Chapter 78 The Weird Bookstore
In this small town of Vadern, the first feeling is murderous, but the second feeling is dilapidation and desolation.
The people walking around are very fast, but the swords can be hung on their bodies without any obstacles, which means that the martial spirit here is very strong, probably because this is a border area and there will be battles starting from time to time.
The house is not short. The tallest house that Ning Lang can see is even a height of more than twenty floors. It is probably not a simple place to stand up and survive in such an environment.
Ning Lang looked around and saw no beggars, and he didn't know whether they were driven away or not here, or whether they would even be sent to the army as a suicide squad. These are all possible.
The clothes that Ning Lang had already been worn by the Book of All Ways. He was wearing a leather armor now. These were the relatively intact equipment from the once frozen forest. The sets he had reserved for were now in use.
This is not much different from the armor on the people around you. Even if there are some, they will be considered unique - after all, they are basically the same as armor, and are designed to protect their own key points.
However, Qiqi's dress was a bit out of place, but there were things like skirts in the town, but the patterns were not as bright as hers. Ning Lang had no choice but to tell him that if someone smelled it in the future, he would buy it from a distant place.
After all, most of the situations in the novel say this, right? As for the excuse being exposed in the future, let’s talk about it until then. Anyway, the time here should be only 30 days, and life-threatening things will happen. It doesn’t make much sense to care about this.
Ning Lang walked back and forth in the town with Qiqi in his arms, observing everything here. His identity book of all things was also arranged, and he was an adventurer from other parts of the empire.
The identity of an adventurer is very popular. Basically, a civilian can call him an adventurer by picking up a weapon and walking out.
Therefore, in this world, adventurers are actually very low in the level. Adventurers with some strength usually become soldiers of nobles, and more powerful become guests.
This is the system of this society, which allows the lower class people to have a way to live a good life - as long as you have the strength.
As a mage with only a few numbers, it is envious of melee fighters who can only wave weapons. Any mage who can release spells - even if he is just a mage apprentice, can receive far better treatment than them, especially the official mage has become an honor equal to the title of Lord.
This information was pieced together by Ning Lang after walking around the town for a long time, but he kept walking around like this, which also aroused the suspicion of the guards patrolling the streets.
"stop!"
Finally, after Ning Lang came to circle again, a small team of soldiers surrounded him, and the commander of the soldiers pointed his spear at him: "Who are you, where are you from, and what are you doing here!"
"My name is Simpson, and I'm an adventurer."
Simpson was the name given to him by the Book of All Things in this mission world. Although this reminded him of the protagonist in a foreign film, it was much more recognized than Ning Lang in such a Western fantasy world.
"Adventurer?"
The soldier frowned. In recent times, wars have been frequent, and some adventurers with insufficient strength have long escaped from here. Needless to say, the adventurers who can still be here at this time are all very advanced adventurers.
They just want to take the opportunity to make some war money, and of course they must be outstanding in their strength. The black-haired adventurer in front of the soldier now made him feel a little confused about the other party's strength. If he is very strong, his attitude must at least be eased.
"Yes, an adventurer who just came here."
Ning Lang smiled and said that his hair was quite normal. When he walked around the town just now, he saw many black and brown hair people, so he did not make any changes. It was just that his face shape was a bit different from that of the people in this world, which was a more troublesome thing. But fortunately, the soldier in front of him seemed to have no knowledge and obviously let him go of this problem.
"Well, welcome to the town of Vadern."
The soldier said with a smile that being able to come here when the war comes means that the adventurer has strong self-confidence, and perhaps his strength can play a great role in this war.
As a human, the soldier commander did not doubt that the other party wanted to do something that would go against the overall situation. At the beginning, he was just worried that the other party wanted to steal things.
"Please wait."
Ning Lang called out to the commander of the soldier who was about to leave, and said to the other party with a puzzled expression: "I want to know where there is a store suitable for selling some special things. I got some gadgets from other places, and I am going to exchange for some money to spend it."
Ning Lang took out a plastic lighter and fired in front of the other party, but unexpectedly found that the other party had no strange expressions, which made him understand in his heart that there should be similar products here.
But although there are similar items, the shell of this plastic lighter obviously aroused his interest, and it seems that not everyone can own such a product. So the soldier only glanced at it enviously and said, "This thing is different from what I used to see, it's quite expensive."
After expressing his envy, he told Ning Lang a few suitable places.
"The 'Pisson' at the end of the street is a hotel with a lot of people, and it also carries some of the adventurers' things. You should know that this thing is not sold there for a lot of price. The most suitable one is to sell it to everyone in the town of Vaderon, Baron Vaderon, or go to the alchemy shop not far ahead, where the price may satisfy you."
Ning Lang asked about the price of Baron Vaderon, and then walked directly to the alchemy store - the price the Baron could pay was only about ten gold deer, but the alchemy store could give 20 gold deer.
Of course, this price is just the estimation of the soldiers and the answer given based on what they have done in the past, but this is enough. Ning Lang does not want to contact the top leader of this town for the time being. He needs more information about the world.
"Angus' Alchemy Shop is here."
Ning Lang stood at the entrance of a somewhat lively shop, watching the situation outside - every few minutes, someone would come in from other places, buy some things and leave happily.
This town is not big, with a population of only about 3,000 people. Being able to generate such traffic in such an environment can show that this small shop is really popular.
Of course, it may also be related to the fact that it is already afternoon now. People who are on adventures return and sell materials to buy tomorrow's reserves.
Next to the alchemy shop, there is a bookstore with a very small structure. Ning Lang didn't expect that, so he did not enter the alchemy shop for the time being, but came to the bookstore.
The owner of the store is a middle-aged man in his forties. After seeing Ning Lang come in, he frowned, without any enthusiasm, and was doing his own things on his own.
The books in the store are placed on rows of shelves, and the price is clearly marked, allowing Ning Lang to understand how expensive the prices of books are in this world.
The textbooks for some warriors and swordsmen are at least about 10 Jindills, and some basic training methods of mages are several times more than that.
Even the cheapest travelogue prices are all floating around 1 Jindill.
After Ning Lang wandered around the town for a few laps, he learned from it that a Jindil was about one month's meal - although it was just basic bread, water and some barbecue, most people here had this standard of living.
Even the soldier who gave him the way just now had his salary of only about 5 Jindills, and only if he had no food or drink for two months could he afford a cheap warrior textbook.
The soldiers in this small town are already considered a relatively wealthy class, and they can be considered a middle class. Those who can be richer than him will not exceed three digits.
Therefore, in addition to the people at the top of this town, there are only those who can buy books without blinking, who are powerful outsiders, because they spend money and need to be strong in their own way, and buying books is also very likely.
But Ning Lang is now dressed as an adventurer, and even appears richer than most adventurers - because only wealthy people can make unique outfits, and normal adventurers will only buy standard equipment.
But a person like him did not even get any response from the other party when he came in, which made Ning Lang feel a little suspicious. He did not forget that there was a great danger in this small town, and perhaps this bookstore owner was the danger... one?
Ning Lang also found that when he was flipping through the books casually, the other party actually let his behavior go, which further increased the other party's suspicion. However, Ning Lang did not move at all, gently put down the books in his hand and walked out of the bookstore.
Before leaving, Ning Lang looked back at the bookstore again, and the boss was still doing his own thing without any action.
Chapter completed!