401 Baron's Banquet-2
The baroness's banquet was huge, with hundreds of nobles and celebrities participating, not counting the servants and companions they brought.
Unlike what I imagined, the interior of the castle is not as eerie as in the real film and television works, but is illuminated by lighting props as bright as day - a large number of [Eternal Torch] and [Immortal Flame] make it as bright as noon.
A large number of aristocrats and celebrities are divided into different circles, large and small, and they get together with acquaintances to talk and laugh, tell exaggerated jokes, or compliment each other, which feels a bit hypocritical and contrived, but it gives Wutong a sense of reality Whether it is reality or a game, this kind of occasion is always so hypocritical.
It was not so much a banquet as a buffet or a buffet, with rows of long tables laid out here and there, covered with snow-white tablecloths, and filled with large silver plates, piled up with various foods like hills, fruits, pastries, and some cold meats, most of which the Sycamore did not recognize.
The banquet hall was set up in the castle hall, but the long tables were set up all the way to the castle garden, and even the fountain in the middle of the castle's small square was surrounded by a circle of chefs who were grilling some meat on the spot, which filled the air with the enticing smell of grease and spice.
Most of the people who gather in various small circles are of similar identities, and the lower ones want to get together in the circles with higher statuses, and then withdraw in embarrassment in ridicule and humiliation, and return to their own circles.
Sycamore is not interested in squeezing into a certain circle, just at the long table to take some food that he has never seen before, unlike many food control players in the game, Sycamore is not interested in the food in the game, no matter how much he eats, he will not be full.
However, the players of the food control are happy to do this, because they can taste all kinds of delicious food that are not in reality, and the most important thing is that they will not get fat, many people have spent the silver coins they have earned hard in the game to buy ingredients, and Wutong heard that he was so fat that he said that his biggest wish is to open a restaurant in the game, and then use various ingredients to make a variety of creative dishes.
Wutong thought viciously that if the half-orc cook wanted to open a restaurant, he would send Xiaoxiao to the half-orc cook as the second chef
Most of the chatty aristocrats and celebrities talk about boring things, nothing more than "today's weather hahaha" or something like that, but there are also a lot of useful news and intelligence, and Wutong heard a lot of things by walking around the long table, approaching a small circle.
For example, a fat man with a funny mustache mentioned that the borders of the Duchy of Andel seem to be unstable lately, and several countries bordering the Duchy seem to be a little nervous, especially the theocratic state of Serene, which has the most tense relations with the Duchy of Andle, and there are rumors that the fanatics of the Church of the Silver Flame are trying to start a holy war to cleanse the landmasses and unbelievers on the continent Of course, this is just a rumor, because there are several new versions of similar rumors almost every year.
To the north, part of the territory is separated from Andère by Kannas, who faces the Strait of Heritage, and the "undead army" seems to have gathered too much on the other side of the strait.
In addition, the recent frequent invasion of the beasts of the Eludon Wilderness across the Wiener River to the west does not bode well, and may indicate that another "beast tide" may be about to erupt.
Speaking of the "Beast Tide", perhaps it has been affected by the recent abnormal "Moon Tide", some people are complaining that the "Moon Tide" has affected the entire Kovaré, whether it is the Ao Neng or the ocean, all kinds of "tides" have become unstable
The more Wutong listened, the more confused he became, perhaps because he had set foot too early in a circle that players had not yet been able to reach, and what the aboriginal nobles said, he didn't understand at all, and he hadn't even heard many terms, it felt like some large-scale mission.
Glancing at the nobles gathered together, Wutong was a little nervous and wanted to lean over to see if he could get in touch with the task-related from them, not necessarily to receive the task, but as long as he touched the mission information, when the time was right, his priority to receive the task would be greatly improved.
But before he could lean over, a knight in a gorgeous and exquisite silver ceremonial armor beside the fat nobleman interrupted the fat man's boastful talk and reminded him with a warning: "It's best not to say these unfounded things, you know, if it gets out, it will cause rumors again!" Aren't you afraid that the people of the royal eye will find you? ”
The fat nobleman smiled wryly, a little unconvinced, but he didn't seem to dare to offend the knight, and he turned around and talked about the city of Oraon that was being developed in the Forest of Will, and the atmosphere also warmed up with the topic of more prohibitions, this said that the prices of goods have risen very quickly recently, and the other said that the city of Passage has been very unstable recently, and there has been a lot of chaos, in short, no one has brought the topic to the border, the garrison and the situation in neighboring countries anymore.
Wutong, who was about to lean over, was disappointed, it seems that there is also a creature like a river crab in the Duchy of Andele, there is no task to fish, and Wutong is too lazy to get over, anyway, with his identity, if you don't consider the background of the Venana Academy and Zemmour's ** master, it seems to be the lowest among all the guests present, even if you get over, you can only be bored.
"Your Excellency doesn't seem to like lively occasions very much?"
In the middle of boredom, Stark's butler walked over with a smile, although his old face made people feel as if he was always calculating something, but in the case of not knowing anyone, it would be good to be able to talk to the guy who had been in contact with him twice.
Wutong shrugged: "The topic of the big people is not something that a small person like me can talk about. ”
"Little people? You say you're a little person? The dearest disciple of His Excellency Master Zemmour, the most promising and outstanding young man in Fairhaven, and the youngest Baron of the Duchy of Andel, you actually say that you are a small person? ”
Butler Stark waved his hand exaggeratedly, with a deliberately feigned look of surprise: "You're really joking!" If you were a small person, more than half of the people present would be civilians, not including the Second Ancestor and Rice Worm who lived under the protection of the family! ”
Wutong couldn't help but roll his eyes, too lazy to say some Europa-style hypocritical clichés to an NPC, and thought for a while: "Last time I was in the underground ruined city, because I was on a mission, I didn't have a chance to talk to you in detail, I don't know if the goods you sold in the underground ruined city can you sell some to me on a regular basis?" ”
Stark's butler narrowed his triangular eyes: "I don't know you're a representative"
"Personally!" Before the old man could finish speaking, Wutong interrupted him.
"I think so, the Venane Academy and Master Zemmour can't use the simple gadgets of our Cannis."
Butler Stark laughed: "But aren't you also a [Junior Alchemist], [Junior Enchanter], and [Junior Craftsman]?" You should be able to make these gadgets yourself, right? ”
This old man did it on purpose! It must have been deliberate!
Wutong gritted his teeth and thought that he could become a [Junior Alchemist], [Junior Enchanter], and [Junior Arcane Master] entirely because of a large amount of theoretical knowledge and the processing of basic materials, and without the corresponding formula, he couldn't do anything! His teacher has always let him lay a good foundation, and he has not yet taught him any formula, and the formula is a secret thing in any industry, and you can't buy it on the market!
"In addition, let His Excellency Master Zemmour** know that our Cannis family will definitely tear down this castle if we sell these unsightly little things to his disciples!" Stark's butler made people want to beat him up for a joke.
"Then don't let him know!" Wutong said angrily, you said he didn't know, didn't he know? The old man is like a ghost, maybe he is eavesdropping on them, he bought these things, and he has a [***] relationship with the old man's disciple?
"Okay, okay!"
Stark saw that Wutong didn't seem to like this kind of joke very much, and said helplessly: "Although these gadgets are just uh, you know, our Cannis's main business projects, these gadgets are just the products of some apprentices, if you need, I can provide you with higher-level, higher-quality similar products, such as [Erosion Steel], a Tier 3 product similar to [Strong Acid Bottle], [Lava Fire] similar to [Blazing Glue], [Thunderstone] similar to [Thunderstone], and [Howling Bottle] similar [ Storm Bottle] if you need it, we even have very rare Tier 4 products, such as "
Wutong Khan: "No, no, the ones sold in the underground ruined city will do!" "Nima! He doesn't want to ask the price just by hearing the name.
"Well, well, but how much are you going to get? If our family sells to the outside world, it starts from 10,000 units, how many units do you plan to want? ”
"Can't you sell it for nothing?"
Wutong began to lack confidence, and he suddenly found that buying these things and coming to talk about business with the big housekeeper of other families seemed to be a bit of a fuss
A group of 20 bottles, starting from 10,000 groups per unit, even if it is the cheapest [Strong Acid Bottle], if he has the "Secondary Creation Dragon Badge [Cannis]" given by the old man, it can be discounted by seven or five percent, and it will cost 1.5 million gold coins, this is only one, he can't sell only one, right?
If there are so many goods at one time, not to mention whether there are so many players who buy them, at least he doesn't have that much capital to eat such a large amount of goods, he begins to suspect that the Cannis family is an arms dealer at all!
"Retail?"
Stark touched his chin and frowned, "We don't do retail business but, well, who called you a valued guest of our Cannes family, but you can only go to the sample stall in the underground ruined city to pick up the goods, only there are scattered products there, and a small number of products cannot be delivered by our family." ”
Bullied!
Wutong, who had itchy teeth, was very depressed, he didn't believe that this old man would not know that he had a "secret law shop" under his name, and this old man was deliberately bullying him!
(To be continued)