Chapter 35: Gold Coins (3)
Perhaps it was the effect of some underlying rule, or perhaps the effect of Munch's fierce face, after Munch offered to lead the way for the two of them, the crowd quickly dispersed, and gave priority to clearing a passage in the southwest direction. Munch, who was on his back, did not bow down, did not thank him, and even looked at everyone with disdain, and swaggered to the front, Scarly followed, and Brunei was the last to move, and hung at the back again.
There were no more paved stone roads outside the city than in the city, and they did not walk out of the city gates, but the so-called road they took was in fact only a dirt road that had been trampled on, and some potholes were inevitable, and Scarly, who wore his scarily high boots, did not walk well. Finally, when she nearly fell for the third time, Brunei followed and held her up.
"Miss, let me help you go?" said Brunei in at least a respectful tone.
"Hmph. Scarly tilted her head to the side again and snorted coldly, noncommittal.
“...... Psychology. [Psychological Assessment: 84>60, failed.] You don't see her face, let alone guess her thoughts by her expressions. "You shit. "[Ungrateful dregs. 】
Anyway, since Scully didn't object, it was better to hold on. If you fall out of a wound that will leave marks for a month, then the 500 standard units may be gone.
After walking a little further, Brunei found that far from being deserted, the outside of the city seemed to be quite lively. There are many bifurcated and parallel roads on both sides of the dirt road, and unusually dense rows of houses can be faintly seen in the distance. Most of them are only one storey, mainly made of wood, and look a bit like the "adventurer's camp" in the Endless Mountains.
And there were quite a few people who were active, and many of the sturdy men who could not be seen in the encirclement outside the city just now gathered together in twos and threes, sitting or squatting, and they did not work, not knowing what they were doing. It's just that, although their bodies look a little more muscular than those people, their style of dressing is very uniform, and almost everyone has the elements of tattered and dirty at the same time.
Brunei turned his eyes to Munch, who led the way, the white linen material was not good, but it was very complete, and it was very clean, if he stayed with the people around those cabins, he would have a strong sense of standing out from the crowd.
Munch suddenly turned around, and found that he had left the two of them behind a lot, and hurriedly trotted back: "My lord—"
Munch's eyes fell on Scarly's feet, and he suddenly realized: "My lord, this dirt road is not as good as the city, and I am afraid it is not easy to walk in such shoes...... Of course, I didn't mean to ask you to change your shoes. Shall we go slower?"
Brunei watched as Scarly's cheeks flushed again at a visible rate, and she pushed her away. Scarly clenched her chest again, raised her head, and said with a look of incomprehension, "Well, I haven't fallen—ah! no, I just now, yes, because—"
Brunei looked at Scarly's performance and thoughtfully: "I see. That's what happened. ”
[Hey, little Bruneith, is it time for you to lament the diversity of human personalities?]
Under the system's reminder, Brunei finally remembered to help Scarly, who was about to bite off his tongue, to go to the round: "That's right, Mr. Munch. The first time I went out of the city from this road, I thought there was no one outside the city, so I was shocked to see it just now, so I asked the eldest lady what was going on. In order to explain to me, the eldest lady walked slowly. ”
Although Munch looked rough, he was very thoughtful, he obviously wouldn't believe the nonsense explanation that Brunei had waited for so long to say, but he also smiled, and brought his previous words aside, but the pace under his feet was indeed a little slower: "I see." Although I don't live outside the city regularly, I also spend seven or eight months a year in this vicinity, if the two adults don't dislike it, how about I tell them about it?"
Brunei held Scarry again, and whispered to Scarly, "You're smart." Then, as he helped Scully on, he replied, "Please, then." ”
According to Munch, not everyone can enter the academy city casually, only if there are not enough handymen in the city, or find some "protobodies" - Munch doesn't know why it's called that, he only knows that it seems to be a word used to refer to civilians who don't have magic emblems——, so that the city gates will be opened and people will be accepted.
After carving a mark on the neck of the person entering the door, it means that you are from College City from now on. Access needs to be approved, but there will be no further major obstacles. Most of these people outside the city have come here from other places, and most of them want to enter the academy city, the purpose is to escape, but some of them want to pursue a better future.
However, the time of the release of people in the city is very irregular, sometimes they will put some in every day for several days in a row, sometimes they will not release people for months or even a year, and these people who stay outside the city will naturally not eat or drink, some of them have left, and some have built houses and lived in this relatively flat place outside the south gate of the city, and gradually have an industry, and they are not so eager to enter the city.
As soon as there were many people here, and merchants passed by from time to time, a few chicken thieves opened some industries that were not allowed in the academy town—and Munch was very eyebrow-raising, and it took Brunei a long time to guess that he was probably suggesting that the "gold coin" they were going to was one of the so-called industries that were not allowed to be opened in the city.
As a result, there were many rich children who were so bored and idle in College City that they had nothing to love - this time Munch was only frowning at Brunei alone, which made it easy for him to guess that Munch was hinting that Scarly was one of them, and sneaking out of the city to enjoy these entertainment facilities, which actually led to the prosperity of the place.
Finally, when it comes to the people in the encirclement just now, Munch's attitude is very disdainful: "A group of wastes who are counting on intercepting other people's businesses to make a windfall and are unwilling to do business." It doesn't take a few deaths every year to stop, it's not worth mentioning. ”
"How many do you have to die every year?" Brunei repeated in some surprise.
Munch glanced at Brunei, then swept over Scully and grinned, "yes, a few people have to die." Why don't people die? They pick this kind of work, but they don't want to take the risk, hehe, you say it's not waste. ”
I don't know why, Munch didn't seem to be willing to explain to him in front of Scarly, but Brunei just asked casually anyway, and if he didn't want to answer, forget it. In this way, Munch gradually began to tell the story, and finally, he interrupted his topic and raised his hand to point: "Two adults, here is the 'gold coin'." ”
A three-story building was in front of it, and it was made of stone, and it was quite conspicuous all around, and Brunei had seen it from afar, and now following Munch's finger, he saw a huge wooden plaque above the large wooden door, on which was painted a glittering gold coin, which was still shining brightly even though it was daytime, and I don't know how they got it.
The road under my feet has become a smooth boardwalk, and it can be seen that this section of the plank is well maintained, not only is not a piece rotten, not very dirty, and even the paint is not broken. On either side of the wooden door stood a tall and muscular man, dressed in a very close-fitting red uniform with buttons embroidered with gold thread, and his face was not handsome, but also mighty.
Brunei turned to see Munch's face, and couldn't help but want to sigh that he was obviously close in stature, but why was the difference in appearance so big.
"Thank you for showing us the way. However, this was not the case with Brunei's mouth, and he stepped forward with a smile and took Munch's muscular hand, but fortunately Munch did not exert himself very hard, and he did not feel any particular pain.
[You transfer 10 standard units to the other party.] Current Status: Extra MP = 470/500. 】
Munch's eyes, which were the size of copper bells, widened, glanced at Scarly on the side, and lowered his voice: "So many?"
Brunei smiled: "We met today, and it can be regarded as making friends, and when we meet in the future, we need you to take care of it." ”
Munch laughed heartily, and his originally vicious face looked a little friendlier, and he patted Brunei's shoulder twice, and said with a smile when he was slapped with meat: "Well, if there is anything to happen to the little brother in the future, I Munch will definitely go to the soup and fire, and I will not give up." Then I won't disturb the interest of the two adults, and I'll see you next time. ”
As she spoke, Scarly had already walked to the door of the gold coin, and the two people standing on the left and right of the door suddenly bent their waists deeply, and pushed the door open for her from both sides at the same time, while she stood at the door, turned around, and shouted to Brunei, "Hey, hurry up." ”
"Yes, Miss, I'll come now. ”