rune hunter

Chapter 43 Dinner Date Choices
After driving away the nagging kobolds, El found Laurana with a small object and reported everything that happened in the morning in detail.In addition to reminding the eldest lady to pay attention to safety, more importantly, I want to refer to her opinion.

"It's so dangerous, I almost threw away the most valuable treasure." Laurana held the little thing and looked left and right, her eyes were full of curiosity and excitement.

"It is said that the landwalker queen produces 100 larval eggs every [-] years, and the larvae start to devour their brothers and sisters around each other from the moment they are born, killing each other until a new queen is born. This race doesn't like sunlight , so it is extremely rare in the surface world, and unhatched eggs are naturally no one has seen. If there are pictures or words handed down, I would not be unable to recognize them yesterday, what a pity."

Langa struggled to escape at first, but the knowledgeable young lady seemed to understand her weakness very well. She reached out and took the milk cup, and the little thing calmed down immediately, and stayed in the young lady's arms with her mouth open to accept it. feed.

"Compared to this, shouldn't you be more concerned about that Bart's problem?"

El was a little speechless looking at Langa who was lying on Laurana's body without morals.After all, she is the eldest lady of a wealthy family, and she has been well nourished since she was a child. Not only is Laurana tall, her body is also quite mature.It's just that El is restless now, and has no interest in thinking wildly.

"You mean that big black guy with a bald head? Don't worry, that guy hasn't the guts to attack me, at most he's doing some tricks in the dark." Laurana shook her head indifferently: "I've already given Kai the ore I brought back yesterday. Wen to deal with it, as for the selected rare ore, I have to ask Elder Brother to send it to the academy for me."

"No problem, but I'm a little worried about Tika..."

A backpack of several hundred kilograms of ore is not a burden to El, what worries him is the safety of Tika alone at home.The prophecy left by the kobold was like a shadow, always lingering in his heart.

"I think, brother El, you are a little too worried." Laurana raised her head, and the half-smile look in her eyes made El turn her head away unnaturally.

"When something like this happens suddenly, there's no way I can't ignore it."

El also felt that he was a little too suspicious now.If the object of the prophecy was himself, he would just laugh it off.With an ax in his hand and a bow and arrow behind his back, even in the face of a life and death fight, El has a bottom line in his heart.But Tika is just an ordinary country girl, she has no experience and ability to face unknown dangers.

"Brother El's consideration for girls is really enviable." Laurana muttered in a voice that both of them could hear, and then raised the corners of her mouth, showing her cute little canine teeth.

"Let's assume that Mr. Kobold's prophecy is true. Putting aside the specific meaning of those strange poems for the time being, let's first study the information that can be determined..."

The eldest lady stretched out a slender finger and waved it in front of El's eyes.

"In the simplest terms, Mr. Kobold saw the omen of death coming from Tika, and he died because of you, but we don't know the exact process."

"That's it." El nodded helplessly, predicting this kind of thing itself is specious, and the sentence of dying because of him can't draw any meaningful conclusions.If he hadn't brought Tika out, the little girl would have died in the village.But when he brought people out, no matter what reason Tika died, he still had to be counted on his head.

"It's not necessarily true to say that there are no clues at all." Laurana seemed to see El's thoughts, and after a little thought, she said with certainty: "By saying that I died because of you, first of all, the possibility of Tika's own accident can be ruled out." .For example, if you don’t have an accident, she won’t fall down the stairs because she’s worried about you.”

"Can it be explained in this way?" El's eyes widened in surprise, but he hadn't considered it from this angle.

"It's just a different perspective." Laurana dipped her finger in some milk, drew three wavy horizontal lines on the table, and then drew a small fish.

"The sage Sumit said that the trajectory of everyone's destiny is like a fish swimming, following the group in a daze. Only when he jumps out of the water can he see the goal ahead. Standing by the river, the prophet sees The fish jumped out of the water, and he saw more and farther than the fish, but that was all."

"According to Sumit's theory, the prophecy does not represent the established destiny in the future, but the changing direction of destiny... Uh, to put it in a more popular way, it's like I predicted that you will invite me to dinner, But it’s up to you to decide where to go and what to eat.”

"Can you explain it more simply?" Although he felt that his IQ was underestimated, El still asked humbly for Tika's life.

"Which one do you think is more suitable, the Elf Restaurant under the Moon at No. 18 Square Avenue, or the Pig's Butt Tavern opposite the business?" Laurana blinked and asked.

"If I choose the one that sounds high-end and elegant, the success rate of hooking you up is higher?" El replied tentatively with a bitter face.

"That's hard to say, maybe I prefer the roast goose in the tavern opposite?" Laurana pursed her lips and snorted.

"Okay..." El sighed, bent down and showed a flattering smile on his face: "What do you think, old man?"

"Just ask questions, this is a good start." Laurana nodded with satisfaction: "First of all, take the ore on your back and follow me back to the academy. How about talking slowly on the way?"

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Istaren Public College was founded 270 years ago by the crystal sage Christon. Its history is not as old as this city, but it is equally famous and is the only higher academic hall in the north.History and culture, military art, all kinds of subjects are all-encompassing.The college advocates an inclusive and inclusive teaching spirit, so it also allows the children of merchants like Laurana to enroll.

The public college is located in the inner city of Istaren, and the white walls of the college can also be said to be the city's last line of defense.Only through the city gate can you see the tall tower building standing in the white wall, which is the mage tower that symbolizes the inheritance of wisdom.

There are also magic courses in the college, and the basic theory of magic is taught by real mages.It sounds beautiful, but the premise of learning is to at least complete all the basic courses of the college.For the vast majority of students, this is an impossible task.

Great alchemist Stephen, as an honorary professor of the academy, has never given a single public class.Because even if the alchemy subject he is good at is too esoteric for those magic apprentices, he has only recruited a talented student, Laurana, in the past 20 years.

It was the first time El entered this kind of place, and he couldn't help but look around like a country bumpkin.He has always been envious of those noble young masters who read books. People who have read books will have a unique temperament. In the dialect of the country people, it is called "the style of the upper class".

Later, he learned the elegant name-"book breath", in fact, Laurana has a very strong book breath, and when she is serious and serious, it will naturally make people respect.It's just that when the eldest lady is rarely serious in front of El, she always deliberately exposes the true face of a black-hearted profiteer covered in copper stink, which makes people itchy with hatred and helpless.

Laurana led El to the material storage room and exchanged all the rare ores for credits.Various reward announcements are posted on the bulletin board here, which are usually various basic materials that mage apprentices need to use for experiments.There is a special appraiser in the reserve room, and in a short while, he sorted out these hundreds of catties of rare ores by category.After counting, more than half of the ores are urgently needed materials for high-score rewards, and the credits under Laurana's name suddenly skyrocketed.

The credits received can be directly exchanged for other materials, potions, and even real magic items in the storage room. This is also an incentive measure for students of the college.But in Laurana's eyes, if there is an exchange, there will be a profit, and if there is a profit, there will be business.

Seeing the eyes of the unscrupulous businessman, El knew that she must have made a lot of money this time.

(End of this chapter)