Artificer Adventure Guide

"Eh~, is that so?"

Looking at Carl blankly, Hope now had a sense of purity that was not polluted by knowledge.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. If you want to know anything, I can teach you as long as I know it."

"No, I won't bother you, will I?"

Seeing Carl taking out a flint dagger to cut the wood, Hope sat obediently opposite him and asked cautiously.

In her mind, knowledge is very valuable.

A literate person can at least provide a family of three with food and clothing, no matter how badly he does in Zoram.

If you can master a skill, even if the city lord wants to capture people for sacrifice, it will not be their turn.

"How about starting with construction? If you can learn the mortise and tenon structure, we can build a house much faster, after all, your physical strength is better than mine."

After cutting the wood in his hand, Carl introduced the principle of mortise and tenon to Hope while splicing them together.

If there are flaws, he will make slight adjustments.

In this way, the two of them talked and listened, and time passed quickly.

…

In the mountains more than ten kilometers away from the fluorescent mushroom forest, a group of bear goblins were struggling in the pouring rain.

The mud and water soaked their boots, and every step they took consumed a lot of energy.

"Hold on! The territory of the Fury Tribe is not far ahead. When we get there, we will have fresh food and warm rooms."

Looking at the dark front, the leading bear goblin could only use such pale and powerless words to encourage his subordinates.

However, in fact, he himself did not know where everyone was now, nor how far away from the so-called Fury Tribe he was.

He was not even sure whether his people would receive the treatment he said after they really arrived at the Fury Tribe.

But in the current situation, he could only say this.

But this time, the leader of the bugbears did not get the support of other bugbears. Instead, he was grabbed by one of the bugbears by the arm and asked:

"Chief, why don't we go back? Although our tribe is located in a remote area and close to the forest where the brain-eating monsters that can control people's hearts are, we can survive. Why do you have to find the furious tribe?"

If it were someone more sophisticated, he would have killed this guy who shook the army's morale on the spot.

But the intelligence of the bugbears is destined to make them impossible to have such a brain.

Looking at the team that was no longer moving, the bugbear leader had no choice but to explain:

"The furious tribe has the method to employ the barbarians. The group of brain-eating monsters cannot control the barbarians who have turned on the violent state. If we can employ all the barbarians, the base deep in the forest will be ours!"

A few months ago, the tribe where this bugbear team was located witnessed the Mind Flayer appearing from the portal and landing in the fluorescent mushroom forest.

After that, the then tribal leader, a warrior hobgoblin, led some bear goblins to check.

As a result, except for the current bear goblin leader, all the others were killed by the brain-eating monster.

But they did not gain nothing.

Before his death, the previous goblin leader came up with a way to resist the mind control of the brain-eating monster - let a group of violent barbaric bear goblins rush up and kill them.

This is also the reason why the current tribal leader took the remaining bear goblins to the furious tribe.

He should have set off for the furious tribe a few months ago, but in order to raise food and grass, they spent more time than expected.

After a short riot, the whole team finally started to move again.

But how many people can reach the destination in the end is still unknown.

…

Three days later, the heavy rain continued.

This outrageous weather was beyond Carl and Hope's expectations.

The food for the two has run out. If they don't go out hunting, they may not be able to hold on for a few days.

"Let's go hunting together!"

Looking at the rain outside, Carl suggested to Hope.

"But if we get sick..."

"Without enough food, our physical fitness will weaken and we will be more likely to get sick. We don't know how long this heavy rain will last, so we have to plan for the future."

Looking at Carl's determined eyes, Hope hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

Compared to Carl, who has always lived in a peaceful area, Hope's fear of disease is more serious.

In Zhuomu, where basic supplies are scarce, a common cold may kill a person.

Hope, who has experienced several severe colds, doesn't want to experience the feeling of weakness and dizziness again.

But she also knows that hunger is not easier than disease, and being hungry makes people more likely to get sick.

"Don't wear your armor. It affects your agility. In this environment, you may have to consume a lot of physical strength to walk."

Hanging four hand axes around her waist, Hope was about to walk into the rain, but saw Carl preparing to put on armor.

"Hmm? Oh! Okay."

Carl followed Hope and left his armor in the house. He walked into the rain.

Following the climbing rope, the two of them quickly came down.

The water had already reached their knees. Looking at the rushing water, Carl suddenly remembered the terrain around them when they first came to this underground city.

It was obviously formed after being washed by a lot of rain.

‘Fortunately, we came here to build a camp. If we had been greedy for comfort, we might have been blocked in the cave by the mountain torrent. ’

Karl secretly rejoiced in his heart and stepped forward.

The mushroom forest in the heavy rain was not as difficult to walk as Karl imagined.

I don’t know if those large fluorescent mushrooms have obtained sufficient water, but Karl always feels that the brightness of the fluorescence around him has increased by several levels.

He didn’t feel dim at all in such an environment, and he could even vaguely see the ground under the water.

As the two continued to move forward, soon, some giant lizards living under the caps of large mushrooms appeared in their field of vision.

Taking out the hand crossbow that had been transformed into a pulley crossbow from the dimension bag, Karl pulled the hand guard in front and tightened the bowstring like using a shotgun.

Aiming at the giant lizard in the distance, Karl held his breath and pressed the wrench.

“Shua”

The crossbow arrow formed by magic broke through the rain curtain and pierced the body of a giant lizard directly.

Before Carl could fire again, Hope threw two hand axes.

Compared with the crossbow, the flight trajectory of the hand axes deviated greatly due to the heavy rain.

Hope's throw did not successfully hit any of the giant lizards.

"Damn it!"

Realizing that his long-range attack method might no longer be accurate, Hope directly turned on the rage and rushed forward with two hand axes in hand.

They needed to collect food as quickly as possible for the next long period of time. In order to save time, Hope rarely used his rage ability twice a day.