Chapter 221
"Don't go over, Windsor. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info "Ice Blue Orange grabbed Windsor, who wanted to get closer, and an extremely white and beautiful flower bloomed under a tree, and Windsor wanted to come up and take a look.
"There are often rumors on this road that passers-by on this road, attracted by beautiful flowers, go out of the range of the road, and are dragged away by entrenched beasts."
"Won't it?" Windsor questioned, "Then this road is not safe at all!" In such a dense forest, if a wild beast suddenly pounces out, it can't be prevented! ”
"They're not going to get down this road." Bing Qingcheng explained, "I heard that there is a magic circle of gods under the underground base of this road, and it is stipulated that wild beasts cannot go to this road. Because there has been no thing about wild beasts blocking the way, there are many people who believe in the existence of gods. ”
Windsor was about to say something when she heard Bing Qingcheng continue. "But I think the beast might attack one or two people and drag them all into the depths of the forest, so that no one will go in and no bones will be seen."
Windsor shuddered fiercely, what to say! It's just a good flag. Alas? Why is it so cold in this forest, it feels like something is staring at?
"Sister, are you telling the truth?"
"I've heard it too." When I was a child, I asked the man a question, and he told me so. "I guess I heard from someone else." Bing Qingcheng added.
"Let's hurry! Sister. Windsor put on his helmet, "Where's the next town?" Can we get to the place at night? We don't walk at night, do we? Sister! You won't be camping outside again, will you? ”
"What do you think?" Bing Qingcheng teased her intentionally, and when she saw that Windsor stopped talking, she continued, "The next town is called Tiger Town, not too far, and you can arrive in the afternoon." We're staying in Tiger Town tonight, because the next town, the Brown Lion won't be able to get there today. ”
Windsor breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself, wild boars, tigers, lions, this enchanted forest will not all use animal names, right?
"Still."
But what?
"It is said that Tiger Town is not as good as Wild Boar Town, the security is not good, and there are not many hotels. And I promised the Shamisen Chamber of Commerce that someone would ambush me in Tiger Town. Windsor, be careful. ”
It's obviously something you did! And you just took a bag of gold coins, will anyone rob it? No, it's so messy now, someone will definitely rob it. But let's talk about it when we get to a crowded place.
Bing Qingcheng continued to drive with Windsor, who had slowed down a lot this time, but Windsor thought it was too slow.
Arrived at Tiger Town earlier than expected, it used to feel like four or five o'clock in the afternoon, but now it will be three o'clock.
Tiger Town and Boar Town have different layouts, and it is more like a fortress than the open terrain around Boar Town, with stone walls, sharpened wood to make fortifications, and guards at the gates of the city to charge a fee to enter the city.
But it doesn't matter, the important thing is that Tiger Town is built on the mountain, and the Burial Phoenix Ridge in the Enchanted Forest should be the only city that is so close to the mountain, or even built on the mountain.
The two got out of the car, and Bing Qingcheng pushed the cart forward. There was a sign on the road, "Please get off here and walk to Phoenix." "Probably with my sister to guard against enemies in the shadows, one task to challenge the limit is enough, and I don't want to provoke other superfluous things.
Windsor thought of one thing and asked, "Sister, why are there so many towns in the Enchanted Forest?" ”
"Think for yourself." Bing Qingcheng didn't answer her directly, "You know everything. ”
"Doing business? Venture? Windsor speculated in a low voice, using her traverser's IQ to know casually, "I know sister, it's a military location!" ”
"Yes, Windsor." Bing Qingcheng said in the same low voice, "Remember the terrain and the scenery here, Windsor, and don't forget, next time you will return to this place in a different way." ”
Outside the city walls stood a small group of well-trained and rigorous soldiers. They wore black and dark green military uniforms, wore standard steel at their waists, carried heavy rifles on their shoulders, and wore steel helmets with expressionless faces, solemn like statues. But as long as they give an order, they will loyally execute it neatly with their nimble and strong skills and accurate and ruthless marksmanship.
Black Iron Empire. Bing Qingcheng said slowly in his heart, there is a brand-new plaque hanging on the head of the city, it turns out that the tiger city in the state of three noes does not have this kind of "Phoenix City" written on it, the mark on the city gate is the same as the coat of arms on the soldier's armor, a hard-lined eagle clawed a gun and a spear, heroically crossed on the chest.
Although this is an ownerless magic forest, strictly speaking, it is bordered by hundreds of rivers in the west, thick soil in the east, and a "small money forest" in the middle. Sure enough, those two countries united with the Tree God Kingdom to divide the land of the Ice River Country, but the empty door behind them was taken advantage of by the Black Iron Empire.
Now that the Black Iron Empire is repairing this kind of city, it seems that it is settled here. Bing Qingcheng thought to himself, the way here has to pass through the "Little Money Forest", I don't know if he bought that person and used soldiers to pacify the Little Money Forest...... Unlikely, now playing a small money forest is more than worth the loss.
Bing Qingcheng paid the entrance fee and walked into this "Phoenix City".
As she entered the city, she heard protests from people who did not know whether they were alive or dead: "Do you know who I am?" You dare to take Lao Tzu's money, I tell you, if your city lord is here today......"
Broken from behind, there were the sounds of kicking and beating flesh and screams, and soon followed by the sound of begging for mercy.
Finally, a confident and irrefutable declaration, deliberately raising the voice to accomplish the effect of this killing. "Bastard, now Phoenix City is the territory of the Black Iron Empire, and any idle people who make trouble will be dealt with according to the rules of my Black Iron Empire!"
Bing Qingcheng sighed silently.
She didn't actually have to sigh, because even if the Black Iron Empire ruled the world, it had nothing to do with her, but she still sighed.
The streets that usually gather these adventurers and vagrants are so deserted that you can't even hear the sound of small traders and vendors soliciting business. Because they are no longer here, the streets are deserted, and there is an old man cleaning the garbage that Tiger City has never cleaned before.
Walking along the road, you can see a platform set up on the square in the center of the city, and the rotten flesh of human beings hanging on the elevated shelf, which should be the forces that were entrenched in Tiger City before.
The Black Iron Empire rarely accepts surrender, and if you want to surrender, you have to kneel at the beginning, and the means of fighting and making peace are useless to those in power of the Black Iron Empire. They believe in the philosophy of "one day as an enemy, never die".
The old men on the streets were still rustling and sweeping the streets, surrounded by soldiers from the Black Iron Empire transporting materials, tinkling to repair and tidy up.
"Windsor, are you going to keep going?"
As they walked closer to the execution ground in the center of the city, they could clearly see the horrific sight of those who were hung on wooden pillars and beams like fish or roast duck. Bing Qingcheng saw that there was the official uniform of Baichuan Country inside, and he should be a messenger, but it was of no use to the Black Iron Empire.
"Keep going." Windsor said.
The wind blew, carrying with it the smell of decay, and the bones of the dead swayed.
"Go yourself." Bing Qingcheng said in a serious voice, "I'll be waiting for you at the Pinewood Inn. ”
"Okay, sister." Windsor did not object to this proposal, she straightened her hair in front of her forehead and continued to walk.
Bing Qingcheng turned around and walked in the direction of the Pine Forest Inn.
It was already a little dark, it looked gloomy, and the tone of the city was dusty. It's autumn now, and as on Earth, it's dark early, and the sun is slanting, shining with brilliant golden light.
She looked back at Windsor, the child's hair was as sunny as her hair, and the golden sunlight crowned her, as if it were burning. Such a petite girl, who would have thought of her body's soul, who would have thought that fate would stipulate that she would become the empress of the Silver Moon Continent.
"The traverser is my sister." Bing Qingcheng said in his heart, "Maybe my sister is a traverser." Do you think I don't know? The soul of the other world, don't be too stupid about the primitive soul phenomenon of the Silver Moon Continent! She roared silently, "Why don't you ask me if I see fate in the crystal ball, though I won't say, like you never told me that you are a time-traveler!" ”
"Welcome." The welcoming lady at the Pinewood Inn was a little timid.
Bing Qingcheng ignored her, walked straight to the counter, took out two metal signs and put them on the counter.
The shopkeeper at the counter was a thin old man of about fifty or sixty years old, with reading glasses pinned to the collar of his clothes, and he looked a little weak. But when he picked up the metal card, a sharp light flashed in the chaotic old eyes, and the next second it returned to normal, so fast that people thought it was an illusion.
The symbol of the Little Money Forest is a tree with a round crown, and the crown of the tree is engraved with the sign of the outer circle and the inner square. On the label of the Pine Grove Inn, there is also such a pattern. Another plaque is the coat of arms of the Victorian family, the spider and the biting snake.
The appearance of this brand is roughly the same, the whole body is dark, and the assassins holding this brand don't care if they will reveal their identity as the number one assassin group in the Silver Moon Continent, if they die one day, this brand is their dog tag and epitaph.
According to the different grades, the brands are divided into gold level, silver level, steel level, and bronze level. The way to distinguish them is not by color, but by weight. Gold is the heaviest, followed by silver, followed by steel and bronze.
As an intelligence officer of Victoria, he has to easily weigh the weight of the four levels with his hands in any situation.
On the back of the brand, there is a concave code, which is also a ciphertext that only intelligence officers understand, corresponding to the code name of the killer. But the killer doesn't know that there is such a mystery on the brand, and he won't learn this kind of concave ciphertext.
"Codename."
"Snake Hitomi."
"You're Silver?"
"Yes, sir." Bing Qingcheng replied.
The thin old man didn't react, as if they were just asking about the house price normally, and pushed the two metal cards off the table to Bing Qingcheng without a trace.
"I want a two-person piece." Bing Qingcheng said.
"Need to get down there?" The thin old man asked in a low voice, and then said in a normal voice, "The ordinary room rate includes two hundred and one breakfast, and now you are two rounds." ”
"No, I don't." Bing Qingcheng said in an extremely low voice, and then asked in a back to normal voice, "What's breakfast?" Baked potatoes? ”
"Steamed potatoes." The shopkeeper said impatiently, "You can order food if you don't like it, although there are no good things in the current world." ”
"Okay, I'll go check out the menu." Ice Orange put away the two pieces of metal, and then took the room key.
By the time Windsor returned, it was already dark. In order to save fuel, the ceiling of the hall was dimly lit, and the floor and people could barely see clearly. A small bright lamp has been added to the table where there are people. Bing Qingcheng sat in the light of the lamp and looked through a book, she was still wearing sunglasses, I really don't know if she could read the words on the book, Windsor saw this scene when she came back.
"You're back." Bing Qingcheng said, without waiting for Windsor to answer, she then asked, "You have been there for a long time, and you have seen the misery in the world, what do you think?" ”
Ha? Windsor was a little surprised, she could hear Bing Qingcheng's questioning tone, but she wanted to say something, Bing Qingcheng continued: "Let's eat!" I went up to look at the room, the environment is nice and nice, I can take a shower. ”
"Sister, nothing happened to you, did you?" Windsor wanted to ask, Bing Qingcheng was in a suppressed anger all the way, although he would temporarily forget about it when he had something, but once he didn't have it, he returned to this state of being like he had a grudge against someone.
"Are you different?" Bing Qingcheng was still holding the book, and said a little complainingly, "I've almost figured it out, Windsor." When I get to the City of Divine Glory, I will break off my sisterhood with you. ”
"Sister, what are you talking about?" Windsor exclaimed, she didn't expect Ice Green Orange to say such a decision without surprise.
"If not, I can give you a share of my property." Bing Qingcheng said expressionlessly, "However, Windsor, as a descendant, you should still inherit the inheritance of the descendant, right?" ”
Windsor thought of a lot of things in an instant, but when she was thinking, Bing Qingcheng suddenly changed her tone and said with a pleasant face.
"Sister, what are you standing at the table, hurry up and sit down to eat. I'm going to have to hurry tomorrow. Bing Qingcheng said, closed the book, and said to Windsor affectionately, as if it was not she who had just said that she was going to break off the relationship.
Tempting? Windsor sat down, as a traverser, she naturally has the benefits of crossing the female powerhouse, and she disappeared for so long just now to contact the hidden forces. But the only thing that puzzled her was that Bing Qingcheng, what this eldest sister did was not set according to the script at all.
Windsor picked up the spoon and looked at the book that Bing Qingcheng had just read, it was one of a series of novels that were very popular on the Silver Moon Continent, Windsor hadn't read it before, because the seniors who guided her didn't allow her to watch this dark pastime for adults, saying that it would teach bad people a cult, but looking carefully at the title and author, she suddenly felt that she should read it.