Chapter 60: Leaving Town
The three of them had a heart-pounding night yesterday, and they all clearly heard Rael's screams before he died, and when they settled down at this moment, they inevitably felt a sense of sadness in their hearts.
Although they and Rael are not comrades-in-arms entrusted with their backs, they have lived together for a few months, and now in this situation, it is a big surprise to meet a living person!
Xiang En didn't say much, just beckoned to the three of them, and asked them to clean up the ghouls and zombie beasts within thirty meters of the circle, ignoring Rael's death.
People are already dead, and it's useless to say more.
After clearing the neighborhood of monsters, they relocated to the cart parked at the back of the house.
I saw that the cart had completely overturned on its side, the equipment on it had been trampled by the cattle and horses, the stove and pot that Xiang En had brought out of the village had been deflated, and the wolf meat that had not been eaten had all disappeared.
There are still a lot of broken and bitten vines on the ground, these are the masterpieces made by the zombie beasts last night.
The cart was too big to fit into the house, and there was a fear that the residual smell of blood from the wolf meat would become a bait to seduce monsters, so the wolf meat was not moved into the house, but was placed deep within the protection range of the totem.
Now it seems that this decision was the right one, just a pity for these wolf meats.
Suffering such a blow, Andrea was not even in the mood to give Markey a look, and silently picked up a metal round shield from the ground that had been trampled out of a hoof print.
"Bring your weapons with you." Xiang En sighed slightly and asked the three of them to pick up their weapons.
Next, they may have to walk instead.
There must have been a well-crafted cart in town, but after seeing how fast those monsters were moving last night, he didn't dare to sit on the creaking wooden cart anymore.
Xiang En put away all the totems that could still be used, tied them together, and let Ma Ji carry a part of them.
The two forbidden vine totems that had not been activated had been damaged under the chaotic arch of the zombie beast, and the remaining large pile of animal skins was originally used to protect against the cold, but now that the temperature has risen to 2~3 degrees Celsius, there is no need for these.
After packing up the things, Xiang En rubbed out the bread and let the three of them fill their stomachs, which can be regarded as comforting.
Even if you are a slave, you will rebel if you don't have food.
Naturally, the original plan to rest in the town was canceled, and they began to search for useful things in nearby houses.
Xiang En and Andrea found a roll of hemp rope and a lot of coarse salt.
Salt is an important resource needed to survive, so they take a lot of it. Even if you don't need it, you can exchange some materials if you meet survivors in the future, Xiang En thinks so.
They also found a lot of farm tools in the house, and the two-point steel fork in one of the houses made Xiang En like it very much, and took it out together, and the long-handled weapon is a necessary prop for zombie survival!
Because they were on foot, they didn't have much to offer, some salt and sugar, flints, oil lamps, three steel forks, and backpacks.
After collecting enough supplies, Xiang En let everyone continue on the road, the route did not choose to pass through the town, no one knew how many ghouls and zombie beasts there were in the depths of the town, and he didn't want to save that little bit of time at the cost of his life.
The province of Fiore is more than three times the size of the province of De Air, and the map is oval, and they have to walk from one end to the other, and they are probably only half the way away.
If you want to go to Andrea's house, you have to walk for half a month without accidents!
All five of them carried a large package on their backs, and the three of them walked in front, and Xiang Eun and Andrea lagged behind.
The blessing of the wind blessed the five of them, making them move a little faster.
The choice of the path, Xiang En plans to bypass the town's fruit grove along the river and take the road that can be seen.
The first step to get around is through the fields, where scattered zombie beasts that had left them nearby last night were scattered.
Most of these zombie beasts are cows and horses, and there are quite a few voles and marmots.
The cattle and horses were probably bred by the townspeople, and the number was not very large, perhaps some of them were taken away by the nobles of the big cities.
I saw the speed and strength of those zombie beasts last night, and they are no less than gold-level warriors, and they can't be provoked easily.
Therefore, their route is crooked, and in order to avoid the zombie beasts, the foot distance will inevitably surge.
After thinking about it, Xiang En decided to exchange for a skill that could greatly increase his movement speed, at least so that he could run away in case of danger.
In addition, he needs new control skills to compensate for the fact that the Forbidden Vine cannot be applied at any time.
After searching through the talent book, Xiang En finally chose the Silver Intermediate Skill: Boiling.
Consumes 8% mana, increasing the target's speed by 15% and reducing physical exertion by 20% for 2 minutes.
This is a skill that can only be released alone, Xiang En is very interested in the effect of reducing physical exertion, after all, he has tried to run non-stop twice, and the feeling of suffocating when he moves is really uncomfortable, especially him.
He believed that this skill would definitely be useful, and besides, he would be able to gain proficiency all the way through. With runes, exchange for a few more Bronze-level skills that increase survivability.
Spend time rushing to brush up on proficiency in exchange for more skills, value!
Redeeming "Boiling" only consumes 6 runes, leaving 1 rune.
With the new skills, their movement speed has increased greatly, and the other people who have been blessed by the new skills are only slightly surprised, and then continue to concentrate on the road.
Xiang En's magical magic they had seen many times, and suddenly there was another buff magic, which was acceptable.
After a while, they finally stepped on the edge of the limit, dodging the most terrible cows and horses to the river that divided the town.
The river is not very wide, only six or seven meters, the water is very clear, but the fish in it are very manic.
When the fish in the river saw them, instead of being afraid, they flapped their tails and jumped out of the water, fluttering towards several people.
However, the fish was not in danger in the water after all, and the attacked Markey slapped the jumping fish away.
"Huh...... Boss, these fish are a little weird! ”
After the fish in the river hit the ground, Markey noticed that something was wrong and pointed to the fish fluttering on the ground.
Several people approached to watch, but they were almost bitten by the fish that kept jumping out of the river, and then hurried away.
The steel fork came in handy at this point, and she took a fish to Enrang Andrea and took it to a short distance to take a closer look.
At this time, the mouth of the normal river fish expands, and it becomes like a deep-sea fish with a mouth full of fangs, and the appearance is a little hideous.
Except for the strange mouth, the rest of the place is normal, except that the eyes are a little red.
Because he was not familiar with the knowledge of fish, he couldn't tell whether these were original species or mutated new species, so Xiang En simply threw them aside, not thinking about whether he could eat them, it was important to cross the river.
After the three of them threw their luggage over, they jumped over directly on the spot.
Only Xiang En couldn't jump six or seven meters, he was thrown by Andrea......
Smack!
Crawling up with a dirty face, Xiang En, who had a wrinkled face, washed the mud on his hands before the fish in the river could react.
After crossing the river, the group continued to walk two kilometers around the fruit forest, and at noon, they finally returned to the original trade route......