181. The carpenter waiting at the portal door
I didn't expect the nobles and commoners to pass through the portal at night, so Surdak booked a room at the Song of the Wind Hotel and booked a room for two nights.
However, after a day of wandering around Epson, Surdak realized that if he stayed in Song of the Wind for two nights in a row, he would pass through the portal tomorrow night.
Surdak walked out of Aunt Olenka's restaurant, feeling that there really was nothing to miss about the city, and he had the idea of leaving Epson City.
Spent a silver coin to rent a carriage, hurried back to the Song of the Wind Hotel, cleaned up in the room, and then walked to the balcony to look at the Civic Center Square, at this time there happened to be a group of soldiers carrying supplies constantly coming out of the portal, watching these materials and resources continue to be transported from the Grimm Empire, obviously the Warsaw plane supplies could not support the needs of the battlefield here.
Last night's shipment was supposed to be barrels of fire oil, but now I don't know what is in these packages.
Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and a cavalry team ran from the central street.
When galloping along the street, there were knights with guard battalions on both sides of the street to maintain order on the street, and the idlers and others were driven to the left and right sides of the street, leaving a wide road in the middle of the street.
The knights on the black-scaled horses all wore gold badges on their chests, and a young knight in armor was wearing a set of gold-inlaid armor, which was very eye-catching.
The team of Constructed Knights walked straight into the City Hall Square, the soldiers who were transporting supplies got out of the way, and the guards who maintained the square also tried to get out of the way, and these Constructed Knights didn't even stop in the Civic Center Square, they rushed into the portal and disappeared into the magic vortex.
Thinking of this, Surdak subconsciously touched the bulging money bag, which was full of ununlocked magic cores, and thought: These magic cores can probably afford to buy a complete set of magic pattern constructions, if it weren't for the store manager being so annoying, I'm afraid he wouldn't have picked out all the magic cores containing magic crystals.
So much so that the magic core left in that magic grocery store is all a pile of discarded garbage, and those who like to gamble on magic cores only need to go to it a few times, I'm afraid they won't visit that magic grocery store again in the future, and they will inevitably lose a lot of money, so they should buy a lesson.
After packing his bags, Surdak went to the stables in the backyard of the hotel.
After showing the nameplate to the caretaker in the stable, he gave the caretaker a tip of ten copper plates before pulling the Gubolai horse out of the stable.
Leading the horse, along the road in front of the hotel, detoured to the front of the Civic Center Square, and followed the flow of people to the crowd waiting in line for teleportation, but found that it was already crowded.
Surdak suddenly thought of his identity, he should also be a knight, and decided to lead his horse to the noble passage to ask, if he could, of course, it would be better, otherwise he would really suffer a little from being crowded among the commoners.
Truckloads of military supplies were transported out of the square by horse-drawn carts, and Surdak squeezed out of the crowd, but suddenly heard the familiar shouts.
"Knight Surdak, please wait a minute!"
Surdak turned his head to look at the voice, and saw a man with a linen scarf covering his face, crowded into the crowd, and when he saw him turn his head to look, he waved his hand at him, and then pulled the linen scarf off his face, revealing a familiar face......
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In a tavern, several drinkers gathered at a table, chattering with their heads down, drinking ale from their glasses.
Several young people sat on the high stools in front of the bar, their eyes always fell on the young barmaid at the tavern bar, they could drink a glass of wine for a whole night, and they were best at telling some funny jokes, but although the barmaid was dressed young and gorgeous, she was not a woman who only knew love and did not know bread, and she was not moved by the overtures of this group of young people, but she always had a faint smile on her face.
In the corner of the tavern, John sat somewhat reservedly across from Surdak with a look of embarrassment on his face.
The tavern waiter brought two glasses of ale, and Surdak shoved a stack of copper plates into the waiter's hand and told him to take care of the horses tethered outside.
"John, why are you here?" Surdak asked John.
Sitting in a chair, hunched over, with his head bowed, and his fleshy body looking like a big fat quail, John complained to Surdak: "I've been waiting for you in the square for almost a whole day, and I know you're ......coming."
John spoke with a humble look, as the catapult maintenance carpenter had never been so humble, even in the wilderness and hills when confronted with evil spirits.
At that time, he was not afraid of death at all, and Surdak also knew very well that the carpenter in front of him was not a coward who was afraid of death at all, so there must be another reason why he behaved so humblely.
"John, what's going on?"
Surdak looked at John suspiciously, he and his wife lived outside of Epson, but it seemed that their lives were okay, and he had left a sum of money when he left, enough for them to survive the temporary difficulties.
A smile squeezed out of John's bitter melon face, and said: "Knight Surdak, everything is going well, I came to you this time, I have a reluctant request, if you can, please bring my wife back to the Green Empire, I think it is safer to Roland Continent, the one who made the mistake is me, my wife should not be held accountable by the Bona military if she returns to her hometown, I want my children to live in a city full of peace." ”
So that's it!
Unexpectedly, after thinking about it all night, John actually wanted to send his pregnant wife back to the Grimm Empire.
When Surdak looked at John, he felt that his arms were really strong, and he was the kind of person to rely on.
John raised his head and summoned up the courage to say to Surdak, "Yesterday I heard that you have no knight retinue for the time being, so I took the liberty of coming to ask for you!" ”
Surdak gently rubbed his forehead with his hand and asked John a question that he was more worried about: "Have you told your wife about this?" ”
"I think she'll agree." John swore by it.
Surdak pondered for a moment and asked, "Then have you ever thought about how your wife will live in the future when she is alone with her children?" ”
John, apparently having his own plans, replied to Surdak without even thinking about it:
"I'll send them money on time, and I want them to go to my wife's relatives when they get to the Grimm Empire, and they will definitely take care of her."
Surdak nodded and said, "Since you have made your decision, I can promise you. But...... That's all I can do. ”
Then he hesitated for a moment, feeling that such a decisive statement would inevitably hurt the friendship between the two, so he added: "By the way, where is your hometown, is it also Bena Province?" In that case, I can also give you a free airship ticket. ”
"Yes, right in the city of Socrates, Bena, Knight of Surdak."
John's eyes widened when he heard Surdak say this, and his eyes were full of gratitude.
"Okay, I can give you a night's time to prepare, wait for me at the door of the Song of the Wind Hotel before noon tomorrow, I am going to return to the Grimm Empire through the portal tomorrow night, and I will not wait for the deadline!" After Surdak finished speaking, he tapped the table, pressed a silver coin under the beer glass, and walked around.
He also had to force the Gubo horse back to the stable of the Song of the Wind Hotel, the tip he had just given to the stable keeper was in vain, but fortunately the room at the Song of the Wind Hotel was not returned, otherwise it would probably have to find another place to stay, in this crowded city, it may not be so easy to find an inn with a similar environment to the Song of the Wind Hotel.
Back in his hotel room, Surdak sat on a lounge chair on the balcony, made himself a pot of lemon tea, and took out two croissants from the bakery from his backpack and put them on his plate, along with two red-colored plums, which he thought might be useful on the journey, but now seemed to be his own dinner.
While sharpening the magic core with a small file, he watched as a group of wounded soldiers in the Civic Center Square were slowly carried into the portal portal, and it looked like those wounded soldiers were going to be sent back to the Grimm Empire to recuperate, in this world, Surdak had never seen the profession of a doctor. Or it can be said that in Greene Chinese, there is not even the word doctor.
The corresponding to the doctor is the priest, but Surdak has not seen the priest either, and only heard the soldiers of the second squad say that before the outbreak of this plane war, the army of the Grimm Empire had priests and battle priests, but I don't know why, when this plane war broke out, all the temples of the Grimm Empire were closed, and those priests and battle priests were all restrained in the temple......