The prairie located in the northern part of Holleta Kingdom has no name. People in this world just call it "prairie". Due to some historical reasons, many parts of this grassland are under ownership. The southern part of the grassland bordering the Kingdom of Holleta is nominally the territory of the kingdom, but in fact there are no officials here. And the garrison, the town of Lumber is the northernmost administrative unit of the kingdom. As for this prairie, its actual rulers are wolves, wild beasts and violent vision disasters.
The wolf king once mentioned the legend here that the ancient magic civilization set off a great war here. The ancient battlefield is buried under the green grassland. Those powerful ancient warriors in the past are still urging their powerful magic underground. Power caused magic disasters such as hurricanes, thunderstorms and even blizzards to appear on the grassland out of thin air. It is precisely because of this that neighboring countries are unwilling to invest too much energy in this grassland. It is really not suitable for resettling people.
However, the grassland border area is relatively safe, and some sections have never been attacked by magic disasters. A few years ago, a group of mountain people who came out of the mountains in the west established a small village in such a neutral area. I don't know what agreement the mountain people reached with the Holleta royal family, and this village has been preserved in a form similar to a border trade zone—although it is hundreds of kilometers away from the real settlement of the mountain people. The above information was all told by Becky on the way to the small village. The mercenary girl felt that since Hao Ren and the others were "travelers from the Northern Empire", they probably didn't know much about these mountain people who only communicated with the Holleta Kingdom. So consciously acted as a guide, which saved Hao Ren and the others a lot of trouble.
The village of the mountain people is not big. At first glance, it seems that there are only a hundred households. They are scattered and unplanned on a gentle slope with a slightly higher terrain. The village has no walls, and only a circle around it looks solid. A wooden fence is used as the boundary. There is a gentle river next to the soil slope where the village is located, which is the source of drinking water for the villagers. On the other side of the river, you can see a square building built with white stone bricks. thing. It was a house with a completely different style from the village houses. It looked like a common residential style in the small town of Lumber, and I don't know what it was used for. The mountain people's own houses are cylindrical, built with wood, the outer walls are wrapped with leather, and the gaps are filled with thatch and mortar. It looks like a taller yurt, and this style is vaguely familiar. They wore garments sewn from coarse cloth and animal skins. Although these clothes look rough, they are exquisitely crafted, giving people the feeling of a minority. Most of them are about two meters tall, and the shortest one Hao Ren saw was probably a head taller than himself. The mountain people are strong and solid. Although they are not as exaggerated as Y'zaks' human form, they are still enough to make people who don't know the inside information mistake the latter for mountain people. Hao Ren saw that the men in the village had horizontal and vertical stripes painted on their faces with some kind of white and yellow paint, but he didn't know what it meant, probably it was the custom of the mountain people.
Anyway, it is a strong exotic flavor rushing towards me - by the way, there is also the smell of rice.
After running all the way, I just ate some snacks at noon. Hao Ren was really hungry, and Lily next to him was even more exaggerated. This girl's eyes are green when she looks at the turf on the ground... By the way, why is she so hungry
The villagers didn't react too much when they saw a group of outsiders coming to their village, probably they were used to dealing with Holleta people. When they saw outsiders, they just smiled and waved their hands to say hello. They didn't look alienated or abrupt. It was only when they saw Hao Ren's strange costumes that some people became a little curious. Becky is obviously a regular visitor here, she walked in front of the line and greeted a few villagers very familiarly loudly, and then asked someone to ask if the village chief was in the village.
"The village chief just came back yesterday." A brown-haired man with two horizontal stripes painted on his face with yellow paint pointed to a big house in the center of the village. I just took people to the town to buy food two days ago."
"You've made a lot of money these days," Betsy smiled brightly, looking like a tomboy, "Look at the chains around your neck have been changed."
"It's okay, it's okay, I sold a few horses..."
When Becky was talking with acquaintances, Hao Ren finally remembered where he had seen a building similar in style to this village: on the night when he first met the Black Wolf King, he saw it in the grassland Several nomad huts are in this style!
In this way, the nomads mentioned by the Black Wolf King who lived on the grassland for a while and then moved away were originally from this village. This is really a coincidence everywhere in the world.
Vivian touched Hao Ren's arm after observing the style of the local houses: "There is no Leta rune here."
"Probably only the Holletta Kingdom has inherited some knowledge about runes." Hao Ren nodded, "You can tell from the name."
Y'zaks moved his body and took a long breath: "Hi—I don't know what's going on, but there is a sense of relaxation here."
Hao Ren rolled his eyes: "Nonsense, here are all little giants, you can finally raise your head when talking to people. You don't feel nervous, I'm awkward."
Can you not be awkward, first aim at the nostrils when talking to anyone, after a long time, the spirit can bear it, and the cervical spine may not be able to bear it...
At this time, Becky had finished chatting with her acquaintances, and she asked everyone to hand over the horses to the brown-haired man with two stripes on his face: "Give the horses to Zanaro, let's stay at the village chief's house for one night , Even people and horses have recovered their energy, starting from tomorrow for two consecutive days, they can only move forward in the wilderness."
The man named Zanaro gave Hao Ren and the others a friendly smile, showing his white teeth. After that, he didn't see him take the reins, but he let out a strange and loud shout in front of the horse team, and the horses lowered their heads and drooped their eyes. Very tamely walked away after him. Becky smiled and introduced to Hao Ren: "Mountain people are too tall and can't usually ride other horses except Kerzen horses, but they are good at training horses, no matter what breed of horses they can ride." For tame obedient posts, they said that their ancestors signed an agreement with the gods in the mountains and forests. As long as the descendants of the mountain people maintain their respect for the mountains and forests, they will be able to communicate with beasts. I don’t know if it’s true or not. "...
Listening to Becky's introduction of some interesting legends about mountain people, everyone came to the largest column house in the center of the village. An old man with white beard and hair was standing at the door. This man was wearing a blue cloth robe and had three white stripes on his face. The old man is the head of the village. Just now he heard that Becky led a group of strangers, and he was waiting at the door early. After seeing a group of people, the old village chief greeted Becky loudly: "Little girl! Are you bringing friends?"
This young man with a bright voice might not be able to compare. Hao Ren felt a little itchy in his ears when he was more than ten meters away.
"Master!" Becky smiled all over her face, "Come to disturb the day! I'm going to Beinz Blood Lake too!"
"I knew you would follow along sooner or later to join in the fun," the old village chief seemed to be quite familiar with Becky, and he spoke with the kindness of elders treating juniors, and then he waved to Hao Ren and the others, "Come on." They are all guests, come in, the house is cooking."
It seems that the mountain people are still very hospitable, Hao Ren led a few people to greet the old village head, the latter was obviously taken aback when he saw Yizaks: "Hey, it looks like... you are also a mountain person Right? Which tribe is it from?"
Hao Ren hurriedly dismissed this question as a perfunctory one, saying that Yizaks grew up with the plains people in the north due to family accidents, so he didn't know much about this question. It was a good excuse when it was said that Y'zaks was from the mountain people, but now that he has encountered a real mountain village, he is really afraid that Becky will take Y'zaks to find relatives everywhere. The vivaciousness of the mercenary girl is not impossible!
Fortunately, the old village head didn't pay much attention to this problem, he just warmly greeted everyone into the house, and didn't give Hao Ren and the others a chance to be courteous at all. special meals.
As soon as the old village head took his seat, Vivian asked, "Did a tall woman in white dress come to your side two days ago?"