Leon picked an orange fruit from the tree and forced it into Darent's hand.
"use this."
"Hurry up."
Chapter 44: The Tribulation of Goli
After a hard struggle, Agent Mapps-Dallent reluctantly reached a consensus with a gorillas. He temporarily lent his shoulders for it to stand on and his head to use as a table, allowing it to hold a notebook and a pen, and use his head as a cushion to scribble.
"Is this okay?"
Surrounded by the monkey trainer Darent, they followed him toward the city wall, feeling a little nervous.
"This is the only way, isn't it?" Li Ang whispered to comfort his wife, "If we don't do this, we can only choose a concubine, you see..."
"What am I looking at?"
"……nothing."
Iverria has walls.
It doesn't sound like it makes sense - this is a city centered on trade and commerce. There are basically no large-scale wars now. Many of these cities, even those with city walls, have to be demolished. Very few cities have retained city walls like Ivenria, and those walls are so high.
"We read the information when we joined the team." Baliu leaned behind Darent and instilled information in him. "Originally, there was no Iverria... This place is not called this name. This is a rare city that the Sun King personally named. She once blessed this place and ordered that the city walls here must not be demolished at any time."
"No wonder." Darent understood. He said why the city wall was not demolished when there was no place to live. It would be extremely troublesome to keep the city wall in a trading port that did not need to fight. Not to mention other things, the efficiency of cargo transportation alone would be greatly reduced.
"Chichichi!" After being punched twice through the notebook, the monkey shook his head in disgust.
"I will roast you sooner or later!" Darent almost broke his teeth. He was an elite agent, how could he be bullied by a monkey?
"Shut up!" Bariwu poked him, "Everyone is looking here!"
This is true.
Although the masks that Hitzfeld chose for them were to fit passers-by's faces as closely as possible, and the clothes they wore were to be as old as possible, no matter where they were taken, one could tell that they looked dusty and destitute...but this was Goli, a place that brought together all the existing refugees and was plagued by traditional diseases.
With this comparison, the difference between the two sides is very obvious - their clothes are still more gorgeous, and compared with the frail bodies of the refugees, they look much healthier. It is obvious that they have never lacked nutrition and can get meat for every meal.
Add to that the golylin monkey that was writing in a picture book above Darent's head... Not to mention the refugees, even the guards guarding the city had their eyes wide open, unable to figure out the background of this group of people.
"Magicians?" He confirmed their identities again and again, and still got this answer.
"Names... Joyce, Baon, Lim. Okay, the entrance fee is one Goli silver coin."
The three men took out their purses and gave money.
"No problem." The man stamped three pieces of notepaper, tore them off and handed them over. "Here you go! Seven days! Remember to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to pay the fees after the deadline!"
"It's so expensive."
After entering the city, Baliu couldn't help but exclaimed to Leon.
A seven-day stay costs one Goliath silver coin, and even if the edge is clipped, the cost is really high.
"People without houses are like this." Li Ang shrugged. "In fact, many Sara cities also have this model. The purpose is to prevent homeless refugees from gathering and wandering around the city. If there are too many people, it will easily cause trouble."
This model does not block the road. If you are a poor person without a house, you can join the construction team to build a new house. After the project is completed, you will naturally be allocated a place to live. Those who do not have a house in the city but are willing to pay the fee are basically businessmen. For businessmen, this is not expensive.
Leon has traveled to many places so he has this kind of knowledge. Comparatively speaking, Baliu has been to very few places, so it is normal that she doesn't know this.
The monkey on Darent's head attracted the attention of many passers-by. Fortunately, it was dark now and there were not many people on the road. They discussed with each other and decided to find a place to spend the night.
After asking several passers-by without any result, Darent simply found a donkey cart parked on the side of the road and hired the person to take them to find the way for half a Goli silver coin.
"You guys also escaped from the fog?"
The driver was very talkative. He chatted with them while driving: "My wife and I are the same! It was really foggy at that time, rolling down like a wave. If we drove slower, we would not be able to get out!"
"You're from the south too?" Leon asked curiously, trying his best to imitate Goli's accent: "Then why do you live in the city?"
"Because I came early!" The driver laughed. "There weren't many people here at the beginning! Because they were talking about a war with Sara, many people ran away in fear, leaving a lot of space. Then, for some reason, Prince Aman came back, and the original lord died in an accident, so we, the outsiders, were assigned a place when the prince ascended the throne. We were lucky for once!"
Leon and the driver were chatting over there, and Darent occasionally interrupted. But Baliu was not thinking much. She was observing the scenery on the road and noticed a very strange phenomenon - there seemed to be too many magicians in Iverria.
Besides them, the probability of passers-by walking with animals is not low. On average, one in ten people is accompanied by an animal, some are monkeys, some are dogs or cats, and they all get along well with these animals, and it seems that they are not caught and newly trained at short notice.
This is a bit strange. At first, Bariu thought that because this profession can avoid hard labor, many people will take advantage of it.
But it is easier said than done. For example, if Darent and the monkey had not hit it off, they would not have been able to catch an animal to impersonate their identity.
You still need to train, and training takes time.
The driver pointed to the sign across the street and told them that the place was called "Lima Hotel", a chain hotel, one of the few trustworthy temporary shelters, at least they would not kill people for meat.
"Is there such a thing?"
The three of them were shocked by this statement.
Goli... not so primitive, right?
"That's how it was..." The driver shook his head. "Every time there's chaos, people become more barbaric. Now there are so many people crowded together, and the surrounding fields haven't increased much. Many people can't even get enough food. I can't guarantee that this won't happen."
The three of them were touched by these words, but still only paid half a silver coin.
...After all, people have said so. Who knows if you give too much, you might be remembered.
Crossing the road and staying in a hotel are another big expense.
The short guy at the bar was quite curious about these three people. He said they were businessmen, but they looked like craftsmen and didn't seem to have much luggage with them. They were really weird.
Li Ang said with a stern face, "Don't meddle in other people's business." The guy compared the height difference between himself and Li Ang, then turned to study the newspaper.
A dreamless night.
The next day, Baliu got up.
Although she didn't have any dreams, she still felt like she didn't sleep well last night, and only felt better after drinking half a can of water.
"We have to find a way to contact Aman today."
Holding his slightly dizzy head, Bariu tried his best to organize his thoughts.
According to what I heard yesterday, this concubine is chosen for the purpose of giving birth to a child.
The most ideal way to contact her is definitely to sacrifice herself, so that she won't be flirted with. After all, she will be recognized as soon as they meet... But Baliu rejects this method and still wants to explore other possibilities.
That’s strange, doesn’t he have someone he likes?
The one called Mary, Miss Mary... I thought they had something in common at the beginning. Did he abandon Mary?
She was still thinking when there was a knock on the door.
"Let's go Li."
Leon's voice.
"Maps said to go to the street first."
They booked two rooms, and Leon was with Darent.
"Just come!"
Baliu had already washed up, tidied her appearance in front of the mirror, made sure nothing was left behind, opened the door and joined the team.
When she went downstairs, she saw the gorillas—it was hanging on Darent's back and was still sleeping soundly.
"It seems that this monkey has become completely familiar with you."
"Yeah...I'm really afraid he'll pull me."
While walking down the stairs jokingly, Darent suddenly bumped into Leon's back.
"what happened?"
Rubbing his nose, he poked his head out from the side.
"Then." Li Ang pointed behind the bar, "The person from yesterday..."
Unlike usual, his voice was trembling. This was extremely rare for Leon Cornerel, and Baliu also became alert and glanced at the location.
There was a figure behind the bar. It seemed to have heard the noise here. It turned around suddenly, revealing a long furry face.
You can vaguely see the guy's features, but this is not a human at all, but a hairy baboon.
what's the situation?
They were all stunned.
Overnight? Humans turned into baboons?
"Are you new here?"
A brown-haired girl in a long skirt naturally opened the bar door and walked in, waving her hand to drive the baboon down.
"This change is normal and it happens everywhere... That's why people take their relatives out on the street - even though their appearance has changed, they are still part of society."
The three of them were in a daze and didn't say anything.
“Give, give, give…”
The Gorillas woke up, rubbed his eyes and stuck his head out.
"This guy is very familiar with you~"
The girl looked dissatisfied.
"It seems I don't need to introduce myself to you guys anymore."
"Tell me?"
"Stay a few more days."
How come it's daybreak!
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Chapter 45: The Strange Holy City
"What are you doing?"
Amid the tug and pull, the girl was dragged up the stairs by them, but of course she didn't want to go any further. They stopped at the platform at the corner of the corridor, alarming some passengers who looked over here.
"What on earth do you want to do?" The girl looked very dissatisfied. "I just asked you if you wanted to stay here and you dragged me up. What? You want to kidnap me in broad daylight?"
Seeing that he couldn't pull her upstairs to chat alone for the time being, Li Ang chose to retreat. He winked at the other two and asked them to come over and block the extra sight with their bodies. He reached out and took out his purse, weighed it, and opened it under the girl's puzzled gaze.
"This is--" The girl was shocked. The purse was opened and stretched in front of her eyes. She couldn't help but look inside and saw a lot of dark gold edges lying in a pile of bright silver. This not only made her heart beat faster - there were not many people who could use the Sera gold coins now.
"We're not trying to kidnap you or anything. We just want to give you a chance." Li Ang took back the money bag, "A chance to take this thing away directly."
After all, money can make things easier. This time the girl did not resist and went upstairs with them obediently.
"My name is Glen~" The three of them entered Baliu's room, and the girl sat down on the bed without feeling nervous or worried at all.
"My father is the owner of this store, so I can be considered half the owner... If you want to know something, you can just tell me, but I hope you can keep your promise. If I can answer it, you have to give me all the money."
"Are you short of money?" Baliu frowned. Lima Hotel is a big brand. She thought that the young lady of such a hotel would not be short of such a small amount of money.
"I lack money that I can manage on my own." Grant nodded. "To be honest, everyone, just as you feel uncomfortable living here, I am also planning to leave this city."
"Why?" Darent asked her, "Now everyone is rushing to Iverril. This is Goli's last refuge, your holy place!"
"Which holy place would have such a weird thing as turning people into animals at will..." Ge Lan muttered to himself, raised his head to look at them, and simply revealed his true colors: "Yes! This is the weirdest thing about this city - everyone, no matter who they are, as long as they live in the area ruled and protected by Ivenriel, has a chance to turn into an animal after waking up!"
This directly explained why the short guy turned into a baboon, but these words had more impact on the three people than just that - they immediately thought of the abandoned village they passed on the way and the various wild animals crowded in the village.
Those leopards, snakes, pigs, sheep, monkeys... could it be that they were all transformed from humans?
Nothing could be more shocking than this.
If there is one thing, it can only be the naughty monkey that was twisting and turning on Darent's back. The reason why it was so close to them right from the start might be because it had a connection with them.
Yes, they did put on makeup to cover their faces and concealed their true identities. But because the other party was an animal, they did not hide anything when they stopped in the village to rest, and revealed a lot of secret information during the negotiation.
As we all know, monkeys are the smartest animals. Perhaps it has been almost beastified, having forgotten its memories and habits as a human, and even cannot hold a pen or write well.
But it remembers.
The instinct that remained in the deepest part of its heart still remembered that it had its companions on the other side of the sea. Although it could no longer speak, it could still vaguely understand human language. It distinguished their identities from their words, and that's why it involuntarily approached the three of them.
Doesn’t this mean that it could be a colleague or even a senior of mine?
Darent's face looked as if he had eaten a fly. He had not forgotten that another goal of this shore exploration was to find the elite team that theoretically should still exist and was used to escort Aman back.
