While Todd was busy settling the mermaid tribe, a rare frenzy arose in Muxi City due to the arrival of new neighbors.
In the tavern of "Come Again Tomorrow", the guests gathered around the captain who had returned from the sea, listening to the latter talking about the mermaid's peerless appearance and graceful figure.
"I swear to the balance of fate! Everything I say is true!" The middle-aged captain with a beard said loudly while belching wine: "I once heard my father say that sailing on the sea
Occasionally, I meet mermaids. They have soul-stirring singing voices and are so beautiful that people can’t help themselves. I used to think that these were all nonsense, but a few days ago I went to Waiheke Island and saw real life mermaids.
Mermaid, I realized that the legend is true!"
A rather young scholar asked curiously: "How beautiful are mermaids?"
The captain scratched the back of his head with his big hand and said distressedly: "I'm illiterate, so I can't learn the words of praise in the book. I just felt like my whole chest was burning when I saw the mermaid. That face, that face
The figure, those breasts..."
The young scholar listened with excitement: "Are those mermaids more beautiful than those elf professors in the university?"
An elderly man pushed the young scholar with his elbow and reminded him seriously: "Watch your words! The Crusaders are servants of the Dragon God, and they are not the objects of your jokes!"
The young man shrank his neck and nodded slightly.
After looking at the old man's clothes and accessories, the captain asked with some concern: "Then if we discuss mermaids like this, will it be suspected of blasphemy?"
The old man touched his gray beard, shook his head and said: "I heard that the god of those mermaids is an ancient ocean god named Krakosh... As long as it has nothing to do with the Dragon God, you can say whatever you want."
Upon hearing this, the captain suddenly became excited: "Then let me continue. I heard that the Holy King plans to build a trading station on the island, introduce some merchants in the city, and conduct trade with the mermaids..."
The young scholar looked puzzled when he heard this: "Doing business with mermaids? They come from the ocean. Where can they get the coins to buy goods?"
The captain rolled his eyes at the scholar: "Are you stupid for reading? Those mermaids, whether they are clothes or accessories, are all genuine pearls and seashells. If you take them out casually, they can fetch a big price in the market.
!”
The scholar suddenly realized.
The captain touched his beard and said helplessly: "It's a pity that such a business must be designated by the royal family. If you want to participate in it, it's just a dream..."
"Don't take money too seriously. After you die, these things will not follow you to heaven, nor will they have any impact on the balance of destiny." The old man looked at the crowd of spectators and sighed: "Do you still remember the three things?
What happened years ago? When mortals have money, they mistakenly think that they have power comparable to gods, and they try to challenge the authority of gods, but in the end they are just inconspicuous dust. "
The old man's words caused the people around him to fall into silence.
The captain groaned for a long time, and finally couldn't help but said: "Although money is not a good thing, if you don't have money, you can't live at all. You need money to eat, you need money to stay, and you need money to repair the ship, even if it's
Don’t you need money to find a girl to relieve your boredom? "
The old man looked the captain up and down, stroked his beard and said, "Looking at your age, I'm afraid you are quite young, right? You haven't married yet?"
After hearing this, the captain was a little annoyed, but considering the old man's identity, he had to lower his voice and said: "I originally planned to marry a wife at the beginning of the year, but after watching the mermaid today, I feel boring looking at other women.
"
Someone in the crowd of onlookers cheered: "Listening to what you said, do you still want to marry a mermaid and go home?"
The captain widened his eyes and shouted: "What's wrong?! Isn't it rumored that a mermaid landed ashore and eventually formed a family with a sailor?!"
Someone else asked loudly: "Let's not talk about looks for now, but if you think about what a mermaid looks like, how do you plan to have children?"
The captain was stunned for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "It's enough to have feelings. It's not a big deal to adopt a child..."
The young scholar finally caught an opportunity and took the opportunity to make fun of the captain: "In my opinion, I'm afraid it's not a matter of feelings at all. You just took a fancy to the mermaid's face and figure!"
The furious captain banged the table hard while yelling at the scholar: "What's wrong with loving beauty? Honestly! When you were in school, didn't you ever think about marrying an elf woman?"
wife?!"
"I..." The young scholar paused for a moment, his face flushed, and he was at a loss.
This appearance immediately made everyone around him react. It turned out that this kid really had this thought in mind.
"Young man, you are very courageous! You have a bright future!"
"If you really marry an elf girl and go home, won't you be afraid that she will burn down the whole house when she is angry?!"
"Is it Gabriel, the professor of paleontology? I like her too!"
"I heard that the lifespan of elves is much longer than that of humans."
"It is rumored that the elves seem to be only interested in academics."
Listening to people's miscellaneous talk, the stereotyped old man had a look of dumbfounding on his face. He finally closed his eyes and pretended not to hear anything.
The bar owner standing behind the bar suddenly coughed twice forcefully and inappropriately.
Everyone followed the sound and saw that the bar owner was wiping the wine glass, widening his eyes and tilting his head to the side.
Only then did people discover that sitting at a table at the end of the bar were a human, an orc, a werewolf and... an elf...
And the beautiful elf woman wearing a bright red tight-fitting robe is now looking over with an angry look on her face.
The people who had gathered together suddenly dispersed like birds and beasts with their faces turning pale with fear.
After drinking all the wine in the glass, Barbara slammed the glass on the table and said angrily: "Really! Is it so difficult to have a good drink these days?"
Randall looked at the embarrassment of everyone as they fled, shook his head and said with a smile: "This is a bar after all, and there are always all kinds of people gathered."
The werewolf Aldenan gnawed on the chicken leg in his hand, looked sideways at the orc beside him, and asked: "Is the mermaid really as beautiful as they say?"
Carroll raised his neck, drank a large glass of dark beer, and then responded angrily: "I don't know."
"You were at the scene on Waiheke Island a few days ago. Didn't you take a closer look at the group of mermaids?"
Facing the werewolf's question, Carroll threw a piece of shrimp cake into his mouth and shrugged: "I don't care."
"Damn...if I had known you were like this, I might as well have gone for you..."
Randall stretched out his hand to stop the quarrel between the two: "Let's get down to business. I believe you have heard about the incident in Isaiah Village."
"A group of fanatical believers from the Church of Heavenly Father broke into the Protestant village in the middle of the night, massacred and burned the place, even the infant baby was not spared!" Due to anger, the light blue on Barbara's body
The tattoo began to get brighter and brighter like a stream of light, faster and faster: "A bastard worse than a beast!"
Aldenan lowered his voice and said: "The so-called fanatical believers of the Church of Heavenly Father are just the local official statement. I guess the people who did it are the troops directly under the church."
Randall nodded: "Originally, the dispute between the Protestant Church and the Heavenly Father's Church was still limited to words and writings. Now it seems that the Heavenly Father's Church can no longer sit still. They have begun to use more despicable methods, trying to intimidate and
Threatening those who wanted to convert to Protestantism..."
Barbara whispered: "It is impossible for the Holy King to just sit idly by and ignore such a thing."
Randall let out a long breath: "In fact, the Holy King has been looking for opportunities to attack the Church of Heavenly Father, and this incident gave the best opportunity...wait..."
Suddenly, the four people at the table closed their eyes in unison.
After a few seconds of silence, the four people slowly opened their eyes and looked at each other.
Barbara was the first to couldn't help but say: "Just now in the Kingdom of Heaven, I heard the order from the Holy King... But did I hear it correctly? Three days later, there will be a battle against a member of the Crusaders.