"Dak, you can't be so unreasonable..." John sat opposite Suldak and said with some surprise.
He secretly took a look at the two overly beautiful female construct knights beside Surdak. They exuded a strong aura that even made him dare not take another look. He lowered his head and could only use the corner of his eyes.
Secretly looking at the boots on their feet and the greaves covering their calves.
The patterns on the greaves simply dazzled John's eyes.
Then John discovered that he was still wearing the leather apron from work, and the pungent smell of varnish still lingered on his rough hands.
"This matter is a knot in my heart that I will never get over in my life. It is filled with too many things that I cannot let go of." When Suldak said these words, his whole person became very emotional.
Samira and Gary Decker rarely saw Suldak reveal his true feelings, and looked at Suldak with curiosity.
They didn't expect that Surdak would actually say this to a civilian carpenter.
John, the stocky and strong catapult repair carpenter in the past, has now become much older, with almost all the hair on his head falling out. At first glance, he looks like an out-and-out middle-aged uncle.
The majority of furniture in the living room is made of wooden furniture, which can be seen to be John's craftsmanship. He and Lisa lead a dull and difficult life.
"I thought you had left here long ago, but I didn't expect to see you again." Surdak smiled and said happily.
John wiped his lips with some embarrassment and replied honestly: "I am a deserter without identity, where can I go?"
Surdak asked a little strangely: "Supposedly, the deadline for the military department to verify the number of casualties has passed long ago. I thought you would change your identity and wait for the opportunity to buy two teleportation passes and leave here."
Hearing what Suldak said, John frowned and said with some distress:
"Want to leave here? It's not easy for civilians like us!"
"Duck, do you know what has seen the fastest price rise in Epsom City in recent years?"
Without even waiting for Suldak to think about it, John gave the answer:
"Portal Pass."
John let out a long sigh, as if he had finally found a friend to talk to, and poured out all the bitterness in his belly. He continued:
"Every time I save a sum of money, the price of the portal pass will increase a lot. The little money I save every year is not enough to increase the price of the portal pass. For us, it seems that saving money is not enough.
The money to buy those three portal passes is always a little bit..."
The difficulty of life made John wipe the moist corners of his eyes.
Lisa had already boiled a pot of water and made several cups of wheat tea and brought them over.
John probably didn’t want his wife to see his depressed look, so he rubbed his face vigorously, cheered up and asked Suldak: “Tell me about what you have experienced in the past few years, I think it must be very exciting!
"
Suldak wanted to say, 'John, do you want to do something big with me this time? If you do, you can take Lisa out of here openly. If you don't succeed, I can also find a way to send them back to Bena.
Province.'
But when the words reached his lips, he stopped again.
After waiting for a while, he said to John: "You can pack your luggage later and try not to bring those heavy luggage. I will send you out of the Warsaw plane, but when you get to Ivorson City, if you can't buy a magic airship,
Don’t waste your ferry tickets in the city, find a way to go to the neighboring province by land, and transfer to the magic airship from there to return to Bena City.”
John didn't expect that Suldak would talk about this when he came up, and was stunned for a moment.
Happiness came a little too suddenly, and he couldn't even believe his ears.
"Dak..."
John wanted to confirm again, but Suldak reached out and patted his shoulder, and then said:
"No matter what, don't refuse this time. Don't forget that we are comrades in need who came from the Great Meadow together. Now I still have some ability to send your family back to Ivorson City. Next time we meet,
I still don’t know when and where it will be…”
Lisa stood at the door of the kitchen with her son in her arms. When Suldak said that he could send the family back to Ivorson, her face immediately became ecstatic.
He pulled his son and ran to John's side, and said excitedly: "John, can we go home?"
This call woke John up from his trance. He nodded excitedly and said, "Yes, Duck said he can send our family out this time!"
Lisa cheered, hugged John, who was seriously out of shape, and squeezed the confused son between them...
Samira and Gary Decker, who were sitting nearby, looked at each other, but neither of them said a word from beginning to end.
After Lisa confirmed the good news, she immediately started packing her luggage.
John was a little confused about the custom-made wooden furniture at the door. The last three coats of paint had not yet been applied. There were still two days until the delivery date, but he was about to leave Epsom City. At this time, it was too late to do anything else.
.
The other party had already paid the deposit, so after thinking about it he had to go to the neighbor next door. The neighbor next door was a shoemaker. John asked him to help. If someone came to his house in two days, he asked them to dry the wooden tables and chairs outside the house.
The neighbor readily agreed to move out and promised to help John keep an eye on the wooden tables and chairs.
John looked at his neighbor who had been with him for several years, and thought of how the shoemaker had helped him when building the wooden house when he first arrived, so he said to him: If he does not see his family back after a week, this wooden house will be given to the shoemaker's family.
The shoemaker was obviously a little unable to react. Hearing John's explanation of the matter, he thought John had committed something. Seeing John striding away, he wanted to catch up and ask if there was anything he could do to help, such as what Lisa and his son should do in the future.
How to live...
Seeing that the shoemaker was about to chase him out for questioning, the shoemaker's two wives immediately grabbed him and let him see clearly through the glass window the three horses tied at the door of John's house.
He angrily yelled at him, 'Are you stupid? If John commits something, do you think those knights will give him time to arrange these trivial matters?'
It took a scolding from the two wives to give up the little idea in the shoemaker's mind.
…
It's not until it's time to leave that you realize how reluctant you are to leave.
Lisa almost wanted to pack up everything in the house and take it away. After several attempts by John, Lisa reluctantly threw away most of her luggage, took only four boxes of clothes, and reluctantly left the wooden house.
Surdak and his party only had three horses, so there was no way for so many people to ride together. Four suitcases of luggage were hung on the hooks of the saddles. Samira was riding ahead with Xigna in her arms, and Gary Decker was holding him in his arms.
John's son followed behind, and Suldak, John, and Lisa could only walk through the chaotic slum area ahead.
John, who had lived here for many years, explained to Suldak the division of this slum area.
In fact, the huge slums outside the city have very clear regional divisions. For example, where John lives, even in the old city of the slums, there are old families living there, and the security here is also the most stable.
The other four counties in the Warsaw plane fell one after another. A large number of refugees poured into Epsom City from all over the country. Most civilians could not enter the city and had to live in the slums outside the city. The influx of large numbers of people also disrupted the security here.
A complete mess.
Therefore, in order to allow the people in the slums outside the city to have a stable life, the aristocratic managers divided the civilian area into five areas. The residents of the slums are responsible for the security of each area. They can form a security team or a mercenary group.
Okay, as long as it can maintain law and order in the area.
The residents of the old district where John lived had some savings. Considering that it would be difficult to form a security team to suppress the foreign refugees, the residents of the old district actually spent a sum of money to hire a mercenary group to maintain security here.
Although the hiring price of the mercenary group is very expensive, the population base of the slums is actually quite large, and it doesn't actually cost much money to distribute it to each person.
The old streets in the slums in the outer city are the places with the best security because they are patrolled by mercenary groups!
The slightly worse situation is in the slums in the north of the city, and the worst security situation is in the slums on the south side of the city gate, because no matter where they come from, refugees will gather here first. After gradually getting familiar with the situation in Epsom City,
, will be dispersed to other places.
Over time, a large group of thieves and scoundrels gathered in the slum area of South City Gate.
Samira rode in the front, and the powerful aura possessed by the second-level construct knight made the refugees and thieves on the street move away.
John seemed to know how chaotic this place was. He even had an ax in his waist and was constantly staring at the surroundings with vigilance.
When Surdak and his party arrived at the city gate, they discovered that the queue to enter the city during the day was at least several times longer than that in the morning. It was winding like a long dragon, and many people were braving the scorching afternoon sun.
, his lips were chapped due to the sun, but he still persisted in waiting for the inspection of the city gate guards.
A group of guard knights, fully armed, stood at the city gate to maintain order here.
Surdak did not go to the end of the long queue, but led a group of people directly to the city gate.
The city gate guard saw the exquisite noble badge pinned to the chest of Surdak's leather armor, and immediately saluted Surdak, and then used the spear in his hand to stop a family of civilians who were preparing to enter the city, and let Surdak and his party
People pass first.
The city gate guards did not even conduct any inspection on Surdak, and the people seemed to have long been accustomed to this privilege belonging to the nobles.
They didn't dare to complain or even look up at Suldak.
There were many people in the long queue staring at John's family angrily. Seeing the family of three being sandwiched between Suldak, Samira and others, they hurriedly walked into Epsom City, with jealousy and malice in their eyes.
The look in his eyes, and there was even a silent curse in his mouth.
John's family of three were frightened by the refugees gathered at the city gate. They have been living in the most secure area of the slums recently. They heard that the city gate is relatively chaotic, but they did not expect that it has become like this.
, the eyes of those thieves and scoundrels are full of greed and cruelty, and there are even some desperadoes.
When they walked into the city and saw the streets crowded with refugees, John and Lisa were even more shocked. They had never expected that Epsom City would turn out like this.
The original Epsom City was not like this.
John stood timidly on the street with Lisa in his arms, looking at the chaotic scene in the city with a blank look on his face.
Epsom City is very big. If you choose to walk with your legs, you want to pass through the slums, business districts and rich areas, and finally reach the portal in the central square of the aristocratic district. I don’t know how long it will take to walk. It is conservatively estimated to take half a day.
night.
Although there are currently very few magic caravans driving on the streets of the city, four-wheeled trucks converted from magic caravans can be seen everywhere.
Many trucks loaded with supplies hurriedly passed through the streets, some heading outside the city, and some delivered to various neighborhoods in the city...
With the fall of the four outer counties, the farmland around Epperson County simply cannot meet the daily needs of so many people.
Today, although Epsom City still has a certain production capacity, most of the material supplies almost rely on transportation from Epsom City. This is the main reason why the portal is so busy every day.
Surdak stood on the side of the street and waited for a moment before he saw a four-wheeled carriage bearing the badge of the Bena Military Department hurriedly approaching from outside the city.
Two hundred thousand Bena reinforcements were stationed outside Epsom City, and almost every day's supplies had to be transported from the portal to the camp outside the city.
Surdak stood on the side of the street, waiting for the carriage from Bena's military headquarters.
He stopped a four-wheel carriage casually.
When the carriage driver saw Suldak, Samira and Gary Decker, he immediately jumped out of the carriage. He didn't even need Suldak's instructions. He only saw John and Lisa, a family of three, standing there. Around Lord Surdak, I still don’t understand what is going on.
In compliance with Suldak's order, John and his family were asked to sit in the cargo box of the carriage, and the group arrived at the central square of Epsom City.
The central square is the most crowded place in Epsom City than the entrance to the south city.
The front of the huge portal is almost crowded with people, and the people crowded here are not civilians. Many nobles carrying exquisite suitcases are also queuing up quietly in the designated area, each of them holding hands. There was even a parchment teleportation pass on it.
But the problem now is... Even if you have a teleportation pass, even if you have a distinguished noble status, even if you have money in your pocket, you still need to wait patiently if you want to pass through this teleportation gate. Everyone is waiting here quietly. Four-wheeled carriages loaded with supplies drove out through the portal.
There are some vehicle wreckage next to the portal. I don't know what happened, but the magic caravan actually crashed like that.
Seeing Suldak looking at the wreckage of the carriage at the teleportation door with a puzzled look on his face, the carriage driver from the logistics department immediately explained to Suldak that the reason why the carriage crashed like that was because the teleportation gate was blocked. Caused.
The carriages from both directions of Ivorson City and Epsom City want to enter the portal. Once the two sides collide in the portal, the magic center of the portal will not be able to maintain the space channel, and the final result will be a car crash and death.
So every time you pass through the portal, both parties agree on the way to pass...
The four-wheeled trucks of the Bena military headquarters also had to wait patiently in this square. Their passing time was around five o'clock in the evening.
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