Light 22.16-C Chapter: The Banquet (Part I)

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The dark blue sky was shining with stars, and a large celebration seemed to be being held in front of the guild, and cheerful figures were dancing through the firelight.

"Oh, Elder, you're just in time!" said Raymond, crouching on the ground, looking up at you and smiling, "Look at what I've written, and find a way to send it to Viscount Polz tomorrow." ”

His face was full of smiles waiting to be praised, and there were two white banners with blood-red letters at his feet – "Today you stepped on my head" on the left and "Tomorrow I will stand on your grave" on the right. It is clear that Raymond seriously intends to send it to the market.

Very good!—you say,

Leave it to me, and I'll add a little more momentum!—you go on saying,

After waiting for Raymond to go about something else with anticipation, you quickly picked up two banners and stuffed them into Annette's arms, and in a low voice, you said, "Quick! Find a place to hide!"

"Eh, uh, uh. Annette was stunned, because she felt that Raymond did write well, why should she hide it?, but an order was an order after all, and Annette quickly covered the banner in her arms and looked around, looking for a place to hide it for the time being.

Hanging this thing on the market is not the same as telling Viscount Boltz that we have killed all the people you have sent, and we have not killed enough, come on......, come on! In the final analysis, Viscount Poltz still has his senses and knows how much he can do what he can't, but if he is really forced to ignore it, the difference in strength can crush the guild more than ten times. Why do you have to provoke the enemy! Why! Momentarily happy but without any benefit!

According to the intelligence of Linda, Elizabeth and others, all the hostile forces in the Bay of Five Lanes are actually not attacking frantically because of the containment of Viscount Portz. Those in positions of higher power must consider the whole thing, and the person who hates you the most is the one who blocks the killer the most. He had so many concerns to consider that he couldn't completely ignore the dead hand. Still, expect an unfettered sporadic enemy to sneak up tonight,

So

You really can't continue to irritate Viscount Polz, you didn't lead thousands of troops to level the enemy formation. Some people may think that you should be reckless in the past, but those who achieve great things do something and do nothing.

Hathaway saw Annette running back and whispered, "Are you sure you're hiding it?"

"Yes, don't worry. Raymond could never find it. ”

Hathaway breathed a sigh of relief. Raymond took it for granted that a brother would die in the war, and he didn't understand how hard you had to do last night to avoid someone dying.

A surprising figure has appeared—Samuel of the camp. He respectfully leads you to sit in the best seat not far from the campfire. After a few words, I learned that the reason why this banquet was much bigger than expected was because of the contribution of the ancient city market. You don't need to spend a single gold coin on everything tonight.

"Look at what you're asking, hehe. Samuel couldn't help but smile when he heard you ask why he did this, "We are allies with you, do we need a reason for such a small thing as celebrating your victory?" Up to now, no one can prove whether the ancient city was deceived or deliberately drawn, so they can only turn the page.

The scale of this banquet was too large, and even the civilians who were blocked around the periphery were invited to eat and drink to their heart's content, and all the fees were not as low as 100 gold.

The characters on the stage are quite complete, after all, the whole territory is blocked, and everyone has nowhere to go.

To your left is a sumptuous stand-up dinner, where the three chefs are busy and they are fighting for the best they can. None of those dishes with a fragrant aroma that makes people's appetite flutter are repeated at all; on the right hand is a band brought from the ancient city, and the orchestra and drums are still in the melodious stage of warming up; directly in front of them is a huge bonfire that I don't know what has been added to burn so vigorously, I am afraid that it can roast the red dragon to death; in the back is an area similar to the backroom staff and barrels and tables and chairs stacked.

Leia above you don't know where to fly for a long time......

"Alright, you guys go and enjoy the feast, there is no work tonight. Hathaway has given the Changeling Maids who are waiting for you a holiday, and the latter look at each other and smile at each other like real little girls running off to eat something delicious.

In terms of personality, because they need to imitate or even completely replace humans, in fact, the shapeshifters are not much different from the usual words and deeds of humans. They are typical races whose minds are affected by their appearance, and the appearance and temperament of girls who maintain them for a long time tend to be innocent.

Hathaway glared, lowered her voice and asked, "Why are you going?" ”

"Isn't it a holiday?" said Elizabeth.

"They're second-line guards, and they're all there. You're a level 11 elite assassin with built-in anti-stealth and malicious detection, just like them?"

Tut...... Elizabeth sulked, crossed her arms and pouted.

This one didn't approve if he wanted to play, and the other didn't want to play but was forcibly dismissed by Hathaway, after all, it was rare to have a chance to rest. Losing a large number of killers, Viscount Polz will be tired of stabilizing the army tonight anyway, and he will not have time to start a guild. Forcibly sent out to play - Annette just wants to stay by your side.

In desperation, Annette ran to the chef and picked up a lot of food, and came back.

I don't know why...... There are a lot of foodies in the guild. Elizabeth clutched her puffed cheeks, stuffed with food, and rejoiced again. For the overall situation of the kingdom, ordinary people are not hungry, but because of the inconvenience of logistics and the low production of luxury goods, many high-quality delicacies cannot be eaten even if they cost money.

As if seizing a good opportunity, Samuel came over to talk to you, and talked about how prosperous the ancient city market is now, thanks to you, such as lobsters, deep-sea fish, kaolin goats, and even tigers, bears and other ingredients are abundant, and it is expected to become the "most" prosperous market in the Marquisate County in Wuxiang Bay. No one is stupid, you can hear that the ancient city market wants you to bring down the Viscount of Polz, and they will strongly support it - secretly or sideways.

Samuel unabashedly represents the interests of the ancient city market and sits beside you.

As if at a disappointment, Hathaway suddenly asked, "So, what kind of profession is a prophet?"

"Miss Secretary can think of the "Prophet" as a Terran mage, but this mage only specializes in prophecy spells, and has high accuracy, long prediction time span, and some degree of auto-casting ability. ”

With a snort, Hathaway laughed, "So what did you foresee?"

Samuel moved his gaze back to your eyes with a serious expression, and said solemnly: "Three things, my lordship. In the near future there will be a period of rain in the bay of the Five Lanes, not only for one day, but also in torrential rain, and the bad weather will remember many things, and I have foreseen the defeat of Viscount Polz, and your victory, but in my foreknowledge - your victory is in a fog. ”

What do you mean?

"Simply put, your victory is a certainty, but not all victories are worth celebrating. With great victories as the point of divergence, three very different forks in the road will appear before you - the lonely and thorny path, the smooth and accessible path, and the path to spread darkness on the earth. ”

......

"Forgive me for my guts. The most important thing you need to care about is not "how to win", but "where you are when you win". After a pause, he put on the smile of a typical profiteer, "The third thing is that you can soar with you." In fact, this does not need to be predicted...... Hehe. ”

Hathaway looked at an adventurer on the other side of the campfire, and then at the handsome half-elf, "Didn't you know what was going to happen tonight?"

Hmm, why foresee this?—Samuel tilted his head. He can't foresee everything, just like he looks, and he can't look at that if he stares at this, he can't look at that.

"It's almost time, isn't it?" Rather than chattering, Samuel clapped his hands above his head, "Let's get started!"

Some of the staff members began to quickly arrange chairs in a circle around a large campfire, which could seat many people, and carried the barrels in a truckload. It looks like it's going to do a game.

As the crowd gathered, Samuel held a trophy with the words "Wine Emperor" written on it: "Allow me to announce! To put it simply, the rules are to invite everyone to sit in a circle and conduct auditions, and when there are only six people left, there will be more energetic follow-up links until we decide who is the real wine king!"

Oh, oh, oh – the crowd was jubilant. The timing was good, and I ate a little bit of food but not too much.

Scare?

In the blink of an eye, the chairs were full. Probably some of them joined in the fun, because Leia was also sitting by the campfire...... She's half a cup down. Who are they, because you can't see all of them through the campfire.

With so many people sitting in rows, how do you fight for wine?

soon

Everyone in the room was handed out a large, wooden wine glass, about the size of a barrel, and filled it with beer.

"Hey, that looks interesting. ”

Raymond mutters enviously behind your back. He needs to be on duty, he doesn't drink tonight, and he can't drink...... But that doesn't mean you're not hungry. The reason why Raymond says "funny" is because each glass is covered with a red cloth, which makes it look mysterious...... However, no matter how mysterious it is, it is still beer.

Samuel announced, please pass the glass to the person on the right, listen to the drum, and stop as soon as the drum stops. With that, the band beat the drums intensively.

There were a large number of people enjoying it, and they happily passed the wine glass in their hands to the neighbor on the right, and then took the wine glass on the left and continued to pass it out.

You're stunned,

What is this for? Anyway, let's do it first.

When the drumming stopped, the glass in your hand changed a dozen times...... No matter how you change it, it's not still beer......

Hey, how did it become transparent!

Smell the smell...... Dwarven Spirits!

"Of all the people present, two glasses are red wine, fruit wine, elf wine, and dwarven wine, and if you are unlucky, you may win?" continued Samuel, "and the winner not only needs to drink, but also ......."

After a pause,

"Kissing. mouth!"

Suddenly there was the screams of the ladies.

Other words

You need to

Kiss the mouth of another man with dwarven spirits? I thought I was lucky enough that Leia wasn't working properly!

There are whistlers, there are coaxing, there are also those who cover their faces and peek through their fingers, and it doesn't matter if it's not open to kissing in public in this era, but under the background of the atmosphere and the effect of alcohol, one after another winners stand up and walk towards another person.

It's a bit messy.

Lady Edward took the red wine and walked up to Hansu, who was "Blade and Shield Mufeng", and the two of them were embarrassed by each other. One is a married woman, the other is a cultivator, you seem to see the vampire blushing, and you also see the warrior monk blushing! In the end, the two ended with a more intimate cheek kiss, and Billy of the "Golden Crown" happily jumped up from his chair with fruit wine in his hand, shouting, "Who, come!" and then looked at Elo flying low in the air, and he froze in place. Afterwards, Billy declared that his first kiss was bloody and rancid, and that the novice barbarian (male) in the adventurer's private army was born very tall and burly, but he was a full head shorter than the female orc of the "Elk Stalker" in front of him, and afterwards the male claimed that his first kiss was given to Greenskin, and the female claimed that she needed to bend over.

You look around, praying that the other person is at least not a man.

soon

One of the Changeling Maids walks up to you shyly, a glass of dwarven spirits in her hand. She bowed slightly: "Rude, master." Then he gently grabs your neck and kisses you on the lips.

A shallow kiss that feels pretty good...... What's this woman's name, uh. Turn back to the side and ask.

The second round of wine passing began.

The drum starts, the drum stops.

You lift up the red cloth,

...... Depend on!

Why is there elf wine in the glass? You immediately look around to make sure that most of the others have beer in their hands. Samuel spread his hands and said that it was just a game, and he didn't need to make any small moves.

Pure bad luck?

This time it was the sleepy female savage of "Elk Stalker" scratching her head, hugging the back row instructor's waist, and smiling very calmly, "Woman, I don't mind", and then kissed deeply as if it was no longer a game until she was persuaded by others to stop, and the back row instructor covered his face and sat on the ground; Billy jumped out of his chair again with super excitement, shouting "I've won the lottery again! I should be lucky this time!" and then watched the young priest Thein, who was "witch sighing", come over and froze in place. Sain said shyly, "It's the first time I've been with a man...... Please take care of me", Billy just poured the wine down and shouted, "I'm drunk, I abstain!" as he fled, recalling afterwards...... His second kiss was manly, and at some point the otaku mage was already sitting across the campfire, lifted the chin of one of the Sword Song Private Soldiers, muttered "How do you have to follow the rules of the game...... and then reluctantly kissed the beautiful elf, not knowing what he was reluctant to do. We can change it!

You look at the tragic scene in front of you, your heart is frantically clamoring, and you decide: If a man comes and just learns from Billy to pretend to be drunk and abstain from power, you have to escape fast enough.

soon

Your royal merchant, McKenna, came up to you with an elf wine in her hand, smiling shyly and her cheeks flushed.

"Elder, if you find it bothered, I can abstain...... After all, I didn't drink well in the first place. She looked slightly drunk, after all, the wine glass was like a barrel.

She keeps her head down and looks at you secretly, waiting for your response.

If memory serves, it seems that all four new employees came because they admired you, including McKenna. Originally, it was just a game, but ......

Her shy reaction made it difficult for people to speak.

A few seconds of embarrassment were enough to make McKenna cramped. She took off her hat and began to change the subject stiffly: "...... Actually, I originally planned to abstain, and I didn't come here to embarrass you, I just wanted to ask you for some work. Yes, work. During the lockdown period, although there are many inconveniences, it is also a good time for us to keep quiet, and I suggest that in the next few days, we should hurry up and take down the scattered shops around to replenish the funds. ”

"You're intended

A, let Raymond come forward to occupy the scattered shops around it, no need to invest, and we earn half of the weekly private account

B, or invest in them, with our activity funds into a weekly private account

C, or the other way around, using our weekly private account to convert into activity funds?

Whatever I decide, I'm confident that I'll make a profit. ”

She's waiting for your reply, and then she's ready to abstain from leaving.

You tuck her blonde hair behind her ears, kiss her on the lips, and tell her to drink if she's happy.

"Yes, yes, Lord. She covered her mouth and ran away with her head down, leaving a faint smile.

The atmosphere of this game gets more and more lively as the drinks get drunk. A few people slipped under their chairs after two glasses, and a few people pretended to be drunk and abstained like Billy, but many more ...... Seems to be staring at you?

1. Except for the first, don't do what he thinks!

2. Go ahead. If you don't believe it, is it possible to win the lottery again and again?

3. Abstain decisively before the demons dance.