle. But the place where Zhao Mai was injured by the magic missile under his left rib was very painful, and he didn't even dare to breathe hard, maybe there was a fracture in his rib.
He had no choice but to hold the shield with his left arm, and slowly draw his right arm and legs, pumping and sweating as he moved. Reserve grain also came to the edge of the shield, stretching out a small paw to paddle the water. However, he always found the wrong direction, and as a result, the shield kept spinning.
Finally stepped on the bottom of the river, and Zhao Mai limped ashore. Although the time of battle is short, the physical exertion is very high, and this is where the experience of junior apprentices is lacking. The mind is too tense, and the muscles are also affected in the same way, so how can you not get tired and lie down when you always act in an overloaded way?
The reserve shook his body vigorously and threw all the water out of his hair. Then it came to Zhao Mai's side, spit out its tongue and turned around to check it, and then very cleverly took the initiative to do the work of lookout.
Zhao Mai lifted his leather armor, examined his wounds, and then shook his head. It's not a wound that will heal naturally, and it seems like a spell will have to be used. He only has two first-level spell slots, one for Divine Berry and one for minor injuries. Knowing that a bottle of healing potion for minor injuries costs fifty gold coins, far more than the value of a spell slot, how could he not always leave a spot for healing spells?
I've never experienced the effects of healing spells before, so now it's time to give it a try. At the edge of the forest, the natural force is abundant and the spells are more effective. Zhao Mai heard the sound of rattling in his body, accompanied by the numbness and swishing feeling when the bones rubbed. After that, the pain in the muscles and skin was relieved, and several small scratched wounds began to scab over.
After a simple treatment of minor injuries, Zhao Mai no longer has to worry much about the condition of the wound, and the rest only needs to eat and sleep well, and wait for it to heal naturally. He also felt a little strange about how effective it was to treat minor injuries. The strength of the magic missile is not high, and the wound caused by it should not be too bad, maybe it is just because his physique is too weak, so the wound looks terrifying, right? I believe that as long as you continue to improve your affinity with the natural force in the future, a steady stream of life will continue to strengthen your body.
"Gotta check the gear, we can't do it with our bare hands. Zhao Mai opened the bomb bay of the megalodon musket, took out the shell and put it away, and cleaned up the burned residue by the way. There's no smokeless ****** these days, so there's always some residue in there. In addition, if it is soaked in water, it will inevitably become muddy.
None of the bullets on the belt were lost, and I have to say that Green's craftsmanship is really good. However, in the struggle, the wax seal of one of the bullets was erased, and the gunpowder inside got into the water. Zhao Mai was reluctant to throw it away, so he put it in his belt and waited for the opportunity to rematch the gunpowder in the future.
The reserve suddenly screamed, and then rushed into the river. Zhao Mai turned his head and saw that his backpack was half-sinking and half-floating, and he was carried by the current to a place close to the riverbank. He hurried over, stood in chest-deep water, scooped it with his hands, and dragged his backpack ashore.
The bag was washed away by the current, and some of the things inside were missing, including Zhao Mai's favorite pot and the most valuable piece of canvas. Originally, this canvas could be used as a tent, a quilt, and even a stretcher and bed, but now it is all in vain.
There wasn't much to use left, the slings were still there but the projectiles were gone, and there was only one candle left, but it could still be melted down to replenish the wax seal at the bottom of the cartridge case. The water bladder is still there, which is pretty much the best news. The cool spring water inside is not comparable to the stinky water of the Oily River. Although he had just come up from the river, Zhao Mai still felt a little thirsty, and hurriedly shared the remaining sweet water with the reserve grain.
A rope slipped off the strap of the backpack and hung limply on the ground. Follow the rope to find the place where it is broken, this is obviously cut by a sharp weapon! A wave of anger rose from Zhao Mai's heart, this bastard, actually hurt me like this!
Calculate the remaining length of the rope, it can only be a bad thing done by Lucius! Why did he cut the rope, did he think that under the cover of the thick fog, he could do whatever he wanted? I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I always thought that some of his mothers-in-law were very annoying, but I didn't see that he still had such bad intentions!
There is a kind of person in this world that Zhao Mai must never forgive, that is, a traitor who betrayed his teammates! Everyone worked together to escape from the pursuit of the kobolds, no, before they completely escaped, Lucius, you bastard, began to abandon your teammates in the back of the palace? Is this good for you, do you think that a small river can drown me?
Zhao Mai immediately took action, neatly tidied up his things, left the riverbank, and hid in the woods. Lucius broke the rope in the fog, and he had to explain what had happened to the other two men even after he got ashore. No matter how clever he was, Afra and Purple Moon would have chosen to look downstream. Even if they take 10,000 steps back, their parade mission is not over yet, Wolf Ear Town is still downstream, and they will inevitably reach Zhao Mai's current location if they walk along the river.
So Zhao Mai hid and grabbed the megalodon in his hands, ready to teach Lucius a profound lesson.
Time flew by, and the wait became very boring, and the reserve turned over, revealing its belly to continue sleeping. The surroundings are so quiet that you can even hear the sound of the sun falling. Zhao Mai moved his stiff fingers, put a small pergola on his forehead, and looked upstream.
How long have I been floating in the river, and it's only a few kilometers away, right? Anyway, it's time to come over? Could it be that the three of them were frightened and turned around and went back to the community? Zhao Mai thought about it, this is very inconsistent with their character. Faced with the unknown, he began to hesitate.