11. Chapter 11 [Repair](1/2)
The sounds around continued.
The orcs were talking and curious about this strange backpack. But they really wanted to exchange it, but no one wanted to.
It's not good-looking and not practical, what are you doing?
The backpack was sold by a red fox orc with a pointed ear. The initial price was two fish and three live chickens.
Seeing that the orcs were indifferent to the price, the red fox lowered the price to one fish and two live chickens.
Still no orcs are willing to exchange.
“This looks useless.”
"It's better to make a bamboo basket I made myself..."
"What's inside? Is that a fire mirror that makes fire?" A weasel orc pointed to the flashlight and asked. There was a convex lens similar to a fire mirror in front of the flashlight.
The red fox orcs can't say it.
This backpack was exchanged for him by a brown bear orc, and the conditions for exchange were a jar of honey and ten potatoes.
Seeing that the backpack was novel and there were three other things in it, he agreed and felt itchy.
Unexpectedly, it was a money-lossing guy.
Seeing that there were still no orcs who were willing to exchange, the red fox orcs had to continue to lower the price and turn into a fish and a live chicken.
Ji Xiaoou couldn't help but feel ready.
If she hadn't had fish or chicken on her hands, she would have gone up to change her backpack long ago.
"Sorry, sorry, please let me go."
Eric squeezed in from behind with great difficulty, and his huge antlers hit the orc next to him. He quickly apologized and turned his head to look at Ji Xiaoou: "Ou, what are you doing?"
Ji Xiaoou had no time to explain and asked directly: "Eric, do you know where to get fish and chicken?"
Although Eric was puzzled, he still answered seriously: Pheasants grow on the mountain behind the village of Philis, and fish in the river. If you need it, I can go to the back mountain to help you catch it." Yu Guang glanced at the backpack placed on the stall. The black deer eyes were wide open and he asked, "Huh? Ou, this is not yours..."
Ji Xiaoou immediately raised his fingers, pressed against the peak of his lips, and gently "shhhh", not wanting to attract the attention of the orcs around him.
If a fish and a live chicken can solve the problem, she would rather settle the matter.
The orc world is more complicated than she thought, and she doesn't want to cause trouble.
In just a while, the price of a backpack has dropped from a fish and a live chicken to just one live chicken.
Several orcs next to them began to get moved, and the weasel orcs were even ready to go home to exchange for live chickens.
Ji Xiaoou was afraid of being stolen by others, so he quickly raised his hand and said, "I, I want it!"
The Red Fox Orc looked at her, and saw that she was empty-handed and looked like a minor, curled her lips and asked, "Do you have something to exchange?"
Ji Xiaoou bit her lower lip. If this was the 21st century, she could buy her backpack without hesitation.
But this is a continent in another world, and there is no currency circulation, so you can only exchange equivalent items.
In fact, there are seafood and chicken and fish sealed with ice in her space, but this is a street where beasts come and go, and she can't get things from the space in front of orcs.
They will definitely be regarded as monsters.
Eric rescued Ji Xiaoou and discussed with the Red Fox Orcs: "Can you save your backpack for us first, and we will exchange things with you later?"
The Red Fox Orc looked at him. Although Pharis was a peaceful village, the carnivorous system had always looked down on the grass-fed system and regarded them as the weak side. Therefore, he did not take Eric's words at all, but instead made a deliberate embarrassment, "Okay, but when you come to pick them up, you have to bring five fish and five live chickens."
Eric was stunned and looked angry, "You are an unfair deal."
The Red Fox Orc smiled and said, "The things are mine, so I have the final say on how fair is. If you ask me to wait for you, won't you allow me to raise the price?"
Eric gritted his teeth, and although angry, he was speechless.
Ji Xiaoou didn't want to make Eric embarrassed, so he put the little leopard on the ground and prepared to hide in an uninhabited corner, take out the frozen chicken and fish in the space, and exchange it with the Red Fox Orc.
Before he could move, he saw a hand appearing in front of him. He easily lifted the backpack in front of her and said to the Red Fox: "I want it."
Ji Xiaoou's movements were slightly slow and he reminded him anxiously: "This is what I want first."
The other party looked down at her. A little female who had not even grown hair tilted her mouth and joked disapprovingly, "You want it first? That's mine now."
As he said that, he took the fish and live chicken from his partner behind him, handed it to the red fox orc, and raised his nails to the backpack strap.
The backpack's zipper was open, the body was tilted, and the flashlight slid out of it without warning.
The other party reached out to catch it in time and took it in his hand and played with it curiously.
Ji Xiaoou was anxious and thought without hesitation: "I can exchange things with you. Can you give me this backpack?"
While talking, he looked up and saw the other person's appearance clearly, he was stunned for a moment.
How to say it, this is the first time Ji Xiaoou has seen an orc who looks so close to humans in another world.
The correct facial features and raised mouths are almost the same as those of humans except for a black mark on the eyebrows.
If it weren't for his two sharp teeth showing off his mouth, she almost thought he was of the same race as her.
The other party groped for a long time and finally found the switch of the flashlight.
Hold your thumb down and slide it gently.
When Ji Xiaoou saw his movements, his heart was raised to his throat.
I was afraid that a beam of light would suddenly light up in the crowd.
However, after waiting for a while, the flashlight did not respond at all.
The other party looked up and down, left and right, but couldn't figure it out.
Only Ji Xiaoou knew what was going on.
After she came to this world, she would use a flashlight almost every night. The lifespan of the flashlight battery is limited, and now that the battery is exhausted, it naturally cannot light up.
And there are several dry batteries in her space.
The other party seemed to have heard Ji Xiaoou's words, threw the flashlight back into his backpack, raised his gaze and looked up at Ji Xiaoou.
He bent his mouth and asked leisurely: "What can you exchange for?"
Ji Xiaoou pursed her lips, "What do you want?"
Upon hearing this, the other party looked over Ji Xiaoou and looked at Eric behind him without hiding his appetite in his eyes, "Oh, is anything possible? I just exchanged food, and likewise, you give your companion to us to make a pot?"
Eric's face turned pale in an instant.
Ji Xiaoou: "..."
The other party had no intention of exchanging, and said this just to tease Ji Xiaoou.
After appreciating their panic expressions with his companions, he laughed loudly, and then he carried Ji Xiaoou's backpack and left.
Ji Xiaoou looked at the direction of their departure, and was still wondering about their race. When he saw the fluffy and short tail behind them and the unconscious screams, he finally confirmed it.
"Woo--"
It's exactly the same sound she heard the night she first came to this world-
Groups of wolf clans.
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Ji Xiaoou was a little depressed when she didn't get her backpack back.
She couldn't figure out what the group of wolf orcs wanted her backpack. They couldn't even use flashlights. What's the use of taking them?
Eric failed to help, and his nature made him instinctively afraid of all carnivorous species. He felt very guilty at this moment and comforted him: "Ou, don't worry, I'll go back and discuss with Ruth, and I will definitely find a way to get the things back for you."
Ji Xiaoou knew that he had good intentions, but the other party was a group of wolf clans. She didn't want Eric to take risks. She shook her head and said gratefully: "Thank you, Eric, I will find a way to do this."
When Eric asked why the backpack was lost, Ji Xiaoou recalled and told Eric about the incident where he met the brown bear orc last night and spent the night with him in the tree hole. "I think it must have been him. When I woke up this morning, he disappeared with my backpack."
Eric frowned and thought for a while, and suggested, "Ou, why not go to Ruth's house first? Let's think of a way to do something about your backpack."
At this moment, Ji Xiaoou had to clean up his mood, found Rennes, picked it up and followed Eric.
Renn leaned on Ji Xiaoou's shoulder, his blue eyes still looking at the direction where the wolf orcs disappeared.
No one noticed his faint and cold gaze.
The Ruth's family lives at the end of the street at the easternmost part of the village of Phiris.
Most of the houses here are made of soil, and the roofs are made of bark that falls off the trees, layer by layer.
As Eric said, Ruther was a very gentle and friendly black bear orc.
His skin is dark, his figure is as tall and strong as all the bear orcs, and he looks cute.
It is probably because he rarely comes into contact with females. When he sees Ji Xiaoou, his cheeks turn red. Fortunately, his skin is dark, and even if he blushes, he is not obvious.
Rutho prepared an empty room for Ji Xiaoou, which had a bed inside.
Considering that Ji Xiaoou is a female, he specially laid a layer of soft straw mats, and a fire was growing beside the bed, making the whole house very warm.
The room was a bit simple, but for Ji Xiaoou, who was still sleeping in a tree hole last night, this was already an excellent condition.
"Thank you, Ruth." Ji Xiaoou thanked sincerely.
To be continued...