Chapter 1 The Windfall of Fortune Descends from Heaven
In the northern part of the Saga Forest, the wind and the sun are beautiful. Dense temperate broad-leaved shrubs enclosed a small clearing of about ten square meters, and a extinguished bonfire was placed in the center, and around the ruins of the bonfire sat four dirty and ugly green creatures.
"Blue ...... ......"A goblin in a shabby animal skin padded jacket said while eating a roasted hare, "Nila, Dibusdala Nani is not a coffee ......"
"Ahh
"Send Mimi to your ...... Da Dou," the first one said, his face seemed to be a little unhappy.
"Sonimalikurazia Demadi, Woo la ......"
"Fak again, than blazing ......"
The goblin, dressed in a fur coat, opened his eyes wide and pulled out an ugly and worn-out scimitar from his waist and stabbed it into the chest of the bald goblin who had not yet reacted. Seeing his former teammates fall to the ground, there was no trace of pity or remorse in its eyes, only fierceness.
"Woo Sa!" he turned to the two remaining goblins and yelled, "Hahaha......!" and the lead goblin wanted to make some big talk, but the words got stuck in his throat, and the two cunning eyes were gone. He touched his abdomen, saw a large pool of bright red blood, muttered a few curses, and then collapsed.
The two shivering goblins sitting on the sidelines were stunned, unaware of the seriousness of the problem. One of the skinny goblins climbed over, picked at the face of the fur coat goblin with a branch, and then carefully flipped him over. It wasn't until he saw a large pile of crimson marks on the ground that he roared in a high-pitched voice characteristic of goblins.
The other goblin sitting not far away was frightened by this sound, quickly jumped up from the ground, took out his small and ugly goblin scimitar, and just wanted to go forward to take a look, but a figure suddenly flashed in the bushes. He only had time to open his mouth with his eyes wide before he was pierced by an iron sword.
James kicked the fallen corpse and drew his sword.
"Whoa, a It didn't take long for the goblin to feel a sudden relief in his arm, and it trembled and opened one eye, only to see that the scimitar in his hand was only a handle, and the blade did not know where it had been thrown by itself.
James walked up, the tip of his sword pointed at his forehead. Before he could say a word, the other party first threw away the grip in his hand, "fluttered" and fell to the ground, folded his hands, kowtowed and shed tears frantically, and his mouth was still grunting and he didn't know what he was saying.
"Hey!" he kicked the goblin in the head.
The goblins were still muttering and praying for some nonsense, and the tears were even worse.
"Hey! look up at me!" he shouted, and the goblin barely looked up. James looked at its ugly and towering nose, resisted the urge to vomit from the smell of its stench, and said, "Tell me, where to go to Lannega?"
The goblin's eyes widened, and he stretched out his small, thin arm and pointed in one direction of the forest.
"Kabu swished...... Gille Bar La......"
"Which way?" said James, pushing aside the grass with one foot, and faintly saw a winding forest path stretching outward.
"Whoa......" Goblin snot flowed.
"Uh......" James looked at him and quickly withdrew his sword, "Is that true?"
The goblin nodded desperately, and the look of force made James worry about whether its head would be thrown off.
"If it's true, then I'll let you go today, don't get out of here!" he shouted. The goblin was overjoyed, and disappeared into the depths of the jungle while kowtowing. When James saw it leave completely, he hurried out of the clearing. Not because he was afraid of the goblins, but because the smell was too much for him to stand it. In addition, in order to maintain his majesty, James could not cover his nose, which would look very shameless.
In fact, James is not a good knight from anywhere, and he has not competed against anyone in any castle to prove his strength. He's just an ordinary adventurer. His parents disappeared and he grew up in a small village inside the Sakya Forest. Although James aspires to be the best adventurer in the world, he seems to have some talent, but that doesn't make him a reason for his strength. Just two weeks ago, a mysterious man suddenly visited the village and handed James a strange letter himself. The vellum letter said that he was the grandson of a tycoon from New Garand, and that his grandfather, whom he had never met, had recently died, and that he wanted to inherit a rich inheritance in his past. The mystery of the mysterious man and the official seal on the vellum immediately convinced everyone.
This was no small matter, at least it caused a wave of envy in that small remote village. Everyone gathered together and put together a fairly clean leather armor for him, and the village chief even took out a rusty iron sword that had been sealed for many years. It is said that the village chief dug a two-meter-deep pit under his own land to dig up the sword, and united the whole village, and it took three days and three nights to grind off all the rust on the sword. I have to say that this bone grip, an iron long sword with a total length of about one meter and two, is also considered a good weapon only by a peasant. Not only that, but the village chief also gathered the whole village in a large open space and made an impassioned speech in public, such as asking James to think more about these fathers and villagers after becoming a lord, and give some money to reduce taxes or something, and James agreed one by one.
But in any case, James still set off in high spirits. Before leaving, the village chief pulled out a map with a hole in it, pointed him in the direction, and told him to go north to a large city called Lannega. It is said that many years ago, adventurers who passed through the village visited there and constantly boasted about how majestic the city's walls were, how well armed it was, and how much money was everywhere. Hearing such rumors, and the villagers' eyes that made him a little fluttery, the only suspicions he had were dispelled. He is more than 1.8 meters tall, has a strong physique, and is also a slightly smaller big man, walking on the road will not be targeted by robbers, crossing a single-plank bridge will not always be planted in the river, and he often smiles at people on weekdays, and simple math problems cannot stump him. In short, he can only be regarded as a warrior with mediocre qualifications in the entire Vasiliya Kingdom, and he cannot be said to be good or bad. But it's a pity that our protagonist, Mr. Lord, is not yet aware of his ordinariness.
In the distance, there is indeed a narrow path of sheep's intestines. No one put up a sign telling outsiders where to go ahead. But after all, he was really lost, and even if James didn't know, he had to go on hard. He had just stepped on it to see if the road would collapse, when there was another rustling sound in the grass behind him. James immediately drew his sword, and just as he wanted to give a surprise attack to the goblin in his back, he almost missed the stranger's neck.
"Big brother, I'm not a robber......" The young man immediately raised his hand to show that he was harmless, and hurriedly explained, "I'll just pass by ......"
"Oh. James blushed and hurriedly put away his sword, "I'm sorry, I didn't look closely just now, and I thought you were a goblin." β
The man wiped a cold sweat and sighed.
"Brother, I see what you just did. But if it were me, I'd kill those goblins. β
"Why? Anyway, the remaining goblins won't be harmful, so it's better to let him go. James was still soft-voiced, after all, it was the only living person he had seen in two weeks.
"Brother, then you would be naΓ―ve. "The young man touches his head", as long as you let the goblin go back, it will immediately report to their leader. If you don't believe me, let's stay here for a while and see dozens of goblins besieged......"
"Well," James coughed awkwardly, "or ...... Let's go back ?......."
"If you want to catch up with you, go ahead, I can't catch up anyway. The young man also walked the path "I haven't introduced it yet, my name is Adane, it's nice to meet you......"
"I'm James, and it's nice to meet you. James shook his hand, "I'm going to Lonega, do you know where that city is?"
"Oh! I'm going there too, so why don't we go together...... After all, you see, it's getting dark this day, and I'm afraid that there will be wolves. β
James looked up at the slanting sun, and there was indeed a touch of crimson in the sky. So he nodded. "Let's find a place to spend the night. β
"It's not...... Brother," said Ardane, bowing his head, picking his eyes upward, and cautiously said to him, "aren't you afraid that I'm a robber in the way?"
James glanced at him and laughed out loud. "With your small body, you are still a robber? It's good not to be robbed. But it's okay, come with me, and I promise you won't encounter any danger on the road!" James patted his chest and promised.
"Thank you, brother, for how long have I met you, and you've been so kind to me......" Adahn said with a watery look in his eyes, grateful.
"It's okay, let's find an open space and set up a tent to sleep. James lifted his sword, and when he heard Adamne's words just now, it was as if he was really some kind of hero, and he walked much faster. Adahn followed him, his steps fast, but not messy. The two of you chatted sentence by sentence.
"Brother James, may I take the liberty of asking you?" said Adhane, "what are you doing in that place in Lannega?"
"Don't you want to find a place to rest," James said very solemnly, looking at the sky, as if suddenly thinking of something, "and I will tell you the truth, brother, my real target is actually New Caland." β
"Brother James, what are you doing in the capital?"
"Uh...... You don't care about that......" James resisted the boast of his inheritance, and changed his words to say, "Adane, where are you from?"
"My dad was a fisherman and my mom was a tailor, and when they both died, I went to Kingsbridge to do acrobatics and eat ......."
"Kingsbridge? I heard it was a big city. β
"Where is it? Even the fence is made of wood, and besides, there are robbers running rampant, you will know when you go. On one side is the territory of the robbers, and on the other side is the territory of the orcs. If it hadn't been for the barons who sent some soldiers, I'm willing to bet that in a few days the shoddy fence would have been destroyed by orcs or robbers. β
"Orcs, that's pretty scary......" Although James's understanding of orcs only came from the conversations of the laundry women in the village, he still had to make a good understanding and nodded.
"It's getting late, brother......" Adahn pointed to the sun that was about to set, "If you see this place is okay, we will spend the night here, how about it?"
"Hmm. James nodded. He was still thinking about how to make his words and actions more majestic, so he didn't pay attention to what Adan was saying. But for him, after accepting a little brother, this day is quite satisfying.