Chapter 7: The Old Wizard

"Stop!"

The old man stood under a lamppost with a cane in his hand, a pipe in his empty hand, and beside him stood a young girl with a number of bags in her hands.

As he had said, Donald stopped his movements and turned his gaze to the old man, and the two of them sensed it almost instantly.

The corners of Donald's mouth curled, and the old man's face was a little more solemn.

You can meet other wizards here...... Yes, the old man in front of him is a wizard, and the fluctuations in his mental power that he can't hide for a while because of the tragic condition of the young man can't deceive people, and while Donald perceives the other party, this effect is naturally mutual, and the old man obviously also perceives Donald's situation.

"Looks like I'm lucky, find a place to talk?"

"What do you think we'...... Talk?"

The smoke rising from the pipe distorted a little as the old man spoke, and his gaze looked at the young man on the ground, and the garbage debris scattered in the clearing between the two sides spun in a circle, and the whirlwind rose to the ground.

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't do this, if you really want to count it, I saved his life before. ”

Donald wasn't here to find someone to fight, this place was on the side of the main road in Tallinn, and even if he wanted to fight, it wouldn't be in this kind of place.

"Nancy, go help Wilder, what's going on, tell me. ”

The girl ran up to help, Donald took a few steps back, and did not stop, he had found his goal, and the young man was of no use to him.

Donald stood by and watched the young man muttering beside the old man, during which the old man pinched his ears and turned them around twice, and when he saw his grinning appearance, he couldn't bear to let go.

"I think you should understand the process of things, I didn't have any malicious intent, I found him before, but I just sensed that his legs were very strange, I thought he was an alien, and I just wanted to ask a few questions, now that you are here, I think maybe you will know." ”

"What do you want to know?"

"I just recently arrived in Dmingham, I don't know any friends here, a lot of "common sense" I don't know, for example, the trading place for our kind of people, the city I used to live in is easy to find, but the area of Dmingham is too big, these islands, each of which is equivalent to a small town, I don't want to waste time, I just want to talk to someone who is more familiar with this place, limited to some information exchange, of course, if you can tell me more, I can pay a certain amount. ”

Spending money on intelligence is acceptable to Donald, and what he wants to know is indeed common sense in the field of aliens.

"Price?"

When it comes to remuneration, the old man seems to be quite interested, which is easy to do, as long as the other party is willing to talk down, it is a good thing.

"1 gold pound. ”

Since it is common sense, the offer naturally cannot be high, and Donald does not want to be treated by the other party as a stupid and money-rich master.

"Add 1 piece. ”

"Deal!"

2 gold pounds, this money Donald can still come up with.

"Talk to someone else in a different place?"

"I can do it all, as long as it's too far from Tallinn, I'm not familiar with the roads around here. ”

Donald doesn't care where he goes.

The old man stopped a car on the side of the road and asked the driver to drive directly to the southern edge of the city in Tallinn.

Tallinn is on the sea, and the outermost part of the circle is a passage around the city, and in order to prevent accidents, most of the edges are fenced and arranged with many cushioned flower beds and tables and chairs for pedestrians to rest.

In addition to the port terminals on all sides.

The two of them stayed at the head of the bridge, looking over the sea hundreds of meters, and Donald could see that on the other side of the bridge was a large area of pitch black, occasionally dotted with dim lights, which was not much worse than the night on this side of Tallinn.

It was a civilian area.

"Nancy, Wilder, you go home first, I have something to talk to this gentleman about. ”

The old man meant that they lived in a civilian area, and Donald, who had his eyes on the sea, paid attention to the fact that as a wizard, no matter what, there should be no problem in making some money to live in Tallinn or Xialin, which had a better environment.

So you live in a civilian area?

"Will you come back by yourself later? ”

Wilder was very worried about the old man, indeed, the old man looked gray on the surface, and the wrinkles and bags under his eyes proved that he was old, and an old man of this age walked at night, and one accidentally fell, but something serious was going to happen.

Wilder's worries were unnecessary, but what made Donald a little curious was not the young man who had a bad attitude before caring about the old man, but the girl next to him with her hair hanging down in front of her forehead and covering her eyes, Nancy.

As a young man, Wilder actually asked her to stay and take care of the old man, which proves that he believes in Nancy's ability and thinks that she can take care of the old man better than himself.

The girl was carrying several bulging bags in one hand, and Donald glanced at the meat and vegetables in them, as well as a whole bag of potatoes, which was not light, and in her other hand she was still holding a piece of dark chocolate and stuffing it into her mouth, looking very relaxed.

"Obedient, go back!"

The old man glanced at Donald, who was speechless, and aggravated his tone, Wilder stopped talking, and Nancy turned away directly, she was more obedient than Wilder.

When Wilder and Nancy got on the bridge and left, the old man found a chair next to him and sat down, but Donald didn't move, but turned his back against the railing of the sea, listening to the sound of the water crashing against the rock wall behind him.

"Where is the trading market in Dmingham? I mean the market that our people trade. ”

"Sea Bazaar. ”

"What do you mean?"

Donald's mind conjured up a large number of scenes of strangers meeting and trading at sea in ships, and it was too inconvenient to think about it.

"There are high and low tides in Oswihai every day, and twice a week there are the most ** And two low tides, in Tallinn and in the north of the summer forest two northern harbors facing the sea about a nautical mile, there is a small island in the sea, normally it is hidden in the sea, but at two low tides every Wednesday and Friday, it will rise to the surface for 5 hours, the time is generally from 0:00 at night to 5:00 the next morning, this time period is the trading time of the Demingham outlaws, in the early hours of every Wednesday and Friday, I said that there will be some ships in these two ports, and they will pay the participation fee, which was a shilling a year ago, and now I don't know, they will be responsible for bringing people to the island。 ”

At this, the old man stopped talking and gave Donald, the outsider, time to digest the information.

"Aren't you afraid of being found out in this kind of trading bazaar? After all, there are so many people begging for a living at sea in Dmingham, and normal boats can reach them in the sea, right?"

"The government has long divided that sea area into a private government area, usually prohibiting any ships from entering, once found to be in violation, the minimum fine is said to be 1 gold pound, in fact, the management of this sea market is the Demingham government, they provide an umbrella for the normal trade and exchange of strangers, as a reward, they will collect a considerable part of the profits from the sea market every year, this is not a small amount, you must know that the annual transaction volume of the sea market is far less than the tax of a city, but considering that the government pays nothing more than to issue a decree and organize several ships to cruise in that sea area every day, which can extract thousands or even tens of thousands of gold pounds of profits every month..... This has to be said to be a lucrative business. ”

The old man had lived in Dmingham for many years, and knew the situation of this sea market in detail, and Donald silently remembered that today was Tuesday, which means that there would be a sea market in the early hours of tomorrow morning, and it was necessary to go and see it.

Toot ~ Toot ~

There was a loud whistle on the sea in the distance, and Donald turned his head to look, there was a huge ship sailing by the sea in the night, because of the extreme distance, even if it was a good night tonight, Donald only saw a vague outline.

"Another question, I have heard that in the Freedom of Belief Zone, the government has set up a special department for heretics, is this true?"

"Of course, in other areas, there are special departments of the major Orthodox churches, and the government can't control them, all of them are under the control of the government on the side of Dmingham, and the police station is for ordinary people, and the heretics are under the special management of the bureau, you just treat him as a special department of the government, it is not like a special department of the local church, it is directly under the government like the police department, you are an outsider...... In the future, if your identity is revealed, you may need to go to the Abnormal Investigation Bureau to do identity registration and some tests in all aspects, which is what most aliens have to go through, if your strength reaches the power level...... It may be even more troublesome, there are so many things that a wizard of the power level can do. ”

The destructive power of wizards of the power level is higher than that of ordinary power level aliens, which is why the government and major churches are now so oppressive of the wizard profession.

"How can I join the Alien Bureau?"

"You want to join the Anomaly........ I should have thought that in the spring and autumn of each year, that is, in the month and September, the Bureau of Abnormal Investigation will recruit people from outside, sign up independently, and the location is in the sea market, you just pay attention to the Demingham Daily, whenever there is a recruitment in the lower right corner of the newspaper, there will be a government recruitment message, there is no contact information, and there is no recruitment information at the registration location. ”

The old man didn't have much of a surprised expression, and the strangers who entered the Abnormal Investigation Bureau were equivalent to having an official status, not only did they not have to hide everywhere for fear of being discovered, but they could also enjoy all aspects of the government's welfare benefits.

Even if you go to other regions, you can get special treatment in many places with official documents, and you don't have to worry about being caught in the Inquisition by the other party when facing the special departments of the Church.