Sword and Magic and Taxi

Ranger Carl sat on his knees, unfolding a paper bag on his knees, being careful not to spill the contents. His movements were slow and steady, with a special rhythm, even a bit holy.

After picking a few times with his fingers, he found the part that satisfied him, gently pinched it with three fingers, and placed it on the reed leaf beside him. The wind started blowing in the forest. It was far away from the tree hole and had been captured by the keen ranger. With his hands as agile as a hummingbird, he quickly rolled up the paper package on his knees to prevent it from being stolen by the naughty wind thief.

Then he rolled up the reed leaves, twisted them into a tube, and held them in his mouth. A piece of wooden stick still carrying sparks came closer and lightly touched the far end of the reed leaf, and green smoke immediately appeared. Karl squinted his eyes, his breathing became slow and deep, and the sorrow in his heart seemed to be alleviated as the smoke drifted.

The old dog hates Ranger's smoking the most. It makes his nose itchy and runny every time. He moved his body outward, lowered his body and hid upwind where the smoke could not reach him. I still have a few more years to live, but I don’t dare to get too close to the poison.

Although his animal companion doesn't like what he's doing, Ranger Carl doesn't see much of a problem with smoking. He is not a big smoker and is very picky. He especially likes a kind of tobacco called Fairy Fireworks, which is produced in only one place in the world, and that is the Healthy Forest.

The Healthy Forest covers a vast area and can protect a large number of creatures, including a dwarf village. They lived here long before humans and dwarf pioneers established forestside villages, and have been using various illusions to hide the location of the villages. They only communicate with jungle rangers and some trusted druids to obtain information from the outside world. At other times, they lived in isolation.

Don't cause trouble, and trouble won't cause you. This sentence is a bit taken for granted, but the dwarf has always taken it as his creed and strictly guarded the secret of the location of the village. Now that the dwarf village has a population of two thousand, it is actually a large town, but to outsiders, whether the village exists is still a mystery.

Fairy Fireworks are a product of the dwarf village. Their main purpose is not to smoke them, but to use them as magic materials when releasing some illusion spells.

It's been a long time since I smoked, probably more than half a year. Karl gently blew out a smoke ring, and then coughed hard twice. I won't look for you, and you won't come out. Do you really think you won't get bored just staying in that place all the time?

We have many things to do, so we won't get bored. The speaker was a dwarf, sitting cross-legged on the ground, with the ranger's python leaning on his back. Big head, small body, short limbs, round eyes and three goatees. Mr. Ranger, the elder asked me to assist you this time, but he didn't say what kind of thing it was. Can you tell me now?

Some bad news came out of Serpent Cliff Castle. Some scavengers saw a strange black shadow there. Excluding the exaggerated facts due to fear, I think their description of the black shadow is very much like an angry servant. Karl He took a sharp breath and sucked almost the entire reed leaf into his lungs. Thick smoke came out of his ears and eyes. When the dwarf saw this scene, he quickly covered the raised corners of his mouth with his fingers.

Clearing his throat, the dwarf barely restrained his impatience before he could speak in a calm tone. Is it still such a troublesome thing? Haven't the demon priest's relics been found yet? It has been three hundred years since the destruction of Serpent Cliff Castle, but angry servants will appear from time to time during these three hundred years. We really want to know when we can completely solve it Is this trouble?

Your elders also personally went to the Viper Cliff Castle to explore, and still couldn't find the Hunxie Mask? Karl was a little impatient, and he was dissatisfied with the dwarf's attitude. And I also have things that worry me, and who can answer the questions in my head? What happened between the missing Solu and the injured Mike? What happened to the blood stains on the ground and several missing weapons? Why were several small animals brutally murdered, but the big white goose Dachshund was safe and sound?

Yesterday, he sent the python Changchong to go to the dwarf village for help with a letter. I only left for a while this afternoon, patrolling the forest and stopping by to greet the returning python. When I arrived at my home, I saw a mess. The messy traces on the grass indicated that a fierce battle had taken place here, but there were only bloodstains of orcs on the ground. Mike is just a novice in combat and should not be Solu's opponent. So who hurt the orcs and where did he go?

The Angry Servants will not leave that area unless they accumulate a certain number, so as long as they are eliminated early, there will be no big impact. I will go to the Serpent Cliff Castle in two days to check the situation. Now I need the Brilliant Gem Pendant. Karl He extended his hand to the dwarf, but the dwarf didn't seem to understand.

Brilliant gem pendant, don't tell me you didn't bring that thing! Karl's eyebrows rose and he clenched his fists: Only the pendant's protection from evil and calming emotions can restrain the influence of the angry servants, otherwise there would be The risk is too high!”

Of course I brought the pendant, but this time is different from the past. I will take the pendant with you. The dwarf shook his head and said with a smile: The elders believe that maybe only when the angry servant appears, Only the evil mask will show its traces. In the past, simply cleaning up the angry servants treated the symptoms but not the root cause. The longer it was delayed, the greater the impact on our community. So this time I will go with you. Introducing myself, I am The best magician in the village, Greens Mumu.

This is different from the original agreement. The Jungle Rangers protect the healthy forest from evil, and the residents living here must provide timely assistance.

The dwarf raised his index finger and shook it: I'm just here to help?

The Brilliant Gem Pendant is an aid, but you will only be a disservice! Ranger Karl said unceremoniously: Your village has been closed for a long time, and you use illusions to hide and evade. No one has real combat experience. It is better to take you to the battlefield. Look at the young man downstairs, at least he is big enough to attract the enemy's attention and cover me for a second or two.

Hmph, Mr. Ranger, the current situation is that wherever I am, the pendant is there. The dwarf was rude and showed no intention of giving in: I will let you see my powerful magical power!

The dwarf moved his fingers, and bits of dust slipped from his fingertips. After a beautiful spell sounded, the figure of the dwarf became as hazy as a mirage, and then gradually disappeared.

Dogrou ran to the door, sniffed it with his nose, and then vaguely pointed in the direction with his front paws, indicating that the dwarf was hiding there. Karl shook his head, not ready to expose this matter. So the old dog lowered his head, whined twice, and scratched the ground with his paws, signaling that something was happening downstairs.

What, that guy woke up? Karl stood up, patted the soil on his body, grabbed the vines next to the tree hole and slid to the next level. He saw Zhao Mai waking up with a yawn, but the puppy was still sleeping soundly.

Tell me what happened.