Chapter 4 (1/2)
As the sky gradually lit up, the flames in the camp slowly went out.
Arrow glanced at the ashes inside, which was a complete sigh of relief, and turned to Brad who covered his hands over there.
”Let me see the back of your hand.”
Brad nodded and passed the back of his hand.
I don't know whether this guy has too much hair on the back of his hand or shrem's strength is still weak after all. There is no wound on the back of his hand except for some redness and swelling.
”Hoo... Put cold water on it when you go back（ Goblin language) Buffy, can you heal? ”
Buffy blushed and shook her head. But after shaking her head, she looked at Brad with worry and shame in her eyes and said: ”(goblin language) don't tell him I'm not very proficient in natural magic.”
Arrow nodded, put on a smiling face again, looked at Brad, reached out and patted him on the arm, smiled and said, ”OK! Now none of us is hurt. It's good. I also want to thank you for saving me just now. Come, let's see our results. ”
Comforting Brad, arrow turned into the salt land and examined the ashes with the rising sun.
Well, as expected.
Open the ashes, you can see one after another dead, shriveled shrempy like a piece of paper.
Arrow picked up the shriveled shrempy, checked it and rolled it up. But Brad in the back seemed to be afraid to look at it. He didn't force himself to pick it up.
Looking at ello's fearless inspection of shrempy's appearance, Brad rubbed the back of his hand and finally came in to help look through the ashes. But he still picked up a thick and long branch and held it in his hand. It seemed that this could make him feel safer.
I searched carefully and found a total of 23 complete shrems. Arrow was very satisfied with the result, but when he planned to open an ash and leave
”Huh?”
His eyes lit up and he reached into the mound. Soon, a white crystal about the size of his thumb appeared in the palm of his hand.
”What is this? Precious stones? ”
Brad came up with the shrempy on his shoulder and asked curiously.
”(goblin language) hum, this fool really doesn't understand anything President, what is this? ”
The corner of arrow's mouth raised slightly and handed the crystal in the palm to the two people: ”this is the crystal of Warcraft. Any demon has a certain chance to breed this crystal in the body. The more powerful the demon, the higher the probability and the greater the condensed crystal. Generally speaking, this is the crystal of magic. ”
Brad just showed his stupid appearance about the magic crystal. Buffy was very excited. She even flew down from Brad's shoulder and fell on ello's palm to look at the crystal carefully: ”(goblin language) really? What's the use? It feels so powerful! ”
”Ah... Yes.”
Magic crystal, this is really a good thing.
Although it is such a small piece, it should be able to sell at a good price. If you carve it and match it with a beautiful box, you should be able to sell a gold coin in the capital.
This thing is valuable, so arrow's face looks happy.
But he didn't show another layer of emotion. After a little meditation, he put the crystal into his pocket, looked carefully at the surrounding woods, and walked towards the direction where shrem came last night.
”(goblin language) president, what's the matter?”
”(goblin language) Shh, don't talk. I want to confirm something. ”
After walking along the slightly corroded trees and walking out for about five kilometers, arrow knew that he was now fully into the depths of the shining forest.
He lay down beside the roots of a rotten tree, raised his head and looked furtively at a rock cave rising from the ground in front of him.
It was about half a person high. A hole about knee high was opened. It was dark. I don't know what it was.
Brad and buffy in the back didn't dare to speak. They couldn't bear it until arrow observed the retreat, and then they crept along with them.
Along the way, arrow finally left the shining forest with his two new members. Bathed in the sun again, he couldn't help stretching. After the fierce battle last night, even if she is now bathed in the hot summer sun, she doesn't feel so uncomfortable. On the contrary, she feels warm after cold.
”That's slim's nest.”
Seeing that Brad and buffy had always been holding back and afraid to speak, ELO puffed and explained——
”I have long wondered why so many shrems attack human villages at night.”
”After seeing that shrems can breed magic crystals this time, I wonder if it is not a simple accident, but that there are more powerful demons nearby, which makes shrems have to expand their territory?”
”Finally, we found that. In my experience... If that's right, there should be a shrem king in it. That thing should be the owner of this forest. ”
As a fairy of flowers, Buffy knows exactly how troublesome shrem is. After hearing arrow's explanation, she quickly said: ”(goblin language) king slim? Is that terrible thing so close?! Let's go and set fire to them! ”
In this regard, arrow shook his head and said with a smile: ”there is no need. Did you forget? You are now members of the guild, and everything you do must be based on the interests of the guild. Now someone has entrusted us to destroy shrem's nest and kill shrem king? ”
Brad and buffy looked at each other. They didn't seem to know what arrow was trying to say.
Arrow pointed a finger on their noses, smiled maliciously and said, ”the guild won't work without someone's entrustment. We killed king shrem and cleaned shrem's nest, but we can't get a few gold coins. You must know that keeping this nest can provide us with more jobs! Judging from the breeding speed of shrem, the next time they grow strong enough to attack the village, it should be the harvest season. Then we can make another profit. ”
”So... We don't care?” Brad and buffy looked dull and didn't seem to understand what was going on.
But arrow doesn't blame them. They have just become their own members and don't know how to work.
But on the other hand, it is not a good way to stocking shrem and then take a task every other quarter to collect a few copper coins. It's OK once or twice. More times will arouse suspicion. And killing shrem can't make a lot of money. It's still effective to find a way to make the people in Pelican town aware of the harm of shrem king and give themselves a few silver coins at one time.
But it's time to come back. From a comprehensive consideration, it seems that the current lineup of my guild is not strong enough to take the task of destroying king shrem... Sure enough, on the one hand, I still need to continue to summon people, on the other hand, I also need to arm the soldier.
Thinking and walking, after arriving at the farm, ello knocked on the door. Mai looked very happy when she saw the shrempy in ello's hand and paid the remaining six copper coins. Arrow talked with Mai and his wife and children. Before leaving, he left them three shrems and walked to Pelican town with their thanks.
——On August 5, 1301, task reward: + 6 copper. Task preparation: - 3 copper and 5 iron. Balance 84 Gold 3 silver 1 copper 5 iron——
When the guild door opened, arrow yawned, stretched and stepped in.
At the moment when the sun shone into the guild again, Napa immediately floated up from the counter and came to meet arrow.
After Brad and buffy entered the guild, they were immediately shocked by the spacious and tidy guild hall. They kept looking around, amazed at what was in front of them.
After seeing Napa, he looked more restrained.
After giving a brief introduction to both sides, arrow said, ”from today on, this is your home. Tired? Upstairs, except that the room by the window is mine, you can choose one of the other rooms yourself. But before you rest, you need to clean your room yourself. ”
Brad nodded hurriedly, ”I see! President, vice president! I'll try to clean it! ”
With that, he put his hand around Buffy and hurried upstairs. After a while, I heard a crackling sound from above. I don't know whether this guy is cleaning or tearing down his house.
Arrow took a breath, went to the bar, sat down and breathed out a long breath.
”What did you accomplish? And let you accept two members. ”
Napa poured out a glass of water from the water tank on one side, slipped on the bar and sent it to ello's hand.
Arrow took eight copper coins from his pocket and put them on the table. He smiled and said, ”before taking the task, I have 84 gold, 2 silver and 7 copper. In order to prepare salt water medicine, I spent 2 copper to buy salt, 1 copper to buy bottles and 5 iron to buy food on the road. Now the task has earned 8 copper coins. To sum up, my current deposit is 84 gold coins, 3 silver coins, 1 copper coin and 5 iron coins. ”
Napa fell on the cushion, her tail shook slightly, and said in a lazy tone, ”it sounds very far from your goal of 1000 gold coins.”
Arrow smiled and said, ”it's good to receive a successful list when you open the door. What's more, I have extra gains. ”
”Bonus?”
Arrow knew that the cat was not curious. I'm afraid it was just because there was nothing to talk about.
But arrow took the magic crystal out of his pocket, put it in front of Napa and said, ”how about it? Magic crystal, surprised! I didn't think I could find the magic crystal on my first mission! ”
Napa, who was originally very lazy, saw the magic crystal at the moment, but her indifferent eyes immediately became energetic! Its body also raised a little and stared at the crystal.
As if he didn't see Napa's eyes, ello continued to ”show off” and said, ”isn't it great? Let me tell you! This magic crystal can sell at least 1 gold coin in the capital. If it is carved and matched with a beautiful box, I can sell more than 5 gold coins! Hee hee, so I've made a lot of money this time! ”
Hearing that Napa was going to sell the magic crystal, Napa looked a little sorry. Its eyes were still fixed on the crystal, but unexpectedly, arrow stretched out his hand and put the crystal back into his pocket.
”Ah! Ariel! ”
”Huh? What's the matter? ”
Arrow showed an expression of doubt.
Napa looked very hesitant. She adjusted her posture back and forth on the cushion several times. Finally, as if she had made up her mind, she said, ”can you give me this crystal?”
”Here you are?”
Arrow believed that his face must be full of surprise. If he could, he really wanted to take out the mirror and have a good look at his expression.
Napa nodded as if she had made up her mind and said, ”give me the magic crystal. Although I can't give you gold coins... I really need this crystal now. If you are willing to give it to me, I will repay you in other ways. How about it? ”
Arrow immediately shook his head and showed a very firm attitude: ”are you kidding too much? I worked hard all night to get the magic crystal. Are you going to pass in a word? It's not that you don't know I'm badly short of money. ”
Napa was also a little anxious. It raised its claws and scratched in mid air. It seemed to be thinking of a convincing reason. After a long time, it held back a sentence: ”it can restore a little of my strength! Have you seen my power, too? If I restore my strength, your guild will also benefit, won't it? ”
Ello looked at Napa and the magic crystal in her palm. After a long struggle, she finally frowned and walked back to the counter with a sad face, and put the magic crystal in front of Napa.
”All right, all right! You've said that. This magic crystal must be very important to you? Take it, take it! Let me do a good deed! ”