Chapter 28 Smooth Communication...... and dogs
Zhao Mai threw down the things in his hand, ran to the side of the shack in a zigzag, and picked up the shield and short sword on the ground. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The shed behind Info was riddled with holes, but it provided him with some protection. Even if it's just mental protection, it's still very helpful for a traveler in another world.
Compared to his caution and vigilance, the reserve was more of excitement. If the dog senses danger, it will make a vigilant posture, usually crouching with the front half of the body, the back up, and barking teeth and growling. But the reserve grain is jumping non-stop, and the mouth is also "Wang" instead of "thick", it shouldn't be the enemy, right?
Zhao Mai chooses to trust the senses of his companions, because whether it is sight, hearing or smell, he is inferior to a dog. After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Mai decided to stand up. The shield was still on his chest, but the dagger was already hanging down. It's a relaxed stance, not a fighting stance.
A dark shadow came out of the woods and came to a stop by the campfire. Although Dog Meat is blind in one eye, it still shows a calm dog king demeanor. It looked down and sniffed at the gnome, then lifted its hind legs. Zhao Mai was trying to stop it, but seeing that the urine was flowing down the slope of the ground and not wetting the dwarf's backpack, it didn't matter.
Judging from the timing of its appearance, Dogmeat must have been following the gnome all along, and this must have been at the behest of Ranger Carl. The soak of urine just now fully indicates the position of the dog, if it is still fighting at this time, then it will pounce on it from the back and bite the throat of the dwarf.
Zhao Mai put the shield at his feet, walked over and wanted to reach out and touch the dog's head, but was slapped away by a paw. From the slightly cloudy single eye, there was a clear look of arrogance. In fact, Zhao Mai didn't know how to describe this expression, it was about a kind of "Oh, I know what you want to do, but you want to be beautiful." He wondered how his mind could turn so many thoughts in an instant, probably because he couldn't communicate normally because of the language barrier, and he was about to drive himself crazy, right?
The reserve grain was very proud, and he jumped on the back of the dog meat with an arrow step and lay firmly on it. However, its head is facing backwards to its ass, its mouth is swinging from side to side, and it is playing a game of chase and catch with its tail. Well, it's normal for dogs and dogs to be more intimate, and you can't think that people are inferior to dogs for the sake of this, right?
More amazing things are yet to come. Dog Meat lifted his front legs and lowered his head, and pulled it from under his armpit with his mouth, and actually pulled out a small cylinder. With a bite of its teeth, it expertly pulled out a roll of parchment. While Zhao Mai's eyes were round and his mouth was wide open, Dog Meat unfolded the parchment paper, and on it was a map drawn with charcoal.
For the first time, Zhao Mai knew the general terrain around him, knew the shape of the Kangjian Forest and the Ash Lake, and knew the location of the villages and towns. Dog Meat repeatedly dots on the map with his paws, which is where the town of Nebo is located. It also arcs on the map, presumably to tell you how to get to the town. Zhao Mai looked at the dog meat suspiciously, and saw the emotion in the dog meat's eyes again, which was obviously triumphant and a trace of stinky fart.
This is strange. I've only heard that mages and warlocks' pets can continuously improve their intelligence, but I haven't heard that Ranger's animal companions also have such abilities? However, this spell can only be used by high-level druids, and the ranger can't even touch the edges.
Fortunately, Dog Meat didn't make expressions like "You are really rare and weird", otherwise Zhao Mai would even have the illusion that this old dog still has telepathic ability. Maybe this beautiful environment will improve the intelligence of animals, maybe it's possible.
"Understood, I remember the map, thank you Ranger Carl for me. Zhao Mai put away the map.
Dog Meat nodded (or is it pretending?) to accept this blessing. Then it took a step and stood next to the gnome corpse, pulling the necklace on the ground with its claws and placing it under itself.
"Hey, don't you grab anything, okay? That's my trophy!"
Dogmeat shook his head, sniffed the Brilliant Gemstone Pendant with his nose, and pressed it down with his two front legs. Reserve jumped off its back, stuck out its tongue stupidly, rolled on the dog's front legs, and secretly kicked the necklace with its hind legs, trying to pull the thing out.
What a good boy, and this began to think about the interests of the owner. Zhao Mai slowly paced over, his arm reaching for the necklace on the ground.
Dogmeat spotted the pair's intentions and arched the reserve with his nose and kept scratching the puppy's belly with his paws. Reserve grain laughed on the ground, one hind leg cocked and scratched in the air, as if begging for mercy. The dog licked it lovingly, then picked up the necklace and looked at Zhao Mai with wide eyes.
"If I was in trouble just now, would you come to help me?" Zhao Mai asked.
Dog Meat whined in reply. In fact, Zhao Mai is not sure if a dog can understand his own words, especially when he is using Chinese. However, the ranger gave himself a puppy, and this love has not been repaid.
"Okay, take that necklace as a reward for lurking and ready to help. Zhao Mai waved his hand and said to the dog meat: "Do you want to play with the reserve food for a while, or go back now?" It's already dark, I suggest you wait for the sun to rise before leaving. ”
This time, Zhao Mai was sure that Dog Meat understood.
Two dogs, one big and one small, went to play on the side, and the safety of the camp was more guaranteed. Zhao Mai thought about it, put on his clothes first, and a young man in the province only relied on his underwear to keep warm. Then go back and pack up the gnome's belongings.
There are not many things in the small backpack, and most of them are only suitable for small creatures, so Zhao Mai is a little awkward to hold it. For example, a small piece of dry food, which is not much larger than a compressed biscuit, is enough for him to eat for half a day, but it can keep the dwarf from starving for three days.
Small water bladders, small mirrors, small soaps, these are not very useful. A small bottle of ink is a good thing, the paper is small but you can use it, but the quill is almost held between your fingertips, which is difficult to control.
After careful calculation, a bag of coins is the biggest gain, and Zhao Mai also saw for the first time what the currency of this world looks like. The so-called gold coins are actually about the same as a person's thumb and fingernails, and they look thin and pitiful. The color of the gold is not good, the weight is not right, and there should be something else mixed in it, probably copper.
The obverse of the coin reads "Valicia", which Zhao Mai knows is the name of the region. Valicia was not a single country, at best an alliance of a few city-states, with commercial considerations far outweighed politics and military considerations. On the back is the number one written in various languages, as well as a warning left in the lingua franca: Abadar is watching you.
Which god is Abadar? Zhao Mai only felt that he had seen this name, and he couldn't remember exactly what it was. He's not Wikipedia after all (Baidu, are you sure you don't implant it?), no matter what, you can understand it with a lookup.
The silver coin is slightly larger, about the same as a dollar coin. The copper plate is larger, but lighter. After counting, there were about seventy gold, thirty silver, and fifteen copper plates in the money bag, which was the first pot of gold he had earned in the other world.
The magic scroll can't be understood, the wand won't work, the potion ...... Who dares to drink this kind of thing? Zhao Mai began to miss the industrial system on the earth, at least the products made have instructions, warranty certificates, and production dates. But it didn't matter, these were to be sold anyway in the town of Nebo - and of course the big bag of salt.