Volume IV Reign of Chaos 72 The First Arrival

"I suggest you have a drink...... Fennel shochu. The lad said. It will definitely deepen your impression of this place. ”

"Ha, if you talk nonsense, I'll be rude to you." I said with a smile.

"I'm sure you're not going to be kind to me, and I'm just a kind reminder." He said, glancing at the drunken man next to him. "The main thing is that you act too much like a foreigner, if I really wanted to hurt you, you must have been pressed to the ground or taken away by them by now, and the bounty for catching a foreign stowaway can make three people drink here for a week."

I smiled when I heard the kid's words, "Then have a glass of fennel soju." ”

"Okay." The boy quickly leaned over and took a glass of wine and placed it in front of me. The slightly greenish liquid and a very peculiar smell made me frown. "The traditional drink of Gilneth." He said. "The rations of the toiling masses."

I glanced at him and lifted my glass, the peculiar smell of fennel was not only strong, but the smell mixed with the smell of strong liquor was very choking. But when the green liquid touches the tongue, it is slightly sweet, but once it flows down the throat into the esophagus, there is a burning sensation and it is spicy until the stomach. Just as I felt the burning and glared hard, and was about to squeeze out an "ah" from my throat to show respect for this wine, a special crisp smell rushed out of my throat, and it was a little refreshing.

"How's it taste?" He smiled.

I raised an eyebrow, "I hope life is as joyful as its aftertaste." I gestured to the barrel next to me. Bring me a light ale. ”

The young man smiled and took me a glass and pushed it in front of me. "How did you get in?"

"What do you mean?"

"You've got to be thankful it's night instead of day, and the guys are almost drunk, and it's dangerous for you to come during the day." He said. "How did you get into Gilneth?"

"How do you know I'm not a local?" I asked.

"Beard." He gestured to his own. Although the hair on his chin was not as lush but already showing the tendency to grow in a circle, he continued: "Then the accent, and then the ...... Style. As he spoke, he pointed to the noisy crowd behind him, and the two drunkards next to him were slapping each other.

"Huh, that's it?"

"I'm not wrong." His expression was very indifferent.

"Huh......" I laughed.

"How did you get in?" He continued.

"Why are you so curious?"

"It's been a year since the last Great Purge, and you're the only foreigner who can sit here and drink." He said.

"The Great Purge?" I was a little surprised. "As for it?"

"The king said it was necessary, and he told us to see both the enemy that we could see and the enemy we could not see." He said.

"It's a sick sentence."

The lad shrugged. "Well, who knows. What about you...... Not like the Kurtilas. ”

"I'm pretty good at reading people." I nodded, "How old are you?" ”

"Nineteen." He said. "You haven't said how you got in." He didn't give up.

This question upset me, I wanted to have a seizure, but I still don't want to be too arrogant on his turf, when I have the power of Medivan, I'll flip the table. "Swim here." I said with a frown.

"Swimming?" He raised an eyebrow. "You're a great guy, then."

"How?" I thought there was something special about it.

"Where did you come ashore?"

"A beach to the north." I say.

"Didn't see a shark?"

"Nope."

"Then you must be lying." He pouted and shook his head gently.

"I'm telling the truth." I emphasize.

"The more you say that, the more suspicious it becomes, foreigner." There was something unnatural on his face. "I don't mean anything malicious." There really was no malice in his eyes.

"Me too...... I'm telling the truth, I don't have to lie to you, it's not difficult to come along the Great Wall. I said.

"Ah, that's not the north, that's the north headland." He said. "You're pretty good." He smiled.

"It's nothing." I said calmly.

"You really swam across the ocean, didn't you?" He asked again.

"Yes."

"Hmm...... Then you're really awesome. He said with a meaningful smile. I smiled and didn't say anything more.

"You're here to get ready for something...... What business? He changed his story.

"I'm here to find someone." I say.

"Hmm...... However, some people have been missing recently. He said. Are you a detective? ”

"My friend is a local, and I just wanted to come and see him." I say.

"Huh, see? From the moment you enter the city, it will not be so easy for you to leave the kingdom. He said.

My heart tightened when I heard this, but I still tried to look like I didn't care when I looked at his face.

"I'm here to join him." I say. "I don't kill people."

Hearing this, he blinked, "Then Gilneth welcomes you." He said with a smile on his face.

"There is a town and a castle on the north side of the Great Wall, do you know?"

"You know, what's wrong?" He rolled his eyelids.

"Whose territory is that?" I asked seriously.

"Whose territory? You...... Did you commit any trouble there? "His curiosity made me a little impatient.

"No, from there, people there said the castle was haunted." I say.

"Haunted!" He immediately came interested.

"Well, haunted." I nodded earnestly.

"Isn't it!" He laughed weirdly.

"What's not a haunting? I saw it with my own eyes! I said.

"You've seen it before?" He looked at me in amazement.

"When I'm in the castle." I say.

"What?"

"Green-faced fangs, covered in hair! And long claws! I said in a low voice.

"That's not a ghost." The kid said. "You must be mistaken, I heard that there are monsters in the forest to the north, not ghosts."

"Is that thing worth it?" I say.

"What do you mean? Do you want to catch another one? ”

"If it's valuable, I'd love to get one." I say.

"Hmph, I'm afraid you won't come back!" He smiled.

"Isn't this a legend?"

"Of course not, the people of Gilneth know that there's a ...... in the forests north of the Wall, I mean north of the Wall. Werewolf. He looked at the people next to him. That kind of thing is cannibalistic! Instead of raising his voice, he lowered his voice.

"He wants to eat me, too." I say.

"That's a beast, not him!" He corrected, "Have you really seen it?" ”

"Yes, I'm right!" I say.

The bartender nodded, "That doesn't mean you've seen it." ”

"How did this thing come about?" I asked.

"I don't know, I don't know, it's just that there was a rumor suddenly, and this rumor has been around for a long time, it is estimated that it must have been more than ten years." He said.

"More than ten years? That means when the war is not over? ”

The bartender looked at me quizzically, then nodded in realization. "That's right, it was then, and the war wasn't over yet."

"There was a legend of werewolves back then?"

"Yes, that's not a legend, it's a real thing." The bartender nodded.

"The king...... Didn't someone send someone to track it down? ”

"Tracking?" The bartender snorted, "Isn't this the Great Wall?" ”

"You mean that the construction of the Great Wall has something to do with werewolves?"

"Humph!" The bartender seems to want to show off. "What do you foreigners think?"

"We thought it was the king who didn't want to spend his money on the prisoner of war camp." I say.

"No, no, no, it's too superficial, our king is not so superficial!" He said: "The problem of prisoner of war camps is just one of the problems, you know! ”

"I don't know." I say.

"The king ......," he said, when he suddenly closed his mouth and looked at the doorway not far behind me.

It was a couple of sergeants who walked in, and they went into the house and scanned it instead of leaving.

"What's going on with your trade now?" As soon as the guards came, the topic of talking about national affairs must be ultimate.

"I don't know, hmph, don't talk about trade in this kind of place, the people here have nothing to do with trade." The lad said. "They're alive today, that's enough, and of course there's wine to drink, and they're already worth living today." So saying, he turned to the side.

At this time, the tavern was in a mess, the drunken men were still shouting and laughing loudly, and the guards around me didn't care that these people were just looking at these people's faces, and the environment at this time made me suddenly feel very depressed. When I left, I thought he was going to slaughter me, but the cup of fennel soju only took me seven copper plates. This lad is good.

When I walked out of the tavern, I found that there were still a few guards at the door, and I chuckled when I saw this!

Stabilization! It's okay! Take it easy......

The guys didn't pay much attention to me, they just glanced at me and didn't beckon me to come and check it out. I walked away slowly, and I still felt palpitations after hiding in an alley. It's not hard to kill a few of them, but if you are caught killing a sergeant, you must be sentenced to death, so I have to make myself so inconspicuous that I become an ant all the time. I want to be a harmless ordinary person. I don't want my trip to Gilneth to be a nightmare starting tonight.

I didn't know where to go, there wasn't much nightlife here, so I saw that a lot of the houses were lights out. But my nightmare may not be being caught, the weather is also a kind of nightmare.

It rained last time, but now it's raining again. It wasn't big, but my clothes got wet quickly. Wouldn't it be nice to know that you wouldn't just mess around and find a place to sleep!

When something bad happens, I always want to recall the last thing that happened as soon as possible. I thought to myself that the young man in the tavern was okay, so why should I be afraid if I didn't walk there for a night? But it's useless to think about it now, I've come so far...... What the hell, it's useless to think about it!

I hid under an eaves for a while, and now I have nowhere to go, so I just stay under the eaves. Seeing the rain, I didn't want to stop at all, so I braved the rain to come to an alley, climbed over the wall, and found a house that didn't have a light, so I jumped into the yard of that house.

After observing a few houses, I decisively chose an inconspicuous yard and climbed in. Sure enough, the house was empty and empty.

It's nothing to ask me to stay for one night.

The door was locked, and the house was unoccupied. If you don't rent out a good house, you can't make money here, I muttered and poked the lock on the door.

But then again, where will I live if there are people......

Hum...... It's useless to think about it.

The room was dark, and there was a distinct musty smell in the air. I probably found the bed in the dark, but the smell made me really want to lie down. It's not that I still want to be clean at this time, but when I think of mold, I think of that kind of thing on my skin, and it's crazy.

I spent a long time that night groping for what was in the house, no bodies, no women, no old women and children, and no treasures. Of course, I don't really know if there will be money hidden somewhere, and I'm not in the mood to look for it. My biggest success in this room was lighting the fireplace.

The flames danced gently in the fireplace, and I lay on my side in front of the fireplace, the heat of the flame gently licking and licking my face, warm, and good.

Watching the flames jump up against the wall, I closed my eyes in peace of mind, and I could sleep well tonight.