Chapter 310 (1/2)
Chapter 310: The Northwest Mountain’s Historical Remains
Ye Cang and the others took some time to understand the new member – Fang Ci’s – class characteristics and equipment. The others didn’t ask much about where the new member came from. SpyingBlade just accepted the fact that he was Ye Cang’s distant cousin.
Everyone learned that Fang Ci could summon skeleton soldiers. They were bare bones, holding only a damaged sword. FrozenCloud could smash them to pieces with a single fist. She immediately felt that necromancers were weak. Fang Ci could also summon a skeleton mage who would cast a small fireball from time to time. This was not bad, but couldn’t compare to Wang’s water elemental. Wang’s water elemental could even outdo Wu Na in extended battles because of it’s massive mana pool and mana recovery rate, which was on a completely different level compared to everyone else. The water elemental was really a spellcaster that was blessed by the heavens.
“Don’t jump to conclusions. Classes like necromancers have always been late bloomers. Human wave tactics with a sea of bones is quite dreadful, despair inducing even.” SpyingBlade said seriously.
Fang Ci then showed off his minor raise corpse skill, bringing a prairie wolf back to life to join the battle. “This skill can only resurrect one, and can’t be used on creatures that are too strong. It’s probably an issue with the skill level.”
As for other magic, Fang Ci could cast magic missile, which was a spell most spellcasters learned to deal with certain situations. His class spell was Spirit Ball, which was surprisingly considered a mental attack.
Fang Ci watched as the tigerkin Little Ren pushed the handcart. Lin Le sat on it, looking very relaxed. This tigerkin probably isn’t a player. The first time they had met, he had almost been deceived. He then turned and looked at Little Ye Tian who was riding on a bug as big as a horse, and was holding a doll that looked like a lesser demon.
Bal Village.
Everyone examined the new infrastructure and facilities. The original crude houses had all become ordinary houses. The outer wall was 5 meters tall. There were 6 sentry towers positioned around it, perfectly stationed at strategic locations. They were now beginning to build the shortcut to the open space above the cliff, while also starting construction above. The two story general store had already been built, and opened for business. The manager was the man they met on the road who had sold them a mushroom, who also turned out to be a villager. He was very thankful to Ye Cang for the changes he brought to Bal Village. The blacksmith, the inn, and other important facilities were already completed and operating normally. On the streets, fishmen could be seen, while goblins occasionally helped with construction. The three races acted cordially. Verali waved at Ye Cang from the distance. Ye Cang saw that her wave had accidently smacked a goblin flying. He broke out in cold sweat as he recalled his near death experience, and waved back awkwardly.
“I’m hungry!!” After waving, Verali suddenly turned and roared. The surrounding goblins quickly offered her food.
“What kind of creature is that…” Fang Ci said, visibly shaken.
“The true king of this mountain. The chief’s granddaughter… Verali. She’s on our side. My bro officiated her wedding…” Zhang ZhengXiong replied.
“……” Fang Ci expression was grotesque. Wedding!? The chief’s granddaughter? Are you sure that was born from a human!?
Verali gnawed a few mouthfuls of meat. “Mayor PaleSnow, I’ve brought some people down to help. Don’t worry, if someone wants to attack Bal Village, I’ll be the first to step up and have my husband beat them up.”
Ye Cang automatically translated the words to “I’ll help you watch over this place” in his mind, and nodded. After chatting with her for a bit, he went to find the chief and ask if there were any noteworthy areas in the Black Peaks. The old chief searched his memories, then pointed to the north-west. “When I was young, I chased after a Rock Boar with the hunters, and we ran into a ruin. It was in a swamp between the mountains; practically no one knows about it. I remember that it should be around that direction. Back then, we were just there to chase the injured boar. Truth be told, we didn’t even approach, and just withdrew. Those ruins were a bit strange, I was shivering before even getting close. There were also all sorts of strange noises. Mayor, brave warriors, if you really intend to go there, you must be careful…”
Little Ye Tian quickly asked, “Grandpa Chief, do you still remember what it looked like?”
“How should I explain. They weren’t like normal buildings. Most if it was destroyed but some of the buildings had plant designs…” Old Chief Fayr tried describing what he remembered.
Little Ye Tian began to think, very quickly coming to a conclusion. “It should be a place dedicated to worshipping the goddess of nature…”
“Also, there are stories that say the Black Peaks were once the territory of the elves. Due to the ever encroaching northern wastelands, they fled to the south. Wanting an elf to live in a dessert is as bad as castrating them. They should have all moved to the Evernight Forest near the Planetary Empire. It’s said that it is a vast space, even bigger than the Steel Empire and Planetary Empire put together, and it is filled with nature such as forests, hills, and lakes.” The Old Chief recalled from the writings. Little Ye Tian hadn’t read about that yet, so curiously asked the old chief to lend her his books. Fang Ci watched stunned as she memorized tens of books in minutes, each only taking seconds. Watching her read was like watching a money printing machine spitting out paper. “Father, I more or less understand Black Peak’s history. Other than the goddess of nature, there is also a dwarven ruin. There could also be some mysterious existence sealed somewhere, but the records are too vague, I can only use reasoning to make an educated guess.”
SpyingBlade and the others were all stunned. Such a big stack of books, and she had finished within minutes. She had even been analysing and arranging the data while doing so. What kind of brain is that!?
“Don’t worry about the rest for now. Let’s go in the direction the chief pointed to first.” Ye Cang said looking towards the mountains in the north-west.
…
ThornyRose and the others also set out towards the Black Peaks. Her party consisted of herself, DyedLily, FrozenBlood, ElegantFragrance, GreenDew, PassingBreeze, KittyKat, DemonSpirit, and the normal LittleJade.