Chapter 53: Preparation before departure
The road from Kalipura village to the castle is difficult and dangerous for ordinary people.
Not to mention Tia and Sairi, even Unrique Enrique, the hunter in the village, rarely leaves the village more than ten miles away—too far away is dangerous, and it is easy to get lost.
Of course, the traversers will not get lost. Although there are no roads on the grassland, they have enough ways to point their way.
The easiest way is to use the magic tower that has been restored in the castle.
After the magic tower was repaired, a runestone was first made for every traveler who went out. This runestone can neither be used for attack nor defense, its only use is to indicate the direction of the magic tower. With its guidance, no matter where you are, you can find the direction of the castle accurately, and there is absolutely no need to worry about getting lost.
The trio with the training group has escorted Tia and her son to the castle, and their house is empty. Before they may come back in the future, the travelers can use this room freely - this is something that has been agreed before.
Panda took a few people and renovated the house a little. The bed in the bedroom was removed and replaced with a floor bunk so that more people could sleep. Anyway, as long as you do it carefully, the floor is actually no worse than an ordinary bed.
Many countries and peoples on the earth keep the habit of sleeping on the floor, and they don't find it uncomfortable.
Of course, the accommodation conditions in Kalipura Village are definitely not as good as everyone's own rooms in the castle, but it doesn't really matter as it is said that everything should be simplified when going out.
Pandas are irrelevant anyway.
The soft straw mattress used as a bed would not make him dissatisfied. On the contrary, he felt reassured that he didn't have to worry about falling off the bed.
Panda is not the kind of person who sleeps very peacefully. In fact, he sleeps a little lightly, and he is often awakened immediately if there is any trouble. Lying on the ground gave him a sense of peace of mind, as if he could fight immediately whenever he wanted.
"It's not normal for you to think like this." Hearing his self-report, Anka frowned and said, "This sense of crisis and tension should not appear in a martial artist like you."
Panda didn't explain it, and he had nothing to explain.
He himself knew that there was indeed something wrong with his state.
But... as long as it doesn't affect life, it doesn't matter.
At the head of his bed, there is a small bookshelf, which was made temporarily and contained three books. These books come from the castle's library and are made with magic power. The contents in them are all related strategies compiled by the strategy team.
During this time, he has been studying the book "From Kalipura to Tara Khan", which details several villages along the way and various related tasks.
The traversers had already planned to send people to Tarakhan City to get in touch with the rulers of the border. This team is different from the previous team that visited Kalipura Village. The king's nobleman Wusleep is the leader on the surface. The rest of the members also choose human or humanoid creatures as much as possible. Vigilance and hostility.
Panda is the only non-human in the entire team. On the surface, his identity is a fighting master who teaches self-defense techniques to noble sons and young ladies. Wumian and others are his apprentices.
In order to play this role well, he needs to learn a lot of knowledge - the strategy team arranged for him the King Kong-style monks from "Wuyi Mountain" in the eastern mainland, so he needs to learn the customs of the eastern mainland and Wuyi Mountain, as well as the King Kong-style monks. The relevant knowledge has been learned, so as not to be exposed in front of the lay people.
In the bookshelf, "Wuyi Style Records" and "Detailed Explanation of King Kong Style Warrior Monks" are his textbooks during this period.
Of course, these materials all came from the game. The members of the strategy team spent a lot of time and energy to sort out these two books. As long as they are memorized, no one will doubt his status as a monk by virtue of Panda's vigorous hands.
After all, the biggest feature of the Vajra-style monks is that they don't pay attention to the use of "qi" at all, and all their skills are in the technique of bare-handed fighting. This kind of warrior monk is completely different from the common warrior monks in the western continent who fight with "qi". They don't have to worry about the battle of ideas, and they don't have to be afraid of meeting fellow monks.
In fact, the real source of the race "Pandaren" is the ancestral home of the orcs, "Hangkong Mountain". But at this time, Xuankong Mountain is still hidden in the slits of time and space. If the identity of the panda is leaked, I am afraid that there will be trouble.
Relatively speaking, the "iron-eating beasts" of the Eastern Continent have been recorded in more than one of the travel notes of the senior sages. Using this as a cover, unless you encounter those sages who may still be old and die, you absolutely don't need it. Worry about being exposed.
Recently, in addition to teaching his disciples, Panda has relaxed a lot from his daily exercise, just to memorize these three books. As of today, he has memorized the first two books, only the last one, "From Kalipura to Tara Khan".
When the book was memorized, they were ready to set off for Tarakhan City.
Of course, before that, they have to wait for someone else.
A man who visits Kalipura village every three months.
Wandering businessman, A Yuan.
The Raiders team is very clear and familiar with the situation of Tarakhan City, but they don't know one very important thing: At what "point in time" is the current Tarakhan City?
According to the plot in the game, there will be a great plague in Tarakhan City. Has this plague already happened? Still not happening? Or is it happening? This is an important question.
Because the answer to this question is related to a boss in this place and the situation of Earl Tarakhan.
Old Earl Tarahan was a formidable character, ruthless and sinister. After he died in this big plot, the earl who succeeded him was his daughter who studied in the capital. His daughter, Linda Tarahan, is a good battle mage, not only powerful in spells, but also not weak in fighting. But this woman's character is brighter, far from her father's fickleness and ghostly thoughts.
This is not surprising, because she was not originally the old earl's favorite heir. According to the old earl's original plan, the successor to the earl's position should be his son John Tarakhan - a man who is as sinister and vicious as him, and is almost a copy of him.
The situation of this plot is of great importance to the overall plan of the traversers. So although everyone was a little anxious, they still held their temper and waited for the visit of the wandering businessman.
Just when Panda finally memorized the third book, the chubby wandering businessman who was late for many days finally arrived at Kalipura Village - several days later than usual.