Can you become stronger without paying money?

"Big Sister, are you going to leave? It's just right, I'm getting impatient for waiting~"

Fei, the loli, threw herself into Safieli's arms, making Safili look depressed...

Yes, this is the little trouble. After confirming that she could no longer stay in Karot City, Fei decisively hugged the two thighs of Riel and Sapphire, expressing very simply that she wanted to be with her. The two acted together, and Sapphire's reaction to this was...

Chapter 27 The End of the Night of the Dead ([-])

Fei, this loli, grew up in a white windmill. After so many years, she has learned a not-so-bad art of thieves, such as lockpicking and investigation, dismantling organs, and poison identification. Having such a "semi-logistic staff" in the team will indeed make the operation much easier.

The only problem is that Fei, a loli, is too weak in combat. After all, she is just a mix-up in the old city. What she has always practiced is not a frontal attack. Compared with pressing people on the ground and rubbing them, she is more proud of her "talent for running"...

To put it simply, although you can't beat it, it is not a big problem to run against an opponent who is not too strong.

Therefore, from a practical point of view, joining such a member is indeed somewhat useful, and it will not become a complete burden. Moreover, compared to Riel and Sapphire, who have unclear identities and hide many secrets that cannot be revealed clearly, this Luo Li's identity is really "clean" and cannot be more "clean". The details are so clear that there is no need to investigate.

Fei expressed that he wanted to join the team. Riel, who already knew the plot, had no reason to refuse, but he still asked for Safili's opinion symbolically. After thinking silently for a while, Safili reached out and took out a coin.

With a flick of her finger, the coin immediately flew up into the air, spinning several times in mid-air, and was grabbed by Safieli before it hit the ground...

"Number on the front? Emblem on the back? If you guess right, follow us. If you guess wrong, it means that your luck is not good."

Using the most illusory but relatively fair thing like luck as a judgment standard really makes people have nothing else to say. Fei is also very straightforward. She didn't even hesitate, and she grinned brilliantly.

"Haha, my luck has always been good, so, I guess positive numbers~"

After listening to her, Sapphire spread her palms without hesitation...

------Dividing line------

"It's a hare, tonight's dinner is settled~"

Wearing a light leather armor, the petite blond Loli swiftly threw the knife in her hand. With a flash of cold light, she nailed an unlucky rabbit that was about to run away to the ground. Loli stepped forward and grabbed the rabbit's ear He picked it up and asked the other two companions for credit.

"Hey, I didn't expect your flying knife skills to be so good~" Riel smiled and took the dead unlucky hare from Fei's hand, and rubbed Fei's head subconsciously.

The little Lolita who was killed by touching her head narrowed her eyes comfortably, but she said a very dangerous speech, "It's okay, there's nothing to play in the old town, since my father taught me to throw knives, there has been no trouble in the mill." Over the mouse~"

"This is really an unexpected talent~" Sapphire also praised casually, and then took out the multigrain cakes and dehydrated vegetables as rations, Riel took out the pots and pans from his personal luggage, set up a shelf Get on fire, after Youfei finished cooking the hare, rabbit meat, multigrain cakes and dehydrated vegetables were put together in a pot. I don’t know what to call it a random stew. Although it looks unflattering, the taste is passable. After all, I am in the wild now, so I dare not put spices and seasonings. If the fragrance attracts some monsters, no one wants to do some extra digestion exercises while eating.

It’s been more than a week since the three of them left Karot together in a team. The three-person team’s unexpected run-in is not bad. Riel’s legendary weapon has expired, but there is a mass-produced holy sword in hand , and added a few bottles of strengthening potions and goblin assault troops, and finally joined Sapphire together, the monsters on the road did not cause any actual trouble to them.

After eating and drinking, Sapphire took out the map and began to plan the route. At the same time, she continued to talk about the topics that have been talked about many times during these days.

"Elf ruins... Many special buildings built by the ancient elves on the earth for unknown purposes. Some of them are secondary transformations of natural wonders, and some are artificially built wonders from nothing. , because of the otherworldly means of the ancient elves, artificially created miracles one after another..."

Talking about this part, Safieli's tone is full of envy. The method of transforming the terrain by relying on manpower, moving mountains and seas, stealing stars and changing the moon, for Safili, who can only be regarded as a "basic introduction" to elf arts. A power that can only be imagined in dreams.

"However, since the ancient elves disappeared collectively due to an unknown 'big disaster', the miracles created by the ancient elves have become relics, relics that lost their masters, and some lost their magic and became ordinary ruins. , and some are dragged into a desperate situation that cannot be explored by manpower..."

"For example, the famous elf ruins 'World Tree Floating Island' Yggdrasil has been moving at high altitudes that humans cannot reach, and only descends from high altitudes to 'not so high' positions every ten years. Even so, There are strong turbulent currents around the floating island, and if human beings want to pass through, they can only describe it as a narrow escape. There is also the "City of Atlantis" that is said to have been sunk into the bottom of the endless ocean. A field that is impossible to touch..."

There were more than [-] ancient elven wonders that could be identified, but so far, there are only seven elven relics that can be identified, and they have been repeatedly explored and can be taken away "on the bright side" An empty shell with everything cleaned out.

Human beings have spent hundreds of years searching for the relics of the elves, and spent more than ten years fighting a vigorous and astonishingly large-scale war to determine the ownership of the relics. The search was clean, almost reaching the level of "three feet high in the sky", leaving empty shells that were no longer left. At this point, the relics were mercilessly abandoned, and some people with the intention of "picking up leaks" The adventurers who came over came wave after wave trying to find the forgotten treasures from the already clean elven ruins.

After more than a hundred years of hard work in the relocation project, the current elf ruins... even adventurers are rarely willing to visit, because everyone knows, unless you are the reincarnation of an ancient elf, and you know some secrets that humans don't know. Otherwise, the treasures that humans can discover have long been dug up.

That's right, we all know... At this time, the so-called "protagonist" who does not belong to ordinary people should act.

In addition to the large elven ruins discovered by humans, there are also some small ruins that are part of the ruins themselves, but are not considered the main body of the ruins. The number of such ruins exceeds three digits, and many of them have not been discovered. People discovered that Danquan, which Riel and Sapphire had been to before, was one of them.

Because the scale of Danquan is too small, and the mechanism design is too tricky, well, it’s not too tricky, it’s just that no one thinks about this aspect, and is willing to work hard to study it, so no one has cracked it for thousands of years. , all of which have survived until now, and naturally there are still many similar relics.

This time Riel's target is the former of the above two elf ruins, one of the seven large elf ruins located in the Grand Duchy of Sofia.

The Danquan elf ruins that I have dealt with before can only be regarded as "practice", but there was a little accident. Safili did not expect that Danquan's elf relics belonged to the type of "although the sparrow is small and has all five internal organs", the elf guard program is actually still there. It can operate as usual, so I accidentally suffered a loss. If it weren't for Riel's help, the long march of ten thousand miles would have almost died at the first step.

No, in fact, this trip to one of the ruins of the seven great elves can be regarded as the "first step". For Dan Quan...

... At best, it can only be regarded as a novice tutorial.

Miss Sapphire, who almost died in the novice tutorial, now carefully marked the target on the map.

"This is here, the elven ruins in the Grand Duchy of Sophia... I don't know what it was called, but people now generally call it..."

"...the altar of the Flame Spirit."

Ruier took up Safili's words very smoothly. After all, the existence of the ruins of the seven elves is a legend known to everyone on the mainland, and it is also a place that many new adventurers have been to... Why are they newcomers? Woolen cloth?Because any veteran adventurer with a little brain knows that it is useless to go to that place. For thousands of years, waves of human beings have searched for places. There are really treasures that have been dug up by people.

Only newcomer adventurers who have just come out of the fledglings and think they are extraordinary, who think they belong to the "chosen ones" and have not passed the second disease, will stubbornly want to go to the elf ruins to find out.

There is no doubt that these people must have returned empty-handed in the end...

However, Riel and Sapphire are different. These two obviously belong to the kind of "chosen" hooker, the kind of unreasonable protagonist in most RPG games. Find something good from the ruins that have been scoured countless times.

"In short, according to the route, we will be able to reach the place in another week. Before that, the goal from today to tomorrow is to take the mountain road to climb over the Moria Mountains, which has tossed us for two days, and pass through Moli Sub-mountain, walk half a day to the airship regular ship port, then take a regular ship to the capital, change from the royal capital to the Nolan plateau where the altar of Yanling is located, above~"

Hearing the words "regular ship", little Lori Fei's eyes immediately lit up. As Fei, who grew up in the old city and has never left Carlot City in just a few years of her life, the airship is a big deal. It is a rare thing that I have never seen before, and now I have the opportunity to ride it in person, of course I am full of interest.

Riel just smiled calmly, and his eyes unconsciously turned to the distance, looking at the position at the end of the mountain road...

(If there are no accidents, 'that plot' will be triggered tonight, right? Hehe, I'm really looking forward to it~)

Chapter 28 The Witch's House ([-])

"Hey...the weather doesn't look good..."

On the way of a group of three trekking on the mountain road, Riel suddenly raised his head and said something like this, Sapphire stopped and looked up at the gloomy sky. It was clear that the sun was still shining brightly until morning, but there were only a few Within hours, the sky looked as if a heavy rain would come at any moment.

"It's really not good. It seems that we have to change the course of action a little..."

Originally, according to the expectation, today's task is to hurry as much as possible, and then find a place to camp and camp, but judging by the current weather, a heavy rain may be inevitable today.

Sleeping in the wild is not a problem, but sleeping in the wilderness under heavy rain is definitely not an interesting experience. Fortunately, this is the depths of the Moria Mountains. It should not be too difficult to find a shelter from the wind and rain, unless you are an ascetic monk or that This kind of cultivation has surpassed the limits of human beings, otherwise it is more rational for normal people to compromise when encountering the power of nature.

"If the teacher is here, one sword can scatter the rain clouds... Ahem, every time I think of the scene where the teacher practiced the sword, people can't help but wonder, is it really the same creature as us? "

Sapphire's exclamation naturally had different effects in the ears of the two companions. Riel didn't show any change in expression, but Fei was stunned.

"Ale, blow away the rain clouds? Big sister, are you kidding me? Is it possible for humans to do this kind of thing? Even if you use magic, you need at least a group of mages to be able to control the weather. Bar?"

As a loli who has never been out of the old city, her knowledge is indeed very limited, so Sapphire was not surprised, she just smiled softly.

"It can be done, after all, that is my teacher... Master Yalut Kaxiu, and, the father of the city guard leader Peruvi Bekasas you know, the patron saint of the Grand Duchy of Sophia,' Pegasus 'Lauren Becasus' can do the same."

Under Fei's expression of confusion, Riel also joined the explanation camp~

"Hehe, however, Tianma Gong's Wind Slash Sword has a lot of tricks and achievements in this respect. After all, their family's ancestral swordsmanship is originally to manipulate the power of wind and air flow, and multiply the sword through the chain reaction generated by the transmission of the atmosphere. Power, even if it is just a wave when making a move, under the effect of a series of chain reactions, oh, it can also be called the 'butterfly effect', a terrible storm can be set off at the target location~"

The airflow created by the wings of a butterfly, under the action of a series of chain reactions, can cause a storm in the other hemisphere.

It's just that they can control this "chain reaction" more precisely, and the leader of this set of magic sword skills, the "Tianma Gong" once swung his sword across half of the Principality, causing a catastrophe. The giant storm that fell the entire city, this kind of humanoid self-propelled map gun that has surpassed the limit of human beings and has to reach the tactical deterrent weapon, is the performance of the top combat power among human beings, and it is also the one that every country has at least one National Treasure Master...

His high status and status can be seen from the title. The theoretical title of Grand Duke Sophia, the actual ruler of the Grand Duchy of Sofia, is nothing more than Grand Duke. Since that master can use the title "Tianma Gong" in a grand manner, it can be seen that In terms of theoretical status, he is already on an equal footing with the ruler of the principality (about the national rank and title of nobility, here is a fictional game background, so it is different from the reality to a certain extent, just read this paragraph, above).

"In terms of national strength, Borea as a kingdom is stronger than Sophia as a principality, but the problem is that the national treasure-level master of the Borea Kingdom, um, is your big sister Sapphire. My teacher is a neutral faction without a clear political affiliation, if someone comes to the kingdom to trouble or maliciously provoke, the master will come forward, but if the kingdom wants to take the initiative to find trouble elsewhere, the master will not help~"

It is precisely this subtle identity camp problem that has caused the Kingdom of Borea to dare not act rashly against the Grand Duchy of Sophia, which is not as powerful as him, because... Duke Tianma's political affiliation is very clear. The well-deserved patron saint of the principality...

"That's why the kingdom has been working hard to win the master from the neutral camp to the kingdom camp. For this reason, he will talk hard and talk kindly, but..."

... It's useless, the master is so stupid that he pushed back the hairline of King Borea by three centimeters, but the master couldn't afford to offend him, so he volunteered to help solve the international issue Criminal, the reputation of the master in the country is almost higher than that of the king. If it is hard for the master, let alone whether he has actual hard power, the influence of public opinion alone is enough for him to drink a pot. If there is a big news out of disagreement, it will become an international joke every minute.

"Oh, I always think it's so complicated, if I don't understand..."

For a ten-year-old loli, these major events involving "national politics" are not interesting to them if they don't understand them, because if they say a thousand things and ten thousand things, what does this matter have anything to do with her?Even if we know that the master is a formidable person, and he is also the teacher of the elder sister who is traveling with her now, that's all. This level of identity relationship does not constitute a network of "someone above me", so Fei is already a little obedient. Tired.

"Is there anything else you can say, this kind of topic is too heavy~"

Because it is very boring to bury your head on the road, the three of them will chat on the road to pass the time. However, Fei now expresses that she does not understand the current topic and hopes to change the topic, and she will soon start her own head.

"Speaking of which, wasn't there an interesting legend circulating in the small town at the foot of the mountain?"

There is a small town where humans gather at the foot of the Moria Mountains... How small is it?It is roughly equivalent to the size of one and a half of the old city of Karot. The three of them had done repairs in this small town before landing in the Moria Mountains.

Because the town is so small, the whole town will know about any information the next day, so the three of them heard a story repeatedly mentioned by the owner and waiter of the inn in the town during the day of recuperation in the town. About the town...or rather about the legends of the Moria Mountains.

The name of that legend is called "The Witch's Mansion"...

Legend has it that in the depths of the Moria Mountains, there is a dilapidated villa, which is the residence of the witch. Once human beings stray into it, they will be captured by the witch and used as ritual materials for evil magic. In the small town, some young girls will disappear inexplicably. Usually, after a few days, people will find the personal things of these girls on the outskirts of the Moria Mountains...

As a result, the girls were lured by the witch into the Moria Mountains, and finally got lost in the mountains and were caught by the witch to perform an evil ritual. means.

... If you don't sleep again, be careful that the witch will come to your door and arrest you.

Of course, there have always been many versions of this kind of strange tales circulating in small towns, and the details are all kinds of strange. The main culprit is the witch and nothing else.

"Is there really a witch?"

Fei asked with blinking eyes, and she didn't know what she was excited about, but Sapphire calmly poured cold water on her.

"Don't expect too much. The Moria Mountains are not a remote place. Many adventurers pass by here every year. Didn't we meet a group of adventurers who went deep into the mountains before? It's just that they went in a different direction from ours. , in short, if there is really a "witch's mansion" deep in the Moria Mountains, it was discovered early in the morning, and that witch would have been caught and lit a sky lantern long ago. After so many years, this is just If there is no actual witnessing information, then it is mostly just a legend, compared to something illusory like a witch, a monster that can eat people is the real threat."

The analysis was reasonable, and Fei immediately had nothing to say, because she also knew that most of these legends were not reliable, and were indeed just the product of some conjectures and rumors. What's more, many similar In fact, the legend is just made up by the locals together, so as to trick outsiders to come and investigate, so as to bring up various local industries such as characteristic tourism.

As an adventurer, I have heard a lot of such things when I travel around all the year round, so I don't get cold about these things.

"Yeah, yeah, so, compared to some illusory witch legends, the heavy rain that is about to fall is the problem. Haha, if there is really a witch's mansion, I am looking forward to it now. At least this way we There will be a place to shelter from the wind and rain~”

"Wow, brother, are you not afraid of witches at all?"

Fei was also shocked by Ruier's arrogant speech, and couldn't help asking this question, but Ruier pressed her head very smoothly and rubbed it pamperingly.

... By the way, Lolita's head feels amazing when you touch it. No wonder so many protagonists like to touch their heads. After trying it once, they can't stop, right? !

"It's no big deal. The so-called witches are nothing more than a group of humans who practice forbidden magic. It's just that their way of practice is wrong. They are too eager for success so they go astray. In terms of actual skills, these witches are actually pretty good. , Didn’t you realize that the legends of witches are only spread in remote mountain villages and small towns, and the victims of witches are mostly children and women?”

Because in fact, the power of the witch can only deal with these "vulnerable groups" relatively safely at best, and the only people who can be frightened by her power are rural villagers with little knowledge. A coward who doesn't even have the guts is far worse than those wanted criminals with big bounties...

Not to mention other things, the "ghost twins" are much more powerful than these so-called witches. At least they dare to go to the capital to make trouble, dare to fight with the city guards, and those so-called witches only dare to scare Women and children, who is higher and who is lower... It's clear at a glance...

Just chatting like this, suddenly a thunder flashed in the sky for no reason, Riel and Sapphire were startled, it was going to rain at any moment, but they hadn't found a place to shelter from the rain, there was no way, the three could only Shut your mouth and go on your way with all your strength, trying to find a place to hide from the rain before it rains.

The three people trekking in the mountains meandered around the rugged mountain road. Just after they bypassed a steep mountain road, what they saw suddenly became clear. A spooky two-story villa stands tall...

"...I'll go, little brother, you have opened your mouth!"

Chapter 29 The Witch's Mansion ([-])

"I'll go... Brother, you've opened your mouth!"

In the deep mountains and old forests in the wilderness, an old villa suddenly appeared. Considering that there are monsters in the wild anytime and anywhere in this world, building a villa in a place without the protection of the fire barrier itself is a kind of extreme brain damage. Generally, only fools with no brains, and masters who are daring and completely ignore the threat of monsters dare to play like that.

However, when I suddenly saw such a villa in the Moria Mountains, I couldn't help but associate it with the legend circulating in the small town at the foot of the mountain...

...The so-called Witch's Mansion!

A few people were discussing whether they would encounter the Witch's Mansion on the way before, Riel said casually like a joke, "At this time, I'm still looking forward to meeting the Witch's Mansion~" He actually said it Cheng Zhen, the weird villa that many people have never discovered in the Moria Mountains, just appeared in front of the three of them majestically.

"...It's really fake, this is too unreasonable!"

Sapphire said so with the corners of her mouth twitching. Although in a world full of swords and magic, various unexpected situations are possible, but this is too much of a coincidence, right?Coincidentally, it was as if it was said in advance.

This weird situation made her hesitate whether she should go forward to see what happened, but Riel dragged Fei forward without hesitation. Seeing how bold he was, it also subtly relieved Sapphire's doubts .

"Whether it's true or not, if it's someone's villa, we can discuss it with the owner. In such a rainy weather, can we lend us a place to shelter from the wind and rain, even if we sleep in the kitchen or living room? , It would be even better if it was the Witch's Mansion, we will eliminate the harm for the people and destroy this witch, and then rob her house to hide from the rain~"

"..."

The adventurers themselves are a group of gray characters with ambiguous camp identities. They may stand up and call themselves righteous because they don't like people bullying the weak, or they may fight strangers for no reason because they don't deal with a word, especially Rui The self-proclaimed "treasure hunter" is the one with the least taboo among adventurers other than "bounty hunters".

So Riel's remarks didn't make Safili feel strange, but she just felt a little dumbfounded, but what Riel said was right, a witch is not a good person, and killing her would not make Safili feel any psychological Burden, when the idea was made up in mind, Riel and Fei had already arrived at the main entrance of the villa and began to check.

The exterior walls of the villa are mottled and old, looking like they have been baptized by time. On the peeling walls, there are various parasitic plants that cannot be named, and there are no places to embellish the walls. the taste of.

Looking in from the window on the outer wall, it was pitch black and nothing could be seen. After Safieli confirmed this, Fei who had checked the door lock immediately replied.

"Well, the lock cylinder is completely rusted. This door should not have been opened for a long time."

"OK, then you can be sure, this is definitely not a place for serious people~"

Ruier gave such a conclusion without hesitation. After all, there are no villages or shops near the villa, and there is no trace of "self-sufficiency" around. If you want to purchase daily consumables, you can only go through the foot of the mountain. small town, or spend double the time to turn to the other side of the Moria Mountains, where there are also human gathering places.

Obviously, neither of these situations is possible, because no one in the small town at the foot of the mountain has ever mentioned such a villa...Well, the legend of the Witch's Mansion doesn't count.

"Phi...you step back a little..."

Riel flicked his wrist, and the knight's long sword decorated with black and purple patterns fell into his palm. Seeing this, Fei hurriedly made room for Riel. Anyway, this door lock is not a lock on a treasure chest mechanism, and there is no need to rely on thieves to unlock it Now that the door lock has been locked, Fei, the only "technician" at the scene, said that she can't open this thing with her craftsmanship, so let's use the simplest and most direct method.

...Of course, these are all blatant statements. Riel himself is fully aware of the details of the villa in front of him and the so-called Witch's Mansion. Therefore, he clearly knows what the next plot will be, without hesitation He raised his hand and swung his sword.

This blow Riel swung very hard...Because Phoenix's sky fire has expired, he lost the attribute blessing of the equipment's own skills. Now Riel's attributes are actually very low...but because it is also upgraded anyway. A few levels, at least higher than the average person.