The mud scorpions and scorpions in Braun Town are not the same kind of insects. They are not poisonous and live underground all year round. They mainly feed on humus. They can grow to very large sizes and have hard shells and lots of meat. However, the mud scorpion meat has a putrid sour smell. Of course Not a rare delicacy. However, the easiest meat for adventurers to obtain in the wild is mud scorpions. Over time, adventurers in the Disa Alliance have spread this saying: Adventurers who have not eaten mud scorpions are not true adventurers.
The grilled otter kebabs and steamed mud scorpions made by Wiltok not only successfully remove the smelly and sour rot of the ingredients, but also retain their unique flavor. This cooking technique is magical. Unfortunately, he showed off his cooking skills in the wrong place.
Creatures like adventurers have a perseverant stomach and are extremely hungry. They will even eat carrion. When they can eat enough, their judgment of food only stays at the stage of whether it is delicious or unpalatable. The kebabs and steamed insects cooked by Wiltok himself are just delicious to adventurers. Even the well-informed Boss Bottom didn't think his new dishes were that great. Anyway, the dishes cooked by Fat Chef Sarah were always sold out and the leftovers were not wasted. .
The adventurers in Braun Town are more interested in Wiltok himself than in the food. They determined through kebabs and steamed mud scorpions that the extremely beautiful Wiltok was not a direct descendant of a famous highland family. The reason is very simple. An heir to a famous family cannot be a chef.
Since Wiltok does not have a famous background, he can be sold to the big shots in Fallen Leaf City in exchange for a very generous return.
Wiltok never imagined that the adventurers staying in the hotel would start to have ideas for him after he only cooked two dishes.
After Piru finished delivering lunch to the hotel guests, the two separated at the corner of the stairs on the first floor. Piru returned to the hotel lobby to continue working, while Wiltok got into his stairwell bedroom.
He opened the cupboard in his bedroom, took out a small money bag, and poured the money inside along with the reward he received today on the bed. A gleam of light came through the small window in the stairwell, and in the dark and cramped room, the golden and silver coins looked very dazzling. Wiltok sat cross-legged on the bed and counted several times, confirming that he had a total of 3 gold pagodas, 11 silver pagodas, and 30 copper pagodas.
The 30 copper pagodas were the wages given by Sarah for cooking in the kitchen these two days; the rest of the gold and silver were rewards from guests staying at the hotel when Piru delivered meals. Piru gave half of the reward to Weir, which was much more than the wages he earned from cooking.
Wiltok put his money back into the bag, lying on the bed with blank eyes, looking at the floor nearby, wondering in his heart, should he spend some money to get a spacious and bright guest room?
This cramped, dark stairwell once brought him an inexplicable sense of security. However, as his abilities continued to improve, Wiltok felt very aggrieved when he was huddled in a small stairwell. He felt that he should control a larger space now.
Wiltok didn't know how much it would cost to rent a hotel room, but he knew that his little money was still far from repaying Boss Bottom's debt.
Crucially, Wiltok had lost his passion for working in the kitchen. He works to get feedback on the "knowledge puzzle" and secondly to practice skills.
Working in the hotel kitchen for the past two days, Wiltok clearly felt that his sense of smell, taste, touch, and hearing had improved significantly. He can distinguish one smell among complex smells; he can eavesdrop on the conversation of a target person in a noisy hall; he can touch pine otters and mud scorpions with his fingers, and can easily decompose them with a knife with his eyes closed.
Now that work in the kitchen can no longer help Will improve his perception attributes and related skills, he has lost interest in cooking. Therefore, he would follow Piru to deliver meals to the guests, explore the guest rooms of the Adventurer's House, look here and there, smell here and there, and talk to the guests. These seemingly ordinary things were all satisfying his curiosity. And look forward to an opportunity to trigger the "knowledge puzzle" and obtain new feedback.
Making money through work is only incidental, but it is a good thing to be able to make money while exercising yourself. Wiltok plans to find a new job, but what kind of job should he do?
Just when Weir was thinking wildly, the voice of shopkeeper Piru came from outside the stairwell. He knocked on the partition and called in a low voice: "Vell, Weir, are you there?"
Wiltok immediately walked out of the stairwell and saw Piru standing beside him. He smiled and said, "I'm here. You got another reward. Do you want to share it with me?"
Piru is an impressive and clever guy. He has strong movements, a thin body, but a lot of strength. He often holds a wine barrel in one hand and a large plate of food in the other and walks quickly among the crowds in the hotel. Vertok also imitated Piru, but unfortunately he was not strong enough and it was difficult to pick up a barrel with both hands. He could only envy Piru.
Generally speaking, Weir thinks that Piru is a good person. The two of them deliver meals together, and Piru always tries to get as much as possible, and he will take the initiative to share the bounty from the guests with Weir. Although Sarah's warning may have worked for Piru, Veer wasn't always there when guests tipped.
According to Piru himself, he values credibility just as much as Boss Bottom, and he will do what he says he will do when he splits the money.
Piru also thinks that Vertok is a good friend.
No, I should say best partner.
When Vertok woke up, Piru, like the other young store clerks, was full of jealousy towards the overly beautiful half-elf boy. They tried to tease Vertok more than once, but were beaten mercilessly by Sarah, the cook. The clever Piru did not directly participate in bullying Vertok, but he also learned well. Fat cook Sarah is a mild-tempered person most of the time, but once she gets angry, she will hit people. Even the hotel owner Bartome was beaten by her. No one in Braun Town dares to make Sarah angry. No one dares to bully Wiltok.
Gradually, Piru discovered that Wiltok was simple-minded, very easy to get along with, and he would not be evil. The most important thing is that with Wiltok by his side, Piru can always get more reward money from his guests. As a result, Piru became Vertok's friend.
There must be credibility among friends, otherwise there will be other guys willing to be friends with Wiltok. Therefore, as long as Piru presented new dishes and received rewards from guests, even if Vertok was not around, he would keep his promise and give half of it to Vertok.
However, Piru now had no reward to give to Weir. He first spread his hands and shook his head, then touched the fine hairs above his lips, raised his hand and patted Vertok on the shoulder, and said in an old-fashioned way: "Weir, the guest will not always pay. Rewards, if someone keeps giving you rewards, it’s definitely not good.”
He wanted to hook Vertok's shoulder and show the store clerks who were secretly peeping here that he was close to Vertok. Unfortunately, Vertok was a head taller than Piru, so he had to give up and said angrily: "It's weird, you are so tall. You're taller than me, but you don't have a beard. How old are you?"
Wiltok said seriously: "I want to know too."
Piru shook his head and then said his purpose: "There is not enough food in the store. Boss Bottom asked me to go to the farm to order a batch of food. Do you want to go and see with me?"
Go outside the hotel?
This idea grew like a weed in Wiltok's heart. He had explored most areas of the Adventurer's House, including the kitchen, bathroom, storage room, hall, stairs, and guest rooms, and met all kinds of people. The Adventurer's House can no longer get feedback from the "Knowledge Puzzle". His heart longs to see newer things, but he also has an instinctive fear of the unknown world.
This feeling is very strange and clear. Wiltok knows that he is relatively weak now and should improve his abilities first and then satisfy his curiosity; only when curiosity is satisfied, the "Knowledge Puzzle" will feed back more information and further improve my ability.
Wiltok was not sure whether he had the ability to protect himself now that he was out exploring. He thought for a while and said, "I'm going to ask Sarah."
The stairwell is next to the kitchen, just around the corner. Wiltok and Piru walked into the kitchen, where Sarah was wielding an ax and chopping half a fan of beef into small pieces. The ax blade flew and banged. Piru swallowed quietly and stood awkwardly at the door. Wiltok stepped forward alone and loudly explained the situation to the powerful fat cook.
Sarah stopped, turned her head, and asked kindly: "Child, do you want to go out to play?"
Vertok said nothing, but he nodded.
Sarah asked again: "You want me to go out with you, but I don't have time. If you meet a mean-spirited guy outside and bully you, and I'm not here, do you still want to go out?"
Wiltok was in a daze. He didn't even think about what he would do if Sarah refused his request. He hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded to express that he wanted to go out.
Sarah smiled and said: "People who are afraid of danger but still insist on going out and can take responsibility for their own decisions are called adventurers. Will, you still have a lot to learn. If you stay in the hotel all the time, If you can’t learn, go ahead and look outside.”
As she spoke, the cook, who was as strong as a bear, looked back at the shop assistant standing at the door. Piru's face immediately put on a flattering smile, like a well-behaved puppy.
Sarah shook her head and said, "Child, I tell you, don't believe anyone's words."
Wiltok thought thoughtfully and asked softly: "Including Sarah?"
Sarah paused and said earnestly: "Including me, of course, but not being gullible does not mean not believing. You must learn how to judge... No one can teach you this kind of thing. How much do you have to eat?" Only when you suffer a loss can you truly understand. However, as long as you are in Braun Town, no one can let you suffer a big loss, because we do not allow it...Okay, go out and play now, Piru will take care of you."
Piru immediately patted his chest and said, "Aunt Sarah, I promise that I will take good care of Weir!"
What the fat cook just said actually got a hint of feedback from the knowledge puzzle. Wiltok leaned slightly and said without thinking: "Adventurers must be brave but also cautious. I think you are right. Thank you, Sarah. .”
Before he could finish speaking, an impatient Piru dragged him out. Sarah watched the two little guys leave the kitchen, her eyes narrowed, and she whispered to herself: "Brave, cautious?... What a smart child."
Vail followed Piru, quietly walked through the corridor in front of the bar, and walked out of the door of the Adventurer's House with excitement.
This was the first time since he woke up that he had left the familiar hotel and came to the completely unfamiliar outdoors. The outside world is so novel, and a new three-dimensional picture composed of characters, scenery, sounds, and smells keeps shaking in Wiltok's perception, but his most intuitive feeling is that the bright sunshine stings his eyes and surges endlessly. The strong wind blew against his body, making him feel the kindness from the heart. He couldn't help but close his eyes and stretched out his hands, wanting to embrace the warm sunshine and catch the invisible wind, but something was missing.
Wiltok couldn't explain what happened to him, but Piru and the surrounding passers-by saw the handsome young man walking to the open space, spreading his arms, and standing quietly, as if he wanted to become the center of the world.
Before Vil caused passers-by to watch and comment, two men dressed as adventurers and wearing weapons quietly drove away a few people who wanted to watch the fun, and then they walked away as if nothing had happened, keeping a certain distance from Viltok. And by the window of the upper room of the hotel, there were many pairs of eyes staring at him secretly, among them was the red lion Bottom.
I don't know how long it took, but Wiltok opened his eyes again and saw a worried expression on Piru's face.
"Will, are you okay?" the store clerk tried to ask.
Vertok wanted to catch the wind but failed. He was feeling annoyed, but his curiosity soon took over. He smiled and shook his head at Piru, then looked around, looking at everything around him, and suddenly his eyes glanced at the hotel. A big wooden sign in front of the door. The cotton paper attached to the wooden sign caught his attention.
Weir strode over and stood in front of the wooden sign, staring at the rows of symbols on the cotton paper without blinking. In a state of concentration and trance, the golden light group of the knowledge puzzle emerged again, and Wiltok suddenly felt a strong desire:
Analyze these words and restore your memory about the words.
Vertok turned around and grabbed Piru's arm, pointed at the symbol on the cotton paper, and asked eagerly: "Piru, is this a word?"
"yes."
"What does it say?"
"Uh... I don't know many about this..." Piru blushed, hesitated for a long time, and then simply admitted: "Okay, I can't read... Will, you should be literate, right?"
Wiltok frowned, shook his head and said, "I seem to recognize them, but I don't know these words. It's strange..."
"That's because I don't know him!" Piru, the store clerk, was instantly happy. He patted Wiltok on the back and shook his head and said, "What's the use of being literate? There are not many adventurers I know who can read..."
At this moment, a not-unfamiliar voice came from the side:
"Mr. Wiltok, what a coincidence, you also came to see the new bounty mission?"
