Dusk has arrived.

The once-vigorous sun had exhausted its strength and fell low on the gap in the western mountain pass, sending its last faint light to the earth.

The sunset spreads over the land, and as the daylight fades away, it is slowly covered in the night, and the beautiful orange light is mixed with the increasing shadows, and the buildings dyed in dusk have a different charm than during the day. The land is as beautiful as the stained glass that adorns the church.

It's time for ordinary people to rest, but from now until the night engulfs the city, the busy time will officially arrive. It was at this time that many pedestrians gathered in the square near the west gate of Catrice.

Some people are in a hurry, rushing to the market to buy goods at a reduced price, or are they still running around to make a living? Some people are unhurried, looking extremely relaxed, with a feeling of "today's work is done!"

A wide variety of people weave their way through the streets, going on with their lives.

Oscar was also in the crowd - he was sitting on a bench covered in shadows cast by the giant statue, flipping through the manuscripts used to record spells.

Today, after spending a little time during the day to buy all the equipment he gathered, he spent the rest of his time in the library. It wasn't until a while ago that I came to the agreed position, found a random bench to sit on, and waited for the time to pass while reviewing the spell.

The main body of the statue is made of extremely malleable yaosteel, and it looks like a sturdy tree, with a large amount of emerald green concentrate covering the branches like leaves. This is the hallmark of Catrice, which Oscar once learned - the noun "Catrice" means "old tree" in ancient languages.

Why do you use metals and ores to deliberately show the appearance of trees?

Oscar is incomprehensible.

It was only less than a quarter past six o'clock, and it was far from the time that Curt had agreed with him. Well, Oscar has always had the habit of asking himself to act early, which made him arrive at the agreed place a lot earlier, and also made him wait for a while in the sunset.

Maybe that's part of the test, and you can't slack off - Oscar is so self-consoling.

Fifteen minutes to go, Oscar heard Curt's voice coming from behind him, "Good afternoon, Oscar." I didn't expect you to come so early, obviously there is still a while before the agreed time, in fact, you can step on it. ”

"Oh, no, actually, I've only been here for a long time. ”

Oscar turned around as he explained, and Curt, who had just spoken, was still wearing the same outfit he had seen in the morning, and the eye-catching recurve knife was still straddling his waist. The only thing that is slightly different is the off-road bag that I carry on my back, which doesn't look like it has much in it and is empty.

"You're the newcomer Curt said?"

A somewhat hoarse dialogue reached Oscar's ears from out of sight, and it was only then that he noticed that there was a young girl standing in the shadows beside Curt who was a little shorter than him. She resembles Curt in appearance, but is more gloomy than he is.

The girl had a long messy hair, and her jet-black head was as spiritless as Curt's. Her eyes and Curt were carved out of the same mold, lazy and spiritless. Compared with Curt's slightly stronger body because of exercise, the girl looks extremely thin, and her body that looks a little nutritious makes her look lifeless, and the whole person is almost like she is about to collapse if she moves a little

As if to accentuate her weakened body, she wore a short suit that was easy to move around, and a dirty white coat over it. The thin, fleshy limbs stretched out of it, making one wonder if even a little force would break her limbs.

Curt still maintained a standard smile, patted Lizzie on the shoulder and introduced to Oscar: "Let me introduce you, this girl is my sister Liqi." I told her that I was going up the mountain to dig for nightmelt mushrooms, but she said she needed the ingredients and asked me to take her with her. ”

I don't know if it's because I'm afraid of life or something else, Lizzie is not as "active" as at home, but she nodded to Oscar a little stiffly as a hello. Oscar replied a little stiffly, he always felt that there was a condescending aura in Lizzie's detached attitude.

Why did you bring your sister when you were doing a mission? Looking at Lizzie with some curiosity, who looked as sick as Curt, Oscar suddenly thought that the two siblings had a very bad face, could it be some kind of family disease? But Curt didn't explain, and he didn't want to ask much.

"Yes, I'm Oscar, and the newcomer Mr. Curt is talking about is me. ”

Therefore, although he had a lot of things in his mind, Oscar still tried his best to endure not showing it, but maintained a meticulous politeness and said hello to Liqi who was standing behind Curt.

On the other hand, it should be clear that Oscar's question was overlooked, and Curt roughly explained the situation: "As you can see, our family has some genetic diseases that cannot be cured. So, my face looks a little wrong, but it's not to the point where it will affect my daily life. ”

Hearing Curt's explanation, Oscar seemed a little scrambling. He observed for a moment, though still a little doubtful, and finally decided to give up further questioning. After all, everyone has their own problems, and it would be bad if you accidentally stepped on a place that the other person hated.

So he hurriedly covered it up: "It's not like this, in fact, I just want to say that it won't be too hard for your sister and a girl to go to the mountains to collect materials." Anyway, we're going to go into the mountains, so if she needs something, let's just collect it together while we're working, can't we?"

"I didn't expect you to be a warm-hearted person. Curt laughed at Oscar's appearance of almost biting his tongue, and then added a word of comfort to Oscar by the way, "To be honest, you don't have to worry about her problems, at least she can take care of her own safety issues." ”

Listening to Curt's words, Oscar's face looked a little unbearable. But he soon realized that he had no strong evidence to refute Curt.

There was also a "weapon" hanging from Lizzie's waist - a staff the length of a forearm, forged from a pitch-black metal he had never seen before, and it looked light. The exposed polygonal staff head still bubbles with a chill in the summer, and it is obvious that it is a weapon with magical power.

Although this "weapon" does not know how far it can be achieved in actual combat, as Curt said, it is not a problem for Liqi to protect herself with a weapon. And since Curt has already packed the tickets, it seems that there is no need to worry too much about Oscar in this regard.

"Anyway, let's go up the mountain with the three of us in a minute. Curt must have realized that he had spoken a little more bluntly, and hurriedly diverted the topic, "Speaking of this, Oscar... I asked you to prepare the necessary things for work, why did you only bring so little?"

"So little?" Oscar said strangely to Curt, and began to dig out the supplies in his satchel, "disposable collection gloves, anthelmintic medicine to avoid mosquito bites, toxic neutralizers just in case... After all, just collecting some materials, I think that's enough. ”

"If you're collecting materials in a private field for training, like in your school, then these preparations are basically sufficient. Lizzie whispered, with a slight smile in her voice, "Because those places are not wild at all, they can only be regarded as well-organized courtyards." ”

"The tidy up patio... It's not an exaggeration, is it? It's true that the practice area of our collection class is on all the land owned by the school, but it's also a large mountainous area. You don't know, just walking to the place where the class is going to be exhausting for most of the students. ”

Oscar muttered, he didn't agree with Lizzie at all - you must know that the most troublesome thing about participating in the collection internship class at the academy is not the collection itself, but the body needed to climb the mountains and mountains. Curt aside, he didn't think that Lizzie, who was also sick, had enough power to act.

Hearing Oscar's words, Curt wanted to laugh a little, but he still tried to hold back his laughter: "Actually, these things you prepared are indeed necessary, but basically they are just items for collection. Another thing, if you even have consumables for emergency treatment just in case, why don't you even bring the most basic self-defense weapons?"

"It's not that I don't want to bring it!" Oscar immediately complained bitterly when he heard Curt's teasing, "But when my eldest sister Wen went to where you can get weapons cheaply, I realized that my living expenses this month were only enough to buy the cheapest things - buying those things is not as good as the wooden sticks you use!

After listening to Oscar's words, Curt finally couldn't help but smile for a long time, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl: "My God, you actually want to use that unedged practice weapon to go up the mountain... It's no wonder she's going to kill her if she gives you a practice weapon to fight the monsters, I'll kill her when I get back. ”

Weapons that can be used in actual combat are not cheap, and Curt originally wanted to use the financial resources of Oscar to buy at most a defective product. Unexpectedly, he didn't care about using defective products at all, but wanted to use practice weapons without blades to join the actual battle, which made Curt have to lament that his idea was too naïve.

"Forget it, it's still early. After laughing for a while, Curt reluctantly stopped, he looked at the time, and replanned the course of action, "In this way, let's go to the weapon shop to help you pick a weapon first, and then it's not too late to go up the mountain after dinner." ”

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