“Eh~, is that so?”

Looking at Carl with a blank expression, Hope at this moment had a sense of purity that was not polluted by knowledge.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. If you want to know anything, I can teach you as long as I know it."

"No, it won't bother you, will it?"

Seeing that Carl had taken out the flint dagger and started cutting wood, Hope sat obediently opposite him and asked cautiously.

In her opinion, knowledge is very valuable.

Even if a literate person does not do well in Zhuomu, at least he can provide a family of three with enough food and clothing.

If they can master a skill, even if the city lord wants to capture people for sacrifice, it will not be their turn.

"How about we start with construction? If you can learn the mortise and tenon structure, we can build the house much faster. After all, you have better physical strength than me."

After cutting the wood in his hand, Carl introduced the principles of mortise and tenon to Hope while piecing them together.

If there are any flaws, he will make slight adjustments.

In this way, one of them talked while the other listened, and time passed quickly.

…

In the mountains more than ten kilometers away from the fluorescent mushroom forest, a group of bear goblins were trudging through the pouring rain.

The mud and water soaked their boots, and every step they took consumed a lot of energy.

"Hold on! The territory of the Furious Tribe is not far ahead. Once we get there, we will have fresh food and warm rooms."

Looking at the darkness ahead, the leading bear goblin could only use such pale and powerless words to encourage his subordinates.

However, in fact, he himself did not know where everyone was now, nor did he know how far they were from the so-called Furious Tribe.

He was not even sure whether he and his people would receive the treatment he described once they actually arrived at the Furious Tribe.

But in the current situation, this is all he can say.

But this time, the leader of the bugbears did not get the support of other bugbears. Instead, one of them grabbed his arm and asked:

"Chief, why don't we go back? Although our tribe is located in a remote area and close to the forest where those brain-eating monsters that can control people's hearts live, we can survive. Why do you have to go to the Fury Tribe?"

If it were someone with more cunning, he would probably have killed on the spot this guy who had shaken the morale of the army.

But the intelligence of the bugbears means that they cannot have such a brain.

Looking at the team that had stopped moving, the bugbear leader had no choice but to explain: "The Rage Tribe knows how to employ the barbarians. Those Brain Devourers can't control the barbarians who have gone berserk. If we can employ all the barbarians, the base deep in the forest will be ours!"

A few months ago, the tribe that this group of bugbears belonged to witnessed the mind flayers emerge from the portal and land in the fluorescent mushroom forest.

After that, the then tribal leader, a warrior hobgoblin, led a group of bear goblins to check it out.

As a result, except for the current bear goblin leader, all the others were killed by the brain-eating monster.

But they were not without gain.

Before his death, the previous goblin leader came up with a way to resist the mind control of the brain-eating monsters - let a group of violent barbaric bear goblins rush up and hack them to death.

This is also the reason why the current tribal leader took the remaining bear goblins to the angry tribe.

He should have set out for the Raging Tribe months ago, but raising supplies had taken them longer than expected.

After a brief commotion, the entire team finally got moving again.

But it remains unknown how many people will eventually reach their destination.

…

Three days later, the heavy rain continued.

The two of them have run out of food. If they don't go out hunting, they may not be able to hold out for a few more days.

"Let's go hunting together!"

Looking at the rain outside, Carl suggested this to Hope.

"But if we get sick..."

"Without sufficient food, our physical condition will weaken and we will be more susceptible to illness. We don't know how long this heavy rain will last, so we have to plan for the future."

Looking at Carl's determined eyes, Hope hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

Compared to Carl, who has always lived in a peaceful area, Hope's fear of disease is more serious.

In Zhuomu, where basic supplies are scarce, a common cold can be fatal.

Hope, who had experienced several severe colds himself, didn't want to experience that feeling of weakness and dizziness again.

But she also knew that hunger was no easier than disease, and being hungry made people more likely to get sick.

"You'd better not wear that armor. It affects your agility. In this environment, you may have to consume a lot of energy just to walk."

Hanging four hand axes around his waist, Hope was about to walk into the rain, but saw Carl preparing to put on armor.

"Hmm? Oh! Okay."

Carl listened carefully and left his armor in the house, then followed Hope into the rain.

Following the climbing rope, the two quickly arrived below.

The accumulated water had already reached their knees. Looking at the rushing water, Carl suddenly remembered the surrounding terrain when they had just arrived in this underground city.

It was obviously formed after being washed by a lot of rain.

"Luckily we came here to build the camp. If we had been more comfortable, we would have been trapped in the cave by the mountain torrent."

Secretly rejoicing in his heart, Carl stepped forward.

The mushroom forest in the heavy rain was not as difficult to walk through as Carl had imagined.

I don’t know if it’s because those large fluorescent mushrooms have obtained enough water, but Carl always feels that the brightness of the fluorescence around him has increased by several levels.

He didn't feel the darkness at all in such an environment, and could even vaguely see the ground where the water flowed.

As the two continued to move forward, soon some monitor lizards living under the caps of large mushrooms appeared in their field of vision.

Taking out the hand crossbow that had been transformed into a pulley crossbow from the dimensional bag, Carl pulled the hand guard in front and tightened the bowstring like using a shotgun.

Aiming at the monitor lizard in the distance, Carl held his breath and pressed the wrench.

"Shua"

The crossbow arrow formed by magic power broke through the rain curtain and pierced directly into the body of a giant lizard.

Before Carl could gather his strength to fire again, two hand axes were thrown out by Hope next to him.

Compared with the crossbow arrows, the flight trajectory of the hand axe deviated greatly due to the heavy rain.

Hope's throw did not successfully hit any of the monitors.

“Damn it!”

Realizing that his ranged attack methods might no longer be accurate, Hope went into a frenzy and rushed forward with two hand axes in hand.

They needed to collect food for the next long period of time as quickly as possible. In order to save time, Hope rarely used his violent ability twice a day.

(End of this chapter)