The night is getting deeper and deeper, and the mist hangs in the forest like spider silk.
Before Mazak left, he left behind a sum of travel expenses, a rare starry peridot - according to Tianlan's valuation, it was worth tens of thousands of lisels at least.
In addition, he also gave Fang Plover a small gift separately - a silver amulet in the shape of an owl. Its scientific name is the Amulet of Insight, one of the works of the master forger. In Etalia, the owl is symbolized as a calm and wise bird. This amulet also has the same ability, helping the wearer to clear his mind and improve his computing power. It is almost a superior substitute for the common sobriety amulet on the market.
But it's much rarer -
After Fang Yu put it on, he felt that his mind was clear and his sleepiness faded away like a tide. He looked around and then asked as if he had reacted: "By the way, where is Hu Di?"
"When Mr. Hu Di separated from us earlier, he seemed to have said that he was going back to the hotel." Jita replied in a low voice.
Fang Plover nodded.
I thought that although the hotel was not safe, Hu Di would not rush in recklessly. Although many people died in the commotion at Travelers' Rest, many people escaped, including many who took the exam. Lin Business Alliance staff. If Hu Di meets those people, his safety should be safe.
So he stopped asking.
The light of the bonfire in the wind stove gradually dimmed, the firewood collected was almost burned, and everyone's clothes were gradually dried. Tian Lan suddenly stood up, patted the dirt on his body, and proactively suggested: "Let's set off when we're almost done. Let's take Brother Ed to see the secret base."
Fang Yu was stunned. "Isn't this your secret base?" He thought this island, located in a swamp and surrounded by maze-like mangroves, was their secret base.
Tianlan shook her head when she heard this: "Of course not," she replied mysteriously: "Our secret base is much more powerful than this place. It's still deeper, sister Aitila?"
Etila nodded, picked up her spear and stood up.
The elf girl obviously played the role of a leader, and the others began to pack their things. Luo Yu put out the bonfire, stamped it firmly, and poured water on it to cool the ashes completely. Tianlan on the side also took out a torch and lit it with flint.
After the fire dimmed, Papalar woke up with a start, and asked with a confused expression: "What's wrong, what's wrong? Is that dragon back again, or is it ready to eat? Can we catch it before it's too late?" Do you want to finish your supper before coming?"
"There's no late-night snack left, Mr. Parker," Kitta replied.
"Huh?" Parker's eyes widened and he tried to open them wider, but there were still two black beans. He lay down on the ground in a big shape, stretched out his short hands and feet, and shouted: "Then let the dragon eat me."
Without midnight snacks, Papalars become midnight snacks.
Tian Lan burst out laughing.
Attila shook her head, took the torch from her hand, and walked forward.
Fang Plover followed the elf girl, and the team passed through a dense mangrove forest. This small island was covered with grass, and the light of the torch seemed to only reflect a palm-sized area among the reeds.
There are some strange creatures living in the reeds, such as wading birds with curly and gorgeous feathers, a bit like herons, but apparently there are no such gorgeous storks on earth. There are also some scaly Talon minks and shrews.
What you need to be careful of are snakes, the highly venomous aquatic krait and chain snake - but the elf girl is very talented in surviving in the wild, which is almost the job of a hunter. Not to mention that she is also a follower of Amaya, a druid who can always detect danger first.
The road extends deep into the land. There are only some weird dead trees along the way, and the scenery seems a bit boring. Against the glow of the torches, the starlight also appeared dim, and the diffuse mist was blown by the wind, forming strange shapes like ghosts.
Jita seemed to be a little scared, and followed the others step by step with a huge book on her back. She was walking behind Fang Plover, and accidentally tripped forward on a vine, almost falling if Miss Goblin hadn't flown over to hold her collar.
Ji Ta thought it was Fang Plover who had taken action, so she carefully held the huge lens and thanked him in a low voice with a blushing face.
Tian Lan murmured quietly to the side, asking Fang Pulong if the master and servant gave him this goblin? Fang Yu was actually very surprised. Goblin costumes were not cheap, and it was difficult to buy them without even thinking about them.
The conversation between the Papalar and Luo Yu came from behind, somewhat intermittently: "To be honest," Parker said, "I have begun to miss life in the Hill of Giant Trees. No wonder the real Papalar never Don’t go out.”
"But weren't you kicked out?" Luo Yu looked at him a little doubtfully.
"No, that's not the case. I just think the mountain lord's hat is too ridiculous..."
"And you said it accidentally?" Tian Lan turned around and asked with a smile.
The Papalar was so angry that he grabbed some mud and threw it at her.
The little girl screamed, laughing and making trouble with the latter.
"Are you on an outing?" Luo Yu asked angrily.
Fang Plover thought so——
Not long after the team moved forward, Aitila suddenly stopped. Tian Lan seemed to have noticed something, stopped fighting, and rushed over with a single stride - almost knocking Jita down, making the latter glare at her angrily.
Tianlan gave her an apologetic look sheepishly, and then parted the long grass with a master's attitude, and introduced Fang Plover in a showy tone: "Dangdangdang, welcome to sister Aitila's secret base. "
"Why mine?" Attila looked at her inexplicably.
The little French girl winked at her a little mischievously.
However, Fang Yu looked at the scene in front of him and was so surprised that he was speechless.
Ahead is a giant beast.
The giant beast looked a bit like a rhinoceros, covered in long hair, with three sharp horns in a row and a long tail. It was twelve to fourteen meters long, about the length of a bus, and its flat back was about as tall as two and a half people stacked on top of each other.
Against the background of the firelight, it looked like a swaying hill.
The giant beast felt that there were people, and turned around to look at these people curiously with wrinkled brown eyes. When it saw Etila, it immediately mooed affectionately, like a cow braying.
"Ha," Tianlan was very happy to see this, and waved to say hello to the big cat: "Hello, Mr. Gray Rock, we are back, are you taking good care of the big cat?"
This is a gray ridge negative hill beast——
It is a large herbivorous mammal that maintains the habit of living in groups. The square plovers know some knowledge about them. This large creature is mainly distributed in the mountains of Stylike Peninsula and the short hill grassland east of the empire. The wild gray mountain negative hill beasts live a life of migration in groups. They are quite intelligent and Gentle, because it lacks natural predators and is very curious, it is not afraid of getting along with humans.
For this reason, Tasia's herders trained them as beasts of burden and regarded them as members of the family and tribe. The culture of the Tasiya people is very closely related to the Gray Mountain Negative Mountain Beast. Both the packhouse culture and the custom of nomadic wandering come from this - the Tasiya people will receive the first property in their lives when they are born. Also a lifelong companion - a young beast. If she is a female, on the day she gets married, the Gray Ridge Negative Hill Beast will be her most generous dowry.
Fang Plover turned around in surprise: "Is this your beast of burden?"
Pack animals are an adventurer's most valuable asset. In Aitaria, large beasts of burden are even known as land boats. They are second only to aerospace ships as a means of transportation.
When he was still in the Dawn Star Adventure Group, Miss Scarpet had always wanted to buy a large beast of burden for the group. But because large beasts of burden are too expensive, they have never been able to do so.
In fact, some rare breeds of large beasts of burden are no less expensive than low-level aerostats - such as the Catoblepas behemoth and the Thunderbird. The former is the petrified cow named after the mythical monster, the Walking Mountain. .
That's why Fang Plover was so surprised.
Although the Gray Ridge negative hill beast is not a large beast of burden, it is also the largest category among medium-sized beasts of burden. In addition, the Tasians are conservative and avoid contact with outsiders, so the Gray Ridge and Negative Hill Beasts on the market can be said to be extremely rare.
"Of course not," Tian Lan shook her head: "This is the beast of burden of the Kaolin Merchant Alliance. We rented it in El Paxin. But this time we made a lot of money. Maybe we can buy Mr. Gray Rock when we go back. Down."
"This name was also given by someone from the Chamber of Commerce?"
"Of course not. What do you think of the one I picked? Is it great?" Tianlan's expression said, "Come and praise me now." Fang Yu couldn't bear to stare. He wanted to know which one of these behemoths there was from the beginning to the end. The place is gray?
But after thinking about it, he wisely chose not to speak.
Fang Yu thinks that this is why he is smarter than Luo Yu——
As for Tian Lan, she was also pulling Luo Yu over, and introduced with some pride: "The carrying house up here is Luo Yu's masterpiece. It only took a week to complete, even the little dwarfs from the Kaolin Merchant Alliance They are all full of praise.”
Luo Yu shook his head and replied: "It all depends on everyone's help, especially Miss Aitila's Druid ability, which helped a lot."
Etila smiled and nodded.
Fang Plover then raised his head and saw the wooden platform on the back of the negative hill beast. It was a bit like the elephant sedan on the back of an elephant, but wider than that. There were four in total, connected to each other - that was Taixia Packhouse.
The so-called Tasia pack house is essentially a house on a wooden platform. It is named because it is carried on the back of a pack animal. There is a suspension bridge connecting the front and rear wooden houses, while the left and right are made of hard wooden boards, forming the shape of two saddles on the back of the Gray Ridge Negative Hill Beast, like two arch bridges.
The wooden house in the front is open, with a seat for the animal trainer or driver in the middle; the wooden house in the back is semi-sealed, more like a carriage. Fang Plover saw the Gay Crystal on it at a glance. This structure is indeed similar to Tasia's pack house - using unique techniques of using Gay Crystal to maintain the center and balance of the platform and reduce the burden on the beast of burden. .
rather than bulky alchemical load-bearing structures.
But this is also a secret that is not passed down by the Tasiya people. Fang Pultru couldn't help but look at Luo Yu with some curiosity.
"I figured this out myself, Mr. Ed," Luo Yu felt a little embarrassed. "Actually, the alchemical structure and Guy's crystal are used at the same time. It's just that the alchemical structure is hidden under the platform, and the size is also reduced a lot, thanks to Miss Attila's help."
He thanked Etila again.
"No wonder the staff of the Chamber of Commerce are also full of praise." Fang Yu thought to himself, this can be regarded as a new approach, and its principle is definitely not simple, otherwise other alchemists and carpenters would have come up with similar solutions long ago. method.
Fang Yu couldn't help but glance at it again and murmured: "Is this your secret base?"
This is really an amazing base. The beast of burden plus the beast of burden are not even equipped by some small adventure groups - even though the beast of burden is not their own.
He hasn't finished thinking yet——
A huge head suddenly appeared on the platform, almost startling him. It turned out to be a lion's head, with a fiery red mane, a broad chin and a flat forehead, and the pale silver eyes looked extremely graceful - but still a little sleepy. He raised his paws and rubbed his eyes.
Then it suddenly spoke:
"Ah, you are back. I saw someone lighting a fire on the island earlier, and I knew it was you," it yawned, "but you haven't come over for a long time, and I fell asleep again."
"Hello, Mr. Reid," Tian Lan waved to the lion with a smile: "Brother Ed, this is Mr. Reid. He is a friend of sister Attila. A noble lion-man Templar, Ma The Irish Paladin."
Fang Plover has now recognized the opponent's race - the golden land of Lotao, the aloof people in the gray field, who regard honor and loyalty as their life, the big cats of Malland - the lion people of Lotao.
The lion man also looked at him with narrow eyes.
"Well -" it mused: "Another little human boy, hello."
"Another one?" Fang Yu turned back to look at Luo Yu.
Luo Yu coughed for the first time.
…
Traveler's Rest, Dragon's Corner Hall.
The dark hall presented a completely different scene from the brightly lit scene not long ago - it was empty and silent, the diffuse black fog was dissipating little by little, and a thick layer of dust was left on the overturned tables, chairs and utensils. .
Except for the fact that there are no spreading spider threads, it looks like a scene that has not been seen for many years:
The dragon, dragonmen, guests and guards all disappeared, leaving only the scene like after a disaster.
The ferocious giant horn hanging on the dome above the hall has long since disappeared, leaving only a broken 'skylight'. Starlight pours down, forming a pillar of light in the center of the hall, and the clear brilliance shines on the central stone platform.
Twelve giant stone sculptures hold up the stone plate, with a golden ring shining on it.
A gaze in the darkness fell on this ring that no one cared about.
The smoke suddenly fell and condensed into a figure wearing a cloak, but the hood of the cloak had been torn apart by a bullet, revealing half of the handsome face underneath.
Her short silver hair lay softly on her cheeks, a pair of long pointed ears, and her narrow and beautiful eyes had a heart-wrenching beauty, but they were a little cold, and the depths of her silver eyes reflected the fire of golden flames.
The young man stretched out his hand towards the stone platform, wiped out the golden fire, and held it in his hand.
A rush of footsteps came from behind——
The young man turned around and frowned, just in time to see that annoying face appear in his field of vision. After running such a long distance, the latter was slightly out of breath, but when Zhang Tianmiao saw the young man, he immediately raised his magic gun and pointed it at him.
He was stunned again.
"You are..." Zhang Tianmiao looked at that face with surprise in his eyes and blurted out: "Wait a minute!"
But the boy's figure is gradually fading.
Seeing this, Zhang Tianmiao pulled the trigger without hesitation. Fire suddenly appeared, and the lead bullet penetrated the opponent's body and hit the wall behind with a bang, causing stone chips to fly.
But the young man just looked at him steadily, his figure rippled like water patterns, and finally disappeared.
Zhang Tianmiao was so angry that he kicked the chair aside.
"Remember my rules?" At this time, a voice came from the other side of the hall. Zhang Tianmiao turned around and saw the owner of the hotel, a tall man, walking out of that direction with a serious expression: "The damage is to damage." Compensation ten times the price——"
"You still care about this?" Zhang Tianmiao said angrily: "Where have you been? Did you see that guy took that thing away?"
"indeed so."
Mazak's answers were somewhat off-topic.
He raised his head and stared blankly at the hole in the dome of the Dragon Horn Hall and the dragon horn that was no longer there.
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