Chapter 493: Old Acquaintances
A good night's sleep.
Early the next morning, Rachel and Todd, who had packed their belongings, bought a camel from the merchant with all their possessions, and continued their journey towards the port of Anuda in the west.
The desert is boundless, and at a glance it is full of yellow sand.
Holding the reins in both hands, Todd, who was sitting behind the woman, looked at the hot air in the distance and said, "Richel, what does your hometown look like in your impression?"
"You mean the kingdom of heaven?"
Holding her chin in her right hand, Rachel pondered and said, "It's a picturesque, yet highly developed world. People live in cities above the clouds, with all kinds of magical machines, and the food and drink are unimaginably delicious. And, the people there love to sing, dance, have adventures, research, and learn. ”
Todd smiled bitterly and asked, "Are all these messages that you see from the soul space?"
"That's right, there are a lot of videos from a channel called Discovery, which is very detailed about the nature and people of Heaven. I've watched almost every episode, and I can still remember many of the places clearly. ”
Todd nodded helplessly, in his previous life, the Discovery Channel was indeed his favorite program, so it is not surprising that there are a large number of related videos stored in the soul space. But the problem is that most of the programs Todd watched in his previous life only mentioned the beauty of the earth, and rarely touched the history and society, which also caused Rachel to know little about the war and people's livelihood on the earth in the soul space.
When it comes to natural scenery, Richer stretches out his fingers and pulls them one by one, like a treasure: "If I can reach heaven, I want to go to Santorini on the Aegean Sea, the Tyrolean Snow Mountains in Austria, and Lake Milano Como in Italy...... And ......"
Rachel turned her head, chuckled and kissed Todd on the chin, then snuggled into the other's arms and whispered, "Where you've lived, where you've worked, where you've left your footprints......"
"Todd, you know what? You and your world are the only hope that sustains me on my way. ”
Todd felt the presence of the woman in his arms, his heart seemed to be hit by the sun, and his whole body was suddenly wrapped in warmth, and fatigue and sleepiness were swept away.
Can't bear to spoil the beauty and yearning in Reichell's heart, Todd lowered his head and said softly: "On the street where I live, there is an old shop that has been open for more than ten years, and the pastries made by that old couple are particularly delicious. Also, at the university where I work, there is a lake called Late Autumn, and there is a pavilion in the middle of the lake, and in the summer you can see the lotus flowers in the pond, which is particularly beautiful......"
Rachel didn't speak, just listened quietly to Todd talk about everything about his past life.
Those lingering landscapes, those unstoppable food, those hilarious past......
Two people, a camel, and a desert are frozen into a permanent picture and remain in eternal memory.
There will be an end to the journey.
As the sun went down, Todd and Richel eventually arrived at the Ayyubid Empire's port of Annuda.
As the largest port on the western coast of the empire, the port of Anuda has experienced countless wars, with a population of 260,000 and hundreds of ships moored in the port, all of which show the unimaginable vitality of the city to the world.
Riding a camel to the city gates, Rachel tugged at Latode's sleeve and motioned for him to stop first.
Todd asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
"Something is wrong. Richer frowned and said, "The number of guards at the city gate is much more than before, and the intensity of inspection is much stronger than before. Looking at this, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter the city easily. ”
Todd asked in a low voice, "Is it because of us?"
Rachel shook her head: "It's unlikely, the news of our escape from the Council of Elders can't get here so quickly, and Eleanor doesn't have the ability to use the Empire's forces...... There must be some other reason. ”
Todd patted the camel under him and whispered, "Why don't we take a boat from another port to the north?"
"The other port closest to Anuda City is also three hundred kilometers away, and it takes ten days to get there. What's more, the longer we stay in the territory of the Empire, the more dangerous it becomes. Rachel jumped off his camel: "And, in this city, there are people I am looking for." ”
Wrapping her turban tightly, Rachel motioned for Todd to get off his camel first, and then walked towards the vendor section at the city gate.
I saw that she found an old farmer who was over half a hundred years old and talked to the other party for a few words. The old farmer glanced in Todd's direction, then got up and left the stall, and found another merchant in silk cloth.
The merchant, with a white scarf on his head and a small beard, walked slowly with Richell, and walked around the camel without even looking at Todd, and casually gave a number.
Rachel shook her head vigorously and argued with the other party for a long time, and finally came to an agreement.
Rachel first placed the reins of the camel in the merchant's hands, and then beckoned Todd to follow in the merchant's footsteps.
In this way, the two of them blended into the merchant's convoy, passed the inspection at the city gate, and entered the city of Anuda without incident.
Walking through the bustling streets of the city, Rachel looked at Todd with a curious look on his face, smiled and whispered, "I told the merchant that we were a couple from the Semitic tribe who had to leave the tribe and go into the city to seek a livelihood due to the war in the south. As a result, I sold the camel to the merchant for a low price, and he agreed to take the two of us into the city. ”
Todd was surprised and asked, "Do you speak Semitic?"
"Not much, but enough. Rachel walked through the city with ease, and every lane, every secret door, seemed to her as familiar as the back garden of home.
It took about half an hour for the two to finally arrive at the door of a dilapidated tavern.
Looking at a drunk man lying at the door of the tavern, holding a bottle and coughing loudly, vomit spilling from the corners of his mouth.
Todd pursed his mouth and nose, trying not to let his stomach be affected by the sour smell in the air.
Rachel pushed the door open and walked into the tavern, and in the dimly lit shack, walked to the back of the bar and woke up the sleepy tavern owner, and whispered a few words to the latter.
The tavern keeper, with a stubble-faced face and a depressed face, suddenly came to his senses, and saw him walk quickly to the back kitchen and knock on the floor a few times.
Todd, who was watching all this, was quite curious in his heart, and he had now begun to repeatedly guess who the person Reichel wanted to see was?
Following the tavernkeeper, Todd and Rachel enter a secret passage in the cellar and eventually come to a collapsed basement.
Pushing open a hidden wooden door, a plainly dressed girl poked her head out of the crack in the door and looked at the crowd outside the door.
When she saw the faces of Richer and Todd, the girl involuntarily opened her round eyes and exclaimed, "Oh my God!"
Todd looked at the strange-looking girl and asked strangely, "Do you know me?"
"Ruler of the Kingdom of Twilight, son of the gods of the Northlands, savior of the alien races......"
The girl made a standard good-day salute to Todd and said with a smile, "We meet again." ”
Just when Todd looked confused, Rachel unraveled the mystery: "This is the third in line for the Discord Legion, an old acquaintance of yours - Sabrina. ”