Mercenaries and Adventurers

Keel fulfilled his promise and let the goblin dance unscrupulously on top of his head for a while.

Without the little friends to play with, the goblin soon felt bored, flew up angrily, made a volley in front of Kiel, and then disappeared with a bang.

Keir sat motionless on the ground, with a seemingly calm face, but his tightly clenched hands and gradually rapid breathing betrayed his current mood.

He has been in the dream for dozens of days, and he spent all this long time talking to himself. Although the friendly goblin has been with him all the time, this little guy can't speak human language. He can only utter some simple modal particles that are laughing and joking, and it is impossible to communicate with humans smoothly.

After all, human beings are social animals. It is quite clean and comfortable to be alone for a short time, but being alone for a long time without communicating with him makes Keel anxious and restless all day long.

Now that those days are coming to an end, Kiel can't help but be excited.

"No fire, no fire, no fire, no fire..."

Keel muttered in a low voice, staring unblinkingly at the place where the goblin disappeared.

Following his voices of anticipation and boom, the little goblin who went out to investigate returned to the dreamland.

Kiel quickly scanned the whole body of the little goblin, and found that the little goblin who came back this time did not have vicious demonic flames on his body, and there were no burning flames ejected from the pockets of his clothes.

Most importantly, this little leprechaun looks at ease.

Looks like the demon flames outside have gone out, huh?

Keir didn't dare to guess the answer by himself, so he immediately asked the little goblin, "Has the flame outside gone out?"

Seeing Keel's anxious look, the goblin nodded happily, confirming that there was no fire outside. But then it gestured back and forth with its hands, indicating that although there were no demon flames outside, the temperature was still very high and it couldn't stay there for a long time.

"That's all right, as soon as I get out I run outside where the flames were."

Keir waved his hand vigorously, stood up excitedly, and went out without thinking.

But when he just lifted his feet, he realized that the clothes he was wearing at this time were different from the clothes he wore when he entered the dreamland dozens of days ago. And I haven't cleaned my body carefully for many days, the beard on my face is long, and the hair is sticky and messy.

Not only that, because he didn't eat well for a long time, Keir's body became thinner, and his cheeks lost a lot of weight.

He patted his face, and realized that he went out in the way he was at this time, and he couldn't explain clearly when he met his subordinates and people he knew.

Stamping his feet, Keir had no choice but to resist the desire to escape from the dream immediately, and returned to the place where the tools were stored in the camp. There was plenty of water for him—the beard on his chin was carefully shaved with a sharp, curved dagger, and the hair was shaved off with a longsword to help cut off the excess.

In order to hide some of the thin body shape and face changes, Keir also lit a small fire, managed to get some charcoal ash out, rubbed a lot on his face and neck, so that it was not easy to see him clearly when it was dark At this time the real look of embarrassment.

Finally, Keir put on the same set of clothes and equipment that he had entered the dreamland dozens of days ago.

Only then is it ready.

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"Then, I'm going out now!"

Keir said his last goodbye to the goblin and the smart mushroom boys who stood in a row to see him off. The goblin waved his hands regretfully, while the mushroom boys looked joyful. This time, they jumped up happily Mushroom dance.

Smiling, Kiel took a deep breath of the cold air in the dream forest, held it tightly, and then jumped slightly.

When he landed again, he had already appeared in the ruins of a newly burned forest.

The surrounding air was scorching hot, which made Kiel uncomfortable when he reappeared here. The sky was pitch black, and it was unclear whether the smoke from the burning forest covered the sky in this area, or it was because Kiel was not here. For a long time, a night cloud floated in the sky.

Seeing this, Keir slightly closed his stinging eyes, raised his legs without any reason, and ran in one direction.

The ground is full of charred tree wreckage, and the trunks of some trees that have not collapsed. At this time, the trunks are still emitting fire and smoke, like wraiths who are desperate for their lives, and they are screaming at the fast-running Kiel. A desperate question.

There was a crackle.

A charred tree in front of Kiel collapsed, but the next moment it was kicked by Kiel, who kicked **** the spot, and was smashed into fragments of the Martian River that burst out.

But there was also a burnt smell from the bottom of the boots of Kiel's hard leather armor, and he almost caught fire.

Kiel breathed a sigh of relief and didn't dare to stay here longer. The life energy in his legs gathered for a while, and then he supported his legs and ran and jumped up. Every step he took could be several meters away. After a few steps, he landed Suddenly, his right foot crushed something hard and brittle.

He lowered his head to barely identify it, and found that it was a gray and white human skeleton whose head was crushed by him.

"Sorry, hapless bastard."

Keir thought so in his heart, but he didn't show mercy on his feet, and jumped forward with all his strength again.

Finally, after rushing out more than 20 meters, he safely left the burnt ruins of the 'forest'. When his feet finally stepped on the withered yellow grass that had been baked by the high temperature, Kiel almost cried out of excitement.

Turning his head and looking behind him, Kiel saw the consequences of an adventurous battle and confrontation'dozens of days' ago. Almost the entire wilderness woods were burnt to ruins by the evil and powerful demonic flames. The once strong and tall trees were now ugly and pitch-black. , not to mention the shrubs and flowers in and around the woods, as well as all kinds of small animals that have turned into pale bones.

Even the burrowing animals in the crypt were steamed to death in their own caves under the ground by the high temperature of the ground. The squirrels and wild snakes that had no time to escape turned into **** of charred charcoal.

The large amount of toxic smoke produced by the burning even caused a large group of frightened birds to fly and fall down. If you check these corpses in the past, you will find that either the poor birds were choked to death by the smoke, or It's just that the lungs of the birds who don't want to leave the nest too far are scorched by the high temperature air.

Kiel's eyes widened, and the scene in front of him was deeply engraved in his mind. He pursed his lips tightly, and whispered that all this was not his fault.

At least, most of the mistakes were not made by him.

Who knew that when they came out to drive away the peepers at night, they would encounter such a difficult pair of hunter brothers, and the other party had such powerful self-explosive magic arrows in their hands.

Who would have expected it? Right?

"If you want to complain, go to the hunter whose two souls were burned."

With a mutter, Kiel turned to look for his team in the dark night.

Although he lived in the dream for dozens of days, it was still night outside.

This sense of unevenness in the flow of time made Kiel couldn't help but marvel at the horror and awe of these mysterious forces.

When Kiel was walking and looking for the refugee team, the Mao Mao not far away had their eyes widened.

These fluffy little guys didn't return to the camp early, and they really don't know how to explain the death of the powerful human who recruited them. Afraid of being attacked, they had no choice but to wander not far outside the woods in despair before dawn.

But fate treated them well, and this painful trouble didn't haunt them for long. After the violent flame storm in the forest dissipated and extinguished, the powerful human beings who thought they would surely die appeared again?

"Woo, meow!"

The Mao Maos who found Kiel shouted anxiously, half of them went to inform the captain of Courage Mao Mao, and the other half ran to Kiel quickly.

They still remembered what Kiel was wearing before, so they jumped up and down excitedly when they came here, but when they got closer to Kiel, the sour smell from Kiel's body, which hadn't been washed for a long time, directly smoked them with sensitive noses. .

"Woo~"

They wondered, why did this powerful human being come out of the flames with such a smell?

Kiel raised his arm and smelled his own arm. There was a smell on his body, but he couldn't smell the specific strong smell.

"Okay, it's so hot in the woods, it's just sweat! Don't be surprised."

Keir explained, and then said to the furs: "Call your captain, let's go back to the camp, really, today, tonight, really unlucky."

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After Courage Maomao rushed over and confirmed Kiel's safety and smell, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this generous and trustworthy powerful human did not really die in the previous flame storm.

Although they don't understand how this powerful human being survived such a terrifying huge flame.

It looks like there is no injury at all except for the bad smell and carbon black on the face and head.

If you don’t understand it, don’t think about it. Courageous Maomao offered the loot he picked up earlier to Kiel, and Kiel accepted it frankly, and said: “The metal content in these things is not much, and the origin is mysterious. You little ones can’t grasp it. Let’s I'll deal with them. As for your battle rewards tonight, how about I reward each of you with a set of rainproof clothes when I go back? The hair on your body doesn't look waterproof. Small clothes, I guarantee that you can come out to play even in rainy days, and move around as you like!"

When the Mao Maos heard that they were not rewarded with metal, they were a little discouraged at first. After all, the battle tonight was really dangerous. But Courage Mao Mao is still smart and knowledgeable enough, knowing that with the rain suit that humans only wear, they Mao Mao can also come out to hunt and fight in rainy days!

"Okay, okay, I need clothes."

It rushed to say so, but there is no need, the other Maomao all speak the lingua franca that is not good for human beings, so no Maomao competed with it.

So, tired and excited, Keel took the seven Mao Maos to the refugee team.

From a distance, Kiel saw the people in the camp gathered together, and the armed people with weapons protected the people as if they were facing an enemy, and everyone gathered together in the center of the temporary overnight camp.

When they vaguely saw someone approaching from outside the camp, they shouted excitedly: "Is it the Kiel knight? Is it the Kiel knight?"

Keir waved his hand, not sure if they could see it: "Well, it's me."

He barely lifted his spirits and replied.

After hearing that it was Kiel, the people relaxed visibly, and Xueyasite even jumped off the Kiel carriage at the center of the camp, pushed away the crowded people, and quickly led them to the temporary camp Greet Keir outside.

But as soon as he came over, he pinched his nose: "Why is this smell? Where have you been? The woods not far away were on fire just now, and it was burning very badly. Keel, does it have anything to do with you?"

The armed people who followed looked at Kiel with burning eyes, for fear that Kiel would say no.

Kiel touched his freshly shaved chin, and said ambiguously, "That's right."

The burning of the woods was indeed related to him, although he did not set the flames.

Bloodtooth endured the smell and approached Kiel, and asked in a low voice: "What's going on? There was a sudden burst of green flames, and the whole forest was on fire. If the priest didn't judge that the fire didn't follow the forest The lawn outside is spreading, and everyone's order has collapsed before."

Kiel looked around and found that the several armed people who followed Bloodyaster were the captains of each team. He couldn't explain in detail, mainly the conflicts and grievances between the hunters of the God of Hunting Church and the God of Big Bird, It has nothing to do with the people.

It's not good to let them know the situation.

"Let's go back and let everyone relax and go to sleep. They're all gone! In addition, fetch some basins of water. I have to wash up. My body is covered in carbon dust."

Blood Fang gave Kiel a white look: "Where are you carbon ash, I'm afraid you rolled around in a pigsty?"

Keir smiled bitterly: "Pig pen? I'm afraid it's not a mushroom pen."

He shook his head and led the people to the camp.

The captains of several armed squads ordered by Kiel shouted all the way for everyone to disperse and rest. Not only did the Kiel knight come back to give everyone a backbone and a sense of security, but also because Kiel said the mysterious green flames in the forest before. Weird things have to do with him.

For knights, especially those with some strange abilities, the common people have many unrealistic fantasies about them. Although the woods not far from the temporary overnight camp were burned by violent green flames, it was very scary and terrifying. But as long as it's something done by the knights of the protection team—don't care if the young knight Kiel has the ability to make such a terrible flame—then everyone can accept it.

No matter how outrageous it is, there is an explanation, and now it seems the only reasonable explanation. The people changed their previous fears and worries, but on the way back to their respective tents, they gradually became excited to talk about the existence of Kiel, a young knight. How many magical skills.

Some people who fought Kiel at close quarters in the previous bandit attack, swear that the Kiel knight has an unusual magical flame sword, even though Kiel usually hangs another one that looks the same at his waist. Extraordinary glowing longsword.

Tonight's incident must have been caused by Knight Kiel going out to test his sword in the middle of the night. Most likely, he accidentally set the forest on fire when using the magic sword.

The person who said it looked affirmative, and the person who listened also looked serious.

If Keir didn't know the truth of the matter, I'm afraid he would have thought so too. The story he made up was much more reasonable and credible than the facts.

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Crash, clatter, Keel was sitting in a wooden basin beside the fire at the entrance of his tent, and two of his guards were pouring warm water over Kiel's head.

Keel vigorously scrubbed his body with a washing tool bought in the town of Dorne. This kind of thing is a wooden board that is smaller than the palm, and it is wrapped with a kind of rough animal skin to help people scrub their bodies.

The water in the wooden basin at his feet was black, but it looked like Keel's body needed to be washed for a while.

"How long has it been since you took a good shower?"

Xueyasite sat on the ground beside him, watching in amazement how Keel washed a basin of clean water until it turned black and gray. That's outrageous, he remembered that Keel showered a lot in the team. As long as the team is along the river, they will always stop to fetch water and let the people in the team wash their bodies.

Generally, there are two groups of men and women. As long as they are not injured, everyone will go to the river to wash and wash.

Keel shouldn't be this dirty.

Kiel saw Bloodfang's surprise, just as Priest Batar was at the side, waiting for Kiel to explain to him what happened tonight.

"Hey, isn't this a practice of martial arts? After sweating and rolling on the ground a few times, my body is so dirty."

Bloodtooth knew that Kiel was lying. After all, Kiel had taken the aliens to take revenge on the injured scout aliens. It was probably because of a battle that Kiel used some kind of magic weapon to set fire to destroy the enemy.

"Ah, that's right. You are a knight. It is very important to practice martial arts, and the ability to eat."

Xueyasite said something so carefree, and then came to the confused priest, UU reading www.uukanshu. com whispered to him what happened before.

Only then did Priest Batar realize that what happened tonight was not what he had heard when he came here. It was not the fire caused by the warriors of Kiel practicing their weapons. The green flame was so evil that the priest knew at a glance that it was not A power that ordinary people or ordinary knights can grasp.

He had to understand such an evil flame power, otherwise how could he be able to sleep.

Regarding Kiel's lie at this time, the priest also understood that it was for the people around him. No matter what the truth was, they had to know a reason and reason that could be accepted by them.

After washing, Keel wrapped a clean sackcloth around his waist, and went to the fire with his bare upper body to rub his wet hair.

After fiddling for a while, Keel invited the two companions to talk in his tent.

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Confirming that the guards outside the camp could not hear their whispered conversations, the priest sat cross-legged in his sleeping bag on the ground and asked questions.

"What exactly happened, tell me, don't try to fool me, I clearly felt the undisguised hostility and malice in the flame when I watched the ferocious green flame."

While putting on his clothes, Keir explained: "It's really not a practice, or any other reason. Simply put, it's an encounter with an enemy, and then a battle broke out."

Xueyasite also sat cross-legged on the sleeping bag, and asked the key question: "Who set that green flame? It must be you."

But Keir was silent for a moment, which made Bloodfang stop breathing for a moment, and the priest also sighed heavily.

Then Keir said: "It's not me, it's the flames made by the enemy."

"Who is the enemy?" the priest asked seriously.