Rody seemed to be seriously thinking about Sally's question, shrugged, and replied in a low voice: "I think...the disappearance of the scout captain in Nolan Village should have nothing to do with the return of the Duke's daughter."
This was a very disappointing but realistic answer for Sally, and her expectant eyes dimmed in an instant—she actually didn’t know what she was expecting, but at the moment her mood was surrounded by ice, and her upset emotions gradually surged. When it came up, even she herself was a little baffled.
When she raised her head, she found that Rody had already stepped forward. She took a breath, bit her lip, and followed.
"Three waves of fixed monsters, a patrol team, and then the first boss."
Silently thinking about the strategy process of the "Styro's Creek" dungeon, Rody led Sally into the range of this dungeon—as expected, Rody saw a reminder floating in front of him:
"Would you like to enter the copy of 'Styro's Creek'?"
yes.
Looking at the familiar fonts and prompts in front of him, Rody felt a little strange in his heart—but then he quickly got used to it. Behind her, Sally, who didn't understand why he stopped, raised her eyebrows in confusion. She was curious about Rody's strange language when he was talking to herself. Although her mood was a little depressed because of the few questions and answers just now, she didn't show it in the past. face.
Roddy ignored her. After entering the dungeon, he immediately entered the "professional high-end player" state...
Everything in front of him was so familiar, even without the moonlight, he could remember these familiar scenes and the moving positions of those monsters with his eyes closed, so Rody started striding forward without saying a word, counting the steps in his heart, until the first At twenty-three steps, he stopped suddenly.
The Silent Whispering Forest was mysterious and dangerous in Sally's eyes, but in Rody's mind it was just a map with countless detailed annotations. There are four dungeons in this forest. Among them, "Styro's Creek" is the first plot dungeon faced by novice human players. The minimum required level is level 3, and the highest level is 10. The remaining three dungeons are one by one. High, the tallest one is located in the middle of the forest. It is a high-level copy of "Athaka Temple Ruins", which requires at least level 30—this means that all participants must have undergone a job change and have considerable combat experience.
"Climb up and wait for me here."
Rody pointed to the "bug" tree in front of him that players had discovered through countless death exploration experiences, and said to Sally.
This is the position assigned to those useless occupations who have no attack power or healing ability in the early stage. They will not participate in the battle or be dragged into the battle here. After sitting firmly on the tree, Rody began to use those vines to make simple traps. After everything was done, he disappeared into Sally's sight with his horn bow.
What happened in the next few hours was absolutely unforgettable for Sally.
Rock wall giant spider, poisonous iguana, flower tail cheetah, steel back giant ape.
These guys who appeared in previous books and were listed as dangerous creatures were lying on the ground one by one under Rody's unimaginable means. From the beginning to the end, Rody seemed to be holding his breath and rushing through the forest. Generally, all kinds of blocking creatures along the way will be killed.
One person, two knives, one bow, and traps made with all the resources at hand. When Rody killed all kinds of monsters and beasts, his posture was as proficient as walking in his back garden.
When he let Sally jump off the seventh tree that arranged for her to hide, the expression of the daughter of the duke was already a little stiff from the constant stimulation.
Constantly amazed, amazed, amazed, and finally became numb... During these few hours, Sally found that her concept of "beast" and "forest" had been completely reversed by Roddy.
It felt very strange. It was obviously a ferocious beast, but it became the straw in the field in front of Rody, and was sometimes even harvested by him in a dazed and helpless state...
By the time of dawn, the two had already traveled nearly ten kilometers in the dark forest, and for the entire dungeon, this had already reached more than 80% completion.
"The previous road was more dangerous during the day, so you couldn't rest all night, that... now it's safe here, get a good sleep, and continue on your way at night."
Rody, who had harvested a lot, was exhausted, but because he was in a hurry, he didn't take too many spoils along the way—a whole piece of soft leopard skin, some meat that could be used for cooking, and most of the others chose to discard . He simply tidied up his things, washed his face casually by the stream, and pointed to the "floor bed" made of leopard skin to signal Sally to go to sleep.
Sally was about to say something, but when she saw this red-eyed guy talking jokingly, she fell directly into the haystack she made up at random, and fell asleep almost instantly.
Very early in the morning, the atmosphere in the forest is very quiet, the sound of the stream flowing by echoes in the ears, and the sounds of various birds are heard around, the sun shines through the gaps in the leaves, and the warm feeling gradually flows In Sally's mind.
She looked at the sleeping man not far away, but found that she no longer had any… embarrassment about her relationship with him.
After all, the words in the book are very different from the reality. Even though she is familiar with many classics, Sally understands that the blood splattered in danger, the howl of wild beasts, the sharp light when the scimitar is slashed... These are not words at all. To put it simply, when all the truth came out, everything in front of her eyes turned into the most shocking experience in her life.
And after the crisis, when the man who fought in the whirlpool lay down exhausted, Sally's heart was already filled with all kinds of inexplicable and complicated emotions. Especially when she saw the weeds under the opponent's body and the leopard skin under her body, she seemed to feel... the corners of her eyes were a little sour.
After all, in this world, the status of "women" is always lower than that of men. Even in the higher-level aristocratic class, they are also vulnerable groups without priority of inheritance. Respect for women seems to only exist forever in the "Knights" that not many people are willing to read.
This kind of "respect" that Roddy unintentionally has for Sally is actually just a basic accomplishment of a normal modern man. He seemed to be naturally insensitive to women before, and he was a provocative skirt and touched people's feet. It was a bit silly to say it, but at this time, after the contrast was so great that the images overlapped, Sally felt that he was simply a complicated woman. a combination of contradictions.
"What a weird guy..."
Sally looked at Rody who was already asleep in a daze, and muttered to herself.
..
Maybe it was because Roddy was too tired, or maybe it was because Sally quietly covered him with the leopard skin. When he opened his eyes, it was almost dusk. The sky was dark blue, and floating clouds slowly drifted across the field of vision. Occasionally, there were bats dangling around, and the sound of squawking sounded, which seemed to indicate that the dangerous night was coming again.
The forest in mid-April is still a bit cool, the breeze blows through the trees, and the sounds of insects and birds are mixed together. Suddenly, Rody thought that he was standing in the copy of the game again, and his eyes could not help but glance to the side where the status bar was originally, waiting for his teammates to report his status, and wanted to call up the task bar to see what he was doing today. What goals are left unreached...
The sound of the collision of stones interrupted his somewhat chaotic memory.
When she turned her head, she saw Sally in a dirty sarong. She was clumsily holding a flint in her hand. She seemed to be trying to light a fire, but obviously she couldn't find the tinder. Stone.
Looking at the girl with a blurred figure in the dim light, Rody seemed to suddenly see the figure in the red dress who always gave him a smirk.
Now she...is she sitting by the window in that remote village, whining about the esoteric classics in front of her
The body moved, and when he reached out to touch the leopard skin on his body, Rody raised his eyebrows, and some warmth flowed through his heart. After getting up, he stretched out his hand and took the flint from the blushing Sally. When he was looking for the tinder, he felt that the distance between the two was actually getting closer.
Putting the tinder away, he smashed the gravel and said: "When I used it for the first time, I accidentally swollen my finger. My friend laughed at it for almost a whole week. I felt fear all the time, and it took more than half a year to get rid of those shadows."
"I didn't expect you to have a time like this."
Sparks burst out, and the bonfire gradually ignited. Sally sat beside her with her knees hugged. The ground was dirty, her clothes were dirty, and it was very cold in the wild without shelter. When the guy chats, his heart is not cold.
Occasionally, I reach out to turn over the firewood, and my breath is full of the aroma of bacon after grilling. After sitting like this for a long time, she realized... the originally dark environment around her didn't seem as scary as it was at the beginning.
Sally took the piece of meat that Rody handed over, lowered her eyes and said softly: "Speaking of it... Unlike you, no one dared to laugh at me when I messed up things. My father wouldn't Telling me what to do is right, he is like a bystander. My brother, on the other hand, will only pretend to be enthusiastic to help me, so that I can go further on the wrong path.”
Rody shrugged noncommittally, seemingly indifferent, but actually he was thinking about what kind of character this character who did not appear in the game was.
"Actually, let's not talk about these messy things, Captain Roddy, I really want to know... What is your real identity? Was it a nobleman or a knight? Or a famous adventurer?"
After a short silence, Rody just turned the bonfire, shook his head, and did not answer.
"Heh... I won't guess anymore, in fact, I just envy those free people..."
Sally lowered her head slightly, staring at the jumping flames.