Volume 1 Village Story Chapter 1 The Small Hill Outside the Village Chapter 160 Departure

  "Alyric, how's it going? Have you gained anything from learning lightning magic with these beastmen?" As soon as I walked out of the gates of Salen, I saw my companions waiting there, and Evan walked up to me with a smile and asked in a low voice.

  I patted him on the shoulder, greeted him, and then said: "The harvest is quite big. Every profession has its extraordinary place. The Shaman's natural system lightning magic is really not inferior to our mage's elemental magic. In the battle with the giant dragon, the power is even greater than that of elemental magic. I combined fire magic and lightning magic under Salen's help, and came up with a very powerful new magic. Now I'm really eager to try it out."

  "Yalik" Xilu walked over, called out to me, and her eyes turned red. I hastily smiled and greeted Xilu, but Xilu, who hadn't seen me for over a month, pouted and said: "For such a long time, you didn't even let us know where you went! Furei and I were both worried, thinking of coming to Salen's place to ask about your news, but every time we got the same old answer. If it weren't for Brother stopping me, I would have snuck into his house to find you already! You bad guy, didn't even bother to send a message through someone, aren't you afraid we'd be worried sick about you!"

  I glanced at Evan, who had already slipped aside and was gazing up at the sky as if there were many secrets to study. I could only awkwardly smile and comfort Xilu: "Don't be like this, so many people are staring at you, look, I'm fine, aren't I? You know, once I start researching magic, I tend to get a bit carried away, but next time I'll definitely make time to play with you."

  Xī lòu hěn hěn de mó le mó yǎn jing, yòng yì cháng bǐ xí de yǎn shén kàn zhe wǒ, shuō dào: "Nǐ yǐ wéi nǐ yǒu shén me liǎo bu qǐ a, wǒ cái bù yào nǐ péng ne, wǒ dān xīn nǐ pà nǐ bù xiǎo xīn bèi shǎn diàn chì sǐ le, yǐ hòu jiù méi yǒu rén ràng wǒ qī bù le."

  I thought to myself, "Girls' faces change too quickly, don't they? Just a moment ago she was saying she missed me, and now she's speaking like this..." But on my face I just smiled along with her, and in my mouth I just coaxed her, managing to calm her down somewhat.

  Now that we've said our piece, Furei finally came up to talk to me. Although she spoke in a light tone, I could tell from her eyes that she was exceptionally happy to see me. Even though she didn't say much, I could always feel her concern and gentleness. The girls of the Spirit Tribe are always so reserved and shy.

  Only the big and powerful barbarian was always so happy, came forward and hugged me hard, turned around and followed Dakuru to lift the pole, the two of them fiercely fought for a while before stopping.

  Saren stood at the door watching us, his eyes full of smiles, and didn't urge us to hit the road, just quietly waiting for us to finish our reunion.

  After we made a big fuss for a while, we said goodbye to Salen together.

  Saren looked at each of us, then solemnly said: "Today is the day you set out. Remember your mission, go to the giant dragon's lair and bring back the divine instrument, and escort it back to Lalsen. The map has been given to Dakuru, he will be your most loyal companion and guide, leading you to the dragon's lair. Fighting a giant dragon is different from fighting humans, the dragon's body is huge but agile, and it has very high intelligence. I hope you must be careful."

  We all nodded in agreement, and Saran was satisfied with a wave of his hand: "Go, children, the blue sky is ultimately for the eagles, this world is ultimately yours. Those who do not spread their wings to fly high are not eagles, those who have not experienced wind and rain can never soar in the sky. You cannot achieve sublimation without experiencing life and death, and your soul cannot be purified. The Shaman God blesses you!

  We shouted in unison, mounted our respective steeds, waved goodbye to Salen, and then burst out of the massive city gate of Gremana like lightning.

  As soon as I rushed out of Grima, what caught my eye was a vast expanse of grassland, with a very broad field of vision, and my mood also became more relaxed.

  "The weather is so good, let's have a competition! Everyone use their own mount to see who can run the farthest before sunset!" said Man Chui suddenly.

  When she heard his words, Xilu burst out laughing and said with a rough breath: "The mounts of my brother and I are the best warhorses in human history. These warhorses are produced in a basin within our empire, with extremely limited production, only three hundred usable ones are produced every year, and only the most elite knights in our empire have the qualifications to own them. The two horses that my brother and I ride are even more exceptional, they were personally bestowed upon us by His Imperial Majesty himself, not something that your inferior horses can compare with. Forget it, I won't take advantage of you, so I won't compete with you."

  "He doesn't need to compare with you guys," said the barbarian, shaking his head. He flipped over and dismounted, took down his own luggage, then slapped the horse's buttocks hard, and the horse let out a long whinny before running far away.

  We looked at him in confusion, wondering what he was going to do. With a proud smile, he put his fingers to his lips and whistled loudly. After a while, a black dot appeared in the distance, running wildly towards us, and instantly arrived in front of us. We took a closer look, and it turned out to be a tall and sturdy-looking mountain goat.

  "Ha! This is the special mount of our dwarf knights, this goat is extremely fast, even if it's running on mountainous terrain it won't lose to your human's best horse, let alone my mount which is the fastest among all dwarves, shall we have a competition?"

  I stared at this tall and sturdy mountain goat in astonishment, asking: "Man Chui, when did you bring a mount with you? How come we didn't know?"

  The barbarian said with a pleased expression: "This was brought to me by the merchant caravan that my father specifically entrusted to come to the Beastman Empire. He also brought a sentence, saying that dwarves are still reliable on sheep, and the knights of the dwarf tribe have no mountain goat mounts, what kind of knight is that?"

  Seeing us nodding in unison, Meng Zhuang asked us with a grin: "How about it? Dare to compare with me?"

  Dakuru said with a huff, "Fine, if you want to compare, my Battle Wolf is one of the top two in our empire. Watch out or it'll devour your little mountain goat!"

  He glared at him with a fierce gaze, but didn't say a word. His eyes clearly said "You'll know when you compare, what's there to be proud of?"

  Xī Lù looked at Fú Lěi and asked, "Fú Lěi, I know Yàlìkè has a bony horse that's quite fast. Your horse isn't good, why don't you just give up? You can just follow slowly behind us, we'll wait for you up ahead."

  Furei smiled and shook her head, saying: "Since everyone is so enthusiastic, I will certainly accompany you. Don't worry, I also have my own mount."