Chapter 288: The Skin Walker
As far back as the Middle Ages, European wizards already knew of the existence of America, and had many contacts with the magic groups among the local aborigines.
This exchange is still maintained at a relatively peaceful and friendly stage.
But with the opening of the Age of Discovery, the colonists brought guns, germs and steel, and massacred the local aborigines, so peace turned into hatred.
Coupled with the emergence of the purgers, European wizards and Native American wizards, the relationship has become delicate.
Of course, in this day and age, the Magical Congress of America has established a new order in the North American magical world, and the two sides can be regarded as living in harmony.
But in this remote area, Rove still kept the Native Americans at arm's length, and did not intend to contact them.
It's just that the Indian girl knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously, which made it impossible for him to ignore it.
The boy had no choice but to stop the car, rolled down the window, and asked:
"Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?"
Although the aborigines of North America are called Indians, it is a general term for all aborigines except the Inuit, not just a certain nation or race.
Therefore, the languages of the aborigines are different, and it is not an exaggeration to say a sentence with different pronunciations. It is really difficult to communicate with them if they are not professionals.
Fortunately, this Indian girl can speak English. Although her accent is worse than Furong's, she can finally understand what she is saying.
"My name is Dana... Some members of our tribe have been poisoned... Many people have died... Please... Can anyone contact the healer... Save them..."
Margaery was sitting in the co-pilot, her gaze fell directly into Dana's eyes, she carefully examined her thoughts, and said softly:
"Where are the witch doctors in your tribe?"
"After my mother passed away, I became a witch doctor." Dana said tremblingly, "But I haven't seen that kind of poison before, and I can't treat it."
Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, trickling down her cheeks.
"Help me, save my people, I can do anything for you."
Margaery looked at the girl meaningfully for a long time, and finally whispered to Rove: "She didn't lie."
Rove nodded lightly and breathed a sigh of relief.
Margaery can look through memories, gain insight into people's hearts, and determine whether the other party is lying.
It can only be said that it is convenient to do things with such a natural master of Legilimency by his side.
"Hurry up and get in the car." Rove honked the horn and said, "I am the therapist you are looking for."
Dana was taken aback, and looked at the boy who was younger than her in astonishment, but in the end she walked towards the jeep with tears on her face.
The girl was sitting in the back seat, and suddenly realized that the temperature inside the car was very low, as if the hot weather outside had been separated into two worlds.
But that cold temperature also stung her reddened skin.
Dana walked along the road for a day, and the scorching sun and hot ground baked her skin like this.
Margaery took out the ointment and handed it to the girl, smiling kindly: "Your skin is sunburned, just apply this and it will be fine."
Dana thankfully accepted the ointment, and only then did she notice Margaery's stunning beauty.
Under Dana's guidance, Rove deviated from the planned route and drove forward along the winding valley.
Arizona is considered "the most Mars-like place on Earth," and not without reason.
The cliffs on both banks are full of red rocks, and towering red rock pillars stand under the pink sky. The hot wind blows the ground, rolls up grains of red coarse sand, and hits the jeep with a bang.
At last they passed through a deep valley, and some low buildings came into view, a small Indian tribe of ocher houses.
Luo Fu parked the car in the middle of the village, got out of the car, looked up, and saw a... trapezoidal pyramid!
The entire pyramid has nine floors, all sides are trapezoidal, each has a step leading to the top of the tower, and the highest floor is a square altar.
The stone walls of the pyramids were engraved with exquisite reliefs in the shape of magical creatures, and those reliefs were lifelike, decorated with gold and precious stones.
On the north side of the pyramid, there is also a statue of a giant snake covered with feathers. It also has a pair of wings, its thick body curled into the shape of a figure 8, and its teeth clenched its tail.
It was the Feathered Serpent God, a magical creature long considered extinct by the magic academic circle... and the bird snake is the hybrid descendant of the Feathered Serpent God and other magical creatures.
There was no aborigine in the whole tribe. Led by Dana, they came to a huge wooden house.
It turned out that the aborigines all gathered here.
Rove originally thought that only a few people were injured, but at this time there were at least 30 people lying in the house, and more than a dozen people were taking care of the patients.
The air was filled with a strong herbal smell, and the smoke gushed out from the stove, like an erupting crater. Unfortunately, those smells could not cover up the death breath in the open space.
When Rove walked into the house, he had already glimpsed three corpses with hideous faces and dark spots on their faces.
There was also a man who had just died, and a woman who seemed to be his wife was sobbing and sobbing on top of the corpse.
The appearance of Rove and Margaery undoubtedly attracted everyone's attention, and the Indians all stared at them.
Dana used the language of the aboriginal people to communicate with her people, but they all looked at Rove and Margaery with mistrust in their eyes.
This is also normal, the two of them are younger than the other, just two children... There is no sign of reliability at all.
Rove didn't care either. He walked to the body that had just died and observed it carefully.
As a magizoologist, Rove traveled with Newt over the years, saw many corpses, and even dissected many corpses to study pathology.
He knows a lot about the human body.
The boy quickly frowned, and whispered to Margaery:
"The blood of the corpse that just died will still flow. It will condense into lumps later, like thick jelly, but look at this corpse..."
Margaery quickly understood what Rove meant. The corpse seemed to have been dead for a long time, and the blood had also solidified into black powder.
"There are still those corpses. Dana just said that they have been dead for several days." Margaret thought for a while, and said doubtfully:
"In such heat, it should have stink, but they had no smell at all, and they weren't rotting."
Rove frowned. He pulled out the goblin's dagger and gently cut open the man's arm. A stench gushed out from the wound, so strong that it was hard to breathe.
"It looks very similar to the symptoms of eating snapdragon." Rove said softly.
At this moment, Dana ran up to a four or five-year-old boy, held his hand, and cried, "Alu, wake up?"
The boy had passed out and was about to die.
Dana knelt down to Rove and Margaery, sobbing, she reluctantly said, "Can you save him, this is my brother."
Rove walked towards the boy, and suddenly there was a "ding" in his brain.
[Detected a poisoned wizard, triggering side missions:]
Help Aru to detoxify, reward magic:
【Skinwalker】
[Peel off the animal's fur completely, and use special magic to refine it. When the wizard puts on the animal skin, it can become the animal's appearance]
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(Thanks to "Mango Jam Petrichor" and "starcolor" for their rewards.)