Dawn of the Grey Tower

　　 "Is your physical condition okay? It's hard to imagine how you can complete your homework under such bad conditions."

　　 Empty boat, floating in the night sky, riding the wind blowing from the waterfall behind, approaching the distant city. When the other companions were still immersed in the shocking scenery that could not be fully expressed in words, the cheese took the initiative to approach the workers, handed them the kettle, and asked casually.

　　 The worker did not show any crampedness or other resistance. He happily took the kettle, poured two sips of the spirits in it, and wiped his mouth to return it to the gray robe.

"The dwarf's wine is still strong enough. Master, don't worry, our bodies are tough. After all, those who are not tough in this business will go down. Alas...it's a pity little Tori, this is his third time in the water, I thought He can go on in this business."

　　 Through the conversation, the cheese quickly understood how these empty boat workers were operating this special delivery method, or that they did not regard it as a business at all.

After all, the primary task of business is safety, especially transportation. Even a single transaction, no matter how large a transaction, is to fill everyone at once, a stable channel and a safe environment are things that all logistics needs must also be considered. .

　　 Humans will spend a lot of cost and labor to dig canals for faster transportation; elves will send precious teams of hunters to protect caravans entering the forest and act as guides; dwarves will simply dig out artificial corridors and go straight all the way.

　　After comparison, it can be found that the transportation mode like empty boat looks exciting and dreamy, but it lacks practicality. The cargo capacity of each empty boat is nothing more than a carriage, and the empty boat falling from the waterfall seems to ignore the complex terrain, but it also causes the transportation range to be limited to the fan-shaped area below the waterfall and the empty boat itself. Unable to reclaim the problem.

The workers also gave the cheese an answer to this information, that is, it is really not a transportation, it is more like some kind of point-to-point private express, the empty boat they ride is not made uniformly, but like a city of all laws. Such forces are looking for specialized craftsmen in the rush to order them and take them to the dock in the roaring area to be stored for use.

In other words, the starting point of the cheese, the owners of those piers, operate only as parking spaces for empty boats, and the workers driving the empty boats are desperate people, prisoners, or some extremes in the city. Religious fanatic.

　　 For example, the man in front of the cheese, he was fined to serve here because of the death of a fight. Now it is his sixth voyage, and it should be the last.

　　The lifespan of the empty boat workers is extremely short. Even if they don’t die three times, they are veteran and can stand up. They can be well-known in nearby taverns after they return safely after five voyages, no less than heroes and kings.

　　 Therefore, three empty boat driving, you can change your life in the rush, even if you commit the offense no matter how badly you have committed, no one will bear hatred again after serving five times on the empty boat. Of course, serving on an empty boat for atonement will not be paid, and if you participate in an empty boat driving as a free person, you will get the most lucrative one-time remuneration in the rush. One sailing is enough to spend a whole year. .

　　 The worker said that he had paid off his debts for five voyages, and he would use the remuneration this time to start his life again.

　　The problem is that in addition to money, these workers also have a resignation requirement, that is, to train new people who can replace them. For him, it is the unlucky person named Tori.

　　 "If you didn't bring out the apprentice from the teacher, do you have to continue to do it?" Cheese's expression was a little subtle. Above this high altitude, he felt the cold for no reason, not because of the wind, but the coldness was more internal.

"No need. My body is not as good as before. No one wants the hired crew to die in vain, because that will affect the entire empty boat. Later, I may work in the roaring area and take charge of some basic training by the way. Wait for my age. If they can’t carry things a little bit older, they should be driven out. They don’t need old people."

　　 The worker doesn't care about this. He has been born to death six times. Many things are very light, and he doesn't care about his words.

　　 Cheese didn’t talk about the topic anymore when he saw it. He pointed to the fish school that was almost invisible, “What kind of fish are those? Are they common around here?”

"The lady next to you might give you another name, but we all call it the faller. This fish swims from the upper part of the waterfall at night before and after the autumn equinox. It is said that they are transformed by ghosts that died in the river. , Because you see, these fish fly down from the waterfall, it is impossible to go back against the waterfall again, but they will be there every year, is it totally unreasonable, isn't it?"

　　 The worker shrugged and introduced.

"They may have returned upstream through the underground river, or they may have laid their eggs before jumping down the waterfall. In short, I am pretty sure they are not ghosts." Wei Ya came to the two of them and interrupted each other aloud. if.

　　 "Of course, you are all right. It's me who is a superstitious person." The worker bowed his head to greet the female mage, but the corners of his mouth turned upward when he bent over. This kind of surrender is only formal, and those who have conquered waterfalls will not be afraid of anything.

　　 "If you need to know anything, you can ask me. This is the third time I have taken an empty boat. Even by their standards, I have already been a teacher."

　　Weiya seems to be a little dissatisfied with the dialogue between the cheese and the workers. In her opinion, this is a kind of distrust. Gray Robe would rather ask the dock workers who didn't know anything than to consult with himself, which was not acceptable to an erudite mage.

　　 "Sorry, I just do it casually, I didn't think so much." The cheese spread out and nodded to the worker as he followed Wei Ya. The latter responded with a smile ~www.readwn.com~ and even showed some sympathy for the cheese on his face.

　　 "We will arrive in the city before midnight. I have already greeted the city with the hotel and other matters. Someone will lead the way for you and your companions."

The female mage looked back at the state of the other two empty boats and said to the cheese, "Thanks to you just now, otherwise we might have fallen. This has not happened in the course of my previous two rides. It may be that there is more cargo in those two carriages."

"It is perfectly normal to hurry in this way and take a little risk. However, seeing this scene, I think any risk is acceptable. The person who designed this way of movement must be a lunatic, a genius lunatic. ."

"In fact, the prototype of the empty boat was a kind of punishment that was rushing. The sentenced person would be tied to a wooden stake and washed down the waterfall with the raft. Until later, someone managed to escape death by a similar method, and the punishment gradually began. It has evolved into an emergency escape method. There are a lot of empty boats in the roaring area, and many of them are escape tools prepared for themselves by powerful people in the city. After all, no one can jump off the waterfall to pursue them."

　　Grey Robe nodded, he put his hands on the railing and looked at the scenery below, sighing at the impermanence of the world.

　　 The cruelest punishment has become the most incredible way of travel by chance, which is really unexpected.

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