The early sun clothed the city of Vetaron with a layer of gold. On the streets, pawn vendors, people come and go. There were women with children, merchants in a hurry, and guards in iron armor. The people here don't seem to worry about their livelihoods, nor do they worry about their lives, compared to the demon world, it is like a paradise, quiet and pleasant.

Ari finally buys a map of the world from a grocery store. From the map, the center of the world is the Inland Sea, which is bordered by four continents. It is bordered by the Duchy of Belmar to the west, the Dros Empire to the east, and the Dark Elf Kingdom to the south; To the north is a mountain range, which is said to be the domain of the Bantu clan.

When he purchased the map, Ari had already found out that the city he was in was called 'Vetaron', located in the Dros Empire, and was the capital of the Empire.

On the side of the street, next to the alley, Ari squatted here and looked at the map carefully.

At this time, he heard the magic sword Fachela laugh and said, "Boy, do you see anything?" ”

"Didn't see anything." Ari replied, "At most, I know what the world is like. ”

"What then? Didn't you say you had to make up some reasons? Magic Sword asked.

Ari sighed, "Where can I think that this place is completely different from the Demon Realm, and I can't tell from the map that there may be war anywhere." Hey, this plan seems to have come to naught. ”

The boy rubbed his head and pinched the map, a little depressed.

The magic sword was a little puzzled, so he asked, "What are you sighing for!" I don't think that's a big deal. ”

"It's nothing."

"Then you're still thinking about it for a long time."

"Hehe, look." Follow Ari's eyes. In the garden, adults lead children to play; By the pool, the troubadour is playing the harp and telling a story. It's a quiet and peaceful view.

The magic sword looked at it for a long time, and he didn't know why, so he said angrily: "What are you looking at?" ”

Ari smiled and explained, "These are ordinary people without magical powers! ”

"So what......" Demon Sword suddenly stopped talking. Although this sword is stupid, but now after being reminded, it is also clear - these ordinary people without magic can live peacefully in this world. But in the Demon Realm, people who don't have magic power are garbage, and the end can be imagined.

Although the magic sword Fachela figured out this, the key to it was not expected; It asks, "But what does this mean?" ”

"It means that someone, or this country, has a strong force to shelter them, so they can live a carefree life." The boy paused and asked, "Then do you think I'm strong?" ”

"It's only better than the lower-level combatants of the Cultivators."

"That's the end of it! Judging from the patterns of that magic array in the sky, there are strong people in this world. If I accidentally get caught, or if someone asks about me, do I dare say I'm from another world? ”

"I don't think it's anything, do I?" The magic sword wondered.

"I don't make up a reason, I can't tell you why I came from. If you accidentally find out, heh, it's not fun. ”

"Boy, you're being too careful, aren't you?"

"Who knows! Anyway, it's better to be careful. ”

The boy stood up and walked slowly along the long street. The shops on the street are lined with strange melons and fruits, some green and some red, some purple and some blue; The strangest thing is that it is a round and large melon with green stripes on it.

Ari looked at this strange round and big thing, and motioned in his mind, "Look, this world is strange. ”

"It's strange, this kind of thing, can you really eat it?" The magic sword was puzzled.

It's no wonder that this Ah Rui and the magic sword are like this, because in the demon world, green melons and fruits are highly poisonous, and they are generally used to extract and make poison.

So Ah Rui was very puzzled and muttered: "Could it be that the people of this world are very toxic and resistant?" ”

The magic sword didn't speak, and he didn't know how to answer. But seeing Ah Rui approaching the fruit shop, patting the green melon and fruit with a big head, he asked the boss, "Excuse me, how can this be sold?" ”

"Two silver coins!" The shopkeeper grinned, revealing his yellow teeth.

Ari paid and took a bite of the thing. The magic sword shouted in disbelief: "Boy, what if it's really poisonous?" ”

"You have to try it, right?" Ari chewed and said in his heart. But this thing is really hard to eat, although after a few bites, it feels like the body is not abnormal; But it's neither sour nor sweet, and it tastes tasteless. I don't know why people here eat this kind of thing, even the man-eating flower is much better than this thing.

Suddenly, I heard a silver bell-like laughter from the store: "Dad, look at this dirt bun, hahaha, hahaha...... Hold the watermelon, nibble on the watermelon rind, hahaha. ”

With laughter, a girl wearing an apron and a ponytail popped out of the store. The girl looked at the young man holding the watermelon, and laughed: "Hey, Tubaozi, do you eat watermelon like this?" Then there was another burst of laughter.

The shopkeeper glared at the girl, who immediately stopped laughing. The shopkeeper turned his head again, looked at Ah Rui with complicated eyes, and said helplessly: "Young man, where are you from?" Haven't you ever eaten watermelon? Or I'll teach you! ”

Ari pretended to be shy and didn't speak. The shopkeeper also said that the young man was ashamed and embarrassed to say; He took the watermelon from the boy's hand, cut it with a knife, and cut it into several pieces.

In Ari's eyes, after this thing was cut, the flesh inside it was red and crystal clear, and the fresh fruity aroma came to the nose. The boy took a petal from the shopkeeper's hand and ate it with juice all over his face; And in my heart, I finally relaxed my heart and scolded myself for being too careful.

The boy smiled and thanked the shopkeeper, and left with the remaining watermelons.

The girl in the store sneered: "Dad, this kind of dirt bun, where can I have the money to buy watermelons, it must have been stolen." I think it's suspicious, so why don't you tell the guards! ”

"Where are so many things!" The shopkeeper laughed and scolded, "What's so strange about this, looking at the appearance of this young man, he is either a wandering adventurer or a refugee who has fled from the north." You chew your tongue, and you are not afraid to flash it. ”

The girl grimaced, stuck out her tongue playfully, turned and ran into the shop.

The troubadours by the pool played the harp, told one heroic epic after another, sang about the rise and fall of kingdoms, and sang about the happy life of people. At this time, there were many people around the pool, and even the guards who had changed the guard came here to rest.

After a heroic legend about 'Excalibur Liangyue', the troubadour sits by the pool, drinking water and resting his feet. The people around the side didn't seem to have heard it yet, and shouted for another paragraph.

But the troubadour stroked his short hair, and laughed as if embarrassed: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have told two stories. You see I'm having a dry mouth, don't I ......?"

"Then you should drink more water!" A child on the lookout laughed.

The troubadour seemed embarrassed, giggling somehow tactfully. But he saw a gold coin thrown and jingle into a small jar in front of the poet. But I heard a guard laugh and say, "There is a lot of, buy you water to drink." One more, one more. ”

The crowd also coaxed: "One more, one more ......"

The poet played the harp and said softly: "Then I will tell you another legend about our Dross Empire, the 'Sword God' Sodros. ”

"Okay, good, I love to hear this!"

"The legend of the sword god, it's so good......" The crowd applauded, and even some hurried people and passing merchants and vendors stopped their tracks.

A silver-haired girl walked over, the girl's eyes were bright, her skin was whiter than snow, and her moon-white green robe showed her exquisite beauty. The girl stopped and crouched beside the group of guards.

When the group of guards saw the girl, they hurriedly got up and saluted: "Gong ......" had not finished speaking, but was interrupted by this girl; The silver-haired girl held her hair and chuckled, signaling that they didn't have to be formal. The group of guards hurriedly sat down, did not say a word, did not have a crooked neck, did not hunch their backs, and looked serious.

Then I saw the maiden walk up to the troubadour, and came out with a bag of gold coins, and said with a playful smile, "I have heard many times the legend of the sword god Sodros. If you speak better than I've ever heard, I'll give you this bag of coins. ”

The gold coins in the bag jingled, and I don't know if it was the girl's snow-melting smile that fascinated the poet's heart, or the crisp sound of the gold coins confused the poet's eyes.

The poet stood for a moment, then smiled, "Good! Beautiful girl, please sit down and listen to my story......"

The early sun is getting hotter and hotter. After the legend of the hero was told, the silver-haired girl and the crowd of onlookers applauded. The girl did not break her word, threw the bag of gold coins into the poet's little jar, and said with a smile: "You have spoken well, and it is quite detailed, as if you had seen it with your own eyes." ”

"Where have I seen the heroic posture of the sword god." The poet smiled shyly, "A lot of the details were told to me by someone in a tavern in Huttonmar. ”

The silver-haired girl didn't ask any questions, and jumped away with her hands in her hands. The onlookers also dispersed one after another, and those who wanted to guard continued to guard, and those who wanted to be busy continued to be busy.

The psalmist opened the bag of gold coins and shook them all into the small jar; Only then did he relax, holding the small jar and smiling. In the afterglow, I suddenly saw a young man who had not left, this young man was squatting on the ground and eating watermelon, eating his mouth full of watermelon seeds.

When the young man saw the poet coming, he took out a few watermelons from the paper bag and gave them to the poet. The poet was not polite, took it with a smile, and said thank you.

Ari is here eating watermelon and listening to the story, and he can't get enough of it. He wiped his mouth and asked the poet, "And what happened to the sword god Sodros?" ”

The poet nibbled on the watermelon and said with a smile: "I don't know! ”

"How can you not know the story you are telling?" Ari wondered. It turned out that the poet only talked about the glorious achievements of the sword god, but did not talk about the final destination.

The poet finished a few bites of the watermelon and said with a smile: "This is all a legend from hundreds of years ago, how can I know." After a pause, he said mysteriously: "However, there is a secret legend. ”

"Oh?"

"I heard that Sodros finally wanted to fight with the gods in the universe, so he went to a place where even time stopped to cultivate." The poet chuckled under his breath.

Ari looked incredulous and grinned, "Really, bragging." ”

The boy took out all the watermelons in the bag and divided them with the poet; He sat down next to the poet, who was more than ten years older than him, and asked with a smile, "Brother, where is your hometown?" Have you always made a living from this? ”

The poet slowly ate the watermelon in his hand and replied with a smile: "My generation of troubadours are like the adventurers, who live in no fixed place and call the world home. Haha, wherever you go, it's home. ”

"Then you must have been to a lot of places!" The boy's mouth was full of watermelons, and his words were a little slurred.

The poet packed up his things, stood up with his little jar, and said with a smile: "Yes, haha! Boy, go home quickly, it's almost noon, and your family must be coming out for you to eat. After saying this, the poet laughed, and gradually walked away with the harp on his back.

After eating the watermelon, Ari sat by the pool and smiled.

The Demon Sword Fachela was puzzled and asked, "Boy, what are you smiling at?" ”

"Haha, of course you don't have to think of a reason!"

The noon heat is very annoying, except for the hurried people on the street, they all nest in the shade to rest. Ari came to a blacksmith's shop and knocked on the door to enter; I saw that the shop was full of all kinds of swords, long swords, giant swords, and short swords. On the wall facing the door, there is a pair of cold chain mail, which shines brightly.

The owner of the blacksmith heard the door, and got up from behind the counter, and saw that it was a little ghost about fourteen years old, and thought that maybe it was a child who longed for swords, but he ignored it, and sat down again.

When Ari entered the door, he saw that the boss was a burly man with a beard, so he got up and sat back strangely, and couldn't help but wonder. But he didn't say much, walked straight to the counter, and asked the bearded man, "Boss, how do you sell the weapons here?" ”

"Little ghost, what weapons did you buy? Do you agree? "The big man with the beard doesn't have a good air.

The young man was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "I am an adventurer!" ”

"Oh?" The bearded man was surprised, raised his head and looked carefully, saw the young man's calloused palm, and said with a smile, "I can't see that you are young and still an adventurer." Most of the people I saw were in their twenties and thirties, and the old ones were probably forty or fifty, and even the youngest ones were seventeen or eighteen. It's the first time I've seen someone your age. ”

"Hehe, who called me a genius! Hey, hey, hey! Ari smiled shyly, blushing without noticing.

When the magic sword heard this, he couldn't help but laugh loudly in the young man's mind: "You are still a genius? Lao Tzu has seen more geniuses, and you have the most qualifications. But your fancy intestines are half a genius. ”

There are also people who are very dissatisfied with Ari's statement. But I saw a girl with short red hair coming out of the room of the shop, this girl was seventeen or eighteen years old, with short shoulder-length hair and wearing ink-colored slim leather armor. As soon as the short-haired girl came out, she sneered at Ari: "Just you, still a genius, still an adventurer?" The girl turned her head again and shouted at the bearded man, "Dad, don't believe this little ghost, maybe someone smuggled it out." ”

The bearded man looked at the short-haired girl and grinned: "I have a good eye for people, this young man is really an adventurer." ”

The short-haired girl snorted, and with arrogance, shouted to Ari, "Tell me, where are you an adventurer?" ”

Ah Rui felt that this girl was a little nonsense, but he had to say calmly: "We adventurers have no fixed place, the four seas are home, wherever we go, everywhere is home!" ”

The bearded man laughed when he heard this, but the short-haired girl said angrily: "It must be some kind of family that sneaked out, don't study hard, what weapons to buy, what to do?" ”

The big man coughed and said sternly to the short-haired girl: "Rainey, don't mess around!" ”

Rainey, who had short red hair, still ignored it, and shouted to the bearded man: "Dad, selling weapons to people under the age of sixteen will be punished. ”

"But this little imp is an adventurer!" Dahan pointed at Ari and smiled.

The girl Rainey snorted again, and sat on the sidelines and pouted angrily.

The bearded man smiled helplessly, changed his tone, and asked Ari, "Then, little adventurer, what do you want to buy?" ”

Ari breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lightsaber! ”

The air was suddenly heavy, so quiet that you could hear the heartbeat in your body. The girl Rainey jumped up, pointed at Ari and shouted, "Dad, I'll just say, this little imp is not an adventurer at all. ”

Seeing this, Ari's relieved anger came up again. He knew that the problem was with the word 'lightsaber', but he couldn't figure out why it was wrong.

The bearded man frowned and grinned, "Little ghost, the lightsaber is a weapon that can only be used by the imperial family. The manufacturing process and method of use are only known to the royal family of the Empire. Oh, little ghost, where are you, go back to which house! ”

Ah Rui instantly realized, thought of countermeasures in his mind, and said with a hearty smile: "Hey, so that's the case." It seems that those guys in the Duchy of Belmar have lied to me! Seeing that the father and daughter in the shop were attracted by the words, they continued: "Hey, I didn't expect that group of guys to cheat me so much." He also said that as long as he arrived in the imperial capital of Netalon, he would be able to buy lightsabers. Hey, I'm. ”

The big man thought for a moment and asked, "Which union are you from?" ”

Ari was stunned for a moment, recalled what Ivan had said, and hurriedly replied, "Adventurer Alliance!" ”

"It's you, liar!" The girl Rainey shouted.

Ah Rui was very annoyed, but he couldn't attack at this time, so he had to say patiently: "Yes and no, if you fight, you will know!" ”

The big man hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Boy, you and my daughter have a fight." If you really are an adventurer, win or lose, the weapon sells you is. As you know, there is a penalty for indiscriminate selling of weapons. And, moreover, you're just, too young. The big man said in a rambling manner, and finally found the word 'young' to describe the young man in front of him.

The three of them didn't procrastinate, and went straight to the backyard of the store. This backyard is somewhat spacious, about 10 meters square, with blue bricks on the ground and a high wall on the edge of the courtyard.

The girl Rainey came out with a giant sword on her shoulder, stood in the courtyard and shouted, "I'll make it clear to you first, lest you say I'm a bully." My name is Rainey, and I'm now a junior swordsman in the Empire. The girl's expression was arrogant, and she was a little arrogant.

And the big man sat on the edge of the courtyard, a little helpless and a little expectant.

Ah Rui took out a long sword from the sword rack at random, came to the courtyard, learned Rainey's tone, and said with a smile: "I will also make it clear to you first, so as not to say that I am bullying you." My name is Ari, and I'm a junior swordsman in the Adventurers' League! But the young man asked the magic sword in his heart, "Is this woman powerful?" ”

"Awesome? Forehead...... It's hard to say. "The magic sword Fachela didn't know how to express it.

Ari was shocked, could it be that he was going to be stumped? He hurriedly shouted in his heart: "Facila, you can perceive it clearly!" ”

"Uh...... In words you can understand, this woman's magic power is less than a third of yours! ”

"That's a!"

"This woman is full of confidence, I'm afraid of some powerful tricks."

"We have that too, don't we?" Ari's longsword hung forward, and he struck a sword start.

The hot sweat falls to the ground and goes out, where does the cool breeze come slowly.