Joining a caravan
Only, in the end, Little Tian was still left behind. Shao Qian left the Illusionary Mist Forest for the first time, intending on going to where Jesse had lived with his parents to look around first. Perhaps, there he would be able to find some clues.
Shao Qian had just left the Illusionary Mist Forest when a person single-handedly charged into the depths of the forest. This person made a name for himself in the depths of the forest, alerting all the magic beasts in the depths of the forest before leaving. The Treant Pein looked at that person"s leaving back and felt anxious. As expected, he really returned.
Shao Qian left the Illusionary Mist Forest, following the system"s prompts to find a small village. And in that small village, he exchanged some crystal stones that could be found in the Illusionary Mist Forest along with his own fur, blood and bones for a few gold coins. In the human"s world, without gold coins, there would be no way of travelling.
Using the gold coins that he had just exchanged, he bought some daily necessities and intended to leave for the Illusionary Mist Garrison. Correct, Shao Qian went the wrong way, in the Illusionary Mist Forest, there was no telling clearly where East, West, South or North were. He had walked in the opposite direction, the Illusionary Mist Garrison was on the other side of the Illusionary Mist Forest.
He didn"t want to cross through the Illusionary Mist Forest again. It couldn"t be certain that he would be able to get out once he goes in. Don"t underestimate the magic beasts" ability to take action.
Shao Qian considered finding a carvan, and using the name of an escort, follow them to the Illusionary Mist Garrison. This village didn"t have any auction house, and he had no way to find Alchemy materials here. It had to be known that all the his Alchemy goods were half-completed in the Illusionary Mist Forest as a lot of Alchemy materials could only be found in the Human world.
"Excuse me, do you require an escort?" Shao Qian had changed the colour of his hair and pupils with Alchemy potions, but because the potions were only half-completed, he would would have to use them again after three days, if not then he would change back to his original appearnace.
"Are you a magician or a martial artist?" The person-in-charge asked. Shao Qian didn"t wear a magician"s robes, nor did he wear a martial artist"s st.u.r.dy armor, he dressed like an average person, letting others find it difficult to believe that he is a magician or a martial artist.
Shao Qian was surprised, before he shook his head, "No, I"m not."
The person-in-charge"s behaviour immediately changed, he was somwhat impatient as he waved his hand, "I only want magicians or martial artists, you, this kind of ordinary person, giving you gold coins is not possible."
Shao Qian was at a loss, he was just about to explain when a voice interrupted from one side, "Hey, boy, didn"t we tell you to run errands for our mercenary group?"
Shao Qian, along with the person-in-charge turned their heads. A beautiful woman wearing a skin-tight outfit, and an épée that looked to be the same height as her was on her back could be seen. The person-in-charge smiled respectfully at her, "Christine daren,[1] this little brother is a member of your mercenary group?"
"My apologies, steward Lacey, this child is my new member, but he is somewhat worried, so he came to find you once again." Christine walked towards Shao Qian and grasped his shoulder, smiling towards the steward, "My boy only needs half a gold coin."
"Christine daren, you"re too polite. Since this person is part of the mercenary group we hired, it is only natural that we follow the agreed commision." The steward was somewhat unwilling, after all he was a ordinary person that needed protection, yet they still had to pay him the full amount, really made people feel unsatisfied. But, since this time, the strongest mercenary group they had hired was Christine"s, it wouldn"t be worth to start arguing with her, or get in her blacklist.
"Many thanks then, steward Lasey." Christine cheerfully patted Lasey"s shoulder, before she half-held, half-dragged Shao Qian and pulled him away.
Shao Qian wasn"t clear on the female"s motive, hence he played along with her action of pulling him away. He had just been dragged into a room by her, when he was immediately hugged by someone, and after that, his face was buried into a soft place. At once, Shao Qian felt that breathing became a bit more difficult.
"That"s enough, Lucy." Christine hastily rescued him, "You frightened the boy."
"Christine, he"s too cute!" Lucy released Shao Qian and spoke towards Christine, "When I saw him with Lasey, I got so excited, but seeing Lasey"s behaviour, it was likely that he didn"t want him to come. Luckily there"s you Christine."
"I……" Shao Qian was able to see clearly see the woman that had hugged him earlier. As a woman, she was actually somewhere around nine meters tall. Shao Qian, whilst standing in front of her, was only able to see her chest, furthermore……
Just now, had he been buried in that chest?
"Sweetie, what"s your name?" Why did you find for Lasey?" Lucy"s two eyes were shining as she looked at Shao Qian. This kind of extremely lovely child, she really hasn"t seen for very long. Flaxen coloured hair along with pupils of the same colour, when the round cheeks smile, the narrowing eyes looks like a beautiful Astana Lake [2], extremely pretty.
"My name is Jesse, I need to go to the Illusionary Mist Garrison." So…… Is this caravan heading to the Illusionary Mist Forest?
"Illusionary Mist Garrison?" Lucy"s face immediately fell, "We"re going to the Red Tile City, it"s a distance away from the Illusionary Forest Garrison."
"So it"s like that?" Shao Qian showed a depressed expression, but he quickly put on a new smile as he thanked Lucy, "Still, thank you, I"ll go ask the other caravans."
When Lucy saw Shao Qian smile, she blanked out for a moment, before she let out a wail and with a "whoosh!" once again hugged him, "So cute, so cute, how could there be such a cute child."
Shao Qian struggled in Lucy"s arms. Now, it seemed like he not only needed to change the colour of his hair and eyes, but he also had to change his face?
"Lucy, Jesse can"t breathe." Christine quickly stopped Lucy. Lucy had no resistance to cute and pretty boys, it was also Lucy that had pleaded her, that"s why she had told the steward the lie that this boy was part of her mercenary group.
"Oh, sorry." Lucy pulled Shao Qian to her, reluctant to let go, her face full of yearning as she faced Christine, "Christine, is it really impossible?"
Here we go again. Christine opened her mouth, but in the end, couldn"t say any words to reject it. After Lucy"s little brother had been killed by a surprise attack from a magic beast, she started liking boys that grew to look adorable, subconsciously regarding them as her own little brothers.
Because of this, their mercenary group found not little troubles, however they didn"t get fed up or put a stop to it. They feel happy to be able to pull Lucy out of the haze from loosing her little brother.
"Jesse, come with us to Red Tile City first, wait until we finish our a.s.signments then we"ll send you to the Illusionary Mist Garrison." Christine smiled as she spoke, "The Illusionary Mist Garrison is also an important city, there are many caravans that requires escorts there too."
Shao Qian looked at the smiling expression on the pleasantly surprised Lucy, before he looked at the other people in the mercenary group and opened his mouth to express his thanks, "Thank you, all of you."
"You"re welcome, boy." Christine patted Shao Qian"s head, "Why do you want to go to the Illusionary Mist Garrison? It"s very far to the Illusionary Mist Garrison from here."
"Mn, to find for my parents." Shao Qian didn"t say any lies, originally, Jesse"s father had stayed on the Illusionary Mist Garrison. He just didn"t know whether the place where they had stayed in at that time still existed.
"But from this place to the Illusionary Mist Garrison, there"s the entire Illusionary Mist Forest." Wanting to cross through the forest was simply impossible, humans were just unable to go near the depths of the forest. No, don"t even talk about going near the depths of the forest, even slightly approaching the center would result in getting teared to shreds by the magic beasts. So, why actually did Jesse"s parents detour to the in front of the Illusionary Mist Forest when going to the Illusionary Mist Garrison?
"Mmhm, they"re blacksmiths in the Illusionary Mist Garrison." At least, it wasn"t wrong that they were blacksmiths ten years ago.
On the contrary, there was a possibility to do business in the Illusionary Mist Garrison. After all, if the city is too small, then the number of visitors would also be small. But the Illusionary Mist Garrison wasn"t the same, it was very big, furthermore, because it was the most closest to the Illusionary Mist Forest, there were many travelling merchants and mercenaries, that take risks to temper themselves, coming and going.
"Okay, okay, we"re done with preparations to set off." Lasey didn"t give them much time for chit-chat, in fact, they had already waited in this small city for three to four days before not easily encountering Christine"s mercenary group, it would be better for them to set off as soon as possible.
It was like this that Shao Qian stayed with Christine"s mercenary group, he was either responsible for being their helper, running errands to fetch items and so on. Originally, Lasey had also asked him to feed the horned-beasts that pulled the car. Who would"ve known that when Shao Qian held green gra.s.s in his hands and got close to the horned beasts, the horned beasts suddenly kneeled on the ground, trembling. As if they had come across a natural enemy.
But it wasn"t that they came across a natural enemy. Although Shao Qian had restrained the imposing manner of a holy rank magic beast, but he couldn"t change the smell of the other high rank magic beasts on his body. So, the horned beasts had been frightened by the smell of high rank magic beasts on Shao Qian"s body.
From them moment onwards, Lasey also hated Shao Qian even more. He had paid so much to hire this ordinary person, yet this ordinary person couldn"t even gain the favour of a horned beast.
The calmness on the road made people feel that it was unbelievable. This road is very close to the Illusionary Mist Forest, and there would always be a time when some magic beasts would run out of the Illusionary Mist Forest to hunt. They walked on this road, yet they never expected that they actually didn"t encounter a single magic beast. This was simply unbelievable, could it be that their luck was already so good, to the point where it may be bursting?
[1] t.i.tle of respect toward superiors.
[2] Not too sure about the name ‘Astana Lake’. I think it looks something like this:
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