Chapter 3, Gilded Brigade
The terrain of Aru Village is very dangerous. The main living area is located on an independent sandstone and is surrounded by a moat.
In the early morning, Aru Village was bathed in the rays of the sun, and several mercenaries who had obviously just returned from their shift stretched and watched
"Stop!" Several mercenaries hired by Aru Village stopped Fugate who was about to enter the suspension bridge.
"Is something wrong?" Fugate asked in a hoarse voice with no emotion.
Although he felt that Fugate was a little strange, the mercenary still asked under the supervision of the village guard: "Where are you coming from, where are you going, what do you do, and what are you planning to do."
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"He came from Kanria and went to Xumi. He was a scholar and went to the Xumi Order to study." Fugate said.
Several mercenaries seemed to have never heard of Kanria, but the village guard obviously knew something. He nodded, and these mercenaries stopped embarrassing Fugate.
Then they got out of the way, and one of the mercenaries pointed out to Fugate where the only hotel in the village was.
Fugate said his thanks blankly.
It seems that because King Daci Shu was still on the throne, the commercial trade between the desert and the rain forest was relatively prosperous at this time.
Therefore, there is still a small hotel in Aru Village for passing caravans to rest. The largest number of houses among the small hotels is Datongpu, which is also the cheapest. It only costs 2k mola to stay a night and only provides the most basic water. .
The second is a small single room that Fugate wants. There is only a bed (excluding bedding), a table without drawers and a chair. The space is relatively small, and of course it is cheaper. 8k Mora could stay for one night, and Fugate paid directly for two nights. This small room provided clean water and a small amount of two meals (breakfast and dinner).
The more luxurious ones seem to be suites, which are usually rented by larger caravans and seem to cost around 30,000 moola per night.
Fugate didn't know what the use of collecting this information was. Fugate quickly became familiar with the situation in Aru Village, and then returned to the house to start today's exercise.
According to the guidance of his consciousness, he needs a stronger body, but obviously this requires time to hone and resources to water. Night begins to fall. The moonlight tonight is not good. Dark clouds drifting from nowhere block the moonlight.
Fugate, who committed suicide, began to stare at the oil lamp in a daze. He didn't know how long he was in daze, and then he began to put the package under his head and prepare to sleep.
It seemed that he had just fallen asleep not long ago.
[Wake up, there is danger. 】The system reminded urgently.
To be honest, after following such a host, the system felt that its intelligence growth rate had exceeded the average of the system family.
Fugate woke up from a deep sleep almost instantly, and then put his hand on the knife. The knife had no scabbard. Fugate had only maintained it before the sun set in the afternoon, so he could easily intervene in the battle directly. .
Fugate heard roars and the sound of weapons clashing in the distance.
Then there were a few swear words mixed with desert slang and Teyvat common language, which seemed to calm the people living in the hotel.
But then the sounds turned into shouts of pain and anger, and then Fugate felt the sound of weapons clashing coming from around the hotel.
"..." Fugate raised the knife.
Then after about dozens of breaths, an ax struck the door of Fugate's small room.
After two or three blows, the door latch broke, and Fugate struck the mercenary who was about to break in on the head with a knife.
Then there were a few more dodgers, the sword flashed, and the clash of weapons stopped. The bodies of the two robbers in front of Fugate's door proved what had just happened.
Fugate closed the door again, then sat on the bed and fell into a daze. He had such a plan in his mind. In this case, he, an outsider, had better not get involved.
Thinking of those two corpses, Fugate was enough to scare the others.
Regardless of whether these two people were bandits fishing in troubled waters or members of the bandit group that attacked Aru Village tonight, Fugate was not afraid. They were just dying. Fugate, who was in a state of self-destruction, had no attitude towards this.
Fugate could hear the roars of the village guards of Aru Village. The village guards were elite armed forces unique to Aru Village. They were very powerful in combat. Of course, they were not many in number. They usually directed the actions of the mercenaries.
The sound of weapons clashing lasted until late at night. Fugate was reviewing tonight's battle.
Tonight's two opponents are actually stronger than Fugate in terms of level alone. Fugate's body has been trained for a month and a half, and his current level is LV7. He can only be regarded as a person who has gone through a certain amount of training. Ordinary people trained for combat.
As for the other two people tonight, the one who opened the door has a level of LV13, so he can be considered a veteran among bandits.
The other one also has LV9, and is much stronger than Fugate in terms of physical strength. Fugate was able to win entirely because he abandoned his emotions and acted coldly like a machine, coupled with systematic sword skills.
After confirming that there was nothing else, Fugate fell asleep normally. The next day, Fugate woke up as usual.
The corpses at the door had been cleared away by the mercenaries from Aru Village.
"Sir, the village chief asks you to come over." A mercenary at the door said.
"I need to wash up first," Fugate said.
The mercenary nodded. This was a distinguished guest, and Aru Village could still satisfy such a small request.
After Fugate finished washing, he was invited to the village chief's house.
Actually, it’s nothing. I just want to thank Fugate for his generous action last night. However, Fugate looked like he was not easy to deal with. The head of Aru Village just provided some mola and exempted Fugate from this. A few days' hotel expenses also raised Fugate's food standards to the highest level.
Although this hotel has an owner, strictly speaking it is still a village property.
"This guy is really difficult to deal with." The village guard complained.
"He doesn't trust us," the village chief said. "But one thing is that although he doesn't look very strong, his sword skills are really good. He only used seven swords last night, and those two guys died."
They were surprised when they checked the two corpses this morning. There were not many wounds on the two corpses. The guy who broke the door was stabbed three times, one on the face, one on the neck, and finally one on the heart.
The other one was stabbed in the neck and in the heart. Fugate used two moves to deflect the opponent's weapon and then killed him directly. The opponent didn't even react.
"He is a difficult guy." The village guard also admitted that Fugate was difficult to deal with, and the look in his eyes was very scary. Looking at him was like looking at a dead person.
"I'll talk to him later," the village chief said.
"That guy's information is wrong." The village guard frowned and said, "Although he said that he is a Kanreyan, he does not have the natural star pupils like the Kanreyan, but his clothes are indeed Kanreyan." Rhea’s lower-class noble clothing”
"Don't worry, he has no ill intentions towards us for the time being." The village chief said nonchalantly, "Speaking of which, have you found out where the guys who attacked last night came from?"
"Someone has already interrogated it. It is a joint operation of several mercenary groups who believe in the Red King." The village guard frowned. "Have those guys forgotten the teachings of the Red King and the kindness of the Great Ci Tree King?"
"No, let me go and ask myself." said the village chief.
···The dividing line between Fugate’s sword practice and purchasing supplies···
In the evening, Suicide Fugate encountered the best situation in the deduction of consciousness.
That is to meet a caravan that can carry them for a ride. Of course, Fugate did not find the caravan himself, but the village chief of Aru Village helped find it after talking to Fugate.
By the way, he tested Fugate's sword skills. After learning that Fugate learned the sword skills from the wisdom of his ancestors (instructions of consciousness) and perfected them himself, the village chief shut up.
However, after learning that Fugate's purpose was to go to Xumi to study, the village chief took the initiative to contact the caravan staying at the hotel. The caravan lost its guard last night (the guard was injured and needed to recuperate in Aru). He was very happy to save the caravan. A temporary guard who is not easy to mess with.
However, as a price, Fugate needs to rest here for one more day. The main reason is that the caravan's beast of burden was not only frightened last night, but also slightly injured and needs to be comforted. Otherwise, Fugate would have been able to join the caravan long ago. left.
Of course, arranging the wounded is the most important thing. The wounded can no longer live in Datongpu and need to be cared for. These caravans are jointly established by several tribes, so the human touch is relatively strong.
However, it was still time to leave soon, and it was still evening. It was indeed a good choice to set off at this time.
Fugate is not qualified to ride a beast of burden, or in other words, beasts of burden are not meant for riding at all. Most people in the caravan still walk by themselves, and beasts of burden are mostly used to transport goods. These big guys Its strength is very strong, its endurance is also outstanding, and its cargo capacity is impressive.
According to Fugate's chat with the caravan members, these beasts of burden in the desert are called camel beasts. The desert people have begun to tame these big guys a long time ago, and it is said that it can even be traced back to the period of the Red King.
In comparison, it was only in the past two hundred years that the rainforest people began to domesticate the camel beast and its cousin the yak beast.
In addition, the caravan members also corrected a mistake made by Fugate. The official name of the bandits was not bandits. They, like the mercenaries, were called the Gilded Brigade.
This is the general name for all desert people’s armed forces. All desert people who have been trained and killed in the desert can be called the Gilded Brigade. As for why no one refutes the saying of mercenaries, it is because most of the Gilded Brigades are indeed mercenaries. work.
The Gilded Brigade can be subdivided into mercenaries, guards, and guards. There are also different internal duties divided into assaulters, priests, dancers, falcons, etc.
The guard also jokingly said that some small groups in the Gilded Brigade can even be called the Gilded Girl Group, but the guard still warned Fugate in a low voice that some women in the desert are good-looking. , but these women in the desert are all prickly cacti.
Women who dare to come out to join the Gilded Brigade are very powerful.
Many women have mastered the power of the Erling. As for what the Erling Guard is, he said that he is not sure. The Erling weapons in their tribe are kept in the hands of the elders, but even if they only have the broken power of the Erling, then It's also very scary.
Fugate also knew something about the so-called Erling weapons. Just when he was about to say something and continue to obtain information, the guard in front of the caravan suddenly shouted that the enemy was attacking.
The caravan guard immediately shuddered, and while complaining about how unlucky he was this time, having been attacked twice in a short period of time, he picked up his ax and rushed forward.
Fugate also held the knife and moved forward, but soon a flash of lightning flashed in the night.
A flash of fire also flashed on the caravan's side, and the two sides soon fought together.
Although Fugate, who was in the state of self-destruction, did not have any emotions such as shock, he still felt some numbness in his scalp (it was the static electricity generated by Erling's electric field).
Fugate soon got into a fight with a sword dancer. The opponent's sword skills were from a wild background and were not as sophisticated as Fugate, so the opponent was soon injured by Fugate. Just as Fugate When preparing to expand the victory and kill him.
But Fugate didn't expect that his opponent was actually a squad leader. He suddenly took a few steps back and shouted, "I have a tough idea, come and help."
Suddenly, three warriors separated from the surrounding fighting and came towards Fugate.
Now, no matter how superb Fugate's sword skills are, he can't help but feel a little bit dangerous. After all, it is difficult for two fists to defeat four people, not to mention the four people on the opposite side. One of the four opponents is a crossbowman. This guy is very powerful to Fuquet. Special threat is the greatest.
From time to time, he would shoot a cold arrow to interrupt Fugate's offensive and defensive rhythm.
Suddenly Fugate's eyes froze, but at the critical moment his consciousness returned, and his body instinctively picked up a piece of sand with a knife. Unfortunately, under the protection of the red silk, the opponent's field of vision was still intact, but Fugate still pulled it. Opened the distance between the two sides.
The emotionless Fugate thought about how to escape.
The other party had no intention of stalling for time. They rushed forward and prepared to cut Fugate into pieces. Suddenly, a sound of desert language came from the battlefield where there were explosions. The faces of the other party changed and they immediately began to retreat.
Fugate had no intention of pursuing him, so he let out a long sigh of relief. A flash of fire flashed through, and several enemies were killed on the way to escape. The other enemies suddenly ran faster.
Fugate then followed the other guards back to the group of caravans. Several elders of the caravan were applying medicine to the guards. There were no wounds on Fugate's body. He was as cold as a machine. The first priority in battle is actually to protect oneself.
If he was willing to risk his injuries, he could actually win one or two of those four, but it would be a little outweighed by the loss for Fugate himself.
I'm just a temporary worker, so why bother working so hard?
However, his behavior of holding down four people by himself was reported by other guards, and then Fugate got another mora (about 2W). Fugate asked if he could exchange it for rough stones. He had seen a few before. The individual seems to be using rough stones for decoration.
The rough stone is actually not big, only about five millimeters in size.
It was only when Fugate saw this that he remembered that the rough stones were not actually precious in the eyes of the local residents of Teyvat. They were just low-end gemstones that were difficult to process. Fugate's molas were exchanged for nearly two hundred rough stones. , um~ there are still about 3k mora left.
[You are finally back] The words in the system seem to be full of grievances.
"Ha, don't worry about this kind of thing." Fugate said in his heart.
"Are the rough stones enough for the lottery now?" Fugate asked, and the rough stones were quickly absorbed by the system.
[Enough to pray, the number of prayers is 3]
"Then let's start the lottery."
[Please select a wish, please note that only vague instructions can be selected]
"Does this function still exist? Tell me in detail."
[Prayer Pool: You can pray for items, knowledge, concepts, etc. The current prayer pool prize pool ranges from the multiverse of the earth, trees and seas]
Fugate's consciousness fell into a long thought, but he soon realized that what he lacked most now was not anything else, but his brain that was almost unable to move.
"Pray for 'brain development', give me stud! Three draws is enough, everything! Or nothing!"
[Host, please don’t add drama to yourself, it has no effect except wasting time. 】
【Praying...】
【Pray for success】
[NZT-48 (small bottle, 20 pills)]: The three-star drug from "Never Ending" can open up the nerve endings of the brain and greatly improve learning efficiency. It has serious side effects.
[Ritalin (box, 10 pills)]: A one-star drug from "Earth OL" that can activate brain activity, improve concentration and learning efficiency, and has mild side effects.
[Combined volume of introductory books on brain science (ten books)]: Two-star books from "Earth OL", containing entry-level knowledge of brain science in the 21st century. After fully mastering it, there is a probability of understanding the two-star ability, photographic memory, and the two-star ability, memory palace. , two-star ability·lucid dreaming, one-star ability·deep sleep, one-star ability·meditation.
Fugate swallowed an NZT-48 without saying a word.
"It's good that the hardware has been upgraded." Fugate began to optimize the plan he had made before, and added more instructions to himself in the self-destruction state.
Fugate ate a few candies, which were sundries purchased by Fugate in Aru Village.
Under the brain overload provided by NZT-48, Fugate was even able to predict that he would fall back into a state of self-destruction in half an hour.
"It's really a huge improvement, isn't it." Fugate rubbed his temples and began to think about the books about the human body and the videos about martial arts that he had read, and then combined these books, videos and other things with himself. The sword skills are mixed together.
Then a sword technique that only existed in theory appeared in Fugate's brain. Fugate believed that he would perform this sword technique that only existed in theory in his self-destruction state.
"I almost forgot that there are monsters." Fugate said to himself. Fugate once again added several models of common monsters such as Qiuqiu people and mushroom beasts to optimize his sword skills.
It's not that Fugate doesn't want to add the data of other monsters, but he has seen these monsters before, and he knows how those monsters are in the game.
But the monsters in those games can only be used as a reference at most. Real monsters are still very different from the monsters in those games.
(End of chapter)