The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 616 Contact
"What did you say? Ms. Alustriel will soon resign from the position of Supreme Mage?" During the chat, Ryan got a very important piece of news, which is that the current time period is just the eve of the establishment of the Silvermoon Federation, the first unified regime in the North. This group of businessmen came here for this matter, because it means that the North will further develop, and the recent Moon Celebration will definitely consume a lot of supplies, and the goods in their hands can be sold at a good price.

The caravan in front of Ryan was a small caravan from Silvermoon City, and they were just taking the relatively safe route to Waterdeep City. They couldn't go to places farther away, such as Sandaba or Adeba Castle.

In this medieval environment, long-distance business is a very dangerous thing. For example, in the world of Lord of the Rings and A Song of Ice and Fire, the armies of the countries that Ryan saw spent almost all their time killing the endless robbers on the trade routes, except for guarding the city and training in peacetime. For example, if this caravan had not encountered Ryan and his men, it would be lucky if half of the people could get out, and all the goods would definitely be lost.

"We seem to be a step late. It seems we can only enter the city tomorrow." After cleaning up the battlefield, everyone quickened their pace. Unfortunately, when they arrived at the city gate panting, they found that it was closed.

"So where are we going tonight?" Ryan asked the leader of the caravan after looking at the sunset in the sky. "We shouldn't be camping, right?"

"That's not the case. There are quite a few small villages around here. It just so happens that a friend of mine lives nearby and runs a hotel part-time. We can stay at his house for a night." The caravan leader said as he led everyone down the main road and walked east along the city wall. Not far away, they saw a small village with seven or eight buildings. At the door of one of the buildings, there was a sign with a wooden wine barrel and a pitchfork painted on it.

After the caravan was settled, Ryan immediately took Hermione and Rose Crystal to the tavern on the first floor to inquire about the news. This was a good place for nearby farmers to have fun. After spending only one silver coin (the spoils of war just now) to buy a few glasses of wine, they heard some unusual news.

"Are you wizards?" a red-nosed farmer said as he drank the beer Ryan had bought for him. "Then you can go visit Andolin. She and her husband, a famous chef in Silvermoon City, live in the house at the other end of the field. The couple are very nice. But this morning, the chimney of their house emitted the stinkiest smell I have ever smelled in my life. I am a little worried about them now."

"This sounds like the beginning of a quest." Hermione said to Ryan after the farmer walked away with his wine glass. "But for us, this is an excellent opportunity to get in touch with local spellcasters and magic. Let's go now."

Ryan agreed with Hermione's point of view. After saying hello to the caravan leader, the three of them walked towards the place pointed out by the farmer. It was getting dark at this time, and the farmland without any light pollution was very dark. Ryan and Hermione could only hold a lantern grass in one hand to illuminate themselves, while Rose Quartz flew low over their heads, holding crystal swords in both hands to guard the surroundings.

After walking about 500 to 600 meters, they saw the cabin located in a sparse maple forest. But strangely, the door was half open, and Ryan saw through the crack that the cabin was completely dark.

"This is not right. Who would leave the door open at night?" Ryan and Hermione drew their wands at the same time. Ryan created a breeze, opened the door, and shone the wand in his hand. They saw that facing the door was a living room with a large sofa that looked very comfortable. On the left was an armchair placed in front of the fireplace, and under the window on the right was a desk.

"There doesn't seem to be anything here, but I heard a tearing sound behind the door in front." After a quick look, Ryan and Hermione tiptoed through the living room, but when they walked to the fireplace, the poker placed diagonally on the side of the fireplace suddenly came to life, and then fiercely stabbed Ryan who was walking in front.

Ryan reacted in time and blocked the attack with the Armor Spell, then Rose Crystal swooped down and swung her sword to cut the iron rod in half.

"This should be an animated item. We'd better be more careful." Ryan said after checking the two iron bars that fell to the ground. Considering that there might be enemies in the house, they had to give up the magic reconnaissance just now. As a result, they didn't expect that there was a trap waiting for them here. After suffering an attack, the three people continued to move forward vigilantly, but they didn't wait for the second round of attack until they reached the other door of the house.

"The sound came from inside." Ryan closed his eyes and listened for a few seconds at the door before speaking to Hermione and Rose Quartz through the connection of their souls. "It looks like there might be an enemy inside, get ready to fight."

After everyone was ready for battle, Ryan suddenly threw a flash bomb made of sunlight crystals into the room. In an instant, strong sunlight enveloped the entire room, and suddenly a scream was heard from the left.

The screaming creature was a 2-foot-tall, ultra-small humanoid creature with dark red skin, leathery bat wings, a spiked tail, and curved horns. Ryan and Hermione, who were fans of the game, immediately recognized that it was a little devil from Batto Hell.

The following battle was over in an instant. While the little devil was covering his eyes that were stung by the strong light and unable to react for a while, Ryan quickly restrained it with a restraining spell. Then Rose Crystal quickly swung the crystal sword and chopped the struggling little devil into a dozen ping-pong ball-sized pieces of meat. The whole process took only a few seconds.

After making sure that the enemy was eliminated, they heard a weak groan. Ryan and Hermione followed the sound and quickly walked to the bed. Then they saw a man with scars and blood on his face collapsed on the bed, his wrists and ankles tied.

Ryan quickly untied the man's restraints and Hermione quickly used magic to check his physical condition. The man was in much better condition than expected, and most of the blood on his body was just some ketchup. He looked weak now because he was poisoned by a paralytic poison and was a little dehydrated.

After being fed a bottle of antidote and a glass of water, the man came to his senses. He told Ryan and Hermione that he was the husband of the wizard Andolin, the chef Gandru. He got into this state because he and his wife made a cheese golem together, and when his wife went to the laboratory to study magic, a devil called Vogon, who had a grudge against his wife a long time ago, sent this little devil to mess up. It triggered the violent mode of the cheese golem and injured Gandru, and then tied him up in the bedroom and kept beating him.

"Remember, never use fire against that golem. Fire will only make it stronger, and this golem is very strong." Gandru warned seriously after learning that Ryan and the other three were planning to destroy the uncontrolled cheese golem. Apart from that, he only knew that the golem was still in the house, but he didn't know where exactly.

Soon Ryan and his companions cautiously walked from the living room to the dining room. The dining room was neat and tidy and there was nothing strange. However, after entering the kitchen through another door, the traces of the golem's destruction appeared in front of them: several iron pots and kettles fell to the ground, the pottery was broken, and the broken pieces were scattered all over the room. The walls were splashed with a mixture of various seasonings, which were still dripping down.

After entering the dilapidated kitchen, they saw a door in the room that looked like it led to the basement. It was closed and held tightly by a chair, as if someone was afraid that something would come out of it. Considering what Gandru had just said that the golem had not left the house, Ryan and the others could probably be sure that the golem was in the basement now.

After confirming that the enemy was a constructed golem, Ryan summoned his Rose Madonna to float in front of his chest, then opened the door to the basement and walked in first. He felt that he had just the right magic to use against this kind of enemy.

(End of this chapter)