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Blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.

The Witch's Sigh is back, and it's just them.

Adele repeatedly confirmed that there was no "Hill Explorer" at the door, so she asked Matthew, "What...... Only one of you will come back?Where's the friendly team?What about the traitors?"

The four of them were silent, and only the captain Matthew stepped forward to respond.

"All the members of the Hill Explorers, as well as the traitorous Dark Elves, have all been invited to the guards for tea. Matthew paused to state what had happened last night, "Last night at about eleven o'clock we gathered around the massage parlor. The curfew was midnight, the market was mostly closed at eleven o'clock, and there were no people on the streets, so I thought it would be a good time to act. We were in charge of the front of the massage parlor, and the "Hill Explorer" was responsible for blocking behind the massage parlor because there were two barbarians and two wanderers, which were more suitable for dealing with emergencies. ”

I knocked on the door and shouted, "Miss shopkeeper, I'm Matthew, and I want to talk about something in peace." After discussion, the two teams decided not to infiltrate the massage parlor without permission, because the owner of the shop is a very strong ex-adventurer and a high-level assassin, and if you don't get an advantage in sneaking in, it may cause unnecessary irritation to the other party. She had already noticed that she was surrounded by more than a dozen people, and it only took three seconds from the time I knocked on the door to the time she opened the door, and the shopkeeper ...... Armed at all points. ”

"It's Matthew, my house closes at nine o'clock, this is the time...... We are a serious massage parlor, and my sister doesn't provide that kind of service. Despite the shopkeeper's smile, the air around him was bitterly cold.

Matthew recounted the matter as it was, without reservation. Although it might be better to think about mixing some lies, Matthew had worked in the market for a long time and knew that the woman in front of him was extremely difficult to deal with, and lying could be self-defeating.

"The Adventurer's Guild doesn't have the right to arrest people in the market, does it?"

"Every organization or force has the right to deal with its own traitors. Aren't you right?"

Smiling and sighing softly, the shopkeeper leaned sideways and moved out of the way. Matthew beckoned to the "Witch Sigh" to all enter the store to arrest people, but before he stepped into the door, he heard the sound of a fight coming from behind the massage parlor - the traitor dark elf jumped out of the window and fled!

By the time the Witch's Sigh rushes over, the battle is over. The traitor Dark Elf was crushed by the orc's knee to the neck, and was firmly pressed to the ground by another barbarian, both dwarf warlocks were slightly injured by throwing knives, and William and John cut the hands and feet of the traitor Dark Elf. When they found themselves jumping out of the window and fleeing, the two gnomes used immobilization techniques, and all three of them were resisted by the Dark Elf Race Specialty, and were frequently interrupted to cast spells - the traitor Dark Elf knew very well when and where to throw knives to interfere with spellcasting to the most. When she was almost outrun by her swift movements, William and John crippled her. They are both wanderers, but there is a difference in rank.

Matthew scratched his head and continued to report: "We were just about to rush over, but unexpectedly, the guards patrolling nearby also rushed to hear the sound, faster than us. Needless to say, on the charge of brawling in public, the "Hill Explorer" and the Dark Elves were all arrested. ”

"Uh, but senior...... William is the vice-captain's brother-in-law!"

"Including him. Matthew added, "Luckily, the guards who captured the man were acquaintances of mine, and we didn't fight either, so we didn't go to jail with us." I tried to bribe him on the spot, but failed...... Everyone in the guard has been a little nervous these days, making it very difficult to get a common bribe. In desperation, we all went to the guard with our friendly team to try to explain the matter and fish people out. The result...... White tossed all night. I found several acquaintances, but none of them would accept bribes. Has there been a case of a disappearance of an elf noblewoman who has caused a lot of trouble recently? It may be because of this incident that they don't even dare to accept bribes. ”

So the status quo is,

The "Explorers of the Hill" and the traitorous Dark Elves are all imprisoned.

Adele asked, "Did you say how long you will be locked up?"

"Of course no one wants to say......," Matthew thought for a moment, "but I think this stance will be at least three days or more." ”

Adele casts a pleading look at you.

Hathaway stood up and beckoned all the staff into the back of the guild hall.

An impromptu and short meeting was convened urgently. All the employees are in the back room, including the receptionist Adele, and it is no longer time to continue to operate as usual. Everyone is sad and bows their heads around you. In broad daylight, even if it is only closed for a few minutes, it is the first time.

That's how bad it is.

It can be said that the guild has encountered the biggest difficulty since its reopening.

"Please brainstorm and think about what we should do now, it won't collapse the guild, but it's a bit of a bad situation. Hathaway touched her chin and presided over the meeting, "First and foremost, what are we going to do about Fieltin?"

Julianne: "I've already used a spell to locate her, and she's been obscured. ”

Adele asked, "Assuming that Sister Fierdine is kidnapped, we must first determine who is most likely to do it, otherwise how to ransom people?"

"There is no other possibility than the market and the council hall. Could it have been sent by the Speaker's cousin?" Hathaway said, glancing at Annette.

Annette bowed her head slightly: "What you want to see is that the current situation changes, not continue to be like a backwater." Now the council hall can guess with your knees that the guards are hiding the elven noblewoman, but they have never been able to find anyone. For Miss Fieltin, as if she could successfully free the elven noblewoman, the council had a chance to do something. The arrest of Miss Fierting would not be beneficial to the Council. ”

"But, why should the market ......," Adele said halfway through her thoughts, and changed her words, "if we don't do anything, then the anxious guards will have to rely on the mercenaries of the market, and it will be a good opportunity for the market to take advantage of the opportunity." ”

Hathaway thought back and added, "Maybe it's revenge." Not long ago, the chairman just officially rejected the proposal of the "Dragon Pavilion", and refused in all directions, without giving any face. It seems that Fierting should be in the hands of the market. ”

"Will something happen to Fieltin?"

"The first thing a businessman's mind thinks about is the gain or loss. Killing Fierdin will only usher in a retaliatory all-out war from the Adventurers' Guild, and the gains outweigh the losses...... Therefore, I estimate that Fieldin will put it in a sack and throw it on the road after the "Elf Noblewoman" incident has completely subsided, and walk back by herself with a confused face...... I'm afraid it will take a week. Hathaway turns to you and says, "Lord, when we go to the Dragon Pavilion for dinner at noon today, let's test the boss and see if we can use the ransom to get Fiertin back in advance." ”

"There's also the matter of retrieving the Hill Explorers. Matthew's connections are mainly in the market, and he is not very familiar with the guards, and bribery also needs to be seen. You've been on good terms with the vice-captain lately, so please give it a try. Hope...... The vice-captain will give you this face, and accept bribes, which must be a lot. ”

Annette suddenly asked, "Can't you wait for you to be released from prison at the end of your sentence?" ”

"If you really can't help it, that's the way it is. But the prison of the guards ...... After staying for a long time, it is unknown whether it can come out intact. Hathaway took off her glasses, rubbed her brows, and muttered repeatedly that she had to get everyone out as soon as possible. "It's likely that the vice-captain retaliated by being released by the guild and imprisoned the Hill Explorer. After all, we promised to send two elves to visit the prison as soon as possible to persuade us, but we didn't do it. This is like the guards being drawn from the planks just halfway through the bridge, and anyone else will be furious. ”

"And there are four sub-races in the captivity, which is even more difficult. Adele asked, "The trickiest thing is the orc troops, we have unknowingly turned into the knives of the council hall, pointing directly at the guards, what should we do?"

Annette interjected, "Can't it be said that 'another magic prop' fooled the past?"

"I've seen it, it's a very well-made and expensive thing, it's a must-have for mass production of drugs, and it's set up according to a secret recipe. Orcs can't imitate it, and thieves don't have this kind of strength, so it's a unique item. Julianne couldn't help but clench her arms.

Annette asked, "Can't it be said that the thieves stole the magic items and guard badges?"

Julian waved her hand again and again: "How can the guards be so lax, if they really say that, the guards will become another way to die - dereliction of duty, we are still knives." ”

"Actually, no one saw the adventurers retrieve the magic items and guard badges, can't we just hide them or destroy them?

"I'm afraid it's hard. Hathaway replied, "Have you ever wondered why the Council would have such detailed information on the orc forces, I'm afraid there are very powerful scouts. While spying on the orc troops, we will also spy on the adventurers, and the moment the adventurers pick up the magic items and guard badges, we are finished. If evidence is secretly concealed or destroyed, and is seen by the scouts in the courtroom – the courtroom is in the "realm of truth" and cannot lie – we are no longer someone else's knife, but a fish that dies with us. It's more dangerous to do so. ”

Let's use the sword, then, to kill the guards for self-preservation, and there is no loss to the guild anyway—and when Annette said this, everyone fell silent, looking at the maid she had just bought from the Speaker's cousin with strange eyes.

Hathaway looks at you and mutters, "If there's really no way, we're going to have to do that." It's a pity that the relationship with the guards was finally good, and it went down the drain overnight. ”

Wait, Adele suddenly thought of something: "Actually, we can return the magic items and guard badges to the guards and let them dispose of them themselves." Originally, suspicious items seized by the orc extermination forces should be handed over to the guards, isn't that their jurisdiction? In this way, our own crisis is left to the guards to deal with themselves, and we can admit that we have indeed picked up the evidence, but handed it in according to the normal process. ”

Hathaway raised her forehead and shook her head repeatedly: "This is the worst way to deal with it - you must leave an official record when you turn it in, but the same drug trafficking magic prop is logged in twice in a row, and the fool also knows that the guard team has neglected their duties, and it is not small for thieves to steal the guard badge, someone must be expelled, and the deputy captain will also be responsible for poor management, and the most serious will be suspended." ”

Ahhhhhh

"Actually, I'm against returning the magic items to the guards. Julianne thought for a moment and said, "Why do we know that the guards are involved in the drug trade, and still return it? Isn't this to encourage the evil forces to continue to poison the people? Please consider which is more important, the interests of the guild itself or the interests of the general public? Take 10,000 steps back, if one day Adele and Fierdine are forcibly addicted to drugs, you will not regret today's decision?"

Adele looked up suddenly, with a stunned expression of "why are you taking me as an example".

dead chess,

It's not right to do it anyway.

If the magic items are returned, they will encourage drug trafficking, and the guards will be held accountable for dereliction of duty, and if they are hidden or destroyed, then the guild will be complicit in the guards, and it is very likely that the council will jump out and accuse them. The same goes for the Guards badge.

The prison of the "Hill Explorer" is also very tricky. Because the upper and lower guards have been in the limelight recently, no one dares to take bribes. It is likely that the arrest was also related to retaliation for missing an appointment with a prison visit. If it is really intended to take revenge, those adventurers will suffer a lot before they are released from prison.

The kidnapping of Fierdin is also a dilemma. If you ask the market to release people, how stupid will the other party be to admit it, if you hint to the boss of the "Dragon Pavilion", you will be taken advantage of the opportunity to threaten some conditions, if you wait for Fielting to be released by himself, a former Asian slave who has left a psychological wound will definitely spend every second in extreme panic, and after returning, will Fielting's mental state continue to be competent as a receptionist...... It's hard to say.

At a loss, he was cornered.

The people around you look at you are basically the same - anyway, the guild won't collapse because of this, it's just hurt. We had no choice but to grit our teeth and get through this.

Solemnly, Hathaway bows to you slightly: "That's the way it is...... You ......"

After a pause,

“...... Do you understand?"

Of course, I hear it very clearly!—you nod your head vigorously and swallow the truth of the phrase "The meeting was too long, I was distracted."

You return to the lobby and wave to two people to go out with you.

"What's going on?'s going to happen to the guild?" Caleb scratched his head and followed you, "What exactly am I going to do?"

You tell him that nothing happened, just go out for a walk.

"Me?" Julianne was quite surprised, "Let's make it clear first, although I am not a low rank, I am not an adventurer and have no combat experience, so I am afraid that I am not qualified to be a bodyguard." ”

You tell her that she doesn't have to be a bodyguard, just because she's so powerful that she's responsible for carrying things for the president.

Julianne looked at the poison-making magic props stuffed in her hand, and then at the guard badge, which didn't seem to be too heavy, and didn't need her help to carry them.

"Level 3 spell 'Occlusion Item'? Of course I will. Julianne's face was full of confusion, but she still followed your instructions and used the "masking item" on the magic item in her hand.

The three of you go to the guard barracks.

The vice-captain was not there.

In this way, you tell the guard on duty in charge of the registration the reason for the "Destroy the Orc Force" and claim to have picked up a suspicious magic item. In accordance with the scope of the duties, it should be handed over to the guards. The guard on duty looked down at the poison-making magic prop thrown on the table, and then looked up at you, his expression changing in an instant.

He threw down the quill in his hand, and knocked over the chair as he stood up in a panic.

"Yes, that's right, Lord Grown, I've registered a suspicious unknown magic item. The guard on duty picked up the poison-making props, turned around and hurried away, and shouted back, "It is indeed a suspicious item covered by magic! Ordinary identification is invalid, it takes time, I will keep it properly first, and the elder will drink tea first, drink tea." Everyone! Move your fucking buttocks, and wait for the elders to drink tea! Take out all the good black tea in the cupboard!"

You guys start drinking tea in the guards.

A few minutes later, the vice-captain came back from his official trip, and the first thing he did when he saw you was to open his arms and hug you warmly: "Hey, my brother! I'm sorry, I wasn't there just now! Is there anything wrong with coming to our messy and noisy place? But it's okay to say it!"

In this case, it is a misunderstanding that you say that the traitors are being caught in the market. Although the attack was committed in public, the other party theoretically temporarily betrayed the bandits, so it should not be considered illegal.

"Hahaha! That's right! Thanks to my brother, I've been so busy lately that I don't know anything about your captors. Brother's fault!" The vice-captain grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it at the guards' heads, "Your dogs are blind, even the adventurers' guild dare to catch them! They are the heroes of this town! Heroes, do you understand! it! Release them quickly!"

Vaguely, Kaleb heard a guard muttering: Didn't you let us arrest you?...... The voice was so quiet that only a halfling could hear it.

A few minutes later, all the "Hill Explorers" were released, and a dark elf with a big tie hanging his head.

You apologize to the vice-captain for kidnapping Fiertin, so you delayed the most important thing for the guard.

The vice-captain opened his eyes wide and whispered to himself: "I said how could that guy send mercenaries to help me at this time...... No wonder...... Damn ......"

Before parting, you took advantage of shaking hands with the vice-captain and secretly stuffed the guard badge over.

While the group escorted the traitorous Dark Elves back to the hall, Fieldine was drinking tea at the counter.

Seeing that you were back, Fierting greeted you with a smile and saluted slightly: "Elder, you are back." ”

You nodded.

"I'm so sorry, I seem to have a little low blood pressure and passed out on the side of the road yesterday. Fiertin put her finger to her chin and tried to remember, "I don't know why, but when I woke up, I was already on the bed in my room." I'm a little weak, and although I've occasionally gotten dizzy before, it's the first time I've fainted all day?"

You touch Fiertin's head, and say it's okay to come back, don't think about anything else.

You sit back in your usual position,

Took the coffee from Annette.

Hathaway stares at you with wide eyes in shock, her mouth open and closed like a dying fish, Julianne tilts her head and whispers hum, as if she is still wondering what happened, Caleb is stunned in the middle of the hall, as if she understands something, but she doesn't understand at all, Adele looks up and down at Fiertin, who has returned intact, and points to this side, and then points to "Hill Explorer". Annette's gaze kept drifting to and fro on the ceiling, blinking repeatedly, wondering what was going on.

Hathaway propped her forehead and asked, "Lord, what are you ...... What did you do?"

You said it before you left - take these two people out for a walk.

The adventurers have surrounded the traitorous Dark Elves who have been bound, and the trial is about to begin. What are you going to do?

A, watch silently, let the adventurers decide their own business.

B, watch silently, you will give an opinion later just for information.

C, before the crowd is excited, take the lead in guiding the rhythm of the trial in the direction of probation.

D, before the crowd is agitated, take the lead in guiding the rhythm of the trial in the direction of execution.