Chapter Nineteen
It takes about ten days for civilians to walk from Pyroxe to Longho Town. It takes about ten days for adventurers to ride horses. Because the distance between each village that can be accommodated is almost a day walk. Unless you are not afraid of dying and sleeping in the dangerous and barren mountains, or you can rush for two days a day without any horsepower, no one can think of where you can go.
Sui Xiong and Gerald were not in a hurry. They followed the group of merchants and walked towards Longhu Town like walking.
The evil dragon, known as the "Extreme Cold Tyrant", has been raging in the deep mountains near Longhu Town for more than fifty years. It will not be so anxious to move.
Besides, they couldn't come in a hurry. The key to fighting the evil dragon was Sui Xiong's body, the "Void Mask" His Majesty Oscar. Now, Sui Xiong is in seclusion in an underground cave near Pyrose Town, adjusting his body structure to better adapt to land operations. It is a huge job to change such a huge body and not be completed so quickly. So even if they arrived at Longhou Town early, they could only live in the town temporarily and collect some information. It is impossible for Gerald to go into the mountain to challenge the evil dragon alone.
"Brother White, did you live on the mountain before? Is life on the mountain very difficult?" In a caravan with them, a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy curiously pestered Gerald, who was named White, and asked this and that, which made him very annoyed.
"…Life in the mountains is roughly like this, it's very simple and boring, and there's nothing to say."
"but……"
In order to facilitate action, Gerald chose to go with the business group. The business group is composed of caravans and can help each other when danger comes - when the danger is too great, it is easy to find a back-up.
The merchant group is very large and consists of seven or eight caravans. The one they chose to travel with is the strongest among these caravans.
The caravan is called "Lucky Gold Coins". The president of the Chamber of Commerce is a semi-dwarf named South. As a mixed gnome and human, his height is slightly shorter than that of ordinary people, with slightly reddish and tough skin, big night vision eyes, slender and agile body, and one or two talented spells made him feel like a fish in his life as an adventurer and saved up a good fortune. Later, when he got older, he no longer became an adventurer, but formed a caravan and changed his position to become a businessman.
Uncle South's caravan members are all his old acquaintances, which is interesting to say. Although this caravan mainly does business with humans, none of the caravan members are pure humans. The boss is a semi-dwarf, the bodyguards are half-orcs, and the two companions who work together to do business, one is a half-elves and the other is a dwarf. Even the employees are all alien or mixed-race. For example, the one who likes to chat with Gerald is the young mage Palin who serves as an accountant, a dwarf, a purebred dwarf.
In this world, there are many races of intelligent life. Among them, there are many people with similar body shapes to humans. Dwarfs, dwarves, elves, orcs are all relatively common types.
Dwarfs and dwarfs are not tall, about one-third shorter than humans. However, no one will confuse the two, because dwarfs are agile and intellectual races, while dwarfs are a force and physique race. The former is thin and flexible, with red skin, big eyes, long hands and feet, while the latter is thick and strong, with small eyes and big beards, and his voice is as loud as ordinary people shouting.
Generally speaking, dwarfs and mixed-blood dwarfs often choose to be mages, or rely on their innate bloodlines to be artists, bards, or merchants. Of course, they often work part-time pickpockets. What about dwarfs? Apart from warriors, they rarely engage in other professions. Perhaps some dwarfs are miners, blacksmiths, winemakers or chefs, but they must first be good warriors, with almost no exception.
Elf is a race that is about the same height as humans but is thinner than humans. Their characteristics are that they have a high spell and natural affinity, and are almost born to cast spells. However, they are not suitable for living in unnatural environments. If they cannot live in natural environments, they will gradually become weak, sick, and eventually die.
Because of this, the elves use forests and wilderness as their own country. They are one of the most powerful races in the world. During several periods of great human development, two races with splendid history and powerful force fought hard. The elves who had conquered multiple races, including dwarfs and dwarfs, and humans who had expelled orcs, mermaids and other races were like Mars hitting the earth, but no one could do anything to each other. In the end, everyone had to compromise with each other, seek equal coexistence and common development.
Of course, almost five hundred years have passed since the closest great development. Apart from the legendary heroes who lived longevity, both sides who participated in the war have long died, and their hatred has gradually faded. Now is a period of good relationship between elves and humans. Elfs envy humans' versatile potential and abundant vitality, while humans envy the elves' tranquil mind and talented talents. After a while, many mixed-race children, commonly known as semi-elves, have appeared.
As for the orcs, it was a group of unlucky and even pitiful races. They had many origins, but because they lost to humans in the war, they were constantly expelled and eventually lived together to form a somewhat chaotic race. The orcs' ancestors also had a good history of civilization, but the war with humans interrupted their civilization process, drove them away from the land where their ancestors lived, and also made their civilization inheritance break, gradually becoming a symbol of barbarism and backwardness.
Sadly, most orcs have forgotten the honor of their own civilization and have chosen to accept the civilization of humans or elves. In today's world, there are fewer and fewer orcs in the traditional orc professions such as "wild warriors", "rass warriors", "bloody swordsmans", and "soul shamans". Most qualified orcs have either become warriors or rangers, or become warlocks or priests.
Perhaps, this is also because the professions summarized and developed by these humans and elves are indeed stronger than the ancient professions inherited by the orcs.
The orcs in the caravan came from a tribe called "Manshi". The leader Ahan was a paladin, the kind of priest who was baptized and inherited in the temple and tended to be force rather than magic. The gods he believed in were a bit special, a wild god respected as "Iron Lion", a god who was born in the orc god system who tended to be evil, but with several subordinates, he left half independent from them and turned into a kind camp.
Ahan and his subordinates are all believers of the Wild God. Their armor and shields all have the holy emblem of the Wild God - the golden lion claws in the shield-shaped frame. Especially Ahan's shield, there is even a flash of divine power, which is a magical item that is blessed in the temple.
Sui Xiong had noticed the shield. The golden light flashed from time to time on the shield made him feel a little familiar. After recalling it carefully for a while, he confirmed that the light seemed very similar to the god he helped when he fought with the Sleepless God.
In order to determine whether this is the case, he specially asked Gerald to ask Ahan for some knowledge about the God of the Wild.
The God of Wildness is a god who likes to travel around and stand up for justice. He often transforms into a lion man (a type of orc), carrying a shield and a battle axe, and a hammer hanging around his waist. When he encounters the evil god raging, he will turn into golden lightning to tear the sky and fight against evil. Although he can only be considered medium-level in terms of the level of the gods, his combat power is extremely strong. He beat the well-known powerful evil gods to flee more than once, and can be called the first-class strong one among the gods.
As for the doctrines and detailed sect structures of this god, Sui Xiong was too lazy to remember them. In short, he was generally sure that this wild god was the one who helped him, and he was a kind god.
Very good, that's enough.
This is a good team leader with good skills, strong awareness, and can lead the team and does not have bad equipment. If you have the opportunity to set up a dungeon with Him, it will definitely be very good.
Of course, someone helped him while PK, and this must be rewarded.
"Gerard, if a fight occurs, please pay attention to protecting Ahan and the others." He said.
Gerald was a little puzzled. He didn't understand why it was not the non-combatants who had withdrawn from the world for many years and had significantly reduced their combat effectiveness. Instead, they knew that Ahan was very capable of fighting at a glance. But the god's orders were absolute, and he expressed complete obedience.
But Gerald was sure that Ahan didn't need protection at all. This strong lion man could fight against the wild bear even without weapons. With full arming, even if he had a two-legged flying dragon, he would not be able to do anything.
Well, the two-legged flying dragon that wanted to attack them this evening has now become a barbecue in the camp, and the old South's partner and chef wrought iron is smearing the meat that he is proud of. Some of the meat is almost cooked, and the tempting fragrance is floating in the air.
After a day of trek, the merchant group stationed next to a small village at night. This was a large open space, enough for hundreds of people to live temporarily. Because it was adjacent to the barren mountains, the affected area of the ashes forest had already emerged. The green trees in the distance were shaded, and the grass nearby was lush, which made Sui Xiong, who was used to seeing the gray-black tone, was very satisfied.
Everyone was busy at this moment, but when the aroma of roasted flying dragon meat floated, almost everyone stopped for a while, and more than one person even drooled.
Another partner of Lao Sans, a half-elf ranger who claims to be "Yunsu", is dealing with the material removed from the two-legged flying dragon. His sharp hook claws, the fangs connected to the poison glands, the hard scales on the chest, and the tough outer skin on his body.
Two-legged flying dragons are quite fierce monsters. They have a wide range of recipes, but the one they like to prey the most is the "weak two-legged walking beast" - abbreviated as humans. In fact, their favorite thing is to attack herdsmen and caravans, and even ignore prey like cattle and sheep when someone can eat it. It can be called the enemy of humans.
If it were on Earth, such guys who were obviously fighting against humans would definitely be killed to death, and at most a few remaining species were retained in the zoo to study. However, in this relatively backward and wild world, humanoid races, including humans, together occupy less than one-third of the entire world's land. In the wilderness where the sky is high and the earth is vast, there are enemies like this everywhere, and everyone is used to it.
Anyway, they are all fighting, if they lose, they are eaten, they will win - hehe, the relationship between eating and eating will be reversed!
Just like at this moment, the two-legged flying dragon that was not exposed instead became everyone's supper.
At this moment, accompanied by the fragrance, the wrought iron smiled happily, ringing the small clock that means the meal.
The bell saved Gerald, who was being asked by curious baby Palin, who kept asking this and that. He quickly ended the "giant tribe ecology" that almost all came from hearsay, dragging the little Palin, who was still unsatisfied, and hurried towards the bonfire.
Chapter completed!