Shape Moon, The Road to the Magician

Indeed, as the Leopard Man said, not long after setting foot in the rainforest area, those monsters were summoned by the mastermind behind the scenes, turned around, left the rainforest, and did not continue to pursue them to Ur City.

During this period, he was a little worried about Dahe's reliability, so when he was still about a kilometer away from Ur City, Xia Yuan broke away from her shoulders and stayed where he was for a long time.

If those monsters were really chasing after him, it would be impossible for him to run to Ur City. Even if Quetzalcoatl was stationed there, he would not be able to divert the trouble to the east and implicate the humans there for no reason.

For this reason, even if a battle with Jin Gu occurs here in advance, it is inevitable. Xia Yuan asked Dahe to return to Ur City first, and he would follow him later.

Although Dahe was a little puzzled by Xia Yuan's crazy behavior, since the masters had stayed, there was no reason for her, as a servant, to leave.

Even his master is none other than the brother he is most familiar with and admires the most, so why can't he run away in despair?

That's not what Fuyuki no Tiger should do.

So Dahe stayed with Xia Yuan forcefully, preparing to welcome the arrival of the beast tide with him.

Upon noticing that the huge magic power had landed in the rain forest, the two of them immediately became vigilant and prepared to fight at any time.

However, the other party also noticed the two people here, and just glanced this way, borrowing the power of the earth, and fired a few earth spears that were easily broken, and then stopped the meaningless test.

He turned around and led the monster out of the rain forest.

The two of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at this result. In this case, it was naturally best not to take action.

Xia Yuan then followed Fujimura Dahe and set off for Ur, the rainforest city owned by Quetzalcoatl.

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Different from the common arid climate in Mesopotamia, the city of Ur is located in a dense tropical rain forest. Because it is surrounded by dense woods, the overall environment seems a bit humid and muggy.

Because it is backed by rainforest and lacks arable land, people living here usually make a living by hunting.

It's just that the situation in this city doesn't look like the living conditions that a city that believes in hunting should have.

Although this city still has many traces of human life, it is missing the most fundamental thing of a city.

That's...life.

The city under his feet was like an old man who was about to die. Xia Yuan could not see any vitality or vitality.

There were no pedestrians or businessmen stopping on the street, and there were no children playing. There were no smiles on the faces of some middle-aged men coming and going.

Everyone was suppressing their emotions in silence, just like the city was lifeless.

Xia Yuan's eyes turned slightly, and then he sensed magic being activated around him, covering the entire city in an instant, trying to grasp all the dynamics of the city.

Well... there are probably a few thousand people, and they are all young adults. There are not many old people and children.

According to the feedback, the whole city is full of young and strong young people...

Did Quetzalcoatl capture so many warriors from other cities so quickly? And she doesn't seem to be in Ur City. It seems like she's out to catch someone new?

Quetzalcoatl, the god of Quetzalcoatl, is one of the supreme beings in Aztec mythology in Central and South America.

She is a goddess who looks free and unrestrained, but is actually kind and intellectual. He hates human sacrifice rituals and deeply loves human beings. God of life and harvest, culture, wind and rain. There was a time when there were myths and legends about the sun.

Looking at the entire mythology, she belongs to the pinnacle of the good gods. Her purpose of catching these young people here is to test and recruit these warriors.

When she killed these young people, she would give them an immediate death level resurrection when she gave them a death blow, so she didn't hurt many humans.

Most of the humans captured by her lived in Ur City, and the other part probably lived in...

Xia Yuan looked at the tall Sun Temple in the south of Ur City.

There is a majority of human aura there. Many humans are gathered there, and the blood is surging and the aura is very abundant. They should be training.

So that's it...it's truly the pinnacle of good gods, compared to those gods who act recklessly. Quetzalcoatl is indeed worthy of such a name.

Next, he should think about what...

While Xia Yuan was still thinking, Dahe Fujimura beside him had already begun to drag him around Ur City.

When some young people on the street saw the Leopard Man holding the hand of a young man walking into Ur City, a flash of fear flashed in their eyes, and they looked at Xia Yuan beside him with a little sympathy.

Apparently they regarded Xia Yuan next to Fujimura Dahe as someone from other city-states who had also been kidnapped.

"Wow haha, during my absence, everyone living in Ur City, did you miss me, the goddess of the jungle where beauty and wisdom coexist, the leopard man, meow!!"

After returning to his own territory, the Leopard Man immediately spread out and dragged Xia Yuan around in the city.

During this period, he suddenly appeared behind some young people from time to time and greeted them warmly.

Only but……

"Leopard...leopard man! Go away!!"

"I didn't want to run away, I really didn't want to run away!!"

Being suddenly approached by Fujimura Dahe, some not-so-pleasant memories immediately came to mind. These young people, your face gradually became ugly, your body kept retreating, and you were still shouting.

"Don't come over here."

It was not hard to tell from their faces that these young people were really afraid of the river.

Yes, the people of Ur City were genuinely terrified by this smiling monster who beat the rebels half to death with a smile on his face, and then continued to torture them after healing them.

"Ouch? Since you didn't want to run away, why are you so afraid of me?"

Seeing their scared looks, Fujimura Dahe scratched his head and asked with some confusion:"Kukul only said to watch and don't let you escape. If you don't want to escape, don't. It's my business~"

"Ha ha ha ha……！！"

Fujimura Taiga laughed, walked towards the young people, and started running around after them.

Just like a cat playing with a mouse, enjoying the chase.

The scene that happened made Xia Yuan, who was watching from the sidelines, frown slightly.

His potion can see the color of other people's souls, thereby confirming their mental or physical state.

The fear in these people's souls is pure. They are really afraid of Dahe, and Dahe's behavior seems a little too complacent.

Taking pleasure in other people's fears is not a behavior worth advocating, although she did it casually and without any subjective malice.

She thought it was just a joke and didn't think it was a bad thing.

Different from Quetzalcoatl at the pinnacle of the good god, the jungle goddess possessing the river is a god in the traditional sense.

Even if Dahe himself is more kind or comical, he will be affected by the other person's personality no matter how much he relies on his spirit base, so he becomes so bad and doesn't care about the feelings of ordinary people.

This is not a good sign.

Xia Yuan thought, so he stepped forward to stop

"Wait, Dahe, stop playing around."

Just when Dahe was about to pounce on the panicked young man, his body suddenly stiffened, his buttocks tightened suddenly, and then there was a strange touch from his tail.

What is this feeling?!!

She looked back and saw Xia Yuan using a He firmly grasped the tail that she had swung with his hand, and then pulled it back hard

"Ouch! Waaaah!! It hurts!!! You can't touch the tiger's tail!!"

Because she was caught by the tail, Fujimura Taiga suddenly lost her center of gravity in mid-air and fell to the ground. A hungry tiger rushed into the mud and took a lot of sand into her mouth.

She quickly got up and covered her head. With his own tail, he began to scream

"By the way, I seem to be a leopard"

"In short, Brother Yuan, you are really going too far, meow! Actually grabbing other people's tails!!"

The pain came and went quickly. As a comedian, Leopard Man was not really angry because of Xia Yuan's unreasonable behavior of pulling his tail just now. He just puffed up his cheeks to express his dissatisfaction, as if he was being bullied by his elder brother. , like his sister who felt aggrieved.

However, Xia Yuan ignored Fujimura Dahe's tricks. He leaned down and reached out to help the fallen young man up.

"Thank you...thank you……"

The young man who was helped up by Xia Yuan stood up and tremblingly thanked him, but the expression on his face was still full of fear.

Not only looking at the leopard man, but also facing the mysterious young man in front of him who can stand with that monster.

Have you been dragged down by the river?

Seeing the young man's fear of himself, Xia Yuan did not force him to stay. He just nodded slightly, showed his identity, told him that he was not a bad person, and then warned him to go home quickly.

"Ah, got it, thank you."

When the young man heard this, he quickly got up and got into a nearby room.

"Ahhhh, Brother Yuan! Why are you ignoring me?!"

"Obviously we are your Servent now."

Tengcun Dahe, who was ignored by Xia Yuan, started a new round of throwing and rolling.

But this trick was of no use to Xia Yuan.

He had just tasted it once.

The same trick would not be effective on him the second time. times.

So he just stood there and watched her continue her performance art.

However, when he saw that it was useless, Fujimura Taiga did not stop. Instead, he upgraded his skills and started to cry while rolling on the ground.

"It's over, it's over, Brother Yuan actually started to like the new and dislike the old. No, even before I got a new Servant, I started to dislike me. They all started to actively ignore me. How could there be a Master like you?!"

"Wuwuwuwuwu...I'm going back to Kukul's place to do illegal work again, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa——！！！"

Xia Yuan couldn't help but sigh because of his extremely exaggerated crying and rolling movements.

……I really lost to her.

"Stop making trouble, Dahe. I didn't want you. I was just thinking about the anomalies in this city."

"Really?"The leopard man stopped crying immediately.

"real"

"I knew it was impossible for Brother Yuan to abandon me. The Jungle Leopard Man is resurrected with full health!!"

"Exception, though? Is there anything unusual here? I usually protect Ur City very well. No one can escape, and no monster can enter."

Hearing Xia Yuan's words, Fujimura Dahe scratched the tiger leather cover on his head.

Some didn't quite understand what he meant.

Except for the residents who originally lived in Ur, the rest of the people here are from Kukul. The young warriors captured by the city, and she had to keep them under guard so that the monsters could not break in and eat people at will, and she could not let these people starve.

As a chosen worker, she had a very professional ethics, since she had to guard them. , then she would definitely treat the prisoners preferentially.

Except for a few young people who did not believe in evil and wanted to challenge her, and were severely punished by her, she treated the rest very favorably, and she was not broad-minded. Because he was angry at those people who challenged him, he gave them small shoes, but in order to let them play with him more, he also added a lot of meat of World of Warcraft to his dinner. Ah, why would Brother Yuan say that a peaceful city guarded by him would Is there something unusual?

She was a little puzzled, and she didn't realize that it was wrong to imprison humans.

Seeing Dahe's confused look, Xia Yuan sighed and looked helpless. With his contact, he was able to confirm Dahe's current state, and he also realized that the common sense of ordinary humans did not make sense to a goddess devotee like her.

Although he had not seen Uruk ruled by Gilgamesh with his own eyes, But after completing Chapter 7, he had some general impressions of Uruk.

Even in the face of endless attacks by monsters, the people there were still as enthusiastic and positive about tomorrow as they were to stick to the monster front. Full of hope.

But Ur is different. It is very quiet here, it can even be said to be dead, like a pool of stagnant water with no life in sight.

Although these people are still living here, they are just alive. People didn't have any hope.

At first, the young people captured by Quetzalcoatl had the idea of escaping and returning to the Warcraft front to continue fighting. However, they failed to escape many times, and were beaten down by the Leopard Man with a smile. After the experience of being on the ground and then being caught back, their fighting spirit was gradually erased.

"It's so depressing here"

"Depressed?"

Fujimura Dahe was stunned, a little confused.

"That's right. Xia

Yuan nodded and replied:"I can't see any vitality or hope in the eyes of the people here." Although they are well taken care of by you, they are obviously not happy.……"

"Dead silence? Struggle, joy? oh! I understand!"

Hearing this, Fujimura Dahe thought for a while, and his wise eyes suddenly lit up, as if he thought of something.

"It turns out that Brother Yuan wanted to watch the gladiatorial fight……"

"Oh, you big-headed ghost, you bastard, what do you know?"

Without giving her a chance to catch the monster, Xia Yuan pushed Dahe's tiger head down.

He no longer wanted to talk to her anymore.

Being possessed by the jungle goddess, she is more suitable for Berserker than the current Lancer class. That's right.

This strange brain circuit and unique understanding ability are very explosive even in the entire Berserker, so Xia Yuan plans to send this guy out first, so as not to stay here and get in the way.

"Forget it, taking you will only cause trouble for me. You go to patrol outside the city first. After being away for so long, I'm worried that the monsters outside will break in."

"ah? But……"

"There's nothing wrong with it. Anyway, you go out first. When I need it, I will naturally use the command spell to ask you for help."

Seeing Xia Yuan's rejection, Dahe didn't say anything. He just nodded silently and agreed.

"Then I'll leave first! Brother Yuan, if you need any help, please contact me! Steam Tiger, attack!!"

"Wa hahaha——！！"

Then, the river, which came and went like the wind, rushed out of the city of Ur without looking back.

"well……"

Watching Dahe leave, Xia Yuan took a breath.

This tiring conversation is finally over.

Okay, now that Dahe has left, we can give it a try.

Let's take advantage of Quetzalcoatl's absence to collect as much information as possible.

After dismissing Tengcun Dahe, Xia Yuan walked to the door of his room and knocked on it.

In this house lived the young man who was scared away by himself and Dahe.

"Open the door, I've sent her out of Ur, so don't be afraid"

"……"

Hearing this sentence, the people inside fell silent first, and then nervous voices came out

"Is what you said true?

Xia Yuan replied:"It's true. Open the door.""

"……"

After a brief silence.

Crunch——!!

The dry wooden door was pushed open a gap from the inside, and the face that the young man had just seen was revealed from the gap.

"You... please come in."