Mist

The sun shone through the clouds on the foggy Strange Rock City, and a rainbow of colors crossed over the city that seemed to be in the clouds.

There were no clouds in the sky, and we stood on the deck in front of the airship, and we could see the dense rainforest as far as the eye could see, which was once the edge of the wild swamp, and now the Grimm Empire has continuously encroached on this land for hundreds of years, and now it has successfully carved out a strange rock city in the depths of this jungle, and the city is prosperous because it is constantly absorbing nutrients from the wild swamp day and night.

There are many adventure groups in Strange Rock City, because the wild swamp breeds a large number of magical beasts, as well as countless precious magical herbs, and even those lizard tribes are also the hunting targets of the adventure group, and the strange rock people admit that it is the endless wealth contained in this swamp and rainforest that will create this strange rock city.

On the magic airship, Captain Ursula held the rudder wheel in the wheelhouse, and constantly gave instructions to the first mate and the second officer, this magic airship flew in the strong wind belt over the rainforest for two days, and finally came to the sky above Strange Rock City, from the sky, Strange Rock City is like an island in the green sea, those slender buildings rising from the sky are the watchtowers at the four corners of Strange Rock City, the city is hidden in the greenery, if you are not familiar with the jungle caravan or the Thunder Rhino caravan, it is easy to pass by the city without knowing it.

"Wow, this is Strange Rock City!" Ying Li said excitedly to me as he stood under the high platform of the giant dragon hunting crossbow at the bow of the ship, "Jijia, we have arrived. ”

Su was wearing a priest's robe, huddled around Ying Li, took Ying Li's arm and looked around, and asked with some curiosity: "What about Qiyan Harbor, didn't you say that there is a harbor near Qiyan City?"

Anne, wearing the tight leather armor of the 'Demon Serpent's Fang', pointed to a tree-lined road outside the southern city wall, and introduced to everyone: "From here, follow the forest road that stretches straight to the southeast, and if you want to go in a magic caravan, you only need to walk for a day and a half to reach the southernmost harbor of the Grimm Empire. ”

Ever since that night's dance party had taken a not-so-big clash, the passengers on board knew that we were the guests of honor on the airship, and no one had come up to take advantage of us, and even some lowly civilians had to avoid us when they saw us.

After the airship arrived in Strange Rock City, our group walked out of the cabin wearing magic robes and magic pattern costumes, and the passengers on the ship knew that we were an adventurous group of costumed knights and magicians, but most of us were young girls, and the passengers looked at Captain Ursula standing on the top floor of the ship, with a kind of respect in their eyes.

At this time, I'm afraid everyone understands that Captain Ursula suppressed the bald strong men with the power of thunder, and another level is also protecting them, because in the Grimm Empire, no one wants to be an enemy of magicians, but there are two magicians in our team, and even a white-robed priest.

Our group was the first to walk off the magic airship, the airport dock of Qiyan City is in the north of the city, the airport dock is actually seven hundred meters high giant trees, this kind of tree is called the 'cloud top tree' by the locals, the craftsmen built a spiral staircase around the main trunk of the giant tree, there are also soft ladders between the seven giant trees, the crown of the giant tree is artificially built a number of platforms, and the airship is docked next to these platforms.

The staff standing on the platform at the airport dock, they waited for the magic airship to stop, and then began to organize people to open the cargo hold on the bottom floor of the airship, and move the goods inside, and a special clerk boarded the ship to confirm the specific information of the magic airship to Captain Ursula.

In Strange Rock City, the lizard tribe seems to be very common, and the airport dock is full of lizardmen carrying bags, and their arms keep throwing to the left and right when they walk, but their strength is very large, carrying a heavy backpack on their shoulders, and the big feet make the wooden planks on the airport dock creak, and the people here seem to have become accustomed to the existence of the lizards, only from the magic airship passengers see this group of lizards, they will show surprised eyes.

No one stopped us, and when we got down the tree, we found that there were many magic caravans parked outside the airport, and those coachmen were much more diligent than the coachmen in the imperial capital, and they would take the initiative to help the guests carry large luggage, and they would also recommend the city's special fruits to the tourists, and the small fruit vendors who sold fruits carried baskets of various fruits on their heads through the flow of people, and when they heard the call of the coachmen, they would quickly come closer.

There is a lot of traffic at the entrance of the airport, Anne has lived in Qiyan City for several years, so she walked in front and helped us rent a magic caravan, the magic caravan here is also very special, the carriage has no doors and no windows, and the four walls of the car are tied with colorful ribbons, which are very eye-catching when running on the street.

We took the magic caravan to the largest hotel in Strange Rock City, originally thought that there were a lot of magic caravans in this city, and after the magic caravan left the airport dock, I realized that it seemed that all the magic caravans in the city were gathered near the airport dock, there are not too many magic caravans on the city streets, and the biggest feature of the streets here is that they are divided by tree walls, except for being able to see ahead, it is difficult for us to see vehicles and pedestrians coming and going.

In this way, I feel like I am part of the forest, even if I am in the city.

"The largest hotel in Strange Rock City is called 'Hollien', right next to the Civic Center Square, there are very few locals in the city who are engaged in production work, there are no workshops here, the blacksmith shop here is very skilled in repairing weapons, but the level of weapon building is very bad, almost all the locals in Strange Rock are doing some service-oriented industry, and many adventure groups from all over the country are willing to come here to pan for gold. "Anne sat across from me and Ying Li and introduced us to this fresh city.

The magic caravan slowed down at the corner of the street, and a group of strong men in leather armor, carrying shields and fishing nets, and swords and hunting clips around their waists hurried across the street, and the coachman quickly slowed down to let the group pass first.

"Aren't they all warriors of some adventuring group?" asked Sue as she poked her head out the window and pointed to the group.

"Almost!" Anne smiled faintly and said to us, "Those people should be slave hunters, the members of the adventure group are more mixed professions, rangers, warriors, swordsmen and archers are clearly distributed, they are more specialized in the weapons of their profession, unlike this group of slave hunters, who know a little bit of everything, but they are not very good at anything, most of the time, they need to set traps to make up for the shortcomings in all aspects." ”

"The orc tribe has a profession called a hunter, which is probably what it means. I chimed in.

The magic caravan pulled us to the 'Horlien' inn in the Civic Center Square, and Caterina gave the coachman a silver coin, and the coachman happily drove the magic caravan back to the airport docks, and we went directly into the inn, which consisted of three tiers of lofts, and as soon as we entered the lobby of the hotel, we saw a group of maids walking down the stairs with various salutes, and the steward led them through the hall, to the back door, and ordered the maids: "Put all these luggage in warehouse five." ”

"Mr. Fan Gen, warehouse No. 5 is already full of salutes discarded by guests, do you think we can take those salutes from half a year ago, pick out some worthless ones to discard, and now there are more and more guests who have abandoned their luggage, even if we have more warehouses, it is not enough!" said the receptionist who chased after the steward and leaned beside him.

"How can there be so much luggage, has no one come to claim it?" said the steward, standing in the back doorway, rubbing his temples vigorously.

The receptionist hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, adventurers like to store their luggage with us, and they used to return almost within the rental period, but recently, the number of guests who do not abide by the contract has increased a lot, and they seem to have given up their luggage here." ”

"How can the guests' luggage be discarded casually, so I will go to the boss and apply for a warehouse, and then we will store the luggage in a large warehouse, and the warehouse on this side of the hotel is still mainly for storing daily items. The steward instructed the front lady.

"Yes, Mr. Fangen. The front desk lady said yes and ran back to the front desk again.

At this time, Anne has already selected three rooms for us, the hotel provides breakfast for free, if you want to eat dinner at the hotel, you need to book in advance at the front desk, there are several restaurants around the hotel, if you don't want to eat in the hotel, it is also convenient to eat out.

I stood next to the front desk and looked at the inn, and sure enough, most of the people who came in and out of the lobby of the inn were young adventurers, who had come from all over the world to explore the unknown world.

I said to the lady who was standing at the front desk, "Are there guests named Morayar and Heidi?" Oh, they are young ladies, oh, young magicians, they are our companions, and we have made an appointment to meet in Strange Rock City. ”

"Wait a minute, I'll check...... Miss Heidi and Miss Moraya do stay with us, but they have not been back since they left two weeks ago. The front desk lady rummaged through the check-in records and said to me.

"Did they leave any messages or notes or anything like that?" I didn't expect Morayar and Mentor Heidi to choose to go out of town at this time, and after thinking about it, I asked the front desk lady again.

The front desk lady and her companion glanced at each other and shook their heads to say no.

"Well, yes, thank you. I said to the front lady, and gave them two silver coins, and said, "If you think of anything, tell me, even if it's about where they went or who they went out with...... Both. ”

The two front desk ladies nodded their heads like chickens pecking rice.

A waiter led us upstairs with a bunch of keys, and I took the opportunity to ask Morayar and Heidi which room they were in, and the waiter refused at first, but after I gave him five silver hammers, the waiter quickly uttered a string of numbers.

The waiter led us to the room, opened the door and gave us the key to the room before leaving.

"Isn't Teacher Heidi in Strange Rock City?" asked Ying Li, who followed me.

"They're probably out looking for clues to the altar, maybe on something else. I said to her.

The original plan was for us to rest in Strange Rock City for two days after we arrived in Strange Rock City, and after finding the guide, we would enter the Wild Swamp to find the Ancient Altar in the depths of the swamp, but Moraya and Mentor Heidi did not wait for us in the city as agreed, and the two of them ran into the jungle, such a large jungle, and I don't know where they went.

"Then what are we going to do, wait for them here?" asked me.

I thought for a moment before I said, "Stay here first, tomorrow I'll go find a senior guide, I think Mentor Heidi and Moraya will leave us a message even if they leave temporarily, if there is no news, it should be something temporary." ”

I glanced at Katerina, who bowed slightly at me, and I knew she understood what I meant.

We stayed in the hotel, took a hot shower, and slept in the hotel in the afternoon, and when I woke up again, it was already red, Caterina was lying asleep like a lazy cat, her long red hair spread out on the pillow, I crept out of bed, and she woke up.

"Have you been to their room?" I asked, wearing boxer shorts, pulling back the curtains in front of the balcony and telling Katarina.

"Hmm. Caterina sat at the dresser, her long red hair combed.

"What did you find?"

Caterina said to me, "Nothing, it seems that they are in a hurry, and they haven't had time to arrange their clothes in their room." ”

"But it's been two weeks since I went out......," I said, "Ya said before that she would help me gather information about the altar, and find a way to find a detailed map to find the safest way, and they would never wait for me in Strange Rock City unless necessary." ”

"And what do we do?" Caterina quickly slipped the wurm light leather armor on, and tied two daggers to her legs.

"I'm going to find Karantso, the orcs have the most unique tracking methods, if it hasn't rained in the past two weeks, then you and Karantso follow this clue, and I'll do some research in Strange Rock City......"

After speaking. I opened the portal and walked into the Valley of the Willows, where Karantso, Justus, and Ruka the Minotaur were waiting inside the teleportation altar.

Seeing me walk in, Justes stood up excitedly and asked me, "You're in Strange Rock City so soon?"

I walked up to Karantso and said to her, "Well, it's that Moraya and Mentor Heidi are gone, and I need you to help me find clues about them now......"