In the blink of an eye, winter has arrived.

It's still snowy.

It had been a quiet year in Grey Veil, and there was nothing to say about it overall, as people curled up or hugged around the fire, spending their own way through the cold winter of the 715th year of the Dark Calendar.

Sometimes, even if you forget that you are still alive, time will push you forward.

Saul left the convent in early autumn after a coming-of-age ceremony, but according to his own birthday, he was actually fourteen years old in winter.

After winter, spring arrives and the town celebrates the Arudomon celebration.

The townsfolk gathered in Green Square in the middle of the main street, and it was rare to generously bring out their carefully prepared food, singing, dancing, and revelry, which was very lively.

Thor took Erin's hand through the cold winter snow, and in the spring, Lorton's wedding at the foothills of Bat Mountain was on the agenda, and Erin was clamoring to accompany him.

So Saul and Shogues discussed, and the three of them finally made the trip.

Then the crowd saw Lorton and Valle, who they hadn't seen for a long time, and they were obviously more like men.

said that I hadn't seen him for a long time, but in fact, it didn't take long. It's just that people have been missing for a long time, sometimes because of time, sometimes because of mood, and sometimes because of distance.

The whole wedding was very joyful, the bride was also beautiful and moving, and at the end of the song, the banquet was dispersed, and all the guests returned. Hearing that Saul and the others would be returning in a hurry in a day or two, Lorton and Valle pulled Saul and Xiugues for another drink that night.

Knowing that Thor and Shogues had been successfully promoted to the first rank, the four of them breathed in the warm and cold air of early spring, and talked about their childhood in Graycurtain Town with some embarrassment, and even mentioned the skull rat that Thor raised.

At that time, Lorton and Valle had not yet left Grey Veil, and after the first cranial rats raised by Thor had grown fat, the four men surrounded the little thing in the cage with shivering eyes.

slaughtered one and replaced another, a inhumane killing past, and never saw the shadow of the demon soul at all.

As it turns out, there are no shortcuts in the search for power.

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Life doesn't always have ups and downs, but on the other hand, it won't always be calm.

As summer approached in the year 716 of the Dark Calendar, three strange guests quietly arrived in Grey Veil.

They wore robes, their faces hidden in their hoods, and did not cause the slightest ripple in the town. Such attire was so common that the town's guards didn't have much interest, and let them go after a few casual questions.

After the three of them turned into the alleyway, they met the people who came to approach.

"Captain, I didn't get any valuable news. "The one who came to meet was a strong man with a somewhat gloomy appearance, named Wright, who was an outpost arranged by this group, and came to Graycurtain Town to inquire about the news first.

The man known as the captain of the three black-robed guests, Evan Semir, lifted his hood with his hand to reveal a handsome, middle-aged, well-defined face. Two well-groomed mustaches, neatly combed blonde hair, and a very gentlemanly look.

When he heard the report from his subordinates, he didn't pay attention to it. If such a thing as intelligence has not been carefully laid out in advance, it is not easy to obtain some accurate information from outsiders on a temporary basis.

At present, there are roughly three organizations that provide information to the outside world in Grey Curtain Town.

One is a women's force that was formed not long ago, and it is said that the name of its predecessor was very funny, it was called the 'Prostitute and Women's Guild', and it was later renamed 'Scarlet Rose'. According to Wright, he had already been in contact with them, and only asked about minor matters.

The second organization is a bit of an intelligence organization, they don't even have a name, they hide in the people, and they mainly specialize in intelligence. However, Wright's inquiries were still the same, and he did not get any valuable news.

The rest of the organization, the Thieves' Guild in Grey Curtain Town, Wright has not yet come into contact with it.

They have close contacts with the bandit organizations in other towns, and naturally there is a flow of information. However, although they also sell intelligence, intelligence is not their main business, and it is only an occasional quick money.

The so-called intelligence is mainly aimed at outsiders in the town, and pays less attention to the locals.

When a new face appears in the town, they will secretly pay attention, and the importance of attention depends on the strength of the newcomer, whether it is wealth or personal force.

On the other hand, it depends on whether this person will have any unknowable impact on the town and change the existing pattern.

However, the end result of most intelligence is the arrival of desperate vagabonds, paupers, thieves, and criminals, and these professions appear most and most frequently.

Evan raised his hand and gently twisted the tail of his beard, and patiently listened to Wright's narration, the expression on his face unwavering.

His older brother, Barton Semir, had disappeared in Greycurtain last fall, and Evan knew in his heart that his brother might no longer be in this world.

For the mercenaries who have been rolling in the wilderness all year round, there is no such thing as disappearance, and if they do not appear for a long time, they are actually dead, otherwise they will not hide in the wilderness and become unknown.

Evan came over this time, and it was his duty to collect the debt for his brother's blood, but he had to find out who the enemy was first.

If you can't find it, maybe the matter is too small, or the matter is too secret, of course, it may be that the background of the subject of the investigation is too deep, and no one dares to move.

Although the situation does not seem to be optimistic due to the current intelligence blockage, Evan is still very calm. Because before coming to Grey Curtain Town, he actually had two threads in his hands, and his brother's death was not without a trace.

One of the threads is a prostitute named Fenty, who is said to have been a sleek warbler on the streets of Grey Veil, and that her brother seems to have lost a trace of her home.

Then the woman disappeared without incident, her whereabouts are unknown, and her residence is also temporarily leased, and it is said that the person who came forward to pay the rent was a damn old man who looked like a ghost.

After the disappearance of his brother Barton, his mercenary team naturally dispersed.

However, several of the mercenaries had seen the prostitute's appearance, and Evan also paid a sum of money for the mercenaries to search for Fenty's whereabouts in several adjacent territories.

A person can change his appearance and voice in order to hide his identity, and he can even live a life that is unimaginable to ordinary people. After waiting for a while and no good news came, Evan decisively gave up on this time-consuming, labor-intensive thread that might not have come to fruition.

The other thread is a guy named Errel in the brother's mercenary team, and after the brother's disappearance, he accidentally showed his feet in Ivan and Yan Yuese's clichés

After a few simple tricks, Ariel revealed that some information about his brother had leaked from him, and that the receiver of the information was an official thief of the Thieves' Guild in Grey Curtain Town.

After asking the question, Ariel had naturally sent it away, becoming the first drop of blood in his brother's blood debt.

Although the suspicion points to the thieves' guild in Grey Curtain Town, Evan certainly doesn't simply think that they are the murderers. Helping people do things and find out information or something, it was originally the daily routine of these dirty rats.

Everything, you have to wait for your own people to arrive, talk about it, and then talk about it.

So for the thieves' guild in Grey Curtain Town, Evan is ready to sort it out in person.

"Let's go, let's go meet these rats in another place. Also, go to the individual and bring the rest to town. After thinking about it, Ivan raised his head and waved his hand, and everyone followed Wright's lead and began to move towards the location of the Thieves' Guild in Grey Curtain Town.

Evan's own mercenary team originally consisted of twelve mercenaries, all of whom were fierce and accustomed to drinking blood, but recently lost four of them in a secret realm.

Before the situation in Grey Curtain Town was unclear and it was unknown who the enemy was, the eight people did not all rush to the town, but divided into two groups to deal with some unexpected variables.

Evan and the three black-robed guests plus Wright, who arrived first to find out the news, were the first batch, and the rest were waiting in an abandoned ranger's hut in the wilderness outside Grey Curtain Town.

In the reception room of the Graycurtain Thieves' Guild Residence, Evan met the target of this time, an official thief named Carlos, nicknamed 'Nightfall', and the Graycurtain Thieves' Guild's leader Chain.

Recently, there have been some changes in the personnel structure of the Thieves' Guild in Grey Curtain Town, and it is said that the previous president Fangfang is suspected of having an accident during a mission, and Deacon Freil does not know what to do, and the chain has naturally become the actual leader of the Thieves' Guild today.

At this moment, the chain had a smile on his face, but the vigilance in his heart was tightened to the peak, he could feel the breath of the second order of Evan, when did this sissy be promoted to the second order?

Evan sat elegantly behind the round table where the guests were entertained, and took a sip of the cheap bitter tea that the Thieves' Guild had served to guests

"According to one of my brother's mercenaries named Erel, he told the local thieves' guild about my brother, and finally the news went to you, and I came here for this matter. Ivan glanced at Carlos, the official thief.

"Yes, it does. Carlos nodded slightly, and admitted unabashedly that since he took over this business, all the details that extended from this business naturally had to be faced.

"So, where's the information? Evan asked with a smile.

"It was sent out a long time ago, and the buyer was an old guy with a wrinkled face. Carlos shrugged.

Ivan kept a smile on his face, but his mood was a little gloomy.

It's a damn old man again, probably the same person who helped the prostitute come forward to rent the house, it was obviously disguised, and the thread may have been broken again here.

"It looks like an old man, but I know who he is. Carlos observed Ivan's expression and added unhurriedly.

"Oh, who is it?" asked Evan with interest.

Carlos didn't answer, just smiled playfully, he could clearly feel the aura of the second order of Ivan, but rules are rules.

Ivan smiled knowingly, and casually threw a bag of silver wolves on the small round table, which contained a large amount of silver coins, and this toss broke the string that tied the mouth of the bag, and several coins rolled out.

Carlos didn't have a greedy look on his face, and he didn't rush to reach out, but just spoke softly.

"To be exact, it's our guild guy, a little guy, Shogues. ”