CHAPTER XXIX
Leon was enjoying a rare thriller when he spotted someone within 10 meters.
The battlefield map faithfully played its part, feeding back the image of this person into Leon's mind - the safe green color indicated that the person was a companion who had joined the team, and from the physical appearance, it was obvious that Sophia was slowly walking towards Leon.
Li Ang raised his head, replaced perception with a real gaze, and looked at the priest girl with a worried face.
Sophia rubbed her eyes, covered her mouth and yawned as she walked, then raised her hands upwards and straightened her body vigorously, and her mouth made an "aha" sound, as if all fatigue and sleepiness disappeared with this moment.
What an energetic young girl...... Li Ang sighed with emotion, watching this scene, even his own feelings were much better.
"Leon......" Sophia saw the young man sitting under the tree and ran all the way over, "How are you?"
"Well, almost, thank you for the magic technique. β
"What," Sophia rubbed her long blonde hair embarrassedly, "My magic sometimes doesn't work, but fortunately I have Sister Katarina's potion!"
"I think it's okay, isn't it that every time you pray for the divine technique, it takes too much mental effort, and your current ability can't withstand it a few times, so sometimes you feel ineffective?"
"Hmm...... It seems that yes," Sophia's pale golden pupils turned around unconsciously, and then it dawned on her, "Leon is so smart!"
The "smart" Li Ang was sweating profusely, could it be that this girl had stayed in another unimaginable realm.
"Don't you know these basics?" he finally asked.
"Yes......" Sophia was a little muffled, "my grandfather took me out of the orphanage, and I died within a year, so I figured it out on my own." β
Leon couldn't help but want to slap himself twice, Sophia, who seemed carefree and scheming, turned out to be so pitiful.
He was still complaining about himself, but Sophia quickly got rid of her lowness, and it seemed that any negativity would not last long in her.
"But Grandpa said I'm smart!" said Sophia, happily.
Li Ang was sweating profusely, "Sophia's teacher really said that? Could it be because he is too old......
He wisely didn't say much this time, but changed the subject, "Sophia, I'm going to go to a ruin near the Bronze Helmet Mountain Range next, it may be dangerous, but it will also be rewarding, are you going to go?"
"Why not!" the priest girl looked excited, "I haven't been to this kind of place since I was a child, I heard that there are a lot of good things there! And Brother Li Ang has decided the path of a warrior, and I will assist in divine arts, which is exactly the standard combination!"
Leon finally understood why Sophia was interested in her future development before, did she decide to match her career with herself at that time......
He couldn't help coughing, "Okay, it's two people now, I'll ask Katerina for her opinion when she wakes up later." β
"Sister Knight will definitely go," Sophia said disapprovingly.
"What?" Leon must have been a little curious about her unthinking.
Sophia leaned against Leon and sat down, "Sister Knight is guilty of getting you involved in Locke Town, so she will definitely keep you safe at this time,"
"Hey, Caterina will also have feelings of guilt...... I can't imagine it," Leon sneered, but he was still happy with what Sophia had to say.
"Are you from the Kingdom of Sver?" asked Leon.
"No, I was born in a small village on the border between the Holy See and the Gold Coast Confederation, my parents died in war, and I and some other children were sent to a papal orphanage. Later, my grandfather passed by and took me away, and I walked south for almost a whole year, and then my grandfather died of illness, and he asked me to continue to go south, and I came here. β
With Sophia's words, Leon seemed to see a weak girl and an old man walking hard in the mountains and woodlands, and they finally came to support each other...... No, such an old man with a little girl has been traveling for 1 year, what is he going to do?
When he asked this question, Sophia naturally said: "I don't know, the master and grandfather are a very wise person, and he must have his own purpose, but in the end, he didn't tell me, just let me insist on going south." β
What a confused account, Li Ang sighed, "Then what will you do in the future?"
"Further south is the Dark Realm, so it should be considered the southernmost now, so I decided to follow you and Sister Caterina on the adventure!"
The sun was getting stronger, and although most of it was cut off by the dense canopy, the forest was already able to see clearly, and the temperature continued to rise, and the humid breath with a huge oxygen content made Leon a little dizzy.
Caterina also woke up, although still a little haggard from sleep, but her overall complexion was much better, she tidied up her outfit, and then came over and said, "I thought of something last night, since we can't return from the way we came, then we are lost." β
"No," said Leon, "this woodland is not too big, I have a general direction, and as long as I move in the direction, I will go out." β
This is the good thing about the portable map, although there is a dark curtain in the middle, but the terrain on the periphery can guide the direction, as long as there is not too much obstacle, you can walk any way.
Caterina didn't suspect anything, since Leon was the lord, wouldn't it be natural for him to be familiar with the terrain in his territory.
Li Ang told the knight girl about the next goal, and she agreed very happily, and said after a slight pause: "It is my responsibility to make a mistake in judgment and put you in danger in battle, so I will fight with you wherever you decide to go for the rest of your travels." β
The huge sense of happiness immediately shocked Li Ang, he was inexplicably grateful for the belief in the knight's profession at this time, with the help of the second-order knight, the relics of the medium-danger Cheng dΓΉ were also in the bag.
The three of them talked for a while, Caterina was surprised by Leon's knowledge of combat, she felt that it was impossible for a "swordsmanship genius" to be so inexperienced in combat, and the knight girl's attitude was much better now, at least she told the other party about her knowledge of how to protect herself on the battlefield.
"Basic protection" started smoothly, and Li Ang was very satisfied.
Sophia took advantage of the preparation and prayed for two micro-healing techniques, Leon's health slowly recovered to around 70%, and Katarina's mental head seemed to be much stronger, and it seemed that they were developing in a good direction, so she decided to move towards the intended goal.
The danger of the wolf's kiss forest during the day is much smaller, and the most aggressive creatures encountered along the way are wild boars, grizzly bears, etc., and the threat to them is too small, and the experience of each one is only a pitiful 5 points.
However, there are a lot of victories, so Li Ang has actually been upgraded by one level, and his current state is adventurer level 7 (36/640), which makes him sigh, compared to before, this is simply lying down and can be upgraded.
And the two girls also felt it, and Sophia asked in surprise: "Brother Leon, it seems that your strength has increased a little?"
"It's okay, it's okay......" Li Ang hurriedly humbled.
Caterina didn't speak, but the look in her eyes was also full of surprise, this young man's strength seemed to grow a little fast, almost comparable to his swordsmanship strength, which made the knight girl's heart have a trace of unyielding energy.
She took over almost all of the large creatures that came into view, such as a thick-skinned boar with bulging fangs, a brown bear with dark veins on its back, and all sorts of hostile creatures that came to her feet. If they had known that the fur of this brown bear was valuable in some towns, it is estimated that all three of them would regret it.
In fact, these first-order creatures are no longer any challenge for Katarina, which means that her strength has also increased in the previous battles, reaching about level 4 or 5 in a total of 30 levels of 2nd order classes.
With this strong girl doing the work for him, Li Ang was happy, but he still carefully monitored the wind and grass within a range of 10 meters, and watched over Sophia, who was often distracted by some simple things.
The whole team continued to move at a steady pace, with little rest except for a wild boar barbecue for lunch in the afternoon. It has to be said that none of the three of them have much cooking experience, and Sophia was arranged to work in the kitchen when she was in the orphanage, and that's it, so this meal of burnt wild boar meat was a little uncomfortable, but they had to eat it, and maintaining a good body is much more important than enduring bad food.
So an indescribable affection lingered in the party throughout the afternoon, and Miss Caterina worked harder than ever to slaughter a boar-like creature.
When night fell again, it was already very close to the edge of the forest, and although it was too much to consume, Leon decided to continue until he left the range of the wolf's kiss forest and set up camp to rest.
This decision was very wise, just when the line of sight could already see the mountains outside through the gap in the forest, there was a wolf howl behind him, it should be a group of night wolves followed the animal blood trail they left behind to this place, and the three of them sped up and instantly got out of the forest and landed in a flat clearing.
But they still didn't dare to relax, this area was deserted, and God knows if those vicious wolves would go crazy and chase them out.
They ran out for a few miles in one breath, and it was not until there was no more terrible wolf howls in their ears that the three of them stopped, their eyes full of joy.
Leon gasped and sat down on the ground, Sophia was even more unbearable, her body was far less than the other two, if it weren't for Caterina just now, it was estimated that she would have been exhausted halfway.
The knight girl was fine, but she was slightly gasping for breath, and by this time she was already in the vicinity and began to rule out potential dangers.
They were at the foot of the hill, with low bushes on the slopes and no living creatures in sight, while on the other side was gentle land, and not far away several streams meandered down the hill into a small river, which flowed down the terrain until it disappeared into the distance, so that a good view assured that there would be no more danger.
Caterina walked back, stepped down near the two, and asked very formally, "Who is in charge of today's dinner?"