Chapter 31 A Little Gossip
Chapter 31 A Little Gossip
After quickly flipping through two magazines, Rod took off his glasses and prepared to start today’s physical training.
”I told you not to crawl under the bed.”
Rod lifted Worm’s neck, and Worm’s four legs naturally drooped, with a part of his tongue exposed outside and his little horns drooping down, looking pitiful and asking for “please don’t scold me”.
”That’s right.” Rod put Worm down, went to the laundry room to get a basin of water and a rag.
Worm sat on the ground obediently waiting for Rod to wipe his fur.
However, Rod threw the rag to it: “You are all dirty anyway, so help me clean the bottom of the bed, it’s inconvenient for me to do it.”
Worm: ? ? ? “If you finish wiping before I come back, I’ll buy you some cookies tomorrow. See you later!”
Worm hesitantly lifted the rag with his little paw.
Rod closed the door with a click and went downstairs to run.
The route was slightly different from yesterday. Since he already knew where his limit was, Rod controlled the turning point a little, and estimated that running home would be just enough to make him tired.
When you start running, you can still think about your future training plan and think about whether to get a sandbag to hit at home.
In the second half of the run, the only thought left is “one more step, one more step”.
This kind of training is effective – at least Rod is getting more and more skilled in applying cold compresses and external injury medicine to himself.
When he dragged his legs that felt like they were filled with lead and climbed the stairs by the handrail, he saw a “little gray dog” squatting at the door.
“You really wiped it, it’s worth encouraging.”
Rod moved to the bedside and threw himself on the bed. His first thought was: ‘It’s over, I’m covered in sweat, and I have to change the sheets.’
Worm looked at Rhodes with his tongue out and thought for a while, then jumped onto the chair, then onto the table, and jumped onto the bed with the bottle of potion Rhodes used yesterday.
”Thank you.” Rhodes struggled to prop up his body, took the bottle of medicine, and saw the gray mark left by Worm on the bed sheet at a glance.
”…”
Worm felt guilty when he looked at him, stepped back a few steps and jumped off the bed, leaving a few more footprints.
”Okay, I’ll take you to take a shower first.”——The dawn in summer always comes very early, and it was already bright when Rhodes opened his eyes.
Worm, who was sleeping on the pillow, disappeared again as before.
Rhodes didn’t know whether it was because the magic supply was interrupted after he fell asleep, or because the summoned creature had a time limit.
He got out of bed, put on his slippers and stretched himself. The soreness in his legs and the obvious increase in magic power in his body made him feel very at ease.
Maybe it’s because the base is too small, as long as you work hard, you can easily see the results.
”Ding, MP limit +10!”
Rod dubbed his silent golden finger.
The increase in magic power is a happy event, but what made him happier was the discovery when he tried to feel the condition of the river crab through the necklace after meditation last night.
Rod not only “saw” the river crab diving into the water, but also saw an entire river channel, and… another river crab.
The other party walked leisurely in the downstream of the river channel, as if on patrol.
Rod felt that he could summon this river crab at any time if he wanted.
When the injured river crab recovers, he should be able to summon two at the same time.
He felt his own magic power – okay, I have to practice for a few more days.
Rhode washed up and went out, saying hello to Goodman as usual, and summoned Worm.
He didn’t forget to buy Worm a pack of biscuits on the way.
Funds reduced by 500J.
Looking at Worm who swallowed a biscuit happily with a roll of his tongue, Rhode considered the feeding plan.
The Poro in the game needs to eat Poro delicacies to grow up… Although it looks like biscuits, what ingredients are used to make that thing? Should I find more ingredients and let Worm distinguish them by himself?
That’s a way. While thinking, the guild has arrived.
Rhode did some cleaning work as usual, and waited for Marcus, who had an appointment yesterday, to come before going to the backyard together.
He had already inquired about Marcus’s situation. He used sand magic, and was good at defense, but not so good at offense.
Overall strength…
Mira gave a tactful evaluation of “not so impressive compared to Erza”, which was considered to save face for Marcus.
Rod thought about it carefully and thought that what she wanted to say might beIt was in the entire guild, and its strength was not very impressive.
Then, Rhodes lost again.
Although Marcus could not knock down the Canyon Swift Crab as cleanly as Natsu, he could still block the river crab’s advance.
When the river crab hit the sand wall with a thud, several sand ropes entangled the river crab’s legs, restricting its movement.
”It seems that it can only be used as a functional wild monster.” Rhodes completely recognized the positioning of the river crab.
Marcus walked around the river crab and walked towards Rhodes: “Do you want to continue fighting?”
Rhodes took a stance: “Fight.”
…
It is impossible to beat him. The experience of just two fights is not comparable to that of others who fight every now and then.
Even if Marcus, who is not outstanding in strength, is easy to deal with Rhodes.
It’s just that Marcus pays more attention to “stopping at the right time”, so he didn’t leave Rhodes with any bruises or other scars.
In Marcus’ words, “I don’t want a friend I just met to not want to talk to me the next day.”
For someone like him who likes to talk to people, the audience is very important.
Rod thought that since Marcus liked it, he would chat with him for ten dollars before work.
Whether it was to get more information or to correct his common language, Rhode also needed to communicate with people.
”A way to quickly improve magic power? There is no such thing. Magic power can only be increased by hard practice.
Oh, by the way, as age increases, magic power will naturally increase. Take me for example, I am 16 years old now, and in seven or eight years, I will definitely become very strong.
Hey, how old are you, Rhode?”
”Almost 19 years old…” Rhode was stunned. How should I calculate my age and birthday in the future? “18 years old, then you are the same age as Erza, Mira, Bisca, and Arzak…”
Marcus thought for a moment, and patted Rhode’s shoulder as if to comfort him, “Keep working hard.”
”…” He was not comforted at all.
”Speaking of which, Bisca has not been learning magic for a long time, and now she can be independent, so you don’t have to worry at all. Just work hard…”
As Marcus spoke, Rhode’s eyes fell on the green-haired girl chatting with Erza.
That’s Bisca. Although they didn’t greet each other formally, Lacy introduced Rhode to her.
Bisca has a good relationship with Erza, and she can also use the magic of changing clothes, but she changes to various guns.
In addition, there is also enthusiastic popular science (gossip) from Mira: Bisca learned the magic of changing clothes because she admired Erza, and she also liked Arzak who was good at gun magic.
According to Mira’s observation, Arzak would occasionally stare at Biska’s back in a daze, and she felt that the two would be together sooner or later.
Arzak… Rod looked for a while, and indeed found a handsome guy dressed like a cowboy not far from Biska.
Rod discovered that his guild not only had many weirdos, but also many handsome men and beauties.
Some book friends said that the names did not match the people and they could not remember who was who, so some illustrations were added in the previous chapters, and I will try to add pictures in the later chapters.
(End of this chapter)
