my age of magic

Chapter 18
A rain turned the entire Xinghu Grassland into a swamp country. The star-studded lakes 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 the in the water.

After the rain, many dry riverbeds will become full of life, and the river will flow clean 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 collected into the Xinghe River at the eastern end of the grassland, and the entire Xinghe River will run 150 kilometers southeast along the mountains of the Pai Plateau and then merge into the Benma River.

This sudden rain also forced the caravan to postpone the trip.

Seeing that Payles has been the most anxious recently, his self-cultivation can no longer restrain the anger in his heart, and someone will always be scolded.

The atmosphere in the caravan suddenly became tense. The deputies in charge of grazing Thunder Rhino did not dare to be lazy, and those who hid in the grass and slept would be whipped.

Even Fred became cautious, and he would not wander around the dance troupe when he had nothing to do. The dried meat that had been soaked in the rain was poured into the lake to feed the fish. Seeing the gloomy face of Master Payles, it was like a dense cloud.

In the morning, I was summoned by the old Kuru to cook a herbal decoction whose main drug is Artemisia annua. The old Kuru was worried that the caravan would cause diseases due to unclean drinking water.

Sister Guoguo and Tia were also summoned by the captain of the Windchaser Adventure Group. It seems that the adventure group will change the schedule because of the caravan, and also adjust the tasks and plans within the team.

Finally, without the intrusion of fire poison, I suddenly found that the scorching feeling in my body was gone, and my whole body was so relaxed that it seemed as if I was about to fly.

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

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

Steam was constantly coming out of the huge iron pot, and the whole plant of Artemisia annua was thrown in by the old Kuru, and the soup slowly turned into a disgusting green color.

Old Kuru told me that when the rye cakes are served in the morning, everyone must drink them, even the dancers.

The camp of the dance troupe is thirteen specially-made magic caravans. Each caravan is like a small house that can move. The cast-iron carts with the inscription "Wind of the Wind" are very tall. The dancers of the dance troupe are lucky to sit in the car Having escaped this rainstorm, their caravan is far more waterproof than the caravan tents, and will not get sick from the cold and damp.

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

The leather mattresses in almost every tent were soaked in water.Many men take out the leather mattresses that can be twisted out of the water and put them in the camp to dry when there is enough sunlight during the day. Those smelly leather mattresses that have not been cleaned for many years exude all kinds of wet and salty smells, like rot The smell of insects.

There was a long queue to receive the food, and our iron pot was the only place to light a fire, even the dance troupe couldn't make breakfast.For breakfast, they can only eat a kind of flatbread with salt added. These cakes were originally prepared for going into the mountains, but now they have to be taken out in advance.Everyone needs to get a bowl of soup and medicine to drink, which is the only thing that is steaming 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 a sip of something hot, even if it's a decoction, to warm you up after a sip.The damp coldness is far more difficult to bear than the dry coldness covered by ice and snow in winter. Seeing Uncle Fred in the meal delivery line, I secretly buried a bag of warm chestnuts buried in the fire and took advantage of my body. Give him the opportunity.

Uncle Fred thanked me with a wink, and I passed out cakes to the people behind me with a blank expression.

This is my only first convenience, and every man has his own convenience, as Uncle Fred always has a scrap of precious leather, which is not difficult for a tanner, who sometimes Can get a wheat cake, because he has a friend at the dance company.

The convenience of old Kuru is to stay by his side, so please don't worry about getting sick.When I gradually became able to work in the caravan, I helped out a little at the beginning, and now I have gradually become the assistant and student of the old Kuru. I am also respected by the men in the caravan, and I also have my own convenience.

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

I never understood what this sentence meant.There is no place to stay in the old Kuru's tent, the whole cowhide tent is stuffed with bags of various herbs, and Kuru and I stepped on the wood on the top of the tent, it is not so wet here.

I was holding a bowl of medicinal soup that stinks like bean juice, and I stepped on the edge of the wooden rafters, looking like a crow on a tree branch, squatting on it side by side with Kurtz, bitterly He pinched his nose and poured the medicinal soup into his stomach.

Old Kuru sat on the stone pier outside the tent, and there were two scones on the clay oven in front of him.Kurz sat next to me and complained to me: "Jia, you have been studying with those people from the adventure group these days, are they treating you well?"

"It's okay, Aziz. Sister Guoguo helped me find a shield warrior to be my teacher. He is very good!" I drank the last sip of soup, and the warmth finally warmed my whole body. There were even a few drops of sweat oozing out.

Kurz smiled silly, took out two pieces of jerky from his pocket, and handed me one.

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

There will never be a shortage of snacks in our small world. Since arriving in this grassland, the skills of Kurtz hunters have been revealed.

He put the jerky under his big fleshy nose and sniffed it, looking intoxicated and disgusted.The corners of his mouth curled up to reveal two canine teeth. This little action showed that he was very happy. He kept looking at the group of adventurers from the Wind Chaser Adventure Group not far away and said, "I wanted to go find you a few times. I saw that guy I was a little panicked and didn't dare to go over."

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

I told Kurtz about the tragic fate of the past few days, and he laughed.When the old Kuru was sitting below, he interjected in Orc language: "I see that the way you walk has been corrected a lot in the past few days, Jia, the skills they taught you are more suitable for you, and they are all life-saving real things. You have to study hard."

"But I'm just like a scarecrow, being put into various poses every day. I don't think these are of any use to me." I retorted, the jerky was salted by Kurtz, and the orcs prefer saltier things .

Kurz said to me seriously: "You seem to have changed a little bit, um, a bit like... a bit like a rabbit."

If others say that I am a rabbit, I will definitely answer him directly.But what Kurtz said in the orc language, I understand a little bit. What he said is that I keep vigilant like a rabbit. Whenever I encounter danger, I will quickly adjust my body to defend. Unknowingly, those defensive actions turned out to be It has been used by me unconsciously.I showed the small buckler to Kurtz, and he said enviously, "It's beautifully made, and it's also very strong."

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

Kurtz shook his head directly, put the shield on his hand, and clapped his other hand on it.And whispered to me: "I only need a dagger, a spear and a bow and arrow, this thing is not suitable for me."

Old Kuru has been urging me to recite those books on herbal medicine recently, and he took several herbal science questions in a row. He barely passed when he saw that I answered correctly but was vague. It seems that he still thinks that I should be faster. .

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

I seem to have returned to the era of junior high school. The head teacher smashed my head with an English dictionary, poked my forehead with the index finger that was yellowed by dry smoke, and said angrily: "I can't do it on my back." This dictionary is based on what university do you still want to take? Do your daydreams, so what if you can get full marks in mathematics, physics and chemistry, and partial subjects in junior high school means that you will be eliminated prematurely. The single-plank bridge that 100 million people walk Why can you walk through, you have to suffer more than others, get up earlier than chickens, sleep later than cats..."

Those words seemed to have happened yesterday.

Tia walked over slowly on a Gubolai horse. The horse's hooves stepped on the puddles on the campsite, and the muddy water splashed everywhere.

Tia just came to tell me that their adventure group will go to the Xinghu Grassland to hunt monsters again. The heavy rain will force some monsters to move to the higher slopes. If you are lucky, you can find some rare monsters.

The old Kuru quite agrees, but he disagrees with Kurz and me to follow, the difficult environment is not something the two children can bear.

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

"teacher!"

I pulled the old Kuru into the tent full of herbs, and Kurz also came over, 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 pale yellow light on the tip of my finger condensed into a tiny point again, and then I drew the second successful magic circle in my life. The magic circle was quickly completed within seven seconds, the flowing magic power flickered twice in the air and disappeared, and then a light yellow halo slowly appeared on my ankle until it formed a small yellow shield on my waist, "噗" A crisp sound dissipated.

Kurz's eyes are as big as copper bells. Although he can't perceive the magic power and can't see the magic circle I drew with my fingers in the air, when the yellow light circle appears under his feet, ordinary people can see it after the magic effect comes out. See, and Kurtz is very familiar with this kind of magic, as long as he is an orc wizard, it is too simple to resist magic!

"Jia, when did you..."

Before he could say anything, he was kicked by the old Kuru and fell into the muddy water. He was so scared that Kuz was stunned on the ground and dared not make a sound.

"These are orc secrets. If you tell them out, your friends will die!" Old Kuru said in a low voice next to Kurz's ear, and Kurz nodded like a pounding garlic. Then kept shaking his head.When I couldn't help but look at me, I still had that expression of seeing a ghost.

(End of this chapter)