Dawn of the Grey Tower

The mottled corridor was filled with a smell worse than the outside world, and the cheese began to wonder if he had gone the wrong way and strayed into some kind of gas chamber used to torture prisoners. As if to respond to his doubts, the wall was written in various languages ​​with guidance prompts such as please go forward, as if for fear that those who came would choose to turn back. This design that stresses people and encourages people to move forward reveals the full evil taste of the builders here, just like the slave owner of a quarry telling his slaves that they can rest as long as they move a basket of stones, but After a basket, there is still a basket, but he always speaks sincerely.

　　 Just when the mage was considering whether to smash these partitions, the peculiar smell around him suddenly disappeared without warning. Cheese froze for a moment, and then tried to take two steps back. As expected, the disgusting smell in his nose again, but when he moved a position, the smell disappeared. He raised his head and saw some holes in the upper part of the corridor. When he reached out and put his hand under the holes, he could feel a weak but rapid air flow. It seems that this is a kind of ventilation device, and the driving power is probably a waterwheel. In this way, the peculiar smell in the previous corridor is more like deliberate.

　　 fancy and arrogant. This is Cheese's evaluation of the person who set up this section. Even if it wants to screen its own customers, this tavern called Youhe is a bit irritating. The people who establish this channel basically regard the entrant as some kind of existence lower than themselves, through this Way to tease them. This is not a human style of doing things, because few people are really arrogant to this level. People’s arrogance is often superficial, and their arrogance is based on knowing that they are physically indifferent to each other. Only to make overriding behavior, instead of trying to play with the target from the psychological level.

　　 Disgust is followed by curiosity. The mage has to admit that this approach is somewhat similar to that of the gray robes. The host's arrogance of reluctance to communicate is the same as that of cheese and his colleagues. The wise man never bothered to explain his actions to the fool. He seemed to have said this to Elsa, and now he had a fever on his face just thinking about it. Now, it seemed to him that those words were really embarrassing.

Suppressing the thought, the cheese continued to move forward in the corridor without the strange smell. Perhaps because of habit, he began to construct in his mind the path he walked and the hidden grids and structures that he could observe to deduce the building. Real structure. Because there is no doubt that setting up such a facility at the entrance of a tavern will definitely squeeze the original volume of the house, and it is too extravagant for buildings built on artificial platforms with precious space. The mage does not believe that people who can build a tavern in such a place will be so extravagant. This design must have other purposes, such as hindering the invasion of foreign enemies?

　　Walking thinking about it, the air began to smell different from the previous stench. It was a faint sweet smell, like a spiced candle lit by a nobleman in the living room. The hand made a claw-like shape and lightly fished it from the air. The invisible smell was trapped in the palm of the hand and turned into a small cloud of lavender dust. Cheese moved his nose close to smell it, and then shook his head gently. He smelled a feeble herbal scent in the spices. The dose is not large, and it will only make people mistaken for the reaction of tension or relaxation, but in the life and death dispute, this small effect is enough to reverse the result. This careful look doesn't match the arrogance just now.

　　 The second half of the road is much easier compared to the first half. The difference between the two is like the two sides of a coin, one side is rude and unreasonable, the other side is cautious. As the corridor deepens, the surrounding walls are no longer shoddy wooden panels, but a black stone material with less hardness. Cheese knows that this kind of stone, its hardness is not ideal, but its inherent porous structure gives it good sound insulation, so it has become the best choice when building secret rooms or torture rooms. The silver decorative patterns glowing with precious metals on the walls also give people the illusion of being in a luxurious castle.

　　 At the end of the corridor, there is a large wooden bar, just different from the wide-opening furniture style in the dwarf tavern. Whether it is the rounded and curled edge of the table top or the silver partition on the wine cabinet that is reminiscent of the branches of trees, they all carry an exotic and distinctive style. At first, Cheese couldn't remember that this decorative style originated from that ethnic group, until he saw the figure behind the bar.

　　 The straight gray dress, the same silver vegetation pattern on the cuffs and waist, the white shirt and the fluttering lace decoration on the placket, does not look like a bartender, but more like a prince going to a ball. It's just that the ball that the prince is going to attend is bound to be a little dangerous, because those dark red eyes have already revealed his identity, a vampire, and a blood clan transformed by an elves.

"Even among the first guests, you are the one who takes the longest time. What do you see from my corridor?" The long silver-gray hair was tied into a ponytail and draped over his shoulders. It is difficult to identify from the face, let alone an elf who has been transformed into a vampire. As he asked, he seemed to be preparing something. Judging from the technique, he had been in this business for some time.

"Contradiction. Ordinary people may think that what you put outside is a disguise, and the more you go in, the closer you are to your real thoughts, but I think it is the opposite. No matter how gentle the blood is, it will ultimately be an existence that feeds on intelligent creatures. , Unless you can overcome the blood addiction." Cheese walked to the bar. On the opposite side of the bar was a wooden door, but that door was definitely not open at will.

　　 "Good knowledge, sir." The vampire was pierced by the appearance, and the vampire didn't change his face. He didn't seem to mind being commented like this ~www.readwn.com~ But I want to remind you that no blood family can overcome blood addiction. "

　　 "You have a better say on this." Cheese nodded, without arguing with the other party. But he did see a vampire who could survive without drinking blood, the vampire who brought him up. Anlena drinks blood entirely for taste considerations, just like people would choose delicious food, entirely for taste enjoyment, and has nothing to do with satiety. It just doesn't need to be said.

　　 "Well, you have some meaning, some guts, and some knowledge. To meet our hospitality standards, you can go in after drinking this glass of wine. I will invite this glass." The vampire prepared the drink and put it on the counter.

　　 The mage picked up the wine glass and smelled it, "This glass is free, but how much should I pay for the glass when it comes out?"

A bright smile appeared on the bartender’s face. He stretched out his hand, snatched the wine glass from the cheese’s hand, and drank it himself. “I’ve covered the taste with thirty kinds of spices. You can still smell it. Come out, ok, you are a good customer. But don’t worry, this is just insurance to prevent trouble."

　　 There is a chronic poison in that glass of wine. It is not fatal, but it is very painful. First pretend to give customers a free drink of wine mixed with poison, and then ask for a high price to provide an antidote when you leave. As long as you can see through the first point, you can naturally think of all of this trick. As for the poison, naturally it is ineffective against vampires.

　　 "You are too suspicious, business here must be bad."

　　 "Oh? Really? Then I would say on the contrary, my business here is booming."