183. Chapter 182 Human Life
Chapter 182 Human Life
In the north of the Kingdom of Fiore, the weather is even colder than in Magnolia.
The snow in the wild has not melted yet, and there are footprints left by small animals such as hares and mice.
Occasionally, you can see some relatively tall dead grass sticking out of the snow, and the small circle of snow around it always melts a little faster.
There are no sanitation workers on the main road here to spread snow-melting agents, and no one comes to clean it up. The snow on the road has been compacted by people, livestock, and wheels, and it is hard.
People with a little childishness can slide on it, but be careful not to trip over the raised areas on the snow.
On such a road, two big green crabs walked one after the other, and their claws crushed the hard snow, leaving small pits, which seemed to have good anti-slip performance.
The crab in front was carrying two people, and the one behind was pulling a flatbed cart.
That was Erza’s special cart for luggage, which had been tied upside down on the top of the carriage on the way here.
Since it might be dangerous to go further, Erza and Rhode asked the two drivers to go back in advance.
The remaining part of the journey would naturally be hard for the crabs.
It was close to noon, and the sun was quite strong. After traveling outside for a long time, it would always feel uncomfortable in the eyes.
Erza took out two pairs of sunglasses, which she wore when matching different swimsuits and beach clothes, and she happened to lend Rhode a pair.
It was good to have something to use at this time, and Rhode didn’t bother to be picky about the style, but secretly made a note to prepare a pair of sunglasses in the future to prevent snow blindness.
In order to avoid being too conspicuous, Rhode didn’t let the two crabs take them all the way to the town, but walked the last short distance.
——Although Erza’s calmness in dragging a luggage cart was already very conspicuous.
”Hello, which hotel in town is better?” Rhode stopped a passerby to ask for directions.
The passerby couldn’t help but look at them a few more times and replied, “There is only one hotel in Morninggroy Town. You can see it if you keep walking along this road.”
”Thank you.”
Then the two of them went their separate ways. Erza went to the hotel to book a room and store her luggage, while Rhode went to the tavern in town first.
The environment in the tavern was a little dirtier than that in the guild, and the table looked greasy, but it was not as noisy as in the guild.
Rhode looked at the environment and sat down at the front desk: “A glass of beer.”
The bartender poured the wine quickly: “500J.”
So dark! As a semi-professional, Rhode knew the price of alcohol quite well. 500J could buy three drinks in the guild.
This is just a comparison of the price. If you count the profit, you will feel that this place is even more unscrupulous.
Rhode took out the money and put it on the counter, picked up the beer and tasted it, but he didn’t think it tasted better than the one in the guild.
”Are you from outside?” The bartender was like a talkative person and took the initiative to talk to Rhode.
”How did you tell?”
”Feeling?” The bartender smiled, “In fact, there are not many people in the town. If they are from here, I should have some impression.”
”Then you have a good eye. I am from the south. Are there any places with good scenery nearby?”
”It’s snowy everywhere in this season. If you ask me, it’s the same everywhere.” The bartender looked indifferent, like a person from Xi’an introducing the rotten Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
”If you insist, you can go further north in summer. The beach there is good, and there are mountains and seas. The places connected are quite interesting. ”
A guest in the tavern shouted: “Hey, Bob, don’t hurt people. Is the north a place to go now?”
The bartender called Bob replied: “I didn’t ask him to go now!”
Rod asked: “What do you mean you can’t go to the north?” ”Because there have been many cases of missing children in Manjusaka Town and Poppy Town in the north, and some people have been killed because they were blocked.”
”Someone died?” Rod became nervous, as the intelligence did not mention this.
”I heard it happened yesterday, and the child’s father should have died.” The bartender shook his head, looking a little regretful.
Rod frowned and continued to ask: “What do the security team and the army say?”
”What else can I say? Those who do this must be human traffickers. After catching people, they hide in the mountains, or simply go out to sea.
Wait until the people are sold to the Kingdom of Seven or the Kingdom of Bosco,What can the security team do to them? ”
The bartender was quite resentful about this: “It’s all those people’s fault. Now we don’t dare to let our children go out alone on the street.”
”It’s very hateful.” Rod nodded. It seems that ordinary people don’t know the inside story and just think they are more brutal human traffickers.
Rod sat in the tavern for a while and listened to more fragmentary information before leaving.
Some guests saw him leave and asked: “Hey, Bob, you told him so much, aren’t you worried that he is a human trafficker?”
”Do you think he looks like one?”
”Human traffickers don’t write the word bad on their faces.”
”Who knows, maybe he is a wizard who came to investigate, and the bad guys were arrested as soon as he came.”
”Hahaha, who would come to a dirty country tavern like yours with such a powerful wizard! ”
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Rod went to meet Erza, and she also got similar information from the innkeeper.
”We can’t delay any longer, those guys can do anything.” Erza didn’t want anyone else to be harmed.
Rod nodded: “Well, let’s set off now to investigate Manjusaka and Poppy Town.”
”Let’s act separately, it will be more efficient, but…” Erza hesitated a little. Before leaving, the president said that he hoped she would take care of Rod more.
Rod thought about it and realized that if he delayed any more time, other people might be killed. He nodded: “Okay, I will be careful.
So, I will ask Worm to follow you. If I find an enemy, I will summon Worm away. If you find an enemy, let him go back by himself.”
”Okay, be careful. “Erusa acted decisively and took Worm with her and left immediately.
Rod quickly reminded him: “Don’t be impulsive. If you find the enemy, try to follow Plan A. If it doesn’t go well, change to Plan B. ”
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but he always feels that after coming here, Erza is not as calm as when she was on the road.
Putting aside his doubts for the time being, Rhode found a clothing store, bought a few cheap clothes, scarves, hats, etc., and dressed himself up a little before setting off for Poppy Town.
When you go out alone, you must protect yourself and try to make yourself look inconspicuous.
After setting off, you must also let the river crab patrol in front and behind, and be more cautious when you arrive in Poppy Town.
Poppy Town is the town where someone died yesterday. Erza believes that since such a big thing happened there, the Black Magic Cult should not go there again.
Then the more dangerous town today should be Manjusaka Town, so she chose there.
However, Rhode was still a little worried about the situation in Morninggroy Town, so he left a small razor-beaked bird with little consumption nearby, and then left with peace of mind.
(End of this chapter)
