The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 207 The Scenery of the Golden Field

Anyone who has been to the golden field is almost always fascinated by her beauty. Whenever the sun sets, the crowns of the dusk trees will reflect the dazzling golden color. Under the crowns are clusters of golden needles. The name Golden Fields is officially derived from these two plants.

Golden Needle Grass, as the name suggests, its leaves are shaped like long needles, but the color is not golden, but a jade-like light green. Only when they die, the leaves will turn golden yellow, but these are not the characteristics of Golden Needle Grass. the key of.The lifespan of golden needle grass is very short, from germination to death, it only takes one month. They will bloom small yellow flowers, but the seeds grow in the fat and juicy tuber roots. When the seeds mature, the tubers will rot automatically. This leads to the death of the whole golden needle, while the seeds in the tuber will stay in the decayed matter and germinate again at the same time in the second year, and the error in time will never exceed one day.

When golden needles germinate, their roots will grow and swell rapidly, and the surrounding soil will even bulge and crack and become soft, but golden needles are not good herbivores, even the most picky moose. Not willing to eat them, let alone other creatures.Fortunately, this kind of plant with almost no natural enemies can only stay in the land of the golden field forever. No matter if the golden needle is moved to any other area, even if the natural environment is surprisingly similar to the golden field, the seeds of the golden needle will not grow. Germination, like trolls among monsters, is a peculiar natural flaw that prevents golden needles from becoming a nightmare for the plants of the Material Plane.

The characteristics of golden needle grass make it difficult to see any plants that are more common in other places except for a few plants that can coexist with them, such as evening trees and golden oaks, which also makes it difficult to feed this field Animals that feed on common plants, of course, include carnivores and humans.Therefore, in the past, the Golden Field was called the "Cursed Golden Garden".

But when a group of desperate human farmers hid in this "cursed golden garden" to avoid monsters, they suddenly discovered that this is not a place "cursed by the gods", but a blessed land. paradise.The rotting quality of daylily tubers makes the land here more fertile than anyone imagined. The growth rate of grains here is more than one-third faster than other places, especially oats and rye. The ears of wheat can almost Comparable to small sized corn (corn).

Gradually, the golden field became a paradise for farmers, and one farm after another was established here, but this kind of comfortable life did not last for too long, and it didn't take long for barbarians, orcs, and other monsters to die. Focusing on this place, of course, some people say that some powerful force coveted the largest grain production area in the Northland, and deliberately drove those terrible monsters over.

But no matter what, the farmers on the golden field have already felt the threat of the monsters. Although they formed a small alliance to resist the monsters who are constantly harassing and destroying, the effect is not obvious.Fortunately, this difficult situation has been alleviated in recent years.A high-ranking priest of the goddess of the earth, Toga Ainuwen from Waterdeep, established a monastery dedicated to the goddess of the earth in this field. The monastery summoned many adventurers in the name of the goddess of the earth. Together with the archmages of Waterdeep City, they have carried out several effective eliminations of the monsters in the Golden Fields.

When William set foot on this land, he was also fascinated by the scenery of the golden field, the blue sky, the bushes, the grass, the waves of wheat, there was no barbarism, no barrenness, and no annoying monsters. On the dirt road in the field, they visited the first farmer they encountered.

The farmhouse of the farmer’s family is surrounded by fields on three sides, only the back of the house is an inconspicuous small mound. The farmhouse looks a little crude. The whole building is almost entirely made of wood. It is long and short, with a door and many closed windows. A covered porch extends from the front of the house.Next to the farmhouse was a two-story barn with wide doors for carriages.Messy fences are scattered in the vast courtyard, surrounding some strong horses, pigs, goats and cows, as well as piles of straw hay as feed, a lazy dog ​​is lying in the sun in the straw pile .

When William and the others came to the courtyard, the earth dog who was sleeping late first spotted them. It immediately jumped up and rushed up, barking continuously, reminding the owner that there was an unexpected visitor visiting the house.However, the earth dog's bravery didn't last long. When it saw clearly the target it wanted to attack, it almost collapsed immediately. Even a dog knew that it had to avoid giants.The local dog, who was almost scared out of his wits, rolled over on the ground without grace, then hurriedly got up, and ran away howling with its tail between its legs.

At this moment, the door of the farmhouse was pushed open, and an old farmer with gray hair and beard came out of the farmhouse holding an old one-handed crossbow. He shouted: "I don't care who you are, but you've frightened Cooper. Get out of my house now, or I'll shoot your ass with a crossbow arrow!" A child, a "half a lad," a beautiful woman, and a giant?

How could there be such a strange combination, what is the situation?The old man slowed down and said again: "Who are you? Why did you appear in front of my house?"

William stepped forward and performed a common meeting etiquette: "Hello, old gentleman, my name is William, an adventurer who is traveling, and this is my younger sister, Mishaer and Miluna, these two are my wives. "

A giant wife?The old man felt that his brain was not enough, which was a bit outrageous, he couldn't help laughing and asked: "What did you just say? That giantess is your wife? Haha, haha, this is the funniest thing I've ever heard joke."

William pretended to be displeased and said, "Sir, I'm afraid you made a mistake. Phinea is not a giant, but a half-giant with half-giant blood. Is this kind of thing really funny?"

"I was being rude, hahaha——no wonder Cooper was frightened, there was a half-giant here. But why did you come here?" The old man smiled brightly, and he completely lost the tension of the first meeting. , it seems that the "half-giant wife" made him feel very funny.

William deliberately showed a little shame and blush on his face: "We came from the north and are on our way to Xikangbu. It's just that we have been trekking in the wild for several days. The two children are exhausted and need to find A resting place to rest your feet and replenish some delicious food."

(End of this chapter)