Half-elf Notebook

Chapter 155: Deep into the Mountains

On the second morning after leaving the village, in the Starfall Mountains.

A team of two men and two women was moving slowly along a magnificent ravine on one side, towards lower terrain and another mountain.

The area around the mountains is not suitable for cultivation. Even if Ina and others left their horses in the nearest village, they still had to walk more than ten kilometers into the mountains.

The speed of ordinary people's movement is quite limited, as is their physical strength - even though the four of them left the village at five o'clock on the first day before dawn.

When we arrived at the foot of the first mountain, it was already morning and the scorching sun was hanging high in the east, lifting the mist from the mountains.

Because the map is so crude that it does not contain any relevant geological structures or detailed markings, the so-called markings on it can only serve as a vague reference at best.

It can only indicate which end of the Starfall Mountains it is at, and in the mind of the marker, it has not gone deep into the depths of the mountains.

otherwise.

Cirilla should be on the yellowed map, closer to the center of the mountain range.

But other than that, there is no more information.

The only way to determine the direction was by relying on a compass that Rick carried with him, which was attached to a long metal chain and looked like a pocket watch.

As for the location of the flower fields, they could only be identified by relying on Cirilla's memory by climbing to the top of each mountain.

This is to confirm their location and the distance from the flower field.

The team spent almost the entire first day wandering around the mountains for this.

In front of the magnificent creations of nature, human beings are as small as a few insignificant ants.

Fortunately, not long ago, Xilia finally found a place that matched her memory.

The two peaks are almost touching each other, and on the opposite sides of them, each has a nearly vertical cliff, and a ravine at least tens of meters long lies between them.

It was like an unmatched giant axe, smashing the huge rock standing on the ground into two halves.

Unlike the forest that looks the same, it changes with the seasons.

Mountains and rivers, which are almost unchanging since ancient times, are often more reliable as positioning landmarks.

"Snapped"

After confirming that the team is still moving in the right direction.

Ina closed the metal cover of the compass:

"No problem... Miss Xilia, do you have any new discoveries?"

"Not yet, but if the direction is correct, we will be able to see it in about two hours." While distracted by the uneven mountain road under her feet, Xilia carefully looked around, trying not to miss any information:

"It's a piece of exposed rock, about a hundred meters long and six or seven meters high. The flower field is in a forest on the side of the mountain facing the sun..."

"Hmm...More than that, I just remember there was a stream not far away..."

Xilia answered with a serious expression, completely different from her former timidity, and became meticulous.

Currently, she is the leader of the team, and she is the only one who can accurately distinguish the appearance of the signpost and the specific location of the flower field.

Ina held the compass and followed the brown-haired girl, or walked side by side with her.

One is to help confirm whether the team is going in the direction indicated by Xilia.

The second is to prevent any unexpected situations.

Next is Mitaukol in the middle, and Rick is at the end of the team, guarding against the dangers hiding around the team.

There are not only wild beasts in the mountains, but also magical beasts.

They are like ordinary creatures, with footprints all over the continent.

However, their number and concentration here are not the highest in the kingdom's territory, so it is not named the "World of Warcraft" area.

This place on the border of civilization also means danger.

Suddenly, Rick stopped and stood still.

He raised his head and looked towards the towering mountains on one side. His grey eyes narrowed slightly, with a fierce light flashing in them.

In an instant, it was as if a giant war beast with absolute power awakened in his body, quietly waiting for the master's orders.

Rick's visual ability has increased to the level when he was sniping a seventh-level giant ape.

It seemed to have sensed something and was trying to find it among the vast sea of ​​trees.

"What happened to Mr. Lake?"

After walking a few steps forward, Mitauker looked back in confusion when he realized that Rick was not following him.

At the same time, Ina, who was at the front of the team, also noticed something strange about Rick.

He stopped and grabbed the corner of Xilia's clothes.

The silver bracelet on her wrist and the flame-shaped hairpin on her head shine brightly, on the verge of excitement.

Although this equipment seemed fancy and cumbersome in the jungle, it was reliable, much more reliable than chanting spells herself.

The team just stopped there.

It was like confronting a hunter hiding in the shade, targeting everyone.

Xilia was startled at first and looked around nervously.

After finding no results, he looked at Ina beside him, not daring to speak for fear of disturbing the concentrating white-haired girl.

However, Ina found nothing, and the jungle was still as peaceful as when she arrived.

There was no noticeable pause or change in the chirping of birds and insects.

Even though she looked in the direction Rick was looking, there was no shadow or anything else approaching them in the trees and bushes hundreds of meters away.

She was just about to open her magic eye.

"Uncle, is there anything I can do?"

Ina pulled out a crystal clear colorful magic blade from her coat pocket and held it in her hand, wisely not asking questions like "Do you need help?"

The situation at this moment was obviously beyond her ability.

Unlike humans in the civilized world, creatures living in the forest know better how to hide themselves and track their prey.

Ina failed to spot them.

Even if it was due to her own lack of hunting expertise, there was also a high probability that the opponent's rank was at the same level as her.

Do they rely on their sense of smell? Wolves? Bears? Or other kinds of carnivorous monsters? No... We are now at the bottom of the valley, which should be downwind of the mountain wind...

The enhancement of physical abilities does not follow a fixed range.

Unlike the natural evolution of life, creatures that have awakened extraordinary abilities are already at the top of the food chain.

The upper limits of extraordinary abilities of different races are still very different.

But it is not as different as the basic racial functions, which is like a world of difference.

Vision? Or hearing?

Just as Ina was thinking, Rick withdrew his gaze and waved to everyone.

"The other party has left. They are a few orcs. Don't worry. They are only bronze level at best. They are five kilometers away from us. They can't find us."

Rick pointed to a mountain in the distance that only occupied a small part of the three people's vision and said.

Mitaokel ​​looked up curiously.

Then, through the tree trunks that had become a little sparse due to the approaching winter, under the tree canopy, I saw the mountain that Rick pointed to.

Because they are far apart.

Even when the weather is good, the mountain can only be seen as a vague outline shrouded in white fog. From the perspective of ordinary people, the most they can see is the green of the forest covering it and the exposed gray-brown mountain walls.

Knowing that Rick's strength was unfathomable, Ina certainly would not follow Mitaokal's example and look at Rick to see what he saw.

Instead, he asked a question that puzzled him:

"The orcs' troops appeared in the kingdom's territory?"