Sword Sorcery - Chapter 96

[Chapter 96 Arrival in Hong Kong]

pat pat ……

Aaron hugged the petite An Geli, and the two rode their horses all the way to the port of Cobos. A gentle breeze slapped An Geli’s face, making her comfortably narrow her big eyes and twist her head. Moved a few times to better ‘lie’ in Aaron’s arms.

In the same way, this gentle breeze also brought up the strands of Angoli’s soft blonde hair and gently patted Aaron’s face, so that he could smell the elegant fragrance without deliberately sniffing his nose. It also became peaceful and comfortable.

Maintaining this peaceful atmosphere, the two ran unimpeded along the country road. The vigorous horses under their crotch shrewdly avoided the carriages that were obstructing the road ahead, as if Aaron was in a previous life. The ‘old racing driver’ seen in the movie is generally —

These steeds were specially selected by Viscount Steve for the bottom of the box. Before escaping, he scoured the entire territory under his command and only collected a few horses, which shows how good they are.

Soon, Aaron came to the entrance of the city gate of Cobos Port with Angelina in his arms under the gazes of the group of traders and travelers who were full of admiration and admiration. Moreover, when Aaron observed Cobo up close. When I visited the port, I finally deeply realized how prosperous this port city is——

“Massive and spectacular”

This is Aaron’s first impression of Cobos Port, and it is also the deepest impression.

The entire Cobos port is filled with a prosperous atmosphere close to the steam civilization.

A medieval-style building as tall as a clock tower was erected in the city next to the port, crowding the entire coastal port like a group of chicks.

Vendors are standing on the street selling their own goods, and a famous guard who is equivalent to the ‘ancient version of the city management’, wearing armor and a long sword around his waist, is constantly wandering and patrolling, maintaining the most prosperous port. basic order.

“It’s really a bustling place, and it really isn’t something that can be compared to a small place like the Chino Kingdom.”

Seeing this, Aaron couldn’t help but sigh, and then lightly kicked his feet to drive the horse under his crotch to the city gate to line up to enter the city, and the horse also snorted spiritually, as if ‘complaining’ on his back to the master. The rude treatment, some reluctantly, slowly walked to the back of the long team into the city.

Soon, the orderly and highly efficient team entering the city had disappeared. It was Aaron and Angoli’s turn to ride horses into the city. The two soldiers came to the city according to the rules of entering the city to prepare to collect the ‘head tax’——

The poll tax is a kind of city entry tax. The entry fee for a prosperous city like Cobos Port is about one silver coin, and one silver coin is equivalent to the normal expenses of an ordinary family for nearly a week.

Therefore, ordinary people in this world rarely move around, and only some adventurers and merchants often travel to and from the city ports and continue to write their own epics with their lives.

The people in charge of entering the city were a young soldier and a middle-aged veteran with an old face.

The two soldiers quickly walked to Aaron riding a horse, but when they saw An Geli ‘shrinking’ in Aaron’s arms, they were immediately stunned by An Geli’s alluring face. After a moment, it was obvious that they had never met such an outstanding young girl before.

Immediately afterwards, a gleam of light flashed in the eyes of the young soldier, stepped forward and shouted to Aaron: “You come down first, we will conduct a careful inspection of any unidentified people entering the city… …”

However, before the young soldier’s words were finished, he was quietly stepped on by the veteran next to him, which interrupted the young soldier’s next words.

Even the old soldier’s feet were so hard that the young soldier cried out in a low voice——

“Ouch~!”

I see,

The old soldier didn’t even bother to take care of the young soldier, he immediately put on a complimenting smile, stepped forward, and said respectfully to Aaron:

“My lord, the entry fee for our Cobos port is one silver coin per person. If you bring livestock or donkeys into the city, you need to pay an additional ‘livestock tax’ fee of 10 copper coins per livestock… .”

While bowing his head and explaining the rules of entering the city respectfully, the veteran glanced secretly at the cross sword on Aaron’s waist and the horse that was obviously of extraordinary quality. A hint of surprise and fear flashed in his eyes – as if he had confirmed something. generally.

“Sure enough”

At the same time, the veteran’s heart became more and more certain of his vague guesses about Aaron, and the smile on his face was almost squeezed into a ball, which was almost a ‘shameless’ compliment.

This scene suddenly made the young soldier who had not yet reacted to his mind suddenly showed a terrifying expression like seeing a ghost——

“Is the old soldier in front of me still the same ‘Uncle Blau’ – Blau, who would be humble even when he saw the squadron leader? What a joke, why did he behave so respectfully?”

“I’m not suffering from mental illness, right?!”

Just when the young soldier was madly suspicious of life, he felt that his foot was quietly stepped on by the veteran Blau again, and when he looked up, he saw that Blau was giving him a ‘wink’—

“Karu, you better be honest with me!”

The meaning of this look was easily deciphered by the young soldier Karoo-because Blau’s eyes were about to burst into flames, and even a fool could see that Blau was at this moment. of anxiety and anger.

“Uncle Blau doesn’t usually act like this, unless…”

Carew recalled the steadiness and composure that Blau usually showed, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at Angeli in Aaron’s arms again. Treat yourself as a silent wooden man.

“These two are quite acquainted”

The scenes between Blau and Karoo naturally couldn’t escape Aaron’s observation and perception, but he didn’t have the spare time to care too much about these ordinary people, just like ordinary people don’t care too much about the ants under their feet, Unless the ant was really disgusting to him, Aaron wouldn’t really kill him–

After all, he is not the kind of brain-damaged who takes pure killing for pleasure. Killing is just a means – a means to achieve an end, not a fun, let alone a way of life.

“Here~, the cost of entering the city.”

Aaron threw a gold coin directly at Blau, and then ignored the next replies from the two of them. He put his arms around An Geli in his arms, and the two of them rode slowly toward the city without looking back.

Apparently, Aaron spared the two soldiers because of Blau’s sensible behavior.

Seeing Aaron finally leaving, Blau immediately breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Karoo and whispered, “You idiot, you almost killed me! Do you know that we just walked before the gate of hell? Once-”

“Some people, you can provoke them, but… some people, you absolutely cannot provoke them!”

[End of this Chapter]