Chapter 372 371. Preparations before departure

   "Hi, sorry to bother you again!"

  Suldak stared nervously at the portrait of the **** the magic note and asked.

  The parchment was a bit dull and yellowish, and the portrait of the girl did not respond. She folded her hands in front of her chest as if praying, and her eyes were pious.

"what's your name?"

  Seeing that the girl did not respond, Suldak asked nervously and tentatively in a low voice.

  The girl's portrait was still quietly printed on the parchment, and there was still no response.

  Suldak felt that he might just have hallucinations, or it might be caused by too much nervousness. He took out another portrait he found from the thief, and put the two portraits together to distinguish them carefully.

   Cyrus. There are indeed some differences between the portrait of the girl in Hickok's magic notebook and the one obtained from the robber. The portrait in the magic notebook is more vivid. If you focus on it for a while, you will find that the portrait of the girl seems to come alive. In a trance, I even feel that the portrait of the girl will smile slightly, and even blink, and the endless darkness hidden in the eyes of the portrait of the girl will disappear.

As for the portrait in the hands of the thieves, it was obviously a rubbing with ink. Although it looked like Selina at first glance, Suldak felt that it was due to his own subjective consciousness. Seeing some similarities between the outline of the face and the eyebrows, it is far less vivid than the last page of the magic note.

  Suldak put the two portraits away again, but he didn't notice that the moment he closed the magic note, the portrait of the **** the page quietly grimaced...

Unaware of this, Suldak untied the hemostatic bandage on his leg, and the buff effect of the 'Divine Blessed Body' failed, and the blood hole on his calf began to hurt, and the flesh and blood at the hole kept wriggling, as if There was an invisible force tearing at the wound, and the wound that was close to healing became **** again. Although there was a faint power of holy light around the wound, it could not stop the wound from deteriorating.

  Suldak frowned. The power of the Holy Light had no effect on the black magic curse, but had little effect.

There are only the last two sand wolf heads left in the magic pocket. If you want to continue to obtain the buff effect of the "Blessed Body", you must continue to sacrifice these low-level sacrifices. The remaining two sand wolf heads can last at most 4 days, but recently many nodes in the body have been ignited one after another. In just a few days, nearly a hundred nodes in the chest were ignited and emitted.

Every time in sleep, these lit nodes are integrated with Suldak's sea of ​​consciousness. Those lit nodes form a three-dimensional star map in the void formed by the spiritual world. Suldak's consciousness Floating in the void, these nodes exude faint light, constantly nourishing Suldak's spiritual consciousness, and on the contrary, it makes Suldak's spiritual consciousness a lot stronger.

   What made Suldak feel a little helpless was that although the power of the holy light in his body had increased, he still couldn't suppress the breath of the black curse.

  Maybe some lowest-level sacrifices can be bought in the magic shop, Suldak thought to himself.

  The lights in the next bedroom are still not on. The two little girls, Linna and Nedra, probably haven't returned to the Knight Academy. I hope this snow won't have a big impact on their training journey.

   After a simple sacrificial ceremony, the blood hole on the leg slowly shrank again...

  Snowy night, the night lights of Hailansa City are dim.

  The howling of wild beasts came from the dark pine forest outside the city.

  A group of armored guards on the top of the city stepped on the thick snow and passed between the walls. This is the winter night in Hailansa City.

  …

  In the sword hall of the Knight Academy, Suldak can now spare some time every week to come here to practice swords.

  What he was holding in his hand at the moment was a wooden sword similar to a Western rapier. This kind of wooden sword was light in texture and relatively thin. The wooden sword would break with a little force.

The reason why Suldak chose such a wooden sword was to allow himself to give up his advantage in strength, so that he would improve his swordsmanship skills during the battle. Suldak was wearing a set of soft leather light armor, Wearing a protective mask on his head, he was holding his breath, staring intently at the rapier in the hand of the female swordsman in front of him, only to see that the sword suddenly disappeared from the female swordsman's hand, and suddenly appeared in the lower left corner in the next second , like a black dot in Suldak, piercing his lower abdomen.

Only the Western rapier can perform a 'thrust' from such a strange angle. He was a little overwhelmed, and hurriedly handed out the wooden sword in his hand, trying to pry the stabbing sword away, but when the sword in his hand was swung out, the A bit of cold light from the stabbing had already exploded in Suldak's eyes instantly, like dozens of arrows shot at Suldak at the same time, forming a rainwaterfall in his eyes.

  Suldak squatted almost reflexively, put on a defensive posture, swung his right arm out to block the sword in front of him, retracted the wooden sword in his hand, and pointed it at the female swordsman's heart.

The rapier in the opposite female swordsman's hand instantly hit Suldak's right arm, her lithe body flew into the air and, avoiding the stabbing sword from Suldak, the rapier landed on Suldak's chest. A white line was drawn, forcing Suldak to take half a step back, and the dense swords stabbed at Suldak one after another. The rapier in Suldak's hand was forced to defend every time. Without the shield, he could only use the wooden sword in his hand to parry the opponent's wooden sword. He had no effective offensive for a while, and was forced to defend from the beginning to the end.

The movements of the two people in the practice room were a bit dizzying. There was already a layer of sweat on the female swordsman's forehead. Her light and agile body flicked and moved, and the sweat that spilled out fell on the oak floor. Maintaining this kind of continuous fast attack requires a lot of physical strength, and she gradually became overwhelmed.

However, although Suldak on the opposite side has been forced to defend, his body is like a black reef in the sea of ​​storms. No matter how violent and rapid the attack is, he cannot break through Suldak's defense. The female swordsman looms behind her body A swordsman wearing silver armor appeared, and then her speed increased a lot, and her body's balance ability also improved significantly. The moment she leaped high, her body twisted at an incredible angle in midair , the wooden sword in his hand stabbed out quickly, and Suldak was caught off guard, and the wooden sword in his hand was picked away by the female swordsman opposite...

  …

  Dacy Christie pressed the wooden sword against Suldak's chest reluctantly, with a proud smile on the corner of her mouth.

This time, Darcy Christie won the sword competition again. Her breathing seemed a little short, and the light leather armor on her body was almost soaked in sweat. On the bench, every sword fight with Suldak would exhaust the last bit of her energy, and after each sword fight, the next time she wanted to win, she would have to exert more energy than the previous one.

  She was already at the end of her strength, and she didn't even want to move a finger.

The maid waiting at the side quickly handed over a bottle of lavender vitality potion. Darcy Christie took it in her hand, pulled out the cork from the bottle and poured down the vitality potion in one gulp. This is a way to quickly restore physical strength and relieve physical fatigue. A magic potion that stimulates the body's functions to quickly return to normal. This potion also has a hidden effect, that is, drinking it when the body is exhausted will improve the user's physical fitness.

  This 'vigor potion' is not only expensive, but it is also very difficult to buy in the magic market in Hailansa City, and all the sources are in the hands of the nobles.

As the leading Christie family in Hailansa City, of course they can get some share of vitality potion, but the younger generation of the Christie family is not limited to Darcy Christie, so the vitality potion in her hands can be distributed every month. There are only two bottles.

  Suldak knows how expensive this thing is, and the effect of the vitality potion looks like a simplified version of the "Blessed Body".

The maid took a dry towel and wiped off the sweat from Darcy Christie's face and neck, and covered Darcy's face with a warm towel. Stretch your body, let the power of the vitality potion quickly spread to your limbs, so that you can fully use the power of the medicine to improve yourself.

   "Suldak, do you want to join us in winter hunting?" Darcy Christie covered her face with a warm towel, but it didn't affect her chatting.

  And this taste of winning with difficulty can make her feel a great satisfaction.

Suldak closed his eyes, sat on the floor of the practice room with his knees bent, with one leg stretched out, his back against the wall of the practice room, thinking about the sword move that Daxi had just used, thinking about how to resist it The sword that was stabbed just now.

  Hearding Daxi's invitation, he asked curiously: "Where are you going? If it's just hunting wild boars and gray wolves in the forest, I'm not interested."

  In the past, Suldak would flatly refuse, but now, hunting outside the city is also one of the ways to obtain the sacrifices required for the sacrificial ceremony. Those low-level monster heads are what he needs most urgently.

  Dacy Christie said: "Go to the snowy ridge in Pagolos Mountain, there are often packs of sand wolves there. If you're lucky, you might be able to catch snow monsters or mountain lions..."

  Suldak opened his eyes, turned to look at Dacie Christie and asked, "When are you going?"

Dacie Christie was still lying on the bench, letting the maid relax the muscles that were almost twisted together for her, and said, "It will be colder, and the snow will be heavier. Wait until those monsters If we can’t find anything to eat, we will run out of the mountains, Bird has a manor over there, we can all borrow there, it’s considered a vacation..."

"Okay, count me in then, I really want to hunt some sand wolves." Suldak touched the magic pouch on his body, there were still two sand wolf heads left in it, but it was obvious that Darcy Christie hunted some sand wolves this time. Activities are too late.

  Suldak got up from the ground, picked up the wooden sword on the ground, and said hello to Daxi Christie: "I still have something to do, let's take a step first..."

   Before Dacie Christie had time to ask where Suldak was planning to go later, Suldak had already walked out of the practice room, and there was only the sound of the door slamming shut.

  …

Suldak is going to return to Wall Village overnight this weekend. Before that, he needs to go around the magic grocery store to see if he can buy low-level sacrifices like sand wolf heads. Otherwise, once the "Blessed Body" gains The effect disappears, and the leg injury recurs halfway, that's the real trouble.

   And he also wanted to take the opportunity to buy a batch of gifts to take back, so he wanted to take a look around before the market ended.

Suldak changed his clothes and left the sword hall, and then went to the stable to pull out the Gu Bolai horse, and rode to the leather shop of the master Aibei leather maker first, and finished the magic pattern structure with the last process. Take out the substrate. The base material of these three sets of magic pattern construction looks very different from the high-grade salamander leather armor that Suldak got before. The seams of the base leather armor of these three sets of magic pattern construction are almost invisible Yes, and there is a large area of ​​blank space on the leather armor, probably for the inscription master to engrave the magic circle on these positions.

There are three inscription masters in the city of Hailansa, but it is basically impossible to ask them to make magic pattern structures for themselves. It is said that the orders received by the three inscription masters, the least one will be scheduled until next autumn Go, the way to make the magic pattern structure is to make an appointment with an inscriber after gathering enough magic spar.

   But now it seems that it is impossible for any inscriber to make a magic pattern structure for Suldak in a short time.

In addition, the high production cost of the magic pattern structure is enough to make Suldak speechless. The sum of all the property on Suldak's body now is only enough to buy a set of magic pattern structure. The village still needs to continue to build a reservoir, and Suldak also wants to tidy up the tidal land on the river bend downstream of the village. These things will cost a lot of money, and now is not the time to consider making magic pattern structures.

  Frozen meats appear most frequently in winter markets. Relatively speaking, vegetables and fruits are rare, basically only those that can be stored in cellars.

In this season, some frozen sea fish will be transported from the coastal cities of the Green Empire, piles of frozen fish are piled up in the market, and the price of a sea bream the size of an arm is around four silver coins. Sur Dak could imagine that there must be many villagers in Wall Village who had probably never eaten sea fish in half their lives, so he bought some.

  A knight who bought a large amount of ingredients came to the market. Of course, this scene cannot escape the eyes of other merchants.

So when Suldak walked through the market with his horse, many shops would yell hard, trying to attract Suldak's attention, and Suldak picked some frozen pork legs and wheat flour to buy. After coming down, he finally bought some ham from the southern provinces, cheese from Durva province, etc., and did not end the purchase until his magic pocket was full of ingredients.

  Leaving the market with a full load of goods, Suldak visited several magic grocery stores, and finally saw a row of magic antelope heads hanging on the shelves in a magic grocery store...

  (end of this chapter)