Chapter 22: Orc Maiden Ann and her new guard
The city guards were busy carrying the orcs to the beds in the inn room, and several people were standing by, not going out, waiting to see how Lu Xihua cast the spell.
"The beef soup is coming. Satya, a female clerk of the Red Guard hired by the proprietress Hulda, walked in with a small pot of hot soup. Hurda was left at the counter, the heavy snow outside had caused a shortage of goods, she had to budget for the materials of the hotel, there must be more people who came to drink, and she would call someone to tell the mead winery to send more wine later, the consumption of bread must also be large, and Satya would bake a few more ovens of bread later, the amount of dessert was reduced, and no one wanted to eat those sweet things on such a cold day, and the fish and venison, which were about to expire and had a peculiar smell, came in handy, brushed with a thick sauce and roasted, and no one could notice it.
"Please put the soup on the low table and eat it when she wakes up. Lu Xihua said to Satya as he took out the Hundred Medicine Talisman. This hard-working Red Guard woman is also an outsider who was taken in by the proprietress to work in the shop, and she also has a lot of secrets.
Satya is busy with work, snowy weather, although there are no customers in the hotel during the day, but it will definitely be lively at night, and there is still a lot of preparation work to be done in the store, which is the experience of matching with the hostess for a long time. Satya put down the soup pot in her hand and left, leaving a few city guards and Lu Xihua in the room separated by thick wooden boards, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Lu Xihua's hand.
"What is that thing? I've never seen a mage use anything like that?"
"I don't know, Master Farenjia of Longxiao Palace will only make some scrolls, and they are so expensive. ”
"When have you ever seen a mage cast a spell again?"
"About last month, I saw a fire destroyer mage and a frost destroyer mage fighting, just near the western watchtower, I went to deliver supplies to my brothers in the watchtower, and immediately hid in the bushes. I've also seen that the Flame Destroyer can summon a humanoid monster covered in flames. The monster raised its hand and it was a fireball. The Frost Destroyer was a sky full of ice picks, and a large area of land was frozen, and I accidentally stepped on a frozen ground, and my toes were frozen through my leather boots. ”
"And this is the matter, go back to the camp after a while, and tell me well, and I'll make you my best snow berry pancakes." ”
"Yes? Sweet and sour snow berries on top of butter-baked dough and a little well-fried salmon steak are delicious, and you can sleep comfortably. ”
"Don't say it, the orcs can't be saved, everyone has to be fined!"
"Why should we be punished for the mistakes made by their guards outside the city?"
"The beasts and robbers destroyed by the guards of the outer city, aren't they still your share in the end?"
Lu Xihua put the hundred medicine talisman on the forehead of the female orc, and immediately countless points of light poured out from the jade talisman, the female orc is a strong race, Lu Xihua quickly saw that the temperature of her body was recovering, and the body functions everywhere were running rapidly, and after a while, a pair of bright eyes opened.
"Wow, she's all right, now we're going to do it!, Dear Mage, your spells are truly amazing, and I think that little stone must be a great thing. ”
Lu Xihua nodded, "Thank you for the compliment." ”
"Alright, brothers, let's go back to the camp on errands, everyone's money is saved. After thanking Lu Xihua, the city guards quickly left the inn, they were all soldiers who had patrolled the city last night, because of the snow, they had been patrolling everywhere for a long time, and now they needed to go back and rest.
The female orc who had just opened her eyes on the bed saw that the city guards were leaving, so she wanted to open her mouth to say something, but was pressed on her shoulder by Lu Xihua with one hand, "You were frozen by the sudden heavy snow last night, and your body is still very weak, don't talk for the time being, drink some beef soup to warm up your body first." ”
The female orc seemed to be very hungry, a pot of beef soup, with tomatoes, potatoes and boiled beef, plus chili peppers and peppers, the thick aroma was indeed appetizing, and the female orcs drank it at a speed that could be seen by the eyes. After drinking a large pot of beef soup, the flat abdomen of the female orc has not changed, which is worthy of a race with a strong body.
"I have something urgent to see the city lord!" As soon as the female orc opened her mouth, her voice was like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley, which was really inconsistent with her appearance as an abnormal person.
"Can you tell us about your own origins? What is going on, you need to be in a hurry to see the city lord. Like you, I'm an outsider to Snowman City, and the city lord won't see us without enough reason. Lu Xihua sat on the chair beside the bed, carefully examining this race that was somewhat peculiar to him.
As if she was not very comfortable with Lu Xihua's gaze, the orc shifted slightly, "My name is Ann, and I came to Snow City because Helgen was attacked by a black dragon, and it is now in ruins. I fled from Helgen to the mountainside town of Brookwood, and saw the black dragon in the sky that had attacked Helgen fly north. Alvor, the blacksmith of Brookwood, fearing that Brookwood was also being attacked by that dragon, directed me to Snowman to report the situation to the lord..."
As the orc slowly narrated, Lu Xihua gradually understood the situation, this orc girl named Ann was only sixteen years old, because she was abducted by merchants since she was a child, forced to leave her hometown of Gaoyan Province, and came to the province of Sailodil, where the imperial capital of the mainland was located, where she became a miner in the mountains, taking on the job of cooking and washing for the hired workers in the mines.
The war of the empire has caused uprisings and betrayals in the province of Celetire, and the miner's family has been killed by several miners with bad intentions, and she does not want to stay with those crazy people, so she runs north through the vast forest. After a lot of hardship, he crossed the huge mountain range and came to the remote Skyrim Province, where he slowly looked for an opportunity to return home. Unexpectedly, the Imperial soldiers who were ambushed in the forest to capture the leader of the rebel party were accidentally captured and sent to the Imperial camp Helgen for trial.
The orc girl was betrayed by the stigma of a slave, and the ownerless fugitive slave was greeted with death before she was formally forgiven. In Helgen, the orc girl was sentenced to death by the female captain of the Imperial Army, and just as she was about to be executed, the black dragon attacked, and the whole of Helgen turned into a sea of fire. The girl took the opportunity to escape, and she was accompanied by the Imperial soldier Hadawa.
Alwo, the blacksmith of Brookwood, was Hadava's uncle, and the two helped the orc girls a lot, so she hurried to Snowman City to deliver the message. Coming down from the mountainside, across the vast wasteland, running for two days in a row, only to rush to the snowy outside the city, I didn't expect a heavy snow to prevent the girl from entering the city, in the case of many calls to the door and no one answered, I could only hide in the haystack outside the city, looking forward to entering the city again at dawn, but I didn't expect to be frozen by the heavy snow.
"Ann, according to your description, it's been three days since Helgen was attacked, and if the black dragon flew towards this wasteland, the people of Snowman City would have seen it long ago. Do you think it's necessary to report this matter to the city lord?" Lu Xihua smiled and looked at the strong and kind girl on the bed.
Ann nodded, "I promised Uncle Alvo that I would have to report to the city lord." ”
"Alright, I'll accompany you to the City Lord's Mansion, Ann, I think it's time for you to need a guard. Lu Xihua smiled and reached out and handed it to the orc girl.
The orc girl reached out and shook Lu Xihua embarrassedly, no one of other races has ever been so kind to her, Alvo blacksmith and soldier Hadava are all pitiful to her in their hearts, orcs as natural beast descendants, their hearts are very keen, good intentions can often be clearly distinguished, this intuition has helped the orc girl avoid countless dangers in her long escape career.
"I don't have the money to pay your commission. "The orc girl didn't dare to look up, she was so poor that she was frozen outside the city, where did she have any money to hire a mage.
"Your trip is my best reward. Lu Xihua touched the girl's hair, it was very hard, it must have been washed for a long time.
"You're a respected mage, I'm just a slave, why are you so nice to me, I just want to go home, why do you need a guard?" the orc girl couldn't help but ask.
"No, no, no, you are not a slave, you are a brave man, you are a brave man chosen by destiny, and your journey is the beginning of a miracle. An couldn't understand a word of what Lu Xihua said, so he could only look at the mage who saved his life with wide eyes and reverence, "Besides, I'm not a mage." My name is Lu Xihua, and I am a martial artist. ”