Mom's face was unkempt, mud was made into hard blocks on his beard, one eye was surrounded by bruises, and his face was also bruised and swollen. The armor was slanted on his body, and the reinforced iron nails inlaid with leather armor were twisted and overwhelmed. In short, Mom seemed to have experienced an arduous and even battle, but his opponent was "how many fat mice"?
"What happened?" Feiqi held Mom's shoulder with both hands and asked him to sit on the chair, and then moved the object and brought a cup of tea. The tea had cooled down, but Mom didn't look at it, and took it over and raised his head to drink it.
"I follow your advice to search for mines in various places..." Mom looked at Diderit and changed his mouth instantly: "...There may be a place where monsters are. The patrol was very smooth at the beginning, but something happened when I arrived at Guleigang. I found a crack in the ground, which should be a collapse caused by rain. I looked down through the crack and found that there was a deep cave there."
"I smelled the jewels, which were the abilities given to me by the dwarf bloodline. However, I was just a mixed-blood dwarf and could not directly judge what kind of gems it was. So I tied a rope and went down the crack and walked along the natural cave."
"I was a little careless. I should look back quickly when my nose was itchy!" Mom had a cold war, as if recalling the situation at that time could still bring fear to him. "The downward passage ended in front of a slit, and I heard the sound of Xixisso coming out of the slit. At that time, my pores were all standing up, and accidentally stepped on the air, causing the slit to break, and I rolled and crawled down. Then, it was a nightmare scene."
Mom gestured with his hands and feet and said, "The hole below is full of mice! It's so big, as fat as a pig. They are crowded together. When they see a few of them being crushed to death by me, they pounce on them together. The red, green, and purple eyes all have long and sharp front teeth! My head, face, and chest are all full of them, and I can't see at a glance. I pulled out my hand axe and a dagger, killed and ran away, and finally climbed up the crack, and then came back to report to you."
"Do you have a bite? Rats may carry diseases."
As soon as Feiqi finished speaking, he saw Mom's face suddenly turn green, and then it kept changing between pale, yellow and green. "Show me, show me! Oh my God, old Mom should not die from a mouse!"
So, Diedlit was first invited out of the room, and then Feiqi carefully examined Momm. "There was no bite at all. How did I see these wounds as if they were caused by blunt objects? How did those mice attack you? Is it boxing?"
"I can't remember it. At that time, there were mice and gray hair in front of me! Oh my God... I was almost suffocating. Gurum... Gurum!"
Mom retching for a while, but couldn't spit out the hair. Feiqi felt more and more that Mom was more psychologically afraid of the mice, not how strong the mice were in combat.
"Rats are not good for the territory, they must be eliminated as soon as possible before they come to the ground." Feiqi said to Momm: "How about it, can you still take us to find that cave?"
"Yes! This time I will bring tin oil, lamp oil, and everything that can be ignited and burn those mice to death!"
"Calm down, ignition in semi-confined spaces can easily have unpredictable consequences, and we don't know if there are other exits in the cave below. It is possible that setting the fire will only allow the mice to hide deeper, and it will not be eliminated much at all." Feiqi patted Momm's shoulder: "This time we go together to see what other tricks the mice can do!"
"Okay... OK." Mom pulled his beard and sighed hard: "Goddess, how good would it be if he could make the evil rats disappear?"
"The goddess is really blessed, but we still have to do it ourselves." Feiqi became more and more sure that Mom had a psychological weakness of fearing mice, so he decided to change the topic: "By the way, is there any progress in the mining search?"
"Oh by the way, I almost forgot." Mom said in a low voice: "I found a coal mine, which is of average quality, but the reserves should be quite large and shallow, so it will not be difficult to dig."
"This is good news, we will be able to use it soon." Feiqi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is there any?"
"I discovered aluminum. Although it is of high value, it has been difficult to refine aluminum. Unless you happen to know the corresponding alchemy, it will be useless if you have it. Later, I found a large amount of clay based on the map and piled up next to the swamp on the other side of Lake Carson. I rode over here on a large wood. Do you know how scary that is? There are fish in the water that keep touching my feet, probably want to know if it is delicious!"
"Clay is also a good thing, are there anything else?"
"You are really greedy." Momm shook his head: "I went to six places in total, and there were two places that didn't find anything. Because the God-Looking Great Prophecy is not wrong, so they must be buried too deeply, or I didn't find a suitable survey method."
"It's already very happy to find three places, but this matter doesn't need to be hidden from Diderit. After all, minerals are essentially hers in her territory. As long as you don't talk about the great prophecy of God. After all, this information was not obtained through normal channels and is not considered open and honest."
"I understand. So I'll discuss with you first and see how to deal with it. But the best way is to tell her that I don't like dealing with elves and women, and it's even more nervous when they combine." Mommy sniffed. "Okay, Feich, I'm almost recovering. When will we set off?"
"When you put on your clothes and tidy up your armor, we will set off." Feiqi knocked on the wall of the room with his staff and shouted to the next door: "Shani, Benny, let's go out to clean up the monsters. We need to go underground, and bring the miners' things. Well... you two have done a better job of protection!"
About thirty minutes later, a team set out from Collingwood and headed east along the road. In addition to Feich, a man, two women, one cat, and Momm, there were Lord Diderit and her eight elves guards. Among them were three rangers, one (relative to Feich) orthodox land-occupying priests and a hunter. The last elf Feich knew was Alway Hawkeye.
The group rode forward on horseback and quickly left under the gaze of the townspeople, which inevitably sparked discussion. "This seems to be the first time the consultant and the lord act together? Is something happened?"
"Who can know this? Maybe the traces of the thieves were discovered? I heard that the elves had not found those cunning thieves for a long time, and they were really disgraceful. But this time, the consultant took action, and maybe it could be solved!"
"Yes, if it's Lord Feich, there's definitely no problem."
The confidence of the townspeople comes from the potato dough stored in the mines. After all, anyone will be shocked when they see so much food at once. The dough cold storage has become a famous tourist attraction in the town, and almost everyone has gained more knowledge. They can't think of how a person can do such a thing, so they have extraordinary confidence in Feiqi.
However, these confidences cannot directly improve Feiqi's combat ability, especially when facing mice. It is not surprising that a large number of mice gather together, but it is very strange that they can be "fat and big". The first thing Feiqi thinks about is the ecological problem: what do these mice eat to become fat?
According to Momm's description, the mice were all bigger than rabbits, which was obviously abnormal. Feiqi looked at Momm and recalled his condition when he appeared. Well... there were bruises on his body, a lot of wet soil was dry on his hair, his armor was broken, and there were brown-gray hairs and blood in the gap, but there was still a key thing missing.
Mouse shit.
If mice crowded together like ants and eat very fat, their excretion must be terrible. Feiqi recalled his few "animal world" knowledge. In the spring season, it is an important time for animals to start eating. The smaller the constant temperature animal has a relatively weaker ability to maintain body temperature. The food they need to consume every day is higher than that of large transverse animals. Eating while pulling is the norm for these creatures - hamsters, chinchillas or rabbits.
Mom said that he fell in the group of rats, crushed a few of them to death, and then fought hard. So why didn’t he stick to the feces? The armor of the mixed-race dwarf does not have the function of automatically cleaning up feces. So are there any other possibilities?
He is lying? Feiqi shook his head. The possibility is very small, or not. As a contract demon, Feiqi can judge lies by observing the soul. Although it cannot be ensured that it is accurate, Momm obviously does not have enough ability to deceive him. However, there is a possibility that it still exists. For example, someone deceived Momm with illusions, making him believe very much in everything he saw. Then when he reposted, he absolutely believes that he was telling the truth, so the soul fire will not have lies fluctuations.
Before, Qitanna had proved that she was a very good illusion caster, and it was inevitable that she would not meet the second one again. Using the dwarf Mom to lure Feich out, or it might be possible to catch the lord, the big fish, which is definitely a good deal. However, Feich was alert, especially for spells that affect emotions and create hallucinations, he mentioned twelve caution, and it would be difficult for the other party to succeed. In terms of illusion, Feich, who interrogated all the skills and secrets from Qitanna, was not much worse than her.
Is there any other possibility? Feiqi continued to think on the horse's back. If it wasn't for illusion, if there was indeed no feces in the mouse hole, what kind of results could it lead to? Fat mice, living intensively, without or lacking feces - it's very much like a feedlot.
"This is too fantastic, right? A rat breeding ground? Wait, what if that isn't a rat? After all, will a normal rat be that big? If it's a feeding ground, who is raising it?" Feiqi wanted to find a way to prove that he was just thinking about it, but he found that he could not rule out this possibility at all.
Unless he knows that there are some kind of food underground that is particularly fond of, which can eat fat and not leave much feces, and can even break through the body size limit to some extent. If there is such a thing, it may be considered a big discovery, and the kind that can be rewarded when reported to the sect.
Along the way, the less illusions and ambushing, the smaller the possibility of the first one, and the greater the possibility of the feedlot. Feiqi secretly observed that Mom was really afraid of mice, even if there was not a single one around him, but as long as he kept getting closer, he would become more and more nervous. "Mom, do you need a rest? I see that you have sweat on your forehead."
"No, it's better to kill the rats as soon as possible." Mom reached out and touched his forehead, and his fingers felt really slippery. He looked at Feich and Diderit, and then smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry to let you laugh at me. I can fight with the dragon, but I'm just afraid of the rats. This is a very annoying problem. I know, but I just can't change it."
"Why is this happening?" asked Didrit.
"My village was plague, and it was when I was very young. My mother put me in a basket, hung it on the beam of the well, and kept guarding it. Most of the people in the village died of plague and famine. I was taken to the church by my injured mother and met Boss Kiplin, so she joined the Ice Peak Fortress. Unfortunately, my mother was infected with the wound and could not catch up with treatment, so she died soon." Mom frowned and sweat beads popped out one by one. He felt dry mouth, so he hurriedly took a big sip of water.
"I was too young at that time and was still in my infancy. I heard from Boss Kipling. But I might be very impressed by the rat disaster that year and had been imprinted into my soul, so I was particularly scared. In fact, if I could think of the specific situation, I might be able to overcome it. Now, I...ah..."
"This is indeed difficult to deal with. I hope you can gradually overcome and get rid of this fear." Diderit pursed his lips tightly, "I have never seen the flood of mice, but it is quite terrifying to think about it. This situation must not happen in my territory. My people, whether humans or elves, must have a safe and warm environment. And this environment cannot accommodate mice!"
"It should be that I can't tolerate all pests." Feiqi thought about whether he would tell Didrit about the "elimination of the four pests". Perhaps it would be better to do it when Minas Ishir's manpower is richer.
A clear bird song came from the sky, which attracted everyone's attention. Feiqi quickly glanced around without any signs of illusion, while Alway raised his hand and said to everyone with a smile: "Don't be nervous, it's the bird that sent the letter, come to me."
A chubby young falcon fell from the sky and almost fell into Elway's arms. I don't know if the rest of the movements should be considered as rolling brakes or deliberately acting cute. "This is my fifth generation falcon, and they are all like family members. It is very small and cannot fight, but there is no problem with sending letters."
The reason why you can't fight is not age but body shape, right? It's almost like a ball, so it's not a fight but a delivery of food! Alway didn't care about this, took the letter from the Falcon's feet, looked at it for a few seconds and handed it to Didlit.
Chapter completed!