The screen flashed and the game scene switched to a desert gold mine.
Two weeks have passed in the game, and the protagonist and his party traveled through the long yellow sand and arrived at the hinterland of the desert.
Looking to the west, across the gold mine filled with holes, a spire castle can be vaguely seen sitting in the center of the mine.
The tall towers were dyed red by the setting sun.
That castle is the residence of the old witch Theodora.
The gold mines outside the castle are also properties in her name.
As soon as the travelers approached the mine, sad songs floated on the wind.
Everyone led the camels and walked in the direction where the singing came from.
From a distance, I saw a little dwarf carrying a pickaxe, stepping on the yellow sand, singing as he walked, his chubby little face full of sadness.
"Hey! Friends, please stay!"
Scarecrow Vita waved hello to the dwarf walking in front.
The dwarf stopped and turned around, his face full of horror.
"Huh? If my eyes were not fascinated by the wind and sand, the person who just spoke to me... seemed to be a scarecrow?"
"You have good eyesight, Mr. Dwarf. Scarecrow Vita is at your service!" Vita took off his straw hat, stroked his chest and bowed.
"In fact, not only the scarecrow can talk, we also have a talking lion and a tin man." Ma Yun said with a smile.
"Oh, my God! Are you the legendary Archmage Ms. Dorothy Gale?" The surprise on the dwarf's face instantly turned into ecstasy, "I heard that you killed the Witch of the East?"
"There is indeed such a rumor, although it is not entirely consistent with the facts."
Ma Yun smiled helplessly.
Along the way, she had been mistaken for the "Arch Mage" so many times that she was too lazy to explain.
"Wow! Great! Can you also kill the hateful Witch of the West?" the dwarf asked eagerly.
"My friends and I came to Winkie Township for this purpose, but before attacking the Witch of the West's castle, we need to know more about the local situation."
"If you have anything you want to know, just ask me! I am a know-it-all in Wenji Township!" the dwarf puffed up his chest proudly.
"I heard that dwarfs are a naturally optimistic people, but you were singing a song that sounded very sad just now. Why is that?" The Scarecrow asked first.
"Oh, kindhearted Mr. Scarecrow, your question has deeply hurt the scar in my heart."
The melancholy returned to the dwarf's face.
"If you are from the town, you should know that all the local residents spend half of their time every year serving that witch for free, drilling into dirty mines to mine gold that does not belong to us."
"From today on, it is my turn to work in the mine. It happens that my wife has just become pregnant, and I have to leave the family at the moment when she needs the most care. I wonder how any man can not feel depressed when he encounters such an unfortunate thing.
Na!"
"It is indeed worthy of sympathy." Tin Man Nick nodded empathetically, "My lover Enya is also waiting for me to come home in the forest. Fortunately, Enya does not have to endure the pain of pregnancy, and I do not have to work for others in the mines.
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"Ah...Mr. Tin Man, after hearing your comfort, I feel even sadder." the dwarf said gloomily.
"Little guy, after talking for a long time, we still don't know your name!" shouted Dimitri the lion.
"Hello, Mr. Mighty Lion, my name is Gas."
The dwarf took off his hat and saluted politely.
"gas……"
Gao Fei and Jiang Feng smiled at each other and complained in the Xingpan private chat channel.
Gu Nu
They both felt that the name "Gas" was very suitable for the mining industry engaged in by the dwarf, and hoped that Mr. Gas would not explode suddenly.
At this time, there was a harsh squawking sound coming from the side, like an angry crow calling strangely.
When Gas heard this, his little round face turned pale with fright, his hands and feet trembled, and his pickaxe fell to the ground.
Gao Fei was also attracted by the strange cry and turned to look.
I saw a guy in a black cloak, carrying a whip, running towards me.
This person is only over four feet tall, but compared to a dwarf, he is tall.
The wind and sand blew off the hood of his cloak, revealing a head that resembled a crow, with a sharp protruding beak occupying most of his face, and a pair of small, bean-sized eyes, shining with vicious light.
This was the first time Gao Fei saw a living Tengu, and he found that there was a layer of fluffy black feathers on the surface of his skin, making him look more like a humanoid crow than a skeleton.
This tengu, who seemed to be the supervisor of the mine, waved his whip at the gas and screamed strangely.
Gas was so frightened that he put his head in his hands and huddled up, trembling.
Crack!
The Tengu overseer whipped out his whip and slapped it on the dwarf miner's back.
The clothes were torn apart, leaving a bloody whip mark.
"Oh! Kind-hearted overseer, please spare me! I'm definitely not lazy on purpose, so I'm going to work in the mine!"
Gas whined in pain.
The Tengu overseer turned a deaf ear and seemed to get pleasure from the cruel execution. He excitedly raised his whip and slapped the gas on his head and face.
"Stop!" Tin Man Nick was the first to be unable to bear it any longer. He rushed forward and grabbed the overseer's whip with his steel palm. "You rude fellow, how can you hit anyone casually?"
"You rude fellow, how dare you stop me from beating someone!"
The Tengu imitated the Tin Woodman's speech, as if deliberately mocking him.
"Hey! Look, a living tengu!"
The lion Dimitri had just gone to a secluded place to urinate. Now he returned to his companions and looked at the Tengu overseer curiously.
"Hey! Look, a bunch of living idiots!"
The tengu turned his head and smiled strangely at the lion, imitating Dimitri's speaking accent with a rough and harsh voice.
"Birdman! Who are you scolding?" The lion stared angrily.
"Cat! Who are you scolding?" The Tengu supervisor was overjoyed.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, wondering what was going on with this guy. He just kept parroting his words and refused to speak properly.
This scene gave Gao Fei a strong sense of déjà vu.
It's a pity that I didn't enter the game as a "copycat", otherwise I could have summoned "Pearl Eye" Pearl and let her face off against the parrot-like Tengu.
It is not difficult to predict that this battle may eventually fall into an endless loop.
Jiang Feng opened the astrolabe and looked at the Tengu's illustrated book, and then he suddenly realized.
"No wonder Tengu can't speak well. It turns out that this creature has no independent racial language, but is very good at imitating the language and accent of other creatures, and can only communicate with people in this imitated second-hand language."
"The Tengu also know that they lack creativity in language, but they are not willing to just be a repeater, so when imitating the way others speak, they cleverly add a bit of vicious humor as a seasoning."
"So the same words, whether they are good or bad, will always be full of ridicule when spoken from the mouth of a tengu, making people want to beat them up..."
