[11:15 p.m. on December 14, 478 of the Holy Alliance, Sacred Tree Country, Maple Leaf Harbor, Chain Station]

Bang bang bang!!

Bang bang bang!!

"Guest, are you still inside?" Shuguo's young shopkeeper knocked on the door, he has been running this chain post station for ten years, and he has seen people of all shapes and sizes in ten years, but he has never encountered such a situation.

It all started a month ago, on a rainy night, an old man in a gray sloppy costume suddenly appeared at the door of the chain station. When the shopkeeper saw the old man, the guest in this house, he was getting ready to sleep. The old gentleman's eyes were a little dazed, and he seemed to be a little distracted, looking like a down-and-out beggar.

"I'm sorry sir, the hotel doesn't pick up guests. At that time, the shopkeeper said that he just wanted to hurry back to the bed and sleep well.

"Please give me a room, whatever it is, I'll be in the room for a while, and no one can come in and disturb me during this time, understand?"

The shopkeeper was a little confused, he didn't know where this old thing came from, he had nothing on his body, his clothes emitted a foul smell, and the only thing he could see was the magic wand in his hand, and the magic stone that shone with a dim white light in the magic wand.

"Are you a magician?" asked the shopkeeper, "from Ningguo?"

"Yes, please give me a room, thank you. The old man's voice grew weaker and weaker, as if he were about to fall in a moment.

"We have received a lot of people from Ningguo, but this is the first time I have met you like this. The shopkeeper was a little impatient, he didn't want this homeless man to live in his hotel at all, it would affect other people.

Just as he was about to continue to sarcastically mock the white-bearded old man, an astonishing scene appeared, the old man took out ten beautiful big diamonds from his arms, put them in the hands of the shopkeeper, and said: "This is my month's room money, it should be enough for a person like you to live for three hundred years, hurry up and take it, I need a room now." ”

The shopkeeper immediately agreed, pinched his face, and found that this was not a dream, so he hurriedly took the ten huge beautiful diamonds, and then found the best room for the white-bearded old man.

Before he could pack up the ten priceless jewels, the old gentleman had already closed the door. The shopkeeper thought that this strange customer was just too tired from the journey and wanted to rest for a day or two, and he would come out on the third day at most, but he really couldn't imagine that this closed door had not been opened until now.

Bang bang bang!!

Bang bang bang!!

The shopkeeper knocked on the door again and asked loudly, "Guest officer, are you still inside?" You have been in this room for a month, if you don't come out again, I will go to find the officers and soldiers of the Holy Alliance." ”

The reason why he didn't look for the army was because he was afraid that the ten diamonds that the old man had given him would slip out of his hands for various reasons. The first thing that everyone thinks about when they get such a fortune is how to preserve it. If the Holy Alliance found these ten diamonds, it would definitely investigate their origins, and according to his own judgment, this ragged old man did not look like a rich man, and these diamonds may have been obtained through some improper means.

However, the shopkeeper didn't care, he had already disposed of eight diamonds through the black market, and the money in exchange was enough for him to live for several lifetimes, and he planned to leave Maple Leaf Harbor with the money after the old man woke up, hide far away, and live a carefree and happy life.

For a month, the shopkeeper would call the old gentleman every day, but the room had been very quiet, so quiet that there was no sound of breathing. On this day, the shopkeeper made up his mind that if the old man didn't come out of the room again, he would break in.

He began to worry, could it be that the old man was dead? The shopkeeper shook his head, if a person died, it should emit a foul smell, but after so long, this room did not have any strange smell, at least this possibility was ruled out.

"Guest, are you there?"

This was the last time the shopkeeper asked, but there was still no movement in the house. Since the last group of guests had left three days earlier, the inn was left alone, and the whole inn seemed extremely quiet, even with a hint of fear.

He took a deep breath and took ten steps back, ready to break through the door, his only vein open, generating enough force to break through the solid door.

Now I can't take care of so much, if the old man really dies inside, let alone enjoy his old age, he will even be involved in criminal disputes.

But at the moment when he was about to break the door, an amazing scene appeared, the old man's door slowly opened, and what came out was no longer the old man covered in dust and rags, but a wise man dressed in a dull white robe and holding a white magic wand, and the white magic stone in the center of the staff flashed with the white light of rumors, which once made the shopkeeper unable to open his eyes.

The old man smiled and walked in front of the shopkeeper, but he didn't make any footsteps.

"Thank you for your hospitality, if it weren't for you, I might have died. This is your reward, please take it, you deserve it, find a place to hide with these things, and enjoy life!"

The old man opened his hands, and in the palm of his hand were ten other beautiful diamonds, and for a while, the shopkeeper's eyes widened, and he didn't know what to say.

"This—this—"

The old man smiled without saying a word, passed by the shopkeeper, and walked down the stairs.

When the shopkeeper came back to his senses, everything he had just experienced seemed like a dream, but he touched the diamond in his hand and found that everything was true. He hurried down the stairs and looked around the street, but no matter how much he looked, there was endless night all around, and the wise man who had given him the diamond had disappeared without a trace.

I wanted to ask his name, but in the end I didn't have a chance, and the shopkeeper didn't know how the old man stayed in a house for a month and never went out, and then changed from a beggar who everyone looked down on to a magician like a god.

Sitting in the empty hall and thinking for a long time, he guessed that this beggar-looking old man was probably the legendary white-robed mage, and the evidence was that he was dressed in a white spell robe, a white magic wand, and a white philosopher's stone.

Shopkeeper stood up, remembering the words of the white-robed mage, and the smile on his face froze. He hurriedly rushed into his room, carrying the luggage he had already prepared, and ran down the stairs, grabbing the ten diamonds scattered on the table, one of which fell to the ground, but he had no time to pick it up.

"Gotta be fast!!" was the only voice in his head. The sound of his heartbeat filled his mind, and he could clearly feel his rapid breathing, as if a fish in the water had jumped on land and could not breathe.

Everything was so well prepared that he had already gone downstairs in only three minutes, but he was still a step behind him.

When he rushed out of the inn he had been running for more than ten years, two mages dressed like the old man just now appeared in front of him. The two of them wore hats in spell robes, which made it impossible for the shopkeeper to see their faces or tell their ages, and they held identical staffs in their hands, only of different colors, one blue and the other green, and the center of the staff was inlaid with beautiful gems, emitting green and blue light respectively.

"Who are you and why are you here?" asked the shopkeeper, his trembling voice exposing the fear in his heart very clearly, and his pale face was covered with dense beads of sweat.

"It doesn't matter who we are, as for why we're here, it's to ask you a question. All you have to do is answer truthfully, don't try to lie in front of us, understand?" the blue-robed mage said coldly.

"If you give us the answer we want, we'll pay you accordingly. The green-robed mage said, the voices of the two were very similar, even on a quiet night, it was difficult for the shopkeeper to distinguish them.

"What's your problem?" asked the shopkeeper.

"Did a mage in a white spell robe and a white staff leave from here just now?" asked the green-robed mage.

"Yes, but I didn't know he was a magician. ”

"How long has he been here?" asked the blue-robed mage.

"About a month. ”

"He's always been here?"

"Yes. ”

The blue-robed mage and the green-robed mage were silent for a moment, then they looked at each other and nodded.

"Last question, do you know his name?"

The shopkeeper clenched his duffel bag tightly and quickly shook his head, "I don't know, I don't know, I don't want to know, I just want to leave now, go as far as possible - hell - hell - " He frowned, it was December winter, but he was already sweating profusely on his back, as if the whole sky was about to fall.

The green-robed mage smiled and said, "You're a smart man, just like that man. ”

"Are you satisfied with my answer?" The shopkeeper knelt down at some point and pleaded in a reverent tone: "If you are satisfied with my answer, please let me go, I just want to live a plain life." ”

The blue-robed mage didn't say anything, but stood quietly aside.

"Let's go, don't tell anyone about it. The green-robed mage said, "You're in danger from now on, and you'd better change your name tomorrow." ”

The shopkeeper was relieved, and ran to the distance with a rolling belt, stumbling and not knowing how many times he fell. With tears in his eyes, he seemed to be muttering something all the time, and no matter where he went, he just had to get out of here, the farther away the better. For a while, he seemed to have a happy life after he left here, bought a big farm with those diamonds, and then married a beautiful and virtuous wife, and had a happy family—

However, these were only his fantasies.

He ran less than ten paces before he lost consciousness, and before he could fall to the ground and close his eyes, he saw a strange magic circle appear under his feet, all kinds of messy luggage scattered all over the ground, and nine diamonds fell from his bosom to the feet of the blue-robed mage.

The blue-robed mage didn't raise his hand, and the nine gems on the ground magically floated in front of the two, he took a closer look and breathed a sigh of relief: "This tree country people are not lying, these diamonds have traces of Andorra's magic, although they are very weak, but I can't be wrong." ”

"Andorra has finally appeared, and we have been looking for him for thirty years, and we finally have an eyebrow. "Looks like he's been badly injured before—a guy who's been hiding from everyone for thirty years won't stay in the same place for more than ten days, and this time he's been in the same place for a month." ”

The blue-robed mage said, "If it weren't for seeing this guy, it's hard to imagine that someone could have injured Andorra like that. ”