Act 41 Silver Mine (2nd Update)

"Then it's hard to say," said the innkeeper in a low voice, leaning closer to a few people, "but if you are not short of money, you can try to find a few well-known local adventure groups; Those adventurers have been to the forest many times, and have drawn maps of the surrounding area—"

"Maps?"

"It's worth a lot."

Brando nodded, and asked about the local situation again. It was mainly about the work of the workers, and some of the patrol time of the soldiers in the mines, and so on - of course, under the guise of an adventurer himself - but the innkeeper regarded him as the son of a nobleman who had gone out to have fun without knowing the sky.

Neither of them paid attention to the misunderstanding, and the conversation went on in good harmony, and inquiring about the news did not take much of Brando's time. After a moment, he turned around—by this time the ladies had found a place in the hall to sit down, and Brando looked over and was about to walk over, but before he could stop.

A dwarf stood in his way.

"Please give way." Already a little drunk, Oldham narrowed his small eyes, and he could barely see the young man in front of him—as if he had come in earlier, he thought—but it didn't matter, he just wanted to know:

What is the intention of the other party to stand in front of him?

The old dwarf shook his head to figure it out.

But Brando was a little crying and laughing, as if the avenue was a foot wide, and the damned dwarf had to stand in front of him and say that he was in his way.

It's just that he doesn't have the time to make trouble here now, so he hesitated and stepped aside. But at this moment, Brando was stunned.

The dwarf's face was flushed, making Brando think at first that it was just a hill dwarf that was very common in the area, but after a second look, Brando noticed the light gray skin color on the other man's arm.

The young man's heart skipped a heavy beat.

Rune dwarves.

He almost thought he hadn't woken up, and he almost pinched his cheek to see if he was drunk or the other person was drunk.

The Runedwarves were not as prominent as the Silver Elves in Vaugand's history, and they came from the underground of Jorgandegan just like the cavemen. However, unlike the ordinary people of the Underworld, they are the people of the Underground Silver who have long since disappeared.

Legend has it that the Rune Dwarves were wiped out in the war before the end of the Age of Chaos.

Another legend is that this people also had a city at the other end of the sea of mercury in the underworld. Either way, Brando didn't expect to see a living rune dwarf here, and yes, their light gray skin was their most conspicuous feature.

There is no other dwarf in this world with such a skin color.

These dwarves from the Silver Age were the builders of the Plains of Steel, and their architectural skills were as famous as the artisan wizards of Buga in the Age of Chaos. However, the rune dwarves were not satisfied with this assessment - it was just that their creations were one in the earth and one in the sky, and they never had a chance to be superior.

But Brando had calmed down after a brief moment of stunnedness.

Or it could be a outcast bloodline, and Brando knows that regardless of their characteristics, there are adventurous, wandering races of all races.

However, most of these descendants only inherit the common points of blood to a greater or lesser extent, and as for how much cultural inheritance remains, only God knows; There are actually not a few ancient remnants in Vaynd, but there are many people who don't even know their origins.

It's like Brando wouldn't have recognized this drunken creature if he hadn't seen the rune dwarf's description.

However, when he thought so, Oldham had already staggered past him. Brando turned around and watched as the old dwarf walked out of the crowd, leaving only one back.

Brando thought for a moment, but didn't immediately follow. There's nothing to talk about with a drunken guy, not to mention that the other party looks like a worker in this place, and he must not disappear from the world for a while.

His goal is to take control of this silver mine, and it will be much better to contact the other party when the time comes. But even so, he still turned back to the middle-aged man and asked:

"Who's that?"

"An old fellow, it seems to be called Oldham, he has been here for a while," the middle-aged man wondered why the young nobleman was interested in a scruffy dwarf, "he was a small steward in the mines. ”

"What?"

"Overseer."

"Did you hear that he had any special skills? For example, construction projects? Brando asked further.

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "I haven't heard of this." ”

"Heh, I thought the dwarves were all building experts." Brando laughed and said this deliberately.

"That's the mountain dwarf from the north, guest."

Brando nodded, letting go of the matter before turning and walking back to the table where the ladies were. As he approached, Roman and Métissa were talking about something, but they all stopped and looked at the young lord.

"What's wrong?" Juta asked.

"It's nothing," Brando shook his head, "but I inquired about the local news, and things aren't going well." ”

"What's going on?" A hint of worry flashed in Yuta's eyes, and here except for Brando, she was the only one who cared most about the success or failure of this matter.

"We thought the workers would be in and out of the mine every day, but that's not what I've just heard," Brando whispered, "The workers are actually in town only one day a week, and they return to the mine every Monday morning until they know they leave after Saturday." ”

"The other party is quite strict with the management of workers."

"Yes, then we have little chance of fishing in troubled waters." Brando said.

"What's the problem?" Akane asked, puzzled.

"There are two points, it is not difficult to control the zhì mining area, as long as you kill the swordsman with the median strength of gold, the remaining more than a hundred people are not enough to see. But it would be a bit of a hassle to be silent and not attract the attention of the direction of Pallas. ”

"But I, my lord, you and Princess Metisa, will the three of us have any problems dealing with a gold-median enemy?" The red-haired girl frowned and asked rhetorically.

"Of course not, but you should know how much movement there is in gold-level fights." Brando replied.

"As soon as one person knew that the mines were under attack, the news would have spread, and in a few days Sir Pallas would have known better than we did."

"We can block the message." Romante said.

"Sir Pallas is not a fool, and if there has been no news from the direction of Shafteren for a long time, he will be suspicious." Brando shook his head: "We just have to control this place, let it run as usual, and secretly deliver silver to Fir City." ”

Brando didn't finish his sentence, but everyone knew what was going to happen next.

The silver would be secretly transported to the mint and minted into private coins. This is a secret that the local lords don't need to reveal, in fact, before he set out, Brando had already commissioned Charles to search for a secret mint that Grudin's might be hiding in a manor somewhere outside of Fir City.

In fact, these are all gallows to be carried out, but as Brando often says, a condemned prisoner doesn't care if he has one or two nooses around his neck.

Akane was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly in understanding.

"Can't you lure him out, or take advantage of him outside, that human can't stay in the mines all the time, right?" The Silver Elf Princess said in a low voice.

"Yes, but if he doesn't come out once a month, won't we have to wait here for a month?" Brando shook his head: "So we still have to take the initiative, at least sneak into the mining area to find out the other party's movements; What's more, if we want to control the mining area, our people will have to infiltrate sooner or later—"

Métisha nodded.

"And what do we do, my lord?" Juta asked in a whisper.

"Shhh

This time no one interjected, as if waiting for his next step.

"The first piece of news is that adventurers in the vicinity may have privately mapped the mining area. I think there's a good chance that this news is true, and as far as I can tell, adventurers often do this kind of thing. ”

"Yes, big ...... Young Master," the mercenary captain saw Brando's gaze sweeping over and hurriedly changed her words in time, and struggled to bite out the title: "Sometimes adventurers will join forces with local thieves brotherhoods, and the nobles usually turn a blind eye to this kind of thing, and they won't do anything anyway." ”

"What about the second message?" Miss Merchant asked curiously.

"I've learned that the adventurers here actually go to the mines once in a while to work for a while. You know, adventurers don't always feed themselves. ”

Yuta couldn't help but be stunned when she heard the news: "The nobles are willing to let these troublemakers enter the mining area?" ”

"Why not, what the mining area needs is labor. It is not allowed to bring weapons when entering the mining area, and it is not allowed to take even a piece of ore with you when you leave, and in the mining area the ore is exchanged for money and food. ”

"Besides, this matter makes Count Denel's territory, who will make trouble except us?" Brando asked in a low voice.

"Shouldn't we be able to blend in?" The red-haired girl's eyes lit up.

"You can't, I can, and others can," Brando shook his head, "The mine doesn't take in women, otherwise the world will be in chaos." ”

Several people glanced at each other, and each saw in the other's eyes the feasibility of this plan. If you can infiltrate the mine as a worker, it will be too easy to find out the movement of the guards inside.

But how?

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