In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
During this period, everyone in the Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group gradually became familiar with Lu Xi, the "noble lady". She had a cheerful personality and loved to smile, but most of the time, her smile would only be given to two monster cubs.
When in contact with the Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group, they always seemed to be separated by an unknown wall, as if they were from different worlds. Even Dina, who seemed to be closest to Lu Xi, was the same.
Lu Xi knows a lot of knowledge, whether it is astronomy or geography, she can always say a few words, but on the other hand, she is very ignorant about many common sense things.
If Lu Xi is a little princess in an ivory tower who doesn't know the sufferings of the world, but she doesn't look like that, because she also knows many things that can make the lives of the people at the bottom better. That is not what a noble lady should know or know. content.
However, no matter how many secrets Lu Xi has, they actually have nothing to do with the people in the Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group. They are just on an escort mission. When the mission is over, it is unlikely that there will be many opportunities to see each other again. .
Therefore, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention some doubts about Lu Xi.
Lu Xi is preparing lunch. Today’s lunch soup is haggis soup. Lu Xi cooked a big pot.
As for the sheep head, it had been pickled as early as the night before yesterday, roasted by Lu Xi, and distributed to everyone.
But Lu Xi didn't expect that a sheep's head looks very big, but there is very little edible meat. Two sheep heads are not enough to be eaten by so many people. It almost disappears after just one taste, and no one has it. Eat enough.
So the day before yesterday, Hailin took Miguel and White to catch ten stone sheep and gave them to Lu Xi to roast. Counting Xiao Yuan and Xiao Long, each person had a roasted sheep head. They all ate quite satisfactorily, but Lu Xi was exhausted.
Then there was a huge pile of mutton and various mutton organs left, so from yesterday morning to now, everyone has eaten all kinds of mutton dishes, such as charcoal grilled lamb chops, mutton meatball soup, haggis soup, and stir-fried mutton. Slices of lamb, braised lamb, cold haggis, shredded lamb legs, grilled lamb skewers... Lu Xi cooked everything he could think of.
"Hiccup" Dina burped, then covered her mouth and looked at Lu Xi pitifully, "Miss Lucy, are you going to continue eating stone sheep today?"
"Although everything you cook is delicious, Miss Lucy," Dina swallowed, her expression even more pitiful, "but now I feel like even my burps smell like mutton."
"It's coming, it's going to be gone soon." Lu Xi glanced at the half of the mutton ingredients left and said perfunctorily.
"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, oh, oh..." Dina also saw a lot of mutton next to her. She wiped away her non-existent tears and then lowered her head to handle the wool that was shaved off the stone sheep.
Yes, in addition to a pile of mutton, the more harvest is the wool. According to the method in Lu Xi's memory, the wool is washed and then soaked until soft, then dried, and then kneaded little by little, it can be turned into wool thread. Then it can be woven into a cushion.
At first, no one in the Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group paid much attention. Dina touched the soft wool cushion and asked casually, "Miss Lucy, can this be made into clothes? It looks very warm. ."
Lu Xi didn't even raise his head, "Yeah, sure, it can be made into a sweater, but the wool is too little, just enough to make a mat."
It's hard to say whether part of the reason Hailin brought back so many stone sheep was because she wanted to see what the "sweater" Lu Xi was talking about was.
So during the break, except for Miguel who was on regular patrol and Kagli who was cooking for Lu Xi, several other people gathered around knitting together, including Clyde.
A stone sheep can obtain a lot of wool, half as much as sheep on earth, but not all of the wool can be used.
On Earth, you can use softeners to make the outermost layer of wool soft, but Lu Xi does not have such tools, so she can only select the softer part of the wool. This is why she said there is too little wool to make a sweater.
However, there is no need to waste the outermost wool. After cleaning it and stuffing it into the quilt, it is enough to be used as filling. Compared with the common fillings, stone sheep wool is much better.
If it weren't for the difficulty of raising monsters, the breeding industry in the other world would have developed quite well - although the other world is full of ordinary monsters without magic, ordinary monsters... will mutate into low-level monsters.
Especially when a large number of ordinary monsters gather together, mutation is more likely to occur. No one can explain the principle so far. They can only think that a bunch of monsters living together will stimulate the power in their blood and make the leaders among them mutate. who mutate.
Therefore, it is okay to raise one or two magic pets, but raising a lot of monsters is equivalent to committing suicide.
Even if the breeder is not an ordinary human being and has enough strength to deal with it, who knows what elemental power those monsters will mutate. Can they still be unable to escape if they can't be defeated? Who has the energy to take care of it all the time?
Lu Xi sincerely felt that ordinary people in this other world were a little too miserable. As long as they did not have the talent for elemental power, they would almost never be able to change the fate of the people at the bottom of their class.
"There is a human town about ten kilometers ahead, which is not on the map." Hailin told the news after returning.
Clyde opened the map and took a look. As expected, there was no mark for this human town at the location Helene mentioned.
Dina came up to take a look and said angrily, "The profiteer who sold the map sold us maps from decades ago. We must settle the score with him when we go back."
"Forget it, even if it's a new map, they will always miss a few marks." Clyde glanced at Dina, with a very calm attitude.
A complete map without errors is not something they can just buy.
Xiulan was a little embarrassed. Although he was born into a noble family, he was not from this country. The high-precision maps in his hand were of no use here.
"We're going into the city later to replenish some supplies. Miss Lucy, do you want to come with us?" Clyde looked at Lu Xi. With the young dragons there, they definitely couldn't all enter the city. They had to be divided into two teams, leaving one team behind. outside.
Lu Xi has been in this world for so long and has never seen what a human town looks like. Of course, he will not refuse this rare opportunity at this time and nodded.
"Then let's take the time to eat. We won't have much rest later and try to get into the city as early as possible." Clyde made arrangements immediately.
Normally, they would stop and rest for a while after eating to allow everyone to digest the food, but it was already noon.
At Lu Xi's speed, it would take at least two or three hours to get to the town, and it would also take some time to buy various things. If he had been inked for a while, it might be dark when he arrived in the town.
Not planning to spend the night in town, Clyde decided to save his time elsewhere.
Everyone had no objections, finished today's mutton feast as quickly as possible, and prepared to set off.
Clyde looked at Lu Xi, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Miss Lucy, your speed is too slow. If you keep going like this, you may have to stay in the town at night. If you don't mind, I'll wait for you." I’ll take you.”
White looked over with a look that didn't take too much seriously. He was worried about Lu Xi's identity and didn't say anything in front of her. He just kept looking at Clyde, as if he didn't expect that he could actually do something like this. This kind of thing comes.
Lu Xi didn't think much about it, but she also felt that Clyde's suggestion was reasonable. Just as she was about to agree, the young dragon behind her suddenly lowered her head and bit her clothes, tugging gently.
"Ang ang ang!" the young dragon shouted anxiously.
Lu Xi turned around in surprise and looked at the young dragon. The young dragon had a smart expression on his face and walked two steps in front of Lu Xi with his head high and his chest held high. He looked a bit like some leaders on Earth walking with their hands behind their backs.
Lu Xi tilted her head and thought hard. Unfortunately, she still couldn't understand what the young dragon meant after thinking for a long time.
Seeing Lu Xi's expression, the young dragon suddenly became anxious. He lost his previous air and walked back and forth in front of Lu Xi's eyes, his heavy steps making the ground tremble.
Xiao Yuan was also watching the baby dragon's performance. At first, he was as confused as Lu Xi, but then he understood the baby dragon's intention before Lu Xi. Maybe it was a tacit understanding of being both monsters.
Xiao Yuan whined twice at the baby dragon, lay down on the ground in front of the baby dragon, got up and demonstrated twice more.
The young dragon's eyes widened, as if it suddenly dawned on him. He followed Xiao Yuan's example, bent forward, stuck out his fat butt, and lay half on the ground, wagging his tail from side to side.
"Uh, you mean, let me sit on you and you carry me?" Lu Xi was not sure.
"Roar!!!" The young dragon roared happily.
Lu Xi glanced at Clyde next to him, and then at the young dragon lying on the ground with his butt sticking out, looking like he wouldn't get up until she got up, "Okay, okay."
Clyde didn't say a word. He watched Lu Xi carefully climb onto the baby dragon's back and sit down. The baby dragon flapped its wings excitedly and steadily lifted into the air. After showing no sign of being unable to carry it, he slapped the others. Departure gesture.
White walked up to Clyde and exclaimed, "Oh, it's such a pity that we missed such a good opportunity."
Before Clyde could swing his heavy sword, White had already used a wind element spell to run to the other side.
The young dragon is worthy of being a dragon. It does not feel heavy at all when carrying Lu Xi, a human weighing more than 100 kilograms. It flies quite freely in the air. If Lu Xi had not stopped in time, it would have even flown hundreds of meters into the air. .
Moreover, the baby dragon's flying speed is also very fast, and it is completely invisible that it is a baby that has just hatched a few days ago.
Lu Xi was once worried that others would not be able to catch up, but later found out that he was overthinking it.
Miguel carried Dina on his back, and Cagli carried Xiulan. Xiulan occasionally used some earth element spells to change the terrain, and with the blessing of White's several wind element spells, everyone followed perfectly and did not fall behind.
Xiao Yuan didn't have to worry. As a low-level monster that had awakened the wind element talent, even if it was just a cub, only these people present could not catch up with it.
So twenty minutes had just passed, and Lu Xi was surprised to find that he had arrived outside the human town. The distance that originally took two or three hours to complete had been shortened several times.
The place where everyone stopped was still some distance away from the town gate. After all, it was not convenient for the young dragon to appear in front of others.
The team quickly split into two parts, Dina went into the city and Miguel stayed behind. After all, they were both together, and one of them could go in to buy something.
Cagli and Xiulan went into the city together, while White and Hailin stayed. Xiulan had the biggest money bag in the entire Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group, and he was absolutely indispensable for shopping. As for Cagli, part of him was a bodyguard to protect Xiulan's safety. , part of them are coolies who carry Xiulan's luggage.
Helene had nothing to buy and chose to stay on her own, while White was banned from entering the city by Clyde.
Last time this guy almost stayed in the town in order to trick a little girl. This time he was determined not to let that happen.
"Xiao Yuan can go in with you, but he has to stay." Clyde pointed at the young dragon and shook his head.
Lu Xi understood the special status of the young dragon, so he nodded without objection. The young dragon looked at Lu Xi with a reluctant expression, but it was really a very smart monster. It had already understood from the chat that human towns and cities had no objections. It is dangerous, so there is no entanglement in following Luxi.
She was extremely sensible and obedient as she watched Lu Xi lead Xiao Yuan and others towards the gate of the human town.
Almost all human towns are built within a thick and tall city wall. Under the huge plaque that reads "Kuwagya City" is a city gate more than ten meters wide, with fully armed guards divided into two rows. He is guarding the city gate and checking people coming and going.
In fact, it is incorrect to say that it is an inspection, because these guards do not care who enters the city, they only care about asking for money - there is a fee to enter the city.
Clyde took out the certification badge of the Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group and handed it to the guard. The guard just glanced at the name on it casually. Lu Xi was not even sure whether the man saw clearly what was written on it, so he asked Clyde He took the certification badge back.
"Five mercenaries enter the city and pay 500 copper coins." The guard said lazily, without any energy.
Lu Xi glanced at the column next to him. There were a dozen civilian-looking people carrying large and small parcels, preparing to enter the city together to check their certificates. After looking at the number of people, he lazily said, "Mugaa Village Thirteen people enter the city and pay 13 copper coins."
Lu Xi:?
Before she could ask Dina, the guard who was checking their group had already seen Xiao Yuan. He looked like he was used to it and was not afraid at all. "There is a magic pet silver wolf. Please take a look at the certificate."
Clyde shook his head and handed over the two silver coins, "The cub I just got, the certificate has not been processed yet."
One silver coin is equal to one thousand copper coins. Lu Xi glanced at Clyde. It’s not that he didn’t have copper coins with him. As a common currency, the most they carry is copper coins. Silver coins are rarely used. Although one silver coin is equal to one thousand copper coins. , but many times, copper coins have to be exchanged for silver coins at a premium.
The guard was not surprised when he saw the silver coins. He nodded, took the money, casually took out a palm-sized piece of paper from his arms and gave it to Clyde. He said without blinking, "A temporary demon pet certificate. Pay one silver coin."
He had no intention of giving change to Clyde, and Clyde had no intention of waiting for change. He took the piece of paper and led a few people towards the city.
Only then did Lu Xi see that there were two desks behind the guards and inside the city gate. Two people who looked like record officers were writing furiously. They listened to the loud report of the guards in front and wrote down the numbers one by one.
After they were far away, Dina explained to Lu Xi in a low voice, "These gatekeepers are like this. If they don't give you benefits, they will block you in various ways and prevent you from entering the city. They will ask for this certificate and then that one." , just to drag you down, and after you give me the benefits, there will be nothing left."
"We are in a hurry to enter the city today and don't have time to waste time with them, otherwise the boss wouldn't be so generous."
As Dina was talking, Clyde had already turned around and looked at Lu Xi, "It should be fine to keep the money just now in Miss Lucy's body."
"Eh?" Dina was stunned.
