Although Sid didn't know what to do, he saw Ian's serious expression and looked at the flower garden, and guessed that he had made some discovery.

Ian crouched down slightly, looking intently at the white flowers in front of him.

Each gladiolus has five long, scoop-shaped petals, which are like five fingers open when in full bloom. At the center of the flower are milky white buds that store pollen and nectar.

It was already a little dark, and Ian tried to squint into the flowers, but he couldn't really see it. But on the branches and leaves of several gladiolias in front of him, there were obviously some brownish-yellow hairs hanging from them. If you look down closely, you can also find that there are many rust-colored spots on the roots of this small piece of land and some gladiolus.

While this is not enough to say anything, the indications are that the owner of the manor, Brad's dog, Rumba, is likely to be nearby, at least visited.

"Rumba?" Ian exclaimed tentatively, as the butler called for it.

He reached out and pushed aside the two or three gladiolias in front of him, wanting to see if there was anything more to be found in the depths of the vegetation.

As soon as he opened the gladiolus, he felt a sudden flower in front of him, and something flew up from it.

The thing was so fast that he subconsciously fell to the side and back, narrowly avoiding it, and at the same time, a strange hissing sound was heard in his ears.

Sid, who was about to walk over, was stunned, "What's that?" he turned to Totto and asked, "Rumba...... It's a dog, isn't it?"

But there was no sign of Totor behind him.

"Butler?" he looked around and called out, but no one answered.

"Ian, something isn't right. Sid whispered to Ian.

He was now bare-handed, and he was indeed a little panicked in his heart. If he was not mistaken, it should have been a snake that had just flown out of the flowers, but it was by no means an ordinary snake. Although the all-white snake body flashed like a flash of white light, Sid still saw a white wing membrane near the snake's head, like the petals of gladiolus.

The snake's head is hidden in the "petals", like the bud of gladiolus. It was already very camouflaged, and now it was hiding in this gladiolus flower garden. If it weren't for the fact that he had found some suspected rumba hairs and turned over the flowers, it would have been almost impossible for Ian to find it in such a light environment.

The boy had already rolled over at this time, watching the gladiolus flowers around him and Sid swing endlessly, but not because of the wind. The snake was moving at high speed among the flowers. Its path was erratic, sometimes far and sometimes near, and Ian knew it was waiting for an opportunity to attack.

Sid's eyes were trying to keep up with the snake's position in the increasingly dim environment, when suddenly he heard Ian scream.

"Sid, run!"

In such a nervous state, Sid was yelled at by Ian, and subconsciously didn't think much about it, and immediately pulled out his legs and ran in the direction he came.

As soon as he ran a few steps, he saw a humanoid spirit appear next to him without warning. He recognized it almost immediately as Zach, and in the next moment, Zack's sword had pierced through the body of the white snake.

Sid turned and stared blankly at the dying snake on Zack's sword, writhing in pain and weakness.

"Flower pseudo-snake ......" Sid had palpitations.

"Back!" yelled Ian.

The moment Sid turned around, he turned around like lightning and threw a punch that hit the butler Totod's nose solidly.

Totod still held a knife in his right hand, and immediately flew out with the knife.

"It's a ruthless attack. Ian walked over.

"yes, he's still holding a knife!" Sid shook his hand, his finger bones aching.

"I mean you ......"

"You just ...... You're using me as bait?" Sid remembered something, and yelled angrily, "I thought you really told me to get out of here. ”

"I can't think of a better idea...... Ian shrugged, "neither of us has weapons, we can only rely on my psychic powers." In that case, if we don't strike first, we can only wait for the snake to attack us, and then I am afraid that it will not be too late to manifest Zack, and at least one of us will be injured. ”

"Not to mention the injury. This thing is not a snake, it is a monster. Sid listened to what he said, and he didn't care anymore, "The Flower Snake, although it is a miniature demonic beast, its mouth can be stretched wide enough to bite off my head entirely. ”

"Why is this butler attacking us?" Ian looked at Totod, who was still lying on the side, his eyes changed from puzzled to abrupt, "There are no monsters in the city for no reason, it seems that it has something to do with him." ”

"Ah...... Pain...... Ou (I) ...... Chair (nose) ......" Totod squirmed painfully on the ground as he covered his face.

"That Brad," Sid touched the protruding phalanges on his fist, "could it be complicit too?"

"No, if it is, it won't be commissioned. ”

Just ask him. Sid sneered and looked at Totod on the ground.

"Butler?" he leaned down as he stomped on Totod's body, "why did you attack me?

The housekeeper just covered his face and hummed, but did not speak.

"Playing stupid?" Sid lowered his leg and flew up, kicking Totod almost off the ground and stepping on it again, "Tell me? Did you bring it in?"

Totto hurriedly nodded.

"Oh...... What about pet dogs?"

Trotto slowly took his hand off his face: "Mostly...... Eaten......"

"No wonder. Ian said coldly, "Knowing that we have found the flower pseudosnake, we must not be able to hide this matter." ”

"But you're ruthless enough," Sid gave him another kick, "We're just tracking down the pet dog, and we just happened to find the flower snake, and as for killing us?"

After saying this, Totod looked up at them: "You ...... Is it really just a matter of Charomba?"

Sid couldn't understand it, and looked at Ian, who was just as confused in his eyes.

"So what do you think we're looking for?"

"I ......," Totod said with a look of remorse, "I thought you were a bounty hunter who was tracking down the smuggling of Warcraft and infiltrated through Rumba's commission......"

A trace of joy flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't care about the pain on his body, so he got up and knelt in front of the two of them and begged for mercy again and again: "Since you are not investigating smuggling, then you will let me go? I have saved money, I have been smuggling for a while, I can give it to you!"

Sid thought for a moment, seemed to be moved, and turned to look at Ian: "What do you say?"

The boy looked at Totod and was silent.

Sid approached Ian and whispered, "We were commissioned to investigate the loss of the pet dog, and now the clues have also been found......"

Before he could finish speaking, he could already see the anger in Ian's eyes.

"Can't let him go," Ian said in a voice that Totod could hear, "a human, but he deserves to die if he brought a monster into the city." ”

Smuggling Warcraft, even in this mild era, in a multinational federation, is a capital offense.

"Just a snake!" cried Tottord in despair.

"Flower pseudo-snake. Ian corrected coldly, "If you don't get caught today, maybe you'll send in a hawk-faced demon bird tomorrow - who knows what your customers want?" he turned to Sid again, "His greed has no bottom line." Brad said that he was kind to his servants, but this man only went for the gold coins, which not only betrayed Brad's trust, but also caused him to suffer danger and notoriety. ”

"Yes, hahahaha!" Totto laughed, "What's the kindness? He just gave me a mouthful of leftover food when I was dying of hunger!"

"That leftover food kept you alive," Brad's voice came from the door of the Gladiolus Garden, "and made you my butler." His voice sounded a bit vicissitudes. The fat gardener of the manor, who was vigilantly guarding his master's side, accompanied him a few steps closer with a large pair of scissors for pruning plants.

The butler raised his head and looked at the lord of the manor in front of him. The last rays of the setting sun cast on his forehead, barely reflecting his features, but it was impossible to see whether anger, anger, or other emotions were occupying him. In the darkness, Brad just shook his head. When the last bit of light was obscured by the high wall, the butler heard the voice of the dark shadow: "Thank you, take him away." ”

"And it," Sid said, gesturing to the corpse of the pseudo-snake, "let's go." ”

Sid and Ian went straight to the Mercenary Guild, reported the incident that night, and handed Trotted over to the guards of Babel.

"Are you......" Sid asked, "hate monsters in particular? I mean, you're a little different than when I first met you. ”

"You too," Ian watched as the receptionist at the counter busied with their commissions, "I remember you weren't so greedy for money before?" he laughed, but there didn't seem to be much real smile in his smile.

"Do you blame me for wiping out your chances of getting rich?" he asked rhetorically, "and the smuggler may have a great fortune." ”

"No," said Sid, "I'm just worried about you. You've just sent a criminal to the gallows with your own hands, and you don't seem to feel anything. ”

"You said it was a criminal," Ian said, "how do you want me to feel?"

"That's why I asked you, do you particularly hate Warcraft, and hate ......?"

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Ian interrupted him abruptly and rudely, "I don't just hate Warcraft," he tried to keep his voice down, "I also hate people who have to do with Warcraft, like Totod and those damned buyers, like the Hilfa Empire, the Falcon, and the Falconers! I have reason to hate them, you should understand, don't you?Need I remind you?" He looked at Sid defiantly, "Those soldiers you brought to Breeze Village ......"

Sid's face became ugly, but he interrupted before he could finish speaking. The receptionist came out of the window slightly: "Please give me the badge of the White Stone Mercenary." ”

After the two handed over the badge, they saw the receptionist behind the counter take out a small hammer and hold it high-

"Bang bang" twice, and the white stone emblem that he had only gotten in the morning suddenly shattered into powder.

Ian's jaw dropped: "Ahhh......h

"This is the new emblem of the two, please keep it. The receptionist quickly handed back two more black insignia from the window.

Sid and Ian took it, and were shocked to see their names engraved on it.

"It's the guild's twice-monthly promotion assessment time. Although you have just completed the first commission of the White Stone level, you have killed miniature monsters in the process, and helped the Babel City guards capture the criminals related to the smuggling of Warcraft, so considering these merits and actual combat ability, the guild directly promoted the two to the Black Iron level. The receptionist smiled and saluted, "Congratulations to both." ”

Neither Ian nor Sid could have imagined that they would be promoted so quickly. They don't even see promotion as a goal. This sudden change made the two of them a little unable to come back to their senses.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang......" Suddenly, in the empty guild hall at night, there was a burst of applause from behind Ian and Sid.

"Congratulations, congratulations. "Out of the shadow of the pillars in the hall came a man. The gorgeous armor glittered in the firelight, and it was the guy who provoked Sid during the day.