"Magic?" When people say words they don't know the underlying meaning of what they've only heard in general terms, it often sounds like a street lady trying to sell you magical crystals that can detect fate. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And when it comes from the mouth of a professional, it's just a single word in a whole paragraph.

"Yes, everything in the world is born, and there must be magic flowing in the body. You human magicians are individuals who are naturally rich in magic in their bodies, and after hard training, they have learned to use their magic to mobilize elements and produce natural phenomena. Horno said this in a rather quick tone, and though she tried to make it easy to understand, it was still clear to most of the mercenaries and knights.

"The belief that only animals are affected by magic is a misconception born of ignorance. She didn't hesitate to say this, not intently, but it was a fact that she mocked all human mages. But even if there is indeed a human magician in the team at this time, he can only swallow his unwillingness, after all, the magic of elves and humans are almost two levels of things.

"Magic exists all over the world, sometimes in crystalline form under the influence of the forces of nature. Orno paused, and the flickering of the fire after the meal illuminated her serious little face: "This kind of crystal, you humans call it a magic crystal, and then the magic crystal that exists in a large area is called a magic crystal mine." ”

"If the Crystal Ore exists in a shallower layer of the earth, just below the soil layer—" She turned her head, and the crowd followed Ornor's movements toward the tall swaying weeds.

"If a plant's root system is directly exposed to soil contaminated with excessive Magic Crystal, it will die like over-fertilization. But the plants that survive will change. Horno said, and Mira's eyes suddenly lit up: "Then the beast that eats these plants......"

"Yes. Orno nodded: "Beasts are instinctively attracted by magic, and there is a certain beast in an area that has undergone some changes in its body due to the influence of magic after eating the affected plants. ”

"The change was minimal at first, and when they instinctively perceived themselves becoming faster and stronger, they made their offspring habitual of eating the plant as well. Over time, after many generations of gradually being influenced by magic, a magical beast that was born with abundant magical power and could instinctively cause magical phenomena was born. ”

"Uh, then we, will it become to eat these, magician-" Experience and knowledge are different, and the place of thought is also different, and the other junior mercenary next to Moreau looked at the rest of the food around him with some greed. Obviously, for those of them who have reached middle age but are not yet famous, such an accidental treasure picking up changes their lives is what they really care about.

"Impossible. Orno gave a direct no.

"The amount of magical power gained by eating plants that have been affected by magic is very small. Measured by human time, even if 30 human years insist on eating every day, the changed mana pool, if it is a person who is not gifted at first, will only become able to release a human illumination. ”

"It's going to change the lineage and genes of an entire family, and it takes at least a few human centuries to change. She said.

The emotional indifference of the elves and their ignorance of human society are revealed at this time. This should have been a secret for a long time, because according to Orno, there were obviously magic crystals in the underground of this area, whether it was digging the magic crystal mines or growing more plants on them and eating them to change the genes of the entire family, it would obviously become a treasure land that only powerful people were qualified to compete for.

And all the more than forty people in this team now share this secret.

Uncle Mario shuddered, realizing that it might not be a good thing to know about it. The more short-sighted mercenaries are still thinking about how to get as many plants as possible from their own pockets, and they have even begun to think about whether the weeds here can enter the ****** spirits, whose attainments in magic far exceed that of human magicians, they are no longer at the level of "how to use", and even more than "how to use them efficiently", but have entered the research level of "analyzing the causes".

So what came out of Orno's mouth, which she took for granted and was very commonplace, was extremely valuable information to everyone in the whole team.

But it is precisely because of this that a keen veteran businessman like Uncle Mario will feel that one head is two big.

Because there are still about thirty nobles in the ranks.

The powerful occupy the divided territory to establish a family, and use the resources of this place for their own use. When a nobleman like Konstantin heard this, he must have had this plan in his heart.

And in order for this plan to go smoothly, and the resources can not be obtained by the larger and more powerful nobles and smoothly fall into their own hands, this information and knowledge are of course best to stay in their own core interests.

Uncle Mario looked to the side.

Most of the nobles of the thirty or so people were lower-ranking knights, subordinates of Konstantin, the chief knight, and his loyal own people.

Miss Margaret was his sister, and Filippo and Ferruccio were also related to them.

So these nobles all belonged to one group, and his own merchants, including Henry and Mira, belonged to another group.

Not in their ranks, none of them. This sounds like a lot of freedom and a lot of choices, but since people are moving around society, sometimes they have to choose which side to stand on.

If you don't become one of them, how can you make sure that you don't sell this information to other nobles and increase their rivals?

The Lamanites had as many idioms in matters related to secrecy as they did in secrets.

Something like, "The best way to get three people to keep a secret together is to kill two of them." "And" an arrow through the heart, better than 10,000 taels of gold. Such sayings reveal just how dangerous it is to share secrets.

Although they are still in the wilderness and threatened, once these things are over, they will most likely be forced to choose sides.

"Is it with me, or with the coffin and maggots?"

A phrase that caused many in the group to start thinking about it, Horno obviously didn't realize that this was happening, the elf was indifferent but not sluggish, she noticed the change in the attitude of these people but didn't know what to do.

Only Henry remained on the same level as her, and the sage slowly spoke, pointing out the main point with a burst of blood: "What you want to say is that there may be a demonic beast nearby, right?"

A faint sentence drew everyone's attention back.

It had been more than 2,000 years since the city of Katigali was abandoned, and that was long enough time for the local beasts to be transformed into monsters.

“...... Ipsimon Nstariya, Zaloxion. Konstantin let out a long sigh, and Henry, who was on the side, raised his eyebrows, transforming his sentence in modern Lamani: "Just out of the tiger's mouth, and into the wolf's den." ”

"Ugh—" Everyone nodded in agreement.

"However, it could also be a harmless monster, right?" said only the white-haired Luoan girl in the midst of a cloud of gloom.

The air was suddenly silent, and Henry looked at her calmly, while Konstantin looked at Mira with some surprise. Margaret next to her was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and began to ponder.

"Yes, Miss Mercenary, yes. Uncle Mario sighed, to survive the fierce competition of nature and transform into a demonic beast, even if it is a simple herbivore, it must have a fierce temperament.

Her thoughts sounded quite naïve, not at all like that of an adventurer who had been through a lot of things.

But it is precisely because of this that it is precious.

Coming out of ignorance, having a good heart for everything, and hoping for everything, this is something that anyone can do. But with the passage of time, many people will eventually lose this mentality, because the reality of the situation does not allow them to have expectations.

If life is not good and it will not necessarily get better, expecting everything to be better will only make you fall worse when you fall.

Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, those who always smile and always have hope are often successful people who have never encountered any setbacks in life. This type of person tends to behave very badly when he really encounters setbacks and encounters things that don't go his way, and they are more vulnerable and prone to collapse in the face of pressure than people who have a rough life.

Was her life smooth sailing?

The answer to this is clearly no.

Born in exile after the fall of the Kingdom of Luo'an, he was criticized and discriminated against, and finally lost his parents because of these things. Mira's life has never been associated with positive words such as smooth and beautiful from the beginning, and even after meeting Henry, she has lived a life of eating and sleeping in the open, even having to cut off her long hair for the convenience of fighting, and her hands have been sharpened into hard calluses because of holding swords, which is very different from that of aristocratic girls of the same age.

She is indeed living better now, and she does have the power that she couldn't think of before, but this is not because of Lao Shenzi's luck, but purely because of the girl's own down-to-earth efforts.

Even if life is hard, I will never give up and never forget the taste of hope.

Her heart is pure white.

It is not because of the fragility of the "blankness" that is ignorant of everything in the world, but it will be polluted by what happens afterwards and turn into a different color of white.

Mira's whiteness was like light, like her eyes, which were always shining brightly, an incandescent light, a strong personal presence that would only be dyed by herself in her own color, no matter what she had experienced.

A heart that is firmly radiating oneself and always sticks to one's self no matter what the situation is.

This girl who is already more than 1.7 meters tall and looks a little too slender, although her appearance is very different, her heart is still the same as the petite Luo An Lori at the beginning.

She is who she is, not anyone else.

At first, Henry was interested in something that he had a sense of déjà vu, but later he was really attracted to it, so that it was Mira's ego that decided to take in the disciple because of Mira's ego and not the influence of anyone else.

This is the reason why the sage chose to be with her, and the reason why she was able to overcome the dreams caused by the witch.

There were three ways to get out of that dream, Henry didn't fit in the first place, Constantine resisted by extreme means, and Mira, who finished the whole dream.

It's done, the dream that should have lasted forever under the control of magic.

Constantine, Margaret, and Horno, who had their own concerns, looked at Henry and Mira, but they couldn't say anything after all.

What had been a gleeful dinner ended on a dull note after learning of the new threat.

The weeds are lush and the vision is narrow, but for the seasoned adventurer, the vigilance is never just visual. The merchants took out some leather bells from the pile of goods, which were supposed to be commodities, and tied them with ropes to the lower half of the weeds that were more than one person tall.

Although it is at the edge of the forest, the wind here is not very strong due to the season, and when it blows, it only shakes the weeds in the upper half, while the lower half requires more force to start.

As soon as anyone or anything tries to approach their camp, the bell will sound, and the shift watchman will quickly wake up the others. With weapons and armor at their side, they were ready for anything before they began to recover from the fatigue of the long journey.

Eat and drink enough, and have no dreams all night.

Everything that is taken for granted by city dwellers, but the group only feels that the last time they had such a comfortable and refreshing feeling is as far away as they have experienced in their previous life.

Either way, they had a peaceful night. And maybe it's also the heritage of the ancient Mobigas people, a few horses placed nearby, when they woke up in the morning they found that they were lost, and after looking for it, they found that they had found edible horse grass nearby, which was also a solution to the supply problem on another level.

Although the situation should have been considered urgent, it is likely that you will regret it later by leaving the horses and the more food that may be available around you and continuing on your way.

So they spent the whole morning and noon on the road, looking for food, but luck did not seem to plan to visit them this time, and in the end only a few potato plants were found, and two of them were poisonous. After picking the leaves and wiping them on the skin, it will be itchy and painful, and the rhizomes underneath will need to be soaked in stream water for a long time to finish.

Neither time nor resources are enough.

The fresh water stored was only enough for more than 40 people to drink for two days, let alone soak and clean for a long time, and there was not even a portion for washing. So they just threw away all the poisonous potatoes.

And after a short period of trekking, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, the mercenaries of the forward cut the last bush, and suddenly there was a sudden light in front of them.

"It's really, really, uniquely. Horno sighed softly, and the other two women looked up at the ancient city of Katigali shining in the sun.

Two thousand years have passed since it was supposed to be gone, but despite the abundance of greenery, Katigali has remained relatively intact even in appearance.

"The moss and vines that spread on the surface of the city-state have become quite strong because of the effect of magic, and they are like a net that encircles the entire city-state and maintains the overall structure. With a little observation, Horno came to such a conclusion.

Elves were naturally drawn to the natural landscape, but the knights, mercenaries, and other members of the human race had a very different focus on the place.

"It's a sign of battle. Dismounted, Henry looked at the whole area, and you could easily tell what kind of creatures were moving here, because the vegetation here was much shorter than on the Baka Road, and the ground near the city of Catigali looked as obvious as the balding head of a middle-aged man when viewed from above.

Apparently the result of some creatures occupying this place as their lair, and often moving around.

Linked to Orno's speculation, they apparently broke into the territory of a demonic beast.

However, there was silence all around, and the reason for this was not related to the black bodily fluids of ghouls that everyone on the ground was already familiar with.

"Be ready for battle. ”

"Hell, I forgot that there are other than the undead and these fast-running ghosts around here. ”