Chapter 1080 (1/1)
No one knows how the mage got into the tavern without disturbing anyone. In the early morning of the next day, the first person to enter the hall, Emma, the owner's wife, saw the grey robe sitting quietly against the wall with her eyes closed. And with her arrival, cheese immediately opened his eyes, his eyes did not have the kind of confused eyes when he just woke up, which proved that he had not slept at all.
”Good morning. Help me with some food.” The master took the initiative to say that there was nothing wrong with his expression and tone of voice. Emma froze for a moment, then nodded to get breakfast ready.
In the process of breakfast preparation, Jian Qi and ATA both wake up. As travelers, they don't sleep much every day. When all the members of the team were seated at the table, the cheese tapped the table twice, which was to say that he had something to announce, ”things, I knew about them last night. If it had been put in the past, it would have been solved. ”
What Cheese said before refers to more than before. He didn't make it clear. In fact, he himself can not say clearly, sometimes, the change of people is marked, an accident, a serious illness, such an experience can really completely, completely change a person's temperament. But he is different. The grey robe is not such a person. This is not to say that his nature is so strong that no external cause can cause him to deflect. It is precisely because he has deflected too many times. He had been trained in grey tower when he was a child, and participated in the plague of Cang lion as an adult until recently. If every experience made cheese look like a new life, he would not have known what it was like to be adapted. That kind of sudden, mountain torrent like change, will not appear in his body. Now he is like Obsidian after the baptism of lava. He will not be shaken by fire and iron. Up to now, he is the only one who can really change himself, and only those subtle feelings and thoughts are scouring him like water.
”So you find out what's going on?” The swordswoman blinked. Her trust in the mage has been accumulated all the way. She has no more doubts about the ability of cheese.
”Well, I found it. I know where she lives Cheese nodded with a smile on his face. Although he didn't sleep all night, his spirit still seemed vigorous. ”The black hand of this matter is a mountain monster. It's more accurate to call her river monster, although there is no difference between them. It's just that the latter grows not moss but water grass
”Mountain monster? I've heard of such existence, but what are they? And you use her to describe the mountain monster. Does it have gender? In the stories I've heard, mountain monsters seem to be monsters without gender. They're giants coming out of rocks and mud ATA frowned. She did hear about mountain monsters during her journey. After all, there are legends of mountain monsters in most places where there are mountains.
”Partially correct.” Cheese snapped his finger, and he was happy to explain it to others. After all, in the gray tower, he only listened to lectures. At most, he discussed with his classmates and was able to explain things to others, which became his hobby over time. Unfortunately, in his years as a lord of Xigu City, most of the rat people's problems were too practical to let cheese really open his knowledge reserve. ”The first thing to understand is that mountain monster or river monster, These appellations are just a general term. It refers to a large group of beings that we don't know much about, just like the concept of goblin. ”
In fact, as cheese said, although people always talk about mountain monsters, they actually omit an attribute, that is, mountain monsters of mountains and rivers. Mountain monsters are a kind of monsters. Generally speaking, they are between elemental creatures and flesh and blood creatures. It's just that they are not elements, so although they are born from nature, they have a complete circulatory system. They can metabolize, grow up, age and die. From this point of view, they look like flesh and blood. As flesh and blood creatures, mountain monsters don't have the so-called concept of population. They don't mate or reproduce. Every mountain monster is special.
”Most of them are like this. They live according to nature and die in response to it. Some people even think that the origin of our creatures is that some monsters have the ability to reproduce by chance, thus giving birth to populations and species. Of course, most creatures don't agree with that, because no one thinks their ancestors are dirty things Cheese shrugged. Because mountain monsters can't get sick, they naturally don't need to be cleaned, which makes them not necessarily stinky, but they must be dirty and ugly. This situation also proves that mountain monsters are not normal creatures.
”It's true that mountain spirits and water monsters are. Although there are good and bad conduct, but most of them are slovenly. It's unpredictable to be in touch with people. ” Jian Qi should be in harmony with Tao. It sounds like he knows something about mountain monsters.
”This time, it's hard for us to face the extreme anger. She has no kindness to human beings, and I doubt what the people in this town have done to make her so resentful. ” Cheese said here, showing a helpless expression. The stories of humans and mountain monsters have been bad since ancient times. Most of the mountain monsters that can be handed down live in the vicinity of human reclamation. However, human beings have never been used to sharing living space with other races, especially the strong and isolated aborigines like mountain monsters. Hunting mountain monsters, even once became a formal profession.There is no right or wrong in this kind of thing. Either human beings drive away or kill the mountain monsters, or they give up the reclaimed land under the counterattack of mountain monsters. There are legitimate reasons for both possibilities. Mountain monsters are not natural disasters, so they can be resisted or killed. From this point of view, the situation of the caster is quite close to that of the troll. Therefore, many casters will form alliance with the mountain monster, or even become friends or accept the mountain monster as a servant. This is why people always think that mountain monsters have something to do with magic. Most of the time, it's not the mountain monsters who can do magic, but the wizard who helps doesn't show up.
”Too many possibilities. In my hometown, the mountain spirit water monster is a sacrifice method, some just eat and drink, some like crafts, and some like beautiful men and women. In the history of my family, many swords were made for them. And they get angry when their desires are not satisfied, or when people do something that they don't feel, but actually offend them. So gradually, people think it's easier to beat them or kill them than to sacrifice them. ” Jian Qi sighed. He couldn't tell whether the attitude was good or bad. He just felt that it was a pity.
”Anyway, the angry mountain monster now wants the life of the whole town. And she was lucky to find a very suitable method. So the question now is, what should we do? ”