Mystery: The whole good living master

It might be because the two followers the merchant brought took turns keeping watch, or it might be because there was the rustling of leaves and the chirping of crickets outside the tent.

In short, Mu Fan Ge slept soundly.

When he woke up, it was just daybreak. The merchant was counting the goods. The attendant in charge of guarding the first half of the night had already gotten up and was boiling water to cook barley and bacon porridge for breakfast. Ranger Karen was sitting on a tree with dark circles under his eyes, and the attendant in charge of guarding the second half of the night was still sleeping soundly.

Mu Fange rolled up the blanket and pillow and stuffed them into his backpack, then went to a nearby water source to wash his face.

He really liked this atmosphere. He felt that the style of the painting had changed, the corpse spots had faded, and the sanity value of the mysterious destruction had increased...

Mu Fan Ge approached the merchant and asked, "What time is it now?"

The businessman pulled his head out from under the tarpaulin to check the moisture of the barley. "Are you up? I was thinking of asking Karen to wake you up. It's 5:30 in the morning now."

"Hahaha, now that you're up, come and have breakfast. We'll probably reach Alice City by noon today." The merchant sat down by the fire and took the porridge served by the attendant who also served as the chef.

The whole wheat grains are still chewy after being boiled, and the thinly sliced ​​bacon is cooked soft, with the salty and fresh taste melting into the porridge along with the fat.

A group of people gathered around the dying fire, chewing their food with bowls in hand.

"Delicious!" commented Mu Fange.

……

After breakfast, the group set off again.

The convoy consisted of a power carriage at the front, three freight cars in the middle, and a luggage car at the back.

Mu Fan Ge originally thought that the carriage was pulled by a horse, and was curious about what kind of horse could pull so many carriages. But later he found out that the horse pulling the carriage was actually just a magic projection, and the magic circle on the wheel actually provided power for the carriage, and the horse was just a formality.

So why must there be a horse to pull the cart? Even if it takes more energy to create an illusionary horse? Is this some kind of ritual magic? Can't do without a horse?

One of the attendants was responsible for driving the carriage, while the merchant sat in the carriage at the front; the bodyguard hired by the merchant, the ranger Karen, and another attendant in charge of cooking sat in the carriage behind, and Mu Fange, who was hitching a ride, also sat in the carriage at the back.

Mu Fange originally thought that there would be classic plots such as encountering monsters or carjacking bandits, but unfortunately the whole journey was very peaceful, so peaceful that Karen, who had nothing to do, kept pulling Mu Fange to tell stories.

"I don't know if you have heard the story of Palosil and the Skull City, beautiful lady."

Although she had two big dark circles under her eyes, Karen was still unwilling to spend her precious missionary time catching up on sleep.

"Legend has it that at the end of the world, where the human world meets the abyss, there is a Skeleton City. There are no living things in it, only endless, indestructible, living skeletons! Rumor has it that this Skeleton City is actually a dungeon, where the souls of those who committed heinous crimes in ancient times are imprisoned. Their flesh and blood have been completely worn away by the passage of time, leaving only countless dry bones for those souls to control."

"Every year, Skeleton City sends out a large army of skeletons to cleanse the surrounding villages and towns. No living creature can escape. Wherever the Skeleton Army passes, no grass or grass is left. Only countless broken walls and ruins remain, and the people are living in misery. After Paroshil became a general, he organized many campaigns to eliminate the Skeleton Army and attack Skeleton City, but at that time there was no effective way to kill souls, and the killed skeletons could be resurrected."

Mu Fange blinked: "Didn't they say that there is a branch of wizards that can drive souls?"

"That was a branch that emerged a long time later. This is a story from a thousand years ago. You listen to me first... After several expeditions, Palohil realized that simply attacking the Skeleton Army would not have any effect, so Palohil led his team deep into the Skeleton City! Strange patterns were engraved on the old bricks, strange green flames were burning on the ancient chandeliers for years, candles that exuded an ominous aura were placed on the classical furniture, and there were countless sinister and terrible traps..."

Karen threatened Mu Fange with his fangs and claws.

"What's the final result?" Mu Fange remained unmoved.

Karen awkwardly pretended to be serious and coughed a few times.

"Because of the traps and the Skeleton Patrols we encountered along the way, a large number of our team members were injured and lost. One team even got lost at a fork in the road..."

"Skip, skip, skip!" Mu Fange jumped into the conversation at the speed of light.

"Ah... that... then, then, then the team arrived at the center of Skeleton City. Palohil led the team to fight the Skeleton King. It was a battle of flying sand and rocks, swords flashing, drums thundering, and the sky was dark..."

Mu Fan Ge interrupted the intoxicated Karen and asked: "Who won in the end?"

"Of course it goes without saying! Lord Palohil was victorious! The great Paladin Palohil is invincible!" Karen pouted in grievance.

"Has there been any progress after the Skeleton King was defeated?" Mu Fange asked.

Karen slapped his thigh and said, "Of course! Without the Skeleton King, there has never been an organized Skeleton Army leaving Skeleton City! Of course, the most important point is that Lord Palohil rescued a woman who was imprisoned in the secret room of the Skeleton King's castle. That woman is the original sorcerer, Ezmia Merlin!"

Mu Fange instinctively began to speculate on conspiracy theories: Was it really the sorcerer who was imprisoned by the Skeleton King, rather than the sorcerer who was the mastermind behind the creation of the Skeleton King's magic puppets?

"Later, because Parosil rescued Aizmia, the profession of wizards began to develop and prosper, and then the means and spells of killing souls gradually emerged..."

Mu Fan Ge, who was overly inspired, became even more worried: Wasn't it because the evil conjurer was brought out of the evil lair called Skeleton City by the kind Paladin that he began to spread the evil black magic that could kill the soul? If the conjurer had the means to kill the soul, why was he imprisoned by the skeletons? Was it a backlash due to the failure of the spell? Or was there no imprisonment from the beginning, and the Skeleton Army was actually supported by the conjurer's black magic?

Feeling that he had touched upon the truth, Mu Fange quickly changed the subject: "Hey, Karen, I heard that rangers would tame animals to assist them, is that true?"

"Of course! I have one too. If you're not scared, I'll show it to you." Karen suddenly stood up proudly.

Mu Fan Ge nodded, looking very interested.

Karen patted the top of his head, and the brightly colored wreath in his hair trembled, and from under the flowers a fat white head with a pair of green horns protruded.

"It turns out this isn't a wreath..." Mu Fan Ge, who had guessed that Karen had taken out animals from his backpack, pockets, trouser pockets, hat, collar, sleeves and even crotch but had never doubted the wreath, applauded sincerely.

"Ah? I'm a man, a soldier, I shouldn't wear a wreath! This is definitely not a wreath!" Karen became anxious.

"Ah! Aren't you a girl?" Mu Fangge teased him.

"What? I... I'm so handsome and tall. Look at the muscles on my arms. I must be a man! Although rangers have slender bodies, they are definitely different from girls!" Karen was so anxious that he danced with joy.

"Oh, okay, okay, then what kind of animal is this?" Mu Fange asked perfunctorily.

"This is a cherry-flowered tree-horned snake. These flowers have a symbiotic relationship with it." Karen raised his hand and took the snake wrapped around the flowers off his head.

Its snake head is chubby, different from the triangular head of a poisonous snake. Its eyes are like rubies, and the scales on its body are green and white, like a piece of matcha cream chocolate. There are red, white and pink flowers of different sizes entangled in the gaps between the scales.

It looks like it's delicious.

The snake didn't give Karen any face and crawled along his arm into his clothes.

Karen didn't care. He used his great flexibility to grab the snake in his clothes and asked, "Beautiful lady, have you heard the story of Palosil and the Paladin Hammer?"

Mu Fange shook his head and sighed. He knew that he couldn't escape today.

……

The journey was peaceful, and the plot that Mu Fan Ge had imagined did not happen, where there would be robbers or monster attacks, causing the entire army to be annihilated and then the kind, brave and strong beautiful girl Butia would jump out to save the tide.

The carriage drove into Alice City, and the merchant dropped Mu Fange off at the city gate.

Mu Fan Ge waved goodbye to Karen, and Karen felt sorry for not being able to finish telling the story of Palosil and the volcanic giant bear.

Mu Fan Ge, whose mind was full of all the pros and cons of the Paladin, ran away without giving Karen any chance to continue to torture his ears.

Alice City is a classical city that perfectly fits Mu Fange's stereotype of medieval swords and magic. The outer circle is a fortress consisting of city walls, watchtowers and beacon towers. The inner circle is a complex of buildings where people live and trade. In the center is the city lord's palace, which is as magnificent and beautiful as a mansion.

According to Karen, the Adventurer's Guild is located to the west of the church bell tower, in a pointed-roof house with blue tiles.

Mu Fange pushed the door open and was surrounded by overly enthusiastic adventurers just because of Korixi's face.

"My enchanting beauty, what are you doing here?" A sturdy adventurer with a scar on his face came over, his voice sounded fierce but also a little stiff and coquettish.

"Little beauty, do you need your brother to help you?" This is an adventurer with hair like water chestnuts, who looks like a male version of Hatsune Miku.

A tall adventurer squeezed in using his size advantage. He was almost 1.5 times taller than Korish. He kept rubbing his hands. “Hohoho, cute little sister, are you here to join the Adventurer’s Guild?”

"Baby, don't listen to him. Let me, the Ghost Shark Messenger, guide you!" There are sharks embroidered on the clothes that the Ghost Shark Messenger wears, on his pants, on his hat, and on his shoes. It can be seen that he really likes sharks.

"No, no, no, little sister, at this time we still need some experienced and powerful adventurers~ Let my Moon Goddess's messenger come to pick you up!" A man dressed very avant-garde and flamboyantly began to recite poetry as soon as they met: "In the soft light of the morning sun, the girl blooms like a flower, her eyes are as deep as stars, shining with charming light."

"Beautiful woman, I have been captured by you, and my heart is broken because of you!" The man's hair was combed back with hairspray, meticulously and straight, but it only exposed his very unhealthy hairline.

Someone had already used this short time to buy roses, and he rushed up to her and bravely proposed: "Dear girl, you are the only one in my life, and I will marry you. Please see my sincerity!"

"I report it! I expose it! His sincerity is useless! His rose is the one I just gave him!" A white-haired girl wearing a wizard hat rushed up to expose the scumbag, took back the rose, and gave it to Mu Fange again: "He doesn't deserve you! Please accept my love!"

What are these? Humans?

The people in the other world are so open-minded! Mu Fan Ge is a little overwhelmed.

The person who started reciting poetry within three seconds of meeting was still improvising: "Her smile was so sweet, like the warm sunshine in spring, dispelling the cold and haze in the world and warming everyone's heart."

"Beautiful girl, do you want to register as an adventurer? Let me help you register!" The staff of the Adventurer's Guild also ran out from the work counter as if possessed.

"A few days ago, I spent a lot of money to buy a piece of land in the suburbs. Beautiful and intelligent girl, do you know what kind of land I bought?" A man dressed as an aristocrat, wearing a silk dress, and obviously very rich asked the question.

With Mu Fan Ge's ominous premonition, the man dressed as an aristocrat asked himself and answered: "I love you wholeheartedly!"

How can there still be people saying cheesy love words! Help!

The poet who called himself the messenger of Tsukino Usagi was still reciting poems in ecstasy: "Her figure was as light as a feather, dancing gracefully in the embrace of the wind, and every step she took created an elegant melody, making people intoxicated by this wonderful dance. Her hair was as soft as silk, shining with golden light in the sun, fluttering in the wind, like a dream, as if a fairy from heaven had descended to the earth."

"No! This is not the Adventurer's Guild! This is the red light district!" Mu Fangge stomped his feet.

"I'm sorry, little sister, this is not the red-light district. If you want to go to the red-light district, you have to go out from here, turn right and then turn left for three streets." The voice was spoken by a graceful woman wearing a red gauze. She walked straight up and hooked her arms around Mu Fange's neck.

"Thank you, but I don't want to know this." Mu Fange sighed.

"I'm the head of the Alice City Adventurer's Guild. Please follow me. Is there anything I can help you with?" The graceful woman took Mu Fangge's hand and went to the "VIP waiting room."

"Is your name Yafei?" Mu Fange made up a story.

"Who is Yafei?" The graceful woman was confused.

"Well, Yafei is an auctioneer..." Mu Fange said seriously.

"Well, the Adventurer's Guild has a consignment service... and my name is Ellie... I hope you can remember it..." Although she was not dressed very formally, she was a completely honest person inside!

"Okay, thank you, I'll remember it..." Mu Fange regretted why he had been so shameless just now.

……

"Oh, you want to be an adventurer so you're traveling! That's great!" Ellie praised like a kind mother.

"Oh, that's it. Do you want me to show you the process of becoming an adventurer? Sure! Of course, it's a piece of cake!"

Ai Li turned around and pulled out a large book from the bookshelf: "If you want to become an adventurer, you must first register with the Adventurer's Guild, and then you can enter some places limited to adventurers, such as the Mysterious Forest, the Skeleton City, the Devil's Island, the Underground Mine..."

Ai Li pointed at the two symbols on the cover of the book that were integrated like Tai Chi but clearly distinguished. "This is the symbol of a wizard, and this is the symbol of a warrior. After you register, the Adventurer's Guild will give you this symbol to prove that you are an adventurer. It's usually a brooch."

"Then there is the centralized training for adventurers..." Ai Li opened the book: "Four hundred years ago, in order to deal with the uneven quality of adventurers, the great mentor Clinlanthus established the Adventurer Academy. Newly registered adventurers must undergo a month-long centralized training at the academy, including cultural quality assessment, physical fitness assessment, moral belief propaganda, and adventure common sense training."

"After graduating from the academy, you will be an intern adventurer. A gem pendant will be added to your brooch. Then wizards and warriors have different development paths. Wizards usually have to find a mentor to learn all kinds of mysterious knowledge and magic; while warriors usually join adventurer teams and hone themselves in battle!" As Ai Li spoke, she stuck to Mu Fange: "Sister, you smell so good. I don't even know your name~"

"Madam, please respect yourself! I already have a family!" Mu Fan Ge, who believed that he had been seduced by someone, pushed Ai Li away righteously.

"Ah? Is that so... It's okay! I'm willing to humble myself and serve my sister as long as I can stay by her side..." Ai Li's eyes were blurred with tears.

"Calm down! Be normal! Your view on love is incorrect!" Mu Fangge raised his finger seriously.

"But, but, as soon as I saw you, I knew that I never wanted to be apart from you again. I wanted to be with you no matter what!" Ellie undid her few clothes and jumped over to him: "Even if it's just a one-night stand, leave your mark on me!"

"Help! There's a pervert!"

Mu Fan Ge subconsciously grabbed Ai Li's hand, performed a beautiful shoulder throw, and used a joint-lock ground technique to pin the beautiful woman in charge to the ground.

"Ah~ah~my sister's whipping of love~is so ecstatic~" Ai Li let out a low, hoarse moan from her throat.

"How terrible! Are you some kind of discipline committee member?"

There's nothing I can do. The adventurers in the other world are just too open and enthusiastic...