No. 17 Street in Handanar City Commercial District, which is about five or six hundred meters away from the main street of the commercial district.
The walls outside all the houses here are painted with white ash, and it is also called Baifang Street by nearby residents.
This area is full of small townhouses, which are gathering places for businessmen. Not only are there rows of residential buildings, there are also some warehouses built behind the townhouses facing the river. The warehouses are quite densely built. Walking on the north side of the warehouse
This inland river is almost invisible from the streets.
A large number of refugees gathered outside Handanar City. In addition to the original residents, a large number of merchants, adventure groups and mercenary group members also gathered in the city. Although these people are scattered throughout the city, due to the division of classes within the city
It's very clear, so everyone still has their own area.
In this merchant residential area, almost all the people who live here are wealthy civilians.
Moreover, behind the row of small buildings is a warehouse, which is very convenient for storing goods, and four-wheeled carriages can be seen everywhere in this neighborhood.
Every morning, a large number of four-wheeled carriages loaded with goods rush out of this neighborhood, and the goods loaded on these carriages will flow into the shops in various districts of Handanar City.
Ulysses carried a sack of onions and loaded them into the carriage of a four-wheeled wagon. In addition to onions and cabbages, there were also some pumpkins and carrots, almost filling the entire carriage.
"Okay, that's all. I'm going to deliver these goods to the restaurant at No. 49 St. Louis Street. Hey, old Johnny doesn't like you very much, so you don't have to go with me this time. Just stay here.
When I come to pick you up, we have a vegetable shipment in the afternoon, so try to finish it and go home as soon as possible!" The tall and thin young man sitting in the driver's seat with curly hair said to Ulysses with a smile.
Ulysses nodded speechlessly.
His character is a bit silly, his mouth is stupid, and he doesn't like to talk much.
But his advantages are also that he is a star. He is honest and honest, and his body is as strong as a bear. He can easily carry a whole bag of onions on his shoulders. The solid muscles under his waistcoat have a touch of bronze, and he looks particularly safe.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been attracted by the daughter of the owner of Restaurant No. 49, but Ulysses had no intention of getting married, not even to the restaurant owner's daughter.
Ulysses took off the towel from his neck, wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned around, walked to the foot of a tree, and sat quietly on the bench over there.
The curly-haired young man chuckled, not minding that Ulysses ignored him. He gently teased the horse's buttocks with his long whip, and the four-wheeled carriage immediately rushed forward and disappeared in the warehouse area soon.
…
Every morning, Ulysses would go to work in this warehouse area. Most of the time, he would follow the carriage. After arriving at the destination, all he had to do was move the materials from the truck. By noon, he usually
Eat a bite of the whole-wheat bread that you carry with you. The delivery will still be in the afternoon, and you will basically rest before dark.
He is a baggage carrier, but his daily life is quite easy.
If there was no work, he would lie on the roof of his home and sleep on this day, and when he woke up, he would stare at the sky in a daze.
Sometimes he would go for a walk on the street. He is a very boring person and usually doesn't like to communicate with others.
With the influx of a large number of refugees into Handanar City, there is now an extremely surplus labor force in the city, and the number of people willing to carry bags is several times more than before.
The reason why he can have this job is not only because he is strong, but also because he has been in this industry for many years, and he also has a good brother Gabe. The bosses nearby all trust this hard-working man.
The curly-haired boy.
Ulysses sat silently on a bench by the river, staring blankly at the slowly flowing river. Until the sun climbed above his head, he took out half a piece of bread from his satchel and poured half a bottle of water into it.
Then he began to eat dry bread silently.
Feeling the nostalgic aroma of wheat between my lips and teeth, I silently lamented the hopeless life in front of me.
He is not a pessimist, but as the evil ghost army has eaten five counties in a row on the plane of Warsaw, it is difficult for even an optimistic person to be happy at this time. Who knows one day the evil ghost army will come to the city.
But until that day comes, we still have to continue living!
At least I need to fill my stomach and have a place to lie down and sleep.
Other than that? He didn't dare to think about anything. He didn't even dare to let too many worries around him, because that would affect his escape speed. He and Gabi thought about it, as long as there were rumors about evil spirits here,
When the legion entered the Great Meadow, they had to drive their carriages to escape to Epsom City, although it wasn't necessarily very safe there.
He leaned on the bench, wiped the crumbs from his beard around his mouth, relaxed his whole body, and silently enjoyed the free air in front of him.
…
This is the riverside warehouse behind Baifang Street, a merchant gathering area. Usually only merchants and four-wheel trucks come here.
At this time, Ulysses actually saw a noble man riding a war horse, and behind him was a strong foreign man with two heads on his head. The two of them walked forward along the lane along the river.
, slowly passing by Ulysses.
The armor on the knight's body had some magic patterns, which exuded a faint chill in the sun. When he passed by Ulysses, the hairs on his body stood up one by one.
The two-headed alien at the back was even more terrifying. Ulysses didn't even dare to look at the black totem lines on his body with the corner of his eye, let alone those two ferocious faces. The two-headed alien passed by him.
As he passed by, Ulysses even felt that the whole earth was shaking.
When the baggage workers in the alley saw them, they also retreated one after another.
Ulysses waited for them to pass by, and just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he didn't expect that the knight immediately stopped, and suddenly turned around and shouted to him just ten meters away from him:
"Ulysses?"
Ulysses trembled slightly, stood up nervously and looked at the noble master.
…
Surdak took off his helmet and faced Ulysses with a smiling face.
He almost gave up searching...
In the past few days, he has visited almost the entire city of Handanar, but in this city with a population of almost more than one million, the probability of meeting an old friend by chance is only one in a million.
He did not go to the refugee areas outside the city, nor to the aristocratic neighborhoods in the city. He just wandered around the slums, shopping streets, magic neighborhoods, free markets, merchant residential areas, etc., just to satisfy some small expectations in his heart.
The joy is a bit like peeling off a candy wrapper and discovering a creamy chocolate ball hidden inside.
He suppressed this joy and shouted to the strong man sitting on a bench on the street looking at the river in a daze.
The strong man was stunned for a moment, turned to look at Suldak, his originally numb eyes suddenly gained a brilliance, and then shouted to this side in a rough voice:
"Little Duck, why is it you! Are you... not dead yet?"
Surprised, excited...
"Hahaha!"
Ulysses burst out laughing, and his voice contained the joy of being reunited after a long separation.
He stood up, walked a few steps towards Surdak, then stood in front of the oppressive war horse, raised his head, and said with some restraint:
"I didn't expect to see you here. Have you become a noble lord?"
Surdak jumped off the horse, loosened the reins in his hands, and let the horse go to the river to eat alfalfa on the grass.
He came to Ulysses wearing a magic pattern structure, looked at the strong man in front of him, opened his arms and hugged him.
Then the two sat down on the bench under the tree.
Ulysses looked at Suldak secretly, his face still a little reserved.
Of course he knew that gorgeous armor, it was the 'magic pattern structure' that only knights could wear.
However, Suldak didn't care too much, and didn't seem to notice the anxiety in Ulysses's heart, and said to him:
"I returned to the forest camp a few days ago. The free market there has been rebuilt, but I didn't see any of the familiar people. They were all new faces."
The tragic battle appeared in Ulysses' mind, and his face turned pale.
In the past few years, he rarely thought about those things. Only in his dreams after falling asleep, he would occasionally see the battlefield full of scorched earth, broken flags, and corpses scattered all over the mountains and plains.
"That time when the evil spirits from Moyun Ridge came out, many people died in the forest camp, and all the living ones left..."
Ulysses said in a dry voice:
"After Larkin died, I carried Billy to Handanar City. After Billy recovered from his injury, we worked in a horse and carriage shop. He would drive the carriage, and I would load and unload goods with the carriage.
A large amount of goods were transported from Epsom City to here, and then the leather and other goods from here were transported back to Epsom City. It took more than two years. We saved enough money to buy a four-wheel truck to run this route.
transportation, but who would have thought that the portal in Epsom City would begin to enter a state of military control. Bulk goods could not enter Epsom City normally. Only military supplies could come in and out normally, and our business suddenly collapsed because of this."
Ulysses talked about his experiences in the past few years.
Surdak listened with great interest and became a quiet listener.
Ulysses continued: "Then Billy took me to do some short-distance transportation in the city. There was no business at the beginning, but now it's better. So many people came from outside the city, almost filling the whole city.
The short-distance transportation business here suddenly picked up."
Mentioning the curly-haired boy Gabi, Ulysses had a smile on his face and said to Suldak: "By the way, you haven't seen Gabi yet, he has gone to deliver the goods and will be back later."
If he knew you were coming, he would jump for joy."
Suldak put his hand on Ulysses' shoulder and asked curiously:
"Where do you live?"
"It's a bit far away, just rent a house in a civilian area." Ulysses said.
At this time, they can still have a simple dwelling in the city, and it seems that their life is pretty good. Suldak thought.
"Have you started a family?"
Ulysses blushed slightly, then thought of the daughter of the restaurant owner at No. 49 St. Louis Street, and said honestly:
"Hey, in this time of war and chaos, Gabi is afraid that once an evil spirit attacks the city, it will be troublesome to drag the family with him. If it's just Gabi and I, and there is a four-wheeled carriage,
, pull half a cart of supplies into the big meadow, and run to Epperson County in a week."
This dull, honest and taciturn strong man said so much, and some of the depression in his heart was relieved.
Ulysses then took the initiative and said:
"Well, little Duck, you're doing well... you've become very successful. I didn't even recognize you just now!"
Surdak patted him on the shoulder and smiled.
"Noble sir?" Ulysses asked.
Suldak nodded.
Ulysses couldn't sit still, his calves were trembling. He wanted to stand up, but was held down by Suldak's hand on his shoulder.
The two sat like this for a while, basically whatever Surdak asked, Ulysses answered.
Until a four-wheel truck slowly came over and stopped next to the big tree.
Surdak saw a young man with curly hair sitting on the driver's seat. The face in his memory was much more mature, but he still had curly hair like a bird's nest on his head.
The face has changed a bit, but the bright eyes have not.
Her curly hair has grown much taller, her hands and legs have become very long, and she looks very flexible.
He jumped down from the driver's seat and ran to Suldak, his face full of disbelief...
"Long time no see, Gabi."
Suldak sat back on the bench and stretched out a hand towards the curly-haired Gabi, ready to shake his hand.
Curly-haired Gabi's eyes fell on Surdak's magic pattern structure, and she suddenly became a little nervous. She kept rubbing her hands on her clothes and asked with an anxious look: "Should I give it to you first?"
Salute? Mr. Little Duck!"
"Whatever you want... you can kneel down, or you can sit on the bench with me like Ulysses for a while!" Suldak said with a smile.
"I would rather you come and sit at my house..." Curly-haired Gabi let out a hearty laugh.
Then he sat down with Ulysses and Suldak. Their strange combination shocked the people in the alley.
Many businessmen and baggage workers know the curly-haired Gabby and the strong man Ulysses, but no one would have thought that they would actually know a master knight. Look at the war horses wearing black armor on the grass beside them.
The two-headed aliens were sitting there, and the carriages carrying goods didn't even dare to pass by the road behind them.
Just under the tree, bursts of hearty laughter could be heard from time to time.
People here began to realize that the curly-haired boy actually had such an amazing friend.
People who knew them were secretly talking from a distance: 'Gabby and Ulysses seem to be lucky this time...'
Not long after, Curly Gabby drove the truck and took Ulysses out of the alley.
Surdak and Gulitem followed them.
It wasn't until they left and the invisible sense of oppression in the air disappeared that the people around the warehouses breathed a sigh of relief.