Chapter 9: The Scorpion Lion Beast (3)
Ryan turned his back and walked towards Barrett, who had fallen to the ground, and there was the sound of Vivien's hurried footsteps behind him, and after a while, there was a sound of rustling, Ryan knew that it was Vivian wearing his bodysuit, and the almost perfect female body of Vivian he had just seen not long ago appeared in front of his eyes, Ryan sighed slightly, and used his powerful mental power to forcibly expel Vivian's image in his mind.
"It seems that there are such benefits to being a magician. Ryan said to himself, "But I guess nine out of ten men don't want to do this, right?"
After Ryan said this sentence in his heart, he thought it was funny to think about it, if he really became a powerful magician, I am afraid that money, status, and women will all be sent to the door by himself, and these are almost the lifelong pursuit of most people. If that's the case, then how can people refuse to become a magician?
However, the actual situation now is: 7 percent of the 10,000 adventurers are warriors, and the other 20 percent are probably archers and thieves, and among the remaining 1,000 people, there are countless rangers, priests, animal trainers, etc., and it is very good to have 5 real magicians.
Ryan also has a few years of adventure experience, in his opinion, the scarcity of magicians should be because the threshold for learning magic is too high, and it is difficult for ordinary people to access it, maybe this is why the ** master Meren made a plan for the training of magicians, right? It's a pity that the plan eventually died. However, Melen's hard work was not in vain, at least after 200 years, this plan was still under the auspices of Teacher Delaney, and a Ryan was cultivated.
These not-so-coherent thoughts flashed through Ryan's head, and he quickly walked to Barrett's side. The thief, who had only been with him for a few days, had turned into a corpse, and the wound on his chest that had been pierced by the manticoremon had begun to rot, and a violent stench came to his nose, causing Ryan to frown slightly.
Ryan took out a towel from his body, and gently drew a miniature magic array on his hand, gathering some of the free water elements in the air to form a fist-sized balloon, and then soaking the towel and covering his nose and mouth. After doing this, Ryan squatted down, picked up a branch and gently teased Barrett's wound, although he knew that the poison on the tail of the poisonous scorpion lion beast could take people's lives in an instant, but Ryan still had the idea of what to do in his heart, but it was a pity that he was not a priest, otherwise he would have started to release spells for Barrett's rescue.
After carefully examining Barrett's wounds, Ryan shook his head, don't say anything poisonous, just such a wound that pierced directly in the human chest was enough to kill him. Looking back on the situation just now, it is estimated that this thief wanted to launch a sneak attack from behind, but unfortunately he underestimated the ability of the poisonous scorpion lion beast, and instead was dealt with and launched a sneak attack, and was killed with one blow.
"Well, although you didn't have any good intentions to join my team, you did me a lot of help, and without you, I would have to suffer a lot in the wilderness. Vivien's voice came from behind Ryan, he stood up, turned his head, and saw that Vivien had put on his leather armor neatly, and the latter's face was slightly red after seeing Ryan's clear gaze, but he still asked Ryan in a low voice, "Can you help me bury him?"
Ryan nodded, and began to look around, ready to find a better place for Barrett, who knew that Vivien's voice sounded again: "Don't bother, even if we bury it deeper, it will still be dug up by wild beasts, let's use the most common destination for adventurers." ”
"The most common destination?" Ryan asked.
"Well, let's dig a pit and cremate Barrett's body before burying it. It is also possible that his soul will be eroded after death. Vivien said casually, "This custom actually arose 200 years ago, when it was said that the lichs of the Legion of the Undead could resurrect the dead by secret methods, and people resorted to this method to bury their relatives in order to prevent their dead relatives and friends from becoming tools for these bones. ”
"Oh well. Ryan nodded, he had vaguely heard similar rumors, and Barrett's corpse was poisoned by the poisonous scorpion lion, and purifying it with flames was the best way.
Vivien drew her sword and dug on her knees, because the land was not very hard because of the proximity to the water source, Vivien's sword quickly dug a shallow hole, but it was precisely because of the forest and water source that Vivien dug again and touched the roots of the tree. The trees could be decades or even hundreds of years old, their roots intertwined and difficult to cut even with a sword, and Vivien's digging progress began to slow down.
Ryan pulled out a dagger, cut an arm-thick branch from the tree, and joined the digging process. The two of them worked hard for a while, and then they dug a deep pit that Barrett could lie into. Ryan shoved Barrett's body in with a few branches, and then recited a magic spell of fireball.
Vivien watched Barrett's body gradually disappear in the flames, and suddenly muttered to herself, "Flames, sure enough, can purify everything." ”
When Barrett's body was reduced to ashes, Ryan buried the pit by pushing some dirt through the twigs, and tied two branches of similar thickness to each other and stuck them in front of Barrett's grave.
With that done, Ryan turned to Vivien and said, "Do you want to carve something?"
Vivien looked at the slightly pale sky, shook her head, and said, "What's the point? The sun rises and sets every day, but who cares if it rises today or not? Even if it's a legendary hero, how many people will remember his name after a few hundred years?"
Ryan spoke, "Vivien, you seem pessimistic right now?"
Vivien sighed and replied, "Let's go see the prey." ”
Ryan then remembered the poisonous scorpion that had been frozen into ice sculptures, and remembered another member of Vivien's team, the archer Owen, who opened his mouth and said to Vivien, "Ah, where is Owen? Why didn't I see him?"
Vivien stopped Ryan from looking left and right, and said to Ryan in very blunt words: "If you can't find him, I can bet with you, and the bet can be anything." After what happened last night, he has always been stingy and mean, and he will definitely worry about your revenge, maybe he is far away from here now. ”
"Revenge?" Ryan asked, puzzled, "Why should I retaliate against him?"