The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 256 "Jess Is a Coward"

Just when the gods began to be judged by the king of the gods, Io, in the distant main material plane, in a forest in the eastern part of the Faerun road, William just found Yasuna and Fei who had left earlier. The three of them, Niya and Miluna, of course, also had Celis who followed them with a stern face.

To William's surprise, after leaving the shelter of Cole's Corner, the riot phenomenon that caused the siege of monsters in the past did not happen to Meluna. Although he couldn't figure out what was going on, it made him secretly relieved. tone.

However, Yasuna's faces were obviously a bit ugly, and Yasuna even stared at Misha in William's arms with cannibalistic eyes, bluffing the guilty little girl into her brother's arms and not daring to show her face .It's just that the little girl's "ostrich tactic" of "regarding the head and ignoring the buttocks" obviously doesn't work on the other little girl. Miluna is like a little female cat who has been robbed of a toy pompom, "Eeeeeeeeeah "Plopped on Misha'er, scratched and bit, forced Misha'er to jump out of William's embrace, and shouted with a little confidence: "Miluna, don't bite my ear! Oh, Let go! Let go——if you don't let go, I'm going to be angry!" I didn't want Meluna to hang on to Misha'er, scratching and biting even more vigorously.Of course, it's not that she didn't welcome Misha'er's return. Mao Maochong just wagged her little tail and jumped around the two playful little girls. This little thing thought it was two little playmates. My son is playing again and wants to get involved.

Yasuna snorted heavily and said, "William, where are those monsters?"

It was obvious that Misha'er had done something excessive when she went back to look for her, but since Yasuna didn't say anything clearly, William couldn't ask directly, so he smiled slightly and said, "It's all been dealt with. It will take a while." There shouldn’t be any troubles for us anymore, let’s find a place nearby to camp and rest for the night, and continue on the road tomorrow.” Indeed, although William doesn’t know who is making trouble for him (no one will believe those ha The son of Kesha will run to the commercial road to lay an ambush by himself for no reason), but in his opinion, the time when he and Yasuna are separated should be the easiest time to attack. Since the enemy has not acted, I believe that in the near future Also won't act rashly.

The calmness of the next few days really confirmed William's guess, not to mention monsters, the group had never even encountered a ferocious beast.William's family drove along the road very leisurely. The two little guys who had been at odds had reconciled as before that night. They sat on Mo Xiao's back with great interest and chattered non-stop, and Mo Xiao was tucked into his ribs. Their wings provide them with the safest protection.Don't ask Misha how to communicate with Miruna who can't speak, the children's happy world adults will never understand.

The number of caravans on the road gradually increased. For three consecutive days, William and the others had met five caravans traveling between Xikangbu and Noisy Water City. These caravans more or less employed some imposing Of course, it is hard to say how powerful these mercenaries are.

William originally didn't want to get involved with these strangers who were begging for life. He didn't want to hurt innocent good-hearted people because of his relationship, and he was also worried about meeting some guys with ulterior motives. He has begun to hate trouble, but many times you Don't want trouble doesn't mean trouble won't find you.

Humans are not the only mercenaries in this world, there are also many subhumans like dwarves, elves, and halflings. There is a short halfling in the caravan that William met now.Halflings are cunning, quick-witted survivors and opportunists who can always find a niche for themselves wherever they are. They may be trustworthy and loyal companions, but more often than not they wait. Opportunity to do a lot of cunning thieves.

Halflings are shorter than dwarves, generally only about three feet, and even two little girls can look down on them without any pressure.The halfling that William and the others saw was a small one. Even if he stood on tiptoe, he might not reach the height of Misha's shoulders. His eyes are like shining black gemstones, shining with cunning brilliance. He is dressed in a simple and comfortable linen shorts jacket, with a dagger the size of a child's toy hanging on his small belt, and a delicate dagger on his back. If it weren't for the long sideburns and a small beard, people who saw him would even suspect that he was just a little kid who hadn't shed milk.

Undoubtedly, this "rare" "little man" attracted the attention of William's family, who had never seen the world before. , even the cat that was chasing behind Mo Xiao's buttocks ran up to the halfling, sniffed it with its small nose, and finally bared its pair of small canine teeth and sent a slap to the halfling. With a cat-like roar in his throat, he ran back swaggeringly just now.

Although the current cat, cat, and insect is just a slightly bigger white cat in William's eyes, but compared to the size of the halfling, it is no less than a small tiger. In a small pit, he stumbled and sat on the ground, causing the rest of the caravan to laugh.

Bullying the weak will exist no matter where, although those mercenaries do not doubt the strength of halfling companions, but it is also a good pastime to be able to make fun of this "little guy", especially when he is actually scared by a cat up.

"Haha! Poor Jess, that's just a cute little kitten, and you're so scared that you can't even stand on your feet."

"Jess, do you want me to find you a cane? Hahaha—"

The halfling man got up from the ground, jumped up in embarrassment, and said angrily, "Damn it! I wasn't frightened by that cat, but I accidentally tripped over it! I, Jess, am not a coward." Guys, you bloody bastards."

It was fine if the halfling didn't explain, but the laughter of the others got louder when he explained.Then the halfling Jess explained the reason for his fall to the crowd again in an even more angry tone. He was not timid, but the crowd responded to him with even louder laughter. Jess was so angry that he almost burned his whole body. Jumping three times at one step, excitedly explaining to everyone one by one, it is obviously futile.

Jess's excited actions looked ridiculous and cute, even William couldn't help but smile, he turned his head and smiled at the two little guys on the horse who were already leaning forward and back with laughter: "Misha , Miluna, I thought of a good idea, would you like to listen to it?"

After a while, a joking ditty came out of Misha'er's mouth:
"There is a halfling here, and his name is Jace
His name is Jess and he's a coward
He was scared and fell over by a cat!a cute kitten

The cat ran away, and Jess was pissed

Jess is a coward!Jess is also a thick skinned
Poor Jess, he's pissed off
"

When this little tune was sung by Misha'er, the people in the caravan couldn't help being silent, and then there was even louder laughter. The halfling Jess was so angry that he almost fainted. For this halfling, today's experience was a nightmare.

Of course, no one expected that William's joke to tease the little girl on a whim——"Jess is a Coward" would be sung throughout Faerun in the following years, and the halfling Jess also became the first A legend who is sung by the world because of his heroic deeds.

Of course, if anyone underestimated Jace because of this, it would definitely be a wrong judgment. It can be seen from his exposed striped arm muscles that Jace is an extremely strong halfling.William believed that if the halfling was enlarged to the size of an ordinary human, he would definitely be a great strongman.

Because of this unexpected episode, William and others finally decided to go on a journey with this caravan (in fact, the two little girls were reluctant to bear the halfling Jess, which was an interesting joke), and the leader of the caravan was very happy with William's family. After all, it is definitely not a simple person who can have a Pegasus and a "giant" guard.

This caravan has three fully loaded four-wheeled carriages, with some books, spices, handicrafts, a small amount of fur and precious metals on them, and six strong ponies are pulling the carriages with some difficulty and walking not very fast.The leader of the caravan was a human merchant from Waterdeep City, who seemed to be very talkative. When he learned that it was almost the first time for William's family to go out, he very familiarly told William some of his travel experiences, and also There are customs and stories and legends along this trade route.

"There is a halfling here, and his name is Jess." Of course, there is also the laughter of the little girls. Misha and Miluna happily chased after him while singing the song "Jess is a Coward". The fleeing halflings were chasing after them another "culprit of the accident" - cat cat bug.Poor Jess ran with his hands over his pointy ears, muttering loudly, "I don't want to hear it! I don't want to hear it! Jess isn't a coward, Jess isn't! You don't sing."

But every time Jess met someone, that person immediately laughed and sang: "Here is a halfling, his name is Jace." The poor halfling could only helplessly cover his ears and continue running around.

(End of this chapter)