The atmosphere in the tavern was unusually quiet, and all the villagers listened to Duruk's account of the experience of fighting monsters in the hot springs.

When Duruk finished describing the churning water and the huge bubbles rising from the bottom of the fifth hot spring, and described the tense and terrifying atmosphere at that time, he stopped his words again without surprise, and then Shi Shiran took a sip of ale.

"You guy, you always refuse to tell everything in one go. The tavernkeeper said helplessly again, "The last time I asked you if you could make me a silver-plated cane, you Rory rambled a lot, and stopped every few words, so I had to keep asking, just like you are now." But you ended up telling me that it's okay to make iron crutches, but not silver, because you can't silver. Ha, that's a disappointing answer. I hope your next answer will be satisfying, and it will be worth the whole malt I asked you to drink. ”

"I am a blacksmith, not a goldsmith. Duruk spread his hands and gave a helpless expression, "You can't let the hen lay duck eggs, it's too hard." ”

"Forget it, it's all in the past. The tavernkeeper turned back to the hot springs, "What the hell is that? The guy who is about to emerge from the hot springs." How big is it?"

"Can it fly??", "Isn't it dangerous?", "Will it spray water or steam??Is it fire?? No, it should be unlikely. "The other villagers are asking all sorts of strange questions.

"I don't know. This was Trulk's unified answer to these questions.

"What don't you know?" the tavernkeeper didn't react.

"What that is going to pop up, I don't know. Duruk repeated.

The people around him shouted all kinds of dissatisfied denunciations, and the tavern owner frowned, "How can you not know? Don't you see? Or is there nothing coming out of the bottom of the hot springs?"

"Actually, here's the thing. "It was the Nord man who first noticed that something was wrong, and the largest hot spring had not yet begun to bubble continuously. Yes, the Nord was one of the adventurers who came to the village the day before yesterday, the strongest one, but worse than me. He smirked, "The Nord first walked to the hot spring with some confusion, then looked into the water with a frown, yes, just like you are now." He said in the same tone as the tavernkeeper had said this.

The latter glared at Duruk, but he only smiled, and went on, "Then the Nord man stopped cheering, and called Sir Arman to the hot springs, and said something to him. Jazz shook his head, his expression a little disbelieving. Then the Nord seemed to want to argue, but then huge bubbles began to bubble out from under the surface of the hot spring, and the whole surface of the water became more and more violent, and waves of hot steam rushed towards him, and the scene was suddenly a little flustered......

"And then?" asked the tavernkeeper as soon as Duruk stopped.

Then the Nord man began to shout, and he told everyone to hurry away, to get away from the hot springs. But without Sir Order, everyone stood in a daze. Truth be told, Sir Yarman trained the lads so well that they could do the same thing as real soldiers. However, Jazz immediately shouted the same words as the Nord, and he ordered everyone to leave as fast as possible, and asked everyone to prepare for battle five hundred meters west of the hot spring. ”

Duruc scratched a burned red mark on his shoulder and continued, "The vast majority of the people left as ordered, including those of the adventurers. But three men remained where they were: Sir Yarman, Knight Dennis, and the Nord. ”

"We stopped about 500 meters west of the hot springs and formed a defensive formation according to our previous training, and although I am the leader of the militia, I cannot cope with this situation on my own. I had never led them into battle on my own, so I was a little flustered, so I asked the woman among the adventurers and the boy George to help me. Let me tell you, George did a good job this time, shooting a total of eight devil bats. Even I only killed five monsters. I have to say that against those winged and flexible demon bats, the giant hammer is not a good choice. ”

"To the point, no one cares how many monsters you killed, we want to know what happened to them, Sir?"

"The answer may not satisfy you, but it is still the answer. Duruk laughed, "I don't know what happened to them, because I can't see what was going on in that hot spring." As you all know, the hot springs have been full of steam and visibility has been very poor lately, and the situation was even worse at the time. ”

"Did they run out?" asked one of the villagers nervously.

"Isn't that nonsense? Another villager said dismissively, "Otherwise, how could Sir hold a feast in the castle?"

Duruk looked around again before continuing to laugh and say, "You're right, they did run out. First up was Knight Dennis, who had just formed our formation when we saw him running out of the spa. I noticed that he was not wearing a griffin helmet on his head, and he looked like he had been lost to the hot springs, and he looked a little embarrassed, but more of a frustrated. Then there was Sir Yarman, whose face was not very good-looking. The last to come out was the Nord, who was soaked and his exposed skin was red like a boiled lobster, but he didn't seem to be seriously injured. ”

"When I heard the Nord come out, I said to Sizz, 'Don't worry, that guy won't come out. Then Jazz nodded blankly and told us to pack up and get ready to come back. Sir also instructed his servants to erect warning signs around the last hot spring, so that everyone was not allowed to approach. ”

"So, only Sir Yarman, Dennis, and the Nord knew what was going on?" concluded the tavernkeeper.

"Yes, just the three of them. Duruk nodded, "Of course, if you're really curious, you can also go to that hot spring to have a look, anyway, I don't have that kind of idea." ”

"No one is going to go. The tavern keeper shook his head, "The monsters have been entrenched in the hot springs for quite some time, and all the surrounding villages and towns know about it. Even if the Jazz hadn't made a clear announcement and put up a warning sign, I don't think anyone would have come near it. ”

"Is that hot spring a forbidden place at last?" asked the villager in the wide-brimmed felt hat at the beginning, "and will you never be able to approach it, like the pit near Braid's vineyard?"

"No, no, no, you're exaggerating! Far less terrifying. Duruk smiled and said, "You should have all heard that the appearance of the monster this time is related to the plane crack near the hot spring, you ask me what the plane crack is? Actually, I don't understand, anyway, it gives me the feeling that the plane crack is like a crack in the wall, and those monsters are the little bugs that come in from this crack, that's it." ”

The people around him nodded involuntarily, as if they agreed with his image metaphor.

"Sir Yarman told everyone at the knighthood ceremony of Dennis that it would not be long before the rift in the plane would close. It is estimated that it will take no more than a week at most, and then all the hot springs will be restored to normal conditions. The same is true of the largest hot spring, no matter what is in it, no matter how big or powerful it is, when the rift closes, it has to roll back to its hometown. ”

"Are you convinced?"

"I'm sure it works?" Duruc pouted, "that's what Sir said anyway." ”

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