Arrival at the Royal Capital, Imina Arrives
Tick tock!
Wow--
The carriage drove on the muddy and rainy road, splashing up the rainwater in the small puddles and on the dirt road. It had been raining for a while.
If it were an ordinary carriage, it would not be easy to travel on such a heavy rainy day. Fortunately, the carriage was being pulled by Barghest, so such difficult roads would not affect it.
"Sir, what are we doing here Royal Capital?" Enri looked at Royal Capital getting closer and closer in the rain in the distance, and said nervously and curiously.
"Meet a few friends and take care of the Alchemical Potion we made. Our destination is not here, but further south."
Tang Zheng heard the question and spoke with a smile.
Further south?
"Oh." Enri nodded in understanding. For a girl who has never even been to a village, her understanding of this country and even the world is really limited.
Tang Zheng smiled softly when he saw this, looked through the vines at the heavy rain outside, and sighed softly, "The temperature here is indeed warmer than at the border."
It was obviously snowing from time to time at the Royal Capital border. Unexpectedly, it started to rain heavily when we arrived at the Royal Capital area. Maybe it was because the border area was close to the Azerlisia Mountains, so it was colder.
Kingdom's terrain environment is indeed not a little better than that of the empire. However, it also has a history of more than two hundred years, but the empire is much stronger.
Kingdom has a tendency of decline.
Think of this.
Tang Zheng shook his head slightly, and it was no wonder that Slane Theocracy was ready to support the unification of the empire. At the beginning of the plot, he even sent out [Sunlight Scripture] troops to solve the most troublesome "Warrior Captain" Gazef.
"Speaking of which, I don't know which troop Slane Theocracy sent to Lava Zone to investigate last time?"
Tang Zheng thought silently in his heart.
No matter which one it is, unless [Black Scripture] is dispatched, other Five-Colored Scriptures will suffer heavy losses.
Azerlisia Mountains is not a place where anyone can set foot at will.
Tang Zheng raised his eyes and looked at Royal Capital, who was gradually approaching, with a thought in his heart.
Skill: Invulnerable Fortress(Martial Arts)
Consumption: No cooldown
Introduction: When the opponent launches an attack, seize the opportunity to launch Martial Arts, which can offset the opponent's attack and render it ineffective. When the level gap is too large, there will be an upper limit for offset.
Skill: Ability Boost(Martial Arts)
Consumption: No cooldown
Introduction: Improve physical ability, increase 30 points Physical Attack, 30 points agility,
Skill: Strengthen Perception(Martial Arts)
Consumption: No cooldown
Introduction: Strengthen the sixth sense, make it easier to discover the opponent's flaws, increase a certain critical hit probability, and increase a certain Weakness Detection.
Skill: Strengthen Magic Resistance(Martial Arts)
Consumption: No cooldown
Introduction: Magic Defense that improves the ability to resist magic by 30 points.
[Skill Points:75→71]
This is the skill that Tang Zheng chose to master from "Martial Arts" used by Head-Hunting Rabbit. Except for one defensive Martial Arts, the other three are enhanced Martial Arts.
And there are stackable upper-level enhancements Martial Arts, "Greater Ability Boost", "Greater Possibility Perception", and "Enhanced Magic Resistance".
Gudongdong--
The movement of the carriage gradually slowed down, and a not-so-tall city gate appeared in front.
The royal capital area of the Kingdom of Li-Estij is very vast. Unlike the fortress-type city of "E-Rantel", there are a large number of urban residential areas gathered on the periphery.
Therefore, the city walls are not very tall, but the dense residential areas give off a sense of prosperity that far exceeds that of border cities, and also has a sense of depression.
Barghest's tall figure penetrated the rain and fog and caught the eyes of the soldiers guarding the city gate. After a brief moment of shock, they immediately became frightened and alert.
Due to the heavy rain.
There was no flow of people coming and going at the city gate. The sudden appearance of a ferocious demonic creature like an evil spirit dog was indeed a panic-stricken thing for ordinary soldiers who had never experienced it in the central area of the kingdom.
The lazy soldiers who were hiding under the spacious city gate to take shelter from the rain picked up their weapons in fear, but no one stepped forward to resist the monster. Instead, they all retreated.
"What's going on?"
"This is a monster!"
"This is Royal Capital, how could a monster come out?"
"Look, there's a carriage behind you."
"..."
As the carriage approached, several soldiers saw clearly that the ferocious monster was actually the monster pulling the carriage.
While everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they were also curious and looked at the approaching carriage with fear. Even some nobles could not do it if they could drive the monsters to pull the carriage.
No matter how you look at it, the two-meter-tall, ferocious-looking monster that is gradually approaching does not have the character of a docile and obedient person pulling a carriage.
Click!
Bone Chains Tighten.
The carriage came to a complete stop, Barghest shook the rain off his head, and a pair of cold beast eyes swept across several frightened soldiers.
Green light flashed from the carriage, and the vines wrapping the carriage slowly dissipated, revealing three figures behind the carriage.
Enri took a careful look at the soldiers guarding the city. With a sense of fear for these Kingdom soldiers, he subconsciously touched the pocket on his waist and rummaged through it.
"What are you doing?"
Tang Zheng looked at Enri in confusion.
Enri said obediently and blankly, "Pass... permit."
She has always kept in mind what Uncle Rachimon said: with a pass issued by the city lord and nobles, the fee for entering the city can be reduced or reduced.
Although it cannot be used in other places, with this document, you can prove your identity and avoid being made things difficult for yourself.
They had passed through some big cities before, and she would have wanted to take it, but before she could take it out, the carriage had already entered.
And this is Royal Capital after all.
In Enri's view, the fees and inspections for entering the city should be more detailed and complicated. She didn't want to cause trouble to the adults, so she wanted to take them out in advance.
"There's no need for that kind of thing."
Tang Zheng Helpless, he stretched out his palm and turned it over. A gold coin appeared in his palm with a flick of his finger.
Ding~
The gold coin drew a beautiful arc in the air and fell into the hands of the soldier guarding the city at the front.
Tang Zheng didn't talk too much. He picked up the "Gold Rank" adventurer nameplate on his waist and waved it at a few soldiers defending the city.
No need to speak.
Several city defenders had already moved out of the way immediately. Among them, the one holding gold coins tightly in his hand, with a bright and humble smile on his face, respectfully whispered:
"My dear adventurer, try not to bring this monster of yours into Inner City."
"Thanks, everyone."
Tang Zheng Hearing the reminder, he did not show any superiority and nodded gently.
Click!
Barghest pulled the carriage again and drove into the outskirts of Royal Capital at a slower pace.
A flash of green light.
Verdant Leaf Witch activated magic again, and plant vines re-wrapped the carriage, blocking the rain that poured down after leaving the city gate.
After exiting the city gate, there is a straight and spacious road paved with artificial stone slabs. A carriage can drive on it without making too much noise.
This immediately made Enri, who had been bumping along the way, let out an exclamation.
"Paving stone streets" was still implemented under the proposal of the "Golden" Princess, but currently it is except for the main street of Royal Capital and the territory of one of the six nobles, Raeven.
Other nobles expressed opposition, and the reason given was that laying mobile streets would facilitate the invasion of the empire.
"It's really interesting."
Tang Zheng instructed Barghest to turn toward the inner side of a main street in front of him. He raised his hand and tapped his chin, and suddenly let out a chuckle.
In order to find Lainas, he stayed at Imperial Capital in the empire for a while. Although Royal Capital didn't stay long, he came twice.
Tang Zheng Suddenly discovered that the purpose of the many proposals put forward by Her Royal Highness the "Golden" Princess may not be what he originally thought.
After seeing the situation of the two countries and broadening his horizons, Tang Zheng vaguely realized that Golden Princess's heterogeneous ideological level may be higher than he initially expected.
Simply put.
Kingdom's group of nobles rejected many strange reasons, which may not have hit the essence of the matter.
As the carriage gradually left the main street.
Puddles of "lakes" gradually began to form on the ground. The road paving of Royal Capital obviously did not take drainage into consideration, especially for the residential areas on both sides.
No wonder most of the surrounding buildings are two-story structures.
Water splashes fly under the wheels.
Soon we stopped in front of an ordinary hotel.
Verdant Leaf Witch removed the vines surrounding the carriage, took out an umbrella, opened it, and immediately covered Tang Zheng's head.
When the hotel owner saw Tang Zheng and his group, he suppressed his fear of Barghest's appearance and immediately smiled with a smile on his face, showing the most extreme service attitude.
Tang Zheng booked three rooms as usual, and even paid an extra amount because of Barghest.
After a while.
There was a "click" sound.
The hotel owner carried the food and carefully walked into the room where Tang Zheng was. He immediately saw Barghest lying lazily in the center of the room.
The neck stiffened,
"Huh." The shop owner took a deep breath, slowed down his pace again, and looked respectfully at Tang Zheng, who was sitting at the wooden table and looking at him.
"Sir, the food you want."
"Sorry, just put it on the table." Tang Zheng nodded with a smile and motioned to the hotel owner to put it down.
The innkeeper placed the food he was holding on the wooden table, then cautiously and respectfully stepped back and quickly left the room, as if he was afraid that Barghest lying on the ground would attack him.
"Well, it smells good, Blackie, the food looks good." Tang Zheng looked at the food on the table with a satisfied smile on his face.
A piece of freshly baked soft white bread, still steaming, two pieces of grilled red meat dripping with sauce and exuding heat.
And a clear soup made with corn and green vegetables.
Tang Zheng picked up a piece of grilled red meat with a fork and threw it in the direction behind him.
"Ouch." Barghest immediately raised his head, opened his mouth, bit into the thrown piece of barbecue, and swallowed it in one gulp.
Tang Zheng not only cut the delicious grilled meat slowly, but also ate it with soft white bread.
Time passed little by little.
When Tang Zheng was just about to finish the last bite of barbecue.
Bang!
Outside the half-open window in the room, a black arrow suddenly shot out from the rain, and the arrow exuded a translucent luster.
Then it penetrates layers of rain curtains and is not affected by the direct rays Tang Zheng.
"Roar!"
Barghest got up immediately, with a fierce look in the beast's eyes, and raised his paw to swat the arrow.
However.
The arrow that was supposed to be knocked down by Barghest did not appear. Instead, the moment Barghest's claws were about to collide with the arrow.
The arrow that shot straight towards him actually turned a corner in mid-air, bypassing Barghest and shooting towards Tang Zheng behind him.
Hit the air with one claw.
It was too late for Barghest to turn around and stop him. After all, the room was not big, and the distance between Barghest and Tang Zheng was also very close.
Tang Zheng looked at the arrow with some calmness, and picked up the fork holding the barbecue in his hand.
Buzz--
Suddenly, the arrow shook again.
A glimmer of light flashed on the arrows that were already extremely close, and instantly transformed into two arrows, which were shot at the same time.
Dang!
The crisp sound of metal clashing sounded in the room.
Tang Zheng calmly held the fork in his hand and blocked one of the arrows, while another arrow penetrated Tang Zheng's body and dissipated in mid-air.
This is obviously not a real arrow, but a Phantom used to confuse people.
"Martial Arts's skills, coupled with Magic Arrow's arrow, it seems your strength has improved a lot."
Tang Zheng used a little force with his fingers holding the fork to knock down the colliding arrows, and then continued to put the barbecue on the fork into his mouth.
He raised his head and looked toward the window.
I saw that the window that had been half-opened just now had been completely opened, and a figure wrapped in a black raincoat and robe was stepping on the window.
The other party had one hand on the window and a bow and arrow in the other. Even though he was wrapped in a black raincoat and robe, he could still see his slender figure.
"Roar!"
Barghest showed his sharp teeth and looked at this figure fiercely. Just as he was about to launch an attack, his nose suddenly moved.
It seems to smell a familiar smell.
Next.
Barghest curled his lips, shook his tail and lay on the ground again.
Snap!
A black figure jumped in from the window, casually taking off the black raincoat and robe wrapped around him and throwing it aside, and the familiar purple-haired figure came into view.
It is Imina.
"Tsk, you disappeared for so long, I thought you were dead."
Imina raised his slender neck, with a somewhat dissatisfied look on his delicate face, and half-Taunt said:
"This girl is ready to make a fortune and run away."
During the conversation.
Imina moved his slender legs and sat down opposite Tang Zheng's wooden table very naturally. He picked up the remaining soft white bread and ate it.
I saw Imina looking very cold and unhappy.
Tang Zheng chuckled, "It's a lot of money to make a fortune at "Eight Fingers"."
"But it seems that you don't want to leave so soon, otherwise you wouldn't buy this hotel."
The hotel he currently lives in is the same hotel where he fished out the "Eight Fingers" members through Imina when he came to Royal Capital for the second time.
(End of chapter)