basic swordsmanship

Chapter 30 Meeting Charlie Again
This is a title, and it is a horror legend. It is said that no one knows what that wanderer is, because, once discovered by it, they will basically be taken away by it, without exception.

Even the government here, the magistrate, dare not provoke this thing.

There were too many mysterious rumors about the wanderers in Devon County. From Charlie and a few others, Tang An actually heard more than a dozen versions of the story, each of which was extremely terrifying.

Tang An once again refreshed his understanding of the world of the No. 16 plot.

Because of the emergence of such things as the Devon County Wanderers, Tang An's thoughts about whether he should leave the team and act alone were shaken again.

But soon, Tang An knew that it was safer to leave. The Devon County wanderers were indeed terrifying, but as long as they were careful, they could be avoided. But the threat from Bald Charlie was obviously more direct. For his own life, he still should leave.

Tang An cheered himself up.

There was still some time before dawn, and next Tang An was on duty at night. When everyone else fell asleep, Tang An got up, pretending to mutter that he was going to put water to pee, and then walked to the distance.

But after going there, he never came back.

When it was almost dawn, Bald Charlie and the others woke up and found that Tang An had run away.

Naturally, the bald Charlie was furious and cursed loudly, but Tang An couldn't hear them.After Tang An left, he speeded up and continued on his way according to the guidance of the map and compass pointer.

Of course, when he left, Tang An brought some food and water for himself, enough to last for a day or two.

In fact, they had already entered Devon County. Tang An believed that he could reach the destination within a few days at most.

three days later.

In the hinterland of Devon County, in a valley, the dusty Tang An was renovating a small town. This small town, or rather a village, was indeed quite sparsely populated.

With a full budget, Tang An saw that there were hundreds of houses scattered in this open space, surrounded by fertile fields, where various crops were planted.

The scarecrow standing in the farmland looks a little weird and scary in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Tang An bought some food with the silver coins in his hand. Unfortunately, this small place didn't have ammunition for the flintlock, so he couldn't get any supplements. However, Tang An had two daggers. He encountered some dangers along the way, so he relied on these The dagger solved the crisis.

Here, Tang An first bought a hand-painted map.

"Ji Lin Village, within 20 miles around, was drawn by myself. It is absolutely accurate and only needs [-] copper coins." The person who sold the map vowed to guarantee the accuracy of the map.

Tang An asked the other party to speak slowly and carefully, and finally understood the general meaning.

As a result, Tang An spent 20 copper coins to buy it, and after obtaining it, this map was directly stored in Tang An's system map.

In this way, if you really need to take this map in the future, you can explore it.

Afterwards, Tang An found out that his 20 copper coins were actually a waste of money, because the map was not drawn by that person at all, but was bought from someone else for 5 copper coins.

But Tang An didn't pursue it any further. He planned to recuperate in this village before moving on. Judging from the compass pointer, he should be very close to his destination.

Now that he was staying here, Tang An also inquired about the situation in Jilin Village and its surroundings.

After understanding, Tang An knew that this place used to be a very important city and county in the ancient 'Elasia'. It was not far from the mountain, and there was also the historic site of the 'Sdevik City' back then.

In addition, there is a 'black thorn forest' around here, but when it comes to this place, people in the village are very taboo, that piece of mountain forest is very dense, it is said that there are some terrible things in it, and there is no such thing on weekdays. People go there, and because it is behind the mountains, it is a dark place all year round, with little sunshine.

If you continue to go west or go north, you will have to climb over mountains, and there will be a long distance in wilderness and mountains.

Hearing this, Tang An already had an idea in his mind.

Not surprisingly, the final task node pointed by the pointer should be the ancient site of the former 'Swidk City' from the comparison on the map.

It will take a few days to go to the historic site of 'Stevik City' from here. Tang An has the final say, his task time limit is still more than ten days, which is absolutely enough.

However, Tang An still needed to make some preparations to go to such an inaccessible place. At this time, he felt that the silver coins in his hand were not enough.

Originally, Tang An wanted to keep these few silver coins and spend them in the system store, but now it seems that after the task is over, there will not be a few copper coins left.

But the task matters.

The mountain is different from the bottom, it is slightly cold, Tang An needs to buy a warm clothes, in addition, food also needs to be prepared, for drinking water, buy a water bag, which can be filled for free from the well in the center of the village.

The clothes alone cost a silver coin. They are made of a mixture of cloth and animal skins. Besides keeping warm, they also have certain defensive capabilities.

Everything is ready, Tang An plans to set off early tomorrow morning.

But what Tang An didn't expect was that before the sun set in the afternoon, he actually saw Charlie the Bald and his group rushing over.

Charlie the Bald looked sullen and slightly unhappy.

Tang An hid and observed from a distance. He could see that the other party seemed to be in a hurry because of something. He just took a rest in the central square of the village and continued on his way.

Looking at the direction, it is heading towards the 'black thorn forest' which the locals call a fierce place.

At this moment, Tang An couldn't stop being curious.

If he is not a local, he does not know how dangerous the Blackthorn Forest is. Since Charlie the Bald comes here often, it is impossible for him not to know. When he came, he took a short rest and hurried on his way. Could it be that he was afraid of being asked by someone he hired?

This is just Tang An's guess.

Because of his preconceived notions, Tang An had already labeled Bald Charlie as a 'bad guy'. Logically speaking, Tang An didn't have to worry about it at all, as long as he focused on performing his task.

But people are like this sometimes, Tang An felt that he still had plenty of time, why didn't he follow the past to see the situation?After all, I am following in the dark, no one knows, even if there is danger, as long as I find something wrong, I will run away immediately.

Together with this thought, I couldn't suppress it.

If it were someone else, they might feel high risk and high reward, and go with blind confidence, but Tang An gritted his teeth and decided not to go.He knew the reason why curiosity killed the cat. Sometimes it's good to have no problems, but once something goes wrong, it's too late to regret it.

So, still follow the plan, don't worry about other things, start tomorrow, and focus on your own tasks is the real thing.

This night, Tang An stayed overnight in a hotel in the village and spent 30 copper coins. If he didn't have the previous 3 silver coins, Tang An might have to sleep on the street.

In the middle of the night, Tang An was in urgent need of urination. He came out with his clothes on and a dagger in hand. The most convenient place in the village was a 'toilet' built on the grass not far away. It was actually a small wooden house with a toilet inside. It's very unhygienic and the smell is overwhelming, but there's nothing we can do but stay here.

It turned out that in the middle of it, Tang An heard hurried footsteps walking by outside.

This caught Tang An's attention. He looked out along the cracks in the planks and saw Charlie the Bald and his two followers running over in a panic.

It was as if something was chasing them.

As for the other three hired guards, horses and a cart of goods, they were all gone.

(End of this chapter)