Chapter 907 Adventurers
For Duanmuhuai, coming to this city is indeed a novel experience.
Especially the adventurers here.
In fact, Duanmu Huai has seen such an opening when playing many RPG games before - the Demon King threatens the world, and the legendary brave man is about to wake up, destroying the Demon King and other Balabara.
Of course, this kind of background can be said to be a mess.
However, there is a problem, that is, before the legendary brave man wakes up, is anyone going to deal with the devil?
Well, in fact, there are indeed.
And it lasted for a thousand years.
For people in this world, the brave are not of any bloodline or a designated destiny. In other words, it is not that the brave defeated the demon king, but that they are called the brave because they defeated the demon king.
Therefore, since the demons appeared a thousand years ago and began to attack humans, people have been going to the Demon King City in the North to try to destroy the Demon King. Some of them fell on the road, and some fell in front of the devil. But even so, they still did not give up. For them, defeating the Demon King is a realistic task.
For people in this world, after so many years of war with the Demon King Army, it can even be said that this has become a part of their lives.
Just like this city.
Duanmuhuai also talked to the adventurers here. Every year, many teams of adventurers cross the border and then came here as fast as possible. Duanmuhuai only took less than five days to leave the North Fortress, but that was because he could fly. For the average adventurer, it will take nearly two months just to go through the North, walk through the fortress, and then get here.
This is still the premise that everything goes well.
If everything goes well, most of them may die before they arrive here.
After arriving here, adventurers also divided into two types.
As a result of encountering too many dangers on the way, I no longer have the combat power, so I have to stay here. The others will wait here for the second snow-shaving period ten months later, and then rush to the Demon King City in one breath. Of course, basically no one in this group will come back.
Unless you are unlucky and break your leg the day after leaving the city...
Just like this one.
“I’ve regretted it until now.”
The old man sitting on the chair took a sip of cigarettes and said lightly to Duanmu Huai, Aojisi and others in front of him.
"At that time, if I wasn''t so impulsive, I wouldn''t have been so stupid that I stepped on the ice cover, then slid out, and then hit the stone pillar below and broke my leg... In this way, I could continue to take risks with my companions, and maybe I could defeat the Demon King. But unfortunately, they were unable to come back in the end, leaving me alone here to survive."
As he spoke, the old man stood up, walked to the counter, and made a gesture to Duanmuhuai.
"Okay, boy, I have heard enough stories. Don''t you have some work? Those who don''t work can''t eat. This is the rule of this city. Speaking of which, adventurers as young as you are rare..."
"I have seen many children in the city."
“That’s all the descendants of adventurers who stayed in the city for various reasons.”
The old man curled his lips.
"There is no way to kill the Demon King, and he is unwilling to return to his hometown in shame, so he stays here to serve other adventurers. This is how these children appear. When they grow up, they either join these adventurers and fight against the Demon King together, or they inherit their parents'' work and serve adventurers."
"Can these little kids be useful?"
"Hahaha, don''t look down on people, boy. Indeed, these little ghosts are not old, but they were born in this northern snowfield. They have been working hard with people and other things since childhood. They have rich experience in adventures than those veterans. Especially for some adventure teams that have lost their manpower, if magicians or priests join, they can improve their combat effectiveness."
As he spoke, the old man narrowed his eyes and looked at Duanmu Huai and others.
"Who among you is the magician? Is it this little girl?"
"Among us... strictly speaking, there are currently no magic envoys."
Duanmu Huai had no choice but to spread his hands, unable to use the soul card, so of course he was not a magician. As for Aojis and Shin-Jing, they naturally don''t use magic...
"Then you should find a magic envoy or a priest. Don''t blame me for nagging. It is still very necessary to go out. Especially for the priests, if you have a headache, fever, illness, poisoning, and injuries on the way, the priest can help you detoxify, right? Although your iron shell does look like that, you should be careful in everything."
“I will think about it.”
Duanmuhuai turned his head and looked at the wall next to him, and replied casually. The walls are full of work that needs to be entrusted, and are basically divided into three categories.
One type is to go underground mining. After all, adventurers need weapons, and weapons and armor also need to be repaired. Fortunately, this place used to be a dwarf city, and there are mines nearby. This type of work can be done by anyone, but it just takes some effort.
Another type is mainly responsible for sweeping the underground monsters - of course there are also monsters underground, and some are very powerful, but similarly, powerful monsters can also bring valuable spoils. Although there is no trade deal in this almost isolated city, it is still possible to process spoils into weapons or certain props.
The last category is to explore the dungeon.
According to the nagging old man before, this city is actually just a corner of the huge underground city of the dwarf. Adventurers have always wanted to go deeper into the city. On the one hand, they hope to expand their resident, and on the other hand, they also hope to obtain some legendary magic or treasures from this huge underground maze.
After all, according to legend, the history of this dungeon can be traced back to the creation of the goddess, and there must be many treasures circulating in it.
For adventurers, this is also a part of their lives.
After all, if you can really obtain powerful treasures, you will be more confident in defeating the Demon King, right?
Duanmu Huai said that the life of adventurers in this world is very similar to that of players - everything is to defeat the final boss, so they rummaged through boxes and cabinets, slipped through doors and picked locks, and went to the legendary dungeon adventure...
fine.
For Duanmuhuai, staying here is much more comfortable than staying in the royal city of Paretia, and there is no such thing as much trouble.
"Speaking of this, what is the one above?" Duanmuhuai stretched out his hand and pointed to the commission at the top of the wall. It was a commission carved from a stone slab, with the words "Progress 15%" scribbled on it.
Why does it look like the notifications hanging on the blackboard before the college entrance examination are still XX days away from the college entrance examination?
"Oh, that''s the investigation progress of the big maze."
The old man raised his head and glanced at the top-level commission.
“The big maze?”
"Yes, do you know why the dwarves in this city were destroyed by the demons? It was because they expanded the city to the foot of the Demon King City and were discovered by the Demon King. After that, the remaining dwarves used various methods to completely block the road and turned it into an extremely huge maze to prevent the demons from invading again. It has to be said that the technology of the God Age is indeed powerful, and even we cannot crack it..."
"So, what you mean is that by breaking through this maze, you can reach the Demon King City?"
"In theory, this is just a legend. Of course, it''s best if it can be done. But I want to tell you that the big maze is not easy to walk. Although adventurers have always entered it in order to hone themselves or explore treasures, the monsters and traps inside are not fun. Many adventurers will die in it, which is not a safe place."
"Then let''s just do this, where is the place?"
Duanmu Huai made a decisive decision.
"Are you sure? Well... as long as you keep walking in the main road and you will encounter a building that looks like a temple, and there is the entrance."
As the old man said, he took out a badge and hooked it on it.
"Okay, give this to the guards of the gate and you will let you in, but you''d better prepare the supplies first so that something will happen..."
"Thank you."
Duanmuhuai reached out to get the badge, nodded to the old man, and then left with Ojisi and Zhenjiling.
"Hey... I haven''t finished speaking yet. Really, the kid now is really impatient..."
The only one who stayed behind was the old man''s dissatisfied murmur.
"Big brother, are we going to the maze?"
Walking on the street, he asked in a clever and curious manner.
"Let''s go and have a look. Anyway, I''m idle. If I can really reach the Demon King City directly, I''ll save my energy. I''m too lazy to fly around in the blizzard, right?"
Duanmu Huai yawned and then looked at the real cleverness.
"After that being said, do you want to buy you a weapon or something? You don''t have much ammunition."
Zhi Ji used a lot of ammunition when dealing with the demon clan. Now there are only a few bullets left in the sniper rifle. As for Cain, there is only one left-mostly he planned to use a nuclear bomb with his face when he saw the demon king.
"Ah, don''t worry about this, big brother."
As he said, he clenched his fists tightly and flew a few times.
"Kalian can still fight in close combat, even if there is no weapon, there is no problem!"
"That''s right, I''d better prepare it. I heard that the maze treasure chest here still has weapons left by the dwarves back then. I hope I can find a few useful ones."
The entrance to the Great Maze is not far away. As the old man said, I walked along the main road and soon arrived at the end of the road. There was a huge stone building built along the mountain wall. It looked like a dwarf with an extremely tall figure, and the stone statue of the dwarf guard stood on both sides of the gate, like the guards guarding the passage.
In the square in front of the hall, you can see many adventurers, some of whom gathered together in groups of three or three, not knowing what they were communicating.
“Who are they?”
"It''s probably an adventurer who teams up temporarily."
Duanmuhuai also heard from the old man that many adventurer teams were already short of soldiers when they came here. Of course, it was impossible to move forward under such circumstances. So they will come here to find companions, such as a magic envoy who has lost companions, who can join a team that has lost a magic envoy, or a team that has no priests, who needs a priest... Of course, in addition to this, the old man also specifically reminded Duanmu Huai that in addition to those adventurers who have experienced many battles, there are also the little ghosts born in this city. When they grow up, they will also be eager to join the adventure team and go to the Demon King City to fight against the Demon King together.
"Please, do you need a priest?"
At this moment, a blond girl in a priest''s robe walked over timidly, looking at Duanmuhuai uneasy and asked. The sacrificial robe on her body looked very worn, but it was washed clean. The blonde girl held a tin staff in her hand and looked quite nervous.
"I am a priest of the goddess. If you need it, I can help you..."
"No."
However, before the girl finished her words, she was interrupted by Duanmu Huai waved her hand. The other party was obviously a novice. Duanmu Huai was trying to do a speed connection, not bringing a copy of the newbie. The girl in front of her was not very old and looked like a trembling new player Duanmu Huai met at the door of the game copy.
So Duanmu Huai naturally won’t bring it.
"Ah, sorry..."
Hearing Duanmu Huai''s rejection, the blonde girl turned around and left in disappointment, while Duanmu Huai looked around.
"Let''s go in quickly."
Otherwise, if you stay for a long time, maybe all the newbies will come to hug them, which is also a problem.
(This chapter ends)