Soul Echo

Over the mountains, over the rivers, over the majestic peaks, over the vast plains, all the way through mountains and rivers, and finally came to Valais.

The weathered Lillian took a breath and looked up at the two castles built on top of the mountain in the distance.

This is also close to reality - she checked before she went offline not long ago and found that the 'Valais' city-state should refer to Sion in Valais, where there are also two castles, but now have been abandoned.

The city is built along the hillside, and the buildings circle around two peaks, circling down.

There is often a long distance between houses. People will grow the food they need in this open space, and their cattle and sheep will be grazing at the foot of the mountain.

This city-state is not large, and the population does not seem to be large, but the land they own is quite vast - which is also the limit of survival.

If it is a farmer who owns such a large land outside the mountains, at least the whole family can be fed, and the second son and even the elder son can learn knowledge.

——For farmers, nothing is more important than land, the elder son will inherit their land, but the second son needs to find another way to live, so let the second son learn words and calculations, And eldest son can't, it is also a common thing in the west.

Seeing Zhong Ye walking forward, Lillian followed suit.

After this period of study, she finally succeeded in mastering riding, and her 'skilled' riding skills were displayed on the system panel as a skill.

Even without Zhong Ye's guidance, she can keep up with him on a horse.

When the skills are displayed on the system panel, Lillian even has an illusion that if it weren't for her illness in reality, she might be able to reproduce the riding skills in the game in reality.

They walked slowly and came to the foot of the mountain.

There is only one stone wall surrounding the two mountains around this city-state, and even the gate is just a double door of solid wood, which does not seem to have much protection.

Like this kind of door, Zhong Ye felt that he might be able to slam it open.

The stone walls are not too high, so if you raise your sight a little bit, you can look over the top of the wall and see the scene in the city.

Now the gate is open, and some idle people are wandering in and out of the gate, and the herdsmen who raise livestock are waving their whips, so that the cattle and sheep do not eat up the pasture in a place.

And further afield, Zhong Ye could see some people harvesting the grass, compacting the bundles, putting them in a back basket, and carrying them home.

The time has come to the late autumn, and the winter is not far away. The herdsmen must prepare for the winter, so as not to starve the livestock after the winter.

From these sights, Valais can't be called a city-state. It is more like a primordial human settlement than a city. advanced social structures.

Perhaps because there is little communication with the outside world, agriculture and animal husbandry have naturally become the pillar industries of this city-state, and every household is inseparable from agriculture and animal husbandry.

Because it can be self-sufficient, there should be very few commercial activities in places like this.

As soon as Zhong Ye and Lilian approached, it was like the village they had met before, causing a commotion immediately.

Valais also maintains contact with the outside world, and the mountain people who live here are not so ignorant, so the commotion is just a commotion, and people don't act violently.

However, just like the mountain people in that village, people looked towards Zhong Ye and their eyes were still vigilant and alert.

At this time, Lilian had dismounted from the horse, led the horse to follow behind Zhong Ye, and looked curiously at the dark-skinned mountain people with red cheeks.

The live camera turned with her gaze, one after another took in the blue sky and white clouds and the distant mountains, and then put the close-up on the herdsmen in leather jackets and holding the whip. .

He looked nervous, together with the flock of sheep and the yellow meadow in the background to form a painting called 'The Shepherd', which made some artistically literate viewers in the live broadcast room addicted and excited. commend.

After her gaze stayed on the barrage for a moment, Lillian turned her perspective again and looked at the main city of Valais.

His eyes drifted over the stone walls and landed on the vacant farmland.

Zhong Ye took Lillian through the gate. Although the people here were vigilant and wary of them, the city was almost unprepared, even someone like Zhong Ye who was armed with weapons entered the city. Haven't been questioned in any way.

A few idle people stood on the side of the road and pointed their fingers at them, their words were vulgar and vulgar, but they all lowered their voices and dared not let Zhong Ye hear what they were saying.

Before they had time to laugh a few times, they panicked to see the tall outsider walking towards them. They stopped talking immediately, looked away, and prepared to slip away.

"Excuse me, do you have a hotel here?"

Zhong Ye didn't plan to let them go, [Affinity physique] can make people see him at first Disgust, but not intimacy, and also express attitudes based on the moral level, education level of the affected person.

Whether it's the villagers of the previous village or these idle gangsters, in their opinion, robbery and ridicule are not something to be taboo, not a 'bad thing', that's why this happens. class reaction.

Now the gangsters are afraid, but also because of their guilty conscience.

'hotel'...

Hearing this unfamiliar word, the gangsters looked at each other in blank dismay, exchanged glances, and then shook their heads: "I don't know, I don't know. ..."

At this moment, a big man walked out of the stone house behind them, and when he saw these gangsters, he glared and suddenly shouted: "It's you guys again, don't help. What are you doing here at home?!"

Not only were the gangsters taken aback, Lillian was also frightened, and the horse in her hand screamed, but there was no time for anything else. The action was pressed by Zhong Ye to disable to move.

The bastards whose minds had gone blank swarmed away, staggering, and scrambling away.

The big man who just came out of the room withdrew his gaze and turned to Zhong Ye and the others, his eyebrows twitched slightly, "You...are adventurers?"

He was looking at them, and Zhong Ye also Looking at the mountain person in front of him.

Compared with other people, this mountain man is more sturdy, and his temperament is also out of tune with his surroundings. His arms are very muscular, and his shape is somewhat similar to Zhong Ye himself.

"en." Zhong Ye nodded, and then asked back, "Are you also an adventurer?"

The big man grinned and pulled up his trousers, "It used to be."

Hidden under the trouser leg is a prosthetic leg - the part of this big man's left leg below the knee is a wooden prosthetic leg, the muscles above the knee are wrapped by trousers, but the shape of the muscles can be vaguely seen It's a little weird, I think it should be caused by uneven force.

Seeing the surprise in the girl's eyes, the big man put down his trousers and said proudly: "This injury was bitten by a crypt worm in order to save his next partner. That worm is huge. , It is as long as a tree from head to tail, and the mouth is full of teeth, circle after circle, if I hadn't been bitten by it and immediately cut off my leg, I would have been swallowed whole by it ..."

While telling the story, the big man gestured with his hands in front of him, his expression exaggerated, which made people have to doubt the authenticity of his story.

As he spoke, the big man suddenly remembered that the two in front of him were adventurers, patted his head, and turned to ask: "I've said too much accidentally, I don't know what you are here for? Old Senior, I can help you—of course, to the best of my ability!"

His words were full of enthusiasm, and it seemed that he really missed the past and wanted to help Old Senior with a handful of juniors.

But Zhong Ye could feel that the big man in front of him was wary of them, and he said these words to disintegrate their wariness, and then made a cliché.

Zhong Ye didn't intend to cheat, so he circled around and said directly: "You can rest assured, I'm just here to do some things, and I won't endanger the residents here."

The little thought was broken, the big man didn't show any embarrassment, just touched the back of his head laughed heartily, and asked, "Then what do you need help?"

Zhong Ye looked around, " I wanted to find a hotel, but there doesn't seem to be..."

"It's just right!"

The big man suddenly clapped his hands and said excitedly: "Just now you looked for the little group of little ones. Bastard asks, sure can't ask anything, what do they know? They don't know anything!

"Come on, come in with me - since you're from outside, you must know the adventurer home? Here I am, the home of the adventurer in Valais! "

Speaking of this, the big man limped into the room and took out a bronze badge, "Here! If you don't believe me, you know this, right? ”

The graphic on the badge is a relief of the long sword and the staff, with the words 'House of the Adventurer of Valais' and the seal below.

The badge of the House of Adventurer The style is designed by the god of craftsmanship, protected by the divine force, and no one can make it without permission.

In other words, what he said is true?

Zhong Ye and Lilian lifts the head, looking towards the stone house behind the big man, which is not much different from other houses in the city.

——This is the adventurer's house in Valais?