Chapter 2: Mutant Egg

  The tavern wasn't very big, and after Fathe entered, he took a glance around and found that there were only six tables inside. Unexpectedly, the wooden table was covered with high-quality white linen, and the transparent and shiny utensils were arranged neatly, which was not much different from the dining table he had seen in Lord Hank's house before.

  The fat woman from before had run off somewhere, and at this moment there wasn't a single person in the empty tavern.

  "You wait a bit." The young man threw a sentence at Fatou without looking back and walked straight to the west corner of the tavern. A large pot was placed there, with tung oil wood burning vigorously underneath, bursting out waves of fragrant oil smell, and the pot was bubbling loudly. The young man walked to the side of the pot and lifted the lid, and a strange fragrance wafted out instantly.

  When he smelled this strange fragrance, Fati's mouth watered and he pretended to be concerned, rushing over and shouting: "Be careful not to get burned."

  Rushing to the pot, Fate only saw the thick soup boiling happily inside, with some unnameable plants tumbling up and down, and a huge bone appeared in Fate's eyes as the boy stirred it with a large wooden spoon.

  "Is this the femur of a fourth-level Arrowhair Hog?" Fatty's eyes gleamed with green light as he swallowed his saliva, his nose twitching slightly, and he exclaimed in surprise: "The meat of an Arrowhair Hog is both coarse and sour, how can it be so fragrant."

  The young man turned back and smiled at him, without saying a word, grabbed a few strange powders from the bowls beside him and threw them into the pot, instantly making the aroma even thicker.

  "Xiao Shan, hurry up, the guests will be arriving soon." The plump woman appeared out of nowhere and walked to the side of the pot, saying. From the frequency of her sniffing and the smile on her face, Fate felt that she was also intoxicated by this fragrance.

  "Who are you?" The fat woman looked at Fate warily and said, "Come back later to beg for food, I haven't even opened up yet. What are you doing here, looking for a fight?"

  Fate's face turned red with rage, and he said in a hurry, "Look carefully, who is the beggar? I am a noble magician."

  The fat woman snorted, only then realizing that the tattered black robe on Fate's body was actually a magical robe. However, she immediately showed disdain and said: "What's the big deal about being a magician? It's just an entry-level magician in a black robe, completely useless."

  Fatie's eyes almost jumped up, and he began to chant magic spells in his mouth. A white mist gradually rose around his body.

  "Ga......" The obscure magic spell had only been chanted halfway when Fati was pinched by the fat woman's right hand, which was like a bear's paw, and lifted into mid-air. The water element that had just condensed instantly dissipated.

  At this time, a young man known as Xiaoshan interrupted: "Aunt Anna, let him go. Mr. Fate is my guest."

  Fat woman Anna heard this, she finally let go of Fate's neck and walked towards the door, saying as she walked: "Don't mention primary magic apprentices, last time that intermediate magic apprentice dared to flirt with me, I still slapped him down with one palm."

  Fa Te stroked the slender neck that had been pinched, his face flushed bright red. Hearing the murmurs of the fat woman, he shivered and gave up the idea of revenge.

  "Koyama, huh? Could it be that you're the Koyama from the Mercenary Guild's wanted list?" Fate suddenly remembered something and squeezed in beside the youth to ask.

  Xiaoyan's face flushed slightly, and she smiled, revealing a set of clean and tidy white teeth. "It was just a misunderstanding," she said. "Andrei, the blacksmith from East Street, was simply venting his frustrations in that way."

  "Aren't you afraid?"

  "Everyone in Fenghuo Town takes it as a joke," Xiaoyan said with a smile. "No one will take that task."

  "What is this thing? I've never seen it before, it smells so good." Fatty's stomach started growling.

  "Little Mountain, old rules, first fifty skewers of meat, remember only beef." A tall and muscular young man shouted at the entrance of the tavern, his short clothes couldn't cover his explosive muscles, a huge axe was slung over his shoulder, his messy hair made him look like a savage beast.

  "What's that supposed to be?" Xiaoyu didn't even lift his head, and said in a crisp tone: "Xilu, Anna has been looking for you for a long time. You'd better settle the money from last time first."

  "Xi Lu, I thought you weren't coming back." Anna jumped out and gritted her teeth: "No one dares to owe me money and not pay it back. Last time you ate 200 skewers of meat while I wasn't paying attention and then slipped away, I thought you weren't coming back!"

  Xi Lu smiled and threw the axe to the ground with a loud thud, then reached into his bosom and pulled out several sparkling crystal cores, saying: "Boss lady, are these enough?"

  One is a secondary Flame Snake Demon Crystal, and two are third-level Wind Wolf Crystals.

  Fate's eyes lit up when he saw the crystal, but he looked at Xilu several times and didn't believe it was obtained from hunting magical beasts. To hunt for a third-level wind wolf's magic crystal, one must be at least an intermediate warrior, and Xilu was not even seventeen or eighteen years old, so Fate naturally did not believe him.

  Anna's face changed from a scowl to a smile in an instant, and she darted to Silu's side with a speed that belied her figure, stretching out her hand to snatch the few magic crystals into her own.

  "Xī lǔ ah, I've said it before, among the young people in Fēng Huǒ Town, you're the most formidable. In the future, you'll definitely become one of the greatest warriors."

  Xi Lu's heart was filled with joy, and he leaned back in his chair, saying: "Aunt Anna, these magic crystals were obtained through my own hard work, at the very least you can have fifty meals here."

  "Thirty tons." The magic crystal was tucked into her bosom, and Anna immediately turned over.

  "Forty tons." Xilu hurriedly stood up with a "whoosh".

  "Thirty-five dishes, absolutely no more, damn it, your appetite is bigger than a polar bear's." Anna let out a sigh.

  "Deal." Xiru smiled and ran over to Fate, saying: "Xiaoshan, did you hear that? The boss's wife said so, so first grill 100 strings of beef for me."

  Xiaoyan glanced at him and grabbed a handful of meat blocks strung together with bamboo skewers, throwing them into the pot. It wasn't until then that Fate saw a row of bamboo baskets placed next to the pot, filled with various meat blocks and vegetables, all strung together with bamboo skewers, looking very colorful.

  "Are you going to Luoyue Mountains again?"

  Xi Lu scratched his head and said, "What can we do if we don't go? We have to eat, after all." He leaned in mysteriously close to Xiao Shan and whispered, "I followed your method and set up a few traps at the edge of Luo Yue Mountain Range, ten miles outside the town. After waiting for a day and night, I finally caught a small adventure team. Using the medicinal powder you gave me, I knocked them out and snatched the magic crystal before hurrying back."

  Fa De Deng's face was covered in sweat as he saw Xi Lu glare at him, and he quickly looked into the pot, pretending he hadn't heard anything.

  "What's so expensive about this stuff? Those magic crystals added up should be worth at least a few gold coins." Fate muttered to himself, thinking that the big guy was somewhat foolish.

  "Why didn't you let me snatch their weapons and armor?" Xilu frowned: "That way, we can sell them for more money when we bring them back."

  "You're stupid and you really are stupid." Xiaoyue scolded: "Fenghuo Town is such a small place, no matter who you sell it to, someone will find out. If those mercenaries and adventurers have connections with the people in the town, it'll be big trouble later on."

  "No wonder you wanted me to cover my face when I robbed." Xilu suddenly realized.

  "Covering your face is just for show, with your unique physique, do you think they can't recognize you? They are afraid of your old man and the old guys in town, plus as long as you don't show your face, they say there's no real evidence, who can do anything to you?"

  Xi Lu smiled and said, "Xiao Shan, I don't quite understand what you're saying, but I believe you."

  Fatte's eyes stared at the pot of stir-frying meat strips and thought: "Is this still a teenager?"

  "Alright." Xiaoyan handed over several dozen skewers of meat to Xilu, saying: "The chili powder and whatnot are on the table, eat as much as you want."

  Xi Lu didn't even bother to speak, nor was he afraid of being scalded. He simply stretched out his mouth and snatched four strings, then walked away while chewing.

  "Mr. Fatt, here are some for you first, there's plenty more over there, take a look and help yourself to whatever you'd like." Xiaoyan smiled as he handed Mr. Fatt several skewers of meat.

  Fatty nodded, not daring to open his mouth, fearing that a torrent of saliva would gush out. He walked to the side and lightly bit into it, and suddenly a fragrance he had never tasted before burst forth on his tongue.

  "It's delicious, too delicious." Fatty said vaguely, as if he wanted to swallow his tongue.

  At this time, the guests in the tavern also increased, most of whom were rushing to Xiaoshan's unique meat skewers, and a small part of them ordered green and green vegetable skewers, but very few.

  A silver coin is worth only fifty strings!

  Fate ate while watching, secretly licking his tongue in his heart. Anyway, he didn't want money, so he thickened his skin and ran over to order a few more dishes, which indeed had another kind of fresh and delicious taste.

  Anna was only in charge of collecting money, happy and smiling, Xiaoshan stood on the stool by the pot, busy, with fine sweat all over his forehead, busy for a long time without seeing him tired.

  Few people were left, only Xilu was still sitting at the table, eating with his head down, a large pile of bamboo skewers in front of him, occasionally using a brush to brush some red powder on the meat, sweating profusely.

  Fa Te felt his mouth burning as soon as he saw it, and just now he also tried a bit of that "chili pepper" powder, his mouth was like it was on fire, and he almost spit it out.

  "Mr. Fatt, have you eaten your fill?" Little Mountain wiped the sweat and walked up to Fatt, his face steaming red from the heat.

  "Thank you." Fatty's face was filled with gratitude as he quickly stood up and asked, "I've never eaten such delicious food before, what's its name?"

  "Spicy hot pot." Xiaoyan said a term that Fatou had never heard before, and then said: "Come with me for a moment, I have something to ask you."

  "As you wish." Fatty followed him to the backyard.

  He looked around and saw no one, then closed the back door and said, "Take a look at this."

  Nor did he see any movement, but a half-leg-high egg-shaped object appeared on the empty ground, with a sticky piece on top, like a magical beast's egg.

  "Does he have a space ring?"

  Fate was startled in her heart, but she didn't see any accessories on Xiaoyue's fingers, and her eyes were drawn to the magic beast egg again.

  "Look quickly, have you ever seen it?" Xiaoyan's expression was very tense, and his hands clenched involuntarily.

  "Hmm, this is definitely a beast egg, but what kind, I'm not sure." Fate pondered and said: "However, looking at the surface being so sticky, it should be about to hatch soon."

  As his voice fell, the egg began to quiver slightly on its surface. The top layer started to split into four petals, slowly unfolding in all directions.

  Faute suddenly felt a bit tense and fearful, he couldn't understand why he had this feeling either. According to reason, newly born magical beasts shouldn't have aggressive tendencies.

  "Just take a look and you'll know what kind of monster it is." Fate involuntarily took a few steps back.

  "Ah." Xiaoyan let out a sigh, and that demon beast suddenly vanished into thin air.

  "This is a deformed egg, believe me, if you see what it looks like, you'll definitely regret it." Xiaoyama said to himself.