Chapter Thirty-Five: To Epiphany
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This is a small town located in the northwest of the Black Earth Continent, although the name of the town is Epiphany Town, but in fact, it is a barren place, let alone rich in epiphany, and even around the town, there is not even a forest of woods.
As far as the eye can see, the town is surrounded by bare cliffs.
The town is backed by high mountains, and the radius is deserted for hundreds of miles. When the Imperial Expeditionary Force came here, they traveled all the way, and the army was sleepy, and they thought that they would have to walk for a long time to get out of this barren mountain, but they unexpectedly found a lonely city in this continuous mountain range, which was like an epiphany quietly blooming in the wasteland for the expeditionary force, and it was named for it.
However, such a small town, which was originally stable and peaceful, has not been peaceful recently.
In the past month, at least 20 people have gone missing in the town, and witnesses say they once saw a yellow mollusc drag a resident away and run deep into the mountains at night.
After investigating, no trace of this yellow monster was found, so the mayor suspected that there might be a monster in Epiphany Town, so he contacted the Warsong Legion and initiated a commission, hoping that they could send someone to assist in the investigation.
After receiving the commission, the Warsong Legion ordered the Snow Dance Squad to assist the intelligence team and go to Epiphany Town together to carry out the investigation mission.
At this time, in the Warsong Fortress, the week-long basic training of Flowing Dust was finally over.
Liuchen lost the bet with Ding Man, and he was willing to gamble and lose, so he had to continue to work as a coolie for Ding Man for a month.
Under the scorching sun, Liuchen was carrying the water he had taken from the most remote pool in the training ground, ready to carry it to Ding Man's residence.
The distance between this is a full twenty kilometers, during which you may also encounter some fierce beasts in the forest, and the dust gets up from seven o'clock in the morning and runs wildly until twelve o'clock at noon, before finally helping Ding Man get this special footwashing water, tired and sweating.
Although Liuchen was very angry about the failure of the bet, there was nothing he could do.
He didn't expect that after Liuchen borrowed the power of the alloy magic hammer to greatly increase his magic power and launched a fatal blow to Ding Man, he had already fallen to the ground for more than ten seconds.
Therefore, according to the rules agreed in advance, although Ding Man was knocked down, Liuchen still lost the bet.
Liuchen is upright by nature, and since he has sworn to the other party before, he really has no way to repay the debt.
However, although Ding Man has always tried his best to make things difficult for Liuchen in the past few days, every time Liuchen sees the bandages wrapped around the other party's head, his mood can be slightly balanced. Liuchen always thought that if there was a chance to give him a few more punches, it would be really more relieving!
Liuchen panted and pushed open the door of the wooden house, and found that Ding Man was not lying on the bed to practice wrist strength as usual, but was eating roast lamb leg while answering the phone with something, Liuchen stopped and waited for a while before Ding Man hung up the phone.
Ding Man put down the roast leg of mutton, and didn't care about the basin of footwashing water, he looked at the flowing dust and said solemnly:
"Little ghost, put the water there first, follow me!"
"Huh?" Liuchen was furious, and he wanted to splash all this basin of water on the face of this thing at once.
I tossed myself all morning, but in the end I wasn't ready to use it!
"What, if you want to waste it, you can drink it!" Ding Man said angrily.
Although Ding Man won the bet, it also made him look at Liuchen with admiration, this recruit who seemed to be disobedient to discipline, the arrogance of not admitting defeat in his bones was still very similar to him.
But the more people are like this, the more difficult it is to get along.
What's more, Ding Man is still unwilling to put down the veteran's shelf, and he still can't help but dictate to this newcomer.
Although Liuchen has been fulfilling the gambling contract, in the past few days, because Mo Tingfei has gone out on a mission, without her reconciliation, the contradiction between the two has become bigger and bigger.
Ding Man pushed the door and walked out, although Liuchen was very unhappy, he had to follow him.
"Keep up with me, don't linger behind!"
After Ding Man finished speaking, he actually used that strange magic again and turned himself into a fanged boar. He slammed his massive alloy hammer on his back and ran wildly.
Liuchen followed closely behind, running wildly all the way, now that he was able to use the power of nature skillfully, it was not as difficult as it was at the beginning to catch up with Ding Man.
The two came to the entrance of the training ground together, pushed the door and walked out.
After coming to the garden outside the venue, Liuchen was surprised to find that his teammates and captain Fan Shengxue, who had been absent for several days, also came.
These people are geared up and look like they're going on some mission.
"Why are you always the slowest!" Red K disagreed.
"Hehe, long time no see!" Da Zhuang excitedly patted the dust.
The dust was staggered and almost fell to the ground.
"Hey, Dust!" Avril greeted Dust.
"Long time no see!" Liuchen suddenly felt better when he saw Avril Lavigne, who had been away for a few days.
Before everyone could say a few words, Fan Shengxue suddenly cleared her throat and said:
"Everyone, be quiet, if you have anything to say later!"
The crowd immediately fell silent, and after several days of training, although they had not yet fully adapted to the life of the Warsong Legion, they had become disciplined under the guidance of their respective instructors.
Ding Man walked to Fan Shengxue's side and stood in front of these recruits, Fan Shengxue continued:
"After a week of training, you've mastered some basic magic or combat skills that suit you. Although your strength is much better now than when you first entered the camp, you are still far from the level of the soldiers in the Warsong Legion. According to the instructions of the superiors, in order to further improve your actual combat ability and your ability to unite and cooperate, this time Instructor Ding Man will serve as the captain and lead you to carry out an investigation mission!"
As soon as they heard about the mission, these recruits immediately came with interest, and they were all eager to try.
"The location of the mission is Epiphany Town in the northwest, and the goal of your mission is to find traces of demonic beasts in Epiphany Town and obtain information about the enemy. Although this mission seems simple, there are also many potential dangers, after all, the number and level of enemies are unknown, you recruits must obey the command, do not act without permission! Especially you, Liuchen! If you encounter a demonic beast, do not blindly attack! Be sure to report the situation to the captain first!"
"Understood. Dusty replied habitually.
"Hmph, don't worry, although this kid has a very stubborn temper, he is still a man, and he does what he says. Now this kid is going to be my servant for a month, and he will definitely be obedient!" Ding Man said.
Liuchen glared at him viciously, and wanted to fight with him again, but after all, the other party's words had already been spoken, although Liuchen was very angry, he had to suppress his anger.
"Oh? and this?" Fan Shengxue couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, that's good, but although this mission is just an investigation, two teams were sent to work together to complete it, and the others still have a mission, so I can only let you take them this time!"
"Well, that's fine, I don't have anything to do these days. Ding Man said.
Liuchen thought to himself, of course you don't have anything to do, you even entrust me with the matter of washing your feet, and the most troublesome thing you do every day is to open your mouth to eat!
"After the completion of this mission, the team leader will be rewarded with 5 military merit points, each team member will also be rewarded with 2 military merit points, and those who hunt Warcraft will be rewarded with an additional 5 military merit points, I wish you success!"
Everyone was in high spirits and full of expectations for this mission.
After arranging the task, the group followed Ding Man to the underground garage.
They got into a big red truck and drove away from Warsong Fortress.
Red K, Liszt, Da Zhuang, Avril, Liuchen, Feng Xun, Ding Man, a total of seven people, will represent the Snow Dance Squad to carry out this special investigation mission, and Ding Man is the temporary captain of this mission.
The black sand was all over the sky, and the wind was shining through the cracks in the car windows, making a constant sound of mumping, and although they hadn't seen the outside world for a long time, they didn't look out curiously at this time.
After all, all they could see was black sand pounding on the windows.
Ding Man turned on the stereo and played wild music, and the shocking sound echoed in the carriage, making the off-road vehicle that was already driving in the bumpy sand dunes even more shaky, and it seemed that it would not be long before the canopy was lifted.
Although everyone felt that their eardrums were about to be cracked, they also dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, Liuchen looked at him speechlessly, feeling that this guy was more like he couldn't communicate with the recruits, and he seemed too withdrawn by himself, so he deliberately amplified the noisy music so that others couldn't chat.
Despite this, these people, who had not seen each other for a few days, couldn't help but chat after meeting, Da Zhuang patted Liszt beside Liuchen and asked loudly:
"Hey, we've always said that military merit is military merit since we came, what's the use of that thing?"
"You don't know this, this military merit point is a symbol of honor, which can be used to exchange weapons and badges! Liszt replied.
"That's so great!Then I'll kill a few more monsters this time!" Da Zhuang called excitedly.
"Cut, it's really unlucky, last time we could get the highest military merit points, but we ended up in the first place. Red K pouted dissatisfiedly.
"Forget it, forget it, let's just work hard this time!" Da Zhuang Han smiled.
Liuchen looked at the black sand outside the window, not blending into their chat, but thinking about other things.
Among the things that echoed in his mind, the one that Liuchen cared about the most was where the magic book he stole from the black hole had gone?
First of all, Liuchen didn't think that he would lose the magic book, when he was in the Heilu Desert, Liuchen had always been very concerned, and often consciously checked whether the magic book was still in the backpack, and it was impossible to lose it.
Since I didn't lose it, then this magic book must have been stolen by someone!
But who is this man?
Dusty thinks that the most suspicious person is Tempest, but Tempest can't be so blatant and directly grab, after all, Tempest set a trap at that time, forcing Dusty to use the "Surprise Summon", and then brought Dusty back to Warsong Fortress.
If he does this, his superiors won't know it!
In this way, if the magic book is lost at this time, then the wind will inevitably become the biggest object of suspicion, which even the dust can think of, can't the wind think of it?
Or is it precisely because he thought of this that he deliberately immediately misunderstood other people's thinking, really guarded himself, and directly stole the magic book?
Thinking so, Avril walked over to Dust's side and sat down on the seat next to him.
Avril held a delicate box made of flowers and handed it to Dusty with a smile.
"Flowing dust, try it, this is the Qingjing balls I made. ”
Liuchen relieved himself, took the box in Avril's hand, picked up a confectionery ball from it, and put it in his mouth.
The sweet taste spread between his lips and teeth, and it was the first time he had eaten such a delicious snack.
"How's it going?" Avril said, tilting her chin as she looked at the dust.
"Eun, it's delicious!" Liuchen complimented as he shoved another one into his mouth.
"Hee-hee, this is made with jam stuffed with clear confectionery, and I only later learned that our Captain Snow is not only proficient in medical magic, but also a very good gourmet, and we have learned a lot of food from her these days!" Avril said with interest.
Liuchen couldn't help but be stunned, chewing the dessert in his mouth, and said vaguely:
"You mean to say that Captain Snow has been personally training the three of you these days?"
"Actually, it's not exactly, because Captain Xue often has to go on missions, so every day she will find time to teach us for a while, and then there will be other instructors to guide us, she teaches us more cooking, it's fun, right?"
After coming to the Battle Song Fortress, these teenagers from Meteor Street no longer have to work in the wind and sun every day, and they can finally wash up every day and sleep peacefully.
Avril's skin was also rejuvenated, like most elven girls, her skin regained its original radiance, the ice muscle jade bone was crystal pure, radiating bright brilliance in the sun, and the transparent white skin could even see the delicate blood vessels inside. This made her jewel-like eyes even more beautiful, and just looking at each other for a moment, Liuchen couldn't help but feel a palpitation in her heart.
He suddenly realized that Avril had suddenly become so beautiful that he felt a little uncomfortable.
Every time he talked to her, Liuchen also felt that he seemed to have a strong feeling in his heart, jumping uneasily.
"yes...... I didn't expect her to be so good at cooking......" Liuchen avoided Avril's gaze and moved his gaze back to dessert, "By the way, where are your two little friends, why didn't they come?"
"The two of them went to Captain Snow on other missions, maybe the mission we carried out this time was relatively simple, so Captain Snow asked me to come. Avril scratched her head.
"Look at your weak appearance, you have put ******** on your cooking skills......"
"That's not really, it's just that Captain Xue said that my control of magic is still not very stable, because my magic pattern is a beast pattern, so it is not very suitable for learning medical magic, and both of them have a mage's star pattern, although the color level is very low, but in terms of talent, it is still relatively easy to learn. Avril was disappointed.
"It's okay, we're all the same, my Twin Demon Pattern physique is basically the same as waste, but...... I think there will always be some miracles when people are alive, and besides, we can only move forward, and there is no way back......" Liuchen tried to come up with some truth to comfort the other party, but he still didn't feel satisfied after saying it.
"Well, you're right, let's work together!" Avril said with a smile, "but ......"
"What's wrong?" Flowing Dust turned to look at Avril.
Avril's elven ears shrugged slightly, looking a little downcast.
"I don't know why, I've always had a bad premonition since we set off......"
"Don't worry, no matter what happens, I will protect you!" Liuchen said with a swear.
"Thank you. Avril frowned at Liuchen, still feeling inexplicably uneasy in her heart.
"And, I'll always protect you!" said Liuchen even more firmly, his face slightly red.