Compared to the mountains and forests, the city is undoubtedly noisy.

But hunters from the mountains and forests don't hate the atmosphere - although it hasn't been to the point of being lit up, you can already see that there is some atmosphere for the preparation of festivals in the city. And, the scale may not be small.

"It's going to be fun, right?"

"Sure enough, it's still a child."

Gray Dew didn't pay attention to the beast's teasing, just looked at the artificial bouquets that could glow on both sides of the street, and smiled silently. At a very young age, she had the privilege of participating in a bonfire party with her father in the villages of the freemen in the outer mountains of the clouds to celebrate the harvest.

"The keel bridge collapsed, and the convoy detoured to Yadi Town, and it is estimated that it will take about two days for that batch of goods to arrive. ”

"Can you urge them to hurry up? The store is running out of stock. ”

This is the second floor of the café, where the carriage merchant who supplies the big shops is negotiating business with the shop owner.

"This eggplant is cheaper for one copper plate, and I'll buy it for you every pound!"

"Whew-okay, okay, even if I make money at a loss, I'll sell you!"

This is the establishment of a bargain between the street vegetable and fruit vendors and customers.

"Put everything within the confines of your stall and don't occupy the road. There will be a next ......."

"Okay, okay, there's definitely no next time. ”

This is a patrol street guard with a sinister face, and a consensus has been reached with a street vendor with a smile on his face.

Following the commercial map of the city in his mind, Gray Lu observed the life of the residents of the city while passing through the intersection of people and cars, and stepped from the North City to the East City.

At this moment, an indescribable strange smell entered the wolf's nose.

"This smell ......"

Just as the wolf girl stopped and looked around suspiciously, another breeze blew and brought the refreshing fragrance to the tip of her nose - the wolf was caught by the smell.

Because it was not far from its destination, Ash Dew temporarily put aside the idea of hurrying up to find someone, and followed the intermittent aroma to the direction where the smell should be the source. After a while, a shop surrounded by many residents caught her eye.

Is this it?

Just as the wolf girl was about to squeeze through the crowd of onlookers and go inside to see what was going on, a young and handsome human boy walked up to her with a cart. The aroma accompanied the breeze brought by the human boy's walking, and it all fluttered on the girl's body.

Around him, there were already quite a few potential customers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is also tea to try here, so you don't have to gather around the front of the store. ”

With the shouting of the human boy in front of him, many nearby residents gathered around and stretched out their hands to ask him for a cup of tea. Come to think of it, it shouldn't be toxic.

Watching those rustic clay cups being taken away, drinking the liquid in them and putting them back, the wolf girl was a little moved—but she was embarrassed to stretch out her wolf claws.

"Miss Mercenary, our new store is open, the tea is free to taste, let's have a drink. ”

The fragrance was close at hand, and it was served in a beautiful white porcelain cup.

Looking at the human being staring at him smiling on the other side of the car, Gray Lu hesitated for a while, but still stretched out his paw and took the cup——— unexpectedly, after the other party saw his paw, not only did he not have fear, but even a little surprise in his eyes.

"Is tea a drink?"

"Yes, it's a new drink, and I guess many people in Dre City didn't hear of it before we opened our store. ”

Some of the residents who had tasted the tea dispersed, while others went to the shops to shop, and the surrounding area became less crowded. Under the gaze of Gray Dew, the clerk pulled out a piece of waterproof paper with a pattern drawn from under the disc used to hold the cup from the cart.

"It's called 'tea' and it's an imported shipment from the port of Salland. According to our master, its origin is a continent called Dongzhou, and it takes several months to cross the boundless sea by boat. ”

"They've been on a long journey. ”

"Well, the tea won't taste good when it's cold, Miss Mercenary, you can taste it while it's hot. ”

Although the other party brought a special cup for himself, the beast spirit's seventh sense did not feel the aura of danger. Feeling the temperature of the porcelain cup in his paws, the wolf finally couldn't resist the temptation of the aroma and brought it to his mouth and took a sip.

In fact, it is no different from ordinary water.

"Woo......"

"Can't get used to it?"

Putting the white porcelain cup back in the cart, Gray Lu shook her head and smiled at the clerk. It's a drink that requires a short wait before you can experience its rich flavor.

"I now understand why there are so many people in front of this shop. ”

"Yes. "It can make the beautiful woman smile, and it is in vain that cup of good tea.

"Thank you for the tea, I'll come back later. ”

"Please go slowly, Miss Mercenary. ”

The map of my memory unfolded in my mind again, and when I passed in front of the tea shop, the wolf girl put it in it. Most of the people gathered in front of the store were probably people who thought "tea" was nothing more than that at first.

.........

"Mercenary, show me your nameplate. ”

When Grey Dew reached the gate of the building where they had entered yesterday, a human who appeared to be the guardian of the place stopped her. In this vicinity, there are many more guards on duty.

I think it should be the follow-up impact caused by the disturbance I made yesterday.

"Wow. ”

"Rookie mercenary, let's go in. ”

After handing the metal tag around his neck to the other party, Grey Dew was allowed to enter.

As expected, the building was only three stories above ground, but it was very spacious underground. Walking down a long ladder made of solid rock, the surrounding light turns from white to yellow, from natural light to artificial light provided by oil lamps.

But this dim light didn't last long.

"What a big Akashi lamp. ”

After walking down the three hundred steps, Ash Lu stopped in front of a wide rotunda and looked at the chandelier at the ceiling of the hall and exclaimed. Although it shows that the more delicate and small the stone lamp, the more difficult it is to process, but the huge size of the Akashi lamp is also very valuable.

"It looks like that guy named Goult is not ordinary."

"It doesn't seem to have much to do with us. ”

The underground hall was bustling with people, and the smell of Gault and Riowatt in the air had long since dissipated, so it was not easy to find the traces they left behind by smell. After thinking about it for a while, Gray Lu took a step and walked towards the passage on the right side of the hall where the word "mercenary" was written on the door beam.

It's morning, and whether it's someone who chooses not to get drunk after earning money yesterday, or someone who sets off early this morning to earn money, most of them won't be here.

"Right...... I'm sorry!ahhh

Smack-

She had just walked down the fifty-meter-long aisle, and before Gray Lu could take a look at what was in the equally wide hall in front of her, a leopard girl who looked like a maid staggered back from in front of her, covering her cheeks.

Directly opposite the maid was an angry minotaur mercenary.

"You subhuman slut, do you want to burn me to death!"

"I'm so sorry, I'm not ......"

Smack-

The minotaur took two steps forward, and with another slap, the slender Asian maid fell directly to the ground. Even a few meters away, Gray Lu could see blood flowing from the corners of the maid's mouth.

"Shut up, did you let you speak! You can't even hold a kettle, you weak hybrid like a chick, you are simply a disgrace to the face of the leopard people, and you are wasting food in the world. You should be sent to a living sacrifice!"

"Woo-me...... I'm not—woo—I didn't!"

"You dare to stare at me?

In the hall, the bright light of the stone lamp illuminates the four walls, but the invisible darkness cannot be dispelled. Looking at what was happening in front of her, the Wolf Girl, like most of the others in the hall, remained silent.

"Shengmiao, if you want to fight, you will be killed, anyway, if you are disabled, you will lose as much money. ”

The words of the minotaur mercenary companion were like an arrow of fire that caused the burning oil barrel to explode completely, causing an explosion in an instant—the mercenary, who was originally just punching and kicking the maid, pulled out a ninety-centimeter-long all-iron war stick from behind his waist.

"Die, hybrid!"

"Whew-"

Keng——

Just as the minotaur mercenary was about to smash his baton high, a long black sword was drawn from the side, and the blade of the sword was pressed against his bull's nose, horizontally in front. The tip of the sword slashed into the wall for a full centimeter, which shows how strong the wielder is at the moment of the sword.

"Man-wolf, want to fight?"

"No, just ask, are you trying to kill her?"

"It's your business! A slave maid can afford to kill Lao Tzu!"

"Whew, then, as long as you can afford to lose money, there will be no problem. ”

The man-wolf and the minotaur looked at each other, and most of the others who were waiting to see a good show just now suddenly had a sense of crisis. If the two social races are beaten up, the rest of the members will basically go out to find a scene——— which means that it is likely to become a group fight scene later.

The city gate caught fire, affecting the fish in the pond.

"Man-wolf, you want to get into trouble for a slave?"

"It's not cool to just look at you who are not strong enough, and pretend to be strong enough. ”

Gray Dew and Minotaur Katsumiu fell into a confrontation, and the other party's companion quietly picked up the long-handled battle axe from the table, and the human manager, who saw that the situation would develop in an uncontrollable direction, finally rushed over.

"Well, please don't be impulsive, you guys, you have something to say. ”

"Good. ”

"Yes. ”

This is the country of the human race, and Grey Lu doesn't want to get into too much trouble, and when she sees the human manager appear, she crookes her neck and returns the gauntlet sword to its scabbard. The hunter is also curious about how humans will deal with conflicts between orcs.

"Shopkeeper, what do you say about the maid who spilled the coffee pot and drenched me? ”

Although he was stopped by Gray Dew and failed to kill the killer, the grumpy Minotaur still didn't plan to let go of the subhuman waiter who angered him. Even with his stick stowed, his fists were still clenched.

Glancing at the slave employee who struggled to get up from the ground, the shopkeeper suppressed the anger in his heart, smiled at the minotaur mercenary and said, "This is our problem, we will pay for your meal for free, which can be regarded as an apology." ”

"Okay, I apologize and I accept it. The Minotaur was happy not to dwell on matters related to the shop itself, but his vicious gaze still fell on the subhuman maid, "Still, I'd like to hear what you'll do with this hybrid in the future." ”

At that moment, Gray Lu clearly saw that the subhuman maid with the blood of the leopard people trembled involuntarily——— she was very afraid.

"Scarlet, you useless stinky thing, I paid you a hundred and fifty silver coins to buy you and you do such a stupid thing! Go to the Yan District tonight and use your body to compensate for the loss!"

"Hahaha, that's good! Man-wolf, what if you're strong? Can't you save this hybrid?! Little girl, wash me up and wait, I'll come and name you in the evening. ”

The subhuman maid was crying, the minotaur and his companions were laughing, the human shopkeeper was laughing——— Grey Dew was laughing. It's just that she was sneering.

"I mean, she's a slave, isn't she?"

When Grey Dew asked, the human shopkeeper felt a little uncomfortable, but still answered truthfully, "Yes, Miss Mercenary. ”

"Can I buy her, then?"

"Uh...... If you have to buy it, it's not impossible to sell a slave who decides to be disposed of in a scrap way, but you need to pay an additional ......"

Before the other party could finish speaking, Gray Dew took out two gold coins from his pocket and threw them directly at the minotaur's face, and then they were bounced back and landed in the hands of the human shopkeeper. Of the five Autonomous League gold coins that Gagaya had given, only one was used in the tailor's shop.

"Is that enough?"

"You stinky wolf, don't be too loud—"

"Shengmiu-X's, what a ruined wolf. ”

When it became clear that it was a gold coin from the Autonomous Alliance, another minotaur who was about to watch a good show with an axe dragged his companion and walked away. The wolf mercenary who can fight and has money is not suitable to continue to fight against it no matter how you look at it - the devil knows how many of her companions are wandering around.

"The shopkeeper?"

"Ah...... Ah, wait a minute, I'll go and bring you the scroll of the slaves. ”

The minotaur and the human shopkeeper left one after another, looking at the subhuman maid who stood there bewildered and confused, and walked over after a moment's hesitation. She placed her paw gently on her shoulder, feeling the fear that lingered after she had survived.

"Thank you, Miss Mercenary, I ......"

Before she could finish speaking, the subhuman maid who was standing fell to the side, and Gray Lu had to stretch out her claws to hug her to avoid falling and causing secondary damage. The punches and kicks of the minotaur just now, if the human woman were to bear it, she might have died a long time ago.

"Since it's so difficult to live in the human realm, why don't you go back to the Orc Autonomous Region. Carrying the subhuman named Scarlet Lan to a soft collapse against the wall and letting her lie down, Gray Lu took out two pills prepared by the old hunter of the Tooth Wolf Clan from the package she was carrying and brought them to her mouth, "Eat it, it can heal a certain degree of internal injury." ”

"Thank you ......"

Seeing that Scarlet Lan had difficulty swallowing, Gray Lu called the human waiter who passed by and took a glass of water from his tray, "Just the water, it will be easier to swallow." ”

To tell the truth, after a moment of irritability, Gray Lu didn't understand why she wanted to save this Asian maid who had nothing to do with her.

"Thank you, I feel much better. Looking at the human wolf mercenary guarding her like a knight, Scarlet Lan's eyes burst into tears uncontrollably, "We subhumans can neither contract beast spirits nor occult magic, and it will only be more difficult to live in the orc dominions." ”

"What about your family? How much will the female be ...... I'm sorry. ”

Grey Dew didn't say any more, because she had seen a lot of things in Scarlet Lan's eyes. It was at this moment that the human shopkeeper came with a contract scroll to register his slavery.

"Miss Mercenary, this is Scarlet's slave, please take a look. ”

Grey Lu didn't know the slave, so she handed it to Scarlet, "It's yours, right?" ”

Seeing Scarlet Lan nodding, Gray Lu relieved herself and stuffed the slave into her bag.

"Miss Mercenary, I see you in person, this is the first time you have come from us?"

"The second time. ”

"Oh...... So who are you looking for?"

"Excuse me, did a merchant named Goult come here yesterday? ”

Even though she had no idea what the main purpose of this huge hall was, Grey Lu asked what she wanted to know——— she had no other way than to ask from room to room.

"Gott? I haven't heard of this person, but my staff probably do. ”

A sly glint flashed in the shopkeeper's eyes, and the hunter caught it.

Come to think of it, it's about spending money to buy information.

He was accompanied by a mercenary with a spear. ”

"Spear mercenary...... Is it called Riovat?"

Just as Gray Lu was about to break the bank and save trouble, the subhuman maid lying behind her squeaked.

"Yes, you know?"

"He's a regular here...... He's a nice man. ”

Coincidentally, Riovaert left a note here, and the note happened to be in Scarlet's hand.