Six days later, Renard followed the caravan into Hammer City, where he had been absent for a long time.

Now the city is unrecognizable to him, with countless slums built on the outskirts, and the total area of the city has nearly tripled, making it more bustling and lively than it had been in previous years.

The crowd was one after another, most of them adventurers and mercenaries with swords in hand.

If anything, the mess in the city and the appallingly poor law and order conditions are appallingly poor.

Entering from the West City Gate, through the main road to Nancheng District, the road is only two kilometers, the caravan encountered more than a dozen golden fingers, and two waves of ruffians who robbed the road to collect fees.

The caravan supervisor adhered to the principle that more is better than less, and did not let Lei Ye teach the other party a lesson, but obediently paid the toll.

When the caravan arrived at its destination, the supervisor settled the commission, and the two sides parted ways.

Arka looked around and asked, "Young Master, where are we going next?"

Renard looked at the signboard of the Chamber of Commerce, and after determining his location, he pointed to the east and said, "Let's go to Dongcheng District." ”

The eastern part of Hammer City is a trade area, and this has not changed much.

However, as the saying goes, where there are interests, there are grievances, and where there are grievances, there are rivers and lakes.

Just two months ago, two new forces suddenly emerged in Dongcheng District, which were very strong and financially strong.

After decisively destroying a few small gangs by killing, he used gold coins to open up the relationship between the city hall and the army, and quickly gained a firm foothold in Dongcheng District.

The original forces were all silent, and there was a faint meaning of alliance and confrontation.

But what happened next put them at ease, because the two new forces didn't like each other, and they pinched each other before they could make a move.

The two sides have a small fight in two days, and a big fight in three days, and people's brains are about to beat out dog brains, and every time the military and political dignitaries of Iron Hammer City come out to mediate.

More than two months have passed, and the two new forces have also formed a tacit understanding, divided their own territory, and put an end to the days of sword and soldier meeting.

Renard led Arka to a tavern called the Tavern of the Two Swords.

Although the name is simple, the shopkeeper is not a good guy to get along with, because the shopkeeper is one of the heads of the two new forces.

Renard walked into the tavern and found a vacant seat to make it, and immediately a servant came up to greet him and asked enthusiastically, "What do you two want to drink?"

Lei Ye leaned back in the chair, thought for a while and said, "Half a bottle of blue enchantress." ”

Hearing his words, the little girl said with a smile: "The blue enchantress is a rare thing, we don't have it here, and it is impossible to sell half a bottle if we do." ”

Reynard smiled meaningfully and asked again, "What about the half glass?"

He said half a cup, but he stretched out three fingers.

The little servant's expression changed slightly, and he immediately lowered his voice and said, "Two distinguished guests, please follow me to the second floor." ”

Renard looked up at the stairs when he heard this, then got up and followed the other party's footsteps.

In the innermost office on the second floor, Ackert was sorting out the messages sent by the spies, when he suddenly remembered the knock on the door startled him, and hurriedly put away the note on the table and said, "Come in." ”

As soon as the words fell, Renard was ushered into the office by the servant: "Long time no see, Mr. Eckert." ”

Eckert looked suspicious and recognized for a long time before he was pleasantly surprised: "Your Excellency the Registrar?"

Renard had been disguised when he arrived, but acquaintances could still easily recognize him, which made him a little frustrated: "It seems that my ability to change my appearance is still a little shallow." ”

Ekt shook his head and smiled, "How did you come here?"

Renard found a chair and sat down, motioned for Arka to be casual, and then said, "Naturally, it's for the news of Hammer City." ”

The news that Earl Shelley was secretly colluding with the Demon Worshippers was like a thorn, and he always felt uncomfortable if he didn't figure it out thoroughly.

When Ackert heard this, the smile on his face quickly retracted, and he looked around before whispering, "Based on my investigation with Miss Regana, this news may be false. ”

He pondered for a moment and continued, "Although Earl Shelley has been in contact with some mysterious people, they don't look like demon worshippers. ”

He told things as they were.

Twenty days ago, Earl Shelley made contact with some unidentified outsiders, who, according to the inaccurate information the spies had heard, may be demon worshippers.

The other party stayed in Earl Shelley's castle for two days, and no one knew what he was talking about.

On the third day, these mysterious outsiders were politely invited out of the castle.

Eckert and Regana each arranged for someone to follow them secretly, but all four of them were sent and all of them were heard from.

Eckert sighed: "We found the bodies of four people on the outskirts of the city ten days ago, and there were no obvious external injuries, it should be some mysterious magic that killed them. ”

Renard fell into deep thought, the spies he sent to the intelligence department were all recruited from the system, and their strength was at the peak of high-level martial artists, and if they wanted to find them and kill them easily, I am afraid that only high-level magicians could do it.

He took a deep breath: "You go on. ”

Ike nodded: "According to the castle servant we paid off, those mysterious people have had many negotiations with Earl Shelley, and the maximum time is more than two hours. ”

As he spoke, he took out the information book sorted out in the drawer and handed it to Lei Ye: "The person we bought had the audacity to eavesdrop, but it disappeared inexplicably that day. ”

He pointed to the information: "Fortunately, I asked him to write down the news on paper." ”

Renard looked through the materials, there were only a few dozen words on it, king, duchy, alliance, Ignaz City, Endless Harbor, and even mentioned himself and the Duncan family and the county of Meredith.

Soon two familiar names came into view, Sidney and Quentin.

Renard pondered each word, thought for a moment, and said, "It doesn't seem to have anything to do with demon worshippers." ”

Eckert nodded again: "I have analyzed the content of the intelligence with Miss Rigana, and I think the focus of this matter should be on Creighton and the Cronin family. ”

Lei Ye raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Why do you say that?"

Eckert replied truthfully: "Recently, a large number of military supplies and food have been transported to Kale County through the Kissinger Province of the Rowling Kingdom, and the owner of these materials is the Honeysuckle Chamber of Commerce. ”

"In addition, several large ships carrying supplies came to the port of no end, and hundreds of cartloads of grain were transported to Ignaz City and here. ”

Eckert pointed to his feet: "It's also the handiwork of the Honeysuckle Chamber of Commerce." ”

Speaking of this, his expression suddenly became serious: "Four days ago, we received a report from the spies that the mission sent by King Ferdinand to persuade the major lords of Kale County had been attacked by unknown persons, and the damage was not small. ”

Renard slowly frowned, picked up the information again, and read word for word: "King, Duchy, Alliance." ”

He vaguely felt that he had caught something.

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