Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 503 Experience
The cold wind slapped snowflakes on a man in a gray-black bearskin cloak.

"The temperature is dropping too fast." The man muttered, and walked slowly towards the roadside hotel not far away.

Like this kind of hotel built in the wild, it is difficult to come across one after walking along the main road for a few days.

Even when a man has enough food on him, he will choose to go in and have a few mugs of mulled wine.

What's more, he has almost eaten the food he bought a few days ago. If he doesn't go in, he will still have to spend time hunting.

The man walked up the steps and pushed open the heavy wooden door of the hotel.

With the opening of the wooden door, the cold winter wind brought snowflakes into the warm hotel.

"Don't stand at the door foolishly! Shut the door quickly!" a traveler sitting by the fire shouted to the man.

After hearing this, the strong man in the bearskin cloak closed the wooden door and walked in. He took off the cloak on his body, revealing a shiny bald head.

He took the cloak in his hand and shook it twice, shaking off the snowflakes on it.

"You threw it on me." A mercenary wearing old black scale armor on the table next to him said with some dissatisfaction.

"If you don't shake off the snow quickly, the snow will melt into water later, and it will be very uncomfortable to wear." The strong man explained.

"You should do this outside the door." The mercenary said angrily.

"I thought so too, but that person urged me to come in, you should go to trouble him, and he looks a bit easy to bully." The strong man pointed to the middle-aged traveler by the stove and said.

"Okay, okay." The innkeeper came over, "Everyone sit down and have a drink or two, let this matter be over."

Apparently he didn't want guests fighting in his hotel.

"I don't care." The strong man spread his hands, and he opened the bench beside him and sat down.

A snow-white cat got out of his collar, showing a head, observing the surrounding environment.

The mercenary in the old black scale armor didn't continue to entangle. He had no intention of fighting this man who looked like a bear from the beginning, and it happened that the hotel owner gave him a step down.

"Excuse me, do you need something to eat?" The hotel owner turned his head and asked after glancing at the cat.

"What do you have here? Come and give me some. I eat a lot, and money is not a problem." The strong man put a bulging wallet on the table.

"Okay." The innkeeper nodded.

He just turned around, then turned his head and asked: "I always feel that you look very familiar, have we met before?"

"My name is Baron." The strong man replied.

After hearing his answer, the innkeeper showed a sudden realization expression: "Long time no see, I just said why you look so familiar.

Time flies so fast, the last time we met was six or seven years ago, right? "

"It's been so long." Baron sighed.

"We'll talk later. I'll get someone to prepare food for you first. I'll have a few drinks with you later." The innkeeper turned and walked towards the kitchen.

"Are you the 'Fire Axe' Baron who was very famous a few years ago?" asked an adventurer next to him who was carrying a hunting bow and wearing fur armor.

Baron nodded. He took out the white cat hiding in his arms and held it in his arms.

"I heard that you went to Gulfstream City in the Fish Kingdom to win some kind of competition championship a few years ago, why are you running back to the Nord Kingdom now? Did you use up all the bonuses so quickly?" Another adventurer with a giant sword on his back asked.

"When I come back this time, I plan to climb the holy mountain again." Baron replied.

"Hasn't the holy mountain always been in Gaoshan province? Why did you go to Xuefeng province?" asked the adventurer with a hunting bow.

"I'm going to retrieve a few things I put here..."

Before Baron finished speaking, the innkeeper placed a large steaming bowl in front of Baron.

"This soup was cooked this morning, let's have some soup first." The innkeeper said.

Baron glanced at the big bowl in front of him, and found that it contained beef and onion soup. This kind of food is not difficult to cook, as long as the salt is properly added, the taste will be very good.

"What about the kid who was with you all the time? Where did he go? Did he feel that adventure is not suitable for him, and he went home to inherit the manor he always mentioned?" The innkeeper asked while sitting on the chair next to Baron.

"No, he is now a lord in the southern part of the kingdom." Baron dug a spoonful of soup with a spoon and blew a few mouthfuls.

"Are you kidding, he can become a lord? If you say that you have become a noble lord, then I still believe it.

I remember that kid, the last time we bumped into you guys, he sneakily swapped my wine for a mug of hot soup while I was chatting with other people.

At that time, I was so thirsty while chatting, I just picked up the wine glass and drank it down, almost scalding me to death, but he was still standing next to me and smirking like a mentally handicapped person.

If it wasn't for your face that time, I would have beaten him until he couldn't get out of bed for a month. "The adventurer next to him with a huge sword on his back said with a face full of disbelief, his eyes wide open.

"People are always changing. You must have heard his story. He is the 'King Slayer'." Baron said after drinking a spoonful of hot soup.

"By the way, which version of the story did you hear?" Baron asked curiously.

"Are there many other versions? Anyway, I heard that the emperor of the empire is actually a very powerful warrior. He and our king fought in the fortress for three days and three nights, but in the end there was still no winner.

A clever Nord soldier seized the opportunity and used a bed crossbow on the city wall to sneak attack the weak emperor and kill him. " said the adventurer with a hunting bow.

"This is the first time I've heard of it." Baron nodded after listening.

"The Roman Empire is too far away from us. It's normal to hear stories that have been changed beyond recognition." The innkeeper smiled.

He is obviously very aware of this kind of thing, and he should have heard many stories that have been changed more and more outrageous.

"Where's my wine?" Baron asked.

"I'll pour it for you right away." The innkeeper walked to the side and brought over a jug.

……

After drinking and eating, Baron bought some kippers and some other food from the innkeeper, and then continued his journey in the wind and snow.

The pickled fish was used to feed the white cat. When it first set off, it stubbornly only ate fresh fish it had just caught, not even freshly dead fish.

Since starving him for a few days, he is not fussy at all now.

Not long after leaving the hotel, Baron was walking on the road and heard the sound of fighting not far away.

He took out a giant ax from the bag with the attached space, patted the white cat in his clothes to remind it, and then walked forward slowly while controlling his pace.

About 100 meters in front of him, a wounded giant frost devouring spider was being besieged by a group of ghouls.

When will ghouls appear on the ground in groups?
Balon continued to advance slowly, hiding behind a tree and watching the battle ahead suspiciously.

The Giant Frost Eater Spider not far away is at least five or six meters long, and it is more than two meters high just lying there, which can be called a colossus.

A group of ghouls wearing black rusty armor and holding different types of weapons are besieging it, and the ground is covered with green blood from giant frost devouring spiders.

What surprised Baron the most was that these ghouls obviously cooperated with each other. Generally speaking, even if ghouls mastered some fighting skills in life, they would not know how to cooperate with each other.

The giant frost devouring spider is not a match for this group of ghouls at all. It wants to escape, but these ghouls can cooperate to wrap it in place every time.

Not long after, the giant frost devouring spider, which had been injured before Baron's arrival, was killed by these ghouls.

Balon picked up the giant axe and walked out from behind the tree.

He felt that with his strength, he would definitely have no problem dealing with these ghouls.

"I finally saw a living person." One of the ghouls said after seeing Baron, its voice sounded like a broken bellows.

"Are you dead or alive?" Baron looked at the ghouls warily with the giant ax in his hand.

"I died a long time ago, and I have been living in the world of the dead since then. I don't know what happened a few days ago, and we suddenly returned to the body of the past." Another ghoul explained.

Baron didn't let go of his guard. In this kind of wilderness, even if he encountered living people, he couldn't take it lightly, let alone a group of dead people.

"I know you don't believe what we say, but we don't need to convince you, as long as you get out of the way and let us pass." Another ghoul said.

"Where are you going?" Baron asked in a deep voice.

"Our Nord's holy mountain, it is said that there is a passage to our world of the dead. It is better for people like us who have died once to stay in the world of the dead, and sooner or later they will become ordinary humans in the real world. It will definitely not end well anyway." said the ghoul who spoke first.

After hearing what they said, Baron walked slowly to the side while thinking, making way for these ghouls.

"Why do you insist on taking the main road? Aren't you afraid of meeting ordinary people?" Baron asked.

"Too long time has passed and the environment has changed too much. We have forgotten the way to Gaoshan Province. We can only follow the road signs on the main road. If we encounter living people next time, we will avoid them in advance." A The ghoul explained.

Baron was a little hesitant, should he let them go on, or should he kill all these ghouls here, lest they hurt ordinary people,

He wouldn't have to think about it so much if they had directly attacked him, and none of what they had just said sounded like bad guys would say.

Forget it, let's do it.

As they continue to move forward, they will definitely pass by that hotel, and maybe they will hurt the people inside.

Flames were burning on Baron's body, he raised his giant ax and turned around and rushed towards the group of ghouls walking past him.

……

　Calvin, write from a different perspective.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)