Pale Emblem

Chapter 2 Youngville
Time flies fast, Braun Town has experienced a hopeful spring, a lush summer, and ushered in a fertile autumn. The business of the Adventurer's House is getting better day by day, year after year.

Autumn is the harvest season. Every year, the adventure group gets lost in the black forest where danger and opportunity coexist, and has never heard of it, but the adventure group that returns to Braun Town has more or less harvest.They brought back important information, rare medicinal materials, amber, gems, sand, rare animals and even captured barbarian slaves, most of which will be appraised by the Adventurer's Home. Appropriate, deliver on the spot, exchanging dead, living, undead treasures for urn.

Of course, adventurers with ample pockets should spend time in the Adventurer's Home.

Besides the Adventurer's Home, do they have any other options?
The large, bright lobby of the hotel was full of people, and every table was filled with guests.They toasted and complimented each other, some whispered and exchanged information secretly; some argued and made loud noises; some frowned and drank suffocating wine cup after cup.

It was not until a group of strangers pushed open the door and walked into the Adventurer's House that the bustling hotel lobby fell into a brief silence.

There were five of them in total, three males and two females, wearing uniforms, white silk and cotton blended hunting suits with hoods, white cowhide cross-shoulder weapon lanyards with white wide belts, white deerskin gloves and The previous pair of white high-top leather boots looked lean and handsome. Compared with the adventurer in gray and black, it was particularly dazzling, attracting many malicious eyes.

A few knowledgeable adventurers recognize that the spotless white uniform on the guest is woven from the cocoon silk of the crypt gray moth. Of course, the price is not cheap. Only the famous people in the main city highland will use the silk of the crypt gray moth to make hunting uniforms.

These fresh faces must come from famous highland families.As for which famous clan they belonged to, the adventurers couldn't tell.

In a remote frontier town, the authority of a famous highland family can't scare adventurers who are accustomed to licking blood with a knife.They looked at the stranger who looked worthwhile with a sly gaze, as if the wolves were staring at their prey, and they almost drooled with their tongues out.

The atmosphere of the hotel became inexplicably tense. At this time, the hotel owner behind the bar said, "Newcomer, you can't carry weapons when you enter the Adventurer's House, hand over your weapons to the bar, then find a table and sit down, I I'll give you a can of Braun's specialty wolfgrass wine for free."

The first person took off his hood to reveal his face. He was a middle-aged man in his 30s, with short gray-brown hair, a beard, and deep eyes, showing a mature and determined temperament.

"Sir Bartom, I'm Charlie, a 2nd class sergeant of the Fourth Brigade of the Rock Giants, do you remember me?"

The hotel owner narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at each other up and down, and suddenly said: "Charlie, the shield guard of the sixth team of the first squadron of the fourth brigade? So it's you..."

Charlie put his right fist on his forehead, and said solemnly, "Charlie, the shield guard, has seen the commander!"

Bartom laughed, waved his hand and said, "I have already retired, so you don't need to salute me."

With a smile on Charlie's face, he turned his body sideways, gestured for his companions to hand over the weapons they carried, and whispered to Bartom: "Old sir, it's been almost eight years since I retired from the Rock Giants...I This time I came to Braun Town to ask you for a favor."

Bartom understood, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go upstairs and go to my room to sit." He walked out from behind the bar, patted his old subordinate Charlie on the shoulder, and then turned to a bar clerk and said: "Who... Pilu, arrange a table for these guests, and give them a can of wolfgrass wine, a specialty of Braun Town."

The red lion Bartom took Charlie up the stairs, and the hotel lobby returned to the usual noisy, Braun town adventurers would still sneak a peek at these uninvited guests, but they did it more covertly, and their aggressive aggression was no longer obvious. .

Buddy Piru found a table on the edge of the living room, dragged the two unconscious adventurers away, cleaned the table, arranged for the guests to sit down, picked up the wine cans and filled everyone with a glass of wolf grass. Wine, asked feebly, "This can of wine is free, what else do you want to eat?"

These guests are all tall and vigorous young people. They may be the first time to come to the place where adventurers gather, and they feel fresh about everything around them.One of the handsome young men looked around curiously and said to Pilu, "We won't eat for the time being, and I'll call you again if we need to."

Buddy Pilu shrugged his shoulders indifferently and took two steps back, but he didn't mean to leave in a hurry.

Inside the hotel, half-elf waitresses with bright makeup and slutty manners flirted with the men among the adventurers, and more than half of the adventurers were female warriors from the Hemer tribe.They all have single ponytails, clear facial features, sharp and cold temperament. In fact, they are not very beautiful, but the Hemer women are bold and bold, wearing hard leather vests and a short skirt armor, revealing no The slightly fat waist and strong long legs, like a female leopard full of strength, have a wild charm.

The Hemo tribe is extremely rare in the main city of the Disa Alliance, but there are dozens of Hemo female warriors in the Adventurer's Home in Braun Town.The handsome young man was dazzled. Facing the provocative gaze cast by the female soldier Hemo, he unconsciously avoided the opponent's line of sight, picked up the wine glass in front of him to conceal his frivolity, and said in a low voice, "Unimaginable, These brave and fighting Hemers will turn into charming and charming goblins in winter. I wonder if I will participate in this year's life sacrifice ceremony and have a chance to be selected by them..."

The male companions all bowed their heads and smiled, and the two female companions rolled their eyes at him invariably. One of the half-elf women with blonde hair and green eyes covered her mouth and smiled: "Karl, I hope you are chosen by the Hemers, we will wait. Watch as the Homer woman kicks you out of her tent like a dog."

Carl smiled, raised the wine glass and poured wine into his mouth, the green wine flowed into his throat, his expression suddenly changed greatly, his facial features were wrinkled, and he finally swallowed the wolf grass wine without making a fool of himself in front of his female partner. , opened his mouth wide again, gasped again and again, and couldn't help complaining: "What kind of wine is this, it's sour and spicy, it's too bad to drink!"

The hotel clerk, Pilu, came over and took the time to recommend: "Our family's wolf grass wine has a unique flavor. It needs to be paired with our secret roasted mud scorpion to taste good."

Everyone couldn't help looking at each other, realizing that they were about to be slaughtered by the hotel owner.The blond woman laughed, took out a small bag and handed it to Pilu, and said, "Okay, I'll give you 3 gold towers and give each of us a roasted mud scorpion, and the extra money will be your tip. .If you want to thank me, please remember my name, I'm Anne from Fallen Leaf City"

The guests were generous, and Pilu, who was already very tired, suddenly came to his senses, and he said incoherently: "You are really a generous lady, there are a little more guests today, and the serving is a bit slower than usual, I will go to the kitchen to urge you. As soon as I remind you, the roasted mud scorpion you want will arrive soon, I promise..."

Watching the shop assistant stumble through the crowded hall and run towards the back kitchen of the hotel.Anne bulged her cheeks and muttered unhappily, "Generous lady? Shouldn't it be the beautiful Miss Anne?"

Most of the young half-elf women were beautiful, and Anne among them was the most beautiful woman.One of her male companions snorted and said, "A country bumpkin shop assistant who hasn't seen the world, is still a stinky wild bastard... Annie, do you need to bribe him?"

Annie pursed her lips and smiled, and said in a low voice, "Compared to the fourth-order swordsman Bartom, the young man next to him, Pilu, is the friend we can 'make'." The golden hair by the ear fell naturally, covering the delicate red lips, and whispered: "Now, let's chat and pay attention to what the adventurers in the hotel are talking about."

Several people had a tacit understanding, and naturally entered the state, eavesdropping on the conversations between adventurers, trying to find valuable content from it.

It didn't take long for Karl to murmur suddenly, "Annie, I know why the shop assistant didn't call you the beautiful Miss Anne just now..."

Annie followed Carl's gaze in confusion. There was a "hum" in her head, and she couldn't think normally anymore.

Piluto, the shop assistant, walked towards here smoothly with a plate full of food.He was followed by a companion with a fruit plate, and he struggled to get through the crowd.Those Hemer female warriors all let Piru go, and then reached out to touch the arm, face, hair, and butt of another shop assistant, and laughed loudly, showing such enthusiasm that even the half-elf waitress of the hotel would take the opportunity to confront him. He starts.

If beauty is a soul-stirring force, this new shop assistant has unrivaled power.

He is slender and well-proportioned, with the usual short brown hair, bright eyes like pure and flawless amber, delicate facial features like the finest works of art, slender and straight eyebrows, and slightly pointed ears that are slightly different from those of a half-elf. , without compromising his perfect image.

...just perfect.

No matter which angle Annie looks at, every line of his body forms a perfect image, even if he wears a dirty apron and looks helpless in the face of the passionate molesting of the Hemer warriors, there is still a A kind of extraordinary charm that makes people's heart beat faster and dare not breathe loudly.

Fortunately, this kind of charm is short-lived. After the impact on the soul, Annie and others recovered from their trance, and the young half-elf Karl asked himself: "Is this beauty a male or a female? I... ...I bet she's a Highland lady."

Saying that, he actually stood up and went up alone.

Out of the corner of her eye, Annie saw a tall and fat figure standing in the corner of the hotel lobby. After thinking for a moment, she thought of a famous female adventurer. She was frightened and quickly shouted: "Karl, come back to me soon. !"

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A room on the third floor of the Adventurer's House.

The innkeeper Bartom and the visitor, Charlie, sat opposite each other across a wooden table.He took off the pottery stone pipe, exhaled a cloud of blue smoke from his mouth, and asked slowly: "So, you are now the leader of the 'Jin and Whistle Adventure Group', and you came to our Braun Town to recruit adventurers. Companion?"

Charlie stretched out his finger and clicked on the certificate issued by the Adventurer's Guild, and said with a smile: "Sir, I will not hide from you, I am now playing for the Sunflower among the 16-pillars. After I retired from the Rock Giants Corps , has been a coachman for Master Stevenson of the Sunflower Family for 6 years. Last spring, Master Stevenson held a coming-of-age ceremony. According to the rules of the highland family, he can cultivate his own forces, a private guard, a An armed caravan, two adventure groups. I am the head of one of the adventure groups."

"Your luck makes me envious." Boss Bartom took a breath and nodded flatly, showing no sign of envy.

Charlie smiled again and complimented: "Mr. Stevenson dared to leave the 'Jin and Whistle Adventure Group' to me, thanks to you. Red Lion Bartom is famous in the Fallen Leaf City Adventurer's Guild because I It was your old subordinate, and Mr. Stevenson gave me a high look."

"The few young people who came with me may not be convinced of my head. They are all servants recruited by Mr. Stevenson at Coral Academy, and everyone is excellent. They have their own strengths and also They are all formal professionals, for example, Carl among them is only 25 years old this year, and he is already a third-order swordsman, and his martial arts skills are probably not under mine..."

"Compared to me, they are young, energetic and ambitious, with outstanding talent. What they lack is experience, but experience is something that a half-elf always has. You know, sir, at my level, it is very difficult. To control these young people who have graduated from the academy, I still need some subordinates who are worthy of training and obedient." Charlie said frankly.

Bartom held the cigarette holder and nodded with a smile, "How about the female warriors of the Hemer tribe? Their life level is born at the third level, even if the female warriors of the Hemer tribe are only at the first level, they can beat that Karl with one hand. Get down."

Charlie shook his head and said: "The relationship between the Temple of the Earth Mother and the Temple of the Dragon King is indifferent. It is well known that the Hemers are disgusted with the famous city-states. What I want are the children who were abandoned by the Hemers... Only you can help me choose from them. Get the most suitable people.”

Just as he was talking, a deafening roar suddenly came from the hall downstairs, "Damn brat, Vertok who dares to bully me! Look, I won't spank your face like your butt!"

Charlie and Bartom changed color at the same time, and hurried downstairs to see a tall and fat cook who was beating a young half-elf on the table.

The outstanding talent who graduated from Coral Academy, the third-order swordsman Karl's pants were pulled to his knees, and the fat cook maid slapped his bare ass with a big palm, and was fulfilling the promise of spanking his face.

Maybe the fat cook was mistaken.Still, there doesn't seem to be a difference between "spanked like a face" and "spanked like a butt".

Every time the fat cook was spanked, Carl screamed like a pig.The self-esteem of the third-order swordsman originally did not allow the young man to shout shamefully, but the sound of spanking in the hotel lobby was too strange, so he screamed shamelessly, and he felt much better, at least he won the cacophony of the Hemer female warrior Laughing is the background sound of pumping buttocks, but the sense of shame is much weaker.

It has to be said that the outstanding graduates of Coral Academy are very adaptable and quickly learn to be cheeky.

"Unstoppable Sarah?! How did Carl mess with her?" Charlie said in disbelief, recognizing the Fat Cook's identity.

"Stop, stop, damn, you broke our furniture..." Boss Bartom shouted to stop the fat cook from continuing to be violent.

Sarah angrily slapped two more slaps, let go of the victim Carl, and complained: "This bad boy bullies poor Will, and the broken plates and cups here will be counted on his head."

After she finished speaking, she pulled up Vertok, who was at a loss beside him, and walked towards the kitchen, reassuringly reassuringly as she walked: "Okay, Will, I have taught that bad boy a hard lesson. In the hotel lobby. Your life is not suitable for you. Haven't you seen these vicious she-wolves? They are all thinking about how to abduct you, I know it must be like this... Poor little guy, his injuries are just getting better, How can you be bullied by these bad-hearted guys? If Aunt Sarah says that you like peeling beans, then stay in the kitchen and peel beans until your injury is completely healed, at least you must be able to distinguish who treats you well and who It's bad for you, come out and play again."

Vertok looked bewildered, and obediently followed behind the fat cook Sarah.He looked left and right, his eyes seemed unable to focus, he looked confused and curious, but in the depths of his empty eyes there was a touch of indifference that no one else could detect.

If he were an ordinary person, he looked like he didn't wake up if he was polite, or stupid if he was polite, but because of Vertok's beautiful and extraordinary figure, everyone would inevitably hold [-] points for him. Especially the female warriors of the Hemer tribe felt that this kid was young and cute, but under the deterrence of the fat cook Sarah, they did not tease Vertok any more.

When Charlie saw the initiator of this conflict, he also lost his mind for a moment. He immediately realized why Carl was beaten, and glared at the subordinate who made him worry.

The adventurer from the main city was beaten up in public and broke a lot of things, and what happened next has nothing to do with Vertok.He returned to the familiar kitchen, and his restless mind settled down. Without being told to do so, he took the initiative to sit on his own bench, took out a handful of bean pods from the big basket in front of him, and began to peel the bean shells attentively.

The fat cook Sarah didn't take the matter of beating up the famous servant to heart at all, but the hotel's business was booming today, and she was still busy cooking. No time to take care of him.

In fact, all the cooks in the hotel kitchen knew that Vertok couldn't speak at all, but he could understand what others meant, and he would do whatever was told to him, never causing trouble to others.If it weren't for the tight manpower today, he would just stay quietly in the kitchen peeling his beans, so as not to cause this storm.

Everyone thinks that peeling beans is Vertok's favorite thing to do. In addition to eating, sleeping, and going to the toilet, he can peel beans all day in the kitchen.In fact, Vertok doesn't have a feeling of likes and dislikes now, and there are other reasons for him to concentrate on peeling beans.

Vertok was in a coma for more than 2 months at the Adventurer's House Hotel in Braun Town. From the outsider's point of view, apart from his physical needs such as eating, drinking, and excretion, he was in a coma for the rest of the time.But in Vertok's world of consciousness, there was a rapidly spinning golden light group, and he couldn't get in or out, as if he was trapped in a terrifying cage.

He instinctively wanted to slow down the rotation of the golden light group and finally stop it completely, but this was not easy, it should be said that it was very, very difficult.It took a lot of work for Vertok to grasp the concept of time through the rotation of the golden light group, and because of the instinctual stimulation of the body's hunger, he overlapped the time flow rate of the light group with the time flow rate of the outside world. reacted.That's why he wakes up briefly, eating and drinking.

At the beginning, when he woke up from a deep sleep, there was still a deviation in the flow of time between consciousness and reality. There was a barrier between the self and the outside world, so that he could not see or hear clearly, and could not seriously think about any problems.Fortunately, the cook Sarah has been taking care of him, scrubbing his body, and whispering in his ear. These stimuli from the outside world have caused the time flow of the conscious world and the real world to coincide more and more. Escape from prolonged lethargy.

When he woke up, he was awake, but Vertok stumbled and couldn't hold things steady. Cook Sarah said he was like a clumsy baby who had to keep exercising to get back to normal.

The cook at the Adventurer's House is obviously very good at taking care of the wounded and sick. Even the best doctor in Braun Town, Cole, can't fault the rehabilitation training she gave to Vertoc.Under the careful care of the cook Sarah, Vertok can walk, run, and put things like a normal person in only half a month, but his hands and feet are still not flexible enough, and when he loses his memory, he seems to be The ability to speak is lost, and intelligence appears to be affected.

Dr. Cole in the town examined Vertok and believed that ordinary treatment methods could not cure him. After all, head injuries were the most troublesome problem, but Vertok could be arranged with some meticulous manual work and exercise his fingers. Flexibility, which may be unexpectedly helpful to his condition.

So, Boss Bartom asked Vertok to help in the kitchen, starting from peeling the beans, saying that it could help him exercise his fingers. As for the real thoughts of the hotel owner, everyone knows that this miser is not willing that Vertok continues to take risks The home of the people eats and drinks for free.

It is a good thing to be able to support yourself after all. Sarah, the fat cook who regards Will as her son, does not object to Bartom's arrangement, and Vertok himself will not object.

He peeled beans for two months in the kitchen of the Adventurer's House, enjoying the tedious job.

Those who met Vertok for the first time were amazed at his beauty, but those who knew him would think that Vertok was a poor fool, otherwise how could he like to peel beans all day long?
However, no one knows that Vertok has always been troubled by the world of consciousness. As long as he stops his work, he will see that high-speed rotating golden light group, the sense of time and space are isolated from the outside world, and the continuous Peeling the beans allows the conscious world and the outside world to overlap each other in time and space.

Vertok's instinctive cognition, he must strengthen the time-space connection between consciousness and reality, otherwise he will fall into a coma again.

The slender and slender fingers clamped the plump pods, and with a slight squeeze, the round beans were ejected from the pods and fell into the rattan basket next to them, where the beans were almost full.Vertok is skilled, peels beans with high efficiency, and even has a unique rhythm that is not disturbed by all kinds of noises in the kitchen.

The cook Sarah suddenly raised her head and glanced at him. A knowing smile appeared on the fat face. She lowered her head and continued to chop the meat and bones on the chopping board with a kitchen knife. .

The 122063rd... Vertok counted in his heart. He had a premonition that something wonderful would happen soon. He squeezed a pod with his fingers and squeezed a little harder. With a "pop" sound, the world of consciousness shook as the pod burst. , a message automatically comes to mind:
Add 4 to the spirit attribute, reach 10 spirit points, enter the second level of learning talent, and master dexterous hands.

The current mental attribute is 10 points, the physical attribute is 6 points, the perception attribute is 4 points, and the life attribute is 12 points.

Ambidextrous hands: Your hands are so dexterous that you can skillfully use any tool in a short period of time.

Stage goal: Make the three attributes of physique, perception, and life match the current 10 points of mental attributes, reaching 12 points of physique, 13 points of perception, and 15 points of life.

The ultimate goal: unlock the knowledge puzzle and find yourself.

Methods: Eat enough, exercise enough, rest enough, use your learning talent, collect all kinds of information, and get feedback on the knowledge puzzle.

The emergence of this information comes naturally, and Virtok knows what he knows, and what he doesn’t know still doesn’t know.Just like a person with amnesia desperately wants to retrieve his memory, there is no need to investigate the cause, let alone explain it to others.

The most surprising thing is not that Vertok recovered a small part of his memory, but that his conscious world and the external space-time changes were synchronized, and that layer of separation was completely opened.

The dim kitchen suddenly became alive, and the walls and ceiling were blackened by soot; the kitchen maid hit the mud scorpion with a wooden stick and made the sound of popping pulp; the smell of stew came out of the clay pot; the sun was shining through the window. In the kitchen, the light and shadow swirl as the maid walks back and forth; the heat wave radiated by the open fire on the stove, and the wind pressure generated by the air flow stimulate Vertok's vision, hearing, smell, touch, and in his mind. A well-defined three-dimensional picture was formed in the middle, and the sense of detachment that had been bothering him quickly disappeared.

For the first time, Vertok felt a sense of joy from his heart. He knew that he would not fall into a coma for a long time, but the rich sensory signals instantly made him slightly dizzy, and he couldn't help standing up.

The cook Sarah put down the meat chop knife in her hand almost at the same time, and came to Vertok in three steps.

Sarah put her hands on Vertok and asked with concern, "Little baby, what's wrong with you?"

The fat cook is two meters tall and has a fat body like a big brown bear. When she gets close, a strong sense of oppression is formed.Vertoc knew Sarah very well, and this familiarity gave him a sense of security.

The corner of Vertok's mouth twitched upward, and his handsome face became extraordinarily moving, "Sa...ra, I...was awake."

It was the first time he smiled and spoke for the first time.

Sarah exclaimed in surprise: "Oh, my poor little one, you can talk! Mother Earth shelters, this is so wonderful!"

The dozen or so kitchen servants were also very happy, and they all squeezed in, rushing to talk to Vertok.The young and handsome Vertok raised his slender eyebrows, tilted his head, and said to himself with a confused expression: "Who am I...?"

(End of this chapter)