Chapter 10: The Tavern
The Wanderer's Tavern is just one of the many taverns along the easternmost coastline of the Radiant Empire.
The tavern is a gathering place for men, and no one wants to hide in the tavern in the scorching summer sun to have a cold beer, and listen to the old drunkards tell them about the interesting things that happened in the rivers and lakes.
There are all sorts of drinkers, they can be killers, gamblers, fugitives...... But at the same time, they are also drunkards. They also have one thing in common, that is, in the hearts of women, they are not good men.
But there was one exception, and in her opinion, the more such men the better, for she was the proprietress of the tavern.
"Akasha, bring me another dark beer!" said a big fat man in a blue vest.
"It's coming. Akasha stepped out from behind the counter in a fiery red dress, her bumpy figure that would make her blood flutter immediately when anyone saw it.
"Boss, you're getting sexier!"
"The old lady is not sexy one day. Akasha looked at each other with a smile in her seductive blue eyes, "Don't think that you can be a sycophant, and the wine money will be waived, Ah Chuan, your account is in arrears for a week." ”
"Hey, hey. Ah Chuan sucked the saliva at the corner of his mouth: "No way, the business of the butcher shop has been sluggish these days, and when I open it one day, I will definitely return it to you with interest." He took the cup and touched it on the hostess's hand.
"The stinky pig killer dares to take advantage of the old lady!" Akasha twisted Ah Chuan's ear: "If any of you beats him for me, he will be exempted from today's wine money." ”
"Oops...... Don't dare. Ah Chuan hurriedly brought the cup to his mouth and sucked it, "The wine and wine have all spilled." ”
"Hahahaha. Everyone laughed, but no one really taught him a lesson for the proprietress to teach him. "Ah Chuan, if you really don't have money to drink, just marry the proprietress home and be a wife. ”
"Hahahaha. ”
"You have to ask the proprietress about this, I'm sure I'm okay!" Ah Chuan peeked at the proprietress's towering chest, "With your temper, there are really few people who can stand you except me, so just find a day to get things done." ”
"Fucking nonsense, my mother kicked you into the sea!"
"Don't dare, don't dare. "The ear was twisted several times, and after two more twists, it really fell off, and the painful Ah Chuan begged for mercy again and again.
"Tell you, next time you want to come to me on credit, no way!"
Seeing that the proprietress let go and left, Ah Chuan sneaked another rub on the proprietress buttocks, "I don't have to take credit next time, right? ”
"Hahahaha......"
"Ah Chuan, you are really shameless. ”
"Hey, hey, hey. He smiled contentedly, rubbing his red ears with pleasure on his face.
After some frolicking, everyone returned to the previous topic.
There was a guest sitting in the corner who didn't seem to be in the pleasant atmosphere from start to finish, his name was Gondor, and despite being a regular customer of the tavern, no one ever knew his profession.
People always kept their distance from him, as he was rumored to have some kind of contagious disease. He was skinny, sallow-complexion, and his two eye sockets were deeply sunken, like a tuberculosis ghost. He wore a red scarf around his neck, and his outfit didn't match his image.
He was drinking and flipping through the newspaper, his gaze lingering on the page for a long time.
This is a wanted notice for the Radiant Empire, and the wanted mission is a twelve-year-old child named Carl, who can get a bounty of 10,000 gold coins for killing him.
He looked at the neat row of numbers, took another sip of wine, and then pricked up his ears to listen.
Everybody is talking about it.
"I heard that Sorang's broken leg was due to him. ”
"Unexpectedly, this kid really has some ability. ”
"But this wanted warrant has been issued, and the entire empire is chasing him, and I think he is probably hanging. ”
"Where do you guess he's going to hide?"
"Why, do you want this bounty too?"
"I don't have that skill, in my opinion, I can break the leg of that old thing, this kid is the number one person, I want him to run away. ”
"But if he wants to survive, I'm afraid he may really escape to us, and the only way to avoid being wanted is to go to sea. ”
......
Gondor left the money on the table, then got up and left silently, and as he was about to leave the door, he glanced at Achuan intentionally or not.
"Hahaha. Ah Chuan smiled and chatted with the others, but at the same time he also tapped the wine glass on the table.
The sea, the sea of hell.
Legend has it that thousands of years ago, there was no sea here.
Because of an earthquake, a huge crack appeared in the earth's crust, and people called this huge rift valley the abyss that connected to hell. As a result, the originally unified continent was divided into two parts, east and west, with the eastern continent being named the Radiant Continent and the western continent being called the Dire Continent.
Rivers on land merge into the rift valley, and the rift becomes a river. But due to the constant drift of the land, the width of the river widens by nearly 100 zhang every year.
Thousands of years later, rivers have become oceans. And this is the origin of the sea of hell.
Legend has it that the Dire continent is infested with ghosts, so the Radiant Empire transports thousands of exiles to the other side of the ocean every year. Make them food for the goblins to prevent the goblins of the Dire Continent from crossing the ocean to attack the people of the Radiant Empire.
An old sailor who went to the Dire Continent said that it was a dark land, where sunlight could not reach and plants could not grow, and it was a barren land cursed by heaven.
Humans must not be able to survive there, so the crime of exile is more cruel than the death penalty.
Today, a ship carrying exiles will sail from here, and Gondor aims to intercept it.
At dusk, one hundred and thirty-six exiles were escorted aboard the ship, and among them was a young man of outstanding bearing, who, despite his ragged clothes, could hardly hide the spirit of a king.
The boy had just turned sixteen years old, and his name was Davian, and he was the nephew of King Mondo. Sixteen years ago, Davian's father, Vitoses, was convicted of treason, when Davion was just a newborn baby. After the pleading of his mother, Princess Mona, Mondo was relieved of his death sentence by virtue of his family.
However, not long after his father was executed, his mother also killed herself in the family, and Davian was orphaned and adopted by Mondo.
Although Mondo treated Davian with the courtesy of a prince, he forbade him to learn magic, swords, and other skills. Although he didn't say it on the surface, Davian's existence was always a hidden danger in Mondo's heart, and he was worried that Davian would not be able to give up his hatred and one day would avenge his people.
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