Alexander's Memoirs - The Trail Blazers Chapter 9 For Whom the Doors Open
"Noli, please resist this big cat. Freya and I will clean up the traces, and then return to the camp first." Alexander said, putting his bow behind him, picking up a branch and starting to clean up the traces.
She covered the blood stains and footprints with soil and leaves, and was still vigilant in the process.
"Okay." Noli hurriedly wiped the blood on the weapon on an inconspicuous plant nearby, then stepped forward to pick up the big cat.
"I said, should we consider hunting more? In addition to replenishing the food in the camp, we can also trade the furs." Freya helped deal with the traces, and she felt that she could fight again.
"But once damage occurs, it is very dangerous." Noli gave a different opinion.
"That being said, I don't know what I will encounter if I go forward. I don't know if this beast can be handed over. It's not too late to go back and ask the people of that tribe for information." Alexander glanced at the side.
A wolf lying down licking his wounds. "And to be honest, we really need medicine now."
"I'm going back first. It's not easy to deal with your injuries." Seeing that it would take some time to clean up the traces, Noli greeted Susie and returned to the camp.
"Hmm... But that native can cause a freezing effect on the wound. I don't know if it's a magic device. Maybe the native's priest will know something." It's not good to have preconceived notions. Freya already thinks that those people are original
Residents.
In the camp on the other side, Sherlock's physical injuries were slowly recovering under the treatment of doctors. He lay on the hospital bed and did not want to move, but thinking that there were many beasts outside, it was honestly better to recover quickly. "Well,
Mr. Trier, do we have a quick recovery potion?"
The doctor shook his head and left. At present, he was only satisfied with the most basic treatment, but even so, he was very lucky.
"Then there's nothing we can do. It looks like it will take a few days for my body to recover..." So Sherlock continued to lie lazily, and soon fell asleep.
Soon after, Noli and Susie returned to the camp. They found the technician and asked him to dismember the big cat. Then they reported to the captain information about the tribe, the other party's requirements, etc.
"Be more careful when you contact each other again, especially if you are being followed." People with strange identities came one after another, which made the captain feel very uneasy.
"You are right, but judging from the scope of their activities, if they really want to attack, they have already started, and we have almost no possibility of confrontation. In short, we will be careful. Captain, you should also pay attention to rest."
"The child's injury was a bit serious today, so I'm going to leave first." After finishing speaking, Noli glanced at Susie beside her and took her to a quiet place to see the injury.
Carefully finding a location where there was no wind or rain, she first dealt with the blood from the wound and the dirt on her body. Then she took out an unknown light green ointment from her bag and lightly applied it on Susie.
Susie obediently cooperated with her master in applying the medicine. She was a little depressed because of her serious injury. After her master helped her apply the medicine, the she-wolf lay down on the spot and took a nap.
Noli sighed, got up to see the big cat's anatomy, and waited for her teammates to come back.
It is estimated that the meat of the big cat can only increase the food for the camp for half a day, and it is a little sour and can barely be eaten. Seeing that the technician has almost processed it, Noli quickly expressed the need to save the head: "Thank you, we will use that tomorrow.
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She decided to wait quietly for her teammates to come back, and before that, she walked around the camp. She had nothing to do, so she checked to see if there were any traces of footprints or signs of plants being crushed - fortunately, there were no such traces, and there didn't seem to be any potential.
Danger.
After returning with Freya, Alexander inserted the tattered branches into a pile of bushes nearby, and then walked towards the huge cat head under the rain shelter.
"Do you want to go find the captain alone? Things at the temple..." Freya asked.
When Noli saw her teammates coming back, she stared blankly for a while, then stepped forward and said hello: "I've already mentioned it."
"Have you gone to see the captain? What did he say?" Alexander turned around.
"He didn't say anything. Let's be careful." Noli looked at Susie. "We probably didn't leave any traces... Anyway, let's be more careful."
"Okay, since Susie has gone to rest? Let's go to the tribe to see the big cat's head now?" Alexander walked over and picked up the cat's head.
"Would it be too late to get there now? It would be troublesome if we got lost." Noli didn't want to go.
"At this point, we still don't know whether we will be alive tomorrow. Difficulties are difficult." Alexander said, weighing the tiger's head he was holding and shaking off the blood.
"Are you okay?" Nolly asked with concern.
Freya looked at the sky, and it seemed that there was still some time until dusk: "It's imminent... To be honest, if we want to improve our strength here in the short term, we must rely on the people of that tribe, that's what I think.
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"Now go to the tribe?" Alexander said, kicking some soil to cover the blood drops on the ground.
"Should we go now?" Noli felt that time was a little tight: "I'm fine, but the wounded should rest."
"I think it's a good time to go." Alexander stepped forward directly: "Freya, are you going?"
"Then let's go, Sherlock and the wolf stay? There shouldn't be any conflict, probably..." Freya followed.
In the evening, the three adventurers arrived at the gate of the tribe.
Solas was still guarding the gate, and he didn't know when the shift would change. He saw the tiger head held by Alexander. "It's quite fast. It seems that he is proficient in the art of combined attacks."
Noli nodded noncommittally, without saying much.
Freya thought to herself. Actually, we wasted a lot of time on the road...
"What's the art of combined attack? It means using more to hit less. This guy doesn't do sneak attacks. He jumps out and yells at us stupidly. From what you said, does this guy pass the test?" Alexander raised his arm and held the tiger's head.
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Solas nodded and let the way to the door, and then the door slowly opened. "Remember not to cause trouble, there are so many warlike guys." After the three of them entered the door, he also gave
Got advice.
"Understood. Who do we need to say hello to when we enter?" Alexander asked.
"Someone will be looking for you, so just take a look around before that." After Solas finished speaking, the door slowly closed again under the push of the tribal warriors.
This reply was within Alexander's expectation: "Okay, let's not go there for now."
The adventurers took a glance at the general layout of the buildings in the village. Most of them were wooden boards reinforced with rattan, with storage underneath and residents above.
There are animal skins, pottery or other decorations at the door of some houses, which looks like a wealthy family.
The residents of the village seemed to be very curious about the arrival of strangers. Many people were looking up from the small buildings, and children stood very close to the roadside watching.
Although they all have a curious and possibly friendly attitude toward adventurers, they also have many wary looks.
At the very center of the tribe is the only high-rise wooden building fully decorated with furs, and there is a strange-shaped totem standing in front of the door.
This high-rise wooden house is different from other single-room houses in that there are two complete small rooms on the left and right.
These rooms are all decorated with hanging branches dyed red, and the rattan is twisted into the shape of a leopard's head and hung from the roof to the edge of the high platform as decoration. These are very exotic to adventurers.
Even if we don't talk about this already gorgeous decoration, just from such a key position, we can know that the identity of the owner of this residence must be very noble.
The clouded leopard lying not far away yawned. Its four protruding fangs were very suitable for inflicting penetrating wounds.
After looking around, Noli took the lead and slowly walked towards the center of the village.
"It's up to you... I'm really not used to this place, so..." Freya whispered to Alexander at the end.
"Huh? I'm quite used to it. Maybe I've often been in this kind of village before?" But to be honest, Freya felt that the village Alexander mentioned was just an ordinary village.
The two of them followed Noli, and within a few steps, an old man with a few blades of grass and feathers stuck in his head and a red wooden stick wrapped around his waist walked up to the adventurers.
"I am the wizard of Ankaro Village. If the memory I recall is correct, people like us are also called spell casters outside. On behalf of the village chief, I welcome the visit of several warriors."
Alexander stepped forward and nodded to the old man and said: "Thank you very much. What is your name, sir?"
"Just call me wizard, I quite like this title." I don't know what magical abilities the old man has.
When Noli saw someone approaching, she naturally turned her attention to him: "Dear wizard, hello."
Freya also nodded, but didn't say anything, and quietly took a step back, seeming to be a little resistant to the wizard.
"Okay, Mr. Wizard. We are a group of people who have just arrived here recently. We are entrusted by someone we don't remember clearly to settle here. When we see this village, we will come over and say hello. Please take care of us in the future.
.My name is Alexander Johnson, next to me is Nolly, and this one is Freya."
The wizard nodded: "Now that the greetings are over, let's get straight to the point. Besides saying hello, why are you here?" His attitude was very direct.
"Well... to put it bluntly, our group of people has already lived near here and planned to explore the surroundings. Then we encountered some strange things and planned to collect more information."
"In addition, we are ordered to conduct various studies on the flora, fauna, environment and customs here, so we want to learn more about the local people." Noli added to Alexander's words.
Freya stood aside, silent. She thought to herself that she seemed to dislike wizards... and this kind of poor and shabby place.
"Knowledge, that is the most precious thing. Use equivalent knowledge that we need in exchange for the barter." The wizard proposed exchanging information.
"Well, we can first tell you what we know to show our sincerity, and you can exchange information that you think is equivalent. Well... it doesn't matter if I tell everything here?" Alexander said and glanced around.
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"Do you want to change the place?" Noli followed suitably.
"That's very good. We won't deceive you, and there is nothing to hide. Let's just say it here." The wizard was very calm.
"Okay. First, what we know now is that we found traces of unclean creatures on the other side of the lake..." Alexander said and observed the reaction on the other side.
"We already know this." The wizard interrupted her.
"Second, we encountered a hidden spellcaster. The message he left pointed to a nearby temple. Do you know anything about this?" The monster Solas mentioned might be an unclean creature.
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"He sent a crow to deliver a message to us, asking us to explore a temple and promising us a way to restore our memory. The most important thing we want to make sure of here is that if we go to that temple, we won't offend you, right?
Just say that the temple is a forbidden area or something?" Alexander
"Temple? Are you talking about the temple in the ruins group? The source of those unclean creatures is probably in the temple in the ruins group. The ruins are already surrounded by unclean creatures. The third person we sent to investigate
The soldiers have all been seriously injured, and the temple is a source of danger to the village. It will be very dangerous for you to go there alone."
Alexander's face almost turned pale when he heard the news: "We have already fought against the fifth-ranked one at the door. I understand what you mean." He calmed down and said: "It seems that for the time being, we can only hone ourselves more nearby.
I’m planning to go to the temple. Thank you very much for the information.”
I'm afraid it's stranded now... But why did the conjurer choose us as chess pieces... Doesn't he know the danger there? Noli thought so and scanned the surrounding buildings and people absentmindedly.
It was starting to get dark. Alexander looked up and then looked at the wizard: "Do you have anything else to ask us? If not, we will go back first. It's getting dark."
The wizard shook his head, and the grass and feathers on his head almost fell off. "What you said about the existence of other people is enough news, and he is also a spell caster."
Fortunately, she didn't go, otherwise she would have died on the spot. After feeling lucky, Freya only felt scared. Then several people left.
Alexander walked to the door, and a tribal warrior opened the door. Then she nodded to Solas: "We've finished talking. It's getting late, so we'll leave first. I was a little nervous before and forgot to introduce myself. My name is Alexander Johnson.
The one with the big sword is called Noli, the one with the big sword is called Freya, the person you fought with during the day is called Sherlock, and the wolf is called Susie. It's okay if I can't remember it all at once. I think you're quite friendly.
To make friends."
"Ha, I have a very good memory. When it comes to recalling things, I am one of the best in our village. As for making friends, to be honest, I'm looking forward to it."
I can't see anything, I have forgotten too many things. If I didn't have amnesia... Freya, who followed me, looked away, feeling a little uneasy.
"Well, speaking of which, I only remembered my name when I saw it on the power of attorney. When you reported your name just now, I forgot to ask you how you knew your name." Alexander suddenly asked after thinking of something.
"I thought of it myself, so what do you think? It's pretty awesome," Solas said with a calm expression, without any sense of deliberately bragging.
"It varies from person to person...it's really amazing." Noli sighed. Fortunately, she remembered Susie's name.
"That's really amazing. If only I could remember it all at once." Alexander said as he waited for Noli to follow him back to the camp. "Then it's getting late, so let's not go there for now."
"Goodbye." Freya smiled politely, then turned around and left with her teammates.
Solas waved to the three of them, leaned down and nuzzled the clouded leopard's ears, and the door began to close slowly.
Alexander also waved to Solas, then turned around and returned to the camp with his teammates. This chapter has been completed!