Chapter 50: Joy in the Journey
[In addition to the dangers, worries, beautiful scenery, food and treasures of travel, the biggest harvest should be the laughter and laughter of everyone during the journey. - 5th day of the magic cow in the 147th year of the 4th era of light]
Killing the monster Ertorigus is not only a great harvest of combat experience for our team, but also a boss reward like a black semi-liquid liquid for me, and I can't help but feel a little excited to think of having fun things to do on my next trip.
After the battlefield was cleared, we set up camp on the spot.
Alice and Lily approached me timidly, and said with deep apologies on their faces, "Master! We- we were wrong, please punish us! ”
I didn't understand what the two of them were messing about, and I wondered, "What are you talking about?" What are you wrong with me? ”
"My lord, it's my fault, it's nothing to do with Alice and Lily! I didn't have a firm will, I shouldn't let my guard down, I should have made the right judgment......" Zofia said seriously and guiltily.
"Master, it's Goji's fault, it has nothing to do with them, if you want to punish Goji, punish Goji!"
"No, no, sir, it should be my fault, although I thought of the hint in the adult's words, but I didn't remind everyone that it was all my fault......" Rebecca also squeezed over and rushed to admit her mistake.
"No, the master ......."
"Stop, Stop, Stop, ......"
I stopped the big cat and the few people left.
"What are you talking about? My brain is so confused when I hear it! What did you do? One by one! ”
"My lord, weren't you—weren't you angry with us all the way? I didn't say a word all the way, and I was angry all the time! Rebecca even said with a choked up.
It dawned on me that these chicks are really good at making up their own brains! I thought I was angry that they had fallen for Browning's illusion.
I gently tapped Rebecca's head and scolded with a smile: "You stupid girls, you are thinking about something important, I am too obsessed with it, why are you angry?" You're all okay, I'm too late to be happy, how can you be angry - be happy, don't cry for me! ”
"Bah, baba, you won't die, sir, you said you weren't dead, Bah, Bah—" Rebecca spitted like a superstitious old woman.
"Hahaha - you can't die, you can't die!" I was amused to laugh at her cute appearance.
The others laughed heartily.
After laughing, I remembered that I didn't know where we were and asked, "Where are we now?" How far is it from the Mysterious Realm? ”
At this time, Jin Peng, who had turned into an eagle, landed on a stake beside me and replied, "Master, we have deviated from the road to the mysterious country five days ago, and now we are about seven mountains in the northeast direction from the mysterious country, and if we are fast, it will take about half a month to walk. ”
I muttered, "So far? - Since it's already slow, why don't you go over while venturing in the Sleeping Mountains, anyway, you're all out to travel, and it's not where to go! ”
"Alice, has there been any news from the manor lately? Is everything working properly? I asked, turning to Alice.
"Back to the owner, everything is fine with the estate. Otham had news that the manor was now like a garden, and it was getting more and more lively; It's just that the two golden dragons protested a few times, trying to use the reason of diplomatic neglect to suppress the people in the manor, but they woke up the big snake and was slapped half to death; Fortunately, Otam and the others interceded for them, and since they were still recuperating from their injuries, Otam privately decided to arrange a mid-level house for the two of them to recuperate; However, Otam also said that they would be paid for their labor even if they were injured, so they were arranged to help manage the distribution of forage on the pasture. ”
"Hahaha - well done! The next time they were summoned to Otham, if they were doing well, they were to offer them a permanent dwelling, and told the two rogue dragons that they were welcome to come over for a month-long vacation every year; If the performance is not good - then continue to refuse to provide all services; Our estate is not a charity, it is not a free hotel; Let everyone decide other things, but no force must be allowed to intervene in the Behemoth Manor, nor can it interfere in the affairs of any force; The affairs of the manor will be left to them, so let's travel in peace! ”
After speaking, I looked at Lily: "Lily, I just said that about your grandfather and father, not against you, I hope you don't take it to heart; You see that I have decided, do you have anything that you need to add or modify? ”
"Hee-hee! Master, Lily supports you in doing this, think about the time when they sacrificed me to the dark dragon god as a container, Lily still has a shadow in her heart, Lily was scared, angry, and helpless at the beginning - fortunately, she met the master to save Lily's life, without the master Lily is afraid that there would have been only a dragon corpse left in the wilderness - woo woo woo. ”
After saying that, he fell directly into my arms and cried.
"It's all gone, it's all gone—alas? What are you crying about? I patted Lily on the back and comforted, only to hear everyone else crying along with Wow Wow, it was so annoying, one by one!
"Great, great, if I hadn't met you, I'm afraid it would have been the same as Lily said—woo-woo--either by my father to someone I don't like, or given to the Temple of Light as a plaything, and the ending, the ending is not much different from Lily!"
"Woo-so do me!" Goki cried
"Me too! Woo-" The big cat cried as well.
.......
Well? Big cats?
"Big cat! Who have you been abandoned? ”
"Uh-uh-this-uh-uh-hehe-it doesn't seem to be-you, you-eh, eh-don't, don't-me-me, eh-I-I, eh-I-I-oh-e-oh-I-oh-e-oh-y--oh-oh-y--y, don't fight, don't fight, eh-"
Looking at the big cat besieged by everyone, looking embarrassed and unbeaten, I also wanted to go up and beat it together, but I couldn't help it when I thought about it, so I could only shake my head and laugh and lean forward.
Zofia laughed and coaxed: "You deserve it!" Everybody hit hard, hit hard! ”
Why don't I contact Otam directly? It's a good question—because I'm afraid I'll hear Otam and I'll be tempted to end my trip early and run back, it's as simple as that.
A Warcraft of the level of Ertorigus? Monsters? Or a god? No, I don't know how to characterize this creature, and I have to put it down to a monster.
Monsters like Ertorigus, even those that can reach the level of gods, are not so easy to encounter in the sleeping mountains; It can be said that so far, we have only encountered such a one, including the next half a month or so, and the highest level has only encountered god-level demonic beasts.
I also came to the conclusion that there are gods in the Sleeping Mountains, but the probability of awakening and appearing is extremely low, they seem to be limited by some kind of power, if they run out, they are all terrible guys, Ertorigus is an example, so the main survival here is Warcraft, and the highest level is God-level Warcraft.
Although there were no major events along the way, it is worth mentioning that on the eleventh day of our journey in the direction of the mysterious country, we encountered a nest of rare magical beasts that we had never seen before - the climbing giant scorpion.
We came across a rock tunnel when we were preparing dinner in the cave when we were suddenly attacked by a large scorpion more than ten meters long, and then we learned that we had broken into someone's nest, and we were actually burning a fire on the back of one of the large scorpions.
I vividly remember what happened that night.
"The sun is going down, let's find a place to camp!" I shouted a little tiredly at the back of the line.
"Jinpeng, is there a place to spend the night?" I used my magic weapon to ask the golden eagle that was hovering in the air.
"Master, there are still mountains and forests ahead, we can all set up camp-"
Golden Eagle was interrupted by the ronin halfway in reply: "Master, there is a tunnel here, we can spend the night here." ”
"Is it a tunnel or a cave?" I hastened to confirm.
"The master is a tunnel, the ronin is right, it's a tunnel, I just went over to confirm it, you can directly pass through the mountain in front, so we can take a lot of detours!" Griffons said happily as they landed in front of me from the sky.
"Hahaha! Okay, then we'll spend the night in the tunnel, and we can rest a little more tomorrow, haha, let's go! I laughed and walked away.
The tunnel they said was just in front of the mountain blocking our way, and this mountain was basically rocky, not even a few grass trees, and it was very steep, the tunnel location was a little high, but it was a good location to camp overnight, because the high point was lower than the chance of being attacked by wild beasts in the middle of the night, and the view was also good, and you could enjoy the night view by the soft moonlight at night, and there was plenty of time to evacuate in case of a situation.
I was very satisfied with spending the night in such a rock tunnel.
"Good place, good place, come, everyone move - light the fire, set up the pot, make dinner!" I happily shouted for everyone to get started.
"My lord, my lord, here and here, you see how good this location is, there is a flat position, and there are also rocks leaning against it, just right!" Rebecca happily introduces her findings.
I looked over to where she was standing, and it was a large rock, and Rebecca couldn't be seen from my position, indicating that there was a lot of space up there.
So I jumped on the rocks to see what was going on.
This is really very suitable, although there are some potholes, but it is very suitable for sitting in the potholes to rest, or even nesting in it to sleep, and there is a relatively flat place in the middle position, which is very suitable for cooking on fire, and the most important thing is that it is also clean.
I roughly commented in my heart: Well, it's really good! This piece is really good, it's just a natural campsite, so suitable!
"That's it, everyone come up, we'll spend the night on it tonight, and sleep comfortably after eating!" I shouted to the people to come up.
We were very skilled at cooking over the fire, and then we started drinking and chatting around the campfire.
Suddenly, the rock we were on started shaking violently.
"There's an earthquake!" We yelled at the same time, and Zofia screamed and lifted me into the air as soon as possible.
Almost at the same time, Golden Eagle, Ronin, Big Cat, Ling, and Lily all grabbed the people around them for the first time and turned back into their real bodies, and then evacuated into the air.
Ling lifts off with Goji in her arms, Lily turns back into a dragon with Rebecca, Golden Eagle turns back into a Roc with Alice, and Ronin and Big Cat fly in the air with their magic.
"Hiss-hiss-quack-"
Almost as soon as we left the ground, a cacophony, violent sound echoed through the tunnel.
"Be careful! It's Warcraft! ”
The experienced Zofia reminded us as her voice came out.
At the same time, the tunnel fell into darkness, and dozens of whistling sounds suddenly sounded.
Through the meager glow of the moonlight, I saw several behemoths wagging their tails in the dark tunnel.
"Click, click—"
A dense sound of smashing rocks reverberated through the tunnel, and we easily dodged the attacks.
"Climbing Scorpion!" Five people and four beasts screamed at the same time, with a thick surprise in their voices.
Compared to their surprise, I was full of murderous intent, and I was never merciful when I beat the blame: "Whatever it is, Zofia will throw me down and kill it!" ”
Unexpectedly, Zofia actually refused:
"Don't, don't! Adults, climbing giant scorpions are very rare and cannot be killed! ”
Then Rebecca followed suit: "Yes, my lord, the climbing giant scorpion has a lot of benefits for us, at least for now, it can help us get on the road!" ”
"yes, yes! The climbing giant scorpion is almost unaffected by the terrain and moves very fast! Even Jinpeng said so.
Seeing the five men and four beasts dodging and pleading in the air, making me look like a heinous bad guy, I looked down at these behemoths again, and sighed: "Alas! Well, then listen to you guys! ”
Then he solemnly designated the big cat: "Big cat, leave it to you, is there a way to convince them?" ”
"Hehe, thank you for your appreciation! Mission completion guaranteed! After the big cat finished speaking, he rushed excitedly towards one of the big scorpions.
I felt like it was time to yawn, and the big cat shouted at me, "Master, it's done, everyone come down!" ”
That's how it happened, that's how we subdued these big scorpions.
Of course, for the current strength of our team, this kind of demonic beast that is not at the holy level is naturally easy to clean up, but I won't do this thankless thing, and we don't need to kill innocents here.
In the end, I decided to listen to the team's proposal to adopt this nest of large scorpions as our means of transportation, and I later found that I made a very wise decision.
There are 13 of them in this litter, and one or two climbing giant scorpions are enough for us to walk, and now the number of 13 is indeed a little more, but we can't break up their good family - right? So it's better to take it all.
Having said that, the big scorpions really don't have to say, they are big enough, the climbing is stable enough, they are fast enough, and their weight and endurance are super strong, so they feel like they are a must-have monster for home travel and carrying people and goods.
In the next ten days, our trip was much easier, Jinpeng piloted in the air, the big cat commanded the big scorpion family to advance, and the powerful monsters encountered were basically the two beasts of Ronin and Ling.
I was finally able to start researching, experimenting with the ideas and ideas in my head, and when I ran out of materials, I had Alice and Zofia go out with someone who had nothing to do—it was really nice.
Very much in line with my standards for a simple life in another world.
Originally, there were still more than 20 days to go, but in the end, with the help of the big scorpions, it only took less than 15 days, among which I asked for more rest, conducted experiments, found materials, and so on. Otherwise, it will be shortened to about ten days by this group of big scorpions, just because they basically have no terrain obstacles, and they walk almost a straight line distance, so - can this not be fast?
"Dear Mr. Tole, welcome back to the Mysterious Realm!" Before we arrived, the Unicorn King had already received the news and stood at the entrance of the valley early to greet us.
I also jumped down from the back of the big scorpion and stepped forward, and said enthusiastically: "Hahaha, Your Majesty Unicorn, I finally see you again!" ”
I hugged the unicorn king's horse neck and rubbed it hard, I still like the mysterious garden of Kangkang and the garden manager, maybe this is called love house and wu!
When you come to its palace, there are still no seats, and you either stand or sit on the floor and talk to it; But this time I had already prepared - I took out two long wooden stools from the space bag and told everyone to sit down, and the monsters and Goji could only lie on their stomachs or stand, and the benches were not suitable for them.
This time I came to the mysterious country mainly to visit the gate, and by the way, I sent some special products and confidential items of the manor, such as: magic crystal ball, space portal construction materials, and eternal elixir;
As for the Creation Divine Stone, I don't plan to take this thing out again, one less person knows that it is safer, I don't want to be hunted down by people from another world one day, and taking out the eternal spiritual liquid is already my limit.
In fact, there is another reason for coming to the mysterious country, Kang Kang explained to me before he went on a trip: help her take care of her mountain in the divine realm when she has time, maintain and maintain the defensive array there, and see if those bastards come to the mountain to do things again?
Although Kang Kang can feel it herself, she is afraid that if something goes wrong, so for the sake of safety, I still promised her to come and take a look when she is free.
At the same time, I also have two other purposes: one is that when I leave the Kangkang Mountain Body of the Divine Realm, I listen to Kangkang's suggestion and put the weapons inserted in the Kangkang Mountain by the Divine Realm in the cave, and then take them out after a year and a half, and then every weapon and instrument will be upgraded to a high-level artifact, and the time is about the same now.
The other is that I only managed the other two treasures I got in Kamigawa, Dragon Steel and Druid Metal, and the Druid Metal, after me and the Dwarves, came to the conclusion that it was only possible to forge it in a place like the Mysterious Realm; Because the conditions required for the special properties of druid metal are really harsh, it requires the use of the magic well of the mysterious realm, and in the environment we know, only by using the abundant and not too strong magic power in the magic well can we achieve the right degree of melting the druid metal and finalizing the item.
Once again, the unicorn king led me to the cave entrance in Kangkang. I used the special mountain god stone left by Kang Kang to come to the cave in the god realm, and after completing Kang Kang's explanation and the task I set for myself, I immediately returned to the mysterious realm.
I don't want to be discovered, although Kang Kang patted his chest before, and I won't be discovered by the divine realm on her sacred mountain, but I still don't feel at ease.
Since the last withering, the magical realm of the mysterious realm has become more beautiful and dreamy, with all kinds of strange creatures floating in the air;
The streams and rivers are so clear that you can't feel the existence of the water flow, and you can't tell whether they are fish, shrimp, or elves swimming in the water.
The breeze with the scent of flowers, grass and fruit, and the ethereal sound of the soul - all of this made me feel like I was in a beautiful dream.
After staying in the mysterious country for nearly half a month, coming into contact with all kinds of fantastical creatures and unforgettable food in the mysterious country, I finally experienced the feeling of the two rogue golden dragons at that time, and in the face of such a wonderful and magical country, I also had some time when I almost lost myself - I wanted to live in this land forever.
It's a good thing that I'm not the two golden dragons who can't do the dead-faced thing.
Leaving through another exit of the mysterious realm, we officially embark on a journey to the otherworldly human realm.
Passing through the underground tunnels that protect the mysterious country, crossing the bottomless abyss, then through a large forest of thorns, and crossing a wide river, we come to a large lush forest.
At this time, the weather has become significantly colder, and the night chill is gusting, and it took three full months to get down the way, and this is still in the case of climbing giant scorpions.
"My lord, we have passed the middle reaches of the Aram River, and in front of us is the Great Hunting Forest at the junction of the Empire of Light and the Sleeping Mountains, and through this forest is the famous adventurer town of the Empire of Light, the town of Dana." Rebecca and I sat on the back of the same large scorpion, and she was excitedly introducing her.
I smiled and joked, "Oh, you're our guide, we're counting on you!" ”
Rebecca was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said:
"No, no, no, my lord, I just came of age the year before last, I had been adventuring in the hunting forest for half a month, and the deepest I walked to the periphery of the hunting forest, and I didn't even reach the middle, I, I, I-can't lead the way, can't take it! My lord, you still let Zofia lead the way, she used to be the archangel of the Temple of Light, and she often walks on the mainland, she knows the place - or she takes it. ”
Rebecca's words also penetrated into Zofia's ears word for word, she was stroking the high-level artifact Judgment Sword I just gave her, after hearing Rebecca's words, she stopped her movements and said seriously: "Don't worry, my lord, Zofia will seriously lead the way for you, please don't embarrass Rebecca, she is really not familiar with this place, the most terrifying thing about the hunting forest of the Empire of Light is not lost or demonic beasts, but humans." ”
I asked, "How?" ”
Zofia put the sword on his lap and said expressionlessly: "The Hunting Great Forest is the largest forest in the Empire of Light, although there are many demonic beasts in it, but the strongest is only the holy level, most of them are below the advanced level, which is not strong for us; Therefore, there are a lot of human adventurers who enter it, many of them are outlaws, they can betray anyone for profit, and there are often cases of assassinating teammates and hunting the same race, not to mention other races and monsters, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are beasts who do all kinds of evil, so if we encounter these humans, it is best not to ignore them. ”
"Hey—I thought something was different, that's all? I think we can go along as long as we don't come to trouble, and if they don't have long eyes—hmph, just add food to the big scorpions! I didn't care.
Lily disagreed: "Master, Lily thinks what Zofia said makes sense, we had better not deal with these humans, they are all very insidious and cunning."
Being commented on by Lily made me feel bad, and I was a little embarrassed and said, "This, this—I seem—is human—hehehe!" ”
"Master, how can you be the same? You are you, those humans are those humans, and Rebecca is not the same, not the same......"
Lily realizes that she has said the wrong thing and rushes to explain, but she can't explain it clearly.
"Hahaha-" Everyone was amused when they saw Lily's embarrassed appearance.
"Rest on the spot and go into the forest tomorrow!"
Even though the sun was shining now, I decided to take a break and get in shape before going in.