Chapter 24 The Lost World
While admiring the scenery, Zheng Dian moved forward quickly, with the pleasure of "seeing flowers entering Chang'an in one day". After walking for a few minutes, after struggling through a dense forest of thorns, his eyes suddenly became clear. At the end of a wide flat ground, a magnificent and antique castle stood quietly among the trees. The suspension bridge leading to the city gate was hanging high, and dozens of arrow towers protruded on the tall and thick city walls, staring at the front with murderous intent, as if they were about to break out. The four big words "Forest Castle" were written on the city gate, with mottled and vigorous words. At the foot of the city wall, there was a big drum with four words "Knock the Guard and Big Drum" in it. The drum stands on the drum stand, and the vines were wrapped, and weeds were overgrown, looking like a desolate look that no one has ever been interested in for many years.
Zheng Dian walked to the "Knocking Guard" and found the drumstick from the vines. He knocked the drum hard. After a long time, a green scarf appeared on the top of the city, wearing a green robe, carrying an arrow bag. An extremely handsome man came. Zheng Dian knew that the master was coming, so he hurriedly said respectfully:
"Dear Lord, I am a jungle warrior from Xitou Village. I came to Guidi on the orders of Lord Fitling and asked for a bottle of magical spring water."
"Fetrin, that's my old friend. I haven't seen him in nearly 80 years since the forest to the west was occupied by evil unicorns. You are the first adventurer to come here in such a long time. I am the patrolman Ivo, and the Forest Castle welcomes the arrival of the jungle warriors." As he said that, the suspension bridge slowly descended, and a gust of dust splashed on the grass.
Ivo Zheng Dian couldn't help but feel excited. This is the ancestor who uses elf archers. The specialties of elf troops, archery talent, and a legendary hero of a generation. I didn't expect to meet this boss here.
Zheng Dian walked into the Forest Castle with reverence, and a big white-clothed elf with two longbows came out and brought Zheng Dian to a spacious reception room. Zheng Dian thought that this was probably the so-called "Parliament Hall" or "Parliament", and I don't know what level of castle it is.
Ivo enthusiastically asked Zheng Dian to sit down and asked about the situation outside in Xitou Village and anxiously. Zheng Dian remembered that the description of Ivo in the stand-alone version was that although he had noble blood, he did not have noble character. His biggest characteristic was his recklessness. Judging from his silly appearance, he knew that he still had this kind of virtue in this game. Despite this, Zheng Dian still dared not neglect and reported it to him one by one.
"Oh--" Ivo sighed, "At first I thought we were blasphemed by evil creatures here, but I didn't expect that the Xitou Village would become like that. The old village chief, Jonders, Fitrin, and my old neighbor, Golden Dragon Valdes Nori, he asked me for help and asked me to serve as the guardian of the Tree of Life. I did not agree because of my good face, and I didn't expect that such serious consequences would be caused."
"I'm so proud of my face, why would I lose face when I'm just being this guardian?" Zheng Dian was a curious baby at this time, and there was no need to be a scheming to deal with such people who were known for their "recklessness".
Ivo smiled and said, "The four guardians of the Tree of Life have always been composed of four forces: physical defense, magic defense, physical attack and magic attack. They are usually held by subordinate troops and disciples of magic heroes who have evolved into heroes. You know, I come from the ancient Ivo family, one of the oldest nobles in the forest at this time. Even if I want to, my family will not agree to me as the guardian."
"Then why didn't there be no elf Sagittarius evolve into a hero?" Zheng Dian asked. There have been too many mysteries over the past year. Take this opportunity to ask them clearly.
"You are a jungle warrior, you should know the power of elves shooters. The biggest purpose of adventurers coming to this ancient forest is to hire elves shooters from here. The generous commissions have allowed talented and potential shooters to follow the adventurers away from their hometowns. Even some heroes with archery talent cannot withstand the temptation of the outside world and follow the adventurers on an adventure journey. So Gru fell into madness in grief and anger, and the archery skills were lost for a period of time, and the archers clan declined."
"Apart from Gru, aren't you? As far as I know, you are the specialty of an elf shooter." Zheng Dian saw that Ivo was easy to talk to and asked all the way.
Ivo smiled bitterly and said, "I knew you would ask this question. To be honest, I was one of those people who could not withstand the temptation of the outside world. I made a great reputation in the outside world. Everyone knew my name, but the family did not agree with my behavior and forced me to return here and guard this forgotten forest city. At that time, I was very resistant to the family's orders and had no intention of training my subordinates. For a long time, no elf saga player evolved into a hero."
Zheng Dian finally sorted out everything and connected the game experiences over the past few days. He actually found that he came into being. Hollywood, the usual tricks used by Hollywood directors, save the people, save the world, and save the earth.
After solving his doubts, Zheng Dian is most concerned about what he can get here, so he said with a shameless face:
"Dear Patrolman, I came here with great difficulty to restore my magic power for Fitrin. I have gone through countless battles on the road and suffered heavy losses. Now I am a little overwhelmed. Can I rest here for a while?"
Ivo looked puzzled and said, "Since the huge change eighty years ago, based on the pressure of defense, the family has ordered that foreign adventurers no longer be allowed to hire mercenaries in the castle. All the troops have to take on the responsibility of defending the city once they mature. So it is impossible if you want to add troops here."
Zheng Dian couldn't help but feel disappointed. He thought he could recruit some soldiers here and Zheng Dian would be willing to spend any money. Unexpectedly, he would encounter such an incident. Seeing Zheng Dian's disappointment, Yiwo felt a little reluctant and said:
"The warriors are actually the responsibility of all Forest Castles to help warriors of the same clan, especially the descendants of Lord Gru. Here you can visit our functional buildings. Our magic guild has been built to the fifth level, and the blacksmith shop is also very complete. There you can buy the ammunition trucks needed by archers, and the market and taverns have been quite lively recently. You can also try your luck. I'll let Barbie take you to see it later."
Yes, Magic Guild. Zheng Dian hurriedly asked, what are the conditions for learning magic? Ivo said, it's very simple. As long as you learn expert wisdom and have an expert magic book, you can learn all the magic.
Zheng Dian thought to himself, I have nothing, but I'll go and have a walk.
Led by the big elf Barbie with a double bow on his back, Zheng Dian first came to the Magic Guild, a pagoda-like building. A beautiful girl in a magician robe received Zheng Dian, but here, Zheng Dian learned nothing except spending 20,000 gold coins to buy an intermediate magic book because he did not learn wisdom. At that time, Zheng Dian was unwilling to give up. Since he could not learn magic, it would be fine to buy a few magic scrolls. The beautiful female magician told Zheng Dian that if he wanted to buy magic scrolls, he had to prepare more than 50,000 gold coins and buy them on the market. As for the permanent slow** scroll that Zheng Dian wanted to buy the most, the minimum was no less than 70,000 gold coins.
Zheng Dian couldn't help but feel discouraged. Now there are less than 10,000 gold coins left in his bag, and he is still waiting to buy an ammunition truck. There is no way, so he had to go to the market first. In addition to buying things, he should be able to sell things.
Zheng Dian came to the market, and it was indeed very prosperous. Dozens of stalls and shops were opened by dwarves. It seems that dwarves have the talent of a profiteer. These stalls and shops have the buying and selling construction materials and equipment materials, and are all low-level products. Zheng Dian was not interested in it. However, he was limited to acquisition and not selling weapons and equipment. Zheng Dian's equipment would not be sold, but he could sell materials, and he had outstanding achievements along the way, and he had made great achievements. I don't know how much it could be exchanged for.
Zheng Dian considered it and decided to only sell the 82 pieces of evil golden horns, because this thing can be obtained by just walking to the evil grassland. Others like evil tentacles, such as evil tentacles, have not yet been found since the "Immortal Vine Cage" is closed. The evil god horns and evil spirit iron horns have higher levels and less yields, so they are not sold.
So he walked to a store for buying and selling equipment and materials, threw an evil golden horn on the counter, and said:
“Look at how much this thing is worth?”
When the dwarf shopkeeper saw the shining golden horns on the counter, his eyes flashed with golden light. He hurriedly called Zheng Dian to sit down and said:
"I wonder where the noble Jungle Warrior got this thing?"
"In the west, the evil prairie, I destroyed some evil unicorns and could also collect skills, so there are these things."
"I wonder how many of you are?"
Zheng Dian thought about it and could not tell him that he had a lot of these things, and that if there were too many things, it would be cheap. Then he said impatiently: "You might as well give it a price, otherwise I will go to the next house."
The dwarf hurriedly stretched out a finger and said, "1,000 gold coins, my store is famous for being innocent in the market. You will never find such a good price again."
Zheng Dian thought that the price was enough to buy the magic scroll he needed, so he didn't talk to him, and poured all the 82 evil golden horns in his bag on the counter and said:
"There are 82 pieces in total, 82,000 gold coins, and you will leave with money."
The dwarf's eyes were red, his lips were trembling, and he couldn't speak. He just took out a big purse from the counter and handed it to Zheng Dian. Seeing this, the price was cheap, Zheng Dian thought to himself, but he didn't care about him. He asked directly:
"I need to buy some magic scrolls. Do you have one here?"
The dwarf knew that he had met a great customer who was rare in a century. His eyes widened even louder, and he said:
"What scroll do you need? I can give you a good price."
"Slow** or attack accelerates, permanent."
The dwarf thought about it and looked serious, saying, "These two kinds of magic scrolls are hard to find, especially the "attack acceleration". Since the magician Alisa left the Forest City, no one has ever done it. Now there is only the last one left for the city lord Ivo. However, I have one of the "slow**" scrolls. It was my brother who gave me self-defense 80 years ago. Seeing that you are so sincere and can destroy so many evil unicorns, the heroes who can destroy so many evil unicorns should become stronger. I know how difficult it is to deal with evil unicorns. I am willing to sell this slow** scroll to you, just give you 70,000 gold coins."
Zheng Dian thought to himself: "Look at it, I believe you." However, according to the female magician's words, this is probably the lowest price, so he didn't say much and gave the money to get the goods and left. At this time, the dwarf stopped him and asked:
"Your Excellency has been adventures outside for many years, and he is a jungle warrior. I wonder if you have ever seen a dwarf named Jondes?"
"Jondes? Do you know him?" Zheng Dian felt that the game was becoming more and more interesting, the whole novel.
"That's my brother. I haven't seen him in 80 years. My name is Fords. If you know him, please bring him a letter. If you are willing to help me, I will give you 50% off when you buy anything next time."
At this time, the system prompt sounded: the player shooter received the task "Fords's Home Letter", asking the player to pass through the evil prairie and deliver the letter to the dwarf Jondes.
Why not do it along the way?
Zheng Dian no longer cares about the difficulty of this task. Anyway, he has a difficulty spell, so he will not have to worry about having too much debt. Moreover, now he has a slow magic scroll, and he has an additional chance of winning against the evil unicorn elite.
Next, Zheng Dian went to the blacksmith shop again, but the dwarf blacksmith said that in order to get the ammunition truck, in addition to preparing 300,000 gold coins, he also had to complete an ss-level task. He asked Zheng Dian if he wanted to buy it now. Zheng Dian was crazy and had to spend all his money for an ammunition truck and he had to work hard. The ss-level difficulty, for Zheng Dian, was ss-level difficulty. He had no money now and had no time, so he had to come again next time.
So Zheng Dian returned to Ivo again, and this time he should ask him how he could find the Magic Spring.
"His Jungle Warrior, I heard from the dwarf Fords that you have wiped out many evil unicorns, which is really amazing." Ivo said sincerely.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little better." Zheng Dian didn't know what he meant by saying that, and thought that this was so rich that he was not much better than his brother.
"You have made great contributions to our Forest Castle. You may not know that every week, these powerful evil unicorns will attack Forest Castle once under the command of the Unicorn King. Today is the day they launched an attack, but today they did not appear. I was wondering just now, and only after receiving the report from Fords, I realized that it was because of your lord that they had insufficient troops and gave up this attack. In this way, we would have an additional chance to cultivate and rest."
Seeing that Zheng Dian didn't quite understand, Ivo continued, "Do you know what it means to us for an extra chance of cultivation and rest?"
Zheng Dian said: "Please make it clear."
"One more opportunity to cultivate and rest means that we can have an additional army of reorganization, 500 centaurs, 300 dwarf kings, 100 elf shooters, 72 silver pegasus, 64 dead wood guard leaders, and 50 unicorn beasts. With ten such opportunities to cultivate and restorate, we can attack from the castle, scatter the evil prairie, and restore the peace of the Eastern Forest." Ivo said leisurely, looking fascinated.
Chapter completed!