A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 103 What do you call it?

In the end, the group didn't bother with mounts or flying planes. Instead, after confirming their location, Li Wei opened a portal and teleported to the forest outside the city.

Then they followed the road outside the city towards the town.

On the way, they also encountered other "people" who were preparing to go to that town.

However, as Tony came into contact with these "people," his expression gradually became strange.

"Tony, what's wrong?" Natasha, who was standing next to him, noticed that something was wrong with his expression and asked.

"Don't you guys find this strange?" Tony asked.

"What?" Li Wei asked.

"These... let's just call them people for now. Don't you find it strange that these people all speak English?" Tony said.

"Now that you mention it, it does seem a bit strange!" Natasha thought it did seem a bit strange.

Li Wei, on the other hand, looked at Tony with a strange expression.

Strange? Not at all. You'll even hear aliens speaking fluent English in the future, and even the gods speak English!

In the current situation, it's nothing!

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Tony felt uncomfortable under Levi's gaze.

"Tony, have you finally awakened?" Upon hearing this, Levi's eyes darted around, and he immediately put on a serious expression.

"Awakening? What are you talking about?" Tony looked completely bewildered.

"Actually, the world we live in is not real. We are all in a novel, and the author of the novel wrote it in English. So not only in this desolate place, but in the entire universe, almost everyone speaks English!" Li Wei said with a solemn expression.

...The entire room fell silent!

Then Li Wei saw that everyone, including Tony, looked thoughtful.

Li Wei: ...

"You guys don't actually believe that, do you?" Li Wei's lips twitched.

"Of course not, I was just playing along!" Tony

"...Well, thank you so much..." Li Wei was speechless.

Chatting casually, the group soon arrived at the city gate.

This is a town with a strong Celtic style, and in the center of the town stands a castle.

There were guards collecting city fees at the city gate, but these guards were not human, but apes.

It gave Li Wei a strong sense of déjà vu, like something out of Planet of the Apes.

Many races entered the city, including humans. Apart from collecting fees, these ape-man guards did not cause any trouble for anyone.

This suggests that they are a relatively peaceful race.

However, upon seeing Li Wei and his group's attire, the ape-man guards became noticeably more wary.

After all, Li Wei and his men were fully armed, and they were clearly not to be trifled with.

But in terms of attitude, he was quite amiable.

"What brings you gentlemen to Manchester City?" the guard asked Tony.

Obviously, because Tony and Bronsky were dressed in rather splendid attire, the guards instinctively mistook them for nobles from some city-state on a tour.

"I think you've probably noticed that we lost our mounts for some reason and need to buy new ones, so may we go in?" Tony asked, looking up.

It wasn't that Tony was arrogant, but he had no choice but to hold his head high.

After all, these apes were over two meters tall on average, which made them look quite intimidating.

"Of course, but each person needs to pay ten copper coins to enter the city," the guard leader said. "Also, don't cause trouble within the city!"

"We don't have any copper coins, how about this?" Tony tossed a silver ingot over. On the way, the group managed to find out about the currency of this world from passersby, which was gold, silver, and copper, just like in ancient Earth.

Li Wei had a lot of these metals in his spatial bag, so he shared some with everyone.

Originally intended only for occasional use in engineering forging, they unexpectedly found themselves returning to their original purpose as currency.

"Sir, this is too much, we don't have enough change!" The guard who received the silver ingots said with a change in expression.

Li Wei's silver ingots are all industrial-grade one-kilogram ingots, which would only be worth a few hundred dollars in the outside world, but here they are obviously of extraordinary value.

The guards were so frightened that they immediately started calling him "Sir".

"Keep the change, consider the extra a tip!" Tony said nonchalantly.

Keeping wealth hidden? That's not a concept for Tony.

If any native were to try and make money off him, Tony wouldn't mind letting him experience the real "Iron Fist."

However, such a large "tip" also confirmed Tony's status as a "noble son" in the eyes of these guards.

They were extremely eager to invite everyone into the city.

It was just that he had a gorilla-like head, which made Li Wei and his group feel a little strange.

"By the way, have you seen this person before?" Just then, Li Wei remembered one of their purposes, took out a photo of the young explorer, and asked the guards.

Several guards looked at it, but they all shook their heads.

"If you're looking for someone, why don't you try asking at the taverns in town? They're better at finding information there!" the guard leader said to Li Wei.

"Thank you!" Li Wei nodded and asked for the location of the tavern.

Inquiring about information at a tavern? What a classic plot.

However, on the way to the tavern mentioned by the guard leader, a blacksmith shop was passed by on a sidewalk.

Li Wei immediately spotted a small pile of magic iron in the corner.

He immediately greeted Tony and the others, and then walked over.

"What would you distinguished guests like? The weapons crafted by Old Merck are absolutely the best in the entire Hanman City!" The blacksmith shop owner, who was also an ape, patted his chest and greeted Li Wei and his party enthusiastically.

"I don't need weapons, but will you sell those ores?" Levi asked, pointing to the magic iron.

Based on previous conversations with passersby and guards, gold and silver still have considerable purchasing power in the wilderness.

So if you can buy the materials, you don't have to go through the hardship of mining yourself.

"You have a good eye, esteemed guest. This is a batch of star metal that I just brought in. It's a rare find!" The shopkeeper, named Merck, said enthusiastically when Li Wei asked about the pile of ore.

"Wait, what did you call it?" Li Wei was a little flustered when he heard the other party's name for the magic iron.

"Star Metal, that's what everyone in Stannia calls it, isn't it?" Merck said, equally puzzled.

"Victor, is there something wrong with that title?" Tony asked, leaning closer in, puzzled.

This is a huge problem, okay?

Star Metal

Star-metal

It doesn't sound like anything special.

However, using a more Chinese-sounding name makes a difference.

Star Iron...

"...So, old Merck, do you know Conan?" Levi asked tentatively as he thought about it.

"Conan? Oh, of course, the great hero who saved all of Stannia in ancient times, the good friend of the ape god Hanman, a story that even the kids on the street know!" Old Merck replied matter-of-factly.

"Conan? I only know Conan Doyle." That's Tony.

"I also know Detective Conan." Jessica made a rare appearance to make her presence known.

However, Li Wei wouldn't listen to their answers at all.

His mind is now filled with images of Starry Sky Iron, Conan, and Demon Slayer.

(End of this chapter)