Chapter 71: .Another journey (in)

As the only human settlement in the desert, Maruli City has been very popular with merchant travelers since ancient times. This place was once famous for producing a special spice—Fire Linhide. With the emergence of Dark Swamp, mercenaries from Rock City also began to flock here, taking this place as the outpost closest to the monster’s lair. This has attracted countless opportunists who want to pan for gold.
Gloria took Yuno's arm tightly, burrowed to and fro in the crowded narrow aisle, squeezed for a long time before finally leaving the main road and came to a relatively secluded alley.
"Huh... I finally escaped. Why do you think there are so many people today..." The girl utterly sat down on the stone bench outside the steeple tent at the alleyway, exhaled and took another shot. Take a photo of the low stool next to him, "Sit here and rest, and then walk in to the old street shops. First take you to taste the delicious specialties here!"
"It looks...it seems quite boring. Is there really any'delicious' specialty? Let me talk about it first, don't ask me to pay if it doesn't taste good." The little doctor glanced disgustingly at the dirt beside him Xi's stone bench, I looked at both sides of the alley indifferently. The big tents of different heights almost blocked out all the sunlight coming from diagonally. There were no green trees on the side of the road, only a few pitiful pieces of grass sandwiched between the tent houses. Between the gaps.
What I saw along the way was almost a tent roof, but the color of the old and the new height was slightly different, which really made him a little aesthetic tired, and because the green plants that had been expected to disappear quickly after entering the door, His mood also plummeted, even with the food that the girl said to him, he couldn't expect much.
"Hey, rest assured! This young lady assures you that it is absolutely delicious, definitely a good thing to startle you..." Gloria snickered for a while, ignoring her suspicious look and spirit. Pulling him vigorously to move on, he turned the alley and arrived at an old masonry street full of mixed food fragrance. Shops large and small along the street all drew the tent curtains airtight, except for the colorful flags floating at the door, it was almost impossible to tell the difference.
The restaurant here is really weird. The door is closed to tell the guests how to choose... Yuno can't understand this kind of business method at all. Before he asks, the girl explained it with eloquence: "Hey, the old shop here can They all have a history of hundreds of years. Of course, the curtains are pulled to maintain a sense of mystery. You see, the curtains are placed like ancient tribal meals... Hey, let's go there."
Before she could finish her words, she hurriedly pulled the little physician to the right hand side and flashed into a small tent shop with yellow and green flags. Yuno thought it would be sultry in the store, but he did not expect to open the curtains to see that there was actually a cool straw mat and wicker chair, with a faint fragrance in the air, sitting here in the hot world for a while, let People can feel more relaxed.
"It's you, Miss Vera." There were no other customers in the store at this time. The waiter in white linen was obviously very familiar with the girls. He greeted them warmly and took them to the inner dining table.
"Is it still the same today?" He glanced at Yuno, who was sitting awkwardly in a gray cloak, smiled and took out a pen and paper to record his order.
"I want to entertain my friends today. Let's take out a copy of the most famous ones. This is my friend's first visit. Let him open his eyes, hehe..." Gloria dropped a pair of eyes. Turning around, smiling from ear to ear, the little doctor had a bad feeling that he was in a thief's den.
"Good!" The waiter hurriedly wrote a few notes on the list, and immediately flashed into the side kitchen to prepare food, and soon the aroma of barbecue wafted.
Yuno raised his head and sniffed lightly. He thought it was pretty good. His skeptical expression gradually slowed down. He took advantage of his free time before serving the food and chatted with his companions again: "Do you often come to this shop? Why do you look like business that's not good……"
"This is already regarded as the oldest food shop! Don't look at the size of the place. Once it's night, you don't want to squeeze in anymore. The price is really expensive..." The female local tyrant put on a careful calculation. Looks like, pouting and counting the expenses, his eyes seem to be painful.
The little doctor had long been familiar with her routine. He closed his mouth and didn't pick up the stubble at all. He waited intently for the dish to be served. It didn't take long to hear a small shattering step. At the table.
"Please use it slowly." He lifted the dome cover gently, set the dishes quickly, and moved back.
Yuno looked at the dishes on the table, his face turned blue: near him was a small desert scorpion that was fried into golden color. The long tail hook was not removed, and he didn't know if there was any poison. Remains; there is a plate with fancy colors on the side, and you can’t see what it is made of shredded coleslaw; in the past, a small pot was still tumbling, and it was filled with egg drop soup of various tiny worms; and one It's a normal slice of fruit, the red flesh is dripping with a lot of seeds, and I don't know what it is made of; the last big pot of barbecue chowder is left, Yuno frowned and glanced into the pot , You can also vaguely recognize the general appearance of the raw materials-snakes, lizards and gerbils.
He can be said to understand why he has to pull the curtain, frankly speaking, if you want him to see the food made with these things first, then no matter what you say, he will not come in! These things... can they really be eaten... He has been caught up at the moment, and he can't leave just like that. He can only suppress the discomfort, and hesitantly sniffs.
The unfamiliar scent that came from his nose made the honest glands in his mouth continue to salivate. He had been sitting in the car for a whole morning and hadn't eaten anything. He felt that his stomach began to grumble and protest, and he couldn't help swallowing saliva. . It smelled really good... He stared at him with a stubborn face for a while, and finally after a friend provocatively took a fried scorpion, he was not outdone... scooped a spoonful of noodles.
This unknown shredded coles is very springy to chew, and has a refreshing sweetness with a chill, and the taste is unexpectedly good. With this good beginning, Yuno boldly tried the fried scorpion, fruit plate and barbecue chowder one by one. Although the taste is not very good, because of the unique spice ratio here, it still has a different taste. Only the pot of insect soup he didn't take a bite, no matter how Gloria persuaded him, he did not hear it, letting the girl who wanted to tease him disappointed.
Having eaten this rather horrifying lunch, Yuno is quite satisfied with his novel experience. After paying 20 silver, he was dragged away from the old food street by the girl and turned back several alleys. The crowded main road.
"Oh, isn't that a big man?" Gloria raised her eyes and glanced, and found Eamon who was higher than the crowd in the corner of the shops not far away, and happily led the little doctor to squeeze in.
"Big man, what are you buying here?" She glanced into the small leather bag placed on the floor, which was full of unknown spices in powder or flakes, and it was very nasty when she smelled it. It's these weird things that smell so pungent, isn't it a fake?"
"This guest, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand..." The shop owner, who was wearing a gray cloak tightly covering his face, was immediately upset. His dark brown eyes flashed, staring at the girl coldly. He retorted, "Our spices are always of the best quality. If you don't believe it, just ask around."
"Really? Then we have to take a closer look!" Gloria raised her brows, smiled and stretched out her hand to dipped some powder, licked the tip of her tongue to try the taste, her small face instantly shrank into a ball, "Bah Bah Bah, it's a painful death!"
"I told you to eat anything more..." Yuno shook his head helplessly, and handed over a cotton pad to let her wipe her hands. He turned to look at the big swordsman who looked dumb as if he didn't know how to speak. When I asked the price, I saw a thin figure in the same gray cloak hurriedly running in the distance.
"Brother Gray Eagle, it's not OK..." The visitor glanced nervously at a few people, leaned in the boss's ear and whispered a report, "Koni went to the lake paddock to steal fish and was caught on the spot. I'm here, yelling for a fine! Do you have any extra money on your side?"
"..." After a moment of silence, the boss picked up the bag in silence and put it in the rattan basket behind him. Without looking at the guests, he was about to leave with his companion. Suddenly Eamon had no sign He said: "I bought it."
"How much do you want?" The boss immediately turned his head, with a little hope in his calm eyes.
Eamon didn't answer. He reached out from his pocket and took out the Sawar stone that was rejected by the female craftsman, and tossed it lightly. The boss caught it with a conditional launch. He opened his palm to look at it but he was stunned for a long time. Said: "Guest, I can't find this..."
"Hey, hey, how can you buy it without asking for the price!" Gloria jumped in a hurry. Although she had never been stingy with money, she also hated such a wasteful act. "No way! Boss, you said. A price, how much, let's help him pay!"
Yuno knew the meaning of her "we", took out her wallet and took a look. When he raised his head again, Eamon walked to the other side silently.
"Back basket." He didn't mean to bargain at all, and reached out to the boss to indicate that the nearly two-meter tall body made the other party a little nervous. After hesitating for a while, he took off the basket and handed it to him.
"Thank you..." The masked youth seemed to relax a lot in an instant. He clenched the gem in his hand and stared at the swordsman for a long while, bent slightly and bowed, and immediately ran to the inner lane of the camp with his companion.
"Hey! You guys come back to this lady soon! Damn...Big man! How can you spend money arbitrarily! Too much!" The girl hurriedly followed and shouted. Seeing that everyone was running out of sight, she cried angrily. With both hands, he blasted at the swordsman, "The stone was originally meant to be given to me, how can you give it to someone else! This lady is angry now, get it back to me soon! Hey! Have you heard that!"
But no matter how she shouted, Eamon seemed indifferent. He just looked down when she passed by her, and suddenly reached out and messed up her hair, carried the back basket, and kept squeezing the crowd away towards the camp gate. Up.
"That's disgusting! It's so angry..." Gloria took off the engineering glasses angrily, combed her hair neatly with the reflection of the mirror, and buckled it casually, pulling Yuno and running towards the crowd. "No way, no way, I'm going to sue Sister Riya! Hmph, I must never spare him lightly!"
"Okay, okay, if you have something to say, don't be angry..." The little doctor and the big swordsman are not familiar with each other, so they can only persuade her dryly, and follow her along the main road with a long sigh. He quickly saw that a huge flat-top tent appeared in front of him, and he roughly estimated that it could be at least a hundred meters square. Patches of different shapes can be seen everywhere on the old cowhide cloth coated with dark brown fire-resistant paint on the surface of the tent. Although the same paint is also applied, the difference between the old and the new is still obvious, and it looks a little run-down.
The girl pulled him tightly into the thick multi-layered coarse cloth curtain, and the noise and the collision of wine glasses immediately greeted her. The tent looks like an unusual tavern. The wide and narrow low tables are full of people. The waiters in white clothes shuttle between them, constantly changing the dishes and plates, and have to deal with some excessive drinking. The guest's rude and noisy is really a mess.
Although the sights were all merchants wrapped in long cloaks, Gloria quickly looked around and immediately found Rhea's silent back. In this noisy and crowded tavern, she could occupy a table alone without being caught. There are not a lot of people who teach things.
She ran over with Yuno without saying a word. In the meantime, she skilfully avoided a few drunkard's ill-intentioned pickers, and sat on the low stool opposite the female archer with a straight face.
"Sister Rhea!" She was still angry, patted the desk as if venting her anger, and complained about the stupid big man, "I tell you, Eamon is too much, and he is spending money! Just to buy So ordering the inexplicable spice, it actually took a gem! Gems! Humph, I knew I had brought them here last time!"
"I bought it all, now what's the use of being angry, don't blame him..." The little doctor sat down next to her, rubbed the nose that was almost numb by the smell of tobacco and alcohol, and muttered. "Didn't the boss say the price? Maybe it's really expensive. Mr. J has a lot of knowledge and knows it well."
"Bah, he's a fool! If I hadn't taken care of the money for him, I would have been too poor to beg for food!" The girl turned her head aggressively and stared at him, "Don't be fooled by his honesty. , He is bad! Let me tell you, last time he wanted to trick me into eating maggots, hum, fortunately, this young lady has kept an eye on it!"
"Uh... maggots?" Yuno shuddered at the thought of the long worm covered in slime and carrion, "How can he give you this kind of food!"
"Right! You see how bad he is, he deliberately kneaded into meatballs to bake, trying to fool this lady? Huh, there is no door!"
"Meat...meatballs!?" The little doctor suddenly thought of the kebabs that the Great Swordsman had eaten for himself before setting off, his face turned green in a moment, and then turned into a pale paper-like white, and the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously. He was not sure if it was a maggot, but as soon as he thought of this possibility, he felt his stomach churn, and his strong desire to vomit made cold sweat on his forehead keep coming out.
"...Hey, are you okay? What's the matter with you? Yuno? Yuno?" Gloria was taken aback by him like this, she swept away all the depression, and helped him to ask urgently. .
The little doctor clenched his teeth and shook his head reluctantly. With a white light on his chest, with the help of healing power, he managed to suppress the tumultuous discomfort. After taking a few breaths, his face gradually recovered.
"No... it's okay." He didn't want to go into the details of that possibility at all, pulled an ugly smile, and patted the girl's arm with relief.
Gloria suddenly understood his reaction and did not continue the topic. She just glanced sympathetically at her partner who was still suffering from low air pressure, and shifted the firepower towards Rhea with her mouth flat: "You are saying something. Is that guy terrible! I don't want to talk to him anymore!"
The female archer has always been silent with a soft smile. She put down the little ale in her hand and lifted the hood that covered most of her face to reveal her eyes. There was a teasing look in her eyes, pretending to be helpless. He echoed: "Yes, yes, it's really bad... I'll vent your anger. If you don't take him on this mission, just leave him here."
"...Huh, want to be lazy? It's not that easy. Go back and settle accounts with him." The girl changed her mouth immediately, her eyes rolled, and if nothing happened, she waved back to the waiter in white for a drink.
Rhea shook her head and chuckled a few times, then looked at the little doctor who was still unsettled and sighed secretly. As a mercenary, I really have to fight for my life in many cases. In case the situation is not going well, when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, let alone roast maggots, even if they are raw, they have to swallow their stomachs... this It is a cruel reality that nobles and young masters can't imagine.
But of course she wouldn’t blame the other person. As the young patriarch of Asker, he didn’t need to and shouldn’t touch these things... She stretched out her hand again and raised the glass, thinking about how to open Yuno's attention. With force, I faintly heard rhythmic metal tapping from outside the curtain. The sound seemed to be from far to near, and the thick cloth curtain at the entrance was suddenly opened, and he walked into a tall and fat middle-aged man with a cracked face but a goatee with his bare head.
He was wearing a gray scale leather armor with an iron heart, and a long black cloak hung diagonally to the right, hanging straight to the ground, covering his entire right arm. From the knee down, his left leg was made of fine iron with a pointed prosthetic, which clinked when stepped on the stone slab, and it was also clearly audible in this noisy tavern.
He pursed his mouth and flicked the curtain, squinted his falcon-like eyes and swept around, and immediately spotted the three of Gloria. His eyes lit up and the uneven bronze cheeks were embedded like an engraving He smiled happily, turned one step at a time, and couldn't wait to walk towards them.