Chapter 122: A Shadow in the Shadow
It was nearly night, and the port area of King's Harbour was already in darkness.
Although the great festival of bounty is about to take place, the euphoria in the kingdom will last until midnight at best.
Xue Hua took the sisters to walk quietly on the quiet avenue in the port area, and quickly found the strange and familiar tavern by the light of the flickering torches on the street corner.
The neighborhood was indeed much calmer than when he had been here, and the alleys along the main street were filled with the smell of blood and rancid smell from time to time.
The sneaky shadows that often flickered in the shadows disappeared into the streets and alleys, and it was clear that the newly established "Black Harbor Society" had indeed brought a good new order here.
With this in mind, Xue Hua also wanted to meet the legendary mysterious "helmsman" for a while to see where he came from.
However, generally speaking, at this point in time, the Snake Bay Tavern should have closed, but today, when Xue Hua walked to the door of the tavern with the sisters, he saw that there was still a little light in the half-open door of the tavern.
He walked forward slowly, and was about to reach out to push the door, but his eyes narrowed.
A shadow lurking in the shadows was now silently approaching his back.
"Don't play your stupid tricks in front of me, Assassin."
The black shadow that came up to the "......" suddenly stiffened when he heard Xue Hua's words, and then quickly retreated back in a gray manner.
"A few of you, my patience is very limited, if you continue to try, don't blame me for opening your stall!"
Xue Hua lowered his eyes, and his right hand stretched out on the doorknob, but he didn't mean to pull it open directly.
It wasn't until he heard a few crunching "clicks" from inside the door that he pulled the door open.
"Invite someone to be a guest, is this the attitude of the host's family?"
"Your Excellency, don't blame you, these settings are not for you, but for other intruders......"
An assassin wrapped in black leather from head to toe hurriedly jumped out of the corner by the door and explained to Xue Hua in a continuous voice.
"Beware of intruders?" The corners of Xue Hua's mouth twitched, and he sneered: "Electric energy guard, flame resurrection... Which intruder are you guarding against to use such a large formation? ”
"......" The black-clad assassin was speechless, so he had to bow his head and remain silent.
At this moment, a voice that made Xue Hua feel a little familiar came from behind the bar in the tavern.
"Mr. Xue, my subordinates are just afraid that someone will pretend to be you to get information, and they have no intention of offending you, so please understand.
The current situation in King's Harbour, as you know, is not peaceful......"
"The situation in King's Harbour is too uneven, to be honest, it's none of my business, the reason why I want to get involved is my own considerations, as for someone to impersonate me... With your ability, I'm afraid it is impossible to be fooled so easily, right? ”
Xue Hua walked towards the bar with the two girls as he spoke, completely ignoring the black-clothed "drinkers" sitting at the wine table next to him.
“... Hahaha, I haven't seen you for a few years, I can't imagine that you are still so difficult to deal with... Well, it's me not, but I don't mean anything about it, just to satisfy my exuberant curiosity.
If you mind, how about I make amends with wine? ”
"Wouldn't it be cheaper for you to make amends with wine?" Xue Hua sat on the side of the bar and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him wearing a bartender costume, the corners of his mouth suddenly curved, and a sneer appeared on his face.
"What do you mean, Your Excellency?"
"Heh... Even if it weren't for the results of my original perception, there was a huge flaw in your arrangement.
If you were the 'old friend' who invited me, where would you use the chain of codes I heard at the Beard grocery store? ”
"......" The bartender narrowed his eyes and slowly lowered the glass in his hand.
"Half a glass of bitter algae wine with the right seawater." Xue Hua knocked on the table.
“... Do you want any other snacks to accompany you? ”
"Heh... A golden swordfish that has not been scaled... That's it. ”
"A total of two silver sail coins, please pay the bill first." The bartender lowered his eyes and replied with a blank face.
Xue Hua reached out and took out two silver sail coins and put them on the table and pushed them to the bartender, who handed over a wine glass.
"The wine you want, the side dishes will be coming soon, please wait."
With that, the bartender didn't say anything more, but went on to wipe his glass, which never seemed to be clean.
Xue Hua took the wine glass and looked inside, and found that there was no wine in it, only a rusty brass key and a parchment note.
He took out the key and the note, only to see that the note had an address not far from the tavern.
Obviously, this key is used to open the door of the house where the address is located.
"I hope... This is the last time. Looking at the key in his hand, the corners of Xue Hua's eyes began to twitch a little impatiently.
He's already wasted too much time on this incomprehensible thing, and if there's anything else behind this key, don't blame him for being unreasonable.
"Trust me, Your Excellency, when you get the information, you will definitely feel that it is worth the money."
The bartender whispered as he tussled his glass.
"I hope so." Xue Hua narrowed his eyes, grabbed the key and left the tavern with the sisters.
When they returned to the dim and gloomy streets of the port area again, Xue Hua finally let out a long sigh.
Knowing this, he shouldn't have been so curious in the first place.
But now that his appetite has been hung, he really can't stop wanting it.
"Forget it, it's the last time, if these guys still dare to play tricks on me, I'll let Lilia take the shadow worm to blow up that Rausch Black Harbor Society!"
"Master, we're about to get to the end, don't worry, take your time~"
Anne reached out and stroked Xue Hua's back, motioning for him to dissipate his anger, while Funya waved her small fist indignantly on the side, feeling very unhappy that Xue Hua and they were being dragged back and forth like puppets.
"Let's go, let's go to this last location, I hope they can give me a satisfactory explanation."
Xue Hua shook his head, patted the little girl's head, and then rushed towards the address recorded on the parchment.
This time, he mobilized the location of the target address of the surveillance king worm in advance, and found that it was a large warehouse that had long been abandoned.
This kind of large warehouse is generally used to accumulate the hunt of large hunting vessels, so there is a large space in it, and it is also equipped with a special cooling function, which can store the hunt for a longer time.
However, the warehouse that Xue Hua saw was obviously abandoned, with several large holes in its shingle roof, like the wide open mouth of a beast under the sea at night in the moonless harbor area.
Psionic monitoring and bio-sensing of the King Worm captured several active human creatures and psionic signals in the warehouse, but most of them were concentrated at the gate, and there was only one person at the innermost side of the warehouse.
However, it was the existence of this person that attracted Xue Hua's attention.
Because according to the psionic monitoring of the Guardian King Insect, this guy is a legendary professional!