Chapter 13: Encountering Robbers on the Road
Breathing in the fresh air and admiring the endless wheat fields, Dim and Sylvia walked together on a country road with a bag on their backs.
"Based on the distance marked on the map, it will take us about two days to hike to Grey Goose City, where we can taste the local specialty whole fungus feast. In his hand he held a map of eighteen large and small cities and countless small towns in the western province, as well as a number of special places and important areas, the former to give travelers a direction, and the latter to prevent anyone from entering those dangerous areas.
"Is there meat in there?" Sylvia asked with a frown, the elves' bodies are slightly different from other races in terms of internal structure, their digestive systems can't digest meat like other races, as long as it's something that is in touch with meat, otherwise it will cause severe diarrhea, and even death.
"There is no meat, and the book says that all the ingredients for the whole mushroom feast are all kinds of mushrooms, and the oil used is also vegetable oil. Gloomy replied.
"That's good. Sylvia's brow furrowed, she wanted to taste the food of all places like Dark, but there were many things related to meat, and she couldn't eat them as an elf.
For the first time, Sylvia felt that being an elf was not good at all.
Before leaving, Planck asked him to have a drink to make up for the regret that he didn't get his treasured wine at Vogue's, and at the time of checkout, he almost killed the owner of the tavern, or Sylvia paid for it, and then dragged him away.
"Why don't you have any money with you?" asked Sylvia, counting the money in her pocket, as she only had twenty gold coins left in her deposit.
"Money? What's the use of that thing?" he was confused, he really lacked basic common sense on the mainland, and he knew the advanced knowledge of economics, but he didn't even know what money was.
"Don't you demons never pay for anything?"
"Why pay for it? The rule of our demons is to take whatever they like, ask for it, and kill it if they don't give it. Gloom said. There is no such thing as money in the dark abyss.
"......," Sylvia was speechless.
"I don't care how you're living in the abyss, but you're in the surface world right now, and you have to pay to buy things here. Sylvia said she had to teach her how to spend money. "One hundred copper coins is equal to one silver coin, ten silver coins are equal to one gold coin, you must be careful not to get hacked when you buy something. ”
"Okay, but I don't have any money right now, so you'll have to wait until I do. ”
"I can give you two gold coins first, but you have to pay me back when you have the money later. The elf girl took out two gold coins with the Tree of Life printed on them from her pocket, and handed them to Gmy with a painful face.
Twenty gold coins were missing two more, and Sylvia was going to be careful again.
Glow carefully put the two gold coins in his pocket, this was the first time he had gotten the money, and it was borrowed, and he would have to pay it back later, if he accidentally lost it, it would be a debt of two gold coins to Sylvia.
In other words, the farmland and paths disappeared, and in their place were vast fields and spacious official roads of the kingdom. Compared to the country roads, the official roads of the kingdom are smoother, and the rut marks of horse-drawn carriages can occasionally be seen on them.
"Is it really good that we carry so many things on our backs?" asked Sylvia, wryly.
Planck gave each of them a magic storage bag before leaving, this kind of small backpack with an actual capacity comparable to a locker is not a big road commodity like magic contact lenses. It can only be made by a great magician who is proficient in alchemy, and it already involves the application of space magic, which can be described as full of gold. For the sake of the demon crystal, Planck, who even gave away the "Rose" thorn, gave it to the two without feeling distressed.
Not only that, but he also helped Planck prepare food, water, a lot of fruit for Sylvia to eat, and tents and other things, a total of 12 gold coins of travel items. According to Dark, he would never give up if he didn't drain the remaining value of the demon crystal.
Poor old dwarf Planck, he didn't even know that he was being pitted.
"As for that, the storage bag can reduce the weight of the contents to the point where there is only one-tenth of the weight left, and your bag will not weigh more than three pins (a unit of measurement, equivalent to a kilogram) now. I've got twice as much in my bag as yours, and there's a tent in it. He dragged his backpack and said.
"But we have to go a long way, haven't you heard of the phrase that there is no light debt on a long journey?" said Sylvia, sticking out her tongue.
He looked at Sylvia helplessly, and he felt that it seemed to be a mistake to bring this elf out......
"Forget it, give me your bag. After thinking about it for a long time, Glo finally decided to bring Sylvia's bag with her, and the girl from the province complained here again.
"Yes, yes. Sylvia happily untied her bag and stuffed it into her arms, and then ran and jumped on the road alone, happy as a child...... Well, she's underage and indeed a child.
Seeing Sylvia's fiery appearance, Gmy knew that she was not tired at all, but simply wanted to throw the burden to Gloo.
There is a bag hanging on the front and back, which looks very funny, and the original fierce temperament of an assassin is all washed away by these two funny bags. Sylvia pointed at him and smiled, "Dark, did you find it? You look like a turtle now." ”
"That's thanks to you. Said gloomily.
"Don't be angry, as a high-level demon, you are a nobleman among demons. Of course, a nobleman has to share the pressure for young and beautiful ladies. You see I'm so beautiful, and you're a nobleman, so of course you're going to help me share the pressure. Sylvia was so analytical that she found herself unable to refute her.
When did even the elves become like this? cunningly!
Glow complained in his heart.
Five big men who looked almost identical suddenly jumped out of the grass, stood in a row with firewood knives in their hands, and then began to say while solitaire—
"Uh, the two people in front of me have listened!" said the first man.
"This road is in the hands of the masters!" said the second big man.
"Don't try to pass through here easily!" said the third man.
"Unless you stay and buy the money!" said the fourth man.
"Either take the money! or take the life!" the last big man made the end.
Look at the five big men who are fierce and vicious, okay, the feeling is that they have met robbers.
Sylvia took off her enchanted longbow and three arcane arrows, and aimed them at the five great men as if she were facing a great enemy.
He replied with a sneer: "I'll take my life!"