A common tavern that connects all fantasy worlds

Chapter 30 Fire Support

In the evening, Leon was still taking pictures of a certain guest.

Because of the "rune" on his chest, he can neither return to his own New York, nor can he go to other worlds; his girlfriend Maya will open the door for Max every night, come here to have dinner with him, and Tell him what's going on.

In this place with no TV and no Internet, Leon soon felt a little bored... But it also happened to let him calm down and think about something, reorganize the knowledge he had learned, and try to take some "purposeless" photos, Hone your technique.

This time he finally knows how to ask the other party for permission first, but the person he photographed is also very talkative. I am neither a celebrity nor have any personal image to speak of. If someone takes a photo, I just need to leave a photo for him afterwards. Enough.

But even though Leon didn't know him, Xue Li seemed to fill him with a glass of wine very familiarly.

"How's it going, Dan? It's been a while since you've come."

"Having to deal with the mess Herbert made... and getting Meghan settled. If it wasn't for Dean Horsey's estate, I'm afraid we'd both be sleeping rough."

The young man sitting there answered.He has a bookish air about him, but he is not lacking in a sunny atmosphere. He looks like an excellent student with both style and style.

Xue Li had known him for a long time, but Leon, who had just taken the photo, was a little curious. He put down the camera in his hand, sat next to the man, and asked, "Friend, are you an American too?"

"Yeah. Just call me Dan. I live in Arkham, Massachusetts."

The man greeted him friendly, and then said with a wry smile: "Of course... we shouldn't be talking about an America, nor a Massachusetts. I don't have a tiny mobile phone like yours over there."

Leon turned his head to look at the half of his mobile phone exposed in his pocket, and remained silent.The world was developing so fast that he almost forgot what the phone of the previous generation looked like.

Boss Xue sneered at the side: "You know it's a mobile phone, it's not bad, at least your understanding of this aspect has surpassed everyone in your era."

"Since you're here, you can't figure it out."

Dan said, looked up and drank the wine in the glass.

At this moment, the door of the tavern was pushed open, and a group of familiar guests walked in.

The dark-faced paladin at the head was stunned for a moment when he saw the person sitting in front of the bar, and then walked over and patted him on the shoulder: "Dan, everything is settled?"

"Other things have been dealt with, but Herbert...you have seen him too, and you know he can't be persuaded." Dan also smiled at Jess, and then asked: "Megan I've always wanted to invite you to dinner again, thank you for your help... If you weren't here, she might have been torn to pieces and swallowed."

"I really want to go to the appointment now, but I already have more important tasks at hand." Jess looked at the person from another world he met for the first time in the tavern, suddenly fell into deep thought, and looked back at the dead in the team. Spirit mage Zul.

The white-haired Rathma believer was puzzled by him, and he didn't know what the paladin was thinking.

Jess turned his head and held Dan's arm again, and asked, "Dan, although we once asked him to destroy—but Herbert actually still has that potion in his hand, right? One of our companions also specializes in 'death science' , I am very interested in his research results."

Zuer thought to himself that this statement is quite new, studying "deathology"?This man in a shirt and trousers should be someone from another "world". What spells about death will he have?or something else?

"Herbert is very sensitive to this aspect now. After all, the whole thing is caused by the leak of his research." Dan glanced at Zul who was following him, and he couldn't tell he was a scientist anyway.

After thinking for a while, he said, "However... Of course I also have some medicines left over from the last incident. I didn't know how to deal with them. I was about to ask Boss Xue, maybe keep them here, maybe let more advanced people take care of them." The guests who came here in the era to analyze and improve it..."

This time Xue Li couldn't understand at all.

He knew that when Paladin Jess walked into the tavern for the first time, he met Dan from another world; when they met again, Paladin tiredly said that the other party's problem had been solved, and did not explain exactly what it was Such a question, just a vague reference to "The Walking Dead".

Immediately afterwards, he saw Dan take out a medicine bag from the bag he was carrying with him. Lying on the cushion were several glass test tubes, the liquid inside glowing with ominous green fluorescence.

"...Did you hide the potion too?" Jess frowned.

Herbert had reservations and was unwilling to destroy his own research results, which he had expected; if it hadn't been for the other side's solemn promise not to rashly apply this medicine to humans, he really wanted to bring the culprit together with his research. bury.

Even though the guy was human, there was something about him that was more terrifying than all demons.

But what Jace didn't expect was that... even Dan had hidden so many potions from him.

"...How should I put it, there is actually no difference between Herbert and I. Maybe you think we are crazy, but I insist that aging and death are just diseases that can be cured. These medicines may be The necessary process to that result, or the Pandora's box that destroys the world."

Dan looked at the potions he spread on the table, smiled lightly, and continued: "However...after the living corpses almost caused trouble, I also understand that these things are beyond my control, not that I have the right to Take responsibility. If these things are useful to you, then you take them."

There is no need to tell Jess to use it with caution, he himself has seen the hellish scene with his own eyes.

But Dan didn't expect that resurrection from the dead was weird, scary, and difficult to deal with in his world, but maybe it would not be such a strange thing in another world.

Jess accepted the potions, handed them to Zuer who was still in a daze, and then said to Boss Xue: "...Xue, we need your help this time too. The enemy we are about to face may have surpassed It can be handled by the power of one world alone. For example, they cannot be really killed..."

Boss Xue scratched his head: "Conceptual?"

If it was such a guy, he wouldn't be able to deal with it... The closest creatures to this level that the tavern has encountered so far are only Calypso and "Ruohime", but what they have in common is... both It's out of date.

Only these gods, who are no longer as brave as they used to be, can be manipulated by humans to some extent.

Cassia, the Amazon, chimed in: "It's not certain yet, but what we have to face is definitely the devil king of hell... But they are not invincible, at least some heroes did it not long ago. We just need to be more powerful." A powerful weapon."

For this request, Boss Xue can of course agree without hesitation, and further asked: "This 'powerful'... how strong does it need to be?"

Of course, the storm pulse rifle is needed. Such a long-range projectile weapon can project ammunition on top of the monster's head from beyond the visual distance. It is convenient and easy to use. Even without any modification, the combat effectiveness is already quite powerful; a few people In the camp, I also met the blacksmith Chasi, especially Dosten, who has the same bloodline, is the most talkative in her place. It is not a bad idea to ask her to make some "magic" modifications for these rifles.

Xue Li also recommended another piece of equipment, the "Positronic Death Ray Gun" from Duran Duran's Whimsical Ideas series. strength, it does have a special effect when facing an enemy with strong physical fitness.

Of course, this thing can also be modified to be more suitable for the world it will play in.

"I really don't believe that there is something that can't be killed by that thing, you must try it on those guys with the concept of 'immortality'." Boss Xue said.

Considering that the enemies they had to face were all "demons", he also decided to ask for some holy water, silver cross ornaments and other things blessed by the full-time priest, hoping that the team members would go back to their own world for a try.

Although we are in a different world, since there are similar teachings, maybe it really works?After all, when dealing with those Wendigo, Jess' "Holy Light" can also work.

Boss Xue was gearing up and preparing to fight in person, but he was persuaded by the paladin.

"... As long as there are safe houses and supply points that can be entered from anywhere, it will already greatly improve the combat effectiveness. The demons in the shelter are really difficult to deal with, especially for people who see them for the first time , even the most resolute heroes can't resist their heavy pressure. We are used to fighting against that kind of thing, but Xue, you and your staff are not... In case you are injured or even corrupted there, Then don't we have no way out?"

Xue Li thought about it, but he still suppressed his desire to join the war.

Jess was right... Being backed by a supply station that can be entered at any time and rested and prepared is already the biggest reinforcement.In particular, people in other worlds really don't have such a powerful fighting force as this five-member team...Providing them with backup may be more helpful than fighting in the end.

Several fighters from the "Sanctuary World" sat in the tavern for the time being, and Max, who had not been a "buyer" for a long time, took over the task and went to various worlds to collect the equipment they needed.

At this moment, the necromancer Zul took the paladin to another table and asked, "What exactly did you give me?"

"...That is a world without magic... No, I can't be [-]% sure. In short, they made this kind of potion that can resurrect the dead and even allow the various parts of the body to move independently through the synthesis and transformation of substances. , it’s just that the one who came back to life is not the deceased himself.”

Jess told stories from another world, before he met his companions.

Chapter 31 Good Student

Dan, full name Daniel Kane, is a top student at Miskatonic College of Medicine in Massachusetts.

Like all similar medical schools around the world, Miscatone has an affiliated hospital.Medicine is a discipline that requires a lot of practice and practical examples. Without affiliated hospitals, it means that medical students have no stable practice places, lack of clinical teaching, and cannot train good doctors.

Of course, medical school is not just a place to train clinicians... Basic scientific research, public health, prevention, and rehabilitation are equally important.

The first time Jess meets Dan is in a tavern, where Mr. Kane, having a drink, is complaining about his life.

People, no matter what kind of life they lead, they always complain when they should complain.

Dan said that he and his girlfriend have a stable relationship, and they can even be said to be close to each other. He has wanted to propose to his girlfriend several times.

But if you want to get married, you must first face two problems. One is that the girlfriend’s father, Dean Horsey, is a Puritan and strictly controls Megan’s actions, which makes the two young men and women who are in the period of passionate love extremely uncomfortable; the other is that Dan's ideas are a bit deviant. Although Dean Horsey affirms his talent, he can't accept his ideas. Let alone marrying his daughter to him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to give him a good face.Therefore, Dan and Megan's relationship did not even dare to let the father know.

In addition, Professor Hill, a brain expert in the medical school, also has an inexplicable hostility towards him, and always makes things difficult for him in class and practice.

Recently, there was another strange international student named Herbert West who transferred from Europe and shared the apartment with him.

To be honest, the roommates who rent together don’t necessarily have to get along very well. As long as he can share half of the rent for Dan, Dan doesn’t care what kind of person he is.

However, because the two rented the same room and their study progress was similar, the college took Dan as Herbert's "student partner" as a matter of course, and asked him to help this European student integrate into the United States and the learning atmosphere of Miscatone... ... Now I can't even think about getting closer to him.

That guy squatted in the basement all day long, not talking about it mysteriously, and even started to challenge Professor Hill's authority in class, and even Dan, who was a roommate and schoolmate, suffered a lot.

So Dancai walked into this tavern to drink depressedly... He rarely drinks alcohol on weekdays, because as a medical student, he knows that alcohol can cause great damage to the nerves. Short-term heavy drinking and long-term habitual drinking It will cause irreversible damage to the nerves, which will affect the accuracy and stability of behavior... As a doctor, this is the most terrible thing. A slight trembling when holding a scalpel may kill a person!

Just then Jess came along.

Paladins don't usually drink much, mainly because people can't control their behavior when drunk... Although he is very confident in his moral sense, he is also not sure whether he is a person after drinking. what it looks like.

It happened that he had just left the Knights of Westmarch at that time, and he was thinking about his beliefs, his behavior, and the nature of the Holy Light.

He doubted what he had done in his life, and further wondered what had happened to the Knights of Westmarch.

The group of paladins who formed the Knights actually left the city of Trevank and came to the westernmost end of the two continents because of the increasingly politicized hand of Zakarum; but after such a long time, the Knights themselves also Neutrality and equal justice can no longer be maintained.

This is what it feels like to live under the fence.

The Hand of Zakarum has indeed become a political entity as the force of the order, just like the countries on the mainland; but the Knights of Westmarch are even worse, relying on other political entities for survival... …

After staying in this environment for a long time, Jess felt that he was getting farther and farther away from the self who chased the holy light and dreamed of executing justice.

The frustrated paladin met the frustrated medical student. The two chatted very speculatively, and chatted with Boss Xue by the way.

Dan’s troubles are nothing to talk about, and it’s not something that others can intervene to help him solve; Xue Li felt that as long as he studies hard, guarantees his grades, shuts up and doesn’t argue with the professor and the dean, can the other party really prevent him from graduating? ?Find a job after graduation, and obediently put on an appearance of promising prospects, and then it will be much easier to figure out how to solve the problem of the prospective father-in-law.

As for the paladins...

"Where do you want to go after leaving the Knights of Westmarch?" he asked.

Jess shook his head while drinking, "I want to go to Tristram and witness the monument of justice defeating evil...Maybe I can strengthen my faith."

Boss Xue thought of another old pastor who once lost his faith, and persuaded him: "Since you are going to other places, why not just do it in one step... go to other worlds?"

At that time, there were not many customers in the tavern, and Jess and Dan chatted very well, so Dan slapped his head and brought Jess back to his own world.

Seeing the grotesque modern city for the first time, Jess's performance was not much different from that of barbarians and Amazons. On the one hand, he was shocked by the abundance of resources, and on the other hand, he was amazed by the high level of technology.

In this era, cosplay is not as popular as it was later. Generally, only companies such as Disney and Warner that hold a large number of image copyrights will hire professional actors to play characters in their theaters or amusement parks.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Dan felt that Jess's attire might be too conspicuous, so he asked Boss Xue for a set of "modern" clothes for him to change into.

Jess packed his armor and weapons in a large suitcase and followed Dan to his city.

The house where Dan lives, and the commercial street where he often comes for leisure and consumption have nothing to do with the medical school...but because most of the faculty, staff and students choose to live nearby, they formed around the school district and the hospital area. A large group of buildings functionally "attached" to the Miskatonic School of Medicine, known as the "College City".

Centered on the large modern hospital all in white, a full eight blocks are within the scope of the academy city.

Residents in this area are basically professors, students, and other employees of colleges and hospitals. Most of the commercial facilities also entertain them. The security situation is much better than other places in the city.

But as soon as they walked near the medical school, the two were stopped by the police officer.

"Please show your IDs, both of you." The police officer said, but his eyes were still focused on Jess: "Also, sir, open your suitcase, we need to check..."

Dan couldn't understand, Jess's clothes had already been changed... But after staring at his companion for a few seconds, he suddenly remembered what he had overlooked - Jess is a good man, an upright paladin, and he also Nice talk, but he's black.

It was 20 years ago that the affirmative action movement, which was vigorous and truly changed the American society, had already canceled legal unequal treatment, but blacks still suffered de facto unequal treatment.

Any kind of discriminatory behavior is just the projection of those discriminatory thoughts on the cultural and spiritual levels in reality.

For example, in a place like "College City", seeing a black man who doesn't look very young, with thick hands and feet, and is pulling a large suitcase, the police officer's first reaction will be "Where is this person going to commit crimes?" ?”

If Jess makes some actions that are easy to be misunderstood, such as reaching into his arms, putting his hands behind his back, his eyes wandering, or moving a little faster in the process of opening the box, then maybe the policeman on the other side will kill him. The gun is drawn.

In fact, Jess is not that dark, more like the mixed blood of those tanned Arabs and East African blacks in North Africa, a little browner than the local ones... But it would be even more politically incorrect to discuss this.It’s fine to say that black Africans are black, but I dare not say that African-Americans are black!

Of course, Jess doesn't have ID, social security, driver's license, etc. He has no identity in this world at all.

He could tell from Dan's reaction that the man in front of him must be a local law enforcement officer... The man's expression when he ordered him to open the box was exactly the same as that of the Zakarum Paladin in Trevank City.

"Okay, I'll open the box now."

Jess quickly judged the current situation, and he didn't see anyone wearing the same style of clothes in his peripheral vision... Besides, it was dark now, and the surrounding light was not very good.

He laid the suitcase flat on the ground and slowly unzipped the suitcase.

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Seeing his cooperation, the police officer was half relieved and planned to see what was in the box.

The suitcase was opened, and the armor inside was shining silver under the street lamp, which made the police officer stunned.

"What is this? Open it."

Hearing the police officer's order, Jess shrugged, reached out and took his shield from the pile of armor, and said, "This is a shield, and this is called 'Shield Bash'."

As he said that, the shield in his hand suddenly lifted up, and it hit the police officer's head with a bang, and the officer lay on the ground without saying a word, and passed out.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?"

Dan didn't react a bit, didn't he say he was a paladin?It's not like this style of acting...

Obviously, as a medical student, he is not very proficient in history. Although the etymology of the word "Paladin" also has the meaning of "high morality", it is not the kind of pure and kind living saint.Now that he has become a knight, he must fight and take the lives of others on the battlefield, no matter how much he thinks he is righteous.

What really reflects his moral level is Jess' next sentence: "We have to put him in a safe place, so that he won't be looted or even killed by wanderers because he is unconscious. Where is the light over there?"

"Uh, maybe a barbershop..." Dan answered automatically.

Jess stuffed his shield back into the box and handed it to the medical student to carry, while he carried the unconscious police officer on his shoulders.

With his strong physique, carrying a strong man is as easy as carrying a chicken.He tried his best to avoid the light of the street lamp, and when he got close enough, he pushed the police officer out of his hand, causing him to hit the transparent glass door of the barbershop in a coma.

"Let's go... The law enforcement officer probably didn't have time to see our faces clearly. Remember to change your clothes when you get home. I also need that... Uh, 'ID card'." Jess, who quickly returned to Dan, said so .