Chapter 21: The Journey
The time was two days later, and the location was in the southwestern part of the continent of Cabez.
This is Deadwood City, a border city of the Kingdom of Rhodeland, adjacent to the winter forest where elves live. Legend has it that the city was founded in 132 A.D., and at the beginning of the establishment of the fifth kingdom, the Kingdom of Rodland, the elves of the Winter Forest reached an alliance agreement with their new neighbors, and in order to show the generosity and kindness of the elves to humans, the construction of the city led by the elven engineers began on this frontier. The construction of Deadwood City involved a lot of manpower, including elves, dwarves, and centaurs, and even slow-moving dryads. It took six years to build, and it wasn't until the Golden Lion Empire shook off the plague and declared war on the kingdom that Deadwood City was completed.
“…… The elves are good people, and thanks to them, Deadwood City was able to be completed before the war between the two countries broke out completely. ”
The old coachman took two silver coins from Green, but he knew everything and said everything, and walked all the way and talked all the way, seeing that the journey was approaching, the natural and quaint city could already be seen, and the old coachman said and said, and involuntarily exclaimed to the elves.
Holding the little fox with silky fur, Green secretly rolled his eyes in the caravan. This history is a coincidence, and every time he heard a troubadour read from a book, Green was speechless at this established word order. The empire is located in the eastern part of the continent, the kingdom is located in the western part of the continent, and a city in the southwest corner is completed.
But after all, the other party is not young, and older people like to chatter, Green took the trouble to stroke the little fox's hair, and endured the other party's gossip in the squinting eyes of the little things. Speaking of which, Green has been here all the way, he is very glad that the little fox is very honest, never running around, imagine that when Green looks through Beard's goods, if the young beast jumps up and scratches and bites out of curiosity, Green really can't afford to sell himself.
"Thank you, Lord Luna, for giving you an Ansheng character."
The boy sighed, and the little thing seemed to be more well-behaved, except for a little sticky teeth...... Ahem, clingy.
The caravan continued on, and soon, passing through a green plain, it officially entered the territory of Deadwood City.
The old horse, who had pulled the cart, was so familiar with it that he walked to the stable outside the city without the coachman's instructions.
Green jumped out of the caravan and walked to the front of the car to say goodbye to the driver, holding the cub that was sticking out its little red tongue from time to time and trying to lick its nose.
"It's been a hard journey." As he spoke, the young man took out a few coppers from his pocket and handed them to the other party as a tip. Although the money was not much, at least it was enough for the old coachman to drink a glass of ale to relieve his fatigue, and the dark-skinned coachman thanked him again and again, borrowed the money and asked, "Young man, if you are going to play, you should prepare a little more dry food before traveling, so as not to get lost in the forest." ”
Green smiled, how could he have the leisure to hike, but he did have some dry food, but it was stored in the system backpack, and naturally looked relaxed.
"Thank you, we'll see you later."
Grimm bowed, then turned and walked towards the castle gates of Deadwood City.
Deadwood City is inhabited by many different creatures, the largest of which are humans and dwarves, followed by elves, and other creatures of the orderly and good faction. The City Watch of Deadwood City will hardly intercept and inspect, and the natural creatures in it will naturally be able to distinguish between good and evil breaths, and only when the creatures of the evil camp pass by, they will be blocked by them and expelled from the territory of Deadwood City. Green walked through the door that looked like a wooden carving, subconsciously holding his breath. There was a hint of apprehension in his heart, for fear that his displeasure would be retrieved by the keen guardian.
But as soon as Qi Qi was normal, the guards did not move, and there was no intention of intercepting them.
"The pet space given by the system is really different from the local summoning space of the Gonodia world."
Green breathed a sigh of relief and flicked the stiff arm that hugged the cub. The little thing smelled the fresh smell, suddenly got up, opened the dark eyes and looked left and right, Green was amused in his heart, casually put the little thing on his shoulder, took a deep breath, and enjoyed the fresh air adjacent to the winter forest.
He closed his eyes as if he saw the birds singing and the flowers in the forest, the musicians playing the harp, and the elves dancing happily.
But he quickly opened his eyes. In the streets of Deadwood City, it's easy to trip over vines on the ground while walking with your eyes closed.
But when I opened my eyes, my vision was not in a trance, and my heart shrank slightly.
Green froze, stood in place, and slowly raised his head.
"It turned out to be put here......"
In the middle of the wide road, a tall flag stands on a stone base. The flag has a unique appearance, but the pattern on it is blurred, as if someone had deliberately erased it. This is a sculpture imitated by elven craftsmen, the prototype of which comes from the founding emperor of the Golden Lion Empire, the Knight King Artos, who was given to the elven queen after the apocalyptic disaster on the continent of Cabez as a gift of eternal friendship between humans and elves. Although the Kingdom of Rhodeland was also a subject of Artos, it was finally separated from the Barron Empire, so the pattern on the banner was deliberately blurred.
Green has no intention of reminiscing about history, and his emotional fluctuations originate from another event.
In his previous life, Green had also come to the city, when he was still a martial artist, although he had several grudges with Disburingka, but he only stayed on the player's boredom with a certain NPC, until the silence of the three-day battle in Deadwood City came, and the king's army was unable to return to help, and the entire city was under the command of the first princess, Sefilia, to defend. This beautiful and kind-hearted princess is a model of royal proximity, and she can often be seen on the streets of the royal city, chatting with players and NPCs, and occasionally having plenty of time, and the player may even have the opportunity to get close to Fangze and have a short and pleasant conversation with her. So when she went to the battlefield and led the battle on the front line, the players were boiling. Their passion was completely ignited, and they rushed to the city wall, and coordinated with the NPC to resist the attack of the Dark Alliance, and fought a brutal defensive battle for three days and three nights, until the city wall completely collapsed, and Sephilia was forced to abandon the city without giving the order to protect her people and retreat urgently.
She succeeded, and the civilians were safely evacuated, then the remaining soldiers, and finally the players who were defending the city together. The fighting force was preserved, and almost everyone was evacuated safely, except for one person, herself.
Soon after, the Dark Alliance's forces evacuated the devastated Deadwood City, and the people who returned to the ruins saw her again.
On that day, the stone carved flags seemed to flutter in the wind.
It was then that Green vowed to kill Disburingka and avenge Her Royal Highness, no matter what the cost.
Chirp?
The little fox seemed to sense Green's extremely turbulent feelings, and the little paw restlessly stepped on Green's shoulder, whispering softly in Green's ear, and licking his earlobe mischievously. The itchy touch made the boy can't help but laugh out loud, and the low emotion is swept away.
"Hahaha...... Good boy, good boy! ”
He rubbed the young beast's head back, old memories unable to hide the happy smile on his lips.
After all, these are all things of the past, or rather, things that are still happening in this world. Whether it's worrying about the ancients or worrying about the sky, it's not Green's right now.
Dust to dust, return to the earth, return should not be left, those pasts that make people hide their faces and cry bitterly have disappeared, scattered in the world that Green left. And now, in front of the young man's eyes, it is a new beginning, although he still has a knot in his heart, at least make up for those embarrassing mistakes, and walk through this new life without any regrets.
"We're going to meet sooner or later, Disburingka, and we'll get to the end of it once and for all."
Unconsciously, the young man's state of mind was very different, and the hero who caused this change turned his body around Green's neck, firmly grasping his left shoulder with his hind paws, and grabbing Grimm's right shoulder with his front paws.
"Okay, okay, be careful, don't fall down!" Green opened his legs and walked on, a happy smile on his face. He stretched out his hand and put it under the young beast, for fear that it would be too naughty, "Sue you, the tree spirits here can eat small animals!" If you fall to the ground, a whoop will swallow you! ”
The white-haired young beast proudly raised its little head, it was not afraid of any tree spirit.
"Why, the dryads are so friendly!" It just so happened that an elven passerby passed by Green, smiled and said to Green, and then saluted Green, "Welcome to the City of Friendship, your scarf is so beautiful." ”
Green was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. The elf was inexplicably laughed by Green, until the little fox was also startled by Green's laughter and retracted his hind legs in wonder, and the elf passerby suddenly realized and touched the back of his head embarrassedly.
The laughter quickly attracted the attention of the other passers-by, elves, dwarves, and humans, who stopped what they were doing and looked at Grimm in amazement. The boy quickly realized that he was rude, and that the fact that the elves loved to be happy did not mean that they could ignore etiquette.
So the boy hastily retracted, put his hand to his chest and bowed—he had long since learned how to deal with NPCs.
"Where, I didn't see it clearly." The polite elf immediately responded, and bowed to Grimm as well.
The two of them looked up and smiled knowingly. The onlookers also smiled kindly.
In this city of dead wood, which symbolizes friendship between the two sides, this is how everything should be.
But the anxious female voice that suddenly sounded broke this harmonious atmosphere.
"Thief! Get him! ”
Green shook his head to look at the source of the sound, and not far from the street, there was a man wearing a scarf who couldn't see the race clearly, running wildly, with a cloth bag in his hand, dressed like a thief. Behind him was a female human, who seemed to be very anxious, the owner of the cry for help. At the beginning of the game, players often receive random tasks like this, and in those days, eight out of ten tasks in a day were to deal with this kind of thief, and it was an almost instantaneous reaction, and Grimm moved and went straight to the thief.
As soon as he moved, he felt a strong wind blow beside him, almost making it impossible for him to open his eyes.
The passerby elf actually rushed towards the thief, although the start fell to Green, but the action was not known how many times faster.
"What a high level of agility!"
Green only had time to sigh in his heart, when he saw that the passer-by elf had rushed to the thief, stretched out his arms to try to stop the other party, and was about to stop, when his pupils suddenly shrank, and the dagger that suddenly stabbed out of the thief's hand was shaking into Green's eyes.
Damn, can't catch up!
In a flash, Green got a solution, but at the same time, it brought a trace of concern.
An inconsequential life, or an expensive little crystal?
But it was only a fraction of a second of hesitation, and Green made a decisive decision, and threw out his magic fist with a roar.
Do you still need to think about this?
“Fus-ele!” I don't care about you!