Chapter 6 Foothold
Walking out of the glazed hall, what appeared in front of Qin Lun and Di Di were two huge warrior statues.
The two statues stand facing each other, twenty meters apart and more than fifty meters high, backed by thick and heavy city walls, wearing armor and holding knightly swords and shields. Two knightly swords clashed together in the center of their heads, forming a majestic gate.
Through the city gate, a wide avenue made of cyan stone mosaics spreads towards the center of the city. Qin Lun walked along the bluestone avenue into the city gate, and the noise in the city also sounded in his ears.
Turning his head to look at the situation near the city gate, a knowing smile appeared on the corner of Qin Lun's mouth, and even the little goblindi's face showed a sudden look.
The new apostles who had gathered together and entered the Devil's Horn in advance did not go far, they were surrounded by a group of apostles in a corner not far from the city gate.
Although these apostles had a smile on their faces, it was clear that they all had bad intentions. Maybe it's to bring new people into the group, maybe they want to squeeze benefits from these new people, or maybe like the old demon Beruses, they want the new apostles to sell themselves to support a certain governing race.
Even if they didn't use force, it would not be easy for weak newcomers to get out of the siege. Anyway, if you don't pay some price, I'm afraid you will be entangled for a long time. These people are very eye-catching, and maybe there are still their eyeliners in the glass hall, and they can tell at a glance these new apostles who have gathered into the devil's horn.
Although in the Devil's Horn, provocation is equal to fighting, the senior apostle has no psychological burden to oppress the newcomer. I think that's how they came back at the beginning.
Of course, not all of the besieged new apostles, it is estimated that some people, like Qin Lun, should have had a premonition of this situation and avoided the entanglement in advance.
In fact, there were city guards who were in charge of standing guard near the city gate, and they just watched this qiē, but did not take the initiative to come. None of the new apostles shouted for help to the city guards, they were a little less attentive than Qin Lun, but that didn't mean they were stupid.
How can a person who can become a full-fledged apostle be a fool. A loud cry for help would indeed immediately summon the city guards, and the apostles who surrounded them would let them go immediately. After all, absorbing the new apostles is the foundation for the apostle city to stand forever, and since the devil's horn has promised to protect the new apostles, it will definitely not use its reputation to backtrack.
But no new apostle would be willing to give up his dignity for such a small difficulty. Even this embarrassment has to ask the city guards for help, what kind of apostles do they do, what otherworldly missions do they perform, just wipe their necks, save life and make people look down on them.
Qin Lun, who wore a demon mask and led a little goblin to appear at the gate of the city, no one paid attention, his image did not look like a new apostle, and naturally no one came to entangle.
"Master, did you expect this situation a long time ago?" Dee Dee asked in a sneaky whisper.
Qin Lun smiled and shook his head silently, he was not an immortal, how could he expect this kind of specific situation. It was only before going out that the killer found that no one from the demon clan was following the new apostle, so he remembered what happened to him when he first entered Handan Prison.
At that time, four vicious prisoners died on the spot in the bathing room of Handan Prison, and Qin Lun or Joey Foster had not used the sleeping bunk in the cell, so he lay directly in the intensive care ward of the prison and returned to the cell three months later.
"Your Excellency the Apostle, do you want a car?" A loud voice sounded behind Qin Lun and the others.
Qin Lun turned around and found that a middle-aged "little man" appeared behind him, this short man had broad shoulders and thick body, like a square square, a beard on his chin, and a big nose, as if God had casually put a ball of mud in the center of his face. From the point of view of human aesthetics, he is ugly.
"Your Excellency, as long as 3 Broken Crystals, I will send you to any corner of this city!" The middle-aged dwarf said cautiously with a respectful smile on his face.
Despite the strict laws and regulations enacted by the Apostolic Cities to protect the intelligent races serving the Apostles, in reality the servants were still in an extremely vulnerable position. Working in service at the Devil's Horn is an extremely rewarding and risky venture.
Looking at this middle-aged dwarf, Qin Lun's heart moved, and he remembered the other management race in the Demon Horn, the Dwarf Clan.
"3 Broken Crystals is too much, we live very close to the city center, 1 Broken Crystal is enough!" Before Qin Lun could speak, the little goblin jumped out from behind and began to perform the duties of his entourage.
Qin Lun took his eyes off the two arguing people and observed the buildings on both sides of the bluestone avenue. Most of the buildings in Devil's Horn are relatively low, and there are very few buildings with more than five floors, basically all of them are around two to three floors.
Perhaps because of the size of the land and the sparse population, these buildings cover a large area, with the alleys connecting the bluestone avenues basically seven or eight meters wide, and neat sidewalks and underground water channels covered with stone slabs in front of the buildings.
Most of the buildings on both sides of the bluestone avenue are for commercial purposes, and many of the buildings closer to the city gate are the reception of the Chamber of Commerce and the carriage and horse shop, and some seem to be the recruitment offices of the new apostle team, and there may be many recruiters for those who surround the new apostles.
Far away from the city gate, Qin Lun faintly saw taverns, inns, apothecaries, and equipment shops of various names. Through the flash of light in the glass windows of the shop, he found that the technology used in the shop was extremely advanced, and there was even a 3D stereoscopic projection for introduction.
To Qin Lun's surprise, apart from the doors and windows, the exterior walls of these buildings were not made of wood and stone, but metal. Although the facades are painted with dye and lime to prevent the reflection of light, the exposed parts of the walls are clearly metallic.
The architecture of the whole city has the flavor of a medieval stone town, except that the stone buildings have been transformed into metal buildings, and the ancient furniture furnishings are full of ultra-modern science fiction technology.
Ancient architecture combined with technologically advanced interiors! Qin Lun tapped his temples with his fingers, and a trace of strangeness appeared on his face.
At this time, the middle-aged dwarf named Ram and Didi's bargaining also came to an end, and the two finally hired Ram's carriage for 2 broken crystals.
When Ram pulled the carriage from nearby, Qin Lun was surprised to find that it was really an antique medieval carriage, but it was actually pulled by two mechanical horses powered by magic crystals.
Qin Lun sat into the open-top carriage speechlessly, closed his eyes and rested. However, Didi and Ram seem to have a relationship, and they have been talking along the way. However, Qin Lun knew that the little goblin was trying to obtain information.
Didi is very intelligent and mentally mature. Qin Lun's explanation to it not long ago immediately made the little goblin realize that the master could not expose the ignorance of the new apostle in front of people. Therefore, it is up to it to talk to Chevram and gain some common sense about the Devil's Horn.
Ram was very talkative, and along the way, he introduced not only the shops on both sides of the road, but also some important areas of the city.
If the previous introduction of the Demon Horn by Beruse and the Demon Maiden was a skeleton, then the fragmentary information in Ram's words added a lot of flesh and blood to this skeleton, giving Qin Lun a vague general impression of the Demon Horn.
From Ram's words, he also learned about the level of consumption of the Demon Horn. In this apostle city, ordinary apostles, including shelter and food, consume about 20 broken crystals a day on average, and 600 broken crystals a month.
For an apostle like Qin Lun who performs an otherworldly mission once a month and earns 2,000 broken crystals for a basic task, this is not a high consumption. However, for those apostles who only perform an otherworldly mission once every six months, it is a bit unbearable.
If you want to live a normal life in the Devil's Horn, performing an Atlas mission once every two months is the minimum. In addition, doing more urban employment tasks is another option. It seems that this should be the eligibility criteria for the Devil's Horn to divide the resident apostles.
It is no wonder that some apostles choose to live in the original floating city, in addition to the reason for preferring the original city, I am afraid that the inability to bear the high consumption of the apostle city is also a reason.
These Apostles will only follow the regularly open Starry Sky Gate to trade in the Apostle City when they have accumulated some surplus equipment items. While such a trade would be taxed by the Devil's Horn at a high rate, it was better than not being able to gain a foothold.
Qin Lun is now more and more satisfied with Didi's little entourage, the little guy is still insignificant in the Moonlight Forest. After reaching the Devil's Horn, the little goblin finally showed his worth. Qin Lun didn't want to let the trivial things in life involve his energy, and it was not easy to find a smart and tight-mouthed retinue temporarily.
The city area of the Demon Horn was not very large, and after half an hour, the carriage came to the door of the residence provided by the Demon Clan to Qin Lun. Didi used Qin Lun's identity tag to pay for the car, and after exchanging a communication number with Ram, he followed the owner into the residence.
This is a two-storey modern villa, across a row of other villas, you can see the main street, the location and lighting are good.
The villa is fully furnished and a great size, except for no spare clothes and food, everything else is available, as well as a full set of cutlery and refrigerated cupboards. Didi also had a big room of his own and seemed very satisfied.
In the evening, an alarm suddenly rang in front of the villa.
Dee Dee goes out and opens the door, revealing two elves who have made an appointment to visit, Marfa Moria and Adeline Moria.
"Welcome, Lord Marfa!" Qin Lun greeted him from the living room with a smile, "It's been a long time!" ”
"Hehe, Your Excellency Qin Lun, for the apostles who went out to carry out the mission of the other world, maybe a long time has passed. But it seems to us that you and I haven't seen each other for two days! Marfa smiled wryly and shook her head.
Qin Lun was stunned for a moment, and immediately came to his senses, he had been in the Orphan World for a whole month, but he had only seen Marfa for two days in the Broken Starry Sky.
"Hehe, you'll get used to this change!" Marfa smiled, "I'm here to deliver something to you, and we've done what you asked Adeline!" ”
As she spoke, Marfa took a few things out of her carry-on package and placed them on the coffee table in the living room. Looking at these things, a trace of complexity suddenly appeared on Qin Lun's face.