Chapter 4: Departure, Crying, and Bad News
Lu took the little girl's hand, and Ralph knocked heavily on the door of the village chief's house, a simple and leaky wooden house, Ralph and Lu couldn't help but guess that the village chief might be hiding in the quilt shivering, brewing sleep, only to be made by the two of them can only get up from the bed full of resentment. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
As the two had guessed, the village chief looked at Ralph with an angry look, and when he saw Lu, his face was slightly better, and finally he asked Lu with a straight face, "Dear Master, is there anything wrong with such a late hour?"
"I found a little girl besieged by Nether Dogs outside the village, it seems to be from your village. Lu smiled and pulled the little girl in front of him, "May I ask if the village chief has seen this little girl?"
"Oh, isn't this Xana?" the village chief looked at the little girl in surprise, then thought of something, shook his head and said, "Honorable master, I suggest you leave her alone. ”
Lu was slightly stunned, only to hear the village chief continue: "This year's harvest is not very good, Xia Na's parents still have three boys to support, and the family does not have enough food to support a girl who can't do hard work." ”
The moment he heard what the village chief said, the pearl necklace with tears like broken threads fell to the ground frantically - he didn't cry out loud.
"By the way, did I just hear you say that there are Nether Dogs?" the village chief asked in a bit of a panic, "will attack... Uh, esteemed master, can you help with that?"
"350 gold coins, a fixed price. When Ralph on the side heard the tone of the village chief, he was immediately angry, and he actually wanted to solve it for free, it seems that Lu's title is indeed not good.
After hearing Ralph's words, the village chief's face became very ugly, and he involuntarily moved his gaze to Lu.
"I'm sorry, village chief, with my strength, I'm afraid I can't deal with those Nether Dogs alone, and it is unlikely that I will be able to expel those Nether Dogs without the help of my companions. ”
The village chief reluctantly said that there was no money in the village, then sighed and slammed the door shut.
"Tsk, that's a real nuisance. Ralph spat out, "What about this girl?"
The mission interface for the two has changed:
"The village chief's commission comes from a threat in the shadows: clean up the graveyard of Nether Hounds and kill the mutated Nether Hounds at the head. ”
"Reward: The gratitude of the villagers. ”
"Given up. ”
"A girl's dream - an abandoned girl wants to return to her parents, but apparently, this is no longer possible. ”
"Phase 1 is complete. ”
Both Ralph and Lu refused the village chief's commission, partly because they had no money, and on the other hand, the main reason was that these people made the two of them unhappy.
Quite unpleasant.
Anyway, there is no pay, and the gratitude of the villagers is not an important prestige, and this completely useless thing is really of no use to Lu and Ralph as passers-by.
Anyway, people are indifferent, so let's be indifferent together.
"You... Don't you want Shana too?" sobbed the cute little girl with reddish-brown hair. The beautiful green eyes were already red and swollen from crying, and the hands and feet were covered with mud, and there were a lot of chilblains on their bodies, and their toes rubbed against each other, looking at Ralph and Lu with a look of fear.
"What will you do?" Lu asked.
"I would... Cooking, laundry, cleaning, ... And also... Dig wild vegetables!" Xana struggled to remember her past time, and seemed to think of her parents' regretful gaze again, and her whole mood became more and more depressed.
"Put on the blanket and leave, and we hurried overnight. Ralph threw a blanket at a shivering Shana, and although a blanket was better than nothing in the weather, it was better than the rags on Shana's body.
Lu rode his donkey very barely, the thick quilt cloak weighed down the donkey and gave it a roll of eyes to its owner, Ralph carried Shana to his pineapple, and it didn't take long for the poor little girl to become restless.
"Do you think the big dogs that attacked me will attack the villagers?"
"Will my brother be bitten to death..."
"My parents .... Can you help me..."
Shana's plea caused Ralph and Lu to roll their eyes, and Lu took out a grilled chicken leg and threw it to Ralph. Ralph understood, and shoved the chicken leg into Xana's mouth.
Suddenly, there was silence.
"Do you treat them like parents, and they treat you like children?" Ralph shrugged, "to them, you're just a remnant who isn't needed, and parents don't need to go around in circles around a child who doesn't use them. ”
"Ding, the girl's dream - the young girl seems to have opened up a little after being exposed to the warmth and coldness of people. ”
"Hidden Phase 1 is completed, and the character's friendship increases. ”
Lu and Ralph didn't expect that their actions just now actually triggered the hiding stage?
By the time she arrived in the next town, Xana was already a little dazed, and the 12-year-old girl needed enough sleep, and after a night of jolting on horseback, she fell asleep not long after dismounting.
During this time, I ate three chicken thighs plus a large tomato and a small glass of milk.
Compared to Xana, who eats and sleeps when she is full, the other two adult men are quickly looking for a good place to stay - Lu finds a good hotel and Ralph pays for it, and there are discounts!
"I'm expected to be at the Demon Hunter's Castle tomorrow night. Ralph took out the map, looked at the green dots indicating the location of the two, and said happily.
"Xana, where are you going to put her?" Lu said, scratching his head.
"Take it, right? It's on the outskirts of the castle, and there should be a safe area there. Ralph touched his chin, "If you put it here, someone might kidnap it and sell it." ”
"Tut-tut, we'll have a castle after the mission, and then a little maid. Lu has already laid out a blueprint for the future, "Please call me your honorable lord." ”
"If you want to be called a lord, I will also call me a lord. Ralph rolled his eyes, "Those who have a lord system are really lucky, rich, and have people, except for their personal strength... When it comes to power, I only serve those who have gone through shit luck. ”
The lord system, people with these nature systems, up to now, as long as they are not dizzy, they have basically formed a harem, counting money every day until they are soft, and they have reached the pinnacle of life.
In general, fate is not good, there is no way at all.
"Did you hear that? A nearby village was slaughtered by Nether Dogs last night, and it has been completely turned into Nether Dog territory. ”
The conversation of the adventurers made Ralph and Lu stunned, and the two involuntarily looked at Shana, who was sleeping soundly, and fell silent.