Chapter 2 Growth and Memories
Ryan and Alendor sat around the campfire, where half a fat antelope was roasted and oiled, and the smell of food spread through the cold air on this early spring night, making people drool.
"Alright. Ryan gently removed the golden antelope meat from the campfire, then cut off its front leg with a knife and tossed it to Alendor, who was sitting nearby, and then Ryan cut the hind leg again, put it next to his mouth and took a small bite.
The freshly roasted antelope leg was obviously still very hot, and it didn't make people eat it immediately, Ryan reluctantly took the roasted antelope leg in one hand, and then looked at Allendo. Apparently Allendo felt the same way, and was also looking towards him, and the two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
"Honestly. Anyway, the barbecue was too hot to eat, so Ryan simply chatted with Alendo: "Why do I feel that I can't find the feeling I used to have in the past ten days?"
Allendo nodded, and he also felt this way in Ryan, he thought about it and said, "I think it should be like this." You see, Ryan, when we first started our adventures out of our hometown, we didn't have much experience in this area, and we didn't have the same level of martial arts or magic as we do now. At that time, no matter what you see, hear, or do, it is fresh and exciting. β
"And now, after the baptism of AtlΓ©tico Royale, we have grown and improved. In the competition, we met very strong opponents and practiced hard every day in order to win. In the end, although we didn't win the championship, the experience we gained from it allowed us to grow our knowledge and strength by leaps and bounds. β
"When we go back to the original adventure after our strength has been improved by a whole notch, it will naturally feel very dull, and we will no longer have the excitement at the beginning. In fact, this is also very easy to do, we can find more tasks that are much more difficult than before, suitable for the tasks we have completed now. β
Elendo's words made Ryan nod his head, and every sentence went to his heart. Ryan saw that Allendo had finished speaking, and also added, "yes." I think when I went on my first mercenary mission, it was the wolves in Anceno Village, when I hid in the trees with bated breath, when I saw the wolves drinking water very close to me, my heart beat so fast! Later, when I was cleaning the battlefield, the pounce of the head wolf with the broken leg made me break out in a cold sweat. β
At this point, a smile appeared on Ryan's lips, and he continued to immerse himself in his memories, saying to Allendo as he thought, "Looking back now, at that time, I was really inexperienced. If I were my current self, I am afraid that I would not even be able to jump my eyelids. It's like the one we took on three days ago to exterminate the wolves, hundreds of wild wolves, surrounded us in packs, and the situation seemed to be very critical, but in your heart and mine, will there be even a little bit of fear and fear? No, because we can solve it with just a little bit of activity. β
"yes. Hearing this, Allendo also had a smile on his face, he took Ryan's words, and said: "You killed eighty or ninety heads with three fireballs in a row, and I chased and killed the more than ten heads that survived, and it was supposed to be a warm-up, and the whole battle took less than 1 minute, and I didn't even sweat on my forehead!"
Ryan remembered the scene three days ago, when the residents of that town let themselves and Allendo go to exterminate the wolves with an attitude that talk is better than nothing, there was another "self-defeating" idiot expression on their faces, but when Ryan and Allendo easily killed all the wolves in front of more than 300 people in the town, those residents were dumbfounded, that expression, it was really interesting. Until now, Ryan finds it funny when he thinks about the scene.
Ryan thought of this, and said to Allendo: "There may be another very important reason, you see that I was so excited that I couldn't sleep with the five gold coins I received from the mission reward in Anchenor Village, but three days ago, the bounty of that mission was 150, and we just threw it in our money bags and didn't bother to count them." β
With that, Ryan pulled out a beautiful pocket with a capital "F" embroidered on it, which was the first letter of Faraz's name. Ryan flipped his money bag and said with a smile: "This thing is really useful, Master Victor's level is beyond my reach, it contains five thousand gold coins, but the weight is no more than the weight of ten gold coins placed outside." β
Alendor quipped Ryan, "It seems nice to have a rich girlfriend." β
"I hate it. Ryan had a shy look on his face, and he didn't care that he was still holding the barbecue in his hand, and punched Alendor in the chest, which caused Allendo's chest to be stained with oil.
This money bag is a magic item made by Victor, which originally belonged to Faraz, it is equivalent to a storage bag, but it is used exclusively for storing gold coins. There are 5,000 gold coins in it, which Faras usually accumulates, she is a junior magician, and she will be subsidized by the Magic Guild every month, plus Luke's requirements for Faras are all responsive, Faras will always have enough gold coins to squander every month, and if they can't be used up, they will also be put in, so they will slowly accumulate a pocket.
When Ryan and Alendor left, they didn't want to take it, but in the face of the affectionate Farah, Ryan couldn't refuse anyway, so he had to accept the pocket of gold coins. In addition to these, Ryan's storage pocket contained some clothes that Luke had instructed the tailor to make for them, and some basic materials that Master Victor had given to Ryan to make the magic circle. What Ryan and Allendo value the most is a simple map of the Eslar continent that Orlando gave them, which is modified from a special map for the military, although some military markers are omitted on it, but it is definitely an extremely delicate map.
Think about it, how could Ryan be ecstatic about the more than 100 gold coins he was carrying in his pocket now?
"Okay, the barbecue is not hot anymore, hurry up and eat it. Ryan pressed his thoughts about Faras to the bottom of his heart, and then said to Allendo, "We'll study the map that Big Brother Orlando gave us in a moment, and see where we go next." β
"Well, where we are now, the approximate location should be here. Ryan pointed to a map spread on the ground and said to Allendo. It is a map full of signs and words, with roads, mountains, rivers, and cities in great detail.
Alendor looked at it closely, and then said to Ryan, "What about your plan, where do we go next?"
Ryan thought for a moment and replied to Allendo, "I'm going to go to the biggest city in the vicinity, because it must be a place where adventurers and mercenaries gather, and maybe I'll be able to find some exciting quests." β
"That's the only way," Alendor followed Ryan's words, searching for a target on the map, and finally landed on the name of a city, and coincidentally, Ryan's gaze also fell there.
The two of them raised their heads in unison, looked at each other, and pronounced the name in unison: "Seker City." β
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