When Charles uploaded the second part of the "Hamlet series" "Hamlet and Hydra" in a dream, and then changed servers and began to browse the news from the demon side, and then was attracted by the report of a big explosion in the south of Abyss City, in an alley in Mason City, a figure came to a house where no light leaked out of you.

"Knock...... Knock knock ......"

After the visitor knocked on the door with the agreed code, he quickly flashed inside.

"Huh, there's a guest?"

The visitor did not expect that in addition to the owner, there were also a pair of men and women in their twenties, and they should be citizens of the city.

The woman angrily pulled the man's ear and walked out, and the man followed his wife out of the house while whispering "Wife let go, I don't dare anymore".

When the couple left the house, the visitor lifted his hood and asked the owner of the house with a strange expression, "Why did you take on such a business?"

If Charles had been here, he would have recognized the late-night visitor as Wayne, the craftsman of the caravan.

The owner of the house said helplessly, "You know, I can always buy good things here at a cheap price." ”

Wayne frowned, "Clark, it's easy for you to get into trouble with such an identity. ”

The owner of the house named Clark removed the sofa in the living room of the room, then opened the basement door, and said nonchalantly, "As long as you pay enough protection money to the old man, you will be fine." ”

Clark led Wayne to the basement while the couch in the living room returned to its original location.

Clark stopped two-thirds of the way up the stairs and opened a secret door on the side wall, behind which was an office-like room.

After the two of them were seated, Clark took out an ordinary-looking bamboo tube from the drawer of his desk and respectfully handed it to Wayne.

Wayne crushed the bamboo tube, took out the parchment roll inside, and began to decipher the code on it. As time passed, his brow furrowed tighter and tighter.

"Do you know what this order is about?" asked Wayne.

"Yes. Clark nodded and replied, "We all in the field have received the same orders. ”

Once again, Wayne perused the secret order, which had been issued by the king himself, and was intended to gather and report all information on Charles McGardenen, while keeping him safe at all costs.

"What's going on in the country lately?" Wayne's instinct told him that it had something to do with the country.

Clark shook his head, his expression unaware.

"Does it have something to do with the Rhine?" asked Wayne, who had heard about it when he was in Thanhausen before.

Clark continued to shake his head.

Wayne saw that the other party didn't know anything about it and gave up the question, he said seriously, "Inform the others, don't have too much contact with him, just observe from a distance, the people around him now are not easy to mess with." ”

"The female knight who looks like the Knight King?" asked Clarke.

"It doesn't look alike. Wayne replied, "She is the Knight King himself, who has been missing for more than 300 years, and it is said that she was sealed by the demons and was rescued by Charles not long ago." ”

A wave also rose in Clark's calm heart at this time, the kingdom of Rayrick was located on the east side of the continent, although Artoria had not been active there back then, but her legend had also been passed there.

Charles's topic ended, and then Wayne moved on to today's topic, "This time it's crystal hype, do you know who is behind the scenes?"

Clark naturally gathered a lot of information about this hottest event in the city, and he said, "Now we can only confirm that the City Lord's Mansion is participating in the price gouging, but we can't know the source of those crystals, only that they are transported by merchant ships many times, and the source points to the mouth of the river." ”

Wayne asked, "Could it be an elf?"

On the eastern coastline of the continent, the Great River is the dividing line, with the territory of their kingdom of Rayrick to the north and the world of the elves to the south.

"Who knows?" Clark shrugged, "I've only heard that this crystal has appeared in the West Demons before, and you know that elves and demons are actually in a relationship of cold lips and teeth. ”

Now the investigation is deadlocked, and that's not something Wayne can solve.

"By the way," Clark remembered something, "the City Lord's Mansion has found several people to pretend to be nobles from other places to inflate the purchase price of the crystal, and they even found a fake Earl of Maccaden. ”

Wayne's face turned strange, and he said with a suffocating smile, "That's the real thing, only the female knight is a fake." ”

This afternoon, Donio, who put on makeup and assumed the pseudonym Neo, took a few people from the caravan who had infiltrated Mason City with makeup to watch Charles. When they saw Charles, who looked like a gentleman and enjoyed Mordred's knee pillow on the lawn under the big tree, they almost didn't laugh on the spot.

As an intelligence officer, Clark has a very smart mind, and he immediately thought of why.

"That's a ......," Clark couldn't help but laugh this time.

After finishing his business, Wayne talked about personal matters, "Can you help me contact some people who make accessories?"

"What do you want to do?" asked Clarke.

Wayne replied as a matter of course, "Of course it's making money, what's the point of just selling crystals, and then selling them into jewelry can sell them at a high price." ”

"Oh......" Clark nodded, "I almost forgot you had a good craft." ”

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The people who secretly connected in the night were not only Wayne and their group, but at this time in Mason City, there were many people who followed the night to make their own transactions.

A horse-drawn carriage drove slowly down the street, and there was silence all around, except for the sound of horseshoes colliding with dirt roads.

A dark figure burst out from the shadow of the moon on the side of the road, opened the door of the carriage and slid into it with agility, the sound of the horse's hooves overshadowed by the sound of horses' hooves.

"Did you bring anything with you?" asked the hooded black-robed man in the car.

"Did you bring the money?" asked the dark shadow who got into the car.

The black-robed man in the car took out a cloth bag and handed it to the black shadow, "Here's the money." ”

The dark shadow took the money bag and counted it, then said, "Not enough money." ”

"What?" the black robe was so popular, "Didn't you say it?"

"That was last night's price. The black shadow put away the money bag as he took out the bag he had brought, took out two crystals from it, and threw the bag and the remaining crystals inside to the black-robed man, "We are honest. ”

Then the black shadow took out another roll of parchment and threw it to the black-robed man, "You might be able to try this." ”

After the black shadow finished speaking, he pushed the car door and quickly left.

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