"The chamber of commerce...there are three blacksmith shops...the layout is different..."
"The location of the granary is also wrong, uh... 8 years, it was the autumn of 590—something is coming..."
"That's not right...there is no such area here."
Sally followed behind, listening to Rody's words with some doubts, feeling that he was a little confused. Occasionally, his eyes would see the magician's performance in the lively market on the street, but he didn't dare to stop casually.
In this era, the existence of magicians is generally accepted by the public, but one thing that needs to be distinguished is that the generally accepted "magician" is not the kind of player who throws fireballs all over the sky and casts forbidden spells in the impression of players in other games. Horrible guy who ruined the world. The so-called "magic" is not a product created purely for destruction and war.
More often, the role of "magic" is to transform and optimize society. Rich lords will hire magicians and use zero-level spells like "Mage Hand" to help with some heavy labor, greatly increasing labor Efficiency—Level 0 spells, in the magician's spell classification, are also called "trick" spells... things like "sand blowing", "lighting", and "messaging", the purpose of existence is to facilitate life , to entertain the public.
Similar to the circus troupe that Sally saw, usually one or two such magicians would appear to perform tricks, bring some novelties to the hard-working farmers, and earn some hard-earned money. It can be regarded as a labor profession .
Rody didn't have much feeling for these magicians. After the game server was launched, "magician" became an unpopular profession for a while. Perhaps this has something to do with the low-level magic professions needing to fight hand-to-hand in the early stage...Because there are not many zero-level spells with attack power in the early stage. After a lot of hard work and mixed experience, I found that the power of the first-level and second-level spells was really heartbreaking. Most mages did not have the patience to continue and changed jobs, because until the fourth-level spells appeared, the mage Career is almost always the "crane tail" in the team, and it is not welcome anyway.
However, if any mage survives the 30-level threshold of an advanced profession, what awaits him is a surprise reward after a long period of depression—but now Rody is not interested in recalling the three-year history of blood and tears of those mages. His appearance caused great doubts.
Because he found that there are quite a few differences between the town of Keig in his impression and the one in front of him. The most obvious one is that the entire southeast area is not as empty as he remembered, but full of various craftsmen. Shops, including a large market, are bustling with each other...
"In 590...Kig Town was auctioning this property, why?"
Rody recalled the scene when players started to buy real estate after they had the first batch of funds after the server was launched. The studios supported by the consortium bought land frantically. Kig Town became a hot spot at that time because of the large number of vacant real estate and cheap prices. One of the real estate projects... As for the reason, Rody frowned and thought for a long time, and finally recalled—
fire.
A fire burned half of the town of Kig in the autumn of 9. That was before the server opened. Viscount Telanca was quite distressed for a while. After the server opened, almost everyone who was here at that time They can all receive tasks assigned in the name of Lord Viscount, in order to restore the original economic level of Kig Town as soon as possible...
Thinking of this, Rody's thoughts turned around, and he naturally thought of the path he was going to take next. To talk about fighting the orcs and rejuvenating the country is definitely not a simple matter of raising their arms and calling out countless people flocking to them. If there is anything that can twist this country with a solid social class into one, then there are only two words:
Benefit.
If people of different classes are separated bricks and stones, the word "interest" is enough to become solid cement, allowing these guys of different levels to build a fortress wall.
Roddy, a technical geek, has an absolute advantage in combat, but he has never had much contact with business... After all, he is a lone ranger, and he has always lived on his own. Occasionally team up to play dungeons, and sometimes She has a withdrawn feeling of "don't let strangers in".
In this life, I am afraid that I will never be able to walk the world alone like before. Roddy sighed, and when he looked up, he found Sally was beside him, looking at him curiously.
"I've always been curious... What are you thinking about when you are in a daze?"
"Here," Rody pointed to the shops in front of him, "I'm thinking about how to buy them and earn money for myself."
This made Sally burst into laughter—not because she thought Roddy was bragging, but because she was amused by the way he spoke.
From the perspective of Sally...or all the people in this social system, there is no concept of "buying" things like shops and markets in Kieg Town. Shops will have commercial guilds, and bazaars will also be registered in commercial guilds, but in the end, most of the benefits they generate belong to the lord—except for the lord, who wants to make money from this group of people , basically a fool's dream.
"You're such a strange guy, I don't know why these thoughts come to your mind."
Sally pointed to these shops, and continued: "These rules have been fixed for hundreds of years, and the lords are always the biggest beneficiaries. Do you want to get a share of it? Then you have to make sure that Viscount Telanca agrees." All right—but I don't think the stingy lord would agree."
For these nobles in the territory, Sally knows everything well. It was only at this time that Rody remembered her status as the daughter of a duke, and secretly scolded himself for forgetting Sally's ability, but immediately asked humbly for advice.
Sally has never seen Rody's studious side before. After being praised a few times at a young age, she naturally became a little uncontrollably buoyant. After a few answers, she felt that she had become a "teacher" invisibly. She had never experienced this kind of novel feeling before, and she inevitably talked too much. The two just walked and chatted about the influence of the aristocratic feudal system and the commercial system, and finally passed through the town and were about to leave for Holly. At the last "supply station" in front of Ercheng, Rody was satisfied to let Sally drink a sip of water, and turned to the front with a smile to continue leading the way.
At this moment, Sally felt that she seemed to have said too much, and she wanted to step up and say a few "ruthless words" angrily, but when the two of them were about to leave the town in a relaxed and casual atmosphere, one The sudden appearance of cavalry suddenly broke the relaxed and casual atmosphere.
Sally stopped in her footsteps and stared blankly ahead.
The good luck of walking through the Silent Whispering Forest seems to have ended here. Sally looked at her and almost exclaimed, because... among the more than ten cavalry in that line, the leader was the one she was avoiding at this time. …
Francis? Luciferon!
Of course, Rody also knew Francis—but he knew the Lord Efta who grew a beard on his lips a few years later and was finally hanged by the order of Legion Chief Soderol. Francis at this moment is much younger than he was then. His half-length blond hair is meticulous, and he is not gorgeous but well-cut leather armor. His upright posture makes him stand out from the crowd of soldiers.
It was getting late at this time, and without thinking, Rody understood that the other party came here from the direction of Vic Village to rest for the night. The horses were exhausted, and the soldiers had chapped lips—and what worried Rody most was At this time, the group of cavalrymen who were fifty meters away actually jumped off their horses and led the horses into Kig Town, just in time to meet Rody and Sally!
This... is this fucking coincidence
At this moment, Rody had no way to turn back, because he found that there was no corner to hide in this straight street—turn back? Now even a single wrong move might alert Francis, who was only thinking about looking for Sally!
what to do
It wasn't just Rody whose heartbeat suddenly accelerated. Sally's mood fell to the bottom at this time, because she also understood what kind of ability her brother had. Francis in the Duke's Mansion already has the title of "Element Master", and his senses are far more acute than ordinary people. When he was in the Duke's Mansion, he could often accurately judge Sally's identity without seeing her even just by the distance between steps.
Now it seems that both Roddy and Sally seem to have thrown themselves into a trap.
The atmosphere froze in an instant,
At this time, Rody kept walking, because he knew that if he had any abnormal behavior, it might be easier to attract the other party's attention, so he just moved silently, letting himself block Francis' line of sight, trying not to attract the other party's attention to Sally behind her. But this is not the only solution, he is extremely anxious at this moment... Could it be that he really can only gamble with luck? !
Rody has never been a person who pins his hopes on luck. He thought for a while, moved his lips slightly, and called out the skill bar in a low voice-this is the usual practice when encountering desperation in the past, because he understands that sometimes some skills are not needed at all. The acquired skills will produce miraculous effects instead. But at this moment, looking at those few skills that are so basic that they can no longer be basic, his heart gradually sank to the bottom.
etc!
Rody suddenly found that there was a lit icon next to his basic skill bar, because he had never summoned a complete skill bar after his rebirth, and at this moment, the "Equipment Skill" column that should be empty as expected had an icon that he had never seen before. Skills that have not been noticed can be used.
Putting his eyes on it, Rody kept walking, but he frowned and saw a line of writing displayed in front of him——
mysterious necklace
unique necklace
Use: Cast Stealth (Rank 3) for 60 seconds.
Initiation Spell: Ol'kah
"This necklace of unknown origin seems to have gone through many years, but the ability that was once given has not been lost."
This... what is this? Sleepy send a pillow
Roddy was completely stunned.