Chapter Thirteen: Gaining a Profit and Connecting with the City of Los Angeles
The giant bear may have been locked up for a long time. It just climbed out of the cage and was still not very used to it. It twisted its big head and looked around. When it glanced at Ram, it stopped and looked at Ram from his eyes.
, it felt provoked. Nothing in the forest had ever dared to look at it like this.
I saw it pressed its front paws hard on the ground and stood up. Its tall body made it feel extremely superior. It yelled at Ram a few times, then waved its paws and rushed over. When it reached Ram, he pawed
After the slap, Ram bent down to dodge, and punched the giant bear's abdomen. The giant bear didn't seem to feel anything, and pounced on Ram, trying to crush the opponent to death with its weight.
Ram had just retracted his fist at this time, and was suddenly pressed to the ground. The giant bear was very heavy, but in terms of physical strength, what other person or creature could compare to the strong man of the strongman clan?
Mu pushed the giant bear aside with a strong push of his hands, and quickly stood up.
The stands suddenly burst into cheers. At this time, they had forgotten that they were buying a behemoth to win, and instead began to cheer for the brave warrior below.
The giant bear screamed manically, spitting out angry breath from its nostrils, and stared at Ram fiercely with its green eyes, "Ouch..." it yelled and bumped into Ram again. Ram saw the giant bear
Another move, whispering, "Hey... let's see if it hurts this time."
Then, just as the giant bear slapped his palms, Ram quickly stretched out his hands and grabbed the giant bear's wrists, resisting the giant bear's slap. No matter how hard the giant bear tried, he could not press down even half an inch.
Leach stayed up and watched, with a proud smile on his lips. Yes, just when Kerry told him these rules, he thought that if it was just a beast, anyone with Ram or Lucky could do it.
It can be won, because a beast cannot actually defeat a person who is born with great strength, and the comprehensive strength of the sixth level of martial arts has exceeded the strength of a military commander, so Yaliqi felt relieved and let Ram go to fight.
Ram and the giant bear were face to face, but the giant bear could do nothing to Ram and could only roar. At this moment, Ram pushed upwards with both hands, and the giant bear's body was pushed backwards.
"Ah...hey" Ram shouted, using all his strength, he punched hard, hitting the giant bear's abdomen hard, making the bear "kick..." repeatedly
He retreated far away, sat down on the ground, and then curled up in pain, screaming "Woooo...".
"Wow!" There was an explosion in the stands. This was the first time that a character below level six defeated a giant bear. It was really beyond everyone's expectations.
"Hahaha... Ram is great," Kerry said excitedly to Yalich.
"Hehe..." Yaliqi smiled but didn't answer. This time he really got a bargain.
Several people hurriedly ran out from around the venue and dragged the giant bear back. Then the people in the stands remembered that they had lost miserably. Even the dealer couldn't stop laughing, even though according to the odds, he had to pay Ya
Liqi had five thousand gold coins, but there were one or two hundred people in the venue who had just placed bets. They all believed that they would win, and they placed heavy bets, dozens or one hundred gold coins. Even if Liqi was compensated with five thousand gold coins,
With gold coins, they can still make a net profit of six to seven thousand gold coins.
This is not a small amount, because even if you work here for a whole day, you only earn two or three thousand gold coins. This time, your bonus will definitely be indispensable, and you have to thank that young man for this.
Then someone in the field shouted: "It's over, come early next time." A group of people in the stands walked out along the passage in an energetic manner. Many people had won a little bit, but now they all lost everything.
, basically everyone except Yalich lost, and the biggest winner was the Colosseum.
Ram had returned to the stands and came to the place where the bets were made. He saw a man walking from a nearby hut and said to Ram with a smile: "Brother, what a skill. Here, this is yours."
One hundred gold coins." He was still very polite to the person who made them earn money.
Ram took the money, stepped aside with a smile, and then Yalic came over, took out the pledge, and said: "Haha, this is my pledge, please redeem it."
The man recognized Yalic as soon as he saw him. He still had a smile on his face, looked at the deposit, and then went back into the house. When he came out, he had five shining diamond coins in his hand.
Seeing the diamond coins, Yaliqi almost drooled. Kerry was both envious and regretful at the same time. He had only known that he would have bet a hundred gold coins, but it was useless to regret at this time, thinking that he was there just now.
I am having fun hiding a few purple gold coins.
Yalic took the diamond coin, carefully placed it in his arms, and said happily: "Thank you, haha."
The man also smiled and said: "This gentleman is so lucky, haha. Come here more often in the future."
Luck, right? He didn't think so when he saw Ram walking out behind Yalic.
"Ha, Kerry, it seems that money is not difficult to make." Yalic said with high spirits.
"What? You just took advantage of me." Kerry was still annoyed at this moment. "Normally, this kind of thing never happens here. There are only one or two strong players from out of town who come here to eat fresh food once or twice a year."
That’s all.”
"Besides, does this count as making money? If you go to the arena and see it, you will know what it means to get rich suddenly."
"Haha, that's enough. Anyway, this time I don't have to do hard tasks to make money anymore." Yalic said happily.
Indeed, five thousand gold coins were enough for them to spend a lot of money for a long time. Ram and Laqi did not spend any money at all, as long as they were full and well-fed, Yaliqi was not a person who spent money indiscriminately.
Kerry, the only one who has ever experienced "squandering", has now become a follower of Yalich. Naturally, he can no longer be the same as before.
"Speaking of tasks, why don't we go to the guild and have a look." Yalic seemed to have remembered something.
Kerry yawned and said lazily: "What are you going to do? Didn't you say that once you have money, you no longer have to do tasks to make money. Why don't we find a place to have a good meal."
"I think so too. However, I have completed the task assigned to me by the guild this time, and I can receive last month's fixed commission. There are quite a few, enough for us." According to Yalic's mercenary
If the points are calculated, he can receive a total of seventeen gold coins this time, which is definitely enough for just eating.
I saw Kerry saying with disdain: "You are so embarrassed. You have five diamond coins in your pocket and you are still thinking about those seventeen gold coins. How stingy."
Yaliqi didn't take it seriously and smiled and said: "Although it is small, it is still money. No matter how much money you have, it will be spent less."
The three of them all went to the Mercenary Guild in Lorraine, and Kerry had no choice but to follow them.
"Wait a minute, hey, sir, please wait a moment." A young voice came from behind Yalic.
Kerry turned his head and looked at it, and then said leisurely: "Boss, I'm looking for you."
"Me?" Yalic turned around in surprise and saw a child running towards them not far behind him.
"First, sir, please wait a moment." The child said breathlessly.
Yaliqi looked around to make sure that he was talking to her, and then asked with confusion: "Do you know me? We haven't seen each other before. Is there something wrong?"
The child gasped, with a blush on his face, and said softly: "I'm sorry, sir, you haven't seen me, but I have seen you. It's in the Colosseum."
"Haha," Yalic was in a great mood and said excitedly when he mentioned the Colosseum, "Are you watching there too? Haha."
"Yes, I know you are the biggest winner in the whole game." The child also looked very excited.
"Haha." Yaliqi scratched his head and said with a smile, "It's just good luck. Okay, what do you want from me?"
"My name is Xiaona, sir. After I noticed you, I thought you might have come from out of town, and you brought such a powerful guard with you. Are you a big businessman?" Diana asked carefully.
Ram and Lucky turned slightly sideways and glanced at Diana, who was immediately frightened and took a few steps back.
"Okay, you two, don't scare him, he's just a kid, haha." Yalic ordered.
"Well. Xiaona, why does it sound like a girl's name?" Yaliqi whispered, then raised his head and said to Xiaona: "That's right. I did just come to Loland City. Why do you ask this?
Well."
"It's like this. I have some very interesting things here. If you buy them and ship them to other places, you will definitely make a lot of money. They are only available in Loland City." Diana stared at Yalic nervously.
It was as if he was afraid that he would run away.
"So that's it." Yaliqi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Xiaona with a smile, shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said, "It's a pity, I don't plan to buy anything, because we are here
I have to rest for a few days before I have to leave. I'm really sorry, Xiaona." Then she stood up with a smile and prepared to leave.
"Ah," Xiaona exclaimed, with a sad face, and said regretfully, "I'm sorry to bother you."
"It doesn't matter. Goodbye then. Haha." Yaliqi waved his hands to Xiaona and just turned around, when he faintly heard Xiaona's cry again, "It's not enough, it's not enough, wuwu... what should I do?
If my little brother's illness is not cured, it will be over. There is still only a hundred gold coins left. Alas..."
"Huh?" Yalic turned around and looked again, and sure enough, he saw Xiaona with her back to them, shaking her shoulders as she walked, obviously crying.
"Xiao Na, wait a minute." Yalic shouted, then turned back to Kerry and the others and said, "Wait a minute."
"Whatever you want." Kerry replied nonchalantly, and then took Ram and Lucky aside to chat.
Xiaona's trembling body suddenly stopped, then she quickly rubbed her face with her hands a few times, turned around, and saw that her face turned into a smile again, and asked excitedly: "Sir, have you changed your mind?"
"Uh... well..." Yalic paused and said, "I thought I heard you talking about treating a disease just now. What's going on? Are you sick?"
"Ah! No." Xiaona shook her head like a rattle and said hurriedly: "No, no, you heard wrong, I didn't speak."
"No, I have very good ears, especially those one hundred gold coins. I can hear them very clearly." Yalic said with certainty.
"You..." Xiaona's face suddenly turned red.
"Haha" Yalic smiled sheepishly, and then said: "In this case, if you tell me the matter, maybe I will help you, or maybe I will change my mind!"
"Then..." Xiaona lowered her head and considered it for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, come with me. I'll tell you on the way and let you take a look at my things."
"Okay, wait a minute." Yalic walked up to Kerry and said to the three of them, "Come on, let's go take a look. There's nothing to do anyway, so just go shopping."
"Okay." Ram and Lachi naturally had no objections, but Kerry's frustrated expression told Yaliqi that he didn't want to go. He only heard him complain: "We agreed to eat after going to the guild, but now I don't know where to go."
Go, you really like to be nosy."
"Hehe... It's okay if you don't want to go. You can just wait here for us to come back. By the way, you're also hungry, so we can have dinner together when we come back." Yaliqi smiled mischievously, because he didn't know
Kerry also had money hidden away, so he planned to use it to blackmail him.
"This bad guy, if I don't go, he will definitely suspect that I have money on me, and maybe he will search me, and that will be the end of it. Forget it, let's go." Kerry weighed it in his mind and said angrily: "Forget it.
You are cruel." Then he followed behind Yaliqi.
"Hahaha..." Yaliqi and the other three suddenly laughed loudly.
Xiaona led them along the street and walked for a long time without stopping. They were getting closer and closer to the city gate. Ram winked at Yalic and then asked: "How far is it? If
If it's outside the city, we won't go."
"Ah, I'm sorry," Xiaona said quickly: "It's not outside the city, it's in the city, but the place we live in is relatively remote, in a slum area." When she talked about the slum area, Xiaona's eyes were slightly red, and she was a little sad.
, and also a little unwilling.
"Slum area? Why is there still a rich area and a slum area in Lorain City?" Yalic asked in surprise.
"Oh, I'm really ignorant." Kerry shook his head and said, "It's the same no matter where you live. The places where the rich live have good environment and are prosperous, while the places where the poor live are remote and messy places, usually
Near the city wall."
"That's right." Yalic nodded.
Ram's vigilance is very high, and his worry is not random, because they have just offended the people of Bana City. If they leave the city now, it may be arranged by the other party, so it is better to be careful.
Yalich also knew, so he didn't stop Ram from asking.
Following a path beside the city wall, they walked north for about four or five hundred steps. The four of them were completely stunned by what appeared in front of them. Even the well-informed Kerry opened his mouth wide.
Speechless.
There are people in rags and thin people everywhere. The places where they live are houses made of mud blocks with thick grass on the roofs. There are also some worse ones. Maybe the houses have collapsed.
They propped up a handful of mats with sticks along the corner of the wall. The closer they looked, the more distressing they became. Their residence could only be described as ruins. If compared to the normal world in the city, this place is almost a black and white world.
Although Kerry knew that there were slums, he had never been there because in the past, slums represented filth in his eyes.
As for the brothers Yalich and Ram, the place where they lived before was, although remote, still like home, and this place was just like a garbage dump in the city.
"Cortana, do you live here?" Yaliqi looked at Xiaona in surprise, because in Yaliqi's opinion, if he had the money to gamble at the Colosseum, he might as well improve his living conditions.
"Yes, sir. I know what you are thinking." Xiaona's voice became lower and lower, then she lowered her head and whispered: "I really have no choice. I don't want to beg, and I don't have the strength to do those very difficult things."
It's heavy work, and even if I can make money, it will take me a long time to save enough money, but my brother's illness can't delay it any longer."
On the way here, Xiaona had already told Yaliqi and the others some of her own situation. After her parents died of illness, Xiaona took on the responsibility of taking care of her younger brother. The younger brother also suffered from a disease some time ago and sought medical advice.
Ordinary doctors have no effect at all. I heard that only priests from the Divine Court can heal. But after Xiaona inquired about it, she became even more frustrated, because if you want to hire a priest to treat people, it is impossible without three purple gold coins.
, which is three hundred gold coins. Xiaona won two hundred gold coins opportunistically, but she was still short of one hundred gold coins, so she thought of selling some of the small dolls she usually made to Yali, who had just made a fortune.
Odd, I hope I can raise some more money.
In addition to these, Yaliqi also knew that Xiaona was a girl. If she hadn't said it herself, she wouldn't have been able to tell. In what Kerry said secretly, "The nutrition has not kept up, and there is not much difference from a boy."
"
Xiaona took them to her home. Xiaona's home was relatively good. There was a small yard, but there was no door. Because they had nothing worth stealing, they replaced the door with a quilt.
The yard is very small. There are two houses. One has collapsed. It is probably the former kitchen. It is very small. There is also a slightly larger one. It also has no door and only has a straw curtain hanging on the door.
As soon as he entered the house, Kerry immediately covered his mouth and nose and ran out. Yalich and Ram also frowned. The smell in the house was really bad, it smelled of leftover food and rotten wood.
Coupled with the clothes and quilts that had not been washed for who knows how long and the smell of medicine, it was really unbearable. Seeing their reactions, Xiaona's face turned red with embarrassment and said: "I'm sorry, I really can't."
There’s a solution.”
"Ahem, okay, okay," Yalic said awkwardly.
After taking a closer look, I saw a sick little boy lying on the bed in the corner. He was only 6 years old. His eyes were dull and he was staring at the roof, as if he was stupid. He didn't notice anyone coming back.
There was no reaction.
"This is my brother." Xiaona looked at her brother with distress and said to Yaliqi and the others. Then she thought about it, went to a corner on the other side, pointed to something on the ground and introduced to Yaliqi: "You
Look, this is what I want you to buy."
Yaliqi squatted down and picked up one. He looked at it carefully and found that it was indeed good. They were all carvings of small animals. Although they were still a little rough, they were still spiritual and tangible. They were very good. There were more than a dozen kinds.
"Alas..." Yaliqi let out a long sigh, looked at Xiaona's thin figure, and the little patient lying on the bed, and suddenly felt an indescribable sourness in his heart.