Sword Sorcery

Chapter 19 Secret Preparations
half an hour later

Back in his room, Aaron went into the bathroom and washed his body with cold water, put on a new set of clothes, and lay down on a big bed, looking at the information in his mind about the chip-optimized breathing method——

""Circle Cross Breathing Method Part II" is being optimized, and the estimated remaining time: 7 hours and 15 minutes."

Aaron shook his head, frowned secretly, and said, "I remember that it took about 3 hours to optimize the circular cross breathing method in the first part, right? This optimization takes 7 hours, it seems that the next part It is much more complicated than the previous article, the more complicated the thing, the greater the burden on the chip, so that it takes more time to analyze."

"And after I stepped into the quasi-knight, I obviously felt that my body, including the neural response, has been improved in many aspects. The chip that relies on my physical ability to exert the upper limit is equivalent to an evolution, including the calculation aspect. The ability has also improved a lot, but this time it still takes 7 hours."

As a result, Aaron was looking forward to the second part of the optimized reverse cross breathing method even more. As a result, he lay on the bed, tossed and turned over and over again, unable to fall asleep, and completely fell into insomnia.

Lying on the bed, Aaron twisted his neck, feeling refreshed after just taking a cold shower——

"It's a shame. Hot water for bathing is only available on the third floor where the Viscount and the others live. We can only use cold water for bathing on the second floor. However, there is at least a single wooden bathroom in the room on the second floor. There are no bathrooms in the ordinary rooms, and it is better for ordinary soldiers to go to the dirty public bathrooms if they want to take a bath."

"Hey, that guy Bruce is probably cursing his mother in the smelly public bathroom?"

"Since you still can't sleep, just get up."

Although Aaron can let the chip assist him and go directly into a deep sleep state, he doesn't want to do this now, but simply gets up and gets out of bed, and looks at the time in the lower right corner of his vision——

0:57
It was close to 1 o'clock in the middle of the night, and the standard night was quiet, but Aaron knew that there were still some places open in the castle-such as some typical late-night places.

So, Aaron put on a heavy coat that only soldiers could wear, and hurried to a bar in the commercial area of ​​the castle—the only bar in the castle.

Old Ale Pub

Pushing open the wooden door, there was a noisy and hot atmosphere in the bar, which made Aaron squint his eyes subconsciously. After all, he was either working overtime or catching up on sleep late at night in his previous life. There are very few places like bars , feel a little uncomfortable with this atmosphere.

The commercial area is an area in the northern part of the castle. The viscount's castle is quite large. In addition to the 100 soldiers stationed all year round (the other 100 people are sent to the village in turn), it also accommodates servants, helpers, farmers, There are more than 1000 people such as the cook, and it can indeed be called a rather miniature 'city'.

This bar is just a place for those bored civilians in the city to relax.Of course, many soldiers are frequent visitors here. After all, the monthly salary of soldiers is higher than that of these civilians. In addition, soldiers don’t need to spend money on meals (there is only a canteen for soldiers in the castle, and when the village is stationed The village was responsible for feeding the soldiers).

Therefore, the soldiers are the big spenders in this bar. On the surface, the bar is opened by a relative of the viscount's wife, but it is actually an important industry for the viscount to recover funds. The same is true for some other stores in the castle. One of the viscount's own properties.

Aaron pushed through the crowd calmly and came to the bar, and the owner (on the surface) Jerry, who was greeting the guests, immediately recognized Aaron—after all, this guy was still making trouble in his store last week ( was beaten) a lot.

"Huh~, Aaron is back? So early? Shouldn't you be back tomorrow morning?"

Jerry took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and then corrected him: "Oh no, it's already past twelve o'clock, I should say I just came back this morning, by the way, you came back so early, aren't you afraid of punishment from the City Guards?" ?"

Aaron shook his head. It seems that the news of himself and Bruce's return has not yet spread, and the news that other stations in the territory have been attacked has not reached the ears of these people, otherwise Jerry would not have reacted in this way. .

Aaron didn't explain anything to Jerry, but took out a silver coin from his pocket and threw it directly to Jerry: "I want to ask you a few things."

Jerry looked at the silver coin, and hurriedly put it in his arms full of joy, then took out a large wine glass from behind, filled Aaron with a glass of butter ale, leaned closer to his body, and said in a low voice: "What's the problem? Just ask, and I'll tell you every word - even if you want to ask Miss An Geli what color underwear she usually wears, I can find a way for you!"

"Come on, I think you'd better take care of that mouth that is blowing all over the sky, and be careful that misfortunes come out of your mouth."

Of course, Aaron didn't believe Jerry's nonsense. In his memory, this guy was a guy who was full of trains, but driven by money, it was very reliable to ask him for some normal news.

No wonder Jerry was so enthusiastic. One gold coin was equivalent to ten silver coins, and one silver coin was equivalent to one hundred copper coins. An ordinary family of three would only spend about five silver coins a month.

Ordinary soldiers are paid half a gold coin a month, team leaders are paid one gold coin, but captains are paid a full five gold coins. The treatment is outrageously good.That's why Bruce concealed his strength in the first place. The goal was to secretly accumulate strength and replace a captain with quasi-knight strength in one fell swoop.

Aaron looked around and looked around, and teased Jerry: "If this remark spreads and offends An Geli, even your eldest sister (a certain wife of the Viscount) will not be able to save your life. "

Speaking of which, Aaron's words suddenly stopped, apparently because he thought of An Geli who had run into him in the castle before, and her bad attitude and arrogant words towards him at that time, so he couldn't help but feel a little worse.

Jerry's expression froze immediately, and he smiled mischievously, obviously also thinking of that Angoli Leo's bad temper and her extremely high status in the castle.

In order to divert the bad topic, Aaron shook his head and said seriously: "Jerry, I want to buy a horse—a horse that can run fast and have the stamina to support a long distance."

"You want to buy a horse?"

Jerry couldn't react, why did Aaron buy a horse?Besides, when the city guards were out on duty, didn't the castle provide temporary horses?There is no need to buy a horse at all?
"Yes, I want to buy a horse."

Aaron repeatedly affirmed, because——

Aaron is going to start preparing for the escape of the castle being attacked!

(End of this chapter)