Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Sophia is a flowery girl, not only thin and pitiful, but also not tall.

Lawrence took a walking stick made of wood and carried a finely woven basket made by his sisters-in-law. He took the purchased seeds and set foot on the road to the north with the slave girl.

It is very dangerous to carry swords and axes on long distances. The people here are simple and simple, so Lawrence prepared a dagger that can be easily hidden.

Sophia followed Lawrence honestly. There was no slave contract in this world, and Lawrence didn't know magic. The relationship between the two parties was just a certificate.

"Master, let me carry the basket for you." After Sophia and Lawrence left the city, they took the initiative to apply for work.

Lawrence smiled and said: "No, just follow me honestly. It will take us a long time to find a place to stay."

Sophia hurriedly said: "Please let me do something! I can do anything!"

Lawrence asked strangely: "Why are you so anxious to do something?"

Sophia said in a panic: "If I don't do something, people will notice me. I am a slave. If I don't do something, I will be beaten. People will find me and bully me."

Lawrence had nothing necessary for Sophia to do and said, "Well, just pay attention to your surroundings. If there are people or animals approaching us, just tell me."

Sophia quickly accepted this task and began to look forward and backward vigilantly, looking left and right.

Lawrence didn't speak, and the two walked for more than four hours before stopping to rest.

Sophia stood next to Lawrence, her small body looking as honest as an animal.

Lawrence said: "Sit down, let's have something to eat, and tell you about me by the way."

"Yes! Master!" Sophia's feet were in severe pain, and she quickly followed Lawrence's example and sat down cross-legged.

Lawrence took out the gnocchi and water and gave half to Sophia.

"My name is Lawrence. I used to be a child of a baron in the city. Now I have been kicked out. Because I am too lonely, I want to have a companion."

Lawrence ate the gnocchi, which was not very tasty but was easy to fill up. After swallowing a sip of water, he said, "I originally wanted to buy a beautiful woman to keep me company."

Sophia quickly said: "I will definitely become a beautiful woman that my master likes in the future!"

Lawrence smiled and said nothing else, and continued: "I met a serf named Martin in the manor. He told me that his hometown is in the mountains in the north, and there is a quiet cabin in the mountains."

"I don't have anywhere to go, so I'll just go there and spend the rest of my life quietly."

Sophia curiously asked: "Why not go to the south? It is very cold in the north and there is no place for people to live there. Even the assigned knights are not willing to go there."

Lawrence explained: "Because going to the south is even more uneasy. When I was at the manor, I found that the potatoes have become worse and worse in the past two years. Many potatoes are infected with the potato virus. Within a year or two, a virus will sweep across the Kingdom of Luofen and the world." Famine will occur in the Taiki Kingdom.”

"We are easily affected wherever we go now, so why not find a quieter place and live a good life."

Sophia looked surprised, "Is that so?"

Lawrence did not continue this topic. There were no magicians in the city, but there was an organization like the Church, so Lawrence did not get into trouble, otherwise he would probably have no good end if he got burned.

The two rested for a while, and Lawrence rationed the food. Sofia ate as much as he gave her, and did not ask for more.

After walking for half a month, the two people who were covered with travel finally arrived at the Agama Mountains in the north without any danger.

The Agama Mountains are a mountainous region, and there are three regions in the Kingdom of Lofen.

They are Tlandata City, which is close to the south and has a relatively warm climate. The main group is plains barbarians.

In coastal areas, ice sea pirates make a living by fishing and robbing.

The undulating valleys and forests of the Agama Mountains are home to barbarians who rely on collecting and breeding.

However, except for the group near the main city of Luofen Kingdom, the rest are small groups with less than a few hundred people, and they are all very scattered.

The place Lawrence was going to was neither a town nor a village, just an unnamed mountain with huts, located between the valley and the coast.

You must not be too close to the seaside, at least thirty kilometers away, otherwise you will die when a storm comes.

There are not many people in this other world. There are fewer travelers, and naturally there are no bandits who make a living by robbing.

Lawrence and Sophia tried their best to stay away from those villages, and did not touch the wild fruits and vegetables on the road. They managed to reach the villages and towns near their destination by relying on half a basket of gnocchi and collected water.

"It should be here. Let's go to the mountain and have a look. If we can find the cabin, we've found the right place."

Lawrence looked around. Yesterday on the road, he passed a manor with a large field. After walking for about ten hours to get here, it should be almost there.

Sophia wiped the sweat from her face and asked, "Master, have you been here before?"

"No, it's my first time here too." Lawrence carried a basket on his back and a wooden stick to explore the path in the grass.

The mountain road here has long lost its original appearance, and it is impossible to tell whether someone has walked on it.

Sophia followed Lawrence into the grass on the sloping hillside, struggling to move forward in the grass that reached her shoulders, and she had to keep an eye on Lawrence's figure to avoid getting separated from him.

"Master, you don't look like you are here for the first time. You have walked very fast along the way. Among the people I have met, you are the most knowledgeable guide!"

Lawrence suddenly realized this, "It seems like this. I am indeed better than others at distinguishing east, west, north and south."

Distinguishing between east, west, north and south is not something that everyone can do. It seems useless, but in this era, it seems to be of many uses.

Lawrence can be sure that less than one tenth of the people in this world can distinguish between east, west, north and south.

Martin just told some past events and described the place and location of his hometown. Lawrence could find this place. This was a talent possessed by very few talents.

The roads in the mountains are difficult to walk, especially those that have not been traveled by anyone for many years.

The two walked and stopped, chatting from time to time and making noise to scare away the bugs, snakes and rats nearby.

While chatting, a man's voice suddenly came from nearby.

"Ahhhh! Ahhhhhhh!"

The man's painful voice came here from a distance. Lawrence and Sophia both heard it and quickly looked around to lock their position.

The man's shouting continued, and before Sofia could determine his location, Lawrence had already found the direction of the sound by feeling.

"Let's go take a look."

Lawrence quickly went over with a wooden stick, and Sophia followed with a wooden stick she made.

After walking more than fifty meters, Lawrence saw the shouting man near a ditch.

It was an uncle who looked to be in his forties or fifties. Half of his body was sunk into the grass, as if he was stuck in a swamp.

Andrew saw a boy and a girl appearing nearby and quickly shouted: "Help me! Don't come close, help me! Go to the bottom of the mountain and call someone!"

Lawrence found that there was not much difference in the language between the two parties, so he stood there and said: "Of course, please keep quiet first, so that it will not sink easily. The more nervous you are, the faster it will sink."

Andrew took a deep breath and quickly said in a suppressed voice: "Child, no matter who you are, go find the adults quickly and tell them that Andrew was bitten by the man-eating water!"

"I'm an adult, just call me Lawrence."

Lawrence took the basket off his body and first used a wooden stick to explore the area. After making sure that the area was safe, he found the rope from the basket.

The rope was only two meters long, but when Andrew, who was six or seven meters away, saw the rope, his eyes became enthusiastic.

Lawrence looked at the nearby swamp magic water.

Lawrence was a little surprised that a swamp appeared in the mountains, but it should have been a sunken river pit before. The nutrients in the river water breed a large number of duckweed and aquatic plants. This structure may also form after covering some lawns and being dried in the sun.

It's like a pit filled with farmyard manure. The top dries after being exposed to the sun. It looks like hard soil, but in fact it's still soft inside.

Once people step on it, they will fall into the pit. Many people died in this natural trap in ancient times.

Sophia cut off the branches, and with the help of the two of them, uncle Andrew quickly climbed out of the man-eating water.

"Thank you! Lawrence, you saved my life, I want to repay you!"

Andrew narrowly escaped death. After crawling out of the swamp, he was in a state of excitement and asked Lawrence: "Lawrence, are you married?"

Lawrence smiled and said, "No."

Andrew was even happier, "I have a daughter who is not married yet! I am looking for a husband for her!"