It was promised that they would travel all night, but after all, humans are not machines and cannot stay awake, so they only walked for half a night. At around one or two o'clock in the morning, Edkin and his party of five had just left the territory of the City of Neverwinter. They had to find a leeward mountain col to light a bonfire and set up camp to rest, preparing to set off again after dawn the next day.
"..."
At this time, beside the flaming bonfire, Edkin first turned his head and glanced at a troublesome little girl who was sleeping soundly on the belly of a giant bear, and then looked with some emotion at the girl with her eyes open. Horgai, the barbarian who knew what he was thinking, smiled and asked softly:
"Hello!"
"Holgay, tell me...what level is her magic item?"
"It can become bigger or smaller, and it can be used as a mount when we are on the road. Not only is it not slower than our horseback riding speed, it can also act as a thug and bodyguard, and it can also be used as a bed when sleeping..."
"You don't have to worry about wild animals attacking..."
As he spoke, Edkin made no secret of his envy and jealousy towards Annie's little bear Tibbs. He wished he could get a similar magic prop and give it to him. The one who was still 'fallen' in Foch daughter in hand.
"Where did she find this magical puppet?"
"If it's not expensive, I really want to get one for Kira!"
"That way, when we need to go out for something in the future, we no longer have to worry about Kira's safety, right?"
Now that things have happened, Eedkin has no idea about Annie's little bear, and about the powerful toy puppet Tibbers who, according to Simon, is probably some kind of ultra-advanced alchemy item or an ultra-advanced enchanted puppet, or even a legendary toy puppet. No doubt.
However, he still firmly felt that the other party was probably not the bad little girl who had never shown any magical means, was only greedy and indolent, and relied on others or the bear to do everything. What kind of arcane archmage? The reason why he let the other party follow him was simply because he wanted to rely on the other party's magical puppet bear and the other party's relatively good financial strength.
They even thought for a time that the magic puppet bear of the other party was probably really made by a powerful arcane mage. It might be the other party's parents or teachers, and the other party had not learned any magic at all. , just sneaking out to have fun using the name of his 'teacher' or 'parent'?
Of course, as for why the other party's parents did not come, it is possible that what the other party and the druid girl Doric said is true. The other party may have used some unconventional means to transcend distance and space, and even the world. They just came here, so the other party's 'parents' can't be found or can't be searched for the time being?
"Buy one for Kira too?"
"Well……"
"I have no objection."
"only……"
After hearing Edkin's words, he took another look at the little girl Annie who was sleeping soundly on the belly of the giant bear, and the giant bear underneath him who was motionless and half-lying under the big tree as a bed as ordered, Huo Huo Ergai shook his head and retorted angrily:
"Don't think about it!"
"That thing looks expensive!"
"We have never seen magic puppets or props like that, and Simon has never seen anything that powerful. Do you think you can afford it?"
Yes, unlike Edkin's assumption, Holgay would not think about something that even a barbarian like her knew was impossible.
"But!"
"We'll have money soon!"
"I mean, once our plan to bring down Fauci succeeds, we will not only bring him down, but also empty his treasury!"
"That's a huge amount of gold and silver treasure. No matter how expensive the bear is, considering the one-third of Neverwinter City's wealth that each of us will be allocated, it should be more than enough to buy a similar one for Kira, right?"
Of course Edkin knew that Tibbers the Demonic Bear looked very expensive, but as a future millionaire, he thought it should be more than enough.
"one third?"
"There are five of us, isn't it one-fifth?"
Holgai was startled, then subconsciously counted the team members, and then looked at Edkin with a surprised look on his face.
"oops!"
"Didn't Doric say that? She wasn't after the treasure, she was just to defeat Fudge. You heard that at the time."
"So her share won't be divided."
"Too!"
"What about Anne?"
"She is also a member of our team, right?"
"She?"
"She seems to be very rich. She even bought our four horses. After thinking about it, I thought she might not like that little treasure, so I might as well not give her any share. ?”
"Me, you and Simon, the three of us can split it equally!"
"What do you think?"
"ha?"
"This is such a great idea, I totally agree!"
"What do you say!"
"Can such a large amount of gold and silver treasure buy a magic item like that bear?"
"I have no idea……"
"You should ask Simon!"
"Hello!"
"Simon!"
As he spoke, after deciding on the division and ownership of the treasure without authorization, Holgay was not unambiguous and kicked Simon, who was dozing next to her beside the bonfire, and also asked Simon to When he was awakened and fell to the ground, the druid girl Doric was also awakened.
"what?"
"I almost fell asleep!!"
He was kicked for no apparent reason, and he thought something was wrong, but it turned out that it was just Edkin and Holgay, two idiots, who wanted to call him up to chat. Simon, the rookie warlock, wanted to give him a big blow right there. The slap went towards those two people.
"Almost?"
"So you didn't fall asleep?"
"Since I'm not asleep, let's talk about it quickly!"
Edkin didn't care about that much, after all, it wasn't him who kicked him. If he went to Holgay about anything, he'd better ask the question in his mind first.
"explain?"
"say what?"
Simon looked confused and muttered angrily.
After all, it is always a bit frustrating for anyone who is about to fall asleep and is about to be kicked awake and face the ruthless reality while having sex with a certain Druid girl in his dream.
"??"
Druid Doric, who was also awakened, thought that the three of them had something important to discuss, so he came over curiously while rubbing his eyes.
"..."
(￣o￣). z Z
Except, of course, for a certain bad little girl.
Although the movement of the three people was a bit loud, she, who was curled up on Tibbers' belly and burying her head deep in his soft and furry arms, was not affected by the voices, complaints or sounds of the three people at all. I was startled by other rustling noises.
"That's the bear!"
"Simon!"
"Tell me, how expensive is it?"
After seeing Simon gradually waking up and adding firewood to the campfire, Edkin asked enthusiastically.
"??"
"How much, how expensive is it?"
Simon was startled, subconsciously looking towards Anne and Tibbers, and then turned to Edkin in confusion for a while and asked incomprehensively:
"Why do you ask?"
Unexpectedly, the other party kicked him awake for asking such a boring question, and Simon's desire to give him a 'big slap' became stronger and stronger.
"Of course I want to buy one!"
"For Kira!"
"You have also seen the benefits and power of that thing. Think about it, after we defeat Fucci and get his treasure, we can buy Kira a similar one as compensation for my unfit father. Then Isn’t it too much?”
The night was still long anyway, so Edkin took what he had just discussed with Holgay, which was to buy a magic doll similar to Tibbers as a gift to Kira to compensate them. Give a rough outline of your thoughts on not being around the other person for the past two years.
"..."
However, it was better that Edkin didn't say anything. As soon as he said it, Simon gradually straightened his face and looked at Edkin with an unabashed look like he was looking at a fool.
"What's wrong?"
"What's the problem?"
Edkin was a little confused and didn't know why Simon looked at him with that weird look.
"Edkin..."
"Do you know the value and significance of that bear?"
Simon sighed first, and instead of answering directly, he asked rhetorically.
"have no idea!"
"You never told us."
With slumped shoulders, Edkin really wanted to say: If I knew, why would I let Holgai kick you awake?
"first!"
"That's not a simple magic puppet. I don't know what it is exactly, but!"
"I only know……"
"It's very powerful. It can pin down the owlbear that Doric turned into with one hand, and then it can defeat the three of us with only one hand. Isn't that right?"
Simon still had some fresh memories of the time when Edkin and Holgai launched a charge and were shot away, then ruthlessly suppressed the three of them and hung them under the tree house.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that that level of power is almost the same as that of a dragon.
"Secondly!"
"It can change freely, become larger or smaller, and it is said that it can also use fire magic?"
"Although I haven't seen it, I'm pretty sure: it doesn't need energy from the caster when it changes size or moves, so I guess there must be some deeper source of power inside it that I can't recognize. , it’s not just as simple as magic runes and brands!”
"Plus……"
"It can also absolutely obey orders, can be carried around, and seems to have a certain level of low-level intelligence. Do you know what all this means?"
Having said this, Simon stopped again, and once again looked at Edkin with that contemptuous and strange look.
"..."
"I have no idea!"
"What does it mean?"
"Stop hiding it."
"Say it quickly!"
Edkin and Holgai looked at each other, and then asked impatiently, signaling Simon not to play riddles with them. After all, they didn't know much about magic.
"mean……"
"If that thing could be bought, any archmage would not hesitate to use their huge wealth to buy one!"
"Don't talk about Kira, I'm afraid even I want it!"
"Even my ancestor Elminster Omar didn't have such a thing!"
"I think it is at least a legendary level magic puppet. It is not inferior to the helmet we are looking for. Such a thing cannot be bought with money."
"actually……"
"I am now more and more convinced that her family or teacher is really a legendary arcane master. Otherwise, she would not have that kind of magical and powerful thing."
At this point, after despising Edkin and Holgay, Simon once again looked at Anne who was sleeping soundly and the motionless magic bear under Anne, and did not hide it at all. The envy and jealousy in his eyes.
"I have never heard of, nor have I seen in books, any archmage who invented, made or owned similar magic puppets."
"It exists beyond your imagination!"
"In short, you should stop thinking about buying one. Even if you get Foqi's treasure, the kind of mage who can create such a thing will definitely not look down on your treasures!"
"What's more, it seems to have low-level intelligence, which touches the realm of the gods. You have no idea what that means!"
"It is a priceless treasure!"
"The value is beyond your imagination. It can't be bought with the wealth of Neverwinter. I can't think of any mage who would sell such a thing!"
As he said this, Simon, a rookie warlock with a family background, once again sighed with emotion, and once again made no secret of his feelings for Edkin and Holgay, two people who clearly didn't understand magic but naively wanted to do something ridiculous. The disdain of his companions.
"Is it that exaggerated?"
"No way?"
"One-third of Neverwinter's wealth can't buy it?"
Edkin was a little surprised.
He obviously didn't expect Simon to have such a high opinion of the bear. He just thought it was very good, convenient and powerful, and was especially suitable for Kira as a bodyguard.
"whispering sound!"
"Okay, Simon, you mages are just weird and nagging. If it were me, I wouldn't use one-third of the treasure in Neverwinter to buy something like that!"
"That's enough to recruit an army to fight a war!"
Different from Edkin's surprise, the female barbarian warrior Holgai was a little disdainful and said that she would not exchange one-third of the wealth of Neverwinter City for such a gadget, even if the wealth is not available yet. The same goes for getting it.
"Believe it or not, it's up to you!"
"Anyway, you can't buy that thing. Besides, I really admire the most, most, most, most, most, most, most, most, most, most, most, most, most, most, most powerful arcane mage that Anne said. If Wouldn’t it be nice to meet the other person and ask some questions?”
Simon didn't explain, he just continued to sigh.
"that……"
At this time, after listening to the conversation of the three people, the druid girl Doric finally came towards the three people and said carefully:
"I think I have to correct some of your misconceptions?"
"In fact, Tibbers is not a magic tool with low-level intelligence. On the contrary, its intelligence is beyond all of your imagination!"
"Although it can be regarded as a magic puppet, in fact it is actually a powerful shadow bear, but it was sealed into the fur shell?"
"Of course, you can't find it even if you peel off its fur bear skin. It's a very magical sealing state. I can't understand it anyway."
"besides!"
"You must not have thought of it, right?"
"Before you came to me, I had sparred with it countless times. It was a very magical magic projection. Although I lost, I was eaten by it many, many times..."
"but!"
"It actually knows all kinds of druid spells. It also gave me druid transformation runes from another world called Azeroth and some kind of spell book that uses the power of nature to heal!"
"Although I still haven't figured out what the words in the spell books other than transformation mean, but there is no doubt that those spells should be real!"
"Because I'm about to learn that novel Azeroth transformation technique!"
"at last……"
"What you just discussed made it angry. Maybe it is thinking about how to kill you now?"
After saying that, after taking a peek at a certain giant bear that was motionless because it needed to be used as a mattress, the Druid girl teased the three of them with some gloating.
"ah!"
"So it turned out that there was a shadow bear sealed in that shell?"
"So that's it?"
"That makes sense, but it's also an enchantment and sealing technique that I can't imagine. It's definitely something I've never seen before!"
Simon didn't pay attention to Doric's last words, he just clapped his hands excitedly, and then muttered to himself that he could solve a certain doubt in his heart.
"It also has advanced intelligence?"
"Still angry?"
"Can I also teach you Druid's spells?"
"No way?"
"Then why haven't we seen it talk?"
Unlike Simon's excitement, Edkin and Holgai's focus was on another aspect.
"Tibbers really can't speak. He has established the only spiritual connection with Annie!"
"However, it uses gestures and eyes to express certain meanings. Only a druid like me can interpret it relatively easily."
"Of course, that's just a rough idea..."
As he spoke, Druid girl Doric subconsciously turned her head and looked aside.
(…)
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Then, she, Edkin, Holgay and Simon all saw that the giant bear that was lying there motionless was now turning towards them with slightly red eyes and an evil look on its face?
"!!"
"it……"
"Are you really angry?"
"You can tell, it seems so?"
"Hello!"
"Doric, what does it mean now?"
"Why do I have a bad feeling?"
"Me too!"
"I always feel so scared..."
"really!"
Then, they saw that the bear was looking at him and others with an unkind look. Although they were not druids and did not know the meaning of certain body parts and eyes of the animals, they could still see the meaning in each other's eyes. They were filled with murderous intent, so they all moved back, trying to get further away from each other.
"..."
"You don't want to know."
"It's getting late."
"Go to sleep quickly, we have to go on the road tomorrow!"
The druid girl seemed to know the general meaning of Tibbers, but she didn't want to answer. She just lay down in her previous position again with some resentment and fear, and then called the other three to sleep quickly.
"rest assured!"
"Edkin, you don't have to go on night watch. Tibbers is here and everything will be fine!"
"Maybe?"
Then, seeing Edkin still sitting there and not lying down, she did not forget to remind him of this before closing her eyes.
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(╬◣◢): Where is the monthly ticket?
