Chapter 10: The Druids
Ryan was shocked by the scene in front of him, and he stared blankly at the stout wind wolf with a look of disbelief on his face.
Seeing Ryan's appearance, the stout wind wolf seemed to understand something, and it made a very humane movement, raised its hands, shrugged its shoulders, and said, "I'm sorry, I was negligent." Immediately, the body of the stout wind wolf made a "crackling" sound, and its body shape began to change, and its body slowly faded from its thick white wolf fur and became a young man about 25 years old.
Ryan watched the stout wind wolf transform in front of his eyes, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his head, and he said loudly: "Druid!"
The deformed young man said in surprise: "I didn't expect you to know the druid." ”
Ryan remembered what Delaney had said when he told himself about the history of the continent: "The druids are actually a sect, it is made up of a group of peace-loving people, and its members are close to nature. Just as every Holy Knight is a believer in the God of War, every member of the Druid is a devout follower of the Goddess of Nature. They can choose a magical beast of nature to strengthen their bodies and give them the power to fight evil.
200 years ago, the evil undead army invaded the continent of Aislar, and the druids joined the Holy Alliance in order to maintain the balance of nature. During the Battle of Sunrise, three elders with the most powerful druids jointly cast the forbidden spell "Oasis of Life" at the cost of their lives. In the realm created by this forbidden spell, all life will flourish and be filled with infinite life. The Liches of the Undead Legion can no longer maintain Skeleton Warriors, which completely nullifies the Legion's numerical and supply advantages.
The coalition charged the undead and entered the command center of the undead legion. In the limelight, human hero Bird Fernando, the dwarven king Bloodaxe, and the elven spiritual leader Moon Shadow join forces to fight the leader of the undead legion, the evil demon lord Aleister Kasravin.
After a bitter battle, the coalition forces won the final victory.
After that time, the druids traveled across the continent of Eslar to prevent the resurgence of the evil undead legions. ”
Thinking of this, Ryan smiled kindly at the young man in front of him and invited him to sit with him by the campfire. The young druids did not hesitate and sat by the campfire with Ryan.
Ryan just wanted to speak, but his stomach suddenly sounded "cooing", so he had to smile awkwardly.
The young druid smiled kindly and said, "So you're hungry too." ”
Ryan's face flushed.
The young druid whistled at the wind wolves who had just walked with him, and the three wind wolves immediately replied to him with a long howl, then turned and disappeared into the woods.
Ryan was a little curious about the druid youth's actions, but he had just made a fool of himself, and he was a little embarrassed to speak.
The young druid man generously said, "My name is Elendor, and as you know, I am a druid. Ryan hurriedly introduced himself and said, "Ryan, magic apprentice. ”
"I saw the badge on your chest, but I didn't expect you to be a two-line magic apprentice," said Alendor. ”
Ryan replied, "This one only passed the test this afternoon." ”
Alendor laughed, and then said, "Ryan, you're really daring. As a magician, when I don't know who I am, I dare to get close. ”
Ryan scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Actually, I have blessed myself with stone skin techniques. ”
Alendor was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that the badge of the young man in front of him seemed to only indicate that he was a dual-line magician of fire and ao, and this stone skin technique was earth-based magic, and it seemed that Ryan's strength was far more than he had shown.
Ryan had no doubts about Elendor, so he had heard from Mr. Dranay that if a druid was corrupted at heart, he would lose the ability to fight as a monster. Since the young man in front of him has the ability to turn into a demonic beast, what else do he have to worry about.
Ever since he left the druid's village, Alendor had been alone for many years, walking in the wilderness and never appearing in a place where humans gathered. Aside from a few of his Wind Wolf companions, he barely spoke to anyone, which was a means for every druid to practice assiduously.
However, Alendor is also very curious about the magician he met today. Because on the continent of Eslar, mages do have great magical powers, but since it takes a little time for them to cast this power, most mages will not go out on adventures alone. Obviously, the young magic apprentice in front of him broke this perception of Allendo, which aroused his strong curiosity.
The two of you talked to each other, and the atmosphere slowly became lively.
After a while, the sound of "whoosh" came again, and Ryan looked over to the source of the sound and saw that the three wind wolves of Allendo were dragging a monster over.
Alendor smiled and said, "Looks like there's a good meal to enjoy." ”
As he spoke, the three wind wolves had already dragged their captured prey to the campfire. Due to the wolf's natural fear of fire, the wind wolf appeared a little uneasy, and kept whispering at Elendor. With a wave of his hand, the three wind wolves slowly walked to the side and lay quietly on the ground.
Ryan volunteered, "I'll get it." He took a closer look at the demonic beast on the ground, it turned out to be a mountain antelope, the antelope's neck and body were marked by teeth, it should have been bitten by the wind wolf, and the blood had already flowed almost, so the ground seemed relatively clean.
Ryan grabbed the antelope by the neck with one hand, supported the antelope with the other hand, lifted the antelope above his head, carried it on his shoulders, and walked towards the stream next to him. Soon, Ryan skillfully washed and peeled the antelope, skewered it with a branch, and smoked it on a campfire.
Alendor smiled and watched Ryan's skillful movements, but he was secretly surprised in his heart, Ryan effortlessly lifted the mountain antelope weighing a man and carried it on his shoulder, if he was a warrior, it was nothing, but as a magician, he still had this kind of strength, it was really rare. It seems that even if someone approaches Ryan, who is a magician, he may encounter unexpected "surprises".
Soon, the aroma of barbecue wafted out. The wind wolf, smelling the smell of meat, suddenly stood up and let out a low growl at Elendor. Alendor smiled and said, "Got it, there won't be any missing of the three of you." ”
Finally waited until Ryan concentrated on roasting the antelope meat, and Allendo couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, it seems that Ryan's cooking skills are very good, and it seems that his teammates will be very happy.
Ryan used a dagger to cut off all four of the antelope's legs, took one hind leg for Elendor, and threw the other three at the wind wolf. The wind wolf immediately pounced, grabbed the antelope leg and ran to the side to munch.
Alendor was not humble, and took the antelope leg and bit it down. Ryan took the dagger, cut off the antelope meat, put it in his mouth and ate it slowly.
It seemed that everyone was hungry, and under the moonlight, the two and the three wolves were concentrating on their own food, and in the quiet woods, there was a sound of chewing food with teeth.
Everyone was satisfied with this meal. Ryan ate a few large pieces of tenderloin, and Allendo ate a whole hind leg, and the three wind wolves ate even more amazingly, not only eating the meat that Ryan threw over, but later even directly dragging away the remaining antelope meat in front of Ryan, and there was not even a bone left.
This act completely eliminated the strangeness between Ryan and Allendo, and the two of them came face to face and laughed together.
After laughing, Alendor curiously asked how Ryan cooked the meat and how it was so delicious.
"My teacher has taken me on many adventures in the Hengduan Mountains, and he has taught me a lot of tricks in this area," Ryan said with a smile. In fact, my craftsmanship is only average compared to my teacher's, and his barbecued meat is even better. ”
After Allendo praised him a few times, he asked, "Ryan, do you have any plans for going out on an adventure?"
Ryan told Allendo in detail about his completion of the rite of passage.
After hearing this, Alendor said to Ryan, "Every adult member of our druids will come out for a penance to increase their own strength, and at the same time to look for traces of the evil undead army. It's been five years since I left the druid village. For the past five years, I have had almost no contact with outsiders, just wandering in the wilderness with my companions. As he spoke, Elendor pointed to the wind wolf lying lazily beside him, and then continued: "I am slowly feeling the drawbacks of this isolation, whether it is to find out the news or fight evil, I can only rely on myself, unless I am lucky enough to meet another druid. In fact, in the human world, there has long been a very good solution, that is, mercenaries. It's just that I grew up living in a place far away from the world, surrounded only by my training companions, but never really friends, and inevitably full of fear of associating with others. ”
Speaking of this, Allendo sighed.
Ryan nodded slowly, he deeply understood Ellendo's feelings, walking alone for many years, without a companion by his side, it would make people feel lonely.
Alendor continued, "Ryan, we druids have been with Warcraft for many years and have an intuition to feel the hearts of others. From the time I met you until now, I can be completely sure that you are a kind person, so I have decided to join you in this year's Atlético Royale. I suppose you, as a magician, wouldn't mind having an extra druid as your companion?
Ryan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard Allendo's words, and hurriedly said, "Okay." You are welcome to join. ”
Ryan is happy because he has finally found his first companion for Atlético Royale. I believe that the addition of Allendor will bring him one step closer to completing his goal.
For three days in a row, Ryan and Allendo were seriously studying the tactics of cooperation.
Generally speaking, a mage's magic is powerful, but it takes a little time to cast it, so a strong comrade is needed to stand between the mage and the enemy, preventing the enemy from getting close to your own mage, and providing valuable time for the mage to cast his magic. And when a teammate fights, especially a fighter on the front line, he is easily injured, so a priest is needed to treat him. When resting and scouting enemies, the team needs a thief who can also solve the problems of traps, traps, etc. on the way to adventure.
So in a team of adventurers, having a warrior, a thief, a mage, and a priest is more balanced, and can deal with almost all kinds of situations. Of course, this is not absolute, a well-trained knight can also do the work of a warrior, and even act as a half-priest, helping the squad members.
Ryan and Alendor carefully discussed the problem of coordination, and the time for Allendo to transform from a human form into a Warcraft Wind Wolf was very short, not even 1 second. Elendor transforms into a wind wolf with incredible speed, and with his quick blows, he can keep his enemies busy, thus buying time for Ryan to cast his magic.
Ryan demonstrated all the magic he would use one by one, and in the face of teammates who had to face danger or even death together, there was nothing to hide from his abilities, and he could understand each other's strength in depth and detail, which was very useful at critical moments.
After the exercise, Ryan was a little helpless to find that his fireball technique was relatively powerful, and it was easy to accidentally injure Allendo. It's the lightning and magic missiles of the single attack, which can better cooperate with Allendo. Ryan couldn't help but regret a little about testing fire magic, if he knew this, it would be better to say that he was an electric and arcane magician.
Alendor comforted Ryan, after all, the lethality of the fireball technique is amazing, and it can often achieve good results in the melee, as long as you control the power of the fireball technique a little, don't make yourself the center of the explosion, with the strength of Allendo's transformation, just being burned by the scattered flames, it is not a big problem, anyway, Alendor himself has a lot of research on herbs, and it will be fine when the time comes to configure some healing potions to drink.
Ryan knew that Elendor was comforting himself, and he remembered what Mr. Draeney had said: as a magician, instead of pursuing endless power, learn how to use the power you have to the fullest. He was secretly determined to find a way to kill his enemies effectively without injuring Allendo by mistake.
As a druid, Alendor is very good at surviving in nature, hiding and stealthily in the jungle to make Ryan completely invisible to him, and he is sure to be a good scout. What's more, those three wind wolves are already a member of nature, and with their assistance, I believe the whole adventure will be a lot easier.
Although Ryan can't do what Alendor does, but after all, he has studied martial arts with Galib for many years, and has also entered the depths of the Hengduan Mountains with Galib many times, and he still has some experience in surviving in the wild, and now with Alendo's guidance, Ryan has also learned how to lurk in the jungle, as long as he doesn't move, it is also a difficult thing for Alendor to find Ryan.
Three days passed in countless discussions, drills, summaries, and re-drills between the two.
At the beginning, Ryan and Alendor cooperated very much, often interfering with each other, often it was Ryan who had a magic past, and Allendo appeared in the place where the magic struck, fortunately, Ryan deliberately reduced the power of the magic, plus Alendor himself also configured a lot of healing potions, so there was nothing wrong. But slowly, the cooperation between the two got better and better, and Alendor was already able to block the vision of the imaginary enemy first, and then suddenly dodge when Ryan cast lightning on himself, so that the enemy had no time to dodge Ryan's magic. Coupled with the tactics of the three wind wolves such as vigilance, harassment, and siege, except for some small details that need to be paid attention to, they are almost competent for real adventures.
In this case, Ryan proposed to go to the mercenary guild in Elfa City the next day and test the results of the two of them in the past three days with a real adventure. Alendor readily agreed.
After a good night's rest, the next day, Ryan and Alendor arrived early in Elfa's Mercenary Guild. Originally, Alendor didn't want to enter Elfa, but Ryan insisted that Alendor follow him, so that he could have more contact with others, so Alendor had to follow Ryan into the mercenary guild.
Seeing that the young magician a few days ago came to the Mercenary Guild again, the mercenaries in the guild hall couldn't help but talk a lot, and the mercenaries present yesterday talked to their companions about what they had seen and heard, as if they had personally participated in that fierce battle.
Ryan pretended not to care about this, and walked straight to the mercenary task desk, ready to inquire about the mercenary mission.
It was still Lucy in front of the counter, and she saw that the young magician had come to the Mercenary Guild a few days ago, and hurriedly greeted her in a more enthusiastic tone. He took out 50 gold coins for Scar and gave them to Ryan. It turned out that the Mercenary Guild of Elfa City had sent someone to dig up Scar's body in the place where Ryan was talking about, which proved what Flanner said. When Scar's body was transported back to Elfa City, Ryan, who had independently removed Scar's gang of thieves, became a household name in Elfa City.
Ryan took the gold without hesitation, and he deserved it. Ryan decides to take on another bounty like this one. With Lucy's help, she carefully looked through all the mercenary missions issued by Elfacheng, and decided to take on the next task of eliminating the thieves. This mission was issued by the mayor of Giethoorn, about two days away from Elfa City, which had been attacked by a group of thieves and suffered heavy losses, and when the garrison of Elfa City was stationed there with 50 soldiers, the thieves disappeared. As soon as the garrison left, the thieves continued to harass him. The garrison of Elfa City was very troubled by this, so he took out a bounty and asked the mayor of the town to issue this task of eliminating the thieves.
However, although this mission has been released for a short time, no mercenary dares to take it, and even the thieves who are helpless against the garrison of Elfa City must be very cunning, and if they deal with them themselves, they may lose their lives when they sleep at night. Although 200 gold coins are eye-catching, but in comparison, no matter how many gold coins you have, you have to spend your life, right?