Chapter 2: The Coming Man (2)
Although old John has been suffering from leg problems recently, and has also suffered from aging eyes, he can always see things that are close to him, but he has a good memory.
There are thousands of large and small families in Panshi Town, and he knows more than half of them. Walking along the white-stone brick-paved streets, he always calls out half of the pedestrians' names.
Therefore, he dared to conclude at this moment that Richard and his gang had never been to Rock Town.
Whether it's a giant wolf, surrounded by a group of calves, a mastiff, or this strange baby dragon, wherever this dress is placed, it stands out from the crowd. He went to the Prancing Horse Hotel every night for a drink, and even if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he had at least heard of it. Old John had very good ears.
But this is strange, since they have never been to Rock Town, how can they come from the mountain pass in front of them? Old John wrinkled his nose, took another puff of his cigarette, and fell into confusion.
Audrey also looked strangely at the watchtower in front of her, which should not be there.
Dressed in silver armor, she carried a longbow on her shoulder at this moment, and a leather arrow belt hung from her left waist, which was full of money.
Holding a giant wolf in her hand, she is not ordinarily heroic.
"Old man, is this Rock Town?" Walking to the top of the watchtower, Audrey looked up at Old John with his head out of the window.
Her handsome appearance made Old John even more determined.
Even in his years, when a beautiful girl arrives over there, she can gather a circle of people, even more so now. Old John looked at Audrey's outstanding appearance, and couldn't help but whisper "really handsome".
"No, Lord knightess, look behind you, the wall that appears across the wheat field is not a magical illusion of the forest elves. Old John, though he called out to Audrey, "Lord Knightess," was not indifferent.
A sparkling pipe came out and took it out of his mouth.
Before Richard and Audrey could say anything, the mastiffs around them were already barking. After using the transformation, their structure is also like that of real mastiffs, and even the barking has changed to a "roar, roar, whoosh", and the magic of magic can be seen.
Like these guys, Richard was equally excited.
After these days of trekking, I finally walked to a place where there were people, at least I could lie down on a soft and warm bed at night, and I didn't have to sleep in the open, and I was worried about horses or centipedes with thick arms, and crawled into the bed.
Audrey, who walked side by side with him, had a cloudy face and didn't know what to think. Her Royal Highness, the beautiful former princess, glanced at Richard beside her, and her face seemed to be a little unwilling. But after being stunned for a while, she suddenly thought in her heart that when she took a bath at night, she would not bless the door with a solidification magic.
Audrey immediately smiled wryly and shook her head, when did she become so indecent.
"Lord Knightess, you and the magician beside you have come from the mountains behind you, and then through the canyon, to this side, right?" Old John looked at Richard again, and he noticed that the gray robe on the young young man was spotless, and the edges were sewn with silk, and on the top were the pattern of the starry night.
He was still on the watchtower, and gave a thumbs up to the people below: "It's really amazing, there are many people who enter along the mountain pass from here, but few people come out of it by themselves." ”
Richard and Audrey looked dazed. I wonder why this gray-haired, emaciated old man would say that?
"But I, old man, have to say a word of advice to you. Although you should be quite good, there are some things that you should not pay too attention to, the world is very big. Old John put his hand out of the window and pointed to the mountain pass canyon in the distance.
The tobacco in his pipe had burned out, and when the ash flew in all directions and dispersed with the wind, the window frame in the watchtower made a "bang", "bang", "bang" sound again.
Richard and Audrey looked at each other in surprise, and then said goodbye to the old man in the watchtower. They all felt that old John had something to say, as if he was hiding something.
Leaving the watchtower, the two walked along the path towards the wheat field, but their eyes kept on the towering stone wall behind the wheat field.
Maybe it's dawn, not long after dawn, and there are only pedestrians on this road. But whoever it is, they will glance at them.
When he arrived in a place where no one was around, Richard carefully took out a scroll-like object from his bosom, and when he spread it out, it was slightly yellow, and the paper was empty, and at this moment countless patterns of mountains and rivers suddenly appeared, and soon a complete map appeared.
With his finger sliding over it, Richard pointed to the place marked "Rock Town" on the map, and said to Audrey: "The map says that when you go to Rock Town, you have already come to the deep valley. The Amber City, where you meet here, is separated by only a trade route. Along the King's Road, passing through this place......"
He dotted his finger on the town icon that was labeled "White Horse City" in lingua franca.
“...... That is, White Horse City, you can go to Amber City. ”
After putting away the map, Richard said to Audrey in confusion, "But it's too cumbersome for us to work all the way. To be honest, flying from the sky will only take half a day at most, and it won't be so troublesome at all. ”
The corners of Audrey's mouth were turned to one side, and it was shaking its wings at what was between her and Richard, and two flames erupted from its thick nostrils.
"You want to use this guy?"
"No, no, no. Richard continued to whisper. He rolled the map back and put it in his arms, looking a little sneaky.
Amos, who had shrunk many times by a large number of times, pricked up his ears, and suddenly stared at the bastard in robes with the eyes of a dead man.
Dare to ride on the head of your Uncle Amos, boy, you have a lot of guts. This abyssal dragon expresses its threat and protest with its eyes that can kill people.
Amos's vertical eyes, which resembled poisonous snakes, shimmered with a dangerous light.
Richard turned his head, but he didn't see it.
"Your Highness Princess, a dragon is faster than a sound. He said in a seductive tone, "Why use your feet when you have such a convenient thing." ”
"Originally, I agreed with you. Audrey shook her head helplessly at him, and then stroked the greens on one side with emotion.
The beautiful white wolf rubbed its head against her.
Audrey looked at Richard with a look of regret, "Not now, I feel that this place is exuding a strange one, and there is elemental turbulence everywhere. ”
Richard looked at her in some surprise.
"In this place, I'm afraid that even the long-distance teleportation circle can't be deployed normally. I'm not sure it won't get the attention of those people. Audrey pointed to the sky, her face serious, "The aura of the Abyss Demon Dragon is too terrifying, and it will definitely be discovered." But if you don't take it out, the sky is no safer than the land. Outside of the human towns, not only the earthly wilderness has been carved out of the territory, but even the sky has been occupied by all kinds of powerful life. Their detection magic is more troublesome than you and I think. Hey, do you remember what happened to you?"
Richard's expression suddenly tightened, and he shrunk his neck, "Then forget it, we'll still use it." ”
"Remember what the old man said just now, I think something must have come here too. Audrey checked the leather arrow belt around her waist and counted the arrows made of Flame Eagle feathers.
"Grandpa Angelo is right, the fall of the plane has begun, and the world will become more and more turbulent in the future. ”
"The old man on the watchtower, what he just said, is that also what he said?" asked Richard grimly.
As soon as he finished speaking, he stumbled and almost fell into the mud.
Looking at the ground, Richard noticed that there were some strange rocks with dirt at his feet, about the size of a watermelon, like the one that had just been dug out of the soil, and he immediately stared at the sky with terrible eyes, making Amos in the shape of "the weather is so good".
As for his problem, it was quickly resolved.
"Are you saying that more than a month ago, a huge spatial crack appeared in the Loki Mountains behind it, and a lord-level tyrant iron monster fell?" Richard looked incredulous.
"This magician, the more terrible things are yet to come. The dragon that ruled the land made a war with the monster, but was killed by it. Now the mountain is very chaotic, and the space crack that has shrunk a lot has recently thrown out a lot of otherworldly demonic beasts. We, the people of Rock Town, are dying of sorrow. But the outsiders hated - oh, it's not about you, it's not about you!—(pause) They were all coming for the dragon's lair, trying to get their hands on the dragon's heaping treasures. Hehe, I heard others say that although the tyrant iron monster is strong, but the brain is not smart, like an ordinary beast, it can't distinguish between gold and stone......"