Hey, King!

2021-07-09

Chapter 139 Chapter 139 Heshan City Short Stop

Street-facing windows were closed, heavy curtains Isolated sight. There is only one candlestick in the huge room, and there are seven branches, each of which is carved with a different kind of god emblem. There are seven candles on the candelabra, symbolizing the blessings and blessings that come and go, but the light of the candelabra is a bit an utterly inadequate measure for this room.

The Public Area Point of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance in Heshan City is located here, and the signboards of all registered Chamber of Commerce, including the Golden Dog Chamber of Commerce, are hung on the wall on one side of the office. The Alliance Chief-In-Charge, who hosts Gerlos and the others, is a kind-faced old lady who is always smiling, her hands constantly folded up and down, and she displays eight large gemstone rings on her chubby fingers .

"It's not easy to search for news in the city at this time. Everyone is very nervous. I'm afraid that the tax officer will come to the door." Ti, took a closer look, and then said: "But with the father's full name and age, it should be possible to find a woman with the surname of Merry, but it is more troublesome."

"There are some in the city. Lots of mercenaries, maybe I should find them." Geros stood up, leaned forward, and blocked the candlestick for Lati. "What are you thinking about? Do you think you can make a fortune from this? I think you don't want your own head!"

"Oh? It turns out that you really want to help this child find a family. ? I thought..." The old lady restrained her smile, put the candlestick back on the table, and retracted into the wooden chair with a creaking sound. "Usually this kind of entrustment is five gold coins, but now the army is in chaos, and the service fee of seven gold coins is required. The alliance guarantees that if this child's aunt is still in the city, she will be found."

"How many days?"

"Up to a week."

Geeros gave her a hard look, and the time became five days; keeping his eyes straight, the time was shortened to three days. Gerros snorted, let Dagon pay. Originally, Lati wanted to say that she could pay, but was pinched hard by Toby, who had been prepared, and only let out a scream.

Dagon probably knew what he was supposed to do, so he pretended to forget when he took the money out of his pocket, let go of the headhunting axe he was holding in his hand, and let it fall straight down. With a puff, the axe blade was embedded directly into the floor, which directly startled the old lady. She took a closer look and saw that the axe blade was not cut along the grain of the wood, but cut vertically.

Geros laughed, went around the table, leaned over the old lady's shoulder and said, "We met bandits on the way, and one of them wanted to run away. The dwarf chased after him and moved towards the man's neck. Just chopped it. Guess what?"

Shaking his head, there was already a look of fear in his eyes.

"The man took three steps before the blood gushed out from a slit in his neck and flipped his head over. This axe is called a head hunting axe, it is specially designed for hunting heads, especially They want to harm the caravan and threaten our credit and reputation."

"That won't happen, that won't..." The old lady hurriedly waved her hand and said.

"It won't be anything? Could it be that it won't be beheaded?"

"It won't trick you. I'll arrange it now, and even the guards will help find it."

Although each caravan can temporarily live in the office building of the Alliance, there is a more familiar and trusted hotel in Gerros, not far from the office building, so everyone went there.

"I haven't seen this Chief-In-Charge, but everyone else in the building is an old man. Toby, go find out what's going on, if the league still has the ability to do things, if not, let's go. Just find a mercenary." Geros knew that Dagon didn't understand the reason, and explained: "The Chamber of Commerce alliance can't run away, but the mercenary may run away with money, or deceive people. The biggest danger is that We don't even know what Lati's aunt looks like, and we're impossible to look after her here, so we can't hand her over to a liar."

Lati pursed her lips tightly, her eyes wide. Looking up at Gerros, visibly frightened. Geros comforted her and said, "I'm doing this just in case, just in case. If you see your aunt, don't talk for now, we'll try it out." Next, Toby went out to inquire about the news. After a while, there were a few suspicious cat meowing outside, and Geros immediately cheered up, told Dagon, and went out. It seems that in addition to the Chamber of Commerce alliance, Gerros has other communication channels in Heshan City.

Staying at the hotel, Dagon had Lati throw socks at him to test her throwing skills.

The target of the sock group is Dagon's nose, and there is a reward for each hit, you can touch the star helmet. The little bear lizard expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that he was a reward, but he did not object to letting Lati touch it, and even liked it.

"Not bad," Dagon complimented. Although the strength on the hand is still a little small, the accuracy is guaranteed. It is already quite difficult for a child of Lati's age. Dagon took off his shoulder straps and gave Lati the four throwing knives on it. "These flying knives are a little heavy, but they are all handcrafted by Jiangu craftsmen, and the quality is definitely good. There are four vacancies on the belt. You can find someone to build a flying knife of suitable weight and put it in, or insert a dagger as a Armed belt use. You are a little thinner now, and the belt is loose."

Lati took the throwing knife belt, and then hugged Dagon hard for a long time. She didn't cry, but her eyes were a little wet, because everyone in the golden dog caravan wanted her to be a strong child.

In fact, it didn't take three days. In the early morning of the second day, there was news from Lati's aunt. Here she runs a grocery store with her husband, joins the local Chamber of Commerce in Heshan, and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance. Gerros also bought from her, transporting a batch of high-quality sweet potatoes to Canine Fortress, earning a fortune from the dwarves stationed there.

She was able to describe Lati's parents correctly and clearly, and told the story of Lati's childhood. "I haven't been to my big brother's house for five years, didn't expect such a tragedy. Don't worry, Lati is our child, and we will take good care of her."

No Lati Crying, not laughing, she just hugged Gerros, Toby, and Ragon again nicely and hard. At Toby's suggestion, Lati hid most of the money in the treasure chest and took only part of it to her aunt's house. Gerros felt that this was a bit superfluous. After all, they were all members of the Chamber of Commerce. When joining the alliance, they had to provide guarantees and supervise each other. As long as he spreads this matter in the alliance, whether he can take good care of the orphans will become one of the credit guarantees of this grocery store.

The saddest part of saying goodbye to Lati was Starhelm because it couldn't be hugged. The bear lizard became petulant because of this, and must Dagon bought it some delicious meat. The city is about to be besieged by the savage forest monster. Due to the priority of stockpiling, the prices in the market have begun to rise, and it is very inappropriate to eat. So Dagon bought a bunch of grilled meat, hid it under his beard, and took a piece of cake himself to eat while walking on the road.

Geros and Toby need to clear the relationship so that the caravan can come in and out safely. Since he didn't need to slash monsters to kill bad guys, Dagon acted on his own and walked around Heshan City to see what a human town was like. The few towns that I passed by before did not stop well, and some still went in and came out. Anyway, they made an appointment to go back to the hotel in the evening and gather at the hotel during the day.

Wearing full body armor, with a head-hunting axe hanging from his belt and his tail dragging on the ground, Dagon dressed like the elite of the city's mercenaries. Walking on the street, no one came to disturb him, even the patrolling guards who maintained order in the city had no interest in him, and didn't even ask why he was wandering on the street. However, he was not the only one hanging out. Every 100 meters on the street, he would always encounter two or three waves of mercenaries in groups of three or four. Prick up your ears and listen, they are all talking about where to eat, where to make money, where to have fun, and there is simply nothing about defending the city.

In the afternoon, an unexpected army entered Heshan City, attracting crowds to watch. The elves, who have always been concerned with their own affairs, actually sent a mixed army of fifty warriors, rangers and druids to help defend the city and jointly deal with the coming savage monster. They didn't put on a show. As soon as they entered the city, they went straight to the city wall and directly took over a City Wall section of about 50 meters and the three arrow towers above. Afterwards, a guard team of servants composed of humans and half-elves followed into the city, bringing twelve four-wheeled wagons. It contains not only the equipment of this mixed army, but also some supplies for Heshan City.

The residents of Heshan City expressed incomprehension to the behavior of the elves, but none of them disapproved. Thanks to the support of the elves, the price of the same meat skewers in the afternoon is much cheaper than that in the morning. So Dagon gave up the flatbread, bought two bunches, gave half of it to Starhelm, and walked towards the city wall while eating the remaining bunch.

He joined the citizens watching the elves, and observed the elves' equipment and combat readiness with the eyes of a weapon master, but after watching for a while, he became restless. What the elves use to guard the city wall is not something else, but a heavy crossbow. To be precise, it is the heavy crossbow that the Jiangu people know how to make. Humans and half-elf servants brought heavy crossbows in four-wheeled carriages, six in total, each larger than the heavy crossbows used to kill Chimeras.

From shipping, assembly to test firing, not a single Jiangu clansman was present. Dagon carefully observed that these elves did all the steps correctly, and they were obviously quite proficient in the use of heavy crossbows. Not only that, these heavy crossbows have also been modified to turn the loaded front and rear swing rods into a rotating winch structure, which is connected to the pulley on the city wall. When a heavy object is hung, the pulley will replace the manpower to reload, and even when they test fire, they can continue to reload and fire continuously.

"Burst City Defense Heavy Crossbow?" Dagon heard father explain this kind of equipment, which is already the field of rune weapons, using Metal Element energy to continuously fire heavy crossbow bolts in a short period of time, whether it is right or wrong A large rare beast or a rare beast group has a strong lethality. But these heavy crossbows on the city wall are not runes, but mechanical devices to achieve the same effect. The magazine with a row of javelin and crossbow bolts does not show the style of the Jiangu family at all in the design process. Is this someone leaking the secret or the elves have cracked the process?
Some Jiangu clansman crossbows will not be assembled, while other races already have their own crossbows?

Dagon is not in the mood to eat kebabs at all.

(end of this chapter)