"What is your relationship to Connie Hall?"
“I work for myself.”
The necromancer shook his head, his words full of arrogance.
Connie Hall was the one who had been sending assassins to test the Nelson family. He might know something about the huge wealth that the Nelson family Chamber of Commerce had left behind, but the other party was just an ordinary businessman with some assets. A magician at the level of a mage, even if he was a necromancer, even if Connie Hall lost everything, no magician would be willing to work for him.
This is not just a matter of money. After all, magicians are a group of high-ranking guys. They will not easily give up the so-called "magician's dignity" to work for an ordinary businessman.
The floor of the hotel's guest rooms was destroyed beyond recognition by the skeletons summoned by the necromancer. The entire ground was turned upside down. Although the skeletons were all destroyed by Luo Zheyu, the impact they had caused would not disappear.
Cobbins had to take out the last of his savings from his almost empty wallet to compensate the innkeeper.
Luo Zheyu told Nelson and his sister that the maid Hetty was a necromancer in disguise. They were shocked and angry, but they finally accepted the fact and enslaved Cobbins without pay.
Before, when he was the maid Hedy, he was able to receive a salary. But now, Luo Zheyu had no intention of letting him go. Due to some secret fear, Cobbins did not dare to escape on her own. She could only show her true appearance, serve tea and water, and continue to do what a maid should do.
Time passed quickly, and because of what happened with Cobbins, no one went out to walk around Gaina City until the next day.
The whole street was filled with the sound of clinking metal and stone hitting each other. The houses on both sides were built shorter than those in other places. One reason was that this was where dwarves lived, and dwarves did not need buildings with too much height. The other reason was that dwarves preferred to live in basements. They even dug through the basements of their own houses and other people's houses. The underground world was crisscrossed and was a world that could not be explored by adults who were more than twice as tall as dwarves.
Under the scorching sun, the scorching heat from the furnace distorted the air. Walking in it was like taking a sauna, with sweat constantly flowing out of the pores.
Several dwarf shops placed blacksmithing tools at the door. The sturdy dwarves swung huge hammers half their height and hit the red-hot metal rhythmically.
Their upper bodies were bare, revealing their muscular arms. Their skin was darker than wheat and tanned red under the scorching sun. The tallest dwarf among them was only as tall as Luo Zheyu's waist.
A dwarf stopped forging iron, moved the hammer aside, picked up the kettle from the table, tilted his head back and took a big gulp, then his brows relaxed with satisfaction.
Luo Zheyu's keen sense of smell detected a faint aroma of wine wafting over.
The dwarf was drinking wine.
He took a sip of wine, and there were still wine stains on his dark red beard. He shook his head and picked up the hammer again, continuing to hit the red-hot metal hard, making a clanging sound.
“It’s really hot here…”
Gabriel muttered, his eyes slightly narrowed on his fair face illuminated by the sun, and he reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
"Of course. This is not only a neighborhood where dwarves live, but also the largest and most famous dwarf craftsman shop in Gaina City and even in the Tilain Empire!"
Polly was in high spirits, her eyes became brighter due to the heat, and she looked around with curiosity.
She has always admired the dwarven craftsmanship, and now she finally sees a real dwarf.
On this street, dwarves not only forged weapons, but also armor, everyday metal tools, small multi-person weapons, and large machinery. Many of these things had never been heard of in Naniwuya before, and Polly couldn't even guess their functions from their appearance.
Luo Zheyu, wearing a white robe, walked with them on the street, looking with a little curiosity at the metal tools displayed on the street. Some of them looked huge and ferocious, some were small and light, some were metallic in color, and some were painted with bright colors, like a peacock spreading its tail.
Cobbins walked one step behind him with his head slightly lowered. He was covered in a wide black robe. His pale face was slightly reddened by the heat waves from the furnace. Beads of sweat kept gathering and rolling down his chin.
It can be seen that he is very hot, but he still wears the black robe tightly, which makes people worry about whether he will get prickly heat.
On the contrary, Luo Zheyu in front felt cool all over and was not affected by the surrounding temperature at all. If someone touched his skin, they would feel a bone-chilling chill.
The four of them occasionally went into shops to look around. Polly even took out her own savings and bought a new greatsword from the dwarf. She loved it so much that she held it in her arms and was reluctant to let go.
Gabriel did not change his weapon. His strength was lower than Polly's. Now he was more concerned about how to improve his own strength and was not keen on weapons.
Luo Zheyu and Kebins didn't buy anything. Kebins had spent all his savings and had no money left. No matter whether he wanted to buy something or not, he couldn't. Luo Zheyu didn't think these things were of much use to him. At most, they were just novelties.
"stop!"
“Don’t run!”
"Catch her for me!"
When we came out of the neighborhood where the dwarf lived and turned into another busy street with people coming and going, shouts suddenly came from the intersection ahead.
Then a slim blonde woman wearing slightly tight leather armor and dressed like a mercenary was seen stumbling over in the crowd.
There were many people on the street, and she kept bumping into people accidentally or passing them by, constantly saying "sorry".
Several burly men with ferocious faces were chasing her from behind, with ill intentions.
When she looked up and saw Luo Zheyu and his group, the blonde woman's eyes lit up slightly, and then she staggered over.
Seeing the blonde woman rushing towards him, Luo Zheyu took a step to the side to avoid her. However, the blonde woman seemed to have sprained her ankle and fell on him.
Luo Zheyu had no choice but to reach out and hold her arm.
The blonde woman felt the coldness coming from her arm and was slightly surprised, but she stretched out her hand and threw it hard on Luo Zheyu, her two palms, one on the left and one on the right, quietly brushing across his waist.
"Sorry, sorry!"
She shouted randomly, but her hands didn't touch anything, so she couldn't help but touch Luo Zheyu's waist.
Where's the purse?
How come such a handsome and elegant man doesn’t even have a purse?
Without a purse, I'd have to hang some expensive decorations...
My body was cold and hard, like a stone.
“Bang!”
The hand that reached for her lower back was grabbed by a slender hand that was icy cold. Luo Zheyu looked down at her expressionlessly.
"What are you touching?"
She didn't expect that he would notice it and ask it so bluntly. The blonde woman's fingers were slightly bent when her wrist was grabbed, and she looked at him quickly with a slightly confused and apologetic look. She was about to make up an impeccable excuse, but her heart was uneasy because of his sharp eyes.
"I'm sorry, I offended you unintentionally in my panic. Please forgive me."
"Can you let me go? Thank you..."
The blonde woman was at a loss as to what was happening and just pretended that her previous actions were unintentional. At the same time, she looked back anxiously and panickedly. The burly men who were chasing her had closed the distance between them because of her brief pause and it seemed that they were only a few steps away from catching up with her.
Luo Zheyu looked at her silently, grabbed one of her wrists and gently pulled her to the side, then lifted her to the side, making sure she would not bump into him again before letting go.
The blonde woman felt the other party's obvious disgust, her expression froze slightly, then she showed an apologetic expression, quietly rubbed her cold wrist and ran away.
He dodged and slid among the crowd along the way like a slippery loach and never bumped into anyone.
The blonde woman turned and entered an empty alley, then made two turns before stopping.
Several burly men followed closely behind, shouting.
After making sure that no one could see them, the burly man changed from running to walking and walked towards the blonde woman who was waiting in the alley.
"Your Highness Nikana."
One of the burly men bowed his head slightly and shouted respectfully. The others followed him and made the same movements as him, no longer looking ferocious and cruel as before.
"Yeah." The blonde woman responded absentmindedly, twirling a few money bags around her fingers in the air, with no emotion visible in her dark red eyes.
She suddenly threw up several money bags on her fingers, weighed them in her palms a few times, and threw the money bags to the leading man.
"Return all of these to their original owners. The one with the embroidered Mishe flower belongs to the first owner, the one with the golden lyric is the second, and the one with the golden border is the third... Don't alarm their owners."
The blonde woman instructed, then pointed out two people from among the big men.
"You two, follow me back."
"Your Highness Nichana! This..."
The big man in the lead showed a hesitant and embarrassed expression.
"With only the two of them, I'm afraid they can't guarantee your highness' safety..."
"Paige, this is Gaina City." The blonde interrupted him.
"In Gaina City, two guards are enough."
Paige couldn't refuse Nikana's willful request and had to do as she said, just like she always did.
…………
This little episode did not affect the mood of Luo Zheyu and his companions in strolling around. They did not return to the hotel until lunch time.
They did not plan to stay in Gaina City for long, and would continue their journey to Mount Menguda.
However, this time, the eighth-level monster Red Falcon had been released, and everyone could no longer ride on the bird's back.
Thinking of this, Gabriel, Polly and Cobbins felt relieved instead of any regrets.
It is not so easy to go to heaven. The cold current in the sky can really take their lives, no matter they are strong warriors or wizards with magic.
In the afternoon, they strolled around this city which was many times more prosperous than Naniwuya, bought some local specialties and items needed for the journey, as well as a new carriage. Then they returned to the inn to rest and began to prepare for their next departure tomorrow.
The original carriage and the horse were thrown outside the Shennata Forest, waiting for someone to pick them up. In order to continue the journey, a new one had to be bought.
Early the next morning, everyone in the hotel welcomed an unexpected guest.
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