Yawning for days, old Bryant wiped the rough counter of log with a dirty cloth that was no longer recognizable, and in spite of his absent-mindedness, he had made it clean - for there was nothing but dust on it.

As a tavern, this is a very abnormal thing, because there will always be careless customers who accidentally spill the wine or food soup or something, usually in this case, the old Kobe will use his loud voice that is worse than the duck to make the customer pay an extra copper coin for the cleaning fee, and after succeeding, he will happily throw the copper coin into the cash drawer under the counter.

It was a wonderful time, and the sound of copper coins falling into the cash drawer was always so beautiful! Thinking back to the past, and looking at the clean counter in front of him, old Kobe's mood suddenly became bad, since those damn, green-looking big-eared monster doors blocked the road and began to rob passers-by, the tavern's business is not as good as day by day, and the occasional guest has to worry about whether he will be eaten by the overlord meal - who knows if the money bag on the guy who entered the door has been robbed by the big-eared monster robbers?

If it weren't for the town's regular patrons who often come to help with the business, maybe this time-honored tavern would have closed its doors!

Thinking of this, old Bryant angrily threw the cloth ball in his hand, walked to the fireplace and raised the fire a little, trying to use the warmth in the fire to dispel the chill in the tavern that seemed empty because of the lack of popularity.

At this time, the door of the tavern was pushed open, and the loud noise startled old Kobe, which made his mood that had just begun to improve a little worse again, and he didn't look back, he scolded loudly: "Saida, you old bedbug!" How many times have I told you, be lighter when you push the door! If this door is opened by you like this twice, it will have to fall apart, and then you won't say that you have no money to compensate me! ”

It was the town's blacksmith Old Saida who entered the door, he laughed, scratched the full beard on his chin, and said, "You say so every time I come in, but after so many years, isn't this door still good?" I said Kobe, don't worry about this, it's much tougher than your old bones! You're always so worried that one day you'll lose all the hair left on your head! Hahaha! ”

"You don't have to worry about my hair!" Turning around hatefully and looking at his old friend, the hotel owner, who was already young, touched his head, feeling that the area of the Mediterranean Sea seemed to be a little bigger, "You don't open the door early in the morning to do business, what are you doing here?" Idle, huh? Can't spend enough money and want to retire? ”

Listening to the words of old Kobe, the old Saida's face, which was originally with a narrow smile, suddenly collapsed: "There is a fart business!" I haven't been open there for three days! These damn big-eared monsters, if it weren't for their inconvenient feet, I'd have to rush out and cut them down! "Old Saida had a foot injury when he was young and had a lame leg.

Old Kobe pursed his lips disapprovingly, in order to respond to the old blacksmith's ridicule of his hair problem, and then went to work on his own, early in the morning, there were more things than dust on the floor, the table had not been wiped, the wine glasses needed to be tidied up, the materials in the kitchen had not been prepared, and the upstairs residents had to clean their rooms after they got up......

"Winnie! Xreiter! You two slackers! Move fast! The guests have come to the door, and you are still lazy there! ”

Listening to the old friend's scolding of the guy, Saida shook his head with a wry smile, went to the counter and poured a large glass of ale wine, and found a seat to sit down.

No wonder the guys are lazy, isn't it the same with the guy in his own blacksmith shop? He thought as he drank that the situation in this town called Hammondale had been getting worse and worse lately, and there were fewer and fewer caravans or travelers who could come to the town through the blockade of the big-eared monster bandits, not to mention that the situation on the continent was now unstable, and I heard that the Empress of Erathia and the elves of the forests of Turalone were quarreling over the border, and the armies on both sides were sharpening their knives; In the swamps to the west, Tythalia is clamoring for independence and trying to split from the human empire of Erathia, and it is said that these strange-looking swamp dwellers are secretly organizing armies; The barbarians of Krurod and the magicians of Bracada also frequently reported skirmishes, and it seems that the two feuds are not far from full-scale war; The undead who were defeated in the last war are hiding in Diya to recuperate, but they have never given up their ambitions, and it has recently been rumored that they have united with the natives of Diya, that is, the Big-Eared Monsters who are now blocking the roads outside the town, in an attempt to reappear in front of the eyes of the world, and then it will be another bloody storm, and I don't know if the Big-Eared Monsters outside the town have anything to do with them; The underground dwellers of the Negan Mountains do not seem to be lonely, and some people say that they have seen huge tunnels and cavemen and minotaurs in Over.

The only ones who have no quarrel with the world are the dwarves of Baildus, after the end of the war, most of the dwarves left their elven allies under the leadership of their king, and built their own city in the mountains of Bailders and settled there, no one knows what their city looks like, these little ones who have a fanatical love of ore, iron and alcohol use their magic skills to hide their city in the belly of the mountain, the gate and the mountain wall of the city are skillfully integrated, without their guidance, No one could find them, and they lived a self-sufficient life in their own world, almost isolated except for the occasional dwarven caravan to purchase the necessities of life.

Under such circumstances, there was already a swarm of thieves on the mainland, and it is said that even the capital of the Erathian Empire, Standwick City, was surrounded by robbers and robbers of pedestrians and caravans. The only one who benefits from such a **** situation is the mercenary guild, these guys who are dead to money are doing business again, and large groups of adventurers and mercenaries are haunting every corner of the continent of Erathia with all kinds of caravans.

I think back then, I was also a mercenary who licked blood from the knife, otherwise I wouldn't have broken a leg.

Thinking of this, Old Saida involuntarily touched his lame left leg, and then he shook his head, smiled self-deprecatingly, and drove these chaotic thoughts out of his head.

I'm already a retired old man, and now Saida is just a blacksmith, what do I want to do so much, these things are to worry about by the big people of those countries, and I, a small common man, still want to think about how to make the business of the store a little better is serious.

After drinking most of the remaining ale in one go, and wiping his mouth with his sleeve, Saida got up and walked out of the tavern.

"Old bug, you owe me money for another glass of ale! Give the money before you go! ”

There was a shout from behind him, but Saida didn't hear the footsteps of his old friend.

"Let's do it together next time!" He turned around and yelled, and then walked towards the town gate with a knowing smile, this old Kobe, every time he said money, money, money, but never really took his own money.

Today's weather is good, the sun shines on the body is very warm, so that this rather cool autumn morning also has a trace of warmth, the street is sparsely populated, than the scene of people coming and going early in the morning is far worse, the town gate in the distance has a lot of soldiers of the lord's guard holding weapons, reminding people that this is an extraordinary time.

Last night, Lord Lord's old butler, Lord Foresh, who was quite famous among the lords, personally went to Saida's blacksmith shop and ordered twenty short knives and twenty spears, as well as three hundred arrows, to be replenished to the lord's guard to resist the attack of the big-eared monsters.

I heard that it was for the guards, and Saida generously gave Lord Foresh a 50% discount, which must be to protect the town, just collect a capital. In other words, Saida's shop used to have adventurers, mercenaries, or caravan guards to buy and repair weapons, so there were some stocks, or they really couldn't get so many things at once.

At the gate of the town, several soldiers with spears are standing guard, the not very tall but strong gate has been closed, there are also soldiers on the guard tower on the side, and there are soldiers standing or sitting on the stone wall. The other day, the daring big-eared monster bandits organized an attack in an attempt to storm the town, only to be repelled by the lord's guards.

However, this attack still brought great panic to the townspeople, you know, the lord's guard is only more than fifty people, and they have to be stationed in the lord's castle, and there are not many people who can be placed at the town gate to guard, and the big-eared monster robbers outside the town, according to the guards of a large caravan who passed by a few days ago, I am afraid that there are no less than three hundred.

If it weren't for the good location of the town, surrounded by mountains on three sides, the terrain is steep, there is only a passage about ten meters wide at the gate of the town, and the previous lord is a timid and fearful lord, and he is not at ease living in the castle, so he spent a lot of gold coins to build a solid stone fence and a guard tower and gate made of huge logs at the gate of the town, as the first line of defense of the town, to deal with the endless bandits on the mainland. It's really hard to say whether the lord's guard can withstand the attack of the big-eared monsters, and the town is now in a gloomy fog, and only a money fan like old Kobe Bryant would still talk about bad business in such a situation.

Underneath the watchtower, Helm Helbo, was talking to a soldier.

Helmbo was not a native, the new captain of the guard, with his dark skin and excessively large eyes, had been recently hired by Lord Fowler from elsewhere, and was said to be a skilled swordsman, who had served as a personal bodyguard for a certain dignitary in the Erathian Empire. But the old Saida doesn't like this person, judging from Saida's many years of mercenary experience, Helbo's swordsmanship is also above average, and it's okay to deceive Lord Fowlersh, who doesn't understand martial arts, but he can't fool the eyes of experts, and this guy's always flickering eyes always make Saida feel uncomfortable, but this may be a bit idealistic, maybe people are born like this.

Slowly walking up to the captain of the guard, Saida put on a business attitude and conveyed to Helbo the meaning of Lord Fowlersh, and issued a warrant signed by Lord Fowlersh.

"I know, you go back first, I'll let people go after a while." Helmbo, who had read the warrant, nodded disapprovingly, and waved away Saida away, with an indifferent attitude that made Old Saida want to roll his eyes.

This guy doesn't respect me at all! I don't respect the old and love the disabled at all! Secretly sneering, Saida turned to go back to the blacksmith's shop.

At this moment, the guards' shrill and panicked shouts came from the watchtower: "Big-eared monster! Big-Eared Monster!! ”