Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Hyacinth was helpless, she could only say to Jon: "Either he leaves, or I leave. But when I leave, the orcs will follow."

Silver Fox Ranger said with a smile, "I'll go with you too."

"Then I'll go with you too!" Lizhi said.

"I'll go, too!" Cherry said.

Camellia also hugged Hyacinth's waist, expressing that she would follow her.

In this way, the convoy will be divided into two, and Jon sighed, and said, "Sangko, don't make a fuss, and go to salute the fungus king."

"I do not!"

"I tell you to kneel down, you rotten bastard!" Jon kicked him down, and the guy fell into the muddy water. Jon took out his horsewhip and whipped him severely, "I think you still Fewer beatings! Sanke, I will break your dog legs!" The whip cracked, and Sanke screamed again and again.

Jon beat him up violently, and Sankoh finally obeyed.He went to kowtow three times to the Mushroom God, and offered sacrifices respectfully.Hyacinth nodded contentedly. At this time, she saw Adora looking at her, and the poetess's eyes were full of gratified smiles.

In the afternoon, they rest here.The orcs led them to climb up the huge mushroom canopy, and the people pitched their tents on the mushrooms.The view here is excellent, almost overlooking the entire mushroom forest.Hyacinth put away her luggage and came to the edge of the umbrella to observe this wonderful place.

In the afternoon, the sun was scorching, the sun dispelled the fog, and the vision became clearer.At this moment, Hyacinth suddenly understood what the orc said. The orc said that this is the falling sky, the fog is the cloud, and the mushrooms grow in the sky.

The sun dispelled the fog and scorched the land, and the blue liquid in the soil overflowed. The ground looked azure blue, just like the sky.The colors of the sky and the earth merge into one, and the mushrooms breathe in the air.

Hyacinth couldn't help sighing, and said, "Ah! What's going on? How can it be so beautiful?"

The orc answered her, "This is a gift from the Father."

But Silver Fox Ranger said: "It's because there is a lot of magic power under this land. The groundwater is contaminated with magic power, and it has life. They are water from the sky, so they long for the sky, so they become like the sky." Blue. When the sun calls them, they surge to the surface."

Hyacinth asked him, "How do you know this?"

The Ranger smiled and said, "I guess."

A pink butterfly flew to Hyacinth's shoulder, and Hyacinth touched it with his hand, but that guy suddenly cut Hyacinth's finger.She let out a cry of pain, and the butterfly flew away.Only then did she realize that it was a praying mantis.

It hurt the hyacinth, but the hyacinth was not annoyed, because it was so amazing.The elf was pink and white, and her figure was agile, like a peach blossom floating in the air.

The orc said to her, "You have offended General Peach."

"what?"

"General Peach, a kind of praying mantis."

Hyacinth laughed dumbfounded, and asked, "Why is the mantis so beautiful?"

The ranger said: "It must be to blend into the more beautiful flowers."

But Hyacinth didn't see the flowers, only colorful mushrooms.She took a deep breath and felt a sweet smell in the air, which was refreshing.There were a few big butterflies flying past her eyes. At first she thought the butterflies were right in front of her eyes. She stretched out her hand to touch them, and then she realized that the butterflies were far away, but they were too big, bigger than an eagle, and exuded a psychedelic smell. The color, which made Hyacinth have an illusion.

The afternoon in the mushroom forest is full of vitality, with butterflies flying and mushrooms spitting spores.Beasts were moving among the mushrooms, and Hyacinth saw antelopes, lizards, black deer and big toads.The orc said to her, "Tomorrow I will take you hunting. There is enough prey here to feed you all."

When Balut heard this, he asked, "Can Balut also be full?"

"You can eat enough." Gray Horn said.

Suddenly there was a loud noise in the distance.

Hyacinth looked in that direction, and saw a pair of horns protruding from the dense mushroom forest. The pair of horns were shaped like buffalo horns, but their volume was hundreds of times larger. It moved slowly, pushing away the big mushrooms one by one.

Hyacinth exclaimed: "What is that? Is it a dragon?"

"dragon?"

As soon as they heard the word, people crowded around excitedly.Adora said: "What kind of monster is making such a big noise?" Ranger said: "I think it's probably what we're looking for." Others were also amazed, but Jon said worriedly: "I hope it doesn't come here Come on, we can't handle it."

At this time, Hyacinth heard Camellia whisper, "Dragon doesn't grow horns."

The giant beast got farther and farther away, and gradually disappeared into the mushroom forest.Some people sighed in disappointment, while others looked fascinated.Silver Fox Ranger said: "He is so big, he will definitely leave footprints, we can easily track him!" Balut muttered to the side, saying: "I don't know it is so big, what does it usually eat."

Hyacinth asked the orc: "Do you know that thing?"

Gray Horn said, "That's probably a big horned dragon, a type of sub-dragon."

"It's meaningless if it's not a real dragon," Adora said.

Jon murmured: "I've heard about this monster, saying that it has a cruel temperament and eats everything. Aren't we in danger here?"

The orc replied: "The big horned dragon will not offend the fungus king, we are safe here."

Jon nodded: "Well, that's good, I hope to pass tonight safely."

Trail of the Dragon, IV

Trail of the Dragon, IV

After setting up the camp in the afternoon, people never left the umbrella of King Fungus.It was almost dusk, and the forest at night would become dangerous.People built a fire on top of the umbrella and cooked. Hyacinth's luggage contained dried meat, preserved fruit, and dried pasta that Isrit had prepared for her. She shared these snacks with the others.

We just got supplies from the orcs, and everyone's luggage is full, so the dinner for this day is also very rich.Eight-fingered Jon said that everyone was exhausted after driving for several days, so they should rest well tonight.And the consumed food can be resupplied on the spot by hunting again, so everyone is free to eat.

The girls prepare dinner, hyacinth mushroom soup, which contains salt, pepper, minced meat, butter and three kinds of mushrooms, which can be said to be very luxurious.In addition, they ate pork jerky, puff pastry, crusty bread, feta cheese, dates infused with wine, warm nut pies, boiled snails, and fried insects.

People eat very happily, but all of them together are not as happy as Balut. The strong man has the biggest stomach among all of them, and he has to carry the most luggage on weekdays. Three meals a day are not enough. He was starving all the time.Hyacinth watched him eat snails with dry food in one hand and a bowl in the other. After eating, he drank a big mouthful of thick soup, and smacked his mouth while eating, his face was full of joy and devotion to food.After eating, the strong man kowtowed to the big mushroom and said, "Thank you for making me full!"

Hyacinth laughed at him and said, "Then you should also worship the orcs, because the food was given to us by the orcs."

"Yes!" Balut got up, then knelt down towards Huijiao, and said, "Thank you orcs for feeding me!"

The orc quickly helped him up and said, "You idiot! People can only worship gods. If people worship people, then both of us will lose our lives!"

Barut stared at him and asked him, "Then how should I thank you?"

The orc touched his horn and said, "I'll teach you the etiquette of the orc."

"it is good!"

So Balut learned the chest-strike salute of the orc. He used the wrong hand the first time, hit the wrong position the second time, and did it right the third time.After saluting, the orc returned the salute with the same gesture, and they both laughed.

Hyacinth was very happy seeing this scene, and she hoped that people could live in harmony with the orcs.However, the mercenary Sangko whispered at this time: "Hehe, this big man may be a bastard orc, but he has no horns. Otherwise, why does he grow so big and eat so much?"

Hyacinth asked him angrily: "Do you dare to speak louder?"

Sanko definitely didn't dare, because whether it was Baruch or Gray Horn, they could beat him to the ground.Even if he was beaten to death in this wilderness, no one cared.

After that, he didn't speak again, and he was very quiet all the time, which Hyacinth was very satisfied with.In the evening, everyone went back to rest.The girls slept together, and everyone was tired, so they went to bed early.However, Hyacinth did not fall asleep immediately, she was fascinated by looking at the mushroom forest at night.

At night, the scenery here changed again, the mushrooms shone with purple fluorescence, and the mist turned light green.The dots of fireflies are flying in the air, mixing with the stars above the head, regardless of each other.Hyacinth looked at the sky. It was the constellation of the Southern Sky and the Planet of the Great Apes, both stars guiding people to the south.She couldn't help thinking: Will my hometown be so beautiful?

Sometimes, Hyacinth wished to divide herself into two, one body stayed in the bay to accompany her husband, and the other body went to the south to visit her hometown.The evening wind blows, the coolness is moist, Hyacinth feels that every pore of her body is open, her body is embracing this beautiful night.

Adora's voice rang in her ears, "Princess of the Southern Kingdom, what are you thinking?"

Hyacinth froze for a moment, with a stiff smile on his face, and said, "I'm thinking about my hometown, Adora."

"Do you remember what she looked like?"

"I only remember one song."

Adora nodded and said, "I can tell you."

Adora has told the story of the South more than once. In her story, the South is a beautiful, welcoming and rich land.Half of the year there is spring and half is midsummer. There are hundreds of kinds of edible fruits. They grow on trees and grow in the ground, and the ripe ones burst open and ooze juice.There are fat chickens and ducks and fresh big fish, and everyone has meat to eat.

Those who have fields plow, those who have land graze, and those who have no fields and no land go hunting. Even if you don’t know how to do anything, you can still eat fruits all year round, so you won’t starve to death.There are endless fishes on Sunny Beach, and the fish caught in one net can break the fishing net.Sea fish are big and fat, fresh enough to be eaten raw.There are also shelled lobsters, sea crabs and scallops, whose meat is more tender than lamb and more fragrant than beef.

Sugarcane is a wonderful dessert, and honey hangs from the treetops.People pick but not cut, and enjoy a comfortable life here for generations.

The chief is the old man of all, and the people below are all brothers.The same clan hunts and fights together, celebrates the birth of a child and drinks wine made from glutinous rice.

A married girl should wear a seven-color peacock crown on her head and a silver bell chain with a hundred rings. She should also smear her cheeks with rouge, her hands and feet with flower essential oils, and her whole body with various perfumes—if you marry a man on land, you must Spray musk, and if you marry a man from the sea, spray ambergris.

Men wear self-made dresses, hunters use animal skins, farmers use cotton, wear gold jewelry, and then use black oil paint to paint their clan's totem on their chests.Eighteen men were asked to follow the marriage, and each of them planted a totem flag behind them. When they arrived at the girl's house, they had to distribute three kinds of fruits, four kinds of spices and five pieces of animal skins.

A man can marry as many wives as he wants, and conversely, a girl can marry four men at the same time.

Every tribe has its own gods, and gods are good friends. Every year, many clans will come together to celebrate the All Gods Festival, and invite all kinds of gods to worship together.There are twelve months in a year, but there are eighteen festivals every year. Everyone loves to sing and dance. The most beautiful girl in the village often has the best singing voice, and the most handsome boy can also dance a chic dance.

The most prosperous tribe is in Dragon Island, the most warlike clan is in Beehive Mountain, the most industrious is the ant people in Harken Basin, and the bravest is the son of the giant whale in the southeast.

Hyacinth asked her, "Do Southerners never fight?"

"There are very few wars between tribes, and even if there are, they will be kept to a very small scale. The warriors use the form of wrestling to decide the outcome of the battle, and no one will be injured."

Trail of the Dragon, [-]

Trail of the Dragon, [-]

Hyacinth became interested, and she lost all sleepiness for a while, "Wrestling decides to fight?" She asked, "How do you play it?"

"Well." Adora nodded, "If two villages go to war for something, then they will not fight, but choose their three best wrestlers, and the three will duel, with bare hands in a circle Wrestling, falling or being pushed out of the circle, it is considered a loss. The loser will lose the war by default,"

"This is great!" Hyacinth said excitedly, "This way there will be no more wars, and everyone won't have to shed blood."

Adora sighed, and said, "That's the way it is, but this set of rules doesn't work when facing northerners."

For the people of the archipelago, the outside of the rainforest is all the north.Then the northerners that Adora mentioned refer to the people from the four principalities.

The nobles in the north, the fanatics in the west, the pirates in the Gulf, and the slave owners in the south, these are all alien races to Adora.

"The northerners don't wrestle with us. They just want my life and take us as slaves."

"I understand." Hyacinth felt the tattoo on his face itching.

"Not only did they capture us as slaves, they also bewitched and instigated the chiefs of the tribal islands to make them hate each other and divide our civilization. They said they wanted to bring civilization to us, but in the past ten years, southerners have died because of civil wars There are ten times more people than in the last century." Adora paused, she shook her head, and said, "I shouldn't have told you these things, my lord princess."

"I..." Hyacinth hesitated to speak.

"Go to sleep." Adora turned around.

Hyacinth stopped her and asked her, "Adora, why are you looking for a dragon?"

With her back turned to her, Adora asked back, "Why are you looking for it?"

I want to help my husband and my sister, I don't want to be a little girl who can only sing and dance. "I... want to use the power of the dragon to help others."

"What do you do to help other people?"

"Defeat the enemy."

Adora turned her head to look at her, and said, "Who is helping to defeat whom? Princess of the Southern Kingdom, are you going to fight for your tribe?"

Hyacinth hadn't thought about this matter. At this moment, she couldn't help thinking: If I am really capable, will I fight for my hometown?

Hyacinth is a girl who lives in the moment, she can't think so far, she hasn't even seen a dragon scale yet!How can it be possible to think about things after the dragon?

So she said, "I don't know."

Adora said: "Then I can't answer you, why did I go to find the dragon. Besides, it is difficult for us to find the dragon. The dragon may be just a legend. Even if it is found, will the dragon definitely listen to us? Maybe it will eat us all."

Hyacinth said: "Give it a try, I will be satisfied if I can see it."

"Let's meet in our dreams." Adora smiled wryly, "Good night."

"Good night."

In the dream, Hyacinth saw green fields and green mountains, dancing girls and singing boys, and the "General Peach" flying down his shoulders, but there was no dragon.She couldn't dream of the thing without seeing a dragon.

In the middle of the night, Hyacinth got up and wanted to relieve himself.Everyone slept soundly, Barut was snoring loudly, the fruit sisters hugged each other, and Adora curled up like a cat.Hyacinth tiptoed around the others and walked to the distance of the mushroom.The canopy was huge, and she was going to walk to the other end so as not to be seen.The sky is very clear tonight, and she can see the road clearly by the moonlight.

After walking for about a minute, she saw that the distance was almost the same, so she untied her belt and squatted down. However, just as her body was relaxing, she suddenly felt a hand resting on her shoulder.

She was so frightened that the blood all over her body turned cold, and she turned around suddenly, only to see a black face full of beards touching her face.

"Sangko! You—" Her mouth was covered by a big dirty and smelly hand, and then Sanke pulled out a dagger and pressed it against her throat.The tip of the knife pierced the skin, and blood oozed out little by little.Hyacinth frightened motionless.

"Bitch! You're a bullshit princess, you're just a slave!" Sankoh licked the tattoo on Hyacinth's face with his tongue, his mouth stank of onions, rotten wine, and putrefaction.Hyacinth was so sick and frightened that she almost cried.

"And a bed slave, anyone can fuck- you, anyone!" He ripped off his pants and pulled the job out.This behavior annoyed Hyacinth, and she had a thought in her mind: I'd rather die than let this trash insult me.

So she hit the man's lower body hard with her knee, Sanko groaned and bent down in pain.He subconsciously covered his crotch, and dropped the knife in his hand. Hyacinth picked up the knife and stabbed at the man.Sanko screamed again.

However, Hyacinth didn't have much strength, and he didn't know how to use a knife, so he stabbed crookedly on the man's shoulder.As soon as Sanko stepped back, Hyacinth lost his grip and the knife stayed on his shoulder.

"Fuck you!" Sanko had a knife stuck in his shoulder, his face was hideous, "I want...fuck...I...I can't be hard anymore!" He shouted in horror, "You did it! You did it of!"

Hyacinth reached out to draw the knife, but was slapped by Sanke and fell to the ground. Then the man rode on her and grabbed Hyacinth's neck with both hands. "Bitch! Bitch! Rotten bitch!" His greasy and dirty hands grabbed Hyacinth tightly, and his nails covered in black mud were almost embedded in her skin.Hyacinth struggled, kicked, but her strength was too weak, she couldn't get rid of the man on her body.

With less and less air, she was starting to feel dizzy and felt like her lungs were going to burst.She wanted to shout but couldn't, and there were only bursts of suffocating whimpers in her throat.Gradually, she lost the strength to struggle, and Sanke's scolding voice became strange, low and distorted.

"Bitch! Bitch! I strangle you! Stretch you, strangle you, strangle you..."

The sound and picture became more and more blurred, and finally, Hyacinth's eyes went dark and he lost consciousness.