my age of magic

Chapter 3 3. Stewed Chestnuts with Pheasant

Uncle Fred washed the leather saddle covers from Lei Tingxi's body, told me where to focus on washing, and staggered away humming an unknown tune from his hometown.

Before he left, he said to me: If there is any guinea pig broth left, leave it for him.The leather boots under the feet stepped on the grass, bringing up the moist and fertile black soil, and the crumbs of the young grass carried a unique fragrance and were blown far away by the wind.

Each Thunder Rhinoceros will be assigned three people, one driver and two assistants.

Fred is responsible for pulling the old Kuru, Kurz and my Thunder Rhino's deputy. He is usually in charge of looking out and guarding, as well as drinking water for Thunder Rhino and cleaning the leather saddle covers.

Another deputy was in charge of feeding Thunder Rhino.The driver only needs to control the thunder rhinoceros during the march of the team, and pay attention to the health of the thunder rhinoceros at ordinary times.Uncle Fred is very enthusiastic. During the time when I was lying on the back of Thunder Rhino and couldn’t move, he was the one who helped old Kuru fetch water for me, and sometimes secretly gave me a small piece of it. beef jerky.

He always maintains an optimistic mood, but he has a bad habit of drinking. Since the dancers came to the caravan, Fred always went to the magic carriage to have some fun.

Kurz secretly told me: "This time, Fred probably won't have a penny left in the business. But if there is a penny, this guy will stuff it into that little dancer's bulging chest. Why do you always help him work? "

I was barebacked, wearing only a pair of large leather pants, standing in the shallow water, holding a small brown hair brush in my hand, and was struggling to brush the stained leather saddle cover. Before I spoke, the old Kuru was sitting in the lake. On the grass by the bank, he suddenly smiled and said to us, "What is the special product of the Pai Plateau?"

"The gray dwarf bandits!" Kuru's answer made the old Kuru cough again and again, and he slammed Kuru on the head with the rotten wooden staff, quite resentful.

"Is it herbs, teacher?" I guessed.

"It's one kind, but there are no high-level herbs on the Pai Plateau, only some low-level herbs such as silver leaf grass, thorn grass, and demon emperor flower. These herbs can be found everywhere on the mainland, so it's not uncommon."

"The special product that we all have on the Pai Plateau is the magic antelope. The plateau climate here is most suitable for the growth of the magic antelope. The fertile land grows the favorite grass deer moss of the magic antelope. The cool plateau climate makes summer very short. There are no groups of hyenas here." The old Kuru spread his eyes to the prairie in the distance, and his eyes revealed a deep nostalgia.

"Magic antelope!" Kuz and I opened our mouths wide. Our caravan is stationed on the west side of the lake. Across the lake, we can see groups of magic antelope drinking water on the east side of the lake. They are not afraid of people at all. "What can these antelope do, are they going to be turned into fur coats and boots? Or are they dried and sold?"

"The magic antelope skin is the lowest-level material that can carry the magic circle. Many magicians need to use it to make primary magic scrolls. Skilled inscribers will also use these magic antelope skins to make primary inscription structures."

"Many adventure groups and demon hunters like to come here to hunt the magic antelope. Every year, more than 80 magic antelope skins are transported from the plateau to all parts of the mainland. They have brought huge wealth to the entire Pai Plateau."

Old Kuru took out a scroll of parchment from his arms. The light yellow scroll exuded a magical halo. I could even clearly feel the rich fire element contained in the scroll. It was a very mysterious feeling.

Actually, I can’t see anything on those magic elements, but I can clearly feel their existence, and I can feel that those magic elements are attached to the thin parchment, flowing slowly according to certain rules, but The magic circle depicted was not perfect, and a small amount of fire element was dissipating.

"Is this the magic scroll?" I looked at the scroll with wide eyes in surprise and asked.There is really magic in this wonderful world. I remember a few days ago I asked Kurz if there were dragons on this continent. You need the title of Dragon Slayer.

"Hehe, it is said that magicians are very rich. Having said that, as long as you are a junior magician who can awaken the magic pool, making magic scrolls is a compulsory course and the most convenient way to make money. This junior magic scroll contains three fireballs, Although the power is not very good. But travelers who come to the north will carry some with them. This is a good thing. No one wants to travel in the cold winter and be blown into ice sculptures by a blizzard overnight. Haha!"

It was rare for old Kuru to make a joke, and the joke was a little cold.Kurz looked at the grass in the distance, looking for the guinea pigs, obviously absent-minded.

But I am very interested. For me, magic is an unknown, novel and mysterious existence.The thought that Harry Potter could even fly through the sky on a broomstick is pretty cool just to think about.I suddenly understood what the old Kuru meant.

Immediately said: "Are you saying that a large number of magic antelope skins will be made into magic scrolls? This is a unique wealth on the Pai Plateau? Will too many people hunt the magic antelope and make them extinct?"

I also thought of the endangered animals that were hunted in large numbers in the world before, and expressed my worries.

Old Kuru paused for a while, and after listening to my words, he raised his head and said after thinking for a long time, "These magic antelopes have few natural enemies on the Pai Plateau. They are natural athletes, and they can run faster than wild horses." doubled.

Even the swift and fierce prairie lions don't like to hunt them, and they are very fertile, giving birth to three cubs every two years.

There are too many of them, even with such hunting, the number of magic antelope population is still increasing, they compete with us orcs for pasture.

We need large pastures to graze cattle, so the vast majority of orc tribes still welcome foreign adventure groups to enter the Pai Plateau to hunt the devil antelope.

Magic parchment accounts for nearly one-third of the paper used in primary magic scrolls. In addition, there are a lot of luminous paper made of phylloxera from the Evernight Forest and a kind of reed that grows in the Great Wilderness Swamp. The finished primary magic paper made the profit of the magic parchment very thin. Only the most basic adventure team came back to the Pai Plateau to hunt the magic antelope. After all, this job could not make a lot of money. "

The old Kuru changed the subject, and then said to me: "But it is different if you are accompanied by a caravan. The caravan has a strong capacity, and you can even buy some leather directly.

That's why we have two adventure groups following us.

Although Fred's hunting skills are not good enough, he is very good at leather-making skills.Jijia, I asked you to brush his leather saddle covers, and I also hoped that you could learn leathermaking from this guy, but Kurtz was impatient. "

Seeing the doting in the old Kuru's eyes when he looked at Kurz, I suddenly understood why the old Kuru tried his best to save me and let me grow up with Kurz, probably because there are many things that we can complement each other. Ziz hates studying, even a little disgusted, he prefers the bone hunting knife.

Old Kuru seemed to be able to see through my heart, and said to me lightly: "You are the most special human child I have ever seen. You are very smart, have a good magical talent, and are born with fire element affinity. The awakening ceremony awakened the real name of your bloodline talent, and your life is destined to be extraordinary. But these are not the main reasons why I choose you, I value your heart more."

"Can you see my heart?" I don't understand, but I know that old Kuru will tell me next.

"Yes, because I am an orc shaman, and my full name is Kuru. Shaman. Wind Blessing. Earthwalker. Soulwalker...Nimand."

The old orc's name is too fucking long, and there is a shaman in it. He is actually the most mysterious and rare spiritual leader shaman in a certain tribe of the orc tribe.

I glanced at old Kuru in shock, and almost threw the leather saddle in my hand into the lake. I have learned a lot about this world these days. The full name of the long, because the real name of their awakened blood will be included in the name. The strong in the orc clan have many titles, ogre, war devil, tyrant, overlord.

But shamans are the most mysterious. They hold the inheritance of the soul power of the ancient ancestors of the orcs.

This is more like the archbishop of the human race, the druid who can communicate with the world tree in the elf world, is a strong man with a transcendent status and powerful ability.

I was a little dazed, looking at this strong orc who claimed to be hiding his identity, but I couldn't feel the slightest power in him, no matter how I looked at it, I didn't think that an old orc like him could be an all-powerful great shaman .

I thought it might be the dream of old Kuru when he was young. This old guy always likes to brag about his adventures. I think old Kuru was an orc witch doctor when he was young.But now that old Kuru says he is a shaman, I see no reason not to believe it.So he asked, "Are you a shaman?"

"Yes, your heart is very pure. The moment you opened your eyes and looked at me, I could feel that there was no discrimination between races in your heart, and you didn't look at the orcs or dwarves around you in a different light, maybe Only a human child like you who was born in the Northern Territory will do this, and you may become Kuz's best friend in this life."

"And all I need to do now is to teach you and Kurz what I have learned in my life."

"Kurz prefers fighting and hunting, but this is just the instinct of every orc child. Maybe he will become the guardian of the earth or the hunter of the beast king in the future."

"Since you can call me teacher, and the two of us can meet at the edge of the Burned Forest, this is the fate bestowed upon us by the Beast God King."

"I will slowly tell you what I know, but after all, magic in the eyes of orcs is very different from that of humans. We don't call them magic, but the power of totems. I look forward to seeing your growth. appearance."

When the old Kuru said these words, the voice could be clearly transmitted to my ears, but I found that other people around me seemed to feel nothing at all, as if there was no old Kuru sitting on the grass with me. Talk the same.

This is his usual little trick, the magic known as 'Mind Whispering', I think it is magic, the old Kuru has always emphasized that this is the ability of the soul walker.

The deputies of those caravans by the lake who are in charge of washing the saddles of Thunder Rhinoceros are still talking and laughing while washing the leather saddle covers. They seem to treat the old Kuru as air. Someone asked me with a good-hearted smile: Hi , Little Jijia, can’t brush anymore, can I help you?Seeing you talking to yourself alone, are you a little tired?
I declined with a smile and expressed my thanks.

"Son, you are very talented in magic. Even in the human kingdom on this continent, there are not many children with magical talent. In a big city with millions of people, there may be less than a thousand people who can awaken and practice magic. This even Including some families with powerful bloodlines and royal families. If you can become a magician one day in the future, then you can understand that what you have learned now will be a great wealth."

I felt a little dizzy when I heard it, and thought to myself: "What is this old beastman trying to say?"

"Many magicians pay more attention to herbalism and pharmacy. These may have become regular courses in human black magic schools. I have been to some magic schools and seen the human world explain the value and function of medicinal herbs in a more comprehensive and detailed way."

"However, very few magicians will also learn leatherworking. I once looked for "The Relationship Between Animal Skin Textures and Magic Circles" at the famous Sloit Ivory Tower School of Magic with the most complete collection of books. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it. Leatherworking The technique is..."

Old Kuru said a lot, only the sentence "Child, you are very talented in magic" lingered in my ears.

Oh My God!Maybe one day in the future, I can become a mysterious magician?
This thing is very domineering!
Think about it when I flashed into the group of monsters with a crystal wand in my hand, and shouted: Break!break!break!There will be an ice ring that freezes all the monsters around into ice slag, how dazzling it is!
This is more promising than me squatting in a big hotel cutting potatoes and carving radish flowers.

I decided to follow what the old Kuru said, first go to Fred to learn about leatherwork, this thing is so skillful.

After washing the leather saddle covers, I thoroughly washed my leather jacket inside and out again, and hung it on the hemp rope fixed to the stake outside the tent. This coat will be like new, both warm and moisture-proof.

Then I took out the seasoning package that I had collected so hard in the package, and put those seasonings like pepper, dried chili, star anise, cumin and other seasonings on the tent to dry.

When I was busy tidying up the tent for the night, preparing cooking utensils and seasonings for the guinea pigs that Kurtz was about to hunt, and starting to ignite dried cow dung to cook soup for the caravan patients, old Kuru and Leipas The butler was standing on a dirt slope, sitting on a piece of weathered limestone and talking about me.

"This child can always discover something that we have overlooked. The royal pharmacists of the human empire probably would not have imagined that these low-level herbs can magically make food more delicious. Sometimes I have to admit your human creativity."

"Hehe, old man, I like this kid more and more. Hard work, humility, honesty, and bravery, these good qualities appear in a child who is only seven years old. I really want to know which ancient family can survive in five Teach these things to children before they are old, and brand them in their hearts, as if they were born with it." Steward Leipas squinted his falcon-like eyes, and gently twirled his thin black beard with one hand.

"Lei, do you think he came from a family that inherits the talent of fire magic? What happened to make them abandon such a bloodline awakener? The people you sent back found any clues?" Lao Ku Lu took a deep breath.

"It's hard, old man. You know that area is the burnt forest. To the east is the territory belonging to King Stan, to the west is the Death Desert, and to the north is the wild glacier tundra. There is no one within a radius of three thousand miles." The territory belongs to the Terran lord. There is no clue as to his origin."

"However, I think he will need to receive education from a formal magic academy in the future. An excellent magician with solid basic knowledge of magic will allow him to go further. You are a shaman after all. Although magic elements have many similarities, that It is the magic of the orcs, and they are more suitable for the orcs. Ji Jia must go to the magic academy of the human race." Leipas was rubbing the smooth bronze hilt with his hand, and the exquisite thin fish scale lines wrapped the entire Roman sword. It turns out that this is an exquisite weapon that only a dwarf master craftsman can make.

"I don't know which magic academy on the mainland will take in a homeless person without any status, or I can write a letter of recommendation to my old friend? This time I return to the tribe, maybe I won't have the chance to hang out with you all over the world again, I I must raise some orc children while I can still move, and it is too difficult to find a few orc children with magical talents."

"Don't be so troublesome, I will arrange this... I will take him to find a suitable city, as long as he has a formal job and has lived there for 3 years, he will be granted the status of a city resident, and he will be allowed to participate in the organization of the city's junior magic school." Magic Awakening Ceremony." Said Steward Leipas, the wrinkles on Old Kuru's face seemed to stretch a little.

"fair enough."

(End of this chapter)