Chapter 604 1. A not-so-friendly beginning
Wilhelm, the World Island, the place of origin... Allen Continent has various names for the center of this continent.
But don’t be fooled by its name as an “island”. It is actually a continent surrounded by the Strait of Obiris. Smaller than the Allen Continent, but not much smaller...
The merchant ship that took fifteen days to cross half of the Obiris Strait temporarily docked at Maple Island, the outermost part of Wilhelm. The captain respectfully came to the first-class cabin and informed Annan that the merchant ship would be anchored at Maple Leaf Island for three hours.
Annan plans to visit the island.
He, Klein and Lemon came to the deck, and the first thing they saw was the city in the sky. The distant floating city seen in Liberty City is now like a hot air balloon, looming dreamily in the sky.
The glistening white waterfall pours from the mountains of the floating city, turning into a silver ribbon and dancing into a brilliant rainbow.
So the locals call it Rainbow City.
Annan will not be jealous. Warriors will be jealous of powerful mages, but mages will only admire powerful mages.
"The future Free City will be more beautiful." Annan said softly.
Klein was silent, worse than a bubbling lemon.
Stepping onto the port, Annan found a dwarf guide. Klein said that he was still a thief, after all, he couldn't support himself with one job.
"Maple Leaf Island is a place with simple folk customs." Chaozi said.
Then a local resident next to him grabbed the sailor's collar and sprayed saliva: "This is Wilhelm, the center of the world, don't bring those country problems here!"
"Well...they are both inferior and arrogant - the locals think they are Wilhelmians, but they cannot hold their heads high in front of the real Wilhelmians.
The complaint in his tone made Annan guess that he had been arrested by the Maple Leaf Island guards.
“Where are the maple leaves?”
Wilhelm is evergreen all year round, but Annan only saw oak trees and some unique southern dwarf trees.
“That was a long time ago, and now there is a Heart of Maple Leaf in the center of the island.”
“Heart of Maple Leaf?”
"This is the ancestor of all maple leaves. This is Wilhelm, where all things originate, and the maple leaves originate here." As a result, the dwarf guide took on the local pride again.
Annan thought he was bragging, but still planned to see it with his own eyes.
The first rule of the Thief's Handbook is not to steal everything, but not to offend anyone you can't afford to offend.
With the element of eternity, Annan, who follows the elite heavy-armored knights and looks like an elf, is obviously one of them. So the thief's hands and feet were very clean and he came to the center of Maple Leaf Island.
The huge maple tree stands on the black soil. Its height requires looking up. Its leaves are as bright as fire, dancing brilliantly with the breeze.
Annan suddenly quietly took out the leaf of the World Tree, which was emitting a hazy halo.
At least the Heart of the Maple Tree does have something to do with the World Tree. While thinking this, a leaf fell down and landed on Annan's open palm.
Is this a gift?
Annan thought of it and put it together with the leaves of the World Tree.
The dwarf guide also withdrew his gaze. "Is there anywhere else I can visit on Maple Leaf Island?" Annan asked him.
"Uh... the tavern, you should try the specialty maple wine here!"
On the way back, they met elves, who seemed to be going to see the Heart of Maple Leaf.
Annan was not surprised, but the dwarf guide was shocked. He saw with his own eyes that the elves took the initiative to nod to Annan... These arrogant guys were not so polite to the island owner!
“Do you know about magic images?”
The dwarf guide recovered from the shock: “What is that?”
"Nothing."
It seems that the magic image has not crossed the strait, and even Wilhelm is a pure land.
The goal of Annan's trip is the south. Wilhelm...just leave it to the future when he forms an alliance with the Elf Royal Court. When we arrived at the tavern on the edge of the port, we were greeted by bustle and chaos.
Annan's arrival made the tavern quiet for a while. Countless eyes looked at Annan's face, and they only moved away when they saw Klein and Lemon next to them.
There are no succubi here, and the girls look just average, far worse than those in Liberty City.
Annan signaled to Klein. After she refused, he only asked for a glass of maple syrup wine.
The only waitress came over shyly, Annan thanked her and ran back with a blushing face.
Maple wine is supposed to be fermented with maple syrup, and is more like honey than wine...but it was too sweet, so Annan poured lemon instead.
The darker maple leaf wine surged back and forth in Lemon's chest, and it seemed that he liked it very much.
Annan then turned his attention to the conversation of the other guests - that was the fun part of the tavern - Annan's words of experience.
“I, the Wilhelmian, you damn country bumpkin, the slave of the orcs, the swine of the vampires, how dare you add pepper to my steak! Even the uncivilized Tatoon Empire I won’t do this!”
The guest on the left was roaring, and Annan thought that this was at least a non-casting three-ring taunting spell.
“We got off the fucking ship, waded through the fucking swamp, and found the fucking treasure chest in the fucking cave! There was only a fucking parchment in it!!!”
“Is that a new treasure?”
"That's a fucking saying, saying there's a fucking treasure chest doesn't mean there's a treasure!"
The guest on the right is also roaring.
At this time, someone finally had the courage to cause trouble for Annan.
It was a female warrior with exposed abdominal muscles and a strong body. She stared at Annan with ardent eyes and said without concealment: "Do you have a wife?"
"No."< br>
"Now you have it."
She said and grabbed Annan, but Klein easily blocked her and drove her out of the tavern.
Klein’s back is reassuring.
The reason why Itilia and the others are relieved about Annan's journey is very simple: On the surface, they are three elites, but in fact, Annan also brings the entire Liberty City with him, two epics, and one legend above the legend.
“Let’s go back.”
Annan said, as if the ship was about to sail.
Coming out of the noisy tavern, the merchant ships at the port just sounded their pre-departure calls. There was a raccoon lying on a wine barrel at the door of the tavern. Annan touched it as he passed by.
As a result, the raccoon suddenly screamed, jumped to the ground and ran away: "Help! Help! Someone molested me!!!"
The dwarf guide in front turned back and suddenly changed his color: " Let’s go! It’s calling the guards!”
Annan and the others ran towards the port without knowing why. Not long after, a group of guards appeared outside the tavern.
Annan ran back to the port and jumped on the merchant ship that was about to set off. In the distance, the raccoon and the guards were coming with a lot of noise. The raccoon even screamed: "That guy touched my butt several times!"
Klein asked the captain to sail the ship quickly, while Annan started from the magic ring. He took out a coin and threw it to the dwarf guide beside the boat.
The thief who caught the coin nimbly hid in a dark corner and inspected the ordinary copper coin, which made the smile disappear from his face.
"Damn miser, curse you to be captured by a vampire and become a blood slave!"
The curse could not reach the merchant ship that was gradually moving away from the chaos.
It seems that this place is not very welcoming to them. I hope the south can be better than Wilhelm...
(End of this chapter)