Great time travel

Chapter 52, The Cat Knight on the Back of the Hamster

"...This seems to be a fairly prosperous and wealthy town... No, it should be said to be a small emerging city."

After finally arriving at the destination and bidding farewell to the caravan that accompanied her all the way, the young female magician of the Bajas Empire, Arshe, walked along the streets of Karn Village with her three companions. Street scene, muttering in a low voice like this:

"...It's really unbelievable that there is a city of this size in this wild and remote country!"

——In the past six months, due to avoiding the natural disaster of the undead.A large number of refugees from the Kingdom of Yestij poured in, and Karn Village, which is now actually controlled by the "Nazarick Great Tomb Alien Group", has changed from a remote village with a population of more than a hundred people to a prosperous village with a population of more than 4000. town.Outside the village, a huge stone wall as high as a three-story building was built, and there were several towering sentry towers for watching the enemy's situation.

Looking outside the city wall, I saw the cool autumn wind blowing through the forest and grassland, and the golden color representing a good harvest sprinkled the fields in the suburbs.

Inside the city walls, you can see neatly arranged multi-storey apartments, wide and flat stone roads or cobblestone roads.In the center of the town, there is a bustling bazaar, although it is not full of traffic, and several exquisite and small roadside parks.

"...Yeah! I really didn't expect..." The captain of Arshee's adventure team, the swordsman Heklan, also looked left and right, while sincerely feeling -- after accepting the task of going abroad for reconnaissance, and getting a letter from his employer I learned there that the destination is Li.When he was at a gathering place for refugees in the Kingdom of Yestij, Heklan thought he would see an oversized garbage dump full of shabby shacks and dilapidated camps, filled with various peculiar smells, just like the ones he had seen before. A lot of beggars or refugee camps like that.But what appeared in front of him now was a well-organized emerging city!

Moreover, in terms of cleanliness and tidiness, I am afraid that even many ordinary towns in the empire cannot compare with this place, right?
"...It is indeed a very prosperous place, but something seems to be a little too much..."

The middle-aged Robatiku nodded, but at the same time, he paid special attention to the goblins flying in groups above his head, as well as various jelly-shaped slimes and cats passing by from time to time... Although in In today's Bajas Empire, the above three things are already common, but in terms of quantity and density, they are still far behind the Kahn Village, or Kahn Town.

Moreover, the cats here can actually talk, and it is said that they are pets kept by the great magician Ainz... Although such a thing is not inconceivable given the great power of magic, it still makes Alshe and his party feel very novel.

"...Eh? There is even a fountain in this place? And it was built casually on the street! What a luxury!"

Arshe's partner, female elf scout Imina, looked down at the fountain pool in the middle of the street, and couldn't help being amazed.In front of her, a statue of a lion head carved from marble was opening its bloody mouth wide open, allowing cool spring water to flow from its mouth, filling the petal-shaped pool under the head, and then overflowing into the In the ravines on the ground, it gradually flowed into the distance, and finally disappeared into a hole.

The female elf Imina couldn't help stretching out her hand, inserting it into the water curtain of the fountain, feeling the coolness coming from her hand, and couldn't help sighing.

Although it's just a fountain, judging from the surrounding facilities, the town's various infrastructures are probably very complete, even such things as sewers. In terms of the convenience of living conditions, it has surpassed Most of the human settlements of the same size, right?

However, according to the merchants they met along the way, all of this was built by that mage Ainz in just a few months!
Alas, this is really... a mysterious city!The mysterious and powerful magician!Appeared mysteriously in this wild frontier!
Just as several amateur spies from the Bajas Empire reached into the fountain pool one after another, an angry shout suddenly came from their ears:

"...Meow! You guys, get your hands out of the water! Don't dirty the public water source meow!"

The female magician Alshe got up and looked back, but was immediately overwhelmed by the strange scene in front of her.

A small, arrogant black cat was holding a miniature spear, pointing at the four of them from a distance, and meowing angrily.

Well, although this situation is a bit embarrassing and weird, Arshee can probably understand it. After all, people like herself really did something wrong... But who will tell her, what is the huge monster riding on the cat's crotch in front of her? What is it?

——Silver-white fur, slender tail, round black eyes, a fat and oblate body that develops horizontally...the head is tilted cutely—it doesn’t look like it has a neck, puffed cheeks, yes Watching Alshey and the other four keep sniffing around with their noses.

To sum up, this is a super-large Jacarian hamster, named "Hamsuke" by the owner of this place, the great magician Ainz who used to be a Japanese office worker before crossing over... Then, this hamster Not only is it huge in size, but it is also very intelligent and able to speak. For example, at this moment, it stared at a pair of bead eyes, and then yelled: "...I am the guard Hamsuke! You are ignoring public order and good customs, blatantly polluting Water source, do you know the crime?!"

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Under the watchful eyes of everyone, with a stabbing sword on his waist, a black cloak on his shoulders, and a big-brimmed hat, the cat knight Rachel, just like the upright "Black Cat Sheriff" in cartoons, is riding a huge The cow's Jacaria hamster yelled at the outsiders who had polluted the water source.

——In most ancient Western cities, those public fountains that look fancy are actually not just for viewing, but have important practical value.First of all, the pool of the fountain is an important daily water source for urban residents, equivalent to a modern public faucet.Secondly, the water from the fountain continuously overflows the pool and flows into the drains and sewers, which can wash away the accumulated waste and keep the urban drainage system smooth.

Therefore, generally speaking, pedestrians are not allowed to put their hands directly into the fountains in the city. If anyone dares to wash their feet and drink their horses inside, it will cause public outrage.Because this is equivalent to washing your feet in the water tank of a modern residential building, and letting a large group of people drink your footwashing water is as dirty...

So, today, as usual, the Cat Knight player Rachel, who was idly patrolling the streets, immediately perked up when she saw someone put her hand into the fountain pool, and drove the giant hamster "Hamsuke" under her crotch past warning.

The four men and women from outside who looked like adventurers knew what was going on, and when they saw this, they hurriedly lowered their heads and apologized, then left the fountain and slipped away quietly.But at the same time, all kinds of idlers gathered around, commenting on the black cat knight Rachel and her mount.
"...Oh, the black cat knight is riding [Forest Wise King] out to patrol again! Let's teach these dishonest guys a lesson!"

"...This is the Wise King of the Forest?! It's amazing! It's an amazing beast!"

"...Wow, the Wise King of the Forest... really lives up to his reputation! You can feel its powerful power just by appearing in front of your eyes!"

"...By the way, what exactly does [Wise King of the Forest] mean? Why did you name that beast?"

"...Because this monster originally lived in the nearby big forest and was one of the strongest three-headed monster kings in the entire forest, so the local villagers gave it this name. After the great magician Ainz came this year , For everyone's safety, the nearby forest was mopped up, and two of the three kings of Warcraft were killed. And this [Forest Wise King] was tamed by His Excellency Ainz and used as a mount for his men ..."

"...To be able to tame such a monster as a mount... The owner of this place is really amazing!"

"...No, no, no, it should be said that Ainz-sama is really generous..."

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Almost all the passers-by looked at Rachel curiously—no, they looked at the super-large Jakarya hamster "Hamsuke" under her crotch, and whispered to others at the same time, with various expressions of surprise, admiration and fear The tone was noisy and full of discussions.

Rachel, who became the focus of attention, looked down at the hamster under her crotch, completely unable to see its attributes other than cute elements.

A little black cat is riding a huge silver-white hamster. It should look like a fairy tale, and the contrast is cute!

But why do these people's reactions have nothing to do with their own thoughts?It seems to be the difference in aesthetics caused by cultural differences, right?
So Rachel, the black cat knight, patted the hamster on the forehead, signaling it to leave the crowd and continue to move forward and patrol.

——Because the size of a hamster is completely different from that of a horse, it cannot be put on a saddle at all. Therefore, today's black cat knight Rachel actually sits directly on the neck or shoulders of this hamster, and at the same time her hips are tilted back. Leaning slightly forward, her hands grab the fur in front to prevent it from falling, and she must spread her feet wide, otherwise her body will not be easy to maintain balance.

To describe it in one word, this posture is the so-called "duck sitting", which is said to be a classic super cute sitting posture that only women can do.But in fact, it has something to do with the softness of the body. Fortunately, the flexibility of the cat’s body is far better than that of humans, so Rachel sat very firmly on the hamster’s back.

However, if it was an uncle like Ainz who rode on the back of a giant hamster and performed a "duck sit", then it would be a shame to play... At least Ainz himself thought so.So after trying to ride it once, he threw the big hamster to Rachel in a hurry.

As a girl, Rachel didn't feel ashamed about it, but she also didn't feel it was a sense of accomplishment.

Just as she was riding on the back of the hamster bored, squinting her eyes and dozing off, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in her ear.

"...Hey! Sister, why are you shopping again? What can I do in such a small place?"

——Rachel's twin sister in reality, the little fairy player Flo in the game, flapped her translucent wings and flew to her side, and then skillfully straddled her in the posture of a child "riding on the shoulders" Rachel's neck.

"...Uh, but there doesn't seem to be much else to do besides wandering, doesn't it? Dear sister! The people above are not allowing us to leave town for safety's sake. We could have been trapped in this Students from different worlds are chatting, but now..."

Rachel sighed leisurely, "...we are the only ones left!"

In this regard, Fu Luoer was also silent - with the passage of time and the continuous accumulation of reward points, the fifteen players who were trapped before have successively collected the [-] points for safe logout and successfully escaped. out.Up to now, the only people who are still waiting for rescue in this fantasy world are the twin sisters Flo and Rachel.

"...What? Is my sister feeling lonely? Still worried?" After a while, Fu Luoer managed to force out a sentence.

"...It's a bit lonely, so there's nothing to worry about. So many people have been successfully rescued before, it doesn't make sense that we will have problems when it's our turn! But, if this trip to another world is so uneventful Don't you feel a little too sorry if it ends?"

Rachel murmured a bit tangled, "...except for the crisis at the beginning, we were all protected afterward, there were no thrilling adventures, and no memorable encounters...although we can It's good to be home safe and sound, but... well—"

She sighed for a long time, as if she didn't know how to structure the sentence, "...Of course, I'm also homesick..."

Facing her sister's complicated mood, the little fairy Floer was speechless for a while, and finally she could only gently stroke Rachel's head, bit her cat ear and said: "...To be honest, I also feel the same in my heart. It's messy. But no matter what, I will stay with my sister until the end!"

"...Well, yes, sister, we will be together forever!"

In this way, the goblin rode the cat, and the cat rode the hamster, disappearing at the end of the street in a cute and fairy-tale manner.

However, the indigenous humans in this world seem to have a completely different perception of such a picture.

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"...Phew, what a terrifying monster! The aura just now almost scared people to death!" Looking at the giant hamster gradually receding at the end of the street, Arxie said with lingering fear, "...if it was changed to If we go to crusade against such monsters, I'm afraid we may not be able to win!"

"...Well, if the four of us go up together, and if we prepare well in advance, we can barely draw with this [Wise King of the Forest]. If we are particularly lucky, we may be able to kill him. But if we want to capture him alive . . . this is completely impossible."

Captain Heklan pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head, "...Okay, let's not mention this, we are not here for fun, it's time to start working on a reconnaissance mission! Now let's split up and find out the reality of this place , and then meet here again in the evening!"