Another Life: Elf Archer

Dwarf territory, small town Stein.

In this situation, ordinary travelers would panic.

But for a well-informed aristocratic son, a carefree Eastern Ranger and a mysterious woman, even if the guests in the tavern have turned into hungry wolves, their reactions will be very calm. On the contrary, it was the bystanders who were the first to panic.

The little flower seller lowered her head and grabbed two handfuls of money from the flower basket. She crouched like a frightened mouse and ran away to the door nimbly and quickly.

The bell on the door of the tavern rang again and again. Everyone in the tavern had just realized what the boss had just said, and several people stood up hesitantly.

However, the three people who were regarded as targets for arrest sat back peacefully.

"City Lord Guards, do you want to meet me?" Nian Nian raised his elbows and tapped his iron chin every now and then and asked.

"Let's see, the atmosphere here seems to be worse than the rumors." Liel looked around calmly at the expressions of everyone in the tavern. His cold eyes made the dwarves who got up unconsciously sit back in their chairs. "It's worse than the rumors."

Lieer's eyes finally fell on the overturned flower basket. He bent down and picked up the shiny metal discs one by one and handed them to Nian Nian.

"I don't know the value of these things. You will be responsible for managing the finances later on."

The daily turnover in the arena and auction house was measured in units of ten thousand gold. In Lieer's eyes, they were just boring numbers. He had no idea whether a silver coin could buy a glass of wine or a glass of water.

"I'm not sure. You know, we don't use this."

He took it every year and put it into the storage crystal on his waist along with the stone flowers on the table.

"That should be better than him." Lieer picked up the half glass of wine on the table and raised it towards Qi Youfeng.

"It's my first time here. There are still many things to learn." Qi Youfeng did not dare to be too reckless and filled Lier's glass with wine.

The indifference of these three people immediately embarrassed the tavern owner, and also made the other guests who were about to make a move at a loss. One of the dwarves at the table secretly looked at Qi Youfeng, and had some thoughts in his heart.

The Oriental must have recently arrived by sea. Judging from how well he took care of the other two, he must have received some sort of escort mission.

"Come here, boss!" the discerning person at the table shouted gruffly.

The tavern owner discovered this step, took advantage of the situation, hugged the piece of purple gold ore, and slipped away from the table of three people every year, and whispered to the three dwarves at the table.

After a while, the boss looked distressed and took out the purple gold coin he had just obtained. The nerves around his eyes twitched, and he took out another one and handed it to the dwarf at the table.

There were four dwarves sitting at the table. One of them jumped off the chair, picked up the giant ax at his feet, and walked out of the door with dignity.

The other three did not leave their seats. Amidst the harsh sound of chairs moving, they pointed three faces at the three Nian Nian people, especially Qi Youfeng.

Sensing these intimidating looks, Qi Youfeng was helpless.

This is to pick a soft persimmon to pinch. Even if he is the one with the lowest force value among the three, we can't despise him so blatantly.

"This surveillance is too covert."

Nian Nian laughed lowly, with a muffled voice, raised his legs slightly and lightly kicked Qi Youfeng's toes under the table.

"I roughly understand the logic of their behavior, but I don't really like their intention to fight in groups."

This was obviously a warning to Qi Youfeng. There were three strong warriors on their side, and here he was the only alien visitor and two men with no fighting ability.

"Congratulations on their identification skills, they found an embroidered pillow." Nian Nian said with malicious intent.

"There is also a burden that is about to die." Lieer glanced at Nian Nian from the corner of his eye and responded coldly.

Nian Nian gave out a series of coughs very cooperatively, his voice was hoarse, and it sounded like he was about to cough his lungs out.

Qi Youfeng pushed the glass of water over and said helplessly, "Seriously, your cough sounds so fake."

Therefore, it is really a "blessing" that there is no such thing as level appraisal in this game. Otherwise, if those dwarf players try to appraise the levels of these two people, they will at least find a series of question marks above one of them.

"I hope the City Guards are not too far away from here," Leer lazily leaned back in his chair, "Why don't we walk there ourselves?"

Lieer's proposal did not receive a response from the two people every year.

It was obvious that the three dwarves at the table were trying to prevent them from running away. They were just ordinary innocent tourists and had no interest in getting into fights.

About ten minutes later, the city guard finally broke through the door. Before he could say anything, he saw three strangers standing up. He walked up to them, nodded politely, and took the lead in exiting the tavern door.

The city guard didn't know the reason, so they checked with the tavern owner again, and then hurriedly caught up with the three arrest targets. With the owner's enthusiastic company and explanation, they listened to the glorious deeds of these three people's crazy troubles.

"Captain, these three people are likely to come out of the Feathers Forest. Didn't our wise city lord say that anyone who has recently returned from the Feathers Forest, regardless of race or status, will be isolated and interrogated separately. "

The tavern owner kindly pulled the captain of the guard to bite his ear, and the captain patted his shoulder with relief.

"Well done, the city lord will definitely reward you."

"Thank you, thank you very much," the tavern owner beamed, "I don't need a reward, as long as I can get a tax deduction."

"I don't dare to make the decision," the captain said earnestly, "but paying taxes is the obligation of every citizen of Stein. Without your obligations, we, the guards, would not be able to protect you, right?"

The city's main guard is supported by taxes. Supervising the regular payment of taxes by each household is also one of the guard's responsibilities. The captain is still very dedicated.

Nian Nian was relaying the whispers of his boss and captain to Qi Youfeng, and Lieer commented from the side.

"I don't like it here." Nian Nian shook his head and sighed. He especially didn't like the residents here, who were not as cute as York and Kraft at all.

"The dwarves are greedy for money. This is a consensus in the mainland."

It sounded like he was joking about Nian Nian's rareness and weirdness, but there was also some understanding and confusion in Liel's tone.

"Are you planning to do business with these people without fear of being cheated and losing all your money?" Nian Nian muttered in a low voice.

"Look again." Lieer was unmoved and watched the street scenery along the way with great interest.

Nian Nian stopped talking and walked side by side with Qi Youfeng, lowering his head slightly in thought.

Judging from Liel's attitude and few words, the behavior they saw was not a common phenomenon in the past. Moreover, he had been to the dwarves every year, and he still remembered how hospitable the dwarves were back then.

Could it be that the atmosphere in a border town is particularly bad?

The three of them, escorted by the city's main guard, came to the tallest tower in the town and curiously looked at the thing that went up and down like an elevator.

"Wait here, don't take a step away," the guard captain straightened his back and shouted sternly.

The tavern owner looked at the unmoved backs of the three people and said flatteringly.

"Captain, can I go up with you to see the city lord? I can report it in person without bothering you."

"You are also waiting here. Is this the residence of the city lord more accessible to low-class citizens like you?"

The captain pushed him away angrily and got into the square box-like elevator. The gears and hinges rotated, and he slowly ascended to the top floor under the envious eyes of the boss.

"It stands to reason that there should only be a mayor here, not a city lord." Lieer said calmly and withdrew his gaze.

"The dwarves are also a monarchy, right? All towns under the central government are under the direct jurisdiction of the dwarf king. They are all ordinary tax collection robots." Nian Nian also said curiously.

"Maybe some quiet changes happened here." Lieer frowned slightly.

Nian Nian raised his eyebrows secretly, not sure whose handiwork this was for a moment.

If he messes up Simil's affairs again, will this guy paint himself eggplant color next time?

After a while, the elevator outside the tower wall slowly descended, and the captain stepped out of the elevator with a bulging cloth bag in his hand.

The tavern owner suddenly became excited. He didn't know where to put his hands and trotted forward to meet him.

"Hey, wait." The captain raised his arm, barely avoiding the boss's hand grabbing the money bag.

"Team, by the way, thank you for making this trip." The tavern owner suddenly understood and gave up his money bag.

"Well, we deserve the hard work and attendance fees. Also, we have to trouble us to check the origins of those people. It's not easy for us to make this trip so late. Tea and midnight snacks for working in the middle of the night. It’s indispensable. It’s not good to have a good rest, so I have to make up for the lost wages tomorrow morning.”

The captain asked questions one by one, gently and logically, and the sweat on the boss's face fell one by one.

Finally, the captain took out a handful of silver coins from his purse, handed it to the tavern owner, and said good night with a smile.

"Why are these two people so shameless? I actually feel a little relieved." Nian Nian gloated.

It seems that being able to make money legally under clever pretexts is a must-have skill for residents of Stein.

"You might as well worry about yourself," Qi Youfeng also opened his eyes and felt sad at the same time, "They will make money from us later."

"Yeah" Nian Nian looked at Lieer.

"Violence can't solve the problem." Lier said leisurely, "Why do you take action when you can spend money to solve the problem?"

Nian Nian curled his lips and turned to remind Qi Youfeng, "You must keep accounts and go to Usher City to reimburse them later."

Qi Youfeng nodded heavily and saw the captain of the guard walking up to him refreshed and respectfully saying

"The city lord welcomes you."

"Just me." Qi Youfeng pointed to his nose.

"Please." The captain nodded.

After guessing several subsequent developments of the city lord's invitation to Qi Youfeng alone, Nian Nian lifted his hood, revealing half of his face above the black iron mask. His gray-purple skin looked even weirder under the dim light.

"I also need to go."