Chapter 15: From the Royal Capital
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From Fetan to the royal capital, if you have a good horse, it will normally only take you a week to get there. But Xia Lan took a month, because he was completing several tasks on the way, and Ziyou chose the task, so he was late.
The ziyou selection tasks of the system are not static, they will change from time to time and from place to place.
When you leave a place and come to a place, the past quests are overwritten by new quests that appear randomly, without warning, and are unpredictable.
Maybe it's a trifle, maybe it's someone's word, maybe, there's no reason. And so it appeared.
Behind each task there is a difference in difficulty, which can be clear from the literal meaning, but seemingly simple tasks will have some kind of unexpected and become tricky, and seemingly difficult tasks will also find unexpectedly easy, they are full of uncertainty, and you can only know the difficulty when you complete the task.
System missions don't leave people to chance, and Xia Lan has made a mistake in this regard, and at the cost of nearly losing his life. This is the lesson, this is the experience, and from then on he began to be cautious, calm, and pay attention to the different ways to accomplish each task.
Ziyou quests are different from the required quests, the system never says how many ziyou quests you have to complete to level up, they don't show experience like in the game, and there is no experience bar on his panel. But he now vaguely understood that every mission that could lead him to death would level him up.
So he began to get used to beating at the fingertips of the Grim Reaper, and he had a reason, a reason to upgrade.
In front of the gate of this ancient and majestic royal capital, Xia Lan was a little tired, holding the reins of the horse and slowly entering with the flow of people, he had been here before, only in the previous game, maybe the memory was a little vague, but some things can easily wake up the memory hidden deep in his mind, such as the stone statue of King Lukney standing majestically in the square of Zhongyāng Avenue.
More than 400 years ago, Lukney led his people to overthrow the then brutal kingdom of Lucis after decades of warfare, and he established his own kingdom in this ruins, his royal capital.
Erania, where Lukney was born and raised, where he sounded the trumpet of rebellion, where he fought bloodily against the army of Lucis, and the year he returned with the banner of victory, it became the royal capital of Adria.
Xia Lan wandered around in the royal capital, every street and every building here more or less resonated with his memory, and this familiarity made him feel a little nostalgic, like a dream.
Soon, he shook off these thoughts, he didn't come here to look for the past, he had a task, he had a rest, and there was something waiting for him to complete tonight.
The business of the hotel in the royal capital is very good, and it is often a headache to stay when the accommodation is full, because this is the royal capital, and there is never a shortage of business travelers to stop and stay, but Xia Lan does not have the troubles of ordinary business travelers, and he quickly found a place to stay, a high-end and luxurious hotel.
Most business travelers tend to choose ordinary cheap hotels because they don't have enough extra money, and they will choose high-end hotels unless there are special circumstances, so ordinary hotels are easy to fill up, while high-end hotels are not easy to fill.
The gap between the rich and the poor is a common and normal phenomenon in society, especially in a hierarchical feudal society, where wealth is often in the hands of a very small number of people.
In Eldran, power and force determine your status, Xia Lan is not a nobleman, but the sword in his hand will earn his status and make people respect, he is not short of money, and a few tasks completed on the way to the royal capital have allowed him to gain a lot of wealth.
After the meal, Xia Lan lay on the soft and comfortable bed in the room, he was resting and thinking.
Something happened on his night.
Royal Capital Oak Avenue.
A tavern.
"Big sister, guess who I saw when I went out with Haiya just now?"
Suddenly, a girl who broke into the tavern was like a reckless child, bumping into the crowd for several times before coming to her, exuding excitement and a mysterious tone.
"Yo, could it be Little Joy, who kissed you last time?? Didn't I remember when he went to Vinsk the other day? Is he back? ”
"Big sister's head is so bad, it's not like this-" The girl shook her head a little annoyed. "And Joya went to Sagaran, not Winsk."
"I can't see that you know Joya very well, to tell the truth, did that kid already trick you into bed?"
"Big sister! I'll ignore you again! ”
"Hahaha-"
"Do you want to hear it, big sister? You know, that person has something to do with you. The girl, Livi, still had indignation in her tone, but she still didn't give up her initial question, because she was a person who couldn't hide secrets, and if she didn't say something, she would be itching and uncomfortable.
She knows what's wrong with girls, so she chooses to tease her every time she says secrets, because it's funny. Now that she has achieved her goal, she will also satisfy the relief that the girl said.
"The high-ranking swordsman who was disrespectful to the eldest sister has come to the royal capital."
After saying this, Liwei seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and the whole person felt refreshed.
"Huh?" Niniro picked up the wine glass and shook the bright red liquid inside, a little surprised, revealing amusement. "Do you know where he lives?"
"I don't know, but I asked Haiya to follow him, and maybe there will be news when Haiya comes back." Livi shook her head, but her face was slightly excited, stupid. "Do you want to teach him a lesson then, this is our territory."
"No, and no one is allowed to act without my orders!" Niniro suddenly became stern. "There's no need to provoke a high-ranking swordsman for a trivial matter, if he wants to kill, you will all die."
"I know, then I'll go back first." Seemingly taken aback by the change of face of the eldest sister's head, Livi was a little at a loss and hurriedly said goodbye, she didn't like the appearance of the eldest sister's head, because it was so scary.
"Tsk, I didn't expect you to be afraid of someone? It's just a high-ranking swordsman, I don't think it's a threat to you, isn't it a bit of a fuss? ”
Behind the dimly lit bar of the tavern, a middle-aged man appeared behind Niniro, and the silver wine bottle in his hand with a clean white cloth suddenly came out and said.
"It's not that I'm afraid, it's unnecessary." Niniro spun the wine glass, her eyes were a little confused, looking at the bright smile that was swaying inside.
"Got it?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"His sword is fast."
"Soon?"
"Yes, there is no one trick to win in a head-to-head match." Speaking of which, Niniro took a sip of the bright red in the cup, and seemed to have some regrets.
"Looks like it's going to be fast." The middle-aged man stopped wiping the wine bottle, pulled out the stopper, and held the wine bottle very gently with both hands, and poured the bottle slowly towards the other party's wine glass, the liquid was purple. "Killed?"
"If he doesn't do his best."
"What kind of person?"
"People I can't recruit."
"Intrigued?"
"Yes." Niniro brought the glass to her lips and spat out her rosy little tongue and licked it gently on the purple liquid. "Most importantly, he's young, and he looks younger than your brother."
"It seems that he is a genius, but geniuses die young." The middle-aged man nodded a little, shook his head a little.
Niniro didn't reply, but just looked at the middle-aged man meaningfully.
When she left, Niniro's face was slightly drunk and ruddy, and her body shook slightly, and she looked more graceful and seductive than ever. The men around the tavern looked sideways, but they scattered in front of Niniro as she walked, for they knew who she was, and no one in the Oak Avenue of the royal capital did not know who she was.
Walking out of the door of the tavern, Niniro looked around with a smile, this is the oak avenue of the royal capital, this is the paradise of mercenaries, and she is the most beautiful poisonous snake in this paradise.
Twilight is falling, and night is approaching.
Xia Lan stood in front of the windowsill and scanned the entire royal capital, he was constantly refining the impression of the entire royal capital based on his past memories, he would have to stay here for many days in the future, he needed to remember it, and more importantly, he would need to go out and do something later.
Neither full nor hungry for dinner, Xia Lan pretended to wander out of the hotel, his route was a little erratic, and no one knew what he was thinking, until he suddenly disappeared into an alley.
A man walked out on the other side of the alley, an ordinary middle-aged man.
The magic lamps of the streets illuminated his countenance, and he was somewhat swarthy, tall, and dressed in a rough black linen suit that made him appear stealthy in the night.
He was like a mercenary, a down-and-out mercenary, for the knife in his hand was so rough that it resembled an unpolished piece of iron. And weapons are the tools for mercenaries to survive, even if they are down, they will have a qualified weapon.
But this middle-aged man didn't, so he didn't look like a normal mercenary, more like a down-and-out bandit.
He walked slowly and steadily, leading to the district of Gottdam, southwest of the royal capital.
Every place has its dark side, and the bigger the place, the deeper the darkness. When people hear about his existence, they feel far away, but they are close.
What you may not know is that behind the neighbor who makes you feel kind and friendly is actually a killer stained with countless blood.
The Gottdam district of the royal capital, since I don't know when, has become a slum in the mouth of the people of the royal capital, you can see everywhere the homeless people sleeping on the side of the road, the gangsters who wander idly, and the charming and charming women who solicit customers on the streets......
If it's daytime, all you see is the deserted and dirty streets, but now it's night, and it's time for them to hang out and move, like a feast of demons.
Drunks flirt with girls in the streets, gangsters blackmail and beat strangers, gamblers scream with red eyes and win or lose...... This is the life they are accustomed to, and the immersed people are drunk and dreaming of death.
The appearance of middle-aged men does not attract attention, and strangers appear here every night, but whether they will survive is a question.
Secretly observing and paying attention to the eyes of the middle-aged man, he gave up on this goal, because the other party was worthless, and a mercenary who was so downtrod that he couldn't even afford to use a good weapon was really not worth paying attention to.
Soon, the middle-aged man disappeared into a dark alley.