Chapter 22: The Coming Separation
The eyes of everyone in the courtyard instantly looked at Lu Xi.
Lu Xi still repeated it confidently, "I don't know." β
Then he explained, "After my grandmother died, she left me a farm, and I went out this time to take over the farm by the way, but there was an accident on the way, so I landed here." β
This was exactly what the letter in her handbag had written at the beginning of her crossing, but she didn't know why she had suddenly appeared on the empty grassland.
"I don't even know where I am now, how do I know where that farm is." Lu Xi spread his hands.
"You're going to the farm, not home?" Clyde frowned.
"I have directions to the farm." Lu Xi avoided answering.
She actually has two choices, one is to follow the beginner's task guide, find the farm, and then completely activate her golden finger.
The other is to find the aristocratic family to which his body belongs after crossing over, and go to live the life of a noble lady from then on.
The former is simple, just follow the route guided by the newbie mission.
The latter has to analyze and confirm which one his family is and which kingdom it is located in from a few less clear information, and at the same time, it is too troublesome for this group of mercenaries to find out about these things.
Moreover, from a perceptual point of view, Lu Xi is actually more willing to carry out the former, travel through another world, rather than entrust everything to an ethereal aristocratic identity, to bet on the "blood kinship" that has never met.
It's better to activate the golden finger so that you can have the ability to survive in this other world, at least you don't have to rely on others to live.
Clyde stared at Lu Xi and didn't speak, but Lu Xi smiled instead, "Originally, I went out to go to the farm, because I had an accident and fled home, it's better to go directly to the farm." β
"Otherwise, I won't go to the farm next time, and who can guarantee that there won't be any 'accidents' next time."
Lu Xi was cheating, she deliberately said so, deliberately pointed out the word accident, showing that this "accident" is not too "accidental", she herself doesn't know what the situation is, but it doesn't prevent her from making nonsense here.
Clyde and White looked at each other, thoughtfully, and accepted Lu Xi's statement.
Who made the nobles really such people?
It seems that it is not difficult to understand what happened to a noble lady who inherited her grandmother's inheritance on the way to receive the inheritance.
And isn't it very reasonable and normal for this aristocratic lady, after encountering an accident, to go to receive the inheritance first, instead of returning to the home that cannot guarantee her safety?
"Yes." Clyde agreed.
They also had no other choice, not to mention how much effort they had to make to take the young dragon away from Lu Xi, just to find a buyer who could take over the young dragon, it would take at least a few months, and it would only sell for about a few hundred gold coins, not counting their losses along the way.
Now it's just escorting a noble lady, and it won't take more than a few months in total, and the danger level is not high, and they don't even have to bother with the young dragon.
It's not a big profit, but it's not a loss either.
This transaction was confirmed, and at this time, several people from the Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group began to pay attention to Lu Xi's physical state as if their conscience had discovered it.
cough, it's okay not to care, Lu Xi is now their employer, in case Lu Xi suddenly disappears, where will they get the money.
White pulled out his bottle of potion again, "Miss Lucy, why don't you take some medicine?" "Don't let anything happen to you.
Lu Xi shook his head resolutely, "It's okay, it's almost dawn." She repeated.
Clyde noticed this, observed Lu Xi's expression, and raised his hand to stop White, who was about to persuade again, "Miss Lucy doesn't need to force her." β
White paused for a moment, probably reacted as well, and withdrew the potion with a smile, "Okay, is there anything else else Miss Lucy does?" I'll send you back to rest? β
Lu Xi thought about it, and really had a request, "Do you have a map?" β
βοΌβ White was surprised at how quickly Lu Xi's topic changed.
"Yes." Clyde didn't talk nonsense, and took out a roll of parchment-like things from his arms, which was not big, and it was no more than the size of Lu Xi's two palms when it was unfolded.
"I have a way of sensing the direction of the farm, but I have to look at the map to get the general route." Lu Xi's attitude was calm, don't ask, asking is an elemental magic weapon.
Clyde was noncommittal and handed the map to Lu Xi, who flipped it open and looked at it, and suddenly became speechless.
The map is too simple, with a few arcs representing mountains, a few waves referring to rivers, and a few circles drawing human towns.
As for the routes between the cities, there is nothing at all.
It's no wonder that this map is only so big, and there isn't much content, so what's the use of being big.
The only use of this map is that it at least marks the location of mountains, rivers, and human towns, so that the viewer can at least tell what is in which direction, determine the next direction and target, and perhaps confirm the distance.
As for how to get there, and what to expect along the way, the map won't tell you that.
Oh, no, it's still marked on the map, and Lu Xi saw the label "Ice Dragon" on an arc that represents a high mountain.
Okay, now you know that this mountain is the territory of the ice dragon.
The speechless expression on Lu Xi's face was too obvious, and Clyde opened his mouth to explain, "Maps are important information, and only this kind of map is allowed to be sold in the city, and maps with more detailed content can only be obtained by some people with special status." β
For human beings, maps are very important intelligence resources, and only by knowing the direction and location can human beings not fall into a desperate situation in the vast forests and plains.
Every piece of information on the map is a hope that human beings can live better.
But human beings are too complex creatures, some people use maps as life-saving things, and some people use maps as weapons to invade other countries.
Knowing the domestic terrain of a certain kingdom, as well as the distance between each city, and even the size, it is possible to develop simpler and more convenient tactics.
So it evolved to the present, the maps that can be sold in the city, and the maps that mercenaries can buy have become what they are now, and it is vague to understand the size of the relationship between the cities, but it can point out the direction to those who need it.
Only in the hands of nobles can they get a map with clearer markings, Lu Xi was born in a noble, Clyde is not surprised that she has never seen such a simple map, which makes Lu Xi more in line with the "personality".
Lu Xi was speechless, she originally thought that she could get the map and draw a route against her novice task guide, but the map was obtained, but it basically didn't work.
"Where are we now?" Lu Xi pursed her lips, no matter how simple the map was, she had to use it.
"Here." Clyde stretched out his hand and clicked on a spot on the map, and the location was very different from Lu Xi's judgment.
This map is also marked in the direction of up, north, south, left, west, right and east - just right, in order to avoid excessive leakage of domestic topographic intelligence information, the maps that can be bought in each town are not fixed in the north-south direction on the map.
In addition, the size of the map content is also different, and there are even many differences in the overlapping terrain of different city maps, which are all ways to prevent information leakage.
Familiar with the direction of the map, Lu Xi looked at it a lot easier, not only found the location of Kuwa Village, but also found the approximate location where he crossed at the beginning.
There was not even a point of distance on the map, but it took Lu Xi a month.
Glancing at the direction prompted by the novice mission guide, Lu Xi pointed to a location on the map, "I'm not sure where it will be, but this direction shouldn't be wrong." β
Clyde nodded, and then looked at Lu Xi, "So when is Miss Lucy going to start her journey?" β
"Let's finish breakfast." Lu Xi looked up at the sky.
Before I knew it, more than two hours had passed, and it was almost four o'clock in the morning, and the sun was already shining in the sky.
"After breakfast? Miss Lucy, ...... your injuries? Halfway through White's worried words, he saw that Lu Xi's complexion suddenly turned from pale to rosy, and the change was completed in almost a blink of an eye, and no other signs occurred.
"It's dawn." Lu Xi smiled slightly, the negative state of his body had all disappeared, except for his mental exhaustion.
There was no surprise on Clyde's face, Lu Xi had just mentioned waiting for dawn many times, so he had expected it in his heart, but the others were different, and they were almost shocked by Lu Xi's change.
"Then I'll go back and pack my things first." Lu Xi got up to say goodbye, and there was no trace of serious injuries on his body, except for the blood stains on his clothes.
"Dina, you follow Miss Lucy." Clyde nodded at Dina, who couldn't hide the surprise on her face.
It's not insistence, it's more like a layer of protection.
After all, the young dragon must leave with Lu Xi, although it is very close to Lu Xi, but it cannot rule out the possibility of it hurting Lu Xi, Lu Xi is an ordinary human in the end, even if he has this magical recovery ability, but if it is fatal in a short time, I am afraid there is no other way.
Let Dina, a low-level wood elemental mage, follow, no matter what happens, it is no problem to hold on for a short time, the village is not big, and if there is anything, they can also arrive in time.
In fact, Hailin may be more suitable, after all, she is a mid-level wind elemental warrior with stronger combat ability, but Clyde doesn't think that Hailin can get along well with Miss Lucy, or a girl of Dina's age is more suitable.
Another point is that Miss Lucy is a nobleman after all, and since they have taken on the task of escorting, in some respects, they also have to take care of them, including serving tea and pouring water.
This kind of thing, Dina can do it well, but Helen doesn't have to, thinking of Helen's appearance after drinking, Clyde is also dark.
There are only two women in their group, one has a childhood sweetheart early on, and the other ...... Don't mention it.
Lu Xi didn't refuse Clyde's kindness, and watched the girl named Dina follow and walk towards his residence.
Xiao Yuan and the young dragon followed behind Lu Xi one left and one right, obviously Xiao Yuan was a little older, a few months old, but the young dragon was taller, more than two meters tall, standing on the ground with both feet, flying without wings, and even surpassing the size of the village chief of Luli.
Xiao Yuan hated the young dragon very much, and always grinned at it as a threat, the young dragon pretended not to see it at all, Lu Xi walked with his feet, and it followed behind Lu Xi, looking a little strange.
Both sides of Lu Xi were occupied, and Dina didn't care, walking beside Xiao Yuan, quite lively and enthusiastic to find a topic and chat with Lu Xi.
It's not a deliberate clichΓ©, it's just that this girl named Dina has such a personality, she wants to talk about anything, and she doesn't have any extra thoughts.
One will praise Xiaoyuan for being cute, and the other will be curious to ask Lu Xi's experience, mainly how she met Xiaoyuan, it can be seen that she likes Xiaoyuan very much, after all, Xiaoyuan looks so cute.
And Lu Xi also learned some things from Dina's mouth, such as Xiao Yuan's type is a silver wolf, which is a very low-level monster, which is generally a wind element attribute, and occasionally has some other elemental attributes, which are not fixed.
Monsters and humans are actually almost the same, it doesn't mean that a race has a certain elemental attribute, humans can get the recognition of various elemental attributes, and monsters may also have any elemental attributes.
For example, the red young dragon that followed Lu Xi, judging from the battle process just now, it itself is an attribute of the fire element, while its mother is an ice dragon, a dragon with an ice element attribute.
Another example is Xiaoyuan, a silver wolf family, the wind element attribute is the most common in their group, but there will also be silver wolves with fire element attributes, water element attributes, etc.
This is true even for other monsters, which usually have a common elemental attribute, but no other elemental stat is absent.
"I've always wanted to raise a silver wolf, I heard that in the eyes of silver wolves, humans are quite cute images, they like to be with humans very much, but the magic pet proves to be too expensive." Dina's tone was full of pity, just like the village chief of Luli who wants to raise monsters and have to pay a deposit, and the mercenaries who raise monsters also have to apply for documents, so that they can bring their own demon pets into various human towns.
"The silver wolf is truly a magical monster." Lu Xi sighed, no wonder she saw Xiao Yuan for the first time, Xiao Yuan had that attitude towards her, and their entire race was relatives.
It's a bit like those big animals on the earth, and I heard that in the eyes of elephants, killer whales, dolphins and other animals, humans are very cute, just like humans see cats.
"Yes, I heard that some human children are abandoned in the wild, and they will be taken back by silver wolves to be raised, and the super famous 'black wolf' in our mercenary club is a wolf child raised by silver wolves." Dina nodded again and again, sharing gossip to Lu Xi that she didn't know where she had heard it.
It's a pity that this road is too close, Dina hasn't said enough, she has already arrived at the place, Lu Xi didn't let Xiaoyuan and Youlong in, for fear of scaring Aunt Asuna.
Aunt Asuna was still guarding in the yard, she didn't sleep all night, she was waiting for Lu Xi to come back, and after seeing Lu Xi's figure, she suddenly relaxed a lot, and quickly got up and greeted her.
"Miss Lucy, ...... you" Aunt Asuna noticed Lu Xi's extraordinarily ruddy complexion, and stopped talking.
"I'm fine, Aunt Arsuna, I'll come back and pack my things, and I'll leave when it's completely dawn." Lu Xi thanked Aunt Asuna for taking care of her, and she knew that Aunt Asuna cared about her because she was grateful for the weaving method she gave.
"Oh, okay." Aunt Asuna didn't expect the separation to be so fast, but she also knew that Lu Xi was not from here and would have to leave sooner or later, so she didn't say anything else, but just explained what she had done in the past two days.
"Miss Lucy, I have washed the clothes you wore before, and I see that the fabric is all good, and I have sewn it again for you in some damaged places." Aunt Asuna brought out two pieces of clothing.
There is no damage on it, it is completely two clean and beautiful new clothes.
Then the other things brought by Lu Xi were also cleaned and replaced one by one, which shows Aunt Asuna's intentions.