The sore-faced man smiled and showed a mouth full of big yellow teeth, shook the gold coupon in his hand and said to Luke: "My lord, I don't understand this kind of national affairs, but I know that whoever has money is powerful."

The Tedgar Hills certainly don't have as much money as the Empire, and the Northern Legion doesn't have as much money as the Angry Waves. I heard that the barbarian Fishecik was doing business in the city of Angry Waves, and it took only two years to become the second richest man in the entire Holy Mountain. ”

Luke couldn't help but laugh and took out another golden coupon: "Your vision is very unique, I'll come back tomorrow." If you get valuable intel, hang a black money scorpion right outside the door. ”

The sore-faced man snatched the golden coupon from Luke's hand and said again and again, "I understand, my lord, you can just wait for my news." ”

Luke leaves the Sore-faced Man's Dark Potions workshop and soon enters a marketplace. He walked through a few alleys at random, and when he was sure that no one was following him, he found a hidden place to change his clothes back.

He burned the stolen clothes, bought some cans of wine, and carried them back to Fekochik's house.

Seeing that Mrs. Fekochik and Coconut were having a good time, Luke gave the wine he had bought as a gift and returned to his room.

I opened the window and took a look outside.

The servants of the Fikochik family are preparing for an evening pool party. I don't know where Mrs. Fikochik heard that this kind of social style is very popular in the world, around the pool is four rows of barbecue grills, freshly killed fat cows are peeled and hung whole, and the barbecue master makes barbecue meat on the spot.

There was also a lot of wine to be prepared, and in each corner of the pool was a vat taller than the barbarians, and the tables around the vat were filled with large oak glasses.

Although Mrs. Fikochik's pool party hadn't started yet, Luke could already imagine what the evening would look like.

Outside, the whole sacred mountain is very popular.

The Northside Legion halted its offensive and made several secret contacts with the Duke of Celts. When the war was suspended, people from the surrounding villages and towns flocked to the sacred mountain to exchange supplies, giving it a sense of prosperity.

After admiring the scenery of the Holy Mountain for a while, the sudden message from his spiritual universe made Luke immediately sink his consciousness into the spiritual universe and then enter the spiritual starry sky.

Under the stars, there is a projection of the World Tree.

Luke floats above the stars and overlooks the World Tree.

The nascent World Tree had grown thousands of meters tall, and its massive crown was as majestic as a mountain peak. The essence of the starry sky converged on the moon, forming a silver moonlight that shone on the World Tree, as if watering it.

"The World Tree is really favored by the Moon." At some point, the clear sky appeared beside Luke, and she stood in the starry sky and looked at the thriving World Tree as if she were her own child.

Luke said: "The last generation of the World Tree was destroyed, and it is inseparable from the protection of the moon to be able to hold on until it is resurrected. The new World Tree is under the care of the Moon throughout the process, and I think it will grow into a greater being than the previous World Tree. ”

Clear Sky looked at Luke: "Since you already have the World Tree, why are you still so attached to the Abyss?" Even if the missing artifact is left in the abyss, the danger there is not worth the risk. ”

"If the World Tree is lost in the Abyss?"

In response to Luke's rhetorical question, Clear Sky found that he had indeed ignored the question: "Are you worried that if the World Tree is promoted to an artifact, it will be lost in the abyss like other artifacts?" ”

Luke replied: "At the end of the ancient war, why the artifacts of the five ancient civilizations were lost is still an unsolvable mystery. If the Abyss devours an artifact, the World Tree will also face the danger of being devoured if it is promoted to an artifact.

Today, an abyssal mage said to me: Fear comes from the unknown. We know that the power of the abyss is very terrifying, but we don't know what its power is, and even the artifact is covered by it. ”

The clear sky suddenly floated in front of Luke, and his eyes were watery and said, "I was so moved! If the World Tree were swallowed up by the Abyss, I would probably disappear with it. You took such a big risk to investigate the abyss for me......

How can I repay you? ”

Luke knew that the clear sky was about to get nervous again, and he said coldly, "Tell me all your little secrets." ”

"Alas...... It's very disappointing to make such a request at this time. The sky drifted away: "The beauty you met in the Tedgar Hills has come to you, you better deal with her." ”

A knock on the door rang in my ears.

Taken aback, Luke regained consciousness and found that it was already night outside the window. The sky was clear and cloudless, the stars twinkled like eyes, and a crescent moon hung in the sky.

Clear Sky said, "I will watch you through the stars." ”

Is it true?

There was another knock on the door, and Luke didn't think much of it, turning to open it.

Sure enough, it was coconut.

Luke shook his hand and summoned a wind to close the open window, and then asked Coconut Fruit, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"The pool party is on, and Madame Fekochik asked me to call you." Coconut said embarrassedly, "I've never been to this kind of party before, and Mrs. Fishecik says it's the most popular party in Angry Waves right now. You can't teach me, lest I make a fool of myself at the party. ”

Luke replied, "Of course you need to wear a swimsuit at the pool party, and everyone swims and chats together. ”

Coconut asked curiously, "What kind of clothes is a swimsuit?" ”

Luke heard that there was a lot of commotion in the pool, so he said to Coconut, "The swimsuit is the clothes you wear when swimming, but Mrs. Fekochik's pool party is different from what I know, so let's go and see what the people are doing." ”

"Okay, okay."

Coconut was visibly afraid of this kind of "upper-class party" and followed Luke step by step.

When he got to the pool, Luke found that it was exactly what he had imagined.

Obviously, the pool party that Mrs. Fikkochik is talking about is a wine and meat party with the pool as the backdrop.

The barbecue grill is full of charcoal, and the large skewers of beef on top of it are bubbling with fragrant fat.

The guests arrived, holding a barbecue in one hand and a glass full of spirits in the other. When you are in the mood for a drink, you sing and dance loudly by the pool.

It's just the arrival of Luke and Coconut that makes the lively atmosphere quiet.

It was only then that Luke noticed that the guests at the party were all barbarians.

Luke is human, and Coconut belongs to humans with barbarian blood.

Sensing the hostility, Luke immediately remembered the information of the Fikochik family.

Fekochik belonged to a large family of barbarians in the Holy Mountain...... The Rock Family. The history of the Rock family is very ancient, and it belongs to the Snake of the Earth in the Holy Mountain. It can be said that when the Rock Family settled in the Holy Mountain, there were not many humans in the entire Tedegar Hills.

As a veteran family that settled in the Holy Mountain, the Rock Family has witnessed the arrival and prosperity of human beings. When dealing with the Terrans, I have suffered many losses from the treacherous Terrans.

As a result, most of these ancient and large families of barbarians are very repulsive to humans. The general wealth of mankind and the general poverty of barbarians have deepened the contradiction again.

"Lady Fikochik, are these two humans your newly purchased servants?" A barbarian who seemed to have a status asked Mrs. Ficochik.

"No, no, no, no......" Mrs. Fikochik, who was wearing heavy makeup and expensive furs, put down the meat in her hand, wiped the grease on her clothes, and then pulled Luke to introduce to the guests: "This is Mr. Luke, an adventurer from Raging Waves, and he brought me a letter from Fikochik.

Your brother Fikochik has recently made another fortune and is going to invest in a shipping company to buy three new freighters, one with a capacity of 10,000 tons.

The total investment will require about 600 million Reichsmarks......"

Mrs. Fikochik was very satisfied with the expressions of the brothers in the family at this time, and of course did not forget to continue to make an introduction: "Mr. Luke is a B-class adventurer, and the cost of inviting him to complete the mission is very high. But your brother Fishochik did not hesitate to pay a great deal to hire Mr. Luke to come to the Holy Mountain so that the letter he wrote to me and the check he gave me could be delivered safely.

Mr. Luke has also lived up to your Fikochik brothers' commission to deliver the letter and the cheque to me. Today I bought four stores in one go, and I am close to being the person with the most shops in the Holy Mountain...... One step closer.

That's why I'm throwing the pool party that is so popular in Angry Waves, and I hope that Mr. Luke will feel like he's back in Angry Waves. ”

Luke didn't know if Mrs. Fekochik was introducing herself or if she was taking the opportunity to show off her wealth, but it worked out well.

Eating the meat of the Fikochik family, drinking the wine of the Fikochik family, and experiencing the world fashion of the Fikochik family, the Fikochik family invited two humans to the pool party, what else can you say?

Of course, the barbarians did not give Luke a good face because of this, pretending not to see him, and continued to eat, drink and be merry.

Lady Fecochik, of course, knew what the Rock family was like, and she said to Luke, "A bunch of people who have never seen the market, they will never understand how Fikochik made so much money.

I'm sorry, I don't have many Terran friends. A few people were invited, but when they heard that these guys would come, they said they wouldn't come.

If they are looking for trouble with you, please let me know immediately. ”

Luke said, "It's okay...... I didn't expect to see such a pool party with the characteristics of Angry Waves City in the Holy Mountain, and I really felt like I was going home. ”

Receiving the compliment, Mrs. Fikochik immediately rejoiced: "This is fashion!" Have fun at the pool party and make this home in the Rags. ”

Luke smiled.

It is estimated that Fisheczyk did not dare to tell his wife in the letter what the pool party was, beauty, swimsuits, and exuberant hormones...... It's all taboo for family stability, presumably a group of people drinking and eating around the pool.

Outcome...... When you get to the holy mountain, it becomes like this.

Looking at a group of barbarians singing and dancing around the pool, Luke thought that such a party was quite interesting.

"Drinking?" Coconut brought two large glasses of wine from the servant and handed one to Luke: "Lady Fikochik is a good person, she said she would issue a commission to my party." Madame has so many shops, she must need a lot of goods, I am going to make a fortune! ”

Luke took the glass, and the moon in the sky reflected in the middle of the large-caliber glass.

Drink in a big gulp, and the wine is very strong.

"Congratulations! Fekochik is a very powerful barbarian merchant, learn from him, and you can really make a fortune. ”

Coconut and Luke clinked their glasses, "Thank you too, I wouldn't have known Mrs. Fikochik without you."

Next, we have to prepare seriously for the Hercules competition, I heard that because of the truce, many distant barbarians also came to participate, and the strength of the Hercules competition is very strong......"

"I heard you right!" A passing savage exclaimed loudly: "A human also wants to participate in the Hercules competition, and your thin arm, I can break it with one finger." ”

The barbarian's taunt caused the other barbarians to laugh.

They had long seen that the two humans who had come to the barbarian gathering were dissatisfied, and this time they finally found an opportunity.

An obviously drunken barbarian staggered towards Coconut Fruit, he looked at Coconut Fruit's size, and said disdainfully, "Although you have a part of Barbarian blood, you are tall by the standards of human women, but you are not strong enough. ”

Coconut replied, "I'm sorry, it's not me who is participating in the Hercules competition, it's this Mr. Luke." ”

"What a human, pure-bred human! Hahahahaha...... It was the funniest joke I've ever heard tonight. The Hercules contest is a contest between barbarians and barbarians, and it is better for weak humans to stay away. ”

Luke put down his glass and held out his hand to the drunken barbarian: "Whoever is the joke tonight, you will know by comparison." ”

The barbarian looked at Luke's hand with disdain on his face. He stretched out his hand, which was broad, thick and long, and covered with thick calluses, like a peasant's iron rake.

Luke's hands were as white as those of the barbarians, like those of a craftsman who makes delicate devices. It seems that if it is caught casually by a barbarian, it will be shattered like porcelain.

Hearing that humans dared to take the initiative to invite the battle, the other barbarians all gathered around, as if they had heard the screams of humans killing pigs.

The drunken barbarian didn't even put down the glass in his other hand, he reached out and took Luke's hand, then increased his strength at will.

But he found himself holding a piece of iron.

"You used magic ......" the barbarian asked, and he looked down, only to see that the human hand showed no sign of magic attached.

Is it because I'm drunk and can't play well?

The barbarian increased his strength, but the feeling in the palm of his hand did not change at all.

How could a human hand be so hard.

Continue the afterburner.

Luke looked at the barbarian's already red face and said with a smile, "Is that all there is to it?" I don't feel like you're a barbarian, and the last time a goblin shook hands with me, I thought he was stronger than you. ”

"You, you, you're waiting......"

The barbarian put down his glass and exerted all his strength, his face was swollen and purple, and he even held back a fart, but the other party still did not react.

"Magic, you must have used magic!"

(End of chapter)