Travel always seems to start between anticipation and uneasiness, and you are in the middle when you are unprepared.
There is a proverb among the Ta people, "The hardship of hiking can destroy all ambitions." This ethnic group that loves wandering and is rich in businessmen and adventurers has a profound understanding of travel.
In the blink of an eye, Brando and his team have entered the Black Forest for a week——
Although Kuran had suggested that Brando camp on the outskirts of the forest and set off after one night, Brando believed that they had no time to delay. Besides, he was more experienced in the Black Forest than Kuran, so there was no need to waste time.
The depths of the black forest are like layers of emerald-colored clouds, supported by black tree trunks far and near, densely covering the top of the head.
The light shines through the gaps between the clouds, dyeing the surrounding area a fresh green, while the backlight area is almost black. There are beams of light in the darkness, the dust rises and falls under the light, and the light spots fall on the knotted tree roots——
Under the tree roots, the emerald green water pool in the forest has no ripples. Occasionally, a water spider will scratch across it, causing ripples.
Light and darkness intertwined, outlining a quiet and bizarre scene, but the time was actually close to evening. Brando held a notebook, in which he recorded various things with fluorescent ink:
Black mage, moon view, four-leaf clover, witch's suffering...
The black mage symbolizes mystery in the secret language of witches and is used to extract the state of mind of meditation. Use level 3 alchemy to obtain the breath of peace, which is also the main ingredient of meditation incense.
Meditation incense is a hot commodity in Amber Sword. It allows the practice of mystical professions to achieve twice the result with half the effort. Under the clouds and mist in the quiet room, it is easier to realize the mysterious existence in the dark.
This is better reflected in psychic spells.
In the game, it increases the speed of gaining experience by 5%.
And level 7 alchemy can extract the lowest level 2 material in the Amber Sword, a product called mysterious essence. This thing can be taken directly to increase a little blood, but it can only take effect once.
Tsukimi is the mage's flower, which breeds magic power. If you chew it directly, it will have an effect and restore about 1 point of mana. However, after level 5 alchemy extraction, you can get pure magic water - plus the bottle, it becomes a primary mana potion.
Four-leaf alfalfa represents luck and is rare in the wild, but not rare in the black forest. This plant can be used in almost all potion making to increase the success rate.
But Brando knows a unique method, which can be used to extract the essence of luck using level 8 alchemy. That thing can be used in all alchemy, including forging and making magic circles.
The witch's pain is probably the material of some kind of poison, the poison of pain. This poison with a strong smell is inferior and worthless in the eyes of nobles who are good at conspiracy.
But this is not its real use. Cultists use this thing as the dual elements of "suffering and poison" to summon creatures from the lower world.
The Torment Lord of the Scorched Hell Demon, or the Vicious Queen.
Witch's Pain is a contraband strictly carried in the regulations of the Temple of Fire, but these provisions cannot stop those who really know the value of this plant - Black Fire Cultists, Goat Head Cultists, they are happy to pay a high price, or
Murder to take this thing from someone else.
Of course, Brando wasn't necessarily afraid, so he put the thing away.
These things are the results of the more than forty young people under his command this week. In fact, these young men got nothing in the three days before entering the Black Forest, and complained endlessly, but Brando naturally did not let them come for an outing - as long as
If someone is slacking off or working passively, there will naturally be mercenaries driving them forward harshly and ruthlessly with whips.
Every day at dawn, young people are woken up by mercenaries - some of them toss and turn in the cold and humid environment of the forest, unable to fall asleep, and may have just fallen asleep. But the training schedule does not matter so much, even if they drag their tired
The body must also complete its daily 'homework'.
The content of the training is actually not complicated. In addition to the necessary rush, there are also group confrontations, plus some swordsmanship and fighting skills.
Then there is the collection of materials for Tamar before camping every evening - of course it is called collaboration, and survival training is also an important part.
Over the past week, the number of materials recorded in the notebook has increased, and the level of treasure has obviously begun to increase. This shows that they are leaving the border of the Black Forest and entering the wild outer areas.
After Brando recorded the gains of the second team, he hit a dot on the parchment with a quill to indicate the end of the record. The sixty young people were divided into six groups, and each group was appointed a team leader.
The leader of the second group is a young man named Mars. This guy comes from Vern's mercenary group. He has the strength of the lower reaches of the black iron. He is serious about work and has strong organizational skills.
He is just a bit rigid.
But rigidity is not necessarily a bad thing. Thinking of this, Brando raised his head and glanced at Caglis not far away. The young man was leaning against a tree to wipe his long sword - this sword looked a bit like
The command sword of 377 before the November War had a wavy cage handle under the guard, and the style of the entire sword was light and agile - Brando liked this style very much, so he issued swords to these young people.
This design was also adopted.
The sword is the work of Master Belu, so the quality is not a concern.
Brando's design has obviously been successful, and young people, whether they have used a sword before or not, can't put it down.
This was far beyond the young man's expectations, but he reacted quickly and immediately took the opportunity to upgrade the sword to an honor - telling these young people that this sword is the symbol of the White Lion Guard, as long as he is still in the White Lion Guard
One day, you will be accompanied by this symbol of honor and the belief represented by this sword for the rest of your life.
Young people privately asked Brando what kind of belief this sword symbolized. Brando thought for a moment and replied:
"Brave, pioneering and unyielding, a sword that symbolizes integrity."
This statement has gained wide recognition among young people who advocate chivalry and romance.
Brando thought for a moment and came back from this memory. He turned over a page, moved the quill in his hand lightly, and wrote in the upper right corner of the next page:
‘On the 16th day of the Sleeping Month, it’s sunny—
The black forest began to become dense, and sometimes there was no light even in the daytime in the places we passed. The canopy was filled with huge spider webs and fist-sized cocoons, moths, and many-legged insects, densely clinging to the darkness.
on the trunk of a tree.
Some strange thorns began to appear in the forest, such as the witch's agony.
This shows that the team is gradually leaving the forest border area. We have observed traces of the monster for the first time in the whole day. Judging from the shape and the traces left behind, it should be a black wolf.’
As he wrote this, the young man's pen stopped, and the tip of the feather pen gently left the paper; monsters are a reflection of the distortion of magic power in the main material world. They are actually divided into several categories, including ferocious monsters, erosion states,
A warped creature, a shadow beast, an abomination, a demonic state, or a nightmare.
The black wolf is a type of shadow beast. Shadow beasts are quite low-level among monsters, but even this low-level monster has a creature level as high as level 25.
The black wolf has a pitch-black body, blood-red pupils, and white dagger-like fangs. It is difficult for physical damage to effectively kill it during combat - because the wounds of shadow creatures heal quickly - but its fangs can.
Easily pierces any armor with an armor level lower than 2.
In other words, no armor below the plate armor can withstand a blow from this monster. Even the plate armor can only barely resist with the chest and back plates, which have the highest defense.
However, Brando did not announce the news, and the guardians all adopted a tacit understanding of silence.
They wanted to see how young people would react when faced with a surprise attack after a week of training, especially combat training.
As for the danger, it can be ignored. In the face of any existence in the golden realm, these black wolves are no different from the most docile puppies.
‘This is the seventh day into the forest, Brando——’
He continued to finish writing this paragraph, and then looked around - the forest was not a peaceful scene. In the distance, young people were divided into six groups to fight against the twelve stone leopards produced by the Earth Sword. Six obsidian
The leopards either crouched or lay not far away and lazily watched all this. They covered their noses with their paws or half-squinted their eyes - they seemed not to be interested in the fighting of their own kind.
They even didn't understand why these humans were fighting so hard. Their own kind clearly didn't try their best. They glanced left and right, thinking that if they were on the field, they would definitely bite someone off.
neck.
Of course, the young people obviously didn't realize that these docile-looking big cats were interested in their necks, otherwise they might really have a cold war. But what made them feel even more worried at this moment was Akane and Kuran standing beside them.
With Uriel.
The security cavalry captain is the commander of the mercenaries accompanying the team this time. It can be said that these mercenaries have the most arduous tasks. In addition to supervision, they sometimes also serve as protectors.
At least when they entered the forest, the mercenaries saw these young people trying to sleep on the wet ground more than once. They were responsible for patrolling at night, kicking up those sleeping on the ground with their leather boots, and then lifting up their blankets.
Let them look at the centipedes and poisonous snakes below that are curled up as thick as an arm.
I have to say that this move was very effective. Many people were frightened out of their wits, and then they followed the advice of these mercenaries.
But now Uriel has another job, which is to score these young people's performance in the battle. The group with the lowest score will be driven to do a three-mile cross-country hike.
Three miles is nothing on the plains, but in the black forest it may cost one's life. Sometimes you may not get back until midnight if you set out in the evening. As for dinner, just hope that your companions can leave something for you.
