A strong and exquisite stone bridge spans the still water lake and divides the town into east and west parts. The only tavern in the town is located on the east bank of the clear still water lake.
It was early one morning, and although the tavern was open, there were not many customers.
Therefore, when Grim, wearing a black traveler's burqa, stepped into the tavern, he did not attract anyone's attention. Even the yawning old Willy who was wiping the counter just raised his head and glanced at it and didn't care.
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Although Greem had covered most of his body and face with his burqa, you could tell he was a human just from his exposed hands and less than half of his chin.
In the border area of Lakeside Town, adventurers and mercenaries like this are not uncommon.
Whether it is the brutal wolf man in the mountains or the orcs in the north, they are all the guys who are offered high rewards by the Zambis Empire, which attracts many overestimating guys who want to obtain merits and rewards. And they
He was also a frequent visitor to the tavern, so Old Willie was particularly familiar with their costumes and appearances.
"You look very strange...did you just come to Lakeside Town?" Old Willy quickly poured a glass of Thunder Beer and slid it along the counter to the man in black: "I'll treat you to this glass of wine.
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Greem lifted his hood and showed a gentle smile as bright as the sun. He raised his glass and nodded in salute: "Thank you! I wish you good health!"
When he opens his mouth, Greem speaks fluent and authentic Zambisian.
Looking at the young man's long dark red hair draped over his shoulders, his fair skin, his tall nose, and his black eyes, Old Willy was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but scratch his head and said: "Are you from the south of the empire?
Such a look is not common here!"
Grim smiled faintly and did not answer. Instead, he ordered a piece of stew and sat in the corner of the tavern to eat and drink slowly.
However, while Greem was eating and drinking and thinking about the next step forward, there was some faint commotion in the distance, accompanied by the sound of a loud alarm bell.
"Damn it, those jackals must be coming here again..." Old Willy cursed in a low voice and came to the door of the tavern to look in the direction of the stone bridge.
After just one glance, he was instantly stunned.
The stone castle fortress placed at the other end of the stone bridge in the town not only ignited a column of smoke into the sky, but also rang the alarm bell crazily. All the residents of Lakeside Town walked out of their houses, nervous and anxious.
Looking at the Stone Castle Fortress in the distance.
Stone Castle Fortress is the only military facility outside the town. There are 150 imperial soldiers stationed inside, protecting the safety of the town year after year.
Now, beacon smoke is burning there, which is definitely not a good sign.
The mayor of the town, Gundas, rushed out of the village office in a hurry, leading two of his men to the Stone Castle Fortress while shouting at Old Willy.
"Old drunkard, don't be stunned. Hurry up and organize all the young people in the town to go to Shiqiao and wait. I'll take people to see what's going on!"
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
Old Willy hesitated for a moment, and as soon as he turned around, he trembled with fright.
The young man was standing behind him at some point, raising his head and silently staring at the beacon smoke in the distance.
"Young man, I'm sorry, my tavern will be closed temporarily. If you are really an adventurer, please stay and help us in Lakeside Town. I'm really worried that the enemies coming this time may be very dangerous..."
Greem didn't pay any attention to this short and thick guy who looked like a wine barrel, but looked into the distance, his heart moving slightly.
Elemental fluctuations...
In the place where the beacon smoke was burning, Greem could sense a strong elemental fluctuation coming from afar, and there seemed to be a vaguely familiar smell.
According to Greem's understanding, there are no large-scale spellcasters in the Enverk plane. Moreover, the elemental fluctuations coming from this place are somewhat inconsistent with the power system of this plane. It seems that... there is something like a wizard.
Grim narrowed his eyes.
When passing through the space rift, he could see clearly that the two deceitful witches fell in a different direction from his own, and it was impossible for them to come and join him so quickly. Therefore, he suddenly felt familiar power fluctuations in this alien plane.
, Greem not only did not have any sense of intimacy, but also had an ominous premonition.
Is it an enemy or a friend? Is he passing by by chance or is he here for you?
Grim turned around and left the tavern without hesitation, and walked quickly towards the outside of the town, away from the smoke of war.
Seeing this, Old Willy could only shake his head and sigh, and hurriedly squirmed his fat body to summon the young people in the town.
There are more than 2,000 residents in the town. In addition to the old, young, women and children, it is not difficult to gather a team of seven to eight hundred people. They don't know the situation outside the town, so they can only hold sticks, knives and forks, and hold them high.
Torches blocked the stone bridge, anxiously waiting for news from the distance.
In the early morning, the gravel road leading to the Stone Castle Fortress outside the town was shrouded in a faint mist, making it difficult to see far.
Suddenly, a shrill scream came from the distance, and a staggering figure rushed onto the stone bridge holding a torch high.
"It's York..."
"Look, it's York who is following the mayor..."
Several townspeople were sharp-eyed and quickly identified the guy who had fled back in a hurry.
"Little York, what happened at the Stone Castle Fortress?" A strong and powerful man stood out from the crowd and asked loudly.
"Death...death...all dead...the mayor..." Little York stumbled forward, shouting out of breath angrily.
A sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded in the light fog.
A strange disc-shaped blade suddenly flew out of the mist, circled around Little York's neck, and then roared back into the mist.
Little York's body suddenly stiffened, the head on his neck rolled to the ground, and he rolled all the way into the crowd.
Everyone ran away, their faces turned livid with fear, and screams and shouts could not be heard.
The mist shook in the distance, and a petite and delicate figure slowly emerged, with five or six whining and strange tentacles waving around it.
What came out of the mist was a strange half-human, half-machine woman. She was dressed in exquisite and gorgeous black armor. Half of her exposed skin and face were still human flesh and blood, while the other half was covered by a strange...
Replaced by silvery white metal.
The most eye-catching thing on the cold-lined face is the pair of strange, dark red and shiny mechanical eyes.
"She...she is a witch from another world!" Old Willie, who was well-informed, was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly. His sharp voice could almost burst a person's eardrums.
Witch? She is a witch...
This terrible news immediately scared everyone to the point of peeing.
The plane of Enverk was invaded by witches from another world. This was news that every citizen of the Zambis Empire knew. However, the Paladins sent by the empire besieged the witches from other worlds in the Dabire Highlands.
I heard that they are about to be strangled.
How is it possible that they went to Lakeside Town, the northernmost part of the empire?
Several timid townspeople wanted to turn around and run away, but as soon as they turned around, the half-human, half-mechanical wizard screamed, and four or five terrifying blade wheels flew out instantly and cut them in half.
The mutilated corpses fell to the ground, and the rich blood and horrific blood stains caused many townspeople to faint.
"Stand still, don't move!" Sword Girl Katie walked forward leisurely and threatened loudly: "Whoever dares to run away again will end up like them."
All the townspeople trembled and hid on both sides of the stone bridge, leaving the wide stone road in the middle.
"I'm looking for a person. If any of you can tell him his whereabouts, I can spare his life..."
As she spoke, Sword Girl Katie took out a crystal ball from her arms, used her magic power to activate it, and projected the appearance of a tall and strong young man in the air. Looking at the eyebrows, clothing, and body shape, it was none other than Greem.
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Several of the people present had seen Grim at the entrance of the tavern and immediately recognized him. They couldn't help but look at Old Willy.
Sword Girl Katie's mental perception was so sharp that she instantly cast her gaze on the pudgy old Willie in the crowd. The coiled metal blade wheels whined and whirled around, forcing the rest of the crowd away.
Old Willie was trapped in the center.
"Have you seen this person?" A strange smile appeared on Katie's frozen face.
"I've seen... I've seen..."
"Where is he?"
"He...he goes..."
Just when Old Willie turned around and was about to point into the distance, a fast fireball flew out of the fog in the distance and landed on him.
With a loud bang, Old Willy, who was short and fat like a wine barrel, exploded into blood all over the sky, and then was instantly evaporated by the blast of flames.
The residents of the town were immediately frightened and ran in all directions, and screams and cries resounded throughout the area.
Sword Girl Katie no longer paid attention to these boring ants, but the mechanical eyes squeaked and moved gently, slowly locking on the tall figure stepping out of the mist on the other side of the stone bridge.
"Grim..." Sword Girl Katieson sneered: "I thought you would run away like crazy! How dare you stand up?"
"Run? Why are you running?" Greem pushed away the fog, stopped a hundred meters away from the opponent, and sneered: "You are level 3, and I am level 3. In this damn place, we are both
If you can't exert your full strength, why should I be afraid of you?"
"Because you are an elemental wizard, and I am a mechanical wizard!" Sword Girl Katie's scarlet mechanical eyes became brighter and brighter: "The alien face should have a greater impact on you, and... I am a hunting wizard!
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When it came to hunting wizards, Sword Girl Katie's metal boots suddenly kicked with great force, and her petite body of less than 1.6 meters suddenly rushed towards Greem like a sharp arrow.
And the metal tentacles stretched out from her body swung fiercely, and five fluorescent metal blades whizzed and cut into Greem's body from all angles. (To be continued)