The 2699th Chapter Prancing Horse Hotel (1)
In the last interstellar world, Annie killed the poor native god Emon and almost unified the entire Koprulu sector in a beating. After the disaster was over, she used the space gem to set foot on her way home again. road.
This time, she finally got her wish and returned to the world of Valoran that she had been dreaming about!
However, it's a pity that the Valoran she arrived in for the first time was actually Valoran in another parallel plane? Then, under the reminder of her little bear Tibbers, Annie rescued a little girl named Daisy who fell into the water in time, and by the way, taught another little girl named Annie in that parallel world how to get out of the water correctly. Use magic! Before leaving, he also gave the right party some important relevant knowledge, so that the other party would not lose the face of himself, the head of state and queen Anne?
Thinking of herself in that parallel world, Annie felt a little like laughing! Who is she herself? How could it be possible that the Flame Queen can't even control the basic power of flames? That absolutely does not exist!
After that, things are more complicated...
In the Valoran world of the parallel plane, she found those gods who were good at traveling between different planes and had a good 'negotiation'!
Afterwards, she finally got her wish, using the little ties she had with the original world, coupled with the knowledge she had extorted, to smoothly return to her hometown, back to her place of gray order in the land of voodoo. In the mage's home...
Then, what surprised and puzzled Anne the most was that although she had wandered around in several worlds for a long time, when she finally returned to her home, she rushed to her mother crying desperately. When she was in Maureen's arms, she was pulled away by the other party's ear? !
At the beginning, Little Annie even thought that she must have been away for a long time, which made her mother angry or something.
But how could she have imagined that after she carefully talked with Amoline's mother for a while, she was surprised to find an even more miraculous thing: her mother Amoline actually told her, She just went out to have fun all afternoon?
However, if she calculated carefully, the time spent wandering outside, from the time in New York, added up to about two years! Is the world of endless planes really that magical? Even the flow speed of time is different?
In the end, Anne didn't really want to recall the next thing...
She even wondered for a while, whether the voodoo land of Valoran she returned to was also a parallel world? And then, her Amoline mother, who might also be a fake,
Is someone else's mother? !
Because, Annie still remembers it very clearly! On the night when she came home, when the family began to get together and eat dinner happily, Annie, while having fun, said to her father Gregory and mother A Maureen described what happened to her during this time.
For example: through a magical portal, I went to a magical place called Earth, studied for a period of time, beat up a group of evil aliens and stole a few infinite gems; and then went to Entered the world of Azeroth, and took in a group of fire elements as subordinates, and finally became the cute master of a powerful force? Finally, inexplicably, he went to a great interstellar era, and became the head of state ruling the entire Koprulu sector, with countless powerful fleets and soldiers under his command, and the federal population reached hundreds of billions, etc.!
That's it, Anne happily shared her own stories while eating the familiar dinner made by her mother, and then, the reward in exchange was just a wooden spoon smashed by her mother Amoline To his own head? !
At that time, mother Amoline didn't believe her at all? Tell her to eat quickly and stop daydreaming? !
"Stop messing around, little Annie! Hurry up and eat, and then, take a shower early and get ready to sleep with you."
This is what mother Amoline said after giving Anne a spoon in the head!
Then, in order to prove that she was not talking nonsense, Anne took out a lot of weird things in the restaurant of her castle on the spot.
For example: the scepter of the evil god Loki, the gemstone that can control time, the cosmic cube (space gemstone) that she travels through different worlds and planes, and a lot of standard stock firearms and ammunition of the Federation of Heroes, and even... …some super-big Ivan with the three upside-down funnel logo printed on it? !
Of course, at that time, when Little Annie realized that she had taken out some dangerous things by mistake, she immediately reached out and put away the big round and long guy again.
Then, things took a major turning point! Her parents seemed to believe her words, but at the same time, she also found that these two old buggers no longer cared about her after seeing these things!
After the two couples were amazed, Mr. Gregory, the mystic, took away the artifact scepter that was said to be able to control the minds of creatures, and then he happily ran to the laboratory to study seriously...
And the Shadow Priestess, Amoline, was not far behind. With her eyes shining brightly, she used the fastest speed in her life to snatch the time gem that is said to be able to lock time and make people eternally youthful! Then, after casually telling little Annie to take a shower and go to bed early, she also plunged into her Shadow Alchemy Workshop and disappeared...
Until the next night, Annie never saw her two unscrupulous father and mother come out of their respective laboratories again!
After the two of them found out what they were interested in, they had completely forgotten that there was such a daughter as Annie...
So, on the second night, Anne could only eat the bland cheese and bread brought to her by her servants in the deserted castle called home?
The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, the more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, and after feeling that she had been seriously neglected, Annie was so angry that she opened a portal with the space gem again, and officially ran away from home in a fit of anger!
At the same time, she secretly made a decision: in a short time, she will never go back to see those two unscrupulous parents again! Absolutely not! She will go out for years and not come back, unless they beg themselves to go back!
hum! Fortunately, she missed them so much before, but in the end, in their eyes, she was not as important as two broken stones? Could it be that they really picked her up from the wild?
...
So, after passing through the portal of the space gem, little Annie came here, outside the gate of this seemingly backward town! From the sign on the wooden sign at the intersection of the small town in front of her, she knew that its name seemed to be Bray Town?
It's a very backward place...
Here, it's a bit like the Caribbean world she's been to before? It seems that at most it is at the level of the medieval era?
Because, from the dirty, muddy cobblestone paths and the black kerosene lamps, she could see that the technology in this world was not good enough? Basically, it is still the era when communication depends on roaring, law and order depends on dogs, and traffic depends on walking on two legs?
Of course, Anne is also very sure that this world is definitely not on any earth, nor is it any world she has ever been to!
Because, Annie can easily judge from the information of the faint moon and other stars in the sky!
After experiencing several worlds, she has been able to skillfully judge whether the place she is in is a certain world she has been to based on the trajectories of stars or stars.
Moreover, when she was in the interstellar world, during the time she stayed on Haven, she had studied in depth how to be a qualified fleet commander!
It's just that she just gave up quickly after learning for a while...
After all, in the interstellar world, a qualified captain has to learn too much!
Those "Electronic Warfare Theory", "Target Recognition", "Star Mapping", "Force Field Theory", "Invisibility Theory", "Shield Management" and so on, seem too much and too boring. nothing!
Annie herself barely read a little bit about the basic knowledge of star map surveying and position determination, and she no longer has the mood and perseverance to read the rest.
"It's so annoying! Tibbers... the streets here are really dirty!"
Holding her little bear Tibbers in one hand, and carefully holding the hem of her gorgeous long dress with the other, Anne wandered casually in this dim and medieval-style town.
From time to time, some passers-by in shabby linen robes or a drunken man passed by, and then they looked at little Annie with that kind of surprised and a little fearful eyes, and even a passing two-wheeled carriage took the initiative to stop for her. gave way.
Judging from Annie's clothes, they thought that the little girl was a child of a noble family who passed by here, so no one dared to come up to chat casually or have other malicious intentions.
"Really annoying!"
Looking at the narrow streets with fewer and fewer pedestrians, the sky is getting darker and darker, and it seems that there is a tendency to rain heavily?
Therefore, Annie felt that it was necessary for her to find a place to rest and eat before it started to rain!
Now, she just ran away from home out of anger, and she doesn't plan to do the kind of thing of taking in younger brothers and robbing other people's houses to move in! After all, no matter what, she just came out to relax, not to fight.
Annie has also discovered a long time ago that the magical elements in this world are unusually strong, there must be some powerful existences? Therefore, before she has figured out what is going on in this world, she is not going to make trouble too early.
She herself is a clever, beautiful, kind and lovable little lolita!
(…)
(Tibbers' eyes seemed to light up suddenly, and then, after thinking about it, he held it back forcibly, not daring to jump out at this time and continue to do those things like complaining, at this time, to offend his little master The moldy head is not a good choice.)
After strolling around for a while, Annie found that the town of Bray is actually not that big, and there are not many houses, probably only a thousand people? So, she quickly walked to a big two-story house.
Beyond its gate, apart from a few stinky horses tied up in the barn on the other side, there is only a dim kerosene lamp hanging beside the signboard with a white prancing horse blowing in the wind. Shaking, shaking.
"Well, it seems that this is the only place..."
Annie actually doesn't like to come to this kind of place that looks dirty and messy. She has been to that dilapidated pot bar before, and of course she knows that the things in this kind of place are definitely not good. food!
In fact, in this backward world, there must be nothing delicious, even far inferior to those buffets in their federal army canteen, right?
However, after looking up at the gradually darkening sky and the dark clouds above her head that had begun to rain a little, she could only sigh softly, and was about to open the wooden door and walk in.
There are not many choices now, this town seems to be the only hotel! She can only make do with one night here temporarily, otherwise, what else can she do...
Curling her mouth, Annie could only try her best to avoid the small puddles full of sewage on the ground, walked quickly to the wooden door of the Prancing Horse Inn, then stood on tiptoe and looked inside through the crack of the door Afterwards, he stretched out his thin white index finger, stabbed at the door, pushed open the somewhat tattered wooden door and walked in.
Just two steps in, Annie wrinkled her cute little nose in embarrassment.
Although the inside here was much better than the dark and damp streets outside, she still didn't like the noisy and humid environment here!
Moreover, those bad uncles who were drinking, the rotten smell from them mixed with the smell of alcohol made her feel very uncomfortable!
She hasn't been in such a bad environment for a long time! To be honest, this harsh environment seems to be far worse than the toilet in the head of state's mansion above her Star Haven?
Hey... so annoying...
She didn't have many choices, so she had no choice but to immediately put on a force field to isolate harmful gases, and reluctantly walked towards the bar.
"Hey! Do you have anything to eat here?!"
Holding her little bear, Annie stood in front of the bar in such a pretty way, and asked the bald boss who was wiping the cups and still dressed cleanly.
After hearing a woman's crisp voice in this bar, the people around who were drinking subconsciously stopped for a while, and then they all looked towards the bar.
"..."
When they found out that this was actually just a little girl, and she seemed to be a girl from a certain noble family, they continued to turn their heads and talk loudly about the topics they were interested in before.
"Oh! Good evening, my dear little guest! Excuse me, what do you need?"
At this time, the innkeeper who heard the voice poked his head towards this side, and when he saw a cute blond girl who was only a few years old standing in front of the bar, he frowned slightly in surprise and asked.
Looking at the cute and well-behaved little girl in front of him, and then at the clothes on the other party and the aura that was only seen on those noble lords, the innkeeper asked a little nervously.
He, who is well-informed, can tell at a glance that this little girl is definitely not simple! The arrogance and power that penetrated the bones of the other party is by no means something that a small businessman or a small noble family can have.
"I'm hungry! Do you have anything delicious here? Also, remember to prepare a clean room for me right away!"
Looking at the still noisy environment around, those messy adults and alcoholics, Little Annie gave orders impatiently in a domineering tone.
In the land of voodoo, she was very angry at the behavior of her parents, and she just wanted to eat something casually and then have a good night's sleep. If there was anything to do, she had to wait until dawn!
"Delicious? Yes, of course there are!"
"The room is fine! On the second floor, we also have the best, most comfortable and cleanest room, which is especially suitable for a distinguished little lady like you!"
After being choked by the other party's tone for a while, the owner of the hotel finally realized and quickly flattered him.
"But, may I ask... where are your family members or followers? Why didn't I see them?"
Whether it's food or housing, you have to pay for it!
So, after finishing speaking, the innkeeper quickly stretched his neck and looked out the door, as if he wanted to find the family members or guards who followed the little girl. Maybe, they are setting up a carriage outside now?
"Hmph! I actually came here alone! You'd better not mention any family to me now!"
Little Anne is still angry with her unscrupulous parents! Now, she just came out to relax by herself, and she was in a hurry with anyone who mentioned family to her!
She doesn't have those two parents who don't care about their daughter!
"Uh... that, I'm sorry, distinguished guest, I have to pay for food and accommodation in this small shop, so..."
After rubbing his hands, the boss felt a little embarrassed.
This one in front of me is actually a little girl from the family? Then it's not easy to deal with... Judging from the other party's appearance, I don't think he has money, right?
However, he didn't seem to have heard of a little girl with such temperament in Bray Town, right? Whether it's the mayor's family, or the richest Grandet businessman's family? So where did she come from?
"money?!"
Little Annie was stunned for a moment, and after hearing what the other person said, she suddenly remembered that it seemed that eating out did require payment!
It's just that since the world of Azeroth, she hasn't paid for food for a long, long time! Whether she was in the Flame Palace or in the Federation of Heroes, if she wanted to eat something, someone would naturally try to get it for her, and it was free.
"You mean money, is it gold, right? Here! Here it is! These should be enough, right?"
Ding... Ding Ding Ding...
Annie reached into her pocket, took it out, and then waved her hand casually, a crisp and pleasant sound of gold coins colliding on the wooden bar of the owner of the Prancing Horse Inn.
Little Anne has no shortage of such things as gold!
Besides, how could Mrs Head Anne, who now owns the entire Koprulu sector, want gold? As long as she thinks about it, she can give an order casually, and the countless large transport ships of the Federal Mining Group will definitely bring enough gold to their head of state!
And as much as you want! No matter how many billion tons it is, they can get it for her within ten working days!
If it is on a single planet, something like gold may really be a rare and precious metal.
However, if it is placed in the entire Koprulu sector, gold is just an ordinary metal element on the periodic table!
It can really be said that there are as many as you want, these industrial metals are at least counted in tons!
As long as their Lord Anne gives an order, even if the entire planet is a planet made of gold, their Federation Mining can find it out and try their best to drag it to the capital star area!
In fact, let alone gold, even other more precious minerals or diamonds and gems, their Federal Mining Industry can ship them in units of 10,000 tons!
"This is... gold, gold coins?!"
Seeing the round, golden gold coins being circled on his bar counter, the boss's eyes widened immediately! Then, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he pulled all these cute and charming gadgets into his pocket with lightning speed.
"Dear guest, just watch! I'll ask my lady boss to cook you the most delicious and exquisite dinner!"
The heavy gold weighed down his pockets, and the boss, who was in a good mood, hurriedly shouted at the wife in the back kitchen, wanting the other party to act faster and not make their distinguished guests wait too long.
"..."
"I haven't seen it just now, have I?"
"Hey... a little girl from a rich family?"
At the same time, other people in the hotel also widened their eyes, stopped drinking and bragging, and all looked at the little girl standing in front of the bar.
Now, the atmosphere in the originally lively hotel suddenly became weird.
They didn't hide the greedy eyes on their faces at all, and they seemed to be locking the little girl's pocket at the same time, as if they were researching: How many of those golden cute things are there?
If, they can take it as their own...
"Huh! What are you looking at! If you look again, be careful that I will burn you all!"
Annie didn't have time to care about what these people were thinking. Now that she was in a bad mood, after seeing those malicious eyes, she viciously stretched out her own little fist, and raised it to hold it vigorously. At the same time, a flame flashed across that tender little hand!
"If you don't want to die, stay away from me!"
She is in a bad mood now, this is not a joke!
She has been homeless for a long time, but she was treated coldly by her unscrupulous parents when she finally returned home. Now she is super angry! If anyone dares to provoke her at this critical moment, the consequences will definitely be serious!
"Well…"
"Ah ha ha……"
After seeing the strange flame flashing by the little girl's hand, those mercenaries or all kinds of alcoholics with bad intentions immediately turned their heads away, and never dared to continue to look at the little girl who seemed to be a witch. girl.
After all, the existence of mysterious power is not something that these little mercenaries crawling around at the bottom can provoke! Besides, the other party's pocket does not seem to be very big, and there should not be a few gold coins left, so there is no need to go to trouble for such a small amount of money.
A rare little girl wizard? At this time? !
"Heh...it's interesting..."
At this time, in the corner, there was a man wearing a cloak covering his eyes and half of his face.
On his table was a knight's long sword wrapped in a leather scabbard and an oak cup. When he saw the little girl's movements, he smiled at the corner of his mouth and continued to pick up his wine glass and continued to sip sipping.
Originally, he was more worried about that little girl's act of revealing her wealth. After all, in this bar, there must be no shortage of desperadoes and mercenaries who are desperate for money!
Once this little girl leaves this hotel, she must be murdered by these people, right?
But now, he felt that he had taken it for granted. In the dangerous place of Middle-earth, being able to go out casually at night must not be a simple thing!
No, a little girl who ran out casually turned out to be a wizard who could use magic? Since when are there so many wizards in Middle-earth?
As far as he knows, aren't the wizards who appeared in Middle-earth all those whose abilities were strictly restricted, or who were strictly prohibited from displaying extraordinary power in front of mortal races? So, what is the origin of that little girl sitting over there? What is the purpose of being here at this time?
For a moment, the cloaked man couldn't help frowning slightly, and began to think wildly...
"Guest! Your sumptuous dinner is here! I promise, you will be satisfied!"
"Also, I have asked my daughter to clean up your room. Excuse me, what else do you want to order?"
When other people were either surprised or silent, or secretly pondering some inappropriate thoughts, after more than ten minutes, the owner of the hotel graciously served the little girl sitting alone at a table. A large plate of hearty dinner and a mug of warm milk were served.
After placing the tableware for the other party, he squatted down halfway, with a shy face and flattery.
"Go away!"
Annie, who was in a bad mood, didn't want to chatter with this money-hungry weirdo, so after she glanced at him, she waved him impatiently to get him away from her.
"Okay, okay! Guest, please take it easy!"
Seeing that this distinguished guest didn't like to be disturbed, the boss quickly nodded winkingly and took two big steps back, then accidentally bumped into a short man and caused bursts of exclamations.
"Aha! Four little guests again! Excuse me, what do you need?"
"If you're looking for a place to stay for the night, we still have some comfortable rooms here, especially for you hobbits, you're welcome!"
The innkeeper, who seems to have made a fortune today, is in a good mood now!
So, when he saw four little hobbits wearing waterproof cloaks coming in, his attitude was very good! Today, whether he is a child or a dwarf, he looks particularly pleasing to the eye.
"Excuse me, your name is..."
"Shanxia, my name is Shanxia!"
Without waiting for his other three partners to interrupt, one of the four hobbits was the first to speak.
"Mountain? Okay..."
The boss said in his heart that he had never heard such a weird name before, so it must have been fabricated on the spur of the moment, right? It's just that the guests are all here anyway, as long as there is money to be made, he doesn't want to take care of it!
"We are friends of Gandalf, may I trouble you to inform him?"
The hobbit had looked around in the inn just now, but he didn't seem to see the bearded Gandalf, so he hurriedly asked the innkeeper.
"Gandalf...Gandalf...?"
"Oh! I remembered, yes, that's right! Is it that strange old man with a long beard, a gray robe, and a pointed hat?"
After thinking for a while, the innkeeper finally remembered that there was such a strange old man named Gandalf who had visited his Prancing Horse Inn.
"Unfortunately, I haven't seen him for almost half a year!"
When the hobbit was about to be happy, the innkeeper shook his head gloatingly and said.
He hadn't seen that strange old man who was old and liked to hang out for a long time, maybe he didn't know where he died in a long time ago, right?
"..."
The hobbits became silent. The four of them worked so hard to leave Shire and come here, but in the end, the Gandalf who agreed to wait here and meet them hadn't appeared for half a year? What a joke!
"Frodo, what shall we do now?!"
When the hobbit named Shanxia started to feel depressed, his other three partners came over and asked in a low voice.
"..."
How does this hobbit who just introduced himself as Yamashita know what to do? He raised his eyes and looked around the inn again, but he still couldn't see the familiar figure of Gandalf.
"Or, let's eat something and rest first..."
"That's right! It's better to have two drinks?"
Now, it was raining heavily outside, and it was completely dark again, and they had traveled so long, what else could they do but stay here when they were hungry and deprived?
"That's right, since Gandalf didn't come, can we wait for him here for a few days?"
"Good idea! By the way, I found out that there seems to be an empty seat over there?"
Then, one of the chubby hobbits took a look and felt his eyes light up!
Because, he saw on the other side, there is a quieter place? Where, there seems to be a beautiful little human girl eating at a large table? And it's relatively quiet there, there aren't too many casual people to eavesdrop on their next conversation, anyway, these hobbits also have important tasks!
Of course, they were also a little strange in their hearts. I don't know why there is such a little human girl in this hotel, which is obviously a bar? Don't think they are short, but they are definitely much older than this little girl!