Sure enough, it didn't take long for footsteps to be heard, followed by the sound of two people talking.

"Is it this way?"

"Yes, I saw the big balloon land around here before, and they should stay on the shore ahead. ”

"We haven't had outsiders on Xiaomo Island for a long time, I don't know where they came from, maybe they can help us......"

The voices that spoke were getting closer and closer, and it was the voices of two men. From their words, it is clear that they are the indigenous inhabitants of the island, not the explorers and adventurers from outside.

The fact that there are inhabitants on the island is a good thing for them, and maybe they can buy a compass on the island and re-establish the correct navigational image. Because of the habit of always being vigilant, Bing Zhiyi didn't go over to greet them at the beginning, but now that they are sure that they have no malicious intent, it doesn't matter.

"Hey, hello, we're here, are you inhabitants of the island?" Alice ran over and beckoned to the two who rushed up.

These two men were dressed in ordinary clothes, covered with animal skins, carrying bows and swords, just like ordinary hunters. They saw a little girl running out of the woods, and then two young men, one old and one young, came out and asked, "Are you the ones who landed on the island in a big balloon just now?"

This is a nonsense, the three people in front of them are obviously not residents of the island, and naturally they came by airship.

Alice corrected their mistake and said, "That's not a big balloon, it's our Harmony airship." ”

Another hunter asked, "Young men, where are your lords?"

"It's just the three of us who came by airship," said Hurington. ”

"Oh?" the hunter was skeptical of Hurrington's words.

Alice said: "That's right, we had a big storm at sea, the airship was badly damaged, the compass was also broken, and today we accidentally saw this island, so we came to the island to take a look." I just heard you say, this island is called Xiaomo Island, right?"

The hunter saw that Alice was speaking sincerely, not as if she was lying, and said, "How can you three young men come to sea in an airship, the sea is very dangerous. It's a blessing that you've survived the storm. Although this is a good word, it is unpleasant to hear.

"There are villages and towns on the island," said Hurrington. Can you take us there, we want to buy some supplies. ”

One of the hunters said, "I can take you to the village, but I am afraid you can't buy anything if you want to." ”

“weishenme？”

The hunter said, "Because ...... By the way, my name is Pheron, my friend Ace. ”

They also exchanged names.

Feron continued: "Our Xiaomo Island is isolated from the outside world, and we have very little contact with the outside world. Many of the things used by the inhabitants of the island are sold to us once a season, and the merchant ships from the mainland sell them to us, and these things are only enough for our own use, so if you want to buy them, you can only buy some special products from our island. ”

"I see. Hurington said, "There's a compass for sale in that village, right?"

"Yes. ”

The hunter named Ace suddenly said, "What about Brother Faerun, they don't seem to be able to help us." ”

"Why, are there any difficulties on your island?" asked Alice, who had just fastened her bow, when she heard them say this.

"That's right...... I can't say this three or two sentences clearly, so let's talk about it as we go. "Ferenc Dao.

"Wait," said Hurrington, "is there a place in your village where airships are grounded, and I want to drive our airships together." ”

Fei Lun said: "The area around our village is very empty, and you can stop as much as you want. In this way, Fei Lun and the others also boarded the Harmony airship and flew together towards Xiaomo Village.

The village is located on a sandy beach and meadow not far from the sea, bordering the sea to the south and mountains to the north. The buildings in the village are all made of wood, and they are all strangely shaped, all in the shape of triangular pyramids or cones, most of them are low, and the roofs are covered with straw, and some are hung with red, yellow, white and green ribbons. This may be related to the warm and humid climate where it rains all year round, and the herringbone or triangular roof allows the rain to flow down faster.

There is a small river on the west side of the village, the water of which flows down from the hill to the north, and a few acres of paddy fields have been cultivated by the river, and the paddy fields are naturally not barley and barley, but rice. It was around the mountains that the Harmony flew from the west. ,

The men, women and children of the village saw a large balloon painted with elves (Yeke) flying in the sky, and they all ran to the head of the village to point and talk to each other.

A clearing by the river was chosen, and the 'Harmony' was slowly lowered.

"Is this the village of Xiaomo? The sun, the beach, and the thatched hut are only the beauties of different regions. As she stepped out of the cabin and saw the beach-like village, she began to wonder what was wrong.

Alice stayed in the corridor outside the cabin early in the morning, and before the airship was parked, she jumped down with Yerk.

"Hey, slow down. Ice Evil also rolled over and jumped out of the cabin, and when he saw that Alice didn't run, he yelled 'ahhh

It turns out that the small river to the west of the village is one of the habitats where slimes on the island breed, and the riverbank from the mountain to the sea is full of slimes. Alice jumped to the east and stepped to the west, and she could always step on slimes big or small, and those slimes preferred to stick to her as if they were glued to her, and there were always slimes crawling up the corners of her pants.

Seeing Alice's embarrassed appearance, Herrington stepped forward and said, "Why don't you like them so much, you see you have trampled them all flat, and they don't have a word of complaint, how cute." ”

"You're the only one who likes this slug-like thing, hates it, ......hates it," Alice yelled, kicking all the slimes off her feet.

Ace laughed and said, "The slime is the symbol of our island, and every family on the island has a slime. ”

"Ahh Alice was disappointed.

Hurrington looked at the group of slimes on the bank of the river, and thought to himself, although there were many slimes here, there were no good varieties, they were all ordinary goods, and they couldn't be sold for a good price.

After crossing the wooden bridge over the river, the people of the village ran out, and Fei Lun stepped forward to introduce the situation, and a woman in her thirties came out of the crowd, and Fei Lun introduced: "This is our village chief." ”

"Oh, I didn't think the village was a beautiful sister, I thought it was an old uncle with a long white beard. Hurington made a very gentlemanly manner: "Hello, my name is Alchemy Hurington, and it's a pleasure to meet you, lady of the village." ”

The village chief and the people in the village were very hospitable, and while inviting them into the village, the village chief said: "It's rare that there are outsiders who can come to our island, I heard that your airship is broken, and if there is any need, I will let the people in the village help you as much as possible." ”

"Let's go to you first, the village chief, lady. ”

The village chief said, "Alas, you have come at a bad time, if you had come a few months earlier, we would have entertained you with great hospitality, but now ......"

Alice said, "Listen to the village chief's sister, something seems to have happened in the village. I've heard Uncle Feron and Uncle Ace talk about the difficulties in the village, and I don't know what happened?"

The village chief sighed again: "Here's the thing. A few months ago, a monster suddenly came to our island, and it took over the highest peak of the island, and often flew into the village to plague us. Several times in our village, the whole village went out to encircle and suppress it, but it was all in vain, on the contrary, several of the most haode martial artists in the village died at its hands. Our Xiaomo Island is too far away from the mainland, and it usually takes three months or more for a routine supply of merchant ships to come to us, so we have to send people to the mainland to ask the army to help us, but we have sent two waves of people to it, and there is no news so far. ”

"I see. Hurington said.

Bing Zhixiao was looking at the nautical chart early in the morning, he had seen it when he was on the airship, and he didn't find the location of Xiaomo Island, so he pulled the village chief and asked, "May I ask the village chief, where is Xiaomo Island, why didn't I see it?"

The village chief glanced at the nautical chart and said, "This map must not have been bought in our country, and foreign maps rarely mark our Xiaomo Island." Oh, our little mill island is in this place, this is it. She pointed at the chart.

Both Ice and Hurrington were stunned, they didn't expect the 'Harmony' to float so far from the coastline, and that hurricane had changed their course so much......

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