Ray was annoyed by Sui Xiong's stupid questions. He thought about them seriously, and the more he thought about them, the more distressed he became. He couldn't think of a satisfactory answer.
So that night, he couldn't sleep.
Of course, he didn't know that the questions raised by Sui Xiong were carefully designed by some troublemakers in the Internet world on Earth to let readers experience the "malice of the world." Even scholars on Earth often frowned when faced with such questions and couldn't think of a perfect answer, let alone a bandit from another world.
The next day, when Sui Xiong intended to discuss the world and life with him again, Ray directly tore two rags and stuffed his ears to show his determination not to cooperate.
Sui Xiong could easily snatch the two rags away, but since Ray didn't want to discuss this topic, why would he ask for a snub? There was no point in forcing someone to do things, and there was no point in forcing someone to do things.
But some things could not be forced, and some things could not be forced.
For example, saving people.
When it was getting dark that day, they were very close to the edge of the Graystone Mountains. When they were camping, they heard fighting and cries for help.
According to Ray's plan, he wanted to continue moving forward. Even if they had to travel at night, they had to leave the Graystone Mountains and camp. Unfortunately, they encountered a cliff. Sui Xiong cast a detection spell and determined that it would take nearly a day to get around the cliff, and if they built a temporary bridge, it would not be much faster. Since Sui Xiong was too lazy to help build a bridge, Ray had to take a detour, so the distance was greatly increased, and he had to sleep in the mountains again.
Ray was not afraid to sleep in the open. They were already at the edge of the Graystone Mountains, and theoretically, there should be no magic beasts. Even if there were, most of them were defeated soldiers who escaped from the depths of the mountains. These days, he had been marching in the mountains and killed many powerful magic beasts, not to mention these weak chickens! They would just die in vain, and he could take advantage of them.
But he was really tired of the environment in the mountains. Not to mention the poisonous snakes and beasts, just the endless variety of poisonous insects was enough to annoy him. Even if he had insect repellent and didn't have to worry about being bitten, the buzzing sound at night was annoying!
In addition, before going to bed every day, Sui Xiong would always talk to him about ideals and life, which made him even more annoyed.
Sui Xiong no longer asked those awkward questions that made him feel like his balls were about to fall to the ground. Instead, he seriously talked to him about topics like "The most precious thing for a person is life, and life belongs to everyone only once …" or "A person's ability is big or small, but as long as he has this bit of spirit …"
These topics made him feel extremely heavy, even more uncomfortable than those annoying questions. But he couldn't avoid such a topic, because it would make him feel weak.
However, discussing these topics before going to bed would obviously affect the quality of sleep. Coupled with the endless stream of chattering bugs, he couldn't sleep well almost every day, and his mental state was deteriorating.
Therefore, he was very much looking forward to getting out of the deep mountains as soon as possible and entering the territory of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins. There would definitely be some people there. At that time, perhaps this jellyfish god, who had the hobby of being a life teacher, would shift his target to someone else, so that he could at least sleep soundly.
Even if this hateful jellyfish god still pestered him with questions and discussed those profound questions, at least there wouldn't be any annoying bugs!
But, not today.
So Ray was in a very bad mood, so when he heard the sound of fighting and asking for help in the distance, he didn't want to care at all.
"Someone is in danger," Sui Xiong said.
"Yes." He took out a blanket and planned to take advantage of the fact that he was full and tired to wrap himself up and sleep well.
"Don't you want to save them?" Sui Xiong asked.
"No," Ray replied, and was about to lie down.
Sui Xiong quickly jumped on his head and put a tentacle against his temple.
This tentacle was cold and had an unusually sharp feeling, so Ray couldn't help but think that in the next second, a hole would be drilled in his skull, and the red and white inside would flow out together.
"You … what do you want!" He was shocked and asked loudly.
"To help you correct your thinking," Sui Xiong said with a smile. "There is too much filth and evil in your brain, so I'll help you extract some of it."
Ray was shocked and hurriedly refuted, "My brain will be extracted before that!"
"It doesn't matter," Sui Xiong said. "If you want to gain something, you have to lose something. This is the principle of equivalent exchange, which is the universal truth in the world. A little brain can be exchanged for kindness and peace. Don't you think it's a good deal? "
"I don't think it's a good deal at all! I don't want any damn kindness and peace! "Ray protested loudly.
"Objection invalid! For evil people, isn't it a matter of course that the strong have the final say? "
"… I understand. I'll go save those people!"
Sui Xiong laughed and withdrew his tentacle. "Wise choice. If you had done this earlier, it would have saved everyone a lot of trouble."
Ray smiled bitterly, hung the long spear on the back hook on his back, put the long sword into the scabbard at his waist, and checked his equipment again. Then he stepped forward and quickly ran towards the place where the fighting and the cry for help came from.
His strength was strong, and after a period of trekking, he was already very used to walking in the mountains. Every step he took was as if he was flying. He was as agile as a monkey jumping between rocks and trees. It only took him a short while to arrive at the place where the sound came from.
In the woods, four adventurers were fighting fiercely with a giant bear that was at least as tall as two people.
Rather than saying it was a fierce battle, it was more like a one-sided defense and being beaten. The giant bear was very strong, and its defense was also very good. Although its reaction was a little slow, it was very good at protecting its vital parts, so that the adventurers had no chance to take advantage of it.
The four adventurers were not very old. The two who were in full armor were about 24 or 25 years old, and the one who was wandering around with bows and arrows was about 20 years old. The one who was lying on the tree and providing assistance with magic was not even 20 years old. They could be called a group of young people.
Being young often meant that they lacked enough training and growth, which meant that they were not strong enough. The death rate of young adventurers was the highest, because they were inexperienced and often could not avoid the dangers that experienced adventurers could mostly avoid.
For example, the giant bear that was fighting with them, if experienced adventurers like Rode and Ryan encountered it, they would most likely throw a piece of fresh meat at it, and while it was eating, they would throw some meat in all directions, and then slowly retreat. They would even prepare some sweets, put them on the tree trunk, and leave while the giant bear was fighting with the tree.
Most of the bears in this world were lazy and fond of sweet things. When there was easy food available, they were generally unwilling to take the risk of injury to fight against fully armed adventurers. But if sweet food was right in front of them, even if you had no weapons and turned around to run, with a posture of "I'm the prey", they would probably be too lazy to pay attention to you.
But these young people obviously did not know this, or they lacked the corresponding preparation. So they could only fight with the giant bear with their bodies that had not yet grown strong enough.
The odds of winning such a battle were slim, because the giant bear had almost grown to the peak of "beast", and one more step would be into the category of "magic beast". In terms of adventurers, they would need at least a team of well-equipped and experienced adventurers, probably at the level of Gerrard and his companions, who went by the alias "Baldy" Neon back then, to have the confidence to kill it without suffering any serious injuries.
And these four young people, in Sui Xiong's view, at the night of skeletons in the White Leaves Village, Gerrard, who was invincible among the skeletons with a tomahawk in his hand, could kill one or two of them, and the rest would all be injured.
Obviously, they could not defeat the giant bear at all. The reason why there were no casualties until now was nothing more than the reasonable combination of the team and the certain ability to resist pressure.
The two responsible for fighting in the front, one was a warrior, and the other was a priest, both of whom were wearing heavy armor and holding shields. This sturdy armor had helped them a lot and saved them from danger more than once. And with the help of the heavy armor, the priest could take time to pray from time to time, and perform a magic spell to restore the strength of his companions or himself.
In addition, the sorcerer's spells also played a big role. Although there were no advanced spells, just simple shields, missiles, slippery spells, and blurred spells, the young sorcerer had a good grasp of the timing, so he could help every time.
In other words, they were constantly consuming the team's spellcasting ability to wear down the giant bear's physical strength.
Well, it was just physical strength. Because so far, the giant bear had not been injured at all.
If this continued, the result was obvious — when their magic power was exhausted, these four young people would have no way to resist the fierce attack of the giant bear. At that time, maybe the archer could escape, and one of the warrior and priest could also escape, but at least one of the two would have to stay, and the sorcerer, who was not very agile, would certainly not escape.
Ray was lurking near the battlefield, quietly watching their fight, but he was not in a hurry to make a move.
"Aren't you going to save them?" Sui Xiong transmitted his own words to his mind through magic.
Ray shook his head gently, and replied with the help of temporary telepathy, "Not yet, they can still hold on."
"When they can't hold on any longer, they will be seriously injured."
"It's not that serious, I will make a move before that — for these young people, the experience of fighting hard until the last moment is very precious, and can effectively help them grow up."
Sui Xiong did not urge him anymore. When it came to taking risks, Ray was an expert. Since he said that it was better for these young people, Sui Xiong chose to believe him.
Moreover … even if he really did not want to save them, at the critical moment, Sui Xiong could do it himself.
It was just a battle of this level, and everything was under control!
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