"How?"

"Hmmm! It's so sweet! I can't drink it at all. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Late at night, the inside of the tavern was still bustling with the combined efforts of the drinkers, but for some reason, the sound that reached the bar became much quieter. The little girl, who was no longer afraid, finally mustered up the courage to take the wine glass handed over by Hank, but to her surprise, the seemingly blood-red liquid tasted sweet with a hint of juice.

"The Ice Flower from Anderson Tinslin can perfectly resist the pungent smell of alcohol, and with the fire snake fruit harvested from Xifeng County, it can dye the wine a perfect red color and bring out the sweetness of this fruit as quickly as possible."

As if he had completely removed his own pride, Hank bowed slightly: "This is one of the few masterpieces I have since I came here."

"That's really...... We're lucky. ”

Shaking his wine glass, Duan Qing also smiled and agreed, while looking at the green liquid in his hand a little helplessly, and he didn't know whether it was better to drink it or just look at it. However, Mengzhu probably didn't notice the look of the secret competition between him and Hank, and she sweetly tasted another sip of fruit wine called "Ice Snake Orchid", and her two slightly slender calves shook slightly: "Uncle Hank is not a local?"

"I'm from Free City."

The man in the white shirt smiled and said, "It's a beautiful and dangerous city, my family, and my mentor...... It's all there. ”

"Oh? I hope I have a chance to check it out. The little girl put her finger to her chin: "Maybe I will have a chance to meet your family......"

"You won't have a chance."

Hank laughed and said, "They're all dead."

“……”

His fingers froze in the air, and Mengzhu, who was holding a wine glass, withdrew his gaze with some uneasiness: "That, that ......"

"It's okay, it's not something to be taboo about." Hank's eyes narrowed into a slit again: "What's more......"

"The bodies of the enemies have been buried by my side."

Duan Qing and Mengzhu glanced at each other, and then shivered in unison.

"President."

A big man in black suddenly walked through the crowd and walked to the front of the counter, first called, and then looked at the two players sitting opposite: "The news is back."

"Say it."

“…… Be. ”

Retracting his gaze from Duan Qing and the others, the man's head lowered again: "The meeting is over, and the parliamentarians have left."

"The result?"

"They made a deal." The man immediately replied, "All agreements."

"It is said that ...... None of the nobles objected to Connelly's proposal. ”

“…… Hum. ”

Hank, who was wearing a bow tie, lowered his head and was silent for a while, and then let out a sneer: "I know, you go."

"Yes."

Seeing the big man leave, Duan Qing retracted his gaze, and then unexpectedly saw the other party's eyes staring at him: "What?"

"Uh...... What the man just said ......"

"Interested?"

"I didn't ...... No. ”

The continuous events finally pulled the two back from the illusion of special bartending, and re-recognized the fact that the person in front of them was a gang leader who could shake the mountains with a single move. However, the guy who was grinning didn't seem to care that the two of them knew about it, and was even a little happy to see the slightly cramped reaction of the two people: "Hehehehe...... I thought you were lawless adventurers too, it seems ......"

"Your guts still need to be exercised."

“…… We just don't want to get involved in any trouble, it's not a cowardly ......" Waving his hand to explain, Duan Qing withdrew his arm a little sneeringly: "Okay, maybe compared to you......"

"It's not like the people who did those things...... Ah, what was said. ”

Hank chuckled, "From Windflower Town to Fars, what you did and what you say now...... Not at all. ”

"You...... How do you know? Are you going to ...... with the shadows?"

"Shadows will ...... Hum. ”

The sudden cold face made Duan Qing suddenly close his mouth: "Don't compare our warrior family with those rat generations."

"Uh...... I'm sorry. ”

Quickly retracted some of the news about Kima that he wanted to say just now, Duan Qing's hand gestured back and forth in the air, and finally apologized first: "We don't know either...... What will you do with the shadows......"

"We have no grudges with the Shadows Society." Hank shook his head, "But ...... I have. ”

Looking at his smiling face with a little horror, Duan Qing didn't answer very knowingly, but the next moment, the bartender holding the wine glass explained to himself: "I know that you will have some involvement with the shadows, but don't worry, I am still a person with clear grievances, and you adventurers are just taking money to do things."

"Speaking of which, I admire it a little more."

He smiled again, then spread his hands and gestured around the tavern, "Unlike them, our Warrior House is a formal organization, and not only is there countless masters in the Society, but like the Mage Council, it is trying to maintain a neutral stance while uniting all the warriors on this continent. As for the sight you are seeing now......"

He grinned, "It's just my personal business and preferences."

How dark is your past......

Rubbing his head with a little headache, Duan Qing was about to say something more, but Hank on the other side suddenly stood up: "Okay, I guess you guys have relaxed a little too......"

"Come with me."

"Huh?" The little girl on the side looked at the wine glass in her hand, and said a little nervously: "Could it be that these wines ...... Are they all expensive? I...... We'll find a way to scrape together the money......"

"Hehe, sweet little girl." Hank smiled and shook his head, "It's a lot of money, but these are all invited by me." In addition......"

He pointed to the green liquor in Duan Qing's hand: "You'd better drink it."

Goo-dong.

In the back of the other party turning to walk, Duan Qing poured the unknown liquid in his hand in one go, and then followed Hank's footsteps to a downward staircase behind the bar. The two strong men guarding there got out of the way of the way, and then with some inexplicable eyes, they gave a terrifying salute to the two adventurers behind him.

"Where are we going?" Feeling as if he had come underground, Mengzhu, who had become a little uneasy again, took Duan Qing's arm and asked in a low voice.

"I'm not going to ask you adventurers to be our warrior home...... Or what does the Valia Tavern do. ”

Hank, who was walking in front, did not answer his question directly, but said without looking back, "I just want to ...... You can help us a little bit with our business. ”

"Business? Is it something like the one Rex was involved in just now? Looking at this place, which was obviously like an underground casino, Duan Qing asked with some suspicion.

"That's just a side hustle." There was a smile in Hank's voice: "I want to make money...... You can't just rely on that. ”

The three of them walked to the bottom of the stairs, and then, led by the president, pushed open the door there: "Welcome to the most secret place in Tania."

"Black market."

As countless whispers came out, a dimly lit underground passage under the lights and earth and rocks, with countless masked people passing by and humid air, appeared in front of their eyes.

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"This gentleman! This gentleman...... Uh, President Hank. ”

"These two are my guests."

"Yes, yes......"

Once again, he waved away the masked merchants who came up from an unknown corner, and Hank, who had an angry face, shook his arms, put his hands behind his back, and continued to lead the way in front of Duan Qing and the others, marching deeper into the passage - from the moment Duan Qing and the others entered this rough and gloomy place, it was filled with all kinds of passers-by in cloaks and hoods, as well as all kinds of black-clothed vendors, some of whom looked at them with some strange eyes, as if they wanted to choose someone to eat, Some of them came up without saying a word, selling them all kinds of strange things, and their coats contained all kinds of magic powder, medicines, darts, crossbow arrows, and other objects that they would not normally see, and some of them could not even be named.

However, according to Hank, it is better not to provoke such a black dealer, because no one can be sure whether you will buy more things or more things he will "buy" after this transaction.

"The people here...... Don't you want to show your true face? Also putting on his own cloak, Mengzhu quietly asked the leader in front of him.

"Traders, soldiers, parliamentarians, doctors...... All those who don't want others to know their identity, will come here. ”

Hank, who was walking in front, stretched out his hands to the surroundings: "So, everyone who walks on this street is a person without status, whether rich or poor, beautiful or ugly, good or evil, or even life and death...... Everyone is the same. ”

"It's an alternative kind of equality, an equality that exists in the dark."

"It seems that ......" Looking at a certain corner of the passage, suddenly being dragged away by a certain dark shadow in the darkness, Duan Qing turned around and whispered, "People often disappear here...... Right? ”

"This time it's me, if you want to come ...... in the future"

Turning back with a grim smile, Hank chuckled and said, "Just be careful."

"It's terrifying...... the little girl let out a normal exclamation at the right time, and then hugged Duan Qing's arm tightly, the latter shook his head, and then said with a smile: "What are you afraid of, we are adventurers."

Adventurers are immortal...... It's just that most of the equipment can't be kept.

He didn't say the latter sentence.

"Then again...... President Hank doesn't seem to be hiding his identity. ”

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him, Duan Qing asked in a low voice, but what he got was a strange look from the other party: "It seems that you haven't noticed ...... yet."

"The meaning of the place where we came down."

"Huh?"

"The black market is huge, much bigger than what you see right now."

Still moving forward, Hank's voice was like a dark whisper, filling the warm air around them: "This was originally Tania's underground waterway, but it hasn't been used for hundreds of years, so it's gradually being occupied by our people. But the order here has been established a little longer than that, and until now...... There are still many people vying for territory here. ”

"And the so-called turf ...... It's actually just an entrance. ”

"I see." Duan Qing said in a low voice: "The battle for the underground still depends on the support of the forces on the ground."

"That's right."

Looking behind him with an approving gaze, Hank nodded immediately: "The entrance we came down from before is the entrance controlled by our Valya Tavern, and it is also a sign that we control this place."

He pointed to his chest: "So...... Just like the guards above, we need to maintain order here. ”

"It feels good to be a king." Duan Qing shook his head and sighed: "But judging from the lawlessness along the way, the actual situation must be much more tragic......

"Where there is no light, nature has its own way of solving problems." Hank replied, "Since our warrior house is involved...... I will abide by this rule. ”

"Hey...... The thinking of the strong. ”

After comforting Mengzhu's emotions again, Duan Qing continued to ask, "So...... How many such entrances are there in the city? ”

"Almost all the taverns in the city have such passages." Hank continued to walk forward: "And the council quarter, the noble quarter, and even the ...... of Carbinburg"

"All the forces, you can find them here." He blinked, "Even the Mage Council."

"Is this place really that appealing?" The little girl finally asked curiously.

"There is a saying...... Very applicable anywhere in this world. Hank sighed, "There is a high risk...... There are bound to be high returns. ”

"We're here."

With that, he stopped somewhere in the passage, in a dark corner, and pushed open an iron door.

"Welcome...... Oh, it's President Hank. ”

In the soft white light, an old but very spiritual voice passed through the door and came out from inside: "How do you remember that you are old today, and what good goods are there?"

"Come today...... It's to introduce you to two people. ”

Glancing at the two people behind him, Hank took the lead and walked in the door: "Two adventurers."

The maintenance room in a certain tunnel - this is Duan Qing's first impression when he enters this place.

Pitch-black floors, red bricks, and worn tables and shelves were haphazardly arranged around the room, and the closest to them were not wooden chairs and benches, but large and small iron pipes crisscrossing the place, extending back and forth from the walls and corners of the room, and then disappearing into another part of the room. As the only light source here, the white ** magic lamp was hung on the wall on one side, casting many horizontal and vertical shadows inside the already very dim room, but thanks to the small size here, Duan Qing could also see the structure of this room for the first time in such an environment, as well as the figure of the hunchbacked old man standing behind the partition wall.

"Oh?" At this time, he was also looking at the two people who had just entered the door: "Adventurer? What a rarity......"

"Wow-"

A girl's exclamation resounded in everyone's ears, and then echoed throughout the room as Mengzhu entered: "So much equipment ......"

In front of their eyes, on the shelves around the room, all kinds of items and equipment are placed haphazardly, shining in front of their eyes with all kinds of light of their own quality. (To be continued.) )