Chapter 36: The Ogre and the Sleeping Giant
On Dota 6, the circus generally traveled from city to country, touring and camping in a populous town, setting up camp in huge tents and performing for days to months until the inhabitants of the place were no longer interested in their performances.
"Fairy Tale" is such a standard circus that can no longer be standard. From animal trainers and magicians to acrobats, ventriloquists, fire-breathers, Hercules, clowns and more, Fairy Tale is capable of performing almost all kinds of shows on the circus program, and the level is also first-class on the entire Dota 6. If there is anything special about fairy tales, it is that among its core actors, the proportion of humanoids and subhumans seems to be a bit too high, after all, the overlords of Dota 6 are now humans, and in the city, humanoids and subhumans can generally only survive as slaves. However, in a wandering group like the circus, which is not big or small, it is normal for there to be dwarfs and dwarves and goblins who are born with special shapes, and they can play funny roles such as clowns with little to no special makeup, and Hercules like the Tidal Giants are the pillars of the circus.
That's right, the "fairytale" circus is exactly the goal of Goron.
After the young ogre came to the town of Ebb and Tide, the first thing he did was naturally to find the whereabouts of his mother and Hakulili, which should not be difficult, after all, Goron was very aware of the conspicuous Cheng dΓΉ of his mother and Hakulili, not to mention the appearance of the legendary troll, the appearance of a two-headed xenophore alone was enough to cause a huge sensation, but Goron did not get any relevant clues in the initial investigation, whether it was in the tavern or on the street, no one talked about the news of the troll and the two-headed ogre. Until he was targeted by a thief, and then he was reduced to where he is today.
However, this is actually a crooked fight for Golon, after all, the tavern is the best place to get information, those sailors or mercenaries who have drunk too much, and even bandits and pirates, will always tell a lot of valuable information, what royal secrets, secret treasure legends, celebrity gossip, everything.
Goron doesn't have to run around anymore at the Sleeping Giant Hotel, and he can know a lot of things if he has his ears pricked up, for example, the reason why he has his eye on the "fairytale" circus is because he hears a few drinkers talking about the wonderful performance of a tidal giant Hercules.
Goron will never forget that night full of remorse, when he was determined to protect the old and weak women and children of his clan, the king of Mogar who blocked the entrance to the cave with his huge body, and the green giant who sat on the ground with his back to him.
The Tide Giants are not a common race, especially on the 6th Ground.
"Hey~~~!Have you heard, the fairy tale circus is about to leave here. β
Golon's heart moved, and today someone finally started talking about the fairy tale circus again.
"Hey~~~?how can this be, they haven't been here for long, a circus like theirs, even if they stay for another month or two, they won't worry about no guests going to see their performances, this is Haishi Bay, it's the ebb tide harbor, and they are willing to spend money to see them tease the beasts and play poker and play throwing knives as many idiots as you want, what are they doing in a hurry, damn it, I haven't gone to see it yet, I heard from friends in the club that there is a pair of twins there who look really good, and the taste is even better. And that hot animal trainer, I heard that someone offered two hundred gold coins to buy her as a plaything. β
"I don't know why they're in a hurry to leave, but ......" The golden-toothed sailor who spoke lowered his voice, and only said with a smirk when he had sold enough, "But there is a piece of gossip, I don't know if you have heard about it......"
"What's the news?" The man who drank wine will always gossip more than the gossip woman, and the mysterious hand of the golden-toothed sailor suddenly attracted a pricked ear, and even the drinkers at the adjacent table also came over, naturally including the hotel backyard Goron who has a very keen sense of hearing, This should also be the dying gift of the beautiful snake, not only the strength, but also the sight and hearing of Goron now are far from ordinary people.
ββ¦β¦ I'm afraid you don't know yet, that fairy tale circus is not an ordinary circus, they also take on other jobs, assassination, escort, purge, theft, whether it is the work of the thieves' guild or the mercenary guild, as long as they have money, they can do any work......"
Everyone nodded, although a little surprised, but not very surprised, and even a little disappointed. The gossip of the Golden Tooth sailor is not as attractive as the mystery he expressed, after all, a group like a circus that travels around the countries and cities of Dota 6 and tours around will inevitably have the strength to protect themselves in the face of thieves and robbers, plus the members of the circus are generally members of the lowest level of society, and other circuses will also have special services such as selling /// spring, and it is not surprising that fairy tales will take on some dirty work.
The gold-toothed sailor looked at everyone's looks, smiled, and finally released the real bombshell.
"Did you know that the Fairy Tale Circus just killed the black-handed ogres who had been entrenched in the rainforest for a long time just a few days ago. β
"This can't be~~~!" everyone shouted: "Do you fool us as outsiders, who doesn't know how powerful and difficult the black hand ogre is, it will not be easier to take down there than to attack the dragon's lair, and their tribe's village is also very secretive, and no one knows the specific location of their village yet." β
"Hey, hey, hey......" The golden-toothed sailor monster laughed, and when everyone was embarrassed, he continued with a triumphant look: "You don't know this, I heard that someone led the way for those acrobatic clowns and found the real village location of the black hand ogre, and then they took advantage of the night to sneak attack, poisoning and setting fire, and hit those ogres by surprise, and ......"
"You don't have to sell it anymore, who doesn't know that the ogre is greedy and stupid, the gold coins and treasures he stole will only be piled up in the warehouse and put in the mold, the black hand ogre has been entrenched in the treasure bay for I don't know how many years, and the accumulated wealth is probably more than the average dragon's lair, it seems that those clown magicians are too big......" The tone of the speaker was full of jealousy, and his eyes flickered, obviously he was making some idea. After all, one or two hundred gold coins can make a person take risks, one or two thousand gold coins can make a group of people kill their heads and break the bloodstream, and the treasure of the black hand ogre may be calculated in 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins, which is enough to cause a bloody storm in the town of Ebb tide.
It's no wonder that fairy tales want to tightly block the news of the black hand ogre, but as the saying goes, there is no impermeable wall in the world, let alone in this low tide town, you must know that the number of thieves and mercenaries and pirates here is even more than that of ordinary townspeople, and at that time the maiden priest Christina went to "Pigs and Whistles" When the hotel cloth attacked the black hand ogre mission, many guild mercenary group mission contacts were present, although they all regarded the girl's mission as a boring joke, but they also left an impression somewhat, curious which stupid organization would take this kind of death mission, and then sit back and enjoy the good show of the group's annihilation.
After all, the gold coins and treasures hidden by the black hand ogre treasury alone would have to be pulled by at least four or five heavy freight wagons, and the traces left by the wheels would be at least an inch deep, and it was impossible for this information to hide from the eyes of hundreds of thieves. Now that they are able to hide the existence of the troll demon and Hakulili, I am afraid that they have already racked their brains, and the reason why they want to leave this town early is because of this.
For Golon, this can be said to be a good thing or a bad thing, although he received the dying gift of the Great 6 beautiful snake, and there are several mysterious and powerful abilities on his body inexplicably, but his profession is always "chef" , I haven't received systematic combat training, I don't know a little magic, it's okay to deal with some beasts or low-level monsters or something, it's pure dream to snatch back his relatives directly from the opponent who can destroy the black hand ogre, so the more chaotic this water is, the better, and he may have a little chance.
But the bad part is that once the existence of the giant demon and the two-headed xenophore is exposed, then there is no need to think about it, there will definitely be more and more powerful forces involved, and the hope of retrieving them may turn into despair at that time. And the fairy tale circus has decided to leave the town of Ebb and Tide early, and there is really not much time left for Golon......
Just when Goron was deep in thought, I don't know what was going on, the gossip men who had been chatting hotly before, hooking shoulders and backs like brothers, how could they talk and quarrel.
"What! You bastard, how dare you say that we 'forest rangers' are a bad breed?"
"You are not a bad breed, a mercenary group of hundreds of people, even a small circus dare not provoke, I can't think of anything more bad than you. Two men in armed arms led the way to an argument.
"What do you know about the Surrant mongrel, do you think it's a jackal, who doesn't know that the gold they have accumulated is about to catch up with the vaults of Dwarf City, but who dares to really provoke them, the 'little circus'? What else do you say about robbing the circus, you are here to put out nonsense and have the ability to talk about it. 'Black eats black', do you think anyone can play it!"
"Damn, it looks like we're going to have a good fight with you Surant minions before we get rid of those circus clowns in our 'Whisperers' guild, don't worry, when we snatch the gold coins from them, we'll be generous enough to reward you with a few copper coins for medical expenses, and of course, funeral expenses......
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This kind of thing can be seen almost every night in the bar, and there are all kinds of reasons for arguments. The bearded Joe, the owner of the Sleeping Giant Hotel, hid under the bartender table with a happy face, holding a quill and parchment paper in his hand, poking his head out from time to time, ready to write down a detailed list of tables, chairs and utensils that will be smashed, and then magnify the compensation amount "slightly" several times, and give it to the "forest ranger" and "whisperer" early tomorrow morning These two guilds sent, for the sake of face and fame, and for the sake of future business, these guild organizations will generally pay compensation very happily, anyway, in the end, the money will still be compensated by those trouble-causing fools who are hot in the head as soon as they drink with their blood and sweat in exchange for their commissions.
Goron had a headache, if they made too much trouble, then the greedy and miserly boss would definitely force his rest time to clean up the mess, but the deadline for tickets to the fairytale circus in his hand was nine o'clock tonight, and it was also the last public performance of the group in the town of Tidetide, after which they would leave the port, and no one knew where the next stop of the damn circus would be. Although Goron was almost certain that it was the same group of people who attacked the Black Hand clan and kidnapped his family, he still needed to check it out with his own eyes, so tonight, he had to go to the circus and "see" their show.
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