Chapter Ninety-One: White Hunting
Chapter Ninety-One: White Hunting
In the evening, Aaron returned triumphantly with a few fish, followed by Joseph, who had nothing to gain. However, it is Bohr who has the greatest harvest, and for the water magician, catching fish is simply a matter of probing for things, and Bohr is happily carrying a bamboo basket with a few fresh big fish fluttering in it.
After smearing the salt, put the fish on the fire and grill it directly, and it is all black and black, but although it looks ugly, it can be regarded as a unique flavor, which is much stronger than gnawing dry food.
After a simple night's rest, I embarked on the trip again at dawn on the second day, without any mud and water.
No matter which explorer has the same idea, if you want to explore something, the word 'fast' is the key point. The location of Finn City is very remote, and the roads and information are very closed, and there are few shortcuts. Although it was closer to Hanlin City, it had been delayed for two days to wait for the return, which was definitely not fast compared to those real explorers.
Although the terrain of the Iran Plateau is relatively high, the terrain is flat, but Rao also traveled for a whole day, and it was only in the afternoon of the next day that he was able to cross the Iran Plateau.
However, when he was about to leave the plateau, he ran into trouble.
Hanyue City is a city built in a mountain basin, and although the road chosen by Morey is close enough, there is a 100-meter-high cliff in the middle, and it is necessary to use something called a self-descending gondola to descend from the cliff at the edge of the plateau.
This is actually a huge hanging basket with steel cables, about three meters square, and a magic axle wheel suspended in the air on the top of the cliff, which is a very simple pulley principle. The person pulls the hanging basket up from underneath, and after sitting in the hanging basket, he should hold on to the steel cable tightly and put himself down little by little. In this way, you can quickly cross the cliff and directly enter the official road below the mountain, so as to go to Hanyue City.
"No, the carriage is too heavy, and it takes too much effort to lift it," Aaron was arguing with Joseph. "If you take this guy with you, Ellie's fighting spirit with me will be quickly exhausted. ”
"Are you going to leave my old fellow here?"
Joseph yelled angrily. "Oh my God, you know how much it's worth, it's not something I can afford! If you won't help, forget it, but I can't leave it behind! I'd rather go around with it!"
After a few days, stubble appeared on Joseph's chin, and it was indeed hard to run on horseback every day, and several people had a little tired look on their faces. Especially Aaron's ice attribute, unlike Erica's bright fighting spirit, which has strong recovery, the first continuous high-intensity horseback riding made his legs wear out a lot, but he still endured it and didn't say a word, but every time he rested, he would ask Bohr to give him a healing operation.
"I understand you, but the magic wheel says it can only be used twice! But we have three horses, four men, and a lot to deliver."
"And a dog. Morey smiled and interjected.
"Yes, and a dog!" Aaron rubbed his eyebrows, which gave him quite a headache.
Xiao Bai snorted dissatisfiedly from the side, Morey stroked its smooth fur, Xiao Bai yawned, lay there and continued to sleep.
In the past few days, Xiaobai is finally not very afraid of Morey. Although he didn't dare to provoke Morey, after accidentally knocking over the experimental equipment, his first reaction in the face of the crazy Morey was no longer trembling, but running behind Erica to be coquettish. There really wasn't much Morey could do about it, so he had to glare at it fiercely, but it was obviously of little use. It also seems to know that there is Erica, and others dare not do anything with it, and gradually it is relieved.
"If you have to take your darling, it won't be enough to drain our fighting spirit! I have to say that this car is indeed luxurious, but then again, it is also amazingly heavy, and it alone can carry the weight of everyone present," Aaron was still trying to persuade Joseph. "Unless you have the strength to lift the weight of all of us yourself, we won't be able to transport so many things in two days!"
I don't know who is holding this 'magic wheel' here, and it seems to be an arcane magic that is specifically applied to this type of situation.
It usually silently accumulates arcane magic on its own to maintain itself, and it can be said that as long as there is a trace of magic left, it can recover on its own, and it will almost never disappear. However, it requires a lot of mana every time it is activated, although it is normally completely sufficient, but recently there was an accident in Finn City, and there are many more people who choose to take this path, obviously someone must have used this thing before Morey, and it consumes so much energy.
"No! you can't leave it here! Do you know what that means!"
Joseph was so angry that he yelled, he didn't care about that, the Chamber of Commerce sent him to use this carriage, which meant that he was responsible for this carriage during this period, if he really left it here, then he would not be able to afford to lose his family even if he went back! Although the employer is important, the loss of the carriage is more terrible to Joseph than the loss of his life, and he will definitely not give in in this matter.
Bohr and Erica couldn't intervene in this disagreement, and seeing that the two of them were arguing more and more fiercely, they couldn't think of any fundamental solution, so they could only look at each other.
"No, we can't let them quarrel any longer, it's useless!" Erica frowned, and was about to go to persuade her, when she suddenly heard Morey suddenly snort. "Shut up!!"
The two of them who were arguing were stunned, and Joseph immediately showed a pitiful expression and leaned over, as if he wanted Morey to call the shots for him.
"Don't speak," Morey's eyes narrowed suddenly. "I seem to hear footsteps. ”
"Huh?" Joseph looked back to see where there were people in the empty wilderness.
"Did you hear me wrong?"
But as soon as she calmed down, Erica soon showed a cautious look, and then Aaron's face also changed.
Just as Bohr was puzzled to ask, he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps coming from a distance, and couldn't help but look in the direction of the sound in astonishment
Sure enough, a group of people dressed as explorers hurriedly walked over.
These people are wearing simple leather armor, not like swordsmen to protect vital points, more to protect hands, feet, knees and elbows, and carry backpack ropes, short swords and daggers, and two stars on the expedition badge on their chests. After seeing the badge, Rao is Aaron has been unfazed, and he can't help but move slightly.
Although the level of the Star Castle Mercenary Group is higher, after all, it is a mercenary group jointly formed by the lower grades of the Swordsman Academy, and the level points are accumulated by generations of Star Castle students, and Rao is only a three-and-a-half-star mercenary group. The explorer's team is smaller, and the task is more dangerous. In such a situation, any two-star expedition group must have experienced a lot of life and death, unlike a mercenary group, which can be cobbled together by just doing some work to catch cats and send dogs.
There were a total of six people who came, and although it was only a face-to-face, the steady and capable but dangerous atmosphere still made Aaron suffocate. Some of these people carried short bows, some carried daggers, and although they stopped to laugh with each other, they faintly formed a formation with the person in front of them as the leader. Obviously, the vigilance is very strong, and the division of labor is clear, and the team is very mature. And the young man at the front with a long sword at his waist, although he was gentle, but there was a hideous scar on his neck and forehead, which suddenly made him give the impression of fierceness.
These people have definitely seen blood, Aaron is secretly cautious in his heart.
Morey, however, was fixed on the man who was at the end.
It was a tall guy in a black cloak, and his whole appearance was hidden, and he didn't know what he looked like. Morey could feel a coldness in him, just looking at him felt vaguely uncomfortable, Morey had never felt this way since the Adsorption Fire Bomb Technique.
"I don't like that person. Erica suddenly frowned and whispered, although the voice was small, but Morey was close enough to hear it clearly, knowing that she was talking about the man in the cloak.
In the face of such a group of guys who don't know the depths, Aaron and the others chose to be on guard very carefully, just staring at them and watching the changes. However, the head of the expedition only looked at the magic wheel wheel on his own, and after seeing that it could only be used twice, he looked at the carriage luggage on Morey's side, looked at a few more people, and suddenly smiled and spoke.
However, Morey was keenly aware that he frowned slightly when he saw Aaron and Erica, and his face was a little cautious when he saw Bohr, but he didn't care when he looked at himself and Joseph. There were no fluctuations in mana or vindictiveness, and it was clear that such a guy would not pose any threat.
"Friend, it seems that you only have two swordsmen, and you only have two chances to drop the basket, so I guess it's not enough for you to put everything down, right?"
"Excuse me" Aaron's hand touched the hilt of his sword as if inadvertently, he knew that such a guy was the most dangerous in the wild.
"I'm the leader of the White Hunt Adventure Band, Ax. Akers nodded slightly, and continued very dryly. "I'll just explain it, even though I know you came first, I still want to use the magic axle. The conditions are for you to drive, don't go too far, anyway, it is impossible for the two of you to transport things over in a short time, so don't delay others in hurrying. ”
Aaron couldn't help but hesitate, but surprisingly, Bohr suddenly stood up at this time and said firmly. "We are the soldiers of the mercenary group, even if it is just a small detachment, it also represents the glory of the Star Castle mercenary group, and we cannot accept your request. Since you are walking outside, you have to abide by the rules of mercenaries, and those who come late will make a detour on their own without complaint, I believe you should understand this. ”
Bohr said this not because he was arrogant, but because he knew that he was in the world of mercenaries.
It's okay to be slick, but you have to be tough in some places. No matter how nice it sounds, survival itself is cruel, there is no reason at all, many mercenaries are put in the wild and even part-time bandits, once they show weakness to this kind of person, it will be more dangerous.