206. The continuation of the journey
On the third day after the "Day of Calamity" in everyone's hearts, especially the Terrans, the city of Zeber continued to operate as usual.
In the castle, in the throne room, the Queen of Felicia sits on her throne and Rodney stands guard.
The familiar faces of the courtiers in the hall were Jenny, Rupert, and the elderly knight of Kelsen.
Felicia watched them salute and nodded slightly.
Although the pain of losing his brother and the grudge against Xia Zuo are still there, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and the rule needs to be carried out as usual.
Now, ten candidates for court mages walked into the hall, both men and women, all looking young. This is the Queen's business today β to meet them and to inspire them to embrace their new work in the palace.
Unlike before, out of the ten candidates, there were three subhumans and one beastmen, and they were all the best candidates selected from the candidates through the magical aptitude and related tests.
"Welcome, future pillars of the Ministry of Magic." After several people stood in a row and saluted, Felicia said in a dignified manner.
Equally unusual, outside the royal palace.
The streets are full of traffic and rubbing shoulders, but there are some changes in the structure of the people.
The citizens collectively distributed workers in various positions according to their individual work abilityβnot only subhumans and beastmen, but also human beings. For the Inhuman laborers, although their working conditions have not changed, they feel a great balance when they see that the Terrans are also involved in positions equal to their own.
A Terran laborer finished carrying the last goods from the wagon, wiped his sweat, and sat on the edge of the wooden box to complain faintly, he was originally the cashier at the counter of the adventurer's union, but there was a shrewd parrot beastman who applied for the position, and the store manager would not refuse in line with the principle of mandatory fairness and justice.
This had to be put in the past, and it was unimaginable for a subhuman or a beastman, let alone a job application, to step into the owner's office as a visitor.
In front of the shopkeeper and clerk, the parrot man demonstrated the business, and as a result, his accounting ability far exceeded that of the best employees by three times, and even without a pen, he could perfectly solve the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within a thousand by oral arithmetic...
Unfortunately, the best employee is not himself, so he is screened out...
Now, I should say that I am a former settlement officer.
I have been working as a settlement clerk for ten years, and I don't know if there is any other job suitable for me for the time being, so I have to rely on this porter position to cope with the vacancy of the job for the time being.
"Among the adventurers, the number of sub-people has also increased... Subhumans whose physical strength is generally greater than that of the Terrans become adventurers, do the Terrans still have bounties to take? The Terran laborer recalled the scene in the hall before leaving the guild, and now wanted to say this while cursing, but there was a command of "no discrimination" in the depths of his thoughts, which made this actual speech seem very common, and it was not clear that he was venting his anger.
"Hey," at this time, a colleague of the canine-eared laborer handed over a water bag, "are you thirsty?" Would you like to have some? β
"Ahh He hesitated to take it, and realized that he hadn't shared it with the subhumans? When he was about to return it, the effect of the order hindered him β a prohibition of discrimination.
My hands froze, I couldn't return the water bag, let alone throw it away... Right now, there seems to be no other choice but to drink it.
The Terran laborers had no choice but to pull the plug and swallow it with a grunt, and were immediately coughed by the choking breath.
"Haha, this is wine~" The cat sub-human teased him and patted him on the shoulder, "Can the human race get used to drinking such strong wine?" I've always been curious. β
At this point, the Terran laborers were able to hand over the water bag smoothly, and helplessly wiped the corners of their embarrassed mouths.
"In the future, we will be partners in long-term cooperation," the canine subhuman took the water bag and touched his chin with withered hair, "Although many of us have grudges, I always feel that conflicts are not a good way to work together in the long run." β
When the Terran laborer looked up in confusion, he noticed that the other party was shaking hands.
"Get along, what's your name?"
The gaze from high in the sky witnessed the contact between the two hands.
On the other side of the city, slave shops closed down β losing all their goods overnight.
People are dismantling its signboard, and there is already a family that has purchased it, not a single buyer, but a joint venture of Asia, in which the funds have been saved by Maggie's brother for many years, originally to redeem his sister from the original owner, Eddie, but that has passed, and the sister has safely stayed with Mahlen.
In addition to Mullen, there are also Werewolf Slash Iron, Mermaid Clan's Nemoanne, and Eagle Man Igor, who also put on new signboards with their own hands.
With Nemoanne's talent for floating, it is easy to make it levitate without building a wooden frame to install the sign, align it in position, and Igor will fly into the air and nail it firmly.
"Mercenary hut", this is the big print on the sign. The Colosseum was no longer open, and several of them decided to still use their specialty - combat. Different from going to the union to register as an adventurer, you open your own shop and accept the entrustment of your employer, there will be no union to make the difference, and all the income will flow into your own pocket.
"What are you doing?" Maggie, who was satisfied with looking at the signboard, turned around and found her brother looking at the sky distractedly.
"It seems that there is a figure far, far away, frozen there!" Maren pointed and glanced at his sister.
"Huh?" Maggie looked in the direction he was pointing, both were feline subhumans with excellent eyesight, but Maggie didn't see anything, "Where?" ... The sky was pretty clear. β
"Huh...?" Maren just glanced at his sister, and when he turned around, he couldn't find the black spot.
It is true that cats belong to subhumans, and this distance can be found, Xia Zuo sighed in his heart.
It took three days, and at this point he had returned from the hilltop altar near Liv Village to LvMAX, including the "Flight" he was using.
He hovered nearly 1,000 meters in the air, opened the "Falcon Vision", and observed the movements of the beings in Zebel City.
When he noticed Maggie, he found that he was also seen, and immediately used another magic, "Silent Hermit" - he can remain invisible by remaining motionless, and his breath will not be detected, but when he is invisible, he can only move his eyes and breathe, and cannot make a sound or use offensive magic, otherwise the invisibility will be lifted.
Seeing that Maggie touched Ma Lun's head, the sister and brother no longer paid attention to this side, and Xia Zuo began to move, flying downward at great speed.
The same goes for manpower, the current Zebel City is closer to complete market competition than before, maybe it will get better and better in the future, Xia Zuo pouted at his cheeky self-righteous thoughts.
Even if Zebel became what he is today, the swooping Xia Zuo still saw that the bustling procession of subhumans or beastmen was leaving the city gate, and there was still no shortage of people who chose to leave, probably most of them were slaves who once yearned for freedom.
In front of the forest at the end of the plain, Xia Zuo slowed down and landed there, standing on tiptoe on a boulder.
This is the agreed place.
"Xia Zuo~" Long Ge shouted expectantly from behind the tree, chewing the poisonous mushroom in her hand.
It was not a poisonous mushroom like the green worm mushroom, but a red mushroom with white spots in the shape of a skull.
After eating, it will be 100% added to the high-level "Blood Deduction" debuff, which reduces blood by 10% per second for eight seconds, and it is already very close to dying when it is done. The only advantage described in the description is that it is delicious, whether eaten raw or baked.
"You that...!" Xia Zuo's eyes widened, and he wanted to say something to stop it, but Long Ge's HP was always full, and Xia Zuo's words turned into scratching his head.
Her debuff icon "Blood Deduction" does exist, but not a single drop of blood is deducted... It wasn't until she stopped eating, and after eight seconds of staring at Xia Zuo, the debuff disappeared. When Long Ge continued to eat, the debuff reappeared.
Is this the power of self-healing? Xia Zuo couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"What's wrong...? Xia Zuo. Long Ge stopped in front of him, jumped on the boulder at once, and handed it over, "Do you want it too?" β
"Don't." He replied.
Long Ge didn't know whether to be disappointed or rejoice, and bent the corners of his mouth, "That's all mine." She said flatly.
"Do you eat it all raw? I think if it's you, you can try cooking. Xia Zuo encouraged.
Long Ge looked at the mushroom in his hand, as if he was seriously considering.
Natsu turned around and floated his feet off the ground.
"Go?" She said when she found out.
"Yes, pay attention to the character of the next destination - the tranquil lake surrounded by jungle, where Sangilf is located."
Xia Zuo, who was floating in mid-air, turned around and said, flying with his back to him seemed to be proficient.
"As I told you before, the bishop of the Murray Church revealed that in the past, Sangilf held the position of bishop, and the current bishop believes that he is the only person who has truly communicated with the god Mori, and Sangilf may know the clues of Murray, and I want to find from him a magic that is more advanced than all the scrolls in the vault, because most of the scrolls in the vault were collected by him, and there must be his own private goods, which were not handed over to the state, and the next step is our common goal."
Long Ge stuffed all the remaining mushrooms into his mouth, chewed and swallowed them quickly, and said something at the same time, probably asking Xia Zuo to wait for her.
Immediately after that, they grew wings and followed.
(End of Volume 2)