Chapter 295: Fall (1)
While Alan was still in a daze, the guests outside the door had already taken a step forward. This step is very common, and there is nothing unusual. But it was this step that allowed Eren to see the face wrapped in a cape. This face is very handsome, a little indifferent, but the lines are clear, like a marble head carved by the master's hand, which is unforgettable at first sight.
What's even more peculiar is that this man has pupils of different colors. The pupils of the left eye were as black as ink, while the right eye was a piece of burning golden flame, dazzling so dazzling that Alan felt slightly dizzy.
When the man stepped into this step, the tips of the noses of the two were almost together. Staring at that dreamlike eye, Alan saw his own figure inside. His own shadow appeared in the golden flame, as if the flames were burning the city, and he could not escape no matter what. A horror from the depths of his heart suddenly took possession of Allen's heart, and his face became so difficult to look at that he couldn't even breathe.
"Do you have any alcohol?"
It wasn't until the traveler's voice, as cold as his face, sounded that Eren was like a man on the surface, and he was able to breathe in a big gulp of the air that was not fresh.
Because he sucked so fast and fast, Alan couldn't help but cough a few times, took a few steps backwards, and almost stopped when he almost hit the row of tables and chairs behind him. After a while, Allen, who was relieved, said, "Yes, we have the most powerful spicy wine here." ”
As he spoke, Alan yelled behind him, "Pat, where is your kid dead, quickly bring me the flaming volcano!"
A moment later, there was a shuffled sound of footsteps in the lobby. A boy of fourteen or fifteen years old came out wearing a patched outfit with a bottle of sprinkler in his hand. The bottle is a striking fiery red, and the word "87%" on the packaging reminds guests of the strength of the bottle.
The Flame Volcano is the iron signature of the tavern, and it is a type of cocktail, but the Flame Volcano, which is brewed by Allen in a secret method, has a intensity that ordinary cocktails cannot match, and it is very suitable for the tastes of the men in the town, so it is quite popular.
The traveler sat down in a corner, ordered some other food, and ate in peace. The rugged gun that made Allen's heart beat faster lay flat on the table, and the row of bullets and magazines next to it was the food. It's not uncommon for Alan to pay with hard currency like bullets, and in fact, no one is running around with a bag full of money now. What's more, due to regional differences, currencies that circulate elsewhere may not be universally available here at the Eye of the Flames.
After all, the so-called continental currency is more suitable for cities near the coastline. As for inland towns like the Eye of the Flames, bullets and metal are more popular.
Alan was not in a hurry to collect the money, except that the guest took out enough food to eat the same size more than five times, but also because the guest ate very slowly. The traveler had taken his hat off, revealing splintered black hair, apparently of Asian descent. He didn't eat fast, whether it was food or wine, he ate it in small bites. This shows that he is not in a hurry, and those who are willing to stay longer, Alan believes that they will need more services.
For example, women.
Zero really doesn't eat fast, and the sum of the energy of these foods in front of him doesn't add up enough to a tube of nutrients, and that bottle of wine is good. Flame volcanoes have a high alcohol content, which can be converted directly into energy with zero. But whether it was food or wine, he had to eat it slowly in order to fully absorb the energy in it.
But this is only one of the reasons, and the other, more important reason, is that he is here to inquire about the news.
No matter where you are, a tavern is a great place to ask for news. But Zero came a little early, so he was in no hurry to leave. After eating all the food and wine, he put his feet on the table and closed his eyes with the giant sniper rifle in his arms. His body was resting, but his brain was still working.
The Eye of the Flame is indeed just a small town, and it is no more than 1 kilometer square horizontally and vertically, and it is quickly circumnavigated by zero. Now the three-dimensional map of the Eye of Flame is present in Zero's mind, and the angle he needs to adjust with Zero's mind. Instinctively, they appear in certain places on the stereoscopic map, and they represent some special roles. For example, the best sniper spots, routes to escape from the town in case of danger, and so on.
Zero doesn't like to fight unprepared battles, so recording the terrain around him is a great guarantee of safety.
This small town is home to nearly a thousand people, most of whom are workers, some women are engaged in selling meat, and the remaining few are capitalists and factory owners. They are the ones at the top of the town's bio chain, controlling the lives and deaths of hundreds of people in the Eye of Flames.
But for Zero, they are no different from bugs.
The town has a small guard, Liliang, and from a strategic point of view, the Eye of the Flame lacks even the necessary defenses. At least Zero entered the town unhindered, which was a rare occurrence in turbulent times. If it's not for the lack of common sense on the part of the owner of the Eye of Fire, then the town has enough abilities.
Judging from what Zero is now observing, it seems that the former is more likely. Of course, it is also possible that the town has not had outsiders for many years, so whether there is a defense line or not is not so important.
Of the information Agatha knew, the Eye of the Flame did not have a clear management. It is more inclined to a business alliance, with the owners of five battery factories running the town, and the magma extraction machines scattered around the town belong to these bosses. It's just that after natural thermal batteries ceased to sell well, four of the five factories have closed down, and now only one factory has its machines still working.
The jobs of the townspeople have also quietly changed, with more people working in another occupation, except for a small number of people who are still employed in battery factories.
Sulphur harvesting.
Sulfur is mostly found near volcanoes, and the magma rivers that spread across the ground of thousands of square kilometers around the Eye of the Flame are also produced by sulfur. Sulfur can be used in gunpowder, dyes, medicine, etc. The townsfolk collected it and sold it to other cities outside the valley to the west, thus becoming another emerging industry for the Eye of the Flames.
Although sulfur is highly toxic and year-round exposure increases the chance of death, who can take care of these in turbulent times. Seven of the town's ten men are engaged in this work, one is employed by a battery factory, and the other two are either private owners or skinners who sell meat from their wives.
In general, the Eye of the Flame has been born in Asgard for several generations, both in terms of technology and culture, and has developed a deformed economic form due to the particularity of the geographical environment.
Of course, none of this matters to Zero. All he had to do was know that after a day's work, the workers would come to the Flame Bar in the evening to drink and have fun, and that was the best time to ask for news.
Zero had been sitting in that corner for a whole afternoon, and when he opened his eyes, it was exactly seven o'clock in the evening.
Not a little more, no less than a point!
A moment later, dinner was already in front of him, and with Allen's puzzled expression, he gently cut off a piece of artificial beef with a knife and put it in his mouth to chew slowly. At this time, the door of the tavern was pushed open, and several men dressed as workers strode into the bar while smoking low-quality cigarettes. After discovering Zero's existence, they took another look at what was tied up with strips of cloth on the table.
No matter how you look at it, it's like a gun, a huge gun!
A few men subconsciously turned their faces, no matter what the man who sat alone was, the person who used a big gun was something they couldn't afford to mess with. Even when the man saw the row of bullets on the table, which symbolized currency, his eyes couldn't help but shoot a scorching light.
As time went on, the bar grew more crowded and the atmosphere became more and more lively. By nine o'clock in the evening, the bar was filled with crazy and loud music, and the dancers were writhing and making suggestive gestures in the middle of the room, which made the men in the bar more and more excited.
And at this time, Zero drank zuihou and sprinkled it. At this moment, a man full of alcohol sat down opposite Zero with a big thorn in his bottle.
Zero raised his head slightly.
"How much do you cost a night?" cried the drunken man, his voice immediately drawing onlookers from the neighborhood.
Zero's loneliness, as well as the weapons on the table, have long been noticeable to him. It's just that the guests are all restraining their sanity, and obviously, the man sitting across from Zero now has his sanity completely overwhelmed by alcohol.
"I can forgive you for being rude because you were drunk. But if you don't leave, I don't think you will find the rest of the experience enjoyable. Zero said lightly.
The man laughed, "I know you're a man, but you're beautiful, so I don't your ass with my big dick." Say, I'm out ......."
Suddenly, the man was speechless.
Zero, who was sitting across the table a moment ago, has raised his right hand at this moment. The gun that lay flat on the table somehow fell into his hand, and the barrel of the gun wrapped in a strip of cloth now poked into the man's mouth, leaving him speechless.
Despite the strips of cloth, the man could still feel the strong smell of gunpowder in the muzzle of the gun. What's more, the other party's finger is pressing on the trigger.
The atmosphere in the bar was cold, the music was still playing, the dancers were still dancing, but everyone's eyes fell on Table Zero.
Zero An sits like a mountain, and the man who is staring at him by countless eyes is eager to find a crack in the ground to drill down, provided that Zero is willing to withdraw his gun.
"Please take back your gun, sir. ”
Alan squeezed through the crowd and gasped as he looked at the big gun stuck in the drunkard's mouth: "Listen, sir, it's his fault that he offended you, but I don't want to make too much of a fuss." Don't worry, I'll teach him a lesson. ”
After listening to Allen's words, Zero withdrew his sniper rifle. The insulting man was now drunk and gone, and he sat back in his chair after picking up a life. Suddenly there was a pain in the back of his head, followed by the sound of glass bursting in his ears.
The sharp impact on the back of the head caused him to fall to the ground, and the man got up and touched his head, and the tentacles were sticky. When I took my hand back in front of me, my fingers and palms were covered with blood. The man looked at Allen in amazement, and the bottle that Allen was carrying was only a jagged neck and shattered glass beneath his feet. Apparently, Eren had just punched him with a wine bottle.
He just wanted to ask "weishenme", but suddenly his eyes went dark, but he was kicked in the face by Allen. The man fell to the ground completely, let out a heavy sound, and then heard Alan yell: "Get out of here, the guy who can't tell the situation will not allow you to come to my bar again in the future!"
Eren is also a man of voice in the Eye of the Flames, and he has a gang of fierce thugs under his command. Instead of daring to reason with him, the man staggered out of the bar with his head in his hands. After driving away the drunk, Alan put on a smiling face and said to Zero: "I'm sorry to disturb the guests, or you can drink casually tonight, and you will treat it as if I was in for a treat." ”
Zero showed a faint smile: "You're too polite, boss." ”
As he spoke, he flipped his hand over, took out another row of bullets from the canopy and placed it on the table. Allen's eyes lit up immediately, this row of bullets was of the same standard, the metal surface was as smooth as a mirror, and only a fine machine tool could make bullets of this level. In the wilderness, this volley of bullets is expensive.
"I'm looking for someone, I wonder if the boss can consult someone else on my behalf?" Zero could tell that Alan was very open in the eyes of the flames. Then again, the guy who runs the bar isn't a big eater. Of course, Zero can also ask for it himself, but the effect is much worse than Allen's opening: "If there is a definite clue, I can pay you another row of the same bullets." ”
Alan smiled and reached out to put the zero bullet in his pocket: "Say, as long as people are in the eye of the flames, there is nothing I don't know." No need to ask anyone else!"
Zero leaned his body slightly forward, and Eren stuck his ears over at the same time. Then he heard Zero whisper in his ear, "I'm looking for a guide." ”
Although the music in the bar was overwhelming, Zero's words overpowered all voices. After Allen's mind went blank for a moment, a reluctant smile appeared on his face: "What kind of guide, I really don't know the one the guest is looking for." ”
He straightened up and turned around. But in the next moment, he suddenly turned back, carrying another empty wine bottle in his hand and sweeping towards Zero's head!
Zero smiled, as early as when Allen's expression stiffened, he knew that the barkeeper must know something. Seeing the wine bottle swept in, Zero kicked it violently, hitting the load-bearing column under the table. While slamming the table into Allen, Zero moved his chair in the opposite direction.
Not only did Alan sweep the air, but he also hit the edge of the table in the stomach, knocking him into the air, and at the same time, Alan was so sad that he almost threw up the overnight meal.
He fell to the ground, startling nearby drinkers. Alan didn't care about his image, and yelled on the ground: "Shut the door! Kill this guy, he wants to find a guide!"
This sentence was like a bomb, and immediately made the drinkers stunned. Then everyone became fierce, both men and women, and their faces turned hideous. Among them, the drinkers sitting at the entrance of the gate stood up, and they not only closed the door, but also pushed the tables and chairs to the door to block the exit. Then Allen's workers rushed in through the back door of the bar, apparently hearing Allen's words, and they had clubs and knives in their hands, and distributed the weapons to the people in the bar.
All of a sudden, almost everyone had a weapon in their hands. They clenched their weapons and circled towards Zero. Zero still sat in the middle of the field, slowly undoing the strips of cloth from the body of the giant sniper rifle.
"If you could tell me about the guide, I could act like I didn't see anything. Zero said silently.
Alan jumped up from the ground and shouted, "Kill him!"
At the same time, Alan squeezed backwards, but some of the drinkers threw themselves at Zero with knives and sticks in their hands. But the next moment, the men who rushed to the front flew up and fell heavily into the corner of the bar.
Zero retracted the sniper rifle, and just now this weapon was used by him as a bat, and several people were knocked away in an instant. This served as a slight deterrent, but the men in the bar had already drunk a lot of alcohol, and under the influence of the alcohol they forgot their fears, forgot about the excessively large gun on Zero's body, and roared and pounced on Zero, who seemed to be far weaker than them.
The next moment, they knew that Liliang had nothing to do with body type.
On the back of the zero sniper rifle, the free hands waved like the wind. Each punch is infused with a two-order liliang, and most of the drinkers are ordinary people, how can they be able to defeat the fist of the zero. So all the time there were figures throwing and falling, and when they fell to the ground, the bones on their bodies were more or less broken, and they had no strength to stand up for a moment.
Seeing that Zero had brought down nearly half of the people in the blink of an eye, Alan yelled at the back, "Go, get that thing out!"
Hearing this, Zero sped up. The "thing" in Allen's mouth should not be an ordinary thing, the facts confirmed Zero's suspicion, and when he put down a man in the tavern, a beastly roar sounded from behind the sprinkler. At the end of the voice, the kitchen door flew out flat, smashing directly on the bodies of several men nearby, and instantly wailed.
In the kitchen, a giant strode out of it. With a rough wave of its hand, it smashed the tables and chairs that stood in front of it and flew them away.
Zero surprise, this is the head butcher. It was strange that there was a butcher hiding his head in the Flame Bar, and what was even more strange was that the butcher had an iron hoop around his neck, and three iron cables were welded to the iron hoop. The ends of the ropes were each grabbed by a large man, who was supposed to be Allen's hand. Obviously, their strength was not strong enough to control the butcher's movements, so everyone pushed their bodies back desperately, but they still dragged the butcher forward in vain.
"Let go!" Alan yelled, pointing at Zero and the butcher, "Kill this man!"
The butcher seemed to understand Alan's words, and the moment the three big men let go, it was already roaring and rushing towards Zero.
"It looks like you've made the worst decision possible. Zero said lightly.