[Chapter 126 Fantastic Beasts in Winter]
Exploring the Winter Forest was more difficult than expected. David led a group of people to walk northward for a day and found that as they continued to go deeper, the originally flat terrain gradually became complicated. The surrounding environment was undulating, and many hills and low mountains appeared.
“Is it really necessary to move forward?”
Floyd felt that there was really no need to move forward. With such a complex terrain, coupled with the fact that it was still located in the depths of a very cold forest, how many people would be so desperate to build a village here? David
also realized this, so he stopped the team and chose a relatively flat and open place. He asked the soldiers carrying the sign to place the sign and wooden board that symbolized the northern outpost and border of Winter Town.
“Let’s rest here today!”
Although it was already spring, the weather in Winter Town was still very cold. After walking northward for a day, David felt that the temperature seemed to have dropped a little. If you continue to go north, you may reach a polar environment that is covered with ice and snow all year round.
“Is that place the North Pole of this world?”
He looked at the mountain in the distance. It seemed that the mountain had always been at the same distance from him, and he had never approached it.
“Then at least we have to get out of this forest first.” Laura and David stood together, looking at the mountain in the distance: “Speaking of which, I am very interested in that mountain. I really want to climb it and have a look.”
David was silently mourning for the distant peak for two seconds in his heart, and suddenly Laura stepped on him hard.
“What?”
“You said bad things about me in your heart.”
“…”
“You really said bad things about me in your heart!”
David covered his face and could only take Laura around the temporary camp to see the surrounding environment and whether there were any pets that were easy to catch.
Their luck seemed not very good. They did not catch any wild animals nearby, but only hunted a few hares.
Carrying a few hares back to the camp, plus the big fish that Leon and Klausa caught in the river, everyone could enjoy a very sumptuous dinner.
Seeing that it was getting dark, everyone sat down by the blazing bonfire. After dinner, the two soldiers patrolled around the temporary camp to ensure its safety.
Floyd stood on guard beside David. His eyes would occasionally glance at the two soldiers not far away to make sure that there were no accidents during their normal patrol.
David chatted with Leon and Klausa, but it was basically Leon who asked questions and David and Laura who answered.
Klausa was very silent. He listened most of the time, occasionally asking questions he didn’t understand or the details of certain things.
After chatting for a while, Klausa also had a general understanding of this world.
Brunnia Continent.
The Kingdom of Tilan, the Holy Kingdom of Gaunt, the Sodurenma Empire, and the New Alan Federation.
Magician; Alchemist; Temple priest.
The various major forces and the situation of Irontree Castle are the information that Clausa is most concerned about, especially the situation around Winter Town. He has realized that the biggest enemy of the Baron of Glamorgan, whom he serves, is the nobles of Irontree Castle. Winter Town will compete with these nobles for this vast land on the northern plains.
“There are also elves and orcs…”
David did not say much about these two races, but Clausa knew that the threat level of these two races was even higher than those of the nobles.
The combat effectiveness of these two races is what Clausa is most curious about now.
In comparison, Leon is more curious about those creatures that have never been seen on Earth, such as the local characteristics of the northern giant wolf.
“Laura came out this time to catch a northern giant wolf, but her luck seems not very good.”
Not to mention the northern giant wolf, even the traces of ordinary gray wolves were not found. David looked at Laura, who was wearing silver and white armor next to him, and suggested that she change her target: “Maybe you can consider catching a white tiger or something.”
“Do you have a white tiger here?” Although there is suspicion of copying Tyrande, the white tiger is also a good choice: “Of course if there is one.”
“I haven’t found it yet. If I meet one, I will help you catch one.”
“…”
However, in the next two days, let alone white tigers and northern giant wolves, even rabbits could not be found. David and Laura could only return disappointed and returned to Winter Town in the evening of the fourth day after leaving Winter Town.
When the few people walked out of the forest, Laura held her head high and said that she would take time to go into the forest again to find a suitable pet, and she would never give up until she caught a satisfactory pet.
“Come on!”
David provided Laura with some emotional support and looked at his territory.
It was still a busy construction site, but compared to a few days ago, there were some special elements.
“Is that… Eevee?”
David looked at the brown Pokémon that looked like a little fox with a scarf and stared at him not far away, and then thought of Squirtle, who was asked by him to bring more Pokémon.
“I suddenly feel that this little guy is much stronger than the Northern Wolf.”
After seeing Squirtle, Laura also checked the relevant information of Pokémon. Of course, she knew this Pokémon called Eevee, but she always felt that such a cute creature should not be taken out to fight the enemy. Even though she knew that
Pokémon was a strange creature with many magical abilities and strong combat power.
“It’s too cute, I can’t bear to let them fight with people.” Laura wanted to tease Eevee, but the Eevee in front of her didn’t know these people and always kept a safe distance to prevent everyone from approaching her.
Without the persistent desire to catch this Eevee, she continued to follow David to Winter Town while looking around. Sure enough, she saw several Squirtles by the river.
“It seems that Squirtles brought many compatriots and a small number of other Pokémon.”
“In this case, it may be difficult to distinguish which one is the original Squirtle, right?” Laura looked at them for a long time and felt that these Squirtles looked similar. When they gathered together, she couldn’t find out which one was the Squirtle that could travel back and forth between the two worlds.
“This is easy.” David came up with an idea: “We’ll know when we eat, and then give that Squirtle some special equipment to make it easier to distinguish.” “
Oh? What to wear?”
“Wear sunglasses?” Thinking of the group of Squirtles wearing sunglasses in the plot, it was very distinctive: “Or wear a bow tie, a cuff on the arm, etc.”
“Well, it’s a good idea.” Laura planned to arrange these things for Squirtle after returning. But after observing for a while, she found that there were only a few Eevee besides Squirtle, and no other Pokémon: “It seems that the ones coming this time are mainly Squirtle.”
“Yes.” David also discovered this: “In this case, there is no need to worry about fires in the town.”
In the world of Pokémon, Squirtle serves as a firefighter, and Squirtle’s ability is really suitable for this kind of work. In addition, the gradually increasing farmland can also be watered by Squirtle.
“It seems that we need to emphasize in the town to protect these little guys.”
After all, Winter Town is no longer a small village with only a few people. With hundreds of people, no one can guarantee that everyone has the same ideas. There may be people who see these strange creatures and are curious about how they taste. If someone
does this after being specifically reminded, of course, they can be severely punished; but if they have not even reminded, the residents naturally have no need to be taboo.
So after discovering that there are many more Pokémon in the town, the first thing David did when he returned to the town was to ask Eva to write a notice and then post it on the bulletin board at the entrance of the cafeteria.
Due to the special situation of Winter Town, the literacy rate of residents is very high, so he doesn’t have to worry about someone not understanding. In addition, if Eva and Mark emphasize it specifically, and take Squirtle to help with some work such as watering farmland, even if the residents don’t immediately regard this creature as a family member, they will surely not be curious about whether they are delicious.
Seeing David arranging various tasks for Eva, Laura said hello and went out to find Eevee. Even if she didn’t plan to use it as a combat pet, it didn’t prevent her from feeding it. Who wouldn’t want to stroke such a cute little animal?
“Where’s Mark?”
“Mark is in his cabin. He seems to have some insights recently. He may be about to comprehend some kind of power.” When Eva talked about this, her face was full of envy.
The longer I stay in Winter Town and the more I understand the mysterious power, the more I desire to obtain this magical power.
Even if I can treat it calmly at the beginning, this calmness is gradually broken after seeing that familiar people have learned some abilities one by one.
Seeing Eva staring at him, David remembered that he had promised to help Eva choose an ability to learn and master. It has been a while since I came back, but I have not thought about this matter at all.
“Ahem!” He coughed twice in embarrassment, not mentioning that he had forgotten about it. Instead, he asked Eva if she had decided which power she wanted to learn: “If you don’t have any preference, then I can only suggest that you learn Holy Light.”
“Holy Light is good!” Eva smiled brightly and sincerely thought that Holy Light was a good choice. After all, even the Lord of Winter Town, Lord Baron Glamorgan, used Holy Light. If
she studied Holy Light by herself, she could ask David for advice on various questions. To learn other abilities, she could only rely on her own exploration.
As for Paladin or Priest? Before truly mastering the power of Holy Light, Eva did not need to rush to make a choice. She could even learn and master all of them like David.
After all, Winter Town was full of Holy Light users, and no one was ready to take Holy Light as their own belief.
After explaining the various key points of practicing Holy Light, David asked Eva to try to see if she could feel the Holy Light herself. If not, then David would instill Holy Light into her.
Just as David was teaching Eva, Fording, who had not been seen for a long time, came back.
(End of this chapter)