Chapter 3: The World of the Mage
"Remember not to make money from thieves in the future." Song Zheng patted Cheng Yuan, this guy was already stunned when he looked at the heavy bag of gold coins.
This 'stealing' skill, which I thought would cheat my father, seems to have a very good effect, at least I can worry about food and clothing, and I don't have to go to the docks to do coolies.
Judging from the use of this 'stealing' skill just now, this skill given by the system looks more like some kind of magic or some kind of mysterious rule, and he doesn't need to do it himself, as long as he is within a certain range, he can obtain the precious items on the opponent's body.
"Now that it's developed, even if you steal Tyrande's bananas, you have a chance......"
Song Zheng didn't continue to do too much analysis and research on this 'stealing' skill, anyway, in this world of magic and swords, nothing is impossible, and it would be completely self-defeating to explain it with the scientific theories he had learned before.
After being hungry for so long, what he wants to do most now is to pull Cheng Yuan to eat and drink in the tavern!
As a transportation hub in southern Lordaeron, Nanhai Town naturally has no shortage of taverns.
Just a few dozen meters from the pier, you can see a long line of taverns, with all kinds of signs and flags hanging on them, and the competition in front of those taverns is fierce, some of them serve up aromatic barbecues, some are stacked with several large barrels, and some are arranged with beautiful women......
"I wonder what these gold coins can buy?" Song Zheng was slightly worried in his heart, he and Cheng Yuan didn't know what the prices were in this world, so they didn't dare to talk to those enthusiastic beautiful waitress at all.
Eventually, the two stopped in front of a humble tavern.
"Gold-encrusted roses, that's a familiar name...... But this seems to be the name of the tavern in Stormwind, how can it appear in Nanhai Town? Song Zheng looked up at the somewhat blackened tavern sign, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"Who knows, maybe it's a branch, and it doesn't look like a high-end place, so let's go get some food first." Cheng Yuan licked his lips and walked straight in, he was taller than Song Zheng, but he was also hungry faster.
The tavern was a little dim, the main source of light was a burning fire, the decoration was very simple, or not at all, the walls were made entirely of logs and stones, some of the walls were blackened by smoke, and there were many wooden barrels piled up in the corners, but most of them looked empty.
But there were quite a few people in the tavern, and there were not only humans, but also two dwarves, all of whom were sitting around the fire drinking and chatting, and from time to time some people used the fire to roast meat, so that the whole room exuded a smell of meat.
This also made Song Zheng's stomach even hungrier......
"What do the two adventurers want? Ale or barbecue? A guy who was so fat that he couldn't even see his eyes took the initiative to greet Song Zheng with a huge black iron wine glass, and it seemed that he should be the owner of this tavern.
"You...... How do you know we're adventurers? Song Zheng asked in surprise, but his heart was already full of vigilance.
In World of Warcraft, players are called adventurers by NPCs!
"What's so strange about this, just look at your dusty appearance, and most of the people who come to hotels like ours are adventurers and mercenaries from all over the world." The fat boss smiled and pointed to the others in the store.
Song Zheng looked around, and saw that almost none of the people in this store were well-dressed, and it was more euphemistic to say that they were dusty servants, and it was obvious that the adventurer in the mouth of the fat boss should be equal to a homeless man......
Since he didn't find anything similar to the menu, Song Zheng had to ask for some barbecue and wine at random, and then sat down by the fire with Cheng Yuan.
The stone used to hold back the ashes by the fire must have been used for a long time, and it was covered with scorch marks from the fire, and many of the stones were carved out of a mess by bored people with swords, but they were somewhat similar to the 'legend' of the Hearthstone.
The 'adventurers' around them were very enthusiastic, and there was no estrangement between the two because they were newcomers, especially after drinking two glasses of ale, they had nothing to say like old friends.
From the mouths of these adventurers, Song Zheng quickly learned a lot about this world.
This world is indeed called Azeroth, and it does have many similarities with the World of Warcraft, not only Dalaran and Lordaeron, but also Silvermoon City and Stormwind City, and the Prince of Arthas also exists, but there are also many differences......
For example, in this world, the status of mages is very high, in addition to the power of magic, it is also related to the fact that mages are often good at alchemy or the manufacture of magic machinery, such as Nadaran is not only known as the magic capital, but also the most prosperous commercial city in the eastern continent, among which the most famous goods are all kinds of mysterious and powerful alchemy and magic machinery products.
"I just recently went to Dalaran as a guard for a group of merchants, and all of those mages are very rich, and you don't know what a rich person is until you've been to Dalaran...... "Someone is showing off his recent experience.
"Who's to say it's not, the price of an ordinary long sword can skyrocket tenfold after being enchanted by those mages using magic, which is faster than robbing money." A down-and-out swordsman beside him also complained, but at the same time, he deliberately kept wiping the flickering sword in his hand to show off his magic equipment.
"What is that enchantment, didn't you see those magic potions, they are all made of the cheapest herbs, the price has increased at least dozens of times when they are sold, and they are often out of stock, the last time I went to buy life recovery potions, I had to book a month in advance." Someone complained the same.
However, there are also many people who look at him with envy...... Among these adventurers, life-restoring potions are already very valuable, and the ones they usually use are basically bandages, and they are also homemade.
"His grandmother's, I really want to rob Dalaran." A strong man who was constantly burping shouted without hesitation.
However, this only caused a burst of laughter in the tavern.
"If you want to rob Dalaran, you also need to have that ability, which of those mages doesn't have a large group of followers, it is said that if you add up those mage followers of Dalaran, the number is still more than the entire knights of Lordaeron, who dares to fight Dalaran's idea is not looking for death......"
Listening to the conversations of those adventurers, Song Zheng couldn't help but regret a little in his heart, the mage was really a real son wherever he went, and he knew that he should have played a mage in the game anyway.
Cheng Yuan next to him also sighed for a long time, obviously regretting that he shouldn't have chosen the profession of a warrior in the first place......