Chapter 14: Crystals
How to go?
Mo Li couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, Luo Ji was now like this, she was close to being in a coma, how could she still walk?
After a moment's hesitation, he suddenly whispered, "I'm sorry. pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info", and then bent down, passed through the crook of the girl's feet with one hand, supported her back with the other, and hugged Luo Ji in the posture of a princess.
The girl's body was weak and boneless, as if she had melted into Moli's arms. But this is nothing, the most important thing is that in front of so many blood clans, he actually hugged the princess they admired the most.
The atmosphere around them immediately became strange, and the people of the Blood Clan could barely believe their eyes.
Who is this man?
Why was he able to make such intimate gestures to Her Royal Highness?
Why did Her Royal Highness lean into his arms?
Countless similar thoughts surged through their minds, but none of them spoke, because what was happening in front of them was so bizarre that no one knew how to react.
Mo Li's heart beat wildly, not only because of the burning gaze of the surrounding crowd, but also because of the soft touch of the girl in her arms.
"Don't panic, don't panic. With what little calmness he had left, he said to himself, "Anyway, I've hugged it once before, so it's not a big deal." ”
While thinking like this, Mo Li fled the scene quickly before the people around him could react.
......
After passing through a few streets and seeing that there were no more people around, Mo Li finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems that you are very good at hugging people, even I have hugged twice. Suddenly, a girl's voice sounded in my ears.
Mo Li looked down and found that the girl had woken up, and listening to what she said, it was obvious that she had just heard Mo Li talking to herself.
Mo Li was slightly embarrassed, and couldn't help but put Luo Ji down.
But I heard the girl say, "No, I don't have the strength right now." ”
Mo Li had no choice but to continue to maintain the posture he had just held.
The awkward atmosphere spread between the two, and for a while neither of them knew what to say, but after a while, Mo Li suddenly thought of something and smiled "sneering".
"It occurred to me that even if I ran around with you in my arms, it would be normal. He said.
"Why?" asked the girl curiously.
"Because you think, in the story, the princess is usually the prince. ”
"But you're not a prince at all. ”
"But I'm a puppet, I'm the representative of the Conjurer's Association on this continent, and the strength of the Conjurer's Guild is much stronger than that of ordinary countries, and even the Morningstar Empire can only succumb, so it seems that I'm much more powerful than the prince or something. ”
"Haah......" After listening to Mo Li's strange talk, the girl couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then she "giggled" and laughed, and the tips of her bangs swayed back and forth in laughter, tickling Mo Li's neck.
"Ahh......h
The girl seemed to know a nice inn, and under her guidance, the two quickly arrived at their destination. The innkeeper obviously knew Lotie, but still took a large amount of blood essence as a matter of course, and then gave them a suite.
Anyway, I finally settled down for the time being.
Mo Li gently placed the girl on the bed, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“...... Blood sperm. ”
"Give. ”
"Feed me. ”
"Huh?"
Mo Li was stunned for a moment, it seemed that from the beginning, Luo Ji's attitude became a little strange, he suddenly thought, the other party should not be coquettish, right?
"I don't have the strength to do it. ”
“......”
Seeing that Luo Ji had no intention of giving up, Mo Li had no choice but to take out a piece of blood essence from the bag and put it to the girl's mouth.
The petite lips lacking blood opened slightly, biting off the blood essence little by little, looking at the cute appearance of the girl, Mo Li couldn't help but think of the little squirrel gnawing on the pine cone.
"Thank you......"
After eating more than a dozen pieces of blood essence, the girl's complexion finally became a little better. Mo Li looked at his pocket, counting the payment for the room and being eaten by Luo Ji, there was only a small half of the pocket of blood essence left.
Am I following the poorest princess ever?
He complained silently in his heart, and then prepared to leave to let the girl have a good rest.
"Wait. ”
But as soon as he stood up, he heard the girl say, "I'm fine, let's discuss the next step now." ”
Since the other party said so, Mo Li sat back on the edge of the bed and asked, "Will those killers still come?"
This is the most urgent problem at the moment, Luo Ji's current state is obviously no longer able to fight, although Mo Li is better, but after continuously burning metal, the techniques in his body have also been exhausted. If the enemy attacks at this time, the situation for the two will be quite troublesome.
But Luo Ji only shook her head slightly: "They won't be here for a while, and after knowing that I can still use blood magic, they will definitely not dare to come and die again...... Even if they knew that I would suffer a serious backlash, they wouldn't risk it again, and if it was a matter of life and death, I could easily kill them even now, and they must know it. ”
Mo Li nodded, relieved and secretly surprised, he suddenly remembered what Luo Ji said before entering the city, "Even five percent is enough", he didn't feel anything at the time, but after seeing Luo Ji easily torture and kill a group of assassins with blood magic, he already knew the source of the girl's self-confidence.
I really don't know how strong Rogie will be in her heyday.
"In addition, there is good news, those belated rescue soldiers just now show that the lord of Birdel City has not broken his face with us after all. Rogie said.
Sure enough, Mo Li finally verified the previous conjecture, Luo Ji deliberately delayed the time when she was assassinated, just to see the attitude of the city lord of Bodell City, but the other party even used a bed crossbow, which was also unexpected by the girl.
"And who are the assassins?" asked Moli.
"If I'm not mistaken, they should have been sent by Andrea, from the Moonblade Knights?" said Rogie slowly.
"Moonblade Knights?"
"Andrea's descendant troops, a light cavalry, although the strength is slightly inferior to the Red Iron Knights, but they can do much more than the Red Iron Knights, in addition to conventional operations, reconnaissance, infiltration, assassination and other tasks can be done. The Red Iron Knights had practiced with them a few times in the past, so I knew it as soon as they fought each other. ”
Mo Li thought for a moment and asked, "Will they just withdraw and give Andrea the information that you can still use blood magic, which can be regarded as a good gain." ”
"They're sure they'll find a way to get my information to Andrea. Rogie said, "But since their mission is to kill me, they won't give up until they complete the mission." ”
"But you just said they wouldn't be coming back...... Is there any other way?"
"There should be, the interior of Bodell City is definitely not monolithic, the city lord does not mean that other forces are unwilling, the Moonblade Knights have come from afar, there must be people in the city who are behind them to help them, maybe it is a member of the city council. ”
Mo Li couldn't help but feel a little big, in fact, the easiest way now was to leave Bodel City immediately, since the city lord had no hostile attitude, he naturally wouldn't stop them.
But for Rogie, she definitely doesn't want to leave like this, and if she doesn't understand what happened here, Andrea knows that after Rogie escapes, there will probably be endless hunting and killing.
"What should we do next?" Mo Li thought about the various options, and decided to ask the girl's opinion, after all, this mess matter had to be solved by Luo Ji herself in the end.
"I want to meet the lord of the city. The girl said.
Mo Li nodded, this was the expected answer.
"But before I do that, I need to rest for a day, and then go and see someone, find out the attitude of the army in Birdel, and finally meet the fat man. The girl said.
"Fatty?"
"It's Martin, the lord of Birdel City, who can be my uncle at all ages, I have known him since I was a child, he is very fat, so I used to call him 'fat'. ”
“......”
Seeing Mo Li's speechless expression, Luo Ji couldn't help but smile, and then said: "By the way, you haven't been to Bodell City yet, you don't have to worry about me tomorrow, go to the city for a walk, but be careful not to be recognized." ”
"Are you sure there is no danger?" asked Moli
"I'm fine, I'm going to stay here all day, it's safe here. You can go to the window and take a look, there may be guards outside. The girl said.
Suspiciously, General Moli walked to the window, opened the curtain a crack, and sure enough, he saw several well-equipped soldiers patrolling outside.
"Since Martin wasn't going to tear his face apart, and certainly didn't want me to have any more accidents, he would send these guards. Rogie said with a smile.
"I'd love to go around the city...... "but I'd better wait a few more hours, at least until the effect of the backlash is basically gone." ”
The girl glanced at Mo Li, pursed her lips and lowered her head, and when she raised her head again, she had already changed her expression as if she was joking: "You shouldn't care about me, right?"
"I'm just doing my job. Mo Li had already prepared and replied with a smile.
“......”
After resting with Luo Ji for most of the day, Mo Li changed his outfit slightly, and finally walked out of the hotel near evening.
Moli learned from the innkeeper about the situation in Birdel City. Birdell City is divided into four districts: Upper East Side, Lower East Side, Upper West Side, and Lower West Side. The Upper East Side was mostly inhabited by nobles and wealthy people, the Lower East Side was occupied by ordinary citizens, the Upper West Side was the office of the parliament and other bureaucratic institutions, and the Lower West Side was a trade area.
And the place where Moli is going to go is the Lower West Side. He was going to go there and see if he could buy crystals.
In the previous two battles, the crystal played an extraordinary role, copper and sodium could strengthen his combat abilities and provide a foundation against his enemies, but the crystal was a powerful weapon that could break the deadlock and even turn the tide.
But the crystals in Mo Li's hands were too few. Rogie gave him a piece in the first battle, which had already been used. Later, two pieces were asked for from Orange Rain, and they had been used up in the previous battle.
Although as long as you can afford the price, you will definitely be able to buy crystals in Birdel City, but considering that there is still a long journey ahead, Mo Li really can't get too much blood essence at the moment.
I had no choice but to take one step at a time.
Leaving the tall, ornate but deserted Upper East Side, across Princess Boulevard, Moli came to the Lower West Side.
Compared to the Upper East Side, it's a different scene entirely.
The flow of people came and went, crowding the wide road, the shops on both sides of the road were close to each other, and every inch of open space could not be used, and the sound of selling, talking, and bargaining filled the air, and Mo Li rushed in, and couldn't help but feel a little dizzy.
Iron ore, copper ore, timber, cloth, handicrafts...... Birdel City is one of the continent's most traded cities, and as the sun goes down, the Lower West Side is becoming more lively than ever.
Mo Li followed the crowd and looked around, although he wanted to buy crystals, he didn't know where to start.
In desperation, he had no choice but to choose a relatively large ore trading center and walked in.
"Of course, there are! Ruhr Mining has one of the best mines in the Koster Mountains, and the citrine ore produced therein will definitely meet your requirements. The blood merchant with a mustache on his lips enthusiastically introduced, and I have to say that he has the quality of a businessman.
But the next words made Mo Li speechless: "How many cars do you want? We can complete the delivery in one month within ten cars, and if there are more than ten cars, it will only take three months...... No, it will be settled with you in two months. ”
Mo Li was stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly found that he had a big misunderstanding, so he casually dealt with the other party and quickly retreated.
The ore trade in Birdel City is indeed very prosperous, but - it is a large transaction, and even if Moli eats more crystals, it will be enough for a pocket at most.
Ten cars, that's an exaggeration, isn't it?
Moli shook his head, deciding to ignore all the ore trading houses on both sides of the street.
After wandering around for a while, a handicraft shop appeared in Mo Li's sight, and the handicrafts in the window seemed to be carved from crystal, and his heart moved, and he walked inside.
"Welcome......" A lazy voice sounded in his ears, the owner of the store was a middle-aged man with an unattractive appearance, and when he saw a customer coming in, he still sat motionless behind the counter, without the slightest sense of entertaining customers.
But Mo Li didn't care, after all, he just came in with a casual look. The shop is small in size, and the shelves on both sides are full of various crystal carvings, and even from the eyes of a layman, the carving is quite good.
After looking at it for a while, a carving less than a palm's height caught Mo Li's attention, the girl who was riding a horse with a thin sword pinned to her waist, although the size of the sculpture was not large, but Mo Li recognized it at a glance, this girl should be Luo Ji.
There are still people selling statues of Lotie......
Mo thought to himself, after all, the girl had almost become a public enemy of the blood clan now, but when he thought about it, after all, Badel City was different from other places, and it didn't seem too strange.
He didn't think much about it anymore, after all, buying crystals was the main purpose of his visit.
"I want to buy crystal, it's not crystal, it's just raw materials, do you sell it here?" asked Mo Li directly.
"What are you buying raw materials for?" The middle-aged man finally reacted, and slowly stood up from behind the counter, and Mo Li realized that the other party was a rather burly person.
"I'm useful, anyway, I'm not stealing business from you. Mo Li spread his hands: "I can give a slightly higher price." ”
But the other party still didn't seem interested, and said lazily: "I only sell carvings, not raw materials, and I don't have much raw material inventory, so you can find another store." ”
Since he didn't have much hope, Mo Li was not very disappointed, and just asked casually: "This is all carved by yourself, the knife work is very good." ”
"yes. The other party admitted without modesty, and he glanced at Moli and saw that Moli's gaze was falling on the carving of Rogie.
"Huh? You...... Is it a puppet?" The man seemed to suddenly remember something, and his tone suddenly quickened a little, and Mo Li looked up and found that the other party had come to him at some point.
The ink was startled, and the sodium that he swallowed when he went out immediately burned up.
"I'm a puppet. Have you ever seen a puppet?" he asked rhetorically.
The man looked at Mo Li deeply for a few moments, and suddenly laughed, he took two steps back, and while making a friendly gesture, he said, "Of course I've seen it before." What is the last time...... Just this morning. You're the puppet next to Lotie, aren't you?"
Mo was taken aback again, but the other party didn't seem to have any hostility, and he didn't want to react violently, so he just said quietly: "Yes, it's me." ”
"Hmm...... I want to think about it...... You've knocked out a ...... Two, under the siege of those four people, you actually killed two, which is quite powerful......" The man muttered to himself, and it seemed that he remembered this morning's battle clearly.
After muttering for a while, the man suddenly said, "Since it's you, I can tell you a good place to find crystals." ”
"What?" Mo Li couldn't help but be stunned, not understanding what the other party meant when he said, "Since it's you".
But the other party obviously didn't intend to explain this, but bluntly explained the method of obtaining crystals.
After listening to this, Mo Li was stunned again, it was a method that he didn't expect.
To put it simply, in the Jingya Mountains, very close to the city of Pedel, there is a cave, and there is a creature called the geodet lizard living in the cave, their back armor is composed of crystals and other minerals, as long as you hunt a few, the crystals that Moli needs will naturally be in hand.
"Those lizards are easy to hunt, so it's a good source of crystal mines, and the raw materials for my carvings come from there, at almost no cost. The man finally said.
It sounded like a very feasible solution, but Mo Li still felt a little strange and asked, "In that case, those lizards were not hunted by anyone?"
The man shrugged and said, "Maybe I'm the only one who knows that place, so you have to keep it a secret." ”
"Okay...... Thank you. ”
Mo Li thanked the other party and left the shop.
He decided to take a look, it wouldn't take much time anyway, and if it was really feasible, it would be better, and if it didn't work, he would come back and think of something else.
It was already dark, but it had no effect on Mo Li, and if necessary, the puppet could go days and nights without sleeping.
After buying a map of the area around Bodel City in another shop, Moli burned up his sodium and made his way quickly towards the Jingya Mountains.