Demon Sage

face full of beard, wearing a halter shirt common among craftsmen, the tall man holds a hammer in his left hand and a lance in his right hand, and the tip of the spear is placed on his body. On the forging table in front, a pair of forging looks made.

There is a hint of contemplation in his resolute face, as if he is thinking about how to do the best job at hand.

This is the first statue Donald saw as he walked out of the Corta train station, standing among the flower beds in the middle of the main road at the station exit.

“It is said that this is the incarnation of the god of craftsmen. The purpose of placing such a statue here is to let everyone who comes to Corta know the religious beliefs here?”

Anthony is also looking at the sculpture, the public bookshelf on the train has an introduction to the city of Corta.

“It should be, just like the sun emblem on the street lamp when we first arrived in Delchimo…but the appearance of this city is really beyond my imagination. ”

Craftsmanship and forging, the initial impression in Donald’s mind was naturally a refined and elegant city, such as wide streets paved with square-shaped large bluestone slabs, Corners with small sculptures of birds and beasts, Gothic tower structure and a large bell tower with carvings on the outside.

However, reality is always very different from imagination.

Due to the gloomy sky due to heavy snow, Donald saw a barely modern industrial city, with large chimneys everywhere and large factories below, black smoke and firelight became the focal point of the place. The main tone, there is a strange smell in the air that resembles sulfur and other industrial raw materials, and the faces of passers-by are more like being covered with a layer of gray masks.

Negative emotions such as exhaustion and dullness appear on almost everyone’s faces. This state makes everyone look very indifferent, and this indifference creates a sense of indifference around them. A special atmosphere, like an ordinary person walking into a damp and rotten wood house, even if you can see through everything here at a glance, you will still start to worry about whether there may be a monster hidden somewhere in the corner….. .

“I don’t like it here, neither Delchimo nor Belle is much better here.”

As a woman, Stephanie undoubtedly It’s emotional, such a scene is naturally impossible to arouse any goodwill in her, she turned around and found her mechanical mask from the cart she just bought, barely isolating some dirty air.

“But this is the richest of the several cities in Westlin County. It is said that the richest people born here are the sum of the other cities around.”

Anthony holds one hand That magazine, with a pear in the other hand under the nose, relies on this method to keep his olfactory system, which is invaluable as a top chef, from being polluted by the air here.

“Several, I will send Mr. Priest to the church here first, and then I will ask the priest of the craft and forging sector to introduce me to a craftsman, tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock, we will be in Corta Meet me at the… mermaid fountain in the city.”

Jacqueline walked a few steps from the station and came out to Donald’s side.

“Mermaid Fountain?”

It’s already evening, and it will be nighttime in a while, and Donald’s entire group has to find a place to stay, so he doesn’t object to going there tomorrow Craftsman, it’s just this mermaid fountain, he doesn’t know where it is.

“Sorry, it’s your first time in Corta, right? The Mermaid Fountain is located in the central park of Corta, a well-known building in the local area. It’s easy to find.”

Noticing the embarrassed look on Donald’s face, Jacqueline quickly added.

Having made an appointment, the two groups of people naturally went their separate ways.

Going into Corta, Donald thought that the environment in the city would make them better. After all, Anthony said that the level of wealth in this city should exceed that of other surrounding cities. , but the reality disappointed Donald again.

This is a thoroughly industrial city!

Every place in the city is like those standard products produced on the assembly line. If there are only one or two pieces, it may make people feel the beauty of neatness, but if this thing is everywhere, The icy lines and impersonal structure are hard to catch the eye.

The crowd was even more dejected than what I saw at the train station before.

The so-called wealthy only refers to the upper class represented by those factory owners.

“No wonder there are more rich people than other cities combined. It turns out that all the wealth of the common people is concentrated on those people…”

Donald His gaze swept over the people passing by, and few had happy expressions on their faces, which was not the way someone living in a wealthy city should behave.

Of course, the city isn’t completely useless, at least Donald and the others walking into a restaurant with a decent look can feel the heat radiating from the heater and the lights inside the store. It was bright, and there was a faint smell of food wafting from the back kitchen.

“The menu here is so strange. The price of vegetables is almost the same as that of meat…”

Stephanie pointed to a few on the menu. A dish, looked towards the waiter next to him with some doubts.

“Because vegetables are scarce ingredients here, the price may be a little higher, but we are absolutely confident in the taste.”

The waiter held a pen and paper in his hand, his face He explained with some helplessness.

In the end, Donald entire group ordered a vegetable soup in addition to the staple food, which also attracted the attention of many nearby guests.

This is the privilege of the rich.

“We will leave the city when the space ring is completed. This environment is not as good as the wilderness.”

Looking at the snow scene outside the store, it should be pure and beautiful snowflakes It looks a bit unspeakably dirty now, maybe it’s because of the black smoke that has passed through those chimneys. In any case, Donald is worried about the air quality here. If it weren’t for the space ring, he would even Going to leave early tomorrow morning.

dīng líng líng ~

The hanging bell at the door swayed and made a crisp sound, and Donald’s eyes that had been staying outside the window subconsciously turned around.

Entering the door were a few people who were obviously dressed differently from the surrounding citizens, or were similar to them.

“Outlanders.”

These people, like them, are not natives.

“Outlander? What do you mean?”

Stephanie asked strangely after hearing Donald’s words.

“It’s nothing, let’s have dinner, we’ll go to the hotel later.”

Those people are only two tables away from him, Donald said. Don’t want these people to misunderstand that he’s watching them.

Until the entire group of Donald left, there was no accident. The other party obviously noticed several of Donald, but the idea should be similar to that of Donald. This is not a closed city, and it is normal to have foreigners. .

“Donald, you should have noticed the people in the restaurant just now, right?”

After walking a distance from the restaurant, Anthony took the initiative to mention this, which made him Donald, who was looking at the big factory in the distance, was a little surprised.

“Have a problem?”

“It’s not a problem…you know, my innate talent can be used to strengthen every aspect of the body, and Remember the alien beast we killed on the edge of the village, I ate its meat, and my hearing has improved a lot. I overheard their conversation just now, and the content of it made me a little concerned.”

One of Anthony’s Innate abilities is carnivorous, which has now been developed by him to the extent that he can improve or evolve his body by eating various special meats.

For example, at the beginning of ability discovery, if Anthony ate rabbit meat, he could strengthen his leg muscles. If he could make special food, the enhancement effect would be enhanced, but this kind of strengthening It will gradually weaken as his physical fitness improves. For example, no matter how much rabbit meat he eats now, his leg muscles will not be strengthened in the slightest.

“en?”

Raising his eyebrows, Donald asked after shifting the Finger in his arms to a more comfortable position.

Several people were turning a street corner at this time, and a drunken man was lying on the ground beside the road, swaying with the wine bottle in his hand, and they all took a step to the other side in unison , Lilo was going to step over him directly, but Donald pulled her head aside, bypassed him, and continued to walk forward, looking for a nearby hotel.

“They claim to be demonhunters, and they seem to have a special mission to remove demons here.”

“Are you sure you are a demonhunter?”

For this profession, Donald used to have certain fantasies. You must know that he has read some miscellaneous books in his previous life or played a game where he will play cards with people without saying a word. The understanding of demonhunter is probably to travel all over the place, punish evil and promote. good.

For this reason, he once considered whether to become a demonhunter, but he has never heard of a heretic with such a name, and thought it did not exist.

After all, the Ryan Empire faith area is managed by religion, and the non-belief area is managed by the Anomaly Bureau. Demonhunter really doesn’t need to exist.

didn’t expect I met a few today.

“I should have heard correctly. The content of their conversation is probably that there have been a lot of disappearances in Corta City recently, and many people in this city are in a mental state that is not right.”

Anthony’s memory isn’t as good as Donald’s, and he’s barely memorizing the content.

“The disappearance? Although I don’t know the reason, it seems that we have to be vigilant tonight. It’s really troublesome. The city doesn’t feel very good. Now this kind of thing is happening. I The missing person may not have been eaten by a monster, but by the city…”

Maybe because of the gloomy surrounding environment, Donald’s mood is inexplicable. Depressed, there are inevitably a few complaints in his mouth, the corners of his eyes are swept around, and he inadvertently sees a shop window on the side of the road, but his footsteps suddenly stop, not because the few in the shop window are placed on the wood The mechanical dolls in the box are used for exhibition, but the street scene behind them is reflected in the window,

“Anthony, I remember when we passed that intersection, a drunk fell there, right? ?”

Looking back, all he saw was a street covered with snowflakes under the dim lights.

“Maybe I’ve crawled somewhere else, drunk, I’ve seen quite a few people in Demingham before, even if they were running around naked. .”

Stephanie turned her head sideways, leaned back and glanced at the position of the drunken man before, there was no one there.

“Maybe… let’s go faster, try to rest as early as possible, and have to look for that fish statue early tomorrow.”

Although I feel suspicious, but Going back to check the scene, Donald was reluctant. He wasn’t free enough to care about the life and death of a homeless man.

After they turned and left, next to the place where the drunkard once stayed, several long and narrow tracks were being re-obscured by snowflakes…

Using the roadside signs and the introduction booklet about Corta in Anthony’s hand, the entire group turned a few streets and saw a hotel specially introduced in the booklet.

The inside of the store is brightly lit, and outside the store is gradually expanding snow, even the mechanical lighting on the street still can’t expel those surging darkness…

“It is said that travelers who have rested here will have a comfortable sleep experience. Some people think that this may be related to the sculpture outside the hotel.”

Anthony acts as a tour guide, pointing to the one in front Disc-shaped sculpture said.

It was a gear with a metal, bone or wooden axle and four spokes.

Insignia of the Crafting and Blacksmithing sect.

As they approached in the wind and snow, several other people walked into the hotel with their front and back feet. Donald walked at the end. He seemed to hear the sound of something shattering in his ears. The next second, he frowned. Looking back at the gear sculpture, he opened the umbrella that had been retracted again, stepped into the wind and snow, and walked to the side of the gear sculpture.

A crack appeared on the wooden axis of the sculpture…

“The sound just now came from here?”

Donald did hear the cracking sound. It is normal for other things to freeze and crack in such a low temperature environment. This represents the emblem of the god of craftsmanship and forging!

What does this indicate…

“Donald big brother, Stephanie elder sister let me come to the front desk to register!”

Julia stood at the door with the raccoon’s hat in both hands and shouted to Donald.

“Okay, I’m here.”

Retracting the hand that was going to touch the crack, Donald turned and entered the hotel.

When I got to the front desk, I looked towards the two waiters, and my heart thumped again.

“You two, didn’t you sleep well?”

Donald asked, looking at each other’s dark circles and half-open tired eyes.

Isn’t this place claiming to have a comfortable sleep experience as long as you check in, but these two waiters seem to have not slept well…

Is it too late to change hotels now?

This was what Donald immediately thought of.