Chapter 230: The Tavern in the Fortress
"Ah~, there is a bed!" Halumi shouted, threw herself on the bed, and rolled excitedly on the quilt. Kaya didn't scream, but she did the same. Almost as soon as they entered the door, the two girls pounced.
The so-called from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift difficult. Accustomed to lying on a loose and fluffy bed, they slept in the uneven campsite for many days, and the two girls also felt deeply aggrieved. In fact, not only did the two girls feel aggrieved, but Lin also felt backache in these days.
There was a chance to relax, and the game was a little tired of eating for a while, so Lin had already inquired about where the place in the fortress where he could have a delicious dinner, and he didn't want to start a gang by himself.
Also taking advantage of the fact that it was not yet time for dinner, a few people sorted out the things they brought out this trip. When I left, I was in a hurry, and I threw important things in the car, and there was no sorting and sorting. I just took advantage of this free time to sort out and count what I brought out.
When it was getting late, the four of them marched together towards the largest tavern in the fortress. There was no lighting on the streets, the cliffs on both sides of the fortress obscured the moonlight, only the faint glow from the windows of some houses, and the fact that there were no people walking, all made the deserted roads in the fortress seem a little strange.
But as soon as you enter the door of the tavern, there is the familiar noise. Originally, during the day, there were not many people in the fortress, so a few dwarven security teams patrolled the streets. But in the tavern at night, I don't know where a bunch of people came out, eating, drinking, and making noise.
For the prosperous scene of Wulian City for more than a year, the deserted appearance outside is completely different from the tranquility of the Wulian City community. Only when you enter the tavern can you feel like you are still alive.
And the most novel thing for the three masters and apprentices is that there are many Homo sapiens who do not belong to humans in the tavern in the dwarf fortress. The main race of Homo sapiens in the Southwest Peninsula is humans, and if you count them, you can add the uncivilized goblins who are causing trouble everywhere. During their time in Wulian City, Lin and the others saw the non-human race the most, and that was the elven sword dancer who fought against Fen - Lienatitov.
And here, in addition to the most dwarves, the humans who were tired of seeing in the first half of their lives, there are also many orcs. Unlike the orcs, also known as 'Oaks', orcs are Homo sapiens who have distinct animal features on their faces and bodies, but walk upright like humans, have hands, and can use a variety of artifacts.
The most famous orcs are the dolphin people, jackals, lizardmen, and half-dragons. However, I don't see any orcs of the above races here, but I do see a lot of them...... Anthropomorphic orcs of the feline family?
There are three most, such as the panther, the leopard, and the bobcat, and a few tiger heads who look like the core of the team. They were all dressed in light leather armor, and some wore nothing at all, shirtless.
The insignia on their leather armor suggests that they belonged to the same group. Judging by the badge, I'm afraid it's a mercenary group.
This is a very common situation in the common sense of the Lost Continent, and although the various orcs are also considered Homo sapiens, they still have a lot of wildness in character. Therefore, many orcs will gather together to form a mercenary group that is more war-oriented, looking around for opportunities to make money.
For some lords who can't afford to have too many standing soldiers, these mercenaries are the best choice in the face of war conflicts, and orcs are the most popular. Because compared to too many careful humans, orcs are a little more ethical.
But although these races are depicted quite handsomely in some anime or manga on Earth, they are even depicted in women's figures. Actually met, to be honest, Lin only had a sense of horror. It looks like a human-like body, but it's an animal head, especially if it's not a CG special effect. It's really hard to accept that you don't have the habit of looking.
However, the three masters and apprentices finally stopped staring at someone with the eyes of a curious baby before they angered others with their eyes.
Mashed potatoes, wild boar, ale wine, and a pot of vegetable soup with a very special taste. Such a dinner is impeccable for a group that has been camping for a long time. However, after a full meal, a small episode occurred. Two little girls who don't know whether they should be fifteen or sixteen years old want to drink ale.
"We're adults!" Harumi grumbled dissatisfiedly. Even Kaya, who doesn't like to talk very much, chimed in: "Oh, I'm an adult." "So what's wrong with us wanting to drink."
"Hmm." Lin's eyes were a little floating, if you want to take Lao Mei's law that twenty-one years old is the legal drinking age, they should be said. In the past, it would not be allowed, saying that they were underage was just an excuse; The more reason is that I don't know if their wine is good or not. It's two different things to get drunk and go crazy to trouble others, and it's a whole different thing for someone else to get crazy and trouble yourself. I can't be impatient to take care of two crazy girls.
It's just that......
"I'm going to drink, I'm going to drink!" The two girls didn't start a drunken madness, they played scoundrels first, and they also attracted the attention of the other people in the tavern.
"Alright, alright, stop making trouble." I am most afraid that someone will make the child lose his temper and play a scoundrel, and this time he came to run away at night for some reason, and the two girls will inevitably have some complaints. So he beckoned the tavern guys to serve each of them a glass of ale, and privately prepared the Wonder percussion magic, commonly known as the Stuffy Stick Technique. As long as the two girls have any drunken behavior of deceiving their teachers and destroying their ancestors, they will immediately serve them with a stick.
Amid the knocking on the bowl and cheering, the two girls each ushered in a glass of ale. I saw that they picked up the wine glasses in unison, and poured them down, but they put down the wine glasses at the same time with lightning speed, and sprayed all the wine in their teachers' faces.
Someone didn't have enough time to go into the tavern to eat, and he prepared magic like automatic defense on himself, and naturally his face was washed...... Do you want to knock a stuffy stick?
As for a certain lich, he had already moved his chair and sat far away. In addition, the two girls consciously aimed at their own teacher, so this fierce and evil former demon lord was not sprayed with any wine.
The two girls wiped their mouths in unison, and Halumi shouted in surprise, "You wonder why you can still drink this strange thing." "It's so strange~." Behind him was Kaya helping.
This funny scene is, of course, in the eyes of everyone in the tavern, someone being sprayed into the appearance of a chicken in soup, of course, attracting everyone's laughter. Guessing what kind of embarrassment he looked, Lin couldn't blame the others for laughing, so he could only stare at the two girls who looked reluctant and regarded wine as poisonous snakes and beasts.
Pushing the wine glass in front of his teacher, he held the glass that was originally filled with milk, shrunk back in his seat, and casually looked elsewhere, just afraid to look at someone.
Just as he was about to say a few words, the two sour girls who shrugged up, a bearded dwarf next to him came up and asked, "Hey, young man, you are a magician, right?" Do you recognize this? After speaking, as soon as he knocked on a Hongyao-level magic stone in his hand, he opened the water mirror screen used by the browser and displayed a picture.
Lin only glanced at it, and knew that the dwarf was not using a browser, but a technique of the Magic Stone Book. Download the picture with a browser, and you can't get a few pictures of the Hongyao-level magic stone, and there will be a URL column on the screen, but what you see in front of you is the graphic presentation of the editing mode.
This is an editing software developed by others after the technical disclosure of the Magic Stone Book and the release of the P language. And there are many kinds of similar software, so Lin couldn't be sure which one it was for a while. Either way, it's all right, the focus is on the picture shown by the dwarves.
It was the design of a special magic circle. Different from the traditional magic array, it has a relatively clear purpose, such as enchantment, trapping, protection, summoning, attacking, and so on. This special magic array is an auxiliary function, and it has no meaning to exist alone, and it is also incomplete.
As for the reason why someone would be clear at a glance, it was because this formation was one of the parts of the Great Sage's Tower's improved light bullet magic array. And the design is born from the runes of the dwarves. Perhaps it is this factor that makes the dwarves want to understand what their runes will become when they arrive in other people's homes.
The intellectual property rights of this world are not so strict, and the Wizards Association only protects the registered magical knowledge, dwarf runes, elven runes, etc., whoever can figure it out will use it, and the association can't control this.
The knowledge of the dwarves and elves has been stolen, will they intervene to take care of it? It also looks like it depends on the situation. Like the situation in front of you, someone else uses their own things for a different purpose, and they can't even judge the reading, and they can't reproduce the use, so blame others? Rather than accountability, they want to understand the truth, and the progress of technology does not come from step-by-step improvement.
And this rune is one of the most famous of the dwarven craftsmen, and it also has an exclusive name, called 'Aminte'. Functions are used to seamlessly continue the effects of support magic.
The effects of the magic equipment of the Lost Land are not permanent, but apply magic to the equipment in the same way that a mage uses auxiliary magic on himself. This consumes mana power, but at the same time it can be exchanged for a significant boost. Another meaning is that when you don't use magic, you can use it as a general weapon.
However, the concept of attaching a magic effect to the equipment is not like an electrical appliance on the earth, as long as the switch is turned on, it will always have an effect. Instead, after casting a spell to produce an effect, wait for the effect to disappear before actively casting a second spell. In this way, there is inevitably a problem between the two magic spells, and if the magic effect suddenly disappears in the middle of the battle, it can be fatal.
The dwarven rune 'Aminte' can actively activate the support spell again, causing the previous spell to disappear and the latter spell to work seamlessly, creating a 'pseudo' switch effect. This is the only skill of the dwarves, not even the elves.
The magic equipment of the elves relies on the control of the unique spirituality and battle rhythm of the race to achieve a seamless connection of manual magic.
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