"Sorry, sorry~" The half-elf young man looked at Jacks with a smile: "Can you give me a lift? Don't worry, I'll cover half of the fare, so I won't bother you."
"Oh, I'll discuss it with my companions." Jacks turned to look at Fan and Lily, "What should I say? Take him with you? To be honest, our funds are really not enough."
Because of the supplies in the town and the gifts prepared for Uncle Mingmo, although the money they have now is not small, it is definitely not much. Mingmo lives at the foot of the mountain in the southeast of the Orc Empire, including
A carriage used to cost nearly 70 gold coins. Maybe it was because of the high prices in the port city, or maybe the orc traders were ripping off customers, but in short, the gold coins that everyone has together now don't exceed a hundred.
Aurelia frowned and said to Jax: "Ask him where he is going first. If he doesn't go along the way, don't take him with him."
Lily looked at Aurelia, then at the half-elf young man, and finally understood what Aurelia was thinking. This half-elf young man was a mixed-blood high elf, and Aurelia hated the high elf very much because of the relationship between herself and what happened to her when she was a child.
Elf. It's also because he is a half-elf. If he were a pure-blooded high elf, Aurelia would probably reject him right away.
"Don't be so heartless~ Beauty from the Moon Elf tribe~ I'm going to Tongfeng City. Of course, if you don't have a way, you can leave me at Xuanling. I'll still pay half of the fare." This mixed-blood elf is generous, but frivolous.
The tone made Lily and Aurelia frown. Xuanling is not too far from here, less than two-fifths of the distance, but it is the largest city in the Orc Empire after the capital, and it is also the transportation link between the north and south of the Orc Empire.
Hub, Lily and the others must pass through there.
"Tongfeng City?" Because he was not familiar with the Orc Empire, Fan asked the driver, "Is he coming with us?"
The coachman nodded and said: "The Baiyan Town you are going to is under the rule of Tongfeng City. It can be said that you are going to almost the same place."
"Wait, White Rock Town?" The half-elf looked at Aurelia and the others in surprise, "Are you friends of Ming Mo?"
"Do you know that uncle with cat ears?" Lily always felt that the world was really too small. "We are going to attend his wedding, but I don't know if he is already married."
"No, no, no, but in these few days." The half-elf took out a letter from his arms and took out an invitation card and said, "The invitation said it will be on the twelfth day of the Light Green Moon, that is,
Eight days later. Because I have been venturing out these days, I only received the invitation recently..."
Lily and the others looked at each other, because they set out to track down the traces of Jax's parents half a year ago, and they did find Jax's parents, but they were trapped in the Sea of ​​Mist for more than four months. I'm afraid no one would sign for the invitation when it was sent to the eastern city-state.
Since they were traveling on the same road and were in a hurry, it was not easy to drive them away. But Lily knew that Aurelia did not want to sit with this half-elf, so she pulled Aurelia onto the "special seat" on the top of the carriage.
"——I haven't sat in this exclusive seat for a long time! I feel so excited!
The scenery on the roof of the car is very good, and the Orc Empire deserves to be called an empire. The official road is actually paved with bluestones. The carriage rides on it smoothly and looks very beautiful and grand. However, the manpower required to build this road is
The material and financial resources are probably quite large. From here you can see the difference between the Orc Empire and the Human Kingdom... Compared with the Orcs, the Human Kingdom is simply a barbaric land.
However, not every road is paved with bluestones, only the more commonly used official roads are so. However, this road allows Lily to regain some of the feeling on earth - because the official roads are not only flat, but there are also paved roads on both sides of the road.
Street lights! While sitting on the roof of the car and chatting with the driver, Lily learned that there are professional lamplighters in the villages, towns or cities near the official road to light these street lights at dusk, so even if you are driving at night, you will not be afraid of seeing them in the dark.
We've arrived.
What’s even more interesting is that to rent a carriage in the human kingdom, you usually go to the chamber of commerce or a mercenary organization, and often you also go to the local nobles. Because the carriages often get damaged, you have to pay a deposit to rent the carriage smoothly.
.However, the Orc Empire has a special place for trading or leasing carriages and horses. This kind of place is called a "inn". You can also rent a carriage driver while renting a carriage. Because you are not familiar with the place and Xingyun's body is not suitable.
It was overworked, so everyone finally hired a coachman.
The coachman is a Ursine like Uncle Silla, and he is very talkative. He told some anecdotes about the Orc Empire along the way, which was enough to pass the time. The only regret is that the coachman does not speak Kaleta.
He is proficient in other foreign languages. Fortunately, Lily is proficient in the languages ​​​​of most races, and the others are either mercenaries or adventurers living in various countries, or they live in the eastern city-state where fish and dragons are mixed, so communication is difficult.
It's not really a big problem.
After chatting for a while, the coachman suddenly said hesitantly: "I don't know whether I should say something or not..."
"Huh? What's the matter?" Lily asked casually without paying attention.
"We have an express service at the inn, which means you have to travel day and night to your destination." The driver uncle touched his head a little embarrassedly and said honestly, "Without stopping in the middle, we only change drivers at the inn, which can guarantee that your journey will be shortened by half...
…”
Lily asked with a look of disgust: "Do you want more money?"
The driver smiled and nodded: "Of course I want it."
"Forget it, sitting on the carriage 24 hours a day will drive you crazy." It's definitely not because of lack of money! It's because Lily doesn't want to sit on the carriage and enjoy the breeze all the time, even though the scenery above is nice...
"Wait! I'll pay how much!" I saw the half-elf young man grabbing the assignment with one hand and holding on to the car window with the other, leaning out half of his body and shouting, "It usually takes more than ten days to get to Baiyan Town from here. If we
If you can get there quickly..."
"Are you going to sleep on the carriage at night?" Aurelia frowned and snorted coldly, "It would be a good idea if you tied yourself to the back of the carriage."
"Hey, don't be so heartless~ The beauty of the Moon Elf tribe~" The half-elf young man looked at Aurelia with a smile, "Let's get to know each other, my name is Maister, nice to meet you~"
"Your name is Maister!" Before Aurelia could answer, Lily leaned on the carriage to block his view, and said with a smile, "It's a pleasure to meet you. Goodbye."
Lily suddenly took out the thorn rose from the ring and stabbed Maister. Maister was startled, threw away the cards in his hand and pulled out the ax gun from behind - but due to the position and posture, the ax gun could only be drawn out.
Fortunately, Lily had no intention of killing Maister, and the rapier stopped at the tip of his nose: "Don't disturb us, otherwise..."
"Hehe~" Seeing that his life was not in danger, Maister breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, little half-elf beauty, I'm not happy to meet an old friend in a foreign country~ I'm going to continue playing cards."
Chapter completed!