"Little bastard! Are you seeking death?"
After Goron intervened in the melee among the drunkards, Bearded Joe suddenly became furious, stood up suddenly from the audience, pointed at Goron's nose and shouted curses. No wonder he is so angry, because according to the rules, if the hotel owner takes the initiative to teach the perpetrator a lesson, then the guild to which he belongs will not compensate even a penny... Who told you to make them lose face? A guild that belongs to an idiot who can't even deal with a bartender will only become the laughing stock of others and be ridiculed by other competing guilds, and the guild's business will inevitably be affected.
In an instant, a large amount of windfall flew away before he even got it. How could the stingy bearded Joe not be angry
Facing the furious boss, Goron, who was ready to take a cruel move, suddenly paused and his brain suddenly became clear. Then Goron jumped back, pulled off his apron expressionlessly, and said lightly: "I'm sorry, boss, I have to go to the fairy tale circus show tonight, because that's why I came to this town. If you can't accept it, then, I resign..."
In Goron's eyes, this was just an unpleasant "part-time job game". After getting the necessary information, he no longer needed to stay here. But Bearded Joe obviously didn't see it that way. From the moment Goron had no money to pay for his meals, he had already regarded this child with extraordinary talents as his slave and private property, although this was not It was legal, and there was no slave mark left on Goron, but in a place like Low Tide Harbor, where people were mixed, no one would care whether a wandering child was treated unfairly.
Although Gron showed unusual strength, Bearded Joe still did not take him seriously. How could someone who could open a hotel in Luochia Port be an ordinary person, even though he looked stingy, shameless, and bloated? , but he was once a well-known knight of the Holy Light's Eastern Expedition, and a genuine strong man who broke the third-order seal. Although his body has gained weight after retiring and he has grown older, his strength has declined a lot, but if it weren't for the money, he could crush them to death with one hand, like the trash that caused trouble in the hotel. As for Gron, who showed extraordinary strength, he didn't take it seriously. There are many races on the Dota continent, and many mixed-race children are born with certain specialties. For example, children with dwarf blood will not be as strong as ordinary adults when they are young. Human beings are small, Bearded Joe has seen this kind of thing many times.
As for this brat who didn't understand what "being grateful" meant, Joe decided to give him an unforgettable lesson. He would hang him up for one night, and then go get him a magic brand early tomorrow morning and make him a real slave. . Of course, the reason why he didn't do this before was not out of sympathy or anything related to conscience, but just because he felt sorry for the fifty silver coins related to the slave house.
Although official slaves provide free magic branding services, the magic materials required for branding still have to be provided by the slave owners themselves. Heck, even the lowest-level slave brand, which only has a short-distance tracking effect, costs money in terms of gold coins. This is already more expensive than most slaves. Only the most Only slaves of high value can enjoy the treatment of the magic slave brand. But this time Bearded Joe finally made up his mind to spend all his money on this investment. Although he was stingy, he was not stupid. He believed that Goron would make his investment worthwhile.
"You brat, you're going to regret doing that damn shit circus. I'm afraid you have no hope of ever seeing the performance of those despicable and scoundrel shit clowns~~~!"
Just the moment he turned over and jumped out of the counter, Joe had already completed all the plans in his mind. However, the next moment his fat and bloated figure flew back at an even faster speed, and hit the wine bottle heavily. On the back wall, almost half of the body was sunk into the wall.
Goron was stunned and realized that at some point, a figure covered in a cloak with no skin exposed was standing next to him. The mysterious man is short in stature, almost the same as Gron in human form. I really don’t know how he used to embed the strong bearded Joe into the opposite wall.
The mysterious man turned to look at Goron beside him, and said vaguely: "Boy, do you really want to see a 'fairy tale' performance? Do you like the circus that much?"
The voice of the mysterious cloaked person was fresh and sweet, and she seemed to be a young girl. But as she started to speak, a strong smell of alcohol hit her face. In addition, although her voice was pleasant, it was a bit tongue-numbing. The last words were vague and muddy, it was obvious that this person had drank a lot.
Recalling a little, Goron had the impression that she had actually been sitting in the wine for a whole afternoon. During this period, she ordered high-priced drinks and dishes of three gold coins and twenty-five silver coins. A table near the window not far away was filled with empty wine. The bottle table is her victory today.
Facing the mysterious man's inquiry, Goron shook his head, nodded slightly, and whispered: "I have never seen a circus before, but I have to go see this show. This is why I am here."
"Haha, I really didn't expect that our fairy tale... would actually have... such a great little fan. In this case, boy, you... "Just follow me... let's go!" As soon as the cloaked man finished speaking, he grabbed Goron's collar and rushed towards the door of the wine. The group of drunkards who had either stopped or were still smashing each other's heads just wanted to If you approach the cloaked man within one or two meters, he will fly out in an exaggerated manner as if he was hit by an ogre's sledgehammer. Although death is inevitable, a few broken bones are inevitable. However, the strange thing is that this The mysterious person was holding a big bag in one hand and Gron in the other. She didn't even raise her hands or kick her legs at all. It was not known how she attacked and knocked these sturdy men away.
Before Gron could figure out what was going on, as soon as his eyes were blurred, people had already appeared on the street. The bearded Joe's hoarse cry came from the distance: "Help~~~! Someone help me, help me catch that guy, she, she hasn't even paid the bill yet~~~!"
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Gronn was dragged dizzy, but he did not struggle hard, and he did not even speak. Although he did not know what the purpose of this mysterious cloaked man was, and what he wanted to do by taking him away, there was one thing that Gronn was very sure of. Yes, that means this guy is very strong, very strong. Goron has lived among the strong before. Apart from him, even the most fleshless ogre cubs have the strength of the second-level human combat class. Black Hand The average level of the ogre tribal warriors exceeds level three, and the elite warriors reach level four.
Although Goron's own fighting power can be ignored, the number of strong men he brought into the kitchen to cook with his own hands was too numerous to count. Therefore, Goron's judgment will never be wrong. This is a situation that he cannot resist at this stage. opponent.
Although the cloaked man was running staggeringly, he was running very fast. After about seven or eight minutes, she finally stopped, threw Goron to the ground, then burped, and said in a vague tone: "We. .. ... arrive."
Goron stood up, suppressing the nausea in his chest and the dizziness in his head. He raised his head silently, and then saw a red and white, huge tent, like a small castle, from which various festive sounds came from Joyful music, and bustling voices can be heard not far away.
There are dozens of small tents of various sizes around the giant tent. Some tents have their doors open, and people with smiles on their faces can be seen coming in and out from time to time. It seems that there are some small performances, interactive games, or other activities going on inside. They are selling some interesting gadgets. Some tents had their doors tightly closed, and in some others the mixed howls of various beasts could be vaguely heard coming from inside.
"Where is this place?" Although he had already guessed in his mind, Goron still asked softly. The little ogre who grew up in the depths of the rainforest had naturally never seen such a huge tent. In fact, when he came to Low tide port, he saw Everything he encountered felt novel, an experience he could never experience no matter how many stories he heard. Just like a proverb that Gron heard from the beautiful snake, "It is better to travel a hundred miles than to read thousands of books." Gron became more and more aware of this sentence.
"Isn't this... the place you've always wanted to go to?" the mysterious man chuckled, finally taking off the cloak covering his head, turning to look at Goron, and said with a faint smile: "Here. .. ...It's... a circus, and the best circus in the continent... a fairy tale."
Gronn's whole body trembled slightly, and his dull eyes seemed to become hot in an instant, but his strangeness was obviously understood by the cloaked man in front of him who was still a little tipsy as the excitement and excitement after his wish was fulfilled. Excited, she smiled again and said: "But this... is not the main entrance of the circus. The show... is about to start... now is the time to check in." , have you seen it there, kid? There are at least hundreds of people queuing up to get in, ready to... prepare to watch our show. But you guys are lucky today, I... I... I can take you to a special seat... to enjoy the most exciting... circus show on this continent."
After saying that, the man didn't care about turning his head and looking around, as if he was looking for something, Goron pulled him up and walked directly to the tent. Only then did Gronn notice that this drunken girl race was not a human being, but a female orc. She has smooth and delicate but light gray skin and short silver-gray hair. She has a pair of round and big ears on the top of her head. She has a pretty and charming face with a black and bright nose and two ears. A cute big fang, coupled with the thin and long flexible tail swinging back and forth on the back of her butt, there is no mistake, she must be one of the thirty main branches of the orc tribe, the Maurice Ratman, but she is obviously It's not a big human-sized rat that can only walk upright. The girl's appearance is obviously more human-like, and her animal features are not very obvious.
"I am a member of the fairy tale circus, aerialist Xiaomi Qiaowei. You can just call me Sister Xiaomi."
The rat girl named Xiaomi seemed to have such a careless and very self-centered character. She ignored Goron's reaction and pulled her towards the back door of the giant tent.
"Hey~~~! Xiaomi, you idiot, did you sneak away to drink somewhere again? Not only that, why did you lead a brat in here? Don't tell me that this is what you got for the deputy captain of the 'Blood Red Riding Hood' People, it seems you really can’t remember the lesson.”
A person walked over from a distance. When Goron saw him, he immediately lowered his head to prevent others from seeing the flickering light in his eyes, because he had already recognized the dwarf in a clown suit in front of him that night. One of the three pig-faced clowns who secretly attacked and besieged King Mogar.
He is only half the height of Goron, and a lot shorter than the petite Xiaomi. The baggy funny clothes on his body look cumbersome and funny. Matched with the heavy paint on his face and the red and round pig nose, of course And that weird tone of voice does have the ability to make children laugh, but Goron knows that this guy's true identity is an extremely dangerous shadow killer.
"This is none of your business, Piggy Dwarf." Although Xiaomi said this, his figure visibly paused, as if he suddenly remembered something important. She woke up more than half from the drunkenness in an instant, and then shook her head to clear her dizzy mind again. Her face was filled with a look of fear after she thought of something, but when she saw Gron next to her in a blink of an eye, , gritted his teeth as if he had made some decision, then waved his hand to the clown pig dwarf with an impatient expression: "Whether I get punished or not is none of your business, the show is about to start, don't waste my time. Sophie Where is Deputy Captain Ya? I’m going to take this kid over and let her have a look.”
Hearing the name of "Blood Red Riding Hood" Sophia, the pig-faced clown who originally planned to quarrel with the rat girl Xiaomi suddenly shrugged, pointed in a certain direction and said: "She is in the animal pen, today's finale. It was her animal taming performance. She was resting there, but you'd better be careful. Lord Bloody Red Riding Hood doesn't seem to be in a good mood right now. Just now, my second sister was whipped twice by her for saying the wrong thing. Be careful this time she really cuts off your tail to make a whip, she has had this idea for a long time. "
"Nonsense, this... Of course I know this..." Xiaomi muttered in a low voice, but this time his momentum was obviously much weaker, and he was almost sober from the wine. I wonder if it was the cold wind. Because of the attack, she suddenly shivered before continuing to pull Gron into the tent.
Different from the simple and gorgeous appearance, the interior of this huge circus tent is divided into many spaces of different sizes. The largest space is naturally the annular performance venue that can accommodate hundreds of guests to enjoy circus performances, and the actors rest Facilities such as rooms and prop rooms are concentrated in the backstage.
The show is about to start, and people are coming and going in the dark and narrow aisles, including clowns with thick oil paint on their faces, beautiful twins with identical looks, handsome magicians who are bumbling, and burly alien strongmen.
Goron kept his head lowered, not looking at anyone passing by. But the hellish scenes reappeared repeatedly in his mind, tribesmen, family members, the blood that dyed the beach completely red, countless corpses...
But at the same time, Goron was a little confused. Looking at this group of people shouting loudly and devoting themselves wholeheartedly to the upcoming performance, it was difficult for him to separate this group of focused actors from destroying his home and taking away everything from him. That group of madmen, villains, and greedy jackals are connected together.
Goron couldn't help but have a thought in his mind: "Could it be that... I got the wrong target?"
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