Seeing the laughter and noise coming from the exit, Woody couldn't help but hold his forehead and sigh.
"Why does it look like an amusement park?"
Woody looked at how the passage that was originally used to cross the river had turned into what it is now. He didn't know for a moment whether he was sighing at Cecil's imagination and using the Grease Technique in this place, or he was surprised by the North
Local people always seem to be like this. When faced with difficulties, they can always find some way to have fun.
About an hour later, all the carriages and goods of the Nudong Merchant Group crossed the river safely.
When Woody planned to return to the carriage to rest, he received an unexpected invitation.
Cecil walked up to him and invited.
"Come to my place and rest. I just asked the servant to make some black tea, which can calm your mind and replenish your energy."
The force shield had long since disappeared, and Woody and Cecil, like everyone else, were soaked in the rain. Fortunately, when they were on the other side of the river, Cecil had asked his servants to boil several pots of hot soup to ward off the cold.
Several herbs were added to it, and Woody drank two bowls not long ago. It tasted good. In addition to the fragrance of herbs, there was also a strong sweetness, like melted dry cheese.
Woody hesitated for a while, then without too much entanglement, followed Cecil's steps and entered the carriage in the center.
It just so happened that he had something to ask her.
This was Woody's first time entering the most conspicuous luxury carriage of the Nudong Merchant Group. He was mentally prepared, but the spaciousness inside still surprised him when he just opened the curtain.
This is not a carriage, it is simply a luxurious hall.
I don’t know if it’s due to a constant spell or some kind of space wonder. The inside of the carriage is more than twice as big as the outside. Not only is the ground covered with soft blankets, but the curtains on the walls and the top of the ceiling also have unique features.
The earth-style animal skin decoration, combined with several small bookshelves standing tall in the jungle, and the untied spellcaster's desk in the middle, give people a savagery with a little gentleness at first glance, and the unique impact makes
It's hard to forget once you take one look at it.
"Sit down wherever you want, the black tea is still heating, please wait a while."
After Cecil returned to the carriage, she seemed much more relaxed. She leaned lazily on a reclining chair wrapped in winter wolf skin, not wanting to move a finger.
"Cecil."
Woody agreed casually and found a place to sit down. After a while, after the black tea was served, he took a sip and asked first.
"Um?"
Cecil also drank the black tea. The warm liquid flowed through her throat and entered her stomach. The warm feeling made her almost make a sound. When she heard Woody's question, she thought something was wrong with him and looked up.
, and found that this black-haired young man was already sitting upright at this time.
"What's up?"
"Your teacher is Her Majesty Carolina, right?"
At this moment, the young man's golden eyes were like stars, and there was a hint of sadness in his tone, giving people the impression that he was being deceived, and an inexplicable sense of guilt arose.
"Her Majesty Carolina is your teacher, isn't she, Cecil?"
Woody's words came out of the blue, but were somewhat logical. Cecil's face looked slightly surprised at this time. She narrowed her sea-blue eyes with slightly raised corners and spoke in a slightly puzzled tone.
"Why do you ask?"
She neither admitted nor denied it, but her face had changed from the previous smile to a calm one.
"I'm just curious about your relationship with her. She gave me this precious ring. I have to think about what gift to give me when we meet next time."
Woody already had a plan in mind, and he had already planned it. After all, Lani not only gave him ancient weapons, but also gave him a third way out of Ashenlanth. If he came to ask for help again, he would definitely bring it with him.
A few gifts passed by, but he had already thought about the gift. As for using it to ask Cecil here, it was just to deceive others.
After hearing Woody's words, Cecil, who was a little confused at first, understood immediately. He didn't say anything more, his face improved a lot, and he said gently.
"Her Royal Highness the Queen is just my first teacher, not a real teacher, but I grew up in her mage tower, which is true."
There was a little nostalgia in Cecil's eyes. It had been a long time since she had gone back to that towering Northland tower.
Four years or five years.
When I go back this time, I will definitely take a good rest in the botanical garden on the seventh floor, take a look at Grandpa Taling, and say hello to Duke Camory...
Seeing Cecil admitting his identity straightforwardly, Woody asked reluctantly even though he was prepared.
"Besides you, does Her Majesty Carolina have any other disciples?"
Unexpectedly, these words received a big eye roll from Cecil, and he asked directly.
"Have you ever heard that the teacher has accepted other disciples? Or is there someone who acts wantonly in the name of the teacher?"
"That's not true." Woody thought about it carefully and found that Lani really didn't seem to accept any disciples.
"That's fine then."
Cecil was quite complacent and spoke in old-fashioned words.
"So, if you tell others about your experience in Navia, many people will be jealous to death, including those mages in the Thousand Pagoda Society who claim to be elites. After all, the teacher rarely meets outsiders.
What's more, I personally gave you such a precious gift."
"Woody, you have to know how to cherish it! If you want to give a gift, I'm the right person to ask. As for the teacher, he likes those messy spells and other weird knowledge the most. I think you know a lot. When we meet next time
This is the perfect gift!"
"Oh, I see."
Woody took a deep look at Cecil who was talking about getting excited, and didn't say much. Although he didn't mind reminding him, but such a dangerous incident as Demogorgon had already happened, Woody didn't feel her vigilance.
His heart will be very low. On the contrary, any disturbance now may cause this court mage who is stuck in the task of guarding to use the talisman that summons the legendary mage.
So, how did she die?
If the historical information is true, Cecil's death should have occurred during this period of time. I don't know whether it was on the way to the Northland or after returning to Cormilan. Anyway, it is absolutely impossible after the Astral Whale appeared, because
At that time, there were already players who had joined the Thousand Towers Society's evocation faction and were able to analyze spell fixation points for first-level spells, and among them, the enhanced version of Grease was already on the list of options.
Is he leaving early?
Woody looked at the court mage with a wide smile and the tabby cat who was very lazy but always keeping an eye on the place. His mentality was a little complicated. After all, his presence or absence would not have much influence. He could kill Sai.
The existence of Sil means that he must have the capital to fight against the high-level mage. He is just a level 5 demon hunter. It would be a bit fanciful to want to get involved and turn the tide.
"Unfortunately, I will probably return to the Northland a little later than you. Before heading to Komilan, I have to take this little guy and the business group to the open sea."
However, even though Woody convinced himself and laid the groundwork for himself in this way, he still couldn't help being surprised when he heard Cecil's next itinerary plan.
Sea caravan.
Isn't this consistent with the information about the caravan that needs to be investigated when something happened in the Northland in my last life?
However, after he joined the Nudong Merchant Group, he had already learned from the merchants about the upcoming journey. The Nudong Merchant Group would pass through several famous west coast cities one after another, all the way north, and the entire journey would be by land. There would be no Sisi at all.
The sea journey you mentioned was why he felt confident and bold enough to join a Raging Winter Merchant Group that was likely to get into trouble in his previous life.
"Oh, this is because the teacher gave me a temporary task last night. After arriving at the Moon Sea Kingdom, I made a temporary trip to the Dragon Roar Islands at Falling Moon Port. I was originally asked to take Duny there alone.
, but the goods of Kage and the others can be sold at a good price on the Dragon Roar Islands. They have worked hard along the way, and I plan to let them recover their health there."
After Cecil heard Woody's question, he didn't hide it much, because the news that he was about to go to sea in Falling Moon Port would be informed to all members before leaving the Golden Valley at the latest. Woody was also better than the Raging Winter Merchant Group.
The members had known about it for two or three days, and it had no impact on the plan. She also showed Woody the compass that could guide the ship to the Dragon Roar Islands. Without this special compass, the glaciers hidden under the Dragon Roar Islands would be enough.
It sank 90% of the ships that tried to get close to it, and this kind of compass will only be issued if it is approved by the local residents of the Dragon Roar Islands.
Therefore, the group of profit-seeking businessmen are eager to take this opportunity to go to the Dragon Roar Islands. Normally, it is difficult for their northern business groups to pass there. Every time they pass by, they can bring good profits, especially those who barter.
At this stage, it is easy to exchange salt and sugar that are not valuable in the outside world for some items that are far more valuable in the outside world.
After all, the native residents of the Dragon Roar Islands are much tougher than the barbarians in the North and the residents of the Goliath tribe.
There is a tribe of dragonborn living there.
The Northlanders call them, or they call themselves Monlites.
In dragon language, Monlit means... dragon warrior.
Because they are in the ocean, they make a living by hunting whales all year round. It is said that their bodies contain the power of dragons in their blood or souls as they claim. Almost every adult Monlite has an adult challenge level of 5
Above, the personal level has reached 8, and every Monlite has at least one natural ability like a warlock.
But unlike most dragonborn who are so conspicuous, they look like ordinary Northlanders, and their attire is similar to that of the Northlanders. They all wear iron helmets with horns or antlers, fur-studded chainmail and steel armor.
They make weapons, but if you look carefully, you will find that the skin and eyes of Monlites are more pale, and when angry, the pupils do not turn into needlepoints, but vertical pupils.
The former is proof that they have been fearless in wind and rain all year round, fighting storms in the ocean. Generally, northerners rarely go out in blizzards, while the latter is proof of the legend that they contain the soul of the dragon in their bodies.
Of course, as Woody, who had known about the Dragon Roar Islands in his previous life, and who had personally set foot on that land to search for the Dragon Relics, he understood the value of it even more, because the job transfer and advancement there were just his fantasy and not something he could do.
Yes, unlike other creatures with the blood of dragons, the dragonborn of the Dragon Roar Islands are more like humans who accidentally gained the power of dragons. They gain power by chanting spells composed of dragon languages.
Breath includes but does not represent everything. Woody knows that there are no less than ten kinds of breath that the group of dragonborn can use.
Sleep breath, hot breath, magma breath, frost breath, arcane torrent, poisonous breath...
Basically, the breath of metal dragons and even chromatic dragons are included, as well as many other rare planar dragons.
The reason why Woody set foot on that archipelago is because if he can find the short words left by the former dragonborn and the dragon there, as long as he meets the conditions, he can master its abilities. Many players have gained a lot of good things from this.
Expertise and talent, Woody's character at that time was also lucky enough to find a dragon's curse that could increase the attack speed of weapons.
At that time, Woody, like many players, wanted to play a dragonborn character born in the Dragon Roar Islands.
But in the game, no one can succeed.
Some people speculate that it is not prestigious enough, and others speculate that this is a non-playable item set by the game company. After all, the Dragonborn also has a way to kill creatures, and can extract talents and expertise suitable for abilities from the soul with a certain probability.
Of course, these are just conjectures, there are still many people working hard on it, and Woody's berserker at the time was also one of them.
However, not long before the arrival of the Corruption Mother Tree, the Dragon Roar Islands mysteriously disappeared from the map and could no longer be found. The tasks some people received on them turned gray-white, and even if the tasks were up to standard, they still showed that they could not be found.
Finish.
At that time, it was considered a big unsolved mystery in the game.
Could it be that Cecil's death is related to the dragonborn of the Dragon Roar Islands?
After the fragmented information gradually became more and more, Woody clearly felt that the original Northland was wrapped in a huge web before the devil army came, but he didn't know that this time it was in the spider web.
Who is the person playing chess?
Is it the divinity of the spider goddess Lolth, whom he temporarily imprisoned and watched?
Is it the two-headed baboon, or is it its mortal enemy, the other two demon princes, or the demon king who once disappeared?
Or is it the true master of the Nine Hells, who led the demon army and fought bloody battles with demons for countless years, the Grand Duke Asmodeus who vainly wanted to become a god in Baator Hell?
Woody's mind flashed through the powerful people in the multiverse that he learned about in the previous game, but he couldn't connect any of them with them no matter how hard he tried.
There is still too little information.
"What's wrong? You want to go with me?"
Seeing that Woody had been silent after hearing that she was about to go to sea, Cecil was a little curious, and the following sentence was naturally just a joke.
The Dragon Roar Islands may be a rare golden treasure land for businessmen, but for Woody...
Not bad.
Woody thought of some good dragon spells that could be easily obtained in his previous life, and he was a little moved.
But he was quickly abandoned because the timeline of this matter obviously conflicted with the search for the astral whale.
But Cecil doesn’t know that if Woody was a businessman, she would feel sorry for him. After all, the opportunity to go to the Dragon Roar Islands is very rare. Without the help of her teacher, even she would have a hard time getting there.
That sea archipelago formed by ice, snow and glaciers all year round.
At this time, Woody was thinking more about how to use a better way to remind Cecil that there was great danger in going to sea.
As for giving up the opportunity to go to the Dragon Roar Islands, he had no regrets at all.
Because he knew that there was a broken ritual teleportation array in the North. As long as it was repaired, he could reach the Dragon Roar Islands for a few gold coins without taking a boat.
