"Leader of the Storm Legion, Tia, nice to meet you."
Zhou Li still remembered that the girl wearing mithril armor and holding a giant sword suddenly fell from the sun like a god. After crushing the demon's body, she stretched out her hand to him with a bright smile.
Beautiful, powerful, like a rose in full bloom.
"Hello, I'm Zhou Li."
Zhou Li quickly came to his senses and stood up. The great changes and turning points just now made him feel weak for a moment. He looked at the girl in front of him, stretched out his hand, shook it and introduced himself: "I am an adventurer from the Kingdom of Nancy, and I want to go to Tariq to improve my strength. Then... we met this monster. "
Zhou Li looked at the lifeless Lin Gui on the side, with a little pleasure from revenge in his eyes. For this demon who had massacred a family that had helped him, he had no other thoughts except killing him. Even if he was once a law-abiding boy on earth, he could not be made to give up revenge.
"Yeah..."
The girl named Tiya seemed to see what Zhou Li was hiding, but she did not delve into it. Instead, she glanced meaningfully at the books on Zhou Li's waist. She didn't say anything, she just glanced at Eluma who was a little frightened and asked, "Madam, I didn't hurt you just now, did I?"
"Ah, it's okay."
Eluma regained her composure. She had just escaped from the fear of being stabbed to death by a bone marrow sword. She looked at Tiya, nodded slightly, and said to Tiya in the manner of a goddess: "Thank you very much for your help, Miss Knight, you saved me from this predicament."
"It doesn't matter, I'm not a knight after all."
Under the astonished gazes of Eluma and Zhou Li, Tiya tapped her breastplate, and with a streak of light flashing, a badge representing the storm appeared on her chest.
"I am a soldier, Tariq's soldier."
Later, Zhou Li found out that when he and Eluma entered Tariq's border, the Lingui lurking in the dense forest was exposed.
Taric's borders are made up of countless radiant sentinels, which are actually modulated radiant crystals that can detect any fluctuations in unregistered energy. Lin Gui was obviously overconfident. He had abused others in a small country like Nancy and failed to correctly estimate his own strength. As a result, he was discovered.
Coincidentally, Tia, the deputy captain of the second team of the Storm Legion at the time, happened to be patrolling nearby. After getting the news, Tiya directly disassembled certain equipment and arrived at the scene as quickly as possible. By the time she arrived, the torn monster had delivered its final blow.
For the platinum-level Tiya, a death blow from a gold-level demon was no problem at all. So she easily dealt with the demon in human skin. However, she also noticed the unusual book on Zhou Li's waist.
In fact, it is a common thing to have a book tied to you on the continent of Gaia. After all, adventurers have strict requirements for books. Most literate adventurers will record their accumulated experience and some unknown private maps in books and keep them close to their body for easy access at any time.
As the third princess of the Tariq Empire, Tiya noticed the specialness of the disguised book on Zhou Li's waist at a glance. After all, she had also visited the Tower of Twelve Moments, and had seen the glorious book in Chonghuang's image. So she could tell that the book with a sacred power on Zhou Li's waist was definitely extraordinary.
But she didn't say anything, she just exchanged identities with Zhou Li, and then sent two members of her team to escort Zhou Li and Eluma to Tariq's city.
"Huo."
After entering a city called Nole on the border of Tariq, even Zhou Li, who had lived on earth for twenty-five years, had to sigh that there really is such a modern city in this world.
A wide, clean road full of passing vehicles. Trash cans and street lights can be seen everywhere on the streets, as well as clear signs. Zhou Li even saw that there would be a fixed drinking fountain on one side of the street, spewing out drinkable pure water regularly.
At the same time, this
Most of the buildings in the city are high-rises, not the two- or three-story single-family homes in Nancy. Next to the residential areas that have become vaguely residential areas, there are some department stores with full range of goods, and even a few adventurer cabins opened by the Brave Guild.
"This is it."
Turning the corner, Zhou Li saw a hotel with a line of standard Chinese characters engraved on it, [Warm Hotel]. After confirming that the price of this hotel was affordable for the poor and somewhat disgraced two, Zhou Li chose to stay in this hotel for a few days before finding a car to go to Mosk, the capital of Tariq.
Of course, the most important thing now is to make money.
"Let's go."
Putting some less important luggage in the opened room, Zhou Li put the money bag into his pocket, and then said to Eluma who was sitting on the edge of the bed: "Let's go to the adventurer cabin first and see if we can We can’t take on any missions or anything like that. We only have two gold coins left, and we probably can’t even afford a ticket to Mosk.”
"OK."
At first, Zhou Li was worried about this demigod lady, because Eluma gave him the impression of a complete goddess from the beginning. His brief and mysterious words, his divine appearance, and the noble temperament in his movements all made him feel a little restrained.
Later, as the two of them spent more time together, Zhou Li vaguely realized that this god...
Seems a little not very smart.
Of course, as soon as Zhou Li had this idea in his head, he quickly killed himself. He didn't know if this god could hear the voice in his heart. After all, the previous god called Mass easily knew his worries and sadness, and used his power to comfort him.
Now Zhou Li understands that this goddess is actually very easy to maintain. As long as she can eat enough, she has almost no other needs. As a demigod, Eluma has an eternally clean constitution. Even if she doesn't brush her teeth, wash her face or even take a shower, she is always clean and smells good every day. And she was very obedient and never argued with Zhou Li except in professional fields. At the same time, she was horribly lacking in the word entertainment.
Once Zhou Li accidentally whispered the content of Journey to the West, but Eluma heard him. Later, it became a great pleasure for Zhou Li to tell Eluma some stories about the earth and then see the expression on the face of this normally noble and elegant goddess.
After leaving the hotel, Zhou Li and Eluma came to the adventurer's cabin. The Adventurer's Hut is a unique stronghold established by the Brave Guild, responsible for issuing tasks to these mercenaries or acting as a middleman. Of course, in addition to tasks, the Adventurer's Hut also welcomes merchants to settle in. Of course, this requires money.
"Neil Chamber of Commerce?"
As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Li saw the slogan "Buy one, get one free" on the product area on the side, and then he noticed the name of the chamber of commerce that he had not seen in Nancy.
"It seems to be a Yingnan brand, with a large scale and strong strength."
Eluma followed Zhou Li's line of sight and looked over. As someone with a certain amount of knowledge, she directly said to Zhou Li: "In Jordan, the capital of Yingnan, this chamber of commerce has always been a leader. And this company The president of the Chamber of Commerce has never revealed his true identity, and people have always speculated about his identity, and even his gender is unknown."
"Yingnan."
Zhou Li nodded, and then said nonchalantly: "Forget it, that place has nothing to do with us."
"Too."
Eluma agreed: "The geographical location of Yingnan determines that it is rarely affected by disasters, and there is no belief in gods in that place, so there is no need to pay too much attention."
After passing the product area, Zhou Li came to the mission area. He raised his head and began to read the magic crystal that was changing every minute.
"Hunting the silver-level terror beast (early stage), located in the east of Twilight Forest..."
Zhou Li looked at an important task and its high reward, frowned slightly, and asked Eluma hesitantly: "Where is the Twilight Forest?"
"Somewhat far away, to the west of Magnum."
Elu
Ma looked at the mission and said hesitantly: "Forget it about the horror beast. This kind of monster usually has self-awareness and is difficult to deal with."
"Too."
Zhou Li nodded. He had seen the reputation of the fear beast before. After all, the Minotaur that almost overturned a village before was a type of fear beast. Of course, just as he was talking to Eluma, the mission had already been taken over by an unknown adventurer, and he couldn't take it even if he wanted to.
"What do you think of this?"
Eluma stretched out her hand, pointing at a task with her slender white fingers.
"Investigating the disappearance of livestock in Onglu Village?"
Zhou Li looked in the direction of Eluma's finger, and a task marked [Suitable for Silver Level Professionals] appeared in front of him.
The details of the mission are very simple. There is a small country called Onsa in the east of Tariq. A village named Onlu in this small country has always lost some livestock recently. It started with chickens and ducks, but now large livestock such as cattle have begun to be lost. The village wants adventurers to investigate the cause of missing livestock, and if they can solve the problem, they will pay six gold coins.
"Take it."
Zhou Li did not hesitate too much and directly accepted the task. This kind of mission is more cumbersome than those combat missions, but the advantage is that this kind of mission is not too difficult, at least the battle will not be too fierce.
After all, monsters like this that only eat domestic animals are generally weak creatures and will not actively attack humans. A silver level professional is enough.
After accepting this task, Zhou Li began to plan the task. Soon, Zhou Li and Eluma returned to the hotel, took their luggage, and left the hotel.
The hotel owner was confused as he held the key. He felt as if he had made a business, but he didn't.
In fact, this task was not difficult for Zhou Li.
Because this is a task that simply cannot be accomplished.
When he and Eluma came to this small village called Onsa, Zhou Li began to investigate the incident. Slowly, Zhou Li discovered that the footprints hidden in the dense forest were human footprints.
At least, in human form.
At first, Zhou Li just thought it was something done by a fugitive in the forest. Perhaps a criminal committed some crime and had to flee, then stole meat from the village to eat. But he quickly realized, let alone chickens, ducks and fish, how did this man finish eating a cow?
Slowly, Zhou Li began to have a clue. He and Eluma discovered that this man seemed to be able to climb trees and was very agile. He seemed to have hollowed out the bird's nests in the trees around the village. And that person obviously had no sense of precaution, and his footsteps were completely exposed by his footprints. Soon, Zhou Li found that person's lair.
In a forest in Tarik.
"I feel like we're backing up against the forest."
Zhou Li walked in the dense forest and said to Eluma beside him with a grimace, "I came to the forest at this time to feed the insects."
Eluma, who has a clean constitution and a mosquito repellent constitution, tilted her head and comforted her: "It's okay, at least this task is relatively simple, and we can go back soon."
"It's best that way."
Zhou Li sighed. That person's ability to cover up his whereabouts was extremely poor. In other words, he had no intention of covering up his whereabouts at all. There were footprints and traces, and this person had no cover-up, so they quickly found this person's lair.
Looking at the broken footsteps outside the dark cave, Zhou Li and Eluma knew that this was where the sneaky man was hiding. Eluma stepped forward, stretched out her hand, and a splash of water slowly floated out from the cave and fell on the palm of her hand.
"There is one person, and there is only one exit to the cave."
Eluma looked at Zhou Li and told her the message given to her by the water element.
"Set fire."
Zhou Li gathered a pile of wood from all around and placed it at the entrance of the cave, then dug a fire prevention trench. After all, he wanted to smoke the man out of the hole, not burn the whole place with fire.
Soon, with sparks flying and
There was a crackling sound, and a thick smoke began to spread. Zhou Li took out a piece of wind rune, pointed it at the black smoke, and slowly blew the black smoke into the cave.
Soon, this person appeared.
No, human words are not a good choice to describe him. After all, creatures like humans would not have their heads and half of their bodies replaced by crystals, and their hands turned into sickle-like crystal blades.
A monster, a crystal monster through and through.
"Run!"
Without any hesitation, Zhou Li shouted these two words. Because he saw that besides hesitation and pain on that Jinggui's face, there was only deep interest.
Hunter, interest in prey.
Then, he desperately discovered that this monster was much faster than him. Before he could run a hundred meters away, the monster was already looking at him with a mocking smile in the woods two hundred meters away.
Finally, Zhou Li turned his head and let Eluma and himself escape separately.
