Section 166: The Bounds of the Universe

Walking out of the shop, Marceau pulled out the paper in the sleeve of his robe as he walked and began to confirm the contents: 'Basalanca is indeed a beautiful town, backed by Sakaran, so that it has not been invaded for hundreds of years, such as the fierce kobolds and fart spirits who make trouble in the south, these guys can't even get close to Basaraca, doesn't it sound wonderful? It's some guy who treats the big men of Sakaram like nothing, we have to correct this mistake, there will definitely be a man behind the city guards, find him, kill him or get evidence of his crimes, I will not allow the every move of these guys to destroy the whole of Basalanca. ’

'Finding evidence of a crime (such as a ledger) will reward you with 3,000 gold canary emblems, finding and bringing them to justice will reward you with an additional 5,000 gold canary emblems, and if you can make the mastermind disappear forever, you will receive my friendship, twenty canary platinum coins, and a magical weapon that will last for generations.' ’

'Don't worry, I'm financially up to the test of the Anonymous Master. ’

'Signature crossed out'

Putting away the paper, Marceau first began to clean up the quest line first, about the identity of this delegator.

At first glance, it is clear that this guy has a great interest in the trade route, so much so that he is very upset when he is ≀ by the city guards, and wwβ†–w. loses too many interests when he peels off...... But Marceau thought about it carefully, this should be the merchants on the entire Basa Lanka merchant route will feel very unhappy, because everyone's interests have been lost, and everyone is bearing additional costs, so it is very likely that this guy is just an agent, and the people behind him are only afraid of counting. Therefore, if someone is willing to help them solve this problem, they will be very willing to pay for it, after all, solving the problem is just a one-shot deal, and being exploited is a lifetime of pain.

Then, on the side of the city guards.

First of all, even if he is a rookie bird, he knows that the city guards are Wang raised by the city lord. Therefore, if you want to say that the city lord doesn't know about these actions of the city guards, Marceau can only say that the city lord's day is really over, and he is really waiting for the rhythm of being destroyed. So now the question is 1: how much does the lord know, 2: how much does the lord really participate, and 3: who is the lord of Basalanca.

Of course, the question was simple, Marceau stopped, glanced at the kitten in front of the weapons shop and walked over, the dwarf store manager with a sledgehammer didn't seem to be there. So Marceau took out a few gold coins and bought a can of special maintenance oil for weapons, and then waited for the human apprentice to find money for him, and the cat cub talked to a dwarven apprentice in steppe elf language: "Looks like business is good." ”

"Yes, you strangers have reappeared recently, and the demand for weapons has been strong. The dwarf took a look and saw that it was a kitten, and out of the position of a friendly race, the young dwarf immediately opened the conversation: "That's right. I don't think I met you, new here?"

"Yes. New here, we just came from Marshatier. Marceau replied with a nod.

"Masha Tier, my God, I heard that it was just invaded by a group of evil pirates, and there are very few survivors, can you tell us what happened. Another steppe elf apprentice walked over curiously.

"Ahh I'm one of the survivors, those pirates ......" Marceau told the apprentices the truth, and the young men exclaimed when Marceau told him that the fake archbishop had been ordered to be executed by a certain undead pirate lady, and the steppe elf apprentice scolded in relief: "This guy really deserves it!

"Well, that's all for my story. My friends and I came to your land to find a caravan to go north. Speaking of this, Marceau changed his words: "By the way, I just arrived here, I don't know if there are any places here that we outsiders shouldn't go to, as a local, can you sue me." ”

"Of course that's fine. Handing the change to Marceau, the human apprentice began to hold up the location: "First of all, you'd better get around the city guard in the north of the city, those guys are not friendly, if you enter the forbidden area, they won't listen to your explanation, last week there was an unlucky stranger who was killed for entering the forbidden area by mistake." ”

"Oh my God, it's dangerous, and what are the other dangers I need to avoid. Marceau exclaimed in shock.

"The southwest side of the city is a slum, and there are a lot of unemployed and idle guys hanging around there, so you'd better not go there, because they're girls, and you have to take care of the girls in your team. ”

"The last place, the uninhabited old house in the east of the city, is often haunted, and there are often strangers who have no place to live in to borrow it, or outsiders who are bold enough to get rich take the task to find out, but they are found dead the next day, and several corpses have to be brought out every week. The steppe elf apprentice added at this time.

"Thank you so much, but what about the City Lord's Mansion here, can you come and go at will? Marceau asked in a deliberate pretend.

"We don't have a city lord's mansion here, Basalanka is a satellite city of Sakaram. The dwarven apprentice said.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Thanks, I'll go first. The expressionless cat cub nodded, and wiped his face after walking out of the weapon shop, this day is not possible, he is also stupid, Basaranka is a satellite city directly under Sakaram, and its city guards must belong to Sakaram.

Wait a minute...... This quest is obviously a level 15 player can take it, but why is the starting target OSS in Sakaram City, this is obviously a legendary body, I fall! Polka God, aren't you really playing with cats?!

Marceau thought about the next response, and returned to the 'Silent Tirpitz', but unexpectedly saw a dilapidated shop pΓΉ, the beautiful exterior decoration of the previous 'Silent Tirpitz' seemed to be a blur, there was no ring-shaped signboard, no inlaid store name, Marceau cautiously approached this shop pΓΉ. Through the dilapidated window, the kitten could confirm that the shop was covered in cobwebs and ashes, and it was clear that it had not been used for a long time.

Since I haven't used it for a long time, I have just entered which store pΓΉ, with questions and curiosity. Marceau, who took two steps back, turned around and came to a food shop next door to the street, took out a handful of copper coins and bought two baked cakes that were said to be Changtang cuisine, the cakes taken out of the round stove were still steaming, but they couldn't drive away the chill in the catcub's heart at this moment, and took a bite, feeling the heat of the cake and the wonderful taste of the fat and dried vegetables wrapped in the cake, which made Marceau raise his head and look at the store manager with Changtang blood: "Excuse me, how long have you been in this street, this cake tastes really good." ”

Speaking of which. My bakery has been in Basa for a hundred years, my great-grandfather made cakes on this street, this is the most authentic Changtang food in the whole of Basaranca, do you still want wontons, it's delicious. ”

"Please bring me a bowl, by the way, boss, I think your business here is really good. But why is the shop opposite empty, and no one wants to use a shop on such a busy street? Marceau asked. He sat down at a small round table in the store.

"You said that the shop has been empty since I was sensible, and I heard my father say that there were several people who were not afraid of death who rented that shop before, but they either died when they went out to receive the goods, or they had an accident on the way back...... So. I think there's something unclean that takes over the shop, and I think you're a foreigner, but don't go in out of curiosity. ”

"Thank you to the owner. Glancing at the wrinkles at the corners of the man's eyes and his old face, Marceau nodded.

"You're welcome, the weirdness of that shop is actually known to the old man in our area. If you ask other people, I'm afraid no one can tell you why. The boss said to Marceau, "Why are you curious enough to ask this?", and the boss suddenly laughed: "Look at the look in my eyes, you kitten looks like a curious age." ”

It just so happened that someone in the back kitchen of the store seemed to be calling this old man, and he replied in Song, then wiped his hands with the apron around his waist and walked to the wooden door leading to the kitchen.

After a while, a cook brought the wontons to the table, Marceau looked at the wontons in front of him, the soup and the mist emitted by the wontons were very fragrant, and the floating oil flowers on the soup seemed to tell the past and future of a century-old restaurant.

After eating and wiping, Marceau stood up, and after paying for the ravioli, the kitten walked out of the shop.

The quest in the taskbar has changed at some point.

'Basaranca was once a paradise as good as Samlanka behind it, but this qiΔ“ was changed seventy years ago, when the lord of Samlanka was lured and corrupted by an unknown evil god, who let the city guards exploit the caravans, he made the sacrifice of innocent citizens, the goodness of the past was trampled on, the sacredness of the past was exploited, and now this evil incarnate who hid himself well was bent on gaining eternity...... But he does not understand that eternity cannot be obtained by an evil like him, young vicar, you must correct this mistake and find evidence of the sin and depravity of the city lord, and when you complete this task, you will gain all the living beings of Basalanka and Samranka, as well as my friendship. ’

Remember to protect yourself when you act, for the night is more beneficial to your enemies, for the shadows are more than your friends. ’

Also, remember that thinking twice about everything can sometimes be more effective than a knife. ’

'Ella von Rackham'

PS: Regarding the chapter titles, 165 and 166 are both song titles from the album ReverieThepilationAlbum.

PS2: Personally, I prefer to listen to some music when I am coding, sometimes it helps me open my mind.

PS3: About the group number: ει›Άθ΄°εœ’ε£Ήε£ΉζŽ–

PS4: In the past, pure numbers were banned, although I don't know what the situation is now, but I still wrote it as above.

PS5: Most of the previous English chapter titles were also music titles