In the silent mountain forest, Adier stood on the spot, holding a green solid in his right hand.
The green solid was dug out from the body of the green-eyed snake, like a stone, and it was stained with green snake blood, which looked a little disgusting.
Looking at the green snake stone, Adier stood there and thought for a moment, wiped off the snake blood on it, and after confirming that it was non-toxic, he pinched off a little and put it in his mouth.
"Ding! An effective substance has been detected. After swallowing a hundred pills, your physical fitness will increase by 0.1."
The message in his mind made Adil's face light up.
"How many snakes like this are around?" Adil thought for a moment and asked the hunter following behind him.
The middle-aged hunter wearing an animal skin robe was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Adil to ask this question, and then quickly responded: "There are a lot of green-eyed snakes around here, and they can often be seen, but
If you want to find more, you have to go deep into the forest, where this snake lives."
He looked at the snake stone in Adier's hand and asked tentatively: "Do you want this kind of snake stone? If you want it, I can help you get some."
Adil turned around and looked at him with some surprise: "Is there such a snake stone sold around here? Isn't it said that green-eyed snakes are highly venomous?"
"Although this green-eyed snake is poisonous, its meat is very delicious, and this snake stone is also a very valuable medicinal material, so experienced hunters often come to catch it."
The middle-aged hunter explained to Adil: "If you are willing to pay a high price, there will be many experienced hunters around here to serve you. I believe you can catch some soon."
"Then I'll trouble you." Adier didn't hesitate much about this, he just thought about it and agreed to the proposal.
One hundred snakes is not a small amount. If Adier catches them all by himself, he may not know how long it will take to collect them all. It is also a good thing to have someone who can help with the acquisition.
They talked there for a while and quickly reached an agreement. Adier offered a high price of one gold coin for each snake and asked the hunter to help purchase it.
Life is not easy for civilians in this world. A gold coin can already sustain a family's basic survival for a month if they live a compact life. It is definitely a high price for those hunters.
As the heir to a baron, Adier had servants send him money every month to support his life, but it was barely more than a hundred gold coins every month.
After the deal was reached, the hunter on the side looked happy, and the faces of several followers around him also showed faint expressions of envy.
What can be expected is that when this hunter trades with other people, he will definitely take a commission from that gold coin.
But Adil didn't care about this, it was just human nature. All he wanted was the materials he could get, and he didn't want to ask how those materials were obtained.
"Okay, this area has been inspected, let's go to the next place."
After searching the spot carefully, Adil looked around and said to the other people behind him.
After searching for such a long time, except for some traces of bear activity in the surrounding mountains, there was no other special place.
According to the analysis of the chip in my mind, these traces were basically from a week or two ago. According to the characteristics of the mountain bear wandering around, it may have gone to other places for activities now.
Adil led the people back to the place where the horses were tied before, preparing to visit other places.
Gently stroking the black horse with his arm, Adil's eyes suddenly froze, and the sound of chip machinery was ringing in his mind.
"Ding! Unknown breath molecules were detected, analyzed as adult male humans, and the number is three."
"Someone just came here!" Adil's mind was shaken, and he subconsciously looked to the right in the direction of the chip analysis.
On the right side, there is a patch of grass, with low grass and trees growing lushly in it. It looks very natural, without any trace of man-made changes.
However, this is just a superficial disguise. According to the analysis of the chip, there are very shallow trampling marks in the grass and trees, as well as strong breath molecules, spreading all the way into the distance.
After discovering this, the expression on Adil's face remained unchanged, and his eyes quickly shifted to several horses, as if he had just glanced at them casually.
However, his right hand was quietly placed on the cross sword on his waist, feeling a little hesitant in his heart.
This hesitation did not last long. Soon, he made a decision in his heart and naturally put down the cross sword he was holding tightly in his right hand.
He is not the original owner of this body, he is not a die-hard loyalist to Count Boria, and he has no intention of dying for him.
It's just an ordinary mission, but this kind of thing where you have to fight people to the death will not be of any benefit to Adil.
Adil quietly stroked the big black horse beneath him, secretly using a chip to detect the horse's condition.
This is just in case. Although I don't want to fight to the death with the other party, the other party may not have this consciousness and may take advantage of the time they are away to do something.
"Ding! The horse is in good health and has no abnormal reactions."
The chip's reminder sounded in his mind, making Adil feel slightly relieved.
"Let's go."
He mounted his horse, as if he had discovered nothing, and walked forward with a few people behind him, preparing to patrol and investigate the next location.
After waiting for a while, it was confirmed that Adier had left far away. Three people just walked out of the nearby grass at the original place.
They were wearing emerald green tight-fitting suits and their movements were sharp and fast. In this area, they were difficult to detect due to the surrounding scenery.
"Why didn't you kill them just now?" Looking at Adier and the others in the distance, a bearded man among the three people was a little confused and asked a young man next to him.
The young man was also wearing a green tights, but his appearance was much more handsome than the bearded man, and the expression on his face was very calm.
"These people are here to investigate the situation in this area. If we take action, we will arouse the other party's suspicion in the end, and our arrangements during this period may be exposed."
"And even if we do take action, with just the three of us, it's not certain who will kill whom in the end."
After explaining, the young man looked at the direction in which Adil and others were leaving, and said with a solemn expression.
"No?" The bearded man looked unbelieving: "Just a few ordinary people and an aristocratic child who is still breastfeeding in a woman's arms? I can kill them all by myself."
"That's not an ordinary noble kid." At this time, another person spoke up, with the same solemn look on his face: "That's Adil Farkus, a famous knight genius nearby."
"This is not a genius who is trumpeted, but a real person who has been on the battlefield. I heard that he was about to meet the standards for knight promotion half a year ago, and I guess he is not far away from activating the life seed now."
At this point, there was a hint of fear in the man's tone: "With this kind of strength, unless the real knight comes, it is impossible to keep the other party, let alone the three of us."
"Okay, that's it for today. The most important task now is to arrange the front-end base to receive the follow-up people."
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When the three people appeared from behind, Adil was leading the people towards the way they came.
Because it was almost noon, the sun was very bright in the sky.
After observing it for a while, Adil ordered the group to find an abandoned village and prepare to rest there for a while.
After walking in, Adil tied up his horse under the shade of a tree, then walked in and looked at the scene inside.
It is said to be an abandoned village, but in fact the buildings here are still very new, and the dust accumulation in some places is not serious. The traces of habitation are obvious. It seems that someone lived here not long ago.
This is actually one of the villages that was massacred by the violent mountain bear some time ago.
There are damaged and collapsed buildings everywhere, as if they have been hit by some giant beast, and they appear to be in pieces. In some corners that are not easy to clean, there are some dried blood stains that have not been cleaned up, adding an extra layer of ambiguity to the whole scene.
sense of blood.
Standing in this place, Adil scanned the surroundings with some vigilance. His good vision and the prompts from the chip in his mind allowed him to detect some signs of something wrong around him.
After confirming that there was no hidden danger, they found a place and prepared to rest here for a while.
The hunter on the side skillfully found some usable kitchen utensils here, such as a large pot and some tableware, which can be used on the spot after a little cleaning.
Others also went up to help skillfully, and soon, in a still intact house, a large pot was filled with thick soup, and a little meaty aroma continued to emanate from it, making several people around them swallow their saliva.
These soups contained some prey that Adier and others had caught before, including the green-eyed snake, which was also skinned and put in, and cooked together with other ingredients.
As usual, a follower handed the best piece of snake meat to Adil, and then sat there silently, looking at Adil longingly.
"Let's use it together." Adier said casually, looking at the eyes of several people around him.
The few people around him were relieved, and they quickly took the tableware and prepared to eat. However, they moved very slightly, for fear of disturbing Adil.
After lunch, they rested for a while and then prepared to leave and inspect the next location.
Before leaving, Adil suddenly frowned as if he noticed something.
In my mind, the sound of chip machinery sounded.
"Ding! Known breath molecules were detected, analyzed as adult males, and the number is three."
The sound of the chip prompt temporarily stopped Adil's forward movement.