Sally was dumbfounded by the other party's rogue-like words. Since the attack, the resentment, anger, and shame that had accumulated because of Rody were not as unbearable as they were at the beginning—after all, Sally was talented and would not mess around for meaningless things.
But the main reason why she was calm at this time was because of the curiosity in her heart: Why was Rody in a daze just now
A guy whose archery skills are extremely terrifying, and who can lead himself to avoid being hunted under Francis' noses, is definitely not a simple scout captain. There are more than a dozen guesses about Rody in his heart in a blink of an eye. Mercenaries", "adventurers who quit their jobs", "officers hunted down by neighboring countries" and the like. The guy in front of him was suddenly full of question marks, and he behaved like a machine all the way. Only the momentary moment of stupefaction made Sally feel... There might be many unknown past events in the other party's heart.
This should be a breakthrough.
Rody chewed herbal medicine and his mouth was numb. He took out the water bag and took a sip of water. When he was trying to rinse his mouth, he heard Sally's sudden words in his ear - "What are you thinking?"
After spitting out the water, Rody turned his head, and after making eye contact with Sally for a moment, he shrugged and answered truthfully, "Alone."
"woman?"
Rody raised his eyebrows, and looked at Sally neither friendly nor disgusted, but there was something deep in his eyes, which made Sally feel that his whole aura seemed to have changed slightly.
"I... I'm just curious, it's fine if you don't say it."
For no reason, Sally felt as if she had asked something she shouldn't have asked, because she saw Roddy pursed her lips.
There was a moment of silence in the atmosphere, and Rody took another sip of water, as if trying to calm down some emotions.
"…She is very pretty?"
Sally wanted to say something else, but these words seemed to come out of her mouth without thinking about it—the natural gossip of women seems to be the same everywhere. Although Sally regretted it when she said it, she was cautious. Looking at Roddy eagerly, he was still looking forward to the answer in his heart.
At such a time, the difference in identity and status between the two will be smoothed out due to the complicated and dangerous environment. Luo Di was taken aback by this question, opened his mouth slightly, hesitated for a moment for the sentence "it has nothing to do with you", thought about it and still didn't say it.
With a sigh, Sally heard the answer she wanted to hear but didn't feel careful enough—
"En. Very beautiful."
Sally keenly noticed that Rody's eyes were slightly dimmed when he answered, but soon filled with the usual confidence and vitality.
"Let's go, let's continue on our way."
Roddy didn't seem to want to talk about this issue anymore, so he got up and began to check his luggage.
Although Sally on the side resisted the desire to continue asking questions, her mind couldn't help but began to imagine what that "beautiful woman" looked like...
What could it be? How did you know each other? What happened between her and Roddy
These messy thoughts even made her forget that Rody applied her wounds. It wasn't until Rody motioned her to climb on her back that she realized what Rody had done during the time she had just stopped: looking for Herbal remedies, and the few bandages left to heal those wounds.
Reminiscent of the journey, the food that Rody left Sally was bacon, which was rarely distributed to the soldiers, while he himself ate the hard black bread to satisfy his hunger—girls are always delicate, although Rody used to The style of doing things made her feel ashamed, but these details that she ignored constantly changed Sally's impression of him invisibly.
Generally speaking, Roddy is a "weird" in Sally's eyes.
"Remember not to speak loudly at any time. Some things are annoying, and some things are really annoying. Although I know which route is the safest, in the forest... there is probably no absolutely safe place." Carrying Sally, After confirming the direction, he walked and said, "If we hadn't dodged in time just now, there would have been three giant spiders appearing and attacking us. They are not much smaller than war horses."
Thinking of the huge fluffy spider, Sally couldn't help but shuddered, her arms around Roddy were slightly tightened, and she asked in a low voice: "I want to understand. How do you know so much knowledge?" ?”
Having died hundreds of times in this forest, it is difficult to forget this knowledge.
Luo Di answered this sentence in his heart - not to mention the giant spiders that players jokingly called "Eight Spiders", in this forest from the smallest hare to the strongest Pasengo Tiger King, he can almost move The attributes of the species are memorized.
But this kind of thing can't be explained to Sally, so I can only make nonsense: "Everything has laws. People are afraid to enter here because most people don't understand the laws here, and I... know more than ordinary people."
"Did you read it in a book? Why didn't I see it in the library—then...that's a creek?!"
Sally suddenly heard the sound of rustling water in front of her, and just as she exclaimed, she immediately covered her mouth, and apologized softly, "I'm sorry."
Roddy sighed helplessly, and didn't have time to continue explaining to her, because he knew that he had found the first landmark after entering the Silent Whispering Forest: Stero's Creek.
The reason why he came to this creek was not simply to supply water or hunt wild animals here to satisfy his hunger—more because he knew that there was a "fixed plot" copy here.
There are two types of dungeons in "Cracked Earth": "Random Event" type and "Fixed Plot" type. As the name suggests, most of the dungeons played by players belong to "fixed plots", that is, the plots are exactly the same every time they enter, and the rewards depend on the degree of completion and player performance, while "random events" are rarely encountered dungeons, usually Test the player's understanding of the game when dealing with unknown situations. Ordinary people may be able to quickly understand how to play the "fixed plot" dungeon by learning the strategy video, but "random plot" does not have this, because each "random plot" There is only one chance to clear the dungeons, which means that players need to rely entirely on their own strength to deal with unfamiliar tasks. Correspondingly, the rewards of this dungeon are also unmatched by ordinary dungeons.
There are many reasons for choosing the dungeon of "Styro's Creek". As a clear-headed technical geek, Roddy's own style of doing things is "efficiency first". Under the conditions, the easiest way in Roddy's mind is to break through this copy of "Styro's Creek" and cross a territory of wolves.
"We have ten minutes to rest here, and then I'll take you upstream. There... there will be battles, dangers, and a lot of weird animals, but no matter what happens, you must shut down. Put your mouth on it, remember?"
Roddy put Sally on the dry ground. The daughter of the duke, whose legs were bandaged and whose skirt was torn in several places, saw his serious expression and nodded quietly, expressing that she had no objection.
She found that she seemed to be a little used to the feeling of being taken care of like this. Although she didn't want to admit it, she had a certain kind of dependence in her heart that she almost never had since she was a child.
Sally, who lives in a noble family, has lived in a magnificent mansion unimaginable for ordinary people since she was a child, but in her eyes, there is always some cold and unambiguous distance between people—it is impossible for a maid to communicate with her. The hostess talks heart-to-heart, it is impossible for a servant to be a brother and brother to a knight, and a steward cannot chat and laugh with a servant...everything is so clearly defined. But at this moment, she looked at the sun that was gradually disappearing above her head, but she no longer felt cold because of loneliness as before.
Why? She thought so in her heart, but her eyes couldn't help looking forward.
There, Rody, standing by the stream, was confirming his position for the last time.
Compared with Sally, who has a delicate mind, Roddy's "delicacy" is only reflected in how to survive. After checking the status of the horn bow, Rody counted the arrows he brought, and there were 28 arrows in total after the two barrels of arrows were combined. It is enough for scouts, but it is a bit worrying if it is used for dungeons. Because in the past, he used the "dimension quiver" containing thousands of arrows to do dungeons alone.
The water bag was filled by the stream, and Rody confirmed that the area he was in was exactly the public rest area where players were waiting to enter the instance. According to common sense, some other creatures will appear here, but their basic strength is relatively weak, because powerful creatures will go to the two larger pools upstream and downstream to drink water. But to break through the dungeon that he will face next, Rody understands that he needs to make full preparations in advance.
Night fell.
After finding a large bundle of strong vines from the forest, Rody shot more than a dozen fat and fresh fish with a bow and arrow at the water's edge. He found a dry and safe place to start a fire. He wrapped some of them with the broad leaves he collected and put them on the edge of the campfire to simmer. Sally who was eating was full of novelty.
"Those fish will rot if you don't deal with them." Seeing that Rody didn't deal with the remaining dead fish, she reminded in a low voice.
Sally had no idea how big this forest was, but Sally always wanted to ask Roddy why he dared to light a fire here—didn't he know that it would attract many creatures
"Keep it useful, not eat it."
Rody, who had finished his food in front of the campfire, was checking the firmness of the vines in his hand. Besides these things, he also brought some faint blue flowers wrapped in pieces of cloth, and then stuck them on the tip of the arrow. Roasting and quenching the poison—all 28 long arrows were carefully put away after being treated in this way. Turning his head, Rody said to Sally, who was a little dazed looking at the bonfire: "Ready to go."
"Well...that-Captain Roddy."
Sally hesitated and stopped the silent young man in front of her.
Rody, who was using sand to extinguish the bonfire, stopped his movements. He stood up straight with a horn bow, vines, quiver and a bunch of dead fish on his back, and looked at her questioningly.
"We're going to get out of here, right?"
"kindness."
"And... can I return to Houlier City safely?"
"kindness."
"And then?" Sally asked in a low voice, "...and then what?"