Chapter Seventy-Nine: Ghost Town?!
The carriage drove to full speed and galloped all the way, dragging heavy goods on the stone road and leaving a thick cloud of smoke and dust. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
It was very difficult for the horses pulling the cart to run at full speed for a long time because of the incredible weight of the cargo, but the coachman, in order to fulfill the wizard's orders beautifully, was worthy of constantly whipping and urging the horses to run, and several horses were foaming at the mouth.
"I don't think the horses are in good shape, it doesn't matter......" Catherine sat in the most luxurious and comfortable carriage and looked out, a little worried.
The carriage in which Yenifa and Catherine were now riding, which was originally reserved for the captain, was the best in the whole team, but now it was given to the two wizards, and the leader himself rode a horse to follow the carriage at all times, ready to listen to the wizard's orders.
"Well, you're right, if the horse dies, then we're afraid we'll have to delay our journey, and we'd rather go slower than stop halfway. Yenifa nodded in agreement with Catherine's words.
Catherine smiled sweetly at Yenifa, and with her slender eyes, there was an indescribable sense of charm, which made her particularly delicate and lovely.
Catherine seemed to be in a good mood to get Yenif's approval, and she poked her head out of the window to say something to the leader, and then the speed of the whole convoy slowed down as the leader cheered.
Yenifa's keen senses could perceive a deep sigh of relief from the coachman and the guards around him, as if slowing down their tense nerves, and the horses were given precious rest, and the groom was now checking on the condition of each horse with great distress.
"We've slowed down, so how long is it before we arrive?" asked Catherine, looking at the late day, to Yenifa.
"Tonight we'll have a night's rest, get in shape, and we'll be there tomorrow. Yenifa said with a calculation.
At this time, the sun is setting, it is evening, and most people have finished their meals by now, but the convoy is still running for a long time, and most of them are exhausted and desperately need to rest.
Finally, before the sun had completely set and it was completely dark, the convoy found a suitable camping spot next to a large rock, and at the command of the leader, the whole convoy finally stopped, and the guards dismounted to rest, and the coachmen and grooms began to pack up the wagons and maintain the horses, and the servants set up pots and began to make fires for cooking.
"Lord Wizard, the meal is about to be cooked, and the food we have here may not be to your taste, please forgive me......" The leader knocked on the door of the carriage and said respectfully to Yenifa.
Yenifa waved his hand, refused the roast meat and wine offered by the leader, and told the leader not to disturb them.
Sending the leader away, Yenifa closed the door of the carriage and beckoned Catherine to come over with a mysterious expression.
Catherine was puzzled by Yenifa's actions, but she was curious, so she stared at Yenifa closely.
Yenifa took out two cloth bags from his snakeskin pocket, handed one of them to Catherine, and said to Catherine with a mysterious smile: "Try it, this is a good thing that I have managed to get through, this is precious, but it is not often tasted!"
Catherine was puzzled, opened the cloth bag in her hand, and saw that there was a fragrant and hot barbecue inside, which was still steaming hot, and a fragrance that greatly aroused people's appetite came out, quickly occupying the entire carriage, and the aroma kept drilling into the nose, making people can't help but eat it now.
"This ...... This is?!" Catherine was shocked, not because of the tantalizing aroma, but because she sensed an amazing magic in the fragrant roast!
"This is a barbecue patty made of the meat of a juvenile griffin, hehe, a griffin is born with the strength of a primary apprentice, and when he becomes an adult, he is at the level of a formal wizard, this is a juvenile griffin, probably the strength of a higher apprentice!"
"You...... Where did you get this kind of thing?" Catherine felt more and more that she couldn't see through Yenifa as a person, he always came up with some strange ideas and ideas, and you never knew what he was thinking, such as this time, Yenifa did scare her a little.
"Hehe, I specially bought this from my mentor, and it cost me five magic stones! This is because the tutor gave me a preferential price, if it is on the market, it is estimated that it will cost more than a dozen magic stones!" Ye Nifa ate in a big gulp, his mouth was full of oil, and the delicious taste of the barbecue meat stimulated his every taste bud, making him feel extremely enjoyable, "Eat it quickly! It won't taste good if it's cold." ”
"This, this is too precious, I can't just accept your gift......" Catherine swallowed as she looked at the roast in her hand, and finally shook her head and said.
"No, no, no, it's okay, just treat it as if I'm in for a treat, I'm in for a treat!" The reason why Yenifa gave a piece of barbecue to Catherine was actually just to feel better for himself, after all, Yenifa is not the kind of person who has no conscience, and tricked a girl into coming to go to the mine with you to do a task, if you don't give some compensation, Yenifa is still a little uncomfortable in her heart.
Catherine listened to what Yenifa said, and a blush appeared on her pretty face, and finally she smiled sweetly and nodded at Yenifah, and then ate happily.
Ye Nifa saw that her expression changed three times in a row in just a few seconds, and she was quite puzzled in her heart, saying that the girl's mind was really difficult to understand, and she looked like she was pushing it away just now, how could it instantly become a desire to refuse and welcome, and finally accepted it happily?
Women really don't understand. Yenifa sneered in his heart, bowed his head and continued to enjoy his griffon's roast.
After a night of silence, the next day, after a morning of travel, the huge convoy was finally about to reach the end point, Shining Silver Town!
Shining Silver Town is located in the east of Mine City, at the foot of Silverclaw Mountain, surrounded by Silverclaw Mountain.
The name Silverclaw Mountain gets its name from the shape of the mountain, which looks like a giant claw holding the town of Shining Silver in its hand when viewed from above, and the mountain is rich in silver ore, hence the name "Silverclaw Mountain".
The flash silver town is surrounded by silver claw mountain, it can be said that it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, there is only one road leading to the outside world, and the traffic is not very convenient, so although the flash silver town has become very rich because of the large amount of silver, it is not prosperous, and few people will endure the bad traffic conditions to the flash silver town except for the caravan.
From afar, the convoy could see the Silverclaw Mountain where Shining Silver Town was located, but the team leader found some unusual traces.
After the caravan got close enough, the leader finally discovered what was unusual about Shining Silver Town, this place should have been a rich town with a high standard of living, but now it was presented to everyone a very dilapidated and depressed scene.
The gate of the town, which was originally very luxuriously decorated, is now like it is wilted, and it is weakly hidden, the whole town is lifeless, and there is no one on the road at all, all the flowers and plants around the town are all withered and yellow, and the trees seem to be dead, leaving only bare branches like skeletons, and there are scattered dead leaves, which is completely the appearance of a ghost town.
Seeing this, the leader of the caravan couldn't help but shrink his neck, he seemed to smell some danger from the air here.
The knight guards in the carriages in the caravan were more sensitive, their perception of magical energy was much higher than that of ordinary people, and they were very keen to catch the faint traces of magical energy radiation in this town.
The entire convoy just stopped, not daring to step into Shining Silver Town.
Most astonished was Yenifa who received a report that clearly dated the first anomaly in the silver mine, which had been discovered by a drunken miner, only a week later.
According to the Viscount's report, four days ago, the Viscount discovered that the area of the anomaly had become larger, and it had spread from the depths of the mine to the central part, but four days had passed, and now the entire town had become like this, and the nocturia couldn't help but start to wonder, was this really just the Yin Spirit's frost ghost?
"This place is dangerous! there are traces of dark demonic radiation in the air!" Catherine narrowed her eyes, her eyes looking very narrow, and she seemed to have swept away the charm she had before, but was full of a sense of danger.
"It's none of your business here, you can just send us here, and the rest is my business, what should you do!" Yenifa waved his hand at the leader, because they didn't need to come in, they could leave directly.
Hearing Yenifa's words, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief, even the most sluggish among them had discovered the slightest hint of danger in this place, if it weren't for Yenifa still here, they wouldn't want to stay here for a second longer!
Now that Yenifa took the initiative to drive them away, the entire convoy was suddenly pardoned, and the convoy was sorted out at a speed that was many times faster than when it came, and then quickly fled the road in Shining Silver Town in some embarrassment.
Yenifa ...... This is what you call the Shining Silver Town, and you were asked by the family to settle this matter?" Catherine couldn't believe that the Earl family would let a junior apprentice of Yenifa deal with such a serious matter.
"I'm speechless too...... Because everything was normal here a few days ago, and all the anomalies were limited to the silver mine cave, the family sent me to solve the matter, but I didn't expect the matter to be much more serious than expected...... It seems that this is definitely not an ordinary ghost or something. He also frowned slightly, and a solemn look flashed in his eyes.