Chapter 170

"No! Candle, candle is my treasure!"

"I only have this one left, I won't exchange it!"

Listening to this strange sound communicating, Wayne also recovered to a normal state from the chaos of traveling through the world.

Taking advantage of no one discovering him, he hurriedly drew the electric blade short sword on his belt to keep alert, first put a layer of Quen shield on himself as insurance, and then carefully walked out along the route of the mine.

Unfortunately, just after walking out of a corner, he saw two strange creatures in the mine holding broken pickaxes, short and thin, wearing a few pieces of cloth, not covering their bodies, and growing heads like mice, digging the ore on the wall while communicating in that strange language.

And the strangest thing is, these two creatures carried baskets full of ore, and both had a thick candle lit on their bare heads, but one had a large section left, while the other was almost burned to the bottom.

Kobold? Looking at their image, as well as the iconic candle on their heads, thoughts flashed in Wayne's mind, and soon the name of this race popped out.

However, creatures like kobolds exist in many fantasy worlds; just seeing them appear, it is definitely impossible to judge what world he is in.

Fortunately, the vast majority of kobolds are monsters equivalent to goblins, and their strength is several grades lower than ordinary commoners.

Looking at their thin body shape, neither armor nor weapons, the iron pickaxe in their hands is their only weapon, which should not be able to pose any threat to him.

Wayne considered for a second, simply took out the invisibility cloak from the storage bag, put it on his body, carefully walked out slowly along the route of the mine, instead of taking out his sword to kill all these little garbage.

It's not that he was afraid of these garbage kobolds, mainly because this space rift, if these kobolds were guarding it, it would be safer and would not make people suspicious.

The effect of the invisibility cloak was indeed good; although it could not cover the subtle sounds of his walking, it really completely covered his figure, and looking from the inside out, the entire invisibility cloak was completely transparent, and he could see everything outside clearly.

Relying on the witcher's agile skills and the kobold's low intelligence, Wayne bypassed all the kobolds in the mine all the way and walked out of the mine.

This is a very small mine, located at the foot of a small hill; Wayne looked out, and what came into view was a desolate yellow land, neither with a large amount of forest vegetation nor with many lakes and rivers; on the ground, besides yellow mud, there were clusters of withered wild grass, and the blue sky looked quite desolate under the reflection of the yellow soil.

Wayne took a light breath, looking at the desolate scene in front of him, he didn't know what he should do next for a while.

The purpose of his trip was just to determine whether this world was dangerous and whether it was a world he was familiar with; and to figure out these problems, it was best to find a wise creature that could communicate normally, so that he could infer from the clues.

After Wayne considered for a while, he suddenly saw a group of vultures circling in the sky, a flash of inspiration, he recalled the way of communication with birds in his mind, came to a mound with an open view, and then blew a loud whistle.

Sure enough, with the help of the beast language ability, the vultures circling in the sky seemed to perceive something; after flying around in the sky for a while, they landed cautiously and suspiciously about seven or eight meters away from Wayne.

Staring with round eyes, looking at this tall human in front of him, very suspicious of why he could communicate with himself, and why he could understand that strange whistle?

Seeing that his beast language skill really played a role, Wayne felt a joy in his heart; sure enough, choosing this skill specialty was indeed correct, it was really too practical.

Afterwards, Wayne imitated the frequency of the bird's sound and communicated with these vultures with great difficulty; with the help of the special ability of wild beast affinity, although vultures are scavengers and sometimes attack humans, their attitude towards Wayne was quite friendly, almost treating him as a kind.

Wayne even felt that if his taming skill was upgraded by another grade, he could directly ask these wild beasts to help him fight and order them to do some things within their power.

A few minutes later, after a messy language exchange, Wayne barely knew the information he wanted from these low-IQ vultures through questions and answers.

That is, in the northwest direction not far from here, there is a farm planted with a large number of crops, and a group of creatures similar to him live in it, which is likely to be humans.

After getting this news, Wayne did not delay, put on the invisibility cloak, took out the magic flying carpet from the storage bag, and flew directly towards the northwest direction.

Sure enough, after flying for about a quarter of an hour, a farm with an area of about ten acres gradually appeared in front of Wayne.

However, at this time, most of the farmland in the farm had been abandoned, and only a few pieces of farmland closest to the center of the farm were planted with plants similar to wheat. Looking from a distance, there were a few figures walking back and forth between the farmland and the farmhouse, seemingly doing farm work; looking at their appearance and dress, they were indeed all humans.

This discovery made Wayne feel a relief in his heart; this is good, as long as it is a world with humans, it is generally a world that can communicate normally; if it is some messy, strange-looking creatures, I am afraid he can only turn around and leave.

He landed silently on an open space a few hundred meters outside the farm, put the magic flying carpet and invisibility cloak into the storage bag, carried the two-handed greatsword more than a meter long, and hung a short sword on his waist, walking towards the farm in the posture of an adventurer.

Just entering the farm, the first thing I saw was a girl dressed as a farm worker, wearing a linen short shirt on the upper body, canvas suspender pants on the lower body, pushing the linen shirt high with her chest, carrying a hay fork.

She looked above average, with brown hair, a ponytail, nearly one meter eight tall, and her skin was tanned into a wheat color because of frequent work in the sun.

When Wayne saw her, she also saw Wayne.

The farm girl was stunned for a moment, and after seeing Wayne's weapons and armor clearly, she gripped the hay fork somewhat vigilantly and asked in a slightly hoarse voice:

"Who are you, why come to my family's farm?"

Hearing that there was no problem with the language exchange between the two sides, Wayne felt a joy in his heart; he raised his hands to indicate that he had no malice, and said with a smile on his handsome face: "Don't be nervous, lady, I am a mercenary, coming here just to buy some supplies, food, water, wine, etc., and by the way, see if you have any commissions that need us mercenaries to complete."

Beauty is justice in this world; seeing Wayne's handsome face and friendly attitude, the farm girl's attitude immediately became much friendlier; although she did not put down the hay fork in her hand, after considering for a few seconds, she still said to Wayne: "Mercenary? You are an adventurer, right? Did you come from Stormwind City?"

"Follow me, I'll take you to see my parents; recently there are many wild boars near the farm, I don't know where they came from, always destroying our crops at night; if you can help us kill them, my parents should be willing to pay you a reward."

Stormwind City! Hearing this name, Wayne probably guessed what world he was in; while feeling a burst of joy, he couldn't help but feel a burst of headache.

Azeroth world! World of Warcraft! A world spied on by the Burning Legion!

He suppressed the complex thoughts in his heart, kept a smile on his face, and followed behind the farm girl, walking towards the farmhouse in the center of the farm.

After walking for dozens of meters, a pair of middle-aged couples dressed as farm owners also walked over, followed by two strong farm workers holding farm tools.

They all looked at Wayne, who was fully armed, with vigilant eyes, especially staying on the huge two-handed sword behind him for several seconds.

It wasn't until the farm girl explained a few words in the couple's ears that the atmosphere at the scene eased slightly; the middle-aged strong man dressed as a farm owner walked to Wayne, first looked at Wayne seriously for a while, and then asked: "What kind of adventurer are you from, we Westfall, rarely have adventurers visit."

Hearing the word Westfall, Wayne's eyes flashed, knowing his current location, and his heart relaxed again; he nodded to this farm owner and said: "This gentleman, nice to meet you."

"I am not from Stormwind City; I am an adventurer from the Kingdom of Lordaeron, adventuring all over the world while looking for commissions all over the world, until recently I came to Westfall from Stormwind City."

The farm owner was silent for a few seconds; he could see from Wayne's excellent weapons and equipment that the other party's strength must not be underestimated; after consideration, a smile suddenly appeared on his serious face, and he said: "Since you are an adventurer from afar, you must have been quite tired after a long journey."

"Welcome to our Lawrence farm; let's not talk about the commission for now, I'll let my daughter take you to the restaurant to enjoy a simple lunch."

"After you have rested, let's talk about serious business."

"Recently Westfall is very chaotic, not only are all kinds of wild beasts rampant, but there are also Riverpaw gnolls robbing everywhere; recently I heard that a bandit organization called the Defias Brotherhood has risen near the Deadmines."

"If you come here to look for commissions, you definitely won't lack work."

(End of this chapter)