"Wake up~!"
"Wake up~!"
An Nuo heard a series of ethereal cries, and his consciousness gradually became clear.
But it was dark all around and he could not see anything.
Suddenly, he remembered that he was taking a nap and the ordered milk tea delivery should be arriving soon.
The next moment, several ugly goblins surrounded him and stabbed him with their weapons.
“Ah~!”
An Nuo suddenly opened his eyes and woke up from a nightmare.
There were no goblins, no blood.
There is only the blue sky, white clouds floating in the wind, and the sound of flowing water.
The breeze blows across my cheeks, bringing a slight coolness.
"Is it daybreak already?"
An Nuo yawned, stretched out his right hand, and covered his forehead to adapt to the bright light from the outside world.
His head was aching, and An Nuo couldn't help but close his eyes and shook his head.
Climbing up from the shabby room, An Nuo sorted out his clothes and walked to the nearby river to wash his face.
Looking at the reflection on the water, An Nuo was in a daze.
Being chased by goblins, summoning goblins, everything that happened yesterday was not a dream.
After finally running to a place called Gruul, he was stopped by the guards.
After some explanation, the town guards treated Anno as a suffering traveler.
Seeing that Anno was injured, a guard led him to the church in the center of the town.
There is an old priest in the church who can perform healing magic.
But you need to pay one silver coin.
An Nuo definitely has no money.
But he got a bag from the goblin.
After opening the cloth bag and searching through it, he found that there were only a bunch of useless debris inside, except for two broken silver coins and an animal tooth.
Originally, Anno was still feeling lucky that he had touched the corpse, but when he took out the silver coin, he was dumbfounded by the old pastor's words.
"The silver coin is too badly damaged. It's only worth 30 copper coins!"
Normally speaking, 1 silver coin is equal to 100 copper coins!
Annuo didn't know whether what the old pastor said was true or not, but the silver coin was indeed a little damaged.
When Annuo took out the second damaged silver coin, the old pastor still shook his head.
"The two together are only worth 80 copper coins!"
The old pastor sighed and finally accepted the two damaged silver coins.
But he had one request, which was to return the remaining 20 copper coins to Annuo after he became rich.
Then, the old priest cast healing magic on Annuo's left hand.
This was the first time Anno had seen magic in nineteen years.
The old priest's staff emitted a soft light, and the arrow wound on his forearm and the wound on his left hand also flashed with light.
After a few seconds, the pain in the wound disappeared.
"Okay, this is all I can do. If you want to grow your severed finger back, you need to go to Valkham City and find a senior priest to heal it!"
The old priest's words made Annuo stunned, and then he realized that his arrow wound and the wound on his left hand bitten by the goblin had indeed healed, but the bitten-off thumb was still bare!
The thumb plays a very important role.
Without my thumb, I can’t even hold things steadily. My left hand is half useless.
However, An Nuo had no choice but to accept it.
It's better to lose a finger than to lose your life!
Afterwards, he talked with the old pastor for a long time and learned some basic knowledge about this world.
Anor is now in the continent of Angormulos.
The continent is inhabited by humans, subhumans, dwarves, elves, and a large number of monsters.
Among them, the Kingdom of Nergal, the Principality of Orebor, and the Roland Empire are three countries established by humans, and they have been resisting the invasion of monsters.
The small town of Gruul belongs to the territory of the Kingdom of Nigar.
The city of Valkham mentioned by the old priest is located in the north of the small town of Gruul, about thirty kilometers away.
Valkham is the largest city on the southern border of the Kingdom of Nergal.
There are not only senior priests in the city, but also a large number of professionals and mentors of various professions.
In the continent of Angormulos, there are six training routes for humans.
They are warrior, knight, magician, hunter, priest, thief, etc.
The way for humans to become stronger is to choose one of them as a profession.
You can learn professional skills by paying a certain amount of money to a mentor and have him teach you!
After you have a career, you can choose to join the army, become a soldier of the country, and resist the attacks of monsters.
They can also be recruited by various families or chambers of commerce to become bodyguards.
Or join a mercenary group and accept commissions to make money.
Or you could continue to practice and become stronger, obtain a mentor certificate, and teach newcomers in any city within the national territory.
There are only about 2,000 people in the small town of Gruul, with no resources nearby and a low standard of living.
The town is basically full of ordinary people, so there are no professional mentors.
The old pastor once walked out of the small town of Gruul, but had never achieved anything. He chose to come back when he got old.
At the end of the conversation, Annuo's stomach started to growl.
The old pastor gave Anno a piece of black bread and water, provided him with the location of the slum, and let Anno leave!
Slums!
As the name suggests, it is a place where a group of people who cannot even guarantee enough food and clothing live.
Most of the people here escaped from villages that were attacked by monsters.
They are homeless or disabled and can only survive in the slums of the town.
An Nuo had used up all the two broken silver coins he had on him to pay for his medical treatment. He was now penniless, and the slum was the best place for him to go.
There, it is better to find a shabby house to sleep in for a night than to sleep on the streets.
After all, it was just the beginning of summer and the nights were still very cold.
Annuo was indeed hungry and tired after fleeing all the way.
Although the black bread was very hard and tasted bad, he still finished it in a few bites and drank some water to smooth it out.
After filling his stomach a little, Annuo walked towards the slum area that the old pastor pointed out.
It was already dark and there were few people on the roadside.
But the dilapidated houses in the slums that may collapse at any time are still easy to identify.
An Nuo walked all the way to the slums and saw many people who were as ragged as himself, crowded in dilapidated houses.
These people also saw An Nuo, but when they found that An Nuo was not much better than them, they stopped paying attention to him.
An Nuo searched around and found a place with only a wall but no roof and lay down.
He was so sleepy that he fell asleep soon after.
…
"It's been a whole day, is my takeaway still outside?" An Nuo squatted by the river and remembered the milk tea he had ordered before traveling through time.
"Ah~, I really want to drink another cup of Mixue Bingcheng!"
Annuo groaned and dragged his hungry body towards the center of the town.
The old pastor said yesterday that the animal tusk in his hand could be exchanged for some copper coins from a merchant, so Annuo now plans to go to the market to have a look.