Official Edition Part Two Chapter 23 Oriental Venice
By the way, Zixiu, sister Anna and I found the main road and headed westward. It was really like facing the wind and snow, and wearing the moon and stars. After we had traveled far enough, it was early spring weather. But here we go: the three suns are turning, and everything is shining: the sky is full of bright colors and the picture is blooming. , there are embroidered arborescens all over the place. A few plum trees are left with a few snows, and the wheat is rising in the clouds. It is exactly that: Taihao rides the earthquake, and the light shines on the sun; the fragrance of flowers and the wind are warm, the clouds are pale and the sun is new. The willows beside the road soothe blue eyes, and the cream rain Breed all things spring.
After walking for several miles, I suddenly saw a city nearby. Zixiu asked me, "Copper plate, where do you think that is?"
I unfolded the tourist map and saw that it was Huzhou, the capital of the last of the seven Eastern Kingdoms. After a while, we crossed the moat and entered the three-story gate. When we looked up, we saw what a great city it was!
Surrounded by running water, there are high mountains facing each other in the north and south. There are many shops on the Sixth Street and Three Markets, and business is booming. It is indeed a metropolis. When we walked up the main market, we saw dignified figures, neat clothes, clear speech, and strong men everywhere. , mature women, but not old, weak, sick or disabled. Those who were doing business on both sides suddenly saw that we were ugly and lost business, so they all came to fight over us.
"These people are so rude, madam, what should we do?"
Zi Xiu looked around and whispered to me: "Don't cause trouble! Keep your head down and walk!"
After a while, I said embarrassedly: "Madam, I don't have a neck and can't lower my head."
"Hehe, I didn't expect your body to be so soft and your neck to be so stiff."
"Just a verbal reward?"
"Then I'll treat you to some popsicles."
Chatting is indeed the best way to kill boredom. Seeing no reaction from us, everyone went back to doing business after watching for a while.
——Eating popsicles——
"I don't want to become an adult, I don't want to become an adult." A child around six or seven years old cried and ran past the popsicle stand.
"What's going on?" I asked the popsicle seller puzzledly while licking the popsicles.
"You foreigners don't understand. Our country is also called the Country of Adults. There is an ancient prophecy in our country that if you don't become an adult, a terrible curse will come on your seventh birthday... So every child must be born before he turns seven. You must become an adult, otherwise the curse will be imposed on our country. Xiaobu is six years old, and he must undergo the adult ceremony." At this point, the eldest sister couldn't help but sigh: "Sooner or later, people have to grow up, and only when they become adults can they become adults. Better adapt to this society."
"Adult Country." I read the name silently, feeling that I should do something for this child named Xiaobu.
——Twenty minutes later——
"Small steps."
Hearing a strange voice calling him, Xiaobu, who was squatting on the hillside crying, raised his head in surprise. He saw a child in a black cloak. There was also a beautiful hound lying next to the boy.
"Who are you?" Xiaobu asked curiously.
"Call me Copper, I'm eight and a half years old." (Shameless)
"So are you an adult now?" Xiaobu was surprised by this, because the childish face of the big boy licking popsicles in front of him didn't look like an adult at all.
"Not yet."
"Can I still be a child after the age of seven?"
"Yes."
"I don't believe it."
"I heard that adults don't believe in anything, but children believe in everything."
"..." After hearing what I said, Xiao Bu suddenly stopped talking.
"I am still a child, but I don't believe that I will not become an adult after I am seven years old. People around me have changed. Because we all believe in ancient prophecies, if we don't do this, the whole village will be cursed.
I don’t want my parents to be cursed.” After a while, Xiaobu finally couldn’t help but mutter to himself: “But I still want to leave here and go adventure in distant places.”
"Traveling to distant places is very tiring, and you may not get any benefits in the end. I advise you not to go." I don't know when Zixiu also rushed over, and she suddenly flashed her bright eyes curiously.
Staring at Xiaobu.
Zixiu's words made Xiaobu lower his head in frustration. Children are indeed easily shaken.
"Yes, meaningless travel is a waste of life." I also enlightened Xiao Bu.
"Indeed, most of the results are meaningless. The journey is the real wealth." When he said this, Zi Xiu smiled.
"Sister, have you ever traveled?"
"I once traveled all over the world with my father, but that was a long, long time ago." Zixiu seemed a little sad when he said this, as if he was recalling a happy childhood, but it seemed that there were more memories
It's very unpleasant.
Xiao Bu also laughed when he heard this, and immediately jumped up from the ground. Seven-year-old children are indeed very innocent. No matter what kind of blow they encounter, they will never be discouraged so easily. He held Zixiu's hand and was excited.
Said: "I want to travel with my sister. I want to travel with my sister."
"Maybe we can figure it out together." I said.
"This is impossible. We are all still children and cannot compare to adults."
"Strength is not enough but wisdom makes up for it." Zi Xiu said while turning his head towards me.
"Can a kid like me really go against the will of heaven?"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but smile, took out an expired ID from my arms and waved it confidently in front of him.
"Ah! My brother is a professional mercenary." He stood up in a small step, pretending to be cool, clenched his left fist and waved it proudly in front of me, and said in a firm tone: "
There is no task that we cannot complete." This is a line of dialogue uttered by the actor Wu Di in the cartoon "Super Hunter" that describes the life of mercenaries. It has now become an advertising slogan for the mercenary guild.
"So big brother, can I hire you?" Xiaobu admired me even more now.
"Well, it all depends on what you have." Haha, I finally got to the point. I spent so much time just because of this sentence.
"Xiao Bu doesn't have much money, but I picked up a box in the back mountain the day before yesterday. I don't know what's in it..." Xiao Bu took out a black box from his arms. I was about to reach for it when suddenly something appeared in the sky.
Shooting down a ray of light, the light turned into a yes or no option in the blink of an eye. It seems that this is really a hidden task designed by the game designer, and I actually found it, hahahaha... Don't look at the employer as a small person.
Children, many times the ultimate treasure is often picked up by these children in the back mountains.
So I clicked yes without hesitation. After a white light flashed, the option disappeared, and Xiaobu handed me the black box. However, I couldn't open it. Maybe I had to wait until the end of the mission. So I had to first open it.
Put the box into Qiankun's belly and wait until the mission is over.
"It's a pity, I didn't expect that someone would actually take over this task." As soon as I pulled my finger back, a sigh came from the woods beside me.
At the same time, another voice also sounded. This voice was much rougher than the previous one: "Five hundred years have passed, and someone has finally taken over this task." I subconsciously looked in the direction of the voice, what?
There were no living creatures... only a dim oil lamp was seen shaking in the gloomy woods.
"Who!" I asked loudly.
No one answered on the other side of the light. Just when I was about to leave this ominous place with Xiao Bu, a thin shadow holding a lamp in his left hand and a fir crutch in his right hand emerged from the darkness. Looking closely, it turned out to be a
The short, sturdy old man moved twitchingly, like a string puppet played by a child. His soft brown hair was sparsely covered on his head; his forehead was extremely large, and it simply did not match his face.
There is a very conspicuous 9-character symbol printed in the middle, and the outline of his face is also very strange, because all the teeth have fallen out. His eyes are shining with the brilliance of wisdom, sharp and meticulous, which makes me feel that he is not a real human being.
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Behind him stood a bare-chested giant. The giant wore an iron helmet with horns on his head, and carried a large buckler the size of a giant wheel on his mountain-like torso. This three-meter-tall giant also had a pair of loyal and loyal pairs.
The eyes with divine power, and the lips with thick mustaches showing firm will. They feel very similar to Prometheus, the warrior of the Titans who rebelled against the gods. Like the short old man, the giant also has a mark printed on his forehead.
Roman numerical value, but his is 8. It seems to be some kind of mysterious ranking, and this giant is still before the old man.
Aren't these the two weirdos who rescued me from Lin Jun not long ago? Fortunately, they are not enemies. However, these two guys are not trustworthy people, so staying away from them is the best way.
"The strange customs of the Great Kingdom are used by the creators to attract adventurers. These are the rules that have existed since the creation of the world. No one can change them." The old man with the lantern staggered towards us and said strange words.
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"Hmph! Rules are also made by humans." The giant seemed to sneer at the sanctity of the word "rules."
"As the guardian of the rules, you actually have such a bad idea."
"Work is work, but I also have the right to maintain my freedom of thought."
These two guys were talking to themselves as if we didn't exist, so let's go first. So I took Xiao Bu and moved to the side carefully, hoping to escape quickly while they were not paying attention. But I moved ten steps in a row, and the giant
It just swayed a little and stood in front of us. The giant said to us casually: "Although I am not very interested in the ancestral family law, you can't leave, because this is the responsibility of my birth." It turns out that this mountain is like a mountain.
Strong men are made to stand in the way.
Then the old man floated in front of us with strange movements, and his oil lamp hung naturally in mid-air. There is nothing unusual about this kind of floating lamp. In China, it is called Kongming Lantern. The old man looked at me calmly.
Said: "Nandin is right, you can leave, but this child must stay." It turns out that this giant is called Nandin, which is named after the ancient Indian god Hercules. It seems that he is not a general person.
Why?" I raised my head unconvinced and asked the short old man.
"We need to send this child back to his home. Thousands of years of rules cannot be broken."
"What rules did we break?"
"You want to prevent this child's rite of passage."
"Yes, you also said that I thought about it, but it's not illegal to think about it."
"You just said you wanted to help this adult country's children."
"Say! So now that I say I want you to eat shit, do you really want to eat shit? Obviously not."
"You!" The old man seemed a little anxious.
"Please step aside, I want to send Xiaobu back to complete the adult ceremony now."
"What evidence do you have that you will send him back?"
"What evidence do you have to prove that I'm not."
My sophistry made the old man angry, but instead of being angry, the giant grinned and laughed.
"Xiao Bu, let's go home." I ignored them and led Xiao Bu towards the city. After we walked five or sixty meters, the old man seemed to suddenly remember something and shouted loudly:
"You guys stop here and I'll take you back personally."
Only a fool could stop. I suddenly summoned the skateboard, pulled up the small step and ran away like a flying horse.
——Twenty minutes later, in Huzhou City——
Ugh~~Ugh~~
Xiaobu's face turned pale, he held his hand on the wall and vomited.
"I didn't expect you to get carsick at such a young age."
"Hey! Who are you talking about?" This lazy skateboarder came out as soon as he heard others say bad things about him, and stared at me. But I didn't answer him, just glanced at it lightly,
Then he said: "A guy without fighting ability is pretty good as a car."
This glance seemed to sting the skateboard's self-esteem seriously. It jumped up and shouted: "Aren't they just Nanding the Strong and Kubera the Hermit? Even if all twenty-two of them come, I and Xi
We may not be afraid of them even if we join forces." It turns out that the old man's name is Kubera, and there seems to be an organization behind him. Presumably these two people are No. 8 and No. 9 among the twenty-two people. Skateboarding
The boy knows a lot.
"I didn't expect Lord Darkwalker to be here too. We don't have to wait for all twenty-two of our friends to come today. I just want you to play with us two pawns first, hahaha..." The sound of Giant Difficulty came from the corner of the street.
Ding Na laughed loudly with anger. It's strange. I always feel that I can feel a kind of magnanimity and honesty in this enemy's laughter. I really hope he can become a partner...
The enemy is coming, and I, Xiao Bu, and Anna are unable to deal with these two henchmen. So everyone’s eyes fall on the skateboard. The two hengmen seem to call him Dark Walker, which seems to have a good background.
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"Oops, I forgot to turn off the gas in my house. You guys should resist for a while and I'll call hundreds of brothers and I'll be back soon." NPCs also use gas? Are they just trying to make fun of us? I haven't had time to answer yet. This guy just talks nonsense.
The coward disappeared.
"Brother, what should we do?" Xiaobu asked in a low voice.
"Hmph." I gritted my teeth and snorted softly: "Since they claim to be the guardians of the rules, then their weakness is the rules. I have a way to deal with them."
"Are you serious that you can do it?"
"I have never failed in any of the hundreds of missions I have taken since I became a mercenary."
At this time, the figures of Nandin and Kubera had appeared on the street.
Thinking about how heroic I was back then, all the heroes in the world looked down upon me. It was just two weirdos with unknown origins. I was afraid they would do something terrible!
So I shouted loudly and jumped out.
"I am the Hundred-Change Demon King, Little Copper, come on! You demons are here to fight me for three hundred rounds." Seeing me jumping out with a terrifying look on my face, both of them were surprised. Nanding subconsciously lifted him up.
The big shield from behind slammed towards me.
Just listen to a loud sound of "boring!"
The huge shield hit me square in the face. I fell heavily to the ground with a thud, flopping around like a dead fish for two times and then stopped moving.
