"Blacktown ......"

This place seems to live up to its name, everything is gray and black.

Not to mention the always dark sky, the dust floating in the air like a light mist. The town's crowded, sharp, and quirky houses, and the multiple shadows cast on them can't be explained...... Not to mention the ubiquitous solidified black mud.

The first impression of this place is that it is gloomy, twisted, and full of filth......

The streets look empty, but there are people, a lot of people! They hid behind the door, in the alley, their pale eyes peeking through the gaps, nervously examining the foreign man and woman, their ruddy and healthy faces making people jealous.

*****

"Phew~ This place is really uncomfortable, even the air is ...... Let's go, Catherine. Let's go find a tavern and ask for news, and then go to the inn and ask for a comfortable room to sleep in, and wait for the rest to rest. ”

"Shen Yan!" Catherine hurriedly grabbed him, and after thinking about it, she didn't know how to say it, so she could only smile bitterly......

"Let me do these little things, you better think about the big things." She knew that the eldest young master couldn't figure out the situation...... I'm glad I came along!

Catherine and Milton discovered early on that there were many problems in Shen Yan that he was not aware of - he himself thought it was nothing, but in the eyes of others, it was as clear as a firefly!

Not to mention those "aristocratic styles", he seems to be particularly suitable for living in those big cities, and he is extremely "ignorant" about the simple countryside - for example, Shen Yan believes in the phrase "you don't need to bring anything, but you have to bring enough money", thinking that you can buy anything. In fact, money can't buy anything in that place in Green Horn, even if it's a simple small wooden pier, you have to cut it back from the forest by yourself.

The reason why Shen Yan has never encountered this kind of problem is because someone has already rushed to help him do these things.

Just like now, since they plan to enter the Black Town in the guise of two mercenaries who dream of making a fortune, they have to pretend to be professional - the mercenary rule is, "When you see the guards, you obey the law".

There are many abandoned houses in a dilapidated town like this, and no one has taken care of them, so why should mercenaries stay in hotels? Just choose a room and pry the door to live in, which not only saves money but is also safer than a hotel.

On the way, Catherine explained, Shen Yan spread her hands, I am also a victim of genuine games...... Every innkeeper likes to play Gwent, and I haven't mentioned it to you yet.

As he walked, Shen Yan's expression became strange...... Due to the unusually fast movement of the population (the new adventurers died within a few days), the vast majority of the town's houses were empty, as could easily be seen by the thickness of the dust falling in front of the gatehouse. There are so many vacant rooms, but are you too picky, Catherine? This one is too humid, that one is not sunny...... Are you the reason for these? I always feel that she is not choosing a temporary residence, but a wedding room.

Who told me to be professional in playing a mercenary?

Catherine also knew how bad her performance was, but when she thought of what was going to happen next, she pretended to ignore Shen Yan's gaze and continued to choose—this was her only chance, something had to happen! And she didn't want to keep her first memories in a hotel, or in a dirty, bad house!

Every house looks unsatisfactory, especially in the small town, where the shape of the houses is generally a bit strange. But when she had moved half the town, Catherine sighed to herself, knowing that she could not afford to drag it out any longer...... There must be a limit to willfulness.

"This is it." "The ground here is higher than elsewhere, and from the attic on the second floor you can see most of the town; The dust is very thick, indicating that the owner here has been away for a long time; The house was surrounded on three sides by solid stone walls that aided in defense; The small cliff behind it can be used as a retreat if necessary, and if you want to leave the yard without being discovered, you can also take that road......"

Catherine Balabala said a lot about the advantages, but there was only one reason why she really chose this house - this house has a large, new, and comfortable-looking big bed - right next to the window of the bedroom on the second floor, and you can see the whole town when you open the window lattice, and you have a good view.

There was also a vase and a bouquet of withered flowers at the head of the bed...... If she could, she would like to see flowers at the bedside the next day after that happened......

"This bed is good!" Shen Yan walked upstairs and saw this bed, and his satisfaction with this house immediately +25, "Shall we try it now...... Catherine, what are you blushing about? ”

"You clean up the room, I'll go out and inquire about the news!" Catherine dropped a sentence in a panic and ran downstairs without looking back.

“…… Wait, shouldn't it be the other way around? ”

*****

The four spells chosen by Shen Yan's sixth ring are "Dissociation Technique", "Otherworldly Bondage", "Fear Emblem", and "Chain Lightning"!

The "Dissociation Technique" had been used before, and the "Otherworldly Bondage" was designated by him as a strange monster that summoned the land of the gods to die. Not to mention the chain of lightning - the iconic magic of the fantasy world, known for its gorgeous effects and cool spellcasting...... It seems that Shen Yan has chosen a lot of spells of this kind? Like Field Wave, Secondary Sequencing, Dissociation, Ice Grip, Rock Flying Fist, King Rook Translocation...... Oh, and the plastic surgery spell Eagle Majesty (charisma +3), this is a man who wants to become the king of pretense?

Speaking of the "Dread Emblem", this spell is a passively triggered trap type of magic that is rarely used in direct combat.

- The magician draws a mysterious emblem on a fixed object, and when the emblem is activated, any creature that comes close to the emblem 120 feet will be afraid, and a creature close to 60 feet will fall into a complete panic if the will is unable to resist! The panic will last for 6 to 10 minutes, during which time the creature will flee away from the emblem.

Only the specified person is exempt from the emblem effect, and the emblem can only be discovered by professionals (Wanderer, Trap Master, Another Caster, etc.).

And to make an emblem, you need to consume no less than 1,000 gold coins worth of gems and gold.

Shen Yan collected a lot of treasures underground, and climbed as a coolie to help him carry it to the entrance of the cave. But when he found that the cave was still a long way from the town, they had to give up the wealth. In addition to picking out the most valuable gems and gold coins, Shen Yan also used his remaining belongings to make several such emblems. With the "Fear Emblem", it can be used to protect the house or to expel monsters while camping.

As soon as Shen Yan hid one of them under the eaves and activated it, a series of tapping footsteps were heard nearby, and someone came out of the back of the house and fled all the way down the alley...... Look, the results are immediate! Shen Yan went to the back of the room speechlessly and looked around, but he couldn't find where the person was hiding just now...... A homeless man or a spy?

How a normal housewife and man should clean the room, the author knows, but Shen Yan doesn't know.

The room around the city will never fall into dust, and the home of him and Chen Xiaoyu ...... Always looking for housekeeping help. But the alchemist has the alchemist's method, Shen Yan walked around the courtyard and outside, picked up a few leaves, took some water from the unclean stream behind the house, and added some garnet powder. It didn't take long for a bowl of weird "alchemical elixir" to be concocted.

He poured some of the potion on the bed, chair, and table, and the rest fell to the floor. I saw that the potions were like living slimes, wriggling on their own on the quilt and floor, swallowing and decomposing all the dirt and dust, revealing the original color of the cotton cloth and wood furniture underneath......

"Ahh When Catherine returned, her eyes widened in surprise at what she saw!

She's been gone for less than two hours...... Catherine had thought that Shen Yan would do a hasty cleaning, and she didn't even do anything. never expected that Shen Yan would clean the room so ...... Clean! I saw that the tables, chairs, benches, and bedding and leather on the bed in the room were all neat and clean! No, it should be said that it became like brand new! Not to mention that there is not a trace of dust, they can even glow faintly in the gray light!

"What the hell did you do...... Forget it, when I didn't ask. ”

Catherine looked down, and a "big slime" held her boots, nibbling on the scent of mud on them.