Vol 3 Chapter 449: . Journey
"Ahee!"
Sun suddenly sneezed into a big sneeze, and slightly surprised the people next to him.
He reached out and rubbed his nose, and whispered, "I'm sorry."
"It is said that someone is cursing you with just one sneeze." Andrew on the side looked at Sean, and then smiled.
"Nonsense." Sean didn't believe in this strange "Earth Theory".
Andrew let out a hearty laugh, and did not say anything, he enjoyed this rare leisure time.
Since the matter of the God of War church was handled, Andrew originally wanted to take Shaun directly to the floating library. But Shaun wanted to go back to the Void Duchy. Of course, if he could, he also wanted to take Cecilia to the floating library, so Andrew had to accompany Sean back to the Void Duchy.
So the people who returned to the Void Duchy together were Sean, Andrew, Beth, Enkos, and Kozilek. Levi, however, was not suitable to use the teleportation formation because of his physical discomfort, so he temporarily stayed in the God of War church to recuperate, with Alyssa by his side.
The Magic Teleportation Array is the greatest invention of this era on the Marvel Continent. Because of its appearance, the entire short-distance trip on the Marvel Continent has become extremely safe and stable. Although the cost of using the magic teleportation array is a bit expensive, ordinary civilians can still afford a short-distance trip with a frugal one year— -This is much cheaper than the cost of hiring a group of mercenaries for protection.
Of course, the emergence of the teleportation magic circle still cannot solve the problem of trade routes. Although small trades within short distances can be acted through the teleportation array, the magic teleportation array cannot be used continuously, especially the long-distance teleportation, which is also harmful to the body. Therefore, with the emergence of the teleportation magic circle, the work of the doctor industry has become popular, especially the apprentice pharmacist and the trainee doctor, which quickly became one of the most popular and promising professions.
Speaking. I don't know whether to say that Sean and the others have too good luck or bad luck.
On the way back to the Void Duchy, because Tonys Fortress did not set up a magic teleportation array, it is said that the Kingdom of Lane was considering the security of the fortress, so Sean and others could only purchase mounts to return. Therefore, the return journey will take about two more weeks. And in this more than a week. Shaun passed through many villages and towns in the Kingdom of Lane, and he also saw the Kingdom of Lane, which was now showing its prosperity.
I don’t know if I really have luck.
But after the Principality of Lane successfully annexed the Kingdom of Darbion and became a kingdom, the overall level and strength of the entire country have risen to a great level. In the past, it would be good if the family background level of the Principality of Ryan could have a middle-ranked sanctuary strong, and even the golden realm strong in the country is extremely rare. But now, there are obviously many golden powerhouses in the Kingdom of Lane, and on the way, Sean also encountered a powerhouse from the lower sanctuary.
The two sides just had a face-to-face encounter. However, it can be seen that the other party is showing a cautious appearance as if he is facing an enemy. Probably because of the posture of this sanctuary powerhouse. Therefore, Xiao En and others didn't encounter any inconspicuous things in that small town to make trouble.
It's just Sean who is inexplicable, and has a subtle sense of uneasiness towards the Kingdom of Lane.
Because of the speed of expansion of the power of this country, it is too fast.
This is like a poor family who suddenly gained a lot of wealth and became a nouveau riche. His temperament and heritage have not been thoroughly nurtured and accumulated, and the whole person will therefore exude a kind of arrogant and domineering aura. Perhaps it was not the case at the beginning of the Kingdom of Line. She would try to restrain this momentum, but the many nobles in the Kingdom of Line had no brains. Especially once the strength is over-expanded, they will always find ways to show off.
This kind of show off. It is an extremely dangerous behavior.
So along the way, Xiao En and others maintained an almost low-key attitude, and quickly passed the Tonis Fortress and entered the territory of the Void Duchy.
Only in the territory of the principality, Sean's spirit has been significantly relaxed.
At this time, Sean, Andrew and others were on their way to the Black Swan Castle. In addition to Kozilek and Sean riding on the same horse, Andrew, Beth, and Enkos are all riding a horse-Sean suppresses it, and the mount under the crotch is okay. Andrew also has the ability to communicate with creatures. It didn't take much effort, but the mounts of Beth and Enkos had been trembling, abruptly slowing down everyone's progress.
In Xiao En’s view, they would have arrived at the Black Swan Castle a long time ago if they did not ride their mounts, but just let go of their speed and sprint with all their strength.
It’s just that Andrew really wants to experience this kind of "outing"-like journey, so everyone will buy so few ponies that are known for their endurance.
Encos, who was slightly behind Sean and Andrew, drove his horse and tried to get close to the bass-but Enkos's mount was not very cooperative, so the old horse made a loud noise, basically as long as he was not deaf, he could hear it. Enkos was tossing his mount again. Of course, everyone pretended not to notice it so much. Only Beth glanced at Enkos from the corner of his eye, not knowing what this guy wanted to do.
finally approached the bass, Enkos whispered: "Hey, bass."
"What are you doing." Beth replied lazily, his voice was at a normal volume, neither loud nor small.
"Want to die! Be quiet!" Enkos yelled angrily, of course in a whisper-like voice, but the weakest of the people present was also the lower sanctuary. This voice was actually true to them. There is no difference in the volume of normal speech.
Beth really didn't want to talk to Enkos, but couldn't bear Enkos's endless yelling to himself, the voice sounded like it was urging the soul. Even Beth, the undead king, can’t stand it, not to mention the two of Sean and Andrew who are slightly forward. Especially if Andrew wants to know what Enkos wants to do out of curiosity, he wants to turn his head back. Hou Enkos told him to shut up.
As for Sean, he is the weakest in the field and he is the least familiar with Enkos, so he had to bear with him.
And Kozilek?
In front of Enkos and Beth, this guy is so well-behaved that he really looks like a child.
"What are you doing." Beth replied feebly. He really wanted to say that he didn't know Enkos.
"Can you sneeze?" Enkos asked.
"Huh?" Beth obviously had a momentary crash in his brain. It was completely unrecognized that Enkos was wrong.
"It seems that you won't be anymore." Enkos nodded slightly, his face looked a little disappointed, "Why doesn't anyone curse you for a guy like you? No reason, I know no one will curse. I'm normal. But I curse you every day. Why haven't I seen you sneeze? Hmm..."
Beth looked at Enkos, wanting to make out what this guy was just talking about cold jokes, right? But seeing that Enkos was really serious about showing the appearance of thinking, Beth felt that he was still too young and actually tried to guess the thinking of this idiot.
"Enkos is... a demon, right?" Sean asked Andrew in a low voice.
Andrew also showed a helpless look, and said to Sean, "I made you laugh."
Demons and undead, it is very normal not to sneeze, if you sneeze. Then it is something that is worthy of surprise. certainly. That kind of deliberate behavior is not counted. On the other hand, Andrew, although he still sneezes occasionally in his physical state, this kind of thing is very rare-mainly if Andrew can sneeze, then the consequences are really terrible.
Enkos is still thinking about something.
"I never sneeze once, but when I sneeze, I will sneeze twice in a row." Listening to Enkos's muttering, Beth said directly, too annoyed.
"Two sneezes, what do you mean?" Enkos asked curiously.
"Go ask Sean." Beth said with a smile on his face. He knew that Andrew would definitely not tell Enkos, so he had to change the target. "he knows."
Enkos glanced suspiciously at Beth, then turned his head and thought about it, he should go to Sean immediately.
Although the conversation between Beth and Enkos lowered their voices, this approach is completely the same as that of stealing the ears and stealing the bell. Both Sean and Andrew heard clearly, but Sean was a little curious about how Beth knew the meaning of sneezing twice. He looked at Andrew suspiciously, but he didn’t want to recall it at all. Looks like, so I can only put this problem in my stomach.
"Mr. Beth... isn't it an undead?" Sean looked at Andrew who pretended to be deep, and asked softly.
Andrew didn’t want to speak anymore. He felt that letting these two idiots out was simply the stupidest thing he had done in his life. He was already considering putting these two men back in the coffin. Watching Enkos approaching Sean quickly, Andrew glanced at Enkos coldly, the warning in his eyes was very obvious, which made Enkos smirk a few times, and then backed away cautiously.
After that, Andrew's gaze turned to Beth again, and Beth stared at the front pretendingly, without squinting.
Andrew stared at these two guys who were barely safe for several seconds, then finally turned his head and smiled at Sean: “Well, it’s okay.”
Sean nodded slightly, the murderous aura from Andrew just now almost stopped his heart beating. This was also the first time Sean saw Andrew showing such a murderous aura. You must know that even when he was dealing with Marz in the Northern Continent, Andrew looked calm and calm, but he had never shown such a might.
The group of five people quickly left the grassland and entered the main road outside the Black Swan Castle Pass.
Because of the Black Swan Castle, Sean’s purpose for winning this place was a bit impure, and the castle was not a defensive castle, so there was only one official road from the Black Swan Castle to the Void City. The so-called official road refers to the flat moving path where the government regularly maintains the road. The first priority is to facilitate the walking of carriages, trucks, and horses, and there are certain guarantees for safety.
From the Black Swan Castle to the Void City, it takes about five days at the fastest.
In a sense, the Black Swan Castle is a lonely castle. If you encounter a surprise attack, this castle that is not known for defense is difficult to defend. It is precisely because of this that William has specially trained an all-around elite guard for the Black Swan Castle. Almost everyone has a very strong fighting standard, especially under the combined killing technique of the army. . The combat effectiveness has increased exponentially.
However, because Sean and others traverse the black reef grassland, the direction and destination of their movement are highly selective.
When everyone crossed the grassland and entered the official road, they had already arrived at the foot of the Angroda mountain range where the Black Swan Castle was located.
Originally set off from the foot of the mountain, and when it arrived at the halfway point, it was the Black Swan Castle.
But when Xiao En and others came to the foot of the mountain, Xiao En looked at the scenery in front of him with an incredible expression.
A small town of considerable scale. It was just presented in front of Sean.
The facilities in this town are basically complete. These include stables, taverns, hotels, markets and other living facilities, and even military facilities such as walls, outposts, and barracks. From this point of view, it can be seen that this small town is not simply an ordinary village, but can be regarded as a village where the military and civilians live together. According to the general control law, such a small town is mostly under military control. Most of those living in small towns are military family members.
But what Shaun and others saw. The whole town is permeated with a lively atmosphere. You can see people walking in luxurious and expensive clothes everywhere. These people are obviously nobles, and how can there be no followers around the nobles? Only in the flow of people that Sean saw, you can find a dozen strong people who are all at the top of the golden peak. These people are obviously already preparing. Assault the sanctuary.
What’s more, Xiao En also saw several low-level sanctuary powerhouses with hidden aura.
This discovery, but Sean was really shocked.
At the foot of the mountain closest to the Black Swan Castle, there are actually close to double-digit lower sanctuary powerhouses. What is going on?
"You don't know the situation?" Andrew glanced at Sean. Looking at Sean's expression, he knew that he didn't know anything about this small town.
"When I left about a year ago. There are no villages and towns here." Xiao En said in a deep voice, but he continued on the road soon, and Andrew and others immediately followed. Everyone quickly traversed the entire town, and then began to face. Walked to the Black Swan Castle halfway up the mountain.
At this time, I just met some people coming down the mountain.
From the perspective of clothing, these people are also nobles and followers responsible for protecting them. However, the strength of the followers is not strong, but the strength of one of them has attracted the attention of Xiao En and others. This person is actually a strong man in the upper sanctuary, compared to the lower ones in the small towns at the foot of the mountain. The sanctuary powerhouse is much stronger, and the two sides are not at the same level.
Sean was able to spot this sanctuary powerhouse, and of course the opponent could also spot Xiao En and others.
It's just that besides Sean, Andrew, Kozilek, Beth, Enkos and other four people, the other party can not see the strength-or that, did not feel any fluctuations in strength at all. Usually this situation is either that the strength is too much beyond its own to be completely undetectable, or it is a genuine ordinary person. However, in the eyes of this high-ranking sanctuary powerhouse, the four people who followed Xiao En were just ordinary people.
On the Southern Continent, the strength of his upper sanctuary is already very good. If he is stronger than him, there will only be the powerhouse above the legend. However, if it is a legendary powerhouse, he can more or less sense it, and the inability to sense it proves that the strength of the two sides is too far apart. If it is in other places, he might be more cautious, but on the Southern Continent, he doesn't think there will be so many legendary powerhouses.
Xiao En’s gaze shifted slightly, and soon he discovered the person who was responsible for the protection of the upper sanctuary powerhouse, who was a handsome young man. His clothes are tailored very close to the body, which makes his elite temperament more obvious, and his short brown hair is also neatly combed. It can be seen that this is a noble child who pays great attention to image.
Watching Xiao En and the others step forward, the other nobles passed by Xiao En and others indifferently.
Only this young brown-haired nobleman stepped forward with a smile on his face and said, "My friend, the visit to the Black Swan Castle is almost over. You won't let you in if you go up now, so let's wait until tomorrow. "
"Visit?" Xiao En was taken aback for a moment, somewhat confused about the situation.
"Aren't you here to visit?" The brown-haired young man had a keen focus, and he caught Sean's slight astonishment in an instant.
"When is the Black Swan Castle open for visitors?" Sean asked instead.
"Probably, it was seven or eight months ago." The young brunette said in an uncertain tone. "I only arrived here more than a month ago, so I am not the exact opening time. It's very clear... However, the Black Swan Castle is indeed one of the five famous castles in the entire southern continent. The Black Swan Lake and Black Swan on the top floor are really beautiful."
"The black swan has come back to the Black Swan Castle again?" Sean was a little shocked. He had only been away for a year. How did it feel as if he had been away for a century.
"I said, my friend, what are you doing here at the Black Swan Castle." The brown-haired man shook his head helplessly and laughed a little. , Now you go up, those guards won't let you in."
"Uh...Thank you for your kindness, but I still want to go up and see." Sean was originally worried about what happened to the Black Swan Castle and what danger Cecilia would encounter, but now it seems that everything is He was worried, but even so, he still wanted to go back as soon as possible.
"Hey, okay." The young brunette smiled, "If you get kicked back later, don't say I didn't remind you."
"Okay, thank you very much for your reminder." Sean smiled back.
"That's it for now." The brunette young man waved his hand, and then quickly left with someone.
The two sides never exchanged each other's names from beginning to end, but this is really unnecessary, because the noble names are not so worthless. But this small episode can easily become a symbol of friendship between the nobles. If the two sides have a chance to meet next time and can prove that they are not in opposing camps, then it is necessary to introduce themselves and exchange information.
Otherwise, for the nobles, any other nobles encountered on the road are just passing by.
After watching the young brunette leave, Xiao En hurried to the mountainside again, and Andrew and others also followed. It's just that Andrew's face has a thicker smile: "You don't look like a person who has been here for a year, but like a traveler who has been lost in a certain plane for a long time."
"Yeah, I think so too." Sean looked back at the darkening of the sky and the lights of the hotel at the foot of the mountain. The whole town sounded like a carnival, with a wry smile on his face. The color is even more obvious, "...It feels like I have really been away for a long time."
Shaun’s heart is a little bit uneasy. (To be continued~^~)