Chapter 40: Persuasion

After a while.

"I remember." The beggar at the old thief's feet sat up from a dirty linen floor, "In the place I told you, there seems to be something wrong with the rats there. ”

"Mouse?" Hearing the other party mention this, Gloriden, who was in charge of this negotiation, couldn't help but be stunned.

Didn't the Adventurers' Guild say that they wanted their own group to investigate the incident about the trolls?

He still remembers what was on that to-do listβ€”

Mission Name: Sewer Troll

Difficulty rating: β˜†β˜†β˜†

Requirements: There have been recent rumors of trolls in the sewer area of the city. Take this list to any city and get permission from the guards to uncover the manhole cover and enter the sewers. After investigating the cause and location of the troll, you can return to the association to report. If you can, you can also try to exterminate these filthy monsters, kick out the nests they may have built deep in the sewers, harvest at least ten troll heads or tokens of their leaders, and return to the Guild. If you achieve the latter goal, you will receive an additional additional reward.

Completion rewards: 15 points, 30 gold coins

Additional rewards: 15 points, 30 gold coins, x3 enchanted scrolls

After thinking for a moment, Gloleiden stared into his eyes and asked, "Does the rat you mentioned represent that kind of black and smelly rodent, or does it mean something else?" ”

"A rat is a rat, and it doesn't mean anything else." The beggar shook his head, "Of course, the reason why there is something wrong with the rats there is because someone seems to have seen a giant rat with red eyes in that area last week. ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Go on. ”

"The giant rat is about two people tall, and its eyes radiate scarlet light, and it is said to be extremely aggressive, and it will pounce on and bite people when they see them." "Other than that, that red-eyed rat β€” well, let me call it a red-eyed rat β€” that red-eyed rat doesn't act alone. ”

"So this kind of animal has inherited the characteristics of rodent colony?" The old thief guessed at his words.

"No, sir, I mean they seem to be controlled by another monster." The beggar waved his hand in correction, and tried to make a gesture with his limbs, "The other monster that controls the red-eyed giant rat is about nine feet tall, with a humanoid body structure, and a pair of exceptionally long arms. That kind of monster and red-eyed rat are like the relationship between hunters and hounds. ”

"How do you know that?"

"A couple of my friends went there once in four days, and only two of them escaped with serious injuries, telling me that everyone else had been eaten."

Glorydon frowned, and turned his head to make eye contact with the black-haired young man.

Trolls are large humanoid monsters with factional tendencies, usually chaotic and evil, with an extremely ugly appearance, moss-colored crust and inky gray hair on the surface of their skin, and they walk upright when they move, but their shoulders are always hanging forward, their slender arms are dangling back and forth at a height close to the ground, they seem to be staggering when they walk, but they can look very agile when they run, and they also have a very obvious mental deficiency compared to the combat advantages they have gained from innate growth. A troll may have a super high stat of double 20 in Strength and Constitution, but the intelligence is often only around 6.

The monster described in this beggar's tale bears a striking resemblance to a troll.

Urs quickly recalled the game information about Trolls and Twilight, and knew that there should not be too many lies in the other party's suspicious words, because deep in the sewers area of Twilight City, there was a troll witch doctor named Govdor during this period, so that ordinary trolls with an average intelligence of only 6 points mastered the art of taming war pets under his leadership.

The so-called red-eyed giant rat is a mutated product of ordinary rats in its hands, which is usually supplemented with combat power, and used as food when necessary to meet the troll's appetite for food.

As long as it's meat, they're never picky eaters.

As for the Troll Witch Doctor - this monster with the caster class level can be said to be a rare variant of the troll race, like a rare warlock leader in kobold society.

He pondered for a few seconds, then nodded to indicate that Gloriden was almost ready.

The brown-haired old thief understood, threw the third copper coin in his hand to the beggar, and then planned to leave the place with the young men and maidens in his party.

The figures of the three of them walked one after another in the eyes of the beggar.

In the course of the conversation, the beggar had been watching them attentively, and had noticed that Gloridon was not an honest man who could open the subject, and that he could not see much through Urs's eyes, except that Thea had from time to time cast a gaze on him and the other sleeping beggars with a simple kind sympathy.

After roughly determining the impression of the three people in his mind, the unknown beggar hesitated, put away the three copper coins he got from Groleiden, and suddenly stood up and called out to the silver-haired and white-robed wolf-eared girl: "Little girl, please wait." ”

The footsteps stopped with the sound in his ears.

Thea shook the wolf's ears on her head and looked back at him with a look of surprise.

"Little girl, I see that your equipment is not very good, and it seems that you are planning to go to a dangerous place to explore and investigate." The scrawny beggar stared at Xia, and then there was a look of pity in his eyes, "I think you must be adventurers." You are so brave and so hardworking, but you still have to risk your life to fight monsters, and the rewards you get are nothing compared to those rich people who do nothing to live in luxury. ”

"You... What exactly do you want to say? The girl was a little confused about what he said.

At the same time, Grolaydon suddenly turned around with a sharp look, and his calloused hand pulled his dagger out of the sheath at his waist.

The old thief was still more well-informed, and with the tip of his ear he could hear a demagogic smell emanating from the man's mouth, and this provocative remark sounded like he was trying to persuade others to be disappointed in the current living environment and then blindly listen to his words.

Glorydon didn't know what the hell the other party wanted to make Thea believe, but he knew that he had to scare the other party at this time.

So the brown-haired old man stood behind the girl with the short sword in his hand, and his gray eyes glared at the beggar from a distance.

The beggar who lived in this sewer cowered his neck in fright, but he still mustered up the courage to stare at Xia and continued, "No, you must know what I mean. Come to think of it, those two ears on your head must have caused you to suffer a lot of grievances in human society, didn't they? Isn't it strange that you have a good heart, but those selfish bigwigs rely on their so-called power to squeeze a kind crowd like you? Shouldn't all human beings be created equal? ”

"Enough, bastard, shut your foul mouth! Be careful I cut out your tongue. Gloret stepped forward to warn him again.

"Your threat reveals the weakness of your heart, old man." The other party cleverly misinterpreted this, "Of course, if you think what I said is wrong, then pleaseβ€”"

Syllable!

Before he finished speaking, he just wanted to shout the sentence "Please give examples to refute me", but he was suddenly startled by a deafening sound, and then he saw the black-haired young man who came from the sound at some point untied the black giant sword behind his back and held it in his hand.

There was an extra gravitational slash mark on the ground next to the black greatsword, which seemed to have been smashed by hand.

The other beggars around the crowd had actually woken up at this time, but they were pretending to sleep because of the situation.

Urs's tall figure stood with his back to them, his brown eyes under his black hair and half of his face with hideous scars half-turned towards him, his cold gaze swept over these people with a skill level 20 threat.

The flattering beggar immediately took a breath of cold air from between his teeth and froze him.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

Then, seeing that the other party's mouth was out of order for a while, the young man dropped a sentence expressionlessly: "Ignore them, let's go." ”

Thea gave the beggar one last look with a strange look in her eyes, and then followed the old thief beside her and faded into the darkness deep into the shore.

Looking in the direction in which the three of them had left, the unknown beggar gritted his teeth from the fear he had just had, and looked indignantly at the slash mark left by the young man on the shore road with his giant sword not long ago, as if some precious faith in his heart had been offended and blasphemed......