|||->->With a map, won’t you get lost?
For a traveler to do this, the first thing to do is to put aside the convenient concept of electronic maps before traveling.
Let’s not talk about the definition of road in Lost Land, but it is quite vague. It is completely different from most countries on the earth, where roads must be paved with asphalt and road markings are drawn; the roads in Lost World are really the concrete manifestation of that sentence, the roads are the roads that people travel more.
It's normal when you think about it. The roads on Earth are designed to accommodate cars that can travel at high speeds. The road to the lost land is made by humans. Whether it is a staircase or a rock wall, as long as people can pass through it, it can be regarded as a road and will be recorded on the map. In other words, what is drawn on the map is not limited to the roads that can be passed by carriages, and of course not all roads will be recorded...
The traditional hand-drawn maps of Midi basically only show which places or towns the extension of a certain road will lead to, and this kind of information can be trusted. Therefore, if you want to read the map of Lost Land, you cannot use the method of finding a certain road and then following this road to reach a certain place. Playing like this will definitely not work in the Lost Land.
Lin also lived in Mi Di for a long time before gradually adapting to the way of reading Mi Di maps. Basically, the most important thing on a lost map is not the direction, but the obvious landmarks drawn on the map.
It may be a certain mountain or a certain river. Of course, the gathering place of Homo sapiens is also an important landmark. And where these landmarks are located in reality can the map reader decide whether he is going in the wrong direction.
So roads and stuff are basically unimportant.
Lin and his party have always chosen a route based on the principle that carriages can pass. Basically, if you follow this path and coordinate with the positioning of some major landmarks, you will be less likely to end up in some weird places.
But if you encounter a fork in the road that can also drive a horse-drawn carriage, and there are neither road signs nor the positioning of those big goals, how should you choose?
"Halumi, take out that lucky gold coin and throw it in." This is someone's decision.
If you don't waste time talking to the two girls who are leading the way and driving the car, if it's the same wherever you go, let God decide, especially if the two girls toss a coin until they are satisfied. Lin hid in the caravan and continued his research. Otherwise, no matter what choice I make, there will always be the feeling that someone has an opinion, and I really want to die...
But for the driver and the two people leading the way, the path chosen by the lucky gold coin became more and more strange the further they walked.
There are clear wheel marks on the ground, which can be seen as new tracks, and it seems that vehicles are constantly walking. But the road environment does not look like a place where people often pass by. The weeds covering the road, the branches blocking the road, and the shade of trees blocking the sky made the road look quite dark. In addition, the road is winding and winding, and it is impossible to move forward without careful path finding.
There are even several places where if the two horses of the four-horse carriage are not untied, and Halumi uses magic to control plants, the roof of the carriage will get stuck; or it will get stuck between the gaps in the trees, making it difficult to turn There is no way.
After overcoming a series of difficulties, it finally became clear and the road was much easier. We also discovered a village hidden behind a forest path.
Judging from the architectural style of the village and the appearance of the residents, this should not be a barbarian tribe. However, they didn't have much friendly attitude towards Lin's group of uninvited guests. Although the group of people just passed by in a carriage and watched from a distance, the villagers also stared at these strangers with wary eyes.
After hearing the report from the two girls that they had arrived at a new gathering place for humans, Lin did not continue to hide in the car, but sat on the passenger seat of the driver's seat. But looking at the atmosphere here and the men standing out, they all looked like deer-headed rats. There was a bit of greed in their eyes, but more of a ferocious look. This made Lin couldn't help but wonder, had he walked into a den of thieves?
No matter where this place is. Since the other party was not welcoming, Lin was happy to save the effort of dealing with him and planned to leave directly. Anyway, the feeling I feel here is not good.
But before the carriage could go far, it was stopped by a group of people. It was completely different from the imaginary gangsters cutting the path. This was a group of seemingly honest and honest villagers who gathered together and stopped the carriage with a respectful attitude but rough actions. Although the leader is white-haired, he is very strong. If he were given a pair of armor and weapons, he might not be able to kill everyone on the battlefield.
Such an old man spoke on behalf of everyone and said, "Excuse me, are some of the people in the car the magicians?"
Although he is not wearing his signature shawl, his temperament as a magician is something that ordinary people cannot imitate. This is also the reason why some relatively knowledgeable people can speculate on the true identity of Lin and others. Of course, there will be times when you make mistakes, but if the other person says it politely, it won't offend anyone.
Halumi did not hide anything, but still corrected the other person and said: "My teacher is the magician, I am just a magic apprentice, so there is no need to call me adult. And what do you want?"
"Great, adults, our village urgently needs your help. Please don't hesitate to lend a helping hand." The old man lowered his head and said excitedly. The other people who followed also bowed their heads, but they seemed to be reluctant.
Seeing the old man acting like this, Halumi did not doubt him. She dismounted and asked, "Old sir, what's the matter? Please relax and speak slowly."
"Yes, yes, sir. It's like this. In our village, there is a powerful monster deep in a cave. It has caused many casualties, but we can't do anything. I hope you can help us to defeat the monster. Our entire village is grateful.”
"Okay, no problem." Halumi raised her head proudly and patted her chest. But she turned around and asked, "Teacher, are we okay?"
I said, eldest lady, I have already agreed. What do you want me to say? I really want to complain, or teach this girl a lesson for making her own decisions. But Lin still nodded calmly and intuitively, said nothing, and pretended to be an expert. This village is full of weirdness, so it would be a good idea to let that girl be the vanguard and go out to interview this group of people.
As soon as he got approval from his teacher, Halumi started to give instructions actively. She asked Kaya to park the carriage under a tree and untie the horses of the covered carriage so that they could relax. Because the next business does not seem to be over in a moment.
While asking Kaya to prepare for the battle, Halumi also actively asked for information from the elders in the village. Unfortunately, I didn't get any useful information. The old man just made a grimace and kept talking about how miserable his life was.
Someone was silently preparing for battle while observing the strangeness of this village. Looking at the unmoved golden skeleton in the caravan, Lin asked: "How is it? Do you want to come out for a walk?"
Fen paid no attention to anyone and sat quietly. If someone didn't know, they might think of her as a dead object, some magician's weird hobby and collection. But Lin guessed that this person might be immersed in the coffin again.
When everything was ready, the three masters and disciples, led by the old man, came to the cave where monsters were infested, or should I say... the mine.
When traveling in the Lost Lands, you will often see abandoned mines. This is due to the fact that there are many races in this world who love digging holes. Disregarding the underground races, most surface races have poor mining technology. Unlike on Earth, they are drilling mines hundreds of meters deep.
These abandoned mines will naturally become the habitat of monsters, or the temporary residence of some uncivilized races. Sometimes there are underground races that dig through the ground and become a passage for the underground to invade the surface.
But this mine... doesn't look like it's abandoned.
Seeing this, Lin felt a little clearer. The part I still don’t understand is what do they want to do?
Amidst the cheers and gratitude of a group of people, Master Lin and his apprentice walked into the cave.
As the masters embark on an adventure, it is appropriate to equip themselves with auxiliary magic. Halumi, who was at the forefront, raised his short wand and emitted a faint light to illuminate the tunnel.
In fact, the three masters and disciples have experienced this kind of crusade countless times. It's just that the opponent at that time was an uncivilized goblin, and there were occasional surprises, but now it was an unknown monster. But the three of them are not what they used to be. Not only are their strength far better than what they were six or seven years ago, but their confidence has also increased a lot.
Just looking at Halumi leading the way, walking as quietly as a cat at the front, you can tell how confident this girl is.
If we follow the past standards, we would first summon an earth elemental cannon fodder to take the lead. Although it can be used as a human shield to effectively avoid being ambushed, because in the dim sight, ambushers usually attack when they see something moving. In addition, due to the restricted terrain, they will not deliberately wait for the team to pass by and launch an attack from the middle. But it's not entirely without shortcomings.
It's easy to alert the enemy; sometimes there are some annoying area traps that the elemental elves don't know how to detect or how to avoid, such as rolling ball traps, fire bottles, etc. Sometimes elemental elves that are too big will block the already narrow field of vision in the tunnel.
In short, there are advantages and disadvantages to using summons to open a path. In the past, the lowest earth elements would be summoned to play vanguard, and this was also based on the premise of saving lives, while ignoring some tactical advantages and convenience.
But now that his strength has become stronger, he still has to rely on a low-level summon that can be demolished in a few or two strokes, so it is better to do it himself. With such confidence, Halumi walked cautiously ahead to clear the way.
Suddenly a chopping sound of knocking on wood came from behind, and the girl in front of her was completely focused on it, and was a little stunned for a moment. She looked back at the entrance of the tunnel in confusion. The villagers were struggling to pull the cables tied to the pillars at the entrance of the tunnel, and at the same time they were hitting the base of the pillars with big mallets.
Just when the two girls wanted to go back and ask what happened to these villagers and why they were behaving in such weird ways, Lin took the first step and hugged the waists of the two apprentices. One on each side, rush into the tunnel.
The next second, the tunnel entrance collapsed! While rumbling, large amounts of sand and dust were raised.
