The business went smoothly, and it barely took long for the Cosa merchants in dogskin hats to leave the center of the grocery store satisfied—and when they arrived at the door with their goods, they greeted Vera with enthusiasm:

"If you have time, welcome to Xhosa, the southern territory of the Kingdom ahead.

”

A kind of hypocritical politeness that belongs to the merchants, but it also shows to some extent that they have a great affection for this mountain girl.

Vera smiled sweetly and raised her arms as she stood at the door of the store.

"Is it our turn?"

Oliver took the note and pretended to look at it for a while, he was illiterate, so the line on it seemed to him like a book of heaven, he raised his head, handed the note to the bandit leader and said.

Goods on the list.

Gross just glanced at it, and he already felt a sense of relief, and there wasn't much on it that they needed.

Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves and faint conversations.

"You still think about those provisions in the Elantra Code? What a silly and cute boy. We take the lord's salary, so Master Sidney's orders are the law. ”

"That's right......

"Okay, okay, you boys, don't fry anymore, it's still too late for us to act quickly." It was an older-sounding man's voice.

"Captain, are you saying that those guys haven't gone far yet?"

"If you think about it, it must be so...... The guys from the Dragon's Eye Brotherhood said they were four men and two women, and they didn't ride horses. ”

"Ahh

"You finally understand a little bit, even if I don't usually teach you in vain. By the way, the mercenary who hurt people is a mountain man, which is a very important clue......"

Mountain people who hurt people?

It seems to be talking about what happened in the "Black Dragon's Eye" ten minutes ago.

And these conversational voices, are those security cavalry? Aside from the fact that Gross knew that the uniforms on these men represented the city guards of Karsus, his companions did not.

Still, they pricked up their ears vigilantly, and some kind of bad speculation was born in their minds.

Scott, Oliver, Levine, Miss Mage, Lady, Lady, and Eve, all five eyes were fixed on Gross—

The bandit leader was silent, but his mind was spinning rapidly, and he got into trouble with the young master of the Collins family, and the trouble was bigger than he imagined.

In the hands of the nobles of the kingdom, the law is like a stick and a shield. Not only can it protect the rights and interests of the nobles and protect the nobles themselves, but it can also be used to beat the commoners, as well as anyone who goes against their will.

Don't talk to the aristocracy about the law.

This is a popular proverb in games from previous lives.

The original Elante Codex, with its plain black cover and gilt font, is stored in the great library of the royal capital of Elva, but whoever really believes its contents is a real fool.

Gross is not a fool.

The cavalry of the city guard seemed to have begun to act under the instructions of the young master of the scrapwood, and he knew that he might not be safe now. Not only him, but perhaps his companions and Miss Mage were all considered accomplices.

Run?

No matter how you look at running out now, there is a sense of self-defeating.

Don't run?

What if they find out what's inside the store?

Gross knows very well that even if he has a decent personal strength, but under the strict aristocratic system of the Elantra Kingdom, this thing is nothing at all-

It is still possible to join forces with his companions to defeat the cavalry of the city guards, but if you want to kill Karthas with one sword and one sword, you can't even think about it.

I had to hide.

He glanced at Vera, the mountain maiden, and then at Miss Vivien behind the counter. The voices outside seemed to be getting closer, and he knew he didn't have much time to hesitate.

"Well, I don't think I see the strong gum on the list here."

He stole a glance at the container on display and said, when the group of Xhosa merchants were buying wolf skins just now, he had noticed that inside this store full of all kinds of goods, there was definitely a warehouse-

"The glue is in the warehouse, and we don't put it outside because it needs to be protected from the light."

Vera replied, still smiling and soft.

"Wait!"

Vivien shouted from behind the counter. A hint of suspicion appeared on her face, and after a glance, she finally stared at Oliver again.

"I just said that you don't look like a good thing, you can't be a wanted criminal, right? Well, you seem to be a little weak-"

"Sister, they're all my friends."

"Vera, don't interject! Harboring criminals is a serious violation of the law, and it just so happens that the gentlemen of the city guard are nearby, so I will call them. ”

"Don't!"

Oliver hurriedly stopped, he didn't know why this young girl kept targeting him, maybe there was some misunderstanding before, but now he knew very well the urgency of the situation-

If this girl really called those cavalry, they would have to break through this way.

"I'll take you to the warehouse."

Vera stared at Oliver for a moment, then suddenly spoke, and as she took a step, she looked at her sister Vivien, and said solemnly, "If the gentleman of the city guard comes in and asks, you will say that a group of Xhosa merchants have just arrived." ”

"But—Vera, stop!"

Taking advantage of the fact that Vivien, the proprietress of the store, was less stunned, Gross and his party of six followed the footsteps of the mountain girl and quickly drilled into the warehouse inside-

I didn't expect that the interior of this small shop in the front hall was unique, and the whole two warehouses were full of three or five hundred square meters, and it could be seen that the shop jointly run by the mountain girl and her sister was quite wealthy.

Proper local tyrants!

Gross suddenly felt some sympathy for Oliver, he really couldn't think of any place where this kid could be worthy of someone.

"You guys seem to be in some trouble?"

"Ah, no, no." Oliver hurriedly discerned.

"But eyes don't lie, you're blinking." There was a hint of cunning on the hill girl's face with a few mischievous freckles, and her eyes swept over Oliver and stopped on Gross.

"Just got some dust in."

Oliver was still talking, but the smart girl seemed to have seen through his cover-up, and nodded to herself, "Dragon's Eye Brotherhood...... Master Sidney...... You've just been to the Eye of the Black Dragon? ”

"Yes."

As it had happened, with just a few clues that he had heard, what had happened had almost been guessed by this Miss Vera, and there was nothing to hide, Gross replied—

As soon as he remembered the scene just now, since the girl was willing to take them into the warehouse and give an explanation to her sister, it was already obvious that she wanted to help.

He didn't have a reason to reply to this kindness, although he still didn't understand the other party's purpose at this time.

With this in mind, Gross looked at Eve and continued, "Her father entrusted us with rescuing her from the Eye of the Black Dragon, and in the process, there was a bit of a conflict. ”

"Well done."

The mountain girl suddenly smiled, not the kind of professional smile that belongs to a businessman, but a smile from the heart, she said as she squeezed her little pink fist.