Chapter 25 A desolate magician who is in the same boat?
Chapter 25 The desolate magician who is complicit?
Laura and I were escorted all the way to the meeting tent in the center of the village. The villagers enthusiastically brought out gifts to entertain us, and some poor, old, weak, women and children brought out the only cheese and dried meat they had.
I have been busy politely declining, but Laura has seen big scenes after all. I saw her walking to the middle of the tent and said: "Everyone, please be quiet. I have a few words to say." The villagers in the tent were enthusiastic.
The sound of discussion drowned Laura’s words in the sea of people.
"Quiet! Let us listen to this heroic lady knight!" A young man roared with a strong voice, and the tent instantly became quiet.
"Thank you." Laura nodded to the young man and then turned to everyone: "Everyone, I want to tell you first that as a knight, it is my duty to uphold the spirit of chivalry, rescue the weak, and uphold justice, so you don't need to thank me.
Your praise is my reward, so please take back all the thank you gifts, you need it more than me."
The young man who just spoke suddenly raised his hand: "Dear Sir Knight, uh, Miss, Miss Knight." The young man stumbled and tried to use noble words to address Laura, but he kept showing his timidity.
Seeing this, Laura smiled and said: "Everyone, my name is Laura Hurley, the eldest daughter of the Hurley family. Just teach me Laura."
The young man touched his head naively and smiled shyly: "I'm sorry, Miss Laura, I am the leader of this settlement. My name is Sibal Abros. On behalf of all the villagers, I would like to invite you to meet this smart man.
The brave Mr. Magician accepts our heart. Although it is not much, it is our most precious gift."
Laura shook her head and said to the villagers: "Dear villagers of Eldor, I hope you understand that you need it more than me. Moreover, we are just passing by. After resting, we will continue on our way tomorrow, so villagers
, as long as you can arrange a place for us to rest for one night." After speaking, Laura asked the young man to arrange a place to stay.
The young man led the villagers from house to house looking for bedding and empty rooms. Laura and I took the rare opportunity to wander around the village. The village is not big, and it can be seen that the villagers' life must be relatively difficult. Most of the villagers live in a house made of wood and linen.
Among the tents, only a few families lived in wooden houses. Some wooden houses in other places only had a frame.
We walked to a piece of grass and sat on the ground. Laura patted me on the shoulder and praised me: "Not bad, Henmo. Didn't you lose your ability to control elements? How come you are more proficient in using magic than before?"
Already?"
I chuckled, and then suddenly realized: Yes, the dagger has obviously been released, how can I send out so many water spikes? Could it be that I can already control the elemental power in the artifact from a distance?
"What are you thinking about, kid? If it weren't for me, your head would have been used as a wine glass." Gaines sighed helplessly in my mind.
"Henmo, Henmo, I'm talking to you." Laura saw that I was distracted and shook me.
I shrugged and said, "It wasn't me, it was Gaines who saved me just now. I knew I wasn't that capable." After hearing this, Laura burst into laughter, then put her face close to my chest and shouted, "Thank you.
You! Mr. Gaines!"
This move was very ambiguous, and my face instantly turned red and hot like a cooked shrimp.
After staying like this for a while, Sibal ran over and said: "Miss Knight, Mr. Magician, dinner is ready. Everyone is waiting in the meeting tent. The accommodation is also ready. After dinner, please take a rest.
."
Speaking of food, my stomach growled. Maybe Sibal also heard it, so he quickly led us into the tent. The lanterns were already lit in the tent, and the smoked chicken and hare were roasted brown on the table.
The salad is glossy with oil, vegetables and berries, and most importantly, there is gin.
Laura and I were surrounded by people sitting in the middle of the long table. The young man took the lead in raising the wine glass: "On behalf of the villagers of Eldo Village, I would like to thank you two for your heroic actions and saving the village." After saying that, he took the lead and held up the wine glass.
The wine glass was banged on the wine table, and the other villagers followed suit and let out low growls of "Ho, ho, ho, ho...".
Laura was shocked by this action and asked me in my ear. I lowered my head and said, "This is a custom for common people to celebrate. You can just drink."
I have lived in Inverness since I was a child, and I know a lot of local customs from the guests who come from north to south. Not only do commoners and nobles drink different wines, but they also celebrate in different ways. The nobles mostly have banquets, mostly wine and mead.
Common people, on the other hand, mostly drink gin and rough beer, and their celebration style is more bold and unrestrained than that of the nobles.
I took Laura to pick up the wine glass and took the lead to drink it all in one gulp. This was one of the few times I drank alcohol. The gin had a strong aftertaste and was much stronger than beer and fruit wine. After Laura finished drinking the glass,
We choked and coughed, but we still swallowed it.
After the toast, everyone started to feast on the plates in front of them. I also nibbled on the hare without ceremony. Among the many animals, hare is my favorite. The meat is chewy, delicious, fat but not greasy, and no seasoning is added.
The aroma will be fragrant when roasted.
Everyone just ate like this for a while. The young man came up to us and asked: "You two, I heard today that you two are leaving tomorrow?"
I was eating hare and had no room to talk. Laura had been eating very elegantly, so she nodded: "Yes, we are going to Olvia Mountain, so we have to hurry."
The young man hesitated to speak, but I saw the clues and said, "Sibal, are you worried that Daez's gang will come back?" When Laura heard this, she said: "No, Das
Yisi's group suffered heavy casualties today, and he himself has also been seriously injured. I think they will not attack again in a short time, and you can take this time to go to the lord for help."
When the young man heard this method, he drank a glass of wine and said: "Both of you, our Eldo Village is the fiefdom of Archmage Sok of the Kingdom of O'Xili. We have tried to go to Archmage Sok several times to ask for help, but
We couldn't even see him. Moreover, once or twice, the hunters in the village who went out to hunt came back and said that they saw the Magician of Desolation going to a village with Dais and the others."
"Magicians of Desolation? Who are these people?" I asked curiously.
The young man shook his head: "I don't know who they are specifically, but according to the leader of the previous village, the Desolate Magicians are a magician organization trained by Archmage Sok. They are in the Orville you are looking for."
Ashan. They are hanging out with the bandit Dais, so it is useless for us to look for him. So we don’t know what to do. Next time, we are afraid that the Magician of Desolation will really come to trouble us. Hey."
With that said, the young man returned to his seat and drank wine.
I understand what the young man means. He hopes that we can stay and protect them. But we do have our own mission. However, if it is really related to Sok Olvia, then we can mediate, and,
Magicians have always been a noble profession like knights, and they should not join forces with thieves. After all, they are not the scum of magicians like evil mages.
After I told Laura my idea, Laura nodded and agreed with my idea. After I told the idea to the young man, the young man thought about it and could only agree.
After the banquet, Laura and I returned to our residence to rest. The villagers cleaned up the largest of the few wooden huts for us, and brought many quilts filled with coarse cloth and stuffed with straw. Laura smelled it.
, frowned and said: "It smells so bad...how can I sleep..."
I lay on the quilt and turned my back to Laura and said: "This is the life of common people like us. The eldest lady has never seen it since she was a child, but now she has seen it. These may be all their warm quilts, they don't have gold, silver and jade."
, Lingluo Silk, I think giving us these is the best reward they can think of. Just stop being picky."
After being scolded by me, Laura was a little angry: "I'm not picky, I just didn't expect their life to be so hard. I think we should help them. Tomorrow we will go to Olvia Mountain to find Sok
·Olivia made it clear that if the desolate magicians are not involved in this matter, let them fulfill their responsibility to protect their fiefdom. If they are really involved, then..."
I didn't hear clearly later because I was tired from the journey and drunk, so I fell into a deep sleep.
The next day I was woken up by Laura. When I woke up in a daze, there was already a large piece of cheese and bread on the table in the room, as well as a few slices of bacon.
"Eat quickly, we have to leave after eating." I ate my breakfast in big mouthfuls. When I looked up, I found Laura sighing. Seeing how delicious I was eating, she cast a look of contempt at me.
I knew what Laura was thinking, but I already had a solution in my mind, so I swallowed the bread in my mouth and said, "Laura, don't worry, I have a solution, just eat it quickly."
When Laura heard what I said, she was so excited that she jumped up and shouted: "Really? Do you really have a way?"
I pointed at the breakfast. Laura happily ate it like a wind and rain. Then she pulled me and asked, "Tell me, what can you do?"
I recited the incantation of ancient magic in my mouth, "Transform the wind into shape, transform life into guidance, and with your power, call my true name."
As the spell ended, Gaines appeared in front of us angrily. I pointed at Gaines and snickered at Laura and said, "Well, this is our method."
Gaines was furious: "Henmo, you unfilial descendant disturbed your ancestors' rest early in the morning. I really regret teaching you this spell!"