Chapter 506 Rebecca's Hunt

This is a dark age, the light of the once glorious civilization is scattered on the ground, the iron-like divine power and royal power are like chains binding the land and the people, far away there is the magic tide in the wasteland, near the wild beasts, survival, is Something that requires a lot of courage and hard work.

But this is also an era of "innocence" - the iron-like aristocratic order maintains the iron-like "aristocratic spirit", the rule-makers are indulging in their own "honor" and "orthodoxy", and stubbornly implement those dogmas The existence of the extraordinary has established the law of "power is better than wisdom". Everyone is accustomed to using strength to distinguish high and low on the frontal battlefield, and other tricks and tricks have become superficial. It has been stagnant for thousands of years.

Therefore, people of this era are destined to be no match for an old yin who has been hanging in the sky for tens of millions of years outside the battlefield.

Of course, Gawain himself thinks that every one of his plans is quite upright...

Heidi has been following Gao Wenxue for two years, but so far she has often been unable to keep up with the thoughts of her ancestors, she didn't turn around for a while: "You... this is to do business with the Eastern Frontier Corps and Wang ** at the same time. ?"

"They have gold coins and resources, and we have industrial products. This is a very profitable business." Gao Wen said of course.

Hetty hesitated a little: "But it is very likely that the Eastern Frontier Corps has secretly colluded with the cultists... If we sell the potion to them, will it mean that we are helping those cultists of the end of all things..."

Gawain looked at Hetty: "First of all, don't forget that some retailers from the Cecil Chamber of Commerce had already been in contact with the East Territory long before the outbreak of the civil war. The small-scale potion business has been doing it, but it has not been expanded. Secondly... do you think that if we sold the potion to the Eastern Region, they would really benefit from it?"

When Hetillo thought about it, the vanished faces of the last batch of "friendly trading partners" who had been dumped by Cecil in industrial products appeared in his mind...

Ah, the grass on Viscount Carroll's grave is already a foot high, right? Earl Hossman's corpse seems to be incomplete until now...

"Broaden your horizons, relax your mind," Gawain said unhurriedly-although Hetty in front of him was already an adult, but I don't know if it was because he was called his ancestor all the time, and he really likes to educate people more and more recently. "Don't stick to the immediate interests, there is a lot of knowledge between gains and losses."

"I understand," Hetty nodded earnestly, "I will contact Patrick."

"Let Patrick organize a group of businessmen who are smart enough and relatively low-key to take charge of this matter. We want to do business with everyone, but some businesses can't be done with too much fanfare," Gawain nodded, "In addition, send someone Go to a weapons design office,

Research and study how to do 'foreign trade weapons'..."

...

While Gawain and Hetty were discussing plans for the "foreign trade" of the Principality of Cecil, in the deep forest on the west side of Cecil City, a special team was swiftly and cautiously walking through the vines and bushes on.

In various stories, the ancient forests that have been formed over thousands of years are often full of dangers, and the deeper they go, the more so. In those areas that have not been touched by human civilization, there are countless terrible things that parents use to scare their children. Legends - bloodthirsty wolves, eccentric sorcerers, moving ancient trees, and cruel witches, it seems that everything that can terrify ordinary people lives in the heart of the forest, and is ready to devour everything that enters it. one person.

The depths of the real forest are of course not as absurd and bizarre as described in the story, but there are indeed many dangerous factors here. In the vast shadow obscured by towering ancient trees, beasts and poisonous insects are the most important residents. In some more special areas, such as near the focus of magic, there are even monsters and spiritual creations that can make well-trained soldiers and knights fear.

So you have to be very careful when you act here.

The soldier in black light armor stepped on the thick fallen leaves and dead branches to the observation position. He pressed his hand on the side of the fully enclosed helmet and adjusted the mode of the tactical goggles. After a while, the soldier looked at the teammates behind him. Gesture: "Safe."

One by one, the black armored warriors came out from behind the bushes, followed by Solderin, who was also wearing light armor but without a helmet, and the one who followed behind Solderin was wearing a helmet. A short mage robe that is easy to move, Rebecca with an iron staff in her hand.

"Ha-" Rebecca stood on a rock protruding from the ground and breathed while watching the situation in the distance, "I've never been to such a deep place before..."

Solderin glanced at the baroness, but did not remind the other party to pay attention to safety - when he first entered the forest, he also reminded that "the mage is weak, so don't leave the warrior's protection", but after watching this with his own eyes. After the girl killed a sneak attacking Timberwolves with a stick, he realized that the women of the Cecil family were still as strong as they were 700 years ago.

This girl who is suspected to be a mage is afraid that after wearing the magic armor, she will be able to cut down everyone except him...

"Stay vigilant, switch the observation hand - the shield hand pays attention to vigilance." Soldering instructed the subordinates beside him, then looked down at the amulet he was holding in his hand - this magical item from his hometown A layer of light is floating on the surface, which shows that the team is very close to the focus of magic in the forest. In this position, the probability of monsters appearing will be much higher.

Then he looked at Rebecca - this team's action today was initiated by the Viscountess, and the target of the action must also listen to the other party.

"We are not far from the focus of magic, right?" Rebecca jumped off the stone and came to Solderin's side, "Wow - your pendant is glowing!"

"Strictly speaking, this is already the area of ​​influence of the magic focus," Solderin nodded. "The monster you're looking for should be near here."

"Well, I also heard that it is in this area..." Rebecca nodded, and then sighed, "It's better to grow up... When I was a child, my father and aunt never let me run deep into the forest..."

"The depths of the forest are very dangerous, not a place where children can come," Soldering said seriously, "Even for our silver elves, children are not allowed to run into the forest hinterland casually."

Rebecca pouted, stepped forward and continued to walk: "Anyway, my aunt made up a lot of stories for me to scare me, saying that there are such and such things hidden in the forest... What a witch, man Sorcerers, ghosts, fallen elves and wizards, trees that can run and jump, bears bigger than houses, etc..."

While ordering the team to move forward, Soldrin glanced at Rebecca who was walking beside him with a slight smile. Although this friend's descendant is a bit maverick, his childhood was not much different from others. He also grew up being frightened by adults with ghost stories. As an old friend of Gawain, when he saw Rebecca, he could not help but show a trace of love as an elder, and he couldn't help saying at this moment. : "You should be quite scared after hearing those stories, right?"

"Ah?" Rebecca was stunned for a moment, then shook her head, "No—I went to the forest to play after hearing that."

Soldering stumbled on the spot - as a silver elf, he almost fell out of the forest since he was a child: "Why?"

Rebecca took it for granted: "You think, so many strange people and animals live in the forest, what kind of lively the forest is - I like to join in the fun the most."

Soldering walked very steadily this time, but he stumbled under the feet of a steel ranger soldier walking next to him...

Solderin glanced at the team member who was almost tripped over by a dead branch, and then looked at Rebecca in amazement-he found that he couldn't tell what was wrong with the girl's logic: "You... Well, what about after going to the forest to play?"

"I didn't run very far when I found a few wolves, and I lost a fight—then I was found by the knights in the castle and brought back," Rebecca said, unable to help but let out a sigh of relief Angrily, "I was beaten badly that time... Later, I learned that my aunt told me those stories not to tell me that the forest is lively, but to tell me that the forest is very dangerous."

Soldering: "..."

I don't know if the girl was talking about being beaten badly by wolves or being beaten badly by elders after returning to the castle, but according to rumors... it's probably the latter.

After a while, the team reached a deeper level, and the chat between Rebecca and Solderin gradually ceased.

There was a damp smell in the air, and there was a slight smell of soil mixed in the middle. The steel ranger soldiers who were observing the situation in front made a cautious gesture, and the whole team stopped covertly beside a dead giant tree. down.

Rebecca and Solderling moved forward cautiously for a distance, then stuck their heads out from behind the bushes and looked at the situation opposite.

In the depths of the dense forest, in the perennial dark area under the cover of the huge tree canopy, the large muddy puddles and the ground covered with dead branches and rotten leaves form a hidden kingdom of monsters. Resting in the open space, they occasionally raised their eyelids to glance around, and their eyes as big as copper bells were filled with the brilliance of arcane magic.

No ordinary beast dared to approach this place occupied by monsters. In the vast forest clearing, apart from the dangerous demonized wild beasts, the only living creatures were only a few pools of slowly wriggling in the mud and rotten leaves. The gray-brown ooze monster - this weak and inoffensive monster is devouring mud and rotten leaves, and they are obviously not worth the beast to expel them because they are low-level and almost natural phenomena.

Solderin counted the number of those reckless beasts and breathed a sigh of relief: this magical focus was formed recently, and the gathered monsters are not very troublesome.

The Iron Ranger soldiers quietly raised their weapons - high-power heat ray guns, arcane missile launchers, and small individual howitzers, these deadly weapons pointed at those monsters in the distance, and those who did not The wild beast, who is good at perception, is still ignorant of all this.

"Be careful, only kill the reckless beast, don't spread it to the side," Rebecca said in a low voice, "don't use the howitzer."

The soldiers who used the howitzer regrettably put away their weapons and replaced them with conventional heat ray guns, while Soldering had some understanding of Rebecca's words: Don't use weapons with too much power, obviously to prevent damage to this place. At the natural magic focus, although Rebecca can only rub big fireballs, she is still a mage to some extent and needs magic power.

It seems that this Viscounte's goal today is not only those reckless beasts, but also the focus of magic here - what is she researching recently?

Thordling decided to ask after the quest was over, and now... the first thing to do is to get rid of the beasts.

After a short, low-pitched command to fire, the Iron Rangers attacked.

The sound of heat rays and arcane missiles piercing the air suddenly broke the tranquility of this dense forest, followed by the angry roars of the demonized reckless beasts and the dying screams that followed.

The fight lasted only a minute -- not even a minute.

Rugged beasts are dangerous monsters indeed - but that is for ordinary old soldiers and ill-prepared low-ranking knights, and for steel ranger warriors armed to the teeth, using magic weapons, and using sneak attack tactics, these are powerful But the slow-moving monsters only need one or two rounds of focus.

The fierce and terrifying battle was over, the sound of weapon firing gradually calmed down, and the last dying wild beast struggled to the ground, and a fast flying enchanted feather arrow penetrated its head, ending all the kill. Soldering held the short bow (he was still accustomed to using the weapon that had been with him for many years), and led the warriors out of the natural shelter to the clearing, with Rebecca following closely behind.

A rustling sound was heard around, and Solderling looked in the direction of the sound - the frightened oozes were trying to escape from this place, but judging from the speed of their squirming, it would probably take a long time to leave the warriors. Look at it.

"Wow—you guys are amazing," Rebecca praised with satisfaction, looking at the results on the scene, "It's all done!"

"My warriors are well-trained," Solderin smiled reservedly. "Is it time for a sample?"

"Ah yes," Rebecca nodded, and the surrounding warriors immediately came to those reckless beasts, ready to take samples as instructed, but then Rebecca waved her hand, "Go and catch those ooze monsters. ."

"Go..." Soldering was stunned as soon as he repeated a word, "Huh?"

"Catch the ooze!" Rebecca blinked, "Why are you still standing there?"

Soldering's face was covered in a circle, but he still ordered the steel rangers who were also blinded to quickly execute the order - to catch the oozes that were still slowly creeping into the distance - and he After giving the order, he looked at Rebecca in confusion: "You brought us... just to catch those ooze monsters?"

Rebecca nodded, "Yes."

For the first time, Soldlin felt that his brain was a little out of use: "What's the use of grabbing that thing?"

"Even an ooze has its own value if used properly," Rebecca said enigmatically, her eyes falling on the distant Iron Ranger warriors who easily caught them The low-level monsters crawling around in the mud, but they looked quite embarrassed because they were covered in mud, "In your eyes, the ooze is just a pool of moving mud, but in my eyes... ...they might be industrial raw materials."

"Industrial raw materials..." Solderin couldn't associate the useless ooze monster with the magical magic industry, but looking at Rebecca's shining eyes, he was inexplicably inexplicable. I felt the power of persistence, so that I didn't say any questioning words again, "Okay, I look forward to your results. But the ooze monster has caught it... What should I do with these reckless beasts?"

Rebecca looked around at the vicious beasts that had fallen (although they were super fierce, but they died very wrongly), and thought for a while: "Can I eat it?"

"...Although I haven't eaten it, it is said that Mang Beast's ribs taste good, and the bone stew is very nourishing."

"Then cut a part and take it back," Rebecca slapped, "I want to make soup for the ancestors!"