Chapter 90 Chapter two
The wind and sand in the northern wilderness were blowing outside the house. While hearing the sound of sand and wind, we listened to the ancient stories told by desert warriors, and we were all immersed in a mysterious atmosphere.
The hall was still dim, and I could only see the right half of Wen Chai's face.His right cheek was flushed by the fire, while his left cheek was pitch black.On his left cheek, Wen Chai's left eye flickered.
"Then, after a while, the boy was really tired. After he moistened his throat with camel milk, he saw a camel. Although he moistened his throat, he couldn't help but get angry, and his throat was almost choked. He stopped. He almost broke out and shouted: 'Look at yourself, you camel! I can't stand it anymore. A camel can run faster than a horse! The legs of a camel are not only longer but also stronger. It’s powerful, but it’s because of the hump on its back that it can’t run fast!’” Shan Sen tilted his head and asked doubtfully, “Can a camel run faster than a horse?”
Wen Chai showed Shan Sen a mocking expression, and said, "Much faster. If you go to Jeppen, you must watch the camel race. You will see that their speed is unmatched by horses. They can Run like the wind."
"Is it so fast?"
"It's fast. But they can't keep galloping like a horse, which is the shortcoming of camels."
"Well, is it?"
"No matter what, the young man seemed to be choked with anger, and yelled at the camel. Immediately, the camel looked at the young man and said to him: 'Young man, I don't seem to need to run. ''Even if something needs to run, you can't run fast, right?''There's no need to worry about things that haven't happened yet. Isn't it?' 'You think that there is no need to run now, and there will never be a need to run fast in the future Is it time?" "Of course it may never be needed." The boy suddenly wanted to yell again. But the camel had gone off to go about its own business. The boy had been called a fool three times in a row, Therefore, it is even more popular.
However, the chief's order could not be ignored, so the whiny boy continued walking.Then, not long after walking, the boy saw the most desolate desert.That is the kind of desert where only sand can be seen in the desert.Standing on the sand dune, the boy moistened his thirsty throat with camel milk because of the sand, and said unhappily, "Hey, um, since I've come here, I must say something." Row.After I question everything in the world, I should be as old as you.Because I'm a normal person, I don't ask questions when I'm tired.I just have one question for you.Why on earth is there so much sand?No crops can grow on the sand, and no living things can survive on it.Poisonous scorpions can't actually walk on sand in this kind of weather, and cacti can't survive in this kind of desert, can they?Why is there so much sand in this useless desert, and why is it so vast?The only thing this desert can do is to absorb the heat of the sun and make it scaldingly hot, and there is nothing else to do, isn't it? 'That's probably what the boy asked. "
Before I had time to answer, Shan Sen said: "Ah, that's right. Hmm. So what happened? Did the desert answer anything?"
"Are you an idiot? How could the desert answer?"
Although Wen Chai sometimes only said a few very ordinary words, it would make the listeners feel as if they were hearing the worst curse words they had ever heard in their life. His ability is really special and unmatched. One thing I'm pretty sure of.Shan Sen suddenly got angry and said: "Hey! Even poisonous scorpions can talk, mice can talk, and camels can talk, so why can't the desert talk?"
Immediately, Wen Chai looked at Shan Sen with an expression as if he had never seen such a poor person.
Then he said quietly: "Because the desert has no mouth."
Shan Sen made a weird sound from his throat, and Ghisien and I giggled, but Wen Chai ignored everyone's reactions and continued, "How will the desert respond? Only sand is piled up everywhere. Boy Of course, I don’t expect the desert to answer. Although he is full of dissatisfaction, at least he will not be like the idiot in the north, he will not be dissatisfied because the desert does not answer.”
I heard Shan Sen moaning as if his throat was being tightened.
"After the boy stared at the silent desert with disgust, he turned around and planned to walk back along the road he just walked."
Shan Sen seemed to be causing trouble and said, "So what happened?"
Tap!Every time the wind blows, there will be the sound of the hotel windows shaking.
"Of course the desert has moved."
"The desert moved?"
"That's right. Moved. The boy got lost. He couldn't make out his way home anyway."
"You can look at the sun, um, or something like a shadow, isn't that all right?"
"You idiot from the north... looking at the sun or shadows works only when there is a road. There are no roads in the desert. As long as the direction is slightly off, you will go in a completely wrong direction. This is the desert."
"yes?"
"Yes. There is neither a Kahnat, ah, nor a well, nor even a stone, but only sand, and there is no way to ask anyone for directions. Caravans don't go to that kind of place. The boy was angry and walked , and expected that there would be cacti or rocks that he had seen before. But it didn't appear. He finally couldn't help it and yelled at the sky. Mostly cursed some very ridiculous things."
Hearing Wen Chai's words, Shan Sen opened his mouth and laughed.I imagined a boy walking in a sandy field, yelling at the sky.hum.Wen Chai didn't change his expression, and continued: "He just walked like crazy, and then he saw the camel he met just now. After the camel saw the tired and embarrassed young man , said to him: "Young man, do you want to throw away that bag?" "What did you say?" As soon as the boy heard what the camel said, he glanced at the bag in his hand.
The camel was referring to the bag.
'If you lose that bag, the burden on your body becomes lighter and you can walk faster.isn't it? ''impossible.Throwing it away in order to make myself walk faster may cause me to die of thirst as a result.This bag gives me more time to find my way. ''yes? ' The boy didn't answer it.He glared at the camel and continued walking.At least, meeting the camel he met just now means that he is going in the right direction.So that made the teenager start picking himself up.Then, after turning to a dune, he heard a rattle.The boy panicked for a moment.To hear a rattle sound means to have a rattlesnake.But then he remembered that the rattlesnake had eaten a mouse just now.Generally speaking, rattlesnakes need time to digest after eating, so they will not move for a while.So he just walked over.At this time a mouse appeared on the dunes and said to him: 'Hello.Don't you hear the rattle? ''Of course I heard it! ''Ah, is it? 'This time, the boy didn't answer either.After glaring at the mouse with an unhappy expression, he continued walking.Although the rattlesnake did not attack him, he was very upset.And because he was already exhausted, he felt that the bag in his hand was really heavy.As much as he wanted to throw it away, he dared not do so.The exhausted boy was walking when he met a poisonous scorpion walking in the scorching sand.The poisonous scorpion kept staring at the boy, and then said in a gloomy voice.
'Hey.Why do you keep holding this thing? ''what?Do you want me to die of thirst? ''Anyway, there's no way all the things in there can get into your mouth.So drink it all before leaving, isn't it good?Why take it so hard? ''I'm not thirsty now! ''yes?It turns out that you are going to use it when you are thirsty, so you take it with you.Then you should be careful. ''what does it mean? ''The bag is torn. ' The teenager looked at the bag in surprise.Sure enough, camel milk was dripping out from under the bag.The little camel milk left was wasted, and the boy was very sad.He turned the bag upside down first.This kind of bag will be difficult to hold if it is held upside down.So he just had to hold that thing to his chest and walk exhaustingly.At the moment when the sand of the desert turned red, he finally returned to his veil.Although he was almost fainted, he moved with difficulty to the chieftain's veil.The Chief, who was smoking and waiting, saw the boy and said, 'What did you see, what did you realize? ''There is nothing in the desert.No matter how you walk, there is only sand, sand.So I couldn't realize anything. ’ The chief then looked at the boy blankly, and said, ‘Really?How strange.Camels, rats, and poisonous scorpions have all been told to me. ''what?Ah, you mean those stupid animals? ’ Immediately, the wise chief said: ‘I heard from those animals that you carried a very heavy bag, as heavy as the hump on the back of a camel, and kept it like a poisonous scorpion protecting its tail. Holding that bag, you hear the rattlesnake and walk over anyway. ''……yes.But the desert itself has nothing!The desert will not answer at all. ''yes?In my opinion, the desert will let us see camels, poisonous scorpions and rats. 'Then of course the boy had nothing to say. "
After Wen Chai finished telling the story, he smoked his pipe calmly again.Shan Sen sat up at some point, with a pensive expression, while Gishien lay there with his hands behind his head.I heard the sound of the wind blowing against the walls of the hotel building.Tap, taste, taste, whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Shan Sen asked Wen Chai abruptly: "What does this story tell us?"
Wen Chai looked at Shan Sen with a very sad expression, and said, "Are you trying to drive me crazy? If I have a topic to tell you, I just need to mention that topic. Why do I have to talk about such a long list story?"
"Really?"
After Wen Chai made the dark space of the hall smoke billow again, he said, "I thought of this story just because I heard the camel."
"Hmm."
What an interesting story.If Carl was here, he would probably have a lot of feelings when he heard this story.What would Gerent say if he heard it?Poisonous scorpions... camels?
hum.rattlesnake.I suddenly felt light in my body, and I was about to fly to that hot desert, eh.
Whirring whirring!
Ghisien said at the end of the wind blowing a paragraph: "Let's go to sleep. A difficult tomorrow is waiting for us!"
Then, Shan Sen threw a stick behind the stove and lay down again.I pulled the blanket over my head and covered it.hum.About two months ago, if someone told me that Xiuqi Niedfa, a candidate candlemaker in the Hetant territory, would fall asleep with a soft expression on the floor of a certain hotel in the north, I would definitely suspect that this person was Not mentally ill.
Ha ha!Life is really a ridiculous thing.Do all people carry a hump on their backs like the camel Wen Chai said?
What is my hump?
bang bang bang!
This voice, hmm.correct.It is in the port of Dai Harpa.There was also someone knocking on the door early in the morning, as if it was about to break the door.But this is not Dai Harpa!
bang bang bang!
"Damn it! I don't know who it is, but I can't sleep because of the noise. If you're not in a hurry, stop knocking!"
It was what Shan Sen said in his half-dream and half-awake state.As soon as I heard his voice, I managed to return to the real world, and it also made me realize that someone was knocking on the door of the hotel where we were sleeping.At this time, if you are a conscientious person, you should get up and open the door to go out and have a look.
I have no conscience.Please stop knocking.
boom!Bang bang bang!bang bang!boom!boom!
It's a very rhythmic knock.I opened my eyes and saw the second finger of my right hand beating the floor with the knock on the door.Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.hateful.I think I should get up and take a look.
I rubbed my eyes, which couldn't be opened, and sat up.I think it's a long way to get to the hotel gate. "Ugh!" What kind of voice is that?It doesn't matter.I should have stepped on someone. "My feet!" Mmm.It's Shan Sen.Why is his dream talk so strange?I seem to have really stepped on Shan Sen's foot.
"Who is outside! However, please don't ask me if I have the right to say this."
Because I am not the owner of this house.As soon as I opened the door, there was a strong gust of wind blowing in, and my head was thrown back by the wind.After a while, I looked hard ahead and saw a dark figure standing against the background of the dark blue morning sky.I took a closer look, only to see that this figure turned out to be a man wearing a big cloak.In his hand is a long stick... like a spear?No matter what, he held that thing and began to shout something indiscriminately.I also saw several men behind him,
They also kept talking.After shaking my head, I said, "Wait, wait a minute. I don't seem to be awake yet, can you speak slowly?"
The man followed my advice and said simply and clearly: "It's a half-orc!"
"Ah, are you a half-orc? I'm a human."
The man looked at me with an expression on his face like he had been punched, and behind me, what seemed to be a gentle giggle started.But not long after, that man made me have the same expression on my face.Because the man said: "Is there a person called the monster candlemaker and the eyeball monster here?"
From behind me, I started to hear a coughing sound as if I was choked by something.That might also be Wen Chai's voice.
The outer city of Carnadine is constructed of eight towers and the walls connecting them, so the shape of the entire city is a long octagon.Although the topography of the entire city is somewhat raised, it is not a large-scale uplift, and the corridor above the city wall is connected to the ground by a spiral staircase inside the city tower.This city located in the desolate northern remote area can be said to have a fairly solid scale.Anyway, we walked up the spiral stairs in the tower, and as soon as we reached the gallery on the city wall, we heard a man's voice. "Damn it. It's like being on the front line again." Giseon then turned his head to the direction from which the voice came.In the hazy morning air and damp atmosphere, the figures of the soldiers looked like humps protruding from the ramparts. Among these soldiers, I saw a particularly tall man.The man's body is leaning against the battlements, looking at the situation outside the city wall, and his figure looks very unique.Ghisien immediately asked him, "Excuse me, are you a retired soldier?" The man turned his head in our direction.When he saw us, he nodded. "You seem to be one of those people. I'm Lieutenant Anand Lester, of the 12th Company Emergency Reconnaissance Corps. I'm a wounded soldier and retired a year ago. I've captured two of the Jeppen officers. And That’s the memory of that time.” Mr. Anand shook the sleeve tied around his right upper arm.That's why I thought his figure was weird just now.Ghisien smiled and said, "You are a fine soldier, Lieutenant Lester. My name is Ghisien. I am very sorry that you lost your arm." "Ah, it's nothing. Thanks to it, I retired as a first-class officer. I think it's not bad. Also, please call me Anand." After Mr. Anand smiled, he looked at the wasteland in front of him again.And he also took an ax to beat the concave and convex stones on the city wall.If he still had a right arm, he would probably be able to knock with his right hand. I put my hands on the cold stone of the city wall and looked down.Looking down from such a high city wall, the first thing that catches the eye is not the wasteland, but the sky.The sky is slightly blue!At the same time, it is light yellow, and there are several purple and reddish horizontal lines.It was a morning sky of many colors. All over the wasteland, campfires were burning, as if they had been burning all night.When I looked around, there seemed to be more than thirty or forty campfires.And beside the campfire, there is something dancing or doing something, but what can be seen are some small figures shouting strange noises and waving weapons raised upwards. Nelia opened her eyelids, and murmured in a voice that had just woken up: "It's a half-orc." Gerente, who came up from behind, saw the bottom and corrected Nelia's words with a smile. "No! It should be said that there are a lot of orcs." "Yes. Yes. These orcs are very, very, terrible." Although Nelia seemed to speak a little bit harshly, Gerent still smiled and looked down at the situation outside the city wall.That's right, being locked up in a city surrounded by an army of orcs like this is a very precious experience, which is why Gerente looked very excited.However, the guards next to us all kept their mouths tightly shut, showing fierce expressions, unable to laugh at all.In any case, on this city wall, fortunately, Gerente is not the only one who feels happy.Because the battle angel named Anand with only one wing also seemed to be enjoying this tension. Avned came up behind him, shivering with the morning chill. He said, "Well, Mr. Anand. My name is Avnaid. Well, are those guys looking for us?" Anand nodded, looked behind and shouted, "Hey, Captain!" Immediately, not long after, a man wearing a helmet and armor, dressed neatly, and holding a long sword in his right hand came over.He came, frowning, and said to Anand, "Hey, Anand. The people of the eastern woodlands have heard your shouts. Get down before the ax falls on your instep." "What? You carpenter guy, when you were still planing wood here, I already cut down countless Jeppen devils on the front line. I don't know how you became the captain of the guard, but you don't want to be with me. In front of him, he thought he was great." Then, the man who was fully armed but who was said to be worthless in an instant shuddered.Renee then turned her head and giggled.The man glanced at Renee, coughed dryly, and said. "By the way, are you all those travelers? I'm Carnadin's Guard Captain Ross Creblin." Karl was panting from yesterday's fatigue and having climbed such a high wall in the early morning.Wiping his sweat, he said to Captain Rose, "I am a traveler named Carl Hetant. Captain Kreblin, could you please explain the current situation?" "Situation? It's simple." Captain Creblin picked up his long sword and pointed it at the Thunderfires outside. "When the guards came up to the city wall this morning, it already looked like this. Ah, we are a city in a remote place, so we didn't guard all night. But we will lock the gate. Anyway, let's see Seeing this situation, the defense of the city gate was urgently strengthened, and all the guards were summoned; when the team members lined up on the city wall, an arrow suddenly shot from there." "An arrow?" As soon as Captain Creblin heard Shan Sen's question, he took out a crumpled piece of paper from his arms.How can there be paper?Where did the orcs get the paper from?Ok.That's right.Now that weapons and armor can be made, paper should also be made.It is also possible that it was stolen from some travelers.These thoughts ran through my mind for a very short time.Carl took the piece of paper from Captain Ross Kreblin, frowned, and after Alfred muttered to himself, a little light appeared in midair.Captain Creblin looked at Alvnaid with surprised eyes, and the other soldiers lined up on the city wall with bows and arrows also looked surprised.However, Mr. Anand, a brave and wounded soldier who fought bloody battles from the Jepen front, did not look too surprised.Carl nodded. "Ah, thank you, Alvned." Karl thanked Alvned and began to read the contents of the paper.Esaihande was the slowest to come up because of his short legs. He wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "Huh, really. Their steps are too high. Hey, what's written in that piece of paper?" "The handwriting is too scribbled, it's hard to read. Hmm...'We are Orcs.' Oh, really. You can tell they are Orcs at a glance. Hmm. I'll read it further.' We are from Shudo En Ling followed a group of humans. "Follow? It seems to mean to follow." We want revenge. You hand over the monster candlemaker and eyeball monster. If you don't hand over, we will destroy this city ?' Ah, it seems to mean ruined." Gerent kept giggling while Karl read it, and he said, "Hahaha! Then, that content may be written by the orc with the best Chinese pen among the orcs. Hahaha!" There was nothing funny about it, but because of Gerent's cheerful attitude, the others smiled too.Even Captain Kreblin, who was supposed to be angry with us, showed a wry smile and said, "By the way. Are there any monster candlemakers and eyeball monsters among you? Ah, first of all, let me tell you that recently came to our city There are only you outsiders." After I looked at Carl, I walked forward. "To tell you the truth, I am the monster candlemaker." Captain Creblin frowned and looked at me, then said: "Are you the one who can make candles that look like monsters? Or, are you the one who can make candles that look like monsters?" "It's the latter. My lord, Captain Creblin. Although of course I sometimes make mistakes to make candles that look like monsters." "Really. What they want is a little ghost. So, who is the eyeball monster? Although some of you look sharp-eyed, none of you have monster eyes?" Wen Chai said coldly, "That's what they call me." Although Captain Creblin was looking at Wenchai, Wenchai was looking at the wasteland below.The sky gradually brightened in the morning, so the color of this wasteland was slowly changing.The wasteland, which was originally black and indistinct like muddy water, gradually became clear and gave us a barren feeling.The campfire the orcs were burning grew smaller. It's doubtful that those campfires really warmed the rough orc skin.However, their hostility and self-esteem are clearly expressed.Renee, who had flushed cheeks just now, began to tremble when she saw this scene, and she looked at Carl with uneasy eyes. Captain Kreblin looked at me, then at Wenchai, then heaved a long sigh and said, "By the way, what's going on? Why are you being chased by half-orcs? If it's because you broke into It's kind of ridiculous to go into their dirty burrows. I guess you killed a few orcs in the wilderness. Right?" Carl nodded, a simple affirmative answer.Immediately, Captain Creblin scratched the rough beard protruding from his chin.He seemed to run out before he could shave.Captain Creblin said, "Okay. Now what are you going to do?" hum.What a hateful word.He wanted us to speak first.Carl thought for a while and said, "Even if this kind of thing didn't happen, we originally planned to leave here today. They don't seem to surround the back of the city. It's fine if we escape to the back." Captain Kreblin immediately frowned and said: "Wait a minute. Didn't you read the contents of the letter? Those guys said that if you don't go out, they will attack this city. Under this situation, you just have to Wouldn't it be too much to think of surviving and wanting to escape?" Karl's face immediately became very bad. "What, that's not what it says. They want us, and as soon as we leave, they'll come after us, won't they? I mean, we'll keep them away from here." "Hey! You all have horses, so you can say that easily. But for us, it is not an easy problem. If those guys want to maintain such a large army, supplies will of course be a very important problem, Isn't it?" "supply?" "That's right! Although those guys want to chase you, I feel very sorry, but because of this, innocent us will suffer because of it. This is too unreasonable. If you escape, they will definitely hunt you here after plundering !" I got angry and was about to say something when a voice colder than the morning air in Carnadin came: "So this is the warm friendship of the northerners." It was the cold words that Wen Chai said.When we are curious about the meaning of this sentence, He continued briskly: "Humans who were chased by the orcs were chased away by other humans. That's right. Humans survived by helping each other in this way." Captain Kreblin flinched, then looked at Wen Chai with angry eyes.Words poured out of the captain's mouth like running water: "Hey! I don't like people like adventurers. You move from this city to that city, from the valley to the maze! Come and go like this Afterwards, run tired like a fly that sees a dead body, find a city to eat and sleep in, and make a commotion! I can understand why us overpowered teenage boys are daydreaming. Because whatever Whoever it is, they will be like this at that age. But in the end, they caused a whole body of disasters and diseases, threatening those who worked hard with sweat and sweat, and threatening the foundation of other people's homes and businesses...! Why should I treat this kind of thing? People treat each other well?" We stared blankly at Captain Kreblin, until Mr. Anand next to him spoke, he kept staring at us with blushing faces. "Ross, when did you become so argumentative?" When Captain Creblin heard Anand's words, he turned to Anand and said, "On the city wall, please call me Captain Creblin! If you don't like it, go down on the spot, lie down in your warm bed, put Your crippled body is buried in the bed... I'm sorry." Although this was a scene that people didn't want to see, everyone who could hear Captain Creblin's voice focused their eyes on Mr. Anand.Although Mr. Anand was pale, he still forced a smile and said, "What you said is not wrong." "Hey. Anand. I was wrong. That was just me saying it out of anger. It wasn't my intention." "It's all right. My lord, Captain Creblin. Please don't mind." After saying this, Anand put the ax on his shoulder and walked away to the other side of the city wall.Captain Creblin tried to grab him, but gave up, biting his lip.After a while, he said in an unhappy tone: "You are responsible for him. You caused me to say that in anger. After the matter is over, you should buy him a glass of wine." Nelia immediately walked forward on the spot and said, "How could it be our responsibility? This is you..." "Miss Nelia." "Uncle Carl, this is really ridiculous..." "Be quiet, Miss Nelia." Nelia's cheeks were puffed up, her hands were crossed on her chest, and she stepped back.Although Carl had a tired voice, he still asked firmly, "What do you want us to do?" Captain Kreblin seemed to be imitating Karl, and said in a tired voice: "I don't want to worry about face anymore, so I'll be honest and straightforward. I hope those half-orcs won't cause any harm to our city. Hurt, can you do anything?" "Hmm. Do you want to help us?" Captain Creblin replied coldly: "Us? Why do we help you? You are the ones who brought the orcs here. I am the captain of the city's security, not the homeless." Immediately, there was a loud, clearly angry shout. "I am also the captain of the guard responsible for the safety of a territory, but I cannot accept what you are saying now." look!Shansen Fisher, the guard captain of the Hortant Territory, came out to speak.Captain Kreblin looked at Shan Sen fiercely, and found that he could only see the chest where the face could be seen normally, so he showed a slightly panicked expression.He looked up at Shan Sen. In the cold morning air, Shan Sen looked even bigger and more oppressive. "What? Are you the captain of the guard?" "My name is Shanson Fisher. I'm the captain of the guard in Hetante's territory." "Huh? So aren't you adventurers?" "Of course not. We came out because of the official duties of the Hetante territory. Although there were some incidents, these were not divorced from the official affairs of the Hetante territory. If you are the captain of the guard, you should not This territory is obliged to assist when it says it is not aware that an official envoy travels through another territory." "Ah, I, I don't know about such a thing. If it's what you say, why don't you go to the Mayor of our Carnadines and ask for assistance?" In the hazy morning air and the cold wind blowing from the wasteland, Shan Sen's sturdy figure stood there.His broad shoulders seemed stronger than the city walls, and his strong legs were like steeples. "Because we don't want to do anything here. All we want is to eat and sleep. We don't want to affect the care of the leaders of other territories because of such trivial matters. But we are in trouble at this time. The mayor of Kanadin should Give all assistance and help to the plenipotentiary agent of the Hetant territory—Master Karl Hetant.” "grown ups?" This question was uttered by two people at the same time.It was Captain Creblin and Karl.Carl looked at Shan Sen with a funny expression, and said, "Hey, brother Fisher. When did I start being called an adult?" "His Majesty the King also bestowed on Lord Carl Hetant a title of Wise Knight..." "Oh! Hey, Brother Fischer! Do you have to say that ridiculous title?" Shan Sen didn't answer anything, just stood there with a smile like a boy waiting for praise.Even Nelia came out and said she was "the lady who rides the night wind", and Renee laughed about it.No matter what, Karl took out the certificate of the plenipotentiary agent of the Hetante territory with an expression of feeling inappropriate, and presented the medal bestowed by His Majesty the King, and then Captain Kreblin's knees began to shake violently He said: "Yes, yes, there are distinguished guests visiting such a remote place... Please, please forgive my rudeness..." Githion didn't say that he was a prince, because he was concerned that Captain Creblin's heart might not be able to bear it.However, this is really not a very pleasant scene to watch.We all looked at Captain Kreblin with indifferent eyes, and Captain Kreblin said in a panic: "Please, please move to the city hall. The mayor will give you what you deserve immediately." Treat..." "No. I'm going to watch those orcs here and figure out what to do." "No, how is this possible? How can I let all the distinguished guests stay on this kind of city wall. Please go down, although it is a simple meal, but please have a breakfast first..." "Ah, these half-orcs have followed here. If I ignore it, I'm afraid I won't have the appetite to eat. And we can't just leave this city for our own survival. We should come up with a countermeasure. So I should Right here." Carl's calm words made Captain Creblin turn pale, while Gerent and Nelia giggled.Captain Kreblin hurriedly said in a panic: "Ah, yes. Hey! You go, um, no. I should go directly. Please stay here for a while, Mr. Hetante. I will go and ask the mayor to come immediately." Here. Hey! Glenn!" Immediately, a soldier standing a little far away stood up and saluted him. "Yes, Captain." "You are in charge of the command on the city wall here! I will ask the mayor to come here." "Obey!" Captain Kreblin hurriedly rolled down the city wall without waiting for Karl to speak, and ran towards the city tower at a pace fast enough to break a cervical vertebrae.Esaihand looked at his appearance, and said in a daze: "Well, I told you, I don't know if you will find it ridiculous, but, with my mind of a dwarf who lives in a mine, I think it's not right for people. Respect requires a person to go through many years of training before he can let others show it naturally." 卡尔微笑着，以自豪的动作摇晃着手中的勋章，说道：“这么小小一块闪亮的铁片竟能让一个人态度一百八十度转变，您一定看了很不舒服吧。” "You're right." “事实上，我也是不怎么高兴。” 卡尔说完之后就把勋章随便放进口袋里面。等等，我的勋章放到哪里去了呢？我实在是想不起来耶。 不管怎么样，卡尔又再望着城墙外面，露出担心的表情。在这位看起来充满智慧而且严谨的中年读书人的前面，站着一位虽然矮小却很健壮的矮人敲打者，他飘着白胡须，拿着斧头站在那里。在他旁边，站着一位额头让人觉得看起来很聪明的年轻祭司，也站着一位年轻的脸上带有不怎么适合他的深沉阴影的巫师，他们正在默默地看着下面。而再旁边的，则是两个健壮的战士杉森和吉西恩并排站在那里。这场面可真是壮观啊！东部林地的清晨里，在这么高的城墙上面现在好像现出了一幅传奇性的景象。我为了找到怪物蜡烛匠可以插得进去的位置，环顾了一下四周围的情形。周围的士兵们因为正和高贵的人物同站在城墙上，而且这些高贵人物让他们的队长吓得快折断颈椎骨，所以每个士兵都是一副很有负担的表情。 而温柴则是稍微远离所有人，跨坐在城垛上，看着下面。如果要在这里找一个最不紧张的人，应该温柴就是这个人了。因为士兵们都蜷缩在城垛后面，我们其他一行人是表情僵硬地看着下面，可是温柴却泰然自若地坐着，像是在看一场盛宴似的朝下俯视。 此时，蕾妮稍微咳了几声之后，还打了一个喷嚏。随即，温柴皱起眉头，对我说：“你告诉妮莉亚和蕾妮，叫她们回去旅馆等我们。” "He said so." 妮莉亚立刻微笑，而且像往常一样，直视温柴，对他说：“哼嗯。你在担心我吗？” 温柴仍然还是定坐不动，仿佛像是城垛上的雕像，他看着城外，说道：“修奇，你跟她说，我不是担心妮莉亚，而是在担心蕾妮。” "He said so." 妮莉亚却没有再说什么，而是微笑地拉着蕾妮。 “走吧，蕾妮。他们可能是认为流血惨叫之类的事应该由男人来担。” 蕾妮轻轻笑着说：“我也觉得那应该是男人的事。” “是吗？哼嗯。说的也是，我也应该尊敬男人一点才对。因为这次旅行结束之后我应该就会有丈夫和儿子了……”
杉森用讶异的眼神看着我，说道：“刚才她为什么说出差点让我跌倒的话呢？” “没你的事啦！” 我如此叫了一声之后，又再低头看下面。卡尔按着太阳穴，说道：“真今人头痛。刚才的那张纸就是这个意思：如果我们再逃的话，它们就会攻击这个都市。这可是一场大规模的人质剧啊。” 卡尔露出头痛的表情，转头对杉森说：“费西佛老弟，它们的数目大约是多少？” “是。太暗了，不太容易正确判断有多少，但是至少有两百五十到二百七十只左右。” “这样已经算是很正确了，费西佛老弟。谢谢。呼……三百多只的半兽人。这个数目就和当时在罗克洛斯海岸与路坦尼欧大王对峙的半兽人的数目是一样的。” 卡尔就这样把杉森预估的数目给简单地扩大了。杉森耸了耸肩，说道：“我们和这个都市的警备队员合力打退它们，如何呢？” 杉森这番气势高昂的提议只是引来卡尔的叹息声。 “你想想看，费西佛老弟。我们现在没有时间和它们开战。而且看到刚才那位警备队长还有这些队员的模样……就算把这个都市整个看过一遍，也很难找到比那个阿南德先生更优秀的战力吧。这些人如果有我们领地的警备队员一半厉害，我应该就不会担心了。” makes sense.在我看来也是如此，现在城墙上面的士兵们比起举箭的稻草人只有一样比较厉害。他们和稻草人不同的是他们有喧哗的本事，这也是很让人不安的。吉西恩环视着城墙，说道：“因为这都市是位在荒凉的东部林地里，是远离战争和灾难的都市，因此警备队员们的腰很粗，裤子都滑下来了……对不起。混蛋，是，可是城墙本身却看起来很坚固。” “是。而且那些半兽人不太像是有能力来攻城。不过，这种情形是无法维持很久的。市民的不安也是个问题，而且警备队员的水准也是……一座城墙坚不坚固不是在于城墙很厚，而是在于守城之人的坚定意志。” “是，这是贺滋里的名言。当然，比起坚定的意志，还有更重要的要素。” 卡尔微笑着点了点头。 “当然就是装得满满的粮仓和兵器库。” 卡尔和吉西恩像是在开玩笑似的对谈了之后，他看了看亚夫奈德，对他说道：“有没有可以值得一试的东西呢？” "what?" “我并不是要你使出什么厉害的法术。我只希望能吸引那些家伙的注意。即使没有效果也可以。” “吸引注意力……就可以了吗？” “是的。我希望能和它们对谈。” 亚夫奈德沉思了一下，说道：“我知道该怎么做了。可是要事先告诉城墙上的士兵们，叫他们不要被吓到。” 吉西恩立刻转过头去大喊：“请问你是叫葛伦吧？” 随即刚才被罗斯队长交付指挥权的那个士兵对吉西恩敬礼，说道：“我是葛伦·柯莱伽一等兵。” “我叫吉西恩。从现在起，这位巫师要开始施法，请你指示下去，请士兵们不要惊慌。” “施法？啊，是！遵命！” 然后葛伦就立刻开始往旁边传今下去了。 “所有人注意，不管发生什么事，都不可以动，屁股固定不准动！”这个命令很快地往旁边传下去之后，亚夫奈德就低头开始施法了。比较靠近我们的一些士兵们惊讶得都快把箭给放了下来，他们看着亚夫奈德。Ok.我是什么时候开始对于施法不觉得惊讶的呢？亚夫奈德突然把双手举向天空，喊道：“Phantasmal force！”（虚幻力量！） 我们看着天空看了一阵子。可是清晨天空仍然还是微蓝色的，而城墙上还是依然寂静无声。我们歪着头又再看了看亚夫奈德。但是他已经涨红着脸孔，汗流满面。What exactly is going on?就在这时候，“呱啦啦啦啦啦！” 我差点就拔剑了。差一点就把巨剑给拔出了剑鞘。在清晨天空的昏暗晨云的上方，传出了一阵响彻云霄的咆哮声。有一个士兵叫出了害怕的尖叫声。 "Uh ah ah!" “闭嘴！约翰！” 葛伦咬牙切齿地喊着，可是他也是两腿颤抖个不停。过了不久，因为是在高度很高的城墙上面仰看，所以更觉得接近云，那些云朵之间开始慢慢降下一个长长的、巨大的“嘴巴”。然后在后面长长地连接着鼻梁，最后是眼睛，然后还有上面的角……接着，一个结实而且优雅地弯着的脖子开始徐徐降下来。 “是，是，是……！” 士兵们几乎都陷于混乱状态了，所以那个葛伦一等兵必须放声大喊才能镇定住那些士兵们。而且不只是城墙上，就连我们背后的都市也开始传出了尖叫声。 "Uh ah ah!" "Gaah!" 从天上降下来的那个东西，仿佛像是神降下的头在俯瞰地上的虫子们。那个脖子继续下降，脖子周围的云都散了开来。慢慢散开来的云朵最后却开始以快速度转动，形成一个很强的云旋涡。我还听到从荒野之中传来风声。那个脖子从云旋涡的中间继续下降，最后那脖子后面的肩胛，巨大的翅膀等部位都开始降下来了。翅膀出现的时候，云朵像爆炸似的散开，旋涡本身就散到天上的所有空间去了。云往天空的所有方向飞去，随即，那巨大的身躯就全部露出来了。虽然距离我们很远，但它的威容却一点也不减。 “呱啦啦啦啦啦！” 终于降到云朵下方的那个东西正是蓝龙的模样。温柴噗嗤笑着说：“记忆力可真不错。这是基果雷德。” 杉森则是早已不知不觉地往后退了好几步，紧抓着长剑的剑柄，此时他才擦了一下额头汗水。That's right.那个东西就是基果雷德的模样。只是，亚夫奈德发挥了他的想象力，夸大成为一头很大的，几乎像山一样高大的蓝龙了。杰伦特为了想再看清楚一点，把身体往城墙上面伸出去之后，差点就失去重心，葛伦一等兵及时紧抓住他。 “啊，谢谢你，一等兵先生。” “别，别客气。祭司先生。可，可是那个东西是不是虚幻，虚幻的？” “当然是虚幻的。” “哦，德菲力啊……” 杰伦特随即高兴地问他：“你信仰德菲力神吗？” 葛伦一等兵则是一副像是“在这种时候自己的信仰并不是那么重要的事”的眼神，看了看杰伦特。我稍微往前看着城外荒地的情形。 荒地上面正在引起一阵大骚动。那些半兽人像发疯似的尖叫逃开，有的则是丢下武器，把头趴在地上。也有几只勇敢的半兽人对着天空咆哮大喊，可是大部分都是连逃跑也不敢想，一屁股坐在那里。它们简直就是从心中深处发出无法忍受得住的那种喊叫声。 “你真是厉害啊！我的顶尖魔法师！” 亚夫奈德有些不好意思地笑着把手放下。他向卡尔间道：“这样好像已经吸引了它们的注意力，可是接下来该怎么办？” 卡尔也是一副被这壮观的景象给着迷住了的样子。他用茫然的眼神看了一下亚夫奈德，便立刻摇了摇头。 “你真是了不起啊。亚夫奈德。” “您别这么说。不过，接下来该怎么做呢？啊，当然这东西是虚幻的，所以无法做喷吐然后烧掉那些半兽人。虽然我当然可以做出那种幻象，可是这么一来却极有可能会被识破。” 卡尔和亚夫奈德在沉着地对谈时，葛伦一等兵还是必须跑来跑去，才能镇定得了士兵们。 “你这家伙，清醒一点！那是虚幻的！赶快给我起来！唉，真是的！你们这么相爱啊！怎么几个大男人都抱在一起了？呃……你最好回去换衣服再来。没关系！消息不会传开来的。喂！这是命令！城墙警备队员杰克尿湿裤子的这件事从现在开始是军事机密！没事！这是虚幻的。是那位巫师造出来的假象。哦！那真的是假象吗？谁来告诉我那个真的是假象吧！”吉西恩和杉森也沿城墙跑着，帮他让那些士兵们镇定下来。 卡尔看到那副模样之后，舔了舔嘴巴，说道：“嗯。你可以照我讲的说出话来吗？” “是。因为它的声音是无法让人忘记的。我绝对有办法制造出它的声音。” "So……" 过了不久，笼罩着整片荒地的那个基果雷德的幻象喊出像暴风般的声音。 “你们这些渺小的垃圾混蛋！” "Uh ah ah!" 尖叫声从意想不到的地方传来。我转头一看，有几个人正要从城塔的阶梯上到廊台，他们或跪或趴着。其中一个是刚才说要去请市长大人来的克雷布林队长，他把自己的剑甩到城墙下面，用双手抱头趴在地上。我们惊讶地看着他们，他们抬头开始急忙做手势。 “你，你们在做什么？赶快躲起来！” Ok.太荒谬了。杰伦特嗤嗤地笑出来，然后把手指头竖在自己面前，滑稽地左右摆动。随即，在阶梯上的那些人都惊讶地看着杰伦特。杰伦特对他们说道：“这是魔法。请不要担心，请上来。” 在阶梯上的那些人这才满腹疑惑地走上来。此时，在天空的基果雷德又再次喊出像雷鸣般的吼声。 “你们这些家伙真是今人佩服！喀哈哈哈！竟然还准备了火！你们这种皮应该要烤了才好嚼！” Ouch, OMG!我用受不了的眼神看着卡尔。卡尔则是耸了耸肩，并且对我说：“喂，尼德法老弟。我是怕如果用太文言的胁迫句子，那些家伙会听不懂，所以才用这句话。” “可是未免也太粗暴了吧。” “要不然说什么好？” 亚夫奈德在前面笑着看了我一眼。不久，基果雷德如此喊道：“如果还认为你们发臭的身体很宝贵的话，就立刻滚蛋，你们这些小虫！”
The outer city of Carnadine is constructed of eight towers and the walls connecting them, so the shape of the entire city is a long octagon.Although the topography of the entire city is somewhat raised, it is not a large-scale uplift, and the corridor above the city wall is connected to the ground by a spiral staircase inside the city tower.This city located in the desolate northern remote area can be said to have a fairly solid scale.Anyway, we walked up the spiral stairs in the tower, and as soon as we reached the gallery on the city wall, we heard a man's voice. "Damn it. It's like being on the front line again." Giseon then turned his head to the direction from which the voice came.In the hazy morning air and damp atmosphere, the figures of the soldiers looked like humps protruding from the ramparts. Among these soldiers, I saw a particularly tall man.The man's body is leaning against the battlements, looking at the situation outside the city wall, and his figure looks very unique.Ghisien immediately asked him, "Excuse me, are you a retired soldier?" The man turned his head in our direction.When he saw us, he nodded. "You seem to be one of those people. I'm Lieutenant Anand Lester, of the 12th Company Emergency Reconnaissance Corps. I'm a wounded soldier and retired a year ago. I've captured two of the Jeppen officers. And That’s the memory of that time.” Mr. Anand shook the sleeve tied around his right upper arm.That's why I thought his figure was weird just now.Ghisien smiled and said, "You are a fine soldier, Lieutenant Lester. My name is Ghisien. I am very sorry that you lost your arm." "Ah, it's nothing. Thanks to it, I retired as a first-class officer. I think it's not bad. Also, please call me Anand." After Mr. Anand smiled, he looked at the wasteland in front of him again.And he also took an ax to beat the concave and convex stones on the city wall.If he still had a right arm, he would probably be able to knock with his right hand. I put my hands on the cold stone of the city wall and looked down.Looking down from such a high city wall, the first thing that catches the eye is not the wasteland, but the sky.The sky is slightly blue!At the same time, it is light yellow, and there are several purple and reddish horizontal lines.It was a morning sky of many colors. All over the wasteland, campfires were burning, as if they had been burning all night.When I looked around, there seemed to be more than thirty or forty campfires.And beside the campfire, there is something dancing or doing something, but what can be seen are some small figures shouting strange noises and waving weapons raised upwards. Nelia opened her eyelids, and murmured in a voice that had just woken up: "It's a half-orc." Gerente, who came up from behind, saw the bottom and corrected Nelia's words with a smile. "No! It should be said that there are a lot of orcs." "Yes. Yes. These orcs are very, very, terrible." Although Nelia seemed to speak a little bit harshly, Gerent still smiled and looked down at the situation outside the city wall.That's right, being locked up in a city surrounded by an army of orcs like this is a very precious experience, which is why Gerente looked very excited.However, the guards next to us all kept their mouths tightly shut, showing fierce expressions, unable to laugh at all.In any case, on this city wall, fortunately, Gerente is not the only one who feels happy.Because the battle angel named Anand with only one wing also seemed to be enjoying this tension. Avned came up behind him, shivering with the morning chill. He said, "Well, Mr. Anand. My name is Avnaid. Well, are those guys looking for us?" Anand nodded, looked behind and shouted, "Hey, Captain!" Immediately, not long after, a man wearing a helmet and armor, dressed neatly, and holding a long sword in his right hand came over.He came, frowning, and said to Anand, "Hey, Anand. The people of the eastern woodlands have heard your shouts. Get down before the ax falls on your instep." "What? You carpenter guy, when you were still planing wood here, I already cut down countless Jeppen devils on the front line. I don't know how you became the captain of the guard, but you don't want to be with me. In front of him, he thought he was great." Then, the man who was fully armed but who was said to be worthless in an instant shuddered.Renee then turned her head and giggled.The man glanced at Renee, coughed dryly, and said. "By the way, are you all those travelers? I'm Carnadin's Guard Captain Ross Creblin." Karl was panting from yesterday's fatigue and having climbed such a high wall in the early morning.Wiping his sweat, he said to Captain Rose, "I am a traveler named Carl Hetant. Captain Kreblin, could you please explain the current situation?" "Situation? It's simple." Captain Creblin picked up his long sword and pointed it at the Thunderfires outside. "When the guards came up to the city wall this morning, it already looked like this. Ah, we are a city in a remote place, so we didn't guard all night. But we will lock the gate. Anyway, let's see Seeing this situation, the defense of the city gate was urgently strengthened, and all the guards were summoned; when the team members lined up on the city wall, an arrow suddenly shot from there." "An arrow?" As soon as Captain Creblin heard Shan Sen's question, he took out a crumpled piece of paper from his arms.How can there be paper?Where did the orcs get the paper from?Ok.That's right.Now that weapons and armor can be made, paper should also be made.It is also possible that it was stolen from some travelers.These thoughts ran through my mind for a very short time.Carl took the piece of paper from Captain Ross Kreblin, frowned, and after Alfred muttered to himself, a little light appeared in midair.Captain Creblin looked at Alvnaid with surprised eyes, and the other soldiers lined up on the city wall with bows and arrows also looked surprised.However, Mr. Anand, a brave and wounded soldier who fought bloody battles from the Jepen front, did not look too surprised.Carl nodded. "Ah, thank you, Alvned." Karl thanked Alvned and began to read the contents of the paper.Esaihande was the slowest to come up because of his short legs. He wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "Huh, really. Their steps are too high. Hey, what's written in that piece of paper?" "The handwriting is too scribbled, it's hard to read. Hmm...'We are Orcs.' Oh, really. You can tell they are Orcs at a glance. Hmm. I'll read it further.' We are from Shudo En Ling followed a group of humans. "Follow? It seems to mean to follow." We want revenge. You hand over the monster candlemaker and eyeball monster. If you don't hand over, we will destroy this city ?' Ah, it seems to mean ruined." Gerent kept giggling while Karl read it, and he said, "Hahaha! Then, that content may be written by the orc with the best Chinese pen among the orcs. Hahaha!" There was nothing funny about it, but because of Gerent's cheerful attitude, the others smiled too.Even Captain Kreblin, who was supposed to be angry with us, showed a wry smile and said, "By the way. Are there any monster candlemakers and eyeball monsters among you? Ah, first of all, let me tell you that recently came to our city There are only you outsiders." After I looked at Carl, I walked forward. "To tell you the truth, I am the monster candlemaker." Captain Creblin frowned and looked at me, then said: "Are you the one who can make candles that look like monsters? Or, are you the one who can make candles that look like monsters?" "It's the latter. My lord, Captain Creblin. Although of course I sometimes make mistakes to make candles that look like monsters." "Really. What they want is a little ghost. So, who is the eyeball monster? Although some of you look sharp-eyed, none of you have monster eyes?" Wen Chai said coldly, "That's what they call me." Although Captain Creblin was looking at Wenchai, Wenchai was looking at the wasteland below.The sky gradually brightened in the morning, so the color of this wasteland was slowly changing.The wasteland, which was originally black and indistinct like muddy water, gradually became clear and gave us a barren feeling.The campfire the orcs were burning grew smaller. It's doubtful that those campfires really warmed the rough orc skin.However, their hostility and self-esteem are clearly expressed.Renee, who had flushed cheeks just now, began to tremble when she saw this scene, and she looked at Carl with uneasy eyes. Captain Kreblin looked at me, then at Wenchai, then heaved a long sigh and said, "By the way, what's going on? Why are you being chased by half-orcs? If it's because you broke into It's kind of ridiculous to go into their dirty burrows. I guess you killed a few orcs in the wilderness. Right?" Carl nodded, a simple affirmative answer.Immediately, Captain Creblin scratched the rough beard protruding from his chin.He seemed to run out before he could shave.Captain Creblin said, "Okay. Now what are you going to do?" hum.What a hateful word.He wanted us to speak first.Carl thought for a while and said, "Even if this kind of thing didn't happen, we originally planned to leave here today. They don't seem to surround the back of the city. It's fine if we escape to the back." Captain Kreblin immediately frowned and said: "Wait a minute. Didn't you read the contents of the letter? Those guys said that if you don't go out, they will attack this city. Under this situation, you just have to Wouldn't it be too much to think of surviving and wanting to escape?" Karl's face immediately became very bad. "What, that's not what it says. They want us, and as soon as we leave, they'll come after us, won't they? I mean, we'll keep them away from here." "Hey! You all have horses, so you can say that easily. But for us, it is not an easy problem. If those guys want to maintain such a large army, supplies will of course be a very important problem, Isn't it?" "supply?" "That's right! Although those guys want to chase you, I feel very sorry, but because of this, innocent us will suffer because of it. This is too unreasonable. If you escape, they will definitely hunt you here after plundering !" I got angry and was about to say something when a voice colder than the morning air in Carnadin came: "So this is the warm friendship of the northerners." It was the cold words that Wen Chai said.When we are curious about the meaning of this sentence, He continued briskly: "Humans who were chased by the orcs were chased away by other humans. That's right. Humans survived by helping each other in this way." Captain Kreblin flinched, then looked at Wen Chai with angry eyes.Words poured out of the captain's mouth like running water: "Hey! I don't like people like adventurers. You move from this city to that city, from the valley to the maze! Come and go like this Afterwards, run tired like a fly that sees a dead body, find a city to eat and sleep in, and make a commotion! I can understand why us overpowered teenage boys are daydreaming. Because whatever Whoever it is, they will be like this at that age. But in the end, they caused a whole body of disasters and diseases, threatening those who worked hard with sweat and sweat, and threatening the foundation of other people's homes and businesses...! Why should I treat this kind of thing? People treat each other well?" We stared blankly at Captain Kreblin, until Mr. Anand next to him spoke, he kept staring at us with blushing faces. "Ross, when did you become so argumentative?" When Captain Creblin heard Anand's words, he turned to Anand and said, "On the city wall, please call me Captain Creblin! If you don't like it, go down on the spot, lie down in your warm bed, put Your crippled body is buried in the bed... I'm sorry." Although this was a scene that people didn't want to see, everyone who could hear Captain Creblin's voice focused their eyes on Mr. Anand.Although Mr. Anand was pale, he still forced a smile and said, "What you said is not wrong." "Hey. Anand. I was wrong. That was just me saying it out of anger. It wasn't my intention." "It's all right. My lord, Captain Creblin. Please don't mind." After saying this, Anand put the ax on his shoulder and walked away to the other side of the city wall.Captain Creblin tried to grab him, but gave up, biting his lip.After a while, he said in an unhappy tone: "You are responsible for him. You caused me to say that in anger. After the matter is over, you should buy him a glass of wine." Nelia immediately walked forward on the spot and said, "How could it be our responsibility? This is you..." "Miss Nelia." "Uncle Carl, this is really ridiculous..." "Be quiet, Miss Nelia." Nelia's cheeks were puffed up, her hands were crossed on her chest, and she stepped back.Although Carl had a tired voice, he still asked firmly, "What do you want us to do?" Captain Kreblin seemed to be imitating Karl, and said in a tired voice: "I don't want to worry about face anymore, so I'll be honest and straightforward. I hope those half-orcs won't cause any harm to our city. Hurt, can you do anything?" "Hmm. Do you want to help us?" Captain Creblin replied coldly: "Us? Why do we help you? You are the ones who brought the orcs here. I am the captain of the city's security, not the homeless." Immediately, there was a loud, clearly angry shout. "I am also the captain of the guard responsible for the safety of a territory, but I cannot accept what you are saying now." look!Shansen Fisher, the guard captain of the Hortant Territory, came out to speak.Captain Kreblin looked at Shan Sen fiercely, and found that he could only see the chest where the face could be seen normally, so he showed a slightly panicked expression.He looked up at Shan Sen. In the cold morning air, Shan Sen looked even bigger and more oppressive. "What? Are you the captain of the guard?" "My name is Shanson Fisher. I'm the captain of the guard in Hetante's territory." "Huh? So aren't you adventurers?" "Of course not. We came out because of the official duties of the Hetante territory. Although there were some incidents, these were not divorced from the official affairs of the Hetante territory. If you are the captain of the guard, you should not This territory is obliged to assist when it says it is not aware that an official envoy travels through another territory." "Ah, I, I don't know about such a thing. If it's what you say, why don't you go to the Mayor of our Carnadines and ask for assistance?" In the hazy morning air and the cold wind blowing from the wasteland, Shan Sen's sturdy figure stood there.His broad shoulders seemed stronger than the city walls, and his strong legs were like steeples. "Because we don't want to do anything here. All we want is to eat and sleep. We don't want to affect the care of the leaders of other territories because of such trivial matters. But we are in trouble at this time. The mayor of Kanadin should Give all assistance and help to the plenipotentiary agent of the Hetant territory—Master Karl Hetant.” "grown ups?" This question was uttered by two people at the same time.It was Captain Creblin and Karl.Carl looked at Shan Sen with a funny expression, and said, "Hey, brother Fisher. When did I start being called an adult?" "His Majesty the King also bestowed on Lord Carl Hetant a title of Wise Knight..." "Oh! Hey, Brother Fischer! Do you have to say that ridiculous title?" Shan Sen didn't answer anything, just stood there with a smile like a boy waiting for praise.Even Nelia came out and said she was "the lady who rides the night wind", and Renee laughed about it.No matter what, Karl took out the certificate of the plenipotentiary agent of the Hetante territory with an expression of feeling inappropriate, and presented the medal bestowed by His Majesty the King, and then Captain Kreblin's knees began to shake violently He said: "Yes, yes, there are distinguished guests visiting such a remote place... Please, please forgive my rudeness..." Githion didn't say that he was a prince, because he was concerned that Captain Creblin's heart might not be able to bear it.However, this is really not a very pleasant scene to watch.We all looked at Captain Kreblin with indifferent eyes, and Captain Kreblin said in a panic: "Please, please move to the city hall. The mayor will give you what you deserve immediately." Treat..." "No. I'm going to watch those orcs here and figure out what to do." "No, how is this possible? How can I let all the distinguished guests stay on this kind of city wall. Please go down, although it is a simple meal, but please have a breakfast first..." "Ah, these half-orcs have followed here. If I ignore it, I'm afraid I won't have the appetite to eat. And we can't just leave this city for our own survival. We should come up with a countermeasure. So I should Right here." Carl's calm words made Captain Creblin turn pale, while Gerent and Nelia giggled.Captain Kreblin hurriedly said in a panic: "Ah, yes. Hey! You go, um, no. I should go directly. Please stay here for a while, Mr. Hetante. I will go and ask the mayor to come immediately." Here. Hey! Glenn!" Immediately, a soldier standing a little far away stood up and saluted him. "Yes, Captain." "You are in charge of the command on the city wall here! I will ask the mayor to come here." "Obey!" Captain Kreblin hurriedly rolled down the city wall without waiting for Karl to speak, and ran towards the city tower at a pace fast enough to break a cervical vertebrae.Esaihand looked at his appearance, and said in a daze: "Well, I told you, I don't know if you will find it ridiculous, but, with my mind of a dwarf who lives in a mine, I think it's not right for people. Respect requires a person to go through many years of training before he can let others show it naturally." 卡尔微笑着，以自豪的动作摇晃着手中的勋章，说道：“这么小小一块闪亮的铁片竟能让一个人态度一百八十度转变，您一定看了很不舒服吧。” "You're right." “事实上，我也是不怎么高兴。” 卡尔说完之后就把勋章随便放进口袋里面。等等，我的勋章放到哪里去了呢？我实在是想不起来耶。 不管怎么样，卡尔又再望着城墙外面，露出担心的表情。在这位看起来充满智慧而且严谨的中年读书人的前面，站着一位虽然矮小却很健壮的矮人敲打者，他飘着白胡须，拿着斧头站在那里。在他旁边，站着一位额头让人觉得看起来很聪明的年轻祭司，也站着一位年轻的脸上带有不怎么适合他的深沉阴影的巫师，他们正在默默地看着下面。而再旁边的，则是两个健壮的战士杉森和吉西恩并排站在那里。这场面可真是壮观啊！东部林地的清晨里，在这么高的城墙上面现在好像现出了一幅传奇性的景象。我为了找到怪物蜡烛匠可以插得进去的位置，环顾了一下四周围的情形。周围的士兵们因为正和高贵的人物同站在城墙上，而且这些高贵人物让他们的队长吓得快折断颈椎骨，所以每个士兵都是一副很有负担的表情。 而温柴则是稍微远离所有人，跨坐在城垛上，看着下面。如果要在这里找一个最不紧张的人，应该温柴就是这个人了。因为士兵们都蜷缩在城垛后面，我们其他一行人是表情僵硬地看着下面，可是温柴却泰然自若地坐着，像是在看一场盛宴似的朝下俯视。 此时，蕾妮稍微咳了几声之后，还打了一个喷嚏。随即，温柴皱起眉头，对我说：“你告诉妮莉亚和蕾妮，叫她们回去旅馆等我们。” "He said so." 妮莉亚立刻微笑，而且像往常一样，直视温柴，对他说：“哼嗯。你在担心我吗？” 温柴仍然还是定坐不动，仿佛像是城垛上的雕像，他看着城外，说道：“修奇，你跟她说，我不是担心妮莉亚，而是在担心蕾妮。” "He said so." 妮莉亚却没有再说什么，而是微笑地拉着蕾妮。 “走吧，蕾妮。他们可能是认为流血惨叫之类的事应该由男人来担。” 蕾妮轻轻笑着说：“我也觉得那应该是男人的事。” “是吗？哼嗯。说的也是，我也应该尊敬男人一点才对。因为这次旅行结束之后我应该就会有丈夫和儿子了……”
杉森用讶异的眼神看着我，说道：“刚才她为什么说出差点让我跌倒的话呢？” “没你的事啦！” 我如此叫了一声之后，又再低头看下面。卡尔按着太阳穴，说道：“真今人头痛。刚才的那张纸就是这个意思：如果我们再逃的话，它们就会攻击这个都市。这可是一场大规模的人质剧啊。” 卡尔露出头痛的表情，转头对杉森说：“费西佛老弟，它们的数目大约是多少？” “是。太暗了，不太容易正确判断有多少，但是至少有两百五十到二百七十只左右。” “这样已经算是很正确了，费西佛老弟。谢谢。呼……三百多只的半兽人。这个数目就和当时在罗克洛斯海岸与路坦尼欧大王对峙的半兽人的数目是一样的。” 卡尔就这样把杉森预估的数目给简单地扩大了。杉森耸了耸肩，说道：“我们和这个都市的警备队员合力打退它们，如何呢？” 杉森这番气势高昂的提议只是引来卡尔的叹息声。 “你想想看，费西佛老弟。我们现在没有时间和它们开战。而且看到刚才那位警备队长还有这些队员的模样……就算把这个都市整个看过一遍，也很难找到比那个阿南德先生更优秀的战力吧。这些人如果有我们领地的警备队员一半厉害，我应该就不会担心了。” makes sense.在我看来也是如此，现在城墙上面的士兵们比起举箭的稻草人只有一样比较厉害。他们和稻草人不同的是他们有喧哗的本事，这也是很让人不安的。吉西恩环视着城墙，说道：“因为这都市是位在荒凉的东部林地里，是远离战争和灾难的都市，因此警备队员们的腰很粗，裤子都滑下来了……对不起。混蛋，是，可是城墙本身却看起来很坚固。” “是。而且那些半兽人不太像是有能力来攻城。不过，这种情形是无法维持很久的。市民的不安也是个问题，而且警备队员的水准也是……一座城墙坚不坚固不是在于城墙很厚，而是在于守城之人的坚定意志。” “是，这是贺滋里的名言。当然，比起坚定的意志，还有更重要的要素。” 卡尔微笑着点了点头。 “当然就是装得满满的粮仓和兵器库。” 卡尔和吉西恩像是在开玩笑似的对谈了之后，他看了看亚夫奈德，对他说道：“有没有可以值得一试的东西呢？” "what?" “我并不是要你使出什么厉害的法术。我只希望能吸引那些家伙的注意。即使没有效果也可以。” “吸引注意力……就可以了吗？” “是的。我希望能和它们对谈。” 亚夫奈德沉思了一下，说道：“我知道该怎么做了。可是要事先告诉城墙上的士兵们，叫他们不要被吓到。” 吉西恩立刻转过头去大喊：“请问你是叫葛伦吧？” 随即刚才被罗斯队长交付指挥权的那个士兵对吉西恩敬礼，说道：“我是葛伦·柯莱伽一等兵。” “我叫吉西恩。从现在起，这位巫师要开始施法，请你指示下去，请士兵们不要惊慌。” “施法？啊，是！遵命！” 然后葛伦就立刻开始往旁边传今下去了。 “所有人注意，不管发生什么事，都不可以动，屁股固定不准动！”这个命令很快地往旁边传下去之后，亚夫奈德就低头开始施法了。比较靠近我们的一些士兵们惊讶得都快把箭给放了下来，他们看着亚夫奈德。Ok.我是什么时候开始对于施法不觉得惊讶的呢？亚夫奈德突然把双手举向天空，喊道：“Phantasmal force！”（虚幻力量！） 我们看着天空看了一阵子。可是清晨天空仍然还是微蓝色的，而城墙上还是依然寂静无声。我们歪着头又再看了看亚夫奈德。但是他已经涨红着脸孔，汗流满面。What exactly is going on?就在这时候，“呱啦啦啦啦啦！” 我差点就拔剑了。差一点就把巨剑给拔出了剑鞘。在清晨天空的昏暗晨云的上方，传出了一阵响彻云霄的咆哮声。有一个士兵叫出了害怕的尖叫声。 "Uh ah ah!" “闭嘴！约翰！” 葛伦咬牙切齿地喊着，可是他也是两腿颤抖个不停。过了不久，因为是在高度很高的城墙上面仰看，所以更觉得接近云，那些云朵之间开始慢慢降下一个长长的、巨大的“嘴巴”。然后在后面长长地连接着鼻梁，最后是眼睛，然后还有上面的角……接着，一个结实而且优雅地弯着的脖子开始徐徐降下来。 “是，是，是……！” 士兵们几乎都陷于混乱状态了，所以那个葛伦一等兵必须放声大喊才能镇定住那些士兵们。而且不只是城墙上，就连我们背后的都市也开始传出了尖叫声。 "Uh ah ah!" "Gaah!" 从天上降下来的那个东西，仿佛像是神降下的头在俯瞰地上的虫子们。那个脖子继续下降，脖子周围的云都散了开来。慢慢散开来的云朵最后却开始以快速度转动，形成一个很强的云旋涡。我还听到从荒野之中传来风声。那个脖子从云旋涡的中间继续下降，最后那脖子后面的肩胛，巨大的翅膀等部位都开始降下来了。翅膀出现的时候，云朵像爆炸似的散开，旋涡本身就散到天上的所有空间去了。云往天空的所有方向飞去，随即，那巨大的身躯就全部露出来了。虽然距离我们很远，但它的威容却一点也不减。 “呱啦啦啦啦啦！” 终于降到云朵下方的那个东西正是蓝龙的模样。温柴噗嗤笑着说：“记忆力可真不错。这是基果雷德。” 杉森则是早已不知不觉地往后退了好几步，紧抓着长剑的剑柄，此时他才擦了一下额头汗水。That's right.那个东西就是基果雷德的模样。只是，亚夫奈德发挥了他的想象力，夸大成为一头很大的，几乎像山一样高大的蓝龙了。杰伦特为了想再看清楚一点，把身体往城墙上面伸出去之后，差点就失去重心，葛伦一等兵及时紧抓住他。 “啊，谢谢你，一等兵先生。” “别，别客气。祭司先生。可，可是那个东西是不是虚幻，虚幻的？” “当然是虚幻的。” “哦，德菲力啊……” 杰伦特随即高兴地问他：“你信仰德菲力神吗？” 葛伦一等兵则是一副像是“在这种时候自己的信仰并不是那么重要的事”的眼神，看了看杰伦特。我稍微往前看着城外荒地的情形。 荒地上面正在引起一阵大骚动。那些半兽人像发疯似的尖叫逃开，有的则是丢下武器，把头趴在地上。也有几只勇敢的半兽人对着天空咆哮大喊，可是大部分都是连逃跑也不敢想，一屁股坐在那里。它们简直就是从心中深处发出无法忍受得住的那种喊叫声。 “你真是厉害啊！我的顶尖魔法师！” 亚夫奈德有些不好意思地笑着把手放下。他向卡尔间道：“这样好像已经吸引了它们的注意力，可是接下来该怎么办？” 卡尔也是一副被这壮观的景象给着迷住了的样子。他用茫然的眼神看了一下亚夫奈德，便立刻摇了摇头。 “你真是了不起啊。亚夫奈德。” “您别这么说。不过，接下来该怎么做呢？啊，当然这东西是虚幻的，所以无法做喷吐然后烧掉那些半兽人。虽然我当然可以做出那种幻象，可是这么一来却极有可能会被识破。” 卡尔和亚夫奈德在沉着地对谈时，葛伦一等兵还是必须跑来跑去，才能镇定得了士兵们。 “你这家伙，清醒一点！那是虚幻的！赶快给我起来！唉，真是的！你们这么相爱啊！怎么几个大男人都抱在一起了？呃……你最好回去换衣服再来。没关系！消息不会传开来的。喂！这是命令！城墙警备队员杰克尿湿裤子的这件事从现在开始是军事机密！没事！这是虚幻的。是那位巫师造出来的假象。哦！那真的是假象吗？谁来告诉我那个真的是假象吧！”吉西恩和杉森也沿城墙跑着，帮他让那些士兵们镇定下来。 卡尔看到那副模样之后，舔了舔嘴巴，说道：“嗯。你可以照我讲的说出话来吗？” “是。因为它的声音是无法让人忘记的。我绝对有办法制造出它的声音。” "So……" 过了不久，笼罩着整片荒地的那个基果雷德的幻象喊出像暴风般的声音。 “你们这些渺小的垃圾混蛋！” "Uh ah ah!" 尖叫声从意想不到的地方传来。我转头一看，有几个人正要从城塔的阶梯上到廊台，他们或跪或趴着。其中一个是刚才说要去请市长大人来的克雷布林队长，他把自己的剑甩到城墙下面，用双手抱头趴在地上。我们惊讶地看着他们，他们抬头开始急忙做手势。 “你，你们在做什么？赶快躲起来！” Ok.太荒谬了。杰伦特嗤嗤地笑出来，然后把手指头竖在自己面前，滑稽地左右摆动。随即，在阶梯上的那些人都惊讶地看着杰伦特。杰伦特对他们说道：“这是魔法。请不要担心，请上来。” 在阶梯上的那些人这才满腹疑惑地走上来。此时，在天空的基果雷德又再次喊出像雷鸣般的吼声。 “你们这些家伙真是今人佩服！喀哈哈哈！竟然还准备了火！你们这种皮应该要烤了才好嚼！” Ouch, OMG!我用受不了的眼神看着卡尔。卡尔则是耸了耸肩，并且对我说：“喂，尼德法老弟。我是怕如果用太文言的胁迫句子，那些家伙会听不懂，所以才用这句话。” “可是未免也太粗暴了吧。” “要不然说什么好？” 亚夫奈德在前面笑着看了我一眼。不久，基果雷德如此喊道：“如果还认为你们发臭的身体很宝贵的话，就立刻滚蛋，你们这些小虫！”