The long streets of El City are dimly lit, and the street lamps on both sides of the street have all been lit up, and the dim yellow halo is reflected on the faces of pedestrians through the glass cover, which is so soft.The warm evening breeze blows on people, making this hot summer charge a rare coolness, many people who hide in the house during the day to escape the heat will only take to the street at this time, or move a chair in front of their house, and everyone will gather together to sit down and enjoy the coolness.The men would take out a little sweet and sour golden cider from the cellar, pour it into the decanter in a glass bottle, and then let the children go to the ice shop at the corner of the street to buy some ice cubes, throw a few pieces and put them in it, and the remaining cool ice cubes will become a good summer for the children.It's just that this year there is a new change in the ice shop in Aier City, now the children can no longer be satisfied with the light and tasteless ice cubes, they prefer to eat a cold drink of red bean smoothie, when the children hold a bowl of cool red bean smoothie in one hand, and carry an ice bucket in the other hand and staggering back from the street, I don't know if the hands of the men sitting under the incense tree will tremble when they touch their money bags, maybe they should work harder when they think about going to work tomorrow.The housewives sitting on the wooden piers in the doorway may have talked about the price of something in the grocery store this summer, and they were whispering about the fact that the raw cowhide in a certain store had dropped again.Maybe you should take advantage of the price to buy a piece of leather to make a pair of suede shoes, and line the shoes with a piece of wolf skin to ensure that it will be warm all winter.Many merchants in the city of El are dumping some of the stock in the warehouse, and no one can say whether the canned food and skins brought from the plateau will spoil or have insects in such a hot summer, but it is better to say that the stock in the warehouse has become a delicacy on the table of the citizens in the middle of summer.Recently, more and more caravans have come down from the Pai Plateau, and they have brought back a lot more kinds of goods, they are like countless stones thrown into the pond, causing layers of water on the water surface of the originally very calm business district of El City.I was thinking about the livelihood of those orcs in the future, since they became my followers, I couldn't let them live in shacks all the time, and it was a bit nerve-wracking to cook the leaves from the vegetable market and pour out the swill from the restaurant every day.Maybe they wouldn't mind living on that strange plane, but if that was okay, they should discuss it with the orcs after all, and maybe they'll be able to have their own tent tonight.Tomorrow morning, they should be able to nibble on black bread and drink cereal porridge at the same time, without getting up from the cold bed hungry, and the days of going to work in the city with the stars on their heads are not easy, if there is a choice, the copper collar around the neck of the elf girl who went on the road alone is in my hand, but unfortunately this collar did not engrave my name in the end, and the bright eyes of the elf girl before leaving finally showed a deep gratitude to the bottom of her heart, and at that moment she was sure that she had obtained the most rare freedom.When she was leaving, she said to me: she still can't believe it, and she asked me why?
I just smiled faintly at her at the time, and said casually: Actually, there is really no reason, and it would be too far-fetched to barely have one.Her eyes are as clear as lake water is beautiful, after regaining her body freedom, there are some magic fluctuations around her body, after the soul contract that restricts her freedom was annulled by me, after the magic confinement set by the slave catcher on her body was all lifted, I found that her eyes were not only still clear, but also gradually revealed the confidence of a strong man.The elf girl looked at me, probably trying to know what that far-fetched reason was.I was a little overwhelmed by her gaze, and I could only say with a little embarrassment: "Fifty magic crystals!"
I was reluctant to take it out to buy a slave girl anyway, but a good friend of mine bought it back and gave it to me, and he felt that he owed me a great favor, so he wanted to give me a very expensive gift. ”"That's not the reason!"
The elf girl's imperial Chinese is not standard, but her voice is very beautiful.I muttered in a low voice, "I don't like elves!"
”I wasn't sure if she could hear me, but I guess she did, because when she turned to leave, she glared at me fiercely, and just when I thought she would follow the flow of people up the tower, she turned her back to me and whispered, "Can't you just say that reason is a little more high-sounding, you can say that you are looking for love on the road of life, or pursuing the truth on the road of magic, or you can say that you want to help those around you who can help" but I couldn't hear her words in the end, She spoke in a tone like she was singing, but I was just feeling infinitely emotional, what a fairy who came out of the capital of art!
Before leaving, she said, "I hope to have the opportunity to see each other again in the future", and it can be seen that she is still grateful to me.Thinking about every trivial matter, I was already in that familiar street, and I saw the lights in the attic in the distance, and Tracy's figure leaned out of the attic window, probably taking advantage of the windy night to cool off.The street lamp in the distance stretched my shadow so long, and as I slowly approached the street lamp, the shadow behind me became clearer and clearer.The base of each street lamp is engraved with some simple magic pattern array, the wick in the lampshade is actually a hollow copper ball doped with a trace amount of magic red copper, but the craftsmen brush a thin layer of moonstone powder on the surface of the copper ball, and some fragments of magic crystals are placed in the center area of the magic pattern circle, and the entire magic pattern circle is driven by those magic crystal fragments, so that the moonstone powder emits a dim yellow light, this magic lamp has a simple structure, The only core was the hollow copper ball coated with moonstone powder and the magic pattern circle underneath the copper ball.This kind of street lamp is a commodity transported from the imperial capital, and in the entire northern city and various magic guilds, no inscription master can simplify the magic pattern circle in the street lamp so thoroughly, and use moonstone and magic crystal together, it can be said that the idea is very novel, but the cost is not cheap.At present, only some streets in the eastern district of El City have installed such street lights.The instructor in charge of the magic pattern in the magic academy has studied this kind of street lamp, and specially moved a street lamp to the classroom for this purpose, and dismantled it on the spot.I remember that the tutor sighed and said: If any of the students here can make such a magic prop to benefit the people in their lifetime, when they embark on the path of Mingshi, don't forget to send him a piece so that he can brag about it when he gathers with his friends.When I got home, I was inevitably nagged by Fanny, and sneaking out of the door in the midst of recuperation was a mistake in itself, where did I dare to argue with Fanny, I could only sit at the dining table obediently, gobbling up Fanny's fried pumpkin pie, seeing that I was very hungry, Fanny lifted the copper kettle on the fire, poured out a cup of fragrant milk tea, and pushed it in front of me."
Even if you're injured, you're running around!"
Fanny sat across the table and complained.Seeing me eating like a hungry wolf, Fanny was in a state of flux and distressed, and couldn't help but nag at me: "If you come back too late, then eat outside, don't run back hungry, is it not enough pocket money?"
”Just as I waved my hand, Tracy, who was wearing a cool and loose nightdress, came down from the stairs and said to Fanny with a complaining face: "Hey, how can I be so eccentric, I'm your own daughter, I've never seen you ask me like this!"
”After Tracy finished speaking, he leaned over to the sofa where Ryan was sitting, put his arms around Rryant's neck affectionately, put his forehead against Rryant's bearded cheek, and murmured, "Hey, Daddy, you see that Fanny is so good to Jijia, are you also jealous, do you want to join hands with your daughter to protest against Fanny?"
”It seems that Arendt's awkward departure from my house that day did not bother Tracy too much, I was a little relieved, at this time Tracy also made it to the table, Fanny gouged her eyes fiercely, but poured her a cup of milk tea, and then said: "Even if you want to keep in shape, do you want to try the milk tea I brewed?"
”On such a quiet and warm night, probably every family in the city of El will get together at this time and talk about each other's trivial matters during the day, which is like the warmth of home.The candlestick on the table kept flickering, and Ryan got up and went to the half-opened bottle of golden cider and an empty goblet on the other side of the wine cabinet, and he held the bottle to me and motioned to me, and I shook my head no.The men of El City always like to have a little drink after a meal, usually they only drink some aperitif at the table, and usually after the meal, for example, like now.Occasionally, a little side dish would be turned up, sometimes it would be a simple fried fish or a plate of chips, and girls rarely had a chance to drink, and the custom here was that drinking was a man's business, and even Fanny would occasionally encourage me to taste the cider.I think it's fitting to say that the men in El are very qualified sommeliers, but I prefer to drink a little during my meal, and I'm not used to drinking after a meal, even after five years of living here.I sat quietly at the table eating pumpkin pie, motioned Tracy to take down an iron bucket from the side shelf, casually raised an arm supported on the table, and nimbly drew a simple magic pattern circle in the air with my fingers.The water element slowly arranged a water ball the size of a pigeon's egg in the air, and just as my quaint spell fell, dozens of water balls condensed into ice at a speed visible to the naked eye in the creaking and crunching sound, and fell into the iron bucket with a clang, and then when everyone was stunned, he casually pushed the iron bucket containing half of the ice cube in front of Leant, grinned slightly and smiled faintly at him before saying: "Try it with ice, maybe the taste is not bad!"
”In fact, since I became a magic apprentice, I have rarely flaunted my magic skills at home, and watching Fanny and Tracy both grow their mouths wide and look at the bucket of ice with shocked expressions, it is obvious that this little spell is like an ice storm, devastating and disturbing their calm hearts, maybe they have never regarded me as a magic apprentice before this, and now they are also amazed to see my little spells cast.Ryan wasn't too surprised, probably he usually had more contact with magicians, and he wasn't too surprised by such a small magic skill, but just smiled happily and said, "There is a magician at home who looks really good!"
”I've always had a question in my mind, and I don't know the right answer to that question until I see Meiana the Wise again.When I saw these orcs again the next day, they were still preparing lunch at noon, watching the little orc girl Ella squatting beside the big iron pot like other orc children, watching an orc girl in clean and simple leather armor boiling cereal porridge, she kept stirring in the pot with a large wooden spoon, and the orc girl on the other side was doughing rye flour into palm-sized cakes, and pasted them along the edge of the iron pot, and I had already pasted half a circle when I went.The lame old orc Zewang is an old shamanic witch doctor, and the level of the shaman witch doctor in the orc tribe is about the same as a magic apprentice, but for orcs, once they have magical power, they can have a stone drum totem, which is the ability that junior shaman witch doctors have, and when they become real shamans, they will master the real totem power.However, for the old orc Zewang, probably he may not be able to cultivate to the peak state of the shaman witch doctor in this life, and if he can't reach the peak state of the shaman witch doctor, there is no way to break the bottleneck and become a real shaman, for Zewang when he comes, this is a great pity, after all, every orc has the dream of becoming a great shaman buried in the bottom of his heart.Even in such a hot summer, the old orcs insisted on wearing a leather coat, and it seemed that the habits of life on the Pai Plateau were difficult to change.The beast girls, who had been in the hut all day long, so poor that they couldn't even afford to wear clothes, were sitting at the mouth of the tent at this time, and carefully sewing more light leather armor, although these skins were just ordinary cowhides bought from the leather workshop on the side of the slaughterhouse, the cowhides of these slaughterhouse beef cattle were very cheap, and a large number of one-horned bison cowhides brought back from the Pai Plateau filled the entire leather market, making this texture very poor, so that this thin and not tough enough beef cattle hides have rotten streets, Otherwise, the tanning workshop would not have sold me the hides for a silver coin and a leather.But for these orcs, wearing leather armor will feel that they are wearing clothes, the orcs are finally wearing a simple sewn half-length leather armor bandeau, and walked out of the shack with joy, but looking at their leather clothes without any close-fitting clothes, when they bend over, they will show a piece of spring, I am difficult to understand the mentality of those beast girls, why do I feel that linen clothes are almost not enough to cover the body?
Perhaps it was because the orcs had rushed overnight, and after only one night of interval, they had already set up five cowhide tents next to the camp.I don't know what this orc wise man, who lived a simple life like an ascetic, instilled in these orcs, but when they heard that they would migrate en masse to a quiet and rich little plane to live, the lame old orc Zewang seemed very excited, and almost I didn't waste too much of my lips and tongue, and I didn't even ask where I went, so I happily agreed.There are still many things to prepare for next, before the number of nearly a hundred orcs collectively enters the Xinliu Valley, they need to make some adequate preparations, at least each person needs to carry some food, and there are enough tents, originally I suggested that Zewang buy some finished products in the market, but the old orcs insisted on letting the orcs sew by themselves, and the orcs are born to be leather makers.The orcs in the campfire camp have already prepared for a long journey, and I have made an appointment with the old orc Zewang to leave here in three days.To be continued.