A strange world

Chapter 700 Chapter 97. The final task

The trip to the South had both good and bad consequences.

If we only look at the purpose, Annan, who met the Skeleton King, got to know the princess, and mingled with the nobles of Huadu, undoubtedly achieved his original purpose perfectly. But the defeat on the Crimson Princess' side wiped out all the joy...

It is equivalent to completing a well-rewarded commission, but losing the collected loot.

Another thing that makes people confused...The Scarlet Princess will not test Annan for no reason.

Who told her?

"It's still too late to chase him now..." Itilia persuaded again.

"She's still angry. It'll take a while."

"You don't understand women..." Itilia said.

"You don't understand vampires..." Annan replied.

There are also races such as dragons, elves, and goblins...

Time will make paranoid thoughts fade, and he used this trick to make Elimoas reduce her desire for money.

The Scarlet Princess left in a hurry with the fake princess, but Count Turner was forgotten in the dungeon. After learning the news, Annan ran to the dungeon and looked at him with a frown.

"I can't figure out how you do it."

Count Turner looked up. He seemed fine. Not eating for a few days was nothing to a vampire Count.

"What?"

"Let Princess Crimson know the answer."

"The answer..." Count Turner showed a hint of confusion.

It seems he doesn't know either.

Annan went to visit the Scarlet Witch again and told her, "I'm going on a long trip, but it won't be long."

"This place is boring, boring, and rude, let me out!" The Scarlet Witch's mental state became worse and worse.

"Did you agree to my invitation?"

The Scarlet Witch tried to show weakness, but it was completely inconsistent with her wild face and skin color: "Aren't we companions?"

"Not since the day you betrayed me."

After the words fell, Annan suddenly seemed to see the Scarlet Princess standing aside, her hands on her hips and accusing him: "Not since the day you cheated on me."

He shook his head to get rid of the inexplicable figure in his mind, and ignored the crying Scarlet Witch and returned to the ground.

Annan first went to the city lord to say goodbye.

"Some accident happened, we have to leave first..."

"Are you in such a hurry?"

The city lord frowned. He was preparing to invite Princess Crimson to the banquet tomorrow night. The invitations were all ready...

"I don't know the specific situation either." Annan said casually.

"Okay... Huadu is your second hometown." The city lord did not force him to stay, and his political achievements this time were still impressive enough.

It should be my third hometown, my second hometown is Syltovis. Annan thought, bid farewell to the city lord, and ask them to send someone to contact the Gangduo leader, but the news here should be spread.

I hope the old lords and young lords who know the news will not be frightened.

Annan deliberately took Count Turner out of the dungeon so that many people could see him leaving with the vampire - this should prevent the Scarlet Princess from sending people to rob the prison again.

But as soon as he returned to the warehouse, Annan opened the portal and threw Count Turner to Liberty City.

Taking it to the moor would be too conspicuous, and what's the difference between having a vampire next to you and a caravan camping in front of a dragon's lair?

In the attic, maid Abby is packing her luggage.

Annan asked Itilia to return to Liberty City first. She actually wanted to stay in Huadu to handle business. After all, the celebration was still going on, and there was also the shadow of Ruikan'er lingering, so he was worried.

The princess is still unable to leave Annan - she is still like a toddler, and will fall into an instinctive reaction similar to anxiety and panic if left for too long.

The same goes for branches from another world. It still looks that withered, but Idilia said it likes the sun very much.

"how do you know?"

"I put it in the sun and it started growing slowly."

Idilia showed Annan some bulging branches. It would be hard to spot it if you looked at it all day long... just like Annan didn't feel any change from when he first got it from the merchant.

"The swampland shouldn't see much sunlight, but I can try to find some weird things to use as fertilizer." Annan held up the flower pot.

Klein will follow him, as well as Lemon. And because he couldn't trust the goblin leader, Annan took Dorai with him.

Dorai, who has been with Annan for three years, has been deeply influenced by him, and every move he makes looks like a human being, especially the black dress with a swallowtail. The goblin leader looked at it as if he wanted to exercise his "king" rights and snatch the clothes back.

But it also knew who had the final say here and begged Annan to give it one.

"Look at your performance."

Late at night, the carriage carrying Annan and the others left Huadu in a hurry as if they were escaping.

When choosing a fork in the road, Annan hesitated a little, but still bypassed the Crimson Castle and took about three days to reach the Skeleton King's territory.

The members of the weird prison seemed fine, and Skeleton King at least didn't treat them badly with "food."

Annan asked for some strange fragments, dug out the leaves of the World Tree, sprinkled the "fertilizer" into the flower pots, and then gave them to the Skeleton King to take care of.

As they were getting ready to set off, Mrs. Puppet came up to her.

"I'm with you." She said, but Annan could see that she wanted to repay him for finding his tribe and protecting him.

They set out to the south, traveling day and night, and arrived at a small town with rising smoke in the drizzly morning.

It was very close to the swamp, and Annan planned to find a familiar local. A ranger with a wooden bow from the town tavern jumped into his sight.

"I am Annan, a warlock."

Annan's introduction received little response, and the news in the town was not that well-informed.

The knight-errant, who looked very much like Mr. Fast in his raunchiness, swept over Klein, the princess, and the puppet lady.

"You can guess where you are going?"

"The moors to the south."

"How specific? The Rotting Swamp is as big as a province."

"The place where the goblins live."

"What are you doing with those hated guys? Hunting for their skins?"

These words made the goblin leader angry. He rushed out of the carriage and cursed the goblin at the ranger who didn't understand. Dorai didn't react at all.

As the most intelligent goblin, it never arms itself with anger.

The ranger didn't expect that there was a goblin hiding in the carriage, and he couldn't figure out what the relationship was with his employer. He had to explain: "I don't mean that goblins are treacherous, but I don't mean that goblins are trustworthy. There is always a reason why they are so miserable. .”

Goblins have enmities with elves, and they also have enmities with dwarves - few ethnic groups have this honor.

"I will remember your reminder."

Annan thought for a while and asked: "Is the goblin's... skin valuable?"

This kind of topic should be similar to horror stories in the ears of Dorai and the goblin leader.

"It's not worth it, it's just that the mercenary hall is collecting it..." The ranger raised his eyebrows at him, "So do you want to hire him? No one in the town knows the rancid swamp better than me."

"certainly."

Soon, Annan hired the local ranger at the original price of 15 silver coins, or 10 silver coins a day.

The rolling wheels drove out of the town, startling a group of crows on the treetops.