Chapter 10: The Land of Demons (2)
Darla looked up at the sky and replied, "We're passing through." ”
"Passer-by?" said the little beggar, laughing, "and no one passing by here is a good man! ”
Dara hesitated, and the samurai Mike smiled from the side, "Then you're out of sight." We're not good people!"
The little beggar smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed: "That's good." No good man ever made it out of this town alive!"
Dara stared at this dirty, lazy, and annoying little beggar for a long time, and couldn't help but ask, "What about you?"
"Big fool, it seems that you are a big fool, you really shouldn't have come here!" the little beggar laughed, "I live in such a poor place where I can be boiled and eaten at any time, and of course I am not a good person! Don't look at me as a beggar, in fact, I have a lot of side jobs." ”
"Side hustle?"
"Yes," the little beggar puffed up, "stealing, stealing anything he can." Or deceive, deceive anyone who can. Especially an out-of-town fool like you. Don't lie, don't lie. But that's not all......" He smirked, looked at the two beauties behind Darla, and stopped talking.
Li Na noticed the strange gaze of the little beggar, and suddenly thought of the captain of the guard on the shore of the Water Demon Lake, and longed to slap the other party in the face. It's so bad at such a young age, and you'll have it when you grow up?
Miyali just looked coldly at the little boy in front of her, who was less than ten years old, until the other party finally turned her gaze in cringe.
Dara felt a deep sense of sympathy. Feel sorry for this little boy to live in such a harsh environment. This is indeed not the place for people like them.
However, when he looked up at the sky again, he was a little hesitant.
The wind outside the town whined, rolled up the yellow sand, and constantly slapped on people's faces and bodies, making people feel cold and tingling. After a day of running and marching, the team was tired, so when they saw this grotto-like town from afar, they thought of coming here to escape the wind and sand.
Now that they have come. There was no danger in the rumors, and it seemed that there was really no need to retreat out of the town again because of the two words of a little beggar.
Moreover, it is too cowardly to run away in the face of danger. No matter how fierce these people are. They are all ordinary humans, no better than those elusive winged lions.
"Rest here for the time being tonight. Let everyone be careful and take turns keeping vigil. Darla said to the samurai Mike.
The little beggar scoffed at him and said dismissively, "As long as you don't come here to fight against the 'Iron Limbs', I bet." It's safer than anywhere else!"
"Why?"
"There are rules here. The little beggar said disapprehantly, "No one can move a foreigner without the order of the 'Iron Limbs' here. ”
Despite the little beggar's claim that there is another set of rules in the Golem Cave to keep Dara and the others safe, Mike quickly passes on Darla's new orders.
At this time, the soldiers also recognized the rumored Golem Cave, and except for a few people who were a little apprehensive, most of them seemed a little curious and excited. At the same time, there is a hint of disillusionment. They don't understand what looks like a very ordinary, poor, dilapidated town. Why it has become the burial place of many adventurous heroes.
Led by the little beggar, Darla, Mike, Lina, Jenny, and Pitch, the dwarf, arrive at the only grocery store in town. Because they had calculated that the food given by the water goblins could not support them to reach their destination smoothly, and it was not enough to even reach the Goblin Valley, so they still needed to make some simple supplementary supplies to the troops.
In any small town, there should be at least one grocery store, which is the place that supplies the most basic needs of passing travelers.
When Dara offered to go to the grocery store, the little beggar's eyes brightened.
"Lead the way?!" he asked in surprise. Then he stretched out his hand and said unceremoniously, "Bring it." ”
"Take what?"
The little beggar's face showed a suspicious look, "Are you pretending to be stupid?"
Lina walked over impatiently. He said to Darla, "You should always have some money with you, right?"
Dara had to take out a silver coin from his body and put it in the little beggar's hand.
The little beggar looked at it, and without paying any attention to it, he shoved the silver coin back to Darla, and waved his hand, "That's it, I think you are poorer than me." For the sake of the beauty's face, this trip is free. ”
Samurai Mike whistled teasingly.
Dara peeked at Lina. Her face was already flushing slightly. She was probably not used to such an embarrassing life, and was laughed at by a little beggar.
The town's grocery store, which looks like a stone cavern, is a little larger than the town's average dwelling, and you don't have to climb through the doorway to enter it like you would in other houses. Especially the dwarf Pixiu, he walked in completely upright, unlike the others, who had to bend down to get in.
However, as soon as they entered the grotto, Dara and the others were shocked by the sight in front of them. The splendor and magnificence inside are two extremes of desolation and poverty outside.
The grocery store was divided into several areas by several gold curtains hanging from the ceiling, and there were wine, food, weapons, and even some valuables that ordinary merchants could not see, such as the necklace worn by a certain countess, which were randomly piled up in the middle of a large pile of goods like ordinary stalls.
People walked around in front of the stalls, and there were many ugly people who wanted to beat him up at the first sight, and there were also bandits who made people tremble when they saw them, especially in the wine stalls, where there were several stools and a table, and a few drunkards were sitting around, looking up and down behind Dara with obscene eyes.
"Those are the men of the Iron Limbs," the little beggar whispered to Darla, pointing to the brawny men roaming around, "if anyone is doing something here, they will—" His little hand scratched back and forth around his neck, and he smiled with some excitement and shuddering.
Although Lina was very uncomfortable with the drunkards, her eyes lit up as soon as she fell on the jewels that had been discarded at random on the side of the stalls, forgetting the unhappiness just now, and at the same time glad that she had not missed such an amazing sight because she hated the living conditions of the townspeople, like the elven mage Miyali.
Unfortunately, when she escaped from Darra's training camp, she didn't bring much money except for a bag of gold coins she carried with her, and she thought that Darla would use the money to buy dry food and other daily necessities needed by the soldiers.
And the dwarf Pixiu was even more excited, squeezing around in the crowd and in front of the various stalls, which made Dara look worried, and had to rush to the dwarf's side, grab Pixiu's arm tightly, and take him with him to prevent the dwarf from "accidentally" taking someone else's thing out of curiosity and causing trouble for himself.
"The wealth here is almost enough to buy a city!" said the warrior Mike to the little beggar, "why did you say that this place was poor?"
The little beggar hung his head and said: "Because, except for the fact that our people here can only stay here when they are carrying out the task of 'iron limbs', they can only stay here in life, old age, sickness and death, so money is not as good as a bag of grain for us." Every time we loot, all the possessions we get are spent here in exchange for some simple necessities. Everything you see now, including people, actually belongs to one person. ”
"'Iron Limbs'?"
"Yes. He's a devil. All the people who appeared in the town couldn't escape his eyes. He can see at a glance what you're here for. The little beggar said.
"But we haven't seen him since we walked into town. Lina said.
The little beggar glanced at Lina: "You want to see him? ”
Dara was only surprised, since he arrived in this town, the little beggar had the word "Iron Limbs" on his lips, as if "Iron Limbs" was the order and law here, which made Dara very curious about the "Iron Limbs" and others. Like Lina, I also want to see this demon who rules the Golem Cave and does all kinds of evil, but does not allow anyone else to break the rules of the town. (To be continued.) )