Chapter 40: The City of West, I
Chen Shihao, who had nothing to do with the matter, nodded thoughtfully, this knight and his squire are so eager to fight, it should have something to do with gaining territory, right? After all, in this kind of game with a Western medieval background, knights and territories are the biggest selling points, so the belligerence of the Simi knights is very in line with the background.
"Do you have horses?" the Governor asked, ignoring his men's arguments, and directed himself to the officer at the lookout.
"Yes, I've been ready for the lord for a long time. The officer waved his hand a little smugly, and several soldiers immediately poured out of the lookout, just leading five vigorous horses.
The chief glanced at the officer approvingly, and immediately put on a new horse to ride, and the dragon naturally followed suit. At this moment, Chen Shihao hesitated, what should he do?
The chief manager also noticed Chen Shihao, and said with a slight sigh: "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry, the military order is urgent, so I have to let you go to the city to settle down first." Speaking of the officer, he said, "This is Mr. Chen, a very capable adventurer, give him a certificate." ”
"The lord is polite, thank you, I wish the lord and you all to go and win the martial arts!" Chen Shihao saluted and thanked.
The steward nodded, turned the horse's head, and spurred the horse to gallop with a wave.
With the words of the chief manager, Chen Shihao easily obtained a wooden waist tag-like thing from the officer, tied it around his waist, held an iron sword, his whole body was in tatters, and slowly walked towards the city.
When you come to the edge of the city, you can see a stone road running through the whole city, and countless horse-drawn carts and ox carts carrying goods, carrying burdens and carrying packages of travelers have stepped on this stone road and poured into the city.
Chen Shihao looked at everything in front of him in a little stunned, looked at the dense buildings and streets of the Western Middle Ages, and looked at these people dressed in line with the times, and couldn't help but sigh deeply: "This game is really amazing, so many NPCs are all like real people, each with their own lives, it is really amazing, no wonder some people say that the world's highest technology is actually far beyond what people can imagine." Shaking his head with emotion, he stepped onto the stone road.
The 10 leather-armored spearmen standing guard at the beginning of the stone road, lined up on both sides, not only did not collect tolls, but even ignored these passers-by at all, but only looked at the strong men with weapons among the passers-by with vigilant eyes. Chen Shihao, who was covered in tattered and bloodstained bodies, not only attracted the attention of those passers-by, but also attracted the attention of these guards for the first time.
However, when Chen Shihao guessed that these guards would come forward to intercept and question, these soldiers just glanced at the other place and looked at the waist card shaking on their waists, Chen Shihao couldn't help but smile, this is the benefit of a relationship, right? If he didn't know the earl's governor, I was afraid that he would be stopped at the lookout, let alone enter the city.
Chen Shihao, who had settled down, began to take a closer look at the city in the game, most of the streets were lined with shops, with various items on display, and the crowds of people entering the city, some of them stopped at these shops, but more of them continued to surge, which showed that the city was very prosperous.
However, Chen Shihao quickly frowned, because he smelled the stench, and looked left and right, on both sides of the street, there were actually piles of sewage and garbage in the corners of the doors! The corpses of dead cats, dead dogs, and dead mice were even faintly visible! At this time, Chen Shihao found that there were no gutters on both sides of the street, and there were piles of rice fields everywhere!
Chen Shihao's face changed immediately, this is too much, isn't it? It's just that he doesn't have such a terrible situation in the countryside! With such a sanitary situation, wouldn't it be a plague if something happens?! But Chen Shihao suddenly smiled, this is a game, why are you so worried?
He was about to ignore the mines on the ground and move forward, but the pain and itching all over his body made him understand that the first thing he did was to heal this injury! Touching the waist tag on his waist, Chen Shihao mustered up the courage to walk towards a guard.
The guard also saw Chen Shihao leaning over, but instead of being vigilant, he straightened his chest and asked respectfully, "Hello guest, how can I help you?"
"This waist card represents the identity of the guest. Chen Shihao muttered in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "Hello, how can I ask the priest for treatment?"
The guards looked at the injuries on Chen Shihao's body, and his tone was even more respectful: "You just need to follow this stone path, and when you reach the center of the city, you can see the Temple of Light." ”
After thanking him, Chen Shihao naturally walked quickly towards the center of the city. Although the smell was terrible at first, but after a long time, it didn't matter, all the way, it was those houses with brilliant facades, but the road surface at the door was relatively clean, and the corners were still full of garbage, this situation really made Chen Shihao speechless, but think about the fact that the ancient Western city in reality is actually a dung pit, but I also understand why the game is so set.
Chen Shihao found the magnificent and gorgeous palace of light on the edge of the square in the center of the city, queued for more than half an hour, and then spent 1 shilling, enjoying the feeling of being shrouded in light and warm all over the body.
Chen Shihao didn't care about the god of light, because this square was surrounded by various temples, such as the god of war, the god of agriculture, the god of craftsmen, and so on. However, he was very curious about this magic technique, and a little curious about what conditions were required to learn it.
Of course, the result of inquiring is naturally to worship the Temple of Light can be learned, Chen Shihao, who is not interested in this, left directly to find a public bath to freshen up, and bought a set of adventurer costumes that are very neat to close his hands and legs, and after dressing up, the whole person reappeared on the street in good spirits.
Although people are in good spirits, they are not energetic in their hearts, because Chen Shihao only has 1 shilling and 7 pence left in his pocket! 1 pence for bathing, but the risk clothes actually cost 1 shilling and 4 pence! After treatment, 3 shillings are left! A penny is the same size as a 1 yuan coin, and the last zero is the same size as a dime coin, all of which are silver coins.
Looking at the iron sword in his hand, Chen Shihao couldn't help but sigh: "The favor is great." "Because Chen Shihao, who has consumed it, knows the value of 1 shilling, and in the armory shop, the iron sword in his hand, which is about the same as his hand, actually costs 35 shillings!
What is the value of 2 gold pounds? It is equal to 40 shillings, equal to 800 pence, equal to 8000 after zero, equal to 4000 sticks of black bread, it sounds a little confusing, but this black bread weighs 1 pound? Two can feed a strong man for a day?
Chen Shihao naturally knows that the manager is so generous, first, this money is not in the eyes of others, after all, he is the head of the earl, and he is also a knight with a title, and the second point is that he wants to recruit himself. For this, Chen Shihao has no resistance to the psychology, it is very normal to get the money needed for life by working for others, and besides, when you enter the game, you are playing, you don't have the heart to fight for hegemony at all, and there is no problem in working for NPCs.
Chen Shihao, who had these thoughts, began to prepare to find a hotel to stay, anyway, when the manager came back, he would come to the door to take refuge, lest he not know how to play this game that was too real to be true, but should he first go to the vocational test to identify what profession he is suitable for?
Chen Shihao had just walked a few steps when he suddenly faintly heard the bell ringing, and then found that the crowd began to surge, feeling that the people on the road were all rushing towards the square, and he could also feel a noise in the distance.
When he was puzzled, he suddenly heard the sound of rumbling horses' hooves behind him, and turned his head to see that dozens of black heavy iron horsemen who were wrapped in black armor from head to toe, including war horses, only showed two eyes, under the leadership of a blonde-haired majestic knight who did not wear a helmet and looked like a gold-colored iron horseman, rumbling towards the road.
As soon as he saw this posture, Chen Shihao immediately retreated to the side of the road, and many clever passers-by flashed on both sides like Chen Shihao's movements, and some of them who were stunned and stunned in place were directly knocked down by the golden knight's war horse, and then turned into meat sauce under the trampling of the iron horse, and these dozens of iron horsemen just ignored the horses of the passers-by in front of them and drove straight up, accompanied by a rumbling sound of screams, as well as a chilling sound of bones cracking and flesh splashing.
Chen Shihao, who was originally very interested in looking at these heavily armed iron knights, felt a chill all over his body when he saw these iron knights so disregard for human life, even knowing that this was a game, because he clearly saw that the golden knight at the head had no expression on his face at all to those passers-by who were trampled to death, just like stepping on an ant to death!
After a series of screams, the crowd suddenly shouted, "Flash! Demon Knight is out!"
Before the passers-by could react, the golden knight quickly drew out his sword, and then slashed a sword in the air, which made Chen Shihao stunned, a three-meter-high golden sword qi appeared out of thin air, and then crackled and cut off all the passers-by in front of the sword qi, when the sword qi disappeared, you could see the end of the broken arm of the corpse, and a person with his hands clasped together to his mouth to make a shouting posture froze there, and then there was a crackling sound, and the person was split in half from head to crotch, and his intestines were covered all over the ground.
After a little coaxing, the originally dense crowd actually emptied the street, and everyone crowded on both sides of the street, keeping their mouths shut, and clinging to the wall.
The golden knight didn't have any expression, a beautiful sword flower put away the sword, and then looked into the distance, and with a wave of his hand, dozens of iron horsemen immediately accelerated and charged forward, and the roar made Chen Shihao feel like he was seeing a tank charge!
Those bloody scenes made Chen Shihao couldn't help but want to vomit, but because the city guards with a large ticket soon appeared behind the iron horse, blocking the wreckage, making Chen Shihao feel a little better, he couldn't help muttering: "Is there a mistake, how can you guard the people in the city at will?"
As soon as Chen Shihao's words came out, all the people around him looked at Chen Shihao with strange eyes, and a strong man grinned: "You outsiders don't know, there are local rules, when you encounter an enemy attack, the knights in the castle fight, but anyone who blocks can be regarded as an enemy to kill, so those who are killed by the knights can only consider themselves unlucky." ”