Chapter 25 Buying News
Yi Hui waited for a moment and finally left the mercenary union with the updated badge, and the old man at the task contact counter watched Yi Hui go away with a smile.
"Oops, I don't know what I ate bad yesterday, diarrhea is just non-stop! It's really uncomfortable. A trade union worker in a light gray robe touched his stomach and came out from behind, and was about to walk to the task contact counter he was responsible for when he saw the old man half-lying on the counter, and immediately stopped, "Divide ...... Branch Elder, are you here? ”
The old man slowly turned his head when he heard the shout, and with a blow of his beard, he snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, lazy Yael, you actually left a task counter behind, do you want to go back to the archives to work?" ”
The staff member named Yael hurriedly bowed and said eagerly: "Branch Elder, I have made a mistake in my work, please forgive me." Don't send me back to the archives. ”
The branch president waved his hand impatiently and said: "Okay, don't take it as an example, even if you leave, you have to say hello first, if I hadn't been here for a long time, others would still think that my Grenoble mercenary union has no rules." ”
Yael bowed again and said, "The troublesome branch will grow, I will definitely pay attention in the future." ”
The branch president smiled faintly and said, "Well, it made me reminisce about the feeling when I stood at this counter to accept business." Yael stood aside with a smiling face, and the branch president suddenly blew his beard again: "Why are you looking at it?" Why don't you hurry up to your place? Do you really want me to do a day's work for you? Yael was so frightened that he hurriedly reached out to help the branch president to get up, and the branch president waved his hand and stood up himself, then stretched out his arms and stretched out a long lazy waist.
"Branch Elder, was picked up by a mercenary for the 'Indefinite Exploration of Anywhere in the World' quest?" When Yeel looked through the task contact records on the work records during this time, he found the task that Yi Hui had taken over, and asked the branch president in surprise.
The branch president turned around and said, "yes, that's it again?" ”
"And it's a solo mission?"
"Isn't that clearly documented? You won't watch it yourself? ”
"With such harsh conditions, there will be someone to pick it up? You must know that the oil and water of this mission are pitiful, and it is very dangerous. ”
The branch president reached out and flicked Yael's head hard, and the painful Yael hugged his head. The branch president put away his hand and said, "As a staff member of the mercenary union, you can actually say these words, let me ask you, what is the original intention of the establishment of the mercenary union?" ”
Yael held his head and said cautiously, "Serve those mercenaries." Provide resource information sharing. ”
The branch president nodded and said, "Then let me ask you again, where did all the information we provided come from?" ”
"The mercenaries provide to the union, and the union pays them," Hyel said. ”
The branch president said: "You still know this, now those mercenaries only hope to get benefits from the task, and they are afraid of the task, they are all bent on getting into the eyes of the money and forgetting the mercenary's spirit of adventure, they forget that we can't, you must know that the organizers of the earliest mercenary union are also mercenaries!" Now that you're really using this place as a counter, I even know that some of you have taken advantage of the mercenary group and given priority to providing them with good tasks, right? ”
Yael was scolded by the branch president and couldn't hold his head up.
The branch leader flicked the sleeves of his robe and said: "It's rare to have such an adventurous mercenary, and there are not many such young men in this year." That, the 5,000 gold required to rent the magic map, and I'll make up the difference to you later. ”
When Yeel heard that the branch president was going to pay for it, he hurriedly said, "I can't help it, I'll pay the difference......
The branch leader glared at him, causing Yael's head to shrink in fright.
"You're pretty rich!" The branch president said nonchalantly, "Okay, just the fine for your absence today." With that, he turned around and left.
Leaves a cold sweat on the counter Yael.
At this time, Yi Hui is on his way to Tavern Street in the Thieves' District, where he can buy the information he needs, according to Scott.
The tavern Yi Hui came to was called the "Black Oak Barrel" tavern, and the sign at the entrance of the tavern was a heavy and large black oak barrel, which looked a little old, and the tavern was located in a dark alley in the trade area. On the way to the tavern, Yi Hui could even feel more than one pair of eyes peeping at him in the dark. Do thieves go with you? This is what Scott calls "pickpockets" who are not members of the thieves' union, who are also thieves, but who are not certified by the union. Yi Hui thought to himself, the other party's level was much higher than his own, and he was a little ashamed to think that he was just a so-called "trainee thief".
Yi Hui pushed open the creaking wooden door of the tavern and walked in, the tavern was not as brightly lit and full of people as some of the usual taverns, but on the contrary, it was very quiet. Around the walls was a circle of small tables, and there were not many guests, who drank quietly under the dim oil lamps and whispered, glancing with their eyes at the people who came in and out from time to time. In the center of the tavern was a curved bar, and in the middle of the bar stood a tall and burly bartender, who was carefully wiping a cup, even though the glass seemed clean to Yi Hui, the bartender's hand did not stop.
Seeing Yi Hui coming in, the bartender immediately greeted, "Welcome to the 'Black Oak Barrel', what do you need?" Yi Hui looked left and right, walked quickly to the bar and sat down, and whispered to the bartender, "I need to inquire about some news." ”
The bartender put down his glass, picked up another, and said as if to himself, "My guest, why don't you invite the guests at the third table from the left to drink a glass of honey wine?" I think he would be happy to give you some friendly advice. ”
Yi Hui looked over to the table, where an old sailor in rags was sitting, and there were already five or six empty wine glasses on the table in front of him. Because of Scott's instructions in advance, Yi Hui did as the bartender said, and came to the third table with two glasses of honey wine and sat down in front of the old sailor. Scott said that in this tavern, beggars may not be beggars, sailors may not be sailors, and bartenders are not necessarily bartenders, but they are either messengers or they are here to buy news.
Seeing that someone was sitting on the opposite side, the old sailor unceremoniously took the honey wine and drank it all, pushed the empty wine glass into the middle of the pile of wine glasses, and asked Yi Hui after a satisfied wine burp: "If there is anything you need to ask, hurry up." ”
Yi Hui lowered his voice and asked, "I want to know the background of a person, with golden hair and triangular eyes, named Henry, and his family runs a hotel, a luxurious hotel. ”
The old sailor smiled dryly and said, "Oh? How much do you want to know? ”
Yi Hui said: "The situation of family power. ”
The old sailor pursed his lips and said, "That's all, I'll tell you ten gold coins, everyone knows all these things you want to inquire about, and it's really hard for you to come here." ”
The old sailor took a sip of Yi Hui's undrunk honey wine, and then said: "Henry's family is called the Court family, he is the only son of old Court, and the Court family is a new nouveau riche family who made a lot of money by opening a restaurant 30 years ago. At present, there are 5 restaurants in Grenoble, all of which are first-class luxury restaurants. In addition to making money, he has also developed a certain family power, and at present, there are about hundreds of warriors and thieves and other professionals under his hands, but there are no masters who can suppress the field, the most powerful is the head of the guard of the Court family, the 5-level long sword warrior Lampotti, it is said that he has touched some of the doorways of the fighting spirit, you must know that not all level 5 fighters can use the fighting spirit. That's all, is there anything else to ask? The old sailor said to stretch out his hand, and Yi Hui gave him ten gold coins very interestingly.
"Also, I need to go out into the wilderness and ask where I can provide combat experience for a trainee thief like me without killing me." Yi Hui asked again.
"15 gold coins." The old sailor took the money and put it in his pocket and said, "If you just want to exercise, don't go too far from the avenues in the great forest, because there will be guards patrolling there to make it easy for you to retreat, and there will be no monsters that are too strong and outrageous." If you're looking for some extra money hunting, head a little deeper into the black jungle. If your strength is strong enough, I suggest you head south through the Great Forest to the Greeneye Swamp, where the monsters are strong enough not to live in groups, but you have to have enough eyesight to spot them, or you won't know how you died. ”
Yi Hui stood up after hearing the information, said thank you to the old sailor and walked out of the black oak barrel tavern, while the old sailor once again returned to a half-drunk, half-conscious posture of reclining in the corner.
Walking out of the black oak barrel tavern, Yi Hui walked through this gloomy alley again, and those peeping eyes were once again felt by Yi Hui, which made Yi Hui very sad. Yi Hui turned his head and glanced behind him with his residual vision, and indeed found that there were several shadows hanging looming behind him, which seemed to have some bad intentions.
Not far from the black oak barrel tavern, these small people are not enough to move, it is said that this area is covered by black oak barrels, and whoever breaks the rules at their door will have to pay the price, otherwise who would dare to come here to inquire about the news? But after that realm is not under their control.
Yi Hui was nervous for a while, and ran wildly, wanting to get rid of these ill-intentioned thieves through speed, after all, he still has a lot of good things on his body at present, and it is estimated that there will not be much left after being touched by these people a few times. However, Yi Hui ran fast, and the thieves in the stealth state behind him followed quickly, fortunately, Yi Hui and Scott were usually diligent in training, and the high-level thieves were not interested in pickpocketing in the dark box, and Yi Hui temporarily threw them off at a corner, and successfully opened the "invisible wings." ”
The low-level thieves who followed Yi Hui had no trace of Yi Hui and dispersed. Yi Hui even watched a cloaked thief walk past him without noticing him.
After waiting in place for a while, Yi Hui looked around, there was no threat nearby, and then the state was lifted, and he returned to the regiment headquarters as quickly as possible.