Volume III Kuroshio 15 Maud Fortress
- Have you ever thought about jailbreaking?
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- I mean a detailed plan or ...... Steps.
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-Running out of here is the first step, running out of Stormwind is the second step, and getting back into nature is the third step. What steps do you have in mind?
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-I?
- Of course, I also thought about it, but it was just whether I could implement it, whether I wanted to implement it, or what would affect me if I did implement it.
- Ha, I'll ...... you The status is not very different, although it seems to be similar at the moment, but until there is no judgment, I am still the king's guard. Sooner or later, the reason for my arrest and the people who framed me will be known to everyone.
-If you are lucky enough to live to get out of this place and learn about me, you should be proud of it, after all, I am the highest person you can meet, and I will be better than others when I brag about it everywhere in the future.
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-Hum...... The premise is to get out alive.
- But if you don't go out legally, I wish you luck. Really, there must be no problem in each of these three steps. And I'm not talking about telling you how to get out of here......
-I...... Hmph, there's no way I can get out of this place. You think I'm going to jailbreak? I can't do that.
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- I'm going to say the wild.
-There are so many things to watch out for in the wild, and any negligence is not very different from suicide.
- Clean water, food, warmth or ...... Uh, keep warm! Whether it's overcoming the heat or fighting the cold. There is also the issue of personal safety. For example, falls, breaks, colds, stomach upset, parasites and all other factors.
- Also forgot about an important issue, which is direction.
- I remember saying earlier that direction is important.
- We really had to walk for more than half a month, including days of recuperation. It's really dangerous to get injured in the wild, even if a thorn gets in your foot or your finger can't pull it out.
-Yes! You're going to be tortured to death. Especially you, young rookie, trust me.
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- Wear more?
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- Wear thicker?
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- Should the soles be thicker?
-Ha! That's a good point. That's a good condition, but I mean there's no one. Have you ever experienced a time when it rained for four days in a row, and you were soaked in water all the time?
- Okay, don't let out the spring and autumn farts. I don't think I've been in the army for so many years that I'm going to be able to survive in the wilderness, let alone you.
-When you meet people who tell stories of casual survival in the wild, you just have to laugh. Remember this, and when you meet a braggart in the tavern in the future, you must ask him how he survived in the wilderness with great courage and magic.
-Yes. What do I want to say?
- Ah yes, it's in the wild, he's hurt, I'm hurt, but you know my physique......
- You probably don't know...... Belch.
- I mean, I'm in good shape, at least I'm recovering faster than the average person after the injury. But John couldn't, he was tenacious enough, but at least three days were feverish.
- The second thing I would say is that you must learn to know plants. Don't look at how many people fart really loudly now, but in the wild, the application of plants can not only satisfy your hunger and thirst, they can give you anti-inflammatory, reduce fever, help you stop bleeding, and help you treat bruises.
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- Yes, of course, even a three-year-old knows about such a thing as silverleaf grass. What else?
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- Of course, bone-setters, dandelions, wild steelflowers, ground roots, golden thorns, and more?
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-Star anise! yes, do you know what that thing is for?
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- I know what it's used to cook, I mean...... Uh, magic.
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- Exorcism, that thing is to exorcise evil spirits, the same as Angelica Angelica.
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- Hmph, look for treasure...... You won't be praying for much treasure in the wild. Don't listen to them fart unless you're actually on a treasure hunt. You'll want to throw it away, or you'll end up with just a little bit of it that you can move. Like a ring, a necklace, or a little bit of gold. But it's more about gems and stuff like that.
- Chamomile, galangal...... Well. Jasmine and peppermint are said to have this effect.
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- Insatiable greed will definitely be punished, Stephen. What you think, what you think, just what you think.
- You always disrupt my speech......
- To be honest, I've never thought of using these methods in the wild, really never did. And...... I've heard people say it's complicated for certain herbs to work their magic. Certain spells, such as spiritualism or ...... Well, spells like the supernatural are not simply using only one or two herbs, but also rituals, spells, sacrifices, sacrificial vessels, and magic weapons are also indispensable.
-I met one in the territory of the dwarves.
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- Yes, at the end of that swamp.
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- Of course went to her.
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- Yes, female.
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-It's a woman, what do you want?
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- Pretty, that's of course. It's not the prettiest woman I've ever seen, but it's still ...... at my age Well...... A woman with still charm.
- It's not just the charm that remains.
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- What is it like to be a person who thinks about mating anytime, anywhere, and everything? Gatsby?
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- I'm just a little curious as to why you managed to keep thinking of this kind of thing.
- Hmph, that's a woman to mess with. I think you can call it a witch, or a white mage or something.
- She's not supposed to be a bad person.
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-She helped me, and although the process was not particularly pleasant and harmonious, I did not suffer much damage from it.
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- That was the first time I came to that swamp, and then I got lost, and the successive rainstorms directly couldn't tell the difference between the east and the west, and then we met the crocodile. It was only then that I met the dwarves who came out of the swamp, and it was because of this that I was able to meet the witch.
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- She is not a dwarf.
-Dwarves have women, of course, if you have the chance, you can try to get up close and personal with them, Stephen. But the white witch I'm talking about isn't a dwarf, she's human.
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-That's the question that left me, I don't know why she ended up on the dwarven territory, and I don't know how her place is connected to the dwarven burrow.
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-Second...... No, the second time...... Oops!
-When we finally found our way out of the swamp and saw the mountains in the north, I didn't seem to hate them at all, but even felt more at home. It's finally time to set foot on solid land!
-John is also recovering from his injury in the week after the injury, and I told him about the dwarves, but he didn't seem to care, perhaps because his body was not fully recovered.
- To be honest, he's really not in good shape. Although he is indeed very strong, it is estimated that if he is injured by this kind of injury and rests on ordinary people, he is not in a bad state, and he may have been infected and died.
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- How to say it? If it is a relatively superficial skin trauma and the wound is relatively small, it is fine, but if it is torn and bitten by such a group of fishmen, it is not only a skin injury, but also a ...... At such a depth, there are many wounds that are more than two centimeters long.
- And the wound after being bitten by that thing is very susceptible to infection, although I try my best to give him uh...... Healed. But it's up to him to survive.
-Being dry is an extremely pleasant thing.
- You feel ...... on your body right now You have a bit more dirt on you. But you're at least dry now, how do you feel?
-I don't feel it, do I. Hum...... It doesn't matter anymore.
- One of the things we did after we set foot on that land was ...... I took a shower and brushed my boots and clothes. Of course, it's not just for cleanliness.
- I helped John wash his clothes and dry them. Dried clothes smell of sweat that can't be washed off. Still, it's much better than before.
-Healed much faster in this dry environment.
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- What to eat?
- Eat rats, snakes, rabbits and everything you can find, including birds.
- I conclude that the meat of the things flying in the sky is a little more delicious, this is the truth.
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-There were no dwarves in the mountains, and I was afraid that I would go wrong again, so I kept going north, because I knew that there would be nothing wrong with going north.
- At the end of the mountains to the north is the sea. I'm going to look for a way to cross the sea when I get to the beach, it's a stupid way, but it's safe and the most efficient. Luck is a thing...... It's hard to say.
-When the wind brought the moisture of the sea and the salty smell of the sea, we stood on the hill and looked out at the sea to the north. John had never seen the sea, and he ran into the embrace of the sea, leaving a trail of footprints on the thin soft sand.
- The day is wonderful, but at night we try to stay as far away from the beach as possible. I'm a little afraid of the coast at night.
- Yes, there are also fish-people in the sea. I never want to face this group of monsters alone again.
- After walking for about two days, I'm glad I did the right thing. I saw that majestic bridge, the bridge of the dwarves.
- The bridge is so majestic that only a dwarf can afford to build such a spectacle between two continents.
- Great! And long enough! The long one makes you feel a little worried.
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- At the other end of the bridge is the kingdom of humanity - Stormgard. It is...... The kingdom built by Soladin, the first emperor in human history.
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- Yes, he is indeed a descendant of Soradin......
-Hum...... We followed the seashore to the fortress of Maud, built by the dwarves in the mountains by the sea. The fortress is large enough and important enough that it is the bridgehead of the bridge. The importance of this place was vividly demonstrated during the last war, and I think the dwarves will definitely send heavy troops to guard it now.
- This is another story, boy.
- I have a few acquaintances here, one of them is called Iniels. Ironbeard is the general of the garrison here. And his cousin Grista. Iron Mountain is also a garrison officer here, and his beard is red, and there are not many people in humans who have this color of hair.
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- Their family guards this fortress, the northern gate of the dwarven kingdom.
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- That's right, it was indeed captured when the orcs invaded the north.
- You only need to enter the dwarven castle once and you will remember him deeply, but the abandoned ones will not count. Where people live, or where people thrive, the dwellings they build are always very warm, and although the lighting is really bad, it is warm in winter and cool in summer.
- The fortress is so large that it may have been inhabited by tens of thousands of dwarves. I haven't checked, but the scale, the size of the place I'm talking about! That's not hollowing out a mountain, it's hollowing out I don't know how many mountains.
-The two of us were not surprised by the arrival of this group of dwarves, after all, there are still some humans and even envoys and merchants of the kingdom of Stormgard who come here to trade or travel.
- Of course I met the brothers, but the attitude of the two guys towards me seemed to change a little at first.
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-At first I couldn't tell why, but at dinner I was told a message.
- Their witches...... Gone!
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-Agra! It's the woman who cast this curse on me!