359. Warcraft Scholar
After eating and drinking, Sean picked his teeth, looking at the little old man's squinting eyes and the constant muttering, Sean pursed his lips.
He began to look around his surroundings.
The noise in the tavern was very intense, as if someone was arguing about something, but it was so mixed that Sean couldn't really hear it. But soon, several groups of mercenaries also joined the debate, and there were even faint signs of fighting. In the conversation with the little old man just now, Sean already knew that the only area of this Larne City that was not under the jurisdiction of the law and order regulations was in the tavern.
The tavernkeeper is responsible for the security of the tavern, and as long as the tavern owner does not go to the guards, then the guards of Larne City cannot attack those who disturb and disrupt the peace in the tavern at will. Of course, the exception is the case of chasing a prisoner, but even if the tavern owner goes to the guards to solve the problem, it is an unspoken rule to give the guards some hardship afterwards.
But soon, Sean discovered that when these mercenaries were arguing, they would ask a companion next to them, and after getting the confirmation of the companion, these mercenaries would speak. And then, it seems that not only mercenaries, but even some adventurers have joined the discussion one after another, which immediately aroused Sean's curiosity.
He held up the unfinished glass of rum and squeezed into the crowd that was engaged in a heated exchange, and soon he figured out what the hell the guys were arguing about.
Due to the geographical location of Larn City, the teleportation magic circle here is not for public use, that is, whether it is mercenaries or adventurers. If you want to get to Larn City, you can only rely on the land to get there. Around Larn City there is a forest inhabited by many kinds of magical beasts, and it is also an important hub of trade routes. So it's actually a very commercial city.
It's no wonder that when Sean first arrived, the little old man thought Sean was looking for work.
Many adventurers and mercenaries with a little strength often gather in Larn City in the Duchy of Northern Lens. It is precisely because of the economic development driven by this person that the Duchy of Northern Lens has the current national strength and status. Therefore, the city of Larne, which believes that "time is money", has gradually established the illusion that the whole city is in a hurry in the past few decades.
At this time, what the mercenaries were arguing about was the habits of a magical beast called the Devil Wing Demon Lizard.
This is a monster similar to a reptilian lizard, and it is rated as a sixth-level monster in the Monster Atlas. Adult ghost-winged lizards can grow to a height of two meters on their backs and five meters in length, with their tails alone being about two meters long, and ending in a round shape full of spikes like a chain ball. Although it moves slowly, it has great strength, and its body scales give it great magic and physical resistance.
It is said that the ancestors of the Devil-winged Demon Lizard were high-level magical beasts with dragon blood, but in tens of thousands of years of evolution, they eventually transformed into this creature due to various hybrid habits. To distinguish the ghost winged demon lizard from the general monitor lizard demonic beast, it is to give birth to huge bone wings on its back, which are said to be able to reach a horizontal length of three meters when fully deployed, and it is believed that a long time ago, the ghost-winged demon lizard was a powerful magical beast that could soar in the sky, but now the winged membrane behind this magical beast is completely detached. All that's left is skeletal construction.
However, even so, once the Ghost Wing Demon Lizard spreads out the bone wings on its back, it can still be used as a very sharp and powerful weapon, and it is difficult for ordinary armor to block the sweep of the bone wings. In addition, this kind of demonic beast has relatively rare three-attribute elements: fire, earth, and wind. Therefore, although it is marked as a sixth-level demonic beast, it is actually more difficult than many seventh-level demonic beasts.
Under normal circumstances, no one would want to provoke such a powerful demonic beast.
Luckily. Except for the mating period, which will appear in the form of a family, the Devil-winged Lizard usually acts as an individual.
Like this forest near the city of Larne. Although the area is vast, it is based on the hunting habits of the ghost-winged demon lizard. Sean deduced that there would be no more than ten at most, after all, there were still some level 7 monsters living here. And the number of prey in an area is limited after all, so there is simply no room for so many high-level demonic beasts to live in the same place - the Northern Continent is not an outer continent after all.
But what Sean really wondered was why these guys were talking about this kind of monster.
If the adventurers start a discussion, Sean can understand, because in the absence of ruins to explore, adventurers will also compete with demon hunters for jobs in order to survive. Even if they don't grab jobs, as long as they use Larn City as a base to radiate outward, then they will definitely have to go deep into the forest, and the possibility of encountering high-level demonic beasts is also very high, so it is naturally a very normal thing to conduct some discussion and intelligence gathering.
But the situation with mercenaries is different.
In the case of Larn, as the junction of the trade routes of the four principalities, they will only advance on the official routes, and will not make such a risky move as crossing the forest unless it is a special case. And if they just advance on the official road, it is unlikely that high-level demonic beasts will run to the edge of the forest to attack humans, and the mercenaries might as well worry about the attack of bandits and robbers, after all, according to Sean's observation, the commercial trade volume of Larne City is probably more than 100,000 per case.
"The Devil-winged Demon Lizard is not as simple as you say, it has a very keen sense of smell and can smell from five kilometers away." Another adventurer spoke, "The smell of blood, in particular, can easily irritate hungry Devil-winged Lizards, so if anyone is injured in the depths of the forest, then it is necessary to stop the bleeding immediately, otherwise you will soon find yourself targeted by Devil-winged Lizards." ”
"High-level demonic beasts have a keen sense of smell is not a secret at all, but a kind of generality, you are not talking nonsense." Another mercenary retorted loudly, apparently taking the adventurer's words as a kind of stupid remarks, "It's okay for you to talk to those rookies like this, and which one of you is not a seasoned hunter is still using your common sense." ”
Soon, the mercenaries burst into laughter.
The adventurer's face flushed. But for a while, he didn't know how to refute, so he could only say in a deep voice: "The ghost winged demon lizard has a keen sense of smell. It's different from high-level Warcraft! …… By hemostasis, I mean that the wound must be treated thoroughly. Not...... It's not the kind that can be solved by simply bandaging and applying hemostatic herbs. ”
"Hey, just now I said that I should immediately stop the bleeding and bandage, and now I say that it is not a simple bandaging to stop the bleeding." Another mercenary mocked.
Soon, the laughter was louder.
The line between mercenaries and adventurers is quite blurred, but many times adventurers can do what they can do is the market, but mercenaries can't do it, and it is also a job of licking blood with a knife, and mercenaries' income is often lower than that of adventurers, so it is reasonable for mercenaries to look down on adventurers. Basically. Whenever given the opportunity, the mercenaries will not let go of any possibility to humiliate the adventurer, as if only then can they find a glimmer of satisfaction and superiority.
It's just that when a mercenary group is dispatched, a person with more knowledge of Warcraft is needed to guide the team, and adventurers can easily solve all the troubles that some low-level Warcraft may bring even if they are trained alone, which can see the gap between the specialization direction of adventurers and mercenaries. Of course, this is not that adventurers are necessarily better than mercenaries, and often many times when facing crises, it is mercenaries who survive in the end. This is due to the fact that mercenaries tend to have higher experience and survivability than adventurers.
Several of the adventurers also seemed to feel a little resentful, as if they had been humiliated themselves.
One of the adventurers impulsively slammed the glass on the table and stood up.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the tavern suddenly became tense.
More than a dozen mercenaries from several different gangs stood up on the spot. Although they did not mention their usual weapons, once a fight broke out in a place like a tavern, it was definitely the adventurers who suffered. So quickly. The adventurer was pulled back into his chair by his companion, but the result naturally caused the mercenaries to burst into laughter. The adventurers also seemed to feel a little embarrassed, and after putting some money on the table, they got up and left.
Sean shook his head widely.
He's been listening here for a long time. Still, no one has spoken about the important issue of the Devil-Winged Lizard.
Essentially, Sean is more of an adventurer's system, as he was both a mercenary and an adventurer before he joined the guild in the game, but he still prefers to be a lone ranger.
So after a slight hesitation at this time, Sean still spoke: "The sense of smell of the Ghost Winged Demon Lizard is indeed much more sensitive than that of ordinary high-level demonic beasts. Not only can they smell blood, but they can also smell other smells, and they can even judge the strength and number of their opponents by the smell of guò, which is where the Devil-winged Demon Lizard is really difficult. ”
Hearing Sean's voice, the mercenaries and adventurers in the laughter were all stunned for a moment.
Among them, one of the mercenaries suddenly picked up a wine glass and threw it at Sean: "Even silver is not a rookie, this is not the place where you can interject, get out!" ”
However, before the cup could get close to Sean, it was blocked by an adventurer's sword.
Sean's pupils shrank slightly.
The sword-wielding adventurer used very skillful force, and instead of shattering the sword, the cup he blocked bounced back at a faster speed, and then smashed into the mercenary's face, smashing him to the point of a nosebleed on the spot.
At this moment, it immediately angered several other mercenaries who were traveling with this mercenary. Soon, the mercenaries from other tables stood up and looked angrily at the middle-aged man with his sword out.
But in the face of the gaze and pressure of so many people, the man wielding the sword was not afraid at all, he just snorted coldly, and then put the long sword in his hand on the table, and suddenly a cold air escaped, and instantly condensed the things on the table with a layer of frost. The other people who seemed to be adventurers with the middle-aged man also looked up and looked around at this time.
Where the eagle-sharp gaze looked, none of the mercenaries around dared to continue to provoke. Many of them were immediately pulled back into their chairs by their companions, and then they just whispered something in their ears, and the faces of these mercenaries who were still menacing when they stood up just now suddenly changed. This time, they didn't even have the courage to make eye contact with the middle-aged man's companion, and they all lowered their heads.
For a while, the scene seemed a little quiet.
"You seem to know a lot about the Devil-winged Lizard." The middle-aged man looked around, that kind of spirit was like an emperor patrolling his territory, the mercenaries and adventurers around him actually chose to retreat, and even the adventurers who got up just now and were about to leave also sat back in their positions, "Are you a Warcraft scholar?" ”
"Sort of." Sean thought about it, he still knows a lot about Warcraft, at least more than many people who just have theories.
"How many types of magical beasts can you judge?"
"Except for the outer terrestrial species and the underground species, I basically know the species on the continent."
The sound of gasping for air instantly sounded in unison, and in an instant, everyone's gaze at Sean became different. (To be continued......)
PS: This is the fifth shift on the 28th, I'm sorry for the delay until now, the main thing is that the hand is a little uncomfortable, so I slowed down a little. …… Finally, ask for a monthly pass!!