A bonfire was burning at my feet, and the heat came in bursts. Roma yawned and forced herself to open her eyes again. She had to stay awake. The forest is more dangerous at night than during the day, and even more so with strangers.
A face surrounded by a brown and black mesh was revealed behind the flames, and only a pair of eyes could be seen clearly. They cast a sharp gaze, and the night and shadows did not tire it at all. He was dressed differently than anyone Roma had ever seen, at least not from the Eastmans. The man wore light leather armor and his cloak was the camouflage of the bush. There are small hangings on his boots, and his weapons are wrapped with colorful strips of cloth in gold, gray, and red. A sturdy squirrel skin pouch was tied to the side of the quiver. It was stuffed with flint and salt, as well as a few dried herbs, the latter two of which he had just taken out to cook a pair of quails on the fire.
Overall, he looked awkward with only the scarf on his body. The little lion thought that he came from the other side of the grassland. The man smelled of journey and April, so she guessed as far away as possible.
"Are you sleepy?" the man asked.
"No." Even in front of humans, Roma couldn't lose her vigilance. In other words, it is precisely because they are human that they cannot be trusted. She is sure to deal with stupid mortals, but cunning ones are powerless. The mysterious creature is even worse. Her ring is magical, but it doesn't protect her body tightly at all times. After leaving the convent, her presence became normal, allowing many thieves and bandits to target her.
So she lied: "I'm not sleepy at all." And she had nothing to say, "Aren't you sleepy?"
"I'm tired," the man admitted, "but I'm even hungrier, and I have to wait until after dinner."
Soon the quail was roasted and the man picked it up with an arrow shaft. The smell made her salivate. "Try it," he invited.
"I didn't do anything at all," Roma said uncomfortably. The bird was dripping with oil, and its browned skin was perfectly crispy. Her nose makes her not worried about men tampering with food. In the forest before, this man suddenly sprang out and drove away the bandits who were following her. At least she didn't teach Roma to kill them. His name is Anchuan and he is an archer. According to the professional classification in the mysterious field, Yasukawa should be a popular person.
Maybe he's still a mercenary. Roma saw him catching dinner and was no stranger to small traps in the forest. He directed her to avoid the brittle dead branches at her feet so as not to disturb the animals, and he also told her to hide in the downwind to mask her scent. These techniques are very practical. Roma tried it twice and found that she could get closer to the rabbit than before, instead of having to rely on racing to hunt.
She couldn't help but think that if she knew this in the village, she might be able to steal the horse tied outside the store and leave. This way I won't have the chance to go to the convent again, and I won't run into that weak, stupid woman in Manet. Roma didn't know if this was good or bad.
In any case, Yasukawa, who has forest hunting skills, could have taken Roma's life with an arrow - she didn't even realize the direction of the arrow at the time - just like killing a bandit. Later, Roma helped him retrieve the arrow, and the iron rod went straight into the dead man's throat and nailed him to the tree. But instead of putting into practice Roma's vision of being born out of fear, he helped her.
The little lion couldn't figure out what was going on on land for a while. People here don't need to hesitate to kill, and they don't care about the reason when saving others. Could this be the difference between Binyaio and the Tower? She couldn't figure it out.
"You will only scare the prey away, and taking action will only cause chaos." Yasukawa pointed out.
"Nonsense," Roma retorted, "I can catch them." Of course, it depends on the speed.
"Birds can fly."
"I can dance."
"This is interesting. How high can you jump? Little lion?" At this moment, a smile must have appeared on his face under the scarf. "Taller than a tree?"
Roma thought of the sea of clouds at the edge of Brumnot. "Higher than the waterfall." She declared, "Don't ask, you won't understand even if I tell you."
"Although it is true that people cannot understand everything, this is the first time I have been taught a lesson by a brat like you."
"I'm older than I look." Even though she refuted it, she still couldn't help but stretched out her hand and took the sizzling roasted quail.
As a result, the man suddenly said: "Are you from Chloe, the Tower of the Sky?"
"I said I came from Sunset Grassland." She tore off a wing. "Why do you ask?" The tower doesn't look like a place with lions.
Yaskawa didn't show off at all. "Your pocket was cut and this fell out." He handed a ring to Roma. This answer is very boring. "Thanks."
"Okay, I lied," Roma admitted. In the tower she admitted her mistakes three or four times a day and had no sense of shame about it. "Then where are you from? Sodria?"
"I have been to the Quicksand Country, but I didn't come from there. My hometown is Skraguk, a small human country."
She really had no idea. "It's not Chloe's vassal country, right?" Otherwise, she should have used the crystal ball on the observation deck to peek.
"It used to belong to the School of Silence." Yasukawa took off his net towel and enjoyed the meal. "After the Battle of the Saints, we remained neutral. The scenery there is no less than that of Iron Claw City, and elves often appear in the country. You can't think of it, I And made friends with them.”
"I've seen elves." Roma disagreed. She was more interested in Anchuan. "Why do you wear a veil? Is this the case with everyone else?"
"No." Windrunner said, "I am a traveler and have traveled through many countries. Some places are too windy, and the face towel can prevent sand from entering, so I specially prepared it."
"Are you going to Sodria?"
"That was the plan."
"So you're not going now?"
"No." Anchuan told her. "I put it behind another thing. I have been planning this these days, but I didn't expect that after I found the vampire who was the target of the mission, I still couldn't leave. This is really strange."
The little lion suddenly stood up. "You want to help me find Aiken, right?"
"I didn't say that..."
"...But that's what you think." Roma has been chasing Aiken for several days, and she feels that Yasukawa must have a way.
"I am a Heather believer. Logically speaking, I shouldn't be so nosy." Windrunner stroked his longbow. "But the matter involves the Church of Gaia, which is the Order of the Goddess of Virtue. There is no need for the tower apprentices to lie to an adventurer like me... I had this idea when I heard you say this - since they have forgotten God's will , I would be happy to give a reminder.”
"You are a devout believer." Roma raised her chin and praised. "Me too."
Yaskawa will not argue with the kid. He quite liked the kid. Anchuan knew several lion men who traveled on the mainland, and learned from them that this was a race that valued results, which was different from other orcs. Most lions are difficult to get along with, and they are no less cunning than humans, but almost no race can match them in persistence. This seems to have something to do with their innate sense of honor and stubbornness.
"But I lost them." The little lion said frustratedly. "Do you have any idea?"
"My solution is to hang up a reward list in the Adventurer's Bar. Do you have any money?"
"No."
"me too."
"Didn't you find the vampire?" Roma didn't believe it.
"But I failed to complete the mission." Yasukawa said, "I let him go because there was no need to bring him back. Mistlock is a young man from the vampire clan, but he is not a bad guy. He told me about the prince of the vampire clan Killed his father, hence his exile to Eastman.”
"Not a bad guy. That's why you let him go?"
It was such an innocent question, but it was exactly what a kid like Roma could say. "The employer asked me to ask about his father's whereabouts, and he told the truth, but he didn't tell the truth. I am convinced that he is a vampire, not a pure vampire. The vampire's attitude towards vampires has always been criticized, and the village of vampires has always been criticized. Hiding in the forest. If he told the truth, an entire village might have been massacred."
"What mistake did the Bloodborn make?"
"They are real vampire slaves, originally from various ethnic groups. Vampires turn them into vampires and use their blood to blackmail them into serving themselves, because vampires who lose vampire blood will gradually turn into stone statues."
Roma was so surprised that she forgot to take a bite of the roast. "What an evil race! But if they are mortal, how can the vampires hide themselves?"
"There are always people who would rather turn into stone statues than lose their freedom." Yasukawa told her, "But there are also powerful villages that will kidnap and transform their vampires to continue themselves. But this kind of situation is a minority after all. Transforming vampires is not magic, but blood The mystery of the vampires is determined by the vampire who cursed them. The vampire rebellion is a mistake that only apprentices and lower mysterious creatures can make. They alone cannot fight against the vampires who have princes and dukes."
"Then you did the right thing." The little lion said happily, seeming eager to try. "Are we going to help him?"
"Aren't you looking for the children who were sold?"
Roma hesitated. "Then let's wait and see. The blood descendants have been hiding for so many years. It's okay to hold on for a few more days." Unlike Anchuan, she will not give up her original goal easily. The buyer's whereabouts are related to the safety of the children, and the little lion understands the importance. "Are the vampires going to hunt down the vampires again?"
"They have never stopped killing. It is true that the law of the jungle is the rule of the goddess, but she also requires us not to ask for excessive things. The vampires are members of the Oath Keepers Alliance. When they joined the alliance, they announced that they would no longer create vampires. I think They just wish these people would perish." Yasukawa reheated the cold part of the food. "What's more, without new recruits, the blood village will disappear naturally in the near future. They don't need to prepare for the massacre."
Roma began to believe that there was an evil nature in the world. "Lions shouldn't join the Alliance." She said angrily. "We never associate with inferior people."
The civil war in Sunset Grassland has not subsided yet. Could it be that this girl doesn’t know? Yasukawa decided not to hit her. The lion man in the tower may not understand his hometown. "We are all very poor and cannot put up a reward bill. It seems we have to find a new method," he said.
"Can't you find them like prey?"
Anchuan was almost amused. "So you are looking for someone like this, treating the target as prey? It's a pity that I can't do it. Although I am a Windrunner, I have only passed three trials." He took off the long bow and only showed her the colorful striped cloth on it. . "The fourth trial is the end of the Path of Death. If I cross it, I may be able to obtain magic that can track it over long distances. But I am more likely to die in the trial."
"Trial? Magic?" She didn't understand.
"You haven't ignited your own fire, so of course you won't know it clearly." Yasukawa explained, "Leaving the apprenticeship and igniting the soul is the first trial of the Windrunner. From then on, we must hone our skills all day long to ensure that the body is resistant to magic. Sensitivity to effects——"
"I know! I know that mysterious creatures have to light a fire." The little lion interrupted him, "Light the fire and step into the ring, accumulate magic power to cross the path of death, and finally become the Lord of the Sky Realm. Of course I understand. I want to I’m asking about trials.”
"There is a trial of fire in the tower, but it is not the same as the trial of Windrunner." He said patiently. You can only be patient when dealing with the little lion. "Your trial requires an assessment by the instructor, while mine is a physical assessment. The former requires you to pray that nothing will happen if you burn the fire after the exam, while the latter requires you to train yourself until the part that accepts magic is not eroded by magic."
"erosion?"
"The process of increasing the degree of mystery is actually to allow our fire to connect with more magic power to induce higher mysteries. When you encounter the sky realm, do you feel suppressed? This is the erosion of mystery. The accumulation of the ring level Magic, just so that our own magic will not corrode our souls and bodies."
Although this knowledge is precious, Yasukawa believes that Croita must have retained more detailed information, but Roma Ichisuke's apprentice has never seriously understood it, so he did not hide it when introducing it. "Astrologers don't need to train themselves. Their magic tends to detect and observe, and is unique in the fields of prophecy and perception. But Windrunner is different. My magic requires me to adapt to its existence so that I will not be harmed when using it."
Roma thought for a moment. "According to you, the Windrunner Trial is a training compliance test?"
"I'm afraid so."
"No need for mysterious rituals? No testing of strange knowledge, just improving physical fitness?"
"Couldn't be more true."
"This is the course I want to learn!" She suddenly became excited, "I want to become a messenger. A windrunner. To hell with occultism and astrology! The first trial is fire, but what about the second?"
"The second time is a job transfer. A mysterious person can only be called a Windrunner after passing two trials." Anchuan handed her the long bow. "The first time it was a gold cloth band, the second time it was gray."
"The third time is red. When will we get it?"
She changed her tune so quickly that it was laughable. "When you become a high-level player," he told Roma, "if your skill level is not up to standard, you will not be able to obtain the red belt even if your magic power is sufficient."
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