Chapter 9: The Mystic Druid

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Two weeks later in the morning.

Lelin plucked the last leaf of the herb and threw it into the herb box behind her. The field was scattered with all kinds of herbs and plants, there were five or six small trees three people high, and there were also seven or eight shrubs that were more than one person high, and one was scattered in the field, one in the east and one in the west, and many round-leaved herbs as tall as a little finger were growing on the ground. In this case, it would be a lot of effort to gather enough herbs for that person.

Le Lin wiped Han and struggled to stand up. Although her body has recovered a little, she is still quite thin, and there are not a few taels of flesh on her body. Plus she's tall, so it looks like a gust of wind can blow her down. She looked up at the four-story stone fort not far from the field, and the man and herself lived in the stone fort halfway up the hill, two miles from the town of Harmonville below. The stone fort has a unique shape, as if it is a combination of large short columns, dwarf mushrooms, half-sided cylinders of various sizes, and a few bent pipes, and there are no gaps or separations in the rocks inside and out. The inner and outer walls, staircase windowsills, and even several chimneys of different thicknesses are all integrated, as if they were carved out of a single boulder. There was a faint smoke coming out of one of the small chimneys, and Le Lin took a second look, this chimney was very strange, no matter day or night, there was always smoke coming out, and the whole little stone castle was stained with a strange smell of medicine.

The man said he didn't like the noise and mundane things in the town. He used spells such as "stone shaping" and "fossil to mud" to build this unique and integrated small stone castle on a large open space halfway up the mountainside.

But this druid behaves more like a forest ranger.

Now, for example, he was making some strange moves in the clearing next to the stone castle. He squatted slightly with his legs, his arms stretched out in a rapid chain, alternating between long and short, alternating up and down, inside and outside, maintaining a complete offensive posture everywhere, and sometimes paused, his arms bent and swayed, like a praying mantis swaying back and forth to observe its prey. Then the body shook violently, and the hands, steps, and legs were closely connected and skillfully advanced and retreated, steady and flexible.

Le Lin involuntarily stopped, as a level 10 warrior, she had already seen the doorway.

This is a kind of hand-to-hand combat martial arts, in which he breaks through the opponent's offensive line through movements such as hooking and stretching his hands, and then bursts into his body, changing his hands quickly and repeatedly in a short distance, linking the opponent's eyes, throat, ears, neck and other vulnerable parts, and quickly disintegrating the opponent's ability to resist. But the weakness of this martial art is also very obvious, because the enemy who is attacked must also be unarmed, otherwise some of his offensive methods will be like suicide.

Le Lin walked back with the herbs on her back and shouted to the man, "The herbs have been picked, you can have a little more." ”

The man came over, counted the herbs in the basket, looked at the herbs with satisfaction, smiled and said, "Well, yes, it seems that you have studied seriously in the past few days." So quickly, I memorized the properties of these herbs and the points to pay attention to when picking them. You're a bit talented. ”

He looked up at Le Lin and suddenly asked, "You have also seen me practice martial arts in the past few days, what do you think?"

Lelin smiled: "Like an unqualified ranger." ”

"Oh, how does it compare to before you were cursed?" the man looked interested.

Le Lin said seriously: "It only takes one move to defeat you." ”

The druid was a little surprised: "It won't be that bad, right? Although I think my martial arts skills are mediocre, how can I not even pass a move?!"

Le Lin smiled and said, "You don't have a weapon in your hand, I can cut off your arm with just a sword." Of course, it will defeat you with one move. ”

The druid hurriedly said, "What if the two of us fight with our hands?"

Le Lin sneered: "Why should I put down my weapon and fight with you with my hand? In real fighting, who doesn't have a weapon in their hands? No matter how bad a person is, he will find a wooden stick and a chair to use as a weapon." Laying down your arms means surrendering, and if you surrender, what are you going to fight? Don't you understand this truth?"

The druid was dumbfounded, thought about it and said to himself: "Yes, there is no ban on weapons here, so naturally it is a priority to practice weapon fighting skills." If you don't use your weapons, wouldn't it be like throwing watermelons and picking up sesame seeds when you go to practice hand-to-hand combat? No matter how hard a mortal's iron palm is, it can't compare to a war hammer, and no matter how fine an ordinary person's bare hands are, it can't compare to a quick knife. Looks like I'm wrong. ”

Le Lin comforted: "Actually, your martial arts foundation is very good, as long as you give up those useless hand-to-hand combat skills and switch to weapons, it is estimated that you will soon become a qualified martial artist." Well, I think your technique is more suitable for weapons such as daggers and short swords. ”

The druid asked with interest, "Why do you see that my martial arts skills are good?"

Le Lin thought to herself, you are so proficient in your own practice, and you still want to come to ask me, but after all, you are your own "master". I had to reply: "Because your pace is very good, when you move forward, there is a trace of backward power, and backward only implies a little forward trend." Between each move, you will sink your shoulders, twist your waist, sit on your hips, buckle your knees, and store your whole body strength in the crotch and waist part, and each time you exert your strength to the waist as the hub, the power of the whole body will be struck out violently. The eyes, hands, and steps are fast and integrated, and they fully meet the requirements of a medium martial artist. And when your arms are attacking, the moment you exert your strength, the extreme rigidity suddenly shows a very soft elasticity, which is really rigid but not stiff, soft but not soft, fast but not hairy. As long as you change the right weapon, you can definitely make rapid progress in training. “

Speaking of this, Le Lin suddenly wanted to tease him, so she asked loudly, "Are you really a druid? I think you are either practicing martial arts or refining herbs all day long, how can you be similar to a forest ranger? If you are really a druid, how come you have never seen you change." I wonder what you'll look like when you're transformed?"

The man raised his head not far away, laughed twice, and suddenly spoke, "Do you mean that?"

As soon as the words fell, the green light appeared all over the person's body, and his body instantly increased to the height of two people.

In the blink of an eye, the green light receded, and a tall monster with a slightly humanoid form stood in front of Lelin.

Le Lin took a few steps back in horror and exclaimed, "Beasts?!"

The half-human, half-beast monster in front of you is a seven-point bear-like and a three-class human!

It is one and a half years tall, with short black fur all over its body, a bear-like head but a short, wide jaw, and thick razor-like claws on its hands and feet, making it look like a black bear standing on two legs.

But if you look closely, there is a three-point human form. Its shoulders are broad and thick, its waist and abdomen are slightly narrowed, and its thick arms almost reach the knees, and its posture is like that of a strong man with long arms and short legs.

Where is this druid's wild transformation? It's a beast at all! Only humans or elves infected with "bestiality" will become this kind of monster with a mixture of humans and beasts, but with more beast forms than human forms! Some of them will become tiger beasts, some will become badgers, and some will become wild boars and even dirty rats.

And what is this non-bear-shaped beast in front of him?

Le Lin immediately took a few more steps back, and although she didn't have a weapon in her hand, she still gritted her teeth and made a parry gesture. Because I'm still very weak now, if I want to run, I can't outrun this fast-moving monster, so I have to fight to the death!

She was on stern guard, but the monster suddenly waved a pair of large claws like hands, as if to signal that she had guessed wrong.

Then the monster glowed green, and in an instant, it transformed into a giant lizard!

Le Lin looked in surprise at the giant lizard in front of her, which looked like a chameleon but was as big as two rhinoceros, crawling on the ground. It has a hideous face, with many short but sharp curved spines from the top of its head to the tip of its jaw, and its toes are not chameleon-shaped pincers, but long, sharp claws like monitor lizards. Especially its mouth, where there are two rows of canine-like sharp teeth, not at all like the toothless mouth of a chameleon!

However, its body changed color as quickly as a chameleon, forming a surprising pattern, it was the appearance of a huge rock, the gray surface looked quite rough, no different from a large stone of old age, and there were even several vivid "cracks" on it, which was really difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake!

Then it suddenly took on the appearance of a mass of gold and silver jewelry, all of which were metallic and lustrous, and there were changes in light and shade in the size of a coin, as if it were really made of a pile of gold coins! There are even a few strings of pearl necklace-like patterns vividly displayed on it, as if a few strings of big pearl necklaces are lying on a large pile of gold coins waiting for Le Lin to take them, and the most surprising thing is that even the texture of the pearls is decent!

Before she could come back to her senses, the large pile of "gold, silver and jewelry" in front of her suddenly changed color again, turning into a yellow-green variegated color of the distant wilderness opposite. From her point of view, it almost blends in with the distant background! Knowing that there is a large monster in front of her, she can't help but see it as a flat wilderness ground.

Lelin was dumbfounded, although she had studied a lot of knowledge of the surface world in Casca City in the underworld, she had never heard of a druid with such an ability to change. But seeing that he can become two completely different things, he shouldn't be a beast.

At this point, the druid turned back into human form, smiled at him and said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not a beast, I'm a standard human. ”

"Then why didn't your wild transformation turn into a real bear?" Le Lin asked with a frown, "Why did you turn into a humanoid bear-like monster?"

The man smiled helplessly and said, "Because I'm a 'secret druid'!"

The secret druid Lelin muttered to herself, what kind of strange profession is this? There are also some druids in the underground world, and although they will never come to Casca City in Drow, there will always be some information circulating in that crowded area. But why have I never heard of this genre?

The man continued, "We secret druids have practiced some secret techniques that have been handed down from ancient times, so many of our abilities are a little different from ordinary druids. For example, we can adjust our changed form, but I don't like the way beasts fight, so I changed my short-faced bear form to human characteristics. The chameleon's form has also been adjusted, and it has the characteristics of a large carnivorous lizard. ”

You like to fight, and you have a good fighting ability to become a monster. Lelin thought to herself. It seems that he practiced those rough martial arts every day to match the form of this bear man.

The man had already diverted the topic and said: "Badbey has found several new herbs in the mountains, tomorrow I will go into the mountains to collect them, I will not be able to apply needles to you in the past few days when I am away, you come to the room with me now, I will tell you all the positions and order of those needles, and you use your fingers to massage those parts, although the effect is worse than that of needles, but you still have to persevere." Because I'll have to study the properties of those herbs when I get back, and I may soon find a way to get rid of the curse on you. ”

Lelin was happy, half because her curse might be removed soon, and the other half because she didn't have to suffer from the "needle" every day.

For two weeks, every day he would use a strange treatment. He would pierce dozens of long, thin silver needles into his body, from the top of his head, his back, to his legs, and even between his toes. Then use some special techniques to rotate and even pull these silver needles repeatedly. At this time, her muscles would beat involuntarily in the intense swelling pain, and she even felt that the needles became hot like fire, which was unbearable! Thank the gods, at least for the past two days, she didn't have to endure this torture "medical treatment".

The two of them reached the large bedroom on the second floor, and it was the first time that Lelin had entered the druid's room, which had previously been restricted to the fourth floor on the top floor and outside the fort, because the man had not given her any other room keys, even the kitchen.

The spacious bedroom, somewhat dimly lit, is simply furnished with a large stone table, several stone chairs, and a large stone bookcase protruding from the wall. On the other side of the room is a large wooden bed, and the wall at the head of the bed is carved with the circular pattern representing "balance", and around it is evenly distributed simple symbols made of thick lines superimposed on each other, which are the same as those on the druid robes. Lelin couldn't help but take a few more looks.

The druid pulled out a palm-sized piece of parchment with a strange and intricate symbol drawn on it, which on closer look to be a combination of small symbols, but they were well combined, making the whole pattern cohesive, forming a large overall symbol.

"From today onwards, you put this thing under your pillow so that when you sleep, this rune will automatically help you recover your body, and it will also be good for suppressing the curse. Druid said.

Le Lin took the parchment rune, and she clearly felt a powerful but soft spell fluctuation, as if she was immersed in a hot spring. "It's amazing! I had only heard that dwarves could make runes for storing spells, but I didn't expect you to be able to. Could it be that this is also your secret technique?" she exclaimed, as a level 10 martial artist, she could feel spell fluctuations that were not far away. In the past, she had only felt the mage-made zuò scroll, and the spell fluctuations on it were cold and complex, and it felt like a dense sound made when countless gears mesh, which was very boring.

The druid said leisurely, "Naturally, it's my unique secret art. By the way, you can also feel the spell fluctuations on it, when did you start to feel it?"

Le Lin looked at this druid who lacked common sense with some surprise, and said: "Level 6, any martial artist who has reached level 6, whether it is a warrior, a wanderer, a forest ranger, or a paladin, can feel the nearby spell fluctuations, don't you even know this common sense?"

The druid shrugged his shoulders and said, "No one ever talked to me about it when I was in the mountains. After coming here, none of the soldiers in Yamashita Town have reached level 5, so it has not been very clear. ”

Then the druid told her that the places where the needles were pricked every day were called "acupoints", and that massaging these places with her hands also had a certain therapeutic effect, and taught her the techniques and sequences of massage. Finally, the druid said, "After I leave, you should be careful to take the wisteria necklace I gave you with you at all times." Because you haven't been to town, some people won't know you. Once someone comes to me and finds out that you are a stranger and you don't have anything to prove yourself, that's trouble. Maybe they'll throw you into the town's dungeon. So don't forget to wear it. ”

Le Lin took out the rattan necklace, pointed to the circular pattern on it, and asked, "Is this it, what is this symbol called?

The druid was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said to her: "This symbol is called 'Tai Chi', as for the meaning, it is very complicated, you are not a secret druid, so it is useless to explain." Anyway, just wear it on your body, and everyone in the town knows it's my logo. ”

"Status" Le Lin repeated the awkward-sounding name several times and exited the room.

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