The Redstone Mountains, where the United Principality of Redstone is located, are located in the east-central part of the continent, with the Kingdom of Sachidon to the east, the Duchy of Norton to the south, the mountains of Elanis to the north, and the endless sea of weeping sand to the west. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The area of the mountain plain is very vast, but except for a few oases, the rest of the place is dark red rugged mountains, and the life is as barren as the Gobi Desert.

Legend has it that during the First Age, it was an ordinary plain. The First Age Magic Empire collapsed, and the Red Dragon God Kagonham fell here, and the corpses turned into endless mountains, the dark red color like dragon blood, which did not fade for tens of thousands of years.

It was off-limits for the rest of the First Age, and the Second became a paradise for adventurers. Humans, dragonmen, half-elves, dwarves, halflings, goblins, half-orcs and even centaurs, adventurers of all races and professions pan for gold here, gradually gathering a force of power.

After a long period of change across the ages, there are now only seven Grand Duke's realms left in the Redstone Plains, united into a single nation, and the local inhabitants are only humans, halflings, and goblins.

Emerald Fort is the capital of the United Duchy of Redstone, located in an oasis west of the Redstone Plains, and is the condominium of the Seven Grand Dukes.

Four halfling teenagers and two human maidens argued outside the gates of Emerald Castle for a while, and finally decided to give up going into the city to find the teleportation service provided by the Temple of Commerce, and instead went to the market outside the city to see if there were any goblin hot air balloon flights.

To get to the kingdom of Khor, you have to cross the vast sea of weeping sand, which is not something that can be done on two or even four legs.

Hot air balloon flights are the only thing that makes other races have a positive impression of goblins, and as one of the few goblin colonies on the mainland, Red Rock Mountain has such a transportation service.

"Don't talk to those little greenskins!"

In the bazaar, surrounded by a mess of low tents and buildings, two young holy warriors looked left and right like dirt buns entering the city of incense, and their eyes were dizzy when they saw it, and Flordo hurriedly reminded him.

"It's like the one who sells roast camel beef over there," Sam said in a frightened tone, "don't listen to that goblin shouting twenty coppers, as soon as you talk to him, he will cut off a small piece of twenty coppers, and then cut that piece into dozens of slices thinner than a fly's wing." If you dare not buy it, all the goblins around you will come around......"

"Very good knife work", the black-haired girl Mayne expressed her thoughts on digression, and then spread her hands and said: "We don't have a single copper on us." ”

"You have to be careful when you encounter halflings," Gomis said, "the halflings here are very powerful, they won't do anything to other halflings, and you are the most visible targets." ”

"It's a problem, how can I be sure it's not you but the thieves who have come here, and I've been hard to tell you apart," said Mayne, "but fortunately, I have neither copper nor anything of value on me, and the only thing of value is this rhinoceros leather belt." If it's going to be stolen, my ass will be exposed, and they'll be scared to roll on the ground. ”

On the way to Emerald Castle, the human girl finally understood the aesthetics of the halfling. Although Mayne found fabric to mend his trouser legs, he used it from time to time to make fun of the halfling. I don't know if it's really a joke or an unwilling mockery.

As before, the halfling boy had a disgusted expression.

Gronia said helplessly, "Mayne, you, are you a little reserved as a lady?"

As they spoke, they had gone into the depths of the bazaar.

In front of every tent and hut in this area, a goblin smaller than a halfling, covered in green, with a pair of pointed ears and a large head, stood on a large and small box, shouting one after another in a thin voice.

"Magic Guide Gun! Finney Magic Guide Gun, yours and mine! The All-you-can-eat version for the Divine Alliance Army is about to arrive! Forty-nine gold bushels can be owned, which is twice as powerful as the standard version! Make an appointment to buy and get a free Lei Mulin monkey skin holster!"

"Choose a magic guide gun with core technology! Angel rays from the Storm Islands are Queen Theresia's secret weapon! Don't be fooled by the mirage ad, it's a scare for the incense people. It was this weapon that really defeated the army of Rakka! You get what you pay for, how can the standard version of 30 gold bushels be compared to the 88 gold bushels? Look at this amount! Look at the workmanship!"

"Aren't you afraid of being despised and laughed at when you go out with mass-produced goods? The magic guide gun of Baten Bedomas's royal workshop makes you unbelievably beautiful! This is a weapon that only perfectionists are entitled to have! Its beauty is enough to kill your enemies!"

Gronia sighed sadly, "Are magic guide guns so popular?"

"Your Highness Princess, we can't save you without the magic gun," Gomis said in a sarcastic tone.

Gronia stopped suddenly, and Gomis jumped behind Flodo in fright, only to see that she was staring at something in front of her.

It was an unfolded mirage scroll, twice as large as Gomis's, hanging from a tent with a large crowd of people huddled underneath, all with their heads up, their feet on their feet, their eyes staring straight at it.

The scroll is covered with a light veil, which makes the image very unclear, but whether it is Gronia or the halflings, they can see that it is "Theresia and Freya".

The goblin merchant screamed: "Ten gold bushels for the Mirage Book! Twenty gold bushels for the Mirage Scroll! There are all kinds of mirage chips, "Theresia and Freya" three gold bushels! "Gone with the Wind", "Queen Elizabeth", and "Silk Bardax" two gold bushels! "The Pink Book" and "The Holy Book of Joy" are all kinds of elegant art fantasy dramas with negotiable prices! The latest issues of "The Adventurer's Guide", "The All-Knowing Newsletter", and "Trade Wind News" have also arrived!

"Gronya", Mayne pulled away the red-haired girl in a daze: "It's a lie, we know." ”

Gomis cried out in pain: "Remember to pay for my scroll!"

No sooner had they squeezed through the crowd than the audience was heard shouting "Queen" and "Peel it off", followed by roars and fights, and the screams of goblin merchants.

Just now, it seems to have been put in the scene where Princess Freya and the queen are holding hands and looking at each other, which is the only picture in the whole fantasy drama where the queen shows a clear side face.

Coming to the back of the bazaar, it is much more spacious and finally has a few decent buildings.

There were still goblins soliciting business in front of each building, and the shouts were changed to jobs for immigrants, apprentices, and magicians. Basically, they went to the countries of Sachiton, Tangus, and Hadron in the east.

"Don't be a good adventurer, go to the magic workshop as a slave", Mayne said disdainfully, "It's only a few silver pennies a month, what kind of life can you live." ”

These words spoke to the halfling's heart, and everyone's perception of her was slightly better.

A goblin with a sharp ear next to him heard this, and grinned and said, "Miss black-haired human, you are right! To be an apprentice or a magician can only eat well, and if you want to make a lot of money and get ahead, you have to join Queen Theresia's northern expedition! Our mercenary army is recruiting professionals, and I think you are like a ...... Warrior monks, apprentices, a monthly salary of one gold bushels, three first-class students, hey, halflings over there!"

Goblins jumped out of the box and circled around Flodo: "Don't waste your talents! An epic holy war awaits you! Think about it, which adventure poem is less than you halflings? Isn't it the best chance to change your life and become a celebrant to join the Queen's holy war, to gain glory, to receive a knighthood and a golden bushet?"

"yes," Peake muttered wistfully, and Gomis nodded.

Flodo's eyes also sparkled, but he immediately shook his head: "We still have a commission." ”

"Hey, here's the guards we've hired!"

Mayne crossed his waist and said, "Also, I'm a paladin, do you really want to recruit me?"

"......Shh

The goblin slapped his nose as if he had been smoked by some foul smell, and muttered away.

"There!"

Gomis pointed to a building in the distance, and the sign next to the door depicted a bunch of round balloons.

There was a table in the doorway, and a goblin with glasses was writing and drawing.

This goblin is much more urbane than the others: "The flight to the kingdom of Koster has four hours to go, and the seats are ...... Well, there's more. ”

However, there is no essential difference in one aspect: "Thirty gold bushels per seat, no meals included." ”

"Thirty!?"

Gomis jumped: "I remember last year it was only three!"

"That was last year......"

The goblin raised his glasses and said calmly: "It's a time of war, and the bishops of Rakami have issued a ban on the sky, and it is very risky to fly over the sea of weeping sand. ”

"Thirty will do," Mayne said, standing at the table, "when we get to the kingdom of Kester, the Paladins there will pay you and swear in the name of Dragon." ”

"Paladin?"

Goblin shrugged: "Even if it's a paladin......"

Before he could finish speaking, the goblin's gaze fell on Mayne's lap, and his Adam's apple twitched.

Although the trouser legs were sewn with rags, they were still tattered, and Mayne's long, straight, fair-skinned legs were visible.

The goblin's temperament changed dramatically in an instant, and even through the glasses, it couldn't stop the greed and lewdness in those small eyes, and saliva fell from the corners of his mouth to the table.

"Legs...... What a beautiful leg ......."

The goblin rubbed his hands together and flicked his thick tongue out of his mouth: "Lick, lick, one, a golden bushel......"

Disheveled......

Mayne picked up her long legs, slammed her heel into the back of the goblin's head, and stomped his head on the table.

The black-haired girl said angrily, "Do you want to die like that?"

Flodo and the others turned to the side, trying to rub their chests so that they wouldn't throw up.

Mayne ......

Gronia was at a loss for what to do when there was a commotion next to her.

"Dragon's blood sand costs four pennies a bag of silver at the sand diggers, and you sell it for four gold bushels!

"Miss Holy Warrior, we're not sand diggers, don't we cost money to transport these goods from Dragon's Blood Mountain to Emerald Castle?"

"You don't have a clear account of how much money you spent!? I absolutely don't believe it, just shipping something, you can make the price increase tenfold!"

"Of course we have accounts, but we are not obligated to show you! As for how much it will rise, we are merchants, and businessmen don't make money?"

"Of course not! Just as a holy warrior should do good deeds for free, a merchant should be obliged to contribute to everyone! This world can only be better if everyone helps each other! Any merchant who wants to make money is defiling this world and is the object that the holy warrior must crusade against!"

"Miss Paladin, I'm not in your business anymore, can I?"

"The blade of sin has been inserted into the conscience, and you think that pulling it out means that nothing has happened?"

"Help!"

There was a loud bang, and a goblin grunted out of the next room, and then a young girl came out.

She was about the same age as Gronia and Mayne, her long purple hair was tied into a slanted ponytail, and her round face still looked sweet and cute even with her eyebrows and angry eyes.

"You are challenging my standards as a paladin! Justice must be done in you!"

The girl drew her long sword from her back, the tip resting on the goblin's face.

"Mohamuna!

The goblin called for help from the goblin whose head was still at Mayne's feet.

The goblin said with a twisted mouth, "Dali Ducky, although you have just arrived, you should have heard of the name Nicole Ektor, and you know how to do it. ”

"Ahh......h

The goblin shuddered, "It's you!"

The slanted ponytail girl frowned: "What, am I famous?"

"Our freight is XX gold bushels per 1,000 bags, and the loss is XX%, plus XX market tax, XX salaries of employees, depreciation of houses, risk retention and other seventeen fixed expenses...... Miss Actor, the price of each bag is seven silver pennies!"

The goblin named Dali Daqi skillfully reported a bunch of numbers, and then shouted: "Deduct the conscience compensation of one silver penny per bag, and the price of justice is six silver pennies!"

"If you know your mistakes, you can change them, that's right", the slanted ponytail girl moved the tip of her sword: "Fifty percent, almost, I heard the righteous response, and sent a hundred bags directly to the hot air balloon." ”

The goblin replied, "I'll do it, Miss Actor!"

Dalidachi fled back to the house as if she were running, and the girl looked at Gronia and the others.

She frowned, "Holy Warrior?"

Gronia also showed a solemn look: "Holy Warrior?"