Great time travel

Chapter 51. An Uninvited Guest from afar

In late autumn, on the southwestern border of the Bajas Empire, northeast of Karn Village
On the Katz Plain, where the grassland is the main terrain, a huge caravan with dozens of carriages is slowly advancing in the autumn wind.

Every carriage in the caravan is loaded with heavy goods in large and small packages, and there are adventurers on horseback or on foot around the convoy, holding various weapons to maintain vigilance.Whether it's the buddies who belong to the trading company or the adventurers hired as guards, they all look capable and capable of fighting.

I remember someone once said that a person should experience two things in his life, a trip on the go and a desperate love.But in fact, if you are in the fantasy world of the cold weapon era, an instant trip can be called a great adventure, and the destination of the journey may be to the cemetery—or even better. Miserable, even the cemetery is saved, and it leads directly to the stomach of a certain monster.

If you want to take a long-distance trip in this sparsely populated world, first of all, you must arm yourself well, otherwise you will just become a bandit's mobile wallet, or give the ogres and goblins in the wild a long-distance travel. Wait for the evil race to eat.Even within the human kingdom, these dangerous elements are not uncommon, and in the border areas where the control of various countries is loose, the security situation can only be described as completely disordered.

Secondly, you have to prepare all kinds of tools for survival in the wild, and it is best to bring enough dry food. For the aborigines in this real world, they do not have all kinds of bags equipped by players in the game. Everyone can bring The supplies are extremely limited, so you can't stay in the wild for a long time; finally, you have to bring enough money for travel, otherwise you may encounter the problem of "a penny can't beat a hero" at a critical moment.

Of course, none of the above is actually the most important thing, the most important thing is a trustworthy partner, so it can be said that adventurers who travel alone in this world are rare, and most of them accompany passing caravans or find familiar friends. Travel with friends.For example, at this time, the young female magician Arshee, together with her three teammates, was heading for the destination of this trip in the carriage of the caravan on the way.

Although they are actually not adventurers in the standard sense, but far more notorious "black workers" than adventurers...

——Arshe, full name is Arshe.eve.Lil.Field, once a noble lady of the Bajas Empire, and the most outstanding gifted student of the Imperial Academy of Magic, has mastered all common magic from the first to third order at a very young age, and continues to sprint towards the pinnacle of magic.Even the most powerful magician in the empire, Fruda.The great sage of the Paladin also admired Arshee's magical talent.

However, her once infinitely bright future was suddenly interrupted - Arshe's family was unfortunately involved in a series of civil strife and political storms that erupted in the empire before and after the accession of "Blood Emperor" Gilkoneforth.Although he was not imprisoned or exiled or executed by his family due to his innocence, he was also deprived of his title of nobility by the emperor, lost his fief and annuity, and suddenly fell into the embarrassment of livelihood.

If only this is the case, it is not the most tragic.After all, as an excellent magician, even if it is difficult for him to become an official due to political factors and he can only be an adventurer, Arshee can still get a very generous salary.And when she just dropped out of the Magic Academy, she thought the same way.

But the trouble is that even though they have lost their titles and income, and can only sit and eat, Alshey's parents are still spending money and spending money, and owe a lot of debts, but he has no awareness of earning money to support his family. Pushed it to the daughter.Therefore, the little income of adventurers is far from enough.Arshee can only bite the bullet and engage in more dangerous, but also more lucrative "black jobs".

The so-called "black workers" generally refer to the "dropout" group among adventurers, or the "free mercenaries" who broke away from the adventurers' guild.

Adventurers in this world are not like the heroes in the "Dragon Quest" game. They can travel freely in the world, crusade against villains, go to unknown ancient ruins and other secret places, and search for wealth, treasures and lost knowledge. Explorer.Instead, they are strictly restricted by the various systems of the Adventurer's Union, similar to dispatched employees in modern society.Generally speaking, registered legal adventurers must and can only accept missions from the adventurers union, receive rewards, and be charged agency fees by the union.No matter what they did or what job they took, the adventurers had to record it in the trade union. If they acted without authorization, evaded agency fees, or concealed it, they would be severely punished.

Moreover, although the Adventurer's Guild is similar to the Mercenary Guild, it is not willing to accept all jobs.For example, in order to maintain its detached stance, the Adventurer's Union has always maintained absolute neutrality in wars and civil strife in various countries. Adventurers are not allowed to participate in coups, mutinies, and wars, nor are adventurers allowed to serve as spies for their employers to spy on hostile forces. information, and even less willing for adventurers to serve as bodyguards for nobles, so as not to be involved in conflicts.In general, the basic idea of ​​the Adventurers Guild is to make adventurers a mercenary group that focuses on fighting monsters, and avoid getting involved in the struggles among humans.But the problem is, no matter how noble this idea is, as long as there are disputes among human beings, there will be such a market demand, and then there will be supply.After all, there have been people in all ages who wanted more money, and who were willing to do dangerous work for good pay.

Therefore, many adventurers were tempted by money, refused to be bound by various complicated regulations, and chose to leave the adventurer's union, engaged in various shady businesses, and became "black workers"-as long as the employer was willing to pay, Can do anything.Such a violent gang, to be honest, is probably just a thin line away from a criminal group.And there are indeed many "black workers" who end up becoming big bandits, which makes the industry's reputation even more infamous.

However, under the pressure of heavy debts, Arshee finally embarked on the road of no return to become a black worker.After that, Arshee found out even more desperately that although the speed at which she made money as a black worker was amazing, the speed at which her parents spent a lot of money was even more amazing, and they always spent it on some meaningless things!The gold coins she earned every time she was born and died were taken away by her parents with peace of mind, and turned into a pile of perfume, fashion and artwork at an extremely fast speed. It seemed that she never thought that the money was all exchanged by her daughter.Even when the family had no money, their parents would go around borrowing usury loans without hesitation, and the responsibility of repaying the principal with interest afterwards naturally fell on Arshe's immature shoulders.

The worst thing was that every time she borrowed usury, her parents never informed Arshey, so she didn't even have a mental preparation.

Often, it was only after the debt collectors came to her door that Arshey learned in a fit of dismay what stupid things her vain parents had done again!In fact, she has been chased by moneylender thugs several times, and she is only one step away from being sold to a brothel nightclub-for the old bustards who are in the skin and meat business, it is possible to launch a A noble female sorceress goes to bed to receive guests, which is an excellent stunt.

But the parents didn't care about what happened to Arshee's daughter, they just kept asking her for money, asking for money, and asking for more money.

After repeating this over and over again, no matter how gentle and filial her conduct was, Miss Arshe's patience was exhausted.

"...I have given so much money back and forth, and I have exhausted my nurturing grace! I will never send money to my family again. When I get home, I will take my younger sisters out to live..." Sitting On the bumpy carriage, Miss Arshe held her wand and looked around at the three teammates around her: the young swordsman Captain Heklan in full body armor, the elf scout Imina with the pointed ears, the big middle-aged Strong man Robatiku.

In her eyes, these teammates who have been through life and death with her many times seem to be more kind and humane than her cold and greedy parents.

"...Captain, how far are we from that Karn village? When will we get there?" Arshee sighed, turned his head and asked Heklan.

"...Well, it's not far away! I have passed the border just now, so I should arrive tomorrow at the latest!" Hekkeran looked at the environment and said.

"...It's almost here... I don't know what kind of person the employer wants us to scout this time. What kind of a magician is that Ainz Ur Gown in the Kingdom of Ri. Yestij?" Luo said. Batiku muttered while drinking the wine in the water bag.

"...It's hard to say... But at the very least, he should be considered a hero for being able to occupy a territory in such a catastrophic and chaotic world."

As the captain, Heklan curled his lips, "...Anyway, as long as we get there, won't everything be clear?"

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At the same time, in the opposite direction of Arshe's group, that is, near Kahn Village.In the northwest of the Kingdom of Yestijie, there is also a convoy of dusty convoys struggling through the wilderness at the edge of the forest, along the rugged and remote trails, all the way towards Karn Village.

Unlike the caravans from the Bajas Empire, this caravan was smaller in scale, with more luxurious vehicles, horses and costumes.It is the first carriage dedicated to nobles, which is slowly driven forward by four pure-colored horses.The shell of the carriage was inlaid with gold and silver, which was extravagant. Even the axles were decorated with carefully carved family crests. The coachman and his followers were also well-dressed.All these are all to show off the wealth and wealth of the car owner.

And in.Gazef, the strongest warrior commander of the Yestij Kingdom, followed behind on horseback, looking at the luxurious carriage with a gloomy expression.

——This is a team of envoys urgently dispatched by the Kingdom's court. The task is to go to Karn Village to find Ainz, who is said to have great strength.ur.Congratulate the magician, and then canonized him as a nobleman, and ordered him to send troops to serve the king to assist the king in suppressing the army of undead that ravaged the country.

It is said to assist in the suppression, but in fact it is just putting money on the face. Strictly speaking, it should be saving lives.

In the past six months, with the army of undead creatures raging everywhere, Li.The Kingdom of Yestij has shown a tendency to collapse.Large tracts of once densely populated and fertile territories are rapidly becoming lifeless lands of death.The several counterattacks organized by the Kingdom reluctantly ended in loss of troops.Now even the troops guarding the king's capital are already stretched, and the finances have already collapsed. Everyone has a premonition that the situation is not good.

Although the local nobles and princes still have a lot of troops, none of them are willing to hand over their private soldiers to the king for unified command, and they just guard their own territory wholeheartedly.Even the Adventurer's Guild, which has always been committed to fighting monsters, has gradually changed its initial positive attitude and is no longer willing to continue organizing adventures because the royal family's finances are gradually unable to afford the bounty expenses for crusade against the undead. voluntary labor.

In desperation, the king, who was short of soldiers and money, had no choice but to take out a bunch of noble titles as rewards, soliciting and buying all kinds of powerful factions from humble backgrounds in the localities, as well as those famous adventurers, hoping that they can organize Volunteers came to Qin Wang to save the country and let the country survive this crisis.

However, even this helpless way of surviving has been strongly opposed and obstructed by the nobles in the country—even at this moment of life and death, the contradictions among the royal family, nobles and adventurers within the human camp It still didn't ease up, on the contrary, it became more intensified.

——The chain of contempt is a magical thing that surrounds us all the time, just like the American drama party on the modern Chinese Internet despises the Japanese drama party, and the science party despises the liberal arts party. Although there is indeed a certain reason for its existence, the actual After all, it is still a kind of stupid performance.

It's a pity that the stupidity of human beings is endless. Even in another world, this stupid and decadent thinking still exists.

Now, here.The adventurers, traditional aristocrats, and royalists of the Kingdom of Yestij are in a chain of contempt that is seriously alienated.

Soldiers and adventurers of low status worked desperately on the battlefield, but they didn't even have any guarantee of rations and military pay. Now they are full of resentment, and they all cast their contempt and resentment on the incompetent royal family hiding outside the battlefield and miserly aristocrats.

The traditional aristocrats who have always been self-centered, on the one hand, despised and ridiculed the king's incompetence in governing the country and his inability to defend the enemy, on the other hand, they ignored the royal edicts and refused to pay a single soldier to defend the country, and even refused to take Give out a piece of bread and a copper coin.

At the same time, although the nobles do not want to go to the battlefield, they deeply hate those lowly adventurers who show their talents on the battlefield. Not willing to give them any rewards and rewards.

As for the weak royalist party, they not only despise the "selfish and petty" adventurers who refuse to fight for free, but also despise the nobles who don't know their loyalty, but they really lack their own strength, and they don't have a strong enough leader Or else, they can only whine indiscriminately in private.

For example, this action of recruiting and canonizing the "Great Mage of Ainz" for the country was originally strongly advocated by Warrior Chief Gazef.He had followed Ainz and other visitors from other worlds to fight against the special forces of the Slane Theocracy, so he had seen how powerful Ainz was.

According to Gazef's thinking, in order to buy this powerful magician and his followers, he has to admit that the territory he controls now is a hereditary fiefdom, award one or two manors and villas near the royal capital, and then give Ainz's honorary titles such as "Chief Court Magician" are barely justified.And now the king, who was in a hurry to find a life-saving straw, readily agreed to the above request.

However, those nobles who had always opposed for the sake of opposing, immediately jumped in to disrupt the situation after learning of the incident, made a fuss in the court hall, put pressure on the king in every possible way, and finally succeeded in changing the content of the reward, only giving it to Ainz He was conferred the empty title of a landless baron. As for the territory, manor, position, and honorary title, he naturally had none. He also ordered Ainz to report to the capital within one month, and then quickly join the battlefield to serve!
Next, in order to prevent Ainz from being successfully recruited, the powerful magician was wooed by the king, fueling the limelight of the royalist party, and the opposition nobles even instructed their own party members to take away the position of envoy... ...As if afraid not to mess this thing up!
What's more, in order to find a scapegoat to shirk responsibility after something went wrong, Captain Gazef had to accompany him as a deputy envoy!

Luckily among the misfortunes, I came this way, even though I deliberately walked a remote path, but I didn't encounter a single undead creature, which can be called rare good luck. (In order for the refugees to escape into Karn Village, Ainz specially ordered the undead army not to block the roads in this area.)
But the bigger problem lies in what to do after actually getting there, after taking such a canonization document and meeting the Great Mage Ainz.

"...A group of idiots who only fight for power and power...Garbage! It's time for this country to face a crisis, so we should treat a powerful magician like Ainz Ur. Gong with extra courtesy! No matter what Generous rewards, virtuous corporals can’t be overstated! That’s the person who wiped out the elite special forces of the Silian Theocracy’s [Six Colors Holy Code]! The country has been tossed to this point, what should be done and what should not be done, you guys Don't you understand?"

Gazef muttered angrily, venting his dissatisfaction.Although he knew that his eloquence was limited, he still tried his best to describe Ainz's strength in the court, trying to attract the attention of the nobles, but the result was just the opposite, which aroused even greater hostility and attacks from the other party!

——No way, no one can wake up a group of guys who deliberately pretend to be asleep.Even if the end is approaching!
After venting in this way, Gazef took a deep breath, reached out and rubbed his temples, trying to calm himself down.

Now that everything is a foregone conclusion, the only thing he can do is to try to find a way to turn around the situation and try to turn the situation around.

"...The rewards and edicts have been clarified. In the end...the only thing we can do is to hope that Your Excellency Ainz's temper will be good enough, and at the same time, I hope that the envoy's mind will not be too bad!" He glanced at the car again. Riding in the luxurious carriage, Gazef smiled wryly, thinking without expecting anything.

"...After all, Ainz-dono looks like a calm gentleman. If there is nothing too outrageous, I believe there shouldn't be too many problems..."

——Unfortunately, the simple-minded warrior commander Gazef seems to have seriously underestimated this "pig-like teammate" beside him...

In short, amidst the different thoughts of the two groups of people, their respective convoys are gradually approaching the Kahn Village, which has been changed from the old to the new...