Chapter 441: Changhu Town
Bella could now reach out to the Eye of Agomoto and get the Time Stone, but she was very hesitant.
With the Time Gem in hand, there's no problem with playing Death Smaug, but at what cost?
"Smaug, I'm here to negotiate conditions!" This is easy to say, but all the gifts of fate have already been secretly marked with a price.
She didn't know what the consequences of her actions would be.
Bella seemed to see the Ancient One chuckling at her, and seemed to see the Ancient One saying to her, 'No one is forcing you, Miss Bella, it's your own choice.' ’
Wang Fatzi didn't urge her, just stood aside and waited.
Bella thought for a long time and didn't make up her mind, she turned around and asked Wang Fatzi: "This is not for me, is it?" ”
The other party looked at her in surprise: "What nonsense are you talking about?" This is Kama Taj's treasure! How could it be given to you! Delusion! ”
Bella breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately, it was okay: "Then I'll rest assured." ”
She stepped forward and gently took off the eye of Agamotto, and then hung it solemnly around her neck.
Bella's hands were crossed over her chest, and she pinched a spell that closed the protection on Agamotto's Eye, and the pale green glow vanished.
She is not a newcomer, and with her own psionic powers, she can already control the speed of time.
But it is precisely because of this understanding that she can realize the power of the Time Gem, with this gem in hand, she is almost invincible, and there are too many ways and means to choose from against Smaug's evil dragon.
"Thank you, I'll be back as soon as possible."
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Because there are not many mountains around it, it is lonely, so it is named Lonely Mountain.
During the Irub Kingdom, the town of River Valley at the foot of the Lonely Mountain was an important transportation hub connecting the East and the West.
The ore of the dwarves, the exquisite weapons, clothing and crafts made by the elves, and many of the food and daily necessities of the human beings were transported to the world through the town of the valley or to the west or south.
It was once known as the pearl of the North, with Riverdale Town, Riverdale City, and Dale Town all named here.
To the south of the lonely mountain is the town of River Valley, south of the town of River Valley is the long lake, when the town of the valley was burned to the ruins by the evil dragon Smaug, many survivors and some travelers from the north and south established a gathering place by the lake, and over time, it has also developed into a small town, the town of Long Lake.
The long lake is an oval division, long from north to south, narrow from east to west, the snow water on the lonely mountain melts to form a long lake, the lake surface is floating with white fog all the year round, and there are large pieces of ice floe in the water.
Losing the lonely mountain, Changhu Town has no iron tools and gold and silver products provided by the dwarves, and the attraction to merchants is greatly reduced, even if the elves are still doing business with humans, but the income level and living conditions of the residents of Changhu Town are still declining at a visible rate, and the former pearl of the north now seems to be just an ordinary lakeside town.
Relying on the fish and shrimp in the lake, the townspeople did not starve to death, but to say how rich they were, it would be nonsense.
"Open the door, open the door, a merchant is coming!" Several of the gatekeepers were dressed in tatters, and their tones were as if a fat sheep was coming.
A slightly oddly shaped, eerie-looking three-masted galleon appeared in front of several soldiers, and when they stood on either side, they could only see a woman in a white robe standing at the bow of the ship, this woman was so beautiful! Several soldiers were stunned, not to mention the ordinary women in the town, and even the mayor's little wife didn't have such good skin and temperament.
Their sluggishness lasted for more than ten seconds, after which they returned to normal, and no matter how beautiful they looked, they were not as good as money.
There are also ice floes on the lake, and the temperature in Changhu Town is very low, and even if you have a little thought in your heart, you can quickly be enveloped in the cold.
Several soldiers shouted in thick voices: "Stop the ship, check the cargo!" Is there any paperwork? No? Then pay the tax, the entry tax! ”
A short man in a black cotton coat with a slightly protruding head because of his hunchback shouted loudly: "According to the order of the great mayor, all merchants should pay thirty percent of the goods as a commercial tax, which is the reward for the mayor to protect the townspeople for a long time and protect you lowly merchants!" ”
"Thirty percent of goods are considered commercial taxes?" Bella was directly laughed at angrily, the shameless faces of these people are simply undisguised, no wonder the town is becoming more and more dilapidated, and thirty percent of the goods are collected as commercial taxes, which merchant dares to pass by here.
The hunchbacked man was not moved by her appearance at all, and at this time he stared at a pair of dead fish eyes, even if he looked up from the bottom up, it did not hinder his arrogance: "Yes! This is the sacrosanct right of the mayor of the town! Your boat looks pretty good, I'll buy it, and you go over there to go through the formalities......"
He stretched out his hand and pointed at Bella, and before he finished speaking, the snake-eyed Bai Qiu raised the iron cannon thicker than an ordinary person's thigh and shot it out, and the hunchbacked man's hat was knocked away, and even a large piece of his scalp fell off.
"Ahh ——! They are enemies, they are enemies! Offense, offense! In a panic, he commanded a few soldiers around him to fight back, but after Jason and Arin joined the battle, those ordinary soldiers had no power to fight back at all.
Bella slowly disembarked, legally speaking, this land and the people and things on the land were given to him by Thorin, so you are welcome.
It's just a few village overlords, so there's no need to give face.
She held a staff in her right hand, an enemy fencing around her waist, and an eye of Agamotto around her neck, and the water vapor on the surface of the lake automatically attached to her dress, and as she walked, the ice crystals on her long white dress also emitted bursts of fluorescence.
Jason, wearing a hockey mask, grabbed the hunchbacked man with one hand, like a giant carrying a baby, and he followed Bella slowly towards the middle of the town.
The Snake-Eyes lined up on either side, quietly following the group.
"Uh...... Aren't you going along? "Bilbo. Baggins asked Rin, who was beside him, and the Aquatic Village Sword Saint pulled the shamisen twice, and the hobbit could only shake his head and go to write his own travelogue.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”
"Ahh My leg is broken! ”
"Blow the alarm! Report to Mayor ......"
"Ahh I surrender, I surrender, don't kill me! ”
There are probably more than three thousand residents in Changhu Town, less than four thousand, and the mayor of the Tuba Town here also knows that he is unpopular, so the size of the guard is very large, Bella They walked all the way, and more than two hundred soldiers were defeated, and finally in the center of the town, when he saw the mayor, there were more than a hundred soldiers around him.
"Mayor save me! Save me! The hunchbacked and money-hungry man in black kept calling for help.
"Everred? This is a rebellion! Fast! You guys go and get Everred out of here! Then kill all these troublesome sluts! ”
The mayor of the town was somewhat sympathetic when he saw his cronies in distress, and he pulled his throat and asked his soldiers to attack.