Volume 10 Bugs Chapter 72 Our Mounts
I have told you that an ordinary warhorse worth 200 gold coins can only increase the rider's speed on flat ground by 60%, while a beast tamed by an adventurer can increase the speed by a certain amount and also have some special skills due to the difference in race and level. Shanxue can not only increase my speed by 100% when I ride it, but also has the skills of "toughness" and "crossing". As we all know, these mounts tamed by magic reins will immediately enter your adventure backpack in the form of a magic statue when you give up riding, enter indoors, use various combat skills, or are attacked. The "toughness" skill can ensure that the rider will not be shot down when being attacked three times while riding the mount; and the "crossing" skill can allow the mount to cross a distance of seven feet high and fifteen feet long at a time. This skill can be used once every five minutes.
Having successfully tamed an excellent mount, I happily rode my horse to the riding training ground, and along the way I successfully sold the remaining twenty or so magic reins. In this way, although I spent thirty or forty magic reins on Shanxue, I didn't lose much money after counting the money in and out.
When I returned to the training ground, our guild leader Lady Feiyin, the elf archer Xian Ge Yayi and the beast trainer Yan Zhen had already arrived before me, while Chang Sanjiao and Chang Gong Sheri sent messages saying they would have to wait a little longer. Surprisingly, our Tauren Paladin Niu Baiwan was also catching a mount at the moment, and after hearing about our whereabouts, he also sent a message saying he would come to meet us immediately.
When the president saw my mount, she expressed great indignation: she thought it was a waste for me to spend several times the price to tame a horse that could be easily bought, and in her opinion, waste was obviously the biggest crime against humanity, society, and the independence and liberation movement of the Dranmia continent.
I tried to explain to her that this horse and those tame horses in the training ground only looked similar, and they were very different in temperament and function. She told me that for a woman, the difference in appearance was the biggest difference. In her opinion, there was no difference between these big animals with long faces, four hooves and full necks of mane, so their prices should not be any different. Her words were very convincingly supported by the elf trainer Yan Zhen, and the spineless Xian Ge Ya Yi naturally voted in favor of the view supported by Yan Zhen. With the democratic resolution passed by three to one, President Fei Yin decided to increase my guild debt by 100 gold coins, so my guild debt has increased to nine gold, twelve silver, sixty-eight copper, one obsidian, eight gray frost stones, six parts of volatile gray lime ash, three evening primroses, two tufts of chicken feathers, and nine parts of slug feces...
I suggested that we deduct the money from the next month's salary, but our president firmly disagreed. Her reason was: although she was happy to have the money in her hands, she would be happier knowing that someone still owed her so much money, so she planned to let us, a group of coolies, be in debt and work for her until we die...
Although I have a different opinion on which is more important, appearance or function, the elf trainer Yan Zhen obviously saw the huge difference between this horse and the ordinary war horses sold at the training ground at a glance. She commented on it as follows:
"This Perissodactyla Equus mammal should be a modified hot-blooded horse breed. The atlas and axis are more upright and the lumbar vertebrae are short. The withers are full and thick. The radius, metacarpals, tibia, and tibialis are long and strong. The carpal and tarsal joints are thicker, which can support stronger limb muscle groups. The hip bones and femurs are thick, but the biceps femoris, gluteus superficialis, gluteus medius, and semitendinosus are not too thick. The ribs are more rounded and the tail base is higher, which not only maintains the upright body shape but also ensures flexibility when running..."
"..." The gap between people is reflected at this time. Different from a mysterious woman who is full of money, vanity and vanity, Yan Zhen's evaluation is obviously more professional and more pertinent. She provided me with many professional opinions with high reference value and operability on how to tame and train Shan Xue in the future, which is of great help to me - of course, after I figure out what she is talking about, it may be of even greater help to me.
“Yes, yes…” Unlike my ignorant and naive expression, Xian Ge Yayi who was standing beside me nodded repeatedly, and made some sounds of praise and agreement from time to time, as if she was very knowledgeable about this, “…it is indeed like this…did you also notice such subtle and tiny differences…it is indeed like this…”
Although every word of praise from the Elf Archer was so confident, his flickering eyes looked very suspicious.
"Can you explain to me what she meant?" I asked him maliciously.
"Well... that is to say... anyway..." He stammered for a long time, then suddenly became angry, "...can't you just ask her yourself?"
"To put it simply..." Yan Zhen glanced at us two ignorant guys with dissatisfaction, and explained reluctantly, "...it means that this horse is very tall, strong and beautiful."
“……” The two rude and ignorant men looked at each other in silence and lowered their heads in shame.
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After introducing myself, my friends also showed me their gains. The mount captured by our female magician leader is a "clawed woodland spotted leopard". In addition to the normal 60% movement speed bonus, this level 58 mount also has two skills: "climb" and "sprint". "Climb" means that it can expand its activity space in many jungle terrains that were originally inaccessible, such as huge trees and vines, while "sprint" allows it to run quickly for 30 seconds every 10 minutes at a speed of 150%.
Honestly, I was a little surprised to see the president choose such a ferocious beast. In my opinion, in addition to her desire for money and exploitation of her subordinates, this mysterious woman whose age is hard to tell from her appearance is actually a sultry and vain person. Her resistance to all cute creatures is much stronger than that of a flock of geese. According to her personality, it would be more normal for her to choose a colorful "Emerald Chocobo" or a holy and elegant "Jungle Unicorn".
However, according to my observation, the spotted circular pattern on the leopard's body is very similar to the shape of the gold coins we have. Thinking of this, I immediately felt relieved about Miss Feiyin's choice.
Oh, I forgot to tell you that the name of the president’s mount is concise and clear at a glance: “Money Hug” - well, this thing is and can only be Feiyin’s mount.
The mount chosen by Yan Zhen for himself was a "young fanged boar". This guy unyieldingly implemented the unique aesthetics of the elven female beast trainer: it has a huge, round head, a neck that is so fat that it is completely invisible, a round belly that always makes people want to bounce it, and a small curled tail behind its buttocks is so cute. To be honest, if you don't count its four short legs that seem to be struggling to flutter, it is completely a pink|tender meat|ball. The only thing that can highlight its "fanged boar" bloodline is the two fangs on its lips that are not even as long as my two knuckles - to be honest, if I call them "fangs", I guess they themselves will feel ashamed, these are at most two slightly longer canine teeth.
This cute guy named "Zhu Dudu" was discovered by the Yan Zhen not long after entering the jungle. As I expected, our female elf trainer did not fight with Shanxue tame it - she almost accidentally threw a rein and caught it. Considering that the Yan Zhen's requirements for the appearance of the mount are much higher than its actual function, and this is just a "young" wild boar, I guess it can only have popular skills such as "collision" or "sprint" at most - of course, if "cuteness" can be regarded as one of the mount skills, then its skill effect is quite powerful, for example: our president immediately laughed at it and tickled its belly to tease it endlessly.
"Can't you catch an animal that looks more majestic?" She scolded her animal trainer friend in a hypocritical way, but before she finished speaking, she couldn't help but chuckle, "... Oh, look at the flesh on its belly, it's still swaying... Little guy, you should lose weight, don't you know?" Then she pinched the pig's fat face affectionately and twisted it around until it looked like a pumpkin lantern with a big mouth. The fat pig looked back at its owner with grievance, and then helplessly let its little face be ravaged by the devilish woman in front of it.
When I asked to see Xian Ge Ya Yi's mount, this elf who was always so brazen and thick-skinned actually blushed a little. It was obvious that the two ladies present had seen his mount. If they hadn't kept making noises and forcing the elf archer to release his mount, I'm afraid he would have really gotten away with it.
When Xian Ge Ya Yi finally released his mount, I finally understood why Fei Yin and Yan Zhen were laughing. Although I knew that there were hundreds of kinds of mounts that could be captured in the Wengzeklar Mountains, and many people liked to capture some strange animals as mounts, a mount as shocking as this was still too rare: hard shell, short limbs, rough skin, clumsy appearance - the mount that Xian Ge Ya Yi released was actually a huge turtle.
This is a "clumsy swamp elephant-legged turtle", level 56. It is not as clumsy and slow as it looks, but just like the warhorses sold publicly, it can only increase the basic 60% of its flat ground movement speed - to be honest, I really doubt that its speed is not that fast - the only thing that makes it better than the basic warhorse is that it has a skill called "Swimming", which allows it to ride in the water for a long time, and the speed is as fast as on land. Xian Ge Yayi gave this unusual mount a name called "My own speed".
At our strong request, Xiange Yayi had to ride this mount around in a circle. Once it started running, the turtle stretched its neck and shook its head desperately. This was a hilarious spectacle in itself, not to mention that the elf master sitting behind it was so anxious that his face flushed because he thought it ran too slowly that he stretched his neck almost longer than it.
"Why did you think of catching a guy like this as a mount?" I tried hard to hold back my laughter and asked while gently stroking the head of Xian Ge Yayi's glans - uh, I mean the head of the turtle he was riding.
"Actually, I chose it as my mount after careful consideration... Hey, can you please stop laughing..." Xiange Yayi explained while trying in vain to stop my smirk, "... The mounts you can catch here are generally taller than ordinary people, and the faster they run, the more bumpy they are. Well... you know my problem. I am a little afraid of heights, and a little carsick, and this turtle happens to be the shortest and most stable mount I can find. After I caught it, I found that it has a skill that allows it to go into the water, and I can't swim, so... hey, is this so funny?"
After that explanation, we found that this turtle was indeed the most suitable mount for Xian Ge Yayi - more than that, it was simply the only mount in the world that suited Xian Ge Yayi. It was the only mount we had seen that was shorter than the person standing on it, which was a godsend for Xian Ge Yayi, who had a serious fear of heights and would foam at the mouth and faint on the spot if he stood on tiptoe. As for the control and stability of riding - you know, it was really hard for us to tell whether it was more stable to ride on its back or crawl on the ground.
Not long after, Chang Sanjiao and Chang Gong She Ri also rushed back. As soon as these two people appeared at the entrance of the training ground, they immediately attracted the attention of most people. Under everyone's attention, this pair of happy enemies kept arguing non-stop.
"Can't you run faster, you fat guy? Stop blocking my way all the time. I can't see the road!" The dwarf priest Longbow Shooting the Sun shouted in a loud and rude voice.
"Do you think you can see the road when I'm walking behind you? Even if you stand on the camel's back, you can't be as tall as the hump. From the front, your camel seems to be unmanned! What the hell can you see ?" The half-orc shadow thief Yangtze River Triangle retorted in a vicious voice.
"Humph, you are jealous that my mount is taller than yours! You still have the nerve to say that I am unmanned, you have no shame! Look at yourself, if you look closely you can barely tell that you are riding a donkey, but if you look from far away you would think it is a piece of fat floating in the air!"
"You are a dwarf with a twisted soul. Even if you ride a taller mount, you are still a dwarf!"
"You're a fat psychopath. Even if you ride a skinniest mount, you're still a fat man!"
"You endanger traffic safety!"
"You are affecting the appearance of the city!"
"You are driving illegally!"
“You’re abusing animals!”
“You are shameless!”
"You're ridiculous!"
"You are pathetic!"
"You are pitiful!"
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I have to say that such a pair of knights will become the focus wherever they go. It is really difficult for me to say which one is more shocking, Xian Ge Yayi's mount or theirs - considering the sharp contrast between the two men's body shapes and their mounts, Xian Ge Yayi's turtle does not seem so unacceptable.
Longbow Shooting Sun rode on a giant-backed Bactrian camel called "Full-time Four-hoof Drive". Although this kind of mount is not everywhere, it is still common. But the problem is that most of those who choose this kind of mount are tall and mighty races like Tauren and Orcs, or at least tall adventurers among humans or elves. Because this mount is too majestic - my Shanxue is already a strong horse, but it is at least two heads shorter than this camel, and it will be very uncoordinated for a slightly shorter rider to ride on it. In addition, there is an obvious problem that this is a "Bactrian camel", and its full name is "Giant Back Bactrian Camel". Just by hearing this name, you should be able to imagine how majestic and tall the two humps behind it are. If the rider is shorter, the huge hump in front of him will undoubtedly hinder his vision.
And now its rider is a dwarf.
Just as the Yangtze River Delta said, even if the dwarf priest stood on its back, he would probably be shorter than the hump in front of him, not to mention riding on it. If he hadn't heard their voices, it would have been obvious that there was no one behind the camel just from the front.
In addition, the beast tamed by the magic reins will automatically generate a set of saddles and a pair of footrests. For longbow shooting, the footrests are undoubtedly redundant - even the saddle is too big, and his two feet can't even reach the edge of the saddle .
In addition to the 100% movement speed bonus, the two skills that this camel has are not related to traveling. One of its skills is "Double Riding", which means that in addition to the rider, it can also carry an additional passenger; the other skill is "Carrying Weight", which can provide an additional magical luggage space after summoning the camel. The items stored in this space will not be affected by theft skills or other item loss effects - this is a very useful skill for some people who travel around the world and do business.
Compared with the embarrassing situation of shooting the sun with a longbow, where “only the mount can be seen but not the rider”, the situation in the Yangtze River Delta is exactly the opposite, where “only the rider can be seen but not the mount”.
What he captured was a "Woodland Striped Wild Ass". Judging from the name, there should be some mottled stripes on its back, but we really can't verify this at the moment: because this wild donkey is too short and thin, only half a person's height, probably not as long as the distance of my outstretched arms. It is probably not much bigger than a goat, and its rider is so bloated that riding on its back is like covering it with a meat blanket. Not to mention the stripes on its back, even the color of the hair on the donkey's belly is hard to see, and even the neck is mostly covered, only the donkey's head and half of the donkey's tail can be barely revealed.
This donkey, whose situation is so miserable that it makes people cry, has a strange name called "250CC two-cylinder four-stroke". His owner has a very bad habit: Chang Sanjiao doesn't seem to like holding the reins in his hands. He always can't help wanting to hold the two long ears of this little donkey horizontally, and he always wants to twist them subconsciously from time to time.
This donkey also has two skills. One is "Rock Climbing", which is somewhat similar to the "Climbing" skill of Feiyin's "Money Hug", except that "Climbing" is aimed at huge trees, while "Rock Climbing" is only suitable for steep cliffs with piles of rocks; the other is "Running", this skill allows it to move at a high speed of 200% within thirty seconds, but the cost is that it can only get a 60% speed bonus in the next ten minutes.
Just when we were laughing at each other's bad mount choices, our Tauren Paladin Tauren finally arrived.
To be honest, when Niu Baiwan appeared, it took us a long time to figure out which one was Niu Baiwan and which one was his mount.
Did you know that the mount chosen by this boastful minotaur is actually a bull? Not only a bull, but a black one with long curved horns, a big mouth, a nose ring, and a face that looks just like the bull in the mirror. And the most ridiculous thing is that the bull’s name is: "Unprecedented in history, earth-shaking, unparalleled, invincible, handsome, beautiful, intelligent, loyal, righteous, knowledgeable, brave, resourceful, young and rich, punches the South Mountain, kicks the North Sea, black-scaled dragon, can reach up to the sky to grab the moon, and can go down to the five oceans to catch turtles, a handsome young man in this turbid world, a playboy, a beautiful young man in the world, the best hero in the world, a great hero, a great knight, a great master, full of energy, as strong as an ox, tiger back, tiger waist, tiger squatting, ox coiling, ox falling, dragon flying, ox dancing, giant ox, ...
Well, when two faces that looked almost identical were shaking in front of my eyes and their heads were covered with two walls of chaotic characters that kept flashing, you have to forgive me for confusing them from the beginning - in fact, it was not until five minutes later that I realized that I had been talking to the cow with a million cows, and the reason I was able to discover this was because he finally put away his mount...
Like most captured mounts, the "Bull of a Million" has a 100% speed bonus, and it also has two skills: "Charge" and "Tenacity". "Tenacity" is the same as my Shanxue, which can resist three enemy attacks while riding; while "Charge" is an offensive skill that allows it to ram a target within the attack range at a very high speed every five minutes.
In this way, we gathered in the riding training ground, and the excitement of having just obtained a mount was beyond words. No one was satisfied with just "obtaining" their own mount. Just like when we just replaced a new weapon or obtained a new piece of equipment, we all hoped to have a place like this where we could experience the capabilities of our mount.
"Let's go to the cross-country competition field!" Feiyin suddenly suggested.
