After a morning, the market after noon finally became a little quiet. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, this quietness, that is, compared to the morning and noon, is actually still full of people in the market.

Those merchants who entered the city that day and could not catch up with the best time to sell on the day appeared in the market at this time, inquiring about the market while looking for a suitable location for the stall.

Qin Ran and Mimosa, who had changed their outfits, were mixed in with these people.

Qin Ran smiled, stopping in front of a certain stall from time to time to ask a word or two, while Mimosa followed Qin Ran step by step, as if she was a qualified little follower.

The two stopped and walked, and after more than half an hour, they came to a stall selling jewelry.

On a gray-white 1-meter-square cloth are scattered a few rings, bracelets, earrings and necklaces, most of which are made of copper and iron.

You don't expect to see gold and silver jewelry in such a stall.

To find these, you need to go to the store, not the roadside stall.

Of course, Qin Ran's main purpose was not these.

It's the inn behind the stall.

On the corner window on the second floor of the hotel, a strip of red cloth was fluttering in the wind, which was particularly conspicuous.

After glancing at the strip of red cloth, Qin Ran casually picked up a ring.

"How much does this cost?"

Qin Ran asked.

"Eight coppers."

The stall owner glanced at it and made an offer.

Not expensive, but not cheap either.

Just walking around the bazaar, although most of it was for show, it was enough for Qin Ran to understand the corresponding pricelessness.

In other similar stalls, a bronze ring like the one in his hand is at most six or seven coppers.

"It's too expensive!"

"Five coppers!"

"Impossible!"

"At least nine coppers!"

"I can buy two of these rings for nine coppers!"

Qin Ran shook his head, like an authentic businessman, and began to bargain with the stall owner.

Mimosa stood behind, looking at Qin Ran with this appearance, with incredulity in his eyes.

The scene in front of him was completely beyond Mimosa's imagination.

As Qin Ran's team members, Mimosa naturally knew what they were here for.

In fact, after signing a contract to keep secrets, Mimosa already had a rough idea of Qin Ran's speculation.

And for this speculation, Mimosa did not refute it.

Because, he can also see that the four people of Myrzer and Pierke are the two 'smoke bombs' who really stole the 'Holy Grail of Thorns'.

When it fails, the four are the best candidates to break off.

When successful, the four are reasonable evidence to clear suspicions.

According to his guess, the two people who actually stole the 'Holy Grail of Thorns' will definitely put the 'Holy Grail of Thorns' into the marked inn, and then notify the city guards and the Temple of Thorns to complete the expected framing.

Naturally, Qin Ran would never give up the 'Holy Grail of Thorns' that could complete the 'baptism', and he would definitely make a move.

In this way, it is inevitable to fight the city guards and the Temple of Thorns.

So, when it came to the market, the mimosa was quite nervous.

It's just that, looking at Qin Ran's appearance of scheming with an ordinary stall owner, Mimosa couldn't help but wonder if her guess was correct, or was there an auditory hallucination in the conversation with Qin Ran before?

Soon, though, a dark shadow caught Mimosa's eye.

The dark shadow loomed in the shadows, approaching the red-clothed inn at great speed.

Subconsciously, the mimosa wanted to remind Qin Ran.

But before the mimosa could speak, Qin Ran threw ten more coppers to the stall owner, and then stood up with two copper rings.

"Let's look at that one!"

Qin Ran said and walked to another stall.

Mimosa wanted to say something, but she didn't dare to say it, so she could only weakly follow Qin Ran to a stall selling furs.

It's a stall set up by hunters near the city of Navia.

It was covered with nitrate, sun-dried rabbit skins, mostly gray and bright.

"Ten coppers for a piece of skin, no price!"

The hunter had obviously noticed Qin Ran before, and he preemptively said without waiting for Qin Ran to speak.

Qin Ran touched the tip of his nose stupidly, and walked directly to the next one, and Mimosa followed quickly.

Still, Mimosa couldn't help but glance back in the direction of the inn.

When she saw the situation inside the mouth of the hidden alley, Mimosa froze for a moment.

Because, the black shadow he saw before was blocked by three people who appeared at some unknown point in the alley in front of the hotel.

Due to the angle, Mimosa didn't see the three people, but he could clearly see that the three people were holding weapons.

Moreover, the black shadow that appeared first was already injured!

"Anyone else?!"

Something unexpected happened that made the mimosa pause, but the force from the arm made the mimosa continue to move forward.

"Don't look back, follow me."

The words belonging to Qin Ran in his ears immediately made Mimosa react.

And just about a hundred meters after the two of them left-

Rumble!

A loud explosion appeared.

The flames rose into the sky.

Within a radius of seven or eight meters, it was razed to the ground.

Even the inn collapsed in half.

The market that was noisy one moment became crying dad and shouting mother the next moment.

The chaotic crowd ran left and right.

Even if the city guards, who had already received the news, arrived quickly, it would be of no use.

The difference in numbers is too far.

There were thousands of people in the entire bazaar, and the two teams of city guards were only about fifty people, and even with the city guards stationed in the bazaar, there were only a hundred.

Faced with the onslaught of ten times more people, the ranks of the city guards were suddenly dispersed.

"Assemble! Gather! ”

The captain of the city guard shouted loudly.

But such a sound was immediately drowned out by the chaotic crowd.

Then, the annoyed captain drew his sword from his waist and began to intimidate the panicked crowd, but instead of doing anything, it added to the confusion.

Pulling the mimosa, standing in a corner, avoiding the chaotic crowd, Qin Ran couldn't help but shake his head.

If you had done this in the first place, you would have been able to rely on the sharpness of your sword to intimidate the crowd, but now?

It's just a mess!

The confusion continued for a few more minutes, and then a middle-aged man in a robe with a thorn pattern embroidered on his cuffs appeared, singing a hymn in a loud voice.

"The road full of thorns is your test."

"Painful flesh. body, bringing the sublime soul. ”

"When you show up, everything ......"

The chant seemed to have the power to calm people's hearts, and the chaotic crowd quickly fell silent, and if it continued, the chaos would have subsided quickly.

But......

Sou!

A crossbow bolt shot out of the crowd and sinked into the chest of the clergy who sang the hymn.

Immediately, the crowd, which had just calmed down, panicked again.

People are more frightened and overwhelmed than before.

Also at a loss are mimosas.

"W-What the hell is going on?"

Mimosa looked at the clergy lying in a pool of blood, and the whole person was stupid.

And when he came back to his senses, he found that at some point, Qin Ran beside him had disappeared.