Chapter 057 The Role of a Burden
In the steel city, there are dark alleys as complex as a spider web between the towering buildings.
Ryan pulled the "burden" covered in a black cloak and quickly rushed into a narrow alley, then turned countless times, until they were far away from the previous magic shop before rushing back to the street and blending into the crowd of pedestrians.
Ryan didn't dare to stay in the first urban area for long, so he took an intercity rail train and went directly from the first urban area to the third urban area more than ten kilometers away.
He had originally decided that if this barbarian girl showed any struggle or resistance along the way, he would let go and abandon her without hesitation!
Unexpectedly, since entering the magic goods store, this energetic and rebellious girl, who was like a female leopard, never made any more trouble. Even when Ryan took off her clothes to do magic, she did not resist at all, but just let him do it with a humiliated look on her face.
Even without the ropes, the barbarian girl did not choose to escape, but was dragged around by Ryan obediently.
She knew very well that the only result of her escaping in the "Devil's City" without knowing the language was to be caught.
But... she knew she must not be caught by those invaders who stole the sacred objects of the tribe!
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In this way, the two of them crossed two large urban areas before stopping.
After careful observation for several times and confirming that he was not being followed by anyone, Ryan quietly entered a scavenger inn called "Bearded Man's Inn".
This is a luxuriously decorated hotel, and a single room costs three thousand li a night.
But Ryan was not like a certain countess who valued enjoyment, and he did not actually have such exquisite requirements for the accommodation environment.
But the more upscale the hotel, the less likely it is to be tracked down. The lower the end of the hotel, the more people of all kinds are there, and no secrets can be hidden.
Living here will reduce many potential hidden dangers.
He had to be careful enough to avoid being targeted by those professional guys again.
Ryan first took the barbarian girl to get a room.
Then after entering the room, he jumped out of the window and left. After changing his clothes and appearance, he checked into the room just above the previous room as a solo traveler.
Then he moved the wild chick to the room upstairs.
In this way, the first room downstairs that was booked became vacant.
This is not a superfluous move, but rather a deceptive trick.
The "Glorious City" was originally the capital of wasteland hunters. Recently, due to the spread of news of the discovery of large coal mines and ruins, it attracted dozens of times the usual number of outsiders, and the hotels in the city were full.
It is very difficult to track down those "mysterious people" one by one.
But Ryan did not underestimate the determination of the group that had followed them before.
If someone came to investigate, they would first pay attention to the tenants who were traveling together as a man and a woman.
If the front desk betrayed their check-in information, those people might check the room downstairs. Seeing the empty room, those "mysterious people" would first think that the prey had escaped.
And if someone breaks in, some of the little tricks Ryan left behind would allow him to immediately know that someone has broken in downstairs and immediately try to escape.
However, this was not prepared by Ryan for himself, but for that barbarian chick.
That’s right, he paid for ten days and planned to leave this “burden” here alone.
If she is lucky enough not to be caught, she will come back in ten days to pick her up.
If he was caught, he would have a reasonable explanation to give to the lady. Facing a mysterious organization that looked powerful, this was the best he could do while ensuring his own safety.
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This barbarian girl was obviously very smart. She understood something after watching Ryan rummage through the room twice.
"This is a magic bell . If you hear it ring, someone has broken in downstairs. You must run away immediately..."
Ryan knew she didn't understand, so he spoke and gestured, shook the bell, and made the move of opening the door and running away. He was just like a funny dad teaching a child to babble.
Before leaving, he untied the magic-suppressing collar from around her neck.
This is the last restraint, and now the barbarian girl is truly free.
"This is all I can do for you. If you choose to escape, that's fine, but I don't think you can escape from this city. If you're still here in ten days, I'll come find you..."
Ryan continued to talk a lot, not caring whether she could understand him or not.
It doesn't matter anyway. She only has two choices: either escape or stay in the room. She can definitely guess the ending.
After saying that, he left enough food in the house and prepared to open the door and leave.
It’s better to avoid this kind of trouble.
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"???"
But just as he stepped out of the door, Ryan found that someone had pulled his clothes.
Looking back, the barbarian girl stared at him with a pair of big watery black eyes, and then said a string of incomprehensible words: "&*%ф%￥ё￥..."
I don't know if it's because of the feeding in the past few days, or the occasional exchange of words, that this girl's hostility towards me is not so strong. At this moment, there is nothing but helplessness and desire in her eyes, without any hatred.
I thought, maybe she wanted me to help her.
Ryan shrugged his shoulders. He had already made up his mind to leave, and said, "I don't understand, and I can't help you... That's it!"
As he said this, he insisted on leaving, but the hand holding his clothes showed no intention of loosening.
"Hey, hey, hey...even if you pull me away, I won't stay."
As he said this, Ryan was about to tear off the clothes.
But at this moment, the wild girl suddenly changed her way of expression. She dipped her finger in the water cup and wrote a string of words on the wall next to her.
“…”
Ryan looked at the crooked words and roughly figured out that they seemed to be like the words used by barbarians.
I can't understand it anyway, so what's the difference between writing and speaking?
But after skipping a line, the barbarian girl suddenly changed her font. She wrote another line of words under the previous line.
But it was not the previous barbarian writing, but another ancient writing!
The handwriting is very standard, and it is not difficult to see that she is very familiar with this ancient character!
"Monkl Guwen?!"
Ryan looked at the system's comparison prompt and a look of extreme shock appeared on his face.
Although some of the words in this row were not included in the "intelligent brain", several words were exactly the same as those that had been recorded.
This barbarian girl not only speaks the barbarian language, but is also proficient in Monk's ancient language?
Considering that the "Forest of Ashes" has produced so many antiquities of the Monk civilization, it is reasonable that the primitive people living on the ruins would know something about it.
This time, Ryan was completely unable to move.
He thought to himself, "Maybe it's because I stopped at the stalls selling 'Monk's Ancient Script' when I was shopping before, so she realized that I was interested in this kind of script... or that I understood this kind of script."
The remains of the Monk civilization have been discovered. Recently, many artifacts unearthed from the ruins have been discovered by wasteland hunters and brought back to the city. Now in the streets and shops, there are many pottery jars, wall tiles, stone slabs and other artifacts with scattered ancient characters...
Previously, Ryan took this girl to the street to identify the stalker, and found those ancient artifacts for sale. He also used the "smart brain" to scan the ancient texts.
So, it obviously took a little longer than watching other things.
The girl keenly grasped this point and tried to use this kind of words to convey what she wanted to express.
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"Write a few more words and see..."
Ryan pointed at the dried "Monk's Ancient Script" characters on the wall and gestured again.
The barbarian girl's black eyes suddenly lit up with a strange color. She thought Ryan understood what she wrote, and then dipped his pen in water and wrote another long line.
Unfortunately, Ryan didn't understand.
However, this did not affect his certainty that the barbarian girl in front of him was truly proficient in this ancient writing.
Now, it’s a bit difficult to choose.
There is also a secret scroll written in "Monk's ancient language" in Ryan's folded space, which is the most important thing among the "Morin relics".
He himself was also very curious about what kind of amazing contents an unknown civilization with airship technology would leave in the secret scroll.
Suddenly, an excellent opportunity came to me.
A human being who is proficient in this ancient writing!
