Chapter 3 is wanton: Quiet night
Marshall and Minia returned to their original stronghold, and after this entanglement with the hyenas, they were damaged, but they finally received the corresponding reward. There were seventy or eighty gems in total, including a precious "six", and they immediately replaced an empty identity badge.
Yuri looked up and down at the identity card in his hand, it looked like a flawless jade card: "If there is really nothing, I will take out my identity card and compare it." ”
The girls sat around each other, and by the red light of the bonfire, the difference between the two identity tags was very obvious. Yuri's own identity card is brown, generally similar to a token, with some patterns on it, and a faint golden luster circulating below the identity card; The shape of this white badge is no different from that of a normal badge, but it is completely white.
Yuri found that there were some gray-black stains on his identity card, so he reached out to wipe them, but found that he hadn't removed them for a long time, which was very strange. She held up her badge and displayed it in front of everyone, who had no clue about it. Others pulled out their own identification cards from their pockets, and found that the smooth and immaculate surface had many bleak blemishes without exception. Especially Ilya, whose calf was torn off, the corner of her identity card was shattered.
"It seems that our ID card can visually represent everyone's physical state." Summarizing the previous information, Zibelin made the following conclusion, "A certain technique on the identity card can absorb all the damage suffered here, that is, dying here does not mean dying in the real sense......"
Marshall immediately remembered what Erin had said to herself, this was just a man-made playground, not a real battlefield of blood. In order not to guarantee casualties, the identity tag, a mechanism similar to "stand-in", can stop losses in time. But the question is, if the ID card can blur the damage they have received, why is the pain so intense? Also, if they destroy the identity tag, will their bodies be damaged to the same extent? If a team member is "near-dying", does it mean that she will be able to recover from all her injuries and "come back to life" in her prime?
The girls didn't dare to do too many experiments, they went through layers of difficulties, how could they lose their team members because of recklessness? In the middle of the night, everyone's ID cards lit up, blue points of light converged overhead, and a huge circular map appeared. Several red dots of light are clustered in the lower right corner of the map, each with a triangular cursor floating. This is where they marked it on the map. Not far to their northwest, a small group of white dots of light were slowly moving towards them.
Before the test began, it was explained that after each half day, the badge would show the members of the other team closest to them. The map is displayed at this time, and a second marking will take place tomorrow morning. The white dots of light were heading towards them, indicating that the other teams were coming, but the dots were moving slowly, and they probably wouldn't be able to reach this team if they had a night's rest. Either the map is too big, or they're walking too slowly.
Marshall yawned, took a sip of water, and looked at the map above his head, only to see that the other team had one less point of light.
Ellie was scared: "No...... Disappeared like that? Could it be that their squad has been attritional? ”
"Probably......" Minia lay down with her head on her head as she lay down with her huge mallet on the ground, "I'm sleepy and want to sleep." Remember to send someone to keep vigil, otherwise no one knows what will come over. ”
The desert night was cold, and there was a blanket in the backpack, which barely worked. Marshall was also too tired, her body worked at high intensity at night, and if she didn't rest, she would really be exhausted. Erin always told her to spend her strength on the blade, but she always did her best and didn't stop dislocating her joints. Marshall pillowed his bag and told the others that he too would rest first, and that he could take on the vigil later.
After a brief discussion, Ellie and Yuri kept vigil while the rest rested. Yuri was just about to replenish her bullets, and her inventory of gems had skyrocketed, and even if she couldn't draw the weapons she needed, she could draw them a few more times. Ellie sat by the campfire, hugging her knees hard, sweeping the darkness of the night over and over again.
"It's disgusting......" Yuri couldn't help but be disgusted when she saw the fifty bullets sent by Shibi with her tongue, she returned to the campfire, and when she saw Ellie's look of distraction, she patiently asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Ellie clasped her fingers on her thighs and said tremblingly, "I'm just a little tired." ”
"It's okay, it's just a drill." Yuri stuffed the bag with the bullets into his backpack, took out the musket, and carefully rubbed the chamber with a handkerchief, "We have not lost our men in this battle, look at the others, even if they fight, they will definitely not be able to beat us." ”
Ellie lowered her head and said slowly, "Hmm...... I always felt that I was useless in this team, that even Ilya could not be protected, and that my personality was very mediocre, and I always felt that I would be forgotten by you in the next moment. ”
"Ah, how so?" Yuri was surprised, "You're a member of the Golden Rose Magic Knights, and I won't forget you anyway." Strength is always raised little by little, and Marshall and Miss Minia have trained hard before, so they are better than us. ”
"I always felt that Marshall's identity was not simple...... "Our family used our connections to find out her details, but failed." ”
Yuri handed a strip of meat into the bonfire: "After all, it's royalty, how can it be so easy to find...... I secretly exchanged some gems for some meat, and I could eat something to keep out the cold. The moment the meat skewers came into contact with the flames, the oil and water crackled and burst, and the rich aroma of meat continued to pour into the noses of the two people, and the red blood was forced off by the flames, and the meat pieces quickly shrank and turned black, and pieces of coveted pale yellow floated from the bottom.
"This is the first time I've had a barbecue." Yuri smiled and handed Ellie a wooden skewer, "It seems that eating this is much better than eating a scorpion." ”
"Aren't you afraid that they'll say you're wasting resources?" Ellie's hand retracted as she took the stick that pierced the flesh, and only after looking around to see if anyone was looking, did she dare to put the meat on the campfire and spin it.
Yuri watched the process of the barbecue in front of him turning golden brown: "What are you afraid of?" After getting used to it, this kind of battle is actually quite exciting. ”
"Aren't you afraid of pain?" From the beginning to the present, Ellie has never been able to get rid of the burden of her aristocracy.
"I'm afraid." Yuri blows on the meat skewers in his hand and pulls the cooked meat off top with his teeth, "But I'm also afraid that my family will force me to learn things I don't like." For now, it's actually nice to be a magic knight. I don't have the actuarial talent of my family, I don't look as good as you, and my body is not very good. I think it's good to be able to come in handy here. ”
Aili lowered her head, the barbecue meat was rolling around on the tip of her tongue, and the smell of meat was all between her lips and teeth, she didn't care about the heat, and ate all the meat on the wooden skewers...... The meat is actually processed. It seems that he is hungry, and he feels that everything he eats is delicious. ”
"This is a snack for our vigil...... As long as you don't eat too much, Zibelin won't be held responsible, hehe. Dwarf Yuri grinned, "Every prey that is killed will produce gems, and as long as we hunt enough, there will be no shortage of resources." Well, there's one caught there. Yuri's expression was abrupt, he grabbed the fire gun beside him and raised his hand to shoot, and the hyena attracted by the smell of meat was killed instantly.
Ellie's pupils shrank in fright, and Yuri stood up, picking up the fallen gem, smiling when he saw that it was a "three" mark. This is much rarer and has some gems that can be redeemed for more.
There was no sound of insects in the desert, and the howls of some wild beasts in the distance were used as background boards, and there was no sound in the background. When the meat was eaten, the two of them also fell silent. There are no stars in the sky, and time seems to have lost its concept here.
I don't know how long it took for the dark black curtain to turn into a dark blue, and then gradually to a lighter one. The stone walls around the girls softened and squirmed back beneath the hard gravel floor. When it was brighter, the hard ground began to soften, but unlike yesterday, the uneven sand dunes were nowhere to be seen, the earth was cracking, and dead grass was emerging from the cracks in the rocks.
Today, the terrain that the girls need to traverse is the Cracked River Valley.