Chapter 262: Snow and Dark Tide

My name is Akatosh,

Xue Man is now in a meeting with Turnip...... I mean, it's all about the crowd.

—4E, 201, Moon of the Fire, 11th, 11:18

Esgael Snowhoof thinks she's gotten smarter.

Otherwise, how could he have the ability to find the nest of the thieves' union that had been a headache for the lord?

The specific action is very simple, the first step is to enter the "rat path" from any sewer entrance, the second step is to choose a random direction to move forward, and the door and wall will be smashed open, and the third step is to shout "Amir, come out quickly, or I will destroy this place completely-"

Knocking out a large number of Rat Path residents who rushed to hear the news, several teams of Rift City guards trying to stop him, plus a secret unit of the Somo Elves (?). Later, Esgael finally met Sapphire, the president of the Thieves' Guild.

Although she was also a pretty girl, she was tall, old, had long hands and feet, and her hair and eye color were not very good-looking, and she was always no match for Emile.

"...... you" "Where's Amir?"

"I-" "I'm going to marry her!" ”

"She'......" "Be a wife!"

At that time, Sapphire was obviously suppressed by his very bold continuous questioning, so he quickly confessed that "she is a young lady from a noble family in the West, maybe Xueman or a more Western city." "Such a key piece of intelligence.

Basically, it's pretty much the same as Esgail's conclusion based on the analysis: as a girl who can be valued by the second son of the Snowhoof family, Emile will naturally have a matching family background, and being a thief is just a hobby, yes, that's it.

Then, when his father and brother expressed their displeasure at his plan to go to the proposal, he squirted honey and hit the wall, respectively, and only Lilith's sister packed his bags for him and supported him.

"After you find Emir's family, come back and tell us, don't do it casually, think about it, if the person who wants to pursue me hits Xiao An, will you forgive him?"

"Of course not." He would clap his hands.

But sure enough, my sister's words were easy to understand, and my father and brother said strange words about "camp balance", "intensifying conflicts", "dragon resurgence", and "rise of the dragonborn" were all very difficult to understand.

Although listening to their meaning, I will encounter a lot of difficulties on this trip, but now that I have successfully arrived in Xueman, it is naturally a good start.

Esgael observed the markets in the Plains and quickly found his target: a leather-armored man leaning on a pillar of a house, a fairly stocky man in leather armor, who was generally well-informed and well-informed, as was the case with Moore in Rift City.

He strode over and pressed the man who wanted to slip away: "I'll ask you for a drink!" Tell me everything you know! ”

——11:43——

"Ah, hapless Joe Warmaniac."

Sophie, who was lying on the roof of the "Cauldron" pharmacy in Arcadia, looked at the man who was smiling worse than crying, and said to Ria beside her.

Before Satya's rise to prominence, "Joe of the War Maniac Family" was synonymous with the well-informed in Xueman, who could be paid a large sum of septins by leaning against the wall in front of the tavern and saying specious and ambiguous words to travelers and adventurers, but that good old days were gone after a tavern maid started her intelligence business.

Even if he had been there all day, he would only occasionally come across a few fish that had slipped through the net – and today it was a big fish, the tiger shark.

In contrast, after a series of adventures, Sophie and Ria have become more eloquent, and the "tour guide" business has become better, but the problem is that the imps who would have only been running around the city to cause trouble for adults have also learned this trick.

Even Bryce's mantra after meeting the adult, "What to see, I'm not afraid of you" was changed by her to "I, the tour guide, give money", well...... Sometimes it's unexpectedly popular?

In this case, there is no room for a selection of tourists, and if you take a little slower, other children will snatch you, but Sophie's biggest drawback is that she can't take the tour guide to the "Dragon Slayer Monument" on the west side of the market, because there are intact dragon bones.

Thankfully, Mirmeniel was a fire dragon, relatively hideous, and it was not surprising that a child would be scared, and the skeleton of Loris Stead's ice dragon, Nahagliiv, was so soft that the monument was as intimidating as a work of art, and if Sophie hadn't been frightened away, her horror at the monument would have attracted someone's attention.

Moreover, in addition to the "business" of the tour guide, when fighting with Arthur's father in the future, she will definitely see him suck the dragon into a skeleton more than once, and she will not forgive herself if she drags back every time.

So, Sophie is exercising herself to look at the keel.

The roof of the "Arcadia Cauldron" was just in front of the monument, and it was just a matter of looking up and looking down to see or not, and the movement of Joe Warmad being captured by the Big Black Traveler was just the right thing for her to look up, so she only had to look away slightly......

"Ahh Sophie closed her eyes tightly and hugged Ria.

It seems that it is too early for this training to come to fruition, Ria hugged the trembling Sophie, while listening to the mare's banner inn "Emir is the cutest in the world!" He thought to himself.

——11:52——

"Oh...... Do you have anything to do with me, this old lady? Want me to use a crystal ball to do a divination for you? ”

"Frail" Olava is a clumsy old lady with completely white hair and eyebrows, who seems to have no husband or children, and usually spends her time in the mare banner and in her own home, and occasionally appears in the market to chat with some elderly people who are also old.

Although she claims to be an "astrologer" and "prophet", some people out of curiosity let her try divination or prophecy without telling her anything at all, so over time she is regarded as an ordinary old lady with a little clear head.

At this time, Olava was talking to a man and a woman in a remote corner of the market, they were about thirty or forty years old, dressed in ordinary coarse cloth clothes, they looked like farmers or hired laborers, and their appearance was not peculiar, and if you didn't pay attention, you would forget it in a blink of an eye.

"How about using gems instead of crystal balls?" One of the women spoke, and then she spread out her hand and handed the old lady a purple gem, which, though crystal clear and beautiful, had been ruined by the clumsy cutting process, and whose edges were very rough, and the whole was a distorted diamond shape that had no aesthetic sense.

"Oh......" Orava took the gem and rubbed it for a moment, nodding, "what do you want to know?" ”

"Regarding the recent inexplicable failure of the Dark Brotherhood mission, we wonder if anyone is deliberately targeting." The woman said.

"No, the mission of the Dark Brotherhood has not failed, at least not in my sight." Olava replied without wavering.

"However, our mission has not been successful many times." The other, a taller man with a slightly hoarse voice, said dissatisfiedly, "If no one is secretly obstructing, are we being targeted by the demon god or the Holy Spirit?" ”

"Are 'you' really the 'Dark Brotherhood'?" Orava raised her eyes slightly, her gaze sharp enough to make all the faint of heart tremble when they saw it, and at this moment, she was no longer "weak Orava", but of the Dark Brotherhood-

'What do you mean?' Astrologer'? The woman replied with a cold snort.

"Neither the Demon God nor the Holy Spirit will pay attention to a small assassination organization, and 'Nain' has the meaning of 'arena' in addition to 'dirt'," Olava pointed to the sky: "Before the winner is decided, whoever takes the initiative to break the rules will be directly 'eliminated'." ”

"Night Mother...... "The woman muttered.

"When I was a true 'astrologer' and 'prophet', all the 'dark rituals' were under the control of the 'Night Mother', and I could feel His strong desire to control, and no contract that had performed a dark ritual could be fulfilled by someone He did not approve." Olava flipped her palm, put the amethyst away, and then turned back into an ordinary old lady again, she stopped talking to the two, and turned to leave silently.

"So, how is it possible that we must find potential contractors before they perform dark rituals?" The man was a little anxious.

"No, it's just a matter of asking Nazr to replace 'may have had a dark ritual' with 'may want to hold a dark ritual' when gathering information," the woman said, "and we can stay in the snow for a while until we get further information about Marcus City." ”

——12:10——

In the Genting District, on the steep cliff behind the Longxiao Palace, two people are hanging down with ropes wrapped around their waists.

"Why don't you teach that guy who calls the princess by her nickname a lesson?" Delfin, half-in ebony armor, complained to his companion who had descended with him.

"The name 'Amir' is not uncommon," said the companion, an old man with a thin body but very neat movements, "if you teach him a lesson, wouldn't it just prove that the identity of the person he is looking for is more important?" ”

"Do you want him to shout all the way to Dugu City?" The snowy back hill was steep but not too high, and Delphine rolled over and landed on the ground, retracting the rope with a shake of his hand.

"Of course not, Sharp-Eyed Hawks aren't all fools." The old man followed to the ground, and smiled as he put away the rope.

"The stupidest thing is you, Isbon," Delphin glanced at the old man: "After Somo proposed to the Emperor to dismiss the 'Blade Warriors', you hid directly without waiting for the Emperor to make a specific decision, if it weren't for that fool of the Snowhoof family who accidentally drove away the group of Sommos who were searching for you, you would be on the way to be escorted right now." ”

"Hehe, this incident proves that my judgment is correct, otherwise those Somo would not have come to stop me at all." After the old man put away the rope, he touched his waist and was suddenly stunned: "Ah, my ebony sword." ”

"Leave that sword alone, you won't use it." Delphine replied angrily: "If you don't go through the mountains and snow at the main gate, I must be stupid to listen to you." ”

"This is called prudence, how do you know that Suomo didn't plant spies in Xueman?"

"Yes yes yes ......"

After the two "blade warriors" at the bottom of the mountain walked away, an arc-shaped ebony sword that had been left in the pool near Longxiao Palace suddenly trembled.