Volume 7: The Inverted Man Chapter 26: Entering Bayam for the First Time

　　After the large sea ship belonging to the resistance docked, the people of Silver City, who had uniformly changed into polo shirts, brown jackets, wide-legged pants, and dark-colored caps, followed the God Envoy, Lord Danez, off the ship and prepared to pass through the dock and enter the “City of Generosity”, Bayam – all of those clothes had been prepared in advance. prepared in advance.

　　”It’s so awkward to wear like this, it’s not very suitable for fighting ……” As they walked, Liawal moved his arms and legs, and lowered his voice and said to Elder Derek.

　　Derek nodded gently and said:

　　”But this makes it easy to hide oneself, and won’t be too conspicuous and become the focus of others’ attention.”

　　There was no problem at all with Derek’s analysis, after all, they were now outsiders and there were only so twenty-one of them, it would be best not to draw attention to themselves if they could, but he seemed to have forgotten a crucial detail.

　　”But, but, they’re all looking at us ……,” Candace whispered as she took a quick look around.

　　The workers on the docks, who were either skimpily dressed or shirtless, along with the variously dressed incoming and outgoing travelers, were all casting their eyes this way.

　　”So tall ah ……,” a Baiyam resident with a bronze complexion and slightly curly hair couldn’t help but exclaim.

　　His height was only about 160, which was the general height of the male civilians in the colony in the current era, whereas the people in Silver City, except for Derek who was just a little over two meters tall, the rest of them were all over two meters three on average, with the highest being more than two meters five.

　　Such a “half-giant” walking on the pier, walking in the crowd, no matter what they wore, they were all equally conspicuous.

　　”Fossacks?” A Ruon wearing a bowler hat, formal attire, and a civilized stick sidled up to his companion and said, “Has the slave trade started again?”

　　He assumed that the Silver City party were Forsak prisoners of war that the Rothschild government had bought from the Ruin Kingdom; after all, in a world where there were more than one or two of that height, he could only think of Forsak’s gang of barbarians who claimed to be descended from giants.

　　His companion shook his head and frowned slightly:

　　”Unlike, most of the people in Forsak have light blue eyes, and, even if they are Forsak people, the ones that can exceed two meters are very few, unless, unless, these are nobles or general prisoners of war ……”

　　In Vrsak, although there is no explicit regulation, but in all walks of life, especially in the army, there is the phenomenon of determining seniority by height, of course, this is not the only condition, but also a combination of family history, title, rank and other factors.

　　Based on this “custom”, the descendants of the nobles of Forsak, the upper echelons of the army, generally taller than two meters.

　　This is actually a superficial phenomenon, but it is essentially the effect of extraordinary characteristics.

　　Those who can become the top of Fusak’s army are either of noble origin or have reached at least the level of Sequence 5, and the latter, under the influence of the “Warrior” pathway, that is, the “Giant” pathway magic potion, is absolutely “up to standard” in terms of height. Those who choose the “Red Priest” path will also have their height increased to a certain extent, but not as much as the “Giant” path, and the total height of the “Red Priest” path will not be as high as the “Giant” path. It’s just that it’s not as obvious as the “Giant” in the early stages, and the total increase may only be a few centimeters, and you have to become a demigod to have a qualitative change.

　　For the descendants of nobles, their ancestors were more or less “giants” or had marriages with “giants”, regardless of whether they have inherited extraordinary characteristics, the corresponding genes accumulated from generation to generation, can certainly make their normal height more than two meters.

　　Among them, the family still holds part of the “Giant” way magic potion formula, and those who have certain inheritance, their descendants are even more like the situation in Silver City.

　　–The royal family, which is in charge of the “Red Priest” pathway, maintains the height of its offspring through marriage.

　　The people of Silver City, scrutinized by a single gaze, became more and more apprehensive, as if they were back in the cursed land, walking in the deep darkness, being watched by one monster after another.

　　Derek, on the contrary, was very frank and calm, he looked around and said to the members of the Pathfinder Squad:

　　”They mean no harm.”

　　After determining that Mr. Hangman was in the city and knew he was coming, Derek no longer felt isolated.

　　It wasn’t that he didn’t trust the messengers appointed by Mr. Fool, but he believed that it was best not to bother the gods with the trivialities of everyday life, and that it was best to solve the problems on his own if he could.

　　In terms of solving the problem by himself, Derek was not so familiar with the outside world after all, and relatively did not have much certainty, at this time, an experienced, intelligent, thoughtful, trustworthy “local” is definitely the best helper.

　　Of course, Derek also knew that Mr. “Hanging Man” should not have contact with himself in the open, because the other party belongs to other forces, not “God of the sea” believers, once in the silver city things show too much eagerness, will certainly be suspected.

　　However, will always find a legitimate reason and suitable opportunity to meet …… Derek thought with anticipation.

　　In the midst of his thoughts, he and the members of the Silver City Pathfinder Squad followed Danez out of the docks and onto the street.

　　Their vision suddenly opened up, and they saw more people than just a moment ago and heard a variety of voices.

　　To the people of Silver City, this was even more lively than the biggest “Harvest Festival” in their hometown: an uncountable number of people were dressed in their own distinctive but equally strange clothes at a glance, hurrying, strolling leisurely, holding larger fruits and sucking the liquid inside with a pipe, or holding food that looked like the delicious pies on the ship, and biting into them every now and then! The people of the ship were not to be found in the same way as those of the ship.

　　In addition to these, the horse-like animals pulling the carriages, the metal objects that could make the sound of jingling bells and run very fast, and the smell of various spices that filled the streets, all made the people of Silver City feel as if they had come to another world.

　　As far as they were concerned, this was indeed another world.

　　Although they were a little frightened, a little apprehensive, and not too accustomed to this kind of scene, everyone could clearly appreciate the vibrant vitality that was hidden underneath this kind of scene.

　　It was like the sunlight in the soul, mirroring the blazing sun in mid-air.

　　Is this where we will live, fight and prosper? Similar thoughts flashed subconsciously through Derek, Liavar, Candace, and the others, a little uneasy, but not repulsed.

　　Daniz glanced with satisfaction at the group of silly big men who were a bit dumbfounded by the prosperous scene of Bayam, and muttered in his heart:

　　”This is still just Bayam, if we go to Trier or Birkeland, are you going to kneel down and kiss the ground?”

　　The world-renowned pirate controlled his impulse to mock, because he was now the messenger of Mr. Fool, and could not tarnish the image of the gods.

　　After leading the Silver City crowd to a fairly luxurious inn with some of the crew, Daniz signaled the crew to check in while speaking in his fluent Giant language to the guests:

　　”It will be dark soon, so stay here for the night and leave the city tomorrow.

　　”The place where you will build your city has already been arranged, on the other side of the jungle, there is a natural harbor with several roads leading to Bayam, heh, the city, and after that, we will widen the main road and build a railroad to your place.”

　　Railroads …… Derek, who had had lessons in Tarot, knew what this meant and nodded gratefully, once again praising Mr. Fool in his heart.

　　Danez continued:

　　”We’ve already leveled the area for you in advance, and reserved the space needed for water pipes, gas pipes, and other infrastructure, so when you start building the house, we’ll send a team over to help with those things.

　　”Also, the appropriate building materials, tents for temporary living, are already prepared for you, thanks to Mr. ‘Fool’, I guess, uh, there’s help from the Storm Church in there as well, otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to procure that much, but they’re mainly there to make some extra funds. ”

　　Rothschild’s new government had just been established not long ago, and all kinds of connections with the outside world were still not smooth enough, and what they couldn’t expect was that the Storm Church had taken the initiative to provide help in this matter of Silver City.

　　The water pipeline …… gas pipeline …… Derek gradually began to be unintelligible, but still put on an expression as if he was thinking.

　　Danez, who almost blurted out the word “shit” several times, stopped talking and introduced the inn:

　　”This is Forsak’s favorite inn to stay in Bayam, the floor height may still be a bit short for you, but at least it won’t make you bump your head.”

　　Speaking of which, Daniz smiled and said:

　　”Turn right at the end of this street and you’ll find the ‘Red Theater’ ……”

　　He gave a smile that all men understood.

　　However, the Silver City crowd couldn’t understand it at all.

　　Truly, the Great Emperor said that the oldest profession of mankind is to sell one’s body, and it’s amazing that they don’t know what I’m talking about …… Danez’s mouth twitched slightly, and he gave up on that aspect of the conversation.

　　Waiting for his second and third deputies to help with the check in, he then led the Silver City crowd up to the second floor and assigned rooms.

　　Once that was done, he took out a stack of long-written cards and handed them out to the members of the Silver City Pathfinder Squad outside of Derek:

　　”Each card has some local characters and corresponding words in the Giant language on it, if you need any service or food, just pull the bell here and ask the waiter to come over and show him the card, of course, they may not be able to read it, but they will surely go and get help from someone who can.”

　　It was a simple and easy method to understand, and the Silver City crowd grasped how to use those cards very easily, and were secretly thrilled to finally be able to make the initial communication with the people here.

　　Next, Daniz showed them how to turn on and off the tap water, how to use the toilet, and how to light the gas wall lamps, and it was so easy to see that Derek, Liawal, and Candace and the others had the illusion of being in the Kingdom of God.

　　The switch that would dispense water just by twisting it, the machine that would flush away excrement without leaving any traces just by pressing it, the lantern that would glow all the time just by lighting it, were all things they couldn’t imagine in the past.

　　And these things would make up their new lives.

　　By the time the Silver City crowd was initially acclimated to the inn, it was completely dark and night began to rule the city.

　　Though Derek and the others had long ago determined that there was no danger of monsters attacking in the darkness of the outside world, they were still instinctively afraid, and either self-glowed or lit gas wall sconces.

　　Just then, they saw one gas light after another come on in the streets outside the glass windows, in houses near and far, dispelling the darkness in their respective areas.

　　These bright or dim lights reflected in the eyes of the Silver City crowd like the Milky Way falling to the ground at night.