Sure enough, after a while, footsteps were heard, and then the sound of two people talking was heard.
"Is it this way?"
"It's this way. I clearly saw the big balloon landing near here before. They should stay on the coast in front."
"We haven't had outsiders come to Xiaomo Island for a long time. I don't know where they came from. Maybe they can help us..."
The voices getting closer and closer were the voices of two men. From their words, it could be heard that they were the indigenous residents of the island, not foreign explorers and adventurers.
There are residents on the island, which is a good thing for Bing Zhixie and the others. Maybe they can buy a compass on the island and re-determine the correct navigation image. Because Bing Zhixie has always been vigilant, he did not let it pass at the beginning.
Say hello to them, but now that I'm sure they don't have any ill intentions, it doesn't matter.
"Hello, hello, we are here, are you residents of the island?" Alice ran over and waved hello to the two people who rushed over.
The two men were dressed very ordinary, with animal skins around their bodies, bows and swords on their backs, just like ordinary hunters. They saw a little girl running out of the woods, followed by two young men, one older and one younger.
, asked: "Are you the ones who landed on the island in a big balloon just now?"
This question is nonsense. The three people in front of me are obviously not residents of the island. They naturally came by airship.
Alice corrected their mistake and said: "That's not a big balloon, but our 'Harmony' airship."
Another hunter asked: "Boys, where is your lord?"
Hullington said: "There are only three of us who came by airship."
"Oh?" The hunter was dubious about Hullington's words.
Alice said: "It's like this. We encountered a big storm at sea. The airship was seriously damaged and the compass was broken. I saw this island by accident today, so I came to the island to have a look. I just heard you say,
Is this island called Xiaomo Island?”
Seeing that Alice was speaking sincerely and not lying, the hunter said, "Why did you three young people come to the sea by airship? The sea is very dangerous. You are lucky enough to survive the storm."
Although this is a nice thing to say, it makes people unhappy to hear it.
Hullington said: "There must be villages and towns on the island. Can you take us there? We want to buy some supplies."
A hunter said: "I can take you to the village, but I'm afraid you won't be able to buy anything you want."
"Why?"
The hunter said: "Because... by the way, my name is Faylan, and my friend Ace."
Hullington and the others also exchanged names.
Fearon continued: "Our Xiaomo Island is isolated overseas and has little contact with the outside world. Many of the things used by the residents of the island are sold to us by merchant ships from the mainland once a season. These things are only enough for us.
It’s used, so if you want to buy it, you can only buy some specialties from our island.”
"So that's it." Hullington said, "Is there a compass for sale in the village?"
"some."
The hunter named Ace suddenly said: "What should we do, Brother Faerun? They don't seem to be able to help us."
"What, are there any difficulties on your island?" Alice had just tied her bow and asked after hearing what they said.
"It's like this... I can't explain this in a few sentences. Let's talk while walking." Feilun said.
Hullington said: "Wait a minute, is there a place where airships are parked in your village? I want to drive our airship there together."
Feilun said: "The area around our village is very empty. You can stop wherever you want." Just like that, Feilan and the others also boarded the Harmony airship and flew towards Xiaomo Village together.
Xiaomo Village is located on the beach and grassland not far from the sea, with the sea to the south and mountains to the north. The buildings in the village are all made of wood and look very strange. They are all triangular pyramids or cones.
The shape is generally very low, with straw on the roof, and some are hung with red, yellow, white and green colored ribbons. This may be related to the local warm and humid climate that rains all year round. A herringbone or triangular roof can be
Rainwater flows down faster.
There is a small river to the west of the village, and the water flows down from the hills to the north. Several acres of paddy fields have been cultivated along the river. Naturally, the paddy fields are not growing barley or small barley, but rice. The Harmony is bypassing the mountains and coming from the west.
Flying over.
When the men, women, and children in the village saw a big balloon painted with elf (yake) colors flying towards it from the sky, they all ran to the village, pointing, and whispering to each other.
We chose an open space by the river and the "Harmony" slowly descended.
"Is this Xiaomo Village? It has a different style. Sunshine, sandy beaches, thatched cottages, and just beauties from different regions." Hughington walked out of the boat and saw this small beach-style village, and began to have wild thoughts.
Alice had been waiting impatiently in the corridor outside the cabin early in the morning. Before the airship had parked, she jumped out with Yeck.
"Hey, slow down." Bing Zhixie also turned over and jumped out of the cabin. Seeing that Alice had not started to run, she shouted "Ahhh".
It turns out that the small river to the west of the village is one of the habitats where slimes breed on the island. From the top of the mountain to the seaside, the river bank is crawling with all kinds of slimes. Alice jumps here and there and stomps here and there.
, she could always step on slimes, big or small, and those slimes seemed to stick to her, and there were always slimes crawling up the corners of her pants.
Seeing Alice's embarrassment, Hullington laughed loudly and walked forward and said, "Why do you dislike them so much? Look, you crushed them all and they didn't even complain. How cute they are."
"You are the only one who likes this smelly thing like a slug. I hate it, hate it..." Alice yelled, kicking all the slimes away from her feet.
Ace chuckled and said, "Slime is the symbol of our island. Every household on the island has a slime."
"Ah." Alice was a little disappointed.
Hullington looked at the slime group on the river bank and thought that although there were many slimes here, there were not any exquisite varieties, they were just ordinary goods that could not be sold at a good price.
After crossing the wooden bridge over the river, everyone in the village ran out. Feilun stepped forward and introduced the situation. A woman in her thirties came out of the crowd. Feilan introduced: "This is our village.
long."
"Oh, I didn't expect to see a beautiful sister in the village. I thought she was an old uncle with a long white beard." Hullington said in a very gentlemanly manner: "Hello, my name is Alchemy Hulling.
Dun, nice to meet you, Madam Village Chief."
The village chief and the people in the village were very hospitable. As they were invited into the village, the village chief said: "It's rare for outsiders to come to our island. I heard that your airship is broken. I will help you if you need anything."
Let the villagers try their best to help you."
"We would like to thank you in advance, Madam Village Chief."
The village chief said: "Oh! You came at the wrong time. If you had come a few months earlier, we would have entertained you warmly, but now..."
Alice said: "From what the village chief sister said, something seems to have happened in the village. I also heard Uncle Feren and Uncle Ace talk about difficulties in the village before. I wonder what happened?"
The village chief sighed again: "This is what happened. A few months ago, a monster suddenly came to our island. The monster occupied the highest peak on the island and often flew to the village to harm us. Our village
Several times the whole village went out to encircle and suppress it, but all failed. On the contrary, several of the best martial arts masters in the village died in its hands. Our Xiaomo Island is too far away from the mainland, and it usually takes three months or more.
Only once did a routine merchant ship supply arrive to us, so we had to send people to the mainland to ask the army to help us, but we sent two waves of people there one after another, and there is no news yet."
"So that's it." Hullington said.
Bing Zhixie was looking at the navigation chart early in the morning. He had already looked at it when he was on the airship. He didn't find the location of Xiaomo Island, so he pulled the village chief and asked: "Excuse me, Madam Village Chief, Xiaomo Island."
Where is the island and why didn’t I see it?”
The village chief took a look at the nautical chart and said: "This map must not have been bought in our country. Foreign maps rarely show our Xiaomo Island. Well, our Xiaomo Island is here, right here."
She pointed on the nautical chart.
Bing Zhixie and Hullington were both stunned. They didn't expect the Harmony to float so far away from the coastline. That hurricane changed their route so much...