The wine is strong.

I don't know when,

Outside the tavern, two men and two women, four young men walked in.

They are gorgeously dressed, their instruments are lofty, and their eyebrows reveal a pride that is different from ordinary adventurers, and they look like the kind of young master and young lady who come out to travel and adventure from a wealthy family.

As soon as he entered the door, Raymond saw these people.

The tall and good-looking girl had a strange and timid expression on her face, and it seemed that it was the first time she had come to such an occasion.

She smiled at the fat man next to her and said, "Giggles... Matthew, I've never been to a tavern either. You brought me here, not afraid that my father would find out and break your legs? ”

The music in the tavern was so loud that she had to put her face over it, and it didn't seem like she minded being so intimate.

Listening to this tone, it looks like two brothers and sisters.

The fat man is obviously called Matthew.

With a helpless look on his face, he responded: "Ilya! Obviously you said that you were curious about what the tavern was like, and you told me to bring you here, okay? ”

Ilya's pretty face was smug for a while, and she crossed her waist, "I don't care, I'm going to be found anyway, I'll say that you lied to me, brother!" ”

“...”

Matthew seemed to be a little helpless about this unruly sister, and said quietly: "Or, let's go back now?" I just entered the door, and I didn't have time to go back. ”

"Hmph~ No... Everyone else says that the tavern is the place where adventurers should stay. I finally came out to play, I haven't been to the tavern before, what kind of adventurers are we? ”

Ilya raised her slender neck in high spirits, not intending to pay attention to the fat man's words.

Looking at the scene in front of it, everything makes it feel very new.

Elijah's beautiful eyes flickered, shining with excitement, and her pretty face flushed with excitement. Without waiting for the guidance of others, she slipped into the tavern as soon as she slipped into the tavern.

"Hey, Elijah, you're waiting for me!"

Seeing this scene, the fat man rolled his eyes and reluctantly followed.

......

It was close to midnight, when the business of the Righteous Tavern was at its hottest.

The dance floor was crowded with restless men and women, and the small tables were full, except for a few empty seats next to Raymond.

There are lonely aristocrats who drink alcohol, and there are girls who have been accosted to tease a few waves before, but they have hinted for a long time, and they have not seen any reaction to this product, and the girls are stupid. No one wants to sit next to this wooden man anymore.

"Come on, come on, there's still a place over here..."

Ilya cheerfully beckoned the other three companions over. She looked at Raymond and asked timidly, "Uncle, can we sit here?" ”

Naturally, she also noticed that the indifferent aura of the man in front of her was incompatible with the warm atmosphere of this tavern.

“...”

Raymond didn't raise his eyes, and this shout of "uncle" made him very angry.

"Nobody, sit down."

"Thank you~"

Ilya smiled slightly, revealing two sweet dimples.

"Ilya, don't run around..."

The fat man Matthew just walked over and casually glanced at the saber drinker sitting next to him. When he could see Raymond's face clearly, his face flashed with a hint of surprise.

Hey... It's him?

"This guy is still alive?"

Matthew was wandering around the city in the afternoon, and happened to see the scene of Raymond identifying fake antiquities at the mercenary union. He also became a spectator with great interest.

He knew very well how to identify fake antiquities, and he agreed with Raymond's statement.

But when he listened to Raymond casually say those old Knicks words, he also suspected that this person was bragging blindly and didn't take it to heart. But now... It seems that the situation is a little different from what I thought.

Naturally, the fat man had also heard of the notoriety of the "Black Snake Mercenary Group", and when he saw the goatee who informed his accomplices to chase after him, he knew that this guy should be dead.

But now... What do you see?

This guy is drinking here!

As far as the bandits of the "Black Snake Mercenary Group" who can't stay overnight are concerned, how can they let this guy go?

"Could it be... The previous news grapevine is true, the leader of the Black Snake Mercenary Group was really killed?! ”

Matthew thought of a terrifying possibility.

But it's obviously a little unbelievable, the leader of the Black Snake is a big master of Sequence 7!

He rolled his eyes, sat down next to Raymond, asked the bartender to fill up two bundles of rum, and greeted him with a smile: "Contemptible 'Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce' Matthew Baylor, do you have the honor to invite this friend for a drink?" ”

Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce? Raymond didn't know much about it, and he seemed to have the impression of a small chamber of commerce that was not very well-known.

He knew that the fat man obviously had another purpose, so he smiled, but did not speak, and raised his glass to show politeness.

Matthew is a professional businessman, and although he is not very old, he is also quite talkative. Even if Raymond doesn't talk much, this fat man is like a chatterbox, trying to find a topic to talk about. More often than not, of course, he was testing Raymond's bottom line.

Several of them drank a lot, and the fat man's companions saw that he seemed to be talking very speculatively with a stranger, and although they were puzzled, they ignored him, and played games and drank wine, but they were also at ease.

The two chatted without saying a word,

Raymond also heard a lot of useful information from the small talk.

What Tianlan king "Salo I" has been in a coma since he was hit hard by shelling two years ago ... What the new kings are powerful Clive family... What major princes are fighting for the first inheritance, and the royal capital is surging...

chatting and chatting, the two gradually became acquainted.

Of course, one of the most important reasons for him to be patient and talk to this fat man is... The majority shareholder behind this Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce family is the ancient "Baylor family", which has always started as a jeweler in the royal capital.

After thinking about it, Raymond asked, "Do you have a lady in your family named 'Avalis Baylor'?" About forty or fifty years old. ”

"Huh? Perhaps... But I don't remember exactly. ”

Matthew frowned and thought about it, and said apologetically: "There are quite a lot of family branches, and I don't know the names of many elders. ”

His eyes lit up, and he asked, "Brother Nicholas, why are you asking this?" ”

Raymond thought of the story that Old Mark had told, and his eyes showed a rather emotional look.

"Lady Avalis is an old acquaintance of an elder in the past, and if she is still alive, she will have to visit the royal capital in the future."

"Oh, what a coincidence! If you go to the royal capital in the future, you must come to No. 88 Maple Leaf Street, little brother, I must do a good job of the friendship of the landlord, let's have a few more drinks! ”

As he spoke, he squeezed his eyebrows and got closer, and whispered, "Let me tell you, although the chick of this 'Red Dragon Tavern' is good, the 'Musket Rose Tavern' in the royal capital is really heaven... When the time comes, I'll definitely take you to try it..."

Raymond thought about it, and he would definitely visit the Baylor family when the time came, so he nodded, "Hmm." If you really go to the royal capital, you will probably be bothered. ”

This fat man is familiar with himself, and his level of speech is very high, and it took him a long time to get the topic around to the point.

With a three-point drink, he pretended to be casual and said, "That... Nicholas, you seem to know a lot about antiquities? In the afternoon, I happened to see you identify fakes in the market outside the mercenary union, and it sounds like you've researched this business? It just so happened that I came to the Nigel Volcano this time to come to Taobaobao, so I wanted to ask for advice..."

Raymond nodded, and did not debunk his ulterior motives, "Well, I don't know much." ”

Matthew rolled his eyes and said, "That... Do you really know the ancient Knicks? ”

When Raymond heard this, he probably knew what the fat man had in mind, and said, "Well, I've learned a little bit." ”

When Matthew heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hesitated for a moment, then he took out a piece of paper from his arms and said, "Can you help me see what the words written on this mean?" I had a friend write it to me..."

I don't know where the two rows of ancient Nix text were copied from the scraps of paper.

"This fat man looks like a big grin, and his heart is quite small..."Raymond looked at it, and an imperceptible smile appeared in his eyes.

He didn't intend to explore other people's secrets, so he directly pointed to the words on them and said one by one: "Moon, ocean, sky, water, fire, love..."

These words are very commonly used in Nicks, and I think this fat man deliberately tested himself.

"Wow, that's amazing!"

When the fat man heard this, he believed in his heart that Raymond really understood the ancient text of Knicks. Because of the words on it, I personally went to the [Polymath] family in the royal capital to ask for advice, and also confirmed the meaning of a few words, which is exactly the same as what he just said!

Obviously, the guy in front of him, who didn't look very old, was a polymath who really understood the old language of Knicks. Outside the mercenary union before, he read the ancient words engraved on the fake cultural relics in one mouth, and it was not unbelievable, but really knowledgeable!

"My goodness... Could it be that he is the heir of some ancient erudite family? Nicholas Zhao Si... I don't think I've heard of this family—" The fat man hesitated for a moment, then took out another piece of paper from his pocket with more rare words copied on.

He squirmed, "That... Can you please help me take a look at these again? I also have a friend who wrote to me..."

Hehe, you have so many friends.

Raymond looked at this one, his eyebrows raised slightly.

Obviously, this is the real "secret" of which fat man.

These ancient words are chaotically ordered, obviously deliberately out of order. He thought it was probably a treasure map, or an excerpt from an ancient scroll... The words are obviously dismantled, and there are some laymen, and some words are dismantled into two new words that are not in the same mouth.

"The meanings of these words are, watering, altar, display, burning, sunflower juice..."

Raymond chuckled and shook his head, pointed out the meaning of the words on the piece of paper one by one, and patiently helped him correct some mistakes in the word splitting, saying: "If I guessed these two words correctly, it should be the same word 'chanting', which cannot be taken apart and interpreted... This should be followed by a mantra, so you'd better be cautious... Many of the spells in the Nix civilization are dangerous, and mispronunciation can lead to some unpredictable consequences..."

The fat man blinked and blinked as he listened, obviously knowing that his little trick had been exposed.

The face of this product is thick enough, and there is no embarrassment at all, so he directly took out a piece of paper that recorded the complete sentence and said, "That... Can you please help me see what this means? ”

Hehe, I'm really a free laborer.

Raymond didn't really mind.

He glanced at the words that had been combined into sentences, and had confirmed that they were the words transcribed from some ancient treasure map.

Don't look at this fat man, he looks naïve, this scheming method is indeed not bad. I had already explained most of the words to him just now, and now that I have read the whole content, even if I want to talk nonsense about the meaning, I can't avoid the things I just said.

Although he was calculated a little, he didn't feel malicious after all, not to mention that this fat man was still a descendant of the Baylor family.

Raymond just sighed and shook his head, not angry.

He didn't have the heart to explore other people's privacy, so he directly helped to decipher: "The text on it basically says, 'The map will be displayed only when the flame burns the map, and the map will only be displayed when it is watered with the juice of the sun'... Behind it is a mantra that says, 'Great Nix God, you have broken the darkness and brought the light... Nothingness and destruction, the prohibition that liberates the soul, the mystery that gives me power...'"

He frowned slightly as he finished reading the incantation, which seemed to be some kind of sacrificial language.

"Huh? That's exactly what happened! ”

The fat man's face was shocked, and he muttered, "No wonder I tried so many methods and didn't figure it out, it turns out that the map needs this method to reveal the hidden content..."

He didn't hesitate, and said directly: "Brother Nicholas, I won't tell you." Many years ago, my family ancestors got a mysterious treasure map with a local sea map on it. After years of searching, I found out that the location on the map is this Niguel volcanic archipelago..."

Now, the fat man also knew that it would be very insincere to hide it any longer, so he simply put it aside and said, "I found a lot of people who couldn't decipher this text behind the map. So this time I just wanted to try my luck, but I didn't expect to meet you, brother... You've helped me a lot! ”

"It's just a matter of raising your hands."

Raymond smiled noncommittally, and didn't take it to heart.

The world of great navigation is endless, and there are countless relics buried in the dust of history. Treasure maps and this kind of thing... There have been 80 million if not 100 million in the game, what fire, flooding, splicing, spells, invisibility potions... He'd seen all sorts of hidden content in the way, and there was nothing new about it.

The fat man said excitedly: "I'll go back and get the map right away, if it's really a treasure map, then I'll invite you to go treasure hunting!" If you really find the treasure, everyone will share it equally! ”

He invited Raymond to go treasure hunting, naturally not only to thank him, but also for a deeper purpose. In his opinion, if there is really a person who understands the ancient language of Nix in the expedition team, maybe there will be a greater opportunity to gain.

Just like now, I know that I have a treasure map in my hand, and the treasures are in front of me, but I can't find the door to enter. Maybe the same situation will happen to the treasure vault by then.

Matthew is a qualified businessman, and he knows that only looking at small profits will definitely not go far. What's more, how can a person who is more proficient in the ancient language of the Knicks than the [Great Polymaths] of the royal capital? It's definitely not wrong to be nice!

While it was risky to invite someone he had only met for the first time to join the expedition, he trusted his vision and instincts.

The person in front of him is definitely not simple.

"Well, I just so happened to be going to the Nigel Volcano."

Raymond nodded. Mount Nigel is an unexplored map in the game, and now there is such a mysterious treasure map, and he is really interested. What's more... He felt that the information revealed by the spell just now seemed to be very high-end, and it would not be easy to involve the relics of the gods.

"That's great."

The fat man danced with his hands when he said this,

The three friends on the side also cast surprised looks, they had never seen Matthew so excited and out of shape.

In front of outsiders, my sister Ilya behaved very well-behaved, poked her head, and asked curiously: "Brother, what are you talking about, so happy?" ”

"Children are playing while ~"

The fat man didn't answer her, but quickly wrote down his contact information, and excitedly pulled his sister to leave the tavern.

"See you tomorrow, brother."

"Hmm."

Raymond raised his eyebrows, and continued to drink again.

Suddenly, as if he sensed something, he smacked his lips and said to himself, "It's okay to go... It's also less troublesome. ”

Seeing and hearing the domineering spirit, he clearly noticed a lot of powerful qi and surrounded the "Red Dragon Tavern".

Probably

At midnight tonight, there was a lively look.