When you are thinking wildly, time will always pass quickly, and before you know it, the sky is gradually getting dark.
Because he was riding a horse this time, and he was not in a hurry, Rody took a route that he had planned before—passing through a low-level biological area in the Silent Whispering Forest, and seeing if he could get some animal furs, so that he could walk Take shortcuts and earn some extra money at the same time.
"It's hard to live on a budget!"
Luo Di sighed like this—although this trip to the orc kingdom was rewarding, there were not many things that could be exchanged for money. The big problem of "funding" could never be avoided. More than 30 people ate and drank every day. A small sum of money, although the remaining money is enough for them to eat for a month, but there is no fixed income industry, which really makes Rody feel uncertain.
In the evening, the guy who is now a legionnaire at level 8 walked into the Silent Whispering Forest, and before midnight, he found a flat and safe place to set up a tent, leisurely raised a bonfire, and shot down The turtledoves were treated and handcuffed over the fire.
Roddy, who is used to being alone with him, doesn't seem to be lonely. On the contrary, he seems to enjoy the freedom of being alone in the jungle.
"It would be great if there is a built-in M3 player to play some songs."
"There's no cumin in this place, what a headache, and there's no chili either... tsk tsk."
A quiet night, an orange bonfire, and a relaxed young man talking to himself. This kind of scene is very familiar to Rody. He has spent countless nights like this. Thinking of it now, he can't help but sigh in his heart—what is the state of those former NPCs now? Without the player's influence, would they have gone the other way
Looking at the roast chicken on the bonfire, Rody carefully checked the heat, and thought about his plan to change his job at level 10... If there is no accident, he should have to go to the Forest of Quiet Whispers, because his original mentor was live in this forest.
But in 5 years... what is that mentor doing
Thinking of this in his heart, he stretched out his hand to fiddle with the bonfire, but just as the dinner in front of him was about to be finished, the sound of "rustling" not far away meant that Roddy's dinner was destined to be unsatisfactory.
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The darkness of the forest is not completely invisible. On the contrary, under the silver-white moonlight, the leaves, branches and soil covered with fallen leaves are all clearly identifiable to the naked eye.
For Wood Elf Nata, the jungle is far less terrifying than humans see, and even from a certain point of view, the dense bushes can give Wood Elf a sense of security. However, unlike other elves, "wood elves" have a deep blood relationship with humans, so that they are not staunch vegetarians, but also need to hunt in the jungle to survive.
And Nata, as a young generation in the village who is not weak, even though she has outstanding talent and is praised by the old hunters, she is still a "novice" who is too young—novices always make mistakes, and unfortunately Nata today Made a lot of mistakes, which led to her unprecedented unlucky situation...
Because of her cold and gregarious personality, Nata never liked to go out hunting with her companions in the village, so every time she went out, she would choose to get rid of the team and act alone.
In the past, Nata could hardly miss, but today her luck is obviously very bad: first, when shooting a wild boar, the arrow missed by three centimeters, and was dragged away by the opponent's wound; Unbelievable mistakes that lead to not succeeding - this is after all a bit annoying for young Nata, and the emotional disturbance caused her to make a big mistake...
She inadvertently strayed into the territory of an adult steeltail leopard and annoyed him.
For Nata, who is not yet strong enough, the "Steeltail Leopard" is simply not something she can afford now, so she immediately chooses to escape—but she never thought that the Leopard would be chasing after him, and chased him all the way. It's now!
After running for two or three kilometers, the black figure behind her was still relentlessly chasing after her. Nata, who was running through the complex forest, felt that the other party seemed to be trying to exhaust herself to death—she had a short bow and a quiver. There are still five arrows left in the gun. Although there is still room for counterattack, she knows that her shooting has lost her chance now. If she chooses to fight desperately, she has no chance of winning at all!
Her breathing became more exhausted, and her legs became numb and heavy. In the darkness, the forest in front of her couldn't find any obstacles that could get rid of the leopard behind her, which made Nata feel a little chilly in her heart, but when she was thinking about whether she should go all out and turn to fight head-on, the orange patch that appeared at the end of her vision The light made her raise her eyebrows fiercely.
Is it a bonfire? Are there human adventurers here
The wood elves don't light up bonfires outside the camp. They are very particular about the use of wood and never use living trees. Therefore, when seeing the flames here, the wood elves Nata instinctively thought of the only Maybe—the present should belong to those "human adventurers" who are often called in the village.
Feeling slightly relaxed, she knew that steel-tailed leopards were afraid of flames, so Nata immediately changed her running direction and turned towards the jumping flames in the forest—she believed... when steel-tailed leopards sensed Those flames, will definitely choose to stop chasing.
As for whether the leopard would attack the unknown caravan or adventurer, Nata didn't worry at all. She didn't intend to have any intersection with the other party at all, and she didn't even have any curiosity.
When the Wood Elf was running in the forest, it was almost silent, but because it had been running for too long, the footsteps of Nata, who was running left and right, were very obvious at this time, but what was more obvious was the undisguised flesh behind her. flooring sound...
Steeltail Leopard began to accelerate.
Although the distance was still forty or fifty meters away, Nata could already see the figure in front of the campfire—to her surprise and disappointment... there was only one person in this camp.
Not far away, the reins of the three horses were randomly tied to a tree, as if they were pawing their hooves restlessly because they heard the movement. But even though the horse made such an obvious warning action, the guy sitting in front of the bonfire still didn't seem to realize it. Holding a few big leaves in his hand, he was singing a weird "song" while fanning the white smoke on the flame:
"OnlyYou - can accompany me to learn the West, OnlyYou - can bring down demons and ghosts..."
Nata frowned, and after turning around a giant tree, she suddenly slowed down quietly, and her steps lightened instantly. Immediately, he jumped forward, and the figure disappeared silently behind the shadow of a bush.
At this time, she has come to 20 meters behind the human who is grilling meat. Nata believes that with her stealth ability, the other party will only think that there is some movement on his side at this time, and she will definitely not realize that she has arrived. behind each other.
Turning her eyes to the darkness in the distance, Nata breathed a sigh of relief—the steel-tailed leopard who had been chasing behind her just now stopped as expected, and the figure with the slightly cocked tail looked at the bonfire hesitantly, with angry eyes wide open It seems to be searching for something. However, from this angle, Nata, Roddy, Bonfire and Steeltail Leopard are on the same straight line in sequence... So what the Leopard can see is the bright flame first, and then Roddy who is humming. Can't find Nata's figure...
This huge leopard lowered its body, and its unique ambush posture of cats proved that it did not give up its desire to attack. Obviously, after losing Nata as its target, its anger did not subside, but directly attacked the prey target. Turned to the humans in front of the fire.
Although afraid of flames, a creature with high intelligence like a leopard can still understand: the new prey in front of me has no helpers and no threats, and it is as delicious as a lamb that fell from the sky... I can't let it go of.
It takes only a moment to make a decision. This steel-tailed leopard has grown into an adult, and its physical fitness, confidence and strength are at the absolute peak. So when it slows down, sneaks into the shadows, and gradually comes to the edge of the campfire's lighting range, It has proven its determination to kill this human next.
So, in this quiet night, the Wood Elf and the Leopard who broke the silence insisted on imposing an unreasonable fight on the young man who was sitting in front of the bonfire and grilling meat at this time—
He didn't even have room to protest.
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Roddy's mood at this time is actually quite delicate.
He had been in the forest for too long, so the vigilance that never gave up made him discover the source of the sound early. If it was in the past, I am afraid that the first time the voice appeared, I would have shot out a few arrows regardless of who the other party was.
But the reason why he hasn't done anything until now is because Rody's level is high enough to not be afraid of all the creatures within a radius of twenty miles, and the second is because Rody can hear the light footsteps coming from the stillness. The Wood Elf of the Whispering Forest—coincidentally, Roddy's mentor back then also came from this race that lived in the forest.
Thinking that he would still deal with this race in the future, he didn't overreact.
But speaking of that "mentor", in fact, Luo Di and the other party have not met a few times. The old maid who has always been cold-faced just assigned herself a promotion task and taught herself the most basic skills, and that's all. I haven't seen her since I reached the threshold of level 30 as a ranger.
In my impression, that old maid was as indifferent to anyone as a lump of ice, but when I recalled it now, I realized that I almost forgot what the other person looked like.
Sitting in front of the bonfire, Rody heard the footsteps gradually subsided in his ears, and couldn't help feeling a little helpless in his heart: It seems that the wood elf can't handle the guy chasing him, so he can only run to the bonfire to divert his attention - Having no grievances or enmities became a shield, and Roddy couldn't help but feel a sense of "destined to be alone".
However, Rody didn't complain too much. He quickly made a decision: take this opportunity, pretend to be a big bully in front of the wood elf, and then get close to him. Leave a "good impression" on people, and let's talk about "reputation"!
Well, it's such a happy decision!
"My old friend, Gu Jishu, invited me to Tian's house...what's the matter behind that, anyway, until the Double Ninth Day, if you still come - Chrysanthemum!"
Thinking of a few irrelevant poems in his mind, Luo Di tore off a chicken wing, blew it, opened his mouth and bit off a piece of meat, seemed to think the taste was good, nodded, and then... he bit the chicken wing and stood slowly stand up.
Twenty meters away, the leopard, which was slowly advancing in the shadows, stopped, as if it was preparing for the final attack.