Chapter 35: Encountering Miao Zhen
Xu Shuo returned to his room, changed back into his clothes, and left Wenk Manor.
He planned to go to the guild to receive the honorarium first, and if it went well, he would go to Miao Zhen and invite her back for a meal.
Because he was not very familiar with the road, Xu Shuo could only rely on his vague memory and walked in the direction of the guild, and halfway through, he heard a voice that he had not seen for a long time.
"I'm back—coming! Did you miss me, Comrade Xu? ”
Xu Shuo was stunned.
(Angela, you guy, where have you been running for so long?!) )
"I went to the annual Autumn Comic Con in the Celestial Realm, bought a bunch of things, and at the end of this month it looks like I'm going to eat dirt, alas...... But it's worth it, I saw the archangel at the Comic Con, he was really handsome~"
(What?!) You madman, I'm desperate to die here, and you actually run to the Comic Con by yourself to be chic and happy?! )
"What are you doing, I was going to go for two days, I was worried that something would happen to you, so I only went for one day and came back!"
Xu Shuo was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
(I've already had an accident, okay?!) Something happened and you got it done yourself! You goddess of waste! Damn, I'm going to apply for a change of goddess! )
"Where can I find a goddess like me, who is dedicated and loves her job and loves the people, you still want to change, but yes, aren't you in the labyrinth, when did you come out?"
(While you're drooling over the archangel's countenance.) )
"Oh, don't be angry, even though I'm not here, aren't you still coming out? This goddess is a comic show that believes you can go to the comic show with confidence, and no matter how you say it, you are also the person I picked out. ”
Xu Shuo was defeated by Angela's cheekiness, sighed deeply, and secretly swore in his heart that he would definitely complain to this guy's boss if he had the opportunity.
"And then, tell me, how the hell did you get out?"
Xu Shuo rolled his eyes at the sky, and then told Angela everything that happened last night.
"Oh, you're lucky to have met two forerunners." Angela said.
(What exactly a Precursor is, I still don't know.) )
"Precursor...... To put it bluntly, it's the strategy group. ”
(Raiders group?) )
"Yes, just like when a new copy appears in the game, there will be many first-class teams racing against time to clear the level to get the first victory, and then write a strategy and post it online to earn traffic and attention, the forerunner is similar to the existence of the strategy group, find new mazes and ruins to explore as quickly as possible, and then sell the information obtained in it to major guilds to earn remuneration."
(That is, the intelligence traffickers?) )
"It can be said that the same can be said, but it is not that simple, the forerunners are often a strong group or organization composed of various high-level combat classes, usually there will be high-level magicians who can use perceptual magic, and high-level explorers who are responsible for rushing forward to fight. Because there are often powerful magical beasts of level five or above in the depths of the labyrinth of the present world, the level of explorers is usually higher than level five. ”
(In other words, is the woman named Yuri at least level five or above?) )
Xu Shuo nodded thoughtfully.
(I see, this would explain why Yuri stopped the masked men from letting them into the labyrinth, because he was worried that they would steal her business.) It just happened to help me a lot. )
"Well, in fact, even if you don't rely on those two forerunners, it's not that you can't get out. The level system in this world is not the same as the games you usually play, and each level after Lv3 is a watershed, and the stats such as strength and mana will be doubled. With your ability, as long as you have enough mana, most people are not your opponents, so as long as you can reach Lv4 in the maze, it should be no problem to swagger out of the maze. Angela said.
(Lv4, you think you will rise, I guess the masked men had already chopped me into meat sauce before I reached level 4.) Speaking of upgrades though, there's something I'd like to ask you. )
"Say."
Xu Shuo vaguely heard the sound of swallowing melon seeds, and it was estimated that Angela had eaten it.
(When I play RPGs, I can choose the skills I want to learn when my character levels up.) But when I was in the maze to Lv2 before, I didn't receive a similar prompt, isn't there a mechanism like that in this world? )
"No, if you want to learn skills in this world, you can either read books and learn them yourself, or find someone to teach you. There are schools in this world that specialize in imparting skills. ”
(School...... Like Hogwarts? )
"It's about the same, but it's not just about magic, it's about other combat skills, such as warrior vocations, priesthoods, and the like, but the schools in the country of Flame don't offer classes on thieves' vocations."
(What a blatant discrimination...... )
"Why do you care about this, it's just about skills, only others learn from you."
(Quite so.) )
"Ah, I took it out, so I hung it up first."
(Huh?) Feed! )
Angela's voice faded.
Xu Shuo sighed and looked at a street sign on the side of the street, which read: King's Road.
He looked left and right, and found that the scene around him was very unfamiliar, this seemed to be a commercial street, but the grade was obviously different from the one outside the slum alley, the floor was paved with gray bricks, the outside of each store was hung with signs composed of beautiful characters, there was a glass booth next to the door of the clothing store, and even the clothes worn by passers-by on the street were lace, the style was reminiscent of medieval England. This is clearly the bustling part of the city.
"Am I lost......
Just as Xu Shuo was wondering if he wanted to find someone to ask for directions, a petite figure suddenly entered his field of vision.
It was Miao Zhen, she was still wearing the patched clothes, and her thin body was holding a basket with palm-sized biscuits. Miao Zhen was asking passers-by one if they wanted to buy cookies at this time.
"Miao Zhen!" Xu Shuo beckoned to Miao Zhen.
Miao Zhen turned his head when he heard the voice, and when he saw that it was Xu Shuo, he also showed a lovely smile on his face, and raised his hand to respond to Xu Shuo: "Brother Xu Shuo!" ”
Xu Shuo was about to walk over and chat with Miao Zhen, but he suddenly saw that behind Miao Zhen, there were three passers-by walking forward while chatting, and one of the women was about to bump into Miao Zhen, but she was still chatting with her companion next to her, and she didn't notice anyone in front of her.
"Miao Zhen, behind you..."
Xu Shuo wanted to remind Miao Zhen, but it was too late, the two bumped into each other and fell to the ground. The basket in Miao Zhen's arms also fell to the ground, and several biscuits flew out.
"Ouch!" The woman let out an ugly wail, "Who?!" ”
Miao Zhen staggered to her feet, and her first reaction was not to pick up the biscuits, but to reach out to the woman while saying, "I'm sorry, are you okay?" to pull her.
When the woman saw Miao Zhen's outstretched hand, she screamed, "Don't touch me!" At the same time, he slapped Miao Zhen in the face, directly knocked Miao Zhen to the ground again, and then said viciously: "You still want to touch me if you are so dirty?" You dirty, uncultured thing, can't you see the road when you walk? How could such a dirty imp appear here, and the guards didn't care? Guards! Guardsman! ”