Chapter 2 2 2 2: Departure and Arrival
Early the next morning, the leading officials asked all the mercenaries to knock on the door of the guest room one by one, asking them to take all the orc prisoners out and prepare to leave. It is normal to think that their own duty is to transport prisoners, and when this happens, they also pay for a day's room out of their own pockets at most. After ensuring the safety of your team, you can start work.
Sheldon and the others worked together to pull the carriage out, and under the cold morning sun, the ordered team was about to leave the town. Today's town doesn't seem to be much the same as yesterday's, and I always feel like something is missing. The alley was deserted, and even though it was early in the morning, and even though most people were still asleep in their beds, they couldn't hear even the slightest snoring.
"Those people seem to have gone to the square yesterday." Merlin said to Sheldon, "I don't know what they went to see." ”
"I don't know who that guy is......" Sheldon pressed his hand to his temple, "I can't even figure out how I got to him yesterday." But those in charge also seem to have a bit of brains, and they don't do such strange things, and they still dry us in the wilderness. Ho, someone must have reimbursed us for our room bills, don't expect to take even a penny out of their hands, haha. ”
Plylius yawned and stretched out in confusion: "Morning...... I always feel weirdly quiet this morning. Alas...... I didn't have breakfast, which was terrible. ”
The work contract states that the mercenaries have to take care of their own food, clothing, and housing, and it is useless to complain. The carriage was in place, and Merlin and Sheldon were still the first to ride in the same carriage with the orcs every day. They sat in the back of the car, looking at the empty streets, and couldn't help but feel a faint chill in their hearts.
Now that autumn is in, it's time to add some clothes, Sheldon thought. Yesterday, the people in the town were still jumping in front of them vividly, why is there no one now?
The wheels crunched over the slabs that were either loose or hard. Merlin's ass trembled as the scene began to move slowly. Anyway, it didn't matter to them after all this, they were at most witnesses to this strange event.
Before the carriage could accelerate, Merlin and Sheldon saw a middle-aged man with long gray hair following behind the carriage, pulling the cart's extension. The two of them didn't figure out what this guy was trying to do for a while.
He was carrying a large satchel, and his clothes were neither new nor old, and he had worn them for almost three or four days in a row, but he didn't smell like anything. Although his face was full of wrinkles and pockmarks, it did not have a greasy dirt. This shows that although men usually don't pay much attention to their personal image, they also pay attention to hygiene.
"Can you give me a ride?" "I don't know where you want to go, but I feel that by following you, I can get where I want to go," he said. ”
"Sir, we are escorting the prisoners to the vicinity of the Tata River on the orders of the king, and we don't know exactly where they are." Sheldon said gently, "Please forgive me for not being able to grant your request. ”
"Aha!" As a result, the half-aged man grabbed the frame of the carriage fiercely, jumped his feet slightly, and easily stood in the crowded carriage, "Yes, I am going there!" Thank you for your help! ”
"Uh......" Sheldon took Merlin's hand, "I just said—"
The man skillfully squeezed Merlin's small body, and naturally played the scoundrel: "Oh, it's all up, fate, isn't it?" Here, give a hand, there's something precious here! ”
Sheldon resisted the idea of pushing the guy off the car, carefully took Merlin's hand, and motioned to the orcs inside with his eyes, squeezing the position a little so as not to hurt the child. Although Merlin looked a little puzzled at first, he didn't know why, he didn't care.
This man seems to have been born with a knack for it, and both his face and his every move exude a strange affinity that makes people who want to say no shut up.
With a bang, the large bag behind the man slammed into the floor inside the carriage. Only then did he look inside the carriage, and his gray eyebrows suddenly raised: "It seems that these are the people who held a ceremony in the Vatican not long ago." I didn't expect that after two years of rebellion, this thing would end completely, which is really strange. ”
"What is your name, sir?" Merlin looked at the old man's eyes with a smile all the time, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but bend slightly upward.
If he was not mistaken, this man should have been the one who told everyone not to believe the preacher's nonsense in the last past. And in this time and space, they actually met by mistake. This is one of the reasons why Merlin did not clamoring for him to be kicked down.
"You can call me Mr. Laurent." Laurent smiled heartily, "What a lovely child, isn't it?" Looks like the magic talent is pretty good! ”
Sheldon could clearly perceive that the way this guy looked at Merlin was not like he was looking at a person, as if he was looking at an emerald with a very good texture.
Laurent stretched out her hand to Merlin, with a few thin pieces of metal and a few screws on them: "I make toys, if you don't mind, let me make you a toy and add a little fun to this journey." ”
Merlin nodded vigorously, and Sheldon sighed helplessly, simply closing his eyes and ignoring the matter.
This guy is indeed a bit eccentric, but with Sheldon's eyesight, there is no way to determine that he is dangerous to Merlin, and if he stops it now, the atmosphere in the carriage will become very awkward.
"What is this?" Merlin flicked the piece of metal in Laurent's hand, "Uncle, your hands are so rough. ”
Laurent laughed dryly: "Of course, I have made toys all my life, how can there be no traces?" Next, let me perform a fun magic trick for you, and you'll be so surprised that you'll forget to blink! ”
The big rough hands snapped together, and Laurent's old face mysteriously slid over Merlin's face, and came very close to him. His hands quickly clasped together, wrapping the bits and pieces in the middle. Rubbing back and forth, swaying up and down, Ding Lingdang's voice jumped muffled in the small space in his hand.
"Look!" The old man threw the thing in his hand abruptly, and a little golden light flowed between his fingers.
I saw a small golden flying machine magically floating in the air, its two large wings almost occupying most of the whole body, and in the middle only a sphere the size of a bird's eye glowed with black oil.
Call! The two wings of the aircraft were folded downward, and it actually dived straight down from the air, almost plunging into the hard ground! At that moment, the wings seemed to have their own vitality, and they simply folded upward, and under the background of the breeze, the little one's body swayed and floated up with the wind!
"Come on, put your hand over!" The man was pleased with Merlin's surprised look, "It's yours after that!" Within a month, it will fly wherever you want it to go, even if it is to the ends of the earth, it will definitely fly over with the wind! ”
The small flying toy landed smoothly on Merlin's palm, and it was such a small sphere that two large wings could fit into the inside of the ball.
Sheldon looked at the toy in Merlin's hand with interest, and then looked at Laurent, who seemed to be as childish as Merlin, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, bringing Merlin here was finally a gain. The little boy threw the ball excitedly, and the two golden wings were pulled out of the ball, making a graceful and silky mark in mid-air.
No need to look, there must be traces of magic in the body of this little thing. And when you think about it, the producer's fantasy technique is amazing. Can you make toys for a lifetime to this extent? Sheldon doesn't think so.
But as long as he's not a bad guy and doesn't have any idea of beating Merlin, there's no reason for him to do something bad for everyone.
There are still three or four days to reach the destination, and the wolf orc Lu saw Merlin playing happily, and his heart gradually became anxious. He promised himself that he would let them escape. But how to save it is still a mystery. Time waits for no one......
I'm about to be guillotined......
Until the evening, the man did not leave Sheldon's group, but instead stayed in the group as a scoundrel. Tara's group, which had been on the road for a day, finally arrived at the location provided by the previous team escorting the prisoners.
The streets and alleys that were filled with life the day before are now eerily bleak. Everyone followed Tara, shouting around if anyone was living here, but no reply was heard.
They hadn't seen a single living person since they entered the town. Not even traces of the dead were found.