"Hahaha--"
Fang Yu was speechless as he watched Tian Lan banging the table, out of breath, and smiling like a fool. He was really worried that the little girl would die because of this, even though the latter had been in this state since a quarter of an hour ago.
Tianlan laughed, sniffed hard, and then coughed violently, with snot and tears. She coughed and her face turned red, looking like she was about to die, but she still said intermittently: "Hahaha, brother Ed, did you see that guy's face? It really looks like the bottom of a pot!"
Fang Yu hurriedly patted her back to prevent her from suffocating to death - although the nearest Resurrection Temple was not far away.
At that time, he, Baggins, and Luo Yu came up from the bottom cabin together. The farce in the conference room had already ended. The young man sat back without saying a word, so they just missed the most exciting part of the farce. .
After that, the other party knew that they had lost an adult, and did not say a word. The adventure group arrived near the station near Masonke Creek. When Lan Wuxin and his party said goodbye to them and left, the latter got off the boat with others in dejection. .
So Fang Yu was not very impressed by that person.
Sylvide smiled slightly from the side and said with crooked eyes: "It's indeed quite interesting."
Attila frowned and sighed: "Miss Sylvide, don't indulge Fuli too much."
Tianlan came to life at this time and called out to Qu Lai: "How could it be possible? It was obviously that guy who wanted to cause trouble. I could see through it at a glance. He must have had some evil thoughts about Miss Sylvide. I did it for Ai For Brother De’s sake, wuwuwu——”
Fang Yu made the little girl's face look so long that she could no longer say the rest of the sentence.
He turned around, only to see that the ship officer lady just smiled at him, and a vigilant gaze immediately fell on him. Fang Yu didn't need to look to understand that it was Siesta standing beside him.
However, no one actually took this matter to heart. Saving people along the way was just a coincidence, just like the Masonk Creek station was not their final destination.
Mr. Huiyan trekked for two hours in the wind and snow. The lights of the Masonk Creek Station were already in front of him. The town was located on the other side of a frozen creek, and the wind and snow could not cover the scattered lights.
Lan Wuxin and his men got off the boat at a previous outdoor inn, preparing to go to the Ameyah Temple in the other direction of the station to meet up with his resurrected people. Therefore, several people bid farewell to them there and expressed their sincere thanks again.
Fang Plover and his party will continue to the town of Masonk to find a place for Mr. Gray Rock to rest. At the same time, they will go to the Adventurer's Guild to ask if there is a team of lumberjacks nearby that they can hire.
In addition, they also earned some points, which need to be recorded in the guild. Because the Adventurer's Guild stipulated that if adventurers helped other teams during the trip, the other party should also pay them points as a reward. Lan Wuxin gave them 200 points, which was almost half of what they earned from this mission.
This point is actually the point that Luo Yu and Jita needed when they were trainees, but its role is not only meaningful to trainees. Points is a system born under the initiative of the Super Competitive Alliance. It actually determines the rankings of adventure teams of all sizes and the guilds behind them. It is the core competitiveness between guilds.
Of course, it is less meaningful for free adventure groups, but points also have practical uses. They can be used to exchange for some resources, or even directly for money. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is hard currency.
Points can be earned by performing tasks, making discoveries, and recording records. 200 points is a lot for trainees, but not many for adventure groups, so Fang Plover does not intend to redeem it. It's just that the points they gained from Lan Wuxin's team were confirmed through the goddess's contract, but the Adventure Guild didn't know about it and needed to register it with the relevant contract documents.
Relevant records will be collected from adventurer guilds in various places to the main guild in Grande, and analyzed and recorded by the difference machine there. The total points of the guild and the adventure group will be compared every six months by the general guilds of various countries in Aitaria to confirm the new ranking.
This system started thirty years ago and has become mature today.
Before entering the town, most of the others were cleaning their rooms, clearing the snow on the deck and airbag, and checking the large and small pipes on the platform. As well as putting away the excess net ropes used for reinforcement, Mr. Gray Rock cannot enter the town, but it is not difficult to find a place to stay outside the town in such a place.
It would be great to have a stable that can be rented. Even if there is no problem, it is not a big deal. After the platform has been renovated, they no longer need to find another place to live in the town. They can live directly on the platform, and the conditions are no better than these places. How much difference does the hotel have?
Maybe even better.
Those who stay on the platform can naturally take care of the platform, and others only need to go to the town to do things, which saves a lot of trouble.
Although Mr. Huiyan is not afraid of wind and snow, after trekking in the wild for several days, he still needs to rest and recuperate for a period of time in order to maintain the best condition of the beast of burden. And their group has Miss Elf, a druid, who has a unique advantage over other adventure groups in appeasing and taming beasts of burden.
The snow became lighter after midnight.
Fang Yu also finished the rest of the things he was doing - except that the new magic furnace could not be started temporarily due to lack of materials. He actually asked Tian Lan about the identity of the young alchemist from before.
Tianlan was still a little surprised by this and asked: "Isn't he just an ordinary alchemist? What should brother Ed care about?"
"I'm just a little curious," Fang Yu replied, "I heard that the other party is a student of Pudra."
"It's not surprising, Brother Ed," Tianlan obviously had a very bad impression of that person. Although there were inevitably some weirdos among the selectors, it was not like she had never seen such people before in Twelve Color Iris. , but personal experience is obviously another matter: "Luo Yu is also the student of the vice president of the Grande Element Association. There is nothing to be proud of. It is just an entry-level status."
Speaking of which, as a trainee from Twelve Color Iris, she has seen this kind of employment status many times, and there are many that are more exaggerated than this.
But for the selectors, entry status does not mean much, especially for the selectors with top talents.
Fang Yu looked at her stinky face and couldn't help but smile.
The two of them were talking in the aisle of the sundries warehouse. Through the window on one side, they could see that the mountains to the north of Tibia Creek formed a dark undulating line in the night. After the wind and snow subsided, the edge of the forest also changed. Gotta make it obvious.
The scenery in the snowy field rises and falls slowly with the pace of Mr. Huiyan, and there is a unique artistic conception - only a little further away can you see the lights of the Masonk Creek station, penetrating the night and reflecting in the eyes of the two people from afar.
He thought for a moment and said, "That at least means there should be a guild behind him."
"It's just a small guild, brother Ed." Tian Lan shook her head like a rattle. Although she looked confused, she actually had a very high vision.
Fang Plover also nodded.
But that's not really what he cared about.
Pudra is one of the most famous alchemist masters in the central region of Kaolin-Ithurion. His Duron school specializes in potions. This school has a famous unique magic solution that can increase the upper limit of magic crystal storage. , and has excellent performance in solving heating problems.
This thing may be very helpful for the next stage of his one-type crystal, that is, the preparation of the gamma form of the holy crystal that he envisioned. Although it is not the main material, it is also one of the key media.
The reproduction of Type One Crystal and Type Zero Crystal is one of Fang Plover's most important goals. Its priority is even higher than the construction of the Seven Seas Traveler. At the same time, it itself is also related to whether the Fairy Dragon Knight can succeed.
Therefore, since he prepared the beta crystal in Fenris, he has actually started to prepare for the next stage, and the Duron School's unique magic solution is also a material he is considering.
The reason why we chose to enter the Caboti Mountains from Dulun was actually based on this consideration.
However, the Duron School is located in the central region of Kaulin-Ithurion. Just like the mountain people living here, the alchemists here tend to be conservative. Therefore, such a unique magic solution is not sold to the outside world. It is only supplied to the Grande Craftsmen's Association in a limited amount every year. He has already questioned it in Grande. Some of these potions are supplied to the Craftsmen's Association and some to the royal family. Ordinary people basically don't need to think about it. .
The Adventurer's Guild does have some in stock, but the exchange prices are sky-high. You can't buy them with money, you can only exchange them with points. For their fledgling team, the price is basically astronomical.
However, within the Du Lun School, it is said that there is also a part of the magic solution circulating, and it is much easier for them to buy it than for outsiders to buy it. It's just that it's not easy for outsiders to enter this school of thought, so when Fang Plover suddenly heard the name Pudra, he fell in love with it.
After all, the latter was the soul of the Dulon School of this era.
But from Tian Lan's words, it seems that there is indeed nothing worth noting. Not to mention that the other party is just an ordinary selector and not a high-ranking figure in the Du Lun School. What's more, the relationship between the other party and them is probably hopeless now.
Thinking of this, Fang Plover's thoughts calmed down a lot, and he asked again about the troll named Shankok.
Naturally, he also has some thoughts about this BOSS.
After all, this is the purpose of their trip - to improve the strength of the team, and what could be more rewarding than killing the BOSS? Tianlan was obviously much more interested in this topic.
After listening to Fang Plover's question, she thought for a moment and stood on tiptoes to sweep the snow on the window sill.
Then Tianlan replied: "I also asked those people, but the warrior named Lan Wuxin didn't know much. They just heard that the troll appeared in the area north of Tibia Creek. It was said that some forest rangers were there a day ago. I saw it once in the valley there, and the nearby logging camp evacuated the workers, so the Adventurer's Guild offered a reward for people to explore it overnight."
"The results of it?"
"Of course I didn't find anything," Tian Lan spread her hands: "But it doesn't rule out that Lan Wuxin and the others were at a low level and were driven back by the undead in the forest before they even got there."
Fang Yu was not surprised.
BOSS refers to lord-level creatures. In Aitaria, lord-level creatures generally refer to the more powerful wild species. They often produce some more precious materials, and the knowledge and experience given after killing them are also richer. .
However, there are exceptions. The selectors like to refer to some high-level villain aboriginal characters as BOSS based on their experience in some past games. Although the two are not similar, they actually have the same purpose.
Because most high-level villains also have valuable equipment and are far more difficult to deal with than ordinary monsters. In addition, humanoid creatures themselves have experience bonuses, so it is not entirely wrong to call them BOSS. .
The selectors also classified these bosses into categories. For example, the cultists and villains at the top level of the Dragon Worship Cult can basically be regarded as bosses. Further down, the heads of each region and some connectors can only be regarded as elites.
This troll named Shankok is quite special. Trolls are naturally considered a powerful wild species. Like rock sharks, they are as likely to become lord-level creatures due to the enrichment of ether.
But it is also a humanoid creature with a certain intelligence and experience of its own, and it is further strengthened by the fact that he has a necromancer accompanying him. Therefore, it can be said that this BOSS is a very special type of BOSS, so it is understandable that the Adventurer's Guild attaches great importance to it.
Once this kind of compound BOSS passes through a civilized settlement, the negative impact it will cause is much greater than those of simple giant beasts. Everything that happened three years ago can prove this.
However, it is naturally impossible for these BOSSs to be refreshed or patrolled only in a certain area like some games in the past. Their range of activities is quite wide - for example, the farthest record of Shancock was near Dullon.
These are still creatures with a territorial concept like trolls, and there are some roving creatures whose footprints can reach as far away as other continents, such as rock sharks. Among the bosses of humanoid creatures, their actions are even more irregular, and sometimes they even deliberately hide their identities.
Therefore, discovering traces of lord creatures is not an easy task. As a result, bounty hunters came into being, and the business of finding BOSS has now become a popular profession in Aitaria.
Fang Plover was very calm about this. If he could meet him, he would try to hunt this troll named Shankok. But if he really didn't meet him, he wouldn't force it.
After all, in this world behind the star gate, there are plenty of opportunities and adventures. As an old proverb circulates among old adventurers:
'If you don't get it, it means it doesn't belong to you. '
But as long as the pace of adventure does not stop, there will always be some opportunities for them.
At this time, the voice of the big cat man came from below the window, and it seemed that he had found a place where Mr. Huiyan could stop and camp. Fang Plover saw that the lights of the Masonk Creek station were not too far away, only one or two miles away. The state of the land——
He looked down and saw the lion paladin standing in the snowy wind, with its mane flying up and down in the wind.
The latter saw Fang Plover appearing near the window and waved to him: "Little guy, throw a roll of rope down."
"Are we camping here?"
"It's good here, quite safe," Rhett replied: "I asked those people before, and it seems that there is no stable in Masonk town that is large enough to accommodate a beast of burden as huge as the Gray Mountain Negative Mountain Beast."
Fang Plover nodded. There was a rope in the sundries warehouse. He picked up a roll and threw it out of the window: "Go on, Mr. Reid."
"Thanks."
Mr. Gray Rock stopped slowly.
They have arrived at their destination, so to speak.
Fang Yu turned around, and then Tian Lan remembered something and suddenly said: "By the way, Brother Ed, in fact, it's not that we don't have any clues."
Fang Yu was startled and asked, "How do you say that?"
"Ms. Sylvide sorted out the places where the troll named Shancock appeared recently. It seems to be gradually heading south. Maybe we will encounter it."
"That's perfect."
Shankok has also appeared in the area around Duron in history. It seems to have been patrolling in this area, so what Sky Blue said is not impossible. But the forest in the Tibia Creek area is already vast, not to mention the big valley in the south——
Although he has a very upright attitude, he does not simply place his hope in chance encounters. That would be too negative. What Sylvide is doing is actually a way to sort out some areas where the opponent has been witnessed in history, and sort out the general movement trajectory of this troll.
However, this requires a huge amount of information, and what Lan Wuxin and his party provided them was obviously not enough. They had to go to the Adventurer's Guild at Masonk Creek Station to investigate and see if there were any new clues.
Theoretically speaking, since this BOSS is so famous here, it shouldn't be difficult to get some information.
After dismissing Tian Lan, Fang Pliong packed up his things before heading to the restaurant on the ship. Next we have to go to the town of Masonk, which is the last stop before arriving in Dulan. Whether it is replenishing food and materials or hiring lumberjacks, preparation work is indispensable.
Therefore, everyone needs to at least have a meeting to discuss how the work will be distributed.
Just before arriving at the restaurant, Fang Plover met the previous cat again in the patio - Miss Delise, who stood on the edge of the upper deck and looked at him condescendingly with turquoise eyes.
When Fang Plover saw the cat lady, the latter also jumped down from above, walked to him on cat steps, and circled around his trouser legs.
Only then did Fang Yu remember that there was still an unresolved problem with this temporary crew member. He bent down and grabbed her by the back of her neck. "You're here just in time. Let's go have a meeting together, Miss Delise." He said to himself Said to himself.
And the cat didn't seem to be afraid of strangers. He held it quietly by the back of its neck and only looked at him curiously.
When Fang Yu saw this scene, he couldn't help but be amazed.
This cat is really special.
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