Diablo Destruction

The golden light was warm and soft, reflecting the sea surface and creating a sparkling wave. The melodious singing was delicate and moving, making every cell seem to be enjoying a bath of nectar. I was completely immersed in this blend of light and sound, and closed my eyes. My eyes are experiencing the feeling of soul sublimation, as if I am in the pure land of bliss, so peaceful and peaceful.

After a long time, when I opened my eyes again, I saw the blue sky, the white clouds, and the sparkling sea. The traces left by the storm in this peaceful world were only a few broken boats. ships, and huge icy waves more than ten meters high towering in front of us.

Suddenly there was a faint sound of footsteps below the deck, and our little mermaid princess who had made great achievements walked up from inside first, twisting her golden tail that was shining in the sunlight, pounced on me, and jumped into my arms. Inside, he smiled brightly at me, and his flailing golden tail occasionally fanned across my nose. There was no fishy smell at all, replaced by a strange fragrance.

"Ga-oh-ga-oh-"

Behind the little mermaid is the golden dead dog, with its two rabbit-long ears flapping, trying its best to imitate the mighty roar of a dinosaur, and its swaggering steps are as arrogant as a giant dragon, but as you can see You see, it's just a Pekingese about a foot tall, a poor little bastard who was thrown into a spin by a mermaid a few sizes younger than him.

This dead dog passed me right past me and ran to the bow of the boat. It screamed loudly. When it saw that there was a "huge ice wall" in front of it blocking its sight, it couldn't help but bared its teeth and claws and pounced. The momentum of going up and biting.

"Xiaofan, has the rain stopped?"

at last. The sleepy little ghost floated up directly, rubbed her eyes and asked cutely. She was also the calmest one in the boat except the little mermaid, because she could float, and the sea posed no threat to her at all, even if In the worst-case scenario, if the ship sinks, I think the little ghost will at most hold me and float to a desert island to stage a Robinson Crusoe. As for the life and death of other unrelated people, she doesn't care.

"Yeah, stop."

I looked around and saw that the ship that had been damaged by the storm was riddled with holes. Not to mention the huge mast had been swept away by the big waves. There were many holes in the deck alone. The whole ship maintained a delicate It rests on the sea at an angle of inclination, no different from a dirty and tattered beggar.

etc. tilt? ! !

Not good, I quickly asked the little ghost to take the little mermaid back to the necklace, and then struggled to shake Ma Shifu down on the board of the boat. After a while, he woke up leisurely. As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw the blue sky, and I wiped my eyes in disbelief.

"How long have I been asleep since the storm stopped?"

"Stop, but now is not the time to be happy." I saw an ecstatic expression on his face. Pour a basin of cold water on it.

"Hurry up and wake up the other sailors and repair the ship, otherwise it will sink."

At this time, Masif fully woke up, stood up quickly, spread his legs and stomped on the board a few times. Masif, who had countless times more experience than me, immediately understood our current situation, and his face could not help but change. Changed.

"It doesn't matter. It's still too late to repair."

He said that there are still a few days of sailing from the midway station of Kurast Seaport. If the ship sinks now, everyone will have to feed the fish.

With the combined efforts of the two of us, the sailors were woken up one by one. It was difficult to wake them up even if they were splashed with ice water. After understanding the situation. Before these sailors had time to express their joy after the disaster, they immediately went inside the ship and began to repair it. Some good sailors even jumped into the sea and sank under the ship to work.

Some sailors went to the other two ships to wake up other sailors - Masif's fleet only had three ships in total. The one I was on was the three-masted main ship, and the other two were smaller. In the storm just now, At that time, the sailors of the other two ships were very clever and hid behind the main ship after I set up the ice wave, so they survived.

Even so, after the ship was completely repaired and the subsequent damage report was compiled, Masif still cried and knelt down, murmuring to the sea and praying, wishing those dead brothers to rest in peace - the main ship was damaged due to my Help, so there were no casualties, but the other two auxiliary ships were not so lucky. A quarter of the 253 sailors inside - a full 52 sailors disappeared forever in the storm. These people had followed Masif has been traveling all over the country for many years. It can be said that he is not a brother but is better than a brother. How can he not be sad?

Under the repairs of the sailors, the three shabby ships, covered with "patches", sailed forward unsteadily. Since all the masts were broken in the storm, they could no longer sail forward, so the sailing speed was faster than before. It has been much slower. The journey of two or three days now takes about a week to reach. If the fleet a day ago was still full of vigor and self-satisfied young people, then at this moment, these three ships are arranged in a zigzag shape under the sunset, like The cargo ship moving slowly like a snail has become a hungry old man who has been displaced to avoid the famine.

Fortunately, the sea did not give the frail fleet any more tests. Six days later, we finally arrived at the last midway island in Kurast Harbor. The sailors on the pier of the island looked at the three shabby ships. The rotten cargo ship appeared in sight, and everyone couldn't help but stop and watch. As soon as our ship arrived at the dock, some experienced sailors came up immediately to help us transfer the wounded on the ship. Those weak sailors were also carefully taken care of. ——This is the unspoken rule of sailors. No one knows what will happen in the unknown sea, so be kind to the brave men who have escaped from the shipwreck. Maybe one day, you will feel lucky for this unspoken rule.

There are captains that Masif knows here - they are all engaged in maritime trade, and they look up and down, and the prices have to be weighed against each other to avoid vicious competition. Most of the captains are connected, and they seem to be getting old. The ten-year-old Masif kept comforting him, and everyone was cared for enthusiastically. Except for me, an adventurer, there is no other way. Who can tell me that I am still energetic? Moreover, the distinction between superiority and inferiority in this world is quite obvious. If those sailors come up to them and are misunderstood by the adventurers as underestimating themselves and scolded, wouldn't they be asking for trouble?

Except for a few sailors in good condition who stayed to look after the ship, the other sailors had left, and I followed them. Pulling down the cloak on top, he disappeared into the bustling crowd.

After resting on the island for two days, I found Masif, who had regained his composure, and compensated him for half of the goods he had lost as promised. He was not polite. After collecting them, he told me that the fleet might need Stay on the island for at least a month. On the one hand, the three ships must undergo major renovations, and on the other hand, the lost sailors must be replaced. If I can't wait, he can introduce me to another fleet.

Staying in a place like this for a month? Of course that wouldn't work, so I agreed to Masif's suggestion without thinking. The next day, under his introduction, I met another captain of the fleet. In the afternoon, I bid farewell to Masif's fleet and embarked on the voyage again.

Half a month later. I finally crossed the Twin Seas and entered the inland river. The dense virgin forests on both sides replaced the vast sea. The humid and sultry climate was accompanied by colorful and unknown birds in the forest. They wandered on the shore and spoke with their mysterious voices. Green eyes looked at our beasts, as well as various predators lurking in the water. Let me fully appreciate a different style.

The green grassland of Rogge Camp, the boundless desert of Lugaoin, the majestic waves of the Twin Seas, the forest ocean of Kurast Land, the steel giant city of Demon Fortress, and the ice and snow plateau of Harrogath, if other factors are not mentioned, This is like experiencing a world tour with different styles of the Dark Continent.

The day after a day of sailing on the Inland River. Just as I was drifting off to sleep on the bed. The whole ship suddenly shook slightly and then stopped. Then came the bustle of the docks and the cheers of the sailors.

Have you arrived in Kurast? It should be the case. The sailors said that if nothing unexpected happened, we would arrive at Clast Harbor this afternoon. I jumped up from the bed and walked out of the cabin with eagerness. Suddenly, I was greeted by a smell of mud. The moist and hot smell was almost suffocating. I squinted my eyes slightly and looked at the scenery in front of me.

Forests, swamps, lakes, cities.

This is my first impression of Kurast Harbor. Kane mentioned in his book that Kurast Harbor was built on a huge swamp, with platforms built with stones in the shallower areas. , the Kurast people live on it, and the platforms are connected with wooden bridges. If the distance is far away, you can also choose to take a boat. When I saw this information, the first thing I thought of was a famous building in the world. Water city - Venice.

Of course, Kurast is far less beautiful than Venice. The ugly black swamps, turbid rivers and dark green lakes make up all the colors here. If you have to connect the two, you can only say Kurast. It is Venice with the unique atmosphere of darkness, confusion and blood of the dark world.

After bidding farewell to the fleet, I finally set foot on the Kurast harbor. I felt quite excited. I looked around and saw some sailors and workers. I thought, it’s better to leave quickly. You can’t experience it here. How much Kurast style.

At the exit of the pier, you can choose two ways to visit. One is to move from the wooden bridge to the adjacent platform, and the other is to take a unique boat here. As long as you have money, you can go wherever you want.

Undoubtedly, the advantage of the first method is that it is free, while the second method is fast and convenient. Most importantly, it allows some people who have no sense of direction to rest easy without worrying about getting lost.

So, naturally, I chose the first option...

I bought a rough map of Kurast from the hawker on the dock. I stepped on the wooden bridge connecting adjacent platforms and browsed the map. Oh, by the way, although this wooden bridge is very strong, it is not easy for tall barbarians and Paladins, please pay special attention. You'd better put away your mighty armor and swords, otherwise...

Connected to the dock is the west area of ​​Kurast, also known as the trading area. The other three areas are the residential area and the training area, and the middle is a paradise for adventurers. This is exactly the same as Rogge The distribution of the camps is similar, but the terrain here is far more complicated than that of Rogge Camp because these platforms are built on raised swamps. Therefore, the distribution is irregular. The urban structure is connected by large and small wooden bridges to form an irregular network. Compared with Lu Gaoyin's densely intersecting roads, it is a different and more terrifying maze. City.

For example, the trade area where I am now is composed of dozens of stone platforms. Most of these platforms have an area of ​​dozens of football fields. They are connected to each other to form a very complex terrain. Even if there are dozens of people living here, The Kurast people sometimes take the wrong path accidentally, and the residential area is dozens of times larger than the trading area. That would be even scarier.

Fortunately, I don't have to bother to memorize these terrifying routes. I just need to have a little taste of the customs here, and then memorize the distribution platforms in the central area. Uh, let's take a look. There are a total of 100 in the central adventurer area. …two…three…four…eight…eleven. Eleven platforms, haha, it’s just eleven platforms, is it still possible to defeat me?

"..."

Sorry, I bragged. I was really stumped...

I looked at the map while walking, and before I knew it, I had come to a completely unfamiliar place, oh. Sorry, I was wrong again. There is no place I am familiar with here at all, and it looks strange everywhere. But what is certain is that I am still in the trade area, looking at the people and vendors going around, I judged this way.

When it comes to tropical rainforests, the first thing that comes to mind is of course fruits. If you ask about the representative specialty of Kurast, it is definitely the fruit. If you transport cheap fruits from here to Lugaoin and sell them, you can definitely get a good price. However, it is not easy to preserve the fruits. It costs a lot of money to hire Should an ice mage preserve fruits or purchase pickled dried fruits? This is indeed a question worth considering. But none of this has anything to do with me. Looking at the wide variety of fruits at low prices, I thought that the little mermaid and the little ghost were going to have a good time. As for the dead dog, it doesn’t even resist fruits. Well, it’s really a strange dog.

In addition, there are many kinds of jerky on the market, because in the forest, these resources are relatively abundant, and there are all kinds of strange things. Oh, this says crocodile jerky, I am not interested, and there are pythons. Meat, lizard meat, King Kong meat, Godzilla meat, white devil meat... ignore them all.

Hey, I seemed to have seen something strange just now. Is it my imagination?

Wait, what is this? Red ant meat...has aphrodisiac properties...the best gift for your husband..., holy shit, is this okay?

After an eye-opening experience in the trade market, I finally came to my senses and called a boat. With a shout, the boatman standing at the stern slowly shook the oar. The boat broke through the calm water and sailed in a very leisurely manner. Moving forward at speed, an endless stream of boats passed by, the boatmen greeted each other enthusiastically, and the boat passengers looked at each other with interest, or were fascinated by the circles of ripples on the water, the simple and plain feeling. The rhythm of the place makes people feel calm unconsciously.

The boat passed through criss-crossed waterways and crossed several lakes. After about three or two hours, it finally stopped on a platform. Adventurers constantly coming and going on it proved that this was indeed the central area and paid their money. From now on, while walking slowly on the platform, I took out the animal skin scroll that Akara gave me.

Well, first find an old man named Omus. He is one of the leaders of the Adventurer Alliance in Kurast. It is best to meet him first. Of course, Kane's cousin Thorne is also an adventurer. One of the leaders of the Players Alliance, he will provide certain help during your time in Kurast.

Then again, people from the Kane family are really everywhere.

I decided to go find the old man named Ormus first. It may be rude to say this, but Thorne should look the same as Kane, just like a supporting character in some RPG games with insufficient funds. The only thing that distinguishes them is the name above their head.

With the guidance of a kind person, I quickly found one of the people in charge, but I couldn't muster up the courage to go up and say hello immediately. How should I put it, this old man from Omus looked like, uh... ..., so unique.

First of all, there is nothing surprising about his bronze skin. He is tall and thin, which is understandable. However, coupled with the weird robe and a weird long staff in his hand, he is bare and round. head. Even the eyebrows were shaved off.

Please let me tell you my opinion in one breath - he looks very Indian, and he is a fanatical Indian who has joined a strange religious organization...

Well, standing was not an option. I took a few deep breaths and finally gathered the courage to walk up and was about to speak.

"You're talking to Omus now."

Comrade Ah San, as if he had a pair of eyes behind him, suddenly turned around and spoke before me.

"I know. I'm Aka..." Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"This warrior, is he interested in joining a strange organization?"

He held the crutch in his hand - it was carved with strange patterns, and the head of the stick was like a flat half of a burning sun, then he opened his hands and said with a pious attitude.

"No way, go back and suggest that Akara change the person in charge." I muttered, turned around and left.

"Boy, you really have no sense of humor."

A big bronze hand grabbed his shoulder. Omus's voice came.

"Don't make such bad jokes on strangers you've never met."

I shook off the hand on my shoulder and turned around to look helplessly at this old man with vulgar and evil taste.

"Hey, I originally thought that if he was a funny young man, I would let him directly pass the test of using teleportation. I was really disappointed..."

"..." Speechless.

"……"silence.

"If you put it this way, you must also know my identity." I said through gritted teeth, resisting the urge to rush forward and beat up this damn Indian Asan.

"That's right."

"Then do you still need Akara's Codex?"

"Of course, maybe you are a projection, oh ba ba ba ba..." the old man said a cold joke that he thought was funny. Then he let out an extremely harsh and unpleasant laugh.

I silently handed the animal skin scroll that Akara entrusted to me to Omus, and decided to talk less and keep a distance from this old man with vulgar taste.

After taking the scroll, Omus only glanced at it, as if he was perfunctory, then put the scroll away and inserted it into the strap behind his butt.

"Okay, I have received the things. Welcome, Druid Wu Fan - our little elder, oh!! Are you sure you don't want to join our organization? As long as you join us, you can learn your best skills for free. Are you really not interested in the ultimate horror magic that curses people to death from thousands of miles away?"

Curse the other person to death from thousands of miles away? Is it some new profession or skill? I have changed my profession, can I still learn Druid? When I heard what Omus said, I immediately became interested, but I was still a little wary of his previous statement of "strange organization."

"Oh. It's so magical. Can you explain it to me first?"

"This is simple." Seeing that I had joined the party, Omas suddenly became excited. He quickly took out a scarecrow from nowhere.

"Did you see it? This is not an ordinary scarecrow, but a scarecrow made of dried straw..."

"..."

Can you tell me what the difference is between this and a regular scarecrow?

"Then..." Omus licked Tian's dry lips and continued excitedly.

"Just get a part of the body of the person you want to curse, such as hair, of course, the heart..."

He even got the heart and still cursed.

"Put it into the scarecrow first, and then like this..."

The more he talked, the more energetic he became. He fixed the scarecrow on the wall, took out a nail and a hammer, and drove the nail fiercely into the scarecrow. Then he kept gnashing his teeth and hitting it with the hammer in a ferocious manner.

"If you persist like this, your enemy will one day be cursed to death by you, but one thing to note is that you must be exactly a thousand miles away from your enemy, not even a centimeter more or less. "

After driving the nail into the three-pointer, Omas seemed to have completed something extremely difficult. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and showed a "refreshing and sunny" smile after "intense exercise".

With a "swish" sound, a basin of water fell from the sky, dousing the cool Omus, and then a head appeared from the window above and cursed loudly.

"Omas, you old madman, how many times have I told you not to hammer nails into the wall of my hotel? Don't you understand human language?"

"..."

I was really an idiot for believing what he said. I went back and suggested that Akara change the person in charge, and I turned around and left.

"Wait, little elder, don't be like this? I was just joking, don't you think it's funny? Doesn't the fatigue of the journey become a lot lighter because of this? Oh ba ba ba ba..." Omus, who was all wet, hurriedly He stopped me and laughed strangely.

"Hey, don't worry, don't worry, I'm going to talk about serious business, just say it."

Seeing that I didn't stop, Omas quickly stopped laughing and kept talking.

"About your test of obtaining Kurast's teleportation..." His face straightened, and Omus put away his playful look.