CHAPTER XIX

The Temple of the Moon is the jewel of Naro, located in the middle of the city's extensive network of transportation hubs. The city is home to millions of inhabitants and is divided into four blocks, south, east, west, and northwest, and the architectural styles vary from simple but deeply laid-back ancient buildings to palatial palace-style villas, but these uncoordinated styles do not seem to be cluttered in the city. The elves chase the wind, and both commoners and nobles advocate nature and unfettered life. Beautiful girls can be seen everywhere on the wide road, and in mild weather, they do not hesitate to hold their seductive carcasses to the fullest with few poor clothes. Every time I came to Naro, I was in a hurry, and I didn't have the patience to appreciate this wonder built by nature and the white elves, and this time it seems that it will be no exception.

The second step in the quest series "Shadow Road" is for me to find the apothecary Gacoin in this beautiful city and help Andre, the owner of the inn in the Newcomer's Village, grab some medicine for his headache. So, after remembering the specifics of the mission, I followed Maggie through the portal to Naro, but the fast-footed white elf hunter was long gone. I had the token given to me by the rookie instructor Rhogoari, and I walked around the city several times without a clue, so I finally chose to come to the Moon Temple and ask the supposedly omniscient priestesses where they could find the apothecary Gacoyne.

The majestic and sacred white temple comes into view little by little from the steep slope, the huge smooth stone pillars surrounding the white building support the excellence of the temple, the moonlight is refracted and shines on the temple wall to show a silver-white halo, and the wall is covered with a slightly raised statue of the moon goddess, as vivid as if it will walk down the wall in the next moment. Looking at the temple of the goddess of the moon, I felt my own weakness and insignificance, as if I was taking a grain of stone and comparing it to the whole desert, and a basin of water to the whole ocean.

The priestesses, who were blessed by the goddess, were so proud that I had to bribe them with some high-class garments made of posture. The green spider pattern long gauze skirt made of pure silk and some sexy and noble cotton erotic underwear are so lethal to women. I had just found three or five of the clothes in my backpack, and the priestesses were already glad that they could not find the north. Not only did I ask for the address of the pharmacist Gacoyne, but I also deceived them about their height, weight, measurements, and some hobbies.

Finally managed to get out of the crowd of petty bourgeois women, I went straight to the place where the pharmacist Gacoin lived, the "aromatic of the earth" herb shop. The doors and windowsills of the store are filled with strange flowers and potted plants of various shapes and colors, and when you approach the store, you will be greeted by an aroma mixed with a variety of flavors. I began to shout out the name of the pharmacist, Gacoyne. A dwarf dressed in a monk's suit came out of the middle of the flowers and plants, with an angry look on his face, and shouted at me, "Be quiet. When he approached me, he lowered his voice and said, "My children are sleeping now, don't wake them up." There's something we go outside to say. ”

"Kid?" I looked up and didn't find any life other than him, which was a little strange.

He didn't help me, pulled me out of the store, walked a little more, and then shook his beard and began to nag at me: "Flowers and grass are alive, they need rest just like us, don't you know?" If you rush in and make a lot of noise, it will affect their rest, which will be detrimental to their normal growth and development. ”

It turns out that when he says children, he is referring to the plants he grows, and I laughed dumbly. I took out the token that Rogoari had given me and showed it to him, calmed his anger a little, and then said to him, "Rogoari, the rookie instructor, sent me to you to get some medicine for his good friend Andrei for his headache. ”

Gacoin snatched the token and read it several times to confirm that it was indeed true, before he frowned and said to me softly: "Andrei's headache is an old problem, and I have given him a lot of medicine before. But they only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. I've also heard that Andrei's headache is getting worse and worse, so I thought I'd have to develop a new drug to cure it. ”

"So what should we do?" I'm glad that when an NPC starts to talk to you at length, it means he's going to give you a quest.

Gacoin thought for a moment, twisted his two thick eyebrows, and his two small eyes flickered a few times, and then said to me: "I have always suspected that Andrei's illness may have something to do with the fact that he was bitten by a nocturnal spider when he was still a soldier, and he was on a reconnaissance mission to Pansi Cave. You know that the nocturnal spider is a very poisonous insect, and although he was rescued in time, no one can guarantee that the toxins in his body are 100% removed. So, first I'll need some nocturnal spider venom, and help me collect some of the woods spider poison sacs from these spiders, which are located in the area of the Coiled Cave in the southwest of Lake Abelis. With the poison sac, I can study how much of an effect this poison can have on the human body. ”

"We're here to help." I cheerfully agreed. At the same time, I was prompted to complete the second step of the quest "Shadow Path", to find the pharmacist Gacoyne. Now it's time to proceed to the third step quest to obtain the nocturnal spider's sac. After a hurried goodbye to Gacoyne, I set out on my journey to Pansi Cave.

Pansi Cave is not far from Lake Aberis, which is a place I visited not long ago, so I easily found my destination. Players here are extremely rare, because the attack of the nocturnal spider has a certain chance of triggering poisoning, and there is no antidote potion on the market now, except for druids with poison healing skills, no one will take the initiative to touch this kind of monster, because if you drink red, you will be poor. Although the level of monsters here is not high, only 17 to 20, but I still thought in my heart, and prepared a large amount of red medicine in advance before I dared to enter the cave to explore.

I wiped the ring and unleashed the White Tiger Meyu. As soon as the smoke gathered into a solid body, Mayu let out a low roar, like a lot of people rinsing their mouths with water. "Fat cat! Come and let me touch it. "I could visibly feel that it seemed a little unhappy that I had been locked in the ring for so long, so I reached out and stroked its itchy hole. Sure enough, after a few fiddling strokes, Mayu became docile, and Liang Shang smiled with satisfaction. I'm going to release him now, first, to breathe it, and second, I want to see if this tiger is as good as the equipment introduction just said.

Mei You and I searched in this cold, damp hole. However, after turning around several times, except for finding that his head was a little dizzy, he didn't see any other creatures, let alone any nocturnal spiders. I found a sheltered corner and made a small fire, then took out a little food to fill my little belly, which was already a little shriveled . Mayu stared motionlessly at the pork roll in my hand with its dark eyes, and I smiled and threw a few to it in understanding, and it opened its mouth and swallowed it all. I saw that it looked hungrier than I was, so I took out a lot of it from the bag and threw them all away. The way it gobbled up my appetite too, and the two of us began to compare who ate more and who ate faster.

Suddenly, Mayo stopped eating. He took a step back, then turned his head at me, his hair standing on end, and roared in a low voice. I looked at it puzzled with the half-eaten pork roll in my mouth, could it be that there was something wrong with this pork roll, and it was eaten out of tiger plague? Just as I was surprised, the ground beneath my feet began to shake violently.

I was struggling to stabilize my center of gravity in the midst of the tremors, when the ground beneath my feet suddenly cracked, and the dirt beneath me was tumbling out. Before I could understand the situation, I only took a step back in the sway, and my feet rose violently. In the middle of the churning dirt, a giant spider crept out and tossed me aside.