Chapter 30: Into Nasikai
Coming out of the friendly arm, the rest of the journey becomes very boring.
The horse resources in the world of Feren are basically controlled by the lords and nobles, and there is a lack of large-scale horse breeding and breeding mechanisms, and the horse resources themselves are tightly tied to the castle and land. This made it difficult for ordinary people to own horses, and Lu Yuan's dream of going south by carriage came to naught.
Several people carried their respective luggage for several days before they were about to reach Belgost, which made Lu Yuan almost crazy. Because the whole journey is less than 30 kilometers!
If it weren't for the night before his departure, Glion and the legendary old man quietly approached him in exchange for some rare spell information, hoping that he would guide and teach Chanem along the way, maybe he would have dragged Twilight with him on the Phantom Pony.
Along the way, encounter goblins, bandits, and goblin bandits. The goblins in the realm of Faeron are like weeds in other worlds, whether you want to or not, it's there! So you don't need to look for it at all, you can definitely come across it. From forcing Chanem to chop goblins, after which he admired him sobbing like a little girl...... He can proudly pierce the goblin like a meat skewer, and he can also remind Aemon not to splash blood.
It took only three days.
In the complicated eyes of Jia Xila and the others who were shocked, disgusted, puzzled, etc., Lu Yuan read the spell information while walking freely.
What's so weird? What's unacceptable? Isn't it shock therapy?
"Xiao Cha!" Lu Yuan suddenly raised his head from the sheepskin and shouted.
Chanem shuddered. But he still obediently came to him, "What's the matter?" ”
"You're already a qualified adventurer, and I think you can take on more important responsibilities! So ......" Lu Yuan patted Chanem on the shoulder, although on the surface, Lu Yuan was only five or six years older than him. But from the experience along the way, no one doubts that Lu Yuan is a good teacher, but he is a little evil.
"You're the captain now!"
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"Identify yourself!" Bardolan, the current captain of Nasikai's guard, stopped several people who had walked into Nasikai's town and said. There was something wrong with the original Commander Bregie, and Bardolan was the successor, a very powerful and responsible young man.
"I'm Chanem, and these are my teammates." As agreed. The crowd, who had given leadership to Chanem along the way, did not speak. Let him come forward and negotiate. This teenager did not disappoint everyone, he has been growing up rapidly, and now he has the appearance of some captains.
Butland looked at these people suspiciously, all of them were young. Half of them appear to have elven blood. There was also a hooded mage with a face that could not be seen clearly stood at the back of the crowd. I was holding a piece of parchment and looking at it with relish. Along the way, Lu Yuan encountered landslides, river surges, goblins, and Warcraft people. It's all about me and I'm in a state of "fishing", studying the spell data by myself.
You know, Glian and Ilminster also gave him a lot of information, ostensibly to let him continue to guide Chanem, but in fact, it was just a reward for taking care of the children, and everyone knew it.
Speaking of which, it's time to talk about Chanem's profession, that's right, mages and warriors work part-time. The talent for spells is average, the talent of the warrior is very high, he seems to prefer to charge in the front line, and the spells are also better at strengthening some of his own magic, this is considered a magic warrior? The weapons are spears and longbows, and the swords are also used well under the training of Twilight Star. It's a familiar combination, isn't it? Speaking of which, although Jahira and Khalid have also been running groups for several years and are considered very famous adventurers, compared to Twilight Star and Lu Yuan, these people are all rookies. Twilight acts as a sword instructor for Chanem, Jahira, and Khalid along the way, and Lu Yuan teaches Aemon various techniques such as trap making, concealment, climbing trees and houses, and teaching Chanem magic by the way, everything is mainly self-taught, and he doesn't have that much time.
"You, I want to see the way you look, please lift your hood." After a moment's hesitation, Bardolan decided to check out the dangerous-looking mage, always thinking that this guy was going to make a big deal.
"Don't make a fuss, Bardolan! If you want to stay in this position for a long time, don't get into trouble that you can't bear! Lu Yuan lifted his hood impatiently, he grew up here, and then returned to live here for a while, he knew three or four percent of the people here, but there were seven or eight percent of the people who knew him. Bardolan's best weapon was a halberd that he had forged, and he was also a semi-hermit first-class in Nasikai, with a high status.
"Ah, it turned out to be Master Lu, I didn't ...... I'm sorry. Also, welcome back! Really, I want to see you, everyone will be relieved a lot. We've been worried that Amm is calling, and you suddenly disappeared the other day, no, it's ...... Oh, it's leaving, I beg your pardon, I don't even know what to say, anyway, welcome back! "Captain Badolan didn't expect that the mysterious hooded mage was actually Lu Yuan, and he was so excited that he didn't listen to what Lu Yuan said just now.
Lu Yuan himself didn't know what to do, the self-propelled waterwheels he created, the windmills with roofs indicating the direction and force of the wind, and the paper airplanes flying around the house and singing...... And so on these things gave the Nasikai what a shock, and at the same time they had confidence - "We also have our own archmage". So Lu Yuan's sudden departure (he ran to Belgoust in the middle of the night in order to test his wilderness survival skills and never returned) caused considerable panic.
"I joined the 'Sword and Rose' adventure group, what do you have to tell my captain", Lu Yuan pointed at Chanem impatiently, put on his hood to himself, and continued to look at the information.
"What's the name 'Sword and Rose'? Who agreed! And so casually pushing things to me, what captain! You think I'm a little brother who does chores, right? It must be, right? Chanem complained fiercely in his heart, but he had to go up and continue to negotiate. And the captain of the guard, Badolan, saw Lu Yuan's indifferent attitude as always, and began to become happy - it seems that the problem of iron ore is indeed not big, look. Master Lu didn't bother to say anything.
"I've heard that Nasikai has been in a lot of trouble lately, and that's why we're here, so please tell us as much as you can in the meantime." Chanem continued.
"Haluha, welcome to the Sword and Rose Adventure Party! We have a lot of problems that need to be solved by powerful adventurers, please come with me, I can take all of you from the adventure party to meet the mayor. I'm sure His Excellency Bai Lang will also be happy to meet you. ”
"That's not the name, bastard!" Chanem continued to complain inwardly.
Actually, such a crazy spit is because. He's on the verge of collapse along the way!
It's all about damn love! But this is an inexpressible bitter love, sadomasochistic love, and fruitless spiritual love!
Can he say that although Ammon likes him very much? But does he prefer Sister Royal, and at the same time longing for such a thing as Jahira and Twilight, two of the best wives!? Every day, I see them in pairs, happily burrowing into the tent, and doing such and such things with the silent enchantment. I couldn't hold back my tears. Nima. Why are there so many people in our group who can cast spells?
And fighters like Khalid don't forget it. If Lu Yuan's weak chicken mage doesn't use magic, I can fight five with one hand! Shouldn't a magician's physical strength be so poor, shouldn't he have been squeezed dry early? Shouldn't a female ranger be dissatisfied? Is the red apricot out of the wall? Your mage is full of red light every morning, and the ranger is delicate and powerless, what kind of trouble! It must have been some kind of evil and pink magic from that little pink book?!
Too...... It's enviable, bastard! He doesn't admit it or live it, and he doesn't plan to teach it to me, bastard! Even if I learned, I wouldn't use it, bastard......
He ...... What's wrong? Bardolan pointed to Chanem, who had shrunk into the corner, gritting his teeth and muttering to himself from time to time, and asked in surprise, "Why is this all the way you go?" ”
Half of Chanem's elders like Jahira and Khaled, as well as sisters like Ammon, all turned their heads and pretended not to hear, and there were many times along the way like this, which was very embarrassing. As for Twilight? At this time, he was standing by the river far from Chanem, frowning at the reddened water, as if pondering a very serious proposition - such as "the ecological imbalance caused by iron mining, river pollution, deforestation, and the decline of people's physical fitness in Naxikai".
"If you're sick, just wait." Lu Yuan glanced at it, said indifferently, and then continued to read the information in his hand, not wanting to explain it to him at all. Almost all of these mature adults can see what the children think, but they are all playing with them as pistachios. Even the arrogant royal sister Jahira occasionally takes the initiative to flirt with Chanem, and he is the source of happiness for everyone along the way......
"Well, is it really okay for your captain to be like this? It can't be a contagious disease, right? You know, if you're going to get into trouble, you'd better go somewhere else...... Our recent problem here is that there are enough of them. Captain Bardolan said with some disagreement.
"Don't worry, we're not going to get in trouble, I promise." Little Miss Aemond answered.
"Actually, it was Mayor Bai Lang who invited us to solve the iron ore problem, so take me to meet him. The others, let's go to the hotel to settle down first, Lu Yuan, you are a local, you can arrange it. Jahira, as the vice-captain, took over the leadership when the captain lost his mind and began to arrange the tasks......
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"Where did you come from?" Seeing that the captain had already asked the stranger, a bold child ran over and shouted across the road, looking ready to run away at any moment.
"We're coming from the north, and we're friendly, do we know the way? And what about Candle Castle? Belgost? Aemon replied cheerfully. Lu Yuan covered his face weakly, and Twilight Star snickered openly.
"They came from the Friendly Arm, Belgoust, Candlecastle! They started ...... "The child ran away happily. He shouted all the way as he ran down the narrow street, apparently not for the first time. Looking at the crowd of people who gathered around with the screams of the children, Jahira helplessly spread her hands, "Forget it, since this is the case, let's deal with this side first." ”
It is often asked, what is an adventurer?
The Bard will tell you that adventurers are legends, Dragon Quests, knights and princesses, rangers and Karatu mages...... Ahem, remove the last one.
The lord will tell you that adventurers are villains, cancers of law and order, and a combination of robbers and liars.
The farmer will tell you that adventurers are all about farming together when the farm is busy. A strong man who goes out to fight goblins during the slack time.
……
In fact, an adventurer is probably someone who has nothing but dreams in his heart. So they have to do everything in order to work hard to make a living.
As the townspeople gathered around, Chanem was pushed out of the city again. Helpless, he could only hold a piece of papyrus and shout loudly "Bazaar?!" according to it. Is Benbazaar here? ”
A woman squeezed in, "It's me, it's me!" She clasped her hands nervously with each other, clearly expecting something.
"Your letter, ah. And a gift. Chanem handed her a letter and a small bag. Rest assured, Tom has already paid the fee, and I wish you all happiness! ”
Bumbasha blushed and ran away.
"Tyr, is that Uncle Tyr?" Chanem looked up.
"It's me! I'm here! An uncle jumped up outside the crowd and agreed. Look at what he's wearing. Also an adventurer. It's just that it doesn't seem like life is going well.
"Your wife has given birth! It's the son! Mother and child are safe! Congratulations! Chanem shouted loudly, causing the crowd to cheer, and several of Uncle Tyr's companions slapped him on the shoulder. Happy to celebrate.
"Hiccup Dragon Bar! I invite you to drink! Uncle Tyre shouted from the periphery, and left with his companions in his arms.
Chanem read them one after another, most of them were oral messages, a few were letters and some small items. Such commissions are only paid for a few coppers, and even most of them are hired for free. Because these people who commissioned it were poor, even if there was a messenger who could deliver the message, they could not afford it, so they had to entrust the adventurers who passed by.
Part-time cheap or even free messengers, this is already the custom of adventurers, and no matter how good the adventure team is, they can't refuse such a request. Besides, the so-called adventurer is really not an enviable profession.
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It took nearly two hours to finish the shouting, and several people were exhausted.
"Follow me", Lu Yuan simply agreed, and then led everyone to the best hotel in town. As for his little building in Nasikai? There's no way he's going to take everyone home, it's been uninhabited for a long time, and there's a bunch of half-finished products that have run out of magic...... God knows what will happen to the Dao. Jahira followed the captain of the guard to visit Bai Lang at the mayor's residence? Gestech, the rest of the people followed Lu Yuan to the hotel.
"Dinner for six, fruits, hot water for bathing and the best room", Lu Yuan directly threw a small bag of gold coins to the boss and ordered, still calculating a spell model in his mind.
"Ah Yuan", Twilight's elbow lightly hit him, and Lu Yuan raised his head full of dissatisfaction, he was always in a bad mood when his work was interrupted. He saw a dozen people standing up in the lobby of the hotel, and they came in a surrounding suit. Led by a heavily armed woman wearing straight-walking chain mail, armed with a war hammer and shield.
She casually dropped a piece of paper she was looking at on the ground, raised her war hammer and shouted, "Candle Castle? Chanem? Hahaha, may the King of Shadows protect your death! ”
Hearing her order, the dozen or so people surrounding all drew their weapons and rushed up in a swarm.
"You too", Lu Yuan said coldly, his eyes not even lifting from the spell data.
As his words fell, the dozen or so people around him who were rushing towards him suddenly stood up in a cold sweat and with weak hands and feet, and even wanted to turn around and flee immediately. They trembled as they watched the incredible scene in front of them.
Their employer, the priest and part-time warrior under the powerful "Shadow King", was the woman who had easily knocked them all to the ground.
Now he has a wooden staff in his throat. The samurai who had taught them majesticly now dropped the hammer and shield in her hands, and held the staff stuck into her throat in vain, her mouth gurgling, and blood spat out.
She couldn't figure out what had happened when she rushed up. The ordinary-looking staff rose violently, cut through the gap between the shield and the warhammer, and pierced his neck like a spear with a blunt head wrapped in iron! But that guy didn't even look up from the paper! She muttered a curse and spat out the power of the Shadow King in the most vicious words, but had to smash it on Lu Yuan's mental barrier.
She was in despair and fell into eternal darkness, unable to even expect the Shadow King to protect her death.
Seeing the death of the priestess, the remaining local hooligans have completely lost the courage to fight.
"Deal with them!" Lu Yuan pulled out his staff, wiped the blood stains of the staff on the corpse of the woman on the ground in disgust, and walked over to pick up the parchment she had dropped.
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Bounty Announcement: [Avatar]
A reward is offered for the capture of Glion's adopted son, Chanem, as punishment for his misdeeds.
The last place he was seen was in Belgost, and anyone who saw it would be killed.
This man is tricky, and he seems to have a heavily armed partner.
This announcement is issued to all relevant trade unions.
Those who come to see him will receive a bounty of at least 680 gold coins.
As has always been the case, the same fate would have been suffered if information were leaked to official law enforcement.
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“FUCK! FUCK! Lu Yuan scolded angrily, and at this time, the group of hooligans had already seized their weapons and handed them over to the city guards who had arrived.
Lu Yuan casually threw the bounty announcement to Twilight Star, who came with him, and walked towards the hiding boss with a gloomy face, roaring like a fire-breathing dragon, "Where's dinner?!" What about hot water?! How long will we have to wait! ”
Twilight Star glanced at the bounty announcement and laughed loudly, then laughed loudly, regardless of Lu Yuan's gloomy face. Amon curiously took the "bounty announcement" and looked at it, and laughed along. The teammates laughed one after another, including Chanem, who was rewarded.
Lu Yuan drove away the boss depressedly and found a seat and sat down.
Who are you going to reason with this?!
Nima's announcement of a bounty for Chanem, what's the matter with painting Lao Tzu's head!
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