Chapter 7: After the Death
Mace sat awkwardly by the fire, his fat face revealing helplessness and depression, he wanted to get angry, but he didn't know who to go to. On the other side of the fire, Rhodes was quietly leaning against the trunk of a tree, closing his eyes and recuperating. Lijie was silent as she prepared her food, her expression looking calm, but her red and swollen eyes spoke for themselves
I don't know if Lu Dao is lucky or unlucky, the fat merchant has become the only lucky one in this disaster except for Rod and Lijie, as a businessman who often goes out, he still has some life-saving magic props, and when the floating ship fell before, the guard pendant in the hand of the fat merchant showed its good and stable function, so the fat merchant became the least injured of the three——— Rod himself was not injured before, after such a fierce battle, plus the fall, it was even worse. And Lijie didn't get much better, she didn't notice it because she was nervous, and it wasn't until after everything was over that everyone found out that she not only dislocated her right arm, but also injured her foot. Only the fat merchant was fine except for a little bruise on the outside and a groggy head that was knocked out.
If it were an ordinary person, this injury would be enough to keep them out of bed for months. Fortunately, Lijie is a full-time spiritual master, and healing is her housekeeping skill, under Lijie's treatment, all three of them have improved their injuries, but Rod still needs a period of cultivation to be able to completely recover his health. But this is already quite good news for him, you must know that Lu Dao with his original injury, plus after such a fierce battle, at least if he is not dead, he is also disabled. But now Rod has sound limbs, except for the injury that makes his movements inflexible, everything is still no different from ordinary people, which makes Lijie quite surprised, after all, since they rescued Rode, she has always been responsible for taking care of Rode, so Lijie is still very clear about his injuries. But even she didn't expect that Rod's body was so strong.
Not only did Lijie not expect it, in fact, even Rhodes himself was secretly surprised, although he had already sensed in the battle that this body was probably not calculated according to the standard of human attributes, but he still didn't expect that it would be so perverted, so seriously injured, after such a fierce battle, and then he was thrown to the ground in a violent impact, and he was still able to move...... You can't be a barbarian, right?
But there is one more thing that Rhodes didn't say, he knows his body well because he knows his physical attributes, although he doesn't know what the Dao is, anyway, he is not a pure-blooded human. But the blonde girl's performance is very strange, according to reason, she is a delicate girl, and she is a non-combat professional spirit master, generally speaking, in this case, she is stable to death, she can run around because her physical attributes are not human, so she can survive and run around because of what? It can't be luck.
It wasn't until Rhodes noticed the glimmer of gold hidden in Lijie's beautiful blue eyes that it dawned on him——— it seemed that this young lady's survival was indeed more than just luck.
"This ...... Mr. Rhodes? ”
Mace rubbed his hands, and a flattering smile clearly appeared on his fat face.
"What do you think we'll do next?"
After rescuing Mace, the three of them split up and searched the wreckage of the entire float again, but no survivors were found, in order to avoid the bodies of their companions becoming food for the beasts in the forest, Lijie proposed to cremate them, although Mace felt sorry for his valuable goods, but looking at the blonde girl's gloomy little face and Rod's indifferent attitude, he had to finally change his mind, with a painful expression to death, watching them burn the float to ashes——— It's like he's the worst injury. Although the Guardian Pendant that he bought at a large price ensured his life, it was completely shattered and turned into a piece of broken copper and iron due to excessive impact damage, so Mace's loss was indeed not small.
After that, everyone rested in the forest for a day, although it didn't cause any trouble, but after the attack of the wind snake, the fat merchant has become a frightened bird, before he swore that the wind snake or something is just a small probability event and there is no need to worry about it, now he has completely changed his mind, and the previous small probability rumors are 100% accurate in the eyes of the current fat businessman! …,
You see, they said that this channel would not meet a group of wind snakes, and it turned out that we did! And I've heard that there are man-eating wolves and terrible strange birds in the Silvermoon Forest, so we shouldn't have encountered these as well!
The so-called once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope, that's it.
As soon as he thought of this, the fat merchant's forehead was full of beads of sweat, although he was not bad as a businessman, but he had no experience in taking risks, and now looking at the dense bushes and trees around the forest, the fat merchant's legs and stomach trembled, and the small talk that he had heard his guards mention about poisonous snakes in the weeds, evil wolves, etc., was now very vivid in the fat merchant's mind, making him a little grassy soldier.
In addition, his only life-saving prop has become tatters, and in this case, the fat businessman has no choice but to rely on others.
He didn't have the idea of beating Lijie, first, this girl had already been photographed when she was hired, and with Mace's eyesight, it could naturally be seen that this girl was obedient and very likable, but she didn't have any opinions, plus she was a non-combat profession, once something really happened, I was afraid it would be too late to help herself. Therefore, in the end, Mace decided to rely on Rhodes. Although he doesn't know how to fight himself, Rhodes's previous performance is really eye-catching, which shows that he has enough outstanding strength, although I don't know how much difference this young man has with those mercenaries in terms of adventure experience, but it shouldn't be any worse.
As for Lijie, she still seems to be immersed in the pain of losing her companion, and she doesn't care about such a thing.
"Don't worry, Mr. Mace."
Looking at the fat businessman's nervous expression, Rod shook his head, although the other party was a little vulgar, but he didn't hate this fat merchant, after all, if it wasn't for the fat businessman's order to stop the boat, he might not be saved, so for him, Rod still had a good impression.
"I'm very familiar with this Silvermoon Forest, and with the area we're currently in, it's unlikely that we'll encounter any particularly dangerous existences, so you can rest assured."
Rod's words are not groundless, in the game, the northern plains of Parfield have always been a gathering place for novice players, so Rod naturally knows the distribution range of monsters here, in the plains, the most threatening is the wind snake group, the huge number of them are the nightmare of many melee professions and non-single-brush professions, and in the Silver Moon Forest, the most threatening is the silver wolf, but unlike the wind snake to win by numbers, the silver wolf mostly acts alone, so it is easier to deal with. And now after killing the Wind Serpent Lord, Rhodes has gained a full 3,000 experience points, which has been upgraded to level eight. The novice area is capped at level ten, so as long as it's not a monster like a rare elite lord, Rod asks himself if he can still walk sideways in this area, unless he's like those newcomers Xiaobai who run around without looking at the map and then break into some damn monster lair——— but this possibility is basically zero for Rhodes, who is known as the "Walking Library".
"That's good, that's good."
Hearing Rod's answer, Mace couldn't help but sigh, and he took out a handkerchief to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead. Then he couldn't help yawning, because of the high level of mental tension, he had hardly slept well since this day, and even the sound of the wind blowing through the woods would be regarded by him as a wolf's howl, which showed how nervous he was, and now that he had made up his mind, he was much more single, so the fat merchant no longer worried about anything, but curled up by the fire, and closed his eyes comfortably.
With this in mind, the fat merchant narrowed his eyes, and soon, he fell into a deep sleep.
After making sure that the fat merchant was asleep, Rod, who had been sitting quietly by the fire, got up, and then turned and walked into the depths of the woods.