The sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, and everything is full of vitality. This is the biggest feeling of Ryan and Alando along the way.
The two left the Whispering Forest three days ago and followed the guidance on the Orlando map, heading towards Yignas City. Along the way, the roads became wider and wider as they walked, and the number of rivers gradually increased. The small streams that could have been crossed in a few steps slowly converged into a large river dozens of meters wide, and a ferry was required to cross.
After staying away from the Whispering Forest in the south, Ryan suddenly found that his daily diet had also changed. The Talon sheep and Talon cattle that were often eaten in the north were basically extinct. Even if they existed, the taste was very different. Far away and ridiculously expensive. On the contrary, fish often appear on the table, and the cooking methods have also become more colorful than the simple barbecue. Sturgeon soup, clam chowder, and smoked grilled seabass all have a different taste.
The destination of Ryan and Alando's trip is called Yignas City, which is the largest and most important city in the southern part of the continent. The largest city on the continent is naturally the imperial capital Fernando City. However, this city built with the support of the alchemist Jieshi, the last of the Seven Heroes and the youngest student of Archmage Mellen, has only a short history of two hundred years. It is not as good as the second largest city in the mainland, Yignas City, which has a history of at least a thousand years.
The name of Yignas City comes from the Elvish language. It is said that the city was built by the elves with the help of humans. Yignas means the Pearl of Esrael in the Elvish language. However, the pronunciation of this name, which was literally translated from Elvish into human common language, was quite convoluted. On the contrary, its other name, "Free Paradise", made it easier for others to remember it.
For thousands of years, the city of Yignas, a paradise of freedom, has always believed in the tenet of "I will not offend others unless they offend me". From the day it was built, it has been a neutral city and does not participate in any disputes between countries and ethnic groups on the continent. war. Even mankind's long war known as the "Hundred Years of Catastrophe" and the invasion of the undead two hundred years ago, a disaster for all mankind, have not affected this place.
In the free paradise Yignas City, anyone can live here as long as they abide by the rules here. Regardless of whether they are princes, nobles or civilians and beggars, this city treats them equally. This is why Yignas City is called the "Free Paradise" by everyone. "The biggest reason.
Ryan has never been able to figure it out. If the undead invasion was because the main battlefield at that time was in the north, and the evil legion that swept the entire north was wiped out when it attacked Sunrise City, so it did not affect the free paradise city of Yignas, then human history In that century-old catastrophe where the main battlefield was in the south of the mainland, during more than a hundred years of war, why didn't any king think of occupying this city that was irresistible in terms of location and wealth
Along the way, he was getting closer and closer to the city of Yignas, the free paradise. Seeing the shops on both sides getting denser and denser, Ryan's idea became stronger and stronger. He believed that he would definitely find a place in this ancient and mysterious city. city to find the answer to your question.
When Ryan stood on the street in the business district of Yignas City, the free paradise, he was far more shocked than when he first saw the imperial capital Fernando City that day. Ryan has heard a lot about the Free Paradise City of Yignas since he was a child. If the furs and magic cores produced in his hometown are of high quality, they will most likely be sold here by businessmen in exchange for a satisfactory price. It is said that the fur of the Earth Bear that was killed by Galibu, his teacher, was sold here for an unbelievable sky-high price.
In Ryan's mind, Yignas City, a free paradise, should have a high city wall, at least as high as Fernando City. It should be ten meters high. Four carriages running side by side on the city wall should be about the same. Outside the city wall, there should be a wide and deep moat. There is a lack of water in the north, so Fernando City does not have a moat, but there is sufficient water in the south. Why does Ryan need a five-meter-wide moat
Unfortunately, Ryan's eyes clearly told him that all the things he had imagined before were wrong. There were no high walls, no wide and deep moats, not even an obvious defensive building, and no patrol. Soldier. What Ryan saw before his eyes were spacious streets and neat shops on both sides of the streets.
Ryan rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Everything in front of him was still the same. It seemed that he had not seen it wrong. Ryan spent a few silver coins and asked the "hawkers" on both sides of the street in a roundabout way. The latter firmly told him that this was the real Yignas City, the beautiful city known as the paradise of freedom.
Ryan completely ignored Alan Duo and Xiao Bai who were traveling with him, and squatted on the side of the street, staring at the flow of people coming and going, his head was in chaos. There is no city wall or moat, and there seems to be no guarding army. So how did this city protect itself and not become the target of an ambitious king during that hundred-year catastrophe
The crowd suddenly became chaotic. A middle-aged man in gentleman's clothing hurriedly pushed away the crowd and ran over. Behind him were seven or eight men holding various weapons. The middle-aged man turned around and saw that the man closest to him was less than five meters away. He felt desolate. He didn't know what he tripped under his feet. His center of gravity was unstable and he fell onto Ryan's body. before.
A "bang" sound brought Ryan back to his senses. He stared blankly at the middle-aged man lying in front of him. The latter raised his upper body with one hand, revealing his face with a bloody nose. This was a familiar face. Ryan remembered where he had seen this face before, but he couldn't recall it for a while.
At this moment, the seven or eight men chased him. When they saw the middle-aged man falling to the ground, they stood in a semicircle and surrounded him with evil smiles on their faces.
The middle-aged man wiped the nosebleed with one hand, but unexpectedly it caused scars on his face, causing him to twitch in pain. Then at the same time, the middle-aged man also saw Ryan in front of him, and his eyes flashed. Liang shouted: "Magic Ryan, is it really you?"
This familiar voice awakened the memory deep in Ryan's mind. Outside Alpha City, the middle-aged businessman and the thief Scar, these scenes of the past flashed before Ryan's eyes. Ryan finally heard the name of the middle-aged man in front of him: Flanner. The businessman who spent 50 gold coins to hire himself and invited himself to the Pride of the Lion King.
Recalling the time when he just left his hometown, Ryan couldn't help but sigh. This time passed so fast, and a year passed in a flash. But Flanner had no intention of "remembering the bitter and remembering the sweet". The strength in his body did not know where it came from, and he suddenly jumped up and shouted at Ryan: "Dear Magician Ryan, please save me! "
Ryan was stunned. In his impression, every move of the Flanner in front of him was full of confidence. How could he be in such a state now? But no matter what, Flanner is an old friend after all, and as long as he can help, he will help him no matter what.
Before Ryan could speak, one of the seven or eight men who gathered around, a bald man who seemed to be the leader, started to speak: "Flanner, why didn't you run away?"
"Run?" When Ryan heard this, he asked the bald man: "What is going on?"
Flanner's face turned red. When he and Ryan walked together that day, he was very confident. He didn't expect that when they met again, they would be in such an embarrassing situation.
"Who are you?" The bald man looked at Ryan up and down. Seeing Ryan wearing a linen adventurer's clothing, he said disapprovingly: "Don't come to cause trouble. This guy owes us money, and we owe him money."
Ryan's magic robe was destroyed in the tomb, so he threw it away. Now he is wearing the most ordinary adventurer clothes, which naturally won't attract anyone's attention. Hearing that the bald man claimed to be a debt collector, Ryan frowned and asked, "How much?"
"I, I lent them a thousand gold coins some time ago," Flanner said hesitantly: "Luck... that goods... ugh!"
"What a lot of nonsense!" The bald man laughed at Flanner and said, "You borrowed a thousand at the beginning, and now you have been delaying it for ten days, so it is not a thousand!"
Ryan immediately understood what happened through the words of the two people. He immediately said: "How much is the total?"
"You?" The bald man didn't expect that Ryan would help Flanner pay off the debt. He hesitated and said, "One day is 10% interest, which is 2,600 gold coins in these ten days."
"Here!" The bald man took out a contract written on sheepskin from his arms, pointed to the words on it and said: "It's clearly written here! You can't default on the debt, otherwise you have to do it The coolies slowly earn money to pay back.”
Flanner looked at Ryan longingly, his face full of pleading.
Ryan didn't expect the interest to be so high, but he didn't hesitate at all. He took out the money bag that Faras gave him directly from his arms, and then said to the bald man: "I'll pay him back!" Ryan turned to Flanner and said, "I'm not very familiar with this aspect. Take a look, are there any more procedures? It will save you trouble in the future!"
Flanner was overjoyed. He put his hands on his chest and suppressed his heart that was about to beat out. But the bald man showed hesitation when he heard Ryan pay back the money. His eyes looked around, as if he was looking for something in the crowd.
Flanner, who was in ecstasy, naturally did not notice this detail, but Ryan and Alando on the side saw this at the same time, and a common question came to their minds: "What is he looking for?"