Last Totem Novel - Chapter 102

Chapter 102 Brew Wine
The quiet Heroic Spirit Hall was sleeping in the darkness …

Tie Zha got out of the car and left Alice behind. After walking forward for a while, he ordered, “Alice, turn on the headlights.”

[Captain, will this disturb the sleep of the heroes? Alice asked timidly.

“I think you should be more worried about whether I will revoke your personification authorization.” “Also, you have violated certain taboos. Once in the Frozen Ocean, just now, I hope you won’t make a third mistake.”

[Captain, Alice is wrong …] The girl’s voice came from the speaker. She didn’t expect Tie Zha to hold such a grudge and remember such a small matter so clearly.

“Hurry up and turn on the lights!” Tie Zha frowned and said impatiently.

[Yes, my captain] As soon as he finished speaking, two beams of light shot out from the front of the red comet and illuminated the area ahead. A rusty humanoid armor appeared in the blazing light.

The armor looked very heavy, leaning against the wall, one by one, and standing on both sides of the passage. He raised his eyes and saw that they were still in the shadows when the lights dimmed. The passage was more than ten meters wide, but its length was hard to estimate. He remembered that it had taken him at least half an hour to walk from the temple. This meant that the passage was at least a few kilometers long.

Looking at the dense armor on both sides, he couldn’t help but wonder how many corpses were buried here …

At the same time, Alice shot out five-colored rays of light and scanned them one by one. After a while, she prompted, [Captain, these are all mechanical power armors that were manufactured 200 years ago]

[Compared to bio-powered psionic armor, fuel-powered mechanical armor is the most powerful equipment of the last two centuries. Because of its heavy weight, it can only be worn by strong people.]

Listening to Alice’s explanation, he approached and observed carefully. The surface of these power armors was potholed and filled with cracks. It was obvious that they had been pieced together afterwards.

After looking at more than a dozen of them in a row, the more he looked at them, the more frightened he became! Almost every single one of them was riddled with holes and damaged.

Finally, he stopped in front of a white power armor. The paint on the motorcycle armor is new, so it shouldn’t be long. However, the new paint could not conceal the cracks, which were obviously patched together later, and there were rough solder joints in many places. It wasn’t hard to imagine what kind of fate its owner had encountered.

“He’s a good friend of mine, Jesse Betsy. He was only nineteen years old in the last war.” Cozan’s slightly hoarse voice came from behind him. “At the last moment of his life, he detonated his own power plant and died with his opponent …”

Tie Zha turned his head and saw Ke Zan slowly walking over with a candle in his hand. He stood in front of the white power armor and stared at it for a long time. After a while, Cozan turned to him and said, “Friend, go back and rest.”

“Can you tell me about that war?” Tie Zha asked and made a gesture at the same time, while Alice turned off the lights knowingly.

“It was a war between the Temple and Silver City that never dared to go down in history. 29,512 Temple Guardians fought a decisive battle against 750,000 Temple and Silver City Allied Forces.” “The war lasted for twelve days and nights. The heroes defeated the Alliance Army several times until all of them died!” Kozan looked at the Hall of Heroes and raised his candle.

Less than 30,000 people, but facing 750,000 people, what kind of courage and determination does this require …

Cozan’s words echoed in his mind for a long time, and even when he returned to his room, his mood could not be calmed down.

That night, Tie Zha couldn’t sleep. He stood by the window and thought quietly. The moon gradually sank and the sun slowly rose.

The next morning, Cozan knocked on the door and invited him to the Endless Forest Sea. He simply packed his things, left the red comet in the castle, and set off with Cozan.

At noon, the two walked to the edge of the Endless Forest Sea. The cedars here are very dense and the trunks are very thick. According to Cozan, all the cedars here have a thousand-year-old growth ring and cannot be cut down at will. Firewood can only be taken from the withered old trees.

After entering the forest, the Church of Cozan and Tie Zha had many things. For example, how to search for ice crystal berries, how to search for traces of prey, what to eat, and what is poisonous. In the Endless Forest Sea, there were snow bears, elk, snow rabbits, ferrets, ice wolves, and other creatures. Their habits were different, and their ways of foraging were also different.

The two of them spun around the cedar forest for three hours and luckily found a cluster of ice crystal berries. Cozan picked about twenty of them and left half of them behind. He told Tie Zha that berries could not be plucked completely and that a portion must be left for animals to eat. After the animals finish eating, the seeds are left in their feces so that new berry shrubs can grow.

It was already evening after picking the berries. Originally, the two wanted to return to the castle, but halfway through, they found traces of an elk and immediately chased after it. They walked a long way in the snow. When they reached a certain point, Cozan suddenly pulled Tie Zha down and whispered, “Don’t move. Just lie down like this. The elk’s vision is very sharp, but it can’t distinguish what is still. This is its range of motion. We’ll wait here.”

Tie Zha nodded and the two of them lay motionless in the snow.

The next morning, just as Tie Zha was about to fall asleep, Cozan gently squeezed him with his shoulder. Following Cozan’s gaze, he saw a snow-white elk running towards him not far from him. This elk was very beautiful, its stomach bulging. It looked like it weighed several hundred kilograms, and it could probably eat for a long time.

Thinking of the delicacy of the deer leg, the iron slag quietly pulled out the shotgun, loaded it, and slowly raised the barrel of the gun to take a glance at it. However, just as he was about to pull the trigger, Cozan suddenly pulled him back and whispered, “Next time, he’s pregnant.”

“Two glasses of ice crystal fruit wine.” “Deal!”

On the way back, Cozan said that the twenty or so ice crystal berries he picked today could produce a litre of fruit wine. When they collected about five hundred of them, they would teach him how to make wine.

For the next period of time, they would go to the Endless Forest Sea every day to find berries and prey. On the seventh day, they finally caught an elk. On the twenty-first day, they encountered an adult snow bear.

Tie Zha originally thought that there would be a bitter battle, but when the snow bear saw Cozan, it ran faster than a rabbit!

Just like that, the days passed day by day …

Two months later, Cozan and Tie Zha dug open berries buried deep in the ice and began to brew ice crystal fruit wine. The brewing process is very simple, no more than squeezing, hammering, fermenting, filtering juice. In the end, five hundred ice crystal berries made a large barrel of wine. They wrapped it up in oak barrels and put it in the deepest part of the cellar.

Kozan wrote down the date and message on the barrel: Dr3710-07, Iron Slag Northess brewed with Kozan Blood Wolf. May our lives be simple and pleasant.

Ten years later, this ice crystal fruit wine was truly brewed. The process of gathering and brewing, as well as the time he had to wait, gave Tie Zha a deep understanding of the value of ice crystal fruit wine. However, this did not change anything. Every day, he would still ask, “How about a small cup?” “How about another small cup?” “How about a small cup?”

On the third day after he finished brewing the fruit wine, Tie Zha suddenly realized that he was not here to learn how to brew wine and hunt, but to increase his strength! Thus, he hurriedly found Cozan and made his request.

Kozan brought the iron slag to the Heroic Hall and sat down cross-legged. “From today onwards, under the watchful eyes of the heroes, I will teach you ancient combat techniques! Iron slag Northess, are you ready?” Kozan said.

“Yes.” The iron slag nodded seriously.

“Alright!” As soon as he finished speaking, Cozan slapped the ground and punched at him! Tie Zha hurriedly rolled backwards and just as he dodged the punch, an old fist followed.

“Damn, sneak attack!” Tie Zha scolded as he struggled to defend himself. Usually, it was him who ambushed others, but it wasn’t his turn to be ambushed. He never imagined that this gentle old man would fight without declaring war.

“Friend, our ancestors didn’t encourage sneak attacks, but I’m teaching you how to defend against sneak attacks.” Kozan said as he fought, his fist raining down on the iron slag.

Tie Zha was naturally no match for someone who could scare the snow bear away, and he was quickly beaten to the ground. Cozan clapped his hands and said that this was the end of the day, making him wonder why he had lost so quickly.

“Not as strong as you, not as fast as you. You definitely won’t be able to beat me.” Said Tie Zha.

Cozan waved his hand and said, “Think about the way you exert your strength, the way you use your skills, the arc of your movements.”

The iron slag expressed its dissatisfaction and insisted that it was a matter of strength and speed. Seeing this, Kozan stretched out his hand and said, “I’m not moving my feet. I’m only using my left hand to try.”

“Not interested.” After saying that, Tie Zha made a move to leave. But in reality, he was stooping down to accumulate strength. When Cozan thought that he really wanted to leave, he suddenly turned around and punched! With a muffled “bang” sound, his fist was firmly grabbed by Cozan with one hand. Immediately after, Cozan grabbed his fist and threw him more than ten meters away.

The outcome of this battle wasn’t much different from before, but the process was far from complete. Cozan didn’t move. He only used his left hand, but he didn’t have a choice. He was thrown out by all sorts of people as soon as he touched his body.

“Think carefully about the way you exert your strength, how you use your skills, and the arc of your movements.” After saying that, Cozan went back to the kitchen to prepare lunch, leaving Tie Zha to ponder slowly in the Hall of Spirit.

“The way to exert your strength?” Tie Zha mumbled to himself as he gestured, pondering for a long time until Cozan asked him to eat.

“Why should I learn this? Fighting is done with weapons!” Tie Zha thought for a long time and came to this conclusion.

Cozan chuckled and explained. In real battles, both sides would wear various types of power armor. At this time, the damage of the thermal weapon would be greatly reduced, and the power armor could also fly for a short period of time. Its speed was extremely fast, and its flexibility was extremely high. Therefore, the ability to engage in melee combat was very important.