The Record of Unusual Creatures Chapter 185: Mountain village
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The prairie in the north of Kingdom of Holletta has no name. People in this world call it "Prairie" directly. The vast land in the middle is a deserted and innocent zone, and the surroundings are the countries Blurred borderline. Due to some historical reasons, many parts of this prairie are in the state of attribution. The southern part of the prairie bordering Kingdom of Holletta is nominally Kingdom territory, but in fact there are no officials and garrisons here, Lemberg The town is the northernmost administrative unit of the kingdom. As for this prairie, its actual rulers are wolves, wild beasts and violent vision disasters.
The wolf king once mentioned the legend here. The ancient magical civilization has set off a war here. The ancient battlefield is buried under the green grassland of the prairie. The powerful ancient warriors in the past are still urging them underground. The powerful magical power has caused magical disasters such as hurricanes, thunderstorms, and even snowstorms to appear on the grassland from time to time. It is for this reason that the surrounding countries are not willing to invest too much energy on this grassland. It is really not suitable for resettling the people.
However, the grassland border area is relatively safe, and some sections have never even been hit by magical disasters. A few years ago, a group of mountain people who came out of the western mountains established a small village in such a neutral zone. . I do n’t know what agreement the mountain people have reached with the royal family of Holleta. The village has been preserved in a form similar to a border trade zone-although it is hundreds of kilometers away from the real settlement of mountain people.
The small village has no name. The people of the kingdom generally call it "West Village" or "Mountain Village". Those mountain people who are strong and accustomed to long journeys often travel between the village and their own hometowns. Only the medicinal herbs and jade produced in the Jixi Mountain Forest were transported here, and they exchanged alchemy items and other daily necessities with the Holletians. At the same time, they also adapted to the way of grazing in the plains in a short time, small village Produced animal leather and extremely durable pack animals are also very popular goods for the Holletians, so this small village really has the taste of a neutral trading zone.
The above materials are all told by everyone Becky on the way to the village slowly. The mercenary girl thinks that Hao Ren they are "travelers from the Northern Empire". I shouldn't know much about these mountain people who only communicate with Kingdom of Holletta , so I consciously acted as a guide, which saves Hao Ren a lot of trouble.
The villages of mountain people are small, and at a glance there seem to be only a hundred families. There is nothing planned to be distributed on a gentle **** with a slightly higher terrain. The village has no walls, only a circle of seemingly solid wooden fences around the circle is counted as a boundary, and there is a small **** next to the village. A gentle river is the source of drinking water for the villagers, and on the other side of the stream is a boxy building made of white stone bricks. It is a house that is very different from the village house style. It looks like a common residential style in the town of Lemberg, and I don't know what it is used for. The mountain people ’s own houses are cylindrical, built of wood, and the outer walls are covered with leather, and the gaps are filled with thatch and glue. It looks like a tall yurt. This style is somewhat familiar.
The crowd dismounted outside the village, because there were no roads or mountain gates, so they walked directly into the settlement. This is the time for the local life to cook. Most people are at home, and only three or five men who are doing nothing can be seen hanging around on the streets. Hao Ren sees these villagers and knows why Y’zaks is considered to be a mountain person: the people here are extremely tall !
They wear clothes that are sewn with coarse cloth and animal skin. Although these clothes look rough, they are finely crafted, giving a minority feeling. Most people are about two meters tall. Hao Ren The shortest one reached is estimated to be one head higher than himself. The mountain people are strong and solid. Although the human form of Y’zaks is not so exaggerated, it is still enough for people who do not know the inside to mistake the latter for mountain people. Hao Ren saw that the men in the village were also painted with horizontal and vertical stripes using some kind of white and yellow paint. They didn't know what they meant. Probably the customs of mountain people.
Anyway, there is a strong exotic atmosphere rushing head-on—incidentally, there is also rice fragrance.
After running all the way, plus casual snacks at noon, Hao Ren is really a bit hungry, and the Lily next to it is even more exaggerated. The girl is now looking at the green grass on the ground with green eyes ... so hungry?
The villagers did not react very much when they saw a group of outsiders coming to their villages. Perhaps they were used to dealing with Holletians. When they saw outsiders, they just smiled and waved to say hello, neither alienated nor Tang Tu, some people were only a little curious when they saw the strange costumes on Hao Ren. Becky is obviously a regular customer here. She walked in front of the team and greeted some villagers very loudly. Then find someone to ask if the village head is in the village.
"The village chief just came back yesterday," a brown-haired man with two horizontal stripes painted with yellow paint on his face pointed at a large house in the middle of the village. The village chief just led people to buy food in the town two days ago. "
"Make a lot of it this time," Becky smiled heartily, looking like a tomboy, "Look at the chains around your neck."
"Okay, okay, sold a few horses ..."
When Becky talked to acquaintances, Hao Ren finally remembered where he had seen a building with a style similar to this village: on the night he first met the Black Wolf King, he saw it in the grassland This is the style of several nomadic cottages!
So the nomads mentioned by the Black Wolf King who lived on the grassland for a while and then moved out were originally from this village. This is really a coincidence in the world.
Vivian touched the arm of Hao Ren after observing the local house style: "There are no Leta runes here."
"Probably only Kingdom of Holletta inherited a little knowledge about runes," Hao Ren nodded, "It can be seen from the name."
Y’zaks moved a bit and exhaled for a long time: "Hi-I don't know what's going on, there is a sense of relaxation here."
Hao Ren rolled his eyes: "Nonsense, here are all little giants. You can finally lift your head when you talk to people. You don't feel nervous anymore, I don't want to twist."
Ca n’t be awkward, anyone who talks to them should first aim at the nostrils. After a long time, the spirit can bear the cervical spine, it may not be able to bear ...
At this time, Becky and her acquaintances also finished talking. She asked everyone to give the horse to the brown-haired man with two bars in front of her face: "Give the horse to Zanaro, we live in the village head One night, even people led horses to keep up their energy. Tomorrow, for two days, they could only advance in the wilderness. "
The man named Zanaro smiled friendlyly at Hao Ren, showing his white teeth, and then did not see him take the reins, just a weird and loud shout in front of the team, and several horses bowed their heads. His eyes stubbornly followed him and walked away. Becky smiled and introduced to Hao Ren: "Mountain people are too tall, they usually can't ride any other horses except the Kelzen horse, but they are a good hand in horse training, no matter what breed of horse can be tamed They said that their ancestors signed an agreement with the gods in the forest. As long as the descendants of the mountain people still respect the forest, they can communicate with the beasts, and they do n’t know whether it is true or false. "
Listening to Becky introducing some interesting legends about mountain people, the crowd came to the largest cylindrical house in the middle of the village. An old man with white hair was standing at the door. This man was dressed in blue robes and had three faces The old man with white stripes is the head of the village. Just now he heard that Becky led a group of strangers to come and waited at the door early. After seeing a group of people, the old village chief greeted Becky with a loud voice: "Little girl! Bring a friend here?"
I am afraid that this young man with a loud voice ca n’t compare. Hao Ren feels a little tickling from his ears when he is more than ten meters away.
"Grandpa!" Becky smiled all over his face, "Come and disturb all day! I'm going to Beinz Blood Lake too!"
"I know that you will follow along sooner or later," the old village head looks really familiar with Becky, with the kindness of the elders who treat the juniors in the conversation, and then he beckons to Hao Ren and others All come, come in, come in and cook at home. "
It seems that the mountain people are very hospitable. Hao Ren led a few people to say hello to the old village chief. The latter was stunned when he saw Y’zaks: "Oh, this momentum looks like ... Right? Which tribe came? "
Hao Ren quickly replaced this problem with perfunctory things. It only said that Y’zaks grew up with the plain people in the north due to family changes, so I do n’t know much about this problem. When I said that Y’zaks is a mountain man, this excuse is quite good. Now that he meets a real mountain man village, he is really afraid that Becky will pull Y’zaks everywhere to recognize his relatives (mountain people form a society with tribal units, the same Tribes or close tribes are "families" in their eyes), it is not impossible with the liveliness of the mercenary girl!
Fortunately, the old village chief did n’t pay much attention to this issue, but just warmly greeted everyone to enter the house, and did not give Hao Ren the opportunity to give them a courtesy. Hot specialty meals.
As soon as the old village chief sat down, Vivian asked: "Have you ever been to a tall woman in white clothes two days ago?" (To be continued.)