Chapter 24: Tony's Setup
Thanks to Spence holding Selenda in tow, Arthur and Tony escaped from Goosepeak Manor.
Arthur joined Joan and Huey, who had been waiting outside, and prepared to withdraw, and they had agreed with Spence on the way to retreat.
"You come with me, the other party will chase them out soon!" Tony stopped Arthur, who was about to evacuate according to the established route.
"Good!" Arthur trusts Tony unconditionally.
Although Joan and the others were surprised by the sudden addition of the man in black, since Arthur chose to believe him, the others did not object.
Tony and a few people did not go to the mainland, but quickly ran into the field, and ran seven or eight miles away in one breath, until he saw a patch of woods before slowing down. Tony and Arthur find a hunter's hut on the edge of the woods.
The woods are tall and densely wooded, and it is not easy to spot the hunter's hut built under the trees, even from the air. Although the cottage is not big and there are only two rooms, it is very tidy inside, and it is clear that someone keeps it up often.
Tony, who had not spoken all the way, entered the hut before tearing off his veil and speaking: "Let's spend the night here tonight, don't make a fire, no one will find out here." It's best to wait for the turmoil to subside before you leave here. ”
Arthur grabbed Tony and asked a series of questions, "You were also attacked back then, weren't you? Where have you been all these years? Is there anyone else alive besides your mercenary group?"
Tony's inquiring gaze looked at the people behind Arthur, and he had already noticed that there were elves and dwarves inside.
"Don't shy away from them, they are not only my friends, but also brothers, just like you did with Master Keynes. ”
Arthur mentioned Keynes, and Tony's eyes instantly moistened, "Sit down, I'll tell you about all these years." ”
Arthur and the others sat directly on the ground, Tony took two gourds of wine from the wall next to him, handed one to Arthur, opened it himself and poured a few large sips of wine before slowly speaking: "After breaking up with Brother Keynes, I led the injured mercenaries back to the city in advance, and I was ambushed by the black-clothed killer after only half a day's journey. The difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and we are all injured on our side, and the brothers were killed by others with almost no resistance to resist. ”
"And how did you escape?" asked Arthur eagerly.
"I'm fated, and I'm lucky to pick up a life. Tony said and ripped off his shirt, there was a small scar on the place of his heart, which was the scar left by the short sword used by the "Divine Punishment" killer, "Most of us professional thieves have practiced bone shrinking skills, and I happen to master a secret technique that can achieve the displacement of internal organs, and when I knew that I couldn't avoid the other party's fatal knife, I carried out heart displacement in advance, and then pretended to be dead to deceive those killers." ”
"And then, why didn't you show up again?"
Tony smiled wryly, "Although the sword didn't hit the heart, it almost cost me half my life, and I could barely move after three days, and when I sneaked back to the city, the headquarters was in ruins." That's when I knew that the mercenary group had provoked a terrible existence, and if I let them know that there were survivors of their assassination, they would not let me go. ”
"And where have you been all these years?"
"I changed my identity and hid in the thieves' union. The Thieves' Guild has a vast intelligence network, and I have not given up investigating this matter over the years by taking advantage of my convenient status in the Thieves' Guild, and I am almost desperate when I find out that the killers are from the 'Divine Curse'. When I almost gave up on this matter, I unexpectedly received information about you, but I didn't expect that the little guy had grown to this extent. Tony's eyes were full of relief as he said this.
Arthur was puzzled, "Since you know that I'm still alive, why haven't you contacted me all these years?"
"I know that you have not given up on taking revenge on Big Cairns and the mercenary group, and I am very happy, and it also gives me the confidence to continue to investigate this matter. ”
Arthur nodded, "Then why did you happen to be at Yanfeng Manor tonight?"
Tony smiled slightly, "Because everything around Yanfeng Manor was arranged by me. ”
"You mean you stole the City Lord's Seal and Kunto's warrant?"
Tony laughed, "Besides you, Brother Tony, what other thief has such a great ability?"
Arthur looked at Tony in bewilderment, "Why did you do this? you almost killed us!"
"The fact is that not only did you not die, but you also solved the annoying guy Cui Sidi by the way, the blood piercing and the wild wolf fox suffered a big loss this time, and in the future, in Hua Orez, we will be the only one in the Blue Enchantress family!"
"I didn't ask about the results, but I wanted to know why you did it?"
Tony put away his indecent smile and said with a straight face: "The letter that Venegia showed you, the contents of which I have managed to sneak at a long time ago, so I have been staring at the information about the Cloud Merchant Company all these years. Later, it was discovered that the Grand Magician of Serenda was inextricably linked to the Cloud Merchants, and his manor happened to be not far from the city of Huaorez, so he focused part of his investigation on him. ”
"Before your operation, I had actually been to Yanfeng Manor many times, but with my high-level thief skills, I couldn't get into his magic tower. Therefore, I can only find a way to create chaos with the help of external forces, so I lured the people of Old Wall and Kunto through piracy, but I didn't expect to bring you and the Bloodpiercing and Wild Wolves and Foxes in. ”
Arthur couldn't help but roll a glance at Tony, his toss turned out to be all caused by Tony, "You have worked so hard, haven't you finally infiltrated the magic tower of Selenda?"
Tony smiled and said, "Didn't you sneak in, don't tell me you came out empty-handed, otherwise I would have taught you in vain!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, as if they were back in the days when Tony and Angus took Arthur to mess around, Arthur smiled, "I've got some things out, but I haven't had time to see if it's useful?"
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In Yanfeng Manor, Grand Magician Serenda returned to the Magic Tower with some frustration, and finally let Spence escape from it.
The warrior can comfort himself when he escapes from his men, but the escape of Arthur and Tony makes him haunted and unwilling.
The next scene made him completely explode, the moment he stepped into the room through the magic door, he seemed to feel that he had gone wrong, it was a scene after being ransacked by madness!
"My magic notes, my research results!" Serenda frantically rushed towards the already empty magic table.
"Who did it, who did it?" a hysterical roar came from the magic tower!