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The captain of the soldier squad was not very flexible, and it took him a long time to realize that the surname of the city-state chief was Tines.

"Do you know the Lord City Master?" The soldiers still treated the mage respectfully, so naturally they didn't dare to be as rude as those two white-robed mages.

"Well, he owes me a lot of money." Chris thought for a while, and added: "One or two thousand gold coins."

The soldier captain was stunned, what an astronomical sum!The city lord of Tines heard that he was still a third-class viscount, but he was so poor that he went to borrow money from the mage!

"Oh, oh, then you go in with us!"

"Wait!" The white-robed mage who stopped him just now sternly said, "How can you let people in casually, what if some of them are infected with the Black Death?!"

The team leader was in a dilemma. He looked at the white-robed mage and then at Chris, not wanting to offend both sides and end up as a sandwich biscuit.

Chris didn't speak. Fizer felt that it would be difficult to convince these two people with the eloquence of the mage in black, and it would be a waste of time to talk about it here, so he deliberately provoked the other party to attack first, and then let Chris shock them, so he smiled Said: "If one of us is infected with the Black Death, then by now you should have rotted and stopped breathing and rushed towards us!"

The faces of the two white-robed sorcerers turned pale at first, and then turned blue again. They didn't expect that a swordsman would dare to provoke the sorcerer.

"You impertinent lunatic!"

One of them moved very quickly, and immediately drew out his staff to point at Feizel, opening and closing his mouth and uttered a series of inaudible spells, and then Feizel's eyes turned red, and he immediately felt a wave of heat rushing towards his face Come.

He hastily stepped back a few steps, but before he could draw out the sword at his waist, the heat wave carried a strong flame and turned into a slender rope and rolled towards his neck.

Fizer calculated well.

The priest was standing next to him and behind him. Once the fire rope came, it would affect him no matter what. Given the importance the black-clothed mage attached to the priest, he would definitely not ignore it.

Facts proved that his guess was correct. Just when Feizel's clothes were about to be burned, the flames suddenly became brighter. With a bang, the flames exploded, almost scaring Feizel's heart to a halt.

Fortunately, God is still on his side.

The fire rope had completely become as thick as a tree trunk, whizzing past the faces of him and the priest, the hot air made their faces flushed, and then rolled towards the two white-robed mages.

Amidst the screams, the white robes of the two mages instantly turned into scorched robes, hanging on their bodies in tatters. There were burn marks everywhere on their faces, necks, and hands. Fortunately, they were not serious, but they were embarrassing enough. that's it!

The soldier team was stunned, never expecting that these two mages who usually looked arrogant in front of them would be so vulnerable!

Although Feizel didn't know the idiom "fox pretends tiger's prestige", it didn't prevent him from showing that kind of posture at the moment: "Your Excellencies, now you know whether we have been deceiving people, right?"

What can the two disgraced mages say? In the face of absolute strength, any rules are enough to break. The unknown black-clothed mage in front of him is obviously stronger than the two of them. Looking at the entire La Serena, perhaps only Lord Mulder Pham was no match for it.

Thinking of this, the two had no choice but to swallow their breath and apologize: "I'm sorry for causing trouble to you, now please follow us into the city."

Due to the current martial law in La Serena, all people entering the city must first go to the city hall to register, so after entering the city, the two Jiaopao mages hurried back to fix their appearance, and the soldier team leader took Chris and the others. Go to City Hall.

Unlike other border cities, La Serena has a surprisingly large population.Because this is the border to the Principality of Mecklen, and it happens to be bordered by the Dark Forest, so in La Serena, there are a lot of two kinds of people, one is a businessman, and the other is a professional mercenary group, commonly known as an adventure group.

Many adventurers who have gone through hardships from the dark forest will bring their treasures back to La Serena for trading. There are mages, swordsmen, and even other minority races, such as dwarves, vampires, etc. , Of course, because the latter is almost the same as human beings, if they deliberately conceal it, it is often difficult to identify it.

Prosperous trade gave birth to prosperous cities, and the reason why La Serena is famous is precisely because of its unique advantages among all border cities.

However, the atmosphere in La Serena is a bit weird recently. There are more mages on the street. In contrast, as early as a month ago, the Holy See had withdrawn all the priests here, and the rumors of the Black Death became more and more prevalent. Except for those skilled adventurers who don't care much about it, ordinary businessmen and local residents are worried about this, worrying that the departure of the priests of the Holy See will also take away the only hope of curing the Black Death-although the Magic Guild It claims to have found a solution to the Black Death, but the spiritual beliefs of nearly a thousand years are deeply rooted, so everyone still prefers to believe in priests more in their hearts.

Under such circumstances, Yannick walked on the street full of mages, but his expression was calm and leisurely, so that some female mages regarded him as a mage and frequently winked at him.

This made the swordsmen click their tongues, envious and jealous.

"My dear priest, if you don't want to be a priest, maybe you can consider becoming a bard, then you must have enough food and clothing!" Feizel whistled and teased.

"And you can enter and leave the boudoirs of those noble ladies and tell us the color of their underwear!" The swordsman next to him added another sentence, and everyone burst into laughter.

Afra, who was listening, blushed.

Yannick didn't feel anything against it. It's normal for a man to make colorful jokes. He wants to pretend to maintain his image, but he can't let others talk about it. Besides, he listened a lot along the way, and he's used to it for a long time.

Chris looked at Fizer, "What are you calling him on the street?"

While calmly casting a little dizzy spell on the astonished soldier captain, the latter sneezed loudly and thought he had caught a cold.

"..." Realizing the slip of the tongue just now, Feizel and the others immediately closed their smiles and shut their mouths tightly. They had a natural awe of Chris for the strong, and Chris usually didn't speak much, so the general communication was It is carried out through priests, so in comparison, everyone is more familiar with priests, and they are unscrupulous in joking.

There was a long queue at the gate of the city hall, and the team leader explained: "It was not necessary to register before, but it has been stipulated since the outbreak of the Black Death. If you know the city lord, I can report it and let you Don't have to wait that long."

If you can go through the back door, you certainly don't want to stand in a queue for an hour or two here.

"Has La Serena discovered the Black Death now?" Yannick asked while walking.

"Not yet," the captain replied, and couldn't help sneaking a few glances at him.

Even the well-informed Feizel and others were amazed by the beauty of the priest, let alone ordinary soldiers who had no resistance to their appearance.

"There was also an adventure team that came out of the dark forest before, and a person in it was infected with the black plague, and died of an attack just before entering the city, so the city lord ordered everyone who came out of the dark forest to go through strict procedures. Check to get into La Serena."

"How did you deal with the people who died of the disease?"

"Of course it was burned. Only by burning it completely can the corpse be prevented from turning into an evil undead." Once the chatterbox mechanism on the captain's body was opened, there was no end to it. "Speaking of which, the Garter Empire is still good. I heard that the Principality of Mecklen has been attacked by an army of undead, and many people have died! It was because our emperor was wise and took precautions in advance to avoid the evil undead. Gard appears!"

Yannick frowned slightly, feeling that something was wrong. "So has the cause been found now?"

"I heard it was manipulated by mages!" The captain scratched his head.

Aphra couldn't help retorting: "A mage wouldn't do such an evil thing!" She wanted to know where this rumor came from.

"Oh, yes, yes, I mean the dark mage!" The team leader hurriedly said, he didn't dare to speak ill of the mage in front of several mages. "I heard that the Holy See has captured several dark mages, and they plan to execute them publicly. Many people are going to the Pope's Kingdom to watch the excitement!"

Aphra opened her mouth, but said nothing in the end.

Yannick was standing next to her, and it was obviously inappropriate to openly accuse the Holy See. This gentle girl thought, the dark mages are indeed evil, and there is no guarantee that there are really scum in the mage team. As long as there are one or two, it will undoubtedly be given to the Holy See. The handle of the attack.

A group of people bypassed the entrance of the city hall and went directly to the small door next to it.

The captain said a few words to the guard at the door, and even danced and described how Chris defeated the two mages outside the city. The other party looked at them suspiciously for a few times, but quickly went in to report.

Facts have proved that no matter ancient or modern, Chinese and foreign, most of the officials like to put on airs, even in the Other World Continent. Everyone waited outside for a long time before someone came out to invite them in.

The city hall is decorated gorgeously and elegantly, and even the gate handle is engraved with the image of the goddess of victory holding a golden cup.

It was a young man who came out to entertain them.

He has very beautiful blond hair, and is of course handsome, but his expression is very serious, and there is no smile on his face.

"Hello, let me introduce myself. My name is Ryan. I am the first-class baron, the deputy of the city-state chief of La Serena. Lord Tines is very busy now, so if you need anything, you can talk to me."

He came here after hearing the squad leader's description, but the group of people in front of him was obviously not the strong one he imagined. Look, who are these people?A rude swordsman, a ignorant rookie mage... Oh, by the way, there is actually a baby elf? !

What a ridiculous combination!

But after thinking about it, in view of the fact that the scene described by the squad leader was too exaggerated, Ryan did not express his inner thoughts. He had a faint, reserved smile on his face, which fit the image of an imperial official and nobleman very well.

...But for Feizel and the others who have long been accustomed to acting like priests, this person is obviously weak, okay?

Usually, such diplomatic occasions are made by priests, and this time is no exception.

"Hello, Your Excellency Ryan, it's a pleasure to meet you. Your demeanor is so impressive that you can represent all the nobles of the Garter Empire. It's our honor to meet you!"

Elegant and precise aristocratic diction came out of Yannick's mouth fluently, but this kind of empty and contentless prologue was the standard rhetoric of aristocratic communication.

Finally, after Yannick praised the other party and Ryan returned the gift lightly, Feizel and the others were already yawning secretly and about to fall asleep, and finally heard the main topic.

"I believe you have also seen this elf baby in my arms. We picked him up accidentally on the road. At that time, we didn't see any elves other than him, so we take the liberty to ask you to announce it to the elves." Notice, let them send someone to pick up this elf."

Unexpectedly, Ryan raised his eyebrows, and refused without thinking: "Oh, I'm very sorry, this is not our La Serena's responsibility, please forgive me for not using my authority to help you with this kind of private matter!"

[Volume [-]: Days of Cohabitation with Vampires]