Chapter 18: The Tavern
The flow of people is like the current of the sea, flowing in the valley of the river called the city. The chariots and horses are like fish and shrimp jumping in this torrent, although sometimes the torrent is brave, more often they just wander slowly along the flowing water.
Beibei obviously hates this kind of crowding, after all, the number of dragons is extremely small, and the territory of Dragon Valley is vast. They have long been accustomed to the quiet life of no one to disturb them, and it is normal for them to be difficult to adapt to such a large city with so many disturbances.
"Well...... Ke Zhou, can we stop following for now? Wait for a little less......"
"What do you say?"
Ke Zhou was pulling Beibei's sleeve at this time and moving towards the outside of the city. Beibei's voice was so small that he couldn't hear what she said at all, but pulled her out vigorously. The dragon's keen hearing made Beibei's ears a little unbearable, but she still heard Ke Zhou's words clearly. She grabbed Ke Zhou's arm and pulled Ke Zhou in front of her, and then, her small mouth was close to Ke Zhou's ear, but her voice was still very small.
I said...... Let's find a place to rest first...... Is it okay to wait for less people before leaving? ”
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Ke Zhou took Beibei and shrunk in the small corner of the tavern. It's not like a place in all kinds of fiction games, whether it's the burly security guard at the door or the boss who looks vicious, a blue mercenary sign hanging on the wall, as if they are ensuring the safety of this tavern.
Beibei pulled her hat very low and rested on the small sofa, although the injuries on her body had been treated by Xiao Liu, but the things on the airship probably scared this little girl, and now as soon as she relaxed, she fell asleep deeply.
It's not as noisy as you might think, on the contrary, during this midday break, most of the drinkers fall asleep on their tables or on the sofas. And the sound of the excellent sound isolation that disturbed the outside of the tavern did not break the silence here, not so much a tavern as a quiet lunch house.
Ke Zhou casually asked for two glasses of relatively light ale wine, but although it was light, it was unusually expensive, and the two glasses of wine added up to almost enough for two days' meals.
"Anyway, it's Xiao Liu's money, and if you spend it, you will spend it. Ke Zhou muttered quietly, picked up the heavy wooden cup, and poured a sip of ale. Immediately afterwards, the whole person coughed violently twice as if he had been rushed. Although these two sounds were not loud, they still disturbed the people nearby, and they got up from the table, looked up at Ke Zhou's side, and then fell down again.
How could the wine here be so strong? This was something Ke Zhou didn't expect at all, even the lightest wine here seemed to be about the same as his original liquor with a high degree in the world. He put the ale down and sat down in his chair in a daze. It was only at this moment that he began to think about the various things that had happened in the past three days since he was summoned to this world.
Raiding the palace?hijacking?Dragons?Now they're even heading to the Dragon Valley with a weak-looking dragon?No matter what kind of novel it is, it's impossible to develop so fast, it's the third day. Ke Zhou rubbed his head, complaining and complaining about his encounter, while also looking at the map to determine the next route.
It can take more than ten days to get from here to the end. You can also choose to go to another nearby city and change to an airship there, which will take about three or four days to get there. However, despite that said, it was still difficult for Ke Zhou to determine the speed of the airship, so it was impossible to accurately estimate the time.
"Sure enough, when I first came to this world, I still didn't understand anything. Ke Zhou smiled bitterly and stared at Bai Yu who was lying on the table for a while, and the bird didn't seem to be waking up, so he had to slump on the sofa and scan the entire tavern aimlessly.
As you can see from here, there are still a lot of people outside the door, but they are a little less than before. And now that Beibei and Bai Yu are sleeping so soundly, Ke Zhou doesn't really want to disturb them, so he has to continue to sit and look boredly at the various itineraries written in paint on the tavern. Where is the caravan going, and what is the caravan going...... There's a lot of content like that.
It's just that he looked at it, and found a very useful piece of information: a caravan will be heading towards Wind Valley Town tonight, although I don't know why it is setting off at night, but this town called Wind Valley Town is indeed the only way for Ke Zhou and them to go to Dragon Valley.
Ke Zhou stood up and walked in front of the hotel owner. The boss sat lazily on the bar, throwing dice boringly on the table, while writing and drawing on paper, doing something that Ke Zhou couldn't understand. Ke Zhou cautiously pointed to the information on the board and asked, "May I ask about this, how do you say this?"
The boss squinted at the sign and continued to throw the dice. "It was only released around noon, and it seems to have been decided suddenly today, if you want to go with it, one person will pay four silver coins, and you don't have to pay summons. Fill in the form and gather at the East Gate after ringing the bell at night. ”
As the boss spoke, the two forms had been thrown in front of Ke Zhou. It's nothing more than name, gender, occupation and other factors, it's very simple, and it doesn't involve any personal privacy area, so Ke Zhou filled it in at will, but when he was about to fill in Beibei, he suddenly thought of a problem - if he filled in "Beibei", it was very likely to be discovered by the people who were chasing Beibei before, and in that case, he would be in danger.
"So you have to think of a pseudonym for her, otherwise there is a high chance that something will happen. Ke Zhou thought so, and countless female names had come to mind, and they came from various novels and games. But these are all denied one by one, after all, these names are too eye-catching, or easy to remember, and it is easy to be impressed.
"Let's call it Chen Yin. Ke Zhou thought as he wrote down the name. As far as the current understanding of this world goes, the naming habits and characteristics here are very similar to those of the original world. So, just pick some names that aren't so bright in your past memories and you're good to go.
After handing in the watch and paying with Xiao Liu's card, Ke Zhou sat back beside Beibei. He held his forehead, the strength of the wine just now made him full of sleepiness at this time, and by accident, he fell on the table and fell asleep groggy.
As if it had been agreed a long time ago, when Ke Zhou opened his eyes, he appeared in this vast world again. There is not much difference between this time and the last time, there are still countless magic arrays floating in various parts of this world, and all kinds of items that have appeared have also been created in this world.
On top of that, there's a special ...... Black monsters. The monster just hovered in the air, motionless. When Ke Zhou got closer, he realized that it was just a specimen. The monster has very thick hairs on its body, which slowly decompose in the air, and it actually breaks down something similar to metal.
"What is this, I shouldn't have seen it......" Ke Zhou thought as he began to observe the rest of the monster. The monster's size is very similar to that of a bear, but the gap is quite large. It has three dots on its body marked by a red light cluster, at the lower throat of its neck, above its abdomen, and about 5 centimeters above its short tail. Although he didn't understand what these points were for, Ke Zhou still wrote them down for the time being.
He continued to look for new things here, and soon saw the scroll that Xiao Liu had given him. Although this thing was kept in Bai Yu's storage space, it was obvious that he had copied countless copies here. If anything, this world is like a museum for him, except for the black monster, as long as he has seen anything related to "magic" or formation, it will be kept here.
"It would be nice if I could test the power...... Ke Zhou just thought about it, and the next moment, a scroll in front of him quickly unfolded, and immediately after, the words on the scroll appeared with a strange light, and disappeared along with the entire scroll.
If you read that right, what just disappeared was an "electric shock". At the same time as the scroll disappeared, not far in front of Ke Zhou, lightning and thunder suddenly roared, and the current converged on that point, as if looking for the enemy, rampaging everywhere. This situation lasted for about ten seconds, and the pile of thunder and lightning dissipated into the air, but these ten seconds also brought Ke Zhou a lot of shock.
The power of this electric shock is really not small, at least it should be no problem to easily electrocute a person to death. If these are the lowest magic scrolls, how strong are the high-level magic scrolls?
Ke Zhou couldn't wait to come to the blue magic scroll, thinking about using it quickly, wanting to see the power of this magic. But before the scroll could unfold, he was woken up by the huge vibration of the table.
In front of him was the tavern owner with a meaty face, and the tavern behind him was almost empty. Outside, the sky was getting dark, and the street was finally quiet. His right arm felt a little heavy, and when he turned his head to look, Beibei didn't know when he had leaned on him.
"Little brother, look at me. The shopkeeper looked slightly unhappy, and as he spoke, he gently pinched Ke Zhou's head with his hand and pinched it towards him.
Ke Zhou looked at the boss in front of him with some horror and nodded. After all, such a man, in the novel, is hardly a good person. After all, whether it is a face full of flesh or a fierce god, it is the characteristic of that kind of villain.
Thinking of this, Ke Zhou couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. It's just that before he could ask, the boss spoke first, "There are about forty minutes left before the caravan gathers time, and it's almost time for you to eat and walk over, I'll wake you up." After he finished speaking, he looked at Beibei beside Ke Zhou again, and then asked with an unhappy face.
"Is that girl your friend?"
Ke Zhou nodded violently.
"How long have you known each other?"
His words were a little rude, but in this case, Ke Zhou was also a little frightened, and just replied dumbly: "No...... Soon ......"
After the boss heard it, he seemed to realize something, he leaned into Ke Zhou's ear and whispered:
"You'd better be careful, there's an air of discomfort about this girl...... I felt this breath when I once slashed a necromancer. In that battle, we paid a lot of lives. ”
After the boss finished speaking, he yawned as if nothing had happened, and walked towards the bar.