"Listen, there is the sound of water!" Lago raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, listened for a while, and then said pleasantly.
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, the thief's ears were simply magic weapons. If it wasn't for him repeatedly saying that he had other bloodlines, everyone would doubt whether he was human.
He relied on these ears to save the team once at the ghost-faced squid's lake. Although he himself was rescued by Qin Lun, if he hadn't heard the sound of the ghost-faced squid swimming hundreds of meters underwater, the entire team would have been in danger of being attacked by a sea monster.
The ghost-faced squid is not a savage bully, if it is caught by its tentacles as thick as a bucket, it is impossible to save people back in a hurry.
Qin Lun hired the blood-piercing trio at the beginning, and now it seems that they are very valuable. No matter Largo, Vinnie, or Rick, they all made indispensable contributions during the adventure.
In fact, it has been more than ten days since the blood-piercing mercenary group joined this adventure, but none of them wanted to mention the employment contract.
Among the three, Winnie and Lago were both rescued by Qin Lun, and now they are regarded as companions who live and die together, so they really don't want to say anything about rewards. What's more, they are now in the Troll's Claw Canyon, and the task of finding the missing person has been completed. The biggest goal is to get out of this ghostly place as soon as possible.
Although no one heard the unnecessary sound of water except the thief, after a series of demonstrations, the thief's ears are still trustworthy, and the appearance of the sound of water immediately made everyone look relaxed.
After rushing in the middle of the night, because there were several wounded in the team, they only walked more than 20 kilometers. At this time, the sky had begun to light up, and the troll village behind them would soon discover the disappearance of the captive.
Since Elistin and the others were sacrifices for sacrifices, the trolls would never allow them to escape, and I believe Tianming will catch up.
In fact, during the escape process of the Troll's Claw, the threat of the trolls was only one of them. The other problem that troubled Qin Lun and others was the route and direction leading to the exit on the north side of the winding river.
The terrain of Troll's Claw is surrounded by mountains, and the central canyon is also not flat, there are many low slopes.
This makes the entire canyon have many forked roads, and because there are few people here, and the trolls will not level the roads, so there are similar low pine forests and bushes everywhere, making it difficult to tell the direction.
Even Mustasia, who has rich experience in field survival, can only rely on the stars in the night sky of the canyon to determine the direction on clear moonlit nights, so that the team will not deviate from the northward route.
During the day, except for the few hours when the sun shines through the smog in the canyon, this adventurous team can only rely on their senses to travel.
Mustasia reminded everyone that they must find the Winding River as soon as possible and go north along the river quickly, otherwise she would not be sure to lead everyone out of the pursuit of the troll.
Following the direction indicated by Lago, when the sky was completely bright, the team finally saw a fast-flowing stream.
"Great!" Mustasia's joyful expression quickly infected everyone, and several seriously ill patients also felt their hearts relax and collapsed to the ground. Although they had eaten some of the apostle's recovery items on the way, they had been tortured in the troll village for so long, and their bodies were extremely weak. In such a short period of time, they had not had time to recover their physical strength.
"This stream should be a tributary of the winding river where other water sources in the canyon converge. If you follow the stream, it will enter the main road of the winding river sooner or later." Mustasia observed the stream for a while, then waved away a few people in the team Male, "You guys go and cut down some stronger pine trees. We will make a raft. The wounded will use the stream water to clean their rotten old wounds."
"Men are not human, we also want to clean up!" Lago muttered dissatisfied.
"Sorry!" Rick felt extremely helpless towards his little friend, covered his face, and left with the thief holding his teeth and claws like catching a chicken, while reprimanding in a low voice, "Those two beauties are covered all over their bodies. Wound, you are here, why are they so embarrassed to go into the water, did you get out of here without seeing Xi Fu!"
"Are you newbies who are adventuring for the first time? How do you make a raft for this kind of thing!" The highland elves were completely dissatisfied with the first batch of raft materials that Qin Lun and others dragged back, and scolded several men.
The pine logs that Qin Lun and others hauled over were too strong, and the materials were too fresh. When the bark was peeled off, it was all sticky resin to the touch. This kind of material could not be used to make rafts.
The wood needed for the raft should not be too thick, and the thickness of the mouth of the bowl is best. In addition, the most critical thing is the degree of dryness, too fresh trees, the proportion of water is too large, too little buoyancy in the water, and the weight of everyone will inevitably sink to the bottom.
This kind of pine wood is not suitable for making rafts even if the surface contains thick turpentine. It must be dried for many years. They don't have the time now.
Seeing that the men were unreliable, Mustasia had no choice but to go to the woods to find suitable raft materials, and finally instructed several big men to cut down more than 20 old trees that were nearly dead.
Most of these old trees are dead, many are caused by insect damage, and there are many holes inside the trunk. They provided adequate buoyancy, but seriously they were not suitable raft material and risked breaking in too fast currents.
But since everyone only intends to use it once, and it is in a river with relatively little wind and waves, it can be used to make do with it.
Mustasia stripped the bark of the fresher pine trees and used them as ropes to bind more than twenty dead trees into two rafts. There were so many of them, and the stream was too narrow, that they had to be divided into two rafts.
When they were almost done with their work, Elistin and the wounded also temporarily treated the injuries all over his body. Although almost turned into mummies, the spirits of Elistine and Idriya were much better than last night.
Of course, the one with the best complexion among them was the old butler Mason who almost died last night.
In the adventure more than a month ago, unlike the two beauties who participated in so many battles, Mason didn't have many traumas on his body. The patients who have been tossed out these days are slowly recovering under the magic power of the dark contract, and now they seem to be in better condition than them.
"It took almost two hours. If the trolls chased in the right direction, they might not be far away from us." Mustasia covered her brows with her hands, and looked up at the sun's position.
The mood of the crowd became tense again, and according to the instructions of the master harpist, they were divided into two groups and boarded the raft.
Mustasia fastened herself to the raft with a leather rope, and although she didn't get seasick, she couldn't swim either. Originally, only Qin Lun knew this secret, but now he has no choice but to hold his head high in the astonished eyes of everyone, with a proud expression of "sister can't swim, sister is very proud".
"Wow!" The raft slowly accelerated in the turbulent stream, first sank, and then broke through the waves from under the water. Although it is very simple, it still bears the weight of everyone, so that everyone can't help cheering, and once again cast admiring glances at the highland elves.
"Hey!" Mustasia couldn't help being a little proud. In fact, as a highland elf, she was always reluctant to be near the water. She was also introduced by other harper companions to make this kind of raft, but she didn't expect it to be very effective.
With the raft instead of transportation, everyone not only got valuable rest time, but also during this period, they no longer had to worry about trolls chasing after them. So much the better if the trolls lost their tracks.
However, going down the river also creates another problem. Since the Winding River is the main source of water for the Troll's Claw Mountains, there are more troll tribe camps near the river. If these troll camps could not be avoided in time, there would probably be more and more pursuers hanging behind them.
"The speed of the raft is too fast, and we may not be able to discover the troll villages along the coast in advance." Although the situation was a little safer, Mustasia still had a strong worry in his brows, and said bitterly, "Unfortunately, my The devil's mouth can't get into the troll's claw, and there are too many cockscomb eagles on the cliff."
"If it's just for reconnaissance, we have a solution." Qin Lun and Rand looked at each other with a smile on their faces. Fireworks took out two statuettes from her arms and held them in her hands.
"Gargoyle statue... Are you fully prepared!" The highland elf looked at the two in surprise, "This thing is very rare, only a master alchemist can make it successfully."
"If you like it, I'll give you one!" Qin Lun smiled and took out a gargoyle statue from the storage space and handed it to Mastasha. He bought five gargoyle statues from the Three-tailed Kite Club, and there is no loss yet, which is enough for an adventure. used.
"Nothing to be courteous to, rape or steal!" Mastacia gave the silver-haired elf a white look, but reached out to take the statue, without refusing the gift.
Master Harpist knew that Qin Lun was thanking her for her help along the way, but she would continue to follow the elf prince of Seopia in the future, so don't miss the benefits of being sent to her door!
As Rand activated the gargoyle, a mysterious black glow appeared on the surface of the small alchemy statue. Rand threw them into the air, and the two palm-sized stone statues were rapidly enlarged under the influence of magic power, and their wings fluttered towards the river. fly away.
Qin Lun suddenly felt a chill coming from behind him, and turned his head to see that Elistine was staring at him with wide-eyed eyes.
"Okay, I'll give you one too!" Qin Lun was speechless for a while, sighed, and took out a gargoyle statue from the storage space and handed it to the elf druid.
"Hee hee!" Elistine smiled again.
However, as soon as the elf beauty changed hands, she stuffed the gargoyle statue in her hand to Idriya beside her. As an elven druid in eagle form, gargoyle statues were of little use to her, just a certain female nature.
Idriya curled her lips, accepted the gargoyle statue unceremoniously, and cast a provocative glance at Qin Lun.
"Hehe, forty to fifty thousand broken crystals!" Seeing this scene, Rand and Hill teased him on the team channel, "You must definitely be blamed for this."
Qin Lun smiled bitterly speechlessly, and secretly gave the two of them a middle finger!