Chapter 231: Transaction (I)
"Uh-huh, uh-huh......" Gary nodded his head as he faced the caveman patriarch, and then spat out some kind of language that was almost weird to the other.
"This goblin buddy of yours knows a lot. Barrett whispered to Weimar beside him.
"Don't underestimate Gary, although he is only a goblin, he is also a goblin who was named by the mage and came out of the magic tower alive. Weimar said in the same low voice, "Gary is the result of a mage's magic, which he himself told us, and he also has the mage's arcane sigil on his chest, a double snake motif, two snakes entwined......"
"It's like mating (harmoniously) together. William held a poison spear in his hand, leaned over and said with a smile, "Gary has a lot of knowledge, and I guess he should be the smartest goblin in the entire multiverse." ”
After the young man finished speaking, he walked towards a dead black ant-man nearby. He held the poison spear and pointed at the ant-man's abdomen, seemingly curious about how they managed to get the weapon.
Barrett nodded knowingly. He was never accustomed to inquiring about the origins of his companions, unless they took the initiative to tell him.
"What did that mage do with a clever goblin?" Barrett said, waving his hand as he asked the question, "That's a stupid question, no one can understand what's going on in the mage's head. ”
"Well said, no one understands. Weimar chimed in, "Actually, the minds of ordinary people are also very strange, and there are many ideas that are not much more normal than those of mages, but we don't have the ability to realize them." ”
Barrett turned his head to look at the 'fake sir' in surprise, he didn't expect this ordinary young man to be able to say such philosophical words.
"What did your father say?" he didn't believe that the young man in front of him had come up with these words himself.
He didn't say it directly, but he taught me it when I was very young. ”
"Oh, your father's way of raising is really special. ”
"Actually, that's true. Weimar mused, "My father once said, 'If I were a mage, I would have to turn the entire multiverse upside down and marry 108 of the most beautiful women.'" "Yes, he said it one day, when he was drunk, and swore to a oily roasted chicken leg as if it were his closest friend." Actually, in a sense, it's pretty much the same, except that my dad was talking and devouring his best friend, which was really scary. ”
That way, at least there is no need to worry that this oily best friend will leak his secrets, Barrett is guilty in his heart.
"I was eight years old at the time, and I wanted to tell me a bedtime story, and when I went to his study, I found that the door was not closed, and then I leaned on the crack of the door and saw this scene - the light in the study was a little dim, the embers in the fireplace stretched his shadow very long, and my father was lying on his desk, with a wine glass in one hand, a best friend in the other, no, a chicken leg, and a slice of cheese on his face. Sometimes he whispered, sometimes he shouted loudly, and said many things that I didn't understand, as if he were enchanted......"
"But his dad is really a nice guy and quite approachable. "Everyone in the village loves Lord Mandalay and wants him to lead us all the time." I heard that Count Baird is planning to divide the entire village from a 'fiefdom' to a 'hereditary domain'. William hammered his little friend enviously, "When the time comes, you will really become a noble young master!"
"It's not easy to get a hereditary domain in peacetime. Weimar shook his head, his expression very indifferent, "What's more, I don't like to be a lord. ”
"Come on. William dismissed such rhetoric, "And you still remember your 'knight' title?"
"Honor and responsibility are not the same thing. "The title 'Sir Weimar' is one of my dreams, and I like to be called 'Sir Weimar' or, 'Sir Sir Sir,' as I call my father." But managing a territory with a population of tens of thousands? No, I can't even manage our 'good helper' adventure team. ”
"Cut, if you don't want it, give it to me. As soon as William's words came out, he suddenly became excited, "Wait, maybe I really have the right to inherit your family's future territory." As long as you renounce the inheritance of the territory, and then I will marry your sister......"
", I'm not going to marry my sister to you. Weimar angrily shoved William.
"Hey, that's not for sure. William said in a provocative tone, "When I make your sister's belly bigger, maybe you'll beg me to marry her." ”
"I'll beat you to death!"
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Barrett ignored the two young men, who were always messing with each other, and he took a few steps forward to the goblin, "How is it?
The goblin spoke to the Caveman Patriarch again, then looked up and reported to Barrett, "The name of this tribe of the Cavemen is Sausage, yes, you heard it right, that's the name of their tribe - the word 'Sausage' for universal phonetic notes. The patriarch's name was Taka Sausage, a former slave who had escaped from an underground battle. Its previous owner died in battle, giving it a chance to escape. ”
"I thought cavemen and slaves would be very timid. Barrett said, "Judging by the way they fight, at least in terms of momentum." "Strength, let's not talk about it.
"Because Taka was much taller than its kind, its previous owners had raised it as slave soldiers, and it managed its own kind in this way. See those drow letters on its chest, which are the initials of its owner's initials? ”
"The initials of 'Sausage'?" Barrett teased, "why are their tribes so weirdly named?"
Taka said their tribe has lived in the cave for generations. Of course, I don't know exactly how long it means to be 'generations', after all, it only takes more than two months for the Cavemen race to grow from eggs to full-fledged individuals capable of reproduction, and a year is enough time to give birth to several generations. That's better than any of us goblins. ”
Gary smiled self-deprecatingly, then continued, "This tribe of cavemen didn't have a specific name before, but then a group of adventurers accidentally broke into their cave. Some of those adventurers were also proficient in the language of the underworld, so there was no battle between them, but a bargain. ”
When the goblin said the word "trade", the cave man patriarch suddenly moved, and he said something to the people around him, and then the tribesmen turned back to a dirt bag with their small limbs.
"It understands the lingua franca," Barrett looked surprised, nodding his head when I shouted earlier.
"I know simple words like 'deal', 'friend', 'cheap' and so on. The goblin explained, "It was taught to it by those who took risks, and that included the word 'sausage'." The adventurers traded sausages, rye, corn, and other foods for ore and other resources underground. After all, the cavemen are quite good at digging holes, and these resources are of no use to them, and it is only because Taka has been a slave that they know that these things may have some value. When the tall cave man came into contact with sausages, he thought they were the most delicious food in the world, so he used the word as the name of their tribe. The goblin spread his hand and said.
"Anything else?" Barrett asked, "for example, what dangers are there in the vicinity to be aware of, or why are those black ants attacking them, and is that mossy spider nest on the map still there?"
"I asked them about the mossy rock spiders, and Taka told me that there was indeed a spider's nest at the end of the vine-covered passageway. Of course, I can't tell the exact species of spider, but I think that's where the mission is on the map. ”
The goblin looked at Barret, "Taka said that the bad spiders had captured many of its people before, so Taka ordered the people to seal the passage somewhere in the middle. However, it said that it could help us dig up again if we needed it, and could even send some people to help us, but for a small fee. ”
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