Chapter 105: Marsh March and Reach
"Hey, Butcher, I killed a few goblins and found their treasure room. Heroul said they didn't want goblins and gave us all. There were about a thousand gold coins, how about half a minute?"
"What's there to be happy about? Not enough to buy a good armor." Butcher walked around the camp, looking for something he could use. After a while, he found what he wanted: a crossbow.
"Damn it, these goblins will only waste things. Without maintenance, the mechanism is a little loose." Butcher adjusted his weapon for a while, raised his head and found Zhao Mai looking at him, and shouted: "What are you stupid? Do you have no things to do with your own? Or are you so happy that you are so happy because of a simple victory?"
"I found a secret. You have a lot of experience in the battlefield. When you train me, you use a very comprehensive martial arts. I admire you very much now." Zhao Mai said: "Of course, you don't look very good when you yell, but compared to your battlefield abilities, it is all intricate."
"Battlefield? What are you talking about?" Butcher snorted from his nose and said disdainfully: "Do you think that my skills are all obtained on the battlefield, because I fight more and kill more, so the more I am?"
"Isn't that the case?"
"Fart! There are only two ways in this world that can improve one's abilities, one is called talent and the other is called hard work. The battlefield is just a test. I have never heard of anyone who can constantly improve himself. Except for those who are gifted or blessed by God - such as your little girlfriend, if others want to make progress, they can only practice and practice constantly, and cannot relax for a moment. Now, carry the thousand gold coins you mentioned and continue rushing!"
With more weight on his body, Zhao Mai was still constantly challenging his limits. Butcher said rightly, the accumulation of practice and accumulation of daily life is the only way to improve himself. There is no shortcut to really become stronger. In the battle, he first used the power of the grenade, and then used muskets. They were all external objects, but his martial arts still seemed to be stretched and needed a lot of training. He also calmed down and improved his physical skills, martial arts and battlefield intuition bit by bit in Bucher's rebukes from time to time.
The group tore a small hole from the outer defense line of the goblins, and while the other goblins did not react, they rushed into the vast swamp. Here, the dark soft mud dominated everything, and the green water exuding the breath kept soaking its legs. Based on the map of "Cuckoo", they roughly determined the direction and were able to walk in a relatively safe area. But even so, they could still often see the bones of creatures drowned in the swamp.
This itinerary was terrible. The flying mosquitoes and flies seemed to know that winter had arrived and were still harassing them. The blood-sucking worms and parasites lurking in the water did not have a moment of leisure, and seized all opportunities to climb towards people. Later, everyone found that leggings could greatly avoid the risk of being attacked by insects in the water, so they all followed Zhao Mai and Hairouer and tied their ankles and trousers with canvas.
The Paladins are immune to all natural diseases, but they cannot be immune to the itching left by mosquito bites. Positive energy therapy has no effect on this. On the contrary, Zhao Mai, a druid, can use the natural force to promote the natural recovery of the body and reduce the pain of ladies. A group of eight people, six people can heal, and one person can use druid spells. Such a high proportion of healers is quite rare in the adventurer team. Therefore, despite the difficult swamp environment, everyone can still maintain health, and more importantly, maintain normal combat power.
Purification of food and water-making techniques, these two druids praying spells played a very important role. The humid and warm natural environment is the enemy of marching food, and dehydration is one of the most dangerous enemies on the marching journey. Zhao Mai carefully cared for the team, and even though he was overworked, he still dared not relax for a moment. Fortunately, the magical little flower constantly provided him with pure natural force, which allowed him to keep up with the rhythm of the team - although he seemed very embarrassed.
After four days in the swamp, everyone became as embarrassed. Even Butcher, who had never been unkempt, now had the greatest wish to step onto a hard floor and take a good bath. He was very sure that he had never prayed to any gods for this, so it was because the paladins received the attention and care of Goddess Iomede that everyone was finally able to get rid of the swamp for a while.
The mud under their feet was still soft, but the place they were now growing with reeds and Ye Cigu, who could avoid the invasion of water by standing on it. And a few miles away, they saw a huge mangrove forest, and they could vaguely find a small house hidden among the trunks.
"Damn it, it's finally here." Bucher wiped his face with a towel, but the more he wiped it, he became dirtier and dirty. He looked at it, reluctant to throw it away, and stuffed it back into his pocket.
The paladins are not much better. They are cloaked on their bodies and wooden sticks in their hands. From the back, they look like savages from the woodlands. No one would have thought that they are expedition knights of the Goddess of the Sword of Glory. After deducting elegance and glory, the natural wilderness can always reveal the most essential side of creatures. Apart from survival and adaptation, it is difficult to accommodate other qualities here.
"Thanks to the goddess' guidance, our itinerary finally came to an end." Heroul sighed sincerely. Although it looks miserable now, it is much better than she had imagined. Using the map found by Butcher, they were able to bypass the goblins' fixed camp and came over without a few battles along the way. Moreover, in the second half, Mike's druid skills played a very important role, which was very helpful for maintaining morale and physical strength. If only the six Paladins were the ones, although they could not be said to be unable to complete the task, they would definitely be more than ten times more difficult than now.
Zhao Mai followed the team at the end of the team, beside him was stockpiled with the already mud eggs. As soon as he stepped onto the grass, the stockpiled food shook his body hard, splashing the mud spots everywhere. Zhao Mai was too lazy to wipe it, so he barely raised his arms to cover his eyes. Even after doing the protection, his physical strength had reached its limit, and even Xiaohua could not pull it back.
The closer they get to the mangroves, the stronger the natural force will be, and the faster the plant growth and body recovery will be. When they enter the control range of the mangroves roots, everyone was surprised to find that their fatigue was rapidly reducing. Zhao Mai had seen the enlightenment tree, but even with the help of potions to be enlightened, it was not as strong as the natural force now. He squatted down and stroked the roots of the tree with his hands, hoping to find out the reason.
The state of the mangroves is somewhat similar to that of the small flowers. They are constantly absorbing the surrounding natural force and converting it into a new type with their own characteristics. The transformed flowers look neutral and peaceful, while the mangroves are a bit domineering and strong. Zhao Mai's fingers slide across the tree roots, and his fingertips clearly feel a large amount of force running in the tree roots. It is as if the roots of the tree are hollow, and the force flows like a poach stream.
This is extremely abnormal. Natural Force is not elemental power. How could it be gathered to such a level? Thinking of this, Zhao Mai stood up and warned: "What's wrong here. Let's withdraw first and come back after I figure it out."
Before he finished speaking, the mangroves suddenly trembled, the force suddenly accelerated, and the surging vitality came to his face like a tsunami. In an instant, everyone felt that they were full and their condition was many times higher than usual. Everyone felt that they were as strong as bears, especially those who were ready to hibernate after eating and drinking.
At this time, a faint spell came, and everyone was sleepy and wanted to dig a hole in the ground and hide it in order to sleep comfortably. They squinted their eyes and looked around. There were no holes in the ground, and the soft thatch was suitable. One by one, everyone fell down softly.
Only Zhao Mai was still standing awake, watching everything around him in surprise.
Chapter completed!