Last Totem Novel - Chapter 543
Chapter 543 Dream
Dr3717-01-23, 10:00 a.m.
Just as the Black Wolf Legion’s mining area was in full swing, the monsoon winds at the end of winter blew across the gray-black earth of the southern cemetery, sweeping across the river of sewage that surged westward, bringing along snowflakes and engulfing Raven Town.
The houses in the town were dense, with limestone walls, thatched roofs, and a thick layer of snow pressing down on them. A chilly wind blew in, pouring into the stone walls and running through the deep alleys, causing the wooden boxes placed everywhere to creak, and the kerosene lamps hanging by the window to jingle.
At this moment, at the corner of the alley, in a small bar called “Big Diamond Teeth”, the room on the second floor was dimly lit.
The smell of alcohol mixed with the stench of vomit was unbearable. On the small bed beside the wall, there was a figure curled up. He hid under the blanket, his back bent like a shrimp.
“Dong dong dong …”
In the silence, a light knock sounded on the door. The figure on the bed moved, and then it returned to its original state.
“Dong dong dong!”
Gradually, the knocking on the door became urgent, accompanied by a delicate shout.
“Lazy bastard, get up quickly. The sun is baking up.”
A moment later, perhaps he could not stand the noise anymore. The person on the bed lifted the dirty quilt irritably, shook his head and climbed out of the quilt, and sat down on the edge of the bed.
This was a young man in his early twenties. Although his beard was pulled on his face, it did not affect his handsomeness in the slightest. Her clear eyes were like gems in the night, emitting a faint glow that was extremely beautiful.
After a while, the young man came to his senses from his hangover, rubbed his face hard, and got up to knock on the door.
“Smelly fellow, didn’t you agree to accompany me to the fruit and vegetable market today?” As soon as the door opened, a pretty girl in a checkered apron and hood barged in and pointed at him angrily.
“Uh” The young man was stunned for a moment before revealing a charming smile and sincerely saying, “Sorry, I forgot.”
The girl stuck her waist up reluctantly and snorted, “You only have that first love in your heart. You don’t care about anyone else.”
“Miss Elsa, I was wrong. Please forgive me.” The young man said calmly, but there was not much sincere apology in his eyes.
On the contrary, there was a faint smile on his face.
“How bad!” The girl glanced at him, stuck out her tongue at him, turned around and walked out. With a “pa” sound, she closed the wooden door.
“Hurry up, get dressed.” She shouted from outside the door.
“Alright.” A slightly hoarse but magnetic voice came from inside the room.
While waiting for the young man to change his clothes, Elsa leaned against the wall of the aisle, his heart beating like a deer crashing inside.
Her name is Elsa, the waiter of this bar. Her father was a cemetery hunter and hadn’t returned home in two years. Her mother felt that her husband had died outside, so she ran away with another man, leaving her alone.
The young man inside was called “Tianchang”, and he was an unfathomable bad guy. Two months ago, he came here and got drunk in a bar every day. Every time she was unconscious from drinking, she always helped him back to his room. This way, the two of them would get to know each other.
Half a month ago, a few hooligans in town found out that her father hadn’t returned for a long time and that her mother had also run away with someone. They went to the bar to tease her and forced her to go out with them. That day, the owner of the bar happened to be absent. In the midst of all this, the young man who was drinking alone suddenly attacked.
In the blink of an eye, he swept out a few hooligans like he was sweeping garbage.
From that day onwards, whenever she saw him, her heart would go numb. However, there seemed to be another woman hidden in this young man’s heart. She could hear him whispering whenever he was drunk. That girl seemed to be called Cang Lan.
She must be a good girl, she thought.
“Creak” With a light sound, the door opened.
The young man shave his beard and change into neat clothes, sweeping away his previous decadence. Her sword-browed eyes and heroic spirit burst forth, causing her eyes to shine brightly.
Looking at the handsome young man in front of her, Elsa’s heart beat faster, as if she could hear the sound of “Peng Peng Peng”.
“Let’s go.” Tianchang smiled warmly and made a “please” gesture to the girl who was standing in the way.
Elsa finally realized that he had lost his composure. His face flushed and he hurriedly walked downstairs.
After a while, the two of them walked around a large pile of tables and chairs and left the narrow bar.
When the door opened, cold wind and snowflakes gushed in. Elsa hurriedly tightened his clothes. Tianchang, who was behind her, immediately took a step forward and blocked in front of her. The wind immediately lessened considerably.
“Thank you.” Elsa whispered.
“It’s fine. I just feel cool.” Tianchang turned around and smiled.
“How bad!” Elsa bit his lips and scolded him. Then, he stepped forward and hugged his arm. “Let’s go to the market.”
Although Tianchang wasn’t used to it, he still allowed her to hold him. After all, the weather was a little cold, and the former lover had nothing to do with him.
Thinking of this, his heart couldn’t help but feel a slight pain. After arriving at the southern cemetery, he felt his eyes darken. He had no idea where to go or what to do.
He couldn’t just go up and say, “I’m Tianchang Northess, walking through the fire of the great earth. Would you like to hear my story?” Not to mention that this is too stupid, if we encounter the inspectors of the Temple, wouldn’t we be caught in the trap …
In addition, after leaving the Far East, he was not accustomed to living, eating, local customs, or even the weather. In his heart, he missed Ebony Azure Water again. He lost his motivation for a while and stayed in the bar every day to drink and relax.
Three months passed in a blink of an eye.
Fortunately, this girl often took care of him and talked with him to relieve the boredom. Otherwise, he would be like a rotten piece of wood, gradually rotting away from the inside to the outside.
“Rustle rustle rustle …”
As they stepped on the snow and their clothes rubbed against each other, the two of them zigzagged through the gray-black stone walls, as if they were walking in a maze. About twenty minutes later, the front suddenly opened up. A wide street lay in front of him, and there was no end to it at either end. The snow on the ground was swept clean, revealing the ground made of strips of hemp stones.
Compared to the interior of the residential area, the houses along the street are much more beautiful. Most of them were five to six-story structures with grey tiled roofs. Stone walls were reinforced with “X”-shaped steel bars nailed to the walls. Usually there is a small garden in front of the house and a small warehouse behind the house.
These houses cost two thousand gold coins, or about two thousand five hundred atonement coins, and were the dreams of the Southern cemetery dwellers. Elsa had told him more than once that her greatest wish was to live in a big house along the street, to find a husband who was willing to be gentle to her, and to have three children. If possible, she would like to keep a big dog to guard the door so that her husband can protect her and her children when he goes out.
Although Crow Town was under the protection of the World Convention, for a place with a density of over 70% insecticides, the strength of the garrison’s law enforcement was rather weak. Although it is not useless, the detection rate is said to be only 30%.
However, every year when the World Council sits, the officials of Crow Town will say plausibly that their garrison team is the best in the Silver City world and has the strongest ability to solve cases. As for why the detection rate was so low, that was because the total number of cases was five times that of most of the surface towns in the central continent and 97 times that of the surface towns in the western continent. Even if it only broke 30%, the number was several times that of other surface towns. Their taxes and funds were the lowest in Silver City.
“You and a bug mutant have to bring two squads of soldiers to collect taxes. It would be best to equip them with a few more mechs to prevent them from flying away or climbing onto the roof …” The councilman from Crow Town said this last year. “You have to bring two squads of soldiers with you to collect taxes. You’d better equip them with a few more mechs to prevent them from flying away or climbing onto the roof.”
As councillors from several surface towns north of the southern cemetery say, “They’re all beggars.” “Apart from being poor, what else can they do?” “If bragging and complaining are professional, then they must be at the Grandmaster level.”
If his first wish could not be fulfilled, Elsa still had a second wish, which was to go to the outside world to take a look. She had heard that there was a big city called Windsand Castle, which was a place that was willing to accept insecticides from the Central Continent’s Setter’s Gate. There were more than 20 million people there, and there were tall buildings and spacious highways everywhere.
Dazzling lights, day and night, red lights, wine and green, blooming flowers.
Although Tianchang hadn’t been there before, he had heard the great masters say that the Sand Wind Castle was not a good place, but a big pit for eating people when he was at the War Bear Temple. So he advised her not to go, but she said that if anyone was willing to beg her to stay, she would not go anywhere.
Tianchang could only remain silent.
Whether he had feelings for her or not, he could not respond at all. Although he had five insect transformation abilities, peak Tier 7 psionic abilities, exquisite ancient martial arts, and a wealth of knowledge, he only needed a little effort to give her everything she dreamed of. However, he had no freedom and was destined to have no fate with love in the human world.
Because his Vast Expanse Sword, Northas, was a traveler in the cemetery.
With that thought in mind, the two of them arrived outside the fruit and vegetable market. Looking at the bustling crowd and the carts coming and going in front of him, Elsa hugged Tianchang’s arm tightly and asked him as he quickened his pace.
“What do you like to eat?” She said excitedly, “Come to my house later and I’ll cook for you.”
‘”Oh” Tianchang tilted his head and thought for a moment. “I want to eat chicken stew, mushrooms, potatoes, spicy noodles, vinegar-dried cabbage, pine nuts fried fish, cabbage pork dumplings” He said a series of Far East dishes, but Elsa opened his eyes wide and said timidly, “I … I don’t know how to cook …”
“It’s fine” Tianchang revealed his white teeth and smiled brightly. “I can do it.”
‘”Wow ~ You’re awesome ~” Elsa jumped up happily and said, “How about this, teach me and I’ll cook for you.”
“Alright.” Tianchang readily agreed.