"This is Southern Island Ice Beer. Because there's a special kind of ice, this beer will always be cold no matter what time it is. I believe you can buy it in the Twilight Highlands." Lord Metz Drakrep took a sip of the first glass of beer, then asked confidently, "Am I right, elf?"
"Yes, your knowledge is amazing." Lu Li could only nod.
The first glass of beer was guessed without any difficulty. Not only did Lord Metz Drakrep know the name and characteristics, but he also knew the place of origin.
"Are we going to win him and let him guide us?" Tirion Fordring asked Lu Li softly.
"Yes," Lu Li said. "As long as we win, Lord Metz Drakrep will work for us. He's a dwarf who likes to gamble, but he's a very good gambler. He'll keep his promise as long as it's something he's promised."
"How confident are you?" Tirion Fordring had just poured himself a glass, but he had no idea what kind of beer it was.
Logically speaking, at his age and a frequent drinker, he should have seen all the common wines on the continent, but this was the first time he had seen an ice beer that could be eternally cold. He didn't know why this wine hadn't spread.
"I'm not confident. Let's try our luck." Lu Li could only say that.
Before he met Xiaoba Jiang, it was indeed the first time he had heard of such a wine. He seriously suspected that everyone was playing a different game than Xiaoba Jiang.
"This second glass of beer, if I'm not wrong, should be Godoc Green Wine. Wine brewed by ogres is really strong. I remember that we should be able to buy it from Kleig. If he's already died of old age, then we can only find Young Kleig."
"Yes, you guessed right." Lu Li was slightly discouraged after being guessed correctly again.
It seemed that this old drunkard was really good. He had even drunk the wine brewed by ogres. There were still thirteen other wines left, and he didn't know if he could win.
"Let me think, this tastes really good. Is this … Jungle Wine?" Lord Metz Drakrep exclaimed. "I can't believe I have the chance to drink real jungle wine. This wine can only be bought from Niclax Firamog in the Sailor's Home. This old man has always denied that this wine is still in stock. This is a good wine that can tempt the Sea Giant Nagurash."
"Ugh, you're really knowledgeable," Lu Li sighed in his heart.
"Haha, Sulfuron liquor. It's not hard to guess. Do you think that I can't recognize the new liquor on the market because I haven't been out for many years?" The old dwarf said proudly. "I have to thank my cousins who have become Ragnaros's slaves. What else can't they use to make this liquor? This liquor is made from a special kind of magma. Legend has it that it's for the fire elementals to drink. After drinking it, one will be burned to ashes. I just sent someone to buy a batch a few months ago to train my will and guard against the mage's transformation spell."
The old dwarf laughed dryly. "Sulof Sulof Sulof Sulof Sulof Wine."
"Hehe," Lu Li laughed dryly. He was also in despair. "This is the Watchfort Spirits? Oh, no, no, this is the Winterspring Fire Wine. This must be the Winterspring Fire Wine, haha." Lord Metz Drakrep tasted the wine in an intoxicated manner and introduced the differences between the two wines with great familiarity.
Lu Li thought about it and began to contact Water Fairy privately.
He had no choice but to use his ultimate skill, so he asked for Water Fairy's help. Then, he found an excuse to suspend the bet and summoned Water Fairy in a place where there was no one around.
Lord Metz Drakrep wasn't curious about the fact that Lu Li had another female Elf by his side. He urged the gambling to continue. There were still more than ten types of wine that he hadn't tried yet. Although he said it was wine tasting, he would actually finish a glass of wine every time.
It was a rare opportunity to drink wine so openly.
Moreover, there were so many people around watching him act cool. Looking at those young dwarves who were listening to him speak so confidently, they were almost prostrating on the ground in admiration.
In the world of dwarves, Lord Metz Drakrep might not be the strongest in battle, nor was he the longest-lived, but compared to his research on wine and the types of wine he had drunk, everyone had to lower their noble heads in front of him. Even Magni Bronzebeard was the same.
The next ten types of wine were indeed identified by him one by one.
Although there were one or two that he had pondered for a long time before coming up with, it did not affect the final result.
"Wait a minute, there's still one more type of wine. I didn't intend to take it out, but since His Excellency likes wine so much, I'll reluctantly part with it." Lu Li took out a bottle cautiously. It was filled with a dark green wine.
"Oh, hurry up and bring it over for me to try." Lord Metz Drakrep's interest was immediately piqued when he heard how cautious Lu Li was.
Lu Li poured the wine into a freshly washed wine glass and watched as Lord Metz Drakrep picked it up and took a sip. As expected, he saw the confusion on the old dwarf's face.
The game company had spent a lot of effort to make this game, and had worked hard to reflect the game's foundation in all aspects. Take these wines for example. Different wines had different recipes, different tastes, different brewing processes, and different origins. Hence, Lord Metz Drakrep's wine tasting wasn't a joke.
Perhaps some people would ask why Lu Li had made some wine himself. Wouldn't that stump the other party?
In fact, adventurers couldn't brew wine themselves, at least not yet. Furthermore, it wasn't like the system would recognize a random thing as a type of wine. Only an NPC could truly brew a type of wine and use it as a tool for tasting wine.
Coincidentally, Lu Li really did know such a person.
Southshore's hostess was Emma Felstone, who he had a very good relationship with. All of the alcohol sold in Southshore had been brewed by her. She was an expert brewer, and even the most basic of ale could be brewed by her to have a unique flavor.
When Lu Li saw how fierce Lord Metz Drakrep was just now, he thought of Emma.
He immediately decided to seek help from Emma, so he asked Water Fairy, who was also very familiar with Emma, to communicate with her and successfully obtained a new bottle of wine that was still in the testing stage and had not been officially released.
Without it being officially released, Lord Metz Drakrep naturally wouldn't be able to taste the origin of this wine.
Otherwise, with the dwarves' temperament of loving wine as much as their lives, as long as a new kind of wine was produced, they would discover it and try it even in the most remote and desolate of places. The most common communication between the dwarves was not about smithing, but about good wine. People like Lord Metz Drakrep who were interested in wine would immediately know about it.
"This wine is very good, but I've never drunk it before." Lord Metz Drakrep drank it again and again, almost finishing the wine in the bottle.
In the end, he had to admit dejectedly that this was a wine he had never drunk before.
In this way, he naturally couldn't call out the name of this wine, let alone the origin of this wine.
Lu Li immediately laughed happily. This matter seemed easy to solve, but it wasn't that simple. Not all NPCs could brew wine, and not all NPCs would sell you new wine, let alone in such an extreme time.
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