Chapter 40: Danger (2)
"None of them have magic emblems on their hands, so they're not adventurers. www.biquge.info The bald head calmly analyzed the situation for Bruneith - if you ignore the beads of sweat on his forehead, "Are they here to arrest us?"
In contrast, Brunei, who had not seen the situation outside, was in a much better state: "Calm down, that's unlikely, isn't it? Didn't you tell me that no one who had come to hunt you before appeared in the Endless Mountains?"
The bald head nodded desperately, as if this would ease his nervousness: "That's right...... I'm just a mage's apprentice who illegally possesses the emblem of magic. Although it is not tolerated by the Empire, it is not worth sending so many people to hunt down. And you, too, are me. Phew, maybe I'm thinking too much, then we can go and negotiate with them-"
[Hehe, that's what I said, little Bruneisi, do you really think so?]
"Don't!" Brunei quickly stopped the bald head who wanted to open the door, and after being stared at by the bald head with puzzled eyes, Brunei coughed twice, rolled his eyes, and said, "Just now, as soon as you opened the window, didn't they shoot an arrow? Even if they didn't come to arrest us, they obviously didn't intend to stay alive in this room." ā
"If you open the door rashly, you probably won't know how you died!" said Brunei Si as he thought, and finally even his own face turned pale, "...... Even if you want to reach a settlement, you should explain it to the outside from the inside. ā
After such a toss, the bald head, who had really calmed down, nodded: "You're right." They must not have come to hunt us down, so after explaining it and getting their assurances that we will let us go, we will be able to leave safely. You're right, that's the most reasonable thing to do. ā
In his words, the two "certaints" are more important than the other, and it is clear that he is not so sure of this.
The cold sweat on Brunei's head flowed uncontrollably, but he could only nod his head: "That's it." ā
While they struggled with how to respond, time didn't stop flowing, and in the end, the people outside the door helped them make their choices. The shouts of a middle-aged adult man sounded outside the room, but they were so smart that they even felt a little buzzing in their ears: "Your Excellency Kailan is coming, don't open the door to greet you soon!"
Your Excellency is an honorific title exclusive to mages in the Empire, then, considering his status as an Imperial Mage, the rest of the people are probably the magic attendants of this "Lord Kailan". It's inconvenient for Imperial mages to venture into a no-man's land like the Endless Mountains, and that's why these magic acolytes are here.
At least twenty magic attendants represent the strength of His Excellency Kailan's second-turn mage. After realizing this, although Brunei was still hesitating, the bald head opened the door almost immediately. The reason is simple, this poor wooden house, which can only be used as a shelter against the beast at best, has no ability to resist the entry of any of the Second Turning Mages. Then, rather than being killed after not cooperating, it is better to honestly obey the arrangement to get a chance of survival.
"I'm just an ordinary adventurer! I don't dare to resist, I'll leave everything at the disposal of adults!" the bald man shouted in the room, then slammed the door open, closing his eyes with nervousness and fear.
Fortunately, the worst-case scenario of being killed by random arrows as soon as he opened the door did not happen, on the contrary, he heard a nice female laughter. After laughing for a while, the woman said, "This guy is quite interesting." Go, take off his hat. ā
The bald head opened his eyes carefully, as an adventurer who had not been in the industry for a short time, he could easily see that the number of people around him was about thirty, almost all of them were men, the only woman, judging from the way she was commanding and giving orders just now, as well as her dress that was not suitable for the action of the mountains and the sedan chair behind her, it was probably the "Lord Kailan" mentioned earlier.
It's a pity that although her voice is very good, her appearance can only be described as average, her facial features are barely upright, but her skin is abnormally white, which makes people chill. Bald had seen such women before they became adventurers, their complexions had been treated with special, even poisonous, potions, and even their faces, their facial features, perhaps magically altered, to conform to a particular standard of the same in their minds.
This means that His Excellency is a woman who attaches great importance to her appearance, and this is undoubtedly bad news for the bald head.
In order to prevent his act of resistance from being misinterpreted as a threat, the bald head waited motionlessly for the man closest to him to knock his hat away with an almost rough motion. Seeing the appearance of the straw hat that had been following him for a long time dancing in the air in the air, the bald head seriously considered for a moment the five stupid male humans who were careless, and did not actually look at Lord Kailan here, before he reacted, killed this fox fake tiger might, and there was nothing commendable except for health.
Fortunately, he finally resisted the strong urge.
As it turned out, his choice saved his life. After seeing the leprosy scar on the top of his bald head, Lord Kailan unabashedly showed a look of disgust, waved his hand very vigorously, as if forcibly holding back the desire to vomit, and urged: "Wrap his head! Hurry up! It's disgusting, it's disgusting, it's really bad luck." ā
Judging from Lord Kailan's reaction, if the bald head showed any aggressive behavior at this time, she would probably be overjoyed, and seize this opportunity to completely destroy the bald head, a creature that made her disgusting.
The bald head quickly ran over and picked up his straw hat, ignoring the dirt and blades of grass on it, and just buckled it directly to his head, and then stood still, hanging his head, as if he was waiting to be sent. Perhaps his submissive behavior really worked, or perhaps Lord Kailan was not so fond of angry mages, she simply waved her hand in annoyance and returned to the palanquin.
The attendant who had been standing by her side before was also very white-skinned, but it was obviously born white, and he could be called a beautiful man with a crown of jade, and by all indications, he was probably the most trusted attendant of Lord Kailan.
When Lord Kailan returned to the palanquin, the attendant apparently became the leader of those present, and his chest was raised at the same time, so to speak, he strode up to the bald head, and said to him in a condescending manner: "Adventurer, is it? Lord Kailan is a free mage, and in a way, he can be regarded as a companion to you. ā
The bald head sneered, nodded and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ā
The head of the squire spewed out a puff of gas through his nostrils and sprayed it onto the bald hat: "Of course you don't dare. ā
"......" the bald head nodded desperately, without saying a word.
The head of the squire seemed to be greatly satisfied by this, and finally showed a smile, and said with the same arrogant demeanor as before: "Most of you adventurers are fugitives from the Empire, right?"
"......" bald head instantly turned earthy, his mouth was bitter, and he felt that he was nodding or shaking his head, and he froze there.
The head of the attendant nodded proudly, and looked at the bald head in silence for a full minute, and then continued: "It seems that you are also one of them. But don't worry, our Excellency Kailan is a free mage, and we don't care much about catching fugitives. This time, I was also entrusted by someone. The person we are looking for is not as ugly as you, don't worry. ā
The bald head coughed twice, and laughed with the head of the attendants: "Thank you, sir." ā
"Brunei Castro. The head of the attendants said suddenly, his bald head trembled, and he looked at the bald head for a long time with deep meaning, and then continued, "A tall little white face, wanted by the city of Gars two days ago, do you know? ā
The bald head was shocked, thought about it again and again, and finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, I'm ashamed to say it. I was born on the southwestern frontier of the empire, which was poor and remote, and I was not well acquainted with the cities of the empire. Dare to ask, where is this Gars City you are talking about?"
The head of the attendant raised his eyebrows, sneered, and waved his hand: "This person is lying." The goal should be inside. ā
"My lord!" the bald head widened his eyes and exclaimed, and when he met the head of the attendants, he swallowed his saliva when he saw the chill in his eyes, lowered his head again, closed his eyes, and said silently in his heart, "I'm sorry, but I've done everything I can...... You're hopeless, I'm just trying to keep myself alive - I'm not a mage yet. ā
After thinking in his heart for a while, the bald head made up his mind, opened his eyes, and said bitterly, "My lord, Iā"
"There's nothing in there!" the group of squires who had just rushed into the cabin called the adventurer's camp came out two or three of them, and reported loudly to the head of the squire, and interrupted the confession that the bald head had just begun.
The bald head turned his head suddenly, although it was only a knee-jerk reaction, but it helped him a lot, at least the look of surprise on his face did not show in front of the head of the squire who was just a little surprised.
The bald head rolled his eyes, turned his head, and said to the head of the attendants with a bitter face: "My lord, this, you see, didn't I say it." Also, the adventurer's camp is more or less the common property of everyone, and this loss-"
"I'll make it up to you. The head of the attendants frowned and waved his hand, and walked quickly to the cabin, "I know your rules. ā
"Thank you, sir. The bald head lowered his head, his eyes twinkled, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
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Well, as you can see, then, in view of the running out of manuscripts, it is time to update freely...... Haha, it's a pity.