The business in the tavern is booming. It seems that the recently discovered "relics" have brought a large number of strangers to this place. Of course, the place where these strangers gather the most is the local tavern in front of us. With great difficulty, Ellu and I
I found two empty seats against the wall, but there was already someone on the other side of the table, a middle-aged man, and sitting next to him was a thin figure hidden in a black hooded robe.
"Are you also looking for ruins?" The middle-aged man across the table heard Elu telling stories about the big forest and the expedition team with great interest, so he looked at me curiously.
I looked up at the other person. He was a strong man who looked to be in his forties. He had dark skin, strong muscles, short black hair, a square face, clear eyebrows, and a very reliable face. He was wearing all the clothes.
The clothes are very different from the local people's short robes. They look like short-sleeved training clothes. The gray-black clothes are a bit old, but they look very clean. The clothes are tight on the opponent's muscles.
, it seems a bit unfit - but it does show off the other person's strong figure.
Next to this middle-aged macho man, there is a black giant sword that looks almost as tall as a man. It goes without saying that it is also his weapon. So... it is a warrior, which should be what Elu mentioned.
"Adventurer".
"I'm a little interested." I haven't fully understood the situation here. I don't know what the so-called ruins, local churches, and forest monsters (let's say they exist) mean, so I can only answer vaguely, hoping to get some insights from the other party's conversation.
More information, "I am a scholar who travels around. I am interested in strange things from all over the world. This time I came not for the ruins themselves, but for the stories."
Let me first declare that I don’t know much about the ruins, so as not to make the other party seem ignorant when discussing with me with great interest. As for the identity of this wandering scholar... Hey, don’t tell me yet. I find that I am becoming more and more accustomed to this kind of thing.
It’s a lie. Being a scholar is definitely a good answer. Anyway, no matter where you appear to be unique, you can use “I’m a scholar” to fool you. After all, it’s understandable that a scholar might seem a little unreasonable.
Right, it's natural to stay at home for a long time or something...
Sandora's ball floated over and hit me on the back of the head: "That's it again, you can't think of something creative next time - it's okay to say that you are a novel writer and come out to collect ideas."
My expression remained unchanged and I answered in my mind: "Eighty percent of those who write novels starve to death at home. How many of you see rich people who come out to collect stories?"
The middle-aged man across the table was stunned for a moment, and then smiled cheerfully: "Ah ha, scholar, I really didn't see it. The scholar I know is sitting at the bottom sixty, with a beard longer than his hair. I've never seen that before.
You are so young... But you don't look like a person who fights and takes risks. You are quite bookish and can only do academic work. My name is Leon. I am an explorer... the one who is more experienced than an adventurer.
kind."
It seemed that the other person was an easy person to get along with. I smiled and bowed: "It's easy to talk to. Just call me Chen Jun."
"Chen Jun? Is this a name?" Leon smacked his lips, as if he was surprised by this strange name. "It's popular for scholars to use pen names these days. By the way, let me introduce this quiet guy next to me. Qingye
, my girlfriend. They are both from out of town. It’s not easy to be away from home. I have many friends and many ways to go. Qingye. Say hello to people.”
The person sitting next to Leon was covered in a black hooded cloak. Previously, I could only judge by her body shape that she was a thin woman. Only then did she lift the hood. I was surprised to find that the person was a thin woman.
A beautiful elf with long light green hair!
"Hello, I am Qingye, a trainee priest of the Lost God Religion, and I came here to adventure with Leon."
The elf woman greeted her somewhat cautiously, then pulled up her hood again to cover most of her face. Leon patted her shoulder gently and smiled at me: "Don't mind, she doesn't like to talk very much.
Studying scriptures all day long makes your brain go crazy."
I smiled nonchalantly, and then chatted a few words about daily life that were not nutritious. While collecting the customs and customs of this planet, I muttered in my mind: Lost God Cult? The local sect gave themselves such a name? This does not sound very auspicious...
Is it related to the chronology of civilization?
But it’s obviously inconvenient to ask this kind of thing rashly now. Let’s wait until we gradually get to know more people and understand this sect. The little girl Ellu has been ignored by the adults since just now, and no one even tells her story.
Listen, I finally got a little impatient at this time. The child was impatient and became restless after a while: "Do you want to go to the grocery store? Do you want to go to the blacksmith shop? It's already getting late. As soon as the sun sets on the horizon,
A day has passed in the middle of the mountain gap! If you continue to ask for a guide, you will have to pay twenty copper coins!"
Only then did I remember that I was "hiring" a guide, and Leon across the table looked curious. Apparently he had never heard of the profession of "guide" in such a remote town. After all, this is
It was just the identity of the leader that the little girl imagined from a bunch of knight novels. Seeing Leon's expression, I could only smile slightly awkwardly: "I don't know whose child... I happen to be not very familiar with this place, so let me
She leads the way to find a place to stay."
Leon grinned in understanding: "That's right. Fortunately, our group came early. In two days, I'm afraid there will be a lot of tents outside the town. This happens every time a ruin is discovered or the church opens the right to explore somewhere.
Everyone is gathered together. There are also many scholars like you who have no interest in relics and specialize in history... Well, let’s not talk about it anymore. Let’s walk slowly. Maybe we can still visit the ancient tower in two days.
Let’s meet over there.”
While I held down the little girl Elu who was getting increasingly manic, I called the clerk over to pay the bill, and then the two of them returned to the street outside. Although they only stayed in the tavern for less than half an hour, it was just right.
It's a day when the sun is slowly setting. It seems that the locals here don't have the habit of hanging out after the sun sets, so the streets have become deserted. The remaining pedestrians are either wearing various clothes that are different from the local clothes.
Either by dressing up or looking like someone who has traveled a lot, it goes without saying that most of the people wandering around now are strangers...adventurers.
With so many foreigners pouring into their towns, I don’t know how the locals will feel. Maybe many people feel annoyed, but there are also people like Pasali who open taverns who feel that business has improved and are very happy. As for
Of course, the little girl Ellu is also very happy: she finally has the opportunity to come into contact with the world she saw in the storybook, although I guess she will soon find out that what is written in the book is a lie, and there is nothing in this world.
It won't happen that princes come to the river at the west end of the village to watch the girl take a bath...
Previously, the tavern proprietress Pasali said that she would find someone to notify Ellu's family to pick up the little girl. But until Ellu and I left the tavern, we didn't see the latter's parents showing up. It seems that the tavern was too busy with business, and the dwarf
Auntie didn't care.
"Let me tell you, our town has had big names before. Even though it is a small place, the big forest next to us is the location of one of the five elven cities... Although it is in the deepest part of the forest and there is a barrier blocking it, ordinary people
You can never get in, but the elves often come out to choose adventurers in the town. You know, the elves have adult experience. After they reach a certain age, they will leave the forest and come into contact with other races. Our town
The most famous dragon-slaying warrior in the world teamed up with an elf..."
The story of the little girl Elu is not over yet. Now she is talking about the seventh dragon-slaying warrior in her town. And I am looking at the town that is gradually getting quieter and the sunset that is gradually setting on the horizon, thinking about what I will do next.
How to plan the itinerary for a few days.
The Imperial Admiral is still hovering in orbit, in an invisible state, and will not be discovered by the locals. In fact, judging from their current level of technology, it seems that they cannot detect things in space. Sandora and I originally thought that this
It is a very high-level interstellar civilization, but I didn’t expect that all the space stations in orbit are ancient equipment that have been sleeping for tens of millions of years. There is only a feudal era farming civilization on the surface. This makes it even less possible.
It is necessary for the Imperial Admiral to show up.
So what will you do in the next few days?
This planet seems to hide some secrets. Although it has nothing to do with the empire, it is idle anyway. Let's check the situation here. At the same time, the Imperial Admiral can release some detectors and search for it in the surrounding galaxies.
Take a look to see if there are more signs of life. When we saw those devices in space, we judged that the civilization on this planet had developed relatively advanced aerospace technology. Although they seem to be out of date now, maybe there are people around.
More of their relics can be found in one of the galaxies, and we might even be able to find a colonial star where civilization has not been eradicated - although this probability is not high, we can look forward to it.
The Imperial Admiral in distant space quickly received the order, and several factories located in the lower section of its longitudinal arm immediately started working. A batch of detectors were quickly assembled, and then these detectors rushed out of the ejection channel and flashed in space.
And passed.
What we are looking for this time may be relics of colonial sites where life has become extinct but relics remain (according to experience, interstellar and above-level civilizations after technological collapse tend to leave many such relics, just like those left by the empire)
Those large-scale fortresses with no signs of life), and these ruins are generally not easy to find because they are dead objects. Therefore, I asked the detector to scan the surrounding galaxies at low speed and high precision, even in the vast space. Of course, this will
It takes longer, but there is nothing else to do anyway.
At this time, Ellu has already told the story about the demon kings who have destroyed the world sealed underground in the town (this planet is so strong, and visually the population density of demon kings is about to catch up with humans). I think she will not be able to finish it for a while,
Thinking that she was planning to find a local house to stay here and experience local life, she had to pat her hair: "Ellu, the story is almost over. I think it's quite far from a grocery store... Take me to find it first.
A place to stay, didn’t you say your family owns a hotel?”
"Yes, a hotel!" Ellu suddenly became happy and pulled me forward, "It's right in front. My family used to run a hotel, but then we stopped opening it because there were too few customers. There have been a lot of adventures these days.
"Zer, I just want my mother to continue to open the business! You are the first customer after the reopening...ah, the sun is going down!"
Ai Lu looked at the last ray of light in the sky, turned around and stretched out her hand to me: "Sheng Hui twenty copper coins, tour guide fee!"
At this time, how could I continue to pay (even though I didn't earn these coins by myself) and be taken advantage of? So I touched Ellu's head and said, "I'll pay the bill together with you at your hotel."
The little girl thought about it and didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Instead, she happily agreed. Then she dragged me for a few minutes, and finally a two-story building that looked quite large appeared in front of us.
This big house looks somewhat similar to the traditional rental apartments on earth. It has a simple appearance. The long main body of the building is divided into two floors. The upper floor has neatly arranged windows. They should all be guest rooms, and the lower one should be.
The first floor probably serves as the master's residence and various functional rooms. Next to the big house, you can also see a cylindrical auxiliary house. Now I know that it is basically a warehouse and a place for livestock.
Ellu happily dragged me and ran towards the wide open front door, shouting as she ran: "Mom! Mom! There are guests! They are guests staying here! Besides, Ellu made money today!"
I walked into the main door and found a rather spacious front hall. A young woman in a coarse cloth dress raised her head from behind the desk in the corner of the front hall when she heard Ellu's shout.
This is a very beautiful woman. Although she is a mother, she can still see the charm of her youth. Her black hair is tied up high, with flower-shaped hair accessories inserted diagonally behind her head. She looks mature and dignified, and her skin is beautiful.
Although it is slightly dark, it is a healthy and clean color. The only drawback is that the other person's face has a tired feeling as if he cannot wake up, and his eyes are almost completely closed due to sleepiness, and there is a hint of lack of rest in his eyes.
There are dark circles under his eyes, and this listless look is a little strange.
There was a pile of books and papers spread out on the table in front of the other party. It seemed that she was sorting out accounts and the like. She looked up at the door and soon noticed me as a stranger, so she showed a puzzled expression: "
Accommodation? We no longer have a store here.”
...As expected, this is the case. The little girl Elu is indeed a naughty child with super mobility and super unreliability, but I was dragged away by her for a long time without hesitation. This is really...
"Um, I heard from Elu that there is a hotel here." I twitched my lips in confusion, and then pointed at Elu who had already run towards my mother, "I am a scholar from other places. I came here to study the ruins.
I thought I had a place to stay here. If I had known that your house was not open, I would have gone somewhere else and it would have been too late today."
Actually, I don't care about the accommodation problem. If that doesn't work, I can go outside and find a deserted place to open the habitation module, or I can teleport directly to the Imperial Admiral and get the proper treatment of the presidential suite. But now I don't care about this planet.
I became interested in the local customs, so I wanted to experience what the local houses were like. Of course, you can't force this - naughty children can kill people.
"Outsiders?" Ellu's mother looked really tired, and she felt weak even when she spoke. She looked at the sky outside and the people on the street, and then she thought of something, "Again, I was surrounded by that in the forest.
What ancient tower attracts adventurers?"
"A scholar, he's a scholar!" Ellu seemed more anxious than me, jumping up and down to help explain, "He's a very powerful person, even more powerful than an adventurer! I made money today!"
"Earn money?" The second time Ellu's mother heard this word, she focused her attention on it. Then she suddenly remembered something, stood up in a slight panic, and dragged her daughter towards this side.
Come on, "Is this child causing you trouble? She is usually a little whimsical and often causes trouble for others. You'd better not take anything she says seriously... Did you give her money?"
Although I really wanted to nod at this time, but when I saw Elu's frightened appearance like a frightened rabbit, I felt... I should nod after all! If the naughty kid doesn't teach him a lesson, he won't be completely crooked!
So I nodded.
"Hurry up and apologize to this gentleman!" As expected, Ellu's mother immediately showed signs of going berserk, and judging from her expression, it was obvious that this was not the first time that a naughty child had caused trouble. The latter received a crackling lecture on the spot.
, but based on my many years of experience in dealing with naughty children, it is impossible for a naughty child like Ailu, who has reached the point of fooling people on the streets, to be educated in a short time, and the purpose of coming here is not to let the little girl suffer.
He was training me, so he quickly smoothed things over: "Ahem, it's actually not much trouble, and she took me around the town for a long time. She is very dedicated as a guide. Without this little girl's help, I would be in the dark here."
After thinking about it, I still didn't say anything about the map. It would be bad if the little girl got beaten.
Ailu's mother saw that I had no intention of pursuing the matter, and looked at the sky outside before nodding: "As a foreigner, it's definitely too late to find a hotel at this time, so just stay here. Anyway, it's upstairs."
There are quite a few empty rooms, I will go up and help you prepare a room in a while. By the way, this child wants...oh, it must be twenty copper coins, she knows this number."
Me: "..." I know my daughter better than my mother!
"Can twenty copper coins be used as accommodation fee?" I chuckled, "I just saw the prices here, they should be about the same."
"Actually, the accommodation fee is nothing. We haven't done business for a long time, but it doesn't matter if you are willing to pay, I will prepare dinner for you, and you can pay for it," Ellu's mother smiled gently, although her face
Still feeling a sense of inexplicable fatigue, but still carrying a dignified and steady demeanor, she then pulled Elu towards the second floor, "Just wait here for a moment, I'll prepare the room.
Just please don’t move around.”
After Ellu and her mother slowly disappeared on the wooden stairs, I muttered to the invisible Sandora Ball: "He has a pretty good temperament, but he doesn't feel like a commoner."
"I don't have any feelings about civilians and non-commoners," Sandora moved lightly towards the books that Ellu's mother had been reading before. She should have just looked at them out of curiosity, but suddenly made a surprised sound, "Huh? Arjun
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