Chapter 1560 Locals

The business in the tavern is booming. It seems that the recently discovered "relics" have brought a large number of strangers to this place. Of course, the place where these strangers gather the most is the local tavern in front of them. Ellu and I finally found two empty seats against the wall, but there was already someone on the other side of the table, a middle-aged man, and sitting next to him was a thin figure hidden in a black hooded robe.

"Are you also looking for ruins?" The middle-aged man across the table heard Elu telling stories about the big forest and the expedition team with great interest, so he looked at me curiously.

I looked up at the other person. He was a strong man who looked to be in his forties. He had dark skin, strong muscles, short black hair, a square face, well-defined eyebrows, and a very reliable face. He was wearing clothes that were very different from the short-sleeved robes worn by the locals. They looked like short-sleeved training clothes. The gray-black clothes were a little old, but they looked very clean. The clothes were tight around the opponent's body. In terms of muscles, it seems a bit out of place - but it does show off the opponent's strong figure.

Next to this middle-aged macho man, there is a huge black sword that looks almost as tall as a man placed against the wall. Needless to say, it is also his weapon. So... it is a warrior, which should be what Elu mentioned. "Adventurer".

"I'm a bit interested." I haven't fully understood the situation here. I don't know what the so-called ruins, local churches, and forest monsters (maybe they exist) mean, so I can only answer vaguely, hoping to get some insights from the other party's conversation. More information, "I am a scholar who travels around. I am interested in strange things from all over the world. This time I came not for the ruins themselves, but for the stories."

Let me first state that I don’t know much about the ruins, so as not to make the other party appear clueless when discussing it with me. As for the identity of this wandering scholar...hey, don’t tell me yet. I find that I am becoming more and more accustomed to this way of lying. Being a scholar is definitely a panacea answer. Anyway, no matter where you show yourself as a maverick, you can use "I am a scholar" to fool you. After all, I am a scholar. It's understandable that it seems a bit unreasonable, right? It's natural to stay at home for a long time...

Sandora's ball floated over and hit me on the back of the head: "That's it again, you can't think of something creative next time - it's okay to say that you are a novel writer and come out to collect ideas."

My expression remained unchanged and I answered in my mind: "Eighty percent of those who write novels starve to death at home. How many of them are rich enough to come out to collect stories?"

The middle-aged man across the table was stunned for a moment, and then smiled cheerfully: "Ah ha, scholar, I really didn't see it. The scholar I know is sitting at the bottom sixty, with a beard longer than his hair. I've never seen that before. You are so young... But you don't look like a person who fights and takes risks. You are quite bookish and can only do academic work. Hey, my name is Leon. I am an explorer... the one who is more senior than an adventurer. kind."

It seemed that the other person was an easy person to get along with. I smiled and bowed: "It's easy to talk to. Just call me Chen Jun."

"Chen Jun? Is this a name?" Leon smacked his lips, as if he was surprised by this strange name. "It's popular for scholars to use pen names these days. By the way, let me introduce this quiet guy next to me. Qingye , my girlfriend. They are all from out of town. It’s not easy to be away from home. There are many friends and many ways to go. Qingye. Say hello to people. "

The person sitting next to Leon was covered in a black hooded cloak. Previously, it could only be judged by her body shape that she was a thin woman. Only then did the person lift the hood. I was surprised to find that the other person was a beautiful elf with long light green hair!

"Hello, I am Qingye, a trainee priest of the Lost God Religion. I come here to adventure with Leon."

The elf woman greeted her somewhat cautiously, then pulled up her hood again to cover most of her face. Leon patted her shoulder gently and smiled at me: "Don't mind, she doesn't like to talk very much. Studying scriptures all day long makes your brain go crazy."

I smiled nonchalantly, and then chatted a few words about daily life that were not nutritious. While collecting the customs and customs of this planet, I thought to myself: Lost God Religion? The local sect gave itself such a name? This doesn't sound very auspicious... Could it be related to the end of civilization?

However, it is obviously inconvenient to ask this kind of thing rashly now, so we should wait until we gradually get to know more people and understand this sect. The little girl Ellu has been ignored by the adults since just now. No one even listened to her story. At this time, she finally became a little impatient. The child was impatient and became restless after a while: "Do you want to go grocery shopping?" Shop? Do you want to go to the blacksmith shop? It’s already getting late. As soon as the sun sets between the gaps between the two mountains on the horizon, the day will be over! If you continue to ask for a guide, it will cost you twenty coppers!"

Only then did I remember that I had "hired" a guide, and Leon across the table looked curious. Apparently he had never heard of the profession of "guide" in such a remote town. After all, this It's just the identity of the leader that the little girl imagined from a bunch of chivalry novels. Seeing Leon's expression, I could only smile slightly awkwardly: "I don't know whose child... I happen to be not familiar with this place, so I asked her to lead the way and find a place to stay."

Leon grinned in understanding: "That's right. Fortunately, our group came early. In two days, there will be a lot of tents outside the town. This happens every time a ruin is discovered or the church opens the right to explore somewhere. Everyone is gathered together. There are also many scholars like you who have no interest in relics and specialize in history... Well, let’s not talk about it anymore. Let’s walk slowly. Maybe we can still visit the ancient tower in two days. Let’s meet over there.”

While I held down the little girl Ellu who was getting increasingly manic, I called the clerk over to pay the bill, and then the two of them returned to the street outside. Although I only stayed in the tavern for less than half an hour, it happened to be the day when the sun slowly set. It seemed that the locals here did not have the habit of hanging out after the sun set, so the streets already seemed deserted. The remaining pedestrians are either dressed in various costumes that are different from the local clothes, or they look like they are dusty at first glance. Needless to say, most of the people still wandering outside are foreigners...adventurers.

With so many foreigners pouring into their towns, I don’t know how the locals will feel. Maybe many people feel irritated, but there are also people like Pasali who open taverns who will feel happy that business has improved. As for the little girl Ellu, of course she is also very happy: she finally has the opportunity to come into contact with the world she saw in the storybook, although I guess she will soon find out that everything written in the book is a lie. It would never happen that princes would rub shoulders and come to the river at the west end of the village to watch the girl take a bath...

Previously, the tavern proprietress Pasali said that she would find someone to notify Ellu's family to pick up the little girl. But until Ellu and I left the tavern, we didn’t see the latter’s parents showing up. I guess it was because the tavern was too busy and the dwarf aunt didn’t take care of them.

"Let me tell you, our town has had big names before. Even though it is a small place, the big forest we are next to is the location of one of the five elven cities... Although it is in the deepest part of the forest and there is a barrier blocking it, ordinary people You can never get in, but the elves often come out to choose adventurers in the town. You know, the elves have adult experience. After they reach a certain age, they will leave the forest and come into contact with other races. Our town The most famous dragon-slaying warrior in the world teamed up with an elf..."

The story of the little girl Ellu is not over yet. Now she is talking about the seventh dragon-slaying warrior in her town. And I am looking at the town that is gradually getting quieter and the sunset that is gradually setting on the horizon, thinking about my next step. How to plan the itinerary for a few days.

The Imperial Admiral is still hovering in orbit, in an invisible state, and will not be discovered by the locals. In fact, judging from their current level of technology, it seems that they cannot detect things in space. Sandora and I originally thought that this It is a very advanced interstellar civilization, but I didn't expect that all the space stations in orbit are ancient equipment that have been sleeping for tens of millions of years. There is only a feudal era farming civilization on the surface. This way there would be no need for the Imperial Admiral to show up.

So what will you do in the next few days?

This planet seems to hide some secrets. Although it has nothing to do with the empire, it is idle anyway, so let's take a look at the situation here. At the same time, the Imperial Admiral can be asked to release some detectors. Search the surrounding galaxies to see if there are more signs of life. When we saw the equipment in space, we judged that the civilization on this planet had developed relatively advanced aerospace technology, although now they seem to be out of date. But maybe more of their relics can be found in some of the surrounding galaxies, or even colonial stars that haven't had their civilization eradicated - although this chance is not high, you can look forward to it.

The Imperial Admiral in distant space quickly received the order, and several factories located in the lower section of its longitudinal arm started work immediately. A batch of detectors were quickly assembled, and then the detectors rushed out of the ejection channel and flashed through space.

What we are looking for this time may be the remains of colonial sites where life has become extinct but relics remain (according to experience, civilizations at interstellar and above levels after the era of technological collapse tend to leave many such relics, just like those left by the empire) Those large-scale fortresses with no signs of life), and these ruins are generally not easy to find because they are dead objects. Therefore, I asked the detector to scan the surrounding galaxies at low speed and high precision, even in the vast space. Of course, this will It takes longer, but there is nothing else to do anyway.

At this time, Ellu has already told the story about the demon kings who have destroyed the world sealed underground in the town (this planet is so strong, and it is visually estimated that the population density of demon kings is about to catch up with humans). I think she will not be able to finish her story in a while. Thinking that she was planning to find a local house to stay here and experience local life, she had to pat her hair: "Ellu, the story is almost over. I think it's quite far from a grocery store... Take me to find it first. A place to stay, didn’t you say your family owns a hotel?”

"Yes, a hotel!" Ellu suddenly became happy and pulled me forward, "It's right in front. My family used to run a hotel, but then we stopped opening it because there were too few customers. There have been a lot of adventures these days. "Zer, I just want my mother to continue to open the business! You are the first customer after the reopening...ah, the sun is setting!"

Ai Lu looked at the last ray of light in the sky, turned around and stretched out her hand to me: "Sheng Hui twenty copper coins, tour guide fee!"

At this time, how can I continue to pay (even though these copper coins are not earned by myself) and be taken advantage of? So he patted Ailu's head and said, "We'll check out the hotel together after we arrive at your hotel."

The little girl thought about it and didn't think there was any problem with it. Instead, she happily agreed. Then she 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 somewhat similar to a traditional rental apartment on Earth. It has a simple appearance. The long main body of the building is divided into two floors, with neatly arranged windows on the upper floor. It should all be guest rooms, and the lower floor probably serves as the master's residence and various functional rooms. You can also see a cylindrical auxiliary building next to the big house. Now I know, it is basically a warehouse and for livestock. place.

Ellu happily dragged me and ran towards the wide open front door, shouting as she ran: "Mom! Mom! There are guests! They are guests who come to stay! Besides, Ellu made money today!"

I walked into the main door and found a quite spacious front hall. A young woman in a coarse cloth dress raised her head from behind the desk in the corner of the front hall when she heard Elu's shout.

This is a very beautiful woman. Although she is a mother, she can still see the charm of her youth. Her black hair was tied up high, with a flower-shaped hair accessory inserted diagonally at the back of her head. She looked mature and dignified. Although her skin was slightly dark, it was a healthy and clean color. The only drawback was that the other person had a trace of There was a feeling of exhaustion as if he couldn't wake up, and his eyes were almost completely closed due to sleepiness. There were dark circles under his eyes from not getting enough rest. This listless appearance made people feel a little strange.

A pile of books and papers was spread out on the table in front of the other party. It seemed that she was sorting out accounts and the like. She looked up at the door and soon noticed me as a stranger, so she showed a puzzled expression: "Accommodation? We no longer have a store here."

...This is indeed the case. The little girl Elu is indeed a naughty child with super mobility and super unreliability, but I was dragged around by her for a long time without any hesitation. This is really...

"Well, I heard from Elu that there is a hotel here." I tugged at the corner of my mouth, dumbfounded, and then pointed at Elu who had already run towards my mother, "I am that...scholar from out of town. I came here to study the ruins. I thought there was a place to stay here. If I had known that your house was not open, I would have gone somewhere else. It would have been too late today."

In fact, I don't care about the accommodation problem. If it doesn't work, I can go outside to find a deserted place and open the habitation module, or teleport directly to the Imperial Admiral and get the proper presidential suite treatment. But now I don't care about this planet. I became interested in the local customs, so I wanted to experience what the local houses were like. Of course, you can't force this matter - naughty children can kill people.

"Outsiders?" Ailu's mother looked really tired, and she felt weak even when she spoke. She looked at the sky outside and the people on the street, and then she seemed to think of something, "Again, I was surrounded by those people in the forest. What ancient tower attracted you here? Adventurers?"

"A scholar, he's a scholar!" Ellu seemed more anxious than me, jumping up and down to help explain, "He's a very powerful person, even more powerful than an adventurer! I made money today!"

"Earn money?" The second time Ellu's mother heard this word, she focused her attention on it. Then she suddenly remembered something, stood up in a slight panic, and dragged her daughter towards this side. Come on, "Is this child causing trouble for you? She is usually a bit whimsical and often causes trouble for others. You'd better not take anything she says seriously... Did you give her money?"

Although I really wanted to nod at this time, but when I saw Elu's frightened expression like a frightened rabbit, I felt... I should nod after all! If you don’t teach the naughty kid a lesson, won’t he grow completely crooked?

So I nodded.

"Hurry up and apologize to this gentleman!" As expected, Ellu's mother immediately showed signs of going berserk, and judging from her expression, it was obvious that this was not the first time that a naughty child had caused trouble. The latter received a crackling lecture on the spot. , but based on my many years of experience in dealing with naughty children, it is impossible for a naughty child like Ailu, who has reached the point of fooling people on the streets, to be educated in a short time, and the purpose of coming here is not to let the little girl suffer. He was training, so he quickly smoothed things over: "Ahem, it's actually not much trouble, and she took me around the town for a long time. She is very dedicated as a guide. Without this little girl's help, I would be in the dark here."

After thinking about it, I still didn't say anything about the map. It would be bad if the little girl got beaten.

Ailu's mother saw that I had no intention of pursuing the matter, and looked at the sky outside before nodding: "It's definitely too late for you, a foreigner, to find a hotel at this time, so just stay here, anyway. There are quite a few empty rooms, I'll go up and help you prepare a room in a moment. By the way, what does this child want...oh, it must be twenty copper coins, she knows this number."

Me: "..." I know my daughter Mo Ruomu!

"Can twenty copper coins be used as accommodation fee?" I chuckled, "I just saw the prices here, they should be about the same."

"Actually, the accommodation fee is nothing. We haven't done business for a long time, but it doesn't matter if you are willing to pay, I will prepare dinner for you, and you can pay for it," Ellu's mother smiled gently, although her face Still feeling a sense of inexplicable fatigue, but still carrying a dignified and steady demeanor, she then pulled Elu towards the second floor, "Just wait here for a moment, I'll prepare the room. Just please don’t move around.”

After Ellu and her mother slowly disappeared on the wooden stairs, I muttered to the invisible Sandora Ball: "He has a pretty good temperament, but he doesn't feel like a commoner."

"I don't have any feelings about civilians and non-commoners," Sandora moved lightly towards the books that Ellu's mother had been reading before. She should have just looked at them out of curiosity, but suddenly made a surprised sound, "Huh? Arjun Come and see this!" (To be continued, please search, the novel will be better and updated faster!