Chapter 0004 cold night
The black forest shrouded in the night is more dangerous than during the day. Not only does the temperature drop to the point where the dripping water turns into ice, but powerful monsters also like to come out in the dark to hunt prey.
In this vast area, under each rotten leaf are layered with remains of victims.
Those terrible beings have all kinds of weird habits. They may like to chew on living flesh and blood, may like to torture poor souls, or may destroy a village just because of boredom.
In a cave deep in the forest, the barbarian Todd was trying hard to block the entrance of a large stone, leaving only a small gap to breathe. He completed the work carefully, because any negligence would pose a fatal threat.
"I don't understand how a rookie like you could run to the Black Forest alone." Todd blocked the entrance of the cave and looked back at a bonfire inside the cave. "This is not suitable for newbie activities like you."
Zhou Qingfeng was busy filling the firewood into the bonfire to make the flames burn more vigorously.
But Todd scolded again, "Don't burn too much, do you want us to suffocate to death? Or do you want to use up all the firewood in the middle of the night and then be frozen to death? I still want to ask once, how did you live until now?"
Zhou Qingfeng could only bear it when he was despised by a stinking barbarian.
This big guy is a big man who was escorted by goblins during the day. After being released, he was at least two meters tall, with thick arms and thick legs, and a tower-like figure. He said that he was wanted by the tribe's shaman for repeatedly robbing the Magru tribe in the Black Forest.
The reason I was caught by a team of goblins was because Todd got drunk in a village and was betrayed by a black-hearted and stupid guy.
The barbarians are strong and rough, straightforward and have a bad temper. They are extremely courageous and extremely tough, and do not have much fun. If they get angry, they would rather use their axe to chop people and are too lazy to say too much nonsense.
Zhou Qingfeng gave himself a pseudonym "Victor". He opened the cage and helped the barbarian remove the ropes that bound his hands and feet, so that the other party could regain freedom.
Todd took Zhou Qingfeng to find a temporary place to settle down. Otherwise, he would not be killed by monsters and would be frozen to death by the severe cold at night.
For both parties, it is lucky.
The wilderness is Todd's home. From the moment he was born, the savage was learning how to adapt to this cruel and ruthless world.
With Todd in, Zhou Qingfeng learned to identify the places in the Black Forest that are dangerous, those places are safe, those things can be eaten, and that road can be walked. For him now, this knowledge is worthless.
"This snake-necked chicken is also unlucky. She was killed by a rookie like you. It is likely that it had just fought against other enemies invading the territory, otherwise it could launch magic missiles continuously to kill you."
Todd mocked Zhou Qingfeng for his ignorance. He returned to the campfire and looked at the chicken roasted on the fire with greed. "Snake-necked chicken is actually quite terrible. I don't want to mess with it. But this kind of chicken meat is delicious and very delicious."
On the fire stand, the strange chicken that Zhou Qingfeng hunted was plucked, the intestines and belly were broken and the internal organs were removed, and the chicken was roasted with a stick. The chicken was roasted with golden grease, dripping with a hissing sound, and it was fragrant.
Todd looked at it and was not afraid of being hot. He reached out and teared off a thick chicken leg with a black mushroom.
Zhou Qingfeng twisted another chicken leg while roasting the fire. Before he could twist the chicken leg off, the barbarian ate the chicken leg into a chicken bone in two bites.
This chicken is really about twenty pounds, and a chicken leg weighs three or four pounds. Zhou Qingfeng finally pulled off his hot chicken leg, and Todd was unceremonious to grab the remaining whole chicken in his hand and ate it a lot.
After working hard all day, Zhou Qingfeng was hungry and pressed his chest against his back, but he couldn't eat it like Todd. He blew and took a bite. Before he could finish it, Todd ate the whole chicken with only a skeleton.
The so-called "snake neck chicken" is very tender and tastes delicious without any seasoning. And the inconspicuous black mushrooms taste crispy and crispy, which not only replenishes moisture, but also has a sweet taste.
Zhou Qingfeng felt that he could not finish the big chicken legs in his hand. But what he ate was actually wiped out. When his stomach felt full, he breathed a lot of relief and felt warm all over, and he felt a sense of pleasure.
"Todd, is your Magru tribe very strong with a reward?" After eating, Zhou Qingfeng wanted to ask about his current status.
"Not strong. What's the strong goblins?" Todd shook his head first, but after a while, he cursed hatefully: "Those green-skinned guys are so numerous that they can't kill them. The entire Black Forest is full of their nests, at least tens of thousands."
More than one hundred thousand doesn’t sound like a lot.
In Zhou Qingfeng's impression, there are only a population of tens of thousands of towns. There are so many such towns in flower planting. He continued to ask: "What do you mean by the Black Forest? How many towns are there? How far is it from the nearest human town?"
This question stumped the savage with a straight heart. Todd thought for a long time in confusion and shook his head, "I don't know what the Black Forest looks like, I only know which paths to go to those places.
The black forests in the Icefield Mountains are too cold and too dangerous. There are not many humans here, nor large towns, and there are only a few poor villages. There are probably only two or three thousand people in total."
Only two or three thousand?
By comparison, it seems that the goblins in the Magru tribe are very powerful. After all, many ants can bite the elephant to death.
"Since this place is so dangerous and humans are small, why don't you move away?"
"Move away? Where can I move?"
Todd smiled bitterly and said, "After the eternal darkness, the entire Northland will become very dangerous. It is not safe for humans to go anywhere, and they may encounter monsters crawling out of the abyss at any time.
The Ice Field Mountains are all wood except cold wind, so it is already considered safe. If you go to other places, ordinary people can only be slaves to the superiors. If you really want to move, you can only move to the warm and bright south, which is not easy."
Zhou Qingfeng stayed for a few seconds and felt inexplicably panic. He lowered his voice and asked, "What is the day of eternal darkness?"
Todd was also stunned, "Boy, where did you come from? How could he not even know the day of eternal darkness?"
The barbarian scratched his head again, "I heard from others. Decades ago, a powerful demon came from the abyss to the earth and built an iron curtain to cover the sky in the north.
Later, although the demon was killed by the powerful humans, its descendants remained and continued to harm the North. The iron curtain covering the sky could not be destroyed, and from then on, the sun could no longer shine on the ground. Thousands of miles around the North were in eternal darkness."
There is no sun in this damn ghost place!
But how do you live?
Without sunshine, human farmers cannot farm. The food has dropped sharply, the population has dropped, the city has become deserted, and civilization has withered naturally.
You don't have to think too much about it and know how terrible this is.
"Then how can humans survive now?"
"I don't know anywhere else that humans in the Black Forest make a living by collecting, hunting and logging. Although it is bitter and cold, there are many specialties. Many adventurers come here to make a fortune.
As long as you make money, merchants will naturally transport bread and ale in. Even if you don’t have money, there are many black mushrooms and many prey in the woods. As long as you are strong enough, you will not be hungry.
But now there are more and more monsters, and even goblins are becoming extremely rampant. Life in the Black Forest is not easy."
Listening to the barbarian's sigh, Zhou Qingfeng grabbed the mushrooms with a huge head at hand and realized that this thing was food.
Can you eat mushrooms to fill?
Chapter completed!