"Gray Mouse?"

Sawa was slightly stunned, he really hadn't heard of this word, after all, he had replenished supplies here three days ago, but when he was drinking in the tavern to warm up, he heard some legends about the proprietress and as for the "gray mouse", which is a black word when he hears it, he naturally won't know.

"You don't know?"

The proprietress was also stunned, although the special group of people like "gray rats" has rarely appeared around the ring city in recent years, and ordinary people have gradually forgotten the existence of these people, but this guy on the other side is also a six-ring knight, and he has never heard of it?

"I'm not in a special situation."

As soon as he saw the face of the proprietress, Sawa knew that he must have asked some common-sense question, and he was immediately embarrassed, but he couldn't explain it, so he could only deal with it vaguely, this kind of thing is more reliable to rely on the other party's own brain.

Sure enough, as soon as Sawa finished speaking, she saw the proprietress show a clear look, looked at Sawyer's expression changed a few times, and then smiled and explained to Sawyer.

The so-called "gray rat" is not so much a special professional title as a contempt for some people.

As the old saying goes, human nature is complex, even in this era of the whole people fighting against the gray fog, there is no shortage of people who are dedicated to themselves and ignore the overall situation, for ordinary people who do not have the talent for cultivation, it is actually nothing, after all, do their duty well, and if they don't make trouble, even if they contribute to the general trend, but for those masters who are qualified to cultivate and have the ability to fight against the Black Tide, this kind of character is despicable.

In the distant past, when the unstable zone had not yet appeared, there were not many masters who were selfish enough to ignore the overall situation and damage the interests of the city for their own selfish interests, or most of them were well hidden, until nearly a hundred years ago, the emergence of instability made them see opportunities.

After the appearance of the unstable zone, almost all the gray fog passages between the seven ring cities were cut off, so that all the cross-ring caravans either gave up the trade between the ring cities, or could only venture through the unstable zone, and for the material transport teams of the major ring cities, crossing the unstable zone has become a task that must be taken into the adventure, not to mention the adventurers who want to enter the unstable zone to "hunt for treasure", and over time, a lot of equipment and materials are left behind in the unstable zone.

At the beginning, the actions of these people were not much different from ordinary adventurers, but the goal of ordinary adventurers was mainly teleportation stones and other energy crystals, and if they encountered the equipment and materials left behind, they would also selectively bring the most cost-effective ones, but the main targets of these people were those equipment and materials left in the unstable area, but they rarely searched for scarce energy crystals and teleportation stones without a trace.

Of course, there is also a difference that ordinary adventurers will respond to the call of the ring city and return to the ring city when the Kuroshio is about to occur to fight the Kuroshio together, while these people rarely return to the ring before the Kuroshio occurs, but only return to the ring city when the Kuroshio is near the end, and go to the gray fog to collect the equipment of those who died in battle.

At that time, although people were very disdainful of these people, they would not deliberately target them, at least from a certain point of view, these people were also helping the party around the city to recover losses, although this behavior was paid.

At the time, people called this group of people "corpse pickers", which was a neutral term, although it had some pejorative connotations.

But a few years later, rumors of corpse pickers attacking passers-by were reported in intermittent strongholds, and even after a transport team caught the corpse pickers who were committing the crime, people's attitudes towards this group of people suddenly changed.

The corpse pickers were stripped of their guardian badges, their identities were entered into the blacklists of the major ring cities, and even the portraits of many of them were wanted, and eventually, after killing a large number of corpse pickers, the matter was gradually suppressed.

But the remaining corpse pickers did not repent, they changed into gray armor, blended with the gray mist, and roamed the unstable zone like ghosts, still collecting the equipment and supplies they had left behind, but rarely did anything to the passing travelers - unless they were sure that they would be wiped out.

As a result, in the Gray Mist strongholds around the city and near the Ring City, people gradually forgot about the existence of the corpse pickers, but in the various intermittent strongholds, the corpse pickers became a special existence: everyone knew what they did in the gray fog, but they could not produce strong evidence, and most of them also wanted to expel them, but they retreated because of their strength.

Eventually, the corpse pickers became a major force entrenched in the intermittent stronghold, and instead of calling them "corpse pickers", people changed to the very derogatory "gray rats" - rats who roamed in the gray fog.

After giving a general introduction to the origin of the gray mouse, the proprietress talked about some more secret information: "However, I know a little more about this group of guys. ”

Obviously, for the berserk beasts in the gray mist, a gray outfit could not deceive their perception, no matter what one dressed in, for the berserk beasts, it was as obvious as a torch in the night, and for the berserk beasts, the traces of cultivators were even more obvious, just like a bonfire in the night, even if it was hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, it could be seen at a glance.

So, the gray rat's gray outfit was not used to hide from the berserk beasts, but was designed to deceive the sight of passing travelers—just like the Assassin who liked to hide in the shadows, a black outfit would make them more hidden.

When it comes to dealing with the berserk beasts, the Grey Rats have a special way of blending into the Grey Mist.

Since Berserk Beasts are very sensitive to all non-Grey Mist creatures, wouldn't it be better to disguise themselves as Grey Mist creatures?

This is a true idea, but trying to disguise yourself as a Grey Mist creature is not something that can be solved by changing clothes, but must be transformed by the Grey Mist - just like the Ash Samurai and Ash Wizard who were corrupted by the Grey Mist mentioned above.

However, there is still an essential difference between the gray rat and the ash wizard and the ash wizard, the ash warrior and the ash wizard mostly run out of supplies and energy in the gray mist, and then they are eroded by the gray mist, that is, they passively accept the transformation of the gray mist, and finally can only become a puppet of the "will of the gray mist", just like a humanoid berserk beast.

The gray rats are different, they take the initiative to accept the transformation of the gray fog, and after this transformation reaches a certain level, they take the initiative to cut off the connection with the gray fog and end the transformation of the gray fog to them.

In this way, they can not only have the characteristics of gray mist creatures, so as to avoid being attacked by berserk beasts, but also ensure the independence of their own will, although their personalities will be somewhat affected, but people who can become gray rats are selfish enough, if they are in this life, they have the opportunity to complete "CHIM((1))" and become gods, super gods, this slight influence is not enough to change them.

At most, it makes them more selfish.

"In other words, a cancer of the world?"

Listening to the proprietress softly explained, Sawa finally became a little excited.

These guys who have accepted the transformation of the gray mist, no matter what the reason, but in essence, they are actually betrayers who have betrayed the world and thrown themselves into the gray mist, if they kill a batch by the way, they should be able to brush up a wave of the will of the world, right?

"Thank you, this information is very useful to me!"

Soya solemnly clenched his fists, but in exchange for the proprietress covered her mouth and smiled: "I have said it, people are serious businessmen, you get what you pay for, I overcharged you so much, and it is also appropriate to send a few pieces of information, if you still need any information from the guest......"

"Yes!"

Before the boss lady could finish speaking, Sawa suddenly spoke: "I still need information about the space-time rift." ”

"Spatial cracks, no problem, I'm going to get you a map, and mark the places where spatial cracks often appear for you......"

The proprietress nodded, and was about to get up to leave, when she was pulled by Soya.

Looking at the wrist that was grabbed by Soya, the boss's face changed instantly, and there was a little unkindness in her eyes when she looked at Suoya, but she heard Soya say: "Boss, you wait a minute, what I want is not the information of the space rift, but the information of the space-time rift, the space-time rift!" ”

After emphasizing the word "space-time rift", Sawa let go of the proprietress's wrist, but the proprietress frowned: "Are you here to find the teleportation stone?" If you want to find a teleportation stone, you don't necessarily have to find a space-time rift, and many teleportation stones that appeared before are left in a corner of the unstable zone. ”

"No, I'm not here to find the Teleportation Stone," Sawyer shook his head, thought for a moment, and took out the Teleportation Stone that Rowena gave him, "I already have the Teleportation Stone, I'm just here to find the space-time rift this time." ”

"Specifically looking for a space-time rift?" The proprietress said with a rare hint of surprise, "May I ask why?" ”

"It's the first time I've heard someone ask why," Sawyer laughed, "but haven't you already guessed it?" ”

"Endless Place......

The proprietress muttered in a low voice, not only did something sound, but her mood also became a little low, but then she regained her smile: "For the sake of the crystal coin's face, I remind you that the space-time rift is not so easy to pass, and since the emergence of the unstable zone, only three people have successfully passed through the space-time rift and arrived at the endless land." ”

"Isn't there still three of them, my luck has always been good."

Sawa continued to laugh, trying to make his voice sound as relaxed as possible, but the proprietress ruthlessly shattered his disguise: "Then you should also understand what kind of strength those three people are, two of them are unguided titled knights and titled mages, and the rest is also a peak knight, and when he came back from the Endless Land, he was still seriously injured, and you ......"

It's just a knight.

Sawa understood the rest of the boss's words, but he only smiled slightly, his strength cannot be directly applied to the realm of this world, but since a peak knight can pass through the space-time rift, after he breaks through the retreat for half a month, presumably, there is no problem, right?

"Thank you for your size, though, I still want information about the rift."

Sawa didn't ask the proprietress if she had any information about the space-time rift, judging from the information she had heard before, as well as the performance of the boss's wife, this girl who was only twenty years old was actually not simple, and she had just persuaded herself, which also showed that she probably knew about the space-time rift.

That crystal coin, the value of the flower!

"Since you insist," the proprietress paused and smiled, "Then come back to me when you're ready to leave the stronghold!" ”

"It's nature."

Sawyer nodded, this kind of thing is a space-time rift, unless it is in a large-scale dragon break, it will exist for a long time, and the space-time rift that appears in the unstable zone will basically not last more than a day, and even the vast majority of commanders will last for a few hours, even if the boss lady has information about the space-time rift, it must be the space-time rift that will appear in the next few days, and it is impossible to predict the space-time rift that will appear in half a month.

The proprietress nodded, turned around and left, but stopped when she walked to the door, turned her head and asked Soya: "Do you need me to deliver food to the room for half a month?" ”

"Didn't you guess that?"

Sawyer shrugged his shoulders, he didn't think that just a six-ring badge could make the boss lady really think that he was just a six-ring knight, and even in a way, the boss lady was more powerful than the sapphire king Rowena he had seen before, and even, somewhat similar to the mysterious witch.

"Of course, but it's also my responsibility to give customers a good shopping experience, after all, I'm a businessman."

The proprietress smiled playfully, turned around and disappeared into the doorway.

(1) CHIM: Enofi, paraphrased as "kingship/starlight", one of the ways to become a god (detachment), that is, to achieve the state of "I am the world is me". Since the entire world (including the Light Realm, Annihilation, and Nairn) is a part of the God's Dream, when one realizes the truth that "the whole world is the dream of the God's Head, and I am also the Dream of the God's Head, and it is not real", according to the rules, it will instantly disappear when they realize this, and all traces will be erased. But if a person is selfish enough, he will retain a trace of himself, and realize and achieve "I am the world is me", becoming a patch of God's head, which can affect the whole world to a certain extent.

Of course, once the idea of CHIMer is loosened, it will disappear in an instant, so this way of becoming a god is not stable.

(2) Question about CHIM the Traverser: This question has actually been asked by many people, and it is a question that most Elder Scrolls fans will face, so here, I will explain this problem only in the worldview of this book.