Calamity Island: Endless Trials

Chapter 6 The Honest Down-and-Out Gunslinger

Moon Howl Town has a population of tens of thousands. Because of its special geographical location, there are many caravans and bounty hunters. Because of this, there are many taverns in the town.

The largest and most lively tavern in the town is the Center Tavern. As the largest tavern in Moon Howl Town, their Moon Wolf wine is a must in the wilderness.

Whenever the night of the blood moon comes, his family's business is too busy to be busy. Almost all the bounty hunters who come to town will come to his house to have a few drinks as a carnival before the battle.

On this day, Daniel, the owner of the tavern, opened the door early and even moved out all the good wine in stock.

In the afternoon, the guys in the tavern were busy, and Daniel, who was chatting with the guests at the counter, suddenly saw an acquaintance coming in from the door with a surprised expression.

"Yo, Reed, what are you doing, so many goods, why don't you find a big leather case to pack it, why? Lost it on the road?"

"Damn, don't mention it."

The young man named Reed was around 25, he shook his head helplessly, holding a pile of loose goods in his hands.

"I thought, but the box was broken. There was no way. The boss asked us to move the goods in."

"On the way to the town, there was an accident. We were all right, but who knew that several boxes were smashed. It's really unfortunate."

Looking at the young man holding a pile of goods that was almost over his head, Daniel couldn't help but laugh, but after all, the other party was already very unlucky, and the boss couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, okay, it's the best when people are okay. You finish it quickly, come in and have a couple of drinks. I'll give it to you for free. Just thank you for coming here to do business."

"Hey, why don't you take care of it, but I like to hear what you said, so I left."

"Then thank you boss, first give me two glasses of Moon Wolf wine, a big one!"

Daniel watched Reed and his two companions enter the tavern, found his caravan boss, put the goods on his back and sat down, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

It's not easy.

Every time on the night of the blood moon, many merchant caravans around their Yuehao Town would gather in the town, not so much to do business at this time, but to take refuge.

The most famous thing about Moon Howl Town is that there are werewolves every blood moon night, endangering the people in the town, but it is different from the surrounding places that are usually robbed by robbers and horse bandits.

At least there are only werewolves on the night of the blood moon here, and there will be no other more terrifying unknown creatures.

The great desert where Moon Howl Town is located is still not an area that humans can fully explore, and it is full of dangers.

So, every five years on the eve of the blood moon night, those nasty thieves will go into action, ambushing those who seek refuge outside the town.

Murder and steal.

Reed and the others are relatively lucky.

Thinking of this, the middle-aged Daniel was filled with emotion, but he didn't notice that just outside the tavern, under the sign next to the door, someone had been staring at him for a long time.

Following the conversation between Daniel and Reed, the person standing under the sign also moved and walked into the pub.

"Boss, bring me a big glass of Moon Wolf wine, and then get me something to eat."

Daniel recovered from his emotion, and looked at the person who came by while answering.

"Oh, well, guest, you..."

Hey?
A young man came, dressed in tatters, his clothes were covered with dust, and there were many damages, and it even looked like he had just fallen.

But the man had a revolver pinned to his right waist.

It's so down and out, it looks like a shooter.
Every blood moon night, when the mayor asks people to come to the town for help, he always invites a lot of people, so he often sees some poor gunmen come to the town to make a living.

"No problem, Bendis, let's prepare a meal later. Our tavern is offering all drinks and food at a special price today, and everything is only [-]% off. The guest you ordered is a total of twenty silver coins."

Behind the counter, Daniel quickly calculated the price, but the other party walked to the counter and suddenly took out two rolls.

"What's this?" Realizing that the other party didn't take out money, Daniel couldn't help but stare in surprise.

Two rolls of bullets.

What the hell, this young man put two rolls of bullets on the counter? !
What is this for?provocative?robbery?
Some of them looked at the young man in a dazed way, only to see the other party grin and his expression was painful.

"I don't have any money, this is all I can do with my hands, and it's not much."

Daniel was surprised: "You... are you going to pay with bullets?"

"Boss, don't be so surprised. When I entered the town, my luck was too bad. A thief quietly took the money pocket. I don't even know when it was stolen."

Saying that, the young man in front of him pointed to the pocket on the side of his upper body. Indeed, there was an obvious scratch there.

"Crap thief!? After entering the town?" Daniel asked again uncertainly.

"Yes, after entering the town." The young man answered affirmatively.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Daniel denied it, then looked at the latter angrily, and said, "Young man, you can't slander at will, Yuehao Town is famous for its hospitality, where will there be any cuts? thief."

At this time, the young man in front of the counter separated from Liu Ziyun and the others, and finally came to Tang Jiumin, the largest tavern in town, alone.

Hearing this, Tang Jiumin shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, it's the night of the blood moon anyway, so let's settle the bill with these twelve bullets."

"No, I said why you are a bit strange, didn't you say your wallet was stolen? Then why are the bullets and the revolver still in your own hands?" Daniel felt very strange about this. .

"Hey, hey, boss, what do you mean?" Tang Jiumin laughed.

"I'm a gunslinger. Bullets and guns are equal to my life. Do you think I can throw away guns and ammunition. Are you doubting my quality as a gunslinger?"

With that said, Tang Jiumin pushed the two rolls of twelve bullets forward slightly.

"Anyway, I'm a bounty hunter who took the werewolf quest, so I just used the bullets as collateral. If I take the bounty and come back and pay you back, can you see the bottom line?"

It turned out to be a bounty hunter, and Daniel spread his hands.

"Then your luck is not very good. Just as you wish, take the bullet and settle the bill first. I wish you can survive the night of the blood moon."

At this time, the clerk came over with wine and food.

"Bendis, take some from this bounty hunter and bring it to him."

Daniel put away the bullets while instructing the clerk. This young man probably won't have the chance to pay back his money.

Every blood moon night, many bounty hunters are lost.

"Thanks."

Tang Jiumin carried something, and then walked around aimlessly, the surroundings were full.

He seemed to be looking for a seat, but intentionally or unintentionally, he approached the table where Reed and the others were. After a few turns, he stopped directly at the other side's table.

"Hey, friends, the seats around are almost full. I think there is still room for you at this table. Add one more?" Tang Jiumin's tone was full of politeness.

"Gunman? Look at your dejected appearance! Sit down, no problem." The owner of the caravan raised his head, and after seeing Tang Jiumin, he patted the seat next to him, his tone lukewarm.

There were too many people in the entire tavern. Those who had finished drinking left, those who had left had not left, and new guests had come.

Anyway, many people in the tavern use this method to grab their seats, which is normal.

The caravan owner greeted them warmly. They were chatting just now, and they were interrupted a little by strangers adding tables.

Others feast on themselves.

Tang Jiumin looked around without a trace, thanked the owner of the caravan and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, he started to eat in big mouthfuls, gobbled it down, and even choked from time to time, then picked up the wine glass and drank it.

Moon Wolf Wine is a special beer made by the tavern.

Chewing and drinking clunks.

Tang Jiumin's reincarnation of a starving ghost made the caravan members who were a little quiet because of Tang Jiumin's addition of the table stunned.

The owner of the caravan was an old gentleman with gray hair. He was used to seeing wind and waves all his life. Seeing that Tang Jiumin didn't dislike this kind of food, he was a little surprised, and even couldn't help laughing.

"Friend, haven't you eaten in a few days?"

"call……"

Hearing the caravan owner's question, Tang Jiumin first tried his best to swallow all the food he was eating, and then took a swig of wine before he was relieved.

"Don't mention it, I haven't eaten a meal in two or three days. I originally wanted to come to the town to kill werewolves to earn a bounty, but I didn't expect that the werewolves would not be encountered. Prepare to ambush the caravan robbers."

"I fought a battle and was delayed for a whole day. I managed to escape. I was going to have a good meal in the town, but unfortunately, my money was cut off by the bag thief."

"No, just now I used [-] bullets to settle the bill with the boss, so I got this meal."

With that said, Tang Jiumin turned back to look at the checkout counter and pouted at the caravan boss.

How could it be so?

The owner of the caravan was surprised that the other party actually exchanged bullets for food. The other party saw that it was the gunman. In this wilderness, there was a joke that each of the gunmen had two wives, one with a gun and the other with a bullet.

It seems that this person is forced to do nothing about exchanging bullets for food, but he is more interested in another thing mentioned by the other party.

"You said you met robbers before entering the town?"

"Yeah." Tang Jiumin patted the table and said, "At that time, they were ambushing the caravan. I thought about scaring them and fired two shots, but the caravan didn't hear it. They heard it and stopped ambushing the caravan. Running towards me, this is really…”

When he stopped halfway through, Tang Jiumin patted his forehead hard and smiled helplessly.

"At that time, I hurriedly rode my horse to flee in the other direction, but the group of robbers kept chasing me and beat my horse to death."

"After I fell off my horse, I fled for a while and hid under a sandy slope. Fortunately, I was able to bury myself in the sand to escape the disaster."

"Damn, I was almost killed by that gang of robbers. It's too bad, my unfortunate luck."

Tang Jiumin pointed at himself: "Look, the disheveled one just climbed out of the sandy slope, isn't it fresh?"

"...It's quite new. You really have good intentions and bad things happen." The caravan owner hesitated for a moment to answer, but then he became enthusiastic about Tang Jiumin's attitude at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And it's the passion that comes from the heart.

As a caravan that was ambushed before entering the town, he met a gunman who was helping the caravan.

At this time, not only the caravan boss, but even the guys like Reed looked at Tang Jiumin with much more enthusiasm.

"Gal Collio, the owner of this caravan." The caravan owner raised his glass to Tang Jiumin slightly.

"It's a coincidence. When our caravan was approaching the town, we were ambushed by robbers, but we didn't encounter a good gunman like you to help us clear the siege, and we lost two boxes of goods."

"Hey, don't say that." Tang Jiumin smiled a little embarrassedly when he heard the words: "I only saw the robber subconsciously shoot two shots to make trouble, and I didn't deliberately save the caravan."

"But when you were finally found by the robbers, you didn't lead them to the caravan, did you?" said Caravan boss Gal.

Tang Jiumin nodded, and Gal laughed directly.

"This is a relief. After all, others in similar situations may not necessarily make the same choice as you."

People always show real reactions in times of crisis.

Obviously, this young gunman is very nice, kind and honest, and he doesn't even want to make up stories to exaggerate his actions.

"I'll tell you next, fortunately our horses ran faster in the back, but the two large leather boxes were shot several times, the boxes were blown up, and some of the goods that were not too valuable were lost."

"That's lucky, it seems that the box has helped you a lot."

"Yes, otherwise we may lose two good horses, and there may even be casualties."

"Fortunately."

"That's right, oh, damn, I forgot about this." Gal looked at Tang Jiumin, who was madly hungry, and found that the food in front of him was almost gone, and suddenly slapped his forehead.

"Friend, I've invited you to this meal, you can eat it!"

"Boss, Daniel, here! Come and give my friend another glass of wine and make him something delicious, all of which will be counted on my account!"

Gal patted Tang Jiumin on the shoulder and shouted to the boss.

"What are you asking for? You don't need to ask me this time, I'll ask!" Daniel replied to Gal while calculating the account.

He was several tables away from Tang Jiumin's table, but he heard the conversation between Gal and Tang Jiumin.

Seeing from all directions, listening to all directions, this is a skill that Daniel has developed over the years. The business of the tavern he runs is getting better and better, not only because of the good food and drink in the tavern, but also because he understands the world and is most liked by customers.

Beside the counter, Daniel, who had just received another bill, immediately turned his head and shouted behind him:

"Bendis, take out the bullets I just collected and send them to the brave and kind gunslinger. Our town needs a bounty hunter like him to survive the blood moon night."

"Okay." When Bandis was called, he was very active in doing what the boss said.

And after Daniel instructed, he turned around and shouted to Gal.

"You don't need to invite me for this meal. I'll invite this brave and kind gunman. Since he came to me, it is impossible for him to go out on an empty stomach. Just order your meal, my friend."

"No, no, no." Tang Jiumin's face was full of smiles when he heard it, but he quickly waved his hand and quickly declined.

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