69novels Chapter 1 The Girl Who Fell into the Water
Chapter 1 The Girl Who Fell into the Water
Luo Qi gently placed the unconscious girl, whom he had pulled from the river, onto a rock.
Having been in another world for more than half a month, he was excited to be reunited with his fellow human beings after a period of loneliness.
He crouched down and carefully examined the local people.
The girl had long, smooth silver hair, snow-white skin, and delicate features, giving her an appearance that made people want to cherish her.
She wore a crescent-shaped metal headdress on her forehead, and similar ornaments adorned her milky-white long dress; over the dress was an ill-fitting layer of leather armor…
What made Luo Qi ponder was that there were two short bone arrows with slightly weaker penetrating power stuck in the leather armor. This armor of average quality was actually fulfilling its intended purpose.
The girl probably fell into this not-so-wide river by accident while trying to avoid enemy arrows.
After scanning the area up and down, Luo Qi gleaned some information: the surrounding area was not peaceful, and a battle could break out at any moment; this region was still in the era of cold weapons...
This is not good news.
"The more war-torn and underdeveloped a place is, the more likely it is to be xenophobic!"
Luo Qi sighed softly.
The mere difference between black and silver hair could very well lead him to be mistaken for an alien.
"Let's not think about that too much. First, let's save this drowning native from another world, and then get more detailed information from her!"
Before her transmigration, Luo Qi had learned about first aid and knew how to use CPR to save drowning victims.
However, he does not intend to use artificial respiration during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The human body contains a large number of bacteria and viruses. If a modern person travels back to ancient times, it could potentially trigger a plague.
The differences in microorganisms in the bodies of people from two different worlds would only be greater.
Too much close contact could cause Luo Qi to contract a disease from local bacteria.
Remove the short arrow, which was extremely short, about the length of a toy arrow used by a child.
Luo Qi casually broke the arrow shaft in half and then removed the girl's leather armor.
The leather armor is also of poor quality; the leather is old and rotten.
Judging from this limited view, neither side in the battle was a regular army.
Of course, Luo Qi saw this as a good thing. The girl was weak in combat, and even if she caused trouble after she woke up, Luo Qi could subdue her.
This allowed him to focus on the rescue without worry.
I just pressed on my chest several times.
Luo Qi suddenly noticed that the crescent moon hair ornament on the girl's forehead was shimmering. It emitted a faint light, and a strangely cool sensation traveled from the girl's body to his palm.
This is strange, since the hair ornament and Luo Qi did not have any direct contact.
"This is... an extraordinary item?!"
Luo Qi stopped what he was doing. The moment the hair ornament lit up, he vaguely sensed a sense of danger.
Just then.
Stimulated by the cool aura of the crescent-shaped hair ornament, the silver-haired girl opened her pale golden eyes.
Upon noticing the touch of her body, her body stiffened slightly.
Only when he noticed that the creature in front of him was a fully clothed human did his tense body relax slightly.
"Cough cough... Goblins... The goblins are chasing us again!"
The girl sat up, spat out some water, and then looked nervously towards the upstream of the stream.
She listened intently for a moment, then said weakly, "There are still sixteen left. We... we probably can't beat them!"
Luo Qi was filled with many doubts upon hearing the girl's words.
Although the girl's voice was very pleasant, the language she spoke was none of the languages that Luo Qi was familiar with, yet he could clearly understand the meaning behind her words.
"Is it another supernatural ability?"
As Luo Qi pondered, she stood up. Compared to the delicate and beautiful girl, the sixteen monsters called goblins were more worthy of her attention.
He closed his eyes for a moment, and a long banner swayed slightly in his sea of consciousness.
The white jade flagpole is about three meters long, and the black banner surface faintly exudes a bloody aura.
The Emperor's Banner!
Not long ago, this long banner fell from the sky like a shooting star and landed in Luo Qi's arms.
The long banner was tattered, and the inside was empty.
Only by recruiting talented individuals, replenishing military equipment, and accumulating resources can this banner be displayed at its strongest.
The first-tier Emperor's Banner educates all people and selects one virtuous person; the second-tier Emperor's Banner educates 100,000 people and establishes ten officials; the third-tier Emperor's Banner... its growth has almost no upper limit.
However, the world is currently lacking in resources, making it impossible to repair the Emperor's Banner, let alone allow it to grow.
In the end, Luo Qi could only use up the last remaining essence of the Human Emperor Banner to arrive in this other world.
He has been traveling for more than half a month.
During this time, Luo Qi used the Human Emperor Banner to hunt down various animals, from herbivorous rabbits and goats to fierce tigers and lions. The flesh and bones of these local creatures, along with mysterious substances that no longer exist in the world, added a touch of luster to the banner. However, the animals lacked spirituality and could not become subjects of the banner.
Luo Qi understood that the Human Emperor Banner could only recruit intelligent beings.
Fortunately, the flesh and bones of those creatures lacking spirituality still allowed the Emperor Banner to unlock several minor functions, such as intimidating the weak, assisting in perception, and releasing malevolent energy.
When Luo Qi opened her eyes again, there was a faint red tinge in them.
Through the soul perception ability of the Human Emperor Banner, he sensed sixteen malevolent creatures approaching within a hundred meters.
He fixed his gaze on the area he perceived.
A group of dark green, short creatures appeared and disappeared among the grass and bushes, constantly moving.
Under the cover of natural camouflage, they are difficult for ordinary people to spot.
These small creatures, armed with rudimentary weapons, some of them wielding short bows, had spotted Loki and the silver-haired girl and were closing in on them.
Luo Qi and the girl exchanged a glance, and without prior arrangement, they both ran downstream.
Sixteen enemy targets? That's too many!
Most importantly, those dwarfs also had bows and arrows.
Loki figured he might be able to defeat the goblins in a head-on fight, but he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't get hurt.
By temporarily creating distance and scattering the sixteen goblins while running, turning one against sixteen into sixteen against one, you will have a chance to win.
Seeing their target fleeing, the goblins stopped trying to conceal their movements and began chattering amongst themselves.
Goblins chased after the two fleeing humans, their faces contorted with cruel grins, seemingly already planning how to deal with them after their victory.
A few minutes later, Luo Qi had a general idea of what the goblins were doing right behind him.
Their straight-line running speed is slightly slower than that of human women.
But it is very agile and can easily avoid obstacles in the mountains and forests.
The terrain in this riverside jungle is somewhat complicated, which is advantageous to the goblins. It wouldn't be difficult for them to run away from the dwarves, but it's only a matter of time before the silver-haired girl is caught up.
Moreover, these goblins were more organized than Loki had anticipated.
As they chased each other, they gradually split into three groups, each group sticking together: five goblins wielding wooden clubs and one wielding a sword and shield led the way, five goblins wielding short spears followed closely behind, and five goblins wielding bows and arrows lagged behind.
"This is tricky!"
Luo Qi thought to himself, "The probability of defeating these goblins without taking damage is very low, especially when dealing with the first goblin, where the chance of being hit by an arrow is as high as 50%, unless..."
Luo Qi glanced at the silver-haired girl behind her who was panting heavily.
"If she's willing to act as bait, the chances of killing these goblins without taking any damage will increase considerably, but her chances of dying will also become extremely high. Tsk, but if the bait doesn't cooperate, it will actually increase my danger a lot."