Pale Emblem

Chapter 19 The Encounter at the Door

The next day, when the morning light appeared, Vertok quietly left his room with the pre-packaged clothes.Boss Bartom has everything arranged, but he may have to live on the plantation outside the town for a while until he learns the writing of the Dissa half-elf.

It was still early, and there was not a single guest in the hotel lobby. John, the presiding officer of the training camp, sat at the door with a few people. When they saw Vertok coming down from the upstairs, they all stood up and waved to him.

Vertok couldn't name these people, but they were all old faces, except for a middle-aged man in a guard uniform who was relatively unfamiliar.Vertoc had heard that this was Huck, the deputy captain of the Braun Town Guard, and an adventure partner who had been following the boss of Bartom.

Captain Huck's title is "Wolverine", and he has dozens of guards who are responsible for the security of Braun Town.He was stocky and stocky, with a face full of flesh, and at first glance he didn't look like a good person.There have been many cases of adventurers drinking and making troubles and fighting in the hotel. Veltok likes to watch this kind of excitement, but as soon as Huck appears, those fighting adventurers are immediately quiet.At that time, Vertoc felt that "Wolverine" Huck was particularly ferocious, and even arrogant adventurers were afraid of him.

When Captain Huck saw Vertok, he squeezed out the kindest smile he could with his big face, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

Victor didn't want to be touched by someone who looked stronger than him. He slid his feet naturally, keeping his shoulders and legs unbent, and panning back half a foot, avoiding the gesture of closeness from the deputy captain of the guard.

Huck was stunned. Although he just patted it casually, a normal person could dodge if he wanted to, but Vertok's seemingly simple slide was actually not that simple. Predict the direction of his movement.

Huck, who has experienced countless battles, gave Vertok a thumbs-up, and said with admiration, "Vill, I didn't expect you to be so powerful." He took out a sheathed long sword from under the leather cloak and threw it to him. Vertok, said, "Come on, this sword was made by me recently, and it's for your self-defense."

Vertok was particularly surprised. He raised his hand and grabbed the scabbard long sword, and skillfully pulled out half of it. When he saw the blue luster on the sword, he knew that it was a good sword, and his face suddenly became vigilant. Replaced by a sincere smile, he said sincerely: "Thank you, Captain Huck, you are a good person."

If Dr. Cole knew that his old friend Huck had won Vertoc's favor with a long sword, he would be very depressed.

Huck successfully patted Vertok on the shoulder and said with a grin: "With a skill like you, you won't hurt yourself with a real sword. However, I want to remind you, don't easily draw your sword to others, and don't let it be easy. When people draw swords at you, that's the real danger. If you fight people, sticks are best."

The captain of the guard began to get carried away, and suddenly a tall and fat figure appeared in the darkness of the hall corridor. Huck suddenly felt a chill in his neck, he laughed dryly, and said, "Weltok, we should go... Well, I'll take care of you, I promise."

Vertok turned around, waved at the fat cook, and said with a clear smile, "Sarah, I'll be back soon."

Sarah hid in the darkness, didn't speak, just nodded.She believed that Huck and John and the others could take care of Vertok.

Outside the hotel, clouds obscured the sky and a thin cold mist shrouded the streets, making the scenery dim and hazy.Vertoc hung the sheathed long sword he had just obtained in his leather cloak to protect him from the cold, and followed Huck and the others along the deserted street towards the terracotta stone wall surrounding Braun Town.

It didn't take long for the yellowed white wall to appear in Vertok's field of vision, and a group of adventurers were gathered at the city gate at the end of the road, negotiating with the city gate guard.They found Vertok and his party who were getting closer and closer. One of the slender female adventurers shouted with joy: "It's Vertok, he is the tallest."

Vertok's eyes passed through the morning fog, but he couldn't see the appearance of the group of adventurers, but when he heard Annie's voice, he recognized them as the piano and whistle adventure group,
On an empty and cold morning, the two groups of people met at the gate to the outside world in Braun Town.Anne took Katie through the crowd, walked to Vertok, and greeted with a smile: "Good morning, Vertok, are you going out of town too?"

She is also wearing a hooded cloak and a mask on her face, revealing only a pair of big bright eyes, a well-crafted war bow, two quivers, and a metal with a shooting notch on her back. side shield.

Vertoc remembered Annie herself saying that she was a secondary professional bow fighter.The petite Katie was not wearing a weapon, just a leather whip in her hand.She seems to be a second-level animal trainer.

Vertok nodded and said, "I'm going to the plantation outside the town to visit Mayor Mayne."

Katie said in surprise: "Ah, we also went to Mayor Maine's plantation, and I heard that he had a group of fighting boars captured from the orc bone collectors. I'm going to pick a few and be my animal companions. I It's a beast trainer, how can you do without a few war beasts around?"

When Vertok heard that Katie wanted to tame the beast, he immediately became interested and asked, "Can I go see it?"

"No problem, we welcome you." Annie replied in place of her friend, and stretched out a slender hand to shake Vertok.

Captain Huck snorted coldly, his sturdy and sturdy body blocked the door, and said to Captain Charlie yin and yang: "What a coincidence, we are going to the plantation to buy food, and you also go to the plantation to buy fighting wild boars. This morning , and it happened to collide with us."

The adventure group that spent the winter in Braun Town was nothing more than wanting to dig up information on Vertok for a little money.There are only two adventure groups that have the ability to make his ideas, and are making ideas, the Iron Cross, who is in the slave trade, and the Qin and Whistle Adventure Group, which is backed by the famous highland gates.

Huck and Charlie were once colleagues in the Legion of the Rock Giants, but they didn't have much contact.Charlie came to Braun this time and asked Bartom to help form his own adventure group.Bartom made a huge profit on Charlie, charging him about 9000 gold soles for training, but also selected a group of young people with the best qualities from the training camp and handed them over to Charlie.It can be said that the two parties are a fair deal, and they do not owe each other.

Charlie still wanted to attack Vertok's idea, which made Huck very dissatisfied, and naturally had no good feelings for him.

Likewise, Charlie isn't afraid of Braun's deputy captain of the guard.It is his servant's job to fight for the interests of his master. Whether there is a chance to abduct Vertok in the future is another matter, but the friendship with Bartom and others must not be an obstacle to doing things.

With an indifferent smile on Charlie's face, he said casually: "Thanks to Captain Rhodes of the Iron Cross, he told us that Mayor Mayen has a group of bone collectors fighting wild boars. We made an appointment with Rhodes today. Go and have a look, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Sure enough, Rhodes is doing the trick... Huck stood there, secretly calculating, the Qin and Whistle Adventure Group has a fourth-level professional, one third-level, and two second-level professionals; Rhode's subordinates also have two third-level professionals. , two secondary.And seven people on my side protect Vertoc, he is a third-level oak guard, and a second-level swordsman, plus a fourth-level professional John, although the others are not professionals, they are all An elite player with awakened traits.

Huck is not worried that his gang will lose to any adventure group, but if Rhodes' Iron Cross group cooperates with Charlie, it will be a bit embarrassing.However, they probably would never have imagined that Mayor Mayne, who seemed to have a cold relationship with the Adventurer's House, was actually bought off by Bartom.

However, it's not time to expose Mayor Maine yet... Huck wondered if he should call in some more people so that the two guys, Rhodes and Charlie, would be more peaceful and don't make any fuss.

"Useless male, get out of the way, get out of your way!"

At this moment, a slender and powerful hand stretched out from Huck's back, grabbed his broad shoulders, and pushed him roughly to the side.

The sturdy and ferocious deputy captain of the guard team immediately flew out five or six meters to the left like a ball, and fell heavily on a pile of debris.

Two female Hemer warriors carrying spears and spears returned to the town from outside the city wall, knocked Captain Huck away who blocked the gate, and forced the crowd to move out of the way with cold, stern and dangerous eyes.John and the others watched Huck smash a pile of boxes, and they didn't dare to go to help him, and they all consciously retreated to the side of the road.

However, the tyrannical female warrior Hemer didn't seem to plan to let them go.Among them, the slightly older Hemer female warrior saw Vertok, her eyes lit up, she moved close to him, circled around him, stretched out her scarlet tongue and licked her lips, and said with a chuckle: "Beautiful boy, grow up quickly."

The Homer woman, who had just pushed the captain of the guard, looked younger. She circled Carl of the Jyn and Whistle Adventure Group with interest, her eyes extremely aggressive.The third-level swordsman who graduated from Coral Academy only lowered his head and looked at his boots, as well-behaved as a rabbit.

The behavior of the two Hemer female warriors obviously angered Annie and Katie, and they yelled angrily: "What are you doing?!"

Karl's sense of gratitude came spontaneously. He looked up at Anne, who stood up for him, only to find that both Anne and Katie had their backs to him and Vertok's position.

"You are not allowed to touch Mr. Vertoc!" Katie followed Annie's words and scolded the female Hemer warrior.

Carl suddenly felt that his nose was going to be crooked with anger, but the Homer woman who was looking at him gave him some self-esteem comfort.

However, when she heard the shouts of Anne and Katie, she left the swordsman in a complicated mood and walked straight to Vertok. When she passed Anne and Katie, she gave them a contemptuous look.

She walked to Vertok, raised her head first, looked him up and down, and asked John next to her, "Where are you taking 'Pretty Boy'? Are you going to the old bastard's plantation?"

Bishop John's eyes wandered and he did not answer the Homer woman's question, which was tacit consent.

The younger female warrior Hemo raised her hand and grabbed John's collar, dragged him in front of her, forehead to forehead, nose to nose, and asked in a hoarse voice: "This year's life sacrifice, will you participate in Bar?"

John nodded with a wry smile, spreading his hands in a gesture of submission.

"It's time to go, Xixi." The slightly older Hemo female warrior had already stepped forward and turned back to urge her.

"You're so annoying!" the young female warrior called out in dissatisfaction, but she let go of John and quickly chased after her companion.

After the two female Hemer warriors left, Captain Huck slowly got up, slapped off the pieces of wood on his body, and said embarrassingly: "In winter, the unpregnant Hemer women become particularly irritable. Let's just let them be all right."

The swordsman Karl rubbed his chin and commented, "These sisters are fierce." He seemed to have forgotten how embarrassing he had just been.

Huck sneered: "Sisters? Xinna and Xixi are mother and daughter. They will definitely participate in the life sacrifice this year. You can also sign up, maybe you will be selected by Anya."

Carl's expression changed, and after a while, he said: "Forget it, I think Xina is interested in Vertok, and Xixi seems to have taken a fancy to John... The female warriors of the Hemer tribe are arrogant and forceful. Qiang, you still protect Vertok, don't let him be quietly kidnapped by the Hemers."

Huck laughed angrily when he heard that.He knew that people like Charlie had no good intentions for Vertok.Does this mean blatantly trying to pretend to be a Hemer female warrior and kidnap Vertoc?
"Did you read the story book too much in the academy? Do you really think that hundreds of years ago, the Hemer female warriors would use force to force men to participate in the sacrifice of life? Let me tell you, in Braun Town, the Hemer people never Force outsiders to participate in their life sacrifice ceremony. If you want to refuse the invitation of the Hemers, you don't need to rely on personal force, all you need is concentration... I doubt you don't have the concentration." Huck said sarcastically.

Captain Charlie came forward and said, "Huck, let's go together. Let's go now, just in time to arrive at the plantation for lunch."

After being knocked to the ground by Xixi of the Hemo clan for no reason, Huck was also a little depressed, nodded and said, "Let's go together then."

Vertok was still looking back at the direction where the two Hemer female warriors were leaving. Annie stretched out her hand to pull him, unintentionally caught a glimpse of his amber eyes that were deep and cold. It was obviously still a curious expression, but it made one feel a sense of wonder. Inexplicable panic, like being stared at by a giant dragon, trying to see through all his secrets.

Annie said something mysterious, "Xina and Sisi seemed to be afraid of you just now?"

Vertok retracted his gaze and asked with a bewildered face, "They are afraid of me? Why are they afraid of me?"

Hearing the conversation between the two, Huck turned his head and refuted Annie disdainfully, "Cina would be afraid of Vertok? She just decided that Vertok was underage... Wel, let's go."

(End of this chapter)