294 Final preparations before departure
readx;? After leaving the hall to stay at the Helway branch, Ian and Dennis stayed at a hotel near the station. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Info Nicole and Green didn't go to the hall with Ian and Dennis, but went to shop for some necessities to enter the Mississippi Jungle.
After entering the hotel room, Dennis hesitated for a while, but said to Ian, "Don't tell Nicole about those things just now." ā
Ian was stunned, turned his head, and looked at Dennis suspiciously: "Why?"
"Because Nicole has not let go of his father's death until now. Dennis whispered, "If you bring it up again, it might make her uncomfortable, and"
Dennis didn't continue, but Ian understood what he meant. Judging from the information provided by the middle-aged man, Nicole's father's death may not be so simple. There's so much going on in that, if you tell Nicole any more, it might make her mentally unbalanced.
"But it's not good for us to hide it. Ian said with some concern, "If she knows." ā
"I won't hide it from her for too long. "We'll tell her when the time is right." ā
"The right time?"
"Well, it would be nice if we could find out what happened. ā
"These herbs are used to repel snakes, and when chewed and rubbed on the body, they emit a smell that is disgusting to snakes. Nicole took the contents of the package out and introduced them to Ian one by one, "This is for treating mosquito bites, and this is this, this way."
Ian looked at the herbs that looked similar, his eyes were about to send, and he hurriedly made a gesture for Nicole to stop: "Come on, you tell us everything, we don't recognize it, it's good if you know, it's good if you know." ā
Nicole rolled her eyes at Ian, "Identifying herbs is the most basic course in the Hunter Academy, oh, I almost forgot, you, a senior hunter, didn't graduate from the Hunter Academy." ā
Ian didn't know if Nicole was praising or hurting him, and he didn't care about that. Now it was Green who gave him a headache, and now it was the personality of the "older brother" who dominated Green's body, and the "younger brother" ran to sleep again. What has always puzzled Ian is that he doesn't know that this "brother" is too nervous and pretending. Otherwise, how could it be that after so many years, I didn't realize that I had another personality?
Isn't he surprised that he is in a different position every time he falls asleep and wakes up?
Curious, Ian couldn't see anything unusual in his dumb eyes, and over time he gave up, just thinking he was nervous. Fortunately, when Ian was in the imperial capital, he explained Green's situation to Nicole and Dennis, and Nicole and Dennis were also surprised that there were such people in this world.
After dividing up what Nicole bought, what everyone was going to bring into the Mississippi Jungle had been decided. Ian had the most things to bring, and it was the most he had ever taken with him on so many hunting missions.
First of all, everyone has a must-have, a week's worth of dry food. A week is obviously not enough time to find the elves, that is, they have to hunt in the forest constantly, find edible prey, so as not to starve to death. In addition, each person's backpack also contains a special rope for climbing the mountain. A torch, flint and steel, and all kinds of herbs, all stuffed into the backpack, stuffed to a large extent.
So it's a lot of work to carry the contents of the backpack alone, but Ian has more to carry. The metal box containing the Musk Moon Goddess and the long knife that Vincent gave him to guard it. This knife feels a little awkward to put anywhere, and it can easily become a burden in a cramped environment. But there was no choice but to take it, and Ian saw that Dennis was also carrying his sword.
"That's about it. Nicole nodded with satisfaction, "Pack up your things and put them here, let's leave tomorrow, right?"
"Well, early tomorrow morning, we'll meet Quintina at the gates. "I don't know if they're ready." ā
"You don't have to worry about that. Dennis shook his head and said, "They're a law enforcement team, and law enforcement teams have always been very rigorous. And they also have a hall merchant who knows a lot about the forest, and he will tell them what to prepare, and maybe they have more things than we do. ā
"Well, leave them alone. Ian waved his hand, "Then let's just rest and leave early tomorrow morning." ā
Nicole nodded, and left with her own salute. Ian asked for a total of two rooms, one for Nicole and one for the remaining three men. Two beds in one room, with Green's size, naturally occupied one bed without dispute, while Ian and Dennis could only get together and squeeze together.
It was the first time Ian had squeezed a bed with a man, and it was a small bed, and their arms were together. At first, it was a little awkward and uncomfortable, but as the night fell, Ian's heart gradually calmed down.
Tomorrow morning, they will step into the legendary Forest of Death. But Ian was not afraid at all, on the contrary, the more this time, the calmer his heart became. He didn't know when he had this mentality, maybe after coming out of the Termis Mountains, or maybe after returning from Epilon.
He didn't know, he was even a little dazed, he didn't know if this change was good or bad. The only thing he knew was that he was transforming from a novice hunter to an old hunter. What's the difference between a novice hunter and an old hunter, you're asking?
Perhaps, novice hunters will be moved by the excitement and uneasiness of every hunt, every adventure. The old hunter, on the other hand, was able to keep himself unfazed at the moment when the prey pounced on him.
Just as Ian was thinking, Dennis suddenly turned sideways, staring at Ian quietly with black eyes.
But Ian was a little hairy in his heart, and at night, he would be uncomfortable to be looked at by a man like this.
"What do you think I'm doing?"
"Oh, I have a habit of sleeping on my side, or I won't be able to sleep. ā
"What kind of strange habit is this?"
"Raised from a young age. Dennis whispered, "I've been sleeping with my brother in the same bed, and that bed is a single bed, so I have to sleep on my side so I don't feel cramped." ā
Ian was silent.
"Don't overthink it, Ian. Dennis closed his eyes, "My brother is doing a great job, and so are you." ā
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