"It's okay." Xia Lanluote shook her head. Compared to the beginning, she was actually much more relaxed now.
"Hahaha, Nika is so awesome. She found another big fish today." An uncle in the camp gave a thumbs up and praised her.
"Of course, that's me, hehe." The girl was not shy at all, she patted her chest to show that it was true.
"Haha, Nika, this kid." A burst of laughter came from the shade of the trees shrouded in sunlight. Several women who were busy with their work covered their mouths and smiled at the girl.
Xia Lanluo noticed the light white fiber ropes in their hands, and a sense of curiosity arose in her heart.
"Come with me, let's go take a shower first." Nika came over wearing clean clothes and holding a white fruit in her hand.
As they talked, they walked up the hillside.
"Although the stream water is very clean, it is still too cold and some people may not be able to bear it, so we found a place on the higher mountain walls." As they spoke, the two of them climbed up the temporary 'stairs', which were steps made up of a few stones to fill the gaps in the rocks.
After walking for a while, Nika pointed to a puddle and said, "We're here."
The light-colored rocks are very mottled, and among the gravel, a small pool of water has formed. There is a thin stream of water falling from a great height, flowing into it, and creating small ripples.
"The terrain here is relatively high, so there's no need to worry about anyone peeping at us. I'm going to feed that giant alligator snapping turtle. This guy is so greedy." After saying that, Nika used her hands and feet to climb up to the higher part of the mountain wall.
Snapping turtle? Xia Lanluo Te wondered, but a moment later, she saw the falling water begin to emit bursts of white steam and become hot.
At this moment, she also sensed a flow of magical power.
It was probably at the Sequence 3 level, not very strong, but it seemed to be a fire-attributed monster. She analyzed it in her mind, and then saw Nika lightly jump down.
She tested the water temperature with her hand and nodded.
"Okay, we can just wash up briefly first. Then when the water in the pool warms up, we can go in and soak in it."
More than ten minutes later, the two finished washing and walked into the warm pool. A comfortable feeling spread from their feet and legs, but their upper bodies were still a little cold.
Then the two of them immersed themselves in it, and Nika also looked like she was enjoying it.
"Just now you said that snapping turtle was a monster, right?"
"Yes, that's right. Dad found it by chance and then placed it here."
"It's a Primal Sequence 3 Fire Snapping Turtle. It's quite lazy and won't run around unless it's hungry. If you agree with it and feed it, it will generate heat and boil the water around it. Very convenient."
"It's amazing." Xia Lanluo thought to herself, how did they achieve such a tacit understanding the first time?
After lying in the warm pool for a while and relaxing, Xia Lanluo felt that the fatigue and tension that had been weighing on her heart recently had finally dissipated a lot.
I closed my eyes and took a nap in the water for a while.
After taking a shower, the two changed into clean light-colored linen clothes, jumped down from the rocks, and returned to the camp.
By this time, the sky was gradually darkening, and the aroma of food began to spread in the forest.
"Come and have dinner." Someone waved, and Nika jumped up happily in response, bringing Lottie over.
"Have some, this is freshly cooked hot soup." An old woman brought a pottery bowl containing fish soup accompanied by a few vegetables, giving off a fresh fragrance.
"Thank you." Xia Lanluo Te thought to herself that she owed many favors to others.
Sitting by the fire, drinking fish soup, eating a few pieces of fish, and then putting a few pieces of baked wheat cakes into her mouth, the soft and golden taste of the freshly baked wheat cakes made Xia Lanluo feel that they were better than many big meals.
"I'm sorry, food is not abundant right now, so everyone can only eat half full." After finishing a small piece of bread, the uncle came over and gave a brief explanation. He was still holding the unfinished fish soup in his hand. It was very bland and had little meat.
"It's nothing. I'm already satisfied to be alive." Xia Lanluo shook her head.
Then I finally asked about their origins out of curiosity.
"This is very complicated to explain." The uncle looked at the bright yellow bonfire, added some firewood, and then slowly told the story.
"Perhaps many outsiders think we are an insurgent army or a revolutionary army, but that's not the case."
"It's just that life in the original territory became unsustainable, so everyone fled and huddled together for warmth."
"But in order to deal with pursuers and possible attacks, we had to learn to arm ourselves, so we gradually came into contact with the real rebels and established a relationship."
"Now if you insist on saying that we are rebelling against the Empire, then that cannot be denied, because our actions are indeed outside the laws of the Empire."
"Miss Lottie, being chased by those soldiers, should be able to understand a bit."
"Yeah." Xia Lanluo lowered her head.
Afterwards, the two chatted about the living conditions here, and the uncle was very interested in introducing them one by one.
"Although I'm often worried, I have to say that it's been a blessing since we opened a camp in this forest."
"No longer have to worry about tax collectors knocking on the door, soldiers extorting money, or nobles bothering us. We all live a simple and harmonious life. I feel a lot younger now, haha."
"There were originally quite a few magical beasts in the mountains. Although we dealt with some, we usually just drove away the rest instead of killing them."
"Why?" Xia Lanluo asked curiously. In her mind, all monsters were destructive creatures.
"There are many reasons. For example, if the land becomes safe without monsters, it will become an ideal fiefdom for the nobles, and they will drive us away."
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