Chapter 56: The Vacation in Itarica City (I)

When the battle for the throne of the empire finally came to an end in the blood and fire that burned in the sky, the city of Itarica, which was located on the other side of the Romanian mountains, was still ignorant of the upheaval due to the distance and the speed of information transmission.

At this moment, two months have passed since the visit of the "Aliens" floating fleet. Despite all the noise at the beginning, with the departure of the floating fleet and the passage of time, Itarica City seems to be slowly returning to calm.

Of course, the visit of the Otherworlders still brought some changes to the city after all—for example, when the vast majority of the Otherworlders' army escorted the 30,000 subhuman refugees outside the city and Princess Pinna as a hostage, a small force remained.

“…… Bite! Clang! Smack! ”

In the Oval Arena of Itarica, at the door of a dark green military tent, with a few short, clear metal strikes, an unbladed training sword flew out of the female knight's palm and plunged diagonally into the dry sand.

And the former paladin Levi, who easily flew away the opponent's long sword, did not step forward further, but took a few steps back, and put the sword into the sheath with Shi Ran, and at the same time commented with interest, "...... The blocking moves are good, and the speed of the movements is also very agile, but unfortunately your strength is not enough, and no matter how subtle the moves are, they are in vain! If this weren't a competition, but a real fight, you would have been my captive by now, or hacked to death! ”

“…… You are quite right, thank you for your teachings. "The beauty in men's clothes who was knocked off her sword by Levi, the current acting head of the Knights of the Rose, and the captain of the White Rose detachment, Penny Bead. Frey. Miss Baroness Gelky was silent for a moment, then acquiesced with a wry smile. And behind her, a group of female knights who watched the excitement couldn't help but lament in unison: according to this view, there is no way to find a place from the hands of the otherworldly.

- When Wang Qiu retreated from Itarica City with the floating fleet and ground troops, in order to maintain contact and monitor the situation, he still left a ten-person team in the city, and appointed Li Wei as the acting leader of the chengguan team. Because the most spacious part of the city, apart from the noisy market square, is an oval arena that resembles a modern stadium (a cheap simplified version of the Colosseum): in an age of monotonous entertainment, the arena was one of the few "popular" forms of entertainment other than gambling. Every time the competition season comes, there will be gladiators fighting to the death here, just to get a smile from the audience. Occasionally, a circus comes here to perform acrobatics for the whole city.

However, the cost of a deadly game like a gladiatorial game is much higher than that of a football match, but it can't be played dozens of times a day in a loop like a movie. Especially in small cities with small populations and limited financial and spending power, it is common to hold four or five gladiatorial competitions every year. In today's wartime situation, Itarica City has no financial resources and energy to host any gladiatorial competitions.

Therefore, Levi ordered the requisition of this idle arena and set up the tents of the remaining teams directly on the arena.

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In the first few days, the citizens of Itarica City were still quite afraid of the otherworldly people and always avoided them, but as time passed, seeing that these otherworldly people did not seem to have done any vicious and tyrannical acts, they slowly put their hearts back into their stomachs, and even began to be curious about these people from the other world. In addition, according to the instructions of the city of Arnous, Levi also organizes an auction in Itarica City every few days to sell some modern industrial products to the citizens, on the one hand, to show his friendly attitude, and on the other hand, to search for local products unique to another world...... After a few contacts, the two sides gradually became acquainted, or at least they could get along peacefully.

After all, in the continent of Farmat, where wars and rebellions are continuous, and national borders are changing, it is as common for ordinary people to change nationality as if they were getting married and having children, and the rulers of various countries have the habit of forcibly relocating residents to enrich the borders, so it is really difficult to cultivate any xenophobic concepts.

Especially the female knights of the Knights of the Rose, all of them were originally arrogant noble ladies, who were accustomed to commanding and looking at people with their nostrils since they were children. The last time the floating fleet of the Otherworldly people came to the end, the shock was so powerful that these female knights were almost frightened. But when the crisis eased temporarily, these female knights came back to their senses, and couldn't help but feel extremely ashamed and angry about the ugliness they had exposed at the beginning, but they were unwilling to admit their mistakes, so they naturally became petty, angered the people from the other world, and prepared to find a way to get back to the field.

Of course, although they have a small temperament, these female knights still know more or less the severity. At present, the two sides are still negotiating, the attitude of the Senate and the emperor on this matter is still unknown, and the princess and a group of colleagues in the knights are also hostages at the hands of the otherworldly. No one can afford to provoke an armed conflict rashly...... Therefore, they just want to use their skills to compete with people from other worlds in swordsmanship, horsemanship, etc., to somewhat save some self-esteem - even people from other worlds who can control giant ships and soar into the sky should have something they are not good at, right?

Among the small group of Otherworldly soldiers encamped in the arena, most of them were miscellaneous soldiers wearing strange green clothes and holding strange metal instruments in their hands, only their captain wore armor and swords, and although he had no horses, he looked like a knight...... So, a few days later, the female knights of the Rose Knights came to the arena in full armor and named the knight captain of the Otherworldly Man to compete with each other.

But the problem is that the squad leader they challenged happened to be a former infinite space reincarnation, Comrade Levi, who was once awarded the title of "Paladin" by the Pope in medieval Europe - although the title of "Paladin" won by Levi in medieval France was somewhat watery, and his personal martial arts were far inferior to those legendary heroes who slain dragons and broke the country, but no matter what, he was also a member of the Knights Hospitaller for many years, participated in the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, and then led soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty. For all kinds of cold weapon battles, it can be said that it is too familiar to be familiar. Moreover, thanks to the adventures of the past, he has also been strengthened by Doraemon's future props, and the strength of his muscles is far better than that of many modern Hercules, killing a bear with his bare hands is not a problem, and the level of playing with guns and sniping may be relatively average, but the skills of riding and slashing are absolutely carryable.

And Princess Pinna's Knights of the Roses is just a "toy army" with almost no actual combat experience...... When the challenge of several female knights was easily thwarted by Levi, the unconvinced female knights instigated the acting head of the regiment after Princess Pinna left, and Penny Zhu, the captain of the White Rose detachment with the most powerful swordsmanship in the regiment, trying to ask her to help find the field. It's a pity that even Penny Bead is still not the enemy of Levi's fierce general.

Naturally, the female knights felt very sorry for this...... But it's just a pity. After all, the two sides have not really accumulated any hatred. And Levi's status as an officer of the otherworldly people is enough to make the most delicate eldest lady dare not come nonsense without permission.

So, after lamenting that their captain was still no match for this guy, a beautiful blonde knight stepped forward, respectfully clasped her fists on her chest, and gave Levi a military salute," ...... Your Excellency, the merchant who wants to buy goods from you has been summoned to the lord's mansion. Please get on the bus with your goods and follow us to the lord's mansion! ”

Levi nodded, reached out and touched the [Four-Dimensional Pocket] in his arms again, and got into the local lord's carriage and walked all the way away......

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On the first two occasions when he peddled modern goods, Levi led people to set up a stall directly in the market square of Itarica City.

As a result, because of the identity of the "otherworldly", the vendors and customers in the entire square were instantly scared away, and after waiting for a long time, someone came to inquire about business with trepidation...... Next, because the modern earthly goods with gorgeous appearances such as silk, colored porcelain, candy, cosmetic boxes, cheap jewelry, stainless steel cutlery, enamel basins and hot water bottles on display had an unspoken allure to the inhabitants of Itarica City, and Levi set a relatively low price in order to make a good relationship here, but the situation in the bazaar soon went to the other extreme - the citizens who put away their vigilance flocked to the city, in order to rush to buy all kinds of novelty goods from the otherworld, There were even brawls and stampedes......

Of course, that's not the most troublesome issue. To add insult to injury, as with all ancient bazaars, any over-the-top trade will attract the attention of pickpockets and gangsters. These greedy rats in the gutter did not care about any diplomatic conflicts and war risks, so they immediately mixed in the crowd and stole the money bags, and then tried to take advantage of the chaos to rob the silk and stainless steel tableware on the stalls of the otherworlders, and as a result, they hit the iron plate headlong - Levi, who had been a knight in medieval Europe for several years, was not the kind of legendary commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force who could not fight back and scolded and did not return the mouth, so he immediately ordered a shot back, knocked over six thieves and hooligans on the spot, and caught a small leader who commanded them, They were shot on the spot in the bazaar, and then a row of metal shelves was erected to hang their corpses...... Since then, no one in the city has dared to casually fight the bad idea of the Otherworld.

If this is all there is to it, then no one will care about the fate of these social dross, without which the security of the city will only get better. But the problem is that because the bullet does not have long eyes, the stray bullet at that time also accidentally injured eight innocent citizens, including the old butler and two maids of the Count Vermar's house...... In order to prevent such an unfortunate thing from happening again, at the behest of the local lord, Lorimiyu the Countess of Vermar, Knight Levi changed the location of the stall from the open market square to the lord's mansion, which was guarded by high walls. The number of customers who could come to trade directly changed from a mixed group of citizens to gentlemen and businessmen with status, that is, from retail to wholesale.

In this way, not only the speed of completing the business is greatly accelerated, but also the security and order of the transaction site can be more guaranteed.

Of course, Levi's profits will also be reduced because of this, but their original goal at this stage is not to make a lot of money directly, but to make a name for themselves and spread their influence, so as long as they don't lose money, it doesn't matter...... So both sides can be said to be happy.

When Levi's carriage drove into the courtyard of the lord's residence, a group of robed merchants were already waiting in the courtyard, and the female knights of the Rose Knights were also wearing ornate armor, armed with spears and battle axes, standing guard all around.

After getting off the bus, in the face of the greetings and flattery from the merchants, Levi just waved his hand calmly, and then walked to a pre-drawn white line next to the open space, took out boxes and bundles of goods from the [four-dimensional pocket], stacked them in the open space to show everyone, and announced loudly: "...... Today is still the same as the previous times, the old rules! I brought fifteen items to auction by kind! No odd selling, no bargaining, you decide how much you want to pay, or what rare gadgets you want to exchange! I'll decide whether to sell or not. Let's start shooting......"