Whispers of the Gods

Chapter 112 Hadgar V (3)

"That's great, I haven't had a good night's sleep in days," said Foy with relief.

They drove forward for a while, and only after dark did they find a roadside hotel outside the city, a two-story building made of stone and brick.

Hadgar parked the horse in the stable, and walked into the hotel with Foy following the light of the lantern outside the wall.

The noisy hotel was full of people, many travelers like them rested here for the night, most of them were ordinary civilians, except for a few people wearing steel breastplates and red cloaks, they sat in front of the bar Drinking ale, the others talked and laughed as they ate their dinner.

"We need a room." Hadgar walked to the bar, took out a silver coin from his purse, and said to the blond hotel owner with a thick nose.

"Don? Don ywen ne theigaild, nast?" The hotel owner put down the wooden cup he was wiping, and asked with a frown.

"Sleep, meal, room?" Hadgar said word for word. "Do you understand what I mean?"

"Do chi sgew bru ne, ne cerch rhy Astersha, nast?" The hotel owner shook his head.

Apparently he doesn't speak Hastza, Hadgar sighed.

"Astersha?" The round-faced man on the side grabbed his arm, "Ne cerch rhy Astersha?"

"Let me go," Hadgar shook the man's hand away, "what's wrong with you?"

He shielded Foy behind his back, and put his hand on the scabbard of his belt.

"You are Hastza," the man said to him in Hastza, "what are you doing here?"

The man stood up, taller than Hadgar, with long blond hair, small blue eyes, and a bushy beard on his round face.

"We're just passing through," Hadgar said. "We don't want any trouble."

"You look like a soldier," the round-faced man said after looking him over. "What is a Hastza soldier and a woman doing here? It's a short ride from your city."

Not only him, but the three men behind him also had swords, and they all focused their eyes on Hadgar and Foy with vigilance and suspicion.

With the Hastza garrison outside Kongchao City and the overreaction of these Vivalians, something must have happened between the Vivalia Kingdom and the Hastza Empire, Hadgar thought.

"I'm not a soldier," Hadgar replied, "I'm just a wandering mercenary."

"Mercenary? There's nothing to prove your words." The round-faced man said suspiciously, "Prove your identity."

"How do I prove that? No Hastza soldier would be so stupid as to come to Vivaria alone?"

The round-faced man frowned, and seemed to be persuaded by Hadgar. He sat down again and asked, "Why did you leave Hastza?"

"In order to survive," Hadgar secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "I was framed for some crimes I had never committed, and I have become a fugitive in the south."

"It sounds like something the Hastza would do." The round-faced man chuckled, "My name is Zygmund Kosik, a knight, and these people are my followers."

"My name is Hadgar Greyman, and this is Foy." Hadgar introduced, and Foy also bowed to them politely.

"Who is this girl to you?" Zygmund Kosik waved to the hotel owner, "Thoy nywt plarch dry thyr."

"She is my daughter," Hadgar lied. "Her mother died in childbirth."

"You don't look like her father at your age, and you don't look alike at all," said Zygmund Kosik. "She looks much better than you."

Hadgar took the wooden mug full of ale from the innkeeper and sat down beside Knight Vivalia.

"It's all thanks to her mother." Hadgar took a sip of ale, "You said you are a knight, which family do you serve?"

"Yes, the Perk family of Ernorberg," Zigmund Kosik pointed to the red cloak on his body, "We are loyal to Duke Jarus Perk, may the gods bless you he."

Hadgar nodded thoughtfully. He didn't know anything about Vivalia's family. He only knew that the Korva family, as the king, was weak and that the dukes could sit on an equal footing with them.

"You came from the south, Hadgar Greyman," Zigmund Kosik asked him, "what have you seen along the way, is there anything unusual?"

"When I passed Kongchao City, I found a large army gathered in front of the city and was stationed there." Hadgar replied.

"In front of Kongchao City? How many people are there?" the knight asked.

"Hundreds of tents, thousands of soldiers."

"That much? Plwgwy!"

Hadgar didn't know what he meant by the Vivarian, but it sounded like he was swearing.

"Do you know what happened?" Hadgar asked the knight, "I haven't seen such a large army assembled by the Hastza Empire in more than 20 years."

"The war is coming," Zygmund Kosik replied, looking around at the guests. "Most people don't know about it, and I think they will continue to be ignorant until the troops of Hastza or the Korvas come." In the drum."

"The Korva family?" Hadgar narrowed his eyes, "What do you mean by the Korva family's army?"

"This is a war between the dukes, the queen, and the emperor. We have been attacked one after another, but the Colva family should have other battles to fight."

Hadgar could not hear what the knight in front of him was talking about.

"We could use someone like you," said Zygmund Kosik. "Are you looking for work?"

"Yes," Hadgar nodded, "Does the Perk family need mercenaries?"

"Anyone who can go to the battlefield needs them, let alone mercenaries, and farmers who have never used weapons before." The knight replied, "We will return to Erno Castle early tomorrow morning, and you can go there with us."

"That would be great, please take us there, we don't speak Vivaria," Hadgar said.

"Then you'd better start learning, so that you don't hear charge as retreat on the battlefield." Zygmund Kosik said with a big smile, "Thank you for the information, just tell me what you want to eat, I'll come pay."

"Thank you so much, my lord." He and Foy thanked.

The innkeeper brought a large bowl of stew and two plates of bread, and Hadgar and Foy ate them hungrily, gulping down the wine and the stew.

It wasn't until he ate eight loaves of bread, drank two bowls of porridge and a large bowl of stew that Hadgar had a full stomach and stopped.He bowed his head and quietly asked Zygmund Kosik: "My lord, are there any prostitutes in this tavern?"

"Whore?" The knight laughed, and said to the followers around him, "Glayrch Astershay rei plwgwy llaun hai ddin!" The people around him laughed.

(End of this chapter)