The world of sword and magic

The World of Sword and Magic－Chapter 27 The Uninvited Guest

Schiller and his team felt that it would not be a good thing to stay in the human country for a long time, so they decided to continue to advance to the northwest-if they continue to advance at the current speed, they should soon reach the territory of the Dragon Clan, right?

For a team composed of humans, half-elves, and demons, the dragon clan should be the most suitable place for them to go, and after everyone's discussion, the captain Dao Kuang went to the Adventurer's Guild to pick up a dragon clan. The bounty for the task of collecting ripple crystals in the Drian Cave is not bad, and it will be very helpful for their subsequent escape journey.

But so far they are still traveling in the territory of the human race, and the next resting place is Kanter Village, about five days northwest of Gurewa Town.

Kanter Village is a small village famous for its rich iron mines. It is considered a prosperous village. Dao Kuang lived there for a while in the past, which is what he remembered. Therefore, when the group of them stepped into the village, they saw a desolate scene , Knife Crazy was very surprised, and Schiller was also very surprised, because he had been here a few years ago, and it was quite lively at that time.

Dilapidated streets, dilapidated houses, and now the whole village seems to have been ransacked, and there seems to be no one living there.

Even though it was broad daylight, there was not even a single pedestrian on the road, and even the vendors in the market were few, and each of them looked haggard.

Feeling very confused about the scene in front of him, Dao Kuang decided to ask the village head here to see what happened, when someone suddenly shouted behind them.

"Hey! Let me join you?" This defiant tone, as well as this voice, is definitely Hayate, "It doesn't matter if you can't afford me, anyway, I followed up by myself, so I won't ask you for a salary Yes, knife maniac."

Haifeng followed them without asking if they agreed or not. Although Dao Kuang felt very confused, he didn't say much. Haifeng originally said that he would just go to him if there was something wrong, but now the person who is most afraid of trouble actually took the initiative to follow. Come up, there must be some important reason.

"Is it okay for you to be so ostentatious?" Dao Kuang asked, Gaifeng didn't even pretend to be a disguise.

"Anyway, no one knows what I look like. Have you seen the wanted pictures? I don't look like me at all. Only the hair color and eye color are correct. Everything else is their imagination. How can I look so scary?" Haifeng said very unhappy, at least he is also a beautiful young man who looks like a human being, every wanted picture draws him so slyly that he looks like a dead shemale, how is it? "I think the artist who draws the wanted pictures is totally sick." The wanted picture of Black Scorpion is a classic, and it has a perverted expression. Although the facial features are not ugly and it can be seen that he is a demon, but it really has nothing to do with me The similarities are at most Shen Yun (?) like; Xue Linglan's wanted picture is not a person at all, but a ghost, right?The glamorous kind of ghost, the problem is that it doesn't look like the real person at all.

This is true, and the knife maniac who has seen the wanted picture has to agree with this, noticing that Schiller and Navitt are hiding behind him, obviously not wanting to get close to Gale; look, and Navitt's expression of seeing a ghost when he saw the blast made Dao Kuang laugh.

"You two don't need to be too nervous! Haifeng doesn't know how to eat people." Dao Kuang comforted them, and suddenly had the illusion that he had two more sons.

In short, Hayate joined their team. The captain had no objection to this matter, and the two team members were "seriously frightened" and "intimidated" by the new members and did not dare to express any objection, so it was decided.

When a group of people visited the village chief's house, the old butler who opened the door was shocked. Frankly speaking, he had never seen an adventure team before, but he really hadn't seen this combination.

The leader is a human male who looks to be in his 40s, with a sword on his waist. His physique looks like a warrior. His long silver hair is very conspicuous. As for the demon magician walking behind him, tsk tsk, he looks really good He is not bad, a very beautiful young man, but for some reason it makes people feel terrible, especially those sea blue eyes are full of oppression, and the blond demon warrior behind him gives people a sunny and upright feeling. As for the elf beside the warrior The archer, the delicate features are also impressive. Sure enough, the elves are famous for their beauty.

"Is there anything you want?" The old butler who seemed to be in his seventies asked.

"Mr. Jim, you don't recognize me? Tell Dicker that Benoit is looking for him." Said Dao Kuang, he was an old acquaintance with the village head, and the housekeeper had also seen him.

The housekeeper rubbed his eyes, no wonder he thought that silver hair looked familiar, "Ah, it's Xiao Bei? Please come in."

After a few people entered the living room, they waited first. After a short wait, the village chief appeared.

"Long time no see, Benois, please sit down, everyone." Obviously, the village head, Dikel, looks younger than the knife maniac. He is a gentle man wearing glasses who is about 35 years old, but he already has A lot of gray hair, and Dao Kuang knew that the hair color of the man should be green, as green as summer leaves. He was obviously very happy to see a long-lost friend visiting, but he couldn't hide the haggard look on his face.

"You... your hair." Dao Kuang said incredulously, "What happened in the village? Dikel!"

"It's hard to say," Dicker shook his head, looking helpless, "I'll ask Jim to get you something to eat first, and then we can talk slowly." Dicker gave Jim a few orders, and the old butler left first. .

After a while, the old butler brought tea and refreshments.

"Anyway, there's nothing to dare to say. The surrounding villages should know about this to some extent. The veins of iron mines have been exhausted." Dikel took a sip of tea, "It doesn't matter at first, anyway, since my grandfather's generation We already know that our village cannot rely solely on iron ore for a living, so we have developed other sources of income early on, mainly the trade in agricultural products, and our village has the best blacksmith in the country. The knives, swords, Weapons have always been favored by the royal families and armies of various countries, so the trade in weapons is also a source of income for the village.”

"The problem is the iron tax." Dicker breathed a sigh of relief, "Obviously I have already reported to the higher authorities that the village can no longer continue to supply iron ore. As it is now, there are no more iron pots in the village. What's more, all the blacksmiths in the village have been forcibly conscripted away by the state. Apart from me, there are probably only some old and weak women and children who can't leave in the village. People have left to seek development in other places. Although I have been trying to respond, it is useless. For this reason, I went to the capital to express my feelings, hoping that His Majesty the King will uphold justice, but the result is... oh. Sorry, it is rare for you to come Look for me, I have been complaining to you, there is no hotel in the village now, it doesn’t matter if you stay here temporarily.”

At this time, Dao Kuang noticed that Dicker was wearing long sleeves all the time despite the hot weather, Dao Kuang stood up suddenly, "I want to have a private chat with Dikel, can I trouble you to go out first?"

The old butler looked at Dicker, and after the master nodded, he said to everyone, "Are you tired from the journey? I'll take you to the guest room to rest first." Since the master had the same intention, everyone followed The butler left.

"Dicker, how long do you want to hide from me?" Dao Maniac said to Dicker after the others had left.

"Benois, I don't know what you're talking about." Dicker responded quite calmly, "What are you doing?" until the knife maniac grabbed his shirt collar.

"I'm sorry," the knife maniac directly tore off the shirt on Dicker's body, and several buttons were even torn off and rolled to the ground. Seeing the horrible scars on Dicker's naked upper body under the clothes, he sighed, "I knew it was So, tell that king? Are you out of your mind?" Whiplashes, knife wounds, needle sticks, irons, scars all over the place... It's hard to imagine how Dicker survived without seeing it It should be the same under the trousers, right?Damn, this king is so perverted.

Dao Kuang didn't expect that his own behavior was actually quite surpassed...

"Some things have to be tried. Whether as a resident or the village head here, I don't want to see this place become like this." Dicker sighed, he didn't try to button his clothes back, Just sitting back on the sofa like this, his body is well exercised according to a scholar, and he has all the muscle lines he should have. "... If this can change the status quo, it doesn't matter." He whispered .

Dao Kuang didn't know if he heard it, but he clenched his fist tightly, and then let it go, his palm was already bloody, "...that scum, he is not worthy to be a king at all." It was a blessing to be driven crazy. Dao Kuang never thought that the studious young man who went to the capital to study at the Royal Academy and became a scholar and then returned to his hometown would turn into this appearance one day.

"I was too stupid to think that His Majesty would let the village go for the sake of his classmates." Dicker said, "They are people from different worlds... But I really don't understand the benefits of Your Majesty destroying this small village. .”

"You are in the same class as the king?" Dao Kuang was very surprised, "The king should be in the special class, right? Although he is basically an idiot, I heard that he is very smart." He knew that Dicker was very smart and excellent, but he never knew Dicker was enrolled in the special class, which only those with good family background and excellent academic performance or particularly top grades could enter.

"Well, but I'm not familiar with it." Dicker pushed his glasses, "I lived on a scholarship from the time I entered to graduate, and sometimes I had to work part-time. Your Majesty, no, it was His Royal Highness at that time. I'm a bully, but His Majesty has never troubled me, and occasionally said a few words. Although I don't know why Your Majesty is interested in philosophy, almost every time I read a book, His Majesty will ask me What kind of book is that? You said you think top students wearing glasses are cute, who are you talking about?"

"..." Dao Kuang was speechless, there was really an obvious hint, people are not interested in your book, but interested in you, don't you know?But this can't be blamed on Dikel, after all, he was born as a commoner, how could he know the flirtatious character of those noble dudes who are tired of playing with women and just want to find a man to try something new, "You haven't taken anything from him, have you?"

"No, the other party is a prince! How dare I accept the gift he gave me." Dicker said with his eyes widened. His eyes were light green and very clear. But I remembered that he didn’t know why, he often gave me gifts, almost every day, and he never repeated them, but I took them all away.”

"..." Although it is not advisable to be tough when you can't catch up with someone, Dicker is still a genius if he can be so slow. Could this be the saying "there is only a thin line between a genius and an idiot" ?Dao Kuang couldn't help thinking this way. In a way, His Majesty the King deserves some sympathy, but only a little bit, and his behavior is still very stupid.

"At least after I went to the capital, His Majesty canceled the iron tax. Your Majesty said that I would go to the capital to find him after I figured it out." Dicker said, "When I graduated from school, Your Majesty once asked me Don't enter the National Research Institute, I refused." Dao Kuang looked at Dicker in surprise, that was the dream opportunity for human race scholars!Dicker actually refused? "Father is getting old, and he is just a child like me. I wanted to stay with him in the village, and then these things happened... Thinking about it carefully, maybe it was me who caused the village to become like this, I just don't understand Why is it so serious that I didn’t agree to stay in Kandil,” Dicker smiled wryly, “Although my grades in school are good, there should be no shortage of people of my level in the National Academy of Sciences.”

"The king likes you." Dao Kuang said, "Dickel, are you just pretending to be stupid if you really don't know?" To this point of dullness can no longer be called a genius but a rare animal.

But looking at Dicker's astonished expression, it is obvious that he is that rare animal, "Your Majesty likes me? Impossible? I am not a woman, and I look very ordinary..." Dikel shook his head in disbelief, " Wait, then..." He seemed to suddenly think of something, "The anonymous bouquet that I receive every Valentine's Day is actually given by His Majesty..." There are precious varieties of red roses, a luxurious bouquet of 99 flowers, I remember that kind of precious variety is only available in the palace, and it was still a fresh bouquet sent here from the capital Candil. It must have been delivered by someone on a long journey, and he didn't think of it until now!What kind of infatuation should make a man continue to behave like this for nearly 20 years.

Dicker stood up excitedly, "Benois, will you stay here for a long time?"

"No, I will leave tomorrow morning." Dao Kuang said, "I plan to go to the Dragon Clan later."

"Really? Then I'll set off tomorrow, to the capital." Dicker said, "I still owe that person an answer."

"Are you serious? Dickel? Don't do anything stupid!" Dao Kuang said nervously. If he refused on the spot, the king might be executed.

"If Your Majesty wanted to kill me, I would have killed it." Dicker smiled lightly, "I have to make an end. Don't worry, you won't receive news of my death during the journey. I wish you a smooth journey." he said calmly.

"You have to be careful on your own way." Dao Kuang finally said, since the other party made up his mind, he couldn't say anything more.