Capítulo 9: The secret base of young boys and girls
After a simple lunch, Liang Lidong asked Kail if he could take him to the periphery of the village to have a look. The young man naturally agreed. He was eager to have more time to communicate with Liang Lidong.
As a young man with ideals, Kail knew that he had too few channels to obtain knowledge and experience. Although he could often go into the city with his grandfather and occasionally meet one or two "big shots" in the city, the others would at most chat with his grandfather. A child like him could not enter the sight of those big shots at all, let alone communicate with them. Kail was very clear about his own weight. He was indeed better than the children of the same age in the village, whether it was in terms of combat ability or knowledge, but he also knew that a person of his level was nothing compared to the aristocratic heirs in the city.
For example, the daughter of the castellan. Although she was not good-looking, had a bad temper, and was not good at socializing, if he were to go against her, even ten of him would not be a match for her. What was even more tragic was that the gap between the status of the two parties made him not qualified to challenge the daughter of the castellan at all. He was just a descendant of a declining village noble, and the other party was a mage. Even if she did not have a noble status, she could still look down on him from a high position.
The saddest thing in the world was not having no ideals, but having an ideal but not being able to find a way to move forward. People without ideals were actually blessed. They were able to take things as they came and live every day in peace. Those who had ideals but couldn't realize them had to endure the gap between reality and their ideals every day, feeling depressed.
Kail had always hoped to become a mercenary, to travel around, to punish evil and promote good. Even if he could not become a legendary figure like his ancestors, he wanted to live his own style and break out of his own world. It was just that he only had ideals, but he did not know how to realize them. No one could tell him how to take the first step, and no one could tell him what kind of knowledge he needed to learn to become a good mercenary.
Now that there was a real Spell Caster visiting his house and was willing to communicate with him, not treating him as a child but as an equal, how could Kail not seize this opportunity? Although the priest didn't seem to approve of him becoming a mercenary, he said a lot of things. Kail now knew that it would cost a lot of money to become a magician. At least, his family couldn't afford the money he needed to learn magic. In addition, his swordsmanship wasn't bad either, and he could even slay a dragon.
In the past, no one would talk to him about such things. Kail was very curious about even the slightest bit of information about the mercenary world. He was eager to know.
Kail led Liang Lidong out. Under the shade of a tree not far from the courtyard, the two of them saw a group of villagers gathered together and whispering to each other. There were many people of all ages and genders gathered together. Then, when the villagers saw the two of them coming out, the scene immediately became quiet. They all looked curiously and inquisitively at Liang Lidong. Now that the news that a big shot had come to the village had spread throughout the village, there was a dense crowd of about a hundred people in front of them. Presumably, everyone in the village was present.
"Disperse." As the grandson of the village chief, Kyle was the next village chief. His words carried some weight here. "This Reverend is a real spellcaster. Your behavior is very rude. If you anger him, it doesn't matter if you're out of luck, but it won't be good if you drag other people down with you."
Although Kail described Liang Lidong as a bit unreasonable, his words were actually quite effective. The villagers quickly dispersed, and Kail sighed softly. At this time, a girl trotted over from the crowd. It was Belin. She asked the two of them, "Lord Beta, Brother Kail, where are you going? Can you take me with you? "
Kail looked at Liang Lidong and asked for his opinion.
Liang Lidong was only going to check out the environment, not to do anything bad. It didn't matter if a girl was brought along. After receiving Liang Lidong's approval, Belin followed them happily. Then, under the gaze of the villagers, the three of them left the village in the west.
Kyle pointed at the yellow mud road beneath his feet, which was only about half a meter wide. He then pointed to the west and said, "This road leads to the nearest village to us, Seri Village. It's about three hours on foot. Their population is about the same as ours. Every spring, they have to pass by our village to go to Winterwind, which is the nearest city. Then, we will gather and go to the city together, because the more people from the same place, the lower the poll tax will be.
"This is a wood to the north of the village. There's a meadow in it, where I practice my sword arts. Further north are the mountains where tough beasts live. I've never been there.
"The river to the south of the village is where we fetch water and wash ourselves. Amulo, a fisherman, makes a living by the river. He's the only fisherman in our village, but he doesn't fish in autumn, claiming that there are too many small fish and that there won't be many fish to eat next year.
"The road to the east of the village leads to Winterwind, the nearest city. The farthest place I've been to is Winterwind. " Kail looked far away with yearning. "I wonder what the world outside of Winterwind is like. I'm told that Winterwind isn't very big, but in my opinion, it's already unimaginably big. What will a city bigger than it look like? "
Belin said angrily, "Brother Kail, you've been to Winterwind, but I haven't been there yet."
Kail smiled apologetically.
Liang Lidong stared at the clouds in the east. If he remembered correctly, Winterwind should've been one of the border cities of Hollevin, which was destroyed by the players in the fifth year of the game. The cause was that some players discovered a gold mine in the mountains near Winterwind. At that time, the two biggest forces among the players, Sapphire Shrine and Silver Wings, had a four-day guild war around Winterwind to fight for the gold mine.
At that time, both parties dispatched ten thousand guild members, which amounted to more than twenty thousand professionals, to fight each other near Winterwind. Although the players did not fight in the city in the first two days of the war, many players lost a lot of EXP because of the casualties. Both parties were so infuriated that they did not care about the NPCs at all. The scale of the battlefield escalated. Mages cast massive AOE spells without any concerns, and many people used the buildings in the city as terrain to attack. In the end, the entire city was demolished by the players in only two days.
Although many NPCs had escaped from the city, some kind-hearted people had calculated that more than 30% of the NPCs had died at the hands of the players. Then, the king of Hollevin was infuriated and sent an army to attack the bases of Sapphire Shrine and Silver Wings. Then, he publicly offered bounties for the main members of the two guilds. As a result, the members of the two guilds were killed more than thirty-five times on average, and their average level dropped by four levels. The two strongest guilds suddenly turned into the weakest guilds.
Winterwind was still there, which meant that the guild war in Winterwind didn't happen at that time. Did it mean that no players were involved in this world at all? Thinking about that, Liang Lidong had a new question. If this was not a game world, and no players were involved, who was he?
Seeing that Liang Lidong was in a daze, Kail asked, "Mr. Beta, have you thought of anything?"
Liang Lidong shook his head and asked, "Is there nothing special around the village?"
Thinking for a moment, Kail shook his head.
However, Belin pulled his clothes and said, "Brother Kail, have you forgotten? We have a secret base. It's a bit strange. "
"Oh, right, I almost forgot." Kail clapped his hands. "I haven't been to that place for years."
Then, Kail led the way. The so-called secret base was actually a small cave that was blocked by a lot of vines. Those who didn't know anything about it wouldn't know that there was a cave. It was rather dark in the cave. Liang Lidong snapped his finger, and a light ball the size of his pinky flew to the sky and illuminated the cave. The cave was not deep. It was about twenty meters long and three meters wide. There were some wooden swords and spears toys inside. There was also a poorly made table and five equally poorly made chairs.
The two of them looked at the little ball of light in awe. Seeing this, Liang Lidong explained, "This is just the basic application of spiritual power. It gathers the light elements together for the purpose of illumination. It's not considered magic. It doesn't have any power, and the effect is not obvious. Its upgraded version, Illumination, is a level-zero spell that requires Spell Slot equipment. This little thing doesn't take up Spell Slots. Anyone who knows magic can generally use such a trick. "
"Just like you, Mr. Beta, who can pick up a cup remotely with a wave of your hand before lunch?" asked Kail enviously.
Liang Lidong nodded. "Yes, that's a trick to condense mental power into a beam and pick up small objects. It's not very useful, either. For someone as strong as me, I can't pick up anything more than two kilograms. Its upgraded version is Hand of Magic. If the magic power is strong enough, it can lift seven or eight tons. It's a very practical spell both for battle and for work. "
Both Kail and Belin looked at the young man who was only a few years older than them in admiration.
Liang Lidong asked, "You just said that there's something special in this cave. What is it?"
"Here!" Belin led the way to the bottom of the cave and then pulled away the moss on the wall with her hands.
Below the moss was a large stone slab with engravings on it. Liang Lidong exclaimed in surprise and then tore away all the moss on the stone slab. The true appearance of the stone slab was completely revealed. On the blue stone, there were five patterns, each of which was rather messy. The engravings intertwined and formed strange circular patterns.
"You'll get dizzy if you look at these patterns for too long," explained Belin.
Kail nodded. "There was one time when I didn't believe it and kept staring at them even though I was dizzy. I passed out in the end."
In the eyes of ordinary people, the lines of the patterns were messy, but in Liang Lidong's eyes, the lines followed certain rules. "It's normal for you to get dizzy, because your level is too low and you haven't learned Analytic Magic Modeling. Kail, you can't do such stupid things anymore. If you stare at these things for too long, passing out is not a big deal. You might even become mentally retarded. "
"Why?" Kail was greatly surprised.
The expression on Liang Lidong's face was very strange: "These are magic modeling diagrams, and they are the type that I have never seen before."
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