Chapter 126: The Tavern of the Harbor
Alexandria's GK district is the most prosperous part of Alexandria, but it is also the most chaotic and impoverished place. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoEvery moment of every day, there will be all kinds of evil here, theft, **, robbery, killing, here is as ordinary as eating and drinking, although every day someone will die here, but no one has found their body, even if it has lost its life, in this place will become food or material for survivors.
In the midst of this chaos, outside a tavern, Drake brought Alice and Semiramis to the place, both of whom wore veils that were characteristic of the area, disguised with magic, and finally draped in black robes outside, hiding all the features that would allow others to guess the information.
It must have been just an ordinary tavern, for the constant smell of sweat, the smell of inferior perfume, the smell of sour beer, and the smell of hormones that would never be lacking from the crack in the door mixed together to form an indescribable stench that kept burrowing into the nose of everyone who entered it, causing Alice to frown fiercely.
The disgusting smell reminded Alice of the not-so-pleasant thing she had seen at school when she was an apprentice magician.
Drake, who walked ahead, pushed open the green moss-covered door, and as the heavy wooden door opened, various sounds also reached Alice's ears.
The candle flame next to the wall emitted the foul smell of burning grease, which was made of fuel from the fat obtained from the body of the giant whale in the sea, and it was precisely because of its existence that ordinary people could also get light and warmth at night, of course, the invention of this product also made those big guys suffer from the seedlings, if it were not for the protection of the gods, those big guys who had no treasure but no ability to protect the treasure would have disappeared in the main plane.
Two-meter-tall ogres, trolls only slightly shorter than ogres, halflings dressed in leather armor tied together with rudimentary leather threads, humans dressed as pirates, and mages wrapped in black robes, all of whom had nothing to do with each other were crammed into this small tavern, but most of them were gathered in groups of three or five, and the wine table in the middle was full of coins, which were originally used for magic and divination, but by this time they had become vulgar gambling equipment.
Smugglers, criminals, thieves, assassins, pirates, and other people with these professions are happily playing their games here.
Girls with thick makeup painted with inferior rouge on their faces, with false smiles, boldly dressed, revealing large patches of fair skin, crossed between the various wine tables, holding wine glasses in their hands, or holding food, and some snuggled up to others, from time to time from their mouths a series of silver bell crisp laughter, even so they were very satisfied, they could find a job in this place away from danger, they did not have any strength to live here, and there were not many other choices.
"What a disgusting environment......"
Semiramis whispered in a hoarse voice that changed.
"Disgusting? Hahahaha, miss, you're really joking. ”
"It's not disgusting at all, it's full of kindness!"
Drake, who was walking in front of him, paused, and a low laugh erupted from his black robes.
"There is no justice, there is no evil, there is no right, and there is no wrong. ”
"Is there a more wonderful world than this?ahah......ah
"Freedom? Freedom without order only brings chaos, and chaos brings destruction. ”
"Drake, the guy who only knows how to destroy can't become strong. ”
Alice, caught between Semiramis and Drake, opened her mouth to retort, and her rebuttal made Drake's exclamation stuck in her throat.
The three of them, who fell silent again, continued to walk forward, perhaps because of the black robes that the three of them wrapped themselves in, and all the way through the tavern to the bar of the tavern, and the three of them were not disturbed in any way.
"Don't look at these guys so rude, but they have survived until now, not only by their skills, but they know how to measure, who is tempted, and who cannot be provoked. ”
Drake explained in a low voice, and sat down directly on the chair in front of the bar, a dirty stool that smelled of alcohol and had a greasy surface.
Behind the bar, a dwarf was rudely wiping a wooden wine glass, but the black rag always gave the impression that it was getting dirtier and dirtier, or rather, it took a lot of courage to drink from such a glass.
Drake, who sat down, gently led the wooden bar with his hand, making a crisp sound, and at the same time attracting the dwarf's attention.
"Jerez's sherry is aged for more than three years. ”
Drake's bland words made the dwarf's action of wiping the wine glass pause slightly, and then replied in an equally flat voice.
"Nope. ”
"The Volga of the Rus', an authentic product from the mountains of the Caucasus. ”
"No, there isn't. ”
"The gin, the gin from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, do you always have here?"
"Hmmm......"
The dwarf nodded, then beckoned a man with a tray to bring the wine, and after a few words, walked towards the back of the tavern hall, while Drake nodded back and motioned for Alice and Semiramis to follow.
The dwarf led the three behind him up the stairs, down the hallway, to a guest room, closed the door carefully, and then leaned his ear against the back of the door and listened carefully for a few minutes to make sure no one was following, and he nodded to Drake.
"Miss Alice, please unleash your magic here, just in case. ”
"It's very secretive, but there's no guarantee that there will be a thief or a stupid curiosity. ”
What will be discussed below will be very secretive, so the cautious Drake still wants to be more foolproof.
The dark red light emerged from Alice's hand, it was not dazzling, and it was a completely inconspicuous light in the night, with the shroud of light, the whole house had been protected by magic, although it was just very ordinary magic, but in the hands of Alice, a lich who had reached the legend, it became not ordinary at all, Alice was confident, even a god, could not watch without being aware of it.