Last Totem Novel - Chapter 99
Chapter 99 Fruit Wine
“Cozan Blood Wolf, is that your name?” As Tie Zha ate the fruit, he asked the sturdy old man who was cutting the deer’s legs.
“Yes.” Cozan replied without turning his head. The air-dried legs of the deer were originally harder, and coupled with the cold environment, the legs of the deer were even harder like a piece of iron. However, he was holding a large kitchen knife, and every time he cut it, he would be able to cut out a complete piece of thin slice.
“Are you surnamed Blood Wolf?” Tie Zha asked curiously. Because it doesn’t look like a surname, it looks like a first name.
“I was an orphan. I didn’t have a surname. Blood Wolf Field was my teacher. After the final battle, I used his name as my surname.” Cozan said.
“Why don’t you use his last name, Cozan Field?” Iron slag said, “You see, my name is Iron slag, my foster father is Old Man Tie, so my surname is Iron, and my name is Slag.”
“Is Old Man Tie’s name?” Cozan stopped his saber and turned around to ask.
“It should be. Everyone in town calls him that.” Iron Slag replied uncertainly.
“Alright, that’s the name.” Kozan turned around and continued to cut the deer leg. “Fields, like Northess, are both ancient surnames that must be used with the permission of the current Patriarch. At that time, it was too late, so I took the teacher’s name as my surname,” Kozan said as he cut the deer leg.
‘”Mm” Tie Zha nodded and changed the topic. “Can you make me stronger by letting me train here? Why did you go to the Central Silver City Military Academy in the third year? That’s the parish of the Temple. I’m also an insecticide, and I even killed a Silver City noble …”
“You killed the nobles of Silver City? Which one?” Cozan asked without turning his head. It seemed to him that this was a trivial matter.
“Silver City No. 13, from the Lei Ling Clan.” Tie Zha replied.
“The Lei Ling Clan” Cozan stopped and thought for a moment before saying, “It used to be a small clan.” Then, he asked Tie Zha why he killed the people from the Lei Ling Clan, and Tie Zha explained the cause and effect of the incident.
“Don’t be so impulsive in the future.” Cozan said calmly after listening to Tie Zhao’s narrative. Afterwards, he poured the cut deer meat into the pot, scalded it with hot water for a while, and fished it out again. Then he changed the frying pan and put in some butter. When the oil was hot, he put in garlic and put down the deer leg slices to fry. Not long after, the venison gave off a rich fragrance …
Tie Zha sniffed the meat and was so hungry that he panicked. These days, he had almost forgotten the taste of the meat. She ate compressed biscuits every day, and even didn’t eat compressed biscuits afterwards.
“Alright, it’s almost enough.” Tie Zha urged.
“Friend, please be patient.” “Patience is the virtue of every Norse,” Cozan stressed.
“Oh right, my car!” Tie Zha suddenly remembered that the red comet was still parked in front of the temple gate.
“Friend, don’t worry. There are no thieves here.” Cozan consoled.
After a while, Cozan cooked the venison, placed it on a silver plate, and handed it to Tie Zha.
Tie Zha quickly picked up a knife and fork and cut down a large chunk, stuffing it into his mouth and chewing it. Wild venison is tough and has a strong meat flavor. This was the first time Tie Zha had eaten venison. In addition to the hunger he had felt for many days, this bite was indescribably delicious.
“Right, where’s the ice crystal fruit wine?” After eating a large piece of venison, Tie Zha was just about to drink a mouthful of water when he remembered this matter.
‘”Uh” Cozan was drinking water when he almost choked on it. “Wait, I’ll go get it” After saying that, Cozan left the kitchen and returned with a small cup in front of Tie Zha.
Looking at the small glass on the table, Tie Zha couldn’t help but frown. This was too little, he could finish it in a single mouthful. Thinking of this, he picked up his glass and examined it for a while. The liquid inside was dark red, and the viscosity of the liquid could be clearly felt when the cup was swaying.
He sniffed, but he didn’t smell anything. Every wine he drank in Lena’s office had a strong wine fragrance, but this wine actually didn’t taste like wine. Thus, he lifted his head and drank all of it in one breath!
The corners of Cozan’s eyes twitched unnoticeably as he sat opposite him. No one drank ice crystal wine like this. This was simply a waste …
The moment the ice crystal fruit wine entered his mouth, Tie Zha could only feel a strong sweetness coming from his mouth. Immediately after, there was an extreme warmth, neither intense nor faint, and it felt very strong, as if it would last for a very long time.
This warmth accompanied the flow of wine, walking towards the four limbs and a hundred bones. Not long after, a warm feeling emitted from his body enveloped his entire body. It made people feel like they were immersed in warm water and couldn’t help but fall asleep.
“Is there anything else? Just now … I didn’t taste it just now.” Tie Zha scratched his hair and said.
“Friend, I’ll pour you another cup for dinner tomorrow.” Cozan said.
“I won’t eat anything tomorrow. After I finish taking the motorcycle, I’ll go to bed. I’ll sleep for a few days.” Tie Zha explained. If he hadn’t just arrived here and wasn’t familiar with the situation, he would have snatched it away.
‘”Alright” Kezan said painfully. Not long after, he poured another glass of ice crystal fruit wine for the iron slag.
“Can’t you drink enough at once?” Tie Zha looked at the small glass and said unhappily. This amount seems to be a little less than before …
“It takes ten years to gather ice crystal berries to make a small bucket.” Cozan repeatedly stressed that the wine was hard to come by and needed to be tasted slowly. Helplessly, Tie Zha could only sip.
After Iron Slag finished drinking the ice crystal fruit wine, Kozan simply tidied up the tableware, picked up the candles, and returned to the temple along the same path with the Iron Slag.
The Heroic Spirit Hall was quiet and far-reaching. After walking for more than half an hour, the two finally returned to the temple.
Tie Zha went out and pushed the red comet in, only to see Cozan standing in front of the altar, muttering to himself as he looked at the flames. He walked over and listened carefully, only to hear Cozan reading:
“Pray for the protection of our ancestors. The descendants of Northas will arrive at the temple. The guardians of the Holy Wolf will be followed by others. May the glory of our ancestors shine on our path, and may the wisdom of our ancestors …”
Tie Zha thought to himself, this set was similar to those people from the Divine Hall of Prayer for Rain, something similar to a blessing or prayer. Seeing that Cozan couldn’t finish reading for a while, he pushed the red comet to the side and waited.
[Captain, is this the legendary Temple of Glory? The red comet flickered with headlights and gave off a subtle girl’s synthetic voice.
“Probably. I don’t know either.” Tie Zha replied in a low voice.
[Who’s that old man, Captain? Do you want me to scan him? Alice suggested.
“I feel that he is very mysterious. I don’t know how strong he is. Let’s wait for him to fall asleep before we find another chance.” Tie Zha said in a low voice.
[Yes, my captain] Alice whispered.
At this moment, Cozan suddenly walked over and grabbed his hand. He brought him to the altar. Then, he clasped his hands together and bowed to the flames sincerely. Then, he said, “Ancestor, please bless the future generations.” With that, Cozan bowed deeply to the flames. Tie Zha stood there straight and waited for Cozan to finish everything before pretending to bow.
After returning to Heroic Spirit Hall, Tie Zha stepped onto the motorcycle. Cozan hurriedly stopped him and said, “Don’t disturb Heroic Spirit’s long sleep.”
“It’s very far.” Said Tie Zha. It was too tiring to walk back and forth every time.
Cozan handed the candle to the iron slag and said, “Friend, you came all the way here. Let me push the cart.”
Tie Zha grinned and pushed the motorcycle to Cozan, saying, “Thank you.”
Just like that, the old cart and the candle were finally back in the residential area after walking in the Heroic Spirit Hall for half an hour.
Next is to choose a room. Tie Zha walked around and roughly understood the structure of this place.
The temple is located at the highest point of the glacier, and beneath it is a long staircase leading to the bottom of the glacier. When the stairs reached the bottom of the glacier, they continued forward horizontally. This underground tunnel was the Hall of the Spirit.
Across the Hall of the Spirit was another surface. There is a stone castle built here. The castle was divided into two floors. In the middle was a reference room, and it was also the entrance to the Heroic Spirit Palace. The outer circle of the castle is a residential area, and the kitchen is in a house on the west side.
There were only him and Cozan here. Although it looked like there were many rooms, there were actually very few options.
The rooms on the west side of the first floor of the castle were filled with storage rooms, containing all kinds of materials. Tie Zha looked over from room to room, not to choose a room, but to see what was inside.
Three large rooms near the kitchen were filled with cereal, frozen vegetables and air-dried meat that looked like they could be eaten for more than a decade. The dozens of houses in the past were all material warehouses. There were clothes, blankets, barrels, tents, sleeping bags, water bottles and other daily necessities, from toothpicks and needle and thread boxes to wardrobes and beds.
Looking at the room on the north side of the first floor of the castle, it was filled with all sorts of mechanical parts, all sorts of equipment, and even generators. I don’t seem to see any fuel, but it shouldn’t be in the room. It’s prone to fire. If there was fuel, it would probably be stored outside the castle.
Seeing this, he felt a little sleepy. He waited for the rooms on the east and south sides to wake up before looking at them. Then he climbed to the second floor of the castle and picked a room of about twenty square meters near Cozan’s room. At this moment, the room was empty and empty. After pushing the red comet into the room, he brought two blankets and a sleeping bag from the warehouse.
The quilt was directly laid on the ground, and then the sleeping bag was placed on it. After finishing it, he snuggled into his sleeping bag comfortably. For the past few days, he had been sleeping in the ice and snow, and it was really hard. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a good sleep.
The warmth brought by the ice crystal fruit wine continued, and his entire body was extremely warm and comfortable. A burst of tiredness assaulted him, and he quickly fell asleep …
[Good night, Captain] The red comet parked in the room flickered with lights and went into standby.
He slept for two days. By the time he woke up again, it was already the evening of the third day …