The main body of the Brave Paradise in front of me is ten meters high, like a huge spinning top upside down on the ground, and a flame that changes color from time to time is burning at the top, and I don't know how to do it. Tall torches were erected around the gray and white cloth walls, and the torches were directly suspended on the ground a few centimeters above the ground. If you don't look closely, you won't be able to spot it.

Catherine's gaze quickly rested on the torches. It wasn't just because of the wonderful levitation, the flames of each torch emitted a different hue, but Catherine was also fascinated. Red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple and black, the entire large tent is reflected in a colorful color, shrouded in a gorgeous halo.

At some point, Ferry walked up to Catherine and secretly pulled down the sleeve of the captain's coat. He raised the corner of his eyebrow and motioned for Catherine to look there.

Oh, the black flames!

It seems that Ferry also found out, and it is the legendary Demon Flame. Although mixed with the many torches, the strange dark aura still faintly emanated into the surrounding air.

The entrance to the Paradise of the Brave is a simple wooden door, and two guards dressed in the same tight-fitting tunics stand in the doorway. They had a fine-striped handguard sword at their waists, with the man on the right and the left on the left. Both wore bronze unicorns, one large and one small, with the horizontal angles facing each other, and the fuchsia straps straddled diagonally across their shoulders, also symmetrically placed on the left and right.

The two guards stood up straight, grim smiles on their faces. They saw Grey Cloud and Catherine arrive, and at the same time they bent down to salute, and the voices of a man and a woman merged perfectly into a pleasant chord.

"Welcome. ”

"Be careful. Ace jerked in front of Catherine, motionless, but half of the long sword at his waist was already out of its scabbard. Only then did Catherine realize that the two guards' swords were in their hands, the tips of their swords pressed tightly against As's ears. If it weren't for Ace standing in front of her, Catherine would have been frightened by these two swords.

The guards withdrew their fine-striped handguard swords and bowed with one hand on their chests while pushing their other hand towards the wooden door. That's when the gates of Warrior's Paradise really opened. Ace snorted and walked in first, followed by Catherine and Feeley, and finally Grey Cloud.

As soon as you enter the Paradise of the Brave, it is like coming to another world, where all the hustle and bustle outside is cut off, and the surroundings are quiet. It was pitch black in the park, and people seemed to be stepping on mid-air. Suddenly, the front lit up, and four rectangular banquet tables appeared. Three of them were longer, one shorter, and were arranged in a trapezoid, with the bottom edge of the trapezoidal facing the three Catherines.

Catherine saw that the table was neatly arranged, with only one set on the short table and three on each of the other three tables.

"Welcome, welcome, brave adventurer. The Paradise of the Brave is our highest respect for you. A woman's voice rang out in the space, followed by a bell as someone emerged from the darkness and stood at the short table.

"Welcome, welcome, brave adventurer. The Paradise of the Brave is our highest respect for you. An old voice said the same words that rang out in the space, and with a bell ringing, someone came out of the darkness and stood consciously in front of the table on the right.

"Welcome, welcome, brave adventurer. The Paradise of the Brave is our highest respect for you. "This time it's an exaggerated woman's voice. Similarly, the man came out of the darkness with a bell, and she consciously stood in front of the table on the left.

In this way, a similar scenario occurred seven times, and at the end of the day, seven people were standing at three tables. The last of them was Grey Cloud, who stood at the bottom of the left side. The seven men were dressed exactly the same as Grey Cloud, the only difference being the number of silver bells on the tip of their hats, from seven in the first place to one in Grey Cloud.

"I think you're all the members of the Corner City Executive Committee. Catherine bent over her chest and greeted the seven men with a standard adventurer salute, "Thank you very much for your hospitality, the corner city is such an incredible place." ”

"You may be seated, Honorable Captain Catherine and the two brave men who have come from afar. The first woman to appear reached out and waved it at her chest. Her demeanor is graceful and noble, and her countenance looks a little old, but she is still beautiful, with an intimate smile.

Immediately a long-backed chair appeared at the long table in front of Catherine, and the same chair appeared behind the commissioners. The woman was the first to sit down, and the other six members sat down immediately.

Ace stepped forward to remove the chair for Catherine, and waited for Catherine to sit down before he and Ferry sat on the left and right sides of the group leader.

"First of all, let me introduce myself, I am Vicie, the chief member of the Corner City Executive Committee. Vicie looked at Catherine and said in a soft voice, "I didn't expect the famous Kurid mercenary group to pass through this city. After a unanimous vote, in order to pay tribute to the Chur Mercenary Group, our committee has specially opened this issue of Brave Paradise. ”

"This issue?" Catherine had a hint of foreboding.

"Lady Vicie, I wonder if I can call you that?" Catherine continued, seeing Lady Vicie nod slightly, "I'm glad to accept your invitation, but we can't stay long as we pass through your land. I think tomorrow we will continue our journey. So if it's convenient, I'd like to ask about the Doden Mountains. ”

Catherine decided to go straight in. Since it was speculated that Corner City must have a plan, it is better to force them to have a showdown as soon as possible, and the polite words that go around and around will obviously only waste their tongues.

"No problem. I think the distinguished guests must be hungry, so we talked while eating. The Chief Commissioner agreed, and then announced that the meal was open, without giving Catherine any more chance to speak.

As Lady Vicie spoke, a white-gloved hand stretched out neatly from the darkness. They place a small silver plate in front of each of them with tailless prawns drizzled with hot fruit oil.

"Please use it. Gray Cloud and Catherine were more familiar with each other, and when they sat close to each other, they introduced, "Broken tail shrimp is a specialty of the Northeast Ice Sea. This sweet shrimp dish with fruit oil is a famous appetizer in the north. ”

Catherine smiled and was about to take the knife when she heard Ferry cough slightly. The pastor muttered in her ear, "It's the main meal, take it from the outside in." ”

Catherine hurriedly kicked Ace on the other side, and then picked up the outermost knife and fork at a slower speed. Ace understands and learns from the same.

Catherine cut open the broken tail shrimp, forked a piece of red and white tender meat, dipped it in the oil and put it in her mouth. The fragrance of the fruit oil and the sweetness of the shrimp meat work on the tongue and nose at the same time, making people feel indescribably satisfied.

"The third monarch of the North, the Snow King, was a gourmet. Before he ascended to the throne at the age of thirty, he had to cook every day. After ascending to the throne, he began to invite cooks and famous chefs from all over the world to perform at his food palace. Lady Vicie finished eating the shrimp and wiped her mouth with a napkin, "This was two hundred years ago." Or was it three hundred years ago? Mr. Hunting, weren't you invited to go back then, when did it happen?"

Mr. Hunting sat in the middle of the table to Catherine's right. He had upturned eyes, two mustaches under his nose, he looked no more than thirty or forty years old, and he had four silver bells on the tip of his hat.

"It was two hundred and seventy-one years ago, Lord Vicie. Mr. Hunting spoke slowly, "The people who have been invited to the Snow King's Food Palace are the top experts in the region. But it's not so much about please, it's more about grabbing. Half of the Bingling soldiers of the Northern Snow Mountain Army were sent out to deliver letters, and as long as the people who received the letters did not agree, they would be immediately knocked unconscious and taken back to the Food Palace. Everyone who enters the food palace must not only take turns cooking, but also create a new dish with ingredients and specialties from the northern country. If this new dish is approved by the Snow King, then this famous chef will not only be able to leave the palace, but also get a rich reward. During that period, there were no less than 100 famous people from all over the country who were invited, and they had to wait for three meals a day, and each person had to wait for a month before they had a chance to cook. Sweet shrimp with fruit oil was conceived by a southern chef at that time. ”

"That's a long time, how did you get out?" asked Ferry unconsciously as he listened with relish.

"I didn't think about it, but I learned and communicated with the world's top masters. Mr. Hunting seemed to miss that time, and there was a passion in his eyes, "Seventeen years, I have been there for seventeen years. How happy it is to be able to work with chefs of various genres and ingredients from all over the world every day! You can try techniques that you have never tried before, and you can see cooking methods that you have never seen before. It's a pity, it's a pity that the Snow King only lived to be forty-seven years old before he was usurped by his nephew. ”

Catherine was amazed to hear this, and the history of the Northland is synonymous with brutality. For example, the Snow King was historically known as the "Red Snow Tyrant". Only historians know the term "Food Palace", and the more famous name of the Food Palace is the "Blood Palace".

Legend has it that the snow in front of the food palace is always red. In order to deter people, the Snow King always likes to carry out public executions on the snow in front of the gourmet palace, and the blood of the slain melts the snow and freezes again at night, and over time it is covered with a blood-red ice cap. When the weather is clear, one can see a blood-red palace reflected on the ice sheet, from which the name "blood-colored palace" is derived.

As for the chefs who enter the food palace, as long as the dishes make the Snow King slightly dissatisfied, they will not escape the fate of losing their heads. At that time, it was known as the "chef's nightmare", and no less than 40 famous chefs died in the food palace in 17 years. It is amazing that this Mr. Hunting can live in a bloody palace.

But what really surprised Catherine was Mr. Hunting's age. According to his account, this old man is probably at least three hundred years old, which is by no means the number of years that a human being can survive. If it weren't for any special method, the only explanation was that Mr. Hunting was not human. If that were the case, neither would the other members of the Committee.

There are many intelligent beings in this world who can live for more than 300 years, such as dragons and elves. As for the legendary gods and some terrifying creatures of the underworld, Catherine didn't think they would appear here.

In this way, it is not unreasonable that these guys in front of you are elves. In particular, Miss Strange's bill, written in the ancient elven language, is very strong evidence. Catherine had a gut feeling that her guess wouldn't be wrong. But another question immediately came to her mind, the inhabitants of Corner City were clearly different from the imaginary elves. Whether it is the way of life, or the way of saying and doing, it is very different.

If the green wind is here, you may be able to see that there is something strange inside. Of course, in the current scenario, it may be better for the green wind to stay outside. This means that in case of emergency, the Kur mercenary group will have one more reinforcement. Catherine sincerely hoped that the green wind of the corner city would not rush into the city to join them.

When the last person finished eating the broken tail shrimp, the plate was quickly removed, and another glass of black fruit wine and water appeared in front of everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today's main dish is the famous palace meat roll in the south. Mr. Hunting cleared his throat and said, "This dish has been praised by His Majesty the Wise St. Faian himself. Nowadays, as a royal dish of the imperial court, few people know the real recipe of cooking. Thanks to the Snow King, I wouldn't have known how to cook it if it weren't for my experience. ”

Mr. Hunting slipped open a plate of meat rolls brought to him, and a puff of heat came out of the seemingly cold meat rolls. He picked up the plate and pointed to the cut meat rolls and explained to everyone: "Everyone, please look carefully, the real juicy meat rolls are not three, not five, but four. And each layer uses different fresh meat, which are deer, cow, fish, and geese. The so-called pork and horse meat claims are all falsehoods. The four layers of fresh meat will be processed in different ways - marinated, smoked, stuffed and sealed. The wrapped meat rolls are buried in the ground for 48 hours and simmered in a fire cup. Immediately after the cooked meat rolls are removed, they must be snap-frozen on the outside with ice cubes to seal the umami and heat inside. It can be said that this dish has a different texture and taste from the inside out. Of course, the real secret lies in the recipe for the thick sauce poured over the meat rolls. I can't pass this on. Please enjoy it now. After saying that, Mr. Hunting was the first to put the meat roll in his mouth, closed his eyes and chewed it carefully.

This Mr. Hunting is really a culinary expert, Catherine sighed heartily as she ate the meat rolls.

"Captain Catherine, listen to Gray Cloud, you have come all the way from the royal city, and there must be many thrilling stories along the way, please tell us about it. Mrs. Vicie, seeing that Catherine was about to finish eating, made a small request.

Catherine thought for a moment and said, "We passed through a dense forest, and while spending the night there, we encountered a group of dark creatures. ”

The mage began to tell the story of their encounter with the black-fronted rat, and the members of the committee listened attentively, occasionally exclaiming. As Catherine spoke, she suddenly heard the sound of small footsteps around her, and soon the footsteps became louder and louder, as if thousands of black-fronted rats were running towards her.

Catherine's narration came to an abrupt end, the sound of shredded footsteps already audible, accompanied by the screams of rats. Ace jerked to his feet, and even the chair behind him was brought to the ground.

"What's going on?" Ace shouted, drawing his sword.

The seven commissioners all disappeared into darkness at this time, and only Lady Vixi's voice rang out all around: "Dear brave, please show us your bravery, the first game begins now." ”