"It's just ahead."

Ms. Quesu whispered to them.

Fang Yu often heard that Dulun was a bustling trading city in the south. In Aitalia, there are several reasons for the rise of cities in the interior of the Kukai region, as the city has a large concentration of artisans, water, easy transportation, or is located on an artery of transportation, so it is not an exaggeration to sit on a thriving city.

But at this moment, the city is only deserted and withered in his eyes. In the severe cold, Dulun seemed to have a thick layer of ice, freezing life, and there were few pedestrians in sight on the street, only groups of soldiers, stepping on the noisy steps, adding a bit of oppressive atmosphere.

Not far away, is the famous Ash Square, with a gate on each side of the square, on which is engraved a coat of arms, on which is the emblem of the phoenix of the Maudecaesar family. From the very beginning of the city's existence, this ancient emblem has silently watched the land become what it is today.

Stepping on a thin layer of ice, it was cold and slippery, and there was a clicking sound. The square was also covered with a layer of snow, and it was empty, and Fang Ou saw that the crowd was almost all concentrated in one direction, around a gallows where a group of soldiers was stationed, on which stood several prisoners, with their hands behind their backs and ropes around their necks.

As they approached, the soldiers became visibly nervous and shouted at them from afar: "Stay away, stranger! ”

The box immediately wanted to draw his sword, but Fang Yu hurriedly grabbed the stunned Qing. Lady Quesu glanced in that direction, then looked back and asked, "What's going on, it wasn't like this last time I was here." ”

They called the guide and cautiously told them, "There was an attack on the execution ground the other day, that's why the soldiers are so nervous." ”

At this moment, the bell in the square had just struck.

The executioner on the gallows, as if clockwork, stepped forward and pulled down the wooden wrench. The wooden baffles under the prisoners' feet opened as they fell downward, and the sturdy ropes seemed to pull their necks out at once.

Death came quickly, without even struggling, and a faint white light emerged from the corpse.

But death was not a relief, and the gallows, blessed by the divine power of the gods of justice and order, would resurrect death row prisoners on the spot after a few minutes – the Kaulin-Ishurian code provided for several types of execution, the heaviest of which was to execute the prisoner more than five times.

The guide told them that the execution had been going on all morning and could be expected to continue until the evening. There are hours between each hanging—a stimulus that many people can't stand on Earth's scale, and often go insane before the last execution.

But the execution does not end there, but only the last process, as if it were a solemn ceremony.

And leave a deep impression in the hearts of onlookers.

It was probably one of the most savage scenes the Electors had ever seen in Aitalia, but Fang watched as the men began to wake up after a few minutes, and the executioner once again put a rope around their necks.

He couldn't help but feel a sense of absurdity in his heart.

"What are they charged with?" Luo Yu asked.

There were only him, Box, Fanglu and Sylvid, plus Lady Quisu and her workers. And the reason why I brought him and the box was because when I was fighting with Ragnarok's people before, I picked up a teleportation robe and the protective cloak of the Ranger leader, which also needed to be identified.

"Harbouring the traitor—"

"Actually, it has something to do with the incident of the Sirin-Sibika family, the king ordered the imprison of the main members of the Red Rose family of the Sirin-Sibika family, but the earl and his daughter were missing."

The guide glanced at them: "I heard that many nobles behind the south of Dulun participated in the mutual rescue, and the king is now liquidating these people on a large scale, most of these are the ones you see, and there are more ...... a few days ago."

Fang Yu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this matter to be related to him.

He couldn't help but remember that Sylvid was actually in this situation.

"Don't make trouble," the guide reminded them, "or I'll be finished." ”

Everyone nodded, they weren't here to get in trouble after all.

Across the square, in front of which is the town hall of Durun, the Charlotte Building, was held here just a week before a meeting was held to decide the fate of the entire South. However, unlike what the world saw at the time, this place is long gone.

When the snowstorm came, the city hall was also temporarily closed, and the empty building looked black from the outside, like hundreds of eyes of a giant beast, silently watching the square.

And what Ms. Quesu said was up front—

It is a tall building located on the side of the Charlotte Building, a hostel located in the southeast of the square, the Winter Heron, and one of the largest hostels in Dulun.

From the valley where Mr. Limestone is located, it would take a day to get to Dulun and back and forth, so it was obvious that the procurement could not be completed in a day, so when they arrived in the city, they first needed to find a place to stay.

Unfortunately, because the Southern Border Resolution had just ended, none of the hotels in the city, large or small, were empty, and they changed places several times, and they all got the same answer - there were no empty rooms.

Or not to outsiders.

Martial law is under control in the city, and ordinary people will never let strangers live in their own residences, and if the winter heron has no place to live, they may have to sleep on the streets.

Unfortunately, when the worst is possible, that means it is almost certain to happen. When they entered the hall of the Winter Heron, the waiter at the front desk shook his head at them: "Sorry, it's full. ”

"Is there nothing you can do?" Ms. Quisu asked, frowning.

The waiter still shook his head.

But it was at this time that a voice suddenly came from behind everyone. "Looks like you're in some trouble," it was a girl's voice, "do you need help?" ”

The crowd turned back.

I saw that it was a little maid who spoke, and her age was no more than the size of Ji Ta at best, but her speech and demeanor looked like she was from a noble family with status.

When she saw what everyone looked like, she smiled kindly:

"That's right, my master has a reserved room here, in fact, if you don't mind, I can lend it to you for the time being-"

"Miss Fios." When the waiter saw the little maid, he hurriedly stood up.

The little maid nodded to him before looking at Fang Yu and the others.

Fang Yu paused for a moment.

There is such a good thing, of course he is happy. However, out of caution, he still asked, "If that's the case, of course it would be great, thank you very much...... But won't your master have an opinion? ”

When the little maid heard him, she couldn't help but laugh and shook her head. "It doesn't matter," she replied, "my master is also willing to help foreign adventurers like you, and he often says that there are times when people need help—"

"But I have some things on my side," said the little maid, "and if you don't mind, let Mr. Abt arrange it for you, I'll go first." ”

She was talking about the waiter.

"My name is Fios." Then the little maid saluted them and took her leave.

Everyone looked at the opposite side and walked in the opposite direction of Charlotte Mansion, and their backs gradually disappeared on the other side of the square. After a while, Fang Yu turned around and asked the waiter, "Who is that young lady?" ”

The waiter asked, "Do you mean Miss Fios?" He thought for a moment and replied, "She is from the Phoenix family and the maid of Young Master Enan, but you can rest assured that Miss Fioss often helps adventurers like you, and she will never have any bad intentions......"

Lady Quesu couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and showed a sudden look: "Enan Maudekaiser, it turned out to be him." ”

Seeing the others looking at her, the lady replied, "I don't know this young lady, but I have heard something about her master." Enan Mordekaiser is the youngest heir of the Phoenix family, and it is said that he likes to deal with adventurers, and has a good relationship with many adventurer groups in the vicinity of Dulun, and many of them have received his favors. ”

She added: "It's a pity that this man is eccentric and ostracized, and the Duke doesn't like him at all. ”

The waiter nodded after hearing this: "This lady is right, but Young Master Enan is not eccentric, he is just incompatible with those noble lords, and he is not bad for us people at all." ”

Wealthy, righteous, approachable, these descriptions appear in a noble heir, but it is not necessarily a good word, if the big cat people are here, most of them will tell them so. However, Fang Yu felt that the other party was not bad, and they had just received the favor of the other party, so they had a better impression in their hearts.

However, the guide mentioned that this young master Enan Maudekaiser may have been in some trouble recently-

Fios's master's room is on the third floor, a room with the best lighting and view of the hostel to the north, a room reserved for the nobles, the interior furnishings are also luxurious, clean and tidy, not to mention, and covered with a snow-white hand-woven carpet, the box is touched by hand, only to find that it is also the fur of the floating dragon.

It's not very common, or Sir Roban wouldn't have used it as a gift.

However, the Phoenix family, as one of the three major families in the southern realm, is not surprising to have this background, and the other displays in the room are basically very luxurious, and it is a bit unexpected for Fang Yu and his party to be able to live in such a room for free.

The waiter handed them the key and told them that when it was time to leave the room, they just had to return the key to the counter.

Fang Yu couldn't help but be a little curious, and asked the other party: "In this case, aren't you afraid of outsiders stealing things?" ”

The waiter gave him a little amused, and the meaning between that look was that no one in the southern realm dared to steal the Phoenix family's things.

Fang Yu knew that he had lost another person, so he kept silent.

It was then that Madam Quesu asked the guide what trouble had happened to the young master Enan Maudecaesar.

The latter looked around cautiously before whispering, "It has something to do with the heir of the Phoenix family......

The legend of the first Duke of Phoenix and the Phoenix Sacred Sword is not inferior to the legend of Loren, the founder of the 'Rose Workshop' of the Xilin-Sibika family.

In fact, when the latter walked on the mainland under the pseudonym Luo Zhen, the former had already become famous, and in comparison, the history of the Xilin-Sibika family was actually not as old and long as the Phoenix family.

And the inheritance of the Phoenix family, the story that revolves around the Phoenix Holy Sword, is naturally also a story that people in the south talk about.

As the youngest heir of the Phoenix Family, Enan Mordekaiser also has two older brothers on his head, and it stands to reason that it is almost impossible for the inheritance of the Phoenix Holy Sword to fall on his head. What's more, he is not good at swordsmanship, and the things that the duke does not like are also well known.

However, in recent years, the Phoenix family has suffered a series of major changes, first the duke's second son fell from a horse and died during a ride, and then the Prince Coleman, who he supported, gradually left the political center of the kingdom, and the family's prestige and power have plummeted.

Recently, there has been a strange rumor that the nominal heir of the Maudecaesar family, the eldest son of the Duke who served in the city guard, has been missing for a long time.

Although the news has not yet spread, the people who say it are all conclusive, as if it is true. In addition, after the Ragnarok Guild arrived in Dulun, the Duke's Mansion has been closed, which has made the rumors even worse.

If the death of the second son is just a coincidence, then the mysterious disappearance of the eldest son is very reminiscent of the only remaining young master of the Phoenix family. After all, the struggle for the inheritance of the nobility, back and forth, is the same thing, and the former, as the biggest beneficiary of this series of events, is difficult not to doubt it.

However, Fang Yu listened to the guide's description, but his heart was slightly stunned.

He hadn't forgotten the suit of armor that Sophie had brought—the mark on it was undoubtedly the duke's eldest son. So it seems that the other party has died? So the disappearance is also a real thing?

He remembered the scene he had seen in the snowstorm described by Her Royal Highness the Princess of Silver Visland, the empty armor that walked, and the owner behind it, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Does this have anything to do with the other party?

Suddenly, he had the idea of meeting the young master of the Mordecaesar family.

Even if you see each other from a distance, Dorifin's armor, plus this one, there seems to be one thing in common between the two, that is, there are traces of dragon worship activities behind them.

He remembered what Parker and Azure had overheard about the conversation between the Dragonfire Guild and the Shadow Throne.

The plan behind that.

Isn't that something to do with that?

And the oppressive atmosphere of the city always made him feel uneasy.

After settling in the accommodation, Ms. Quesu took her own people to temporarily separate from them, and she had to take the others to purchase supplies, while Fang Yu had to wait for news from Miss Shipmaster.

Miss Tata was walking with him, and he sent a message in his mind, and soon received a response from Miss Fairy, who was rushing back.

It didn't take long for him, Luo Yu, and the three of them to meet Sylvide under the hostel, who looked a little slim in the ice and snow in a snow-white trench coat, with a veil, and smiled at them:

"I've been waiting."

"Did you find someone?" Fang Yu asked.

Sylvid nodded: "Luckily, captain, the other party hasn't moved away yet." ”

Fang Yu couldn't help but be a little curious, and even put his previous worries behind him for a while, and asked, "Who are you taking me to, Miss Sylvede?" ”

Sylvid glanced at him.

"Just like you, a craftsman."

"His name is Ander, and he's my grandfather's assistant, and he's a goblin messenger."

"My mother was also raised under his care."

"Didn't the captain find someone to authenticate the ring?" Sylvide grabbed his hand, "He's also one of the best appraisers in the South. ”

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