Is it good luck or bad luck? Asa thought, sipping the broth.
Meat is good meat. The best beef is air-dried and hammered into tight meat floss. The meat of a cow can be filled in only a small bag. When it is boiled with water, it will be reduced to delicious beef. This is the dry food used by noble warriors during expeditions.
Soup is good soup. Even the river water in the Lizard Swamp is as clear and sweet as the purest mountain spring under the action of the Purification Talisman. It is used to cook a pot of beef soup with salt. Even the chefs in the city can’t fault it. What’s wrong. It makes people feel that this purification talisman is indeed worth a silver coin.
Eating such good meat and drinking such good soup will refresh even the dying person. Asa is very aware of his physical condition, and with a good night’s rest, he can bring down a cow empty-handed.
The bonfire is stacked with a lot of large logs, which are well stacked. The solid and dense dry wood and wet wood are mixed to ensure that they will burn until the next day. The heat of the bonfire will overwhelm the human body temperature, and the wyvern can’t detect it, so it doesn’t need to hide in the cold tree holes and holes in the ground, and other wild beasts and poisonous insects dare not approach. A good night’s sleep next to such a bonfire will definitely restore your physical strength.
Even though he was able to bring down five cows with his bare hands, Asa was still not sure about fighting the stalker head-on.
No matter how much physical strength you recover, it’s not enough for you to get rid of the stalker in terms of speed. The campfire was warm, safe, and bright enough for any creature in the swamp to see clearly.
“You are really powerful. This is the first time I have seen someone dare to walk through the lizard swamp with only one weapon.” The woman who claimed to be a pharmacist showed admiration.
Asa does not feel admirable in the slightest. He didn’t even notice that the skin of the leech was still bleeding after it fell off. Just a few drops of blood almost attracted all the carnivorous fish in the swamp water. So he had to go to the bank and push a dead tree that was knocked down by a bull into the river, and stand on it and float down the current to avoid the countless mouths below that were expecting him to enter the water. But when several large crocodiles joined the ranks, he had to go ashore in a panic. It was already dusk, and when he was about to find a place to hide, he saw the flames, and then he met this kind of person who had never expected to meet.
The woman is about the same age as Asa. Although she is dressed like an explorer, carrying a large package, and wrapped in a dirty blanket, her fair and delicate skin shows that she is not a commoner. Carrying that kind of high-efficiency dry food with her, and the price of a water purification talisman is enough for a commoner to live comfortably for a month. This woman is probably a nobleman.
“At first, I thought it would be great to be able to explore and collect herbs in the swamp alone. The terrain and climate here are unique, and many plants only grow in it, so although my father always disagrees, I still I sneaked in by myself.” The woman spoke as she wished, like a child with no intentions. It was probably because she hadn’t seen the same kind for a long time, and it was in such a dangerous environment, so the woman was not wary of him at all.
The sword on her waist is Anka rapier, thin and long, hard and resilient, light and dexterous, mainly for assassination. Asa recognized it, it was always displayed in the most prominent place in his father’s shop, for customers to click tut at the sword and the price below.
The sword was angled well and precisely at her waist, allowing her to draw it as quickly as possible. The hilt of the sword was tightly wrapped with a fine hemp rope, which was only used by experienced soldiers, so that the hilt would not slip even when it was soaked in blood. Although the color of the hemp rope is still the true color that has not been soaked in blood, judging from the grip marks left by countless times of clenching and swiping, this sword is definitely not just for people to tsk-tsk.
But even if she is added, it is not enough to deal with the stalker. The most important thing in life-and-death fighting is not skill, but spirit and fighting spirit. Even if you have been well-trained since childhood, you have never heard the cracking sound of an ax smashing into a human bone, never heard the wail of a person who has been cut in half by the waist, but has not died for a while, and never felt the pain of the enemy. The sharp pain of tearing tendons and flesh as the weapon gallops across his body is only a half-tone after all. When faced with the threat of death, when you feel the pain that can overwhelm your mind immediately, you will be afraid, shrink back, and then lose your fighting power.
It would be great if there is another magician or priest, even if it is just the most basic blessing, a few simple fireballs…
Asa found himself somewhat carried away by the sudden comfort of broth and campfire. It is almost unbelievable luck to be able to meet humans in this dense forest and swamp hundreds of miles away, and drink broth comfortably around the campfire to replenish energy.
Chew a piece of the adventurer biscuit given by the woman, and served it with broth, feeling the warmth from the lucky bonfire, Asa sighed contentedly and helplessly.
The stalker should be peeking at the fire in a tree hole at this time. Even he had to hide while the wyverns were still howling in the night sky for food. But as long as the dawn appeared in the east and the wyvern returned to its nest, he would spare no effort and gallop here at an astonishing speed following the instructions of this luck.
Whether it is good luck or bad luck, since it has already happened, we must, and only, try our best to develop things in the desired direction.
“How far is this from the Dono River?” Asa asked.
The section of the Dono River that just passed through the Lizard Swamp was so turbulent that even the fish couldn’t swim back. It was there that Asa was forced to go ashore and entered the Lizard Swamp. But the river became gentle after bypassing the Lizard Swamp, and as long as it drifted along the river for a day, it would reach Bracada, the western town of the empire.
“I’m not very clear, but it’s not far away, maybe a day or two.”
Run with all your strength and reach it in the next half day. No, although the distance is much closer than expected, but without the exact distance, there is no certainty. He was quite sure that the stalker could catch him up within half a day. The chances of immediate escape are too small.
Tell the woman the truth and ask her to deal with the stalker with him. Although the chance of winning is not great, it is much better than other methods to wait for work. Asa thought about how to speak.
“Excuse me, can you accompany me for a while? I plan to go deep into the swamp tomorrow to find new herbs. This is the first time I have entered the swamp so deep.” The woman suddenly asked, “Of course, I I will pay you.” She brushed the strands of black hair that fell down with her hands, and the black hair stuck to her thin lips, which curled into a slightly cramped arc. Her heels rubbed gently against each other. These are a pair of feet that are quite big for a woman, about the same size as Asa, and they are wearing a pair of leather shoes commonly used by adventurers like Asa.
Asa suddenly sees a way to escape. This is a very efficient, very opportunity method. There is no need to set up any more traps, and no need to set up any illusions, no need to consume physical strength, and no need to waste precious time, as long as you take advantage of this moment, the short moment next to the campfire, you can let the hunters waste Considerable time and physical strength.
This discovery made his heart beat violently.
“Is it okay?” The woman blinked her eyes. Her eyes were not big, her eyelashes were long, and the corners of her eyes were a little downcast. Maybe even when she was angry, there would be a hazy smile circulating inside.
The bonfire is very bright, and the eyes are very dark. The firelight reflected from inside looks soft and warm, but Asa dare not look directly. He looked away, took a deep breath, and tried to keep his tone as natural as possible. “Sorry, no, I have something very important and urgent.”
“Oh, is that so?” The woman didn’t know how to hide the disappointment in her tone and expression.
“Walking westward from here for about half a day, there are several kinds of herbs that are unique to this swamp, which probably have unique healing effects.” Asa felt his face was contorted, his voice was out of shape, and the meaning of his words was ambiguous . It was the first time he had told a very malicious lie to a very friendly person. And to a woman.
“Probably? What do you mean?”
“Well…hey…..I saw a wild bull, no, it was two bulls…that is, the bulls were fighting with each other, and one of their hind legs was injured, hey …No, it seems to be the front foot…No…It seems to be…Anyway, it was bitten, a serious injury. It lay on the ground and died. Then it ate a few Plant grass, apply it to the injured place, and then it will be fine after a while.” In desperation, Asa copied a story of a dog fighting that he heard from an old adventurer when he was young. It’s getting more and more fluent.
“Oh? Really? Can you tell me what kind of grass it is?” The woman opened her eyes wide, and Asa felt as if she saw the crossbow arrow five days ago, and almost bowed her head. The dodge action of bending over and rolling forward. The woman quickly took out a pen and paper from her backpack.
“It’s just a light yellow flower…” Asa mixed the characteristics of several wild herbs and messed up the nonsense. The woman wrote it down carefully.
“If you want to go deep into the swamp, you must grind water mint and pyrethrum on your clothes and skin. Even if you have insect repellent oil, you must apply it, because it contains Some kinds of poisonous insects are only afraid of the smell of these two kinds of grass.” Asa said to the woman in a very solemn voice.
“Just these two kinds of grass? They are everywhere, isn’t it?” The woman found them casually around the campfire.
Of course, these two herbs do have the effect of repelling insects, and Asa has been applying them since entering the swamp, but these two herbs are by no means as effective as the special insect repellent oil made by the Adventurer’s Guild. During these three days, the first thing Asa did after waking up at dawn in the tree hole was to pick out the centipedes and other poisonous insects that were sometimes still in the hair under the armpits and in the crotch of his trousers with as slight movements as possible.
Of course, there are no poisonous insects that are only afraid of these two herbs in the deeper swamp.
It seems that no matter what skills are practiced. No matter how difficult or contrary to human nature, as long as you practice more, you will get used to it, become proficient, and even immerse yourself in it. With the previous rehearsal opportunity, when Asa uttered the most vicious part of this extremely malicious lie, his sentences were already smooth and his voice was very stable, but he never dared to look into those shining eyes. He used the motion of picking up the bonfire with branches to hide his sight.
“Thank you very much. If I find these kinds of herbs again and figure out their properties, it will be enough to embarrass those old fellows in the pharmacy.” When he became friendly, he not only did what he wanted, but also talked to him very kindly. “I’ve known for a long time that the world is so big, there must be medicines that haven’t been discovered. But those old guys always know how to read the books of their predecessors.”
There is nothing to feel guilty about. Even if she didn’t tell her that she was going to die alone and manly, it wouldn’t do her any good. Once a stalker finds any traces of other humans in the swamp, he will never let it go~IndoMTL.com~Even if the two of them fight together, they will probably die, and maybe she will get in the way, or even not at all help. This method only made her death more meaningful, and gave herself more chances to escape. Asa searched for all reasons in his mind to justify his sinister trap.
“Once my achievements are recognized, not to mention the pharmacy, even the Magic Academy will pay attention to me. Maybe the bishop will personally ask me about the situation of these new medicinal herbs.” Two red clouds appeared on Yuan’s face. Pointing to a nearby tree, he said, “Look, it’s this kind of tree, and it’s one of my discoveries. It’s never been recorded in books, but I know it’s very common in swamps by asking many retired adventurers. And I also found that its juice is very irritating and toxic, if the eyes of people or animals are splashed…”
Your life is actually bought by the death of countless other lives, so don’t give up every hope of survival.
There are many small roots twined on the trunk of the tree, which are very straight and thin, much like the pen used by the old adventurer behind the village. From this, Asa suddenly remembered a sentence he had said that sounded very meaningful. This sentence undoubtedly raised the conspiracy just now to a philosophical depth. Asa felt that he could already feel at ease. But suddenly a sense of disgust swarmed him, making him feel extremely tired.