Chapter 336 Northbound
The dewdrops on the tip of the leaves reflected the morning light and fell silently, hitting a crawling bug. On the road not far away, the shaft of the car was crushed over and splashing a circle of dust. As the guard shouted "stop", the three caravans gradually deviated and stopped on the side of the road.
In the caravan at the end, Xia Yi and the Mikanoy brothers and sisters came down and chatted while walking.
"It's here, Xia, from the road ahead, it's Timinoa. But when you get there, you have to be careful. The intersection of the two cities in the north and south of that city, there are many great nobles from the north and the north intervene in the trade."
"Well, the specific situation, I'll talk about it when I go to that city, but... I shouldn't stay there."
"Then you should be careful. I heard that the north is very different from this one. If you want to enter there, you need to apply for an entry and exit certificate. Even many southern nobles are not qualified to apply..."
"If so, the people who trade there..."
"It is the application for labor access and exit, and the procedures are still very troublesome. It requires the inspection of the Timinoa Trade Union to have the opportunity to complete it."
In the mild climate in the central southern region, Xia Yi looked at the time, and even the brothers and sisters and the guards in the convoy waved goodbye. During this time, he actually learned some of the overview of the city on the way, which was equivalent to the entrance and exit of the north and south. At the same time, the entire continent and people were divided into two levels.
"In the past month, I heard from other caravans I met that the group of slaves who fled from Tatasia attacked a town, stole a large number of supplies and weapons, released all the slaves from nearby noble families, and absorbed them into the team, which caused some panic. After returning home, I planned to rest for a while, and wait for the situation to calm down before coming out..."
The McAnoi brothers and sisters sent Xia Yi to the fork in the road. Dina held her brother and waved her hand: "Mr. Xia, if you come back, come to Imis to find us."
She pointed to the end of the road she was about to go to: "Let's walk from here! Keep walking! There will be a small town surrounded by forests, which is Imis. My house is in the city, with a very beautiful red roof!"
In fact, while hearing the news of slave riots and chaos in the south, the brother and sister also offered a notice to reward Xia Yi, proclaiming that he was a very vicious person and so on... The brother and sister actually knew that Xia Yi also killed the only direct successor of the Tilatima family. If other lords knew about it, they would definitely choose to capture him and send him to the northern country to the emperor as a meritorious person.
This is also the reason why McAnoi invited Xia Yi to accompany him after encountering her. He contacted Xia Yi and knew that Xia Yi was not what the notice said.
"I'll be careful."
It was getting late, and Xia Yi turned his head to look at the girl, smiled and nodded: "If you come back and you are still at home, Mr. Xia will definitely come to visit you."
After saying that, he turned to another road, turned to the back of the pack beast, and waved goodbye again. The brother and sister standing at the intersection behind him stood there and watched for a while, then returned to the caravan and called everyone to leave.
The team that parted ways went east, and Xia Yi went north along the main road divided by the fork, sat on the pack beast, looked at the map in his hand, and went north from here to Timinoa, which was almost thirty miles. With the slow foot journey of the pack beast, it was probably not until the afternoon.
"I still have to cover up. If I kill Alund, I will offend the nobles after all... Although I am not afraid, it will always cause trouble."
It has been more than two months since I came to another world. Because I had no time to take care of my hair and the lack of Chaos Double Blades, my hair was messy and almost covered my ears. After repairing it by a river, I changed into clothes given by Mikanoy. This time I didn’t put on my skin, leaving only the empty cuffs of my left arm.
He looks like a down-and-out disabled veteran.
Keep moving forward, the sun rises, and at noon, there are more pedestrians between the roads, and there are gradually pastoral scenes on both sides. Busy farmers wear sunshade round hats or headscarves to pick green oval fruits on the grafted farm stand.
It is something called tike fruit. After picking it, it is placed in a ventilated room for a month, then put it in the sun to expose it to the sun to remove the moisture inside and peel off the shells outside. The flesh inside has now turned into dry silk strips, digging it out and grinding it into powder, which is the main material for fermentation of bread noodles in this world.
It tastes...it's pretty delicious. Of course, for people like Xia Yi who are not picky, this is the feeling.
After passing through the vast fields and villages, the intertwined roads became more and more frequent, and the number of caravans coming and going was significantly increased. Seeing Xia Yi alone holding a pack beast, a black bird and a goblin, it was a bit novel, but in many worlds of adventurers, there was only a little novelty. At most, you would forget it if you like it.
On the way, Xia Yi bought some wooden boards and dyes from the passing merchants, and spent some time to make a weapon box, putting the Fang Tian Hua Ji, the Qinglong Sword, the Frost Sadness, and the Snow Drinking Sword in.
It was evening before we arrived outside the gate of Timinoa. The sunset was tilted and the red light, the city buildings were spreading, high or low, crossing the city walls in an orderly manner, appearing in front of us, and occasionally the bell towers echoed in the setting sun.
Just as the echoing bells were heard, Xia Yi fostered the pack beasts, hired laborers from the trade zones, and brought the heavy wooden box into the city, without any extraneous things.
As for the purpose, he naturally needed some excuses. He came to the union in the city and spent money to hire several adventurers, two men and one woman, including Xia Yi, and a total of four people.
"Your mission is very simple. Escort me and this box to the north, which is here on the map."
Xia Yi expanded the map and showed the three of them that the place where they pointed their fingers were the first city Timinoa went north, and it was also the place where there was no pass and stopped.
"We understand, but one thing is that I hope you know. We can only escort you to Kamishire and you can't move forward any further. No matter how much money you have, you won't be able to do it. Otherwise, if you are checked, you will die." Among the three, a man in his forties, he has already had many white traces on his face. He has been in this industry for many years. His own ability is actually not great, but his experience and experience are incomparable to many new adventurers.
The other man and the other nodded in agreement. The man was nearly thirty years old and tight leather armor, but he looked a little old. The woman next to him was quite a bit old. Because he was in the union hall, neither of them carried weapons and could not tell what he had.
But these are not what Xia Yi cares about, "No problem, you just need to take me there, and then you can leave and return to Timinoa."
"I hope our mission will be easy..."
Seeing Xia Yi's smile, Langton, the oldest of the three, had his eyelids leaped. After completing the escort procedures, he came out of the union hall. The three of them also took out the weapons they had placed. Langton was holding an ordinary blade, and the man named Carl was a pair of daggers. The last one was the woman holding a spear in her hand, with an inscription mark on it.
But it is very cheap, very similar to the cheap inscription arrows used by the bandits I encountered last time.
"Before it's not dark, I think we should set off!" Xia Yi said with a polite smile.
"Sir, as you wish."
Looking at Xia Yi, who was standing on his shoulders and a goblin following him, Carl lowered his head and said softly to the woman next to him: "I have never seen such a stingy employer. Shouldn't he have a meal first, then have a good rest for a night before talking about the departure the next day?"
"Carl, don't talk about the employer behind the scenes." As the senior among the three, Langton turned around and looked at him seriously, and then urged in a low voice: "Hurry up, the forest in the middle will be the hardest way, although there is a road..."
"knew!"
Carl shrugged, pulled up the two-wheeled truck pulling the long box, and followed behind, "Damn, are there two people stuffed in this box? So heavy... I bet that it must be filled with contraband that the nobles in the north like...."
"Carl!"
Langton's voice became stern, and even the woman over there couldn't help but hold the gun handle against the man who was complaining: "Don't say such words." Looking ahead, looking at Xia Yi's walking back, the other party seemed to have not heard it, and then he felt relieved.
Soon after, four people walked out of the city gate one after another.
"You are here to wait for me, and I will bring the foster carriage beasts."
He gave an order. In the eyes of the three, the employer, who was quite strange, returned from the trade zone there soon, followed by a fat-headed and big-eared pack beast. The green-skinned goblin jumped up and down on it, holding a scimitar, and screamed endlessly. On the contrary, the black bird next to him stood quietly on the other party's shoulders, and a pair of bird eyes stared at them.
Putting the wooden box in the cart on the back of the beast, Langton patted the beast's thigh and waved the wide blade.
"Let's go! Before dark, I hope we can enter the edge of the forest and enter the forest early the next morning!"
Xia Yi nodded and chuckled.
Chapter completed!