Soon.

The strange guest sat quietly at the table, with a glass of bad-looking multi-soaking ale in front of him.

This bubbling Vijon ale looks very ferocious, with pale yellow foam floating on a dark brown bubbling chaotic liquid. Despite its poor appearance, this ale has a great taste and a slightly bitter taste.

In addition to a glass of ale, he had on his table a skewer made of marsh grass, tulip bulbs and floured frogs, accompanied by baby tomatoes, wild grass and mashed goat's cheese.

This is what Rhodes learned from a foodie.

Speaking of which, Rhodes has traveled to most of Ash, and has befriended some famous foodies, such as an ogre gourmand in Ash's north, who is a heavy foodie.

The gourmand even incorporated gastronomy into his professional skills, and on his table, heavy things were often seen, such as the liver of a living soul and something disgusting.

"Vyjon ale with this skewer is a real tavern snack!" The gourmand once sighed.

The guest ate slowly, and to be honest, he didn't expect to be able to drink such a pure taste of Vijon Ale in the Shadowlands, a wine made on the surface so easily that it could be found even in some of the polar regions.

Taking a sip of ale and eating a skewer, he unexpectedly recalls the pleasant feeling of tasting this ale for the first time.

For someone like him, who has been through a lot of stories, it's a joy to reminisce about the past.

Rhodes stood quietly behind the counter.

He was intently wiping a wine glass, as for this strange guest, he didn't show too much attention, strange people are always accompanied by some strange things, and often these things will cause a lot of trouble, Rod does not want to get into trouble.

Sometimes, however, trouble comes uninvited.

"Hmm...... What a fragrant taste! The Vijon ale is served with a unique aromatic skewer, which is reminiscent of the pleasure of tasting it for the first time in the Old Man's Skull Tavern. ”

An abrupt voice echoed through the tavern.

Rod looked up and saw a strange man dressed as a clown muttering to himself sniffing the scent wafting through the air.

"Strong!"

After seeing the clown, Rod's pupils shrank, the cold light on his body turned upside down, and the muscles of his whole body instinctively tensed.

The clown looked very funny, the fat clown suit staggered when he walked, the red nose felt funny no matter how he looked at it, and there was no expression on his colorful face.

I can just see the feeling of smiling but not smiling in his eyes.

"Give me a copy of the same."

The clown's tone was very weird, and he couldn't help but laugh when he wanted to make people laugh when he pointed to the food over there.

"Okay," Rod nodded.

The clown didn't care about Rhodes anymore, and he did the opposite side of the other person by himself.

The atmosphere in the tavern is quirky.

Rhodes lowered his head and prepared the wine ordered by the guests, while on the other side, the clown and the middle-aged man sat opposite each other, one bowing his head to eat and drink seriously, and the other looking at him without speaking.

"Happy!"

The vicissitudes of life The middle-aged man took the last sip of ale wine, and the turbid yellow liquid flowed down, at this moment, his decadent temperament was more like an uncle under such a heroic action.

"It's time to go back with me." The clown said lightly.

The uncle glanced at the clown with slanted eyes, shook his head, and said, "You are always redeeming others, and sometimes I wonder if someone will come to redeem me, only to find out in the end that all salvation is false." ”

"You are wrong, you are the only one who can redeem yourself, go back with me and complete the final redemption." There was a chill in the clown's tone.

Not far away, Rhodes froze.

The clown's emotional leakage actually produced a huge coercion, which made Rhodes's body stiffen unconsciously.

"You are always like this, standing on the highest ground of morality, shouting all day long for salvation and salvation! In the end, you can't even redeem yourself! The uncle also had a cold look in his eyes, and said in a somewhat excited tone.

"But you've failed!" The Joker said.

Hearing the clown's simple words, the decadent uncle looked excited, his eyes darkened, and he became more and more decadent.

He smiled self-deprecatingly, "Heh, yes, I failed, not only this failure, but also my life, maybe from the moment I put on the black robe, I was doomed to failure." ”

There was a glint in Rod's eyes behind the counter.

Black robe!?

"Young man, you can wait, you don't need to prepare the next drink, this is for you, just take it as the reward for this drink, anyway, I won't need it in the future." The uncle said self-deprecatingly.

Clang!

A ring was casually dropped in front of Rhodes by him.

The clown's eyes flashed as he looked intently at the ring.

Just as Rhodes was about to pick up the ring, the clown stepped forward and instantly appeared at the counter, and he picked up the ring first.

It was a very quaint ring, and the ring was set with a golden gemstone.

He placed the ring in the light and looked at it for a long time.

Immediately, the clown didn't seem to notice anything, he smiled and put the ring in front of Rod, and said to Rod: "Young man, the wine is very good, this ring is a good thing, a glass of wine for a ring, young man, you are lucky." ”

Rod smiled too, he picked up the ring, looked at it too, and said, "Yes, lucky, but sometimes a ring of great value is more touching than a glass of wine full of memories." ”

The clown tugged at the corners of his mouth, shook his fat clothes, and swayed in front of the uncle.

"Let's go."

The uncle seemed very calm, and had no intention of resisting, and stood up and walked out without hesitation, and the clown followed him very funny.

In the tavern.

Rod weighed the ring in his hand and looked at the wooden door, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"It's funny, a black crow and a night watchman are actually drinking in your shop." Master Ming didn't know when he appeared on Rod's side, looking at the direction of the two in the distance, and muttered with an unfathomable expression.

Rod glanced at Master Ming and did not speak.

On the contrary, Master Ming stood there a little embarrassed, he turned around, looked at Rod, and said in amazement: "Are all young people so old now?" You don't have any curiosity at all? ”

"Nope." Rod replied.

Rhodes knew very well the urine of these masters.

In the East, the strong men of the profession of [Master] have one of the greatest hobbies, that is, to promote the younger generations, and most of the masters have a specialty called "Teaching without Class", for them, teaching young Junjie is their own practice.

Teaching: This specialty is the professional specialty of the Master, which is similar to the ascetic vows of poverty and ascetic training, and its specialty is that once the Master cultivates an excellent disciple, the spirit, intelligence, and will be improved to a certain extent.

The Masters' [Taught and Unclassed] and the Hunters' [Sacred Hunt] can almost all be regarded as channels for the advancement of this class.

For Rod, the Master's guidance is of little use to him, but he has to settle cause and effect with others.

Rhodes doesn't like to be in debt, especially in favors.

Not to mention.

For those two strange guests, Rod probably had a bottom in his heart.

The Decadent Uncle and the Clown are supposed to be members of a powerful organization called the Night's Watch, and it looks like the Uncle must have betrayed the Night's Watch and degenerated into a Black Crow.

In Rod's view, it was nothing more than the Joker, who was the Night Watchman, trying to capture the traitor.

No matter what unspeakable secrets the uncle behind these is, or what the clown has to say, he doesn't want to know.

After all, there are too many helpless stories in this world, and who can tell whether some stories are right or wrong.

But.

Rod shook the ring in his hand, and he had a hunch that he and these two people would cross paths in the future.