Chapter 45: The Hatching Relic
Tika crouched down, took out a freshly baked honey bread from the basket, handed it to Apache and asked with a grin, "Are you hungry, little friend?"
She saw the "child" suck and swallow back the half-foot-long saliva that flowed from his mouth, and then snatched the bread from his hand with lightning speed, and swallowed it in three or two bites. (Starter)
The kid was hungry, Tika thought to herself, and she looked at the bread in the basket with some hesitation, this was a stove of honey bread that she had asked the bakery owner to bake last night, and the freshly baked bread was soft and delicious, just in time to bring it back to El for breakfast.
She calculated in her heart, and although El had eaten a lot of food, there was still a slight surplus of bread baked, so she took out another loaf of bread and handed it over.
This time Apache didn't gobble it up again, just licked it hard, and then hid the bread in his arms like a baby. He looked up and took a deep look at Tika, remembering her face.
"Little girl, you are a good person. Need me help you out?"
An eerie, hoarse voice came from under the shadow of the hood, and Tika was startled, staggered to his feet, and took a half-step back. Only then did she notice that the "child" was wrapped in layers of rags on his face, and his outstretched fingers were also clawed, not at all like a human.
She panicked and tried to run away, but turned around and stopped. At some point, two ruffians came from the side of the road, with obscene smiles on their faces and eyes fixed on the girl.
"Little girl, how about you help me find the holy relic, and I can help you solve this trouble?"
Unhurriedly, Apache pulled out a pointed shovel from his back, which was so short that it looked like a kobold could only be used. The head of the shovel is black and shiny, the handle is wrapped with black silk thread, and a beautiful bow is tied to make it look more like a craft. But when the soothsayer held the shovel, there was a mysterious aura on his body that was difficult to describe in words.
"What relic?" Tika asked, confused. Although this "child" is extremely eccentric, on the surface it is still more harmless than the two scoundrels who are obviously malicious.
"Hey, are you the new chick from the Jupiter Chamber of Commerce? someone wants to see you, come with us!" The hooligan led by the leader didn't pay attention to the little kobold at all, walked over and took out the dagger on his waist and shook it, saying: "Be honest, don't play tricks, or you will scratch your little face......"
At this time, Apache suddenly shouted, "Let's jump!", and a shovel slammed into the ground. The leveled street trembled slightly, and the two hooligans fell to the ground at the same time.
The hooligan at the head covered his ass and rolled all over the ground, and he just felt his feet slip, and he involuntarily fell on all fours. It was enough to fall, and his ass actually sat on a stone "by coincidence", so he couldn't help but scream out, and touched the back with his hand full of blood.
"Damn it, you bastard!" the rascal gritted his teeth and tried to get up, but suddenly it went dark in front of him. Apache slammed his shovel on his head, and the hapless creature collapsed without saying a word.
"Thank you...... Sir?" Tika patted her chest with trepidation, she didn't know why the bad guys were targeting her early in the morning, but she was finally saved by this weird little man.
"It's just a gesture, my name is Apache, as long as you show me the relics. Apache wiped the blood from the shovel with his sleeve and said solemnly.
"Holy relics or something, what is it?" Tika scratched his head, puzzled, "Or you can ask me...... My man, he's well-informed, and he probably knows what you're looking for. ”
When the word man was spoken, the little maid couldn't help but blush on her face.
"Your man is a mercenary, and he went to the mines yesterday?" Apache asked in a low voice, narrowing his eyes.
"He's not a mercenary, but he did go to Redstone Ridge with the eldest lady yesterday, and I heard that many mercenaries also went there. Tika shrugged uncertainly, she had been at home for the past few days, and had only heard some news from the gossip of the shop guys. It's hard to tell whether this kind of gossip is true or false, and she just picks and hears about things related to El.
For the little maid who has fulfilled her wishes, waiting for her beloved man to come home every night is the most important and happiest thing for her now.
"Little girl, can you take me to your man?" Apache asked eagerly, vaguely sensing that he had grasped an important clue.
"Come with me, he's out exercising, and he should be back in a moment. Tika nodded.
In the early morning, it was deserted in the trading house, many people had not yet gotten up, and El and his men went out for a run, only the smoke of the kitchen was rising. Tika led Apache up the stairs without attracting anyone's attention.
As soon as the door was opened, the girl and the kobold couldn't help but scream at the same time. Langa, with an eggshell on his head, was lying on the bed, holding half a smoked pork knuckle and gnawing non-stop, and the fat flowed down the corners of the little thing's mouth all over the bed.
Tika was worried about the grease stains on the sheets, and in the morning she found this little thing that El had caught, which looked like a cute little doll, but the amount of food was as fierce as a pig.
Apache was shocked when he saw the little thing, and then beat his chest and began to cry.
"I know, I know! Holy relics can't see blood, and when they see blood, they will accelerate their hatching! That mixed protein idiot only knows the preciousness of holy relics, and doesn't understand the taboos of holy relics at all!"
The eggs of the Earthwalker royal family are valuable treasures in the underworld, and they can even be sold for ten times the price of magic gems on the black market. Unhatched royal eggs are inherently capable of shielding perception, which can be channeled through magical rituals and applied to a person or group. For killers and predators who walk in the dark all year round, this ability can be described as a tiger with wings.
Many lower races, such as kobolds, consider eggs to be "sacred relics" that help them hide from their tribe's habitats and hide from predators.
But when the eggs hatch successfully, this ability disappears. The traditional customs of the Landwalker royal family encourage cannibalism and the survival of the fittest, who are born to compete with their siblings for the right to live.
The Earth Diviner cried heartbreakingly, although the hatched relics were also valuable and could cultivate the War King Worm, but the cost was not something that his small tribe could afford. In other words, the relics have lost all value to their own tribe.
Seeing the little man crying so sadly, although he didn't know why, Tika still felt a little sad in his heart. She looked at the meat prepared for Langa on the table, and there were three or four pieces of ham and bacon in the rice bowl, so she kindly brought it to the kobold and said, "Mr. Apache, are you hungry? ”
Apache turned his grief and anger into appetite, grabbing the meat and stuffing it into his mouth without saying a word.
"My!my!" Langa saw her rice bowl being taken away, and immediately dropped the leftover meat and bones and jumped up from the bed, she rushed over to grab her food, but accidentally planted herself in the rice bowl.
Eyre, who had returned from outside, happened to see this dramatic scene and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
Looking at the kobolds crouching on the ground and the Ranga wailing with bacon on his head, El sighed, grabbed Tika's head and rubbed it violently, until the little maid let out a pitiful scream.
"Even if it's a kitten or a puppy, you dare to pick it up at home?" El glared at Tika angrily, and although the kobold wrapped himself tightly, he recognized it at a glance. Yesterday, it was this purple-skinned guy who led the kobold to rush out of the mine, causing the mercenaries to suffer heavy losses, but I didn't expect him to have the ability to sneak into the city.
"At first I thought it was a lost child. Tika pouted and whispered in defense.
"Explain to me what the hell is going on!" El, gritting his teeth as he gritted his teeth.
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