The girl timidly hid behind the tall man, who stretched out his big hand and said, "Hello - this is my sister Lola, she is more afraid of life." My name is Abel. ”

Tis looked at Abel and then at Lola, stunned for a moment, a little embarrassed: "Uh......" But he reacted immediately and introduced himself: "Hello, my name is Tess." That was my companion Lin Juexiao. ”

Able nodded at Lin Juexiao, and Lin Juexiao also nodded in acknowledgment. "We're coming from Shepetovka and we're planning to travel to Treasure Island via Rainbow Island – Lola wants to be a magician, and I'm going to be a warrior. ”

Tees returned to his usual smile and said, "Hehe, I want to be a flying man—as for my companion, I don't know what he wants to be." ”

Lin Juexiao smiled: "I'm still thinking about becoming a magician." Lola, who was hiding behind Abel, stole a glance at him.

At this time, Lucy came out of the warehouse with a box, put it on the table, opened it, and said, "Come and see, this is what you are going to do for me next." ”

All four adventurers stepped forward, and at the same time, two or three more people entered the door. Lucy said to the few people who had just entered, "You guys wait a minute. ”

Lucy took a green snail shell out of the box and placed it on the table, "This is a green snail shell, and it's the easiest thing you can collect." Then he took out the blue and red snail shells in turn, and said, "The blue snail is stronger than the green snail, and the red snail is stronger than the blue snail, and naturally, the red snail shell is worth more than the other two shells—and if you want to participate in the trial in Mecca, you need to collect a thousand green snail shells." With that, Lucy paused, smiling and waiting for everyone's reaction.

The crowd was a little surprised to hear this number. One of the girls who had just come in immediately exclaimed, "What? a thousand?! Just by hitting a green snail, my feet are already broken, oh my god - a thousand, it's terrible." The people who traveled with her also suddenly frowned.

Lin Juexiao and the other four looked at this bitter adventurer a little funny. They were surprised by the numbers, but they didn't complain: Able seemed to be very sure of his own strength, Lola seemed to have confidence in his brother, and as for Tess, he always had the same confidence as enigma. Lin Juexiao has always understood that it is useless to complain, and he has almost forgotten this ability.

Lucy didn't care, and smiled again: "However, one red snail shell is equal to three green snail shells, and one blue snail shell is equal to two green snail shells - if you only collect red snail shells, then it will only cost three hundred and thirty-three!"

"And—" Lucy mysteriously took out an orange flower mushroom lid with yellow spots on it, and said, "If you have the courage and strength to hunt down the more powerful flower mushrooms, then you only need a hundred flower mushroom caps to participate in the trial in Mecca." ”

As soon as this statement came out, everyone's eyes lit up - after all, the fewer materials that need to be collected, the faster it will be possible to travel to the legendary Treasure Island. All of a sudden, everyone was thinking about it. Tis looked at Abel and curled the corners of his mouth, already thinking about it.

Lucy handed the backpack ring to the three new adventurers and said to the four, "You can go find Ryan from the inn, she's near the entrance to the village." Hurry up, you need to find a place to rest as soon as possible. ”

"Okay, thank you, Miss Lucy. Tees said, making Lucy laugh for a moment.

After the four of them came out of the grocery store, Abel was about to look for a hotel, when Tis came up from behind and said, "I know where it is, come with us!"

Abel turned his head, "Huh?" Seeing that it was Tees, he added, "Ahh ”

So the four of them walked towards the hotel together.

Able and Tis walked in the middle, and Lola walked on her brother's right. Tis started the conversation and asked, "Able, how are you and Lola going to collect the materials?"

Able didn't think about it, and said, "I'll choose the snail monster." ”

Tees asked, "Why? You should be able to deal with the Flower Mushroom, right?"

"Because I'm going to be working with Lola, it's less likely to get hurt when I hunt snail monsters. ”

I see, he can really hunt flower mushrooms. Tees said to himself.

"But wouldn't that affect the progress of the trip to Treasure Island?" he continued to lure.

"That said...... But it can't be helped, Lola's safety is the most important thing. ”

"Well, I can understand your feelings. Teese agrees. "Because I also have a younger sister. ”

Lin Juexiao laughed in his heart from the beginning, and then thought to himself: "Of course you also have a sister." I couldn't help but smile.

Tis said after a while: "But, what if that's the case—Lin Juexiao and I will form an adventure team with you, so that we can not only hunt flower mushrooms, but also ensure Lola's safety." ”

Able didn't speak, but judging by the look on his face that he was considering, he had some interest in the proposal.

"Think about it: if there are two people, you have to hunt one or two thousand snail monsters, but four people, you only need to hunt four hundred flower mushrooms—and more monsters, the more miles you travel, and the extra time is not as simple as a day or two. ”

"You have a point, ......," Abel thought for a moment, and finally made up his mind, "Okay, let's do it together." ”

"Okay—— how about it, everyone has no objections, right?" Teese looked at Lola and Lin Juexiao.

Lola looked next to her brother, her eyes not knowing where to look, and whispered, "Uh-huh......"

Lin Juexiao smiled: "Of course it's no problem. ”

Tees rejoiced, "Great! we will definitely be the first adventurers to go to Treasure Island!"

"Hehe, I hope so. Able smiled, and Lola looked down and smiled quietly.

The group arrived at the hotel in Rainbow Village - of course, it was still a mushroom room, but there were many mushroom rooms. Walking to the store with the hotel sign, only a young girl at the counter was writing something, seemingly unaware of the adventurers. She wore a blue and white sailor suit, her shoulder-length short brown hair was braided with a red headband, and her left bangs covered half of her face. Judging from the right half of her face, she has big eyes and a melon seed face, and she should be a beautiful girl.

"Ahem!" Tees coughed deliberately, reminding the girl.

The girl ignored it.

"Hello, are you Miss Ryan?" asked Teese again.

Ryan was still immersed in writing, and after a long time, a soft sentence slipped out of his lips: "What are you doing?"

Tis deliberately smiled at his companions, "It turns out that this girl is neither deaf nor mute, otherwise it would be a little difficult for us to communicate." ”

Ryan glanced at Tees, and said calmly, "It's a bit difficult to communicate with a dirty, low, ignorant and ugly green snail. ”

Tees seemed stunned. Several adventurers looked at the girl in amazement, not expecting her to say such vicious words.

But to the trio's surprise, Tees added, "You shameless little shrew. ”

"Hey......" Abel tried to persuade, but was immediately interrupted - Ryan replied unceremoniously, "You're a cowardly and incompetent male fly." ”

Not to be outdone: "You were broken from the moment you were born. ”

Ryan sneered: "You nasty embryo gave birth to a lewd face in your mother's womb." ”

"You're a snail monster!"

"Your dad is a flower mushroom!"

Everyone was stunned.

Ryan and Tis looked at each other - after a while, Ryan suddenly smiled, "Hmph, four people moving in?"

Tees curled the corners of his mouth and said, "Yes." ”

"The accommodation fee is eight gold coins a day, and I will give you free of charge today. Ryan said, reaching out and taking four keys from the wooden wall behind him with many room keys hanging from his back, and placing them on the table: "Go out the back door, rooms four through eight on the left." Then she buried herself in writing again.

Tees took the key in his hand and said, "Thank you, puppy." ”

Ryan didn't look up: "You're welcome, dirty thing." ”

The three of them followed Tees out the back door, unable to hold back their doubts any longer.

"What's the situation?" Lin Juexiao asked.

"Do you know her?" Abel asked.

Lola didn't speak, but looked at Tees with very curious eyes.

Tees laughed as he walked, "It's a way of communicating, making others think you're the same kind of person, and it's very useful at times. ”

Able was a little stunned and said, "Is there still such a way to communicate?"

"I was also surprised when she scolded me, but I also began to wonder - in general, no one would say such a vicious thing even if I made a joke like that, right?"

"Well," Lin Juexiao nodded, "And then?"

"I was thinking then that if she was a grumpy person, she wouldn't say it so calmly. She may have a special habit and a bad taste in this regard. ”

"So you don't know each other?" Abel asked.

"That's right. Tees laughed.

"Hahaha-" Lin Juexiao laughed. Lola also covered her mouth and smiled.

Abel exclaimed, "There are so many strange people. At the same time, he secretly admired Tees's wit.

"Isn't this exactly what the fun is?" said Lin Juexiao with a smile - he had completely relaxed and started to enjoy the world.

The hotel rooms in Rainbow Village are independent mushroom rooms, and after coming out of the back door, there is an open-air path paved with stone slabs, lined with mushroom rooms, and you can go directly outside after coming out of the room, without going through the hotel store. Able liked the environment - he didn't know how to "communicate" with Miss Ryan.

Tis gave the keys to everyone, and each of the four of them chose a mushroom house. Able and Tis picked the outermost room, while Lola and Lin Juexiao were in the middle. Tees said, "Let's rest for a while, how about we go to lunch together?" The three of them nodded and entered their respective houses.

Lin Juexiao couldn't wait to use the palm-sized copper key to insert it into the copper lock hole inlaid in the wooden door, and turned around to the left, only to hear a crisp "click" sound, he pushed open the wooden door with his right hand, making a "crunch" sound.

The mushroom house is cylindrical in shape, with long light-colored wooden planks lined up vertically and neatly covering the surrounding walls. The space is not too small, but it is very much, with a single wooden bed, a wooden table leaning against the window, two chairs, and a tall round coffee table, so that there is still half of the space.

"It's beautiful. "Lin Juexiao likes this room, it exudes a faint smell of wood.

He opened the window, which was also made of wood, and opened like a miniature version of the door, which was very cute, and had a small round brass handle on it. Most of the interior decorations are old, but they are very clean, and the lines of the wood can be clearly seen in the sunlight outside the window. On the wooden wall are two candles framed with black iron and glass on all sides. There is also a rotating hour clock next to it, which is no different from the clock of the original world, and it seems that human beings have the same tacit understanding of the measurement of time. Underneath one of the candles, Lin Juexiao found a bookshelf underneath several red bricks. There are two or three old books on the shelves. Lin Juexiao walked over and picked it up and looked through it.

A thick book is a cookbook, interspersed with pictures and ingredients of the food, as well as how to make it.

The other was very thin, with only one very large page, which was folded into several pages before it was made into a booklet. When I opened it, it turned out to be a map of Rainbow Island, which marked places such as places where monsters often haunt and Rainbow Village, Nangang, etc., and the scale and direction are also very detailed, it seems to be a reliable map that has been carefully planned.

There is also a small book with a red jacket that says "My Adventures Illustrated", which is full of pictures, probably recorded by some adventurer. Lin Juexiao was quite interested. One of the images immediately caught his attention – the large two-sided picture showed the back of a man facing a red snail with a white beard and a clump of grass growing on the snail's shell. I don't know if it was a mistake on the part of the painter, or for some reason, the size of this snail is depicted to be so large that it is almost three times the size of the person in the painting, which is simply unbelievable.