The Swordsman of Faerûn

William said angrily with a black line on his forehead: "You don't mind but I do!"

"Why don't you just pretend that I don't exist. By the way, where are your other companions?" Ruth still ate someone's "tofu" shamelessly.

William was really burned by this woman, and he was about to say something, but Yasuna, who was in his arms, suddenly pushed him away, turned to Ruth and asked, "Human girl, You don’t play with your own man in your own home, what are you doing here on a rainy day?” Well, Yasuna is also a cheeky girl, she also doesn’t care about her naked behavior, but this is bitter. William, who was "shameless", was exposed privately, and his face was hot for a while. He really didn't want to hide it, but he gritted his teeth and suddenly struggled, turned over and jumped onto the big rock behind him, and jumped behind the rock a few times. up.

Ruth watched William's swift ape-like movements, and her eyes radiated special splendor. She smiled slightly and said: "My house was demolished by you, and the men were also scared away. I have no choice but to come to you Make a claim."

A fierce light flashed in Yasuna's deep eyes, staring at the female cook with chills all over her body. Just as Yasuna was about to speak, she suddenly felt something covering her head behind her. Throwing her clothes over.Yasuna held up her clothes and asked impatiently, "What are you doing?"

William hid behind the stone while putting on his trousers and reprimanded with a little confidence: "Put on the clothes before talking, what does it look like naked!"

Under the drizzle, Yasuna put her clothes on her body indiscriminately, turned her back to the rock and said, "It's really troublesome. William, what should I do with this female human in front of me? It seems that she is here to trouble us. Do you want to kill her?" "

William walked out slowly from behind the rock topless, clutching his shirt in his hand and said helplessly, "You bitch, don't forget that I'm also a human being."

He casually threw the coat to Ruth, motioned her to put it on, and said, "This is not a place where an ordinary inn cook can come alone. Tell me, who are you?"

Lusi unceremoniously put the jacket thrown by William on her body, wrapped it hastily, looked at the dark sky and said with a shivering wry smile: "Even if you are interrogating a prisoner, you should find a place that can shelter from the rain. Ah— -Tear!" Then he couldn't help sneezing, "I hope I won't have a headache at night."

William glanced at the sneering Yasuna beside him, waved his hands and said, "Come with me!" Then he turned around and walked towards the huge old oak tree.Yasuna bared her teeth at Ruth with a threatening smile, turned around and followed behind her man.Ruth shrank her body pretending to be pitiful, threw away the sundries at hand and followed.

Under the oak tree, the ink-colored Mozi was swinging her elegant long tail leisurely against the slanting wind. Phineya leaned aside and continued to play with her precious battle axe. Worms, cats, cats, and worms are now as big as half-sized dogs, and the long down on their bodies has begun to fade into shorter hairs, but their small appearance has become a little cuter.Two malicious little girls each grabbed Maomaowong by one ear, trying to make the poor little guy take S steps back and forth, and the angry little thing clawed and bit right and left.

Seeing William coming back, Phineya only paused to wipe the tomahawk when she raised her head. She glanced at William and continued the previous action. The two little girls who were having fun didn't even lift their heads, shaking The little feet continued to play tricks on the violent cat and cat.Only Mo Xiao leisurely flapped his broad wings a few times, and hissed lightly at William.

Seeing the family's leisurely and contented appearance, William could not help but smile slightly. He sat down next to Misha, patted the little girl's swaying feet, and said with a smile, "Misha, don't bother playing with bullying cats and cats all day long." , be careful that it runs away from home when it gets angry!"

The little girl pursed her lips, and said confidently: "Huh! Mao Mao Chong will not leave me, if you don't believe me, you can ask her. Mao Mao Chong! Will you leave Mi Sha'er? No, haha, no That's right, you're so good!" Seeing the little girl shaking the poor little thing's top melon rind left and right, William couldn't help sweating.

Ruth followed Yasuna to the oak tree, and looked at the family in surprise. It was the first time she saw someone using a perilous wilderness as an outing. You must know that even experienced archmages would not dare In this kind of environment, they are so leisurely and unscrupulous, I really don't know whether this group of stunned youths are "ignorant and fearless", or they are overly confident.But I think it should be mostly the latter.

Sitting down facing William, Ruth straightened her messy and wet hair, and put a pin-like ornament on her head in a very natural way, and said solemnly in a strange tone: "I have already been in this area. I have been waiting for you on the land for 11 years, and finally the result is here. Although it is not the first time we meet, I have to introduce myself formally. I am the local harpist scout——'Firebird' Ruth. You can call me 'Fire Bird' Prickly Bird', of course, you can also call my name Ruth." In Faerun, the Prickly Prickly Bird is a rare bird, because it is good at foraging in thorny bushes, and its feathers are as bright as burning flames. Name, of course it has another name - Thorn Bird.

Thorn bird is a peculiar animal in nature, it sings only once in its life.Since leaving the nest, she has been persistently searching for the meaning of singing in the thorn bushes.When it got its wish, it plunged its petite body into the longest and sharpest thorn, and sang aloud with tears of blood——that poignant, moving, mellow singing voice eclipsed all the sounds in the world in an instant!At the end of the song, the thorn bird finally died of exhaustion and died in the song - shaping the beautiful eternity with a kind of tragic tragedy, leaving a sad mystery for people.

William froze for a moment, and asked with a confused expression: "Wait for us? We don't know each other, and there is no intersection. What you said is a bit confusing."

"Hehe, aren't you from Silvermoon City?" The woman laughed a little arrogantly, making Yasuna next to her want to smash that pretty face.

Yasuna sneered, "So what if you come from Silvermoon City, so what if you don't come from Silvermoon City?"

Ruth pointed to the brooch on her hair, and said with a light smile, "Then you guys should know this?" Yasuna really wanted to say "I don't know!" But apparently William's "teaching" these days "It made her remember a little bit, and the leader of the female frost giant looked at William with some anxiety.

William replied with a silly smile on his face: "It looks familiar, I don't remember."

Ruth sighed, and did not continue to ask, but asked another question that surprised William: "Is 'Skylark' Al already dead?"

"Skylark? Who is Skylark?" William felt that it was really stupid to continue to play dumb, but he had to continue to pretend.

"Skylark is my lover. We have been separated for 12 years, but we still can't see each other. When he sings in the sky, I can only hide in the thorn bushes and wait silently, watching him shed the first drop of this swan song Blood. The thorn has pierced my limbs, my chest, and my soul, and my blood will be shed for her..." Ruth Gu said, as if reciting a sad poem Poem swan song.

Ruth's eyes were full of sadness, and the few idlers who didn't care at first were involuntarily attracted by her elegy, especially Miluna's excited "babble" and wanted to say something, but it was a pity that she couldn't speak clearly. Be clear.

William motioned for Misha to comfort another excited little girl ("consolation" means taking it aside to play by herself), and he took out an ornament of the same shape as Ruth's (brooch), which was the The pin ornament with the magic space enchantment given to him by Lustriol.William sighed and said, "How do you know Al is dead? Alustri has already contacted you?"

Ruth shook her head and said, "Since I separated from Al 12 years ago, I have never been in touch with any other related people. The time for the thorn bird to leave the nest earlier means that something must have happened to the skylark. What's more, if Al If Er is not dead, there must be him among the escorts. But..."

William sighed and said, "My condolences! Mr. Al didn't regret it when he passed away, and he lived up to his promise. Speaking of which, how do you know that we are the one you are looking for?"

Ruth pointed and said, "It was the brooch that guided me. There is a mysterious power attached to it, which can carry living beings. When you use it, the one in my hand will react."

Chapter 95 Once upon a time

Holding the pin in his hand, William said to himself: "It turns out that this little thing betrayed our whereabouts. It's really an unexpected 'surprise'! I just don't know if there is any secret in it that hasn't been revealed. what."

Under the old oak tree filled with drizzle, "Firebird" Ruth spoke about her own history in a weak tone. According to Ruth herself, "Firethorn" and "Skylark" Al were harp players more than ten years ago. The best couple of the league's younger generation when they were ordered to join a powerful team to secretly escort a baby.

The team set out from the Sea of ​​Falling Stars and went through the Great Desert of Ennook to the Sword Coast region on the west coast of Faerun.They experienced monsters, evil mages, sand bandits, robbers, storms... and a series of tests of natural disasters and man-made disasters along the way. Most of the team members fell down on the long journey because of this, and there are many powerful fighters and spellcasters among them.But when the adventurous journey was approaching the end, an accident happened that surprised Al and the others. The priests of the Temple of Goodness, who had been regarded as their partners in the past, led a group of people to besiege them.

Ruth calmly recounted the course of that battle, about the appearance, personality and preferences of each of the comrades who died in the battle, and about their talents that are worthy of pride: "...La Xiu is a bad poet, although he always I think I should focus on creating a magnificent epic, but we have always trusted his archery, because he always kills the enemy one step faster than our swordsman. Of course, this often makes Manumo very unhappy , that stupid big guy from the wilderness prefers to kill enemies with an axe, rather than chopping a dead body that can't move..."

In a word, after a fierce battle, all the members died bravely, except for Skylark, only Al miraculously broke out of the encirclement under the cover of his companions, while the baby who was the protected mysteriously disappeared.

"...I was caught by them myself! They tortured me, tortured me, seduced me, and used spells to confuse me, trying to find the whereabouts of that baby, but... hehe, I survived in the end. And in the We got married here and gave birth to a child." Ruth smiled brightly, as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her.

After a slight pause, Ruth said again: "In fact, I have always known the whereabouts of Al. Although he took the baby to Silvermoon City in the Northland to live in seclusion, the contact between us has always been maintained. .until...until he was discovered by Alustriel."

William quietly listened to the female ranger tell the story of the past, with a calm face as if listening to a bland storytelling.Of course, if Ruth's story is really boring, you can tell by looking at the eyes of the girls who are listening next to her.Who would have thought that a cook hidden in a small country shop would have such a thrilling past.

Two young warriors who once had a bright future were separated and kept their identities silently for more than ten years. One painstakingly raised the baby until the end of his life, while the other married and had children in this countryside (By the way, Lu Ruth's child, Jimmy, is only eight years old).

William had long guessed that Arabel's trip would involve a lot of things. Previously, he had always thought that he had encountered the so-called "Returning the Country of the Distressed Princess" or the otherworldly version of "The Orphan of Zhao".But judging from the situation along the way, it doesn't look like it. I really don't know what kind of existence this little girl Miluna is.

"Then what happened after that? What happened after that?" The one who spoke was Misha'er, who was listening happily. This little girl loves this type of adventure story to death, and she scratches her head every day, hoping to have A "soul-stirring" adventure, of course, all of this is indispensable to William, a sullen guy who is used to it.

Ruth seemed satisfied with the effect of her story. She smiled and said, "Then? Of course it is the way it is now."

Mi Sha'er curled her lips and said, "What! A story with a beginning and an end is the most annoying thing. Besides, what happened to that child in the end, can it just end like this?"

"Of course it's not over!" At this time, Ruth's eyes turned to Miluna who was leaning against Misha'er. The little girl was uneasy and uncomfortable, and an inexplicable expression appeared on the face of the female ranger. , then glanced at Misha'er again, "Mr. William is indeed a smart man, he actually knows to find another similar child as a substitute." Indeed, no matter how you look at it, Misha'er is more temperamental than Miluna ( more lively and energetic).

"Fart!" William was immediately enraged by the female ranger's words (I just don't know if it's real anger or fake anger), "This is my own sister, where did you find some messy substitute! Bastard! Who told you this Yes, or did you guess it yourself?"

William's normally calm face suddenly shot out an astonishing killing intent, which made Ruth's face turn pale, and the female ranger couldn't help but be shocked: Damn it!Where did that bastard Skylark find that murderous man? He is simply a giant dragon in human form... No!I'm afraid it's even scarier than a giant dragon!No wonder that bastard gave the child to him for protection so reassuringly.

But Ruth is not an ordinary character after all, she quickly managed to calm herself down, and said with a dry voice and wry smile: "Don't get me wrong, I'm just talking nonsense, just joking for a while. Just pretend that I never said anything. gone."

William snorted coldly and said: "Remember! Some things are not allowed to be said indiscriminately. Our brothers and sisters only helped to escort this child out of morality. If someone really dares to play tricks secretly, my knife is not a vegetarian!" The above said so forcefully, William felt really uneasy in his heart. Based on his understanding of the temperament of the girls in the north, it is really possible for them to do this kind of trick of stealing and changing posts to fish in troubled waters.

At the end, William added another sentence with a murderous look: "If Misha'er really has an accident, hehe—even if the king of heaven comes, I will not even think about living! I will kill all the bastards involved."

Ruth smiled wryly, she never thought that her unintentional words would actually anger the guy in front of her, but she only found out by chance a few days ago that although the man in front of him looked young, his skills were astonishingly fierce , It is said that great things have been done along the way.

Ruth said: "Mr. William, we are in danger now, it is best to leave this place and go to Xikangbu as soon as possible."

"Didn't you see that it's raining? Wait until the rain stops before leaving. The two little girls can't bear the wind and rain..."

Ruth stopped talking and said anxiously: "You don't understand. I encountered an inexplicable and terrifying thing half a day ago. I believe it should be aimed at you. Although I have temporarily thrown it away, the danger will come sooner or later. of."

Chapter 96 Rainy Place

Although Ruth has always insisted that they are in danger, William and others are not too panicked. This is not because of their arrogance, but because of their own strength.In Yasuna's words, even an incarnation of a god walking in the main material world would never be able to please the William brothers and sisters.Of course, Yasuna's words are indeed a bit exaggerated. After all, they haven't fought a real saint yet, and no one can say whether they can compete against them. Even William himself is not sure that he can really deal with those supernatural beings. .

The drizzle in the sky is still falling, and it seems that there is no sign of stopping. This is a rainy season. Although the continuous rainy days will not cause too much flood disaster, but it will make the earth wet. In the end, even the human soul has a musty smell.

At some point, it became quiet under the oak tree. In this kind of weather, no one would maintain a good mood. Ruth, who was drenched all over, felt a little chilly, so she wrapped a blanket under her Warm yourself.William looked at the continuous rain thoughtfully, and the two little girls didn't bother to tease the cats and cats. Instead, they followed William's example, holding their little cheeks on their little pink fists to watch the rain fall, but this The two impatient little guys didn't know the charm of watching the rain, so they tilted their heads from time to time to peek at William's side face, as if they wanted to see a flower.

"This kind of damp weather will kill half of our lives. I think we should start a fire." Ruth, who was wet and uncomfortable, finally couldn't help putting forward her own opinion.

"Huh?" William looked back at the female ranger, then at the two bored little fellows, nodded and said, "Fineya, go and chop a Chinese pine." Feniya, who was also idle and bored, responded With a cry, he walked out of the canopy of the oak tree with his battle ax in hand, and disappeared into the rain.

Not long after, Ruth heard the sound of a big tree falling "click" in the distance. After a while, she saw the female half-giant coming back dragging a half-embracing thick pitch pine trunk. The branches dragged on the ground and brought up the soft mud and grass, making a "rustling" sound.

Ruth looked at Yasuna in a daze, and asked in surprise, "You guys... don't you want to use this to make a fire? You should find some dry..." She couldn't continue at this point. Well, under such a cloudy and rainy day, where are there any dry dead branches?

Ruth said in embarrassment, "I... I'll go find some dry velvet grass that can ignite the fire." She was about to stand up as she spoke.

William glanced at her and didn't speak. Instead, he stood up and went straight to Feniya. Yasuna chuckled and said, "You don't need to worry about it, William will take care of it."

Ruth was taken aback when she found a machete suddenly appeared out of thin air in William's hand.This person is actually carrying magic space equipment, which is a very precious and scarce item, even an archmage may not be able to own one or two pieces.

Here I have to explain the space magic equipment. Generally, a very special spell must be used to make a temporary space equipment——[Leomond's Secret Chest]. Although this fifth-level spell is not high-level , but there are not many people who can use it, and it takes a lot of resources and a spell slot above level [-] to use it.What's more terrible is that this kind of equipment can only be used for two years before it will automatically lose its effect (the simple [Leomeng Secret Chest] can only last for two months, and it is very unstable.), the consumed spell slots will expire when the equipment expires. has been previously occupied.By the way, the magic bag that William exchanged from Huber's house may collapse at any time, and once the magic bag collapses, the contents inside will also be damaged and lost.

In this era of magic control where mages apply spells accurately to every [magic trick] without wasting as much as possible, the luxury of mass-producing consumable magic equipment such as magic space bags can only be done with crazy magic like the Harbell family. Only the family can do it.

Of course, there is not no permanent space equipment, but since the knowledge of rune magic was lost, the cost of making tasteless storage equipment is too staggering, compared to those harmful or protective magic items. To be honest, the gains outweigh the losses, so few people are willing to try. (Making a permanent magic space prop not only requires some rare magic materials, such as the brain of a phase dog, but also requires the producer to permanently lose a spell slot above level [-], and the level of the spell slot is proportional to the capacity of the prop. Of course, if the producer is unwilling to lose the spell slot, he can also use two level nine [Wish] or [Miracle] instead.)

Even an ordinary chopping knife is extremely powerful in the hands of William. The pitch pine dragged back by Phinya was dismembered one by one by him like cutting soft cheese, and cut into firewood branches of different sizes. Yasuna Stepping forward, he quickly piled the firewood branches into a tower-shaped bonfire.

William put his palms to the bottom of the pyre, breathed out, and a hot flame rose from the bottom of the pyre.As William's unique spell, [Flame in the Hand] is rarely used by him in battle, but is mostly used to make fire and bonfires. To be honest, it is really a waste of good blood.

Although fresh oil pine wood is difficult to ignite, once it is lit, it is extremely resistant to burning as if oil has been poured on it. The bright red flame licks the fiber of the oil pine wood and makes a "squeak" sound from time to time, which is oozing The sound of layers of turpentine deflagrating.

Beside the fire, Ruth's expression was a little dull. The man in front of her was too mysterious, and she felt a little frightened.At the inn, Ruth had already seen the melee combat ability of this man and the woman beside him named Yasuna. Ruth thought about the great warriors in the entire Sword Coast region, but she couldn't find anyone who could definitely win against one of them. one.Now, Ruth was convinced that this man was far more than just a powerful warrior, he should also be a mysterious warlock, a inheritor of the terrifying bloodline of fire.

"Yasuna, get ready! The air is humid on rainy days, which can easily cause diseases. Let's eat [Hero Feast] for dinner! Although those foods are not nutritious, they can keep the dampness away from the cold." William told Yasuna .William has long discovered that although [Heroes Feast] is delicious and full of energy, it cannot supplement the nutrients needed by the human body, especially children are prone to systemic weakness, so he has resolutely reduced the number of times he eats this kind of non-nutritious food.

As soon as they heard that they could eat that delicious and delicate meal, the two little girls cheered excitedly: "Oh! You can have a big meal! I want to eat a big plate of 'Bobopao (caviar)'! Haha... "

Chapter 97 Morning Rain

Under the night, the drizzle was still falling continuously, the bonfire was crackling and burning, and the slight snoring of the William family was heard in the ears, but Ruth was wrapped in a blanket and tossed and turned for a long time, unable to fall asleep.

The next day, the weather was still not clear, and the drizzle kept falling. Ruth was awakened by the noise in confusion. When she got up from the blanket in a daze, she saw a very surprised face. screen.

Under the oak tree, Misha'er was attacking Yasuna who was also holding a wooden sword and shield with a small shield in her left hand and a wooden sword in her right. Ruth had seen Yasuna's ability before. It seemed that she was definitely an extremely good warrior, but at this moment, this experienced female warrior looked a little flustered and difficult to parry under the little girl's sword.The female ranger has received systematic swordsmanship training, and has seen a lot of swordsmanship of various schools (races), but she has never seen a swordsmanship like the little girl.

Misha'er's swordsmanship is very "weird" and weird, either by surprise or by surprise, every attack has a deadly killing intent, in Ruth's eyes, it is definitely against the principle of orthodox swordsmanship, even the most insidious Zhuo Er's swordsmanship is not so fierce.

After being stabbed by the little girl several times in a row, although she didn't suffer any harm, it still hurt a lot. Yasuna, who was a little bit annoyed and turned into anger, finally couldn't help "running away".She pushed the wooden shield in her hand horizontally, and slapped Mi Sha'er who was playing the "knife tip dance" against her and flew away.

The little girl who was indulging in the fun of fighting didn't notice Yasuna's change. Just as William was worried, Mishaer took fighting as a joke, and this wrong attitude would kill this silly girl sooner or later. Fate.This time the little guy suffered a big loss. She still used the small shield in her hand to block Yasuna's wooden shield as before. Wooden Sword brought Yasuna a guy.

Obviously, it was impossible for Misha'er's small body to hold back Yasuna's brute force, and being knocked into the air was her only fate.The poor little girl couldn't help screaming, rolled and fell several feet like a doll, and turned several somersaults in the mud before finally coming to a trembling stop.

Cold!

A group of people stared blankly at this sudden change, Phinea stopped playing with her Thunder Frost, Ruth's drowsiness disappeared, and Miluna covered her open mouth in surprise, even the cat The cat worm also cocked its fluffy little tail, and stared at the hapless owner very energetically: Nubien (the god of lions) is above, heaven has eyes!The devilish little mistress has finally had her comeuppance!Cheers!Chirp - meow!

Misha'er got up from the muddy water in a state of embarrassment, her body was covered with mud and grass, her fiery red hair could barely see its original color, it was messy and tangled into a mess, only the little horned helmet on top of her head was still spotless. It is firmly worn on the top of the head, as if rooted and grown there.

The little girl wiped the muddy water on her face with her small hands, but she somehow made her dirty little face more prettier. She pointed at the culprit with red eye circles, and said angrily, "" Yasuna, you are lying! We promised not to use too much force!"

The leader of the female frost giant raised the sword and shield in her hand without any repentance, and said in disdain: "If you are poor, just say that you are poor. Don't always blame your failures on your opponents."

These words really irritated the little girl, and the little silver tooth "cracked", and directly took out the fine gold thorn sword that William specially made for her from the magic space bag on her body, and held the sword in her hand. With a heavy wave of the handle: "Misha'er is really angry! Yasuna, I want to duel with you!" That small breath seemed to be like an angry paladin fighting a battle from the bottomless abyss. The deepest Tanari is average.

Before Yasuna could answer, there was a strange "creak" sound, and a large pile of broken debris emerged from her arms. It turned out that the magic space bag on her body had lost its effectiveness and was automatically destroyed.The little girl stared blankly at the debris in her arms, and cried out with a "wow" from her little mouth.

It's been a bad morning, so someone wandering around said.After running across several hills, only one stupid ground squirrel was hunted down. William really couldn't figure out how the wild animals in the mountains could hide so well.What is a fool?Silly moths are big rock lizards, their eyes are extremely difficult to use, and they will not run away when they are in danger. In fact, they can't run away, because their movements are as slow as snails.The silly soil moth only has a rock-like thick shell, which can protect itself a little. Whenever there is any movement, it will lie there and act as a stone model. It is far inferior to its close relatives, the petrified lizards.But this kind of silly guy's meat quality is not bad. It is said that the cave dwarves liked to raise this kind of livestock the most. Now, hehe...

When William came back carrying a pile of "big rocks", he saw Misha'er squatting in the muddy water, grinning and crying. The little girl with a pretty face, wiped the muddy water with her palm and said lovingly: "Oh - don't cry, don't cry! My brother is here, tell my brother, who bullied you? My brother will vent your anger on you."

William, who was lowering his head to comfort the little girl, raised his head but gave Yasuna a look of approval. Well, Sajia admitted that Yasuna's "tricky hands" were arranged by William, a sinister person. There is an "unhealthy trend" so that this little girl will not suffer a big loss in the future.

Misha'er held a stack of debris in her dirty hands and sobbed, "William—the bag is broken! My brother's bag is broken!"

"Don't cry, don't cry! It's okay, brother will get you a better bag in the future..." After a lot of effort, William coaxed the little girl into a smile, and asked Yasuna to use the [cleaning technique] ] Remove the muddy water from her body.After that, no one mentioned anything about what happened when Yasuna fought with the little girl before. Only the poor fool was disemboweled by cruel humans and roasted and eaten on the fire.

Ruth ate the lizard meat silently, as if thinking about something.William sat on his lap with Misha in his arms, dipped the diced meat on the plate with sesame sauce and sent it to the little girl's little mouth, while Miluna next to her looked at the smiling Misha, There was a gleam of envy in his eyes.

Although the silly man is not small and the meat is quite fresh, he does not eat much. William only ate half full, and Yasuna and Finiya also looked like they were still full, but they were two little guys with a normal appetite. I ate with cats and cats to my heart's content.

There are very few birds and animals around, and William is no longer planning to stay here.After breakfast, a few people tidied up a bit and set off on the road in the drizzle. This time their next stop was Xikangbu.

Chapter 98 Golden Lotus and Chill Control

West Combe, a small city located on the banks of the Drimbier River, to the south of it is the stunning High Wasteland.Speaking of the High Wasteland, as the largest open-air field in the west of Faerun, the High Wasteland is shrouded in cold fog almost all the year round. On the ruins of the forest kingdom Maierita, which is said to belong to the ancient Crown War and was destroyed by the dark natural disaster, There are a large number of demons and strange monsters, among which a three-headed monster with a teardrop-shaped body surrounded by purple magic aura and many eyes and hands is the most frightening.

Xikangbu, Chang'an Town, Three Pigs Land, and Noisy Water Town and Locke Town in the upper reaches of the Delinbil River were all gradually established with the help of Waterdeep City. They are like the satellite cities of Waterdeep City, and they are glorious People in the city are expanding their steps towards the wilderness.Only in recent decades, due to some special changes, Locke Town, which has expanded the deepest inland, has gradually fallen into the control of the Zhentarim, and the towns of Loushui and Xikang, which are downstream of Locke Town, are also facing the possibility of being separated. The threat of Tallinn's dark hand.

However, these three cities located along the banks of the Delimbil River are, after all, the commercial roads connecting the east and west continents—an important relay station of the Black Road. The popularity and prosperity of the cities have not been greatly affected by the struggle of dark forces. Business travelers shuttled and stopped in the meantime.

On the commercial road to Xikangbu, four figures wearing large cloaks walked slowly on the muddy wilderness road. The drizzle fell on the heavy cloaks, and then slipped into the mud under their feet.At this time, a small head with a small horned helmet suddenly protruded from the bloated back of one of the tallest figures, looked around for a while through the neck of the tall figure, and then shouted loudly at the figure in the front : "Meluna! It's my turn."

The figure walking in the front also poked out a small head from under the cloak on his back, made a little grimace in the direction of the shout, and retracted under the cloak again.These people are William and his party. With Ruth as the "head snake", it is not difficult to find the right path. Only the continuous rainy weather made them a lot of trouble, but Misha and Miluna Saved the pain of trekking.

Probably out of some kind of special dependence psychology, the two little girls rushed to ask William to carry them on their backs, and they fought hard for this.The little guys were having a fight, William could only act as a joking "fair arbiter" and let the two little girls take turns...

The road became more and more difficult to walk on, and the mud stuck to the boots and gradually formed a big ball of mud, which could not be shaken off, which was extremely annoying.Fortunately, William and Yasuna's mother and daughter are both powerful people, and they don't take this "load" seriously, and they still walk in a leisurely manner.Only Ruth struggled to walk with one deep foot and one shallow foot, and stopped from time to time to clean up the mud on her feet. Finally, she got impatient and simply took off her shoes and walked barefoot.

Ruth rubbed her toes against the mud ball on top of each other, and looked at the two little girls enviously. If possible, she really wanted to be a teenager, so that people could carry her happily.

Accidentally, Ruth noticed that there were a few messy ruts on the road, and she couldn't help being surprised that there are still people who dare to drive on the road at this time.Driving in a horse-drawn carriage at this time of year is definitely a thankless choice. You must know that the entire continent is almost completely ignorant, and occasionally some places with civilization inheritance are also messy. The tradition of class is something that has no shadow.

It is said that there are no roads in this world, if there are many people walking, the road will become a road.Most of the business roads are dirt roads that people stepped on hard. Generally, it is okay to walk this kind of road on sunny days. Although it is a bit bumpy, the carriage can barely pass.If it's the rainy season, let alone a carriage, in some places even people can be trapped.

The road from Waterdeep City to Xikangbu, to Noisy Water City and Locke Town has already been familiarized by people, and experienced business travelers generally avoid this long rainy season that lasts for nearly a month.If you are inexperienced, just wait for bad luck, not to mention carriages and goods, even people may be trapped to death in the wild and become a favorite in the belly of flies.

William also noticed the ruts on the ground. Seeing the ruts, it seemed that he was walking with great difficulty. It seemed that the owner of the carriage had spent a lot of time thinking about it.But on such a lonely journey, it is always good to meet someone.William stretched out his hand to support Miluna on her back, and couldn't help speeding up her pace. The little guy wrapped his arms around his neck, pressing his little face even tighter.

Gradually, the ruts became clearer and more messy. They were no longer ruts, but more like dragging and sliding on mud, accompanied by messy footprints and horseshoe prints.Not long after, William had vaguely heard the neighing of the horse, and he turned his head to greet him, "Go a few steps! There seems to be passers-by ahead, let's go get a partner."

Yasuna slammed the boots on her feet that were almost several times bigger, but accidentally flew up some mud and landed on her face. She held the pet cat Maochong holding the little girl in one hand and wiped it with the other. With the dirt on his face, he said angrily: "This damn weather! This damn mud! I swear I will never walk again in this life..."

Ruth continued weakly: "As long as you are still walking on the mainland, this kind of bad road will never be avoided. Fortunately, there is only one month of the year when the road is not easy to walk." As she spoke, she took a few steps to catch up with Phineya. Grabbing the female half-giant's cloak, she gasped and said, "I'm running out of strength... Feniya, help me for a while." "Honest child" Feniya glanced at the female ranger without words, and let her pull herself cloak, carrying Misha'er on her back, and continued on her way in silence.

The cloak was remade from a thick blanket, and it was very strong. Ruth finally breathed a sigh of relief with Phinea's strength, and a happy smile appeared on her face, as if a fox stole a roast chicken, and sometimes took advantage of it It is indeed a happy thing.

Ruth, who was thinking about looking around, finally noticed the difference in William. Although the muddy road was difficult to walk, it couldn't help the man at all. It was different from the heavy footsteps of the three women. He took off his boots and walked barefoot at some point. Her steps were as light as a model walking a catwalk, and there was no mud on her bare feet, as clean as if she had just been washed with clean water.Especially where the soles of William's feet stepped, every landing point was the same size, like a blooming lotus flower print, and the distance was the same, which was even more accurate than measuring with a ruler.