Afra shook Avril awake, looking into her drowsy eyes, and asked coldly, "How did you follow me?"
"Ugh, I left a pentangle incense on you," she said, rubbing against Afra's chest to find a comfortable spot, and then fell back asleep.
Pentangle incense is a precious fragrance, and trained rats are very sensitive to it. This method is very popular among nobles because the pentangle incense is rare and not easily confused with other smells, and training rats is relatively simple. Therefore, this matter is likely to have the shadow of James or Aisha.
Going out and downstairs, Afra ordered a breakfast, a delicate porridge of wheat, which cost her twenty-seven copper coins. It was originally 20 copper coins, and the copper coins Afra paid were of good color, so it should have been possible to pay less, but because of the amount, it was added by seven. This坑爹's currency system.
"Bang," an axe was inserted in front of Afra. Afra looked up, and several burly men surrounded her, presumably the same group as the mercenary from yesterday. One of them looked like their leader, with a ferocious face, asking, "You are the one who harmed our brother."
"If you are talking about that fool yesterday..." Afra nodded affirmatively, "It's me."
"The voice is quite good, and the skin is also white." The mercenary leader looked at Afra with a lewd look, "Girl..."
"Bang!" The head of the mercenary leader collided with a fist of about the same size, emitting a dull sound. The mercenary leader fell on the table without saying a word. The other mercenaries turned their heads and saw a taller man in a black cloak standing in front of them, blocking the sunlight, making them seem to live in the shadow of this person.
The dagger stabbed at the waist of the cloaked man. Then, the dagger was twisted off, and the guy who used the dagger was kicked and broke his leg, holding his leg on the ground and howling. The arm swept across, and two mercenaries flew out and fell on the ground twitching. The two-handed sword swung, and it was stuck on the pillar with a click. The cloaked man turned his head and looked at this fool, then kicked out. This fool was immediately kicked to the wall, hanging on it like a picture, and then slowly slid down.
After doing all this, the cloaked man grabbed the sword blade stuck in his waist and pulled it out, threw it on the ground, and with a swipe of his hand, he pulled the unconscious mercenary leader to the ground, and then sat opposite Afra.
Afra rubbed her nose and asked, "Banai, why are you following me too?"
"According to the agreement, I can't stay in this city for a long time. I can't think of anywhere to go, so I came to find you. After all, you are also my master."
Both Afra and Banai are not welcome in this city. Banai is because he has a lot of connections with the orcs, and Afra is because of her strong destructive power. If Afra is just a simple wizard, it's okay, but the problem is that she has the power of fire, which is too threatening to this city.
"Miss, your porridge." Afra threw out two gold coins, plus two boat tickets and the food expenses of the last two days. The waiter nodded and asked Banai, "Sir, what would you like to order?"
"Meat, two pounds of meat, thirty percent cooked."
The waiter left, and Afra took a sip of the porridge, feeling that the taste was not bad, except for the expensiveness, it was quite good.
Two days later, Afra and his party got on the boat. In Fengbao, James received the news and breathed a sigh of relief. Angelus couldn't bear the toss anymore.
Going down the river, they quickly left Pisarro and arrived at the Water Bay City of Hegu Province. This is a city surrounded by water on all sides. From a distance, it seems to be floating in the middle of the water. Compared with Angelus, Water Bay City is undoubtedly more prosperous. Of course, it also has the consistent style of cities in this world, divided into three areas.
The messy river beach, as long as the water rises, the streets will be flooded, and if you want to cross the street, you can only wade through. The relatively clean high slope is the territory of the rich and nobles, with cleaner streets. The consumption level here is compared with the river beach, one is in heaven and the other is on earth, and the housing price is extremely high. The Pinnacle Tower is the core of the entire Water Bay City, the residence of the lord and the place of administration, managing the entire Water Bay City. Every night, the top of the Pinnacle Tower lights up, illuminating the nearby waters, which is a spectacle.
Now, Afra and his three companions are staying in a simple tavern on the river beach of Water Bay City. They originally planned to live on the high slope, but the money was lost. The culprit of all this, Miss Avril, was dejectedly sipping fish soup and swallowing black bread with difficulty, looking very depressed. On the boat, the usually fierce Banai showed extreme discomfort, and finally, when he got ashore, Afra had to help him up. So, the package fell on Miss Avril's shoulders. Then, the money was lost.
Fortunately, Afra carried a wallet on her body, but how much money can a small wallet hold, only two poor-quality gold coins and 12 silver pearls. These money can buy 44 black breads in other places, but in the commercial city of Water Bay City, which does not produce food, there is only the purchasing power of 32 black breads. If you want to live on the high slope, you need to spend three or four silver pearls a day, which is completely unaffordable. As for the issue of eating black bread, it's not because there is no money, but because this tavern only has these at night. So no matter what, one thing can be determined, that is, Avril is indeed a pit.
The next day, in order to leave this hell as soon as possible, Afra spent a silver coin to ask the tavern owner about the caravan that wants to leave here. Of course, it is best to be a land route and requires the employment of guards. The boss did give out the news, a caravan under a lord is full of food to go back. For food, it is very needed everywhere. However, this route has to go through several lord's territories, among which two lords are hostile to that lord, and this time the food carried is a bit much, which is likely to arouse the greed of other lords, so more guards are needed.
You know, the lord will not only raise a caravan but also raise bandits. Many times, bandits are essentially regular troops, just changing their clothes. As for the real bandits, they are not terrible. They are just some hungry people who can only rob some solo travelers, and their combat effectiveness is poor. On the name, adventurers will not accept such tasks, but in reality, as long as you are not famous, the boundary between adventurers and mercenaries is not as strict as imagined, as long as you change a coat. Others don't know you, you don't say, who knows whether you are an adventurer or a mercenary, and then you may become a bandit.