CHAPTER XVII

"Hoohaha. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeใ€‚ After drinking half a small bottle of wine in one gulp, Natasha let out a satisfied voice.

Martin smiled helplessly. Martin is a man who doesn't like to drink. But considering that good wine can be used as a gift, in order to facilitate the interaction with the locals in the Northland, he still packed a lot of wine in the space bag. Unexpectedly, before it could come in handy, Natasha drank a lot.

"It's a really good wine. Natasha praised, "But I'm a little embarrassed to drink so much, and you can deduct the money from the gratuity I deserve." โ€

"No need. But you have to keep some wine, which I prepared to make good relations with the local chieftain or something. Martin replied.

"If it's a little further north, I think it would have worked well. Natasha commented, "There is mead, mare's milk, and ale." But wine is scarce and can only be imported. Generally, only nobles can drink it. But is it really necessary to go somewhere so far north?"

"If you need to, then you must go! Why, is it inconvenient for you?" replied Martin.

"There's nothing wrong with me, it's just that it's a bit of a hassle to maintain this bow when the time comes. If I had known that you were going to such a north, I wouldn't have picked a compound bow. โ€

Martin told Natasha about her purpose only a few days after she had partnered with her. Briefly, vaguely, he said that he was looking for a holy relic that he didn't know where it was. Martin tells Natasha that he has a magical item on his body that can sense the artifact. All you have to do is follow a fishhook-shaped route (if you go through a fishhook-shaped route, you will find a larger search range), hoping that the magic item on your body will be able to sense the holy artifact.

In the days that followed, Martin gradually told Natasha more about it, such as that he was looking for the artifact to treat the strange illness of Liucretia.

And in the days when I went on a journey after forming a team with Natasha, it was probably because I was still in the territory of Gray Zhiguo, and I walked on the main road, and the environment was relatively good. The two have not been in any danger. Only once did they encounter a small group of goblins, and before Martin could even make a move, Natasha fired a few arrows to scare the timid ones away.

Therefore, the travel in those days was not a romantic adventure, on the contrary, it was somewhat boring.

Probably out of boredom, after cleaning up the dishes, Natasha suddenly asked, "So, that Miss Liucretia is your lover?"

Martin never told her about Liucrexia's identity, probably noticing Martin's attitude and vocabulary when talking about Liucrexia, and Natasha came up with this conjecture.

"Oh, no, it's not. I'm not her lover. Martin replied.

"Not a lover, so you ran so far and risked ...... for this?"

"But, I think I'm friends with her......" Martin said with a somewhat melancholy expression. But soon turned to relief, "At least she and I are friends......

"So, what kind of girl is she?" asked Natasha continued.

"A very good girl, but not the kind of top-notch excellent person who makes people feel unapproachable. It's the kind of excellent at the same time, giving people a feeling of being willing to associate with it. However, I always felt dwarfed in front of her. She came from a good background, but she was never domineering. But he can use a unique temperament to impress others. She is a paladin. In the team, everyone respects her. I haven't known her for a long time, but she seems to have quite a few admirers. โ€

"What about appearance?"

"The figure is a little petite, with black hair and black eyes, except for the very fair skin, which is typical of the Langding people. โ€

"Oh, dark-eyed girl......" Natasha said as she flipped onto her horse. Everything has been packed up, and it's time to go.

"I don't think you deserve her. Natasha said something as she rode her horse.

"Oh, is there one?"

"I'm guessing, but depending on your reaction, it's true. โ€

Martin smiled wordlessly and awkwardly. Then Natasha said, "Well, you didn't think about getting her by force, like coming from behind her one day...... After that, the raw rice is cooked and matured......"

Martin was startled, then relented when he saw that Natasha's face was joking. But he still replied seriously, "I can't use such despicable means against her, I respect her." Besides, with her strong character, she will not give in to this. โ€

"If you just do that kind of thing, you probably won't give in, but if you do it a few more times, it will be different after you give birth to a baby, and you will definitely accept your fate. Trust me, that's right. Natasha continued jokingly.

"Well, according to the map, we're already in Noma's territory. Don't laugh, be vigilant! This country is not as peaceful as Grayzhi. Martin clearly didn't want to continue the topic and pulled the conversation away.

And Natasha also reined in and began to get serious. Riding on horseback, she hurried as she watched around vigilantly for a possible surprise attack.

However, it was still calm along the way. That's the benefit of taking the road. This kind of road is very conducive to the advancement of the army, and it is also important to go to the road in many matters such as defense and economy. Therefore, this avenue is patrolled by the army from time to time. It's still safer to walk on it.

After a while, Natasha couldn't bear the loneliness again and started chatting with Martin. This time, Martin took care to bring the conversation to Natasha's life.

Martin gradually discovers in small talk that Natasha is also inherently romantic, and she deserves to be her brother's sister. It's just that she is more cautious and only buries those romantic thoughts in her heart. Instead of treating the windmill as a giant like his brother.

And the accidental mention of Natasha's childhood life left Martin speechless. In her childhood, Natasha relied on her relatively high status in the clan, ate well and grew strong, and often ravaged the children in the clan.

"Well, at that time, I was pretending to be the queen of Masagethai and making games. And the son of the merchant who came to do business laughed at me. So I kicked him and pressed his face into the grass. He yelled at him, "You're a sheep, you're a sheep, you're a grazing sheep!" and whipped him. Of course, I was also small at that time, and I just took a thin leather whip and pumped it gently, but the important thing was that form, hehehe, it felt very cool, and bullying people was never so cool. And so I played that game many times later......" Natasha smiled, recalling another precious memory of her childhood.

At the same time, Martin felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find anything to say, and after a search, he only said, "It seems that the queen does not need the support of noble royal blood, some people are born queens." โ€

The small talk along the way did not affect the speed of travel, and it was not long before the two of them reached the first village since they had come to the territory of Nomai.

When they entered the village, the two did not feel any difference. After all, the appearance of the Nomai people is similar to that of the Grezhi people, they are both blonde and blue-eyed, and they belong to the general category of the Tuoman people. And this place is very close to the country of Gray, and the customs are similar. Therefore, the two of them did not have any curiosity, and planned to leave the village with a simple supply.

However, while shopping for supplies at the only small shop in the village, Martin heard a song "Alla Rub Beep Beep Bla Biun Bang Lian N Bang Bo, Wow Guy Guy Bi Le Bi Bi Le Guy Bang ......Bo Guy Bang Bo Bang Bo Ah

He is a troubadour. Martin's brother had told him that the Viggens (Nomai were a branch of the Vigen) were fond of poetry, and troubadours roamed the Northlands. At that time, Martin was still a little unconvinced, but he didn't expect to come here and run into one so quickly.

After buying supplies, the two went to the troubadour. Martin bluntly handed over a silver coin and said, "Excuse me, can you tell us about the news in the neighborhood these days?"

In this era of underdeveloped information, many times people have to rely on this way of word of mouth if they want to understand what is going on. On the one hand, troubadours are well-informed because of their constant travels. On the other hand, they also deliberately collect news for the sake of creation. Therefore, when you want to know something, it is appropriate to ask them who are well-informed.

The well-dressed troubadour took the silver coin, and did not sell it. also said to Martin directly, "Looking at your identity, you look like an adventurer, and you have had a chance to make a fortune recently." A lonely, first-time dark elf girl is running around, and if you can catch her, she can sell it for a pretty good price. โ€

The Vigents of the Northland were in the habit of keeping slaves, so the troubadour made such a prosaic suggestion to make a fortune, as ordinary as an intelligence dealer telling a merchant that the price of cotton was going to rise.

Martin smiled and said, "I'm not interested in this. I'd like to inquire about any religious relics brought from the south in this area. โ€

"That's? On the one hand, this side is too far away from the sea, and people here rarely go out to fight. On the other hand, people here are not rich and don't buy that kind of thing. You are sent by a church in the south to seek the relics, and if that is the case, I advise you to look further north. The troubadour paused for a moment, then gave Martin an idea.

Martin was noncommittal, laughed, and inquired about something else. He had learned from the troubadour that everything was uneventful except for the dark elves. Nothing unexpected happened. There is also no news of monsters infesting the town. It can be seen that the new king of Nomai has a very good way of governing the country in an orderly manner.

Just as Martin had asked everything and was ready to leave. Natasha asked the troubadour curiously, "You mean there's a dark elf girl on the surface around here?"

"It's not nearby, it's not the place where it happened, it's two days to ride a horse from here. โ€

"Oh, what the hell is going on?" asked Natasha. Martin saw that she was interested, and it was not good to urge her to leave. So he stood aside and listened to their conversation.

"That's right, four days ago, four adventurers captured a dark elf girl. They carried her on a stretcher. When he met an acquaintance on the road, a young man couldn't help but brag a few words to the acquaintance. The news spread relatively quickly on the avenue, so the news that they had caught a dark elf spread. But the next day, crows were seen gathering in the woods not far from the avenue, and curious people went to find out. As a result, the bodies of the four men were found in the place where the crow flock gathered. Tsk, then they said that they would sell the dark elves and go back to their hometown to get married, but they didn't expect it to become a feast for crows in the blink of an eye. โ€

"But it is likely that other adventurers did it after they were blushing and had the intention of killing people and taking money. If they were able to catch that dark elf, why did they have two blows, so they let the captives kill them in turn?"

"Who knows? But it doesn't look like it was snatched by other adventurers. Because on the same day that the body was found, someone else witnessed the dark elf girl stealing from a village. โ€

"What did you steal?" asked Natasha.

"It's strange, it's the map that stole it. Could it be that he was a spy, scouting for the invasion of the dark elves, but that wouldn't be so easy to catch by those four adventurers. โ€

"Hmm, how old is that dark elf?"

"How old is this?" no one knows, but according to the acquaintances of the four adventurers, it's still a child. It's really a dark elf, a little girl is so powerful. โ€

After asking about the situation, the lively Natasha still had the heart to listen to the troubadour sing two more tunes before leaving the village with Martin. See the look on her face as she listens to those epics. Once again, Martin felt that she was indeed the sister of the knight who longed for romance.

"What are you going to do?" asked Martin

"Well, that's a lot of money. You're not tempted?"

"I'm not interested in that. Dark elves are not easy to provoke. Besides, this has nothing to do with me, and I don't want to delay my trip, but for me, it's better to get down to business!

"Not really, I don't want to provoke Drow easily. Our tribe has been attacked by dark elves before, probably because the elven caravan happens to be staying in our tribe. Luckily, there was only one squad at the time, but the elven caravan killed three people, and our tribe also took several people. Drow is a terrible creature, and the warriors of our tribe are good at it, but when Drow kills them, it's as easy as dancing. โ€

"You're a little scared of Drow?"

"Who isn't afraid of Drow, but I did have an idea. โ€

"What's the idea?"

"That's cutting off the head of that Drow, she doesn't seem to be a big deal, but the Drow race itself can bring me enough glory. โ€

"So, do you really want to do it?" asked Martin, wondering if he could help her get the head.

"Forget it. This adventure is not for me. Since you don't want to delay, then I'll follow your arrangement. Besides, it was a kid again. A child's head is not worth much. โ€

The two men talked as they continued on the avenue, north, north......

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Sorry for the late update. The main reason is that there are too few complaints in the book review area, and there is no motivation! After the fifteenth chapter was written, I thought I could see a lot of complaints, but it turned out that there was no ...... at all. I repeat, I am not uncomfortable with being complained about.

Hehe, some time ago, I suddenly had an impure association with the lyrics of the song "In That Distant Place". Isn't there a "I want to be a lamb" and "I want her to keep hitting me with a thin leather whip"? Willing to be a sheep is better than being a pig, but it is also limited...... As for the lyrics of the whip, it's even more explicit......

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about "Campus Apocalypse". I didn't watch the cartoon though. I have a very bad impression of it. I've read the original manga before. It felt disgusting. Not because of the zombies or anything, not because of the disgusting boobs. It's because of the thoughts that flow out of it. China is vaguely mentioned in it, and it appears as a big villain. For example, the episode where the missile is launched...... And there are also plots that beautify the Japanese right-wing, promote US-Japan goodwill, joint operations (laughs, he is really a godson), and scandalize the Japanese leftists. It is said that the author took money from the Japanese right. I think that's really something to be wary of. You know, there are a large number of Japanese who have never reflected on World War II. And it can be seen from the large number of literary and artistic works they made, such as "Goodbye Firefly" and "Man's Yamato", which are anti-war films on the surface but anti-war films in their bones. Many Japanese people are still very unwilling.

So, there's nothing wrong with looking at Japanese literature and art. I also like "I'm a Cat" or something. However, after watching a few cartoons, I still can't think about my thoughts as a Japanese person. During this period of time, there was a feeling of "ah, potential translators all over the place" on ACFUN. Very disappointing.

Tragedy, the name of the chapter is mistyped, and two 16 chapters appear. Now it's changed