Chapter 24: The Difference Between Man and Beast
The huntress's home is also south of town.
It is a spacious wooden house with a single loft on the second floor, and it has a larger courtyard than the other houses in the town, and it stands out from a distance on the edge of the town.
Lindsay followed Dan.
Before the two of them could go inside, they smelled a bad smell outside.
Dan was accustomed to it, and Lindsay looked in curiously through the wooden railing.
The huntress's courtyard was hung with animal skins, some being dried, some soaking in a pool of liquids, from which the foul stench came from.
"Tanned leather......"
Lindsey muttered.
Hunters in the distant frontiers, it seems, are not only out hunting, but also responsible for making leather. The leather carpet he bought two days ago may have come from the huntress in front of him.
"Ah Ju, I'm back!"
In front of Lindsay, Dan, who was walking through the courtyard, pushed open the door and shouted happily.
Lindsay stepped forward to take a look.
Found in the spacious vestibule on the first floor, sitting a young man a little younger than him. The boy's hair was neatly combed, and his big eyes were bright. On the table in front of him were two basins, one high and one low, connected by a curved wooden plank as a sink in the middle, and a wet scoop beside it.
"Mom, you're back?"
Hearing Dan's call, the boy immediately got up, and he saw his mother and Lindsay behind Dan.
"He, who is he?"
"Lindsay." Dan smiled at his son and hung his bow and arrow on the shelf by the door, "After that, he will learn the art of being a hunter from me, and you two will see each other often." ”
"Brother Lindsay is good." Dan's son greeted Lindsay politely, "I'm Torch." ”
Lindsey naturally responded:
"Hello, nice to meet you."
After a brief chat with Dan's son, Lindsay was ushered into the seat in the antechamber.
Whenever there is free time, the torch scoops water from the low basin into the high basin with a scoop, and then allows it to continue to flow down the sink into the low basin, and so on.
Lindsey was a little curious about the torch's behavior.
Dan on the side, dealing with the ice badger he had just picked up today, and at the same time explaining to Lindsay the act of starting the torch:
"My family craft has to do with water."
"Generally speaking, you have to wait for the beginning of spring to go to the river to practice. But time waits for no one, so I'll let him try it at home first and become proficient. ”
The huntress's explanation does not hinder her skill and speed in her hands.
In just a few words, she had peeled off the skin of the whole ice badger and began to disassemble the limbs and prepare for the barbecue.
There is no fireplace on the ground floor of the house.
Instead, in the center of the vestibule, there was a pit in which timber was piled up and a small bonfire was raised.
Dan skewered the meat of the ice badger and set up a small rack to start grilling.
Seeing that she was fine now, Lindsay took the initiative to ask:
"Dan, what are we going to do tonight?"
The huntress, who was concentrating on the barbecue, immediately replied:
"Of course, I'll tell you a few things to keep in mind when you act tomorrow."
Lindsey continued:
"Can we start now?"
Dan laughed, very happy with Lindsay's attitude of taking the initiative to ask for advice.
She is unpretentious and immediately gets straight to the point.
"Then let's start with the first point."
"Lindsay, I know that you killed an ice badger by yourself, which is an achievement that is difficult for ordinary children to achieve."
Speaking of this, Dan's words paused, and changed to a more serious tone and expression:
"But tomorrow, after entering the forest."
"You have to promise me that you will be obedient no matter what, and you can't do whatever comes to your mind."
Regardless of past and present lives, Lindsay still understands the dangers in the forest.
So he immediately nodded earnestly and made a promise:
"I'll be sure to listen to your instructions."
Dan was even more pleased with Lindsay's attitude:
"That's fine! As long as you listen to me, there will be no problems. And then what about ......"
Dan thought for a moment, then reached out to the outside of the room.
"After dinner later, we can go outside."
"There are soft bows at home that children practice using, so you can try the feel first. But the shooting range that can shoot arrows is behind the manor of Anrui's manor. We're quite far away, so let's not go for now, and we can find two trees on the edge of town. ”
“……”
It seems that tonight, a [Basic Archery] is indispensable.
With the guidance of a professional, this basic skill can be easily logged into the Properties panel.
Lindsay was in a good mood as a result.
At this time, Dan turned the roast over and sprinkled it with a little spice particles.
Looking at the ice badger who was still threatening his life a few days ago, but now he has become a piece of meat on the grill, Lindsay's heart naturally has doubts:
"I'm a little curious about the difference between this ice badger and a normal beast."
"It's Warcraft." Dan immediately answered, "Ordinary beasts are essentially no different from chickens, ducks and piglets raised at home, except that they are more wild and may attack. And the words of Warcraft ......"
Lindsey asked tentatively:
"Like an ice badger, able to use spells like an ice pick?"
Dan shook his head and immediately dismissed Lindsay's idea:
"No, whether or not you can cast a spell is not a criterion for judging a Warcraft. The real difference is that they can be integrated into essentia. ”
Speaking of this, Dan's tone became emotional:
"Essentia is not something that belongs to human beings alone, it is found all over the world, for every living being. We humans can awaken essentia and merge techniques. Ordinary animals, and even plants, have their own ways of awakening. ”
"So for hunters, the essentia tide once every ten years, going out hunting becomes dangerous, and they need to be more cautious than usual."
When Lindsay first heard this, she wrote it down as pure knowledge.
But as soon as he thought about the current situation, his mood became nervous.
Because isn't this the year when the essentia tide appears, and then the awakened appear?
If Dan's statement is correct, there will be no shortage of awakened demonic beasts in the forest!
"Then we'll go to the forest tomorrow......"
Lindsay's tone was a little worried, and Dan replied with a confident smile:
"Guess why after Red Moon said that there might be a demonic beast, after An Rui went to check it out, I went again?"
"Don't worry, at least it's safe around town."
“……”
So I was just thrown to the hidden frontier when I encountered an ice badger, which is purely unlucky?
The corners of Lindsay's mouth twitched.
He didn't know how he should feel about it, so he changed the topic to make him no longer embarrassed:
"What about the dragon beasts in the Black Mountain World next door?"
"That's pretty strong." Dan's face immediately changed to look like he had eaten bitter melon, "The dragon is a symbol of great power, and the magical beast with this title is ...... At least the few awakened people of the highest rank 4 and 5 in the hidden border are impossible to deal with. ”
Lindsey went on to ask:
"What is the highest level of the Awakened?"
"Theoretically, a person's skill can be sublimated nine times. But actually...... This kind of existence counts the history, and there are only a few people. For example, the brothers Nark and Bondek, who built the school of war; Bena, the first king of the capital of law; There are also great artists of the Seven Seas Alliance. ”
Speaking of which.
Dan seemed to be worried that Lindsey would be too ambitious, so he reiterated his words:
"But among ordinary awakened people, being able to sublimate five times and become an ascended person is already a very remarkable achievement. In the sixth and seventh stages, it will be a rare thing to be difficult and unattainable. ”
Lindsay still had Montenegro in mind.
and the goal of crossing Montenegro and returning to the village of Anwel.
So he went on to verify the details:
"That drake, what level is it?"
Dan shrugged his shoulders and flipped over the roast that was starting to sizzle on the shelf:
"If you can subdue the entire world with pure violence and convert into a human awakener, you are at least a seventh-order."