Chapter 88: The Road to Rivalry is Narrow
At the door of the shop, Xia accidentally collided with another girl who happened to push the door into the store at this time, the latter had a curtain of long fiery red hair like a waterfall from her head on her shoulders, and her bright sea-blue eyes like jewels were slightly crappy because of the pain, and then she stood up in the process of apologizing to Xia and Xia, although the figure under the robe was covered by the fabric, still exuding more seductive curves than women of the same age, not to mention the two lumps above her abdomen and below her collarbone...... Ahem.
All in all, her appearance is really very beautiful, and her character and behavior reflected in her conduct can be called dignified and polite, even if she is the dream lover of many noble heirs, it is not an exaggeration.
Looking at the two young girls at the door of the store, the owner of the jewelry store hurriedly trotted all the way over, and the red-haired one asked loudly, "Are you alright, Miss Dorothy?" β
He was very clever, thinking that this was the precious daughter of the leader of the Red Scorpion Regiment in Twilight City, and he would take the opportunity to scold her a little bit, which would be beneficial to his future business.
"Nothing, manager." Dorothy smiled and patted the wide shawl and gown, "Just a small accident...... Finish? β
Then she raised her gaze, and in a blink of an eye, she was surprised to find that Urs, who was also watching her and Thea coming from not far away, immediately frowned, and her pretty face pulled down an expression of clenching her teeth.
"Miss Dorothy?" The proprietor of the jewel shop looked back and forth between her and Urs, and wondered if there was some kind of festivities between the daughter of the head of the city's largest regiment and the big young man.
Of course, there was no holiday between Dorothy and Urs, but the red-haired, blue-eyed young lady had not forgotten that her father had made a big mess in the hands of the young man last month, and had lost the enchanted medium-sized steel shield called the Demon Drinker on the spot.
After reacting, the daughter of the leader of the red scorpion group moved her gaze back, looked at Xia carefully, and hurriedly took a defensive step back to distance herself from everyone, and a hostile gaze rose in her sea-blue pupils and warned Urs: "Don't come near me!" β
Thea and Urs were stunned by her words. The young man looked at her with a surprised gaze, and suddenly remembered that there seemed to be such a sorceress member of the Red Scorpion Adventure Group named Dorothy, and then saw the red-haired Miss Warlock suddenly raise her right hand towards him, and put the index and middle fingers on that hand.
The mages of CastaΓ±o believed that the triangular area between the index and middle fingers of the humanoid was the easiest part of the body for the caster to channel magical energy.
Dorothy's finger movements symbolized the precursor to spellcasting.
Urs has died countless times in his previous life under the spellcaster's magic, and has also hacked countless caster enemies to death. Seeing that the other party's intentions were not good, he didn't have a gentleman's concept in his mind that he couldn't destroy flowers with his hands, and immediately raised his hand to the side of his shoulder. The pitch-black and rugged cursed blade was slanted behind his back, and he was afraid of losing this +3 enchanted pre-god outfit, so he always carried it with him.
As a player, he understands what happens to fools who despise spellcasters. If Dorothy dared to do so, he would never mind throwing a sword at the beautiful lady's face.
So the red-haired Miss Warlock and the black-haired young man confronted each other for a moment.
Xia looked at the two of them at a loss, hesitated for a moment and then quietly twisted the bracelet of the Holy Emblem on her left wrist, and also pursed her lips and stood on the young man's side, but the shopkeeper on the side who was suffering immediately panicked when he looked at the tense two sides.
The silver-haired wolf-eared priest girl may not know much about Miss Warlock of the Red Scorpion Regiment, and Urs's mind may not be able to remember everyone he has met, but the innocent shopkeeper has long heard that the daughter of the Red Scorpion Leader has a well-known ability.
She knows how to fireball!
Yes - the Fireball Technique, the famous 3-ring plastic spell, nicknamed the most fierce and manic of the many low-ring spells by mages, can blast an army of goblins below medium to ashes with a gentle lift of the caster's fingertips in the standard direction!
Naturally, he can turn his small jewelry store upside down.
The shopkeeper held his breath and felt his heart beat to his throat.
Little by little, the atmosphere solidified......
Dorothy struck a pose ready to cast a spell, but after a few seconds, instead of pouring the magical energy she had drawn from her own bloodline on the young man and the wolf-eared girl, she just remained vigilant and asked Urs again, "If I'm not mistaken, you were the one who injured my father in the hall of the guild last time, right?" β
"Huh? Your father? Urs grinned and sneered, and suddenly remembered something, "You mean the red-haired monkey?" β
"Watch your wording, slave knight! I will not allow you to insult my father like this! β
"But who knows which open-mouthed guy was the first to start the conflict that day? In other words, who gave that red monkey the courage to insult my companion? Well? β
"You ββ?!"
Dorothy was speechless for a moment.
Urs's ironic retort was not the slightest mistake.
Dambert takes advantage of the loopholes in the rules of Twilight City, and his style in the city is indeed too ostentatious and domineering. As the daughter of the leader of the Red Scorpion Regiment, Dorothy had raised this point to her father several times in private, but the responses she received were all harsh criticism and admonition, through which she was instilled again and again with the concept of life such as "the weak eat the fittest".
She respects her father and obeys Dambert's various arrangements, but deep down she actually doesn't quite agree with Dambert's overly arrogant style.
"But you should at least call my father by his name, Dambert Kerchas." So in the end, Miss Red-Haired Warlock gritted her teeth with ambivalence, "Especially in front of his daughter." β
As the words fell, she put down her right hand with two fingers together, knowing in her heart that she still had the reputation of the entire Red Scorpion Adventure Group behind her.
For everyone's sake, Miss Warlock didn't want her father to fall into trouble in the adventurer's circle in Twilight City because of such a trivial matter.
The laws of Twilight City clearly stipulate that adventurers are not allowed to cause trouble in the city. Seeing that Dorothy had given up on stirring up trouble, Urs dropped his hand from the hilt of his sword at his shoulder and left the shop with Thea.
In the end, this unexpected drama with a narrow road did not further breed more side problems, and thus came to an end in the rational restraint of both sides.
And that night, after everyone in the Thorn Squad had returned to their new villa stronghold in the wealthy area, a big man in the city knocked on the door of the mansion.
The abrupt visitor is the blue-robed mage leader of the Oak White Guild, Ted Hirst.