There is no road in the mountains, and when more people walk, it becomes a road.

If Charles walked a few hundred meters ahead yesterday afternoon, he would have found the way to Granada City.

There were some small traps they set up on the roadside on the way, but today they didn’t get much, so they only caught a pheasant.

Halfway through, Charles couldn't help but ask Handington, "The herbs you pick are all poisonous, is that okay?"

Handington was stunned for a moment, then just shook his head silently.

Seeing this, Charles couldn't say anything. Handington picked up herbs that used poison to fight poison, which were often used instead of antibiotics to kill pathogenic bacteria in patients' bodies.

In terms of antibiotics, Fleming's research in Xueling Village was listed as the top secret by the Elf King's Court, and now Charles cannot know the progress of the research.

Patients taking these herbs are competing with the pathogenic bacteria in their bodies. Whoever has the greatest chance of death depends on whether the patient can kill all the pathogenic bacteria before death.

Moreover, this therapy requires sufficient nutrition for the patient. Just looking at Handington's patched clothes does not seem to be able to provide enough food to the patient.

Just now, he discussed with the little girl how much the extra prey he caught this time could be exchanged for.

Charles asked Handington again: "Is the sick person your family?"

Handington nodded silently.

Charles sighed, then hung the fish "grapes" on his hand on Handington's backpack.

Although the maid's elder sister had taken advantage of Charles while taking advantage of Charles's money, Charles, who knew that the eggs could not be placed in a basket, had made some preparations early in the morning.

Not to mention that when he just found out that he was poisoned, he used teleportation techniques to send the necklace strung with the storage ring to a place half a meter deep underground to hide it. He also put some spare money in the knife magazine, flying knife bag and backpack.

This fish was treated as a reward for Handington to take him to the city, and Charles doesn't take this little money seriously yet.

The adventurer's world relies on strength to make a living. Powerful adventurers can get high rewards for hunting ferocious monsters, while newbies like Handington who can only collect fruits and catch some hares, and pheasants can only ensure their lives.

Handington and the little girl beside him looked at Charles in surprise, and the little girl quickly took the fish "grapes" and returned it to Charles.

"Thank you for your kindness, we don't have the money to pay the fishing tax."

Charles was stunned for a moment. He had no choice but to collect such taxes from the main place. Whoever takes the fish into the city or passes the tax card will be paid. If he doesn't pay the tax, he will give the fish to others. It would be a scam.

Even if he shows his identity as an earl, he can only reduce taxes unless both parties sign a tax exemption agreement.

Charles had to go into the city with the fish himself.

They spent more than an hour climbing a small mountain and then came to a big road.

There are many pedestrians on the road, most of which look like tough adventurers.

Seeing these people rushing forward, he asked Handington in curiosity: "Why are so many people going there today?"

Handington replied: "Granada City will hold a competition every three years at the end of June, and these people will come to participate or watch the competition."

Charles nodded thinking about it, thinking about whether he wanted to earn some bonus or something.

Such competitions mainly compete in martial arts, and equipment and armor are provided by the organizer.

Afu has been bragging about Charles and Mira that he won a championship in a martial arts competition when he was eighteen years old.

The city of Granada is quite large and is directly under the territory of the Mesetta royal family. The one who manages the city is Earl Heniel, a fief of a nobleman with a nearby fief.

Charles didn't understand what Juan was thinking, and he actually trusted the Earl of Henil to this extent, and was not afraid of him rebelling.

However, Earl Henil is still a bit good at urban management. At this time, there were many people and cars entering and leaving the city gate, so the city gate was surrounded by a large circle of places, and then several inspection and tax collection channels were opened on the wooden wall like a highway toll station.

Handington and the others went to the local special passage, and Charles could only queue up in the Outside Adventures Pass.

Charles soon discovered that the adventurers around him were looking at him with the look of fools.

He immediately knew why this happened.

"Does fish pay taxes by bars?" Charles asked the poker-faced tax officer in front of him in a daze. He thought he was paying taxes by weight like other places.

The tax officer was a menopause aunt. She was wearing a tax officer uniform with a writing board and parchment for records in her hands. She had no pockets, tight collar and sleeves, and no buttons on it.

I don’t know who invented the uniform of the tax officer, which means that they will not hide the tax on their bodies when they collect taxes.

The tax official looked at Charles and said, "The first time I've come here? Then, after you finish eating the fish, I'll pretend that I haven't seen it."

Charles shook his head helplessly. With the laughter of the adventurers behind him, he put the fish into the basket where the tax money was placed, and then put the weapons on the scales on the side like those who had entered the city before, and said, "Then I'll use them to pay the weapons to enter the city tax."

At the same time, he complained in his heart about the strangeness of the city's tax system. This is the first time he has seen the operation of collecting weapons and entering the city tax by weight.

Fortunately, it is allowed to use physical goods to deduct taxes here. The tax official glanced at the weight on the scale next to it and recorded a note on the parchment paper, then waved Charles to get out quickly.

Of course, these physical taxes will not be placed in the warehouse. There are already people waiting to use money to buy things they are interested in. There are also people who specialize in purchasing food, all of whom are from taverns and restaurants.

At this time, the day of the martial arts competition is approaching. There are many people on the street and there are also many soldiers patrolling. The merchants who come with it will naturally not miss the opportunity to make money.

This made Charles miserable. The high, medium and low-end hotels were full of customers, and even the horse sheds were full of people.

Charles originally planned to stay in the church where the forging temple was forged, but with his relationship with the pope, the church would not refuse, but it had long been filled with dwarves who came to do business from all directions.

There are houses in the residential area that are willing to accept adventurers to stay. However, after Charles went around, he found that the "owners" of these "houses" were either turbulent elder sisters or tender brothers, so he had to escape in panic.
Chapter completed!