A strange world

Chapter 185 Chapter 38. "Walking Alone"

Annan was wrapped in a warm and thick coat, and the hand holding the reins of the carriage was tucked into his sleeves.

Just as the cold of winter did not freeze Annan's enthusiasm, the boring journey did not dampen his expectations.

Thinking back on the companions on this trip: Gray Wolf, a somewhat lonely middle-aged businessman, with an aphasic boy about the same age as Martin; Astolfo, a girl who admires knights and wants to become a retinue in Bethal City; and A business girl with weathered skin.

Annan's character is a young man who wavers between a businessman and a bard. The feathered clothes borrowed from Andrew Luna are packed in a suitcase, which will never be revealed.

This time it was not like being taken care of by Aunt Susan and her family in Pinglin Town, not like being involved in the conspiracy whirlpool in Breeze City, nor like the uneasiness of returning to Osulund. He even took off his mage robe - the trip to Bethal City will be a real adventure in another world.

This is Annan's own adventure!

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An ordinary afternoon, a little earlier.

When the excited Annan left the city lord's palace, Olmedo waved to call the servants in the distance: "Francois and the others are here too, right? Let Dina go find them and tell them..."

"Annan is ready to abandon you."

Dina, who appeared in front of Francois, Dela, and Lorna, told them that Annan was going to Bethal City and found an excuse to lie to them.

No wonder Annan suddenly came back just now and said that he had some matters to deal with in Breeze City and asked them to return to Xingyue Bay first...

"Do you feel free to let Annan go to Betar City by himself?"

"Otherwise, what can I do..." Francois had an inexplicable feeling of taking care of the naughty boy, "Then Annan's safety will be left to you."

"Actually, it's you." Dina opened the wooden box she brought, "I'm proficient in makeup."

Dozens of minutes later, a rough man and a lively girl stood in front of Dina.

"Be careful not to reveal your secrets."

Dina reminded them. Because of the alien order, Dai La is no longer in disguise and will not follow Annan.

"I don't need to speak." The rough man said in Lorna's voice.

"I can disguise my voice." The lively girl said crisply, "What should I do with these things that are going to be sent to Xingyue Bay?"

"Leave it to us. There will be some caravans going to Xingyue Bay in the next few days."

Francois said nothing more and checked the luggage to be sent back to Xingyue Bay - the figure curled up in the suitcase was revealed as it was opened.

Bang!

The "girl" pressed the suitcase with a look of horror on her face.

Dina and the "man" looked at her from afar.

"The lock on the box is a little rusty!"

As soon as Francois, who had regained his voice, finished speaking, Martin got out of the suitcase: "I know what you do, take me with you."

"you do not know."

Cousin Annan's reputation is known to everyone from Breeze City to Xingyue Bay.

"My cousin is going to Betar City without you. You want to pretend to be someone else and follow him. What's so hard to guess?"

The rumors are wrong... Thinking this, Francois considered knocking Martin out——

"You want to knock me out?"

Now Martin doesn't look stupid at all, he is even shrewd. Francois had no choice but to agree to take Martin with him: "But the secret must not be revealed."

"I know that if I'm found out, I'll definitely be sent back. I'm not stupid."

The next day, Lorna, Martin, and Francois joined Annan's team as a lonely businessman, a mute boy, and a knight girl.

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As the new night fell, the three carriages stopped at the empty camp on the roadside, lit a bonfire and boiled snow water.

After several days of traveling, the five of them got to know each other well.

The down-and-out princess of the neighboring country complained that the road was getting harder and harder to walk. This is what the business girl called herself during the first day of rest. She said she was the princess of the Tatoon Empire, but she was slandered by the evil queen and kicked out of her home.

The Tatooine Empire is the most powerful country in the Allen continent, and it did not even have one after 500 years of the Saint Laurent Calendar.

"Because we are almost arriving at Bethal City." Knight girl Gemma said. As for why the road near Betar City turned bad... I can only say that this is politics.

"Are you a wanted criminal?" The princess pretended to be elegant and rubbed her calf as she asked Annan, "Why are you always wearing a hood?"

Annan really no longer needs to hide his head and tail, but just in case: "Do you know "The Fall of the Mage Tower"?"

"what is that?"

Annan didn't answer and looked around at the other people in front of the bonfire.

"What is the Fall of the Mage Tower?"

"What is the Mage Tower?"

It seems that there is no danger of exposure... Annan lifted his cloak: "I just want to avoid some trouble..."

It's just that the effect is not as good as Annan imagined. Perhaps the cold wind these days has made his face rough and he is wearing a bloated coat. Only the princess stared at Annan without blinking. After being awakened, she tilted her head duplicitously: "I just looked at you twice because I thought you were similar to a prince..."

Annan took some powder from the bag and sprinkled it on himself and others.

"Why does this smell like spice..." The knight girl choked and pinched her nose.

"Because this is pepper."

As a price for not being so far north, Bethal City not only has ratmen, but also vampires.

The smell of pepper is too much for a vampire's keen sense of smell, but there's something risky about it - ogres like it.

After dinner, they returned to their carriages to rest.

Silence returns to the camp, and the night grows deeper, at some point. Two shadows lingered over the camp, ominous whispers torn apart by the wind.

"There is a group of adventurers here..."

"They have pepper..."

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In the early morning, they resumed their journey and passed a village in the morning - on the map this village was only a few dozen miles away from Bethal City. They were almost there.

But as they passed through the village, they discovered that the villagers were preparing to burn a beautiful lady to death.

"Help me! They say I'm a devil and want to burn me!"

Before Annan and the others did anything, the villagers gathered around the carriage with farm forks, axes and other agricultural tools: "They are the accomplices of the devil...burn them to death!"

The princess was frightened, but the boy was still sleeping.

A wooden spear passed in front of Annan crookedly. They were forced to fight back, and the knight girl rushed out first, followed closely by the lonely uncle. As professionals, they were responsible for dealing with the villagers. When Annan wanted to be a hero to save the beauty, he was horrified to find that the torture rack was empty——

Annan was preparing to activate the magic ring and release low-level summoning spells, shouting to remind the knight girl and the lonely uncle to stop the fight and exit this weird village.

This journey is beginning to look like an adventure, Annan thought.

Then they speeded up, and finally, on the fifth day of departure, Betar City emerged in front of them.

What surged in Annan's heart was not only anticipation but also pride - Gema never imagined that he would run into Betar City.