Dawn of the Grey Tower

No one knows how the mage entered the tavern without alarming anyone. In the early morning of the next day, the first person to enter the hall, the proprietress Emma, ​​only saw the gray robe sitting quietly against the wall with her eyes closed. With the arrival of her, the cheese immediately opened his eyes, and his eyes did not have the confused look when he woke up, which proved that he had not slept at all.

"Good morning, help me make some food." The mage said voluntarily, and there was nothing wrong with his expression and tone. Emma froze for a moment, then nodded to prepare the breakfast.

In the process of preparing breakfast, both Jianqi and Atta also woke up. As a traveler all year round, their daily sleep time is not much. When the members of the squad were seated at the table, the cheese lightly tapped the table twice, believing that he had something to announce, "Things, I learned almost last night. If I put it in the past, I am afraid it has been resolved . "

What the cheese said before refers to how many years ago he did not make it clear. In fact, he can't tell clearly. Sometimes, people's change is marked. An accident, a serious illness. Such an experience can indeed completely and completely change a person's temperament. But he is different. The gray robe is not such a person. This is not to say that his nature is particularly strong. No external factor can make him deflect, precisely because he has been deflecting too many times. He has been trained by the Grey Tower since his childhood, and has been involved in the plague of the Cang lion until his recent years. If the cheese is like a new life after every experience, he will not know what it has been adapted into. The sudden, torrential changes that had occurred suddenly would no longer appear on him. Now he is like obsidian that has been baptized by lava, and he will not be shaken again by letting the fire burn. Until now, the only thing that can really change him is himself, only those subtle feelings and thoughts that wash him like a stream of water.

"So, what did you find damaging?" The female swordsman blinked. Her trust in the mage had accumulated all the way, and she no longer doubted the ability of the cheese.

"Well, I found it. I figured out where she lived." The cheese nodded, a slight smile on his face. Although he has not slept all night, his spirit still looks strong. "The black hand in this matter is a mountain monster. It is more accurate to use the river monster to call her more accurately, although there is no difference between the two. It ’s not the moss but the water plants that grow on the latter. "

"Mountain monsters? I have heard of such existence, but what are they? And you use her to describe the mountain monster. Does the mountain monster have sex? In the story I heard, the mountain monster seems to have no gender. The monster is a giant drilled out of stone and mud. "Atta frowned. She did hear people mention the mountain monsters on the journey. After all, there are mountain legends in most places where there are mountains.

"Partially correct." The cheese snapped his fingers, and he was very happy to explain it to others. After all, in the Grey Tower, he only listens to lectures from others. At most, he discusses with his peers. Being able to explain things to others has become his hobby over time. Unfortunately, in the years when he was the lord of the Valley City, Most of the Ratman ’s problems are too practical, and they do n’t allow the cheese to really open up his knowledge reserve. “The first thing to understand is that the mountain monsters and the river monsters are just a general term. Refers to a large class of existence that we do not understand very well, just like the concept of a goblin. "

The fact is indeed as the cheese said, although people are always talking about mountain monsters, but they actually omit an attributive, that is, the mountain monster of XYZ Mountain or XYZ River. Mountain monsters are regarded as a kind of elaborate monsters. Generally speaking, they are something between elemental creatures and flesh and blood creatures. But they are not elements, so although they were born from nature, they have a complete circulatory system that metabolizes, grows, and ages and dies. From this perspective, they are very similar to flesh and blood creatures. As flesh and blood creatures, mountain monsters do not have the so-called concept of population, they will not mate and breed, and each mountain monster is special.

"Most monsters are like this. They are born in accordance with nature, and die in response to nature. Some people even believe that the origin of our creatures is that some monsters have the ability to reproduce by chance, so they have born populations and species. Of course. Most creatures do not agree with this view, because no one thinks that their ancestors are those dirty things. "The cheese shrugged. Mountain monsters ’bodies do not need to be cleaned because they are not ill, which makes them sloppy and ugly, although not necessarily stinky. This situation also proves from the side that the mountain monster is not a normal creature.

"Mountain spirits and water monsters are indeed so. Although their behavior is good or bad, most of them are not trimmed. They are also unpredictable when they come in contact with people." Jian Qiying said, he sounds, he also has some kind of existence of the monster To understanding.

"It's not so hard to guess this time. We are facing a very angry monster. She has no kindness towards human beings. I doubt what the people in this town have done to make her so resentful. "" The cheese said there was a helpless expression. The stories of humans and monsters have been a bad majority since ancient times. Without him, most of the mountain monsters whose stories can be passed down live in the vicinity of human reclamation areas, and humans have never had the habit of sharing living space with other races, especially the strong and single indigenous people such as mountain monsters. UU reading www.uukanshu.com hunted monsters, and even once became a formal profession.

This kind of thing has never been right or wrong. Either, humans drive away or kill mountain monsters, or, in response to the mountain monsters, humans abandon the reclaimed land. In both cases, both parties have valid reasons. The mountain monster is not a natural disaster, so it can be resisted or killed. From this perspective, the caster's situation is quite close to the mountain monsters, so many casters will form alliances with the mountain monsters, and even become friends or keep mountain monsters as servants. This is why people always think that mountain monsters are related to magic. In many cases, it is not that mountain monsters are magical, but the wizards who help do not show up.

"There are so many possibilities. In my hometown, the mountain spirits and water monsters are one sacrifice at a time, some just eat and drink, some like crafts, and some like handsome men and women. My family has also made many sacrifices to history. Their swords. And their desires are not satisfied, or people do things that they do n’t think they actually offend them, and they will all be angry. So gradually, people still feel that they ran away from them rather than sacrifice them. Or it ’s easier to kill them. ”Jian Qi sighed. He could n’t say how good this attitude change was, but he felt a pity.

"In any case, this angry monster now wants the life of the whole town. And she happened to find a very suitable way. So the question now is, what should we do?"