Chapter 234 Arrival at the Capital, Imina Arrives
Tick-tick!
Wow——
The carriage drove along the muddy and rainy road, splashing rain water in puddles and on the muddy road. It had been raining for some time.
If it were an ordinary horse-drawn carriage, it would not be easy to move in such a rainy day. Fortunately, the carriage was pulled by a ghost dog, and this difficult road would not affect it.
"Sir, what are we doing in the capital?" An Li looked at the capital getting closer and closer in the rain in the distance and spoke nervously with curiosity.
"Meet some friends and take care of the alchemical potion we made. Our destination is not here, but further south."
Tang Zheng heard the question and spoke with a smile.
Further south? "Oh." Enri nodded, not quite understanding. For a girl who had never even left the village, her understanding of this country or even the world was really limited.
Seeing this, Tang Zheng smiled softly, looked through the vines at the heavy rain outside, and sighed softly: "The temperature here is indeed warmer than the border."
It was snowing from time to time at the border of the royal capital, but unexpectedly, it started to rain heavily in the royal capital area. Perhaps it was because the border area was close to the Angelicia Mountains, so it was colder.
The terrain of the kingdom is indeed much stronger than that of the empire. However, with the same two hundred years of history, the empire is much stronger.
The kingdom was in a state of decline.
Think of this.
Tang Zheng shook his head slightly. It was no wonder that the Silian Theocracy was ready to support the unification of the Empire. At the beginning of the story, it even sent out the [Sunlight Scripture] troops to deal with the most difficult "Warrior Captain" Gazef.
"Come to think of it, I wonder which unit the Silian Theocracy sent to investigate the lava zone last time?"
Tang Zheng thought silently in his heart.
No matter which team it is, unless the [Black Holy Scripture] is deployed, the other five colored holy scriptures will suffer heavy losses.
The Angelicia Mountains are not a place where anyone can set foot at will.
Tang Zheng raised his eyes and looked at the gradually approaching royal capital, and an idea came to his mind.
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Skill: Unbreakable Fortress (Martial Arts)
Consumption: No Cooldown
Introduction: When the opponent launches an attack, grasp the opportunity to use martial arts to offset the opponent's attack and make it invalid. When the level gap is too large, there is an upper limit to the offset.
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Skills: Ability Enhancement (Martial Arts)
Consumption: No Cooldown
Introduction: Improve physical ability, increase physical attack by 30 points, agility by 30 points, ...
Skill: Possibility Perception (Martial Arts)
Consumption: No Cooldown
Introduction: Strengthening the sixth sense can make it easier to find the opponent's flaws, increase a certain critical strike chance, and improve a certain degree of weakness perception.
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Skill: Magic Resistance Enhancement (Martial Arts)
Consumption: No Cooldown
Description: Improve the ability to resist magic, increase magic defense by 30 points.
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[Skill points: 75 → 71]
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This is the skill that Tang Zheng chose to master from the "martial arts" used by the head-hunting rabbit. Except for one defensive martial art, the other three are enhanced martial arts.
There are also superimposed enhanced martial arts, such as "super ability increase", "super perception of possibilities", and "super enhancement of magic resistance".
Gulp dong——
The carriage's speed gradually slowed down, and a not-so-tall city gate appeared in front of it.
The capital of the Kingdom of Re-Estize is very vast. Unlike a fortress-type city like "E-Rantel", there are a large number of urban residential areas gathered on the periphery.
Therefore, the city walls are not very high, but the densely populated residential areas have a sense of prosperity far beyond that of border cities, yet also carry a hint of oppression.
The tall figure of the evil dog penetrated the rain and fog and came into the eyes of the soldiers guarding the city gate. After a brief moment of shock, they immediately became alert in fear.
Due to heavy rain.
There were not many people coming and going at the city gate. The sudden appearance of a ferocious monster like the evil spirit dog was indeed a panic-stricken thing for the ordinary soldiers who had never experienced it in the central area of the kingdom.
The lazy soldiers who were hiding under the spacious city gate to avoid the rain picked up their weapons in fear, but no one stepped forward to resist the monsters. Instead, they all retreated.
"What's going on?"
"This is a monster!"
"This is the capital, how could a monster rush out?"
"Look, there's a carriage behind us."
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As the carriage got closer, several soldiers could see clearly that the ferocious monster was actually just the monster pulling the carriage.
While everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they were also curious and looked at the approaching carriage with fear. Being able to drive a magical beast to pull a carriage was something that even some nobles could not do.
No matter how you look at it, the monster that is more than two meters tall and looks ferocious and is gradually approaching is not the type of person who would be docile and obedient in pulling a carriage.
Snap!
The bone chains tightened.
The carriage came to a complete stop. The evil dog shook off the rain on its head, and its pair of cold animal eyes swept over several frightened soldiers.
A green light flashed from the carriage, and the vines wrapped around the carriage slowly dissipated, revealing three figures behind the carriage.
Enri carefully glanced at the soldiers guarding the city, and with a sense of fear for these kingdom soldiers, she subconsciously reached for her waist pocket and searched.
"What are you doing?"
Tang Zheng looked at An Li in confusion.
An Li said in a daze: "Pass...permit."
She always remembered what Uncle Larchmont had said, that with a pass issued by the city lord and nobles, the fee to enter the city could be reduced.
Although it cannot be used in other places, having this document can prove your identity and avoid being harassed.
When they passed through some big cities before, she would also want to take it, but before she could take it out, the carriage had already gone in.
This is the royal capital after all.
In Anli's opinion, the entrance fees and inspections should be more detailed and complicated. She didn't want to cause trouble for the adults, so she wanted to pay it in advance.
"There's no need for that kind of thing."
Tang Zheng was helpless. He stretched out his hand and flipped it. A gold coin appeared in his palm and he flicked it with his fingers.
Ding~ The gold coin drew a graceful arc in the air and fell into the hands of the soldier guarding the city in the front.
Tang Zheng didn't say much. He picked up the "Gold Level" Adventurer badge on his waist and waved it at several soldiers guarding the city.
No need to speak.
Several soldiers who were guarding the city immediately made way. The soldier who was holding the gold coin tightly in his hand, with a bright and humble smile on his face, whispered respectfully: "My dear adventurer, please try not to bring this monster into the inner city."
"Thanks, everyone."
When Tang Zheng heard the reminder, he did not show any superiority and nodded gently.
Click!
The evil hound pulled the carriage again and drove into the outskirts of the royal capital at a slowed pace.
There was a flash of green light.
The Green Leaf Witch cast her magic again, and the plant vines wrapped around the carriage again, blocking the rain that was pouring down after leaving the city gate.
Outside the city gate is a straight and wide road paved with artificial stone slabs, where carriages can pass without making too much noise.
This immediately made An Li, who was bumping along the way, let out a cry of surprise.
The plan to "pave streets with cobblestones" was initiated at the suggestion of the "Golden" Princess, but currently only the main streets of the royal capital and the territory of Marquis Raeven, one of the six great nobles, have been implemented.
The other nobles expressed their opposition, and the reason they gave was that paving the moving streets would facilitate the invasion of the empire.
“It’s really interesting.”
Tang Zheng instructed the ghost dog to turn a main street ahead and head inward, then he raised his hand and tapped his chin, suddenly letting out a chuckle.
In order to find Lenas, he stayed in the imperial capital of the empire for a period of time. Although he did not stay in the royal capital for a long time, he came there twice.
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Tang Zheng suddenly realized that the purpose of the many proposals put forward by Her Royal Highness the "Golden" Princess might not be what he originally thought.
After seeing the situations of the two countries and broadening his horizons, Tang Zheng vaguely realized that the Golden Princess's eccentric ideological level might be higher than he had expected at the beginning.
To put it simply.
The many bizarre reasons given by the kingdom's nobles for their refusal may have hit the nail on the head.
As the carriage gradually left the main street.
Pools of "lakes" gradually began to gather on the ground. The road construction in the royal capital obviously did not take drainage into consideration, especially for the residential areas on both sides.
No wonder most of the surrounding buildings are two-story structures.
Water splashed under the wheels.
Soon we stopped in front of an ordinary hotel.
The Green Leaf Witch removed the vines that surrounded the carriage, took out an umbrella, opened it, and immediately covered Tang Zheng's head with it.
When the innkeeper saw Tang Zheng and his group, he suppressed his fear of the evil dog's appearance and immediately put on a big smile, showing the best service attitude.
Tang Zheng booked three rooms as usual, and even paid a little more because of the evil dog.
After a moment.
With a "click".
The innkeeper carried the food and carefully walked into the room where Tang Zheng was. The first thing he saw was the evil dog lying lazily in the center of the room.
His neck stiffened, "Huh." The shop owner took a deep breath, slowed down his pace again, and looked respectfully at Tang Zheng who was sitting at the wooden table and looking at him, "Sir, here's the food you ordered."
"Sorry for the trouble. Just put it on the table." Tang Zheng nodded with a smile, signaling the hotel owner to just put it down.
The innkeeper placed the food in his hands on the wooden table, then stepped back cautiously and respectfully, quickly leaving the room, as if he was afraid that the evil dog lying on the ground would attack him.
"Well, it smells very good, Xiao Hei. The food looks good." Tang Zheng was looking at the food on the table with a satisfied smile on his face.
A piece of freshly baked soft white bread, two pieces of grilled red meat still steaming, dripping with sauce and emitting hot air.
and a clear soup made with corn and greens.
Tang Zheng picked up a piece of roasted red meat with a fork and threw it behind him.
"Ah." The evil dog immediately raised its head, opened its mouth, took the piece of barbecue thrown to it, and swallowed it in one gulp.
Tang Zhengze not only slowly cut the delicious barbecue, but also ate it with soft white bread.
Time passes by little by little.
Just when Tang Zheng was about to finish the last bite of barbecue.
Bang! Outside the half-open window in the room, a black arrow suddenly shot out from the rain, and the arrowhead emitted a translucent luster.
It penetrated through the layers of rain and shot straight at Tang Zheng without being affected at all.
"roar!"
The evil dog got up immediately, a ferocious look appeared in its eyes, and it raised its claws to slap the arrow.
However.
The arrow should have been knocked down by the evil dog, but it did not happen. Instead, at the moment when the evil dog's claws were about to collide with the arrow.
The arrow that was shot straight at him actually turned in mid-air, bypassed the evil dog and shot towards Tang Zheng behind him.
One claw hit nothing.
It was too late for the evil dog to turn around and block. After all, the room was not big, and the distance between the evil dog and Tang Zheng was very close.
Tang Zheng looked at the arrow calmly and picked up the fork with the barbecue on it.
Buzz——
Suddenly, the arrow shook again.
A faint light flashed on the arrow that was already very close, and in an instant it turned into two and shot over at the same time.
Dang! A crisp metallic collision sound rang out in the room.
Tang Zheng calmly held the fork in his hand and blocked one of the arrows, while the other arrow pierced through Tang Zheng's body and dissipated in mid-air.
This is obviously not a real arrow, but an illusion used to confuse people.
"With the martial arts skills and magic arrows, it seems that your strength has improved a lot."
Tang Zheng used his fingers holding the fork to exert a little force and knocked the colliding arrow away, then he continued to put the barbecue on the fork into his mouth.
He raised his head and looked towards the window.
I saw that the window that was half-open just now was now completely opened, and a figure wrapped in a black raincoat and robe was standing on the window.
The other person was clinging to the window with one hand and holding a bow and arrow in the other. Even though he was wrapped in a black raincoat and robe, his slender figure could still be seen.
"roar!"
The evil hound bared its sharp teeth and looked at the figure fiercely. Just as it was about to launch an attack, its nose suddenly moved.
I seem to smell a familiar smell.
then.
The evil hound pouted, then lay down on the ground again, wagging its tail.
Bang! A black figure jumped in from the window, casually took off the raincoat and black robe wrapped around him and threw it aside, and a familiar purple-haired figure came into view.
It was Imina.
"Tsk, you disappeared for such a long time, I thought you were dead."
Imina raised her slender neck, with a somewhat dissatisfied look on her delicate face, and said half-sarcastically: "I am ready to make a fortune and run away."
While talking.
Imina moved her long legs and sat naturally across from Tang Zheng's wooden table. She picked up the remaining soft white bread and started eating.
I saw that Imina had a cold and unhappy expression.
Tang Zheng chuckled: "It's a lot of money to make money from Eight Fingers."
"But it seems that you don't want to leave so soon, otherwise you wouldn't have bought this hotel."
The inn he was currently staying in was the same inn where he had hooked out the Eight Fingers members through Imina when he came to the capital for the second time.
(End of this chapter)
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