Xiling Empire

The business in the tavern is booming. It seems that the "remains" recently discovered have flooded this place with a large number of strangers. Of course, the place where these strangers are most concentrated is of course the local tavern in front of them. I and Elu managed to find two vacancies near the wall, but there was already someone across the table, a middle-aged man, sitting next to a thin figure hidden in a black hooded robe.

"You went to find the ruins too?" The middle-aged man across the table heard Ai Lu telling the story about the big forest and the expedition, and gave me a curious look.

I looked up at the other person. This was a strong man in his forties who had a dark complexion and solid muscles. He had short black hair, a large square face, clear eyebrows, and a pretty reliable face. He wore clothes that were very different from the locals in the style of short robes, and looked like short-sleeved practice clothes. The gray-black clothes were a bit old, but they looked clean. The clothes hung tightly around each other. It seems a bit unfit for a muscle-but it does show the other person's strong body.

And beside the middle-aged macho, there is a black giant sword that looks almost a person tall by the wall. Needless to say, it is also his weapon, so to speak ... It is a warrior puppet, it should be El Lu mentioned "Adventurer".

"I'm interested," I haven't fully understood the situation here. The so-called ruins, local churches, and forest monsters (let alone count them) don't know what it means, so I can only answer vaguely, hoping to get from the conversation of the other party. More information, "I'm a scholar traveling everywhere, and I'm interested in strange things from all over the place, this time not for the ruins themselves, but for the stories."

First declare that you don't know much about the ruins, and save the other person's interest in discussing with him. It seems to ask a question without knowing it. As for the identity of this traveling scholar ... hey, don't say it. I find myself more and more accustomed to this kind of lie. The identity of a scholar is definitely an answer. Anyway, no matter where he appears to be maverick, you can use "I am a scholar" to fool past. After all, do scholarship. It seems a bit unreasonable and gratuitous, right? Naturally staying in the house for a long time ...

Sandola floated over and hit me on the back of my head: "It's the same statement again, you can't think of something creative next time-say that you are a novel writer to come out and collect it."

I replied in my heart with the same expression: "The eight Chengdu who wrote the novel starved to death at home, and you see that there are a few who have the money to come out."

The middle-aged person across the table froze for a moment, then smiled cheerfully: "Aha, scholar, I really can't see it. Scholars I know sit on the bottom sixty and face upwards, and their beards are longer than their hair. I have never seen them before. You're so young ... but it's not like you are an adventurer in fights. The book volume is very strong and you can only learn. Alas, my name is Leon. I ’m an explorer ... the one who is more senior than the adventurer Species. "

It looks like the other person is a very good person, and I owe a smile: "It's good to say. You can just call me Chen Jun."

"Chen Jun? This is the name?" Leon pouted, seeming to feel strange about this strange name. "People have been using pseudonyms these days. By the way, introduce this guy who doesn't talk to me. Aoba , My girlfriend. They are all from abroad. It is not easy to be away from home. Many friends have multiple paths. Aoba. Say hello to others. "

The man sitting next to Leon was shrouded in a black hooded cloak. Before, he could only be judged to be a thin woman by his body. At this time, the other party opened the hood. I was surprised to find that the other person was a beautiful elf with long light green hair!

"Hello, I'm Aoba, a trainee priest of Lost Theology, and I'm here with Leon for adventure."

The elf woman greeted her with a little restraint, and then pulled up the hood again to cover most of her face. Leon patted the other's shoulder gently and smiled at me: "Don't mind, she doesn't like talking very much. The study of the scriptures all day is stupid. "

I smiled indifferently, and then chatted about two daily routines without nutrition, while whispering in my heart while collecting the planet's customs and feelings: Lost God? The local denomination gave itself such a name? This doesn't sound auspicious ... is it related to the age of civilization?

However, it is obviously inconvenient to ask such things now, so let's wait for more people to come to know this sect slowly. The little girl Ai Lu was hung up by adults just now, and nobody even listened to her story. At this time, she was a little impatient. The child was very impatient, and after a while, he became restless: "Do you want to go to groceries?" Shop? Would you like to go to the smithy? It's getting late, as soon as the sun sets in the gap between the two mountains on the edge of the sky, one day will pass! If you continue to guide, add twenty copper plates! "

Then I remembered that I was "hiring" a guide, and Leon across the table showed a curious look. Obviously he had never heard of such a small town as a "guide" profession. After all, It's just the little girl's identity as a guide from a bunch of knight novels. Seeing Leon's expression, I could only smile a little embarrassingly: "I don't know whose child ... I just don't know too much about this place, and let her lead the way to find a place to stay."

Leon grinned understandingly: "Also, fortunately, our batch came early. In two days, I am afraid there are a lot of tents outside the town. Every time I find a ruin or a church has opened the right to explore the place, this is a big one. Helping people hung up together, there are also a lot of scholars like you who are not interested in relics, who specialize in history ... Uh, let ’s go, walk slowly, maybe we can stay in the ancient tower for two days They met over there. "

While holding the little girl Elro, who was getting manic, I greeted the clerk to come and settle the bill, and then they returned to the street outside. Although I have only been in the tavern for less than half an hour, this is exactly the day when the sun is slowly going down. It seems that the locals here do not have the habit of hanging out after the sun goes down, so the street has become deserted. Less, the rest of the pedestrians are either wearing various clothes that are not the same as the local clothes, or they look like dusty servants at a glance. Needless to say, how many are still swaying outside are foreigners ... adventurers.

So many foreigners have flowed into their own towns, and I don't know what the locals will think. Maybe many people feel irritable, but there are also people who open pubs like Passali who feel that the business is getting better and happy. As for the little girl Ailu, of course, she is also very happy: she finally has the opportunity to touch the world she saw in the storybook, although I guess she will soon find that the book is deceptive, in this world At no point will the princes rub their shoulders and rub their shoulders to come to the west of the village to watch the girl bath ...

Earlier, the pub owner Pasari also said that she had to find someone to inform Eluo's family to pick up the girl. But until I and I left the pub, I didn't see the latter's parents appear. I wanted to come because the pub business was too busy and the dwarf aunt didn't care.

"Let me tell you, our town can have big people before, don't look small, but the big forest next to us is the location of one of the five elf cities ... Although it is in the deepest forest and has a barrier, ordinary people I ca n’t go in anymore, but the elves often run out and choose adventurer partners in town. The elves have an adult experience, you know, they will leave the forest to contact other races when they reach a certain age. Our town The best-known Dragon Slayer is to team up with an elven ... "

The story of the little girl Ai Lu is not over yet. Now she is talking about the seventh dragon warrior in her town, and I look at the town that is gradually quieting and the sunset that is sinking in the sky, thinking about myself next. How to arrange a few days' trip.

Admiral Empire is still hovering in orbit, is invisible, and will not be discovered by the locals-in fact, it seems that they can not find anything in space today, and I and Sandora thought this It is a very high interstellar civilization, but I did not expect that the space stations in orbit were all ancient equipment that had fallen asleep for tens of thousands of years, and there was only one agricultural civilization in the feudal era on the surface. In this way, there is no need for the Admiral to appear.

So what do you do in the next few days?

This planet seems to have some secrets. Although it has nothing to do with the empire, it is idle anyway, just look at the situation here. At the same time, you can let the Admiral release some detectors. Look around the galaxies to see if there are more signs of life. At the beginning, when we saw the equipment in space, we judged that the civilization on this planet has developed more advanced aerospace technology, although now they seem to be dated. But maybe they can find more of their relics in a nearby galaxy, and maybe even find a colony star that has not undergone civilization. Although this chance is not high, you can look forward to it.

Admiral Empire in distant space soon received instructions, and several factories located in the lower section of its longitudinal arm immediately started construction. A number of detectors were quickly assembled, and the detectors burst out of the ejection channel and flashed through space.

This time, we may be looking for the extinction of life, but the remnants of the remaining colonial points (according to experience, interstellar and higher-level civilizations after the disruption of science and technology often leave many such relics, just like the empire left behind. Those large-scale fortresses with no signs of life), and these relics are generally not easy to find because they are dead objects, so I let the detector scan the surrounding galaxies at a low speed and high precision, and do n’t let the vast space pass, this will of course It takes longer, but there is nothing else to do.

At this time, Ailu has already told the story of several demon kings who have destroyed the world under the seal of the town (this planet is really strong, and the population density of the demon king is almost catching up with human beings). I see that she can't finish talking for a while. Thinking that I was planning to find a local residence here to experience the local life, I had to pat her hair: "Ailu, the story is almost the same. I think it's quite far away from the grocery store ... take me to find A place to live, don't you say that you run a hotel? "

"Yes, the hotel!" Ellu suddenly rejoiced and pulled me to run forward. "Just right in front, my house used to run the hotel, but then there were too few guests and I didn't continue to drive. There have been many adventures these days. Or, I just want to let my mother continue to open business! You are the first guest to reopen business ... ah, the sun is down! "

Ai Lu looked at the last glow of the sky, suddenly turned around and reached out to me: "Sheng Hui, twenty copper plates, tour guide fee!"

At this time, how can I continue to pay (although these copper plates are not earned by myself) as the head of injustice? So he touched Ailu's head easily: "Wait until you check out at the hotel."

The little girl thought about it, but didn't think there was any problem, but agreed happily, and then dragged me for a few minutes, and finally a two-story building that looked quite large appeared in front of us.

This big house looks a bit similar to the traditional rental apartment on the earth, with a simple appearance. The elongated building body is divided into two floors, and the upper floor has neatly arranged windows. It should be all guest rooms, and the lower floor probably functions as the owner's residence and various functional rooms. The cylindrical auxiliary house can also be seen next to the big house. Now I know that it is basically a warehouse and prepared for livestock. local.

Ai Lu happily dragged me to the open front door, and ran as she ran: "Mom! Mum! There are guests! Guests coming to stay! In addition, Ai Lu makes money today!"

I walked into the main entrance and found that there was a very spacious front hall. A young woman in a burlap dress heard Elro's yelling and looked up from behind the desk case in the corner of the front hall.

This is a very beautiful woman. Although she is a mother, she can still see her youthful style. A black hair curled up, and a flower-shaped hair accessory was obliquely inserted into the back of the head. It looked mature and dignified. Although the skin was slightly black, it was a healthy and clean color. The disadvantage was that the other person wore a This kind of listlessness is a little weird, as if you are awake and tired, and your eyes are almost completely closed due to drowsiness, and there are dark circles under the eyes.

A pile of book paper was spread out on the table in front of the opposite side. It looked like she was sorting things out. She looked up at the doorway, and soon found me as a stranger, so she expressed a doubtful expression: "Accommodation? We don't have a shop here anymore."

...... It really is the case. The little girl Ailu was indeed a very capable and extremely unreliable bear child, but I was dragged away by her for a long time without any hesitation. This is really ...

"Um, I heard Ailu say that there is a hotel here." I cried with tears in my mouth, and then pointed to Ailu who had run to my mother. "I'm a foreigner ... scholar. Come here to study the ruins." I thought there was a place to stay. If I had known that your house hadn't opened, I would have gone somewhere else, it would be late. "

In fact, I don't care about the accommodation problem. If it doesn't work, I can go outside and find a place where no one can open the living space, or send it directly to the Admiral, the proper presidential suite treatment, but now I ’m on the planet. Local customs and interests have generated interest, so I wanted to experience what local residences look like. Of course, this thing can't be forced—the bear child killed someone.

"A stranger?" Ai Lu's mother looked really tired. She even felt weak and weak. She looked at the sky outside and people walking on the street. Then she remembered what it was like. What ancient tower attracted them? Adventurers? "

"A scholar, it is a scholar!" Ai Lu seemed more anxious than me, bouncing to help explain, "It is a very good person, even better than an adventurer! I make money today!"

"Make money?" Ai Lu's mother heard the word a second time, so she focused her attention on it, and then she suddenly remembered something, stood up a little bit nervously, and dragged her own girl towards this side. Come, "Is this kid bothering you? She's usually a little whimsical and often causes trouble. She said you better not take it seriously ... Did you give her money?"

Although I really wanted to nod at this time, the moment I saw Elro's frightened rabbit, I felt ... Sure enough, I should nod! Isn't the bear child completely crooked without giving a lesson!

So I nodded.

"Hurry to apologize to this gentleman!" Ai Lu's mother did show signs of violence immediately, and it was clear that it was not the first time that a bear child had caused trouble, and the latter ushered in a cracking sermon on the spot. However, based on my many years of experience in dealing with bear children, it is impossible to educate a bear child like Ailu who has been in the middle of the second to go to the street, and the purpose of coming here is not to let the little girl suffer. Xun, so quickly rushed to the sidelines: "Oh, cough, in fact, there is not much trouble, and she took me around the town for a long time, as a guide is very dedicated, it would be really dark with this little girl to help me here."

After thinking about it, I didn't say anything about the map, the little girl was beaten.

Ai Lu's mother didn't mean to look into it, and looked at the outside, so she nodded: "You must be too late to go to the hotel again at this time, so stay here ~ www. readwn.com ~ Anyway, there are a lot of empty rooms upstairs. I'll go up and help you prepare a room. By the way, this child wants it ... Oh, it must be twenty copper plates, she knows this number. "

Me: "..." Zhimo Moruo!

"Twenty copper plates can be used as accommodation expenses?" I grinned. "Looking at your prices just now, it should be about the same."

"Actually, the accommodation fee is nothing. We haven't been in business for a long time, but you are willing to pay the bill. I will prepare dinner for you. The right to pay for the meal is fine," Ailu's mother smiled gently, although Still with an inexplicable sense of exhaustion, but still brought a dignified and solemn temperament, then she took Elro to the second floor, "You just wait here, I will prepare the room. Please don't move around. "

After Ai Lu and her mother slowly disappeared on the wooden stairs, I muttered with the invisible Sandora ball: "A person with a good temperament just doesn't feel like a civilian."

"I don't feel much about civilians or civilians," Sandora moved gently to those books that Eluo's mother was looking through. She should just look at them curiously, but suddenly made a sound of surprise, "Well? Ajun Look at this! "(To be continued ...)