Chapter 1: Lord Levi of Rhode Island

Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China

In a dim and cramped messy room, a lot of dirty clothes, plastic bags, empty instant noodle bowls and fast food boxes are thrown in a mess, so that the room is always filled with an unpleasant sour smell. In addition, there are a few lingering traces of smoke, like a dog kennel.

The large anime posters posted on the walls, as well as the figures and models scattered all over the place, give this place a sense of otaku.

Next to one of the most eye-catching computer desks in the room, the flickering fluorescence of the eighteen-inch LCD screen illuminates a pale and haggard face.

A tall, emaciated figure, with a tousled head like a bird's nest, sat engrossed in front of the computer, tapping on the keyboard. The yellowish head and the slightly Western-like face all showed the young man's foreign roots.

However, for the university graduate named Levi, half of his Russian blood does not seem to have brought him any benefits in his job search - it has been a year since he graduated from college, but poor Levi is still unemployed, and can only stay at home to gnaw at his old roots.

What's worse is that for Li Wei, who has both parents dead and lives alone, after spending the last remaining little inheritance and student loans, he may not even have to gnaw on his old book - so, after eating instant noodles for four days in a row, Li Wei, who was tumbling in his stomach, finally discarded the last trace of discipline and made a job search post on the Internet.

“…… The summer vacation is approaching, because I have been unemployed for a long time and need to make a living, I have the following jobs: writing summer vacation homework for primary school students; bullying other classmates on behalf of elementary school students; Hold family meetings on behalf of students' parents, etc.

Fees:

Summer homework: (2 pages 1--grade) 6 yuan. (2 pages for grades 4-6) $8.

Bully classmates: (height-) 8 yuan. (Height-um) 1oo yuan. (height um-dm) price is negotiable.

Writing love letters: about 6o words and 4o yuan. 6o-1o6 words 6 yuan.

1o6-26 words 1oo yuan. The price of more than 26 words is negotiable.

Smashing glass: 2 yuan on the first floor. 2 yuan on the second floor. 4o yuan on the third floor. The price is negotiable from the fourth floor upwards. Interview with a dog in the community, or a tough security guard)

Those who spend more than 2O yuan can get a free membership card. Students with membership cards can apply for the following memberships:

Parent-teacher conference: 4o yuan within one hour. $7o for one to two hours.

$1oo for two to three hours. The price is negotiable for more than three hours.

Hit teachers: female teachers (O yuan), male teachers (2O yuan), physical education teachers (price negotiable). Your warm welcome ......"

After typing the last word, Levi looked around his forty-square-meter kennel melancholy, and then looked at the clock in the corner of the computer screen...... Well, it's been three minutes, he quickly turned around and opened the paper lid of Master Kong's beef bowl noodles, and a familiar pungent and pungent aroma suddenly came to his face, choking Li Wei's brows, and his stomach turned over for a while.

Hey, although I've eaten instant noodles until I'm about to vomit, it's better than drinking boiled water and nibbling on bread

Touching the few coins in his pocket, Levi sighed and reluctantly dismissed the expectation of ordering takeout at the small restaurant downstairs.

――Since graduating from university, his life journey seems to have been difficult: finding a job has hit a wall everywhere, writing online articles has no one cares about, and building a Taobao online store has suffered a lot of losses; I went to work as a dishwasher in a small restaurant, and I couldn't pull it off, so I was almost exhausted at the moment

If you really can't do it, do you want to go to the construction site tomorrow to move bricks? Sucking and eating instant noodles, Levi thought so crankily.

Then, when he turned his head to look at the screen, it was only a few minutes later, and there was already a reply under his job post

Although this reply is a bit strange - "Do you want to understand the meaning of life?" Want to ...... Alive? yeno”

Huh? What does that mean? Levi blinked in confusion, but tapped the mouse on Y anyway.

The next moment, Levi, a poor and unemployed otaku, felt that his eyes were dark, and he disappeared from his small dog kennel in an instant.

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The choking smoke, the rude noise, the coquettish smile of a woman, the pungent smell of bad wine

This is...... Where? How did I get here?

Levi rubbed his drowsy head and looked up from the table in confusion, and now he was in a tavern.

It looks like a medieval European-style tavern with thatched roofs and log beams and columns, but unlike the "fairy taverns" of movies or Disneyland, the air smells of smoke, booze and sweat, and the furniture and utensils are all filthy and tattered. For example, the wine glasses and plates on the table in front of him were actually made of wood, and they looked very pitted. The ground was also dirty and muddy, and there were even dogs scurrying around, fighting for bones and crumbs dropped by the drinkers.

Looking around again, Levi noticed that the tavern was very lively—not very spacious, and it was filled with at least a hundred people, all of whom were typical Westerners, dressed in tattered and dirty coarse cloth clothes, holding frothy dark beer in their hands, singing loudly, and eating and drinking shoddy food. A troubadour, dressed as a clown, was playing the flute by the bar, which occasionally provoked applause. There were also a few-looking, scantily clad women shuttling among them, smiling and putting the palms of every guest who was willing to pay on their chests...... Like it's often seen in Hollywood pirate movies.

What made Levi feel very strange was that these people were obviously not speaking Chinese, but he could understand what they were saying, and what made him even more strange was that although the people in the tavern were right next to him and close at hand, they seemed to be separated by such a real and illusory barrier, and when their voices came into his ears, it was a little dull, as if there was an invisible "wall" in the middle......

Curiously, Levi reached out and touched it, and sure enough, there was an invisible barrier that separated them from the people outside.

What surprised Levi even more was that when he raised his arm, he suddenly saw that he had changed into a suit of chain mail at some point

It was only then that Levi, who was unresponsive, noticed that there were nine other men sitting at the table, men and women, all of typical East Asian appearances, and dressed in medieval chain mail—the kind of "fishnet-like armor" connected by many small iron rings—or scales, hunting suits, and robes, and carrying cold weapons such as swords, tomahawks, or maces. Six of them sat awake all the time, but only looked at themselves silently, as if they were watching a play, while the other three were lying on their tables, still asleep.

However, just as Levi was about to open his mouth to question them, the three remaining people also regained their senses one by one.

“…… What the hell is this place? Belch? Is it making a movie? A young man with a red hedgehog head and a crossbow on his back looked up in a daze, and let out a ghostly howl as he looked around.

“…… Don't make a noise, I don't know what this place is. Even if the Hongxing Gang wants to toss Lao Tzu, it won't be so exaggerated."

The other bald man, who had also just woken up, first looked at the hedgehog head with contempt, then looked at the surrounding environment, and the woman who was still lying on the table and did not wake up, and couldn't help but turn his gaze to the few awake people on the table, and showed a look of vigilance and vigilance, but his mouth was unusually polite, "...... Ladies and gentlemen, can anyone tell my brother what is going on? ”

“… Well, the rest of the ladies don't pretend to be asleep. Now something important is about to be announced"

A certain Scarface Knight, who had been sitting at the table and watching the change, suddenly clapped his hands and smiled. And in the end, the girl who was left in a medieval lady's dress had to raise her head embarrassedly when she heard the sound, as if she wanted to explain something.

But before she could speak, she was interrupted by the Scarface Knight.

“…… First of all, welcome to the infinite space full of killing and death, and say goodbye to a peaceful life, rookies' Lord God, you should have already entered a message into your memory, you can recall it if you think about it carefully......"

He first pretended to be fierce, looked around the crowd with a cruel smile, and was satisfied to see that these rookies had a frightened look on their faces, and then briefly introduced the situation of the infinite space, and then changed his words, "...... Secondly, I want to congratulate you on the fact that although you unfortunately fell into this cruel Colosseum, the first plot you entered was the long-lasting historical time and space - the Hundred Years War between Britain and France

While we'll be fighting another team on this plane, our rival team won't be in battle until three years later, when the Battle of Crecy is about to begin, and we'll be in the battle to fight it out.

So, even if you hit the streets to the point where you can't even survive the first story, you should be able to live for several years - as long as you are not unlucky enough to be content with the local natives, many rookies and veterans who have experienced more than a dozen plots are probably not as long as you."

- Although it sounds like a comforting word, in such an unbelievably strange environment, combined with the scarlet knight's veteran's unpredictable tone, it makes several newcomers who have not yet accepted the truth feel even more frightened for a while.

Only Li Wei, who had been affected by various otaku cultures, was the first to calm down, raised a hand and asked:

“…… That one...... Since we have traveled back to the era of the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, which side are we going to be on? Also, exactly what year did we travel to the Hundred Years' War? And where is this place? As an outsider who suddenly came to this plane, did the Lord God arrange a certain identity for us? Or are we all up to us to figure it out on our own? ”

“…… That's a good question, and it means you've thought about your situation, rookie," the Scarface Knight raised an eyebrow and glanced at Levi with appreciation, "It's winter 132 AD, and this is a tavern in the port of Marseille, France. So we are obviously in the French camp, as for the identity set for us by the Lord God...... It's a little more complicated, have you heard of the Crusaders? ”

“…… As you may know, I usually play Medieval Total War. Levi smiled innocently, "...... But...... In the era of the Hundred Years' War between England and France, wasn't the crusade long over? Those Crusader kingdoms must have been destroyed."

“…… Ahem, you're right, but not entirely. Another middle-aged man in a black robe, who looked like a scholar, coughed in and said, "...... In this era, the Crusaders have indeed lost the last stronghold of Palestine, Acre, and completely withdrawn from the land of the Great 6 in Asia, but they still occupy many islands in the Eastern Mediterranean, and from time to time cross the sea to attack the Arab and Turkish Muslims on the Big 6, which feels a little similar to the Chiang Gong of the Tiger from Taiwan. And the identity set for us by the Lord God is the descendants of the Crusaders who came from Rhode Island to support France on the orders of the Knights Hospitaller - the main force of the Crusaders has always been French, so they are naturally close to France......"

“…… Rhode island? I think I've heard about it in some very old Japanese light novel. Is there really a zài in this place? ”

The only female newcomer interjected, and Levi, who is an otaku, nodded in agreement.

“…… Hey, don't confuse the fantasy island in "The Battle of Rhode Island" with the real Rhodes Island in the Eastern Mediterranean, rookie," Scarface Rider knocked on the table with some displeasure, "...... It is now the home of the Knights Hospitaller and the last stronghold of the Crusaders in Asia. And we, the men in armor are knights from Rhode Island, and the men who don't wear armor are squires or mercenaries. As for the set identities of the ladies, they are French aristocratic ladies who have returned to their hometowns......"

He said as he patted the scales on his body, "...... Hehe, don't underestimate this armor In this era of backward productivity, it is almost a symbol of nobility, and every one of us who wears armor can be called a lord in this world."

Suddenly, Levi, who was wearing chain mail, felt that the bald man and the red-haired hedgehog head cast two envious, jealous and hateful glances at him.

Belch...... So, according to the medieval model of calling, I seem to have become Lord Levi of Rhode Island? Levi thought with a wry smile.

“…… Then, according to the setting of the Lord God, we have a stronghold provided by the Knights Hospitaller in Marseille, and we will all look for it later. Okay, let's finally introduce myself. My name is ......"

Before the scar-faced knight, who seemed to be the captain, finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "pop" in his ear, as if a balloon had been punctured.

At the same time, everyone only felt a slight shake in the space they were in, and then the world in their eyes suddenly became clear, and not only that, but even the noise of the tavern that they heard in their ears completely lost all barriers - everyone could start moving

“…… Let's get here first, Captain," the black-robed scholar said as he patted the Scarface Knight's shoulder, then looked up at the four rookie newcomers and said meaningfully, "...... No matter what you are thinking in your hearts, but since fate has tied us together, then in the next few years, I hope we can all get along well, you freshly baked mercenaries, young ladies, and lords"

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