Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 4:
In the northern part of the Gold Coin Federation, there is a small city called "Two-Headed Stork".
The name of the city comes from a famous silver coin in the Eagle Kingdom. This silver coin has a relief of a double-headed stork on the back, so it is called a "double-headed stork".
Including this "double-headed stork", the coins of the Eagle Kingdom have always been known for their exquisite craftsmanship. They are not only well-known on the mainland, but even in many other worlds. When the pioneers of the Gold Coin Federation named the city, they liked to use a variety of coins as the name, and "Double-headed Stork" was one of them.
This city is almost the center of trade between the Gold Coin Federation and the four northwestern towns. Food, various daily necessities and luxury goods are continuously transported to the north, while those transported from the canyon are ore, metal ingots, various Kind of gems and Warcraft materials.
Although the gold coin federation is based on business, in addition to the development of the country, most areas of the country are quite strict. Especially for the business scale and type of each city, the restrictions are extremely strict. Businessmen, big or small, are not allowed to operate without approval. In this way, a more orderly distribution and arrangement of overall resources has been achieved, and the entire country can be organized in order.
The main business content of Double-headed Stork City is transportation, of which the transshipment of bulk commodities is the top priority. The emergence of the times is naturally an endless stream of bandits. According to the private statistics of the Thieves Guild, there are currently 46 bandit organizations that use this city as their main base or often operate in this city. At the peak, there were 75 bandits. As for the specific number of robbers, it is conservatively estimated to be more than two thousand.
Two thousand people are not a small number. If they were a whole, the Federation would have sent troops to wipe them out. But these robbers are organizations large and small, scattered in a large area centered on the city. They are so fascinating that the army is often confused and can't be sure of the rules of action; they are endless, just like weeds in the yard after the summer rain, a few days after cleaning, a large area will come out.
Therefore, including the city of double-headed stork, the entire gold coin federation attaches great importance to hunting down robbers and offering rewards, and thus a famous professional "bounty hunter" was born.
These powerful adventurers take robbers as their prey and offer rewards as income, just like hunting monsters. They are the most welcome guests of caravans in the Gold Coin Federation, and they are also widely respected rangers.
However, the income of the bounty hunters in the Double-headed Stork City has been declining recently.
Not because there are fewer rewards, but because there are super strong competitors.
"Quick, quick, quick! Someone encountered a group of robbers on the west side of the business road. The'Iron Claw' headed by him is extraordinary, and his head seems to be worth five hundred gold coins!" When the sky was getting dark, the door of the tavern was pushed sharply Open, a heavily armed adventurer rushed in and shouted at several companions sitting in the corner, "We have confiscated it in half a month, and we must grab it this time!"
The few companions who were boring and drinking suddenly became energetic, jumped up one after another, grabbed their weapons and ran towards the door. The leader, who seemed to be more stable, yelled to the boss: "Old rules! Alcohol and money are booked, we will talk about it when we get the bounty back!"
They are extraordinary in strength and sophisticated in their movements. They have already boarded the horse tied outside the door while speaking, and went far away amidst the sound of horses' hoofs. The boss smiled and waved at them behind the counter, and said to a big guy sitting next to the counter: "Stallion, why don't you try it?"
The "stallion" is an extremely majestic Northlander, who is usually called a "barbarian." But he was quite different from ordinary savages, his appearance was quite handsome. The white hair and red eyes didn't feel the slightest strangeness on him, but weakened the sense of danger brought by his burly physique. The strong muscles are not as powerful as granite like ordinary people, but they appear unusually well-balanced and coordinated. He is obviously tall, and even sitting there is a lot taller than the nearby guests, but the soft smile on his face and handsome moustache make him easy to approach, without the rudeness of a barbarian. Even the scars on his body didn't feel hideous at all, and they looked very appropriate.
The only thing that makes people feel "like a barbarian" is the tattoo on the top of his right arm. From shoulder to upper arm, a vicious snow bear was tattooed. There was a ferocious green light in the bear's eyes, and any insider could see that it was not a simple tattoo, but it really sealed the soul of a powerful monster in it.
Besides, he doesn't see any brutality anymore—maybe the harpoon on the ground and the hatchet pinned to his belt can be counted? But he rarely uses them. Under normal circumstances, he actually prefers to use the bundle of rope over his shoulder.
The man's name is Qiao Xiu, he is a very good adventurer, especially good at using noose. He can ride on the back of a galloping horse and use a noose to loop away an apple on the roadside window sill; he can also use a noose to restrain all of their necks when four or five enemies rush up yelling. , Just right to strangle half-dead, in exchange for the highest amount of bounty.
But he is more famous, but his romantic character and skill in love arena. It has been almost two years since he came to Double-headed Stork City. In the past two years, almost every woman in the city with loose waistbands slept with him. There have also been two female adventurers fighting for him. The thing-that duel was stopped by him by dragging the two people onto the bed together.
That's why he got the title of "stallion".
Of course, Qiao Xiu also has a great advantage, that is, he is wise. He never provokes those well-worn girls, nor does he reluctantly give up after a woman is no longer interested in him. This makes him even more popular with those stray women and becomes the best bed partner.
To be honest, a man who has his ability, can live by eating soft food-there are not no adventurers who do this, but Qiao Xiu has always insisted on his identity as an adventurer and is keen to do well with everyone. Relationship, often went to the tavern to laugh and laugh.
He is the most popular guest in this pub, not one of them.
Hearing the boss's inquiry, Qiao Xiu put down the wine glass and said with a smile: "After drinking this glass, I will set off."
"Huh? Shouldn't this kind of thing be sooner or later?" a young adventurer nearby asked curiously.
Qiao Xiu shook his head: "It's fine if it's the robbers nearby, the one on the west side of the commercial road... When you arrive, you will probably watch the excitement. Some powerful people have already passed by."
Another adventurer suddenly realized and asked: "Aren't they those who are not picky eaters?"
"Who else can it be, of course they are." Qiao Xiu touched his moustache, which countless women call sexy, and nodded with a smile. "When I returned to the city before, Seeing them hurriedly toward the west, it was the big bald head who led the team. He has passed, where is there to be separated by others? It's nothing more than to watch the excitement."
Everyone was immediately discouraged, and each of them complained.
Since the bald head and a group of strong men came to Double-Headed Stork City, they have been robbing business everywhere. These guys are like nicknames. They are not picky at the slightest. As long as there is something to do, even if the profit is small, they will happily move out, like a group of locusts, hula la swept away the bandits. Light, come back with a lot of trophies, dead or alive, to receive the reward.
Thanks to them, the law and order in this city during this period is very good, and the number of robbers on the surrounding commercial roads has decreased significantly. The merchants and residents are very satisfied.
The only complaint is the bounty hunters who have been robbed of business.
But in the face of the overly strong bald guy, they can't complain about it—snatching business is the righteous power of the strong, and the world of adventurers has always been like this.
Fortunately, that bald guy is not too much to do things, he doesn't usually do anything, he seems to be training his subordinates. This allows everyone to still have business to do anyway, and not to cut off the source of income.
The adventurers eat and talk, time flies quickly. After Qiao Xiu had eaten the food and wine in front of him, he paid the bill, picked up the harpoon lying on the ground, and went out with his weapon on his back.
He didn't ride a horse, he walked fast by walking, and after a while he left the city and walked west along the road.
About two hundred miles west of the city of double-headed stork, there is an iron elephant city whose name comes from an ancient coin that is very famous among collectors. The main business items of Iron Elephant City are ore smelting and metal rough processing. The refined metal ingots and weapon embryos they produce are well-known in mainland China and are always in short supply.
So this commercial road connecting the two cities has become a fat meat in the eyes of robbers. Not only is there often a variety of bandit gangs of various sizes, but also more than one infighting broke out in order to compete for it~IndoMTL .com~ So I always don’t understand. Everyone makes a good living, eats, sleeps, goes to bed, and gives birth to a group of children. What a great thing... Why is it that some people don’t want to live such a life? "
Kicked the two goblins who suddenly jumped out of the grass and robbed them one by one. Qiao Xiu didn't even slow down, while sighing, he ran along the traces of the road.
He walks faster than running a horse. When the sun sets, he has caught up with the people who set off before, and he can see their long shadows in the sunset from a distance.
And when he completely caught up with them, there was only a touch of red clouds on the horizon.
"Do you think we can gain something this time?" The leader of that team of bounty hunters had a good relationship with him, and asked with a smile.
Qiao Xiu shrugged and pointed to the front: "Isn't the result obvious over there?"
Those bounty hunters didn't have the sharp eyes of his eagle, and it took a while to see the situation there.
I saw a bald giant who looked like a god, carrying a giant axe like a door, and carrying a group of strong men who seemed to have shrunk him a few sizes. He **** a group of dejected robbers one by one with rope and threw them away. Go to the cart next to you.
As for the bandit leader called "Iron Claw", the mess of bright red in a huge pit on the ground is the last trace of this famous guy with his head worth five hundred gold coins. .