Chapter 23 Paine
After dawn, Link told Jafar that he had just gone around the city and left the tavern with Yuan Ye.
"Why is that old man always following you?" Yuan Ye didn't know Link's real profession, and was full of curiosity about Jafar who was acting with Link.
Link was very troubled about how to hide from Yuan Ye that he was the son of nature. The words he took to act together will be exposed sooner or later, but he can't say it yet. Both Su Wu and Gonzalez warned not to tell the real profession before confirming that Yuan Ye could trust it. There are too many examples of betrayal by friends, and they don't want Link to take risks.
After observing for a while... Thinking of this, Link thought about it and made up a half-true and half-false lie.
“My mainline NPC.”
"Tsk~ Why didn't I help?" Yuan Ye's unsuspecting attitude made Link feel guilty.
Compared to the pastoral town of River Valley, Aiden is full of metropolitan atmosphere. The planned streets are full of shops, and the roads paved with bluestone bricks are neat and clean, which is very different from the dirty and messy medieval times seen in film and television dramas.
"I thought this was just a small town." Yuan Ye muttered, it was too dark at night, and they couldn't see the whole picture of the city.
"Based on the size of the land, there are only tens of thousands of people." Link answered uneasy. The urban population in ancient China exceeded that of Europe at the same time.
"It's already very big. Medieval towns are usually only a few thousand people." Yuan Ye touched his shriveled wallet and sighed, "It's really a lack of money to stump the hero."
"What are you interested in again?"
"I want to replace this newbie outfit, it's too rustic." The bard's blouse is quite fashionable in River Valley, but it pales in the big city.
"Saobao, don't forget our identity, we are adventurers from the countryside." I vaguely felt someone behind me was distant from afar. Link reminded Yuan Ye, don't spend money if you don't have money, and he has to pay back his friendly sponsorship.
When he heard that he had to pay back the money, Yuan Ye immediately shut up and let Link enjoy a rare leisure time.
The layout of Aiden City is very simple, it is a concentric circle structure, with the innermost part of the lord's residence. Outside is the noble area, including important institutions such as the city hall guards and temples. Next is the residential area of ordinary people, mixed with various shops required for daily life, and the outermost part is the craftsman area with strong smells such as slaughtering, laundry, handicraft workshops, etc. The mercenary stationing area outside the city wall is not in such a order. Although there are facilities such as public toilets, it obviously cannot cope with hundreds of mercenaries, and urination and defecation can be seen everywhere. There are temporary stalls for travelers in the tent area. Because the protection fee is paid, it is usually guaranteed without any trouble.
The main reason why Aiden is called the City of Mercenaries is that Nyala, which belongs to the only administrative province among the twelve territories that has established diplomatic relations with Befast. It is also the city closest to Longyan Fort. Every day, there are mercenaries gathered from all over the mainland. Whether they come to make a name for themselves or just want to make money, they can only go through Aiden Fort to enter Longyan Fort.
After listening to the introduction Link saw from the Mainland Chronicle, Yuan Ye couldn't help asking: "Isn't River Valley Town closer to Longyan Fort than Aiden? Why don't you go from there?"
Without a map, Link could only compare the general direction with his hands. River Valley Town is on the west side, and because it is close to the pillar of the earth, the orcs dare not launch an attack from there. The Sword Blade Mountain, which blocks Caogo and the inland, is steep and difficult to climb, and is not suitable for large-scale march. There is only a relatively gentle canyon in the area bordering Mount Olasio. In order to block the orcs, humans built military there hundreds of years ago to block the attacks launched by the orcs from time to time. Besides, River Valley Town is too small to accommodate and cannot provide so many mercenaries.
"It's all humanoid creatures, why do you want to block them in the wasteland? It's so big inland, so it's better to share some of them and you don't have to fight every year." Yuan Ye saw the panoramic map of the mainland at the Adventurers Union, and many areas are uninhabited.
"Do you know there is a saying that is not my race?" Link really wanted to pry open Yuan Ye's brain and see what was inside, what was infiltrated with this university.
"Aren't dwarves and dwarfs everywhere?"
"You really should read Edgar's ancient history. Dwarves and dwarves lost to humans for land before they could escape underground." The mercenary base was too scent. Link covered his mouth and nose and looked around. Is there really an adventurer union here? It's all tents, and there is no decent building.
"Hey~ Look there!"
Yuan Ye saw a crowd of people, and he hurriedly patted Link on the shoulder. The two of them squeezed forward together. The boot-shaped adventurers union marks hung high on the top of a temporary tent, books, cabinets, and automatic pens, connecting the waiter is exactly the same as those in Hegu Town.
"Aren't they afraid of danger?" Most of the adventurers around were men. Link was surprised how these three people ran to Aiden City. Even if they were transferred to work, there was no saying that the three of them would be transferred together.
"That's an alchemy puppet, not a real person." Yuan Ye said in the tone of an experienced person, "Don't look at their normal appearance..."
"Why don't you give me a reward!" A loud voice covered Yuan Ye's voice.
"You did not complete the task as required by the commission." The oldest blonde beauty replied with a smile.
"I have completed the task as required, please give me money." The quarrel with her was a burly soldier.
"You did not complete the task as required by the commission." The union receptionist repeated word by word.
"Believe it or not, I smashed your stall!" The soldier slapped the table, shaking the liquid in the ink bottle. As soon as he finished speaking, he was beaten away by a red-haired loli. The crowd suddenly retreated, and the soldier fell directly to the ground, making a broken sound.
"Look, another idiot." Yuan Ye whistled, "When I first came, I thought they were real people."
Dummy? Link squinted his eyes and looked carefully. His skin and eyes were almost the same as those of real people. Can alchemy do this?
"Alchemy is not just about scrubbing potions, I will also... in the future..." Yuan Ye was suddenly kicked and fell to the ground with an unstable center of gravity.
"Who?" Yuan Ye turned around with anger on his face, and couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the person who kicked him.
"Why are you here too?"
The one who attacked Yuan Ye was a thin young man, not tall, with long eyebrows and eyes.
"Here you help me block it." Yuan Ye shouted at Link.
"who is he?"
"We have a festival in River Valley Town, but I didn't expect him to come here too."
Player?
"Why, do you want to protect a vulgar guy who robs on fire?" The man asked with a bad look in front of Link's look.
Link looked at Yuan Ye with a squinted look, and he quickly explained.
"The union issued a task that will be calculated by whom it is to complete first. I just took advantage of his time to clear the monster and got the mission props first."
That's it... Link twitched his mouth, now the retribution is coming, and you're so mean.
Seeing that someone was about to fight, the mercenaries surrounded the three of them, and the sound of cheering was higher and higher.
"Hey~ Help me, I really didn't mean it. I'm used to playing games in the past." Because I don't like fighting, Yuan Ye's skills are all auxiliary chanting, and melee combat is always careless.
"Apologize to him." If possible, Link hopes to calm down the situation. It is not a good thing for players to hold grudges with each other, and it may cause death.
"Why do you need the police for an apology?" The man clearly refused to accept it and kicked Yuan Ye.
Relying on the agility that was attached to the profession, he avoided the kick that was kicking towards the face. Yuan Ye was knocked to the ground by a punch that followed. He covered his bleeding nose and shouted: "Don't stand and watch, save me quickly."
Link sighed, it was such a worry-free guy. He stepped forward to stop the man who was preparing to make up a few kicks.
"You want to help him stand out?"
"There's no way, who made him my prospective brother-in-law?"
He snorted coldly, and the man made a few quick punches at Link, which was quite a bit of boxing.
Link blocked the attack faster than his opponent, kicked him into the calf, and the short and thin man who took a few steps back stood still and looked at Link carefully with his eyes.
With a long sword on the waist and a casual outfit, she looks like a junior warrior, but she is no less than an assassin?
He reached out to pull out a necklace from his clothes, and his whole body suddenly disappeared. The crowd of onlookers immediately dispersed. This was the assassin's signature secret skill, and no one wanted to lose his life because of watching the fun.
Because of his experience of cooperating with the night elf, Link knew that the other party was lurking in the shadow, so he quickly applied a skin tree technique to himself. Almost at the same time, the shadow under his feet shook, and the man suddenly appeared, clenched his fist and attacked Link's back.
The man felt as if he hit the tree trunk, rough and hard. Link held the other person with his backhand and firmly grasped him. Just as he was about to speak, the crowd suddenly became turbulent.
"The guard is here!"
The people on the inside and outside dispersed.
"Run!" Link pulled Yuan Ye and joined the scattered crowd. They were suspected by the security team yesterday to be involved in the orc attack. If they were caught because of trouble, they would have to lie in prison for a few days.
After running to the city gate, confirming that the guards did not chase after Link, he stopped. He suddenly found that the short and thin man who had just fought was right beside him, only a few meters away. The two looked at each other, and there was no intention of continuing.
In order to resolve the unhappiness, Link said that he would treat him as apologizing to Yuan Ye.
There is no deep hatred among players, and there is no need to make unhappy over such a small matter. The man was also happy. Seeing that Link was willing to take the initiative to sing the war, he went to the Golden Rose Tavern with him.
After a few glasses of beer, the man took the initiative to speak. His surname was Pan, so he took the homonym of Pan, and his profession was assassin. He entered Edgar two months earlier than Yuan Ye. The game was discovered on the Internet and was attracted by a title that he had never experienced before. He didn't expect it to be a real RPG.
His straightforward personality almost immediately won Link's favor. He knew that his physical skills were mediocre and could suppress the other party with his blessings. This conflict made Link more determined to practice his secondary talent.
Pane was very sympathetic to Link's experience, and he was also very envious of Link's upgrade to a veteran in a month. Because of his appearance and career, few people were willing to form a team with him, and many union tasks could not be completed by just one person. It was almost half a year before it was still LV4, which was a speedy one.
He didn't know anything about Link and was a soldier at work. Paine proposed to form a team. He was afraid that Link would not agree. He also explained that he was just going to the dungeon to take risks or union tasks that could not be completed alone. He usually acted on his own.
When you come to a strange space to experience a real-life RPG, you can only rely on your own feelings to understand. Link can feel it. He felt a little moved. Paine is a straight person and can observe for a while. If the person is not bad, you can throw Yuan Ye to him.
Paine was just thinking of trying, but he didn't expect Link to agree, which made him a little overjoyed. He immediately discussed the type of previous missions, because he was an assassin, and he relied on bad situations during battles, hoping to try to take on some team tasks in dark areas. This was exactly what Link wanted. He only had experience in killing demons and undeads. The two hit it off and immediately decided to cooperate for the first time - helping merchant Edward go to the family cemetery to take out the necklace that was buried with his mother.
Chapter completed!