A big man who didn't know whether he was a bartender or a bar thug stood in front of Goron. Without any explanation, he reached out and grabbed Goron's neck, as if he wanted to lift Goron up by the back of his neck like a kitten or puppy, and then lift him up. The dirty kid was thrown right out the door.
This big man came so fast that Gron didn't even have time to think about it. He just instinctively stretched out his hand and pushed him. The movement here had already attracted the attention of many people in the bar. When they saw that it was just a bar thug driving away a dirty man, When the child is dirty, he immediately turns away with little interest and continues to do what he should do. Things like this happen several times a day, and then the kid just screams and flies out the door, but then they hear a muffled sound, and when they turn around to look, they actually find the man-bear-like figure The big man actually sat down on the ground in a very embarrassed posture, and the little devil he wanted to expel was actually standing there blankly, with an outstretched palm still pushing forward. .
Both Gron and the big man felt very surprised at this time. In fact, Gronn regretted it as soon as he made the move. As a member of the ogre race, he didn't know what it meant to hold back. Although this push was not a serious move, it was enough to make ordinary people feel dizzy. , when Goron was still in the Fairy Tale Circus, several trainees who provoked Goron died inexplicably and tragically at his hands. But now Goron knows that it is not a good thing to kill people casually in the imperial capital. If he accidentally offends a noble, it is very likely to cause unnecessary trouble for his subsequent actions. It was just too late to stop. Gron was ready to turn around and leave immediately after killing, but he didn't expect that the other party just fell to the ground. It seemed like nothing serious happened.
However, Goron's surprise was far less than that of the other party... The big man sitting on the ground was even more stunned, as if he couldn't believe that he was pushed down by a little kid. Others don't know. He is very clear about his true strength in his heart.
Although everyone around him, including the bar owner, thought he was just a person who had barely reached the second level. A sword and halberd warrior who had just retired from the battlefield. With such strength, it is indeed more than enough to be a thug bodyguard in this kind of tavern, but what no one knows is that this big man's true strength is that he is a senior, third-level high-level heavy shield defender.
There is no doubt that the sturdy base of this rugged man who was born into a defensive combat profession is able to stand firm even in the face of a charging heavily armored knight. Although he did not feel defensive about the child in front of him just now, the pressure the big man felt at that moment was like facing a tauren with a thick totem and slamming it at him on the battlefield, or a hill holding a warhammer. King, or an ogre wielding a fang and club...
"Hey! Scar Joe. Why are you so timid today? Did you consume too much on Alan's belly, and now your legs are so weak that you can't even stand? Or is it that the opponent you faced today is too powerful? 'Oh, it turned out to be a legendary...what in the world...little ghost god of war?"
A bunch of bored drunks finally found their fun, and suddenly started laughing at this idiot who usually showed off his power, but now he was pushed to the ground by a child. Although almost everyone thought that the big man fell to the ground because he couldn't stand firmly, but what did it matter? In short, today's incident was enough to laugh at this idiot and provide them with entertainment for a while. Only a few people began to worry about whether the angry Scared Joe would take crazy revenge and beat the unlucky child to death. certainly. They are just worried that if this thing really happens, they will just stand by and watch.
Facing the roar of laughter in the room, the big man remained indifferent. He didn't even stand up angrily and rush towards Gron. The reason why he was able to come back from the battlefield alive and still keep his limbs intact was definitely due to the big man's keen intuition and rational judgment. To put it bluntly, as long as you meet someone who looks more powerful. Then he immediately stayed away.
So in full view of everyone, Scarred Joe got up from the ground dejectedly. No one paid any attention and left the bar. In his opinion, it is not surprising that a guy who can easily knock down a third-level defense warrior appears. After all, this is the imperial capital of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But if the person who pushed him down was just a big boy, if the boy was wearing only the most ordinary civilian clothes, and if so many weird things come together, then there is a high chance that something special will happen. Specifically, what will happen? Scarred Joe doesn't know what situation will arise, but it won't be something that a third-level defender like him can handle. So the wisest decision is to leave here immediately, even if you get fired by your boss later, it doesn't matter. It is true that Scarred Joe is not a courageous guy, but his cautious and automatic behavior is also the reason why he, a little person, can survive until now. There is a fact that everyone knows, but no one wants to talk about. That is, the corpses pulled out from Montenegro every day are calculated in cars, and most of these corpses are abnormal deaths and unclaimed abandoned ones. corpse.
However, Scarred Joe's cautiousness has a completely different interpretation in the eyes of others in the bar. This bastard who bullies the weak and fears the strong is unexpectedly an extremely shy guy. After being laughed at by everyone, he didn't even think about retaliating against the kid. After leaving, the bar was silent for a few seconds before bursting into laughter. Almost every drinker was using the most contemptuous words to laugh at Scared Joe, the coward, and discussed whether he was hiding in the toilet and sobbing, or whether he was hiding in the toilet and sobbing. He went back to vent his anger on his wife. Especially those who had suffered at the hands of Scarred Joe were even more so at this time. On the contrary, the initiator of this incident, Gron, one of the two protagonists, was easily ignored like air.
After Gron stood for a while and found that no one cared about him, no one stopped him, and no one wanted to cause trouble for him, he didn't think much about it and walked into the bar. Gron walked all the way to the bar. I found a seat at the front desk and sat down. Immediately, the bartender with a sad face behind the bar came over and asked in a desperate tone: "Kid, what do you want to order? Let me tell you in advance that there is no milk for sale here. "
Goron ignored his sarcasm, but sniffed the air with his nose, and his eyes swept across the table in front of everyone in the bar. Gron's first job out of the peninsula rainforest was as a bar chef. Naturally, he was familiar with this kind of environment, and he could tell at a glance that this was actually a civilian bar catering to the middle- and lower-class consumer groups. Although the facade is pretty good so as not to affect the city appearance, the interior decoration is very ordinary. The overall environment is dark and dirty, and exudes a sour and smelly smell. Although the ogre's sense of smell is not as good as that of some canine orcs, it is still very keen, not to mention that Gronn has been specially trained for professional needs. Passing his nose, if he was not an ogre and had already become accustomed to the more terrifying smell, he might have turned away by now.
The reason why Gron stayed here was because of the thrilling aroma of wine he smelled at the beginning. Gronn followed the smell. Discovering that most people were drinking common oatmeal bitter beer, and a few people were drinking cheap wine with the right amount of water, Gron searched around for a while before finding his target among the extremely mixed smells, which was the bar counter. At the other end was a woman half-lying on the table without raising her head. She lowered her head as if she had fallen asleep, but every once in a while she would reach out and grab the wine glass in front of her. Feeling dizzy, he poured a mouthful into his mouth.
"I want the same wine as hers." Goron pointed at the woman and said, the intoxicating aroma of wine wafted from the wine glass in front of the woman.
"Boy, don't you want to live?" The bartender suddenly showed a very strange expression on his face, as if he was a bit sarcastic. Somewhat sympathetic.
"Huh?" Goron didn't understand what he meant at all, but found that the other party didn't seem to be hostile, nor did he seem to be blackmailing him. So he frowned and asked in confusion: "That wine...is it expensive?"
Goron is really worried about the price of this wine, even though he is the big boss behind the Black City. But now he really doesn't have much money, and the few gold coins in his pocket are also Ai Xi's hard-earned private money. The taste of the wine was obviously a little better than the top-quality wine that Baron Kulahan used to woo the powerful. It would not be surprising for the bartender to charge a sky-high price.
However, the old bartender shook his head, and the expression on his face returned to the sad look. He did not prepare the wine according to Goron's instructions, but picked up an empty wine glass and wiped it carefully with an old-looking rag, and said casually: "That wine... although it is not cheap, it cannot be said to be expensive. Question Not here... It seems you really don't know, well, that wine is called 'suicide wine', and only people who want to die will drink it."
"Suicide wine? Is it some kind of poison?"
"No, it's not poison, but it has the effect of poison..." The bartender tilted his head, as if searching for something in his memory. His expression changed, as if he finally remembered it, and then continued: "I remember it. Well, 'suicide wine' is just another name, this wine also has an official name, it's called 'Drunken Dragon Fragrance'."
"Drunken Dragon Fragrance? Drunken Dragon Fragrance! This wine is actually Drunken Dragon Fragrance!" Goron was surprised, and at the same time he understood what the bartender meant. The name "Drunken Dragon Fragrance" is not unfamiliar to Gron, because it is an important prop that appears in the famous heroic epic "Samaranch's Dragon Slaying Chronicle".
In order to kill the sixth-order evil dragon Balancasato, which was harmful to one side but extremely powerful, the hero king Samaranch, under the guidance of the wise man Sanchito, added dozens of kinds of red-skinned magic pomelo, the dragon's favorite fruit. The powerful hypnotic herbs brew an incredibly sweet wine. The hero king Samaranch contributed the wine to the evil dragon Barrancasato. The evil dragon drank deeply and fell asleep. So Samaranch picked up the holy sword and stabbed it into the heart of the evil dragon, killing it on the spot.
Gronn is familiar with this story, and he also knows that the recipe for this fine wine has also been passed down. After some improvements by the dwarf brewing master Kara Ting Bronzebeard, it became the new wine "Drunken Dragon Fragrance" that is comparable to any famous wine in the world. However, this fine wine brewed specifically for the dragon's constitution has a fatal flaw, that is, this wine contains a fatal poison that cannot be eliminated. Drinking a little will directly shorten your lifespan, and drinking a lot will kill you. Depending on the physique of each race, even the dwarves who are gifted with toxin resistance can only drink one bucket at most, and the humans with relatively weak physiques can drink to death from just one or two drinks.
However, the brewing cycle of Zuilongxiang is short, and the materials are not particularly precious and rare, so the cost is relatively low. The most important thing is that it tastes so good that no alcoholic can refuse it. Every year, some drunkards die happily under the wine table. For ordinary civilians, drunken dragon incense is the only thing they can enjoy that the upper class nobles cannot enjoy. Using it to commit suicide is the most romantic and comfortable choice.
Because of this, when the bartender saw that Goron did not know the truth about the "suicide drink" before, he ignored Goron's order. When Goron once again confirmed that what he wanted was this kind of suicide drink, the old tune The bartender was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile, turned around, picked up the wine glass, and began to mix, while whispering softly: "Another one." (To be continued...)