Chapter 42 Rush to Qingquan Town (1/2) to ask for collection~
On the way to Qingquan Town, the two also met several groups of knights patrolling around here, and Amber intimately stepped forward to inquire, and learned that strange monsters infected by the black fog had indeed appeared in this vicinity, and they were already the third group of people to be sent.
Feng Wuwu's expression was solemn: "It seems that the matter is more serious than we imagined." ”
"yes, I don't know what that black mist is, and it can bring those hilichurls back to life."
Feng Wuwu thought for a moment, turned his head and asked, "Do you know where those previous cases took place?" ”
"I know, I know, but ......," Amber understood, but still shook his head, "We naturally analyzed the possible relationship between these places, and unfortunately the mutation of that group of monsters seems to be really random. ”
"Random......" muttered to himself, lost in thought.
If the Black Mist is compared to some kind of virus, then there is a high probability that this virus will infect the hilichurl and bring it back to life. As for whether it can infect humans...... At this stage, there is indeed no information that humans have been infected by the black fog.
"Do you know the order in which these mutated monsters appeared?"
"Hmm, let me think about it......" Amber gently pressed her finger to her chin, thought for a while, and then said softly, "I remember that it first appeared in Mingguan Gorge...... Do you know where Mingguan Gorge is, it's quite close to the ruins of the Wind Dragon, just east of it. ”
"I know." Feng Wuwu thought to himself, he had deliberately gone there to find the magic crystal block before.
"After that, it's in the wolf leader, then Qingquan Town and Dawn Winery, and then the snow mountain...... No news has come yet. ”
Feng Wuwu's expression moved, "In other words, our patrol route this time is exactly where the mutated monsters appeared before?" ”
Amber clapped her hands: "That's right, that's it." ”
"I see, I wonder why I don't go to the Thousand Winds Temple, there have been mutated monsters there before."
"Actually...... I've heard from Captain Jean that there have indeed been mutated monsters in the vicinity, but there are very few of them, and ordinary members of the Order are enough to deal with them. ”
"Okay, I see." Just when Feng Wuwu was about to say something, a ...... came in front of him No, three carriages.
Amber pulled the wind and walked to the side of the road to make way for the other party.
Looking at the walking carriage, Feng Wuwu muttered in a low voice, "These carriages are going to Mondstadt." ”
"That's how it should be."
"Anyway...... Do you know where they came from? ”
Amber thought for a moment and guessed, "Probably...... It's from Liyue, we've been in contact with that side for a long time. ”
Feng Wuwu wanted to continue to ask, but before he could speak, he suddenly felt excited, and he forgot to ask about something very important.
"That's right, you just mentioned that there are no mutated hilichurls found near the snowy mountains, is there such a situation?"
"yes, what's wrong with that?"
"No, I'm just curious, why aren't there any snow mountains, could it be that they are also afraid of the cold, haha." In the end, Lian Feng Wuwu himself couldn't help but laugh.
"Hee-hee, you're kidding."
While laughing, the two hit the road again, and finally arrived at Qingquan Town before noon.
After arriving in Qingquan Town, Feng Wuwu was the first to find the hunter leader here, Draff. That's right, it's Diona's daddy, the bartender at the Cattail Tavern.
"Uncle Raff, it's been a long time."
"It's worry-free, I remember you, do you have the time to come around the town again?"
"It's business today." Putting away his smile, Feng Wuwu said with a serious face: "Uncle Raff, I don't know if you know what happened around here, about that group of monsters?" ”
"You mean the strange hilichurls?" Draff folded his arms in his hands and raised his eyebrows, "What, they appeared again?" ”
"No, no, we're just here to investigate." As soon as the words changed, Feng Wuwu then continued to ask.
"Uncle Raff, what did you mean, that group of monsters attacked the town?"
"Don't worry, it's all solved by the hunters in our town, not to mention the hilichurls, even if it's a minotaur, I haven't killed it."
As a seasoned veteran hunter, Draff was quite confident, and he was the most skilled at beating the hilichurls in the entire town of Clear Springs.
Feng Wuwu nodded reassuringly, and said with a smile: "We are just worried, we are still just hilichurls, and no one knows if there will be more powerful mutated monsters in the future, and we are just here to remind you this time." ”
Hearing that something more powerful might appear, Draff's eyes immediately flashed, and even his voice became louder.
"Don't worry, it's been a long time since I've had a good movement in my body, and if they dare to come, I'll let them ...... There is no return! ”
"Anyway, Uncle Raff, be careful with yourselves, and if there are too many monsters, be sure to inform the knights outside the town." Feng Wuwu admonished.
Draff nodded and said in a deep voice, "We'll be careful." ”
"By the way, there's one more thing." Feng Wuwu suddenly thought of something and looked at Draff: "When fighting with those monsters, it's best not to have physical contact with them. ”
"Why?"
"I don't know if you've noticed the black mist on the hilichurls, after they came back from the dead, of course."
"Black Mist?" Draff thought about it, and there was indeed such a thing.
"You're right, they do have black mist on them."
"We're investigating that thing, but there's not much progress yet, but it's certain that what can bring hilichurls back from the dead is definitely not something that can be easily touched, and rash contact may cause irreparable damage to the body."
After hearing this, Draff's expression was a little strange, "Actually...... Even if you don't come today, I'm going to make a trip to Mondstadt. ”
"What?"
"Yesterday, one of my hunters was scratched by those monsters."
"What!" Feng Wuwu's expression changed suddenly, and Amber, who had not spoken, also asked anxiously.
"How's the people doing now, is there anything wrong?"
Draff glanced at Amber and said in a deep voice, "It's in my house." ”
Feng Wuwu took over and said quickly, "Uncle Raff, please take us over." ”
"Follow me." Draff also realized the seriousness of the matter, and led the way ahead with a greeting.
After a while, the three of them arrived at Draff's house. However, the person who was expected to be dying in bed turned out to be cleaning up in the house.
Seeing this, Feng Wuwu and Amber people were stupid.
"This ...... What is the situation? ”
Draff's voice rang out just in time.
"This is Alan, the hunter's apprentice in town, and he was the one who was injured."
Alan: "Mr. Draff? ”
Draff nodded: "You should know the one next to me, I won't introduce it, the one next to me is ......"
Amber stepped forward and said with a smile, "Hello, I'm the Scout Knight of the Knights of Favonius, Amber. ”
As soon as he heard the five words of the Knights of Favonius, a trace of envy obviously flashed in Allen's eyes, and then he hurriedly put down the things in his hand and ran to the door to introduce himself with a little restraint.
"You...... Hello, I'm Alan and I'm a hunter apprentice. ”
Looking at the young man in front of him, Feng Wuwu was really a little blindsided, and turned his head to look at Draff inquiringly.
"Actually, the cause of the incident is like this......"
It turned out that this kid had to go out on patrol with Draff yesterday, and by chance he met a mutated hilichurlhurl, and then coincidentally got scratched by a hilichurl, and then ...... There is no then.
After all, it was Alan who was unlucky, he was originally a hunter's apprentice. said that the apprentices had promoted him, but now he is just a theoretical hunter apprentice, the kind of soldier on paper, with no actual combat experience at all.
The most important point is that neither Alan nor Draff expected that the dead hilichurls would come back to life and attack the person closest to it, and this person was unfortunately the Allen boy who went out for the first time to conduct actual combat exercises.
I don't blame Draff for being careless, even he was startled when the hilichurl got back on his feet, and if he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been standing here today with nothing more than a box.
"I see, but it seems that he has nothing to do now, which is strange." Feng Wuwu's gaze fell on the bandage on the other party's right arm, and the wound was there.
After a short pause, he continued, "Uncle Raff, you said you were going to take him to Mondstadt, that is...... Something wrong with the wound? ”
"That's right." Draff nodded, "Actually, I didn't care at first, after all, none of us hunters were injured, but when I changed his dressing last night, I found that the wound was a little black instead of healing. ”
"Blackened? It's poisoning! ”
"I'm not sure, I never knew that the place where the hilichurl scratched him would be poisoned and blackened, so I just planned to take him to the Zephyr Church in the afternoon."
Feng Wuwu and Amber glanced at each other, and they both saw the solemnity in each other's eyes, but what was even more strange was Allen's own physical condition, suspected of poisoning but no signs of poisoning.
Feng Wuwu thought for a while: "It's better to go back to Mondstadt City now, I'm afraid that it will drag Eren's body ...... again"
Amber raised her hand in agreement, and Draff nodded in agreement.
"In that case...... Alan, you just go with them. ”
"Okay, okay."
Now Allen's heart is broken, he was resting at home, and he was suddenly told that he was poisoned and even died soon, this and that...... What could be more outrageous?
On the way back, Alan was groggy all over, and if he hadn't been pulled by the wind, he might have fallen into the river and drowned before he was poisoned.
In this way, the group of three returned to Mondstadt without stopping......