Chapter 82: Arrival at Sardenburg
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"Keep your eyes peeled and stay safe. ”
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Everyone stood aside and watched as the doctor and his assistant were busy for a long time, and their stomachs began to growl, and the patient's condition finally stabilized. Mithrel took off his gloves and mask and walked over to the patient's wife and said, "The medicine has started to work and it is expected to clear the germs in a day." Now all my assistant and I have to do is do everything we can to keep the patient from being killed with him...... It's going to take at least a day or two, and you can't wait for the results if you stand like this, so go back." ”
"Okay, then madam, let's withdraw first, I'm sure your husband will survive it. Silna said to the peasant woman, and everyone followed suitably to send their blessings, and the scene was quite warm.
"Thank you all for these two days. The peasant woman said with tears in her eyes, trembling and reaching out for a cloth bag, and taking out a few silver coins to give to Ciri: "I'm sorry, but I don't have much money at home...... I can only pay a little hard money. ”
"No need, even if we want a bounty, we should go to the village chief who gave the bounty and ask for it. Ciri hurriedly pushed back: "What's more, we haven't found out the source of this disease at all, so let's wait until it is cured and give it to the doctor." ”
The peasant woman gave the money to the doctor, but was refused: "Look at my clinic, ma'am, I am not short of money." This is a clinical trial full of risks, and if you want to pay money, I should pay the patient's family, you should go buy some delicious food, if the patient wakes up, he will need a lot of nutrition. ”
"Thank you. The peasant woman's tears became more and more turbulent, and she couldn't stop thanking: "Good people, may God bless you." ”
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"I'm so unwilling, I can't find anything. The first commission from the Otherworld ended in vain, and a certain apprentice witcher rode on his horse with some melancholy, and returned to the caravan station side by side with Rod: "We will continue to set off tomorrow, and I don't even know if the patient has been cured." ”
"yes. Rhodes wanted to propose sneaking away from the team to continue the investigation, but Grom was on the side, so he had to hold back his stomach: "Let's go to Sardenburg honestly to participate in the tournament, try to win the championship, and then mention it in person when you meet the king." When he knows about this, if he wants to investigate, it will definitely be more useful than the two of us. ”
"You've decided to participate?" Ciri turned her head to stare at him with green eyes, "Your uncle won't let go." ”
"Whatever, you can't make your own decisions in a competition that doesn't use real guys, I'll die head-on. Rod said with a proud face, turning his head to look at his personal swordsmanship lesson: "Grom, do you think I can win the championship if I participate in the competition?"
"It's hard to judge until I see the other contestants. The great swordsman grabbed the reins, his body swayed with the advance of the horse, and his words were like gold, "I can only say that you are very strong among your peers, far better than me at this age, as long as you are not arrogant or impatient, you will have no problem ranking in the top ranks." ”
"I'll do my best. Rod was overjoyed, and what he wanted was not an answer or praise, but an attitude: since Grom had answered the question, at least it showed that he had no objection to his participation. Even if Dieter protests again, he can at least finish the game before going home, "By the way, Ciri, how are you recovering?"
"Very good, I'm just a little embarrassed by the wild hunters chasing a few worlds, and I didn't get seriously injured. It's just that the original magic in the body is exhausted and needs to be slowly recovered. ”
"When we can talk to each other, you must be very good at traveling and adventuring between worlds. ”
"Yes. The girl readily agreed, and since she had heard that Grom could single-handedly deal with the Wild Hunting Triumvirate, she had revered the tall man. Hearing that he has such a high opinion of Rod today, I can't help but be curious about this handsome young man who sticks to him like a little follower, and I am also a little eager to try.
"When there is a venue another day, you can try your training sword competition. Grom said expressionlessly, "But don't talk about the Evolution Society and the Living Dead before you go back to people, understand?"
"Got it. ”
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When you come out to mix, eyesight is very important. From the crowd, distinguish which people are rich, which ones are poor ghosts, which ones have never seen the world and are easy to deceive, and which ones are old fritters and even ruthless characters that cannot be provoked...... If there is no guarantee of this, even if you are lucky and mix well, sooner or later the car will overturn.
Nikita was so impressed by this that she sat on the side of the street, looking sick and pitiful, her eyes scanning the flow of people coming and going in and out of the city gates, looking for prey.
A sizable procession came into her view, a caravan of about twenty guards, all of whom led the carriage with their mounts because they could not ride horses at the gates of the royal city, and it was usually not a good target to gather in such a group, but one of the young men caught her eye.
Nikita's heart jumped, and the thought came to her mind like a spring, the boy looked about her own age, his face was as handsome and beautiful as an elf, his eyes were as clear as the spirit of the mountains and rivers, and he was as conspicuous as a diamond in the sand in the crowd - it couldn't be a woman dressed as a man, she looked at the boy carefully, and although she couldn't find any trace of his beard, she could see the slightly floating Adam's apple, and it was indeed a man.
Such an extraordinary person, I don't know whose son it is?
Nikita thought flashed in his mind for a moment, and sighed: no matter what the other party's identity is, it has nothing to do with his street gangsters, so there is no need to think nonsense.
Although the clothes on the young man's body were not luxurious, Nikita could see that they were quite exquisite materials, coupled with the confident and free temperament that was revealed intentionally or unintentionally, it was simply written on his face, "My family conditions are very good, and I live a very nourishing life". In addition, he also twisted left and right to look east and west, and talked happily with his companions, obviously the first time he came back to Sardenburg.
Young and golden, not going out often, is the best fat sheep to cheat, on!
Nikita rose from the street steps and squeezed through the crowd to get closer to her target, ready to start the show.
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After a few days of traveling, they finally arrived at the first stop of the journey, the capital of the Kingdom of Antelli: Sardenberg.
"Anteli, a traditional northern powerhouse. Twenty years ago, we were in awe of calling it the Three Great Northern Kingdoms, along with Harwich and Aga, but with the rise of the Empire, we have now collectively referred to it as the Northern Kingdoms along with a bunch of small nations around it. ”
Dieter spoke with an unconcealed sense of pride, and although his contribution to the rise of the empire was minimal, he had a small share of the credit. Turning his head to see that Rod was not touched, he could only sigh secretly. From the "Three Great Kingdoms of the North" to the "Northern Kingdoms", the meaning behind this simple name change is incomprehensible to those new generations who were born in the Sixth Age of Magic and opened their eyes to see a powerful Midland.
This change of title reflects the improvement of Midlanders' self-confidence, and self-confidence cannot be created in a vacuum, from a small southern country to a huge and unified Midland Empire - behind this magnificent change, how many thrilling events have happened, including how many people's struggle and blood and sweat, I am afraid that I can't tell the whole story in a day and a night.
"It's worth mentioning that we no longer call it one of the three kingdoms because Midland is already stronger and bigger than it. But the kingdom of Anteli itself has not weakened, it is still a military power, a difficult bone to gnaw. Dieter continued, speaking of the international situation, he is also full of conversation like a young man: "The competitive relationship between countries is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat...... If you don't develop, you may fall behind the next day, and if you fall behind, you will inevitably be beaten. Midland and the northern countries have already fought once, but unfortunately because of Ericon's intervention, not only did it not be done at once, but it woke up these guys who were drunk in the dream of a great power, and now the northern countries are all staring at the empire, and His Majesty the Emperor does not dare to act casually. ”
Ciri was a little melancholy: "Why do I run to any world I want, and the humans in it are all fighting around." ”
"It's hard to explain, let's just say, for the sake of profit. Dieter was also asked, so he had to say perfunctorily: "If both sides can't fight, that's called a truce; The history of mankind is a history of wars and truces, and peace almost never exists -- we cannot hope that outsiders will not bully, but we can only guarantee that we are so strong that outsiders will not dare to bully. ”
Rod still didn't react, he hadn't experienced it, he didn't understand, and he didn't intend to understand. Ciri, however, nodded with feeling, as if she had personally received a lesson.
Anteli's land area was less than a quarter of Midland's, and the size of the royal capital had shrunk by almost this much, but the height of the gates and the thickness of the walls they passed through were almost the same as that of Winvi City, and Rhodes really couldn't see that this city was only a quarter the size of Winvi City......
"Winway City is four times the size of Saleenburg, so the height and thickness of the walls must also be proportionately increased? Who told you that?" Hearing Rod's question, Dieter couldn't help but laugh: "Whether the country is strong or not depends on the walls of the capital. If the walls of a nation's capital are all put in handy, it is already in jeopardy. Antelli was close to Midland, and the king was not confident that he would be able to keep the Imperial army out of the country in the event of a conflict, so he needed to build the walls of Sardenburg strong and tall, but the city of Winvi had never suffered a ......"
Dieter was about to take the opportunity to instill something more for Rhodes, but was interrupted. A skinny, dirty, tousled girl with a bird's nest squeezed in front of them and stopped Rod.
"Sir, all right, I'm from out of town, but I met robbers on the way, my family was killed, my luggage and things were all robbed, and I didn't even have the money to go back...... I haven't eaten in three days. Speaking of the sadness, the girl choked up.
"Oh......" It was the first time that Rhodes had encountered this kind of thing, and he froze for a moment, and reached for the money, but was stopped by Sylna's arm, and looked at her suspiciously.
"It's been a few months, and you're still here to pay for the passage back?" Morfan came out from the side, grabbed the girl murderously, and pushed hard: "Get out!"
The girl almost fell and stumbled away. Her mind raced, and she quickly figured out what the problem was - she had made a low-level mistake that only a novice would make: she had been so distracted by the appearance of the young man that she had forgotten to observe the people around him before acting!
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