136 Dragon Tooth Tavern (1/2)

Chapter 136: Dragon Tooth Tavern

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

The Second Volume: The Feast of Death

”Bang!” The heavy door of the tavern named Dragon Tooth hit the wall as it was suddenly opened by someone with brute force. The grumbling drunkards, bragging adventures and shouting mercenaries who were enjoying the well-known roasted beef of the tavern suddenly quieted down.

A black-haired young man walked in, dressing in light blue, with a fancy sword at his side. The midday sunlight came in behind him and outlined the young man’s silhouette.

”Wow… wow! A young lord! Is your fancy sword able to kill a wild dog?” A drunkard shouted and whistled.

”Another young man got deceived by those bestselling knight novels,” an adventurer whispered in the ear of his buddy, ”…seeking those exciting stories with a ritual sword.”

However, he dared not speak too loud. What if this young man was someone important? After all, he dressed very decently.

Lucien did not care. With a stable pace, he walked directly to the tavern counter.

After two-months of traveling, Lucien arrived at this small border town named Dragon Tooth in the duchy of Djibouti, located in the middle south of the continent.

”Look at his arm! No big muscles!” A robust adventurer lifted and bent his right arm. Under the skin there were lean and big chunks of muscles, ”Look at his build! I bet he’s not even a of a knight squire level! Young and stupid lad!”

”You think everyone can awaken the Blessing? You have to be kidding me…” A stout man, probably with the blood of dwarf, said in an arrogant way, ”I’ve been traveling across the continent for more than ten years, and I’m still only about… high-level knight squire level. But, but… if this young guy can have a chance to receive my instruction, maybe he can still awaken his Blessing. After all, it was because of my training that lord Newville in Eero finally awakened his Blessing…”

Some guys sitting around him gave him an admiring look, although Chris had boasted about that many times in the past, which made him even happier.

Lucien just ignored them, came to the counter and sat down on a stool.

The owner of the tavern did not look young. Seeing this decently dressed young man in this small tavern, the owner did not behave any different.

”My friend, what do you want today? Wine or meat? Or both?” friendly asked the owner.

”Water, roast beef, and a salad.” Lucien slightly nodded to greet him back. ”And I want to ask some questions.”

The middle south of the continent was surrounded by mountains and canyons. The isolated land produced no resource except wood, and it was the poorest and the least developed area across the continent. Often, there wouldn’t be even a single person who was literate in a village.

For the people who were striving to awaken their Blessings there, the effort they had to make was way higher than people in Aalto. It had been a lot of years since the last war broke out here, and therefore, even if one manage to awaken his or her Blessing, the person still couldn’t obtain a title and would not be given land and field, unless they could save enough money to buy the land on their own.

”Hahaha! Water… You heard that? Water!” A drunkard nearby laughed aloud, ”Innocent, naive young boy!”

And all the people in the tavern started to laugh.

Lucien remained very calm as if nothing was going on there. He was just looking at the owner.

”No problem, my friend. Information is not free, though.” The owner poured a cup of water for Lucien, and asked the kitchen to prepare the food.

”I know. It’s fine.” Lucien took a sip of the water.

Before he entered here, Lucien had found out that the town’s Adventurers’ Association was just in this very tavern, and the owner was also the person in charge of it.