Chapter 442 Time waits for no one

Goblins have a very standard "reckless and cowardly duality".

When Ceylon was first caught in the Eternal Night disaster, ordinary people were terrified, but the goblins were not afraid, but ecstatic.

Because they found a business opportunity.

The goblin captains at the airship dock unanimously offered super-high-priced "escape tickets".

After buying tickets and boarding the airship, they would take the passengers to leave Ceylon as soon as possible and go to a safe place.

As a result, when the airship sailed to the border of Ceylon, it was found that it was blocked by invisible obstacles and could not sail out.

The goblins immediately became as cowardly as ordinary people, and they were even more cowardly.

After flying back to Ceylon City and landing, they went to the refuge camp as soon as possible and hid in the camp. They would not come out even if they were killed.

When the Eternal Night ended, the goblins seamlessly switched to the reckless form and started selling "evacuation tickets" in the camp again!

The route quickly resumed unobstructed, which was one of the industries that returned to normal the fastest after the disaster.

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When Pete asked for flight information at the airship dock, it was not the goblins who answered him, but humans.

The other party is in charge of ticket sales.

The green-skinned little guys are restless, and it is tantamount to torture to let them stay in the same place and do the same thing for a long time.

The goblins who are good at outsourcing often transfer these jobs that do not require much technical content to the labor of other races.

Especially humans.

They are smart enough, hardworking, and there are more of them!

The dock worker on duty rolled his eyes when he heard Pete's question:

"Do you even need to ask this?"

"Friend, it's October now, and the Harvest Festival is coming!"

"It's the custom of the dwarves. They will have a carnival in October every year and hold a festival called the Wine Festival."

"During this period, the price of grain shipped to Stone Castle will skyrocket. The dwarves will buy a lot of grain and brew fine wine for them to drink next year."

"The airships have all gone to the grain-rich areas west of Reyak, transporting and reselling grain back and forth."

"If you want to go to Stone Castle, forget about the goblin airship route."

"Before the end of the Wine Festival, I can assure you that every airship heading to Stone Castle will be filled with grain according to its load limit, and there will be no room for passengers."

Pet was dumbfounded.

He knew that the dwarves had a tradition of celebrating the Wine Festival.

Dwarves would drink the fine wine stored in the cellar during the festival, and hold various carnival activities day and night to celebrate and reward themselves for their hard work throughout the past year.

The whole family worshipped their ancestors together to prove to them that their descendants had not buried their glorious bloodline.

Pray to the gods who gave the dwarves magma, minerals and fine wine, and thank the gods for their protection.

But Pete didn't know that the goblin airship would also be temporarily suspended during this period!

After all, he had never taken an airship to a place like Stone Castle before.

...

There is no airship flight that can directly reach Stone Castle.

Things became a little troublesome.

Theoretically, the fastest plan became:

First take the goblin airship to the royal capital Starosh.

Then buy a ticket for the underground tunnel.

Take the underground train jointly invested and built by the goblins and dwarves to Stone Castle.

However, this plan was also rejected by the human airship ticket seller on duty.

"Take my advice, my friend."

"During the entire October Wine Festival, the two main routes to Stone Castle, the airship and the underground train, are basically in a state of hard to get a ticket."

"Not to mention the large amount of cargo, the small number of passenger tickets were also booked by big merchants when they were on sale."

"You can't buy a ticket."

"My suggestion is that you just wait here."

"If there is nothing particularly urgent, wait until the Wine Festival is over and the passenger routes are restored before going to Stone Castle."

About the underground train.

Miranda, who also planned to go to Stone Castle to track down the clues of the black-robed man, confirmed what the ticket seller said.

Miranda said first:

"October is indeed a popular month for the underground train in the capital every year."

"It's almost impossible to buy ready-made tickets."

After recalling for a while, he suddenly realized:

"Oh, right! There's more!"

"No wonder in September, there were a lot of caravans in the capital planning to cross the Spirit Wing Wetland from south to north recruiting guards."

"They should be merchants who didn't get tickets, so they can only take the slower and more dangerous land route in advance."

Brandon next to him was a little annoyed.

"Crossing the Spirit Wing Wetland...that place is not easy to walk!"

Although he had never experienced it in person, Brandon had heard the bards in the tavern bragging about it.

The Spirit Wing Wetland is located outside the border of the Kingdom of Reyak. In other words, there is no [Past Glory] to protect it.

In addition to the threat of monsters, there are a lot of swamps, depressions and mudflats.

Especially those muddy swamps that are difficult to distinguish.

If you step into it, you may never climb out and be swallowed by the swamp.

Every year, some people stay in the swamp of the Spirit Wing Wetland forever.

Even with an experienced guide, it takes at least half a month to cross it.

If this half a month is taken into account, by the time they arrive at the Stone Fort, the Wine Festival may be over and the route will be restored.

It would be better to wait in Ceylon Territory.

While waiting, you can regularly clean the dark crypt [shallow layer], or explore the deeper parts of the dark forest to earn rewards from Noven.

"How about... we wait until November to go?" Gale, who also planned to go to the Stone Castle, hesitated and asked.

Peter frowned and made no comment.

He was thinking about something else.

"I'm a little worried."

Reina, who was wearing a purple-black cloak, leaned over curiously: "What are you worried about?"

Peter motioned to the familiar companions around him to stay away from the conductor on duty, and found a place to ensure that no one could hear his words. Then he explained in a low voice:

"Those men in black robes, I have a hunch that if we don't hurry up and arrive at the stone castle as soon as possible, the clues may be lost."

"Don't forget, those hexagonal gems dedicated to the Lord are all related to the people in black robes. They are obviously a large-scale organization."

"Didn't the Countess also mention that she had seen black-robed dwarves with different appearances, which means that those involved in the Ceylon Evernight Incident must not be the only two guys who blew themselves up that we saw last time."

"What about the other black-robed dwarves?"

Pat asked and answered himself.

"Would they have been hiding in the darkness of the Ceylon Territory? They evacuated as soon as they realized something was wrong and their companions died."

“The Stone Castle is the only clue right now and the Wine Festival is a very special opportunity.”

"It's difficult for us to get to the stone castle, so it must be the same for those people in black robes."

"Time waits for no one. What if they arrive at the stone castle first and the clues are destroyed and covered up?"

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