Chapter 20

Chapter 20: A feast

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The two-legged Wyvern’s meat was pretty firm, full of vigor . It was really tough to chew on . When one’s mouth actually touched it, one could immediately realize that this was first-class meat . The meat, which was seasoned with the Dwarf Wrought Iron’s proud spices and strong wine, was grilled until it was well done . Everyone then could eat a mouthful of fat . After finishing eating, that drooling fragrance still lingered around the corners of their mouths, which was extremely memorable .

Such kinds of grilled meat would probably be sold at the price of dozens of Gold Coins in the bustling big city . It did not only have a high-end taste, but it also had a nourishing effect on one’s body . If one regularly ate this kind of food, his body would become exceptionally powerful without any special exercise .

Those great noble disciples all used this way to strengthen their bodies .

“So delicious! Super delicious!” Gerrard couldn’t help but exclaim after having one piece of grilled meat .

“Wrought Iron’s skill is indeed getting better!” The old Suo Si nodded his head complimenting, “A bright future is waiting for you old man . Your culinary skills are the best family heirloom!”

Wrought Iron was nearly fifty years old . To the dwarfs, he was considered ‘young and promising’ . His life roughly still had more than a hundred years left . Hearing Suo Si’s compliment made this adventurous Dwarf, who had followed Suo Si in the past thirty years, couldn’t help but laugh out loud, “I remember that year when you and I first met . I was grilling a wolf . You sneaked over here . I thought that you wanted to steal something . But the result was that you came and said ‘I want to trade my strong wine for your grilled meat’ . . . ”

“Right, thirty years have passed by in just a blink . At that time, I had just debuted, I wanted to make a big career, wanted to make a lot of money, became well-known . ” The old Suo Si stroked his beard, smilingly said, “Right now, my son has grown up . Not too long ago, he still resented me . Little Parker said that he didn’t want to stay at home and learn to do business . On the contrary, he wanted to learn from his grandfather to conquer the world . . . ”

“Thirty years, we are both already old . ”

“This word ‘both’ is not quite right . Only I, this old Suo Si is old . But you, Wrought Iron, is still so young . ” The half-Elf with a beard smilingly shook his head, “Suo Si’s energy is not as powerful as before . And then after a few years, I will not have enough strength to walk with the caravan . When that moment comes, young people will take over, and I will then need your help . ”

Wrought Iron’s face suddenly became gloomy: “I won’t do business either! If you let me lead them on an adventure, it would be no problem, let me lead them in doing business? This would be not much different from waiting to lose your capital!”

“Don’t worry, we both are not going to retire immediately anyway . Nevertheless, we will have to lead them for a while . ” Suo Si smiled kindly with a face full of wrinkles, “Moreover… Before I die, I want both of us have a trip to the ancient Elf temple, have a chat with those immortal elders . ”

“I totally agree with this! The wine at the god temple is very good . The ugly elders are quite good-natured as well . ” Wrought Iron’s mood was lifted up, “When that moment comes, we should have a drink together!”

While they were talking, Sui Xiong suddenly felt a group of intense evil intents that was transmitting over here from afar . He hurriedly warned Gerrard . Gerrard stood up and looked around . But there was only a group of Orcs riding on wolves towards here .

“It’s Wolf Orc Legion! Everyone, defend!”

The Wolf Orc Legion was the well-known thief gang in the four Northwest four towns . These thugs came from the north wasteland . Their number was large . Their style was ruthless . They were extremely brutal till the point that they didn’t even spare chickens or dogs . The mission of eliminating them was hung on the reward bar in the four towns . But no one had finished this mission yet . Not only once had the adventurers found them to pick a fight, the result was that no one had ever returned .

Due to many reasons, the Northwest four towns hadn’t built up an army . This was to prevent a war from happening . But it also made them unable to constrain this Wolf Orc Legion . Their scale was too big . They always came and left in a gang .

Gradually, this Wolf Orc Legion was growing bigger and bigger . They even had guts to attack the caravan in the empty land at the border of the town, not to mention their repeated successes .

This time, they were obviously going to attack the group of merchants .

Seeing dozens of green-skinned Orcs riding ash-gray wolves roaringly coming here, all the merchants were in panic . They firmly did not say anything further, throwing down their goods and dashing towards the town, finding a safe place to hide, hoping these bandits would leave after finding enough stuff so that they could keep their lives . Meanwhile, some were braver, grabbing the weapons, forming them into a fence, determined to risk their lives to keep some of their dignities left even if they would die . The others were smarter, directly running to the side of “Lucky Gold Coin”, hoping they could cooperate to seize a little hope of being able to live .

Lucky Gold Coin was the leader of these experienced adventurers . As soon as he discovered these bandits’ attack, he was immediately prepared to meet the enemy . With the old Suo Si’s incredible speed, within two or three steps, he had spurted far away, started to set up a trap . His speed was extremely fast . In around two or three times of breaths, he had finished setting up a trap, which fully displayed the sophisticated skill of a veteran thug . The bodyguard calmly and unhurriedly dressed neatly, relying on the chariot to display a battle array . The dwarf, who just grilled meat a moment ago, hurriedly entered the chariot . In a short while, he came out, fully dressed with a heavy, turtle shell-looking body armor, and turned into a powerful soldier . The half-Elf carried a pack full of arrows and was ready to shoot at any time . Even the servants hurriedly came in the chariot to take out leather armors and weapons, ready to fight .

“Wait . . . Big brother White, your . . . Where is your weapon?” It was maybe the first time that Palin had ever encountered such a situation, he somewhat looked scared . He was holding his own crystal-embed magic wand, nervously preparing to cast magic . But no matter what he did, he just couldn’t seem to calm himself down . To increase his confidence, he came to big Gerrard’s side and lowered his voice to ask .

After being born again in a shape of a giant, Gerrard had never once used a weapon . Back in the day, he used the battle-ax from the ruins in the White Leaf Town, which had already been buried with that piece of memory as well . At this moment, he was bare-handed, a no weapon kind of fellow .

As he saw that the enemy was getting closer, he furrowed his brows, looking around . His eyes suddenly lit up . He ran at full speed to a stump of the ancient tree beside him, which had the diameter about one meter .

“You . . . What do you want to . . . do here?” On the tree, there was a merchant, wearing a leather armor and trembling . His sudden appearance made him terror-stricken . He stutteringly asked .

Gerrard didn’t pay attention to him and examined the tree from top to bottom .

The tree-trunk was straight . The wood texture was meticulous . The branch and leaf were luxuriant . It was very suitable .

Therefore, he bent down . His left arm clung to the tree . His right arm wrapped around the tree . All the merchants nearby opened their mouths wide and rolled their eyes . He slightly yelled then pulled it out . The soil was splattered everywhere like falling raindrops . Some even fell into a dummy’s mouth, which was opened wide .

After estimating the giant tree’s weight then seeing its messy roots, Gerrard shook his head with a little dissatisfaction .

These roots were a little bit redundant and troublesome . When fighting, it would easily hurt his comrades .

Therefore, he put the roots on the ground, fiercely stepped on it several times, then used his rough and thick hand to stroke . Those troublesome roots were completely cleaned . Finally, he once again swung it up twice, then sighed .

“A little bit light . The central core is not bad either . ”

Everyone was in awe when they witnessed this scene . It was not that those extensively traveling merchants had not met a strong man, but they had never seen a man with such an extravagant strength like this . Although the folk tales had confirmed there was a rumor about a “Giant takes a giant tree as a stick”, when this scene actually happened in front of them, even though this giant was their comrade, their weak instincts made them feel choked and their legs tremble .

However, having such a mighty comrade by their side also enhanced their confidence in winning . Those merchants, who were momentarily frightened, finally calmed down . Even those who originally wanted to hide surged out, grabbing their weapons, wanting to fight side-by-side with him .

The Wolf Orc Legion was indeed very powerful and very dangerous . But could they be more powerful and dangerous when compared to a giant that could have pulled out an entire giant tree just to use as a stick?

Absolutely impossible!

If that was the case, what else could be scarier than this!

Gerrard carried his “Big Stick”, and leisurely walked toward the Lucky God Coin’s squad . He stood upright in front of them, swaggeringly facing the oncoming growling bandits .

When he was an adventurer, he had encountered bandits numerous times . But he never had been as confident and fearless as he was today .

He even had time to leisurely turned his head around, waving the tree which was as high as four or five guys combined, facing Palin, whose face was full of anxiety, and smilingly said: “Well, look, this is my weapon . ”

“It is indeed a trustworthy weapon . ” The Dwarf Wrought Iron wailed, “Being tall is definitely way more convenient!”

“In fact, on the contrary, I would rather use a more normal weapon, a hammer or an ax . ” Gerrard said, “But, I cannot find one that fits my body!”

“The next town is the Gold Rush town . That place produces a lot of ores . Until that time, I will help you make a weapon . ” The dwarf said, “Although I only make normal weapons, making a big ax isn’t a hard thing for me either . ”

“Let’s decide like this!” Gerrard beamed a smile, “the pay . . . Uh the pay has already come . ”

While they were talking, those Orc riding wolves had arrived . They certainly paid attention to Gerrard, momentarily held their reins, hesitated and didn’t dare to move forward .

Facing such a high town wall like this, the giant who carried a giant tree in one hand as a weapon, not many people would have the guts to risk their lives going up when they clearly knew they would be turned into minced meat .

Even the bandits were the same .

The bandit’s leader was the “Bloody Hand” Ruhr, who wore a leather armor with a twinkling magic divine light . The bent blade in his hand also flickered the same twinkling magic divine light, which created a conflicting view .

He knew really well how intimidating a giant’s power could be . If it were normal circumstances, he would have definitely taken his subordinates on a detour, would definitely not provoke this kind of opponent—–not to mention the danger, and the price for killing this giant was uncompensated .

He should probably be mentally prepared in losing up to half of his bandits if he wanted to kill such an opponent .

Without a bandit, what would he be taken as in this savage land?

However, he believed in that source of information and he was persistent about his trust .

His eyes fell on Gerrard’s right wrist . He attentively stared at the bone bracelet, which was emitting a light black art halo .

Even if it would cost him the entire squad of bandits, he still wanted to have this treasure .

Such a legendary treasure like this could allow him to act ruthlessly in the four towns . Even if he went back to that splendid area, it would be enough for him to live well-off, enjoy a carefree lifestyle which he could spend his time in drinking and pleasure .

If it was like this, the history of this “Wolf Orc Legion” mission could also be finished!

He was finally determined when thinking of this . He then swiftly raised his bent blade up, sending out an attack command .