In one day, Princess Kalia's engagement date was gone, and even though the cold wind from the Northern Islands was howling, it was not enough to dampen the enthusiasm of the people, and the streets through which the engagement floats passed were all cleaned, and the shops on both sides were decorated with celebratory decorations.

Many dining establishments, including the Silver Hotel, are stepping up preparations for tomorrow's meal, because the engagement banquet held in the royal palace is destined to not be attended by civilians, so in order to add to the joyful atmosphere, Prince Terenas paid out of his own pocket to send a sweet and delicious wedding cake to the residents of the fortress who came to bless him, even the Silver Hotel, which has already hosted the engagement banquet, also enthusiastically participated.

Not only because of His Majesty's generous rewards, but also because Silver Hotel also wants to consolidate the market.

It is worth mentioning that the Hearthstone Inn also participated in this celebration, and under Gerald's introduction, rented a noble store not far from the Silver Hotel, as a temporary store where Anduin was stationed, speaking of which, this suggestion was put forward by Gerald himself, and that time in distress in the mountains made Gerald really sweat, after all, the place where the incident occurred was located in the mountain behind his house, if a few people in the same group had three long and two short, the Gerald family would inevitably be wiped out.

Later, he heard that it was Anduin who intervened to save everyone from danger, so he took the initiative to make this request, in return, of course, the engagement banquet was jointly hosted by both parties, and the reason why the temporary store was chosen so close to the Silver Hotel was the proposal of Chef Gordon, for several days, he has been cooperating with Anduin to prepare the engagement banquet of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and he felt that he had benefited a lot, so he wanted to take this opportunity to compete with each other through a real competition on the same stage, so as to understand where he was inferior.

In fact, judging from the current development status of the Hearthstone Inn, instead of becoming famous in a fight for important guests from all over the Empire, it is better to let the people of the Silver Fortress experience the excellent food of the Hearthstone Inn, and at the same time, it can also complete the development task of the Hearthstone Inn, so that the popularity of the inn in the Silver Fortress can reach the point where it meets the requirements of the mission.

Although the essential function of the temporarily rented aristocratic store is not to provide catering, for Anduin, who carries a complete set of tools with him, only needs the right space and sufficient power supply, and this aristocratic store can well meet Anduin's needs.

"Oh, my old friend, long time no see!"

The dwarf first mate Taray, who was carrying a multi-functional engineering backpack, appeared in front of Anduin, with round and thick engineering glasses, looking around casually, and his beard moved slightly: "Do you need any help?" ”

"I want a food robot." Anduin pointed to a nearby room, "It's been temporarily converted into a build room, and it has all the parts you need. ”

Click......

Hearing that there was work done, the engineering backpack behind Talei suddenly showed its mechanical tentacles, raised his head, and said confidently: "Look forward to my new work!" ”

As soon as the door closed, there was a clanging sound, and Anduin returned to the hall of the store and began to count the raw materials, considering that the residents of the fortress who had come to celebrate were numerous, far exceeding the population limit of Stormwind Town, so Anduin bought flour, eggs and other raw materials for making cakes far more than before, and piled the entire hall to the brim.

At this time, someone came to the front of the store, first knocked three times in a pretended politeness, and then pinched his nose and asked, "Excuse me, can I come in?" ”

"No, you can't."

Anduin's answer was extremely cold, and the person outside the door had to say: "Count Anduin, it's me, and I'm a regular customer anyway." ”

After a few days of absence, Jones was still the same hanger, Anduin shook his head lightly and opened the door for him, and as soon as the expedition leader entered the door, he was startled by the flour and eggs in his eyes: "Good fellow, I almost couldn't find a place to stay." ”

"The storeroom of this store is not big, so it can only be piled up here temporarily, and there is a stool over there, if you are tired, you can sit there first."

Hearing this, Jones saw the three-legged round stool in the corner, and sat on it without disgust, and then patted his leg with a tired face, and complained: "Count Anduin, you don't know, I have been called like an animal by our boss these days!" ”

"What's wrong?" Anduin said without looking back.

"Aren't you bothered by that incident? Boss Renault knew about your situation, so he sent me to explore the sewers, looking for the entrance to the underground world, there are some things you should know, the underground world is buried with a lot of wealth, but the entrance is extremely hidden, Boss Renault has been looking near the fortress for many years, but I haven't found one, I went to Stormwind Town to open a branch, also for this matter, but unfortunately...... Alas, not to mention it. ”

Jones waved his hand and got down to business: "Follow your footprints, the entrance has been found, but the problem is that not all underground spaces are buried with treasures, and after several days of hard work, I finally found only some traces of the life of ancient trolls, as well as a passage that may lead to the outside world, but it was completely destroyed, it seems that it should be Blackmore's escape route, and it will take half a month to clear it out." ”

Hearing this, Anduin raised his eyebrows: "Isn't there a little bit of good news?" ”

"Yes!" Jones smiled helplessly, "I don't have to continue to be scolded until the next time I make a mistake." ”

“……”

Anduin couldn't help but laugh and said, "Your requirements are really high. ”

"I can't help it." Jones spread his hands, "Boss Renault's temper is like a powder keg, I spent a month off in Stormwind Town, and I almost broke my leg, that guy from Neracek, but he was clever, he has long been gone, and I don't know where he has gone these days." ”

Anduin nodded slightly, and then asked casually, "You haven't heard some strange news in the past few days?" Alternatively, the time frame can be extended to the last six months to limit the vicinity of the fort where it occurred. ”

Jones was a little puzzled, shook his head and said: "There is a lot of strange news, after all, the sources of information of our Explorers Association are relatively mixed, but there are few items worth noting, and the only thing that needs to be mentioned is the theft of a department store." ”

"I know about that matter, the living crystal I ordered happened to be robbed, what do you think about this matter?"

"Oh! That's really unfortunate, living crystals are such a sought-after commodity, buying them can definitely increase in value, Earl Anduin, take the liberty of asking, how much did you order? Jones couldn't help but start gossiping habitually.

"Five hundred!"

"Tsk, worthy of the Earl of Anduin, five hundred pieces of living crystal, no matter what, you have to start with 200,000 gold coins, according to the current market in short supply, the boss of that business house can only take out five hundred yuan at most in the short term, this should still depend on your status, all of them were sold to you."

Anduin frowned: "Listening to you say this, the increase in the price of living crystals is really a bit terrifying, when I just came back from the New World, one living crystal is equivalent to five mana crystals, and this price has lasted for a long time, but in less than a month, it has skyrocketed to forty or fifty times, if it weren't for Prince Terenas giving me a lot of rewards, even paying a deposit would be enough." ”

Jones felt that Anduin had made a very risky deal: "I think behind this, there must be a dealer manipulating the market, wanting to take advantage of the particularity of the living crystal to make a profit, Earl Anduin, you also see this opportunity and want to get involved, right?" Judging by my years of experience, it should be a little late to start now, and it is estimated that those chaebols who are hoarding goods will soon start to clear the market, and at this juncture, the theft of the business house can be regarded as helping you. ”

Of course, Anduin will not explain the reason for Jones's evaluation, and immediately reminds him to get back to the topic.

"At first, I didn't care much about the theft of the trading house, but when Boss Renault came into contact with the theft list, he found it a little strange, many of the materials in it are more evil, it seems that the other party is not an ordinary thief, their purpose is to arrange evil spirit sacrifices." Jones waved his hand, "No, the people of the fortress guard and the Holy See have begun to investigate with all their might, trying to make the princess's wedding banquet go smoothly, when I came here just now, I met Archbishop Kidd on the road, and seeing his hurried appearance, I estimated that I had made some discoveries." ”

"Yes, I did find something."

At this moment, a faint voice came from outside the door, which startled Jones, and he hurriedly opened the door, but saw the chief of the referee in a black robe, standing outside the door with a blue face.

"Come in and talk?"

"No need." Archbishop Kidd not only rejected Anduin's invitation, but took a step back, "I just broke a sacrificial circle, and I can't avoid filth on my body, so let's just stand here and say." ”

The chief of the magistrate was in the Silver Fortress, but when he was seen hiding, he was seen standing on the side of the street, and a group of pedestrians hurriedly left, for fear that they would anger the feared Archbishop Kidd because of some trivial matter. However, after a few contacts, Anduin's opinion of Archbishop Kidd has changed repeatedly, after all, ordinary people do not deliberately take a step back to avoid contamination because of the food materials in the hall, and Anduin feels that the other party does not seem to be looking for him this time.

Sure enough, Archbishop Kidd, whose face was as thin as a blade, said to Jones coldly: "Jones, we found your people near the circle!" ”

"What?"

The Expedition Leader, who was stunned, stood up suddenly, and Anduin immediately had some bad premonitions in his heart.

……

The last time I saw Niracek, it was when I was in a church service, Anduin stood with him in the corner of the Holy See in the fortress, listening to the Holy Light service led by Archbishop Alex, and after saying goodbye to each other, we never met again.

The Inquisition's reputation was not good, but its efficiency was beyond reproach, and with Kidd's own action, he quickly located a suspicious spot and destroyed it with a thunderbolt, destroying not only a sacrificial circle, but also rescuing a number of prisoners, including the tortured Niracek.

The former third-order bishop, his physique was not strong, but he was a thousand times better than his current skinny appearance, Anduin almost failed to recognize him when he saw him for the first time, Jones ran up in a rage, held back his anger, and asked in a deep voice, "Who did it?" ”

"It's dead."

Archbishop Kidd said lightly: "After the operation was revealed, those cults/cultists all chose to commit suicide at the first time, leaving no one alive at all, and someone wanted to take the opportunity to kill Niracek and them, but they were stopped by my people and directly killed themselves. ”

"It's so cheap!"

Jones's fists were clenched, his muscles were bulging, his face was distorted, and he was extremely hideous, because what happened to Nirasek really made him intolerable, and his entire left arm was actually gone! Although Jones was sure that he would apply for the high-purity holy water of the Reborn Body for him, this matter was like a slap in the face, and it was slapped hard in the face of the entire Explorers Association.

Well......

A faint moan came from Nilasek's mouth, Anduin brushed a few powerful healing techniques from time to time to help Nilasek wake up as soon as possible, he slowly opened his eyes, and saw Jones with a sad face, chapped lips slightly grinned: "Boss, I didn't expect to see you again." ”

Jones's eyes were full of anger: "Don't worry, I will personally apply for you and the boss to ensure that you can get the holy water of rebirth as soon as possible!" ”

"Thanks, sir." Nilasek blinked hard, "Forget it, it's just an arm, it doesn't matter, lest you be taught a lesson by the boss again." ”

Hearing this, Jones almost burst into tears, his good brother who had followed him for many years was actually abused inhumanely, which made him wish to resurrect those guys who killed a thousand knives, and then end it himself!

"I'm your boss, you have to listen to me at this time!"

Jones's attitude was very tough, and Neerasek changed the subject, he looked at Kidd, looked at Anduin, and showed a smile that was uglier than crying: "If I knew that this was the case, I would have had to be cheeky that day and visit the fortress church with the Earl of Anduin......"

Neerasec then recounted his story, and after being separated from Anduin, he went back and forth between the Explorers' Guild and his residence as usual, but in the early hours of the next morning, he suddenly noticed some strange movements, and out of the explorer's inquisitive nature, he went to investigate the situation, but it didn't matter, and he was discovered on the spot, and finally put in a secret prison.

In the days that followed, the Twilight cultists tortured the prisoners in an attempt to arouse their negative emotions, and several followers of the Light, including Nilasek, became the main targets of the torture.

His experience and persistence made the people present awe-inspired.

"I overheard that those Twilight cultists seem to have been eyeing Her Royal Highness's engagement ceremony for a long time, trying to take advantage of this opportunity to launch a secret operation in the Silver Fortress." Nilasek coughed a few times and looked at the referee very solemnly, "This is revenge!" Archbishop Kidd, your purge of the Holy See in the fortress has angered the Twilight cultists, so they want to take revenge tomorrow, the Evil Spirit Ceremony, definitely more than one place! ”

"I see."

Archbishop Kidd said in a deep voice: "I will send all the members of the Inquisition and the Holy See to turn the Silver Fortress upside down!" ”

Nilasek nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Anduin, who had a different gaze, and asked slowly: "Count Anduin, your face doesn't seem to be good, it can't be because of my business, right?" ”

Anduin shook his head slightly, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his face: "Rest well, Niracek, your task is complete, and next, leave it to us......"