Chapter 4: The Way Home
In the gorgeous light, Mumaru's body seemed to become even larger, and the earthy yellow light became more pure. After nearly two months of hard work by Arthur and the cost of a priceless spar vein, it finally reached the fifth order. The vein that was originally gouged has now been turned into a large pit, and this work is mainly done by mud pellets. Arthur spent the rest of his time doing another thing besides constantly pumping the power of the earth into it.
Make yourself a weapon.
Since falling into the river that day, Arthur's belongings have been gone, and even his clothes have been torn by himself. It can be said that he has been running naked for the past few months, but fortunately, the druid himself has a strong tolerance for cold, and after turning into stone, he feels a little cold and heat.
Looking at the super sword in his hand, Arthur shook his head with some regret. This sword is made from two large fangs of a wild boar that are close to crystallization, and is forged with its ability to change the shape and structure of earth and stone. The hilt and body of the sword are one, and the yellow-white giant sword is half a head taller than Arthur. You must know that the height of the strong man after Arthur's transformation again is close to the height of the highland barbarians. And the sharpness of the sword itself is insufficient, just barely used as a weapon to smash people. If there is the skill of the dwarven forger, plus the boar's magic core, there is a good chance to make a magic weapon, but now it can only make do.
Arthur thought to himself: If his stone-shaping ability is a little stronger, he can compress this sword to be smaller and sharper, but this can only wait for the further improvement of the strength of the Heart of the Earth in the future.
But then again, such a giant sword is really good enough. Arthur raised his sword violently and slashed down with a loud shout, immediately leaving a deep mark on the ground in front of him. Stirred up the dust.
Looking at Mud Pill, who was sitting on the side playing with rocks by himself, Arthur smiled, "It's time to go, Mud Pill, let's get out of here and go to the outside world." It's probably a little more fun there!"
Mud Pill is very sensitive to play, and immediately nodded heavily, happily agreeing. Now it is a powerful elemental creature of the fifth order, and it has a natural ability, Stone Claw, which rises from the ground and raises its hand to grab the enemy. Coupled with its own "sluggishness", "Earth Elemental Summoning" can be said to be suitable for both near and far.
And thanks to Arthur's elevation of the Heart of the Earth, and the fact that the Mud Pill has incorporated almost the entire vein into his body, Arthur can finally leave the forest, and although the druid doesn't hate the jungle life, he is really fed up with spending a few months in one place like a prison. He's been eating a piece of pork for two months now. This made his resentment of the pig even deeper.
Arthur asked Mud Pill to lift himself high and put it on his shoulder, and Arthur rode on its neck and hugged its big head, and commanded loudly, "Mud Pill Boy, let's go!
Mud Pill's stride is not high, but each step is ten steps higher than that of ordinary people, and the speed is still very satisfying to Arthur. Mud Pill is already a fifth-order, and their identity as an elemental creature (Arthur is a pseudo-elemental creature, in his words, since I became a piece of poop, no one dares to step on my head), there will probably be no other demonic beasts in this forest to find trouble with them, so as long as Arthur judges the direction, just go forward, cross the river when encountering the river, and climb the mountain when encountered. It's almost a straight line to the south.
Yes, Arthur doesn't want to go back to Bloodthorn anymore, although it is interesting to be a leader, but how to be more free than a person. The only one who feels a little sorry is Kaye. But he felt that he had also fulfilled his promise, leaving the chance of life to her in that situation. And he couldn't stay with Bloodthorn forever with her, he had so much to want to achieve. And he felt that Kaye's feelings were nothing more than the impulse of the girl he first loved, and that, in his experience on Earth, it would never take her much longer to forget herself than to fall in love with herself.
Perhaps because he had experienced too many vicissitudes in his previous life, Arthur had always been skeptical about his feelings. After all, for a modern person, falling in love with someone and forgetting someone is the most natural thing. A job transfer can easily end a relationship that you think is deep. Life is still like this, let alone death.
However, Bloodthorn should know that he is still alive, and Arthur's situation on Earth will probably be classified as "missing", although missing is probably no different from death, and it is still the kind where the body cannot be found, but in this world, there are still many ways to determine a person's life and death without any information. For example, Grandpa Aven's prophecy, although the prediction of the future is not very accurate (Arthur: Actually, it is not accurate at all, pure meng. But it's okay to prophesy, especially my only grandson.
Thinking of this, Arthur knocked on the big head of Mud Pill and said, "Okay, Mud Pill, let's go see Grandpa Aivan, I haven't seen him for a long time, he will definitely like you, I only have such a relative in this world, no, there are two, plus you." Originally, Arthur was going to return to Quincy at the end of this year, and he has always had a deep affection for Aven, who took care of himself and gave him strength. But I didn't expect to encounter such a thing, and now he can't fly back as a crow, it's a real headache.
Arthur has always been lazy and worried about things that can't be solved, or when it comes to this world, he thinks very openly. "If you can't fly back, then go back!
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Many days had passed, and Arthur had ridden through the woods on a mud pellet. Although the winter in the south comes later, but the forest is also full of a layer of golden fallen leaves, along the way except to taste a variety of wild fruits and collect some seeds, there is nothing else, although the scenery here is very beautiful, but you will feel a little monotonous when you see more.
I keep using the Heart of the Earth every day, but when I use up all the earth spars, I can only resonate briefly, and I won't be as crazy as before. And it will take him a while to truly fuse the power of the earth that the essence has obtained during this time. To Arthur's delight, though, he was finally able to see more of Quincy's memories, and that there were two ways to fuse and fight with his contract mates that Arthur felt beneficial.
One is a totem that retracts the mud pill to its chest, and can use its natural spells to gain power like it for a short time. The other is to merge yourself into the body of the mud pill and turn into a stone giant to fight. This gives him an extra layer of security for the rest of his adventure. As long as the heart of the earth continues to improve, one day, even if you don't go to find that Medusa, you can perfectly remove the petrification on your body. Although there is no other way, the current state of the stone is more conducive to the ascension of the Heart of the Earth, so Arthur simply decided not to use other methods, and completely rely on the Heart of the Earth to remove the petrification. It's also a rare opportunity to exercise.
The autumn sky is clear and transparent, and the sunset is particularly gorgeous at dusk. The red light sprinkled throughout the forest, and for a moment, it seemed to turn this place into another world. At this time of the day, Arthur would stop Mud Pill and hold himself up to the tallest nearby tree (sometimes on top of Mud Ball's head) and look down on the forest. Quietly enjoy this moment, the helplessness and sentimentality that pass away in the magnificence, this kind of scenery seems to be seen no matter how many times you will not get tired of it.
But today Arthur did not enjoy the moment, because he sensed that there seemed to be a large gathering of animals in the forest ahead, which was very unusual in the forest, and there was music coming from it.
Arthur couldn't help but be curious, and took back the mud pill. He walked over gently, it would have been difficult to do this with his weight, but the power of the earth allowed him to walk lightly on the ground.
Carefully avoiding the cover of a clump of fairy grass, the music was close to the ear, the sound of a harp, and accompanied by an elegant and beautiful low song. Slowly poking his head out, Arthur saw another shocking scene.
The red light of the setting sun is divided into branches by the branches of the trees, and sprinkled on the clearing between the trees. In the middle of the woodland sat a figure on a broken tree, playing softly. In the sunlight, the dark blue bangs hung down, forming a faint shadow between the eyebrows, making it difficult to see the color of her eyes, but the elegant face was more obvious. The fair-skinned and slender fingers kept fluctuating the strings, and the ordinary xylophone in her hand exuded a beautiful music that touched the heart.
Many wild beasts crouched around her, from the most ordinary rabbit to the most ferocious spotted tiger. Arthur couldn't help but be a little addicted, but quickly came to his senses. When he looked again, he saw a pair of turquoise eyes meeting him, and the beasts on the ground all turned in their direction and let out a low roar, as if angry at Arthur's interruption.
The beautiful concert in the forest instantly turned into a battlefield full of murderous intentions, and Arthur couldn't help but smile bitterly, as if he had caused trouble.