Chapter 17: The City of Kribi
Rivi, who returned to the library, sat on the ground with a butt, but fortunately Errema was gone in the end, otherwise he was really not sure of escaping, and with Erima's reflexes, as long as Rivi slowed down, he would immediately restrain her. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
He did everything Rivi could, and in order to avoid Errima from going to Andrew's family afterwards, he also promised that the other party would consider playing for the Kaos Empire next time he caught him.
As for whether Errima will listen, he can't interfere, but the words are released, Errema will not care about her firm attitude no matter what, and she doesn't want to see her really break with Dick Tydo.
Dictodor Ramas is the name of the young emperor of the Kaos Empire, and the only confidant of Levi in the first ten years of his life, he is a wise emperor, and only he can see the importance of alchemy technology to a country, but it is precisely because he is the emperor that the two are destined to become true friends.
The emperor and the scholar, the identity gap between the two is very large, and it can even be said that they are not on the same level at all, and the things they pursue are also different, one for conquest, the other for knowledge, and the differences in war make the two begin to be strangers, Dick Tudo believes that since the empire exists, then aggression and expansion are indispensable, while Levi believes that war will only destroy civilization and make the people fall into despair.
"Well, Erema should be able to listen to me," he said, shaking his head, and Levi headed for the workshop in the library, where he had prepared enough food to eat for a week's worth of baked bread.
Wait, something seems wrong.
"Xiao Ming?!" Levi's face changed suddenly, he forgot that he was the only living creature that could enter the library, in other words, Xiao Ming couldn't get in.
"Now Errema may still be waiting for me outside, I can't go out" Revie was anxious, but there was nothing he could do, if he went out now, Erema would definitely knock him down without saying a word.
However, Xiao Ming is a very spiritual cat, so he should be able to find food by himself, and Erema will not be angry with a cat if he is angry.
While biting into the dough with water, Levi couldn't even read the book now, anxiously waiting for how long he could stay in the library without a problem, as long as there was plenty of food.
In the midst of endless anxiety, three days passed, and Rivi speculated that Erema could not have waited for her for three days, because she did not know that the door of the stack was fixed between opening and closing.
In the past three days, Levi made several sets of alchemy grenades to enrich the inventory, and also prepared a steel straight knife with a length of about 15cm for himself, his hand-to-hand combat ability is low, so this steel knife is used more on the road in addition to self-defense.
Standing in front of the huge mirror, Levi picked up his backpack and waist bag, there was no shortage of tools, but there was not much food, and he would find a place to buy some food after he went out, and took out the parchment map that had not been touched for a long time, and Levi began to plan his escape route in the future.
He didn't dare to go back to the town of Jotun, not to mention whether it was safe now, he was worried that it would affect Andrew's family, since the town of Jotun couldn't go back, and he was fleeing to the north of the Kingdom of Northville, so the only place that could make him buy food nearby was Kribi City, which was also a military town of the Kingdom of Northville, and Erema would definitely have some scruples if he wanted to catch himself.
But just in case, when the time comes, go to the city of Kribi and finish buying food, and leave the city as soon as possible, so as not to cause any trouble.
Levi's finger followed the parchment map all the way up to the north of Kribi City, a large canyon that runs from north to south, and the name of the canyon is marked next to it, the Valley of the Titans.
In Northwell folklore, the Grand Canyon called the Valley of the Giant Gods is a dwelling place opened up by a giant god from the sky for himself in the mortal world, but like this kind of rumors about theology, Livi only listens to them as stories, knowing that the two theories of theology and alchemy can be described as the relationship between the tip of the needle and the wheat mang, and it is difficult for the two to coexist.
When you get out of the Valley of the Titan God full of mutated creatures, you will come to a large town in the Kingdom of Northwell with very developed agriculture, and then decide what to do next, it is good to think about the long term, but sometimes it becomes unrealistic to think too far ahead.
"Ignition crystal, bring this simple blood transfusion equipment, and you can also take a set of alchemy grenades" After counting all the equipment on his body, Levi took the flintlock fire gun in his hand and entered the mirror.
The next moment, the large alchemy array flashed, and Levi returned to the small plain where Errima grabbed him, the wind pressed down the wild grass around him, Levi looked around vigilantly with a fire gun, and exhaled after a while, it seemed that Errima was really gone.
In fact, Levi's holding the firebolt didn't actually do much, and with Erima's speed and strength, she could easily bounce off the lead bullets fired by the firebolt with a dagger.
However, thanks to the fact that the other party didn't know how the library works, he didn't stay here, otherwise Levi would have to surrender obediently.
"Xiao Ming" lowered his voice, and Levi used the fire gun to push away the surrounding grass and began to search for Xiao Ming's figure, turning around the nearby grass several times, but he still didn't find any trace of Xiao Ming.
Since Xiao Ming can't be found, it means that Xiao Ming shouldn't have starved to death here, either he ran away by himself, or he was taken away by the woman Erima, no matter what, it's better than finding Xiao Ming's body.
It's not necessarily a good thing to let Xiao Ming follow Levi on a long journey, and now that Xiao Ming is gone, he can go on alone, but he just has a missing companion.
Anyway, it's not a day or two to be alone, and after escaping all the way from the Kaos Empire to here, didn't Levi also insist on coming through on his own.
Xiao Ming, who was lying in the shadows watching Noxi practice his sword, suddenly sneezed, licked his paws and fell asleep again, and Verus, who was working as Noxi's sparring partner, found that in these days when Rivi was away, Xiao Ming rarely moved.
"Let's go, it wouldn't be good if Errema came back again" Putting his backpack on his back, Levi looked in the direction of Jotun Town, then withdrew his gaze in the direction of Kribi City.
As a man who has been hunted and killed for a long time, Levi is naturally very good at discerning directions, and he quickly determines the general location of Kribi City according to the map.
The city of Kribi had now become a half-commercial and half-military town, so Rivey saw a number of merchants in horse-drawn carriages along the way, including merchants from the San Kaos side.
Levi, dressed in tattered robes, looked like a beggar at first glance, and the merchants who passed by all rolled their eyes at him, but Levi didn't care about it, and just followed the merchants.
Cribi City is a big city, and if it weren't for the fact that Rivey had captured the town of Jotun for Noshi a month ago, he would have set out from this city for the hinterland of the kingdom of Northwell.
From a distance, there were two columns of soldiers standing at the head and under the city of Kribi, and there were five spears embedded in the tall gate made of blue bricks and stones, the longest spear in the middle, followed by the four spears on both sides.
Under the erosion of a hundred years, the walls of Kribi are full of mottled traces and a large amount of moss from the rain, a big red flag hangs on the spear in the middle, on which is the flag of the Northwell royal family - the eagle flag, and on the four spears on both sides is hung a roaring giant bear, which should be the flag of the city lord of Kribby, and the five flags are gently swaying in the wind.
The merchants who entered the city lined up, and a soldier took the manifest handed over by the merchant and checked the goods one by one, and then released them.
Rivey heard that the current lord of Kribi City was served by an earl, and that the city was governed in an orderly manner, and there were few bribes to be solicited, and now it seems that it lives up to its name.
The team kept moving forward, until a carriage carrying potatoes entered the city, and the next one was Rivi's turn.
Levi was taking a risk through the city gate, and he hadn't considered breaking up the city walls, but he was afraid that an extra hole under the walls would make this section of the city wall collapse if it couldn't stand the force, so he gave up.
"What are you doing in Kribi City?" the soldier asked routinely.
"I'm a traveler from afar, and I'm just going into town to buy some food and I'm leaving," replied Levi, who had thought out the wording.
"Traveler?" the soldier in tin armor looked at Rivi's tattered robes, like a dusty wanderer.
It was a non-war period now, and the soldier's questioning was just a routine, and the soldier who saw Levi's dirty body didn't have the heart to ask more, so he waved his hand and let Levi pass.
After walking for most of the day, it was now late afternoon, and after passing through the city gate, Rivi was about to find someone to ask where the market in Kribi City was, when suddenly he noticed a soldier staring at him in the left corner, holding a piece of parchment in his hand and comparing something.
No need to ask, this must be the manpower arranged by Erema in Kribi City, Rivi's face did not change, and he pretended to be natural and walked towards the city.
Levi, who had been paying attention to the soldier with his spare eyes, saw that the other party's eyes had been on him, and after a while, he turned around and walked into the alley, and he didn't know who to report to.
Seeing this, Livi suddenly cried out in his heart, how did you say that you, a soldier of the Northville Kingdom, became a minion of the Kaos Empire, now he should hurry up and finish buying food and flash people, if he is blocked in the city by Erima, he can't leave.
When a pedestrian asked where the Kribi City Market was, Rivera hurried over with the hood of his robe down, his purpose was clear, to buy pancakes and jerky.
Both of these can be stored for a long time on the go without spoiling, making them a must-have for long journeys, and they don't cost much, you can buy three pancakes or a piece of jerky for ten copper coins.