Disaster Strikes

Thinking of this, Chen Mo did not refuse.

"In that case, it is safer for everyone to go together. Thank you."

Jon smiled kindly.

"It's just to help each other. I don't know where you are from, what's your name, and what are you doing in Glory City?"

Chen Mo knew that the other party was just asking casually, and didn't care. He smiled and said, "I am from the Schumacher family. You can call me Chen Mo. I will go to Glory City to learn forging and refining."

Jon quickly brought Chen Mo to the team and introduced the newly joined Chen Mo to everyone.

Until the team had gathered more than 40 people, they left the Hamaza Castle under the command of Jon and set off on the journey to Glory City.

The journey was relatively peaceful.

The road they took was the safest one, and with so many people, they did not encounter roving bandits and strange beasts.

After passing the dangerous area near the Hamaza family, the rest of the journey was much safer.

In addition to Chen Mo, there was another young man named Vince who was from the distant Tuku family. It was said that he had walked for half a month to get here. He wanted to go to Glory City to learn about herbal medicine, so the two of them naturally came together.

"You walked so far alone?"

Chen Mo looked at Vince and said in surprise: "You are too amazing!"

Facing Chen Mo's compliment, Vince said helplessly: "There is no way. The pharmacist in the castle died two years ago. I had to come here under the order of the lord."

Then Vince changed the subject.

"As for you, I heard that the Schumacher family is a powerful family. There must be many blacksmiths in the territory. Why did you go to Glory City to learn to be a blacksmith?"

Chen Mo rolled his eyes when he heard this.

"I'm going to learn how to forge magical equipment, not how to forge farm tools."

"Ah!?"

Vince was stunned and said, "Do you still want to become a forger? This may be a bit difficult. After all, those equipment refiners need not only a long time to polish, but also excellent qualifications, which is not so easy."

Then he couldn't help but exclaimed, "As expected of a big family, they actually want to train a forger, tut tut."

Chen Mo was helpless. Many people in the castle had never left in their lives. Most of their thoughts were imprisoned, and their individual consciousness was relatively weak.

"I'm just going to try my luck and take it one step at a time."

Vince shrugged.

"Good luck."

"Ah!!"

Just then.

A cry of pain came from the back of the team.

This kind of thing was not uncommon along the way. Vince said excitedly, "Someone must have been poisoned again. I'll go and see if I can treat him."

The team was not moving fast, and Chen Mo had nothing to do, so he just followed.

This is an old man carrying a girl on his back, gritting his teeth and crying out in pain.

His left leg seemed to have been bitten by some poisonous insect, and it had turned purple and swollen. Seeing this, Vince said confidently: "It's a small problem, not a fatal poisonous insect. I happen to have some herbs collected on the road. You are lucky!"

Vince can only treat a few kinds of toxins, and the poison the old man was poisoned with happened to be one of them.

"But my granddaughter..."

Chen Mo then noticed that the little girl next to the old man, about seven or eight years old, was covered with red spots and seemed to have a high fever.

Then Chen Mo learned.

The old man was going to take his granddaughter to Glory City to find his son, the girl's father, and ask a more skilled pharmacist to treat the girl.

And in his current condition, he couldn't even take care of himself, so he obviously couldn't carry the girl on his back.

"What are you looking at?"

The passionate young man Vince immediately said: "One for each person, you choose?"

Vince looked at Chen Mo as a matter of course, and Chen Mo was a little speechless.

Thinking that he, a dignified natural disaster person, had to start respecting the elderly and loving the young and being helpful here, he couldn't help but feel ashamed.

This must not be known to other natural disaster people.

"Just think of it as integrating into the new environment and doubling the exercise at the same time."

Chen Mo comforted himself.

After carrying the little girl on her back, she said in a daze: "Thank you, brother."

Vince, who was standing by, heard the words, but stood up straight, with the momentum of a man who stood up to the sky, and said obligingly: "Don't worry, you will be fine soon."

"I really trouble you."

The old man was supported by Vince and said apologetically.

Chen Mo also showed a righteous attitude and responded: "It's natural to help each other outside."

One day later.

"Is that the City of Glory!"

Not only Chen Mo, many people in the team are visiting the City of Glory for the first time.

For example, Vince, and the grandfather and grandson.

Chen Mo and Vince became familiar with the grandfather and grandson along the way. At this moment, as the fog in front of everyone's eyes suddenly disappeared, the vision suddenly became clear, and they saw a city built on the hillside.

The towering city walls are far from being comparable to the castles of families like Schumacher and Huiyao.

Although there are some arable land around Glory City, it is far from enough to feed the large population in the city. This city built under the crater controls sulfur, iron ore and other advanced technologies that are scarce in the surrounding families.

In this way.

Merchants who exchange what they have are endless, which has driven the development of Glory City.

The speed of their feet increased, and when everyone arrived at Glory City, they naturally dispersed. After all, it was just a temporary and loose team. There were no special rules except for jointly defending against enemies when encountering dangers along the way.

After this day of recuperation, the swelling caused by the poisoning of the old man had been basically eliminated. He once again carried his granddaughter on his back, thanked the two of them profusely and said goodbye.

"Hehe, the lord has already arranged a good relationship for me. In the next two years, I will be an apprentice at the Herbal Medicine Studio in the north of the city. You can come and see me when you have time."

After Chen Mo took note of it, he waved goodbye to Vince.

When dealing with the poisonous skin of the Demon Swamp Giant Toad in the future, we will indeed need the other party to provide some information, but this matter is not urgent for the time being.

In Glory City, people are coming and going.

The vast majority of people here are adventurers who come and go, exploring the fog and obtaining various resources. It can be said that they have been living a life of licking blood since they were born.

Chen Mo had already inquired about it when he was in the Schumacher family.

The so-called city lords of Glory City in the past were all strong men who stood out from among the adventurers. Compared with the few city guards controlled by the city lords, the real center of power in Glory City is actually an organization called the Adventurers Association. .

This organization can be found almost everywhere humans have set foot.

It can even be said that the city lord of Glory City is just a spokesperson recommended by the Adventurers Association. He is responsible for managing public security and maintaining stability and dignity, nothing more.

It's already afternoon.

After Chen Mo briefly walked around the city, he confirmed the general distribution of the city.

In addition to the Adventurer's Guild occupying the prosperous area in the center of the city, various workshops and vendors in the city divide the city into different blocks. The blacksmithing workshop that Chen Mo is looking for is in a block in the north of the city, and in the south of the city where Vince is. The herbal medicine district is far away from each other.

"Let's rent a house first and have a place to stay before we talk."

It seems that he was affected by his experience in the hive world. Although Chen Mo was carrying a large amount of silver coins, which was enough to sustain him to live a prosperous life for the next year, he still came to this relatively dilapidated civilian neighborhood.

After asking around, he rented a single room.

The landlord was an aunt in her fifties. She was dark and thin, but had the impression of a street office in Chen Mo's impression. She kept looking at Chen Mo.

"Fifty copper coins per month, and the rent is collected on time at the end of the month. Although Glory City is a mixed bag, Meishi Street is not a place where filth and evil practices are hidden. The identities and occupations of the residents must be registered every month, and will be checked regularly. Check, if you have done anything shameful, you'd better leave now, I'll pretend I haven't seen it."

Prices in Glory City are undoubtedly much higher than those in the castle.

certainly.

It also depends on what it is. If it is weapons, sulfur and the like, it will be cheaper.

Even after Chen Mo confessed his identity and purpose, took out three silver coins, and paid half a year's rent, the landlord seemed to be in a much better mood when Chen Mo acted cleanly.

"Since you are here to be an apprentice, you should find a master as soon as possible to avoid getting into trouble during the verification. This is the key. If you encounter any trouble that cannot be solved, you can come to me at any time."

After a hurried explanation, the landlady left.

It is not difficult to judge from her aura that she should be a reputable person in this Meishi Street, commonly known as a local snake.

The room was so small that it could only accommodate a bed.

There are public toilets and bathing places on the street.

After Chen Mo simply tidied up the house and put away the supplies he carried with him, he noticed a little boy about five or six years old, lying at the door, secretly looking at him.

A little surprised.

Chen Mo was about to say hello, but when the little boy saw Chen Mo looking at him, he shyly ran into the next room.

It turned out to be a neighbor's child.

The sun sets.

Chen Mo walked out of the room, stretched out, and saw the child just now hiding behind a woman, smiling at him. The woman who was sewing looked up, and when she saw Chen Mo, she smiled politely and said, Then he lowered his head again and continued sewing the clothes in his hands.

Chen Mo was stunned when he saw this.

I have to say, this beautiful woman is really charming!

Even though they were dressed plainly, they still couldn't hide their beauty. Although the two of them only looked at each other for a short time, it was still unforgettable for Chen Mo. This is probably the so-called white teeth and eyebrows, and the autumn water, right?

Just didn't expect it.

In the civilian area where I chose to live, I was actually a little surprised that there was a beautiful woman living as my neighbor.

"Are you new here?"

At this time.

A fat woman holding a baby next to her asked with a smile after seeing Chen Mo's surprise.

"Well, hello, my name is Chen Mo."

After the fat woman introduced herself to Chen Mo, she obviously knew that he was surprised by his beautiful female neighbor.

"Her husband died outside a few years ago, and later he came here with his children to work as a tailor. He made a living by mending adventurers and people around him. I heard that many people were paying attention to her, young man. , you also have a chance."

When Chen Mo heard this, he smiled awkwardly.

Although he was surprised that such a beauty lived here, he was just curious.

Not to mention that he is practicing boy skills and his identity as a natural disaster victim, his emotional and psychological age is just that of an ordinary high school student, or college student, who has been single for many years.

He has no intention of becoming a stepfather just for the sake of a kiss.

He chatted with the fat woman for a while and learned that her husband was a quarryman. Although his income was decent, he had to feed his sick mother and four children, so his life was quite tight.

Of course.

Even so, according to her, it was much better than the civilians in some small family castles.

As the sun went down, the fat woman's husband finally came back in the dust.

He didn't look tall, and the burden of life seemed to have bent him. He was not very good at speaking. After seeing Chen Mo, the new neighbor, he just smiled politely, and then the fat woman arranged for him to take a bath and eat.

Gurgle.

Chen Mo's stomach was also a little hungry.

But this time, Chen Mo didn't intend to wrong himself in terms of food, so he soon came to a restaurant with quite good business.

Most of the people who came here to consume were adventurers who carried weapons with them.

They ate meat and drank wine, showing off their adventures, which was quite free and easy. After Chen Mo sat down, he also ordered a local specialty, five-flavor charcoal naan.

They put the thin noodles directly on the charcoal, pressed them evenly, and lit some hay with a similar incense smell on the noodles. Then they quickly cut off a large plate of fat and lean golden barbecue from the outer layer of the barbecue with a sharp dagger.

The refreshing meat aroma, accompanied by the sizzling sound of oil, immediately whetted Chen Mo's appetite.

These barbecues seemed to come from several different animals. With years of barbecue experience, they were artificially matched and strung on a barbecue rack.

Then there was a large glass of coarse malt wine, a small dish of dipping sauce, a small plate of spicy vegetables similar to onions, and a small plate of fruits and vegetables.

Chen Mo couldn't help but feast on them.

The oil rubbed, squeezed, and flowed between the teeth, and the wonderful feeling of mixing with spices into the deep of the throat instantly swept away Chen Mo's fatigue of the past few days.

"Guest, your charcoal naan is here!"

Although the charcoal ash on this naan baked on charcoal fire has been cleaned, it still has some residue, which adds a primitive fragrance to it.

The light golden case exudes a primitive aroma.

After Chen Mo tore off a piece, as the crispy and tender bread entered his mouth, it not only absorbed the grease in his mouth, but also made the aroma linger between his lips and teeth.

"Haha, this is what we men who live on the edge of a knife should eat!"

An adventurer ate the five-flavor baked naan and laughed heartily, as if he had forgotten all his troubles after eating this delicious bite.