Blood Is Still Warm - The Demon Rift Expulsion Battle Chapter 1 Public Funds Go Abroad
"Hmm..." Sophia put away the diary that recorded the story Alexander told, then pulled the curtain of the carriage, and then touched her hands a few times, rubbing each other to keep warm. The bleak autumn wind passed through the heavy cloth
The gap in the curtain almost dissipates the heat generated by the newly activated alchemy heating device. It's okay for people who are outside, but it's really colder when sitting inside than outside.
Fageni also rubbed his hands angrily. "The weather is really cold. I don't know when it will end. The knife is cold." Fageni held the knife in his hand.
Alexander was looking at the potion drawings that he could understand every word, but looking at them all together made him dizzy. "Sophia, do you think this thing can be made with the dragon crystal we have?"
"This... I can't say for sure, but judging from the name of this potion and the contents of the previous research, it should use materials related to dragons, so this dragon crystal should be able to come in handy."
Alexander sighed and leaned against the glass window to look outside. "I didn't expect it would be so cold before we even reached the coastal areas." It was about eleven o'clock in the morning. Because it was too cold and the wind was strong, it was almost impossible to hear anything.
People talking outside.
"Ha, Ha Qiu!" There was another gust of cold wind, and Sophia was suddenly aroused by the chill that poured in from the cracks, and sneezed slightly. She couldn't help it, so she snapped her fingers, and a baby appeared next to her.
A spark to give yourself a little more warmth.
"How many days do we have until we get to the place? I forgot again." Fageni knocked on his head and continued: "I'm afraid my brain will be frozen before I get to the place."
While chatting for a while, the three of them heard the coachman shouting in a voice that was deafening even through the curtain: "Come and change someone, I have to go for a while." Then the carriage stopped temporarily, but because of
There is a shock-proof magic circle, so if you are not an experienced adventurer, you won't feel it.
Alexander exhaled, slightly opened the curtain and stuck her head out to see if she needed to get in. Although she didn't know how to drive a car and wasn't good at communicating with animals, she was still someone who had ridden a horse.
Sofia looked at the only male in the car, and Fageni gestured to show her Alexander, who had volunteered. She shook her head helplessly, thinking that she had to find a reliable soldier as a shield to protect them. Fageni
Always looks unreliable.
Fageni had no intention of taking responsibility at all. Listening to the breathing in the carriage, Alexander felt a despicable aura spreading from behind, and he couldn't help but sigh again and continued to look outside.
Alexander continued to lean out half of her body. Due to the terrain, she had a very good view. There was a small sparse forest about two miles away. Alexander's super eyesight allowed her to see there from a distance. There was a blurry patch of grass on the ground.
The dark patch turned out to be a large tree stump after careful inspection, which means it is likely to be traces of human activities. Now a dozen people outside are thinking about starting cooking in advance because it is too cold.
"How's it going, Alexander?" Sofia asked with concern.
"There seem to be traces of human activity in the distance. I'm going to remind the people in the convoy to see if they want to go over and take a look." After speaking, Alexander walked out and went to explain the situation to the dozen or so people outside.
"Okay." Sophia tightened her shawl and nodded.
"We've been walking for a long time, aren't we, and we're finally here?" Fageni imagined the approximate distance, feeling secretly confused.
"That means it's almost here!"
"Then what are you going to eat? Let's leave quickly."
"Yes, yes."
Everyone in the caravan made many suggestions to the caravan captain, and then the caravan captain adopted the suggestion of setting off first and then talking about eating. The driver who gave the three people a car also got on the car with excitement and planned to set off.
Alexander came back and said that she planned to stay in front of the motorcade and keep an eye on it to avoid any accidents. Not long after, the carriage set off slowly. She kept walking quickly at the same speed, and then she gradually felt her body getting warmer.
As Alexander followed, he scanned the woods to the left and right of the wooden piles vigilantly. After walking about half way, Alexander came to the point where the traces on the wooden piles were still very new.
Seeing that someone had indeed cut down trees nearby, Alexander had a bad premonition. She began to pay attention to whether anyone was setting up an ambush near the road with rolling logs or the like.
Alexander was certain that they were just natural logging traces, and there were no traps or anything like that. He continued to walk along this road that could not be called a road and jumped over the wooden piles. Soon he could see a small river and a large town on the other side of the small river——
It was probably the Guzhuo Town that the caravan had shared with the three of them and that they had learned about in the early years.
Further north of the town is a forest that is so huge that it can be described as endless. The trees there are extremely thick and tall, and they are as broad and spectacular as mountains.
In the downstream area a little far east of Guzhuo Town, there is a village planted with large areas of farmland, surrounded by green mountains.
The small river in front of us is the Slavud River. Timber cut down in the upper reaches can be seen floating on it all year round. There are also rows of wooden rafts flowing down the river. There are no bridges built on the river, so
It is difficult for people to understand how to cross the river.
In addition, even here you can see that Guzhuo Town is very lively.
[Well, it seems that I am overthinking.] Alexander silently walked back to the carriage where Sofia and Fagni were sitting and shouted: "We will arrive in Guzhuo Town soon, get ready to come down for dinner."
Fageni put the knife back on his back, jumped out of the car and planned to move his body. "It turns out there is only so much road left."
"Okay." Sofia put her things away and took her with her, pulled off her shawl, and got out of the carriage, much more elegant than Fageni. "What's the caravan's plan?"
At the same time, the caravan was probably discovered in Guzhuo Town. The captain of the caravan took out a spell flare and fired fireworks into the sky. He also ordered the carriage to move to a position suitable for wind protection, and then lit a fire to cook on the spot.
"I don't know how long it will stop." Alexander followed and walked over to help cook. "But I thought we would go into the town to find a place to eat, but I didn't expect that we would have to do it ourselves."
"We can't cross until they build a temporary bridge." At this time, the captain of the caravan brought a can of bacon to the three of them and continued: "You are different from us and must sneak into the four countries of the alliance. So everyone
Your identity will be prepared by the local Counterstream Chamber of Commerce, so don’t let it slip before you get your identity.”
Fageni was not in the mood to talk, but it was not easy to stand and listen. Seeing that this place was very close to the town, he also let down his vigilance and went to help the caravan.
"Well, then we will try to avoid negotiating with people for the time being, thank you." Alexander was very polite, as she always was.
"Okay." Sofia nodded to the steady middle-aged man and took the jar of bacon. "How long will it take to prepare it?"
"It won't take more than half a day." The captain of the caravan went to eat at other places with stoves. Then the three of them ate the most luxurious stew here recently, because there was no need to save food and they could eat it openly.
Then resupply.
Alexander ate the heart-warming stew and looked around the town. "I hope everything goes well."
"I'm starting." Sophia scooped up a spoonful of the delicious stewed meat to taste. "I wonder what will be in this Guzhuo Town? The only information I know about this is some information the Chamber of Commerce told us. I remember
There are some spellcasters, alchemists, and some craftsmen in Guzhuo Town. Maybe we can find some good things by wandering around the town before recruiting people."
"Huh?" Alexander turned his head and looked at Sophia and responded. "Ah, let's go shopping if you have time."
"Yeah." Sophia responded, looking in the direction of Guzhuo Town while eating.
While the three of them were eating together with other members of the caravan, Sophia saw a black dot walking from the town to the river - probably a person, because it was too far to see clearly.
Sophia and Alexander felt huge magic fluctuations, and then two huge yellow-green spell belts appeared at the black spots, and the next moment the spell belts disappeared. In an instant, a row of willow trees on the other side of the river began to grow rapidly horizontally.
Tree trunks lined up side by side - there are many branches with green leaves on the left and right of the trunk. Finally, the upper part of the willow tree began to wither and fall into the river, leaving only this row of weird horizontal trunks to form a passable
Carriage bridge.
"Magic fluctuation?" Alexander turned around and looked over. Just for a moment while she was eating and didn't pay attention, the two sides of the river were connected by a wooden bridge containing fresh vitality.
Alexander asked Sophia: "What kind of spell is that?" She could clearly see that it was a woman wearing a black robe. The woman nodded with satisfaction and then turned and walked towards the town.
"I don't know, with such a huge flow of magic power, this person must be very powerful." Sophia also looked at the scene in front of her in surprise, but she could only vaguely see a bridge suddenly appearing.
"Huo, it's so high-end." Fageni also looked up and continued eating.
"Well, she looks like a female spell caster." Alexander paid attention to where she went and then saw if he could find her.
Alexander saw her disappearing among the crowds of people. Although it was just a town, the place was as lively as the royal capital of the Canadore Empire. Maybe a festival was being held? But Alexander didn't know exactly what a festival was, but it should be of the same type.
Let’s celebrate.
"I have never heard of this kind of magic." Sophia looked at the bridge and recalled whether she had seen similar plots in novels.
Memories from the past came back again. Sophia, who was still a minor before her amnesia, seemed to know that there was a Druid magic called Thorns that could do this. Sophia knew this spell as a way to quickly grow plants, but if
At this scale, the person who uses this spell must be highly accomplished.
"It's pretty awesome. I wish I could ask for advice." Although arcana and divine magic are not the same system, and even the same spell-casting methods of different extraordinary professions are different, there are similarities since they are about casting spells.
While the two of them were talking, Fageni had already finished his portion. He wiped his mouth and said, "The bridge is ready. Let's cross over quickly. It's such a cold weather." After saying that, he stood up and walked to the big bridge, which was still on fire.
Waiting for the pot to go there together.
Sofia also finished the remaining stew in the bowl. Her appetite was much smaller than the two of them. After looking at the situation of the caravan, the girl also stood up and walked to the fire and said: "We should go in later.
Alright."
"There seems to be some kind of celebration." Alexander turned around, ate this and went to get a bowl of soup. "But we shouldn't be able to stay here for long, right?"
Sofia used magic to simply clean the bowls and spoons. "Celebration? Hmm... I kind of want to see it. After all, I have been traveling for so long and it was quite boring along the way. I can't read a book comfortably."
After chatting for a while, everyone started to pack up and set off again. Not long after, several guys from the caravan also saw the "bridge" that appeared so quickly, and were amazed by it. However, they quickly adjusted their status and returned to their posts immediately. In addition,
Some of the waiters and captains seemed not surprised. Maybe they had met him once before.
Sofia sat in the carriage, looking forward to what she would experience in Guzhuo Town. Soon Alexander also returned to the carriage, leaning against the window and staring outside in a daze. Fageni continued to follow the caravan guys beside him.
, I plan to pick a leaf from a tree on the bridge later and take a look.
There were two guys who still didn't trust the strength of the "bridge". The captain calmed down the horses that were reluctant to walk up and then drove the carriage through alone. So the guys behind him also calmed down the horses and passed with confidence. With this little
Interlude, it took a while for the caravan to cross the bridge.
Alexander and Sophia didn't react at all. In fact, they didn't think there would be any problems with the bridge built by this kind of magic. As for Fageni, this person's heart is a bit too generous.
The foot of the bridge is already at the edge of the town. After a short walk, you can pass through the outermost fence and enter a main road in the town - you can tell from the rows of vendors or shops on both sides of the road.
Some guards who were obviously temporarily transferred conducted a routine inspection on the caravan, and of course they entered smoothly after some communication with the caravan captain.
Alexander stared at the shops on both sides and observed the living conditions here. [Ah, it is so peaceful.]
"It's pretty good." Sophia also said something she was sighing about.
"What do you mean?" Alexander turned around and asked Sophia.
"All kinds of things. This reminds me of the scene in the adventure novels I read before when the protagonist first arrived in a new town." Sophia, a new adventurer, said with longing for the plots of the adventure novels she read before.
At this time, a beautiful girl wearing a shabby and ill-fitting linen cloak and holding a vegetable basket attracted the attention of the caravan guys and the two of them. The girl was around sixteen years old, with bare arms and calves.
He has a healthy malt color, a pair of black wolf ears on his long, shiny black hair, and a wolf tail sticking out from the end of his cloak.
It took Alexander and Sofia a moment to react and realize that it was a race called demi-humans.
"As long as you are happy." Alexander tilted his head and looked at the girl and said, "This is my first time seeing a demi-human. Is that a demi-human?"
"Yes." Sofia nodded, paying attention away from the ears on the girl's head, and then looked at what the girl was doing.
"Huh?" Fageni also noticed the small commotion in the caravan. He looked straight at the man with the wolf tail, turned to the guy next to him and asked, "What is that?
Race, why do you have a tail?”
"Fageni, you are so rude." Alexander opened the curtain and glared at Fageni.
The demi-human girl was a little far away from the caravan and did not look over. The guy whispered to Fagenina that she was a demi-human. There are many sub-races of demi-humans, such as the demi-humans of the wolf tribe. It is said that apart from the demi-humans in human gathering places,
Except for humans, other demihumans are barbaric and warlike.
"Demi-humans? This race is half human and half beast? Where did they come from?" Fageni continued to ask the guy in a low voice.
"I don't know, but demi-humans have very sensitive ears. I hope that beautiful girl just now won't be angry. Ah, I think I'm in love with her." The guy showed a slightly infatuated expression, but of course he only believed half of what he said.
Fageni looked at the waiter in confusion, then thought about the girl who was called a demi-human just now, and decided not to speak.
However, the caravan still moved forward in an orderly manner, and soon stopped outside the thirty-third store on this street. At first glance, it was the largest store on this street.
On one side of the store is a spacious stable, which is enough for carriages to enter and exit. The display cabinets in the store are filled with various products, and many people wearing upper-class or slightly gorgeous and fashionable clothes come in and out of the store from time to time.
Of course, the captain of the caravan ordered the carriage to stop at the door of the store, and when he directed the guys to unload the goods, a clerk came out to greet them: "Thank you for your hard work. The wind and rain on the road must have made you very tired. The vice president has booked the best hotel in advance.
But the handover of the goods still requires the team leaders to come to the trading house to talk slowly."
Now that the car had stopped, Sofia got out of the carriage and looked at the street curiously. In addition to a small number of demi-humans, Sofia also noticed some people wearing weapons that were probably called muskets. The book said that this weapon was an upgraded version of a crossbow.
It has more powerful power and faster filling speed. The disadvantage is that the emission sound is loud, and it is easy to get wet and cannot be activated on rainy days. There is also the risk of accidental ignition and explosion.
There are all kinds of pedestrians in this town, but there are a lot of adventurers, so no one casts a curious look at the caravan, so this town must be used to outsiders.
Alexander Gu followed Sophia and left the carriage and went to the caravan captain: "Do you need us to do anything next?"
"Go in and talk." The captain of the caravan waved to Sophia and Fagni who were a little further away. They seemed to be the "leaders" that Alexander heard the clerk call them.
Fagni saw the movement here and stopped chatting with the guy who was getting more and more coquettish. He said something and turned around and walked towards the captain. Sophia went directly after seeing it.
"I'm in charge of unloading the goods, and you do the rest." The caravan captain showed no intention of going in, so the three of them guessed what they were going to talk about.
"Well, that's work." Alexander walked in to see if he could find the reception room. Fageni also nodded without saying a word, and followed Sophia into the door of the shop. This chapter has been completed!