Chapter 187 Mountain People’s Village

The prairie located in the northern part of the Horleta Kingdom has no name. People in this world call it "prairie" directly. The center of this vast land is an uninhabited and unclaimed area, and the surrounding areas are surrounded by Due to some historical reasons, many areas of this grassland are in a state of independence. The southern area of ​​the grassland bordering the Kingdom of Horleta is nominally the territory of the Kingdom, but in fact there are no officials here. and garrison, Rumbell Town is the northernmost administrative unit of the kingdom. As for this prairie, its actual rulers are wolves, savage beasts and violent strange disasters.

The Wolf King once mentioned the legend here. The ancient magical civilization had a great war here. The ancient battlefield was buried under the green grassland. The powerful ancient warriors of the past are still activating their powerful magic underground. Due to its power, magical disasters such as hurricanes, thunderstorms and even blizzards often appear out of thin air on the grassland. It is precisely because of this that the surrounding countries are unwilling to invest too much energy in this grassland. It is really not suitable for resettling people.

However, the grassland border areas are relatively safe, and some sections have never even been attacked by magical disasters. A few years ago, a group of mountain people who came out of the mountains to the west established a small village in such a neutral zone. I don’t know what agreement the mountain people reached with the Horleta royal family. This village has been preserved in a form similar to a border trade zone - even though it is hundreds of kilometers away from the actual settlement of the mountain people.

The small village has no name. People in the kingdom generally call it "Western Village" or "Mountain Village". Those strong mountain people who are used to walking long distances often travel between the small village and their own hometowns. Produced medicinal materials and jade were transported here, and they were exchanged with the Horleta people for alchemy items and other daily necessities. At the same time, they also adapted to the way of grazing in the plains in a short period of time. The livestock produced in the small villages Leather and extremely durable beasts of burden are also very popular goods among the Horleta people. As a result, this small village now really has the flavor of a neutral trade zone.

The above information was all told by Betsy while everyone was slowly walking towards the small village. The mercenary girl felt that since Hao Ren and the others were "travelers from the Northern Empire", they should only communicate with the Kingdom of Horleta. The mountain people didn't know much about it, so they consciously acted as guides, which saved Hao Ren and the others a lot of trouble.

The village of the mountain people is not big. At first glance, it seems that there are only a hundred or so households. They are scattered and scattered on a slightly higher and gentle slope without any planning. The village has no walls. There is only a circle around the outside that looks relatively solid. A wooden fence is used as the boundary. There is a gentle river next to the soil slope where the small village is located, which is the source of drinking water for the villagers. On the other side of the river, you can see a square building built with white stone bricks. It was a house that was completely different from the style of the village houses. It looked like a common residential style in the town of Rumbell, and I didn’t know what it was used for. The mountain people's own houses are cylindrical, built of wood, with the outer walls wrapped in leather, and gaps filled with thatch and clay. They look like taller yurts, and this style is vaguely familiar.

Everyone dismounted outside the village. Because there were no roads or mountain gates here, they walked directly into the settlement. At this time, it was time for the locals to make fire and cook. Most people were at home. Only three or five men with nothing to do could be seen wandering around on the street. As soon as Hao Ren saw these villagers, he knew why Yitzhak You would be mistaken for a mountain man: the people here are unusually tall!

They wore clothes sewn with coarse cloth and animal skins. Although these clothes looked rough, they were finely made and gave people the feeling of being from an ethnic minority. Most of them were about two meters tall. What Hao Ren saw The shortest one is probably a head taller than me. The mountain man's body is strong and solid. Although it is not as exaggerated as Yzax's human form, it is still enough for people who don't know the inside to mistake the latter for he is also a mountain man. Hao Ren saw that the faces of the men in the village were painted with horizontal and vertical stripes using some kind of white and yellow paint. He didn't know what they meant. It was probably the custom of the mountain people.

Anyway, a strong exotic feeling rushed towards me - and by the way, there was also the smell of rice.

After running all this way and eating some snacks at noon, Hao Ren was really hungry. Lily next to him was even more exaggerated. This girl's eyes were green when she looked at the turf on the ground... As for that, So hungry?

The villagers didn't react much when they saw a group of outsiders coming to their village. They were probably used to dealing with the Horleta people. When they saw the outsiders, they just smiled and waved to say hello. They didn't look distant or abrupt, but just Only when they saw the strange clothes on Hao Ren and others did some people become a little curious. Betsy was obviously a familiar visitor here. She walked in front of the team and greeted certain villagers loudly and familiarly, and then asked someone to ask if the village chief was in the village.

"The village chief just came back yesterday." A brown-haired man with two horizontal stripes painted on his face with yellow paint pointed at a big house in the center of the village. "Many outsiders have come to the village recently, and some have stayed overnight. In front of the village chief I just took people to the town to buy food two days ago."

"You must be making a lot of money these days," Betsy smiled cheerfully, looking like a tomboy, "Look at the chain around your neck."

"It's okay, it's okay, I sold a few horses..."

While Betsy was talking to an acquaintance, Hao Ren finally remembered where he had seen a building similar to the style of this village: on the night he first saw the Black Wolf King, he saw it in the grassland. Several nomad huts are in this style!

So the nomads mentioned by the Black Wolf King who lived on the grassland for a while and then moved away turned out to be people from this village. This is really a coincidence everywhere in the world.

Vivian touched Hao Ren's arm after observing the local house style: "There is no Laita rune here."

"Probably only the Kingdom of Horleta has inherited some knowledge related to runes," Hao Ren nodded, "You can tell from the name."

Yzaks moved his body and took a long breath: "Hey - I don't know what's going on, but I feel relaxed here."

Hao Ren rolled his eyes: "Nonsense, there are little giants here. You can finally raise your head when talking to others. You are no longer nervous. I can't stand it."

Isn't it awkward? When you talk to anyone, you always aim at your nostrils first. After a long time, even if you can't bear it mentally, your cervical spine may not be able to bear it...

At this time, Betsy had finished talking to her acquaintances. She asked everyone to hand over the horses to the brown-haired man with two streaks on his face: "Give the horses to Zanaro. Let's stay at the village chief's house for one night." , even if the man and the horse keep up their energy, we will have no choice but to move forward in the wilderness for two days starting tomorrow."

The man named Zanarro gave Hao Ren and the others a friendly smile, showing his white teeth. Then he did not take the reins. He just made a strange and loud shout in front of the horse team, and the horses lowered their heads and drooped their eyes. He followed him away tamely. Betsy smiled and introduced to Hao Ren: "The mountain people are too tall and usually can't ride other horses except Kerzen horses, but they are good at training horses, no matter what kind of horse they are. They said that their ancestors had signed an agreement with the gods in the mountains and forests. As long as the descendants of the mountain people still maintained their respect for the mountains and forests, they could communicate with the beasts. They didn't know whether it was true or not. "

Listening to Betsy introducing some interesting legends about the mountain people, everyone came to the largest cylindrical house in the center of the village. An old man with white beard and hair was standing at the door. This man was wearing a blue cloth robe and had three white stripes on his face. The old man was the village chief. He had just heard that Betsy was leading a group of strangers and had been waiting at the door. After seeing the group of people, the old village chief greeted Betsy in a loud voice: "Little girl! Are you bringing your friends?"

Even a young man with such a bright voice might not dare to compare. Hao Ren could feel his ears itching even when he was more than ten meters away.

"Old man!" Betsy said with a smile on her face, "You're here to interrupt the day! I'm going to Beinz Blood Lake too!"

"I knew you would join in the fun sooner or later," the old village chief seemed to be really familiar with Betsy. His face showed the kind of kindness that an elder would have when treating a younger one. Then he waved to Hao Ren and others, "Come here. They are all guests, come in, they are cooking at home."

It seemed that the mountain people were very hospitable. Hao Ren led a few people to greet the old village chief. The latter was obviously stunned when he saw Yizhaks: "Hey, this aura looks like... you are also a mountain person. Are you human? Which tribe are you from?"

Hao Ren quickly brushed off the issue, saying that Yzaks had grown up with the plains people in the north due to family changes, so he didn't know much about the issue. When he said that Y'zaks was a mountain man, this excuse worked well. Now that he met a real mountain man village, he was really afraid that Betsy would take Y'zaks' interest and drag Y'zaks around to recognize her relatives (the mountain people were known as Tribes form society as a unit, and the same tribe or closely related tribes are all "family members" in their eyes). With the liveliness of the mercenary girl, this is not impossible!

Fortunately, the old village chief didn't pay much attention to this issue. He just warmly welcomed everyone into his home without giving Hao Ren and the others a chance to be polite. They were in time for dinner, and after a while, they were served hot dishes in front of them. special meals.

As soon as the old village chief sat down, Vivian asked, "Did a tall woman in white clothes come to your place in the past two days?"