Hatchet line

Chapter 14 Frightening Night - The Rat
That Xiami, I will post the first update today and go to bed after posting it. The second update will be posted tomorrow after I finish writing it during the day.

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After taking out two silver coins, Wen Yu followed another NPC to the door on the left at the end of the corridor.

Climbing the long stairs made Wenyu's legs sore, and the pain in her body made her hardly have time to appreciate the various exquisite carvings and murals on the wall next to the stairs. Under the reflection of the stained glass, the stories in the Bible became more vivid. The colorful, graceful lines and vivid characters make Wen Yu almost think that these works are the real ones at that price in reality.

"I don't know how much you can sell for a few dollars secretly deducted?" Wen Yu blamed himself for such a nasty idea that suddenly popped up in his heart, and then began to recall how many XX famous paintings he had heard before were auctioned. On the practical question of how much money...

"Miss, the great magician Dries is inside." The npc who brought Wen Yu upstairs had already pushed open the door of a room on the top floor, interrupting Wen Yu's imagination.

An old man with a gray beard was sitting in the empty hall and taking a nap. There was a crackling sound in the fireplace behind him, and a row of trophies and medals were placed on the fireplace.He didn't wake up until Wen Yu came to him.

"Oh, oh, you're here for the exam, right?" the old man asked while yawning.

Wen Yu was slandering this old man who was sleeping secretly during working hours, so he could only smirk and nod when he heard his question.

"Hey, these two days are relatively free, and no one comes to take the exam, so...hehe." The old face of the old magician Driss was a little red, and he smiled awkwardly.

Wen Yu estimated that it should be because each player will only play games for 8 hours when they are sleeping, but in reality a day will be divided into 6 game days, so only at night in Germany will there be two consecutive days Someone came here to take an exam, which made the old man think that no one came during the two days when no one was playing games.

"Okay, you use all your mental power to use the healing technique on this crystal ball, and then use the purification technique." The old man pointed to the crystal ball on a small table next to him and said.

Wen Yu nodded, then concentrated all her strength and used two spells.

Milky white smoke-like substance rolled in the crystal ball on the black velvet. Wen Yu's two magic spells didn't seem to cause any change after throwing them in, except for the moment when the mask was on it, making it light up.

"Hmm..." Seeing that Wen Yu had used up two spells, the old man rested his chin with his right hand, thinking deeply.

Wen Yu looked at him uneasily. You must know that although she uses the healing technique hundreds and eighty times a day, she has never used the purification technique recently, and those slowly rolling cigarettes have never appeared at all. Regardless of any reaction, it just continued to run the way it was supposed to run, which made Wen Yu couldn't help but wonder: Could this thing be put here to bluff people?

"Am I going to fail?" Wen Yu couldn't help but have such an idea.

"Are you a trainee white mage?" Without saying the result, the old man asked Wen Yu a question instead.

"Yes." Wen Yu could only nodded nervously again.

"Your mental power still has a lot of potential for development, and it is easy to concentrate. Although you only use elementary white magic, as long as you practice diligently, there will be a lot of room for improvement. With your mental power, you already You can reach an advanced level, but since your purification practice is still not enough, I'll give you the title of an intermediate white mage."

Wen Yu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. She was originally just an apprentice white mage, and if she was promoted to a higher level, she would only become a junior title, but now she suddenly became a higher-level intermediate white mage. Skipping makes no difference.This made Wen Yu, who used to appear in one or two exams every year and didn't pass, couldn't help but start to doubt his own life...

"With this title, you can go to the Adventure Guild to register as an official adventurer, and you can also form an adventure team with others. You can also go to the Mercenary Association to register as a mercenary. You must continue to work hard in the future." The old man with white beard said to Wen Yu with a smile.

"Thank you, I will try my best." Wen Yu quickly showed a sweet smile.

For the consideration of collecting materials (her carving skills), Wenyu walked around this huge church for about two hours, except for those places that are not open, basically walking around like a lantern.During this period, the video function was also used to record all the places that Wen Yu thought were valuable to appreciate.

After leaving the White Magic Church, Wen Yu found the Adventurer's Guild on a street in the east of the city, registered as an official adventurer, and then flipped through the single-player missions on the mission panel in the hall.Some of these tasks are issued by the system, and some are issued by players.Although the players' quest needs are great, most people are poor and have no money to release any good quests, so the quests released by the players only take up a small part of the quest board.

At her level, she can only find some unnutritious small tasks such as helping people find a lost cat. Even so, there are still some tasks that are more suitable, such as looking for some plants, or finding some animal gatherings land.Therefore, she took all the tasks that she knew the target location in one go.

After entering the Mercenary Association and registering as a mercenary again, Wen Yu discovered that this place is different from the Adventurer's Guild. There are no mission boards erected in the lobby, and what's even more strange is that there are no missions released at all.Through the npc's commentary, I learned that the mercenary association generally only releases tasks to players around the task destination through owls in a timely manner according to the player's occupation, task completion speed, and current location when there is a task.The mercenary players who were online at that time will receive the message, choose to accept the task and rush to the destination as quickly as possible, and work together with other mercenaries to complete it.

After collecting 50 sage plants outside the city, and marking on the mission map the location of the trident of the creek behind the mine, Wenyu went to the northern forest again, where she wanted to find a cedar tree with a diameter of more than one meter. , After cutting it down, organize the 3-meter-long part in the middle into timber and take it back.

Trees with a diameter of more than one meter are rare in the outskirts of the forest, so Wen Yu did not find a suitable tree until he entered the depths of the forest.After walking around the tree, Wen Yu found a convenient position and turned the axe without hesitation.

After about 10 minutes, the big tree finally fell down.Wen Yu wiped the sweat off her brow, and was about to relax and continue her work when she heard a sound coming from the top of the tree.

There is a small tree hole about one meter below the top of the tree. At this time, a struggling brown hairball is half down in the hole.Mao Tuan was fluttering a small wing at this time, especially after seeing the little flower following Wen Yu, the only wing that could move fluttered even more violently.

It was a tiny owl that looked like a baby bird.One of its wings was pierced by a branch as the tree fell.

After seeing the little owl, Xiaohua's two eyes showed excitement, and while sticking out her little red tongue, she licked her mouth and approached the poor little guy catwalking.

The little guy continued to struggle vigorously, and finally, its wings were pulled out from the branch, and at this time, bright red blood also flowed all over the ground.

Wen Yu stopped Xiao Hua's progress and wanted to get closer to the little owl, but at this time it was no less afraid of Wen Yu than it was of Xiao Hua. After all, it was this woman who just destroyed the place where it lived. s home.

The owl struggled and fluttered into the distance little by little, leaving behind a trail of red blood that was particularly dazzling on the brown-black ground.

If you don't save it, it will die sooner or later... When this idea appeared in Wen Yu's mind, he felt anxious, and Wen Yu activated the remote healing technique for the first time.

The white light cluster surrounded the little guy, and after a while, its wings healed.

The owl made a "cuckoo" cry, flapped its wings and flew away.Xiao Hua licked her lips regretfully and glanced at the sky.

Wen Yu felt relieved all of a sudden. Although the little guy was not a rare species, he still couldn't bear to let Xiao Hua eat it.After patting Xiao Hua on the head, Wen Yu took out the saw and started sawing the trees. She was here to complete the task, not to help Xiao Hua hunt wild food.

A tree with a diameter of 1 meter is a huge workload for Wenyu. When Wenyu put the whole tree in place, it was already dark and Xiaohua's stomach was already flattened by hunger.

Calling out the other three pets, the two butterflies randomly landed on a few small flowers, and they were full after a while. Wen Yu didn't need to pay attention to them, and they would fly back to the pet space by themselves.After distributing the food he brought with him to Xiaohua and Dahuang, Wen Yu found that he was now in the depths of the forest. Because the forest here was too dense, he couldn't even set up a tent.I had no choice but to sit sadly on the stump of the big tree that had just been cut down and wait for my stomach to be filled before finding my way out of the forest.

The night got dark quickly, and after a while, the forest became pitch black.Especially since we are now in the middle of the forest, even the faint moon that can usually be seen cannot shine around Wen Yu at this time.Waves of cold wind blew, and the white magician's robe, which was not very thick in the first place, could no longer keep him warm.

I don't know when, there was another thin layer of fog in the forest.From time to time, there were owls hooting overhead, coupled with the inability to see the road ahead, this made Wen Yu's hairs stand on end, and every step he took, he felt that he would step on something strange at any time.

Fortunately, Xiaohua and Dahuang have been obediently following her, otherwise she might run around screaming at any time.

One person and two pets were exploring their way around. Suddenly, Rhubarb seemed to sense something, staring at the left and let out low growls, and Xiaohua's hair all stood on end. The "hissing" sound was so loud that Wenyu's The heart jumped out of the mouth.

mouse!

This is not an ordinary mouse. If it were just an ordinary mouse, it would not dare to be so arrogant in front of Xiaohua.Each of them can be compared to rhubarb in size, and what’s even more terrifying is...it’s not just one, but a large group!There are bright spots in the fog on the left front, and those are the eyes of mice!

Facing this kind of scene that only appears in horror movies, Wen Yu, whose scalp was exploding, let out a scream without hesitation, and ran away behind without looking back, while Xiaohua and Dahuang did not hesitate. Politely follow their master and run fast together.

The two pets ran and stared at each other, there is only one pet space left now, and the final result of the one left outside will most likely become—living in the belly of a mouse, such an dishonorable death is the two of them None of the pets would like to have one.But at this time, their owners were obviously frightened by the group of mice, and had no intention of taking the pets back at all.It is even doubtful whether she knows that there are two pets behind her at this time.So the two clever pets surpassed their masters very shamelessly, and ran for their lives first.

Turn left, turn right, keep going.

The creaking sound behind him has never stopped, and it is getting closer and closer.Wen Yu hated the system again, why didn't she be randomly selected as a thief?At least it will be much faster to escape than now!

Although she has a hatchet called a divine tool in her bag, facing so many mice, even a god may not be able to handle them.

"Cuckoo..." The hoot of the owl overhead sounded again, and it seemed to be getting closer and closer to Wen Yu. Wen Yu subconsciously raised her head and saw a scene she would never forget...

A huge owl, as big as a minivan, flapped its wings and flew towards her through the thick fog. Wen Yu, who was already out of breath after being chased by the mouse, was shocked by this scene. Once soft, the OTZ is directly on the ground, and nothing can be analyzed in the crashed brain. At this time, the only consciousness in the mind is: "Will I die in the mouth of the mouse? Or will I die under the claws of the big owl?" Woolen cloth?"

Before she could come to this conclusion, the huge owl had already passed over her head, and a gust of wind stirred her hair.The owl, so huge that it would cause nightmares until it woke up, flew behind her.

The swarm of rats uttered screams of panic, and fled away at a speed two or three times faster than when they were chasing Wen Yu just now.

hula-la-

The sound of flapping wings came from behind Wen Yu, and she was already powerless, let alone courageous, to turn around and be stimulated.In her heart, she has decided that the owl should have caught at least one big mouse by now, and she is about to enjoy it. Let the system slowly digest this frightening scene, otherwise she may not even play games in the future. I dare not go up.

At this moment, the greatest hope in her heart is: May one mouse be enough for the big owl to eat, otherwise she will soon become the extra meal for the owl after the mouse.

(End of this chapter)