Heart of the Castle

Chapter 95 The Secret of the Tavern

Unlike the refugee camp planned by Li Wei, the houses in Dayan Village have not been baptized by war, but they are built in a mess and disorderly manner, and all the houses are crowded close together, leaving only crooked buildings in the middle. Twisted narrow streets.

"Father, these houses seem to be squeezed together. Which genius designed them?" Sir Grace couldn't bear the mess here, and could not help complaining in a low voice.

"Only in this way, under the double protection of the rocky mountain and the high wall, can Dayan Village avoid the flames of war against the evil disaster." Tang Na said with some emotion, and then he pointed to the weird little attic above a house . "Did you see that? Every attic is equivalent to a small watchtower. Every household in Dayan Village has at least one hunting bow. When necessary, these houses can be turned into arrow towers."

Grace shook his head and stopped talking. As a master archer, he has always had a very keen perception. The cold gaze cast from the middle of these houses from time to time made him feel a little uncomfortable.

The streets became narrower and narrower, and gradually turned into crooked alleys. The towering buildings on both sides blocked the sunlight, making the alleys dark and mysterious. Ragged beggars and vagrants huddled in the gaps in every house. In the shadows, he watched Li Wei and his party with blood-red eyes full of greed and malice.

Everyone, including Li Wei, put their hands where they could easily take out their weapons, ready to deal with accidents at any time.Although Li Wei and his group seem to be difficult to mess with, villains whose brains have been burned out by low-quality alcohol, or hungry beggars, don't have enough judgment to let them understand this.

Tang Na had obviously been here before, he was at the front of the line, his eagle-like sharp eyes met each pair of malicious eyes without flinching, until the other party flinched back.Perhaps it was the blessing of the god of luck, when an old stone building appeared at the end of the alley, Li Wei and the others did not even encounter an unexpected obstacle.

"That's it, we're here." Donna breathed a sigh of relief, pointing to the stone building.

"Pigs and Whistles - Good Wine, Room, Girls"

A few common language words were spelled crookedly on the wine barrel next to the building, Li Wei rubbed his eyes in disbelief, "This is actually... a tavern?"

"Well, what Donner said is correct." Sir Grace seemed to have recovered a bit of the feeling of being an adventurer. He pointed to a few graffiti-like things in the corner and said, "Look, pay attention to this, no matter where it is If you find this combination of scroll and sword, you can identify it as a subsidiary organization of the Adventurer’s Union. The number in the middle of the scroll represents the level of the union organization, and the sword next to it represents the force that this organization possesses..."

Having said this, Sir Grace's voice suddenly stopped, and after several seconds, he moaned and spit out a few words.

"Donald, come and take a look."

"Well, what's the matter?" Donna was about to push open the old black wooden door of the tavern when he heard Sir Grace's voice, walked back from the stone steps, and looked in the direction Sir Grace pointed.

There is nothing unusual about the graffiti on the corner of the wall, the only thing that is a little eye-catching is the middle of the sword-shaped pattern, with a word 5 written crookedly.

"The force level here has actually reached level 5. Doesn't that mean that there will be at least one quasi-knight sitting in the tavern?" Sir Grace said with some doubts.

"There's nothing surprising about it. This is the only lawless place in Viscount Ryan's territory. Without enough force to support it, even the Adventurer's Guild may have an accident." Shrugging his shoulders, Tang Na was not surprised at all.

"Mr. Donner, aren't we going to find the merchants in the black market? Why did the thin man point out the Adventurer's Guild?" Levi asked a little puzzled. "Could it be that the skinny man was lying to us just now?"

"That's not the case, Master Li Wei. That guy is not lying. We must verify our identity at the Adventurer's Union before we can get further information about the black market. After all, the black market in Dayan Village is an illegal institution, not just anything. Anyone can go in." Tang Na explained in a low voice, then he took a few steps forward and pushed open the wooden door of the tavern.

The "Pig and Whistle" tavern was full of people, and there were drunken men making loud noises everywhere; the busty waitresses shuttled among the drunks like butterflies, lightly dodging one who just wanted to wipe some oil The fat innkeeper was blowing his signature whistle while happily wiping the large brass wine glass in his hand. Seeing a new guest come in, the fat innkeeper raised a fat hand: "Good night, old Tom At your service!"

Levi was dazed by the hotel's reek of bad tobacco, cheap perfume, and wine.Although he is just a child from a remote town, he has been following the knight since he was taken in by Knight Ston ten years ago. He has seen and heard all the simple villagers, brave warriors and proud nobles. This kind of tavern culture, which only belongs to the bottom of society, is very unsuitable.

The young knight attendant turned his head and uttered a groaning voice to his companion: "I'm dizzy, I'd better not go there..."

"You should get used to this kind of life, Master Levi." With an encouraging smile, Tang Na regained the courage of the young man.So a group of people struggled to cut through the waves in the crowd. Donna, who was in the lead, yelled and repeatedly elbowed and bumped his head, finally got the whole team close to the counter.

Tang Na looked around quickly, and then shouted at the innkeeper, "A glass of dwarf spirits mixed with water!"

The boss's face flushed immediately: "Nonsense, old Tom never mixes water in his spirits."

"Then let's have a glass of water mixed with dwarven spirits." The burly middle-aged adventurer smiled and slapped a silver coin on the counter.

The boss nimbly picked up the silver coin with his fat and short fingers, and then grinned.

"Adang, please get these troublemakers out of here." Following the voice, a big dumb man grabbed a big wooden stick and walked over, staring at Li Wei and the others angrily.

Levi felt terrible.

Since he came to Dayan Village, he felt very disgusted by everything: the unreasonable harassment of the guards at the gate, the dirty streets and crowded houses, the noise and smell in the tavern, the fat and rude boss, and now he is being held by a The big man stared fiercely.

There is nothing more disgusting than this situation.

Forced by Adang's big wooden stick, the unwelcome travelers walked out of the back door of the Pig and Whistle Tavern, and then found a long alley. He bowed to everyone.

"I was rude just now. I am one of the leaders of the Adventurer's Union here. You can call me Adam." The big man looked polite, and he didn't have the half-demented performance just now. After a brief self-introduction, The man named Adam turned his head in the direction of Donna.

"The code words you just said were abolished five years ago, but those who can understand this group of code words will not have a low status in the trade union. May I ask your name or nickname?"

There was a gleam of light in Tang Na's eyes, his chest stood up, and his deep voice was like a ferocious old bear.

"You can call me Donna, Roaring Bear Donna!"

(End of this chapter)