In the southwest of Eslar Continent, there is a place called "Dense Fog Town". It is named because the town is close to the largest "Hengduan Mountains" in Eslar Continent and is often shrouded in thick fog. Although there is
The word "town" is used, but in fact this place is not very big, with only more than 100 households and less than 500 residents.
The folk customs in the entire "Dense Fog Town" are simple. Most of the residents make a living by hunting, exchanging the magic cores and furs of the monsters they hunt for daily necessities. For hundreds of years, people in the town have been accustomed to this kind of life. This kind of life
Life day after day, year after year.
The rising sun in the morning hangs slantingly in the sky, and the warm sunshine shines lazily on Ryan's body through the thick fog, making Ryan feel comfortable in his heart. The weather in July is good, but today it is almost
It is the best weather in Nongwu Town in a year. However, there are not many people in the town. At this time of year, Nongwu Town will have such good weather for a few days. The hunters in the town have already made an appointment to enter Hengduan together.
Deep in the mountains, hunt down several large monsters to prepare for the upcoming "Victory Day" celebration in Takli Town.
Takli Town is the closest city to Nongwu Town, but Takli is definitely not comparable to Nongwu Town. Not to mention, there are more than 10,000 permanent residents and two wide commercial streets in the center of the city.
The streets are proof enough that Takri is prosperous.
The annual Victory Day celebration is to celebrate the great victory that the allied forces of humans, dwarves, and elves defeated the invading undead army in Sunrise City in the east of the continent 200 years ago. The Victory Day celebration was held in the town of Takli
, there will be merchants from all over the empire, they will bring products from various places, and they will also buy the Warcraft cores, furs and other products that are abundant in Takli Town and its surroundings. These merchants come from different places, and some come from
From Fernando City, the imperial capital in the north, to Yignas City, the largest commercial city in the south, and even to Seawind City, which has overseas trade routes. It is the hard work of these merchants running around that earns
This has contributed to the prosperity of Takri Town today.
The annual Victory Day celebration is also the happiest time for the residents of Dense Fog Town. The hard work of hunting over the past year has finally paid off. A large number of magic cores, furs, precious Warcraft cubs, etc. will be available during those days.
If you sell it for a good price, you can also exchange it for various items that are usually difficult to buy. Some young people are even planning to bite the bullet and buy the exquisite jewelry made by the outstanding craftsmen from Fernando City that they saw last time as a gift.
My beloved girl.
But Ryan didn't think too much. He took a deep breath of fresh air and walked quickly to a wooden house outside the town as usual.
"Ryan~" As soon as he left the town, Ryan saw his former partner Nemo greeting him in the distance.
Ryan felt a little strange. He had only been hunting for two days, so why did Nemo come back? He stopped and looked at Nemo carefully. He saw that Nemo was still wearing the same gray clothes he had worn when hunting in the mountains two days ago.
He was wearing clothes made of winter wolf skin, but at this time the clothes had long been torn, and there were still some blood stains on the chest and thighs. Nemo was carrying a fat wild boar on his shoulders, and he was carrying
There were 2 living edelweiss rabbits, and the edelweiss rabbits were still moving around.
Nemo slowly walked towards Ryan. He looked at Ryan looking at him and said braggingly: "Hey, this harvest is not bad. Look, Ryan, I killed a pig myself!"
Ryan was also happy for him when he saw that his friend was able to hunt back a pigeon. You must know that the skin of the pigeon boar is thick and strong, and it is not easy for Nemo, who is only 16 years old, to hunt one alone.
"Are you injured?" Ryan asked with concern when he saw the blood on Nemo's body, "Do you want my help?"
"Haha, thank you." Nemo puffed up his chest, "This is what men should do, hunt happily, drink happily..."
"I still want to be with the woman I love," Ryan said quickly before he could finish.
"Hehe" was said to hit his mind, and Naimo smiled sheepishly.
Ryan smiled and said, "You, you keep saying these words every time, and I'm tired of hearing them. Did you catch the live velvet rabbit specially to give it to her?"
Being told what was on his mind, Nemo showed a shy expression and quickly defended: "No, actually I just caught this casually."
Ryan was secretly amused, and then said: "Okay, I won't delay you anymore. I know why you came back halfway, so go find Mei Fu."
"Okay." Nemo hurriedly walked into the town, not forgetting to turn around and say: "Ryan, let's have a drink together tonight, grilling this pork is really good."
"I know," Ryan agreed, and then teased: "It's Maeve's craftsmanship, right?"
"Haha" Nemo's laughter echoed from the town, "You must come, today is my coming-of-age ceremony."
Coming-of-age ceremony, yes, time flies by so fast, and he is almost 16 years old. Ryan is a little melancholy. Nemo can spend his coming-of-age ceremony with Maeve, but what about himself? Can he go into the mountains to hunt a few prey and then invite the town?
Eat with friends?
Ryan shook his head and pushed this thought to the back of his mind. He slowly walked towards the wooden house outside the town.
As soon as he arrived outside the hut, Ryan shouted: "Teacher Ghalib, I'm here."
"Well, kid, you're here," a loud voice replied.
The door of the house opened, and a strong figure appeared in front of Ryan. He was wearing clothes made of some kind of light yellow Warcraft fur. There were spots the size of gold coins on the clothes. He had a blood-red belt tied around his waist and feet.
He was wearing a pair of black leather boots. He was none other than the teacher Galibu who had taught him martial arts for nine years.
Of course Ryan knew that the light yellow clothes on Mr. Ghalib's body were made from the fur peeled off from a lightning cheetah that wreaked havoc on Dense Fog Town, and that the belt was made from leopard tendons mixed with several Tariq antelopes.
Made of tendons. If I only heard these two things from my parents, then I clearly remember the origin of the black leather boots worn on Jia Libu’s feet.
About five years ago, Ryan followed Teacher Ghalib into the depths of the Hengduan Mountains for an adventure. It was said to be an adventure, but it was Ghalib who took Ryan to learn some survival skills in the wild and impart some experience.
The young Ryan accidentally startled a sleeping Earth Bear. The awakened Earth Bear was very angry and slapped Ryan hard with its huge bear paw. At that time, Ryan just followed Ghalib.
I learned some relatively basic things, mainly to train my physical fitness. I had no time to escape and was about to die under the claws of the earth bear.
At this time, in order to protect Ryan, Ghalib, who was standing next to him, made a real move in front of Ryan for the first time. This incident shocked Ryan very much. Killing this earthly creature, which was classified as level seven in the Warcraft books,
Xiong, Jialibu only used three moves!
Ghalib held the Earth Bear with his left hand and slapped Ryan's paw, then kicked the heavy Earth Bear back with one kick. Finally, with a volley, his right fist directly smashed the Earth Bear's head. The huge Earth Bear
The bear just fell down softly.
Afterwards, Ryan asked Teacher Ghalib why the Earth Bear could be killed in three moves. Teacher Jhalib said meaningfully: "Strong enough to hit the enemy's vital points with flexible and clever use, it's that simple."
Of course, the outcome of this matter was that Ghalib asked Ryan to drag the Earth Bear back alone as a punishment for him. It took Ryan several days and a lot of effort to finally drag this heavy guy back.
Ryan still remembers the surprised scene in everyone's eyes when his short figure carrying the huge Earth Bear entered the town. This made Ryan, who was being watched, feel a little proud. Maybe today, I can't stand it.
Pige's entry into the town was also affected by that incident.
"Lian, come in with me," Teacher Galib said calmly when he saw Ryan staring at his shoes.
"Oh, okay." Ryan was interrupted from his musing by Teacher Ghalib's voice. He quickly agreed and followed the teacher into the wooden house.
As soon as the two entered the wooden house, Ryan heard an old voice saying: "Lian, you are here."
Ryan followed the voice and said, "Ah, it's Teacher Delanai, why are you here too?"
I saw an old man wearing a magic robe, sitting on a chair to the right of Ryan. The passage of time has made his face full of wrinkles. The old man's clothes are very simple, except for a magic badge on his chest that symbolizes the identity of a magician.
There are no magic items or any decorations.
There is a table next to the old man. In addition to the chair where the old man sits, there are two chairs next to the table. The table and chairs are made of the most ordinary white birch wood. The workmanship is very rough, and even the bark has not been peeled off.
There is a large bucket and two wooden drinking glasses placed on the table, both of which were carved by Ryan himself on the golden thorn log with a dagger.
Ryan was really surprised to see Mr. Delanai appear in front of him. Mr. Delanai, who originally left last month because of something, came back in less than a month. Didn't he say that something was troublesome when he left last time?
Do you have to deal with the matter and solve it so quickly?
Seeing that Ryan was a little surprised by his appearance, Delanai didn't think there was anything wrong. He said slowly: "Lian, don't think about it so much. Today, Ghalib and I want to tell you something important."
matter."
After Ghalib and Ryan sat down around the table, Delanai said slowly: "Lian, you are 16 years old this year. On the continent of Esrael, when a child reaches the age of 16, it means he has died. Usually,
Under certain circumstances, the child's parents or teachers will assign a question to the child and let the child complete it through his or her own efforts. This is the coming-of-age ceremony test. Have you ever thought about how to conduct your own coming-of-age ceremony test?"
Hearing Teacher Delanai's words, Ryan couldn't help but deeply recall his past:
Ryan was born in an ordinary Orion family in the town of Dense Fog. Because the family was not well-off, his parents had only one child. When Ryan was 5 years old, a mature Lightning Cheetah came to the mountains outside the town. It was listed in the Warcraft Classics.
The lightning cheetah that has reached level 6 is fast, moves like the wind, has sharp claws and teeth, has a bad temper, and is extremely aggressive. When hunters in Dense Fog Town went hunting in the mountains, many people were attacked by this lightning cheetah.
The attack killed several people.
Just when the whole town was at a loss, Ghalib passed by. When he learned about the difficulties faced by the town, he took action to get rid of the Lightning Cheetah. The residents of the town were very grateful to Ghalib, and Ghalib also liked this place very much.
The folk customs were simple, so they built a wooden house outside the town and settled down. So Ghalib lived in Nongwu Town.
Gradually, everyone became familiar with each other, and the residents of the town got used to having such an extra neighbor. The children in the town worshiped heroes and gathered around Galib who had removed the Lightning Cheetah. Although Galib was indifferent to others,
He was fond of children, but later he couldn't stand the children's begging, so he took in seven or eight children and taught him some basic martial arts skills. Ryan and Nemo were the better ones among this group of children.
After several years of basic training, the children who learned martial arts from Ghalib were much better than their peers. Once, Ghalib asked the children why they were learning martial arts from him. Some of the other children said they wanted to learn.
Some martial arts skills were used to show off in front of friends. Some of them planned to learn more martial arts skills to support their families when they grew up. Only Ryan said that he hoped to protect the people around him. This sentence touched Galib, so he paid more attention to Ryan's teaching.
His skill is far beyond that of Nemo and others.
Five years ago, that is, the year when Ryan entered the town with the Earth Bear on his back, Delanai came to Dense Fog Town and found Ghalib. In the western mountainous area of the mainland where Dense Fog Town is located, he captured an Earth Bear
It is a very difficult thing. Normally, it takes a lot of effort to form a hunting team of more than twenty people, and the captured earth bears are also scarred. However, Ghalib and Ryan just went
After wandering around the Hengduan Mountains for a few days, they killed an earth bear. Moreover, the fur of the one they killed was almost undamaged. How could they not cause a sensation?
This incident quickly spread throughout the surrounding towns and became the talk of many people. When Delanai stopped in Takli Town, he heard others talking about this incident, so they decided to come to Dense Fog Town to visit the people who could capture the incident.
The adventurers of the Earth Bear also found Galib.
Delanai and Ghalib were separated for a long time. They were very happy to see each other again. They each talked about their experiences after separation and talked for a whole night.
The next day, when Delanai saw Ryan who came to learn martial arts from Ghalib, he unexpectedly discovered that Ryan had a good talent for magic, and offered to teach Ryan how to learn magic.
In this way, Ryan took another course every day, learning magic. After more than 4 years of magic learning, Ryan gradually mastered many magic skills and could easily release multiple magics, which made Delanai very satisfied.
There was a cry of Feng Peng outside the cabin, which woke Ryan up from his memories and returned to reality. He sorted out his thoughts and said to Delanai: "Teacher Delanai, what kind of adulthood do you think I should do?"
What about the ritual trial?”
Delanai seemed to have already known that Ryan would say this. He and Ghalib looked at each other, and a smile appeared on their faces. This smile made the wrinkles on his forehead more prominent.
Delanai said slowly: "Ryan, it will be your sixteenth birthday in a few days. As far as I know, the custom in Dense Fog Town is to hunt a monster alone and then invite good friends to join you."
As a gift, of course the hunted monsters will become a delicious meal for everyone."
"Yes, Teacher Delanai." Ryan nodded. Suddenly he remembered something and added: "I just met Nemo, and he asked me to go at night. This is the trial of Nemo's coming-of-age ceremony.
Finished practicing."
"You have been studying martial arts with me for nine years, right? You have been studying magic with Della for more than four years." Ghalib took over the topic and said: "If it is just a simple hunting of wild beasts, with your ability, Ryan,
Coupled with careful arrangements, it is possible to hunt down a Level 7 Earth Bear independently, so I do not recommend that you celebrate your adulthood in this way."
Ryan nodded and agreed. He had studied with two teachers for many years and had really suffered a lot. This kind of ordinary trial really didn't appeal to him.
Jialibu continued: "I still remember that once I asked everyone why you want to learn martial arts from me. Your answer was that you must protect the people around you." Speaking of this, Jialibu looked at
He looked at Ryan's eyes and said word by word: "Why do you say that?"
Ryan didn't expect that his words many years ago would still be fresh in Ghalib's memory. He thought for a while and said: "Teacher Ghalib, I remember that one time when I was very young, my father took me and my
My mother went into the Hengduan Mountains to hunt monsters. My father had a good harvest that day and shot a few jungle pheasants. However, in order to protect my mother who was holding me, my father was hit by a wild boar and his body was covered in blood.
Beside the bonfire where we camped that night, my father asked my mother to wrap up her wounds, and said to me sitting beside me, "Son, remember, as a man, you must protect yourself and the people around you, and don't let them be harmed."
Hurt, even if you pay for it with scars all over your body."
Speaking of this, Ryan seemed a little emotional. He stood up and said excitedly: "Teacher Ghalib, Teacher Delanai, do you know? My father is a very ordinary hunter. He usually remains silent even when he is wronged.
He spoke softly and refused to argue with others. But at that moment when the safety of his loved ones was threatened, he blocked his mother's body with his body, and used a hunting fork to stab a rampaging wild boar to the ground. What a feeling.
Huge power."
"That time had such a profound impact on me. Although I was still young, I secretly vowed that I, Ryan, would be like my father, learn martial arts well, and do my best to protect my family and friends around me!"
Ghalib and Delanai listened to Ryan's story quietly. Looking at the somewhat excited Ryan, Ghalib said: "Lian, please relax and drink some water first. I believe you can fulfill your promise.
"
Ryan reached out and picked up the water glass carved from wood on the table and drank the water in it.
After Ryan calmed down, Ghalib motioned for Ryan to sit down and continued: "In addition to learning martial arts and magic, Ryan, Delanai and I also taught you a lot of knowledge about the continent of Eslar.
It can be seen that you yearn for the vast world outside, so have you ever thought about getting out of this small town?"