Chapter 11: The Docklands, The Old Thieves
Kl [14,~ %0 XtxyV2 ni i ' X{A R s 16v Located in the south of Pollock City, it is located in the south of Pollock City, with a city to the north, a river to the south, a direct road to the east, and the sea to the west.
This port was built a long time ago, when Pollock City was not yet founded. In the years that followed, it was expanded and increased in size. Especially more than 100 years ago, the talented Earl Pollock spent all his wealth and recruited a large number of magicians to clean up the seabed of the port and build an artificial seabed, which greatly reduced the risk of ships entering and leaving the port.
Replenishment, often along with some business, so the Pollock Harbor's financial resources increased day by day. For more than 100 years, although the Pollock family was slightly weakened due to political reasons, they relied on this first-class port to maintain the family no matter what, and did not fall into the dust and become the object of vulture competition as some careerists expected.
As the saying goes, "success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He", it is precisely because Pollock Port has the smoothest and safest seabed in the world that it has become the preferred target for the Thracian army to carry out diving and sea crossing operations. As a result, the port city that had flourished for more than a hundred years was destroyed in one fell swoop, and it was not until the Undead Scourge version that it was restored - but by this time, the harbor was owned by the undead.
Standing on the beach in the dock area, watching the endless flow of boats, the panda recalls all kinds of things that are history for him and the future for the world, and can't help but think about it.
He saw the prosperity of the moment, thought of the decay of the future, and then thought of the war.
In the game, no player has experienced that war, at that time, the game map only opened the area of the Trella Kingdom, and even the three armies of the empire attacked the kingdom, and two of the main forces were just "background plots".
All players see is some recorded text, as well as the CG of "Thracian Iron Cavalry Sweeping Southwest".
In that CG, there are only two shots of the destruction of Pollock City, one is the Thracian army diving across the sea and landing, and the other is Pollock City being engulfed in raging flames, which adds up to no more than five seconds.
The lives of tens of thousands of people in the entire Pollock City were only changed in less than five seconds.
The time-travelers certainly don't remember the five-second shot, and most of them don't even know the name of the city, except for necromantic players.
...... In fact, even the panda himself didn't know the name of the city until he remembered this incident and checked the information.
And if he is like this, how much more should he be like?
Even the well-informed two-legged bookcase Kazu, when Panda asks him about tasks related to Pollock City, he has to think for a while to be sure that "there is no such thing".
This city is simply a forgotten city......
(Sometimes I wonder if we still have too few people.) )
(There are less than 200 people, and in this vast world, it's like sprinkling a handful of sand into a large vat of water, and you can't see it at all!)
(But even such a few people, more than half of them are not willing to participate in all kinds of things in this world, and live a stable otaku life leisurely in the castle, putting on an indifferent attitude that family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs are none of my business.) )
(Wouldn't it be better if more people could get out of the castle, take the initiative to participate in the world, and promote all kinds of changes in the world?)
Just as he was thinking, he heard Erwin's shout, "Master, we have found the guide!"
The panda immediately put away his thoughts, turned his head to look, and saw three apprentices walking around a short, thin man with slightly green skin and long, broad, erect ears—all of which are characteristic of the goblin race.
Judging by his appearance, he is probably a half-breed with goblin blood. Although the goblin bloodline is not good for strength and physique growth, it has a certain advantage in agility. Unfortunately, this advantage is not enough to make up for the congenital deficiency, so this kind of hybrid is generally called "deterioration hybrid", relatively speaking, elf blood, dragon vein blood, and the like are "optimized bloodlines".
This goblin hybrids are not young, looking at the wrinkles on his face, he is at least thirty years old, goblin hybrids can damage lifespan, this age is almost close to old age for him.
When people reach old age, their perception is no longer sharp, and their skills will become sluggish, and for this man dressed as a thief, it almost means that his "career" is coming to an end, and it is time to consider retirement.
So despite the high risk and the other thieves turned it off, he accepted the hire of the "Novice on the Road" team to act as their guide to the sewers of the docklands to eliminate the nezumi.
For him now, he probably no longer has the qualifications to pick a task.
The panda looked at the guide with a nervous face and sweat on his forehead, but his expression was very resolute, and sighed secretly.
When it's time to fight, take care of him a little more.
After a few words between the two sides, his level of concern quickly increased...... At least several times.
As he guessed, the thief, named Lulu, was ready to retire after finishing the business. Therefore, he is not only willing to act as a guide, but also willing to help the "Novice on the Road" adventure team search and eliminate traps, and even participate in battles. But in exchange, he demanded that he share one-third of the spoils of the battle.
He said: "I'm getting old, I'm going to retire, and I won't be able to make money in the future, so this last one, I must make more money! If this mission goes well, I'll treat you to dinner and introduce you to her. ”
He clearly had absolute confidence in how cute his daughter was, and he looked like it was a great benefit.
"Even if I die, I will convert it into money and give it to my daughter. He also emphasized, "The people of the Adventurers' Association know where my family lives, so you can just ask when the time comes." ”
The panda frowned secretly when he heard this, thinking that this was really unlucky, and he was simply a professional death flag.
The so-called "flag of death" is those words that in film and television animation works, once they are spoken, they will cause the character to die in the subsequent plot. What "retire after this mission", what "my daughter"...... These are all famous death flags, and most of the people who say it will die in the mission!
This guide...... He's not going to be a tease invited by the monkeys, is he?