"Is this place really ruled by dragons? How does it seem that the internal situation of the Northland countries is not bad? In a tavern in Kasan called Barbecue and Wine, a group of outsiders dressed like adventurers put down their glasses.

It was a woman named Messiah Darrow, whose professional habits made the thief's eyes unusually sharp, and he seemed to inadvertently take in everything around him.

Although she was not young, she still had a little freckles on the wings of her nose, and her teeth had been dyed a bluffing dark red because she was always chewing tobacco leaves day and night.

"It's not bad, at least it's better than the evil dragon territories we've seen before."

Baif's voice was not loud, but it reached the ears of his companions, and after a period of tossing and turning, they had arrived in the Northlands, and had entered the Rhine by way of the kingdom of Larron, intending to rest in the city of Kasan for the time being.

Crawling through the low, dusty attic and over the narrow, old staircase, they entered the tavern of the slump of business, which, from previous experience, was generally the easiest place to get information.

The hall was small, but well ventilated, and there was a row of yellow wood barrels in the corner, and although the door was always open, it was still very hot to be honest, and the tavern attendant was turning around with a barbecue fork in his hand, and the thief Darrow poured dark beer out of the barrel, and the tobacco leaves in his mouth did not stop.

"Hey, man, please get us something to eat." Their companions hailed, and there was no one at the long table except thirteen of them, not even a singer who played the harp.

After a while, the waiter brought the bread, the stew, and the whole fork on a plate, and put them away, and when he was about to turn to leave, Daro pulled the corner of the waiter's coat and stuffed a golden bean into his hand.

The thief boldly looked at the squire's face, and in an almost questioning tone, asked who the rulers of the northern kingdoms were, where were the dragons in the vicinity, what news had been there lately, and so on.

After a long while, the waiter realized what she had asked, and looked at them with a look of surprise, and his tone was almost exclaimed: "You are outsiders? ”

"Why, aren't we like alien adventurers?"

The thief looked down at his outfit at the surprise, and then continued, "Hey, boy, you haven't answered my question yet. ”

The little man's pupils twitched slightly, as if he remembered something terrible, the young man's lips moved, and finally put the golden bean back on the table: "I don't know-" He sighed, and quickly shook his head: "I can't say." ”

"Well, I said—" The thief was a little anxious, and he stood up suddenly, and then was grabbed by Baifu again.

"Don't get in trouble."

Baifu educated the new members, then picked up the golden beans, stuffed them into the young man's arms again, and at the same time changed the safety question, and asked: "Friend, tell me what you can say, for example, why is the business of this tavern so bleak?" Also, where do we go to find out what we want? ”

The gentle tone made the squire's face look better, he thought for a while, and said, "Recently, our business has not been doing well, and there are fewer and fewer people, but you can go to the Elegy Tavern to have a look, I heard that there are many people in that place." ”

"Thank you."

Baifu politely thanked him, wrote down the name in his mind, then cut the browned, hot brothed meat from the fork in front of him, and then plucked the fat mushrooms from the other fork, dipped them in onions and peppers, and began his meal with dark beer.

Except for Darrow, the rest of the dragon hunters were not in a hurry, and slowly enjoyed the taste of the Northland's special food, until he was full of wine and food, and then Baifu smacked his mouth, got up from the wooden bench, and picked up the long cloth bag leaning against the corner of the table.

"Let's go."

He said, "Go around the place and see if you can get something useful, and then go to the Rhine capital." ”

The dragon hunters followed the guidance of their attendants and began to walk in the direction of the Elegy Tavern, silent all the way, but as they crossed the winding road and approached, the flow of people on both sides gradually became a little more, at least not as lifeless as before.

At that moment, the sound of clanging armor, neighing horses, and splashing rain from the road made them look stunned.

"Cavalry." Baff whispered, and the seasoned adventurers could read enough by their voices alone, and they were dragon hunters, more proficient in the arts.

At the same time, Bif carried the long cloth bag behind him without leaving a trace, they did not want to cause any trouble and attract the slightest attention until they found Caesar the Black Dragon, and it was best if they could avoid all eyes and ears.

The sound of horses' hooves approached, and the dragon hunter turned back to see the group of men and horses marching in columns, the cavalry fully armed, stepping over the small muddy puddle of stagnant water with cold faces.

Bif and his companions dodged and let the men go first, the cavalry looked a little different from the armies they had encountered before, without flags, and even in the city, their faces were hidden in overlapping armor and could not be seen clearly.

However, as they passed them, the cavalrymen in hideous black armor suddenly stopped their horses.

"Outsiders?"

The leader turned his horse's head, his piercing eyes in his visor swept across the faces of Baifu and his companions, and his words were condescending: "Is there a certificate that the border troops have passed the inspection?" ”

"Of course, my lord, we are adventurers from Zedi."

Darrow took the lead in answering, and at the same time snickered in his heart, this small place actually learns what border inspection and entry and exit registration the empire does not set, but it is not capable of supervising it in place and implementing an independent household registration system.

As long as you walk through the main entrance, you can walk in with a swagger.

The captain of the cavalry stared at the piece of paper they had taken out, looked at it twice, and then returned it to the thieves, which was just a routine check on outsiders during the patrol, and the blackshirts did not pay much attention to it, leaving a sentence of "You must abide by the rules of the Northland" in the Northland, and rode away.

The dragon hunters, who had excellent psychological qualities, did not have any mood swings, and continued to walk, and after a lazy bend, they saw their destination, the elegiac tavern, but also appeared in sight, four soldiers in black armor.

But it didn't seem to be the same people, and Byff judged that there were no horses around them.

He glanced at it casually and saw that the soldiers were on a guard duty and would not stop visitors, so there was nothing to worry about, and he stepped into the tavern in the heart of Kasan.

Born as an adventurer in his youth, he is now a notorious adventurer, and over the years he has seen countless taverns in various places, but he has rarely seen a tavern that is overcrowded and has a lively atmosphere, but is not noisy and noisy.

"Good fight, but I have the King of Black Wings."

"War Roar."

"I'm sorry, Fireball, my magic will tear you to shreds."

……

As soon as he entered the door, a series of voices came into Baifu's ears, and he was a little confused, what was going on? What are the patrons of this tavern saying?