Hey, King!

2021-06-17

Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Reversed Dream
"Come, your hot porridge, and me A big piece of crab claws for you."

Dorma offered Dagon a stone bowl filled with steaming fish porridge topped with grilled crab. Because the main ingredient is potato flour, which itself is brown, the color of the fish porridge is also very dark. However, the crab meat is white, piled high on the sticky porridge, and in addition to a trace of fishy smell, it fully explains what happiness is.

"Huh, it's finally time to eat." Doma also sat down slowly with a bowl of porridge. His eyes never left the rice in his hand, for fear of falling out of any of it. "It's been a tiring day, but it's worth it."

"It's really worth it." Dagon handed the spoon to Doma, then took another full spoonful of crab meat and poked it straight into his mouth. As he chewed, he smiled.

Not just Dagon, everyone is smiling. During the meal, no one spoke, but the mouth hidden behind the beard was not idle for a moment. Eight pairs of young lips pursed tightly, for fear that the aroma of the food would escape accidentally. If that happened, it would be a major crime against the stomach.

There are grain porridge, fish, meat, and snacks afterward. None of the youngsters present has experienced such a prosperous life in the wild. The fire was blazing, metal spoons rubbing against stone bowls made chi chi, and all that was left was the sound of chewing and swallowing. Everyone was immersed in the happiness of a full meal, and their spirits were very focused, and even the turbulent sound of the underground river was completely forgotten.

Dagon and Doma were the hungriest and thus the quickest to finish. The two first scraped the bowl clean with a spoon, then poured some hot water into the bowl, shook it, and drank slowly by the side of the bowl. Seeing that they had finished eating, the leader of Balder Beckons with the hand and asked them to come to work. The two immediately put down the bowl and got up from the ground. Perhaps because of this simple movement, Dagon and Dorma let out a loud burp.

"Haha, okay, it's delicious." Balder said with a smile: "Come and cook the snake meat, everyone can take it with you on the road."

Peeled the skin The frost snake was cut into fourteen portions and divided according to the rules of the hunting party. Each of the seven students excluding Dagon will get one copy. Balder, the bear lizard and Dagon will take two copies, and one will be kept on the bear lizard's back for emergency. This is a trial mission, so you don't need to bring food back to the city, you can just divide it up yourself. If it is a hunting operation, it must first complete the share of bringing back Jiangu City.

"Mr. Balder, what should we do with this?"

"An iron plate should be found in the shack. That's fine." Balder said: "This snake meat is very durable and strong, and each piece is enough to satisfy your hunger for four or five days."

Dagon and Doma worked together to find iron plates. , rinse with boiling water, peat the fire, and start cooking. There is a thin layer of oil on the surface of the meat of the frost snake. Heat this part first to ensure that the snake meat will not stick to the iron plate.

The most important thing when making food in the wild is not to waste it, especially to control the heat. In this regard, there are many in the team more experienced than Doma and Dagon. Everyone picked up stones and stacked them up to make a simple stove. The iron plate was placed on it, and it was easier to control the distance from the flame. There are so many pieces of snake meat that cannot be placed on the iron plate all at once, and it is estimated that it will take all night to fry them in batches, so everyone divides them into four batches. The first batch of course was Dagon and Doma, and the others took the opportunity to sleep for a while.

Dagon uses his partner's axe as a shovel to turn snake meat. Through the light of the fire, he noticed that although the leader was lying down, he was not asleep. Seeing that his eyes were wide open, he kept looking at the top of the cave, so he said, "Mr. Balder, we have no experience in hunting, can you tell us about the frost snake?"

Balder hit He yawned, got up slowly, and seemed to be struggling, and said, "Ai, I was very nervous as soon as I came out. I guess I have to wait for a while before I can go to sleep. Well, since you want to hear it, I will tell you about the frost. Snake."

When it comes to wild creatures, Balder is indeed a very good lecturer, not only knowledgeable, but also the language he speaks is very vivid. Even if there is no snake meat in front of them, Dagon and Doma can just listen to him and piece together the appearance of the frost snake in their minds.

"The Frost Snake is naturally close to ice and continuously accumulates the power of frost in its body. It can create the illusion of heavy snow in wet places, confuse the eyes of its prey, and hide itself under false snow to ambush. Speaking of the rise, Balder shook his head and said, "Even after death, the cold breath of frost snakes doesn't dissipate so quickly. As long as they avoid fire sources, their flesh is as if frozen and can be stored for a long time without corruption."

Dagon's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he asked, "Mr. Balder, I have two pieces of snake meat, can I leave one unprocessed? I want to put it in the shack and bring it with me when I come back, Give your parents a taste."

"Do you want to save a piece?"

"Yes. Like everyone else, I just need to bring an extra piece, and the extra piece is just fine. Put it here. How long can the flesh of the frost snake last without moving it?"

"Seven or eight days is no problem." Balder tilted his head and said: "Dagon, here It's a public resting place, there will be some people coming and going. They will probably take your snake meat and you will end up with nothing left. Even if there are no people, there may be creatures who come over and enjoy a free meal There is no food in the shack, but I know it's unlikely to be preserved."

"I want to try." Dagon looked at the snake meat and said, "Bring one piece is enough to eat, and two pieces are enough to eat." The weight is a bit of a drag. If I'm good luck, come back and get that piece, isn't it elated to take home?"

Bald frowned, then shrugged: "Since you've figured it out, then Just find a place to put it. Don't stuff it in the shack, lest the smell will attract monsters and destroy the shack."

Dagon thought about it and went to the shack to get a rope , wrapped the flesh of the frost snake and tied it, and hung it under the rock jutting out from the river bank. It was from this rock that Dagon flew to the opposite bank to collect the cave crabs. He fervently hoped that this heroic rock could help him once more and hide the flesh of the frost snake.

Only an unremarkable rope can be seen from the river bank, with the meat hidden beneath and away from the water. Dagon thought about it, took out a shoe fragment, and wrote on it with charcoal. The previous charge shattered the shoes, and now he can only go barefoot, but he retrieved the fragments of the shoes, which are not needed now.

“Please don’t take away the food left by your parents—unless you are going to starve to death.” The Jiangu language is like a knife and axe, and it is suitable for writing on various surfaces with charcoal. Press this rag under the rope, hoping that it will affect passers-by and increase the hope that the snake meat will be preserved.

After doing these things, five of the six sides of the first batch of snake meat have been cooked, and they will soon be changing shifts. Dagon wanted to go to sleep in a daze, but was stopped by Baldera and asked him to describe the battle in detail, saying that he wanted to record it and tell other hunters.

"It won't hurt you to build some fame."

Dagon is really sleepy until now. While yawning, he explained to the successor why he was missing a piece of frost snake meat, then fell on the blanket and fell asleep. Before his eyes were completely closed, he vaguely saw that Mr. Balder was chatting with the next wave of friends. Dagon thought to himself:
Huh, the official hunter turned out to be so strong.

Hazy, the body gradually relaxes, it turns out that this is the feeling of falling asleep after eating and drinking and smelling the aroma of barbecue. The corners of Dagon's mouth curled into a smile, he knew it, but as the snoring began to pick up, the nightmare came back.

Whoosh! The flames of red rose into the sky, enclosing Dagon in a circle. "It's this damn dream again!" Dagon looked all around angrily, the headhunting axe made of sand taking shape in his palm. Compared to last time, Dagon was less afraid.

"I have been blessed by the God of Oli, and I will become an excellent hunting team. Monsters! Don't want to take my life away!"

The flames rose, and no one responded to his shouting. Dagon waited for a while, and the weirdo who came out through the wall of fire didn't show up last time, so he tried to get close to the wall of fire.

"I can go out if I can, and I went out last time." Dagon still clearly remembers the feeling of being split in half from head to toe. He approached the fire wall on alert, didn't expect the fire wall to back away, continuing to keep the same distance from him.

Switched the other direction, again, and then he switched again. Within this three-hundred-sixty-degree circle, only one direction of the ring of fire is stable. Dagon could only approach in this direction, and was surprised to find that the ring of fire here had no heat at all.

He stretched out the first hunting axe and put it into the fire to bake, the blade of the axe was still cold, so he got into the flame and passed through it. The flames were followed by a series of black stone steps, rising out of the mist, and then rising, not knowing where to go.

Whether it is on the steps or all around, the field of vision is always only more than ten meters away, and then there is nothing but darkness. The steps at the limit of the line of sight seem to have countless small square fragments on the edge, and the shadows are suspended in the void. As Dagon moves forward, the shards quickly combine into steps, and new shards form on the edge of the steps further away. If he steps back, the originally completed steps will shatter and disappear into nothingness.

Climbing up the stairs, headhunting axe in hand. There seemed to be no end to the steps that continued to go up, and the ring of fire behind him quickly disappeared. Dagon tried to walk back and was surprised to find that the steps were broken and he could never return to the Ring of Fire platform.

"What on earth is this ghost dream for?" Dagon looked at the small cube fragments that kept "evaporating" at the end of the steps for a while, and then chose to continue upward. "Either the steps are over, or you wake up after enough sleep—what's terrifying here?"

"There's really nothing terrifying here." In the void, the eccentric voice suddenly sounded, a familiarity of Faintly discernable still. "Come up, Dagon, come and see me, the steps are about to disappear. If you fall, you may die in this Soul Spirit world." , as if an invisible big mouth was eating the black stone steps. "You're trying to kill me!" Dagon roared and started running up.

The steps continued, and Dagon kept advancing. From running to walking, from climbing to moving, Dagon became more and more tired, but the steps still had no end in sight. In the end, he was completely exhausted, lying on the steps and gasping for breath, and the progress of the disappearing steps behind him gradually caught up.

"It probably won't work." Dagon did the math and came to this conclusion.

"But..." He raised his arm and slapped it on the front steps, trying to pull his body. "Even if I die, I will die beautifully, on the way forward. Besides, I will not believe that I will die here. How can I believe the words of monsters?"

(End of this chapter )