Chapter 1: Bloodsail City (1/3)
"Bard, Bloodsail City has arrived" Bird was awakened from his sleep by a sharp knock on the door, "Duke, I know" Hearing Bird's response, the knock on the door outside the house suddenly stopped.
"You pack your bags, I guess I'll be going into town in a while" "Hmm" The sound of footsteps outside the carriage faded away.
When Bird returned to Anxi Town, it was already a few days after the carnival day, and he thought that the mercenaries or merchants who went to Bloodsail City had already dispersed, but he didn't expect that after inquiring, the mercenary Duke and his party who had agreed with Bird before had not set off because the head of the regiment suddenly fell ill, so it was only a week before Bird took the mercenary group where the mercenary Duke was and went to Bloodsail City together.
There are a lot of businessmen in the mercenary group, so Bird's joining did not attract too much attention, plus he was originally a bard and gave sufficient participation fees, so Duke's mercenary group did not embarrass Bird.
I don't know if Duke's mercenary group is too strong, or if the security in the Alzer Empire is very good, Bird has never met robbers along the way, but he will often encounter some lost beasts, so there is no chance for Bird to show his skills.
At this time, the genius was slightly bright, but as soon as he stepped out of the carriage, Bird could see the huge city wall standing on the horizon not far away, and the architecture of ordinary humans was not as imaginative as wizard architecture, but more about practicality and firmness, so it gave people more of a feeling of vicissitudes.
The highest place was the king's residence, and Duke on the side pointed to the Bloodsail City on the horizon, but he wasn't sure if Bird understood the place he was pointing to, so he quickly explained, "It's the highest place, the square place", Duke said this, and Bird saw the raised place at a glance, as Duke said, that place is indeed the highest place in the entire Bloodsail City that he has seen so far.
"At first, the mountain was called Lasa Mountain, and because of its appearance and its resemblance to a sail, it was also called Wind Sail Mountain. The entire Blood Sail City is built around the entire Wind Sail Mountain, I heard that standing at the highest point of the Wind Sail Mountain can overlook the entire Blood Sail City, in addition to the distant invasion of the enemy can be seen from afar, it is precisely because the strategic significance of this Wind Sail Mountain is extremely high, and it has played a role in the Jedi counterattack in several wars to destroy the country, so some people call it Blood Sail Mountain, because it makes countless enemies die under the city, and the name of Blood Sail City is also derived from this. ”
Duke was very interested at this time, and it seemed that it was difficult to have the opportunity to popularize some knowledge to a bard, and as he spoke, he mixed in some strange stories from the streets.
"It is said that the spirits of those dead warriors have been turned into soul seducers, and this has been circulating in Bloodsail City for a long time, and I heard that the soul seducer rode a horse and turned to the strangers and wanderers......" "Duke, hold your position and we're going to enter the city!" Duke has a lot more to say, but apparently there are other things to do now.
"We'll talk at the tavern when we're in town," Duke hurriedly left and told Bird to listen to him finish the story, but Bird's interest was on the Bloodsail City, which was about to arrive.
There are a lot of people who travel with Bird, most of them are mainly merchants who go to Anxi Town to collect animal goods during the hunting season, but more of them are some "disgusting worms" who follow the team, which is the name of the mercenary Duke, which refers to the people who follow the mercenary group and do not pay the tour fee but want to enjoy the protection of the mercenary group, most of the mercenary groups will have a special team to expel these people, but because the mercenary group where Duke is located has too many customers this time, it is not possible to divide the force to expel these people.
So when Bird was about to enter Bloodsail City, he heard more cheers from the "disgusting worms" who followed the mercenary group, because this was their victory, and of course, there was nothing good for the people of the mercenary group to give these people.
Although the people of the Alzer Empire are still martial, there are still force restrictions in the Blood Sail City like most other human empires, such as the number of people who carry props, etc., so a long time to enter the city to search is spent on this.
Entering Bloodsail City was a different scene, clean and orderly, which was Bird's first impression.
"Everyone, everyone! Today's escort mission of our Ed Mercenary Group is over here, I'm glad to get along with you during this time, if you have any escort tasks in the future, you can come to the Drinker's Tavern in the east of the city to find us, our Ed Mercenary Group will always have someone stationed at the Drinker's Tavern, thank you"
After entering the city, the first thing is to announce the completion of the mercenary group's mission, and then the mercenary group will be temporarily disbanded.
Duke on the side walked over and pulled Larbard at this time, "Let's go for a drink?", "I'm sorry, I think I have to familiarize myself with this place first" "You're here for the first time" Duke was a little surprised, "Indeed" "I think you need such a thing" Duke took out a drawing, which was some rough maps of Bloodsail City, Bird was a little surprised, "This is something that my friend gave me when I first arrived in Bloodsail City, I think you will definitely use it" , Bird didn't say much, took over, although the things on the drawing did not depict the buildings of Bloodsail City one by one, but also marked some functional key constructions, which was indeed a good thing for people who came to Bloodsail City for the first time.
"Thank you, Duke," Duke quickly waved his hand to indicate no.
"Duke, can't you go" Some of the other mercenaries began to urge Duke, obviously these people were in a hurry to drink, so they were a little anxious when they saw Duke and Bird standing there for a long time without discussing a result.
"Duke, can you help me inquire if there is a mercenary group that has gone to the Lack of Arrival Mountain in the past few days" Duke glanced at Bird with a strange expression, this person said that he came to Bloodsail City for the first time, but he was anxious to go to the Lack of Arrival Mountain, "Bird, I don't want to go, the cold area there, not to mention the winter year is approaching...... Duke rarely called Bird by his name directly, instead of calling him a bard "Duke, I have to go" Bird's words were very slow, but unusually firm.
"Okay, I'll ask you, but how do I contact you then?" "I'll go to the Drinker's Tavern the night after tomorrow" "Okay" "Duke......" The mercenaries on the side began to urge Duke again, and Duke had no choice but to say goodbye to Bird.