Magic is an incredible power.
The reason for its creation is still unknown. Even when it first appeared, many people who could use it were considered heretics and burned to death.
To this day, people in some countries and regions are still very afraid and repelled by magic. After all, being able to create a ball of flame out of thin air from the palm of your hand is a strange and incomprehensible thing in the eyes of ordinary people.
After deciding to go with Alan and the others, Henry and Mira stayed temporarily in a hotel on the outskirts of Prospell for two days. The cheapest hotel in the city center costs two Ella silver coins a day. This does not include room and board. If equally expensive food is added, the price will probably double.
Although the two of them had some savings, Luo An, who had a good habit of being thrifty, still thought about saving as much as possible - but Henry, he didn't care at all.
The prices of suburban hotels are also much more expensive than those in Avenella, but the money is well spent.
In addition to grain and vegetables, the vast plains of Sivaliya also grow a large amount of cotton. Coupled with the soft and comfortable bedding and mattresses made of sponges traded from Varsha Port, Mira had the most comfortable sleep in her life. Sleep.
Returning to the original point, after two days of rest, the two of them spent half a day returning to the mercenary union to receive their own cards. Although Henry completed the test very efficiently, he also received the green card and the blue card. Cards must complete multiple tasks and be rated satisfactorily by their employer before they can be upgraded.
So after registering their own brands with Alan and his group, everyone accepted the idea of hunting in the western forest.
The mission of the big boar.
The bristles of the wild boar are excellent brush materials, and the pig skin can also be used on shield skins, book covers, anti-slip sword handles, and some clothing. The huge tusks are ideal decorations and carving materials, and are often used by people. It is embedded on top of one's own weapons or armor as a decorative object.
The remaining pork and the like can also be used for food. Wild boar has a high price in many areas in West Vallier and the west coast. This commission requires hunting three wild boars without causing major damage to their skins. Obviously, It is also the employer who wants to make the best use of the resources.
The total cost of hiring is 160 Ella silver coins. Excluding the guild's commission, a group of six people can get 80 Ella silver coins after completing the task. As for the three large wild boars, if they do not cause too much damage according to the standards for completing the task, Can be sold for at least 20 Sivaliya gold coins.
People who don't know what's going on may think that if this is the case, then why don't Alan and the others just take these wild boars and sell them themselves? ——The answer is simple, they are mercenaries, not businessmen.
20 Sivalier gold coins refers to the price that can be obtained by cutting the wild boar apart, processing it and selling it. If a group of people who only know how to fight just transport a dead big wild boar back, considering the possibility of being cheated by laymen, Sex, it is very likely that you will not even get 80 silver coins.
Having money to get it and leveling up your mercenary cards is an excellent choice for novices - and this goes back to the question we just started with.
When traveling in the wild, magicians have far more convenient abilities than any survival expert.
Thanks to this power that they themselves do not understand, magicians can use the magic power in their bodies to change the characteristics of the atmosphere and create something out of nothing.
There is no need to use flint and steel or go to great lengths to collect fresh water like the sage and Luo An did before. With An in the team, all they need is to wait for the lady with rice-haired hair to close her eyes and meditate for a few seconds. , and then a ball of flame or water will gather under the influence of magic power.
It took two days for the people in the forest to reach their destination. They were not lucky enough to encounter the target as soon as they entered. In fact, due to the activity of mercenaries and adventurers, they might have to go deeper before they could encounter those cunning wild boars.
In the evening, everyone who set up three tents in the clearing in the forest sat up around the fire. The fact that Henry and Mira had horses was a surprise to Alan and the others. The forest in Sivalier is much drier and less humid than that of Avenela, but in the autumn when Prosper has gradually begun to get colder, it is not something that can be endured by lying on the ground and huddled together as much as possible. .
The powerful carrying capacity of the horses allowed the group to spend a relatively warm night. After all, it was a hunting mission. If there were no horses, it would be better for them to pack as lightly as possible, otherwise they would have to abandon their equipment during the chase.
An was a very quiet and easy-going woman. After using magic to light the bonfire and add some water to the iron pot, she smiled apologetically and said that was all she could do, and sat at the door of the tent nearby. Then Huo Guang began to read magical books.
The aroma of the food gradually began to spread. Benoit, the tallest and slender among the young people, took out a small Xylophone in the style of Sivalier and began to play gently. The young man, who closed his eyes, moved his golden curly hair to the side. The evening breeze was gently rippling, and Jeanne on the side also took out her recorder, and the beautiful music of Sivalier style echoed until the sunset.
After dinner, the group began their search.
Wild boars usually come out to look for food in the evening and early at night. People who know this habit actually set the hours after dinner to before eight o'clock as the actual time to search for wild boars.
Carefully controlling their pace, a group of six people formed a group of two, and then the moonlight and firelight began to search for the nearby beast path.
As we have said before, as long as something passes through the natural environment, it will definitely disturb the surroundings and leave incompatible traces that can be tracked.
The most typical thing is the beast path that hunters usually call the beast path.
Like humans, animals also have their own habits. Coupled with the characteristics of clusters, the weeds bent by walking in some frequently visited places and the compacted soil that is different from the surroundings, these things provide excellent directional indicators for those who want to find them.
"Here! I think I found something." Alan's voice sounded somewhere in the front left. He flicked the torch in his hand to make his presence more conspicuous, and the other four people moved towards that side.
The torch crackled, and the burning rosin dripped from the side and fell to the ground with a sizzling sound.
"This should be the mark of a wild boar." Alan pointed to the half-gnawed mushroom next to the tree trunk with his free hand. This purple mushroom is huge, almost the size of two cabbages. The bitter and smelly taste and the trace toxicity that will definitely cause diarrhea after eating make even the poorest people refuse to eat it. Only wild boars with strong stomachs will bite them.
The turned up soil and chewed purple mushrooms were obviously the work of wild boars. Henry held the torch and walked aside. The clear traces in the surrounding bushes in the open forest were obvious.
"This should be the right way." The sage turned around and nodded. Benoit and Jeanne took off the longbows from their backs and held the arrows between their fingers in preparation.
"Spread out and be ready to intercept. Please, you two, join me as the vanguard." Alan looked back at Henry. The sage nodded, but did not pull out the weapon, but Mira pulled it out with a swish. His own one-handed sword.
The one-handed sword held with only one hand was still a bit too heavy for her, and the girl soon felt tired. Coupled with the nervousness of actually participating in the hunt for the first time, she seemed a little nervous.
"Relax." The sage touched her little head, and Mira shook her head. She repeated inhaling and exhaling several times to calm down.
Following the traces, the group moved forward slowly for several hours.
When the entire sky had completely darkened and the stars and the moon rose one after another, they still could not find the wild boar.
There are traces everywhere, and it seems that the nearby forest is their hunting ground, but maybe they were not careful enough and alerted the wild boar, or maybe they missed it. In short, it seems that they can only succeed in vain tonight. return.
The tension became numb after a few hours, and Mira's fatigue became visibly evident. The rugged forest road caused everyone's ankles to suffer a lot. The night was already dark and the time for wolf activity had begun. It was no longer suitable to wander around here, so the group returned to the camp.
After arranging the whistleblower, they entered the break.
The air cooled down again in the early morning of the next day. It had been a full month since Henry and Mira set off from Avenella. It was approaching winter and the location was further north. The temperature here was simply different from that in the Land of Eternal Spring. .
After putting on an extra cloak on top of their clothes and armor, the group decided to move the camp a little further inward on this day.
Being too far away from the camp will cause important supplies to be stolen by wild animals or other adventurers, and wild boars are obviously more vigilant in places where there are often human activities outside.
After packing up the tents and other supplies made of waterproof sailcloth and wooden branches, they stamped out the embers of the fire, and Henry and his group moved further into the depths of the forest.
The dangers of these forests at the foot of the Tambur Mountains can be imagined. Although the depths of the so-called forests they advanced to were still on the edge of the periphery, traces of monsters could still be seen occasionally.
The Warcraft that requires a blue card or above to receive relevant hunting missions cannot be dealt with by these green-card young people. Although they have a single attribute, they are better at using various destructive spells than human magicians. They are far more powerful than ordinary beasts. It's scary to come.
Everyone passing by a certain place saw such a small piece of charred woods. From the boot prints and many burnt arrows left on the nearby land, it could be seen that the mercenaries and a certain leader could use fire magic. caused by the Warcraft battle.
As for the result, judging from the fact that there were no human corpses nearby, they should have successfully captured the monster.
But just looking at the scorched area of the woods, the mercenaries who completed the mission might not have it easy either.
The fire element particles that were not completely dispersed in the air stimulated An's mana pool. The female magician reminded everyone to avoid this area - this was a wise choice. Large-scale magic fluctuations are harmful to creatures that also possess magic power. The words are quite eye-catching. This small forest will probably attract many, perhaps more powerful, monsters in the future.
Until it dissipates, monsters that are more sensitive to magic than humans will be attracted to it like phototaxis insects - this characteristic was once used by mercenaries to actively trap monsters, but after attracting them several times in a row, After the Warcraft was too powerful and many mercenaries with the highest level of Purple Card were wiped out, the Mercenary Guild repeatedly warned each mercenary about this when they registered.
Because of its existence, the group of people had to turn back some distance to the south to avoid being attracted by the monster and killing themselves wandering nearby.
Luck seemed to come to everyone on this afternoon.
They found a group of wild boars, totaling seven or eight in total. Except for the piglets, there were two adults and one young pig, all of which met the requirements of the task.
Wild boars that come out to forage during the day are relatively rare but not impossible. After placing the horses, the group carefully began to form a formation to surround them.
The two archers made a rope trap on the ground in the distance. It was fixed to the trunk of the tree repeatedly with thick hemp ropes. It could withstand the struggle of hundreds of kilograms of wild boar. After that, they climbed up the nearby big tree with both hands and feet. , get ready.
Henry, Mira, and Alan took out their weapons, and An started to recite the spell silently in the other direction.
Preparations for the hunt are complete.
R: I feel unwell, so I will stop updating next week.
