Alien world

Chapter 443 100. Close at hand
There are actually two taverns in the gold diggers camp by the lake - because most gold diggers work part-time as mercenaries, they can't live without wine just like a dragon can't live without treasure.

"Are you also a gold digger? It's not very safe here. Go south." Annan was about to go to the tavern.

"I wish you a wonderful holiday." The blonde woman's flirtatious glance at Annan was ignored by him.

Annan knew many women, and the ladies at banquets always surrounded him. The blond women were no better than them in appearance.

The camp leader learned that Annan had let the woman go and said nothing.

The Nuggets are a realistic bunch.They will kill their best friends for profit, but they are not even willing to deal with their enemies when there is no benefit - the blond woman has proven that she is not a vampire, so let him do whatever he wants, there is no need to offend the nobles for a woman.

Annan followed Flas to the tavern.It's not yet evening, but the Nuggets who got some gains have already started celebrating.Of course, there were no girls in the old tavern, so some female diggers who wanted to make extra money took up the job part-time. Their rough shouts, swear words and dirty jokes made Annan cover Lily's ears.

Letting the elements stay outside the door, Annan ordered two glasses of wine each for Fras and Farias.

"Why did the Skaven leave before?" he asked.

"This is Bakar's plan... He is the leader here." Flas replied.

"The gold diggers still have a leader?"

Flas told Annan that the gold diggers who haunted the destroyed old lands would gather because of common dangers and interests.For example, a lone Digger cannot sneak into Solrengao City, but all the Diggers will always find a way when they gather together.

The strange movements of the rat men during the day are indeed related to them.

"How did you do it?"

Flas hesitated but did not say anything, but implicitly hinted that if Annan became his servant...

"I don't need servants." Annan first replied in response to Flas's disappointment, and then said, "But my floating city will need a resident with special abilities."

"I...Sir, can I think about it..."

Vlas wanted to be the servant of the champion warlock, not the insignificant subject of a city lord.

At this time, Flass was interrupted by the arrival of the camp leader.He looked around the tavern, sat in the seat given by Flas, and invited Annan to join their plan.

"How long will it take?" Annan was very interested.

"When winter fades."

Annan said regretfully: "I won't stay here for long."

The camp leader put aside his worries and believed that Annan was just a curious gold digger.

"Then Champion Warlock, what else can we help you with?"

"...Where can I find the gem?"

"I suggest you go to the museum to try your luck. We will go into the city again next time, and you can come with us."

After the words fell, Farias showed something strange.

"No problem, but how did you let the rat people leave?" Annan couldn't help but be curious.

"You should be wondering how we do it, right? It's actually very simple. We have an illusionist who uses illusions to lure the Skaven to the north."

"But the Skaven are back."

"Just part of it coming back."

Annan understood how they completed their plan: using time to lure the rat people on the hills to the north.

So they won't start until spring.

The camp leader sat for a while and then left. Annan didn't stay long, preparing to pay and go out.

"Lord Bakar said you don't have to spend money in the camp." It seems that the camp leader regards Annan as other young geniuses - he values ​​face because of pride.

In order to avoid being discovered by the earl and others on the other side of the hill, Annan did not leave, but stayed in a tent next to the tavern.

After the earth element guarded the door, Annan asked: "What did you find?"

Farias whispered: "Your Excellency Annan, the legacy the count told me is in the museum."

"Looks like we don't have to make excuses anymore."

As night fell, Annan put away the cards and asked Femi and Farias to rest in the tent next door.I added a few pieces of firewood to the stove to last until the next day and started today's meditation.

The magic vortex still exudes the restlessness of the past few days, and even echoes with the sound of a real tidal wave, but there is still no qualitative change that makes Annan an elite.

Frowning Annan opened his eyes.

Lily jumped up and lay in Annan's arms, purring to calm him down.

Thinking of his ridiculous magical affinity and the fact that he had become a warlock less than two years ago, Annan let go of the impatience that arose from being promoted to the elite—mainly due to the lack of expectations.

Even if he becomes an elite and can learn the third-level spells belonging to the elite, the only thing Annan can learn is summoning...

"Where did the silly cat go?"

"The cat didn't see it." Lily turned her belly and stretched out her cat's paw to fiddle with the buttons on the mage's robe.

Everyone in the digger camp knew that the two cats belonged to them, and there were still earth elements outside, so Annan wasn't worried at all.It would be great if he could learn the magic hand after becoming an elite... With fantasy in mind, Annan put Lily on his pillow and fell asleep.

The night by the lake has returned to silence, and the light of night seems to have dispersed the gray decay of the old soil.

Late at night, Lily raised her head when she heard some noise and saw the silly cat getting into the tent. The cat jumped onto the bed with disgust.

Lily moved close to him, but was pushed away by the silly cat who showed disgust. She came close to Annan's head, stretched out her cat's paw and slapped his forehead. A trace of pink breath came out and disappeared into the void.

……

On a new day, the ratmen around Sollon High City moved again, fading to the north like a tide.

The initiating diggers started to set off, and Annan also followed the team.They quickly cleared away the scattered ratmen that had not been lured away, killing them neatly that even Fermi could not do.

After getting a map from Flass, Annan went straight to the museum located on the hill.

Femi added that they were being watched, but Annan didn't care because he planned to do nothing today.

Annan summoned some elements for Femi to take to the museum, and sat in front of the shop window opposite with Lily in his arms.

The view here is good, and we just saw the rats disappearing into the northern hills.Then as time went by, they came from the north.

The diggers at the foot of the hill were retreating. Annan made no move because Lily was dozing on his lap.

The rats climbed over the hills, getting closer and closer to the high city of Saueren.Fermi and the others hurried out of the museum, but stopped when Annan raised his finger to silence them.

Because Lily was still lying on his lap.

"Lord Annan! Why don't you leave yet?"

It seems that because he didn't see Annan, Flas ran back and shouted, waking up Lily.

Lily, who was stretching her lazy body, raised her head and looked at Annan, who was lowering his head.

"If you don't get up we'll be eaten by rats."

(End of this chapter)