My Magic Age

A rain turned the entire Xinghu Grassland into a swamp. The lakes that were originally like stars were connected together to form a large and wide swamp. Even the most experienced orc guides could not tell the way home because the road was in in the water.

After the rains and the weather clears up, many dry river beds become full of life, and the river water will flow cleanly in the next few days. But before that, there are at least hundreds of such seasonal rivers meandering on the Xinghu Grassland. , all the water will be gathered into the Galaxy at the eastern end of the grassland. The entire Galaxy will run along the mountains of the Pai Plateau for 150 kilometers in the southeast and then merge into the Benma River.

The sudden rain also forced the caravan to postpone its trip.

Seeing that Pailles has been most anxious recently, his cultivation can no longer restrain his anger, and someone will always get scolded.

The atmosphere in the caravan suddenly became tense. The deputies responsible for herding the Thunder Rhinoceros did not dare to be lazy. Those who hid in the grass and slept would be whipped.

Even Fred became cautious and refused to wander to the dance troupe when he had nothing to do. The dried meat that had been soaked and deteriorated by the rain was poured into the lake one by one to feed the fish. Anyone could do it. Seeing Mr. Pailles' face as gloomy as a dense cloud.

In the morning, I was summoned by Old Kuru to make a herbal decoction with the main ingredient called Artemisia annua. Old Kuru was worried that diseases in the caravan would be caused by unclean drinking water.

Sister Guoguo and Tia were also summoned by the captain of the Storm Chaser adventure group. It seems that the adventure group will change their itinerary due to the caravan, and will also have to adjust the team's internal tasks and plans.

Finally, there was no longer any intrusion from the fire poison. I suddenly found that the burning sensation was missing from my body, and my whole body felt as relaxed as if I was about to fly.

Wet wood is difficult to ignite, and even if it does burn, it will emit thick smoke.

But there is no dry firewood in the entire camp, and there will be no fuel such as dry cow dung available to us in the next few days. The grassland is all wet.

Steam kept coming out of the huge iron pot, and the whole plant of Artemisia annua was thrown into it by Old Kuru, and the soup slowly turned a disgusting green.

Old Kuru told me that when rye cakes are distributed in the morning, everyone must drink them, even the people in the dance troupe.

The dance group's camp is made up of thirteen specially-made magic caravans. Each caravan is like a small mobile house. The cast-iron car with the inscription "Wind Speed" is very tall. The dancers of the dance group are lucky enough to sit in the car. After escaping this heavy rain, the waterproof performance of their caravan was much better than that of the caravan tent, and they would not get sick from being soaked by the cold dampness.

Most of the tents in the caravan are made of rough rawhide, which can keep out wind, cold, rain and snow, but cannot keep out moisture.

Almost every leather mattress in the tent was soaked in water. Many men took out the leather mattresses that could be squeezed out of water and put them in the camp to dry when there was enough sunlight during the day. Those smelly leather mattresses that had not been cleaned for many months exuded various wet and salty smells, like rot. The smell of insects.

The queue for food was long, and our iron pot was the only place to light a fire, so even the dance group couldn't make breakfast. We can only eat a kind of salted flatbread for breakfast. These cakes were originally prepared for going into the mountains, but now we have to take them out in advance. Everyone needs to get a bowl of soup to drink, which is the only hot thing in the morning.

Even if you stand in the water with your boots on for a long time, you will feel cold.

It's good to have something hot, even if it's a decoction, to warm yourself up a bit. The damp cold is far more harsh than the dry cold after snow and ice in winter. When I saw Uncle Fred in the food line, I secretly buried a bag of chestnuts in the fire and burned them warm while I was sleeping. Give him the opportunity.

Uncle Fred winked at me and expressed his gratitude, and I handed out cakes to the people behind me without any expression on my face.

This is my only first little convenience. Everyone has his own convenience. Just like Uncle Fred can always get some scraps of precious leather. It is not difficult for a leatherworker. He sometimes He was able to get a piece of wheat cake because he had a sweetheart in the dance troupe.

The convenience of Old Kuru is that when you stay by his side, please don't worry about getting sick. When I gradually became able to work in the caravan, I helped a little in the beginning, and gradually became the assistant and student of Old Kuru. I was also respected by the men in the caravan, and I also had my own convenience.

In the morning, Guoguo told me that this grassland was her home field before it dried out.

I never understood what this sentence meant. There was no place to stay in Old Kulu's tent. The entire cowhide tent was filled with bags of various herbs. Kuz and I stepped on the wood on the top of the tent, which was not so wet.

I was holding a bowl of medicinal soup that smelled like bean juice. I stepped on the edge of the wooden rafter with my feet. I looked like a crow on the branch. I squatted side by side with Kurtz on it, suffering. He pinched his nose and poured the medicine into his stomach.

Old Kuru sat on the stone pier outside the tent, with these two pieces of scones placed on the clay stove in front. Kurtz sat next to me and complained to me: "Jia, you have been studying with those in the adventure group these days. Are they good to you?"

"It's okay, Aziz. Sister Guoguo helped me find a shield warrior to be my teacher. He is very good!" I drank the last mouthful of soup, and the warmth finally made my whole body feel warm, and the tip of my nose felt warm. There were even a few drops of sweat.

Kurtz smiled innocently, took out two pieces of dried meat from his pocket, and handed one to me.

This is cooked meat jerky that has been seasoned and marinated. It tastes much better than the meat jerky in the caravan that is simply cooked and then dried.

There will never be a shortage of various snacks in our little world. Since arriving on this grassland, Kuz's hunting skills have been revealed.

He put the dried meat under his big fleshy nose and smelled it, looking intoxicated and disgusted. The corners of his mouth tilted up to reveal two canine teeth. This small movement showed that he was very happy. He kept looking at the group of adventurers from the Storm Chaser Adventure Group in the distance and said: "There were a few times when I wanted to find you, but when I saw that guy I was a little panicked and didn’t dare to go there.”

Putting the empty bowl aside, he put a hand on his shoulder and said, "That Jonbach is a devil. He has made me miserable these days."

I told Kurtz about the tragic fate of the past few days, which made him laugh. Old Kuru sat down and interjected in the orc language: "I see that your walking style has been corrected a lot in the past few days. Jia, the skills they taught you are more suitable for you. They are all real things that can save your life. You have to study hard."

"But I'm just like a scarecrow every day, being put into various poses. I don't think these are of any use to me." I retorted, the dried meat was a bit salty after being pickled by Kuz, and the orcs prefer something saltier. .

Kuzdao said to me seriously: "You seem to have changed a bit, well, a bit like...a bit like a rabbit."

If someone calls me a rabbit, I will definitely say "big brother" directly back to them. But what Kurtz said in the orc language, I somewhat understood the meaning. What he said was that I stay alert like a rabbit. Whenever I encounter danger, I will quickly adjust my body to defend myself. Unknowingly, those defensive movements turned out to be... It has been used by me without knowing it. I showed the small buckler to Kuz, and he said with envy: "It's very beautifully made and very strong."

"Then we will make another one for you based on its appearance in a few days." I said.

Kurtz shook his head, put the shield on his hand, and slapped it with his other hand. And whispered to me: "I only need daggers, spears and bows and arrows, these things are not suitable for me."

Lao Kuru has been urging me to memorize books on herbal medicine recently, and he took several herbal medicine tests in succession. When he saw that I didn’t answer the questions wrong but the words were unclear, he barely passed. It seems that he still thinks that I should be faster. .

The parchment and thread-bound book that Old Kuru recently showed me is a herbal medicine book written in the ancient orc language. There are many unfamiliar phrases in it, and it is difficult to understand the meaning of the description above. Moreover, it contains a lot of worship of ancestors. and reverence, and prayers to the orcs.

I felt like I was back in junior high school. The head teacher hit me on the head with an English dictionary, poked my forehead with his index finger yellowed by drought smoke, and said angrily: "I can't carry my back." This dictionary depends on which university you want to get into ? Do your daydreams, so what if you can get full marks in mathematics, physics and chemistry? Taking partial subjects in junior high school means that you will be eliminated prematurely. Why can you cross a single-plank bridge that a million people walk? You have to eat. I suffer more than others, I get up earlier than the chicken, and I go to bed later than the cat..."

Those words seemed like they happened yesterday.

Tia came over slowly on an ancient Bolai horse. The horse's hooves stepped into the puddles on the camp, and muddy water splashed everywhere.

Tia just came to tell me that their adventure group will go to Star Lake Grassland to hunt for monsters again. Heavy rain will force some monsters to move to higher slopes. If they are lucky, they can find some rare monsters.

Old Kuru quite agreed, but he didn't agree with Kuz and I going along. The difficult environment was not something two children could bear.

Sister Guoguo didn't come to say goodbye, she just waved to me from a distance on her horse, because she seemed to have a premonition in the morning and told me to stay in the camp.

"teacher!"

I pulled Old Kulu into the tent filled with herbs, and Kuz followed me, but there was not enough space in the tent, so he could only stick his head in and look at me curiously.

Under the gaze of the two of them, the light yellow light on my fingertips condensed into a small point again, and then I drew the second successful magic circle in my life. Under the surprised and excited eyes of the old Kuru, the light yellow light The magic circle was quickly completed within seven seconds. The flowing magic power flashed twice in the air and disappeared. Then a light yellow halo slowly appeared on my ankle, until a small yellow shield formed on my waist, "噌" The crisp sound dissipated.

Kurtz's eyes were as big as copper bells. Although he couldn't sense magic and couldn't see the magic circle I drew with my fingers in the air, when a yellow halo appeared under his feet, ordinary people could see the magic effect. Yes, and Kurtz is very familiar with this kind of magic. As long as he is an orc wizard, it is so simple that he can't resist magic!

"Jia, when did you..."

Before he could say anything, he was kicked away by Old Kuru and fell into the muddy water. Kurtz was so frightened that he froze on the ground and did not dare to say a word.

"These are the secrets of the orcs. If you tell them, your friends will die!" Old Kuru lowered his voice in Kuz's ear and said this. Kuz's head was like pounding garlic, and he kept nodding. Then he kept shaking his head. When he couldn't help but look at me, he still had the same expression as if he had seen a ghost.