Chapter 437: Missing blacksmith

The road to Vulcan Mountain is extremely difficult.
In addition to rugged roads, the closer it is to Mount Vulcan, the hotter the weather becomes.
The carriage's speed is getting slower and slower. Even the driver of the car can swing his horse to speed up the horse. Obviously, even the animals know that there is not a good place in front of them, and their instincts drive them to escape from this place. .
The carriage finally stopped helplessly, and the driver raised the curtain and said anxiously to the guests inside, "Everyone, we really have no way to go before."
"But haven't we already paid for the car?" There was a voice of dissatisfaction from the girls in the carriage. It seemed to be very dissatisfied with the driver's violation of the contract: "At least dozens of miles away from Vulcan Mountain, aren't you? Going to leave us and let us go? "
"I'm so sorry!" After hearing the complaint, the driver quickly apologized.
As the other party said, the guests had paid the fare in full at the time of departure. Such a refusal to carry the car has violated the spirit of the contract. If the other party intends, they can even return to the Portia territory and report them to the police. This dishonest behavior.
But the coachman still has no plans to continue the trip.
It is true that the fare given by the guests is very high, far exceeding the market price, but the driver couldn't think of it. Vulcan Mountain is so hot.
You know, as early as three years ago, he had brought guests here, but at that time, Vulcan Mountain was in the quiet period and would not emit such amazing heat at all.
"Guest, this time is our fault. We are willing to return the fare in accordance with the rules and pay double the compensation."
Even if it hurts a lot, it's better to keep moving forward.
As a driver, knowing the condition of the carriage is an indispensable skill. If you continue to move forward, the high temperature will cause his horse to die completely. At that time, this will not be solved by the fare. He still has to find a way. Hike back to Portia from the vicinity of Mount Vulcan, maybe you will kill yourself!
"Beaver, don't embarrass them."
There was a male voice in the carriage. His words made the driver smile gratefully.
"Guest, thank you for your weight. I will pay right now."
"No need." The flirtatious fox girl jumped off the carriage. Before that, she complained that it was not directed at the driver. The kind fox girl couldn't see it. The other party really had no choice: "You don't need to give money, But give us extra food and water, and maps. "
"no problem!"
Compared to the amount to admire, a little grain and drinking water, plus a rough map, are nothing at all.
Soon, the driver completed the delivery of the supplies. After all thanks, he turned away with the carriage.
Unlike before, the horses pulling the cart seem to feel the owner's intention to escape from here. There is no need to drive them away.
"It seems that even a farm animal knows that the front is very dangerous." Wang Jun, who got out of the car, looked up at the sun and said with a tone of voice.
Although it is not snowy at this time of the day, it should be the autumn season.
But at this moment, even if Wang Jun doesn't have a thermometer in hand, he can roughly estimate that the temperature here is over fifty degrees, and what is more frightening is that the farther you go, the hotter the weather will become.
In high temperature environments, the body's moisture evaporates very quickly.
Fortunately, A Tan has left most of the drinking water just now, so in a short time, there should be no problem.
Besides, there are several water magicians among them.
Although the water taste created by the elements is a little bit special, at a time when life and death are at stake, Wang Jun does not worry so much.
"It's so hot!" Laks kept waving her little hand, trying to cool herself in this way.
But unfortunately, she was not only futile in doing so, but also exacerbated by intensifying her physical movements.
The rest are similar to him, the only difference is Nunu.
The strong snowman knight is still wearing his plush coat, and the heat around him seems to not affect him in half.
"Nunu, don't you feel the heat?"
"No, it's cool, do you mean it, Willem?"
Willup, lying on the head of Nunu, heard Nunu's voice, jumped up and screamed softly.
Even if everyone couldn't hear the beastly words, this did not prevent them from comprehending the meaning of the little man from the rumbling of Willamp.
"Wait, how do I feel cool just now?"
"Well, do you feel the same way?"
"Yes, I also feel a cold air."
The crowd looked at each other, and soon their eyes fell on Nunu and Willup.
No matter whether it is Willa or Beatrix, there is no way to take this weather. If there is anyone who can "cool", it can only be Willamp, who masters the magic of ice and snow.
The hot weather seemed to have the effect of slowing people's thinking. Until then, they remembered that Weilanpu created absolutely zero degrees of snow and ice Warcraft!
With such a head of WoW unused, they have been hot for no reason for several days. For this reason, they even lost the carriage for travel!
A few minutes later, a white beast appeared among the crowd.
The beast was Willamp, who was in shape, and Nunu was sitting on the back of Willamp with a sullen face.
Just now, the angry crowd almost didn't remove him.
"Nunu, I was so good to you before, you watched us suffer without saying a word."
"But I don't know!" Nunu said aggrievedly.
Since the conclusion of the contract with Willump, Nunu has added her coat. Since then, she has not suffered the cold and the heat, and will no longer suffer from the weather like ordinary people.
Therefore, if no one told him, but he could not find it by himself, the place was so hot that he would not let Willamp return to his real life and act as an air conditioner.
Well, everyone also knew that Willamp was telling the truth, and he couldn't blame him at all, so after complaining for a while, he thoroughly exposed the matter.
With the mobile air conditioner from Wei Langpu, everyone finally need not worry about the heat, but the distance of the next few tens of miles is also a big challenge for them.
The mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk.
At the beginning, everyone could still see the trace of the road, but as they got closer and closer to Vulcan Mountain, the surrounding area became more and more barren. The road was completely covered by the grass. If it was not the faint Vulcan Mountain, Coupled with the map in hand to guide the direction of the crowd, maybe Wang Jun and his party would really get lost.
"You say the weather is so hot, is it strange that these weeds are still growing so lush?"
"This is Fire Phosphorus." It was Benjamin who spoke. As a master, he was no stranger to this kind of grass. Seeing the students showed a puzzled look, he couldn't help answering: "This grass is different from ordinary plants and likes high temperatures. The hotter the environment, the better it will grow. The alchemist will use it when making certain alchemy potions. "
"That being the case, wouldn't we make a lot of money if we brought all the fireweed here back and sold it to the alchemist?" The vat was originally listless. After listening to Benjamin's words, the spirit immediately came.
You must know that the barrel is good, but drinking requires money, and the barrel does not have a stable source of money, which causes most of him to be shy when he wants to drink.
So for him, if he can collect a lot of fossil grass to make a lot of money, there is no need to worry about the future wine.
"You can try it, but pyrophosphine is difficult to store. It will wither and die after the temperature is below 30 degrees." Well, the hope that the barrel has just risen is suddenly extinguished.
He didn't have any means of heat preservation, and even if he could pluck all the fossils around, he wouldn't go back.
Obviously a large amount of gold is in front of him, but it can't be taken away, which makes the barrel very frustrated.
"Kegs, rest assured. When I go back, I ask you to drink a year of wine!" Jiawen patted his shoulders as a sign of comfort after seeing the conditions of the kegs.
After entering the college, Jiawen was the party to be cared for. He was grateful but also somewhat ashamed. One of them wanted to reward his classmates, but unfortunately there was no chance.
Jia Wen thinks that there is nothing extraordinary. If a little gold coins can make the barrel happy, it would be really good.
"Do you really mean it?" The barrel heard the news, his spirit was shocked, but soon he hesitated, and said, "One year is OK, just ask me to drink for three days and three nights."
Wang Jun heard and nodded secretly.
Although the barrels are sometimes mixed up, they still know the size.
Although Jiawen is the prince, if the amount of wine in the barrel is opened, let alone a year, even if it is a month, Jiawen may not be able to bear it.
"Just say so, and we!"
"If you don't mind, it's one of my husbands." Infected by the atmosphere, Master Benjamin actually stepped in.
"It's a word." Jiawen clenched his fists tightly. Although he still thinks most about how to forge the Atalma Halberd, but he also started to think about where to get one. Good wine.
"You see, those seem to be houses!"
Just as the atmosphere was in harmony, Lax's voice sounded.
In the direction she was pointing at, everyone saw a house-like building.
It is similar, because the house at the moment is already broken and most of it is covered by the fireweed. After everyone has checked it, they are sure.
The further forward, more and more similar houses, and even everyone found a dry well!
"It looks like this should be a deserted village." Xiao Huangmao said first.
"Not only that, the villagers here have not moved away for more than a year," Kieran added.
"how do you know?"
Little Huang Mao was surprised. His dignified adventurer couldn't tell when the village was deserted. How did Kieran figure it out?
"Does this tell you magic of time?"
"Time magic doesn't have this kind of function." Kieran shook his head, then took out a note that did not know where to turn it out: "This is a diary. The last time of the note is not a year away. "
Well, very reasonable guess, isn't it?
Wang Jun took over the notebook in Kiran's hand.
Although not long, but because of long-term high temperature baking, the notebook not only yellowed, but also became very fragile.
With a little effort, the pages of the book will be shattered.
According to the tone of the text on the notebook, it can be inferred that the original owner of the notebook should be a little girl.
The first half of the notebook roughly records the little things of the little girl's daily life, which is full of childlike fun.
But from the beginning of the one-year period, the little girl's mood seemed to have plummeted.
There are few cheerful things in the contents of the notes. On the contrary, the words are filled with sorrow that she should not have at this age.
The culprit that led to all this is the hot weather.
The hot weather dried up the well water, the fields were barren, and the livestock died ...
Successive chain reactions have severely affected the lives of the little girl's family.
On the last page of the notebook, the little girl's family planned to move away.
"It looks like the situation is already obvious. Vulcan Mountain has become active again. The high temperature has led to the destruction of this village. UU reads www.uukanshu.com," said Xiao Huangmao.
Wang Jun sighed softly and planned to put down his notes.
But at this moment, the laptop finally couldn't stand the hot weather. When it touched the desktop, it cracked and became fragmented.
Wang Jun didn't bother with the notebook that had reached the end of his life. In his mind, he still thought about what he had just seen from the notebook.
In the notebook just now, the little girl wrote down a thing with a very small space, which is easy to miss if you don't take a closer look.
"Teacher, are you thinking of the blacksmith recorded in the notes?" Beatrix followed Wang Jun from the beginning, and seeing his expression now, it was easy to guess what he was thinking.
"That's right." Wang Jun nodded, without concealing his inner thoughts, and said, "According to the notes just now, there was originally a blacksmith in this village who was responsible for helping the villagers build farm tools and knives, but after Vulcan Mountain became active again Everyone has moved out of here, but this blacksmith is still there. "
According to the little girl's records, after the resurrection of Vulcan Mountain, almost all the villagers planned to leave, but only the blacksmiths in the village chose to stay.
In the notebook, the naive girl faithfully records why the blacksmith did not intend to leave.
That blacksmith intends to enter Vulcan Mountain!
Today's village, with the exception of them, has no more shadows. If the little girl is telling the truth and the blacksmith hasn't changed his mind since then, then the other party should be in Vulcan Mountain.
"If this is the case, we may be able to ask him to build the Atalma Halberd," Jia Wen said excitedly.
"Don't hold too much hope." At a critical moment, Xiao Huangmao poured cold water on Jiawen: "No one knows whether the blacksmith finally changed his mind. Besides, he may have died long ago."