Chapter 34: The Heart of the Mountain I(1/2)
Mount Piriyed climbed steeply in his sight, like a giant standing between heaven and earth until it filled everyone's eyes.
As the mountains rise, the vegetation on the surface quickly transitions from rainforest to broad-leaved forest belts. The trees gradually become sparse, and shrubs and rocks are everywhere, and the gray color begins to become the mainstream.
Beyond the rise, only moss lichens are left, valleys scattered with rocky beaches, cliffs stand, and clouds and mist are shrouded on the peaks.
The black cumulonimbus cloud is thousands of meters high, and even one corner of it covers the part above the glacier line. Fang Zhu felt a little cool on his back. Looking up, the surging clouds brought a trace of rain.
A sudden rain is coming.
The walnut underground looked at the shadow of the mountains and talked about the information he had:
"From here, there is a camp, from which they set out, walked along the mountain path into Mount Piriyed, where there should be a valley."
Fang Ling is familiar with such camps. In areas where adventurers are inhabited, there are always many such temporary camps. Some temporary ones later become permanent and there are more locals who do adventurers' business - here are lizard people in the rain forest. Over time, villages and even towns have been formed.
There were even short-distance ships between Orenze, Pachiva and such camps, sending adventurers without sailboats across the rainforest to these places.
If it weren't for them, Ms. Essally and her teammates would have taken such a short-haul route.
But most of these ships are not special passenger ships, but expedition ships owned by guilds and groups of all sizes in this area.
Passenger transportation is just to use the sailboat and avoid idle guild property that spends a lot of money to maintain; of course, compared with the sky-high maintenance costs of sailboats, the meager profit can only be said to be slightly balanced in revenue and expenditure.
The passenger transport business built by some people with a mind will even penetrate into Asuka, the harsh rainforest swamps, and the country known as the green hell.
Most adventurers who can walk this line have a high level and have already passed the stage of focusing on some travel expenses. Therefore, most ships on this line can maintain considerable profits.
But in a wild area with rare routes, in a place with no law, people will always lose their boats and some will lose their lives, sometimes it depends on luck.
Fang Rong flipped through the community, and apart from the abuse and exposure, he was covered in blood and tears, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
The holographic projection of the window of the community was before him, and Silvede also looked silently from the side and said, "Aitalia has always been a dangerous and chaotic place, which is the same as your civilized world. Don't let the prosperity brought by the alchemy you saw in Elpahin, Kapuka and the old kingdom, which is the heart of the kingdom. But there is no rule in more places, not to mention that even within the kingdom, political struggles are barbaric and bloody - poisoning, assassination, you will see many things that will only happen in your history."
Fang Yu nodded, feeling a little.
Silweid's eyes passed the faint window and looked at the distant mountains:
"But for many of you, perhaps this is the charm of this world. Risks and opportunities always coexist. Here are the stories of those ambitious people, and they also satisfy the fantasies of those who have the same traits."
She gently fiddled with her hair with her hands, "Actually, I am one of these people, did the captain surprise?"
Fang Yu was indeed looking at her unexpectedly.
Silvede smiled and said, "If it weren't for this, I'd already accepted my fate. But the more people are, the more sensitive they are to the environment around me. Now I think it's probably because of this reason that I chose Captain."
She suddenly looked back at Fang Yu:
"Does Captain have ambition?"
Fang Zhu was stunned.
He didn't know if he had the same ambition, but his yearning for heroes was probably part of his ambition.
The walnut underground suddenly grabbed the side of the ship and pointed in one direction and shouted: "I saw that road."
The thin mountain path was walking through the canyon, looming in the clouds and mists.
The sudden situation interrupted Fang Yu's thoughts, and he immediately asked the sailor:
"Mr. Baggins, can we descend?"
But the latter told them that the Qihai Traveler No. 1 can no longer approach Mount Piriyed.
The waterway passing through the mountains is probably one of the most dangerous flying areas in the world. The complex airflow caused by the difference in heat value at different altitudes and the distribution of wind elements at high altitudes will cause sailboats to encounter many dangers.
Only large ships with more advanced Guy generation devices are qualified to claim to conquer the world above the glacier line, while the Seven Seas Traveler can only circle north along the foothills valley.
"I have to think of a solution."
Fang Zhu said, staring at the winding mountain road winding on the cliff.
Luo Hao also shook his head, "But we can't reach that height, Ed."
But Fang Yu quickly came up with a solution:
"Down to the valley below, we took action separately, and the Seven Seas Travelers continued northward and sailed along the northern edge of Mount Piriyed. The rest crossed the peak from land, and we met at Kelano about a week later."
The ship and the expedition team operate separately, which is indeed a feasible method.
But Luo Hao looked at Fang Ling and asked, "Then how do you plan to divide the people?"
"Mr. Big Catman is with us," Fang Lun predicted the possible battle, "You and Baggins and Miss Aitela stay on the boat, and I will take one of the three casters, and you will choose."
"Ta bring Jita with you," Luo Hao thought for a moment and replied, "After all, compared to the box and Luo Yu, she has not eaten much in recent years."
Fang Yu nodded, he actually thought so.
In addition to Big Cat Man and Jita, their expedition team also includes Parker, Tianlan and Tang Xin. A little girl from the country of beautiful iris claimed that she was going to work hard recently, so Fang Zhu simply caught her.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Tang Xin is the only healer in this team, and she also needs to level up herself.
Of course, Ai Xiaoxiao is also not of a high level, but this is an adventure after all, and she can't bring too many oil bottles, so she can only consider bringing her next time, so that everyone can rotate to improve the level.
Just as most guilds do adventure in Aitalia in this way, the old and the new, which is not an innovation.
The only thing that surprised Fang Yu was that Silvede looked at him with bright eyes and said to him seriously:
"I'm going, too, Ed."
Under the playful, long eyelashes, there are pairs of agile eyes like deer, the sea blue is like a magnificent gem, and the towering mountains and his shadow are reflected inside.
She added: "Do you still remember the octave? I know the remains below me better than you. And you need someone who knows how to find directions in harsh environments."
"We have a scholarly lady."
"Jita is not a person from our world after all, I can check for you omissions."
"But the people on the boat also need to guide the direction..."
"Barkins is on the boat."
"Sir Captain."
The captain, who was a little ridiculous, finally made Fang Yu react.
She said it very reasonably. But Fang Rong saw a strong sense of reluctance from the ship's officer's eyes. She didn't want to be separated from her for a moment, let alone let him take risks alone.
He was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded slightly.
So there were two more people in the expedition, Silmide and Xie Sita who helped her carry her luggage.
The sailboat lowered its height while shaking and came to the valley with rainforest layers. The dense canopy prevented it from further reducing its height, so everyone had to land on a small boat.
Silvede wore a wool cloak, tight and capable adventurer outfit, straight trousers, and underneath a pair of dragon-skin boots for trekking in the mountains. His hair was tied into a bunch, with a wide-brimmed cap, and bullets were inserted one by one on the bundle, and a gunsman's magic furnace and a glowing orthogonal crystal were hung behind him.
A silver pistol hung on one side—and on the other side was a lizard man’s jungle hunting knife, with a bright blade stuck in a leather scabbard.
She jumped down from the boat and landed on the soft ground of the jungle, looking neat and capable.
Looking at Silweid, who was smiling at him, Fang Zhu suddenly understood what Miss Shipman looked like in the past adventures.
The others also took a look at the boat. In addition to the members of the Seven Seas Brigade, the members of the expedition also served as guides, Miss Bethi and Walnuts.
The civilian girl also wore an adventurer outfit and wrapped her hair with a handkerchief. She looked a little uncomfortable with this outfit, but she refused the help of others and got off the boat alone.
Only the walnuts from the ground were put on the top of the ground.
He asked carefully if the other party had lost anything, and then told her to follow them for a while. Beiji looked at him with his brown eyes and nodded slightly.
The few people from the Arts Controversy Guild couldn't help but feel funny when they saw this scene.
Fang Zhu and Silweid also looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
Everyone could see that the young man was interested in Beiji, and even the girl herself had a slight slightest awareness. She might not understand what she thought in her heart, but at least she did not refuse-
On the boat, she kept a distance from everyone, only trusting the walnut underground.
Perhaps the latter was the one who had no idea about this and thought he was acting perfectly.
But no one said it.
After all, the fine wine brewed by hazy emotions is often more mellow than intense feelings. It may always become a memory or blossom and bear fruit, but it is enough to leave behind something precious in any case.
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After Silweid recorded the coordinates with a pocket star orbital and determined the orientation, the team began to march towards Mount Piriyed in the direction of the valley.
The Qihai Traveler above his head turned north after the Shihai Passerman took off, and everyone looked up through the canopy in the valley. The sailboat was like leaves floating in the air. The sky was gloomy, and an electric light flashed between the clouds from time to time.
Soon, there was only a tiny spot left in that direction.
At around 3 pm, the Qihai Traveler's No. 1 had completely disappeared from everyone's sight.
In Aitalia, compass is often useless, and the star orbital meter between air and land is the only device that can confirm the exact direction. The principle of this sophisticated magic instrument comes from the astral art of the Noumerlin elves, which was not invented by the Korlin people three hundred years ago. After that, the navigation between air and land flourished.
Over the past three centuries, with the efforts of countless craftsmen, the miniaturized star orbital instrument can be reduced to the size of a palm. After that, even traveling on the mainland, those merchant groups that traveled long distances gradually abandoned other outdated navigation equipment.
However, it takes quite professional skills to use star orbital instruments. Most adventurers still use original means to confirm the location. Only a few professional guilds have their own navigation officers and navigation officers.
Silweid's knowledge of navigation almost entirely comes from his family's academic background. Baggins often said that among his peers, in terms of their level in navigation, few people can compare to his lady.
Although most people on the ship thought this was a kind of praise from the sailor to his lady, after a few limited understandings, Fang Yu had already discovered that his maid-in-chief seemed to be of extraordinary ability.
At least the last time I entered the elemental layer to look for the Abyss Sea Pass was the ability that only experienced old captains could have.
To be continued...