Zuo Ci didn't reply to Sal's teaching, and he wasn't going to answer, even if it was just a game, he still felt troubled.
In addition to Thrall and Nick's explanation earlier that the ostentatious background of the Sarleon Guild led to enemies, this guild seems to have a lot of conceited madmen, and it is inevitable that there will be too many enemies.
Feeling Zuo Ci's aura of not wanting to chat, not long after walking together, Sal and Lotte chatted naturally.
Although they are members of the guild, they only get together during the missions of the guild, and most of them are in the situation of several people traveling together, and they rarely have the opportunity to chat privately, and they don't really know each other very well. Thrall was somewhat curious about this senior who had a sharp contrast between appearance and heart—
"Lotte, actually, I've always been curious why you came to this continent to take root and develop?—Is Brunei worse than Manchester?"
"Brunei, it's a very peaceful place. There are trees and flowers everywhere outside the city, and the city is full of songs and laughter. Especially the village where I was born was guarded by an enchantment, hidden in a powerful spell, and the foreigners almost I can't perceive its existence, and it has the effect of keeping strangers away... Oh, I shouldn't have mentioned it—I was born in the domain of the spirit fox family, and the only thing left in that place is the sound of birds and insects. Spirits who are used to the life of a hermit People of the fox tribe either leave the gate or hide in the deep mountains to practice. On ordinary days, it is difficult to see a pedestrian on the streets of the town. Only on the day of the monthly sacrifice will everyone gather in an orderly manner in the temple of the spirit fox palace, kneeling Sitting under the shade of the branches and leaves of the undefeated God's Face Tree, just praying—"Drawing out the last word, Lotte smiled charmingly," Ah, it's been too long since I've been out... The smell of it... That place and Manchester are two completely different worlds."
"Sounds good, better than the feeling of dying in Manchester." Thrall smiled wryly, "I still don't understand why you came here?"
"Maybe I did have a soul suitable for Brunei at the beginning, and I enjoyed everything until I walked out of that world and changed in time and experience. Now I hate false peace so much. After all, I still Fierce confrontation is more suitable for my inner desire—Saar, we are not born perfect, we are born villains, it's just whether we choose to admit this fact." Lotte turned her face sideways and said this, subconsciously He glanced at Zuo Ci.
Zuo Ci met her gaze and remained calm.
The theory just now was inexplicably familiar to him. He still remembered that when he was nine years old, he was still in the era of VR games. After the failure of the first game of kings, what his adoptive father Saurons said to him Speech—
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[Why are you saving that mage in the back row? Absorbing damage is the responsibility of the front row tanks, and the level of those people is so much lower than yours, it is a waste of your life to protect! ] It was rare for Sorens to say so many words before making a move. Normally, he would have already slapped him on the face.
Zuo Ci's expression was a little stiff, and he murmured: [I just can't bear it...]
Before he finished speaking, the adoptive father's slap came as expected—[啪], and a clear palm print appeared on his face—
[If you dare to mention a word of hypocrisy like 'I can't bear it' in the future, I will break your leg—this is just an excuse for the weak. We are all born evil, and only by facing our own evil, being honest about our selfishness, greed, and desires, and using all our instincts, can we achieve true strength. I hate seeing pity in your eyes—don't ever let me see one more. ]
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"Zuo Ci, are you okay?" The burly Saar actually had a very delicate mind. He inadvertently observed that Zuo Ci's expressionless face became more and more rigid, and his hands holding the rein were also clenched tightly. Stay concerned and recall his thoughts.
Zuo Ci came back to his senses and glanced at Sal lightly, and said two words expressionlessly: "It's okay."
In this way, they walked for nearly two hours on the mountain road leading to the top of the mountain, and the group came to a huge cave not far from the entrance without incident.
Zuo Ci saw the spectacular entrance of the cave from a long distance, with a horizontal surface of nearly 100 meters and a height of tens of feet. The edge of the cave seemed to be sealed with steel, reflecting a side of light in the sunlight.
There are heavily armed guards on both sides and in the middle of the entrance of the cave. These guards are dressed similarly to mercenaries. When Zuo Ci approached, he asked the leader Lotty in a mechanical voice: "Why? Go to the Iron Fortress?"
"Transit." Lotte stretched out her right hand impatiently in front of the inquiring guard.
The human-shaped guard rolled his eyes a few times, a blue light flashed across his eyes, then he raised his head and smiled at Lotte, moved his body aside, and said, "The scan is complete, please let Lady Lotte pass."
"Is an identity scan required to enter and exit the Iron Fortress?"
A group of people walked into the brightly lit cave entrance, Zuo Ci glanced at the guards behind him, and asked Sal.
"Yes, identity verification is required to enter and exit major cities such as Furnace, Steel Fortress, and Shadow Castle, but usually only one person's identity is verified, and you are from Manchester, so there is no problem with regional hatred. , so don’t be afraid of testing in this continent. You only need to be careful when going to other continents. In that case, you can only ask the locals to take you in and out.” Thrall patiently explained.
"Being a newcomer is actually quite good." Lotte interrupted suddenly, "I still remember being curious about everything for a while, and full of novelty about everything in this world—you You probably haven’t been to Iron Fortress before, so you must be happy about the experience you’re about to experience.”
Zuo Ci quickly understood what Lotte meant, and after walking on that spacious and tidy stone road for about half an hour, the road in front of him was cut off neatly.
Zuo Ci stuck on the guardrail of the cut off edge and looked down, the bottomless inner core seemed to be shining with a faint red light, but looking up, he could only see that the sky-reaching rock wall was tightly wrapped, and there was no light from the sky leaking in. .
While he was looking at the environment, Lotte walked to the rock wall on the side of the passage to look at a time scale, and said softly: "It's almost here."
Less than a minute after the words fell, Zuo Ci heard a booming sound coming from one side. Looking along the sound, he saw a huge ship slowly approaching this direction, and finally stopped at the cliff in front of.
"The Xueyuan West Exit Station is here! The Xueyuan West Exit Station is here! —— Passengers, the train has arrived at the Xueyuan West Exit Station. Please take your luggage and valuables and get off at the door on the right side of the train's direction of travel. When getting off, please Pay attention to the gap between the train and the platform!" A voice resounded all around, and the front boarding port of the ship stopped precisely in the middle of the cliff section at the waiting station, and at the same time, the guardrail at the corresponding position opened outward with a click.
Several characters with guns and weapons on their backs got out of the car first, and when they saw the red lion tattoos on different parts of Lotte, Sal, and Zuo Ci, nervous expressions appeared on their faces.
There was no need to urge, Lotte just fiddled with the magazine of the long gun, and several people fled away on their mounts like rabbits.
Lotte chuckled charmingly, and took the lead to board the ship.
This is a three-story ship, which looks fifty meters long and twenty meters wide. There were no seats in the room, it was clean and spacious enough to accommodate Zuo Ci and the fifty mercenaries.
In the three-story structure, only the ground floor is a sealed space, the left and right sides of the second floor have openable windows, and the third floor is an open-air terrace.
The mercenary group stood neatly in the middle of the second floor. Taking advantage of the gap between Sal and Lotte talking to a steel guard, Zuo Ci followed the stairs to the top floor and watched the ships shuttle smoothly and neatly through the complex complex of the volcano. In the natural stone structure, there is an inexplicable pleasure in my heart.
"The fare has been paid."
When Zuo Ci was standing at the end of the ship admiring the scenery of the speed shuttle, Thrall walked up behind him and said.
"How much?" Zuo Ci immediately turned to ask him.
"200 silver—the boat fare was given by Lotte, so you don't have to pay it. The gap between the rich and the poor is too big for you two. You will die if you earn a dollar now. She is a job-changing character with a full level of engineering. It's not bad. A little." Thrall patted him on the shoulder, stood beside him, and changed the subject—
"How? It's very interesting. The Iron Fortress is located in the center of the largest extinct volcano in the Blood Abyss Volcanic Group, code-named Blood Abyss Core. There are four entrances and exits around it. They are set according to the passages of the four sub-volcanoes surrounded on all sides. The one we took The road is the shortest and the easiest way to enter and exit the sub-volcano in the west, which is called Xueyuan West, and so on, the east is called Bloodyuan East, the south is called Bloodyuan South, and the north is called Bloodyuan North.”
Zuo Ci nodded lightly: "This name is easy to remember."
"Haha, yes, this is the easiest place to remember among the place names in this world. Your reminder gave me another reason to like Steel Fortress—in Manchester, I really like Steel Fortress the most. There are a lot of novelties, and it belongs to Manchester's largest traffic transit city, and you can also see all kinds of interesting travelers, you will know when you enter the city later. "
Saar's words did arouse Zuo Ciping's anticipation, not because of pure curiosity, but because of his description that this place is a good place to collect information. He may be able to find more clues or answers for the series of things he is going to do next, whether it is stealing books, finding people, improving his abilities... including answering the doubts in his heart.
Not long after, as the ship made a big turn, the light in the distance became more and more intense, and a faint bell seemed to be heard in my ears. No need to wait until the ship slowly stops at the station and announces the arrival reminder, Zuo Ci knows that the destination is right in front of him.