Chapter 35: Illusion and Reality
Unreal and realistic, this is a very inconspicuous tavern in the Temple of the Gods. The original owners of the tavern were followers of Cervantes, the god of wine, and the finished wine was one of the special wines offered by the Cervantes Church during its rituals and gatherings.
However, due to various reasons, after the death of the original owner, the recipe for sake brewing was lost, and successive generations tried to restore the recipe, but in the end nothing came to fruition. Slowly, the tavern went into decline, and the number of customers became fewer and fewer, and by the last two generations, it was even close to the brink of bankruptcy, and it may not be able to survive at any time.
However, in the last ten years, the tavern has been changed to a membership system, and many mysterious guests have come and gone here, and the surrounding neighbors feel very strange and want to enter to find out, but they are all blocked from the door, and unrelated people are not allowed to enter without the permission of the guards.
Walking to the door of fantasy and reality full of anticipation, Lisa is disappointed.
In the girl's imagination, this very mysterious place, described by her brother, must have a palace-like gorgeous appearance, a strong gate like a city gate, a large number of heavily armed warriors guarding the gate, and even countless strange sounds, faintly floating out of the building.
Unfortunately, contrary to the girl's imagination, this is actually a very ordinary tavern, so ordinary that if it were not for the name Unreal and Reality written on the sign, it would be difficult for people to associate it with the tavern.
The cold gray exterior walls, the old brown wooden doors, the house looked more like a house than a tavern, and two bored-looking strong men sat in the doorway, one on the left and the other on the right, occasionally exchanging a few words, and more often, just sitting there in a daze.
However, when the four of them approached, the two strong men stood up at the same time, showing the posture of an iron tower, looking at the visitors condescendingly, and only Moria's special body type could compete with them.
"In the name of the dark moon, bless you and others. Once in the working state, Shul changed into a sincere and holy expression, and his fingers dotted in front of the two strong men, "May the two of you be immersed in the fragrance of wine forever." ”
"It turned out to be Mr. Wright. Seeing the person clearly, the fierce face of the strong man squeezed out a smile that could scare a crying child, rubbed his hands very casually and said, "You ...... this time Is it business?"
"As you say. He took out five gold coins from his money bag and handed them over, "Let's open the door." ”
With a flip of his palm, the five gold coins disappeared in the palm of his hand with a flexibility that did not fit his figure, and the strong man said with a smile: "Then the old rule, you have obtained the qualification to exchange information in it within five days, and you will have to pay the entrance fee again after five days, Mr. Wright, you have no problem." ”
Nodding without saying a word, the expressionless Shur looked very imposing as a superior person, but those who knew him well knew that he was only remembering the five gold coins that had left him, and making a deathbed confession for them.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Wright, to take the liberty of asking. Although he has been cautious, the strong man is still very dedicated, and asked very cautiously, "The three behind you are also going in with you?"
"Saf, you've seen each other. Pointing to the shy girl who was hiding behind her back and only showing half of her face to look around, "And Moria, they are all my assistants, and they should be qualified to enter with me according to the regulations." ”
"Of course, of course, I'm just asking. The strong man laughed and said, "However, this little lady is also your companion?"
"This is my sister, come with me in and see. Shuer's voice suddenly became dangerous, "What, you two have an opinion?"
"What? Is this Miss Lisa?"
"Huh?" Although the girl immediately covered her mouth, she still cried out in surprise, she really didn't expect that these two big men actually knew their names. I've never been in contact with them, so why do they know me?
"You're pretty smart. Shure smiled gloomily, "So you don't want her in?"
"How is that possible? Don't dare, don't dare, absolutely don't dare, Miss Lisa is interested in visiting the Unreal and Reality, that's our pleasure, haha, haha, please come in." ”
The two strong men really didn't dare, although they hadn't seen the real person, but Lisa's name had long been firmly remembered by them. A certain murderous priest has dueled with people seven times in two years for this name, and the other party has a blue nose and swollen face, and the reason is just that those people habitually ridicule this name.
Seven battles, so that the guardian sister mad Demon Wright priest and Miss Lisa, who has never shown her face, have become a figure in fantasy and reality, everyone knows, if you don't want to be plastic surgery, it's better not to comment on Miss Lisa casually.
Just saying her name and teasing her will be beaten, and the strong men are not interested in knowing what will happen if they stop her, as you can imagine, it is not a good thing. Although the rules are important, compared with facial health, you should be accommodating when you should be accommodating, so with flattering expressions, the two turned around and pushed open the two wooden doors behind them, and said with a courteous smile: "Welcome Miss Lisa, I hope you have a good time inside." ”
"Hee-hee. Behind him came the snickering of Moria and Saf, how clever the two girls were, and they could guess the reason for it with a little thought.
"Ahem, be serious. Shuer, who straightened out the robe in a serious manner and pretended not to hear anything, took Lisa's hand and stepped into the unreal and the real together.
Although she was not yet an adult, how could the great Lord Lisa be stumped by this little thing, it was not the first time she had entered the tavern, and she had seen a lot of various local customs in the tavern, but the girl was sure that she had never seen such a tavern.
The warm fire, the bright hall, the loud music, the rude laughter, the loud conversation of the drinkers, the smell of sweat and the smell of wine in the air, this kind of place is a tavern, not what it seems.
There was no fire in the hall, only a few crystal energy lamps embedded in the wall, emitting a soft yellow light, sparse light, which plunged the entire hall into darkness.
There are no rows of wine tables and chairs, just some soft black sofas and transparent glass coffee tables, several sofas are arranged in a circle, forming a small circle, each of which is separated from each other to ensure the privacy of the circle.
On the walls, there are many strange decorative paintings, depicting never-before-seen scenery and people. In the picture, there are huge mechanical puppets dozens of times taller than humans spewing flames from their mouths, there is a barren desert full of hideous skeletons hanging high in the sky for three months, there is a huge planet hovering in the dark space, and the surface of the planet is surrounded by a beautiful halo, and there is a huge whale rising into the sky and transforming into a giant strange bird on the endless sea.
The maiden was sure that all of this was certainly not something that had ever been seen in Pavatiga.
There is also music here, but it is by no means a traditional musical instrument of Pavatiga, and looking at the music, there is a large wooden box in the corner, and an artist is sitting in front of the box, quickly pressing countless black and white buttons on the box, and with his movements, melodious music comes out of the box, with a peculiar sound quality, but it is also quite good.
At the end of the hall was a little brighter, and beneath the light was an ordinary bar, in which a man dressed as a waiter stood with hundreds of bottles of different kinds of wine behind his back, and dozens of beautiful glasses hanging overhead.
According to the previous agreement, the girl did not say a word, and her eyes automatically jumped over the position of the person, but when she saw the inside of this strange tavern, the girl held her brother's hand, and she still clenched it tighter and tighter.
"It's a place where the different teams of Shadow Chasers communicate with each other, and we call it the House of Shadow Chasers. Knowing Lisa's curiosity, Shure explained softly, "Unlike the mercenaries, we shadow chasers don't have guilds, and there are clubs like this in some big cities. ”
"Because of the uncertainty of the otherworldly projection, it is difficult to have a task release on the shadow, so we don't need a platform for summarizing and publishing tasks, even if there are occasional directional tasks, unless there are very special circumstances, it can be released nearby, see the notice board with a few pieces of paper pasted over there? That's where the task is released. ”
"Most people don't come here to find a task, but for other purposes. The first is to exchange experiences with each other, each projection world you enter, you may encounter different situations, see different creatures, gain different experiences, in order to live next time, it is necessary to gain more experience, so it is very important to exchange experiences. However, people tend to value their own experience more and are afraid of being deceived by others, so there are not many successful examples of sharing experience. ”
"The second is to collect intelligence, and many shadow chasers like to buy general information about the location of the projection gate from their peers, or from intelligence dealers, or even directly from ordinary citizens, and I have done this kind of thing. Look, the two people in the front left, they're trading information, and the woman is an intelligence dealer who sells projection information for a living. ”
Looking at Shuer's point, sure enough, there were two people, a man and a woman, sitting on the sofa in the corner, the two seemed to be talking in an ordinary way, but their eyes were vigilantly observing the surroundings, and at the same time, the woman's right hand was constantly writing something on the paper, presumably it was projected information.
Sensing Lisa and Shure's gaze, the muscles on their bodies tightened, but their eyes did not turn around, as if they were deliberately hiding their gaze.
Vigilant about the two of them, Xiuer just smiled faintly, took Lisa's hand, naturally diverted her gaze, and pointed in the opposite direction and said, "Once the information is leaked, it is likely that someone will take the lead, or follow along the way and cause unnecessary trouble, so it is very taboo to be stared at when trading information." On the other hand, they prefer to be watched because they are trading loot, and the more people watch, the higher the price for which they may be sold. ”