Mercenary Wars

Chapter 15 Nanhai Town

The battle is over.

The six goblins gave Gao Jianuo 60 experience points.

If I rely on practicing skills, it will probably take at least a year to gain this much experience.

Now, just by killing a group of goblins, you can gain 60 experience points in a short moment.

"I still get more experience from killing monsters!" Gao Jianuo couldn't help but think with emotion.

He walked over, picked up the dagger, and stabbed the goblins lying on the ground one by one to make sure no one was left alive.

After learning the art of feigning death, he seemed to instinctively develop a strong sense of finishing off the enemy, even when facing creatures like goblins.

While finishing off the enemy, Gao Jianuo collected the twelve long-feathered arrows.

To ordinary people, these arrows with extra-long feathers seemed strange and inconvenient, but to him, long-feathered arrows could make the swift breeze play a greater role and were much more useful than ordinary arrows.

At the same time, he cut off the left ears of six goblins one by one.

This thing can be exchanged for money.

And the price wasn't bad, at least for him.

After dealing with this group of goblins, there were no more accidents on the journey. The two of them arrived at the Duke's Road smoothly and then got on a cargo carriage.

After another two and a half days in the carriage, they arrived at Nanhai Town.

Although both are called "towns", the prosperity of Nanhai Town is far from comparable to that of Fumu Town. In terms of population size alone, the former is more than ten times that of the latter, no less than some small towns.

Furthermore, the majority of the inhabitants of Driftwood Town were farmers, the vast majority of whom didn't even possess a single holy name, being completely ordinary people. In Southsea Town, farmers were the least common, with the majority of those living there being craftsmen, merchants, and combat professionals.

As for those blessed with the Holy Name, the number of "Name-Bearers" in Nanhai Town far outnumbered those in Fumu Town, a difference of at least twenty times. After all, compared to a remote and impoverished place like Fumu Town, a person with considerable ability would most likely seek development in Nanhai Town.

The social structure of Nanhai Town is much more complex than that of Driftwood Town. There are many groups such as churches, guilds, and mercenary groups, and people come from all over the place, making the atmosphere here quite open.

The Mosaic Church is still authoritative here, but it is by no means the one that has the final say.

After getting off the carriage, Gao Jianuo separated from Carlo, and Carlo did not reveal where he was going.

However, judging from this guy's silence and depressed expression, Gao Jianuo suspected that he would choose to leave sooner or later.

Gao Jianuo wanted to find a hotel first.

Coincidentally, there was a hotel not far from where we got off the bus, named "Nanhai Town Hotel".

He pushed the door open and walked in. He saw a blond girl in scantily clad clothes. The girl walked over with her braids swinging and said enthusiastically, "Hello, do you need a place to stay?"

Gao Jianuo glanced at the girl's open collar.

Such an outfit was unimaginable in the conservative Driftwood Town, but fortunately he had seen a lot of it in his previous life, so he didn't think it was a big deal.

What's more, it's not big to begin with.

"how much is it?"

The blonde girl couldn't help but feel surprised at Gao Jianuo's calmness. After all, there were a dozen country bumpkins wearing this kind of clothes coming to Nanhai Town every day, and most of them didn't react like this.

She said, "The regular room is one silver coin per day, and the VIP room is two silver coins per day. Which one would you like?"

So expensive!
Gao Jianuo was worth only a few dozen silver coins, so the price really shocked him.

"Is there a cheaper hotel in Nanhai Town?" he asked.

The girl's enthusiasm was immediately dampened. "Go west from here and there's a 'Crow Inn'. They only charge ten copper coins that day." "Thank you."

Gao Jianuo immediately left the Nanhai Town Hotel and searched in the direction indicated by the girl.

But he soon felt something was wrong.

As he continued to walk west, the streets became increasingly dilapidated.

The pedestrians around changed from soldiers striding with their heads held high and businessmen chatting and laughing to homeless people begging along the way. All kinds of domestic garbage and even feces were everywhere, and the dirty and foul smell filled the air.

In addition, you can occasionally see some guys hiding in the shadows at the corners of the streets.

Most of them were thin with twinkling eyes. When Gao Jianuo passed by, they always looked at him in unison, looking him up and down as if observing prey.

In the end, Gao Jianuo did not find the Raven Inn and turned back.

No wonder it only costs ten copper coins.

With such an environment, anyone with two silver coins in their pocket would not want to live here!
However, he did not plan to return directly to the Nanhai Town Hotel, because his intuition told him that there should be a third hotel in Nanhai Town.

After all, most people would probably not be able to accept a hotel that charges one silver coin a day and a slum hotel surrounded by homeless people and street urchins.

With this idea in mind, Gao Jianuo decided to spend more time in Nanhai Town.

But before he left the slums, a familiar voice came from behind him: "Gorgano?"

Gao Jianuo turned around when he heard the voice, and was surprised to see Ryan coming towards him.

Ryan smiled and patted his shoulder: "Long time no see, I knew you would come to Nanhai Town!"

The two of them reminisced for a while.

Until Ryan said, "Did the girl from the Nanhai Town Hotel ask you to come here to find a cheap hotel?"

"how do you know?"

Ryan smiled. "That's their usual tactic. After seeing the awful conditions on Crow Street, most people would go back and book a room for one silver coin a day. I even suspect the Crows have reached some kind of shady agreement with them."

Gao Jianuo: "Ryan, why are you here? Raven Street should be considered a slum."

"It's work-related." Ryan changed the subject, "Come on, I'll take you to the best hotel in Nanhai Town."

After that, he led Gao Jianuo away from Crow Street.

Along the way, Ryan gave Gao Jianuo a detailed introduction to Nanhai Town, especially the other side of Nanhai Town.

The town was certainly prosperous, but as was the common fate of prosperous places, the gap between the rich and the poor was extremely wide, and there were many rich and poor people that were rarely seen in Driftwood Town.

The layout of Nanhai Town is roughly east-west.

The western area of ​​Nanhai Town, centered around the Crow Inn, is where the poor gather. The environment is terrible and the security is poor. Most of the people living here are from the bottom of society who have no hope in life.

The central part of the town, where the town hall and church are located, is usually called the "town area". It represents the majesty of the monarch and the Pope, and separates the lower and upper classes of society on both sides.

The eastern part of the town is divided into two parts. The small area in the south, near the port, is called the "Trade District," where most wealthy merchants live. The Southshore Inn is located between the town and the trade district and is known for its high prices.

"As for the northeastern area of ​​Nanhai Town, it is of course the territory of craftsmen, adventurers, and mercenaries." Ryan said as he led Gao Jianuo to the door of an inn.

"Here we are, this is it."

Corgano looked up at the name of the inn: The Eagle and the Whistle.

(End of this chapter)