Chapter 1: The Hapless Traveler
Morris is fifty years old, and his face is full of traces of time carved by a knife and axe due to his long years of business.
As a human being, fifty years old has entered old age, but he still maintains a strong physique and a tough temperament.
"Lao Tzu can do it until he is a hundred years old!" he always said to his subordinates. And whenever he thinks of his lovely son who has a quarter of the blood of the sun elves, he is even more determined to have such a thought.
Because of the elven blood, the growth and development of the son is slower than that of ordinary children, even if he is now twenty-five years old, he still looks like he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and even his mind is developing a little slowly.
However, Maurice was not worried at all, because his son had shown an extraordinary talent for magic. Two years ago, a traveling mage I met by chance even said that his talent was not about the same as his best students, and maybe he would have the hope of becoming a legend in the future!
Legend!
It was a realm that Maurice, a mid-level warrior, could never have dreamed of, so at that moment, he made up his mind to let his son learn magic.
Of course, this process is not smooth, because the Kingdom of Divine Urion rejects magic, and although it is not yet to the point of being punished by criminal punishment for learning magic, it is not easy to get into it.
But Morris did not give up, he kept buying magic books and magic potions in the process of business, during which he was deceived and encountered the scrutiny of the church, but he persevered.
Because he wants his son to have the opportunity to become a legend no matter what, and he doesn't have to be busy for a living like himself.
In the Western Exile Territory, the mage is synonymous with power, and he feels deeply about it!
In the past two years, the kingdom's attitude towards magic has changed suddenly, and it is said that even the Ri family has sent people to the north of the Calente Empire to learn magic, and in some places, small magic initiation schools have also appeared.
Morris was simply ecstatic. Immediately sent his son away. It's just that learning magic costs too much, so that his original family background has become overstretched, so he can only work harder to earn more money for his son to learn magic. At the same time, he also thought that when he saved up a sum of money, he would send his son to the traveling mage's hometown of the Lunar Empire to take the joint entrance examination for magic, and if he passed Guò, he could enter the regular magic academy.
That's the real road to legend!
Now, this time the trade has just begun, and Maurice is on his horse, looking at the reddening land in front of him, and a smile is on his lips.
It was full of dangers, but with them was untold wealth, and if one could make it through the western exile this time, one might be able to enter Ogoma. The orcs there have replaced the Great Chieftain, and the current one is quite enlightened and allowed to trade with humans. As long as you bring back the orcs' things, each piece is ten times more profitable!
"Hey, hey, hey. If this time can be successful, the money for that kid to study abroad will definitely be enough, and then Lao Tzu should also enjoy Qingfu for a few years. ”
Just as Maurice's mind was filled with gold coins, two figures suddenly appeared in front of him. Towards the convoy.
"Boss, there are two ......," said a young man who had just joined the caravan.
There are no laws in the hilly western exiles, only blood and power.
It's a paradise for exiles and a hell for exiles.
Countless robberies, **, murders happen here every day. The weak are conquered by the strong, and the strong succumb to the stronger. When you meet a stranger, you will inevitably get nervous.
Morris has no such feelings, he has been here for many years, he has long been in contact with various forces, along with a few groups of horse thieves, they also have some friendship, as long as they take some filial piety regularly, they will be fine.
However, the long-term caution still made him wave his hand and order the convoy to stop.
Afterwards, Morris looked at the nervous newcomer, and felt more and more that he should be allowed to practice his courage, otherwise there would be no rank, but there would be no use.
Thinking of this, he said in a loud voice: "Dort, you go, ask who they are." ”
"I ...... I ......" a newcomer named Dott was sweating nervously.
"What are you?" Morris sneered, "When you kid was about to join, but the chest was tied up, why did you just step on the bloody soil?"
Such words immediately made the others laugh out loud, and they all asked Ying to go.
The newcomer's face was flushed, almost oozing blood, and under such stimulation, he gritted his teeth fiercely, grabbed the horse's belly, and rushed out.
In a short time, the distance was pulled into about a hundred meters, and Dott finally saw the faces of the two people clearly, a pounding heart, and finally slowly settled down, because the other party really didn't look like a horse bandit.
It was a man and a woman. Among them, the human man in a long black trench coat looked very young, wearing a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, but his face was covered in dust, and his beard was unshaven and somewhat dirty.
But even so, Dott felt that the most handsome human he had ever built at that time didn't even have to be bad at all.
Behind the human man, there was a woman in black leather armor, with not an inch of skin on her body, and a metal mask, which made it difficult to see her face.
Dorn himself has a level 3 warrior level, and at the age of twenty-six, he is considered a good talent. Therefore, he immediately saw that the woman behind him had light and steady steps, and every step was exactly the same as the previous one, which was exactly the expression of the master, but as for the man, he couldn't see anything powerful.
"It should be a noble young master, with a powerful female bodyguard out to hang out, but the good place is not to go, why did they come here?" With such an idea, Dott naturally had a little contempt for that young master, and asked on the back of a horse: "Who are you? What do you want to do?"
The so-called young master is naturally Leo who wants to go to the Supreme Forest, and the woman behind him is Valkyrie No. 2.
The other party's attitude was not very friendly, but Leo smiled and replied, "I am a moldy traveler, I can't find my way, and I hope to follow you into the Moon Lake in the Western Exile Lands." ”
This statement is completely true, and it is a long story.
Ten days earlier, Leo had bid farewell to Lorças and arrived at the westernmost border of the country in a chariot in the public carriage of Saint Ureon.
In fact, he had intended to return to the Calorie Empire to see Fort Joseph and the ruined Manor of Minethir. Then cross the Great Sand Sea of Oak and enter the Supreme Forest.
However, the sudden action of the desert orcs and trolls forced him to abandon his original idea and re-plan the route.
The route is to enter the western exile in the western part of the Holy Urion Kingdom, passing through the hills and valleys of the Gobi for 2,000 kilometers, and then through the emerging orc tribal nation of Ogoma, and after reaching the Ash Valley, it travels hundreds of kilometers north into the Supreme Forest.
According to the information he received, there was no war on this route, though. But it's also quite uneven. The Western Exile is a mixed bag, and it is impossible to survive without a certain strength, and the Orcs of Ogoma, although they are not the same thing as the Desert Orcs at all, are quite close in temperament.
Bloodthirsty, aggressive, and death-seeking, there is no doubt that orcs are born warriors, and to earn their respect, you must first defeat them. So. Crossing the Ogoma will also be a very big challenge.
But Leo had no choice, he had tried to get Lorshas to ask, and traveled by land and sea to the distance to the Supreme Forest. It's three times as long as by land, and the ships only come once a year, and the next time they leave will not be until autumn.
Leo didn't want to delay for another half a year. In the end, it was decided to follow the planned route.
Now that he has reached level 4, he has mastered a lot of special abilities. Even in the Western Exile Territory, she is not a weak person, and there is a Valkyrie whose strength is comparable to that of a level 5 warrior, I believe that as long as you are careful, there should not be many problems.
But after plunging headlong into the Western Exile Place, he suddenly realized that he had really overestimated the magic map given by his teacher Byron, and also underestimated the complex terrain of the Western Exile Place.
In the dark red reckless wasteland, as far as the eye can see, it is full of strange rocks and hills, and there are countless deep ravines and shallow ravines in between.
These may not be much for an intermediate mage, but the sandstorm that occurred at that time could not only lose track of the road, but also often change the terrain and landform, making Leo make wrong judgments, which was quite troublesome.
For three days in a row, Leo took the Valkyrie to crash on the edge of exile in the west, and he didn't know how far he had gone just because he had been wronged.
Fortunately, there are some wild beasts that are often infested here, food is not a problem, and the water source can be obtained with a simple "condensation".
But Leo knew that even if he could survive here, it would be in vain if he could never find the right path. He had no choice but to choose a place that looked like a road, and waited for the rabbit, hoping to meet the travelers.
Now, he finally got his wish.
A caravan of more than a dozen carriages appeared, and it seemed to be in good strength, more than a dozen middle-aged men each riding tall horses, with bows and arrows hanging on their backs.
As for the knight in front of him, although he made a cold appearance, Leo could see that he didn't seem to have much experience, so he was ready to say something more.
Unexpectedly, the knight beckoned directly, "So that's the case, you said that you are young, you don't stay at home well, what are you going to run around? Fortunately, you met me, if you meet a horse thief, you will be kidnapped by others for blackmail, hum." Come with me, look at your bad luck. ”
After finishing speaking, he turned around directly and walked in the direction of the convoy.
Leo didn't expect it to be so easy, grinned, and hurriedly followed.
After a while, before they arrived at the convoy, Dott ran to Morris and explained Leo's situation with a smile.
But what didn't wake up was that after Moseley listened, his face was gloomy, and he slapped Dort's head hard.
"Boss, why are you beating me?" Dott asked aggrievedly,
Mosley didn't bother to pay attention to this idiot at all, and after a few glances, his old brothers immediately understood, and they all moved their feet, and surrounded Leo and the Valkyrie with a catch.
After Leo was promoted to level 4, his perception was much sharper than before, and of course he immediately noticed this qiē, and couldn't help but show helplessness, and said to the leader Morris: "This gentleman, you won't treat me as a spy of horse bandits, will you?"
Morris smiled and asked rhetorically: "Aren't you? Suddenly appear in such a place, and then pretend to be pitiful, and ask to follow the convoy, the horse bandits are very well aware of the methods used!"
After a pause, he suddenly shouted: "Say, which family are you? Dare to fight Lao Tzu's idea? I don't know if I am good friends with One-Eyed, Red Wolf, and Iron Hook?"
"One-eyed, Red Wolf, Iron Hook?" None of these names Leo had ever heard, but he guessed that they must be the bandit leader's name.
"I'm not ......"
Leo wanted to explain, but before he could say anything, Moster suddenly waved his hand, and the few people surrounding Leo roared and rushed up waving their weapons.
"This folk style is too fierce, right, people don't agree with each other before they draw their swords, but they haven't even said a few words, and they have to do it?"
Leo smiled bitterly, but he could see that these people had turned their weapons upside down, and it seemed that they didn't want to take their own lives, but they should want to control themselves.
But once it falls into their hands, it's even harder to explain. There was no way, Leo had to quickly recite the spell, and the electromagnetic field enchantment took effect.
The next moment, the five people besieging Leo all felt that the weapons in their hands were inexplicably resisted, and before they could react, the weapons actually came out of their hands and hit their vital points.
Seeing that the five of them were extremely panicked, Leo was secretly satisfied.
Now he has taken his mental power to a higher level, controlling the five objects separately, and he doesn't feel too difficult.
"Mage?" Maurice, who was on his horse, was startled, and his jaw was about to fall.
He had been walking in the dangerous western exile for so many years, and his heart had long been trained to be very tenacious, so he quickly recovered, hurriedly jumped off his horse, and said respectfully: "Mr. Master, I apologize for our recklessness, you are not a spy of the horse bandits, we will do our best to meet your every request, please spare my brothers." ”
Seeing that the other party's attitude took a 360-degree turn, Leo was a little inexplicable, so he asked curiously: "Why do you think I'm not a spy again?"
"Hehe, although I'm old, these eyes are not old. With your abilities, it is impossible to work for any lowly horse bandit. ”
"Well, there's some truth to that. Leo nodded, and with a movement of his mental power, five weapons fell to the ground one after another.
Seeing that the other party expressed friendship, Morris let out a long breath and asked tentatively, "Mr. Mage, listening to your accent, it seems to be from the north?"
"Yes, I'm from the Calente Empire. Leo replied that there was really nothing to hide from such a thing.
"Calent!" a strange smile quickly appeared on Morris's face, and he stared at Leo for a moment. (To be continued......)