The lake trout are roasted to a crunchy crisp, charred skin that curls slightly, giving off an enticing aroma. The grilled trout is torn along the back, and the white and tender fish inside is steaming hot, and although it is simply sprinkled with salt, it is still delicious.

The trout in the 'Giant Lake' are unusually fat, whether they are grilled or stewed into fish soup, they are very good. But while the man of the house roasted the trout, the twins did not look at the delicious roasted trout, but were interested in the venison that Barrett had brought.

The two little ones, with the same dark skin as their parents, stared at the boiled deer ribs in a black soup pot, and swallowed their saliva.

Large chunks of deer ribs were fished out of the pot by the mistress of the house and placed in an iron basin with a broken bottom. She placed the iron basin full of food in the middle of the table, and smiled at Barrett and Theodore Shining Gold, who were waiting at the table.

The sight made Barrett feel like a dog waiting for his owner to feed.

The milky white juice slowly overflowed from the bottom of the iron basin and flowed onto the dining table. The hostess hurriedly took up the iron basin again, drained it, and told the twins to take up the rags and wipe the juice off the table.

When this was done, the hostess went back to the iron pot, carefully poured a bag of peas into the venison broth, sprinkled it with salt, and stirred it with a spoon, and the pot of pea soup was done.

Dinner was served in a quiet, dreary atmosphere. The men and women of this family are not good at words and are very simple. Their twins, on the other hand, focused all their attention on the deer ribs. Like two and a half wolf cubs, the two children each clutched a rib, and while blowing carefully, they tore the meat on it with a big mouthful, squinting their eyes, and eating with great pleasure.

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After the meal, Barrett and Theodore Shining walked around the lake, continuing their conversation.

"Since the treasure you're talking about is a mage tower, what will I get?" Barrett asked bluntly. Negotiate the reward before taking the risk, so that you can avoid some unpleasant things from happening.

In fact, his relationship with the little mage was more apt to be hired than a partner, and it was the kind that Barrett forced himself to be hired.

"Well, I can't be sure now. The dwarf mage held the twisted staff and followed Barrett in quick steps, "The message, the location, the key, the spell, and the name I provided. Yes, the name, this is very important, it can distinguish us from those thieves and tomb robbers, so this mage tower deserves to belong to me. And how much you get paid, of course, depends on how well you perform. ”

Theodore Shining Gold hiccuped, "Venison is so good, I've been here for so long, I've been eating fish almost every day, grilled fish, smoked fish, fish soup, hum, I feel like I'm about to become a short-haired cat." To be honest, I don't like to eat fish very much, because picking the bones is a hassle, but luckily the trout in this lake don't have those little spines, otherwise I wouldn't be able to eat them. ”

"What do you mean by how you behave?" Barrett turned the subject back, he didn't want to discuss the problem of fish bones.

"If you're as big a help to me as you are, I'll allow you to take a few of the tower's magic trinkets, or anything else you're interested in. If you don't make a difference and I'll be able to do it all on my own, then I'll just show you around the magic tower and then treat you to a cup of tea, and that's it. ”

This distribution, while reasonable, did not satisfy Barrett. He sorted out his thoughts and started the bargaining mode.

"It's often said that mages are always generous, and the human mages I've met before have undoubtedly proven that. Barrett let a slight disdain in his tone, "But I don't see that in you, Theodore Shine, a master of magic. ”

He sighed, then shook his head, "Of course, you're a dwarf mage, and maybe not quite the same as we human mages are used to. In the future, when your name is known to the whole continent – and I am sure it will come true – there will be countless labels on you. When people describe you, they may use the words 'powerful', 'intelligent', 'calm'......", and Barrett almost couldn't control his expression, "even 'legendary', but alas, 'generosity' is never used." In my opinion, this is undoubtedly a pity. ”

The other party's self-esteem is surprisingly high, which gives Barrett some opportunities to take advantage of. Barbarian adventurers when bargaining tend to multiply their IQ several times, and they will break through the bottom line, do things that they usually don't bother to do, and say things they don't usually disdain to say.

When the dwarf mage heard this, his face flushed again, and his fluffy white beard was curled up in anger. He pointed at Barrett and wanted to say something.

Refute me and prove my opinion wrong. Barrett looked forward to it in her heart.

But Theodore didn't have the seizures he had imagined, but sulked at himself. Although the guy in front of him has a strong self-esteem, he doesn't seem to be stupid.

It seemed that more fire was needed, Barrett cleared his throat and continued to stimulate the little dwarf, "In the future, when people make small talk about each other and talk about mages, maybe they will talk about you, I think this is something that will definitely happen, after all, you are a great happener." At that time, someone might say, 'I just finished the task for Master Theodore, and he only paid me 5 copper coins'. ”

He changed his voice, one of them playing multiple roles, "and the other would say, 'Well, I've protected him all the way, but he didn't even give me a single copper coin because no robbers jumped out,' and then someone would chimed in, 'No, though he's a great mage, he's as petty as he is.'" Barriet used the same metaphor Theodore had used before to make a sarcastic.

"Alright, don't talk about it, you wicked creature!" shouted the dwarf mage. Not only did he blush now, but the bruises on his forehead popped out, "No matter what the end result is, no matter how big or small your role is, I'll let you take at least one magic accessory, at least! Well, you're satisfied!"

After he finished speaking, he raised his head arrogantly, "Hmph, I, Theodore Shingold, the master who controls magic, will impact the legendary realm in the future, and I will never allow others to put the label of 'stingy' on me!"

At least one magic ornament?Barrett thought about it in his heart, feeling that the price was okay, not to mention, "Anything else that I am allowed to take away something that interests me?"

"Of course not! If you take away the core circle that keeps the entire mage tower running, the whole tower will be paralyzed. In this way, I will suffer a great loss!"

"So, is it okay with a golem?" Barrett held his breath, a wish he had had since childhood, "I can just have a golem and nothing else." I think there should be more than one Constructed Body Golem in the Mage Tower. ”

"Even if you get your hands on that thing, it's just a big piece of scrap metal. The dwarf mage looked disdainful, "The Constructed Body Golem is not like the Mage Tower, which can draw magic from the Alien Plane. It can only be sustained by the magic provided by the Magic Tower, the Mage, or the Magic Stone. A palm-sized high-purity magic stone is only enough for the most ordinary steel golem to run a meal, and every time the golem's magic furnace lights up, it means a large amount of mana consumption, which only a magic tower or high-level mage can meet. Trust me, that's not something you can afford as a brute adventurer. ”

Barrett was disappointed by the dwarf mage's words, and then the two of them walked slowly along the edge of the lake in rare silence.

"By the way, I'm going to leave tomorrow. Barrett said suddenly.

"What, what are you talking about? you don't want to go to the Mage Tower with me?" the dwarf mage's eyes widened, "Are you kidding me when you said so much before, you dare to deceive me-Theodore Shining Gold......"

"No, I'm just away for a short while. I'll be back by June 4th," Barrett interrupted the little mage's seizure, "and I'm going to have some business to take care of in the meantime, and I have a task to complete, so I shouldn't be delaying long." ”

"Where?" asked the dwarf mage, angrily.

"Giethoorn in Shamrock City. Barrett replied, "It won't take two or three days to get to Trimrock City from here, and Giethoorn Town, I don't think it's too far from Trimrock City, and it should take less than half a month to come back." ”

"Giethoorn, are you sure you remember the location?" Theodore Shining looked up and looked at Barrett with a puzzled face, "I've lived in Trimrock for several years, and I'm familiar with all the surrounding villages and towns, but I've never heard of 'Giethoorn'. ”

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