Volume 1: The Poem of Departure Chapter 42: Kara and the so-called nobility

At this moment, Del Cora's mind was crossed by countless thoughts - he quickly took off the mercenary badge on his chest with his other hand, grabbed it, and then turned back and said, "Who? I have something, what are you doing...... Don't pull me!"

Delkora was just a magician after all, and he didn't break free from the man's grasp.

But the man let go of his hand, and said with a smile on his face, "You are a gentleman of a rich family, you are a noble magician, right?

Delkora was stunned for a moment, but still looked very useful when he heard the compliment, and subconsciously replied: "Of course not, how can I be a local...... Oh, by the way, why are you pulling me? I have something to do! My girlfriend is waiting for me in the front. ”

As he spoke, he was about to move forward, but deliberately slowed his pace slightly.

Sure enough, before he could take a step, the man immediately came to him and blocked him, with a smile on his face even bigger, "I know, I know, you must be a young master from a big city, how can you deal with a little person like me! Delay you for half a minute, just half a minute, your girlfriend will definitely wait for you, you are all personable people - have you ever played Kara?"

"Kara?" Del Cora was stunned, "Of course I did, it's a popular game in high society - why, is there a Kara card in such a small place?"

When he said this, Delkora had a haughty expression on his face, and he looked down on the poor country.

"Of course!" Hearing Del Cora's admit, the man's eyes brightened, "that's the cards that only the gentlemen and ladies of the city play! Our boss is a nobleman from Randmont, and he brought a deck of cards, but no one here can play them, and he sent me out to find someone who can play Kara, and I have been looking for a long time—and finally found a young nobleman! Look at your elegant manners and neat attire, you must be very good at this simple card game—can you play a game with our boss?

"Ten silver coins?" Del Kora's eyes lit up, but then he coughed and put on a look of disdain, "It's only ten silver coins, it's too little, we all have twenty silver coins to play the ante of the carat card......"

"Del Kora, what's wrong?"

Sensing that Delcora stopped walking, Satya turned back again, but she suddenly saw Delcora glaring at her, and one hand was still quietly pointing to her chest - Satya understood what he meant, and under Delcora's deliberate covering, she took off the black iron mercenary badge on her chest without a trace, took two steps forward, and wondered, "What's the matter, Delcora, who is this?"

"Hey, Satya, it's a godsend, there's Kara cards to play in this little place!" Delkora deliberately spoke out loud and glared at Satya, "He said his boss had a deck of cards. Satya, don't you like to play karao?"

“...... Hey, Del Kora, you've been reprimanded by your father many times for playing cards," Satya frowned cooperatively, "You promised your father not to play anymore - you lost two gold coins last time!"

"......!!!" The man's eyes lit up, but suddenly he looked at Del Cora with suspicion.

"Two gold coins are nothing, I have brought six gold coins this time!" Before he could think about it, Del Cora had already pulled out his money bag, and there was a crisp sound of metal clashing in the bag.

The sound of different metals colliding is different, and people who don't often touch currencies may not be able to tell the difference, but Del Cola believes that this person should be able to easily hear the weight of the coins in the bag.

Sure enough, the last bit of doubt quietly dissipated the man, and he took Del Cora's hand and explained to Satya as if he had come over: "You must know that this lady, playing cards is a hobby of high society, and losing a little money is just a pastime among the nobles...... Besides, I don't think this gentleman is short of money! This is a wealthy gentleman! Six gold coins! I haven't seen much of a gold coin! Besides, our boss has only not played a karaoke card for a long time, and wants to find a noble gentleman to have a good time with—this is an elegant exchange between nobles! You don't have anything to object to, this lady?"

The man was a "nobleman" on the left, and a "gentleman", who opened his mouth to "high" and closed his mouth to "rich", and what he said was very useful, he waved his hand and said very heroically: "You are right, this is a social activity between the upper class, how can you care about money - lead the way in front!"

"Yes, sir, you have done me a great favor, and you have done our boss a great favor!

"Haha, do you need to say that?"

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On the other side, the mayor's house.

Assas raised his shield to block Chris's slashing sword, endured the impact and tilted the shield to the side at an angle, Chris's sword then slid down with inertia, and when the impact was not dissipated, Assas launched a shield counter, and the mayor's sword was instantly bounced away, and the mayor staggered backwards several steps, almost falling.

"Huh, huh, my foundation is really too poor," the mayor gasped and smiled bitterly with some embarrassment, "With that sword just now, my power was too scattered, giving you a chance to unload your strength." ”

"Yes, and when the sword hit the shield, you could have unleashed a 'concussion' to stop me from using the 'shield reversal', but you didn't use it. "It looks like you haven't been in combat for a long time." ”

"Since I became the mayor of the town, I have to be busy with these government affairs, although Yuanmu Town is just a small town, but the harvest of the villages outside, the density of demonic beasts in the forest, the control of mercenaries, the taxation of caravans, everything is responsible for me, I go to work at seven o'clock every day, leave work at five o'clock, every day is a round and round. Where is there time to practice your combat skills? "But I can't give it up, I've lived here for 10 years, and if I can't make the town better, even if the residents don't say it, I'm going to feel bad." ”

"You're a responsible mayor," Assas smiled, "but you're not a good warrior—the sword you just had, and once again, learn to use concussion." ”

Chris nodded, took two steps forward, raised his sword and slashed hard. Assas raised his shield again to block, but the moment the long sword collided with the shield, an additional force penetrated the shield and acted on the hand holding the shield, Assas only felt that his wrist trembled, and the accumulated strength suddenly dispersed most of it, although he did not directly lose the shield, but the accumulated impact force was also dispersed, and he failed to turn into a shield and returned it. Assas took two steps back with his shield, lowered his shield and shook his hand.

He only used the most ordinary standard wooden shield, unlike his own "Guardian of Justice", which was very ineffective in resisting, and could not absorb the impact to strengthen the shield. If he had used this shield to fight against Moccarus at that time, let alone twenty seconds, he would probably have been crushed into a patty by Moccarus if he couldn't hold on for even two seconds - fortunately, Moccarus majored in magic, and his newly awakened body was really not strong. Looking back on that battle now, I still have some lingering palpitations.

"The promotion of the melee profession is the development process of one's own body, and it is very important to control the 'power'," Assas, who came to his senses, said to Chris, "The 'concussions' that the Trainee Warrior and the Trainee Knight need to use as a skill launch, and in the hands of the Silver Warrior, it is a convenient action that does not require additional energy at all." Mastering these 'forces' is also very helpful for progression. This is what the book says. ”

"You're not only a genius, you're a good student. Chris wiped his sweat, "I'm gradually mastering these skills." It doesn't take long. ”

"Yes, you are very talented, but you have been delayed by government affairs. Assas praised.

"My talent is limited, and I may not be a strong golden warrior in my life, but I can be a good mayor. "It's a bright way to become a professional, but there's never just one way to go in this world." Go ahead. ”

Chris continued to raise his sword to attack, and Assas still raised his shield to block, occasionally swinging his sword to counterattack, which also found a lot of mistakes and flaws in Chris's movements. An hour later, Chris lowered his sword and motioned for Arthas to rest, and the old butler had already brought tea and snacks.

"You can see that you are very well educated, and you should come from a noble family," Chris drank a large cup of tea without any scruples, ate a few snacks in a row, and looked at Assas's slow and methodical eating, and couldn't help but sigh, "Many people think that aristocrats are just a pile of money, but they can't see the accumulated demeanor of nobles - I've heard people say that true aristocrats will make people feel pleasing to the eye no matter what they do." You proved it for me. ”

"That's an exaggeration, sir. Assas put down his teacup and said with a smile, "The so-called nobility is nothing more than using cumbersome rules to restrain oneself and complicated etiquette to show one's superiority." In fact, all this is meaningless, and their pride is still built on money after all. When they lose their wealth, they are more depressed than the average person. If you think about it this way, the aristocracy is not even comparable to ordinary people. ”

But only the nobles can say that. "Others still look at the aristocracy as bejeweled and high-minded. ”

He finally slowed down his eating.

"By the way, do your two friends like gambling?" asked Chris casually, as if remembering something.

"What's wrong?" asked Assas.

"There's a guy in town who uses kara cards to attract people to gamble, and he's so good at poker that he always wins—but he's always been very disciplined and doesn't win too much from one person, and the people he wins rarely complain. We don't have to gamble here, so we don't care about him. When you get back, tell your friends that if someone pulls you to play Kara, you'd better not go. There is no need to throw precious silver coins at him. ”

"I'll take notice. Assas agreed.