Chapter 68 Dendrobium Village
Chapter 68 Dendrobium Village
The Dendrobium Village is located about two kilometers away from the Dendrobium Mountain Range. It is not wrong to say that it is at the foot of the mountain, so it is named after the mountain.
The Dendrobium Mountain Range has five peaks and stretches for dozens of kilometers. Because the mountain is relatively flat, it provides a good growth environment for many plants and a good living environment for animals.
As the saying goes, you live by the mountain and you live by the water. In the past, when the harvest was not good, the villagers of Dendrobium Village often went to the mountains to pick and hunt, and they would also guard against the occasional wild animals that came down the mountain to find food.
Because of this, the villagers cut wood for materials and built a tall wooden wall outside the village with rough wood.
Even inside the wall and on both sides of the gate, two sentry towers were set up on the left and right.
Two members of the hunter team are standing guard on the sentry towers.
They saw a strange big crab running nearby and then suddenly disappeared. They thought they were too tired and dizzy, so they were complaining about why their companions hadn’t come to take over.
Just then, they saw six strange beasts slowly walking towards the gate.
”Bit! There are strange beasts coming!”
”I saw it, Mastiff! It shouldn’t be dizziness this time.” The young man called Bit picked up the bow and arrow,
”Ring the bell, call everyone… Wait a minute! There are people, there are people on the backs of the beasts.”
As the six figures approached, the two guards saw that two of the strange beasts were carrying a black-haired boy and a cherry-haired boy on their backs, and there seemed to be a cat.
Not only that, the beasts were walking backwards because they were dragging something. Looking closely, it seemed to be wild boars? Rod noticed that someone on the sentry tower was pointing a bow and arrow at them, and quickly raised his hand to stop the stone beetles.
Natsu looked at the man holding the bow and arrow warily and shouted, “We are the wizards of Fairy Tail, and we have accepted the commission to defeat the beasts!”
Hearing that it was a wizard, the two relaxed their vigilance a little, but Mastiff still held the rope of the bell and asked, “What’s the matter with those monsters?”
”It’s my magic, used to carry the wild boars defeated on the road.” Rod waved his hand, making the three stone beetles disappear, and the wild boars they were dragging fell to the ground.
Bit finally put away the bow and arrow, but said, “Please come closer, we need to confirm your emblem before we can open the door.”
Natsu and Happy jumped off the stone beetle and showed the emblem in front of the door, one on the right arm and the other on the back.
Rod sat on the stone beetle and walked forward. He was worried that the other party would have a brain seizure and immediately drag Natsu and Happy away.
Fortunately, this did not happen.
The two guards confirmed that they all had the Fairy Tail emblem, and immediately turned the capstan to raise the gate.
This way of opening the door made Rhodes very uneasy. He always felt that the rope might suddenly break when he passed through, and then the gate would fall and crush him.
”I’m very sorry, I was so rude just now.” Mastiff looked at the stone beetles dragging the wild boars into the door and asked, “Excuse me, these wild boars…”
”I encountered these wild boars destroying the wheat fields on the way here, so I cleaned them up.”
Rhodes said, “But a large area of wheat fields was also destroyed during the battle. I wonder if they can be used to compensate.”
Mastiff said quickly: “So that’s the case, please don’t blame yourself, if you didn’t stop them, they would have destroyed it too.”
Natsu smiled at Rhodes: “What do you think, I said it’s okay, right?”
Rhodes looked at him, no problem, if I hadn’t come today, this buddy would regret what he said.
Rhodes asked Natsu to take out the letter of authorization and asked: “Excuse me, where does Mr. Panther Leopard live? We need to find the client to confirm the details of the mission.”
”That’s the name of the village chief. I’ll take you there.” Mastiff said, “Bit, I’ll leave it to you.”
Bit nodded: “Remember to ask someone to deal with the wild boar.”
Mastiff waved his hand and walked in front to lead the way for Rhodes, Natsu and Happy.
The village chief’s house is located on a street in the center of the village. The main building is a two-story building with a large courtyard.
”Village chief, the wizard of Fairy Tail is here!” Because the gate of the courtyard was open, Mastiff shouted outside the door and took Rhodes and the others in, waiting in the courtyard.
Rhodes observed the terrain by the way.
The courtyard of the village chief’s house is not small. Near the left side of the gateThe place is a cowshed, where a cow stands and chews something.
On the right is a chicken coop. Because it is getting dark, there are no chickens running around outside, and there are occasional clucking sounds from the chicken coop.
Further inside, there is a slightly simple house on each side, which may be a firewood room and a warehouse.
‘If the situation is urgent, you can ask the stone beetle to burrow underground and run away. The courtyard wall is not high, so you should be able to ask the razor-beaked bird to carry it and fly out, or ask the river crab to hit the wall. ’
‘If you don’t have time to call the wild monsters, you can step on the chicken coop to gain leverage and directly climb over the wall, or climb the cowshed. ’
Rod planned several escape routes and felt much more at ease.
At this time, an old man about fifty years old came out with a cane, followed by a beautiful woman who was less than thirty years old.
The old man had sunken eyes and a sad face, probably worried about the village.
The beautiful woman’s lips were slightly pale, and her face was sad, as if she had just cried.
”Are you two the wizards who accepted the commission?” The village chief’s voice was old and a little tired.
”Yes, three of you. My name is Harpy, and I am also a wizard of Fairy Tail!”
Harpy grew wings behind his back and flew up, turning his back to show his emblem.
Natsu and Rhodes reported their names.
”Sorry, I am the village chief Panther Leopard here, and this is my daughter-in-law Snow.” After the village chief introduced, he made a gesture of invitation, “Please come in and sit down.”
”Village chief, there is one more thing…” Mastiff told the story of the wild boar.
“That kind of thing doesn’t matter. After the wizards have solved the problem, we can check whose wheat it is.”
Pansel leaned on his crutches, “Then we will do what the wizards want. If it’s not enough, I can compensate for it.”
”No, old village chief.” It was Natsu who retorted first, “We, the wizards of Fairy Tail, must compensate for the things we destroyed! Right, Happy, Rod?”
You are so proud! The rules are indeed like this, Rod nodded helplessly.
”Then it’s decided, Mastiff, you go do your own thing first.”
”Yes, village chief.”
Mastiff left, Rod frowned, always feeling that the village chief seemed a little anxious, would there be any problem?
Several people followed Pansel and Snow into the living room. The beautiful woman Snow poured tea for them and stood quietly behind Pansel.
He took the teacup and put it to his mouth to drink. He took a look at the living room and finally found the problem.
There was a photo of an adult man hanging on the wall of the living room – in black and white.
Looking closely, he found that Panther and Snow both had a black cloth tied on their sleeves.
Is it their relatives who died recently because of the beast? There is actually another step in the process of accepting the task, which I omitted.
After the wizard sets out, the guild usually notifies the client that the task has been accepted by sending a letter using a communication magic crystal or a communication bird. Sometimes it will be accompanied by a brief information of the acceptor to facilitate both parties to confirm their identities to avoid impersonation.
A similar method can also be used to issue commissions. The client does not necessarily need to go to the guild in person.
(End of this chapter)
