Section 2.Crystal Lair, Scavenger Base
Walking in the sun, you come to the square, and the castle lord's mansion appears in front of you.
Annan passed the lord's palace without entering, but was seen by the guards as he passed along the sunflower fields, and Olmedo drove out.
"Are you willing to come back from your friend?" Olmedo said deliberately.
"Why do you smell a strange smell?" Annan frowned and waved his hand, "It seems to be a mixture of jealousy and envy." ”
Olmedo countered: "It's good for you to come back, there's a lot of things in Liberty City that you need to take care of." ”
"You know what? We can't breathe when we're smiling. Annan said suddenly.
Olmedo breathed in confusion and smiled.
Annan took the opportunity to say: "Actually, I just want to see your smile. ”
While Ormedo was stunned, Annan slipped into the crystal lair next door.
Elimoas was still asleep, her graceful and slender dragon body lying on the golden treasure pile, like a long scroll of beauty.
Annan wanted to climb onto the dragon's back while Elimoas was asleep...... But if she accidentally rolled over, she would crush herself.
Annan, who gave up his plans, beckoned to the ghosts: "How long will she sleep?" ”
The three-color ghost is convincing: I will wake up before this winter!
Annan went to visit the three little ones next door. It's only been two months since I saw them, and they're getting bigger again, and they're growing from baby dragons to young dragons.
This little nest is running out of their place, and their treasures......
"But what is it?"
Annan asked, pointing to the spinning machine in Glasti's lair.
"Susan spinning machine."
"I know what it is, I mean, why would you put something like this in your lair?"
The lair of Emirs and Kritalia is much more normal. Because of the exploitation and plundering of their parents and sisters, they had to decorate their nests with beautiful stones and a thin layer of coins, and they did not worry about being stolen - they counted every coin here hundreds of times.
"True wealth is not in money and treasure, but in productivity. I only spent 50 silver coins on this broken spinning machine, and I used a favor to have people fix it. 50 silver is only 50 silver, but I turn 50 silver into a spinning machine, and it will give me far more than 50 silver. ”
Emirs and Critalia crouched to each other like two birds, trying to understand what their companions meant.
Annan opened his mouth and swallowed back what he wanted to say: "I will tell my uncle and aunt to let you go to school." ”
The child must not be delayed.
"But there's a problem...... "Annan pointed to the spinning machine, "and you don't create value with it, but just put it in the nest to fall into the dust." ”
Glasti froze and shook her head seriously: "You're right, I need to use it." ”
It seems that soon the people of Liberty City will be able to see a new landscape: a young dragon operating a spinning machine.
However, when Annan turned around, the three little ones came to Annan together. Facing the six sparkling crystals, Annan smiled and took out 3 gold coins, and then 30 silver coins: "Which one do you want?" ”
It wasn't supposed to be a multiple-choice question, but Glasti stopped them and said, "We should choose 10 silver coins and 1 gold is the trap...... Gold coins will only be snatched from us if they appear in our lair, so we have to choose from 0 and 10 silver. ”
However, Umirs and Kritalia followed their instinct and chose 1 gold coin, scratched their nests, and hid in the depths of their dens, with only Glasti choosing 10 silver coins.
This once again convinced Annan that he had to send Glasti to school.
Coming out of the crystal lair, Annan came to the scavenger base while thinking about whether to build another dragon's lair to house Elimoas's people.
The overall scavenger base made of limestone and cement lacks color and looks solemn and heavy. Erie's Department of Architecture lived up to its name, designing buildings that perfectly fit the heaviness and representation of the scavengers.
If the centurion doesn't say anything, maybe he is stealing fun in his dreams.
The scavenger base was not yet finished, and after looking at the streets for a while, Annan planned to go directly to the soldiers' station.
"It's all here, why don't you come in and have a look?"
The figure of the centurion suddenly appeared from the steps.
Annan was not surprised at all, pointing to the scaffolding and asking, "It hasn't been built yet." ”
"You don't know? The training of scavengers has begun. ”
Annan accepted the centurion's invitation and walked up the stairs into the unfinished scavenger base.
The interior of the base is undecorated yet, with empty hallways and echoes that make it look like a giant cement coffin.
The centurion carried the magic lamp and came to a room where five figures stood.
She introduced: "This is Annan, your senior. ”
"Lord Annan!"
"Senpai!"
"Lord of the Castle!"
"Jack!"
They shouted in a mess.
The five carefully picked out by the centurion were all retired soldiers from the Legion. They were unfit to remain in the corps for a variety of reasons...... But their ability to hunt nezumi is worthy of their name.
Broken Tooth stood with them like a rat standing next to Lily.
"Annan and I are in charge of grading you on this test."
The centurion said as he walked over to a door, "Pick up your weapons, there are five stands behind the door, and you will shoot at the stands you find most suspicious in three seconds." If you don't shoot and miss the target, you won't be qualified! ”
The centurion kicked open the new door, and five trainee scavengers poured in.
Annan saw the centurion's standing card: four different kinds of rat people and little girls surrounded by them.
“1!”
Bang!
“2!”
Bang bang bang!
“3!”
Bang bang!
Five people fired eight shots.
The centurion walked quickly to the young man with the same hideous scar as the centurion on his cheek who had put down the magic musket at the end: "Can you tell me what you're doing!" ”
"I thought they were all suspicious, so I killed them all." The retired Hellfire soldier puffed out his chest.
"Excellent!"
The centurion gave an unexpected score, walked up to the stand, pointed to who had hit the bullet holes, and then gave them a passing score.
Finally, she came to the little girl's sign, pointed to the bullet hole in the little girl's forehead and asked:
"Who the killed such a cute little girl!"
"Uh...... It's me. A short young man stepped forward.
The centurion stared at him oppressively, "I need a reason. ”
"I ...... I noticed that the little girl was smiling and didn't look scared...... The nezumi next to her surrounded her, as if to protect her...... I know that the Stuen have multiplied through hundreds of generations, and some of these groups look like both humans and elves...... So I guess she must be an important figure in the nezumi......"
"Although there are some loopholes and self-righteousness, to be able to come up with so many in three seconds is either you are a cruel guy or you are a smart person...... I'm leaning towards the latter. ”
The centurion's cold melted, and he said with a smile, "So, I'll give you full marks." ”
(End of chapter)