[Comprehensive] Gouge's Traveling Guide

At the foot of Bailing Mountain, a highly poisonous stream flows out of the mountain range. It is a river of miasma. When the deep purple river water makes waves in the shallow riverbed, the dense white bones underneath will be exposed from time to time.

Straw sandals made a crackling sound on the stones on the shore.

The ponytail flicked in an arc. The boy was wearing a dark blue kimono, jumped over an animal's skeleton, and threw his long brown hair behind him. His tall eyes made the boy look a little aloof, and his delicate face also looked a little cool.

The black bird flew in the sky and screamed from time to time, and the boy walking below seemed not to be afraid of the dangerous river water at all, and walked towards Bailing Mountain by bypassing the puddles and wreckage.

"kindness?"

He stopped, and on the shore not far from him, a person's lower body was still in the river of miasma, and his upper body was struggling to hold onto the shore.

"Not corroded? That's..."

Following the rapids of the river, the man also lost his last strength, and was slowly washed down by the current, shoulders, head, and only the arms that were still outside, and then, was grabbed by a hand.

After many days, Bailing Mountain no longer existed, leaving only the pitch-black mountain and countless monsters, and it has turned into an ordinary monster mountain.

As the dusk deepened, in a forest far away from Bailing Mountain, the young man was sitting by the fire, pulled out all the flammable grass around the fire, and surrounded it with stones.

Holding a skewer of meat in one hand and roasting it on the fire, the boy hummed an unknown tune and sprinkled seasoning on the barbecue from time to time.

A lot of spices, a lot of salt, cut a few pieces from time to time to make the barbecue more delicious.

He didn't seem to notice that the bushes behind him shook abnormally.

"Human beings..." The voice came from near and far away, and the boy raised his head when he heard the voice.

"You actually dared to light a fire in my forest. You're so brave. For the sake of being in a good mood, get out of my place immediately, and the great otter god will stop caring about your disrespect!"

Boy: "..." Otter God?

Turning the branch in his hand, the boy ignored the voice and looked at the barbecue in his hand, um, it's done.

I cut off a small piece and tasted it, hiss~ so salty.

Depressed by his own craftsmanship, the young man picked up the bamboo tube beside him, poured out the water in it rudely to wash off the excess salt on it, then touched a layer of spices, and continued to roast on the fire.

The small grains of spices are crackling on the barbecue, exuding a nice smell.

"(Gudu) Damn humans, they actually ignore me, Otter God...Ah! It hurts! It hurts!"

"Ow!"

A little civet cat rolled out of the bushes behind the boy, carrying a huge burden. The little civet cat ran to the boy with its head full of bags, grabbed his clothes and looked nervously at the small forest that jumped out before. .

The bushes moved, then calmed down.

Little civet cat: stare at...

The grass moved.

Little civet cat:! ! !

He got into the boy's arms all at once, only showing a pair of small eyes looking at the bushes.

Grass: ╬

Boy: =_=? ? ?

The leaves trembled more violently, and a black shadow flew out of the bushes in a flash, rushing towards the little civet cat in the boy's arms.

"Ahh! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!! Crow go away!" QAQ

A black bird called a crow: ╬╬

The little civet cat jumped out of the boy's arms and ran away with its head in its arms. The black bird angrily pecked at his head, pecking at a small bag.

"Ah! Help! Help!" QAQ

The little civet cat didn't run far away, but just circled around the fire, but he didn't seem to notice this at all, and the scene was very joyful.

Seeing this joyous scene, the boy helplessly put the barbecue on the ground temporarily: "Okay, Hei, stop." He couldn't even barbecue properly.

With an order, the black bird obediently stopped attacking immediately, and flew back to the boy's shoulder.

Even though the black bird had already left, the little civet cat was still holding its head and kept turning around in circles until it tripped over a stone on the ground and clumped together, but couldn't feel the pain anymore. His great raven was gone.

He turned his head.

The young man held the meat skewer he had coveted for a long time, and looked at him expressionlessly, but there was that nasty crow standing on his shoulder.

"Ah!" Is that fierce crow raised by this human being? !

The little civet cat looked at the meat skewers, then at the crow, woo, I can't beat it, let's run away.

"Don't be complacent, I'll make you look good next time!" After saying a harsh word he had heard but didn't understand, the little civet cat took out an object and threw it on the ground, and a puff of smoke appeared.

boom.

"Ah!" There was a scream in the smoke.

After a while the smoke dissipated.

"I'm sorry." Taking advantage of the chaos, he tried to sneak away the barbecue but was caught with all the stolen goods. With a big bag on his head, the little raccoon knelt down in front of the boy.

"I shouldn't be stealing your food."

"Ow~" Black Bird roared fiercely at him.

"Hey!" QAQ

Bang, Blackbird also had a big bump on his head.

"what……"

Nodding in satisfaction, the boy looked at the little civet cat: "Civet cat? Fox?"

"It's an otter! You can tell it just by looking at it?!"

"Thank you." It turned out to be an otter, the boy nodded, ignored the angry little otter, picked up the barbecue on the side, and bit down.

Well, this time the taste is not bad, barely edible.

Watching eagerly at the human eating the barbecue, the little otter sucked in his saliva and knocked his head to the ground with all his might, not letting himself look again.

Like this, this kind of meat, I used to eat it every day!Every time my dad catches a lot, a lot of fish for me, and then grill the fish together...

...Dad, where are you now?

"Hey."

"Hey!"

kindness? !The little otter came back to his senses and quickly wiped away his tears. No matter how weak he is, he can't show it in front of humans!That's what dad said!

"What's human?" He raised his head with a little haughty expression, but saw a big leaf in front of him, and on the leaf was the barbecue he coveted.

There was still smoke from the barbecue, and the aroma went straight into his nose. He swallowed and glared at the human.

"Human! What do you mean?! I don't need your charity!"

Bang, a punch hit the head, and a lump bulged on the little otter's head again.

"Hmm..." Q^Q No, don't cry!

"It's shameful to waste it, but I can't finish it." Shaking his hands, the boy picked up the bamboo tube with a blank expression and took a sip of water. The more he ate, the more salty he was...

"Hey?" The little otter blinked his wet eyes, isn't it a charity?Then, then...

He pretended to cough: "Really, I really can't do anything with you humans. Since you have asked me so much, then, then I will help you."

Picking up the already cooling barbecue, the little otter fiercely pounced on it, showing the true nature of a carnivore to the boy.

……

"Hey~" After eating and drinking enough, the little otter patted his stomach, lay down on the ground, scratched his furry cheeks, smelled the meaty smell still on his paws, and looked at the boy.

Crackling, the boy took some branches from his side and threw them into the fire, the flames leaped, and the light of the fire shone on the boy's face, making him look less inaccessible.

"My name is Gantai, human, what's your name?"

Hearing the voice, the boy looked over.

"My name is Mu Chuan."

"Ow-"

bump.

"He is black." Pointing to the black bird with a big bag on its head, Mu Chuan introduced.

"what……"

……

Mrs. Gan is a little otter. Two days ago, he was a happy little otter loved by his father.

His mother died in an accident, and it was his father who worked so hard to bring him up. Two days ago, he and his father lived near Hechuan in the upper reaches, and they have been living a carefree life. .

However, there are unforeseen circumstances...

"That day, as usual, my father and I were fishing in the river, but suddenly a kid riding a monster horse appeared, he, he was very strong, and cut off my father's head without saying anything." Gan Tai behind the stone was so frightened that he could only tremble.

"But fortunately my father's head fell into the water and was washed away. The boy thought it was too troublesome and didn't go to get it." After hesitating for a while, Mrs. Gan opened the package he had been carrying on his body. Inside was a About the size of a monster's head.

"But when I picked up the head, Dad's body was gone..."

"..." Mu Chuan patted his head, and Mrs. Gan sucked her nose, forcing back tears again.

"As long as the head and body are connected within 3 days, there is still time." Mrs. Gan clasped her claws.

"I, I want to find Dad!"

"Well refueling."

……

After a night of nothing, the next morning, the fire had already been extinguished, and when he woke up, he found three black lines falling from Mu Chuan's head, curled up in his arms.

He remembered that it was Mrs. Gan who was in his arms before going to bed yesterday (don't think too much, she's just a good person—_—), but now, Mrs. Gan is huddled behind his back...

Mu Chuan: ...

Throwing away the guy who had woken up but was pretending to be asleep, Mu Chuan got up and moved his body. The black bird that was thrown into the air stretched its wings, somersaulted, and flew to Mu Chuan's shoulder, rubbing it flatteringly.

"I haven't washed my face yet."

Blackbird paused, and continued to rub, not minding.

"I'm going to wash my face."

"Ah—" the black bird flew away sensiblely to hunt.

After looking at Mrs. Gan who was still sleeping soundly, Mu Chuan thought about it and didn't wake him up.

Then when Mu Chuan came back from washing, the dead branches he had collected were scattered all over the place, and Mrs. Gan was gone.

Mu Chuan: ...

"Ah—" Hei flew over holding a little wild boar.

"Did you leave by yourself?" Mu Chuan raised his eyebrows and didn't think about it any more. Hei would not lie to him (at least he didn't tell the whole story), and since Mrs. Gan wanted to leave by herself, then forget it.

He roasted wild boar for his breakfast. Although it was a bit greasy, he was the most full at the moment.

After eating well and drinking enough, he habitually went to the river to wash off the smell of oily smoke from his body, and Mu Chuan embarked on the journey again.

This time, he walked for almost a day, and finally touched a village when it was just dark, but before he got close, he saw a fire inside, and people held up torches and told each other in a panic.

"There are monsters!"

"A headless monster appeared!"