Outside the Pudu Mountain lava mine, two kobold slaves led an ancient Bolai horse to the entrance of the cave. The lava waterfall at the entrance of the cave spread heat waves outwards, and these heat waves burned people's faces.
Gubo Laima didn't want to get too close and kept moving back, shaking his head.
The kobold slave was unable to hold the horse, and growled threateningly.
The two kobold slaves wore leather hoods on their heads, with a copper wax stand inlaid on the hood, and half a candle on top.
In the sulfur mine, only those who work diligently for thirty consecutive days will be rewarded with such a unique hat.
But just such a hat with half a candle has become the pursuit of almost all kobold slaves during this period.
In fact, if you know these kobold slaves, you will know how difficult it is for this group of kobold slaves to get from Bena City to today. But it is undeniable that life is getting better little by little.
When they were in Bena City, the biggest wish of these kobold slaves was probably to survive. The slave owner Da Xijin almost massacred them en masse and buried them under the flowerbed of a farm on the outskirts of Bena City as fertilizer.
If Surdak hadn't brought them to a deserted place, perhaps their bones would have been covered with rose roots.
Later, when they arrived in the barren land, the wishes of these kobold slaves changed. Initially, they hoped to eat all-grain porridge.
However, this wish was already realized when the drainage canal was dug.
The kobold slaves who have filled their bellies further hope to move from the shacks surrounded by reed mats to brick houses with wooden partitions. Although it is still Datongpu, if some adult kobolds are in need, at least
You can use reed mats to divide Datongpu into single rooms. Although it can't be soundproofed, who cares about that!
However, they finally realized their self-worth in the sulfur mine camp of Pudu Mountain. The kobold slaves finally realized that life here, although there was no freedom, seemed to be better than the poor tribe they lived in before.
With the sulfur ore collected by the lava river every day, no one is worried that Lord Surdak will bury them in the farm as fertilizer.
In the past two years, kobold slaves have even given birth to many cubs.
Now their pursuit is a little more advanced, pursuing the recognition of the overseers and the respect of other kobolds. What can reflect their achievements is the leather hat with half a candle.
This method was thought up by the old village chief. The sulfur mine will select ten outstanding kobold miners every month. The ten kobold miners will not only get a higher level of food quota, but also get such a leather hat.
, they are all excellent models among miners.
However, these ten outstanding kobold miners need to be re-selected every month.
The output of sulfur mines has continued to increase in the past three months...
Aphrodite walked out of the sulfur mine and ordered the two kobold slaves: "During my absence, you two will stay here, eat and sleep here, and cannot leave for a moment. No other people are allowed here."
Someone broke in, do you understand?"
Although the Kobold slaves don't speak Imperial English very well, they have no problem understanding it.
He got on the ancient Bolai horse and followed a winding path to the temporary warehouse where sulfur ore was stored at the foot of the mountain. Luke was waiting here.
He saw Aphrodite riding down from the mountain, and immediately rode up to meet her, saying to Aphrodite: "The airship ticket has been purchased, and we have to get to the airport terminal of Helensa City before tomorrow night.
"
Aphrodite wore a mithril mask and said calmly: "We have to rush back to Wall Village first..."
She followed Luke, and the two rode horses along a cement road covered with volcanic ash, heading towards the village of Wall.
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town of takale
In the morning, Suldak ran around the residential area outside the manor. This area is dotted with manors of about one or two acres, and these manors extend to the river south of the town.
There is a slightly higher mound over there, and larger manors are gathered there...
There is no free market in the residential area. Suldak ran seven streets and found a market along the street. There are bakeries, vegetables, fish and meat stalls, but it seems that the most popular one is a grain store. These people carry pockets.
Almost all those who buy wheat flour or miscellaneous grains complain that the price of grain seems to have increased again.
Surdak asked a fish stall owner strangely: "Don't we have a wheat growing area? How come the price of food is still rising?"
The fish stall owner also shook his head with worry and said: "I heard that the wheat production in the grain-producing area may be reduced this year. Now that Mukuso has cut off contact with the outside world, the price of this grain may still be high.
It will go up.”
He first bought a few river fish, and then bought fifteen slaughtered fat chickens from the butcher stall.
Suldak didn't carry it himself, he only had to write down the address, and someone at the market would be responsible for delivering the food to his door.
Get out of the market.
Surdak planned to pass directly through this street from the west and then return to the manor in the east.
The houses here are basically three-story lofts built along the street, but these houses look very old. Some poor people gathered on the roadside and saw some ornately decorated carriages stopping on the roadside.
Everyone stood up and gathered around.
The employer in rich clothes stood at the door of the carriage, shouting loudly, basically shouting: "Eighty coppers a day, eighty coppers a day, free lunch, carry bags at the dock, young and strong young man..."
"I……"
"Please look at me, I am strong enough..."
"Hire me!"
More and more people gathered. Surdak did not expect that this street was actually a labor market, and the whole street was packed with people waiting for work.
"It's just you guys, come with me!"
The employer randomly selected a few people, let them sit on the luggage rack behind the magic caravan, and quickly left in the magic caravan. The people waiting for work on the street dispersed again.
Surdak walked through this long street and found that there were hundreds of townspeople waiting to do odd jobs on the street.
Some of these townspeople who can't find jobs are sleeping against the wall, some are chatting together, and some are gambling together. It can be seen that they do not have a positive attitude towards life and just want to continue to have fun.
In daily life, if you make money, eat something good. If you don’t make money, then eat whatever you have...
This is the town of Takalé through Surdak's eyes.
After passing through this long street of hired workers, Suldak passed by the central square of the town and saw the clock tower that was nearly 70 to 80 meters high. Just to the north of the bell tower was the Warrior Academy in Takalai Town.
At this time in the morning, a group of young students are entering the school one after another.
The two sheriffs were strolling back and forth in the central square. They were wearing standard leather armors and long swords at their waists. This season happened to be summer, and the leather armors they wore were very cool. There were no leather coverings on their thighs, legs or arms.
, there is a wisp of red tassel on the leather hat on the head.
There aren't many adventure groups in this town, probably because there are few resources around, so adventure groups generally don't stay in this town.
Suldak happened to see Samira and Siya standing in front of the fruit stall at the edge of the square, choosing cactus fruits. When he walked over, they had already selected the fruits.
Seeing Surdak appear in front of them, the two of them were not surprised at all. Siya pointed to the tall bell tower with an expectant look on his face and said to Surdak: "We want to see it from above.
See, do you want to come together..."
"Okay, let's go and have a look!"
Surdak said to the two girls.
When I walked to the bottom of the bell tower, I saw two middle-aged men in uniform sitting at the door of the bell tower. There was a square table in front of them. Next to the square table was a notice board, which stated that if you want to climb the bell tower, every person must climb the bell tower.
People need to pay a viewing fee of one silver coin.
When the middle-aged man saw Suldak coming over with the two girls, he immediately became energetic and asked Suldak: "Would you like to go for a walk up there? Climb to the observation deck above.
You can have a panoramic view of Kalai Town..."
Suldak paid three silver coins, and the middle-aged man left to help them open the door below the bell tower, asked them to climb up the winding staircase inside the building, and told them not to get too close to the big bell above.
When it hits the hour, the big clock will be rung. If you get too close, it will easily hurt your ears. There is still half an hour before the next time the hour is struck...
There were only three people in the empty bell tower, Suldak, and they walked up the spiral staircase and could clearly hear the friction sound of the mechanical gears inside.
Climbing to the top of the building, there is indeed an observation deck above.
Standing on the observation deck, you can see a panoramic view of the entire town. Almost all the balconies of the houses near the square have some flowers and plants, and many trees are planted along the streets. It seems that the entire town is full of vitality.
Samira held the railing with both hands and looked towards the mountains in the distance...
Siya took out her water bag, splashed some water on her face, and looked at the big river in the south of the town. She seemed to want to go for a walk by the river.
"It turns out that this is a human town. There is a big difference between me and the underwater city of our Jana Sea Tribe..." Siya said while standing next to the railing.
"We are going to live in this town for a while. I'm afraid we won't be able to send you back to the Seven Seas for the time being!" Suldak said apologetically to Thea.
Siya blushed slightly and whispered to Suldak: "I said it doesn't matter. I think it's actually good to have the opportunity to walk around..."
Samira on the other side of the fence turned her face away. The wind on the roof was a bit strong and ruffled her hair. She wrinkled her delicate nose and said nothing.
"What's going on over there?"
Following the direction of Samira's finger, Surdak saw several plumes of smoke rising from the pier by the river. It looked like a fire was burning at the pier. Groups of soldiers holding weapons in their hands came from the pier.
They jumped off the tugboat, with black cloaks behind them, and quickly occupied the dock...