Chapter 24 Forbidden City Order (2)
The monsters in the suburbs of the city suddenly became extremely violent and began to attack passers-by in a crazily manner. This was just a matter of terribleness. What's even more terrible is that humans attacked by those mutated monsters have a certain probability of having the same symptoms as those mutated monsters, and they are also crazy attacking the surrounding creatures with no reason.
This is the information Zhu Lin asked for. To be honest, it was really an expected answer.
The giant snake that he encountered on the road before had already made him know about it, but now he has turned his guess into reality.
The giant snake infected the curse of the demon king, which is obviously not a single situation. Near this city, there are also a large number of monsters that also infected the curse of the demon king. It has also been said before that this curse is more like an infectious disease than a magic. That is, this curse can be spread on a large scale after meeting some specific conditions.
In my impression, Digarex's curse is like the zombie virus in the Resident Evil movie that Zhu Lin had watched in his previous life. As long as he is attacked by a cursed creature, there is a certain probability that he will be infected with the curse.
One passes to ten, ten passes to hundreds. If there is no effective protection method, sooner or later the curse will be explosively transmitted from geometric multiples. If this is the way to judge, you can understand why the situation in the city is now.
As long as a human infected with the curse of the Demon King sneaks into the city, it is possible that the entire city will fall completely in a short period of time. This is a trivial matter that cannot be joked about. Because of this, there will be such a strict inspection when entering the city.
But of course, these have nothing to do with Zhu Lin for the time being. The monsters are extremely fierce and violent. As long as there is no attack level HR3 or above, there is no need to worry. The monsters at the HR2 level are not threatening to Zhu Lin now. Moreover, he is now vaguely about to attack HR3, that is, an intermediate mage. Even if he encounters a monster at the level HR3, he is not without the power to fight.
After confirming the information he wanted, Zhu Lin was also ready to leave, but he didn't want to encounter any small trouble.
"Mr. Riel..."
But after just turning around, Safili fell into a drunken body and fell into the bar. Zhu Lin's eyes kept beating wildly. He thought to himself that what I ordered just now should be just a very low-degree, and it can be used as a drink to drink fruit bar? This kind of thing can be drunk like this in one cup. What is the international situation?!
"Uh, Safili... can you still walk?"
As it turned out, Zhu Lin asked a stupid question completely. The red-haired girl had obviously kneeled down completely under the power of alcohol. Zhu Lin approached and wanted to try to help her. As a result, Safeili had just stood up and took a step, and she fell softly on him. For a moment, Zhu Lin, who was holding the girl, clearly felt the ambiguous gaze coming from around her.
Bastard, labor and capital are gentlemen. There is absolutely no idea of deliberately making an appointment with a girl to get someone drunk and take the opportunity to do something!
Although Zhu Lin wanted to yell like this, it was obvious that the people around him could not believe it at all. What's more, the bartender who answered Zhu Lin's question just now came up very "concertically" and spoke carefully.
"Haha, this guest, the second floor of our bar is the guest room, and the prices are guaranteed to be fair. Do you think you need it?"
“…”
Can you say this kind of thing openly?! What does it mean to say it in such a low voice? And what about that "I understand" expression and that meaningful "hehe"?!
Although Zhu Lin felt that righteous rejection was the most important thing to do, after carefully thinking about the difficulty of going out to find a hotel in Safili, who was holding this state, he finally decisively gave up this difficult task.
“…Please help me prepare two single rooms, thank you.”
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The next morning, Safili, who had completely woken up, seemed to have no memory of what happened yesterday. She was just looking at Zhu Lin's face in a daze when he came to her to set off.
"Well, Mr. Riel, what happened after yesterday afternoon? Why did I have no impression of it?"
“…”
Of course, it is impossible to have an impression. A glass of low-calorie fruit wine was drunk for one night, which opened Zhu Lin's eyes. As expected, Safeili should be of the type with a special physique and naturally unable to bear alcohol. However, why did she not realize this problem at all? If she had made it clear before coming to the bar, Zhu Lin would not be able to take her into the bar.
Well, this can only be regarded as a small episode. Zhu Lin fooled it a few words and then got through it. Yesterday, he had probably figured out what happened in the city, but he didn't have much to do with Zhu Lin, and he didn't mean to get into this muddy water. Instead, he was about to leave the city and go to the next destination. However, he didn't want to be informed of a message when he came to the city gate with Safili, who was still confused.
“…Out of the city?”
The two city guards guarding the city gate asked Zhu Lin and the others for proof of leaving the city. It is said that if there is no such thing, no one is allowed to leave the city. This situation also made Zhu Lin confused. Even Safili was confused. She had not been to Tobi City, Mecca before, but she had never heard of any order to leave the city.
After repeated inquiries failed, according to the instructions of the two city guards, Zhu Lin and Safeili turned to the central square in the city to apply for the so-called "exit order".
As a result, when we arrived at the place where we applied for the order to leave the city, we could see a lot of people all over the place. Several officials in charge of registration were surrounded and the various messy sounds were mixed together, which really made people feel a headache.
“…What the hell is going on?”
Safili looked at the crowd in front of him and subconsciously shrank his shoulders, while Zhu Lin sighed helplessly. By releasing his magic power to form a search network, which can accurately filter out the desired pictures and information. In just a few minutes, he had probably identified some information from the messy voices around him.
"Well, it seems that because the mutant monsters outside the city are getting more and more riots, the temporary ban was issued yesterday. In order to prevent the continued increase of victims, if you want to leave the city now, you must gather a team of more than 20 people, and there must be at least five combat professionals in the team, otherwise you will be prohibited from leaving the city..."
To be honest, there is nothing wrong with such a forbidden city order itself. Zhu Lin can also understand the painstaking efforts of the city lord who issued this order. After all, if the victims continue to be added, it will be difficult to explain to the royal court council. A team of twenty people, and at least five combat professionals in the team, can more or less increase some self-protection methods for encountering monster attacks. Even if you really encounter mutated monsters, it should be a big problem.
At the same time, the official forces of Toby City in Mecca have begun to send people to clear the mutant monsters around them, and seem to have sent specialists to submit relevant information to the Mage Association under the Pan-Human Alliance, hoping to obtain help from the organization that gathers two-thirds of the magicians on the continent and send several powerful magicians to help.
"Probably, that's the case..."
After listening to Zhu Lin's retelling, Safeili also looked bitter. Doesn't this mean that only two people traveled together and could only be blocked in the city and could not leave? If it was just a normal time, then waiting for a few days would not be a big problem. The similar Forbidden City Order will only last for three or five days at most. Even the city lord has no right to restrict the personal freedom of the whole city for too long without reason.
However, Safeili is now in a hurry to rush on the road. Of course, although Zhu Lin's mission has no time limit, he also wants to complete the task as soon as possible.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Zhu Lin also walked to the end of a team and lined up honestly. At this time, he could only look forward to whether the identity of a magician could gain some privileges.
After about half an hour, it was finally Zhu Lin's turn. The person in charge of registering was a man about thirty years old. He reached out and pushed the glasses on his nose with a mechanical touch, and spoke weakly.
"Then, I'm here to apply for the order of departure. Please leave your fellow travelers' names and related identity certificates. If there are less than twenty people and fewer than five combat professionals, I'm sorry that I can't apply for the order of departure for you."
The official's voice was quite powerless, which shows that during this period, he had repeated the same words so many times that he was almost numb.
In response to this, Zhu Lin, who had been prepared for a long time, simply reached out to take out his mage badge.
"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Ryer Orland. My profession is the lower-level magician. I only have one companion who has to leave immediately because of an urgent matter. Can you please feel comfortable with it?"
As soon as the keyword magician was released, the official's eyebrows unconsciously raised, and his originally weak eyes also recovered a little bit of anger. He raised his hand and held the glasses on the bridge of his nose again. After looking at Zhu Lin for a while, he turned to the mage badge in his hand.
As the universal identity proof of every mage registered in the Mage Association, it is normal to be absolutely impossible to fake it. Therefore, the official confirmed Zhu Lin's identity at just one glance. At the same time, he was quite embarrassed about Zhu Lin's request.
As a magician, he does have some privileges that surpass civilians, but when the city lord issued an order before, he did not say that he could specifically let the magician go (of course he did not say that it was not possible), which caused an embarrassing situation. If he refused, it would be equivalent to not giving it to the other party. However, if he agreed, the city lord had not spoken yet, so he naturally did not have the right to bypass the city lord and open the back door.
As a result, when the two were in a dilemma, a girl suddenly inserted into it.
"Are you a magician? So, are you interested in chatting with me?"
This sudden voice successfully focused Zhu Lin and the official's attention. When he saw the girl's face, the official in charge also showed a strange expression.
Chapter completed!