"Denya, it's starting again. The priest girl patted her forehead with a headache, and leaned over to the female knight and shouted: "Catherine, Catherine, eldest sister, eldest sister, wake up, wake up." ”

"What's the matter, who is shouting so loudly, what's wrong?" The female knight Catherine suddenly woke up, immediately held the gold coin in her palm, and looked around, until she saw the priest girl staring at her with an unkind face, and then smiled and said: "Haha, haha, Lina is you calling me, the gold coin is a little dirty, I wipe it casually, wipe it casually." ”

The priest girl Lina shook her head with a broken face: "Eldest sister, it's late!"

Catherine put the gold coins into her purse very preciously, put away her obsessive look, walked to the carriage that had stopped, tapped the armor on her left shoulder with her right hand, and gave the coachman a very standard knightly salute: "Mr. Emperor, thank you very much for your work in the past three days. In addition, we are very sorry that we originally agreed to hire you for 10 days, but for some reason, we had to terminate the agreement. ”

The emperor who is over fifty years old has dark skin, his face is full of wrinkles with the precipitation of wind and frost, and his smile is a little restrained and nervous: "It's okay, a few little misses, I've been getting along with the ladies very happily these days, and I'm already very satisfied." ”

Catherine's expression was still serious: "In the agreement, we will rent your carriage for the price of one gold coin per day, and hire you to drive for us for ten days. Now, after three days, we should pay you three gold coins. As is customary for adventurers, we terminated the mission early and failed to complete the agreement, so we should pay you half more on top of the agreed salary. In other words, we should pay you four gold and fifty silver. ”

"No, no, no. The coachman shook his hands in a little panic: "Three gold coins is already a lot, enough, no more." ”

Catherine shook her head: "No, an agreement is an agreement." According to the agreement, this money is what you deserve, we must give it to you, please be sure to accept it. So saying, he counted out four gold coins and five coins worth ten silver from his other pocket, and put them into the coachman's hand.

The coachman smiled gratefully and kept thanking: "Thank you so much, I listened to you arguing with that kid all the way, I still thought that I was already very satisfied if you didn't deduct my money, but I didn't expect you to ......"

"I'm a knight. A smile appeared on Catherine's serious face: "I won't pay less than a copper coin that we should pay, and I won't pay more than a copper coin that shouldn't be paid." This is the justice of the knights, or rather, this is my justice. To uphold justice is to safeguard the honor of knights. ”

"It's not early. The female pastor Lina came up: "Sister, you still have to find a place to live." ”

"Yes. Catherine replied and continued to say to the coachman, "Mr. Goyo, we will continue to look for suitable teammates tomorrow morning, and we need to rest early tonight, so we must go first." So let's part here and I wish you all the best for the future. ”

"Wait a minute. The coachman stopped Catherine, who was about to turn away: "I don't know much about you, but you should be looking for a good team." ”

"That's right, do you have any recommendations?" Lina replied preemptively.

"Hoe with malt. The coachman affirmed, "You can try your luck at the hoe and the malt tavern." It was the biggest tavern in town, and the owner was the most well-informed person in the whole of Kanzil. Whether you're looking for a place to stay or asking for news, you should try your luck there. The tavern is located in the inner ring area, which is an obvious sign. ”

"Thank you very much. Afraid that Catherine would give her a long thank-you, Lina immediately pulled Catherine and the little girl Vivien to the inner ring, and muttered excitedly: "Hoe and malt, what strange names." The protagonists of Dragons and Empires have said that there will definitely be some adventures in this kind of tavern with strange names. Catherine, Vivien, let's go, we're going to have good luck. ”

"Huh, where are we?" Vivien, who was being pulled and staggered forward, was interrupted from thinking and asked blankly, "Where are we going?"

"It's fine. Lina replied angrily: "You keep thinking, just follow along." ”

"Oh. ”

Hoe & Malt Tavern, located in the inner ring of the town of Kanzier, is the largest tavern in Kanzir and the liveliest venue in the town. Whenever the sun sets, the residents of the town, the merchants, the mercenaries of the brigade, the adventurers of the squad, these people who have been busy all day, will come to the tavern in groups to sit down, order a glass of mellow ale, let the tired ** and spirit be soothed under the influence of alcohol, chat casually with the people you know or don't know, brag about your heroic deeds back then, and add a little different fun to yourself or ordinary and exciting life.

The tavern is actually not big, the hall is only about 300 square meters at most, and more than 20 tables are scattered all over the hall. Busy between the tables are two female waitresses in their twenties, with professional smiles on their faces and trays full of wine glasses in their hands, expertly dodging between the table and the large hands stretched out to rub the oil, and occasionally when they dodge, you can hear the screams and scolding of the two girls, and the smug laughter of the men.

In the corner of the hall, there is a high platform half a meter above the ground and a width of more than ten square meters, which the tavern provides free of charge for the occasional bard to perform on the high platform to earn travel expenses. Directly across from the gate is a spacious bar where the owner and the hostess of the tavern are busy. Outside the bar is a circle of chairs for guests who come alone. If you're looking for a place to stay but don't want to go to a hotel, a tavern can also meet your requirements. On the second floor of the tavern there are more than a dozen rooms dedicated to such guests.

When Catherine pushed open the door of the tavern, the three of them were greeted by the noisy voices of the room and the muffled singing of the bard to the accompaniment of the Florenten.

"The dwarven tomahawk sweeps away the evil"

"The Elf's Feather Arrow, Reburying the Dead"

"In front of the Demon Swordsman, the sword aura and the brilliance of magic flicker alternately"

"The knight's spear is unstoppable, and the heroic charge is unstoppable"

"What shines in the shadows is the dagger in the sandman's hand"

"Around the totem pole are the souls of orc ancestors singing"

"Berserkers tear apart all enemies in their battle cries"

"The resounding sound of the battlefield is the roar of the hedron gun"

"Twins of light and darkness, acting in the wrath of the gods of light"

"The magic element of jumping, showing the glory of landing on the ground, water, fire, and wind"

"The fangs and claws of the beast shine in the darkness"

"The scorching dragon's breath, destroying everything, descends from the sky"

"The bones of the undead are piled up like hills"

"Through many obstacles, the heroes are close to the place where it all began"

"The indomitable shaman gave everything to his ancestors"

"Burning life blocked the enemy, and the soul returned to the ancestors, turning into a holy wolf running on the grassland"

"The heroes have finally confronted the mutilated and twisted evil god"

"To each of you to the best of your ability, the flames of war are flying"

"Desperate evil gods rush to the heroes' positions"

"Delusional desire to take the heroes' ** and gain the power of the living"

"The fearless knight rushed to the evil god, the holy body, wrapped in the filth of the evil god's soul"

"The conspiracy of the evil gods did not succeed, and it was the knight's chest that pierced the knight's chest with a spear inscribed with virtues in her own hand"

Catherine stood at the door of the tavern, silently listening to the bard's singing, and at the end, her eyes flushed red. A silver coin popped out between Catherine's fingers, arced through the air, and landed in the bard's hat.

"Hah, a silver coin. Lina teased and said, "Why has the eldest sister become generous?"

"The one who makes the deeds of heroes spread. Catherine replied as she walked to the bar, "You deserve a reward." This silver coin was made by myself. ”

Lina covered her mouth and smiled slyly: "I see, I heard the name I admired and admired, and I couldn't help it." ”

"Actually, that's right. Catherine simply admitted.

The three girls walked all the way through the crowd in the tavern, and when they saw the three beautiful women descending and wanted to go up to entangle the drinkers, they saw clearly the clothes and armor on the girls' bodies, and they all flinched. Only one of the drunken ones wanted to move their hands and feet, but in the blink of an eye, the mace on the priest's girl's waist somehow hit the tip of his nose.

Ignoring the threat of violence behind him, the knight led the two girls to the bar and sat down.

The tavern owner is a wolf orc, and his physical signs are not very obvious, and if you block his ears and tail, it is difficult to tell his identity as a werewolf. But he was unusually tall, standing behind the bar, his head almost up to the cabinet at the top of the bar. The tall wolf boss was drying the freshly washed dishes and quilts with a cloth, and glanced at the three girls, but did not make a sound. The beautiful proprietress of the fox clan stood beside the boss and was busy preparing the drinks ordered by the guests, and when she saw the three of them sitting down, she smiled at them friendly.

"One ale and two dragon burn orange juices. Catherine pulled out five silver coins and placed them in front of the boss.

"Two is enough. The boss looked at the silver coin in front of him and suddenly whispered, "Okay, what's your problem?"

"Looks like you two are also professionals, are you adventurers?" Catherine was very sophisticated in her conversation, and she was responsible for all the work of diplomacy in the team, at least without entering preaching or chanting mode due to the outburst of chivalry.

"Not an adventurer, once a mercenary. The boss lowered his head and wiped the plate, and said without raising his head: "Until our deputy head was hit by an arrow." ”

Catherine was stunned: "Why aren't you mercenaries when your deputy head is hit by an arrow?"

"Because I shot it. Talking about a very frightening topic, the proprietress smiled proudly.