Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard

The sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, and everything is alive. This is what Ryan and Allendo feel the most along the way.

The two left the Silent Language Forest three days ago and followed the directions on the map of Orlando and walked all the way towards the city of Jagnas.Along the way, the more they walked, the wider the roads became, and the rivers gradually became more and more. The creeks that could have been crossed by a few steps gradually converged into a large river tens of meters wide, and a ferry was necessary to make the transition.

After staying away from the Silent Language Forest in the south, Ryan suddenly found that his daily diet had also changed. For example, the Taron sheep and Taron cattle, which are often eaten in the north, are basically extinct. Even if there is, the taste is very different. Far, and the price is too expensive.On the contrary, fish often appear on the table, and the cooking methods have become more colorful from a single barbecue. Sturgeon soup, chowder with clam meat, and smoked sea bass are also unique.

The destination of Ryan and Allendo's trip is called Jegnas City, which is the largest and most important city in the south of the mainland.The largest city on the mainland is naturally the city of Fernando, the imperial capital, but this city built by the youngest student of the archmage Melen, the last of the seven heroes, supported by the alchemist Jessie, has only a short history of two hundred years. It is not as good as the second largest city on the mainland, Yegnas, which has a history of at least a thousand years.

The name of Jagnas is derived from the Elvish language. It is said that the city was built by the elves who helped humans.Jagnas means the pearl of Eslar in Elvish language.However, after the name was literally translated in Elvish language, its pronunciation was quite convoluted after it was changed to the lingua franca of human beings. On the contrary, its other name, "Free Paradise", made it easier for others to remember.

For thousands of years, the free paradise of Yegnas City has always believed in the tenet of "No one offends me, I do not offend others". From the day it was built, it has been a neutral city and will not participate in any relationship between countries and nations on the mainland. war.Even the long war known as the "Hundred Years Catastrophe" of mankind, and the disaster of the undead invasion of all mankind two hundred years ago, did not spread here.

In the free paradise of Yegnas, anyone can live here as long as they abide by the rules here. No matter the princes, nobles or commoner beggars, this city treats them equally. This is also known as the "free paradise". "The biggest reason.

Ryan has never figured it out. If the undead invasion was because the main battlefield was in the north at the time, and the evil legions that swept the entire north were wiped out when they attacked Sunrise City, so it did not affect the free paradise of Yegnas, then human history In the hundred-year catastrophe where the main battlefield was in the south of the mainland, why didn't any emperor think of occupying this irresistible city regardless of its geographic location or wealth?

Along the way, I was getting closer and closer to the free paradise of Yegnas. Seeing that the shops on both sides became denser and denser, Ryan's idea became stronger and stronger. He believed that he would be here in this ancient and mysterious place. Find the answer to the question.

When Ryan stood on the street in the business district of Jégenas City, a free paradise, his shock was far greater than when he first saw Fernando City, the capital city.Ryan has heard many things about the free paradise of Jagnas since he was a child. If the fur and magic core produced in his hometown are of high quality, they will probably be sold here by merchants in exchange for a satisfactory price. The fur of the Bear of the Earth that was killed by his teacher, Jialibu, is said to have been sold here at an incredible price.

In Ryan's heart, the free paradise of Jagnas should have a high wall, at least like Fernando City. How can it be ten meters high? Four carriages running side by side on the wall should be about the same.Outside the city wall, there should be a wide and deep moat. There is a shortage of water in the north, so Fernando City does not have a moat, but there is sufficient water in the south. Why does Ryan estimate that a five-meter-wide moat is necessary?

Unfortunately, Ryan’s eyes clearly told him that all his previous assumptions were wrong. There were no tall walls, no wide and deep moats, or even an obvious defensive structure, and no patrol. soldier.What Ryan saw before his eyes were the spacious streets and neatly arranged shops on both sides of the streets.

Ryan rubbed his eyes in disbelief, everything in front of him remained the same, it seemed that he was not mistaken.After spending a few silver coins, Ryan asked the "sellers" on both sides of the street around the corners, and the latter told him firmly that this was the fake city of Jagnas, the beautiful city known as the Paradise of Freedom.

Ryan completely ignored the fellow Elendo and Xiaobai, squatting on the side of the street, staring at the flow of people coming and going, his head was in chaos.There is no city wall or moat, and no guarding army seems to be seen. So what does this city rely on to protect itself and not become the target of an ambitious king in that hundred-year catastrophe?

The crowd suddenly became chaotic. A middle-aged man wearing a gentleman's costume hurriedly pushed away from the crowd and ran over. Behind him were seven or eight men holding various weapons.The middle-aged man turned his head to look and saw that the nearest man was less than five meters away. He was frustrated. He didn't know what he had tripped under his feet, and his center of gravity was unstable. He fell on Ryan's. before.

The "bang" made Ryan come back to his senses. He stared blankly at the middle-aged man lying in front of him, who propped up his upper body with one hand, revealing his nosebleed face.It was a familiar face. Ryan remembered where he seemed to have seen this face, but he couldn't recall it for a while.

At this moment, the seven or eight men chased after him. When they saw the middle-aged man fell to the ground, he stood in a semicircle with a grinning smile on his face.

The middle-aged man wiped his nosebleed with one hand, but unexpectedly caused the scar on his face, causing him to twitch in pain. Then at the same time, the middle-aged man also saw Ryan in front of him. Liang, shouted: "Lane Magician, is it really you?"

This familiar voice awakened the memory deep in Ryan's mind. Outside the city of Alpha, the middle-aged businessman, the thief Scar, the scenes of the past flashed past Ryan's eyes.Ryan finally heard the name of the middle-aged man in front of him: Flanner.The businessman who spent 50 gold coins to hire himself and invited himself to the pride of the lion king.

Thinking back to the time he had just left his hometown, Ryan couldn't help but sigh. This time passed really fast, and a year passed in a flash.But Flanner had no intention of "remembering bitterness and sweetness". He didn't know where the power came from, and suddenly jumped up and shouted at Ryan, "Respected Mage Ryan, save me! "

As soon as Ryan stayed, in his impression, Flanner was full of confidence in every move in front of him. Why did he fall into such a field now?But anyway, Flanner is an old friend after all, as long as he can help, he must be helped anyway.

Before Ryan could speak, one of the seven or eight men who surrounded him began to speak, "Flanner, why didn't you run away?"

"Run?" Ryan heard these words, and he asked the bald man: "What the hell is it?"

Flanner's face blushed. When he was walking with Ryan that day, he was full of confidence. He didn't expect that when he met again, it would be this embarrassing situation.

"Who are you?" The bald man looked at Ryan up and down, and saw Ryan wearing a linen adventurer costume, and said disapprovingly: "Don't make trouble, this guy owes us money and we are in debt.

Ryan's magic robe was destroyed in the tomb, and he threw it away. Now he is wearing the most ordinary adventurer's costume, and naturally it will not attract the attention of others.Hearing the bald man claiming to be a debt collector, Ryan frowned and asked, "How much?"

"I, I borrowed a thousand gold coins from them some time ago," Flanner said vaguely, "Luck... the goods... alas!"

"That's a lot of nonsense!" The bald man laughed at Flanner and said, "You borrowed a thousand at the beginning, and now it has been delayed for ten days, it is not a thousand!"

Ryan immediately understood what happened through the words of the two of them, and he immediately said, "How much is the total?"

"You?" The bald man did not expect that Ryan would help Flanner to pay the bill. He hesitated for a moment, and said: "One day is 10% interest, and these ten days are two thousand six hundred gold coins."

"Here!" The bald man took out a contract written on sheepskin from his arms, pointed to the text on it and said: "It's clearly written here! You can't rely on debt, otherwise you have to do it. Coolies slowly earn money and pay it back."

Flanner looked at Ryan blankly, begging on his face.

Ryan didn't expect the interest to be so high, but he didn't hesitate to take out the money bag that Farasi gave him from his arms, and then said to the bald man: "I'll pay him back!" Ryan turned his head and said to Flanner, "I'm not familiar with this aspect. Look, what more procedures are needed? Save trouble in the future!"

Flanner was overjoyed, he put his hands on his chest, and pressed the heart that was about to jump out again.But the bald man showed hesitation when he heard Ryan's repayment of the money, his eyes looked around, as if looking for something in the crowd.

The ecstatic Flanner naturally did not notice this detail, but Ryan and Ellendor on the side saw this at the same time, and a common question emerged in their minds: "What is he looking for?"