There are more than 10 subordinates and more than 20 slaves. The subordinates have horses and the slaves have cars. It can be said that Gusby's line of work truly achieves transportation by horses and cars. But when Neo gave the order to set up camp, one of the main stewards, Ge.
Reese told Neo with some embarrassment: "Mine owner, let's set off lightly. We didn't prepare to spend the night outside when we went out."
When Neo heard this, he said angrily: "A living person would do such a dead thing!"
"Ahem! It's my fault!" Gris responded in his mouth, but actually felt a little aggrieved. He thought to himself: "That's not all what you said. You don't need to bring anything. We have arrived at Shishao before dark.
It’s gone…”
"Okay, okay! I don't want to listen to all kinds of excuses now, but I want you to discuss the solution to the problem with the people in the two teams and see if you can buy some supplies. At least people can eat horse chews.
It's okay tonight. Also, let's take a look at the situation of this fissure. Those of them who arrived first must have sent people to explore up and down the fissure. If they can go around it, it will be difficult to leave a few cars.
Cars also have to pass.”
Gris responded repeatedly and went to do things as Neo asked. Neo, under the guidance of Nancy, took the opportunity to recruit the more than 10 men who protected him. Although Gusby had a bad temper and was not very kind,
In theory, it is difficult to have so-called loyal people, but in reality, in addition to loyalty, there are other factors that bind the black mine owner and some of his men, such as interests and some relationship disputes.
The women around Goolsby are no longer young, and most of them know their true worth. If you look carefully, everyone has difficulties in life. I have followed Goolsby for 3, 5, or 7 years, and I have made a lot of money.
Money is one thing, and others are used to it, so unless there is a real disaster, no one will easily throw away their jobs. To put it simply, the combination of these people is the various parts of a system, each assuming rights and obligations in this world.
Not counting those who are impulsive, or those who are deliberately brainwashed and cultivated, and those who are forced to do so. Otherwise, except for those fatal friendships, or things that really happen to each other that are big enough to shake the souls, who is really upset about whom?
existing
Listening to Nancy's narration and evaluation of these subordinates who were close to Gus, Neo couldn't help but think of his own team. Of course, the relationship between Barritt and others was more benign with him. They supported him and were willing to work with him.
He struggled, but in turn, he paid a lot, and even so, the relationship still needs some real tests, not only life and death, but also when the situation is over, who can never leave? Human nature is so complicated, and it cannot be truly tested
When it comes to the next round, Neo doesn't dare to make a guarantee at all, because even if he compares his feelings with others, he can't do it without any conditions. He makes a decisive decision again and again, fighting against mountains of swords and seas of fire, to pull and save.
Looking at it this way, it is not difficult to find a few younger brothers, but what is difficult is to cultivate them into real confidants, and these confidants can take on important responsibilities. You must know that the more capable you are, the broader your knowledge, the richer your experience, the more thoughts you have. If you look at it from this perspective
It seems that the relationship between the black mine owner Gusby and his subordinates may not be really contemptuous and worthless.
I don't pay much, and I don't expect high returns. Even if I lose money, I won't hurt my muscles and bones. I won't feel bad. I'll fill in a new person, polish it, and it will still work. It's exactly what I said. What I'm doing is
The job that loses one's head is naturally subject to precarious consequences. If someone really catches up with something and does it well enough, then the relationship might as well take a few steps closer, take more care of it, cultivate it, be loyal, I am not
Believe it or not. Talking about my qualifications, how long have you followed me and done a few beautiful things? Anyway, I have one purpose. Let the branches grow and leaves fall, I will remain unmoved.
"Communicating with others is a lifetime of knowledge!" Neo put his hands behind his hands, and felt in his heart that disasters and hardships destroy people's familiarity. This changed the role, and he often looked at the problem from the perspective of the role in the imitation, and finally applied for the job.
When something comes out, no matter whether it is correct or not, it is always a factor, and when these factors are gathered together enough, the truth that one considers will be clear.
When thinking about the relationship between people, Neo has to turn his thoughts to the relationship between him and Miriam. Applying formulas, some conclusions seem a little less beautiful. Of course, Neo will not stop eating because of choking and worry about things in vain. He is fine.
He was setting a trap for himself, but he couldn't deny that some possibilities or assumptions that he had never considered before were indeed possible. It was like what he thought of before was a comedy ending, but the degree of joy was different, but now he understands,
It’s not just comedy, it’s not just tragedy, there are also possibilities such as letting it go, turning love into hate, breaking up peacefully, etc.
Looking at the east, Neo's thoughts seem to follow his gaze and fly far away. His thoughts and concerns are often accompanied by the nostalgia for the good memories of the past, which then creates a desire from the heart, which is almost equivalent to the desire for food after not eating for three days, which is a bit difficult.
Self-restraint, but helpless
Gris came back in a hurry
"Mine owner, the supplies have been settled. A team is willing to sell us some food at a fair price, which is enough for today and tomorrow. Moreover, they also have some spare tents and blankets. It can handle the crowds at night."
"Well, if it's a good job, forget it. How much gold and silver are needed?"
“About 22 gold”
Neo nodded, reached out and took out the money bag from his pocket, stretched out his hand twice, and got 25 gold coins. Gusby relied on the touch of countless money, and Neo needed the assistance of tactile sensing to be so accurate."
The extra will be treated as a reward for you.”
"Thank you to the mine owner for the reward." Gris smiled on his face. This time he was somewhat sincere. Gusbi also gave rewards on weekdays, but it was mostly change. Three gold coins was almost the top reward for trivial matters. What's more important
Yes, for extra expenses, Gusby mostly only had resentment and no reward. This time, it was basically classified as extra expenses. Gusby rewarded him, which shows that this matter was indeed done to please him.
At this time, Neo asked about the ground fissure again, and the result was bad news. The ground fissure extended for at least ten kilometers to both sides of the road. There was no road at all. The sun was starting to turn west, and the temperature was dropping.
The melted snow will freeze again. Let alone vehicles, horses and people may not be able to travel easily. It is easy to fall off the hill ridges into the valley. As for the valley road, there are valleys, but there are not necessarily roads. It is difficult to travel in the valley.
There are not so many uphill and downhill slopes for pedestrians. Even if you are a good person, this simple detour will probably take you half a day to get there.
Neo couldn't think of any good solution, so he had to ask Gris to take the money to do the work. Before leaving, he told them, "Tell them that this place where the dark power is steaming is not a good place. If they plan to sleep in the open, they'd better stay away from there."
Speak politely and don’t worry about whether you listen or not.”
"Okay, mine owner." Gris is not very surprised. This Goosby usually likes to brag, saying that he has been taught by a certain big shot and has magical skills. This is nothing more than a bluff that shows his identity.
They all know it well, and if they are used to his innocuous problems, everyone can see that today's ground cracking is not so wonderful, and Gris doesn't mind being a good boy.
Gris went to do some errands, while Neo went back to the car, opened the bedside cabinet, and took out a red velvet bag.
Opening the baggage, there is a wooden sealed box inside. The so-called sealed box is a box with a certain energy sealing ability, used to contain magic items.
Opening the wooden box, a rush of black light emerged, revealing a 3-finger-thick classic with a pure black cover that resembled wood and stone, with a metallic luster. There was a ram pattern on the front and a buckle lock on the side.
It seems to be quite old
"I'll just say it's rubbish. As a black mine owner, how good can the dark magic book he can get be?"
It turned out that Nancy searched Goolsby's memory and found out this paragraph: Goolsby obtained some relics in the secret room of a certain dwarf ruins while mining, part of which became the challenger, the Silver Battle Ability, and then
It's a representative. Neo picked out a foldable metal plate from the challenger's clothing relics. After Nancy analyzed it, he realized that the challenger's silver combat ability was not simple. It was from the time when the dwarves and elves fought against the humans.
The combat skills learned by members of the established Mithril Alliance
Neo has also been involved in the history of the past years. He knows that in that era of frequent wars, 'military combat ability' was a very common practice, and this silver combat ability was probably one of them. Human beings taught students according to their aptitude.
, the emergence of combat abilities of various attributes reflects a kind of group strength that is more than enough, and is no longer the original cannon fodder class graduates.
Of course, this does not mean that ‘military combat ability’ is useless, but cultivating it can easily bury talents.
Regardless of this, Neo is not interested in developing such a cool combat ability yet, which makes some people think that the Mithril Alliance has plans to revive and re-enter the Emerald Continent. What he is paying attention to is Gusbi's relationship with other people.
Memory descriptions of some relics: Mysterious magical items...
In the end, what Gusby collected was such a piece of garbage. Neo understood that in the eyes of ordinary people, anything related to magical energy would most likely be magically transformed far beyond its own reality. It still felt like it was just a treasure hunt but could not be found.
Make him a little regretful
"Fighting to death in a secret room with a guy who cultivates military combat skills, of course this guy can't be a big shot."
Neo also laughed, "If it were really a powerful magic item, Gusby wouldn't have had it for so long without being damaged." He said and put his hand on the ram's head of the dark magic book, and the energy was naturally absorbed.
Attracted by the life force represented by Neo's flesh and blood, they gathered together without thinking about their own safety. As a result, all the energy that was absorbed and maintained by Neo was lost. Click! The lock on the side opened.
The book is a real book, recording some dark spells, but most of the pages are blank, with neither text nor patterns. In fact, once the energy of this book is lost, it will be considered scrapped and returned to the hands of the dark spell caster.
, it is not much simpler than refining a new magic weapon. But even so, if ordinary people insist on chewing the text patterns on it, there is still a risk of their souls being deceived. After all, power is not just energy itself. Since the Holy Word of Light can
It makes people feel at peace and strengthen their will. Dark evil words naturally have their own extraordinary qualities.
"Hey, this content is quite interesting."
Hearing what Nancy said, Neo, who was checking the texture material of the dark magic book, was slightly startled and asked: "How do you say it?"
"It's a relic of a dark curse mage. There's just a dark curse in it, but there are six dark runes."
Neofor said thoughtfully: "Is it a rune like the Monument of Elements?"
"Well, I compared it with the light runes. They should all be main runes, which can give you another method."
The specific number of light runes may only be known to those guys from the Glorious Holy See who have lived for who knows how many years, but the main runes, the most common 12, are widely circulated. They are used on artifacts and buildings to repel darkness and evil spirits.
, and in fact, if all runes want to truly exert their power, they must be infused with corresponding energy, not just as simple as writing and engraving. For example, the 'El' that Neo first obtained has the power attribute infusion.
settle within
In the world, those who practice the art of runes are fine at first, but when they reach high levels, they inevitably have to separate themselves into different categories and major in a series of runes that are consistent with their own attributes and powers. However, there are monsters like Neo, who can only absorb other energy.
Forget it, Nancy also helps him store them in categories, which means that the runes have no limitations for him. He is an energy throughput converter himself, and most runes can be cast. Except for the Holy Light series, at least
Now, and for a long time to come in this world, it would be best for him to avoid anything that has anything to do with the Holy Light.
The main rune is a manifestation of the main characteristics of power. Among them, the Holy Light and Darkness have evolved comprehensively and diversely because of their uniqueness and inclusiveness, as well as the most intense competition over tens of thousands of years. Neo has obtained these six differences from the Dark Magic Book.
It is darkness, fear, destruction, silence, distortion, collapse
The rune itself does not have attack characteristics. It only increases or strengthens a certain power effect, such as this darkness. Its primary application is called "integration into darkness". As the name suggests, it can allow people to have certain night vision capabilities and use darkness.
The ability to be invisible, of course, is just a way to deceive vision. It can be detected through sounds, smells, etc. The corresponding low-level spell 'Dark Curtain' actually has the same effect, and the bright rune of Holy Light has the same effect.
Light, its low-level application 'Eye of Light', or the spell 'See Through Darkness' is the nemesis of this rune, but at the same time, it will also expose yourself, the eyes are as bright as crystal lamps, you want to avoid being exposed
It’s difficult
"It's a pity that I don't have any material suitable for carrying the power of darkness."
Nancy reminded: "Ready-made, the black lamb vellum of the Dark Magic Book will be enough."
"Uh..." Neo felt a little funny when he thought about it. One day he would become a spell caster who tore apart books for fun. This was something he had never thought about.
"Okay, Gusby is also a person, and I also have some tricks at critical moments." Neo smiled and tore off the first few pages of the dark magic book and waved it away. The dark runes were derived from the spells in these pages.
Yes, there is no need to learn the spells themselves. These spells are not pure darkness. Being addicted to them is a fatal temptation in itself.
After Gris had packed the food, Neo ordered the convoy to turn around and go back. After walking about 1 kilometer, Neo asked people to stop. It turned out that he found a rare terrain, a hook-shaped hilly ridge road, leading to a
It is an isolated and irregular place. The terrain is flat and suspended on three sides. It is more than a thousand square meters. It is like a long bridge suspended in the river. Although stationing here is in danger of being trapped, in fact, ordinary monsters want to harass
, but there is only one way to go. If it is a high-level monster, it does not make much difference if it is not destroyed.
The main troublesome thing on the ridge is that there is no place to be caught by the wind. However, there is still some time before dark, so we can arrange it calmly. Neo did not let people set up camp, but went to the nearby ravine to cut down some more horizontal umbrellas.
Wood, nailed down the stakes and poles, and surrounded the tent with tarpaulin. At the same time, I scraped the ice and moved the fire to burn the stones. The ground was dry. I buried some heated stones underneath. It didn’t matter if the blanket was thin. I could stay up all night.
passed
"Gris, remember to spread your kindness. If you change your master, he won't be so kind to the slaves below." Neo said with his head raised and his lips curled up.
"Yes, mine owner, you are so kind." Although Gris said this, he said in his heart: "Those slaves are happy, brothers are baring their teeth, who are you kissing?"
Unexpectedly, Neo seemed to know what Gris was thinking. He took out his wallet and ordered more than a dozen gold coins to Gris, "Give it to the brothers. There is no wine to warm up, but the money for the wine is not enough. Brothers are raising pigs and they have to raise a pig."
Fat, be nice to those slaves, so that they can work hard to make more money for us, all for the sake of gold coins."
Gris was stunned for a long time, and then he thanked him overjoyed and went to talk to the thugs. They all worked very hard, and some even said privately: "It's good to have a strong enemy. At least he seems to be close to me."
…”
Neo was naturally leisurely. The carriage stopped at the front of the camp, locked the wheels, climbed up the side ladder onto the roof, sat on the tied gift bag, and looked around at the scenery of Sylfanis, with its ravines and ravines.
Under the west slanting sunlight, the ice, snow and rocks are glowing