At four or five o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Ian walked along the avenue and saw the green city wall behind a small river from a distance.
The summer sunlight has not weakened yet. Through the passing clouds from time to time, the sunlight shines flatly on the entire agate stone plain. And if you look down from a high altitude at this moment, the entire great plain looks like a piece of yellow and green agate stone.
Dots of human towns are located in the wilderness, connected by roads.
Reflected by the surrounding vegetation, the light green river flows brightly, while the caravans and carts on the road are bustling with people, and it even feels a bit crowded.
The town is already in sight.
Back then, Shuangshu Town was a bridgehead in front of Naumann City, a riverside fortress. After the war, the castle was transformed into a chamber of commerce hall. The city walls had not yet been demolished, but were covered with dense vine leaves. From a distance, it looked like
It's like a living wooden wall planted by the elves.
A solid stone bridge spans the river and leads directly to the town, while two huge tree arches growing intertwined together seem to welcome all visitors and departures, with their branches and leaves swaying in the warm wind.
This is Twintree Town.
Although the roads were extremely congested, it was much better once we entered the city. People were still noisy, but at least there were no traffic jams.
The knight's armor on Ian's body allowed him to enter the city smoothly without being questioned by the gate guards. He just showed his heraldry emblem and was given a gift to the Giant Wood Hotel in the XC area.
Ian reciprocated the favor and gave the guard leading the way a small silver, which immediately made the other party overjoyed, and he took advantage of the opportunity to ask some questions.
"Why is it so crowded? Hi, sir, are you from the south? A lot of big things have happened in Nauman City recently. The Marquis was assassinated, the informants of the Dragon Worship Cult fled, and even the elves from Canaan Moore escaped.
When we come here, we fight with the knights and run away in panic - it's exciting, but also dangerous!"
"Most of these businessmen and tourists smelled something wrong and ran out of the city in advance. Not to mention ours, the surrounding small towns were all full!"
The soldier rambled on and talked about a lot of rumors and news he had heard from passing merchants and adventurers in recent days. The content included the struggle between nobles, rampant cults, suspicions between the two countries, spy confrontations, special forces battles, and important events.
The content of the fight for the treasure is enough to write a million-word novel, and it is not watery at all.
Coupled with the singing of minstrels, the shouts of vendors, and the occasional guards yelling 'thief!' and the angrily cursing of the stolen people from the surrounding markets, Ian felt that he was a Bison Silver Flower.
It’s really worth it.
——Canaan Moore is also involved in this matter? Anfa's suspicion is getting heavier and heavier.
Ian thought so, and then he casually flicked a drop of water onto the back of the hand of a thief who was reaching out to his luggage - the cold chill immediately froze half of his body, but he was not really injured.
Just staggered.
"Hey, what are you doing? How dare you steal from me right here?"
When the guard saw this, he became furious and stepped forward and kicked the thief. Then he turned his head and said apologetically: "Sir, the hotel is right here. Of course there are better ones, but I'm not familiar with them."
"That's enough, that's enough. Let's go back to work." Ian nodded. He didn't want the other party to lead the way. Hearing the other party's views on the recent Naumann City was the most important thing.
After thinking about it, Ian took out some dark green alchemy potions that looked quite dangerous from the package and hung them outside the luggage. Then he took out a horizontal strip that he had prepared long ago and hung them together.
[The alchemist’s bag, anyone who touches it agrees to assist in the alchemy experiment]
Many eyes shrank back in fear, and even formed a blank circle.
At least this inherent impression is quite useful.
Leading the camel beast past the crowd, Ian noticed that this seemingly 'primitive' town was actually quite technologically advanced.
The blacksmith shop along the riverside avenue relies on water power to operate, with huge rams replacing manpower. The furnace nearby has no obvious flames, but a cylindrical vacuum alchemy instrument. The required metal is fed into it, and when it comes out it is
It is already golden red molten steel.
The adventurers and other guards passing by along the way are all well-equipped. In addition to swords and long bows, basically everyone carries a few fire guns. Although the power of non-alchemy guns may not be enough to deal with Warcraft, they can be used as intimidation and weapons.
A surprise attack is still of considerable value.
He even saw two adventuring teams with Ascendants. They were fully armed. One dwarf even had a 12mm alchemy gun hanging on his back, with an uncharged crystal lattice on it.
It's probably no problem to kill a sharp-clawed tiger or a reef-eating sea otter.
The leader of the adventurers looks no different from me in appearance. They are all fully covered with body armor, and their actions are very capable. You can tell at a glance that the core member of the team must have been in the army, and maybe he is like a youth.
A retired veteran like Chao's father.
There is even an almost neon-like advertising banner on the towering chamber of commerce center in the distance. It is a huge glass splint with alchemical materials that can change color. It clearly glows, showing today's time and the floor where the relevant chamber of commerce is located.
, and some key notices.
This is just a small town.
“Interesting place.”
Ian smiled, and then found the news he wanted from this advertising board.
"Yinfang Chamber of Commerce."
He whispered to himself, then nodded: "Sure enough, Mr. Yinfang also has a branch here. It seems that he can make money again tonight."
Mr. Yinfang's real name is Kutag Lavent. He is a wealthy man in Nauman City. He specializes in building materials and grain and oil business. He is a regular customer of Ian's Appraisal Shop. The two parties have known each other for three or four years and have a good relationship.
Especially some time ago, Ian helped him get on the line through the Life-Extension Magic Plant and Master Gosei. The rich man who looked like a poor old farmer thanked him repeatedly, and even said privately that if Ian wanted to travel, please
Be sure to go to Nauman City to see him, he will give you a great gift.
Ian didn't really need his gift, but he needed a secluded place to store his luggage and mounts. It's not that other places are not good, but that a relevant place would at least provide him with more peace of mind.
And most likely it won’t cost any money.
In fact, not only do you not have to spend money, you can even get some money back.
"Ian?"
When Ian came to the branch of the Silver Square Chamber of Commerce, a building that looked like a mill with a dismantled windmill, a tall and thin old man with a gray-brown goatee hurriedly came down from the second floor.
Mr. Yinfang opened his hand to Ian with a face of surprise, and walked forward to give him a hug: "I saw your armor just now. I thought it looked familiar, but when I got closer, I saw your familiar waist bag.
——It’s indeed you!”
"Be careful, sir, it's not comfortable to hold me in this armor - why are you here?"
Ian, who was also somewhat unexpected, took off his helmet and smiled and extended his hand to the old man - it was not that he was unwilling to hug this regular customer, but his armor was extremely cold due to his water element.
It's really not good for the elderly.
"Isn't it the commotion in Nauman City? I just heard the Viscount tell me a few days ago that you are probably arriving at Shuangshu Town soon, so I thought about it and came here to rest... Let's go and talk upstairs.
"
After the two parties exchanged pleasantries for a while, Ian was taken to the second floor.
And just when Ian and Mr. Yinfang climbed up to the second floor together, he saw a green figure flashing past the Yinfang Chamber of Commerce out of the corner of his eye.
The young man's smile froze.
There are many strange hair colors on the continent of Terra. Green is not unique to elves. The Iron People also have hair that is almost bronze-like. If you just look at them, you can easily mistake them.
But Ian won't - he remembers it clearly, not to mention the precognitive vision and silver chip.
"Anfa?" He said to himself in surprise: "What a coincidence, why is he here - Oops, did I point the opposite way to the dragon?"
"I really didn't mean this...at least I didn't mean to lie this time."
Outside Shuangshu Town.
A shadow stared at this noisy and lively town from a distance.
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