Chapter 87 Rain, some preparations, encountering wolves
"How long does it take to get from Remy Village to the Rainbow River where you saw the monster?" Now that the target's general whereabouts had been determined, Moriarty immediately began to consider the pursuit.
"It takes about a day and a half to walk, but it only takes half a day to ride a horse." At this time, the village chief rushed to answer.
"That's right. Then Village Chief Henryt, based on your experience, what will the weather conditions be like around Rainbow Ranch in the past week?" After understanding the approximate distance, Moriarty continued to ask.
"What about the weather..." Huntley was also an old herdsman. He knew the Remi Village and Rainbow Ranch where he had lived and worked all his life. He turned his head and looked at the sky outside the window, thought for a moment, and then frowned and said: "
Although winter has already entered, it hasn’t snowed yet. But Mr. Master, I look at the weather outside and there may be rain tonight."
"Rain." Looking at the slightly uneasy look on the village chief's face, Moriarty vaguely felt that the rain might be heavy: "How big will it be? How long will it last?"
"Um...I can't say for sure." Henryt shook his head and apologized: "Just looking at the weather outside now, it shouldn't be a light rain. It may continue to rain until tomorrow night."
"Thank you." Moriarty nodded, but his expression couldn't help but change slightly.
As soon as they arrived at Rainbow Ranch, they were hit by rain. Moriarty's start was quite unsatisfactory. An unknown heavy rain would not only delay Moriarty's precious itinerary, but might also erase all the traces left by the Gog Demon.
Making Moriarty's subsequent pursuit even more difficult.
However, any battle is actually a contest between the two warring parties in terms of time, location, and people. Although being inexplicably affected by rain can make people feel extremely depressed, it cannot determine the fundamental success or failure.
"Village Chief Henryt, I have a few things to ask for your help next." After thinking silently for a while, Moriarty raised his head again and looked at the village chief and said.
"Mr. Master, please give me your instructions." Henryt immediately stood up from his seat and shouted loudly, and Thomason and other other herdsmen representatives also stood up.
"First of all, I would like to ask you to draw a map of Rainbow Ranch. It should be as detailed as possible. In particular, special terrain such as hills, rivers, and swamps should be marked. At the same time, the location where Mr. Thomason witnessed the Gog Demon must also be on the map.
There are clear signs on it, as well as the route from Remy Village to there." Moriarty said slowly: "Is it okay to request that it be completed before the rain stops?"
"Okay, Master Mage." Henryt immediately patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, I will gather people to draw the map overnight."
"Very good. The second thing is that I need to rent a strong horse and a few hounds from Remi Village." As he said that, Moriarty took out a handful of gold coins from his arms and placed them on the table. There were about twenty coins:
"The rental period shall not exceed seven days at most. If the horses or hounds are injured or injured, I will pay additional compensation. This money is the rent."
"This this…"
Looking at the small pile of gold coins, everyone, including Henryt, widened their eyes and grinned, looking surprised. However, they were frightened by Moriarty's identity, even though the gold coins were so tempting.
, but for a while no one dared to act rashly.
"Mr. Master, this money... this money... is really too much..." Henryt declined cautiously under the attention of other villagers around him.
"Take it, it's a fair reward, and you have to help me draw the map." Moriarty waved his hand and pushed the gold coin in front of Henryt.
"Thank you, Master Mage! Thank you!" Seeing that Moriarty's expression did not seem to be fake, Village Chief Henryt collected all the gold coins on the table. Of course, the other villagers present must also have a share, but
Henriette will definitely win the big prize.
That day, Moriarty stayed at the hotel in Remy Village.
Sure enough, as Henryt expected, heavy rain suddenly poured down shortly after nightfall. After simply eating the dinner prepared by the hotel, Moriarty returned to his room early to rest. Outside the window, raindrops fell heavily on the eaves.
The sound above was like an excited drumbeat, and the diffuse water vapor poured into the room through the tiny gaps in the wooden wall, making everything extremely humid.
Looking away from the night rain, Moriarty arranged his equipment and then began to meditate.
One night passed, and the rain still didn't stop, and it even tended to get heavier.
Village Chief Henryt came to the hotel in the rain early in the morning to visit Moriarty, and also brought him a map of Rainbow Ranch that he had worked out late at night. After careful study, Moriarty believed that this map basically met the needs of his mission. However,
Since it was still raining heavily outside, Moriarty could not leave immediately, so Huntley proposed that he could use the rainy time to continue to enrich the map as much as possible. Moriarty expressed his gratitude for this.
It wasn't until the morning of the third day that the heavy rain for one day and two nights slowly stopped. Huntley was consulted again, and the village chief believed that this time the heavy rain had basically come to an end, and it would be raining in the next few days.
The weather will be fine. After receiving this good news, Moriarty immediately packed up his equipment, mounted the horses that had been prepared in the village, and left Remi Village with all the villagers saying goodbye.
The land was muddy after being poured by heavy rain, and the air was full of moisture.
Moriarty was riding a mare about five years old, followed by four agile hounds. At this time, the equestrian training he had received in Erathia finally showed its effect. Although the ground of the pasture was soaked in rain and was soft,
One, even very slippery, but Moriarty still drove his mount smoothly and quickly.
Following the route outlined on the map, Moriarty first bypassed a small low-lying area. Due to the heavy rain, it had probably become a swamp. Then, he turned southeast and directly reached the Rainbow River. Then he continued along the north bank of the Rainbow River.
Go south and rush to the place where Thomason saw the Gog Demon.
After all, it was extremely slippery after the rain, so it was not until the evening that Moriarty finally arrived at his destination.
In the dim light of dusk, Moriarty quickly searched around the sighting site on horseback. As expected, after a long period of rain, no trace of Gog could be found on the ground.
Since the target has been temporarily lost, any random search will only waste energy in vain, and may even fall into unknown dangers. On a small highland on the north bank of the Rainbow River, Moriarty chose a camping site. In order to reduce the load as much as possible
, Moriarty did not bring any tents or other equipment. Fortunately, it was no longer raining, so after lighting a magic stove as a bonfire, Moriarty's simple camp was not too cold.
Moriarty first took out some dried beef and mutton from the sac behind the horse and threw it to the four hounds. The four big dogs were thirsty and hungry after running all day, and they immediately fought with each other to eat it.
The pieces of meat came, and all the meat was devoured in a short time. As for the mounts, there were still some dry grass leaves and grass seeds left on the winter pasture, which were just the fodder for the horses. Because Henryt selected them for Morea.
Di's mare has a very docile temperament, so there is no need to worry about her running away on her own.
After appeasing the animals around him, Moriarty used an iron kettle to fill some water from the Rainbow River, then set up a simple and practical tripod on the magic stove to boil hot water. When the water
After opening it, Moriarty took out a fist-sized piece of cooked dough mixed with dried meat and vegetables from his canvas bag, broke it into pieces and threw it into the boiling water. After a while, a strong aroma came from the pot.
It slowly emerged and then spread around the camp.
The night is getting darker.
Moriarty carefully took the kettle off the fire, then scooped out a full spoonful of soup with a small spoon chained to the handle of the kettle, blew it and put it into his mouth. Immediately, there was a smell of delicious meat mixed with it.
The sweet and delicious taste of fresh vegetables slowly spread on the tip of Moriarty's tongue.
Vegetable broth, this is a special diet prepared by Hyana for Moriarty. Eating the delicious food in the pot, Moriarty really has the illusion that he is dining in the Mage Tower.
However, just when Moriarty was halfway through his dinner, a shrill and brutal wolf howl suddenly came from the south bank of the Rainbow River. Immediately, the four hounds who were resting next to Moriarty jumped up.
, the originally submissive hairs stood up one after another, and the fangs were exposed in the open mouths of the dogs. Led by the largest hound, the four big dogs also barked and responded towards the south bank where the wolves howled.
, as if to warn enemies in the distance not to act rashly.
Unfortunately, the hound's warning was ineffective.
A few minutes later, in the dark night, pairs of green eyes appeared on the high ground on the other side of the Rainbow River. Accompanied by the cold grinding of teeth and heavy breathing sounds filled with hunger, greed and exhaustion, those will-o'-wisps appeared on the high ground on the other side of the Rainbow River.
His eyes flickered on and off, like a bloodthirsty ghost.
"Prairie wolves... ten." He put down the dinner in his hands and turned the flame of the magic stove to the maximum. Then Moriarty slowly stood up, squinting slightly and scanning the uninvited guests across the river.
As if seeing the coveted prey, when Moriarty stood up, the hungry wolves roared violently.
Then, stepping on the icy rainbow water, the wolves rushed towards the north bank like a landslide and tsunami.
For a moment, the smell of killing condensed fiercely in the sky above Rainbow River.
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