Chapter 35: Irish Town (17) (Update 1) Top Ten…
The tavern was not big, with only about ten tables, half full.
In the tavern, four or six mercenaries were drinking and singing, or three or five men were fighting with their arms crossed, or four or six mercenaries were listening to a teammate bragging, causing boos or laughter and cursing, it was really lively.
Due to the difference in average physical strength between men and women, in this world, the number of mercenaries is still mostly men.
But the remaining female mercenaries are all elite backbones, either magicians or at least mid-level swordsmen. Their strength ensures that there will not be a huge gap in the status of men and women in this world.
In addition, elves, mermaids, and goblins rarely leave their own tribes, and the probability of appearing in the tavern is extremely low. On weekdays, 99.9% of them are human gatherings.
Therefore, Ye Mo's appearance attracted many surprised or curious eyes, making the noise in the tavern a little quieter. It was not until all the wolf mercenaries sat down that the noise slowly returned to normal.
Despite this, there were still private gossips and occasional looks.
"Sorry, Maria."
Captain Hook and his men deliberately chose a small tavern with a remote location, but they didn't expect that the number of customers here today was actually more than usual. This kind of look made several careless masters feel a little uncomfortable.
"It's okay." Ye Mo shook his head nonchalantly. He had almost gotten used to all kinds of looks since he logged into the survivor app. If he had continued to be so arrogant, he would have probably died a long time ago.
The Wild Wolf Mercenaries often come to this tavern to eat. There is no need to order. The tavern owner has already served plates of snacks such as cashews, cakes, fruits, and the most common iced beer.
Deputy Captain Thompson ordered a full 5 roasted demon sheep. Considering the vegetarian recipes of the goblins, he also specially consulted a lot of questions about roasted vegetarian food. It was also the first time that the tavern owner heard that they specialized in roasted chestnuts.
Maybe it's really possible?
There are not many seasonings in this world. The roasted vegetarian food is fresh and refreshing, and it has a little bit of spicy taste. The crispy and crispy chestnuts taste at least two levels better when eaten this way.
With ice beer or sweet and sour juice, Ye Mo thought the taste was unexpectedly good, better than anything he had eaten before. Wild demon mutton has a strong fishy smell, and Watson and Alice are both mostly vegetarians.
Of course, the mercenaries like to stay in the tavern, in addition to eating and drinking, there is another key purpose - Mercenary Street is crowded with people, and all kinds of gossip information can be received here in a timely manner.
It is equivalent to an information concentration camp.
From which town has a beast tide to the gossip that the proprietress of a certain tavern is beautiful and seductive, it can often be heard here.
Ye Mo was not surprised to hear the information about "Goblin Maria" and "Potion Shop Assistant". In the Mercenary Street Tavern, many survivors have become the topic of conversation before and after meals because of their strange behavior.
When Watson was first sent to this dungeon, his first reaction was to go to Mercenary Street to get information.
After being rejected by a group of mercenaries, he also rejected the invitation of the survivors. He used his knowledge to forge a way out and awakened his second superpower.
Except for the first ten who woke up, the remaining forty people were all ordinary residents of the town like him.
This was the first time Ye Mo heard this: "Top ten?"
"Yes, top ten."
"Bella, who woke up first, was directly a magician. She faced a promotion test directly, but seemed to have rejected it because it took too long. Arthur, who woke up second, was a potential mercenary in the large Storm Mercenary Corps. The two of them formed an alliance with a group of people."
This is not a secret. It would be a bit strange not to know anything about it, but it's not surprising when you think about the goblins living underground, isolated from the world.
Watson took a sip of beer and continued: "You are the third one to wake up, and the most mysterious. The fourth survivor is called Lee. He was driven out by the Magic Association the next day and now joins a mercenary group alone. The fifth has disappeared in the Monster Forest and may be dead... The Japanese man ranked in front is a healing wizard..."
"Mysterious?" Ye Mo said this adjective heavily.
"Because you live in the Goblin underground world," Watson said bluntly, "even the sixth Indian mermaid Lani Shannon, even if she is a new mermaid reserve soldier of the Irish Town Mermaid Guard, at least lives on the ground, it is impossible that there is no news at all."
"..."
After listening to a circle of names, Ye Mo roughly knew the current situation of the other survivors.
Overall, Arthur, who woke up second, was the luckiest and did not have to face any difficult choices.
Next is Rani Shannon, a South Asian Indian. The town guard has a complete training system, including killing monsters. The difficulty lies here. It is not easy to be a tool.
This arrangement is unexpectedly suitable for Rani, the woman who is cautious in space. She is too obedient and has no self. I wonder if she will change in the future.
The most unlucky one among the top ten may be the Chinese fellow Li. From the dialogue in space, we know that he is very patriotic?
It is worth mentioning that among the 50 survivors, most white people prefer to be mercenaries against monsters, love adventure, and like freedom. Most yellow people are used to settling down according to the system settings before finding a way out. They like stability and hard work...
Sometimes national personality is really engraved in people's bones.
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"Maria, Watson, what secrets are you whispering about again?"
Alice leaned over, her face red and dizzy from drinking. No matter how close she was, she could still hear the content muted. The system's confidentiality measures were really amazing.
Ye Mo picked up a bunch of roasted purple fruits and handed it to her, changing the subject: "Alice, this tastes good."
"Right, right, the boss decided to add all these vegetarian roasts to the menu, and he will give us a 30% discount from now on!"
Ye Mo resisted the urge to reach out and poke her red face, and agreed seriously: "It seems that the Wild Wolf Mercenary Corps will be able to eat more high-quality and low-priced delicacies in the future."
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Drunk Alice nodded her head like a sieve, her blue eyes as bright as the stars in the sky.
Ye Mo thinks that all the girls in this world are so cute, Alice is like this, and so is Lina, but the latter is more timid and crybaby than the former, but more meticulous, each has its own advantages.
If this continues, the heart of the strange aunt will be broken sooner or later!
With a smile and blinking twice, Watson threw a cashew nut into his mouth and physically muted himself.
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After bidding farewell to the Wolf Mercenaries and Watson, Ye Mo went to the Magic Chamber of Commerce and spent 80 silver coins to buy a mid-level puzzle potion. This kind of potion has a low market demand and is sold in small quantities.
Then came the test of "thick skin".
Ye Mo wandered around the store about alchemy supplies and magic circles. She had already listed all the questions about the "Basic Theory of Alchemy" that she had studied for seven nights in the Monster Forest, and needed someone to answer them.
If the Magic Association did not allow ordinary people to come, she might have tried to go to the alchemist inside. Suddenly, she remembered the days when she was a junior in college and interned at FAW in Luoyang, Henan. If you don't take the initiative, the teachers will only treat you as someone who comes to eat, drink and have fun.
In order to attend the class, Ye Mo even learned the Henan dialect. After all, some local teachers don't even speak plastic Mandarin, but a bunch of gibberish, comparable to the eighth-level English professional test.
The end of the memory, this way of "learning" on the Internet may be ridiculed or surprised, but as long as there are one or two people willing to answer, whether they are kind or watching the show, it is a victory.
Serious people are always lucky, although this kind of luck may cost some "money".
A total of three people were willing to help answer Ye Mo's questions.
The first magic apprentice who learned alchemy solved a few basic problems, and a series of common sense problems were easily solved.
The second one was an alchemy enthusiast. She only answered questions politely at first, but halfway through the problem, she found that Ye Mo could bring her new ideas, and she became more serious.
In the end, she recommended a book with a strange name to Ye Mo, "Alchemy 'Balance'".
Although this book is thin, the content is great. It follows the law of conservation of energy as a whole, and most of the alchemy formulas are specially sorted out. It is very useful for both learning alchemy theory and actually practicing alchemy. Ye Mo only spent 75 silver coins to buy it.
The third one is a low-level magician David who already has alchemy works. He looks quite old, with most of his hair white, and is a small manager in the Magic Chamber of Commerce.
The magic array he carved might not be as good as the Goblin Tinkerer, and the alchemy products he made were also limited to his personal magic power, but he was unexpectedly proficient in alchemy theory, and not only solved the remaining problems.
David looked at Ye Mo and seemed to think of himself:
"Little guy, you have great talent, I mean in terms of brain, but you still lack magic power after all. High-level magic crystals are very rare. What's the point of studying them more deeply?"
Ye Mo answered carefully: "At least when I was a craftsman, I could understand more than just 1+1=2, and I also knew why 1+1 equals 2. Maybe I could improve some magic arrays, how interesting that would be!"
Interest is really a happy thing.
"It's really interesting." David smiled, his white beard trembling, "Good boy, if you have any questions about alchemy in the future, you can ask me. Most of them are in the Magic Chamber of Commerce."
Ye Mo bowed:
"Thank you, respected David White."
Until the sun set, Ye Mo left the Magic Chamber of Commerce with reluctance, put on the black cloak again, and floated towards the world of goblins like a ghost.
Uncle Peter, the store owner, Abel, the manager of the living area, and the neighbor, the cute little Lina... When they saw her on the way, they would warmly welcome her back, which really made people feel a sense of belonging to home.
Ye Mo lit the flower-scented candles with the fire magic stone, and then opened all four books.
This time she did not rush to study the electric magic circle, but put out the broken fire axe, broken shoes with nails, ordinary backpacks, and cute little yellow ducks.
Now she needs an experiment to confirm her conjecture - the knowledge learned in the Irish town is priceless.