Shadow Covenant

Chapter 6 "The Poor Girl"

It had been half an hour since Woody had met the weeping little girl.

Woody and the little girl named Noah were sitting in the carriage, and he watched the scenery outside the window casually from the bright and beautiful small building to the low, messy shed, and the road section paved with gravel. Also turned into a dusty dirt road.

The relaxed shoulders of the little girl also knew that the West End, that is, the slum area, had arrived.

After a while, it seemed that the destination the little girl said had been reached.

The carriage stopped.

Woody looked at the accompanying little girl holding the healing potion that had just been exchanged from the alchemy shop. Before the groom put down the footstool, he quickly jumped off the one-meter-high carriage, and then flew towards He ran down a narrow alley, but he didn't chase her.

Anyway, it was only two gold coins at best, which was not worth mentioning compared to the ornaments he gave to please Grandia.

Today, he spent no less than 80.00 gold coins on the herbs that he ordered or bought directly in various stores. Even so, he only collected [-]% of the herbs in the grass trial, and the rest needed time to collect. Or not found in Green Pine Lane at all.

It was a complete surprise to meet this girl. Originally, he thought that the little girl was holding real snaketail grass, but he didn't expect it to be snake pandan. Snake pandan has no other effect except for emitting a unique fragrance, but snake Near where the pandan is located, there will definitely be a herb "Yellow Eye Vine" growing in the "Trial of Green Grass".

This is the core herb, and it is irreplaceable, which makes Woody a little happy.

If the yellow-eyed vine is found, then Woody, who has spent half a day in Green Pine Lane, is sure to collect the remaining herbs within a week.

After all, he has already bought the other core herbs, or he has some clues from the shop owner, but it just takes time.

One week is already the most conservative plan.

He also made rumors in Green Pine Lane just now that he wanted to buy herbs or potions that could cure strange mosses and abscesses, so as to paralyze the vigilance of Grandia's group.

After all, if it is not necessary, the cultists will not forcibly catalyze the "seeds". The "seeds" that grow naturally will bear the sweetest fruits, and the creations born will most impress the "corrupted mother tree" that is still wandering in the astral world.

What they lack is time, and what Woody has to do is to race against time.

The best way to deal with this source of infection is to kill the caster. The abscess cyst on the back of the neck has no power to support it against metabolism. Like water without a source, it will naturally break through without attack.

Of course, he can also go to the temple to seek help from the priest, but he probably has not been close to the temple, or if there is any movement from the temple, he may have been forcibly "ripened" and thus cut off this line-he just From memory, similar incidents happened in many places in Palermo recently.

However, due to the small number of cases and the lack of contagious hazards, Palermo officials did not pay attention to it. On the contrary, at the meeting of parliamentarians, there was an additional thread on the proposal to separate the slums and build inner walls. charges.

A dirty environment can easily spread the plague.

As for why he chose a parasite among himself who had a certain status, Woody also had some guesses.

When the Sacrilegious Cultists spread the glory of the "Mother Tree of Rot", they will receive a pitch-black seed.

In the future, whether they cast spells or communicate with "Him", they will all rely on this seed, and the growth of the seed will also determine the key to their promotion.

And growth requires "nutrients", and it is obvious where the fertilizer comes from.

First the refugees at the bottom, then the civilians with good physical fitness, until the pampered politicians and nobles, and finally as the "tree species" grows, they can target those physically strong professionals.

This is also the reason why Woody is not flustered yet. After all, he was only infected by the steps. It is estimated that this sacrilege has just left Novice Village. At best, he is a dungeon gatekeeper with a challenge level of 3, and he is not even a boss. .

As long as he collects the herbs, completes the "Green Grass Trial" and advances to "Demon Hunter".

These can all be easily solved.

After a while, footsteps came from the shabby alley where the girl Noya disappeared. It was not just one sound, but a group of them.

However, neither Woody nor the carriage driver panicked. After all, countless pairs of eyes watched the Edith family's carriage drive into the slums.

In the slums, it is justifiable to offend the interests of businessmen and occasionally do some shady black work, but no dog raised by anyone will bite its owner.

Those who dare to do this are dead...

From Woody's point of view, these guards have the lowest average professional level of 2, the highest captain and even the city guards of 5th-level fighters. It doesn't take a hundred to clean up this kind of garbage dump, thirty is enough.

In Palermo, as long as the baron is above, he is eligible to mobilize more than four ten-man squads of city guards at any time. It may not be effective to deal with adventurers sometimes, but it is enough to sweep up the garbage.

After all, which strong man have you ever seen would enjoy staying in a poor area where it is difficult to squeeze out a couple of oils.

It's not all a group of rogues who can't get ashore to entertain themselves there.

If it weren't for Palermo's need for a dark place to deal with things, I'm afraid the slums have already become history, and the shacks of the refugees outside the city are their destination.

Sure enough, after a while, Noah helped a person out of the alley, and there were a few figures behind him, about the same height as Noah, but they didn't follow them out, just hid in the corner and stretched their heads to look around.

"It seems that this is her companion."

Woody first set his sights on the person supported by Noah, a young girl with long wine red hair who was about the same age as Grandia. She was wearing a slightly tight linen skirt that didn't fit well. It has exceptionally round wheat-colored hills, coupled with strong and strong legs, and a resolute and self-reliant expression on its face. From a distance, it looks like a female leopard with cubs.

Of course, what caught Woody's eye even more was that her original left hand disappeared below the elbow.The sleeves of the sarong were empty.

Broken Arm.

Woody felt a little regretful. Among the aborigines, this kind of injury has generally declared the end of the career path.

"Master Woody, my sister insists on coming out to thank you, don't worry, I will take you to the place to pick herbs later."

Noah supported the tall slender girl beside her and spoke first.

And the girl rubbed the girl's light blonde long hair with her only right hand, then said with a smile.

"Young master, thank you for sending little Noya back."

"It's okay, just call me Woody."

Faced with this kind of self-improvement girl who is in a cage and does not bow to fate, Woody also has a trace of respect in his heart.

"My name is Brina, Master Woody. If it's convenient, you can tell me what the herbal medicine you want looks like, and where Noah went... well, it's not suitable for a noble person like you...so tell me the shape, I'll bring it back for you."

"That's ok, the herb I'm looking for looks like this, with red ends..."

Hearing Brina's words, Woody didn't care too much. Although the yellow-eyed vine is a core herb, taking it alone has no effect. It has to be combined with the medicine "long-leaf plantain" to perfectly extract the toxins in it.

In fact, most of the earlier version of the "Trial of Green Grass" formula was to find things from the monster's body, such as the spinal fluid of the fork-tailed dragon and the venom gland of the flying lion, instead of looking for herbs like Woody.

However, after hundreds of years of improvement and the corresponding reduction in monsters, the formula of "Trial of Green Grass" was also further optimized until monsters were completely eliminated and it became a real "Grass".

Although the effect on the human body after passing the trial is not as strong as before, and it is impossible to take various poisonous potions to improve strength like the first-generation "demon hunter", but the mutations to the body after the improvement are more controllable and less risky , and can also develop natural forces that the former cannot touch.

This is what Woody wants to achieve.

If it was really like the first version of "Green Grass Trial", with a death rate close to [-]%, he wouldn't be too hard to think about choosing this profession.

After listening to Woody's description, Brina probably understood what he wanted, and said heartily.

"I see, isn't it "curly vine", that thing is everywhere, how many catties do you want, I will ask Noah to give it to you tomorrow."

"Thank you, two complete plants will do."

"Well, at this time tomorrow, I will ask my coachman to come here to pick it up."

"Row!"

Brina nodded to show she understood.

And after getting what he wanted, Woody didn't stay here anymore, he just said that there was still something to do at home, and left the low hut.

Just after the carriage left, Brina also left here with Noya, and returned to the alley. Before leaving, she glanced at the dark place around. to this message.

I am not in much danger for the time being.

Having a relationship with a noble boy, at least until I find out the reason, I should no longer have to guard the door every day, worrying about it.

As soon as she got back, after telling Noah to dig curly vines in the sewer, she fell headfirst on the musty, but extremely comfortable hard board bed, and fell into a deep sleep.

Since she was injured, she hasn't had a good night's sleep, and the air flow can finally be used to continue to heal herself.

But this time, she had a nightmare, dreaming about the culprit who made her lose her left hand.

It was a juvenile megalodon.

And in the dream, she fell into the ocean and found out in horror.

I... also grew a tail.

　The next chapter will be advanced. You can guess which genre the protagonist, the demon hunter, will choose.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)