Chapter 38 (1/2)

Translator: Sigma  Editor: Sigma

The documents that the God of Redemption gave to Sui Xiong included the geography of the continent, some remarkable existence that deserved our attention, and, above all, the knowledge that gods should understand:

What was God?; how to be a god; what were the principles of building a Holy Kingdom?; how to choose clergymen; what was the acquisition and use of divine power?; what was the relationship between godhood and combat effectiveness?

A new god with their holy pedigree would definitely ask these questions to their predecessors or superiors. But for those gods who fought alone or started from scratch, these questions were secrets that were unattainable and unspoken. The God of Redemption obviously did not conceal this but rather passed on the life experience she accumulated in the long years in a detailed way to Sui Xiong. The experience turned out to be beneficial to Sui because it had rich content, detailed descriptions, and many informative examples.

A few days later, when he fully understood the documents and memorized the relatively more important ones, he was no longer at the stage of being a stranger in a strange place, and he became a stranger who had a relatively accurate understanding of this world so as to travel around confidently.

Then, he took Palin and began their journey to the four northwestern towns.

The first destination was Dragon-roar Town— completing the task of expelling the evil dragon meant a reward of five thousand gold coins. This money would help a lot in building the Village of Pioneers.

The Dragon-roar Town was the north-most one among the four northwestern towns. Its name derived from the dragon “Arctic Tyrant” living in the depth of the nearby mountains.

Decades ago, before the dragon came there, the town was called “Hunter’s Town” because the main output was from hunting in the nearby mountains, and there were many professional hunters in the village.

The “Arctic Tyrant”, although powerful and horrible, didn’t have a combative aggressiveness. Until now, the main source of income for Dragon-roar Town was still hunting demon beasts in the mountains. This had not been greatly affected by the dragon in the mountains.

Of course, every few years, the bluish-white dragon with scales as smooth and cold as ice attacked the town. Its purpose was certainly not to eat people or to destroy but to extort gold coins.

This dragon seemed to take Dragon-roar Town as a large ATM machine – a machine that required face scanning without actual verification, and had an account with an unlimited balance. It was as arrogant as some mammonish ladies who went straight to a high-end restaurant, and bought a set of Chanel products after the meal. However, Dragon-roar Town was not an overbearing president who carried around a set of Centurion cards with no overdraft nor a second-generation rich woman that could spend tens of millions merely on entertainment, but it was just an ordinary town.

For the people in this town, maybe that dragon which looted on a regular basis was an abominable tax collector?

Aside from the dragon’s looting, Dragon-roar Town was generally quite peaceful. The most interesting thing in the town was that sometimes there would be strong hunters pursuing powerful demon beasts and dissecting them outside the town.

At that time, not only in the four northwestern towns but also on the whole continent there were famous scenes, so there were often curious people who did not hesitate to travel to Dragon-roar Town to see such scenes despite the difficult travel.

When Sui Xiong and Palin came to town, the hunters’ team just killed an Aron dragon. The dissection had entered its second day, and it was expected to be fully completed in one more.

Even though the monster was dead and on its belly, its remains were still probably taller than Gerrard on the ground. Its remains were placed on the huge square outside the town. The square was prepared specifically for the dissection of prey, and it took the church of the God of Hunting almost ten years to complete. This square, almost half the size of the town, was completely covered by bluish black slabs of stone, and every slab was engraved with the sacred sign of the God of Hunting. There were also sacred rituals for sacrifice and enchantments. As long as the prey was carried here, it would no longer rot and people could rest assured and dissect it slowly. Even for prey that had slightly decayed, they could appeal to the priests of the God of Hunting who could cast magic to restore its body; the wonderful magic art was unique to the God of Hunting and an important part of the income of the churches under his command.

The dead monster, which was bigger than a big house, was lying on the slab on its belly, and several senior hunters, along with a group of young people, were busy dissecting it bit by bit using sharp knives. There were also anxious businessmen waiting there with their vans. Seeing it from afar, Sui Xiong could not help but laugh.

“This place is thriving and full of vitality!”

“Indeed, people in Dragon-roar Town are more confident and energetic than the rest of the three towns, probably because people lacking in courage and self-confidence could not live in such a places as they have been fighting demon beasts for years.”

What he said was right, but he missed an important reason: the town had been attacked by a dragon every few years, and the power of the dragon was terrifying. People who could withstand it and were not scared off often had a very strong heart and extremely resilient nerves.

They thought, “I have even seen the dragon attack us, so what can I be scared of?”

So people in Dragon-roar Town people probably had a kind of optimism with a little self-abandonment. They were all optimistic and straightforward with a smile on their face all day long.

Since Gerrard would maintain the order of the pioneers and train his staff, Palin became Sui Xiong’s guide. The young mage liked those hunters who could hunt large demon beasts by virtue of their courage and wisdom, so he talked to them with much appreciation.

Here you could see armed hunters everywhere on the streets. Hunting in the mountains which were haunted by demon beasts made reliable equipment indispensable, so there were the largest trading venues of weapons and armor in the four northwestern towns. As long as they had enough money, it couldn’t be said that they couldn’t buy weapons powerful enough to be used to fight against dragons and even the legendary Dragon Slayer Sword.

As for those who thought that holding a dragon knife enabled them to slay the dragon, they’d better die early and be more careful in their next life rather than harm society now.

“Is there a Dragon Slayer Sword being sold here?” Hearing Palin ask, Sui Xiong could not help but curiously respond, “Shouldn’t the Dragon Slayer Sword be given to us free of charge if we click its link?”

“What is ‘click’? And why should a Dragon Slayer Sword be given to us free of charge?”

Sui Xiong let out a few giggles and urged Palin to quickly go to the arms shop. He would like to see the Dragon Slayer Sword in this world.

Dragon-roar Town had several arms shop, and Palin went directly to the largest one, impressively named “Dragon Slayer Sword.”