Located in the north of the Holleta Kingdom, this steppe has no name, people in this world directly call it "Savannah", the center of this vast land is a deserted and non-sovereign zone, and the surrounding is the blurred border line of the countries, due to some historical reasons, many parts of this steppe are in a state of ** in terms of ownership, and the southern area of the steppe bordering the Kingdom of Holletta is nominally the territory of the kingdom, but in fact there are no officials and garrisons here, and the town of Rumber is the northernmost administrative unit of the kingdom, As for the savannah, its actual rulers are wolves, brutes, and rampaging visionary plagues.

The wolf king once mentioned the legend here, the ancient magic civilization set off a great war here, the ancient battlefield is buried under the green land of the prairie, those powerful ancient warriors in the past are still urging their powerful magic power underground, and there are often hurricanes, thunderstorms and even blizzards and other magical disasters on the grassland, and it is precisely because of this that the surrounding countries are not willing to invest too much energy in this grassland, it is really not suitable for the resettlement of people.

However, the steppe frontier is relatively safe, and some sections have never even been hit by magical disasters, and a group of mountain people who came out of the mountains to the west established a small village in such a neutral area a few years ago. It is not known what agreement was made between the hilllanders and the royal family of Holletta, but the village was preserved in the form of a border trade zone - even though it was hundreds of kilometers away from the actual settlement of the hillmen.

The hamlet had no name, and the people of the kingdom generally called it "Western Village" or "Mountain Village", and the sturdy and accustomed mountain people who traveled long distances often traveled between the village and their own hometown. Bring some medicinal herbs and jade that can only be found in the forests of the extreme mountains to this side, and exchange them for alchemical items and other daily necessities with the people of Holletta. At the same time, they also adapted to the way of grazing in the plains in a very short time, and the hides of the livestock produced in the small village and the very resistant pack animals were also very popular with the people of Horleta. As a result, this small village now really has a bit of a neutral trade zone flavor.

The mercenary girl felt that since Hao Ren and they were "travelers from the Northern Empire", they should not know much about these mountain people who only communicated with the Kingdom of Holletta, so they consciously acted as a guide, which saved Hao Ren and them a lot of trouble.

The hill people's village is small, at first glance there seem to be only 100 households, scattered and unplanned on a gentle slope of slightly higher ground, and the village has no walls. There is only a sturdy-looking wooden fence on the periphery that counts as a boundary, and there is a gentle river next to the dirt slope where the village is located, which is a source of drinking water for the villagers, and on the other side of the river, you can see a boxy building made of white stone bricks, which is a completely different style from the village houses, and looks like a common style of dwellings in the town of Rumbel, and I don't know what it is used for. The hill people's own houses, on the other hand, were cylindrical in shape, made of wood, with outer walls wrapped in leather and filled with thatch and cement. It looks like a taller yurt, but the style is vaguely familiar.

The people dismounted outside the village, because there were no roads or mountain gates, so they walked straight into the settlement. This is the time for the locals to cook on fire. Most of the people were in their homes, and only three or five men who had nothing to do could be seen hanging around on the streets, and as soon as Hao Ren saw these villagers, he knew why Izax was considered a mountain man: the people here were unusually tall!

They wore garments made of coarse cloth and animal skins. Although these clothes look rugged, they are finely made, giving people the feeling of a minority. Most of the people were about two meters tall, and the shortest one Hao Ren saw was estimated to be a head taller than himself. Mountain people are sturdy and solid. Although not as exaggerated as the human form of Itzax, it is still enough for the uninformed to mistake the latter for a mountain man. Hao Ren saw that the faces of the men in the village were still painted with some kind of white and yellow paint, and he didn't know what it meant, probably because it was the custom of the mountain people.

Anyway, there is a strong exotic atmosphere rushing towards you - and by the way, the smell of rice.

After running all the way, plus eating some snacks casually at noon, Hao Ren was really a little hungry, and Lily next to him was even more exaggerated, this girl now looked at the turf on the ground and her eyes were green...... As for starving like this?

The villagers didn't react much when they saw a group of outsiders coming to their village, probably they were used to dealing with the Holleta people, and when they saw outsiders, they just smiled and waved their hands to say hello, looking neither distant nor abrupt, only when they saw Hao Ren's strange clothes on their bodies, some people were a little curious. Betsy was obviously a familiar customer here, and she walked at the front of the group and greeted some of the villagers loudly and familiarly, and then asked if the village chief was in the village.

"The village chief just came back yesterday," a brown-haired man with two horizontal stripes painted with yellow paint on his face pointed to a large house in the middle of the village, "Recently, many outsiders have come to the village, and some have stayed overnight, and the village chief just led people to the town to buy food two days ago. ”

"I've been making a lot of money these days," Becky said with a hearty smile, looking like a tomboy, "Look at the chains around your neck." ”

"Okay, okay, sold a few horses......"

While talking to her acquaintances, Hao Ren finally remembered where he had seen buildings similar to the style of the village: the night he first met the Black Wolf King, the few nomadic huts he saw in the grassland were in this style!

It is really a coincidence that the nomads who lived on the grassland for a while and then moved away mentioned by the Black Wolf King turned out to be from this village.

Vivien, on the other hand, touched Hao Ren's arm after observing the local house style: "There are no Leta runes here. ”

"Probably only the Kingdom of Holletta has inherited a little bit of knowledge related to runes," Hao Ren nodded, "You can tell from the name." ”

Itzhax moved for a moment and let out a long breath, "Hey-I don't know what's going on, there's a sense of relaxation here." ”

Hao Ren rolled his eyes: "Nonsense, it's all little giants here, you can finally raise your head when talking to people." You're not nervous, I'm embarrassed. ”

Can you not be awkward, when you talk to anyone, you first aim at your nostrils, and you may not be able to stand the cervical spine after a long time......

At this time, Betsy and her acquaintance also finished arguing, and she asked everyone to hand over the horses to the brown-haired man with two bars on his face in front of him: "Give the horses to Zhanaro, let's stay at the village chief's house for one night, and take the horses to recuperate, and tomorrow will start for two days in a row, but we can only advance in the wilderness." ”

The man named Zhanaro smiled kindly at Hao Ren and them, showing his white teeth, and then did not see him take the reins, but let out a strange and loud shout in front of the horse team, and the horses followed him with their heads bowed and their eyes very tamely and walked away. Betsy smiled and introduced to Hao Ren: "Mountain people are too tall, usually except for the Kerzen horse, they can't ride other horses at all, but they are good at taming horses, no matter what breed of horse can be tamed, they say that their ancestors signed an agreement with the gods in the mountains and forests, as long as the descendants of the mountain people still maintain their reverence for the mountains and forests, they can communicate with the beasts, and they don't know whether it's true or not." ”

Listening to Betsy introduce some interesting legends about the mountain people, everyone came to the largest cylindrical house in the center of the village, an old man with white hair was standing at the door, this old man in a blue cloth robe with three white stripes on his face was the head of the village, he had just heard that Betsy had led a group of strangers to come, and was waiting at the door early. After seeing the group, the old village chief greeted Betsy in a loud voice: "Little girl! Bringing a friend? ”

I am afraid that this young man with a loud voice will not dare to compare, and Hao Ren feels a little itchy at the root of his ears when he is more than ten meters away.

"Old man!" Becky was smiling, "Come and disturb the day!" I'm going to Beinz Blood Lake too! ”

"I know that sooner or later you will follow to join in the fun," the old village chief seemed to be really familiar with Bei Qi, and his face was full of the kindness of the elders when they looked at the juniors, and then he waved to Hao Ren and the others, "All the guests who come are guests, come in and come in, the house is cooking." ”

It seems that the mountain people are still very hospitable, Hao Ren led a few people to greet the old village chief, and the latter was obviously stunned when he saw Yizax: "Eh, this momentum looks like ...... You're a mountain man too, right? Which tribe is from? ”

Hao Ren hurriedly put this question on his behalf, only saying that Yitzhax had grown up with the plains people in the north due to family changes, so he didn't know much about this issue. This excuse was very good when he said that Itzhax was a mountain man before, but now that he has met a real mountain man village, he is really afraid that Betsy will be interested in pulling Itzhax everywhere to recognize his relatives (mountain people form a society with tribes as a unit, and the same tribe or closer tribes are "family" in their eyes), and it is not impossible with the liveliness of that mercenary girl!

Fortunately, the old village chief didn't care much about this problem, but just warmly beckoned everyone into the house, not giving Hao Ren a chance to be polite at all, just in time for the meal, and after a while, a hot special meal was placed in front of everyone.

As soon as the old village chief sat down, Vivien asked, "Did you have a tall woman in white two days ago?" (To be continued......)