At the same time, in southern Europe, the territory of the Grik tribe, Athens.
A ray of light flashed through the night, attracting the vigilance of the Leopard people guards. However, soon, Albert, who was driving the iron cavalry, waved to the Leopard people in mid-air, and the iron cavalry landed outside the city.
"I am from the hunter organization." Tiger said to the guards as he jumped off his iron mount, "I am here to attend the funeral of a friend."
"I understand, I've been waiting for you for a long time, Mr. Albert." The group of leopard guards may have been informed beforehand. In anticipation of Albert's arrival, they made way for a way into the city: "
The coffin containing the remains of the hunter who died in the line of duty has been placed in the backyard of the city hall. You can rest in the guest room on the east side of the city hall. The funeral will begin early tomorrow morning."
"Okay," Albert turned around and shook the cat-man boy Mutt who was sleeping on the back of the iron horse: "Wake up, little lazy boy. We are already here."
"Hmm...?" Mutt opened his eyes slightly, trying to understand the surrounding situation.
"Who is this child?" the leopard guard asked.
"The family of the deceased." Albert made up a lie casually: "I brought him here by the way."
The leopard guards then took a serious look at the young cat man who was climbing down from the iron horse. They saw that Mutt was just a thin child, and he was indeed a cat man. He might actually look a bit similar to the deceased.
, and immediately believed Albert’s words.
"Okay. He will spend the night with you in the guest room of the city hall. You have to rush early tomorrow, so you should go to bed early tonight."
"What should I do with this thing?" Albert pointed to the black cavalry behind him.
"There is nothing we can do. We can only park it outside the city." The guard said, "For safety reasons, no heavy vehicles can enter the city."
"Are you kidding me?" Albert said with an angry look on his face: "I borrowed this cavalry, and it's very expensive! Parked outside the city? What if it's stolen? You guys will accompany me.
Ten million British gold coins?"
"But------"
"I don't care what you say!" Tiger started to show off his big name: "I am Warcraft hunter Albert, one of the top ten hunters in the hunter organization! I want to park this iron cavalry in my resting place, you have
If you have any objections, please complain to the hunter organization!"
Then Albert pushed the iron cavalry directly into the city. The group of leopard guards wanted to stop it, but were glared at by the tiger, and did not dare to say anything. In addition, the black iron cavalry was indeed not equipped with any weapons, and it was now
It was just a vehicle. The guards looked it up and down and checked it before letting it go.
"Is it true that the top ten rankings are true?" the cat boy asked after walking a short distance behind the tiger.
"It should be said that it was once ranked in the top ten." Albert grinned and sneered, "The ranking of the World of Warcraft Hunters organization is calculated based on the number of kills that hunters complete each year. In order to participate in the Round Table Trial, I haven't hunted Warcraft for a long time.
, I guess the current ranking has dropped below thirty."
"Oh." Mutt responded perfunctorily, but his eyes had already moved away, looking at the surrounding scenery with curiosity.
Mutt, a young cat man who has never left Africa since he was a child, came to Athens for the first time. The scenery here is extremely unfamiliar to him.
The Leopards are said to be excellent architects and craftsmen, best at building houses with wood. Therefore, the scenery in Athens is simply strange. The large and small houses around are all built of wood, with few stone or concrete buildings. From the simplest
From small bungalows to high-rise buildings with more than ten floors, the wooden buildings are all unique.
The main building material for these buildings - the special red ironwood produced near the Grik tribe's territory in the Shuguang region - has extremely strong toughness and ductility, which is far incomparable to stone building materials such as concrete.
The marvelous wooden bricks are tenon-supported and interact with the huge wooden pillars to provide load-bearing and earthquake resistance. Therefore, they are more durable than they appear and can withstand the occasional violent storms along the Mediterranean coast.
If you stabilize yourself well, even if it is swayed by the wind, it will never collapse easily.
There are countless of these square, slightly simple wooden buildings stacked in the city of Athens, well-proportioned and well-organized. At first glance, the whole city looks very neat and comfortable, with a clean and neat feeling.
"Compared to before, this place has changed a lot." Albert came to Athens seven years ago, and rarely came here since. At that time, the city of Athens was almost completely destroyed by an army of Warcraft, but now the city has been restored.
It was new, and its appearance was very different from the original Athens. Looking at it now, Tiger couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.
Moreover, the buildings of the leopard people have been strengthened a lot. These square buildings have a very stable mechanical structure and will not collapse easily even under the attacks of monsters. The outer edge of the city is also reinforced with red iron wood.
There are countless sharp and spiked fences, making it difficult for monsters to break through.
All these strengthened buildings and protective measures are to prevent the hordes of monsters that begin to appear in early spring every year.
"Albert?" Tiger was still on the road when he suddenly ran into Bugs, the deputy chief of the Leopard People who was patrolling the city. The deputy chief immediately came up and said: "Hey, this is not my nephew Al.
Bert? Why are you here?"
"Please don't use the word [nephew] to call me." Tiger immediately made a long face. However, this is a fact, even though Albert is unwilling to admit it, the snow leopard girl Diana he once liked has married Al
Bert's father, the leader of the Roble tribe of the Khajiit tribe. And Bugs is Diana's brother, that is, Albert's uncle...
"Hahahaha, are you still having trouble because of Diana? That's fine ---" Bugs looked at the cat boy and said, "Who is this?"
"Friend." Albert explained casually, "I came here to attend the funeral of a Warcraft hunter. This is the family member of the deceased hunter, so I brought him over."
"Oh, really. I'm so sorry." When it came to the funeral, Bugs's expression seemed to become serious. "Then you guys go about your business. I have to continue patrolling the city to consolidate the city's defenses. We'll see you later."
Then he said a few polite words to Albert and left.
"Nephew?" Mutt snorted at this time.
"Don't pay attention to what that guy said." Albert didn't want to explain at all, so he casually prevaricated: "Let's go, the city hall is not far from here."
"There is a question I have wanted to ask a long time ago." Mutt followed Tiger and asked: "Since your friend Rufu's hometown is in Melson Rock, why not just send his body to the
Instead of returning to Melson Stone, transport the body to the Leopard Man's territory and hold a funeral ceremony?"
"Because they didn't plan to send the complete body back to Melson Stone at all. Instead, they used the finest red ironwood branches from Athens to incinerate the body together with the coffin, and finally sent the ashes back to the hunters' respective hometowns.
"They will be buried there." Tiger shrugged: "In the Warcraft Hunter organization, this is the standard treatment for a hunter who died in the line of duty. The purpose seems to be to make every hunter who died in the line of duty receive the maximum respect. However, sending the body back
The burial process is long and there are many rituals. If the body is not incinerated into ashes early, the body will start to smell in the middle of the ceremony."
"Really..." Mutt then had no more questions to ask and began to fall into silence.
The city hall is a large, cylindrical building. Needless to say, it is also made of wood. There are a hundred huge wooden columns and beams around the city hall, making the structure of the city hall as stable as a rock. Compared to
Below, the several small buildings surrounding the city hall look much slender.
Of course, Albert did not immediately walk towards the main entrance of the city hall. On the contrary, Tiger pushed the black iron horse towards the side of the city hall, intending to bypass the city hall and enter the lounge in a low-key manner.
"Do you want to see Rufu's body?" Albert asked suddenly: "They will probably incinerate the body early tomorrow morning and then start the funeral. Now may be the last chance to pay homage to the deceased."
"Okay. Once we find a place to stay, we'll go there right away." Mutt agreed.
Even though Luffy's appearance may be very similar to Mutt, the catman boy doesn't have much interest in Luffy's body. He and Luffy are completely different people, and he doesn't feel that he is much different from the catman.
Contact. The reason why Mutt followed Albert here was entirely because he wanted to visit the Merson Stone, the hometown of the Cat People, to see what the Melson Stone looked like. Other than that, he had no
Any other ideas.
The backyard was very quiet, and a staff member was waiting for Albert and the others. As soon as he saw the tiger and the cat boy appear, he immediately handed the key to Albert.
"The ceremonial clothes used during the funeral have also been prepared in the room. You two will take a bath and change tomorrow morning, put on the ceremonial clothes, and then you can set off with the funeral procession." said the staff of the Leopard People.
Albert had just parked his cavalry next to the lounge, and before he went over to open the door, he casually asked: "Where is the hunter's body stored? The family members of the deceased here want to see the deceased for the last time."
"It's in the cellar of the city hall." The staff member said, "Keep walking along this path, and when you see the iron gate, you will enter the cellar."
After the explanation, the staff member left immediately and seemed to have no intention of staying in this place for a long time.
"That meow------" Tiger opened the door and entered the lounge, took off his coat, and picked up the two sets of ceremonial clothes in the lounge: "Take a shower, let's leave right away."
"Why do you need to take a shower? Why do you need this?" Mutter expressed confusion.
Tiger quickly walked to the door and said in a low voice: "Have you forgotten? Because we have to steal Rufu's body together with the coffin before these leopard people start the funeral, and take Rufu back to the Meyerson Stone by ourselves.
Go to the funeral. Even so, you still have to observe the etiquette. This is the most basic respect for the deceased. So take a bath first, put the ceremonial clothes on the cavalry. When the night is quiet and the guards are relaxed,
Let’s start taking action.”
Mutt glanced at Albert with a hint of fear: "Okay...but I have to say, your idea is really crazy."
"I will never watch that group of leopard men burn Ruf's body to ashes like this." Albert hummed, and backed away from the wooden door on one side of the room. Inside seemed to be the bathroom. That one was just big enough to accommodate him.
The big wooden bucket for two people seems to be a bathtub.
"There's no hot water? There's just enough water for one person to take a bath...?" Mutla said with a long face: "You must be kidding me!"