Chapter 14: A Time of Crisis
At noon the next day, as Extraordinary said, the Duke's Palace sent someone to send an invitation, inviting Viscount Gu Lie and his party to attend the castle dinner three days later.
Early in the morning, Davide Rowan, who was trembling and thought he would be killed, left the Berman Hotel in a state of surprise.
Drink a bottle of green potion given by Francis, and if the Gurees leave Il City safely, they will give him the antidote.
Luo Wen, who was extremely depressed, pressed his ribs from time to time, and a faint pain came from his bones.
Let go of the horror in your heart and think hard about what Francis told him to do in three days.
After making a plan to implement it, Rodney went to contact the inside line of the castle, Anna and Dosta stayed in their respective rooms, and the three of them went directly to the bar on the first floor of the hotel, ready to relax.
No sooner had they walked up the last staircase than they heard a burst of shushing in surprise from the tavern.
"Believe me, my old Henry's words are absolutely true!"
Hearing the bald old man surrounded by a crowd of drinkers, Extraordinary almost thought it was Old Henry who had come to Caspar from Yorktown.
When I looked closely, I found that it was just the same name and surname.
"Come on, old Henry, you said that all the people in Xiaopo Town are dead, how did you escape?"
"Hmph, it was still snowing heavily, and when I came out to pee, I was disturbed by the sound of an earthquake! At least one of the knights of the Order who came stabbed people to death with a two-meter-long spear when they saw them! I was so frightened that I escaped by hiding in the drinking fountain in the stable!"
"Just when I was about to faint from the cold, I spit out the wheat straw in my mouth directly, thinking that freezing to death and stabbing to death is death, at least being stabbed to death can still have a good time!"
"As a result, when I came out of the pool, I saw only blood and burning houses!
Speaking of this, old Henry directly snorted, but the corner of his eye stared at the whiskey on the wine shelf.
When the good drinker saw it, he called the hostess directly and poured a full glass of liquor for old Henry.
Old Henry, who took the wine glass, was not polite, and took a big sip directly, and let out a big wine burp, and the nose of the lees was even more red.
"Maybe he was captured by a group of thieves passing by! Even if Xiaopo Town is not very rich, people can still be exchanged for dinars!"
A drinker with black-rimmed glasses calmly helped old Henry analyze.
"Haha, what do you know? Don't think you have knowledge with your eyes! I didn't see any dead people, but most of them were killed, otherwise there wouldn't be blood all over the town. ”
"Tsk, that red blood is brighter than freshly brewed red wine!"
"Hiccup!" took a sip of whiskey, and old Henry closed his eyes contentedly.
"Why were the people of Xiaopo slaughtered?" a silver-haired young man asked old Henry, who had his eyes closed.
At a glance, old Henry didn't want to deal with the young man, but when he saw the young man's expensive clothes and handsome face, he unconsciously answered.
"How do I know, but at the beginning of the panic of the crowd, there was a knight shouting that whoever knows the whereabouts of whom, he can avoid death!"
"Who's, who's?" asked Extraordinary Head.
"How can I hear the people going crazy, but I hear people begging for mercy that we don't have any 'counts' here! And the crying is gone! I was startled and ran away!"
Speaking unintentionally, the listener is intentional.
The fat man and Gu Lie, who were still listening to the story, had a sudden change in their faces.
"Your Excellency!"
"Don't be nervous, it's not necessarily looking for us!" stretched out his hand to stop the fat man's inquiry, and said in a low voice.
Gulie also told Francis with a look in his eyes that this was not the place to talk about such things.
With their hearts in mind, the three of them found a remote corner.
After telling the hostess about the food and drinks, Extraordinary eliminated the former enemies from his mind.
"Don't tell them about this matter first, after the dinner is over, then go to find information about the slaughter of Xiaopo Town!"
"My lord, I'm afraid that the unknown knights who tracked down Xiaopo Town will come to Il City, or they will be in the city in pieces!"
"Hmph, what's the matter, how can an extraordinary lord be a person who is afraid of things!" the fat man was a little unimpressed by his boss's caution.
After a deep look at Francis, Extraordinary slowly pulled up his hood and hid half of his face.
After yesterday's incident, Extraordinary was a little relaxed, and his itchy scalp prevented him from continuing to dye his hair.
Among the large groups of brown and brown hair, silver hair is more conspicuous than blonde hair.
"After eating, we will go back to our respective rooms, Ansheng has completed this ticket in the past few days, and when we arrive at Freeport, we are not afraid of anything!"
This word "ticket" made Gu Lie and the fat man can't help but think of their previous mercenary careers, and the most common thing is to rob the rich and help the poor.
"Bang"
The two-way door was pushed open vigorously, and two knights in plate armor "clicked" to the bar.
"Wow"
The two of them reached out and pressed on the side of the helmet, and the visor was instantly retracted.
"Two whiskeys, on the rocks!
Seeing the knights who had just come to drink, the silent bar began to bustle again.
Unlike the relaxed drinkers, the extraordinary trio immediately tensed.
Although the plate armor had been cleaned, the three of them could still faintly smell the smell of blood emanating from it.
"There's no family crest, there's no knighthood badge! either freelancers or they're hiding their identity!"
Gu Lie raised his wine glass to his lips and whispered to Extraordinary about his guess.
"The mud spots on the boots are very fresh, which means that the two of them got up and came here directly, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to get dirty on the streets!"
"Do you suspect that this is the slaughter of the Knights of Little Po Town?" asked Extraordinary.
"Well, it should be an outpost of the Knights! But it can be ruled out that it is a knight order of the kingdom's forces! The first stop is the tavern instead of the town hall or the Duke's Palace, then they are not the forces on the surface!"
Then, the "clanging" sound of metal clashing interrupted the conversation of the Extraordinary Trio.
"Hey, boy, have you seen any strangers in the tavern in the past two days?" said a knight, holding a wine glass in one hand and a bag of gold coins in the other.
Some nervous bartenders looked at the two of them with blank expressions, are you two strangers?
"No, no, no, the people here are regulars! I guess most of the fresh faces will choose the 'Adventurer's House' in the west of the city, after all, they spend much less than our Berman Hotel!"
"Oh, yes, by the way, one of them is an orc! a troll to be exact! easily recognizable!"
"Smack"
The sound of the glass shattering, but it also disguised the bartender's fatal glance at the Extraordinary Three.
The two drunkards scuffled together, and the two knights watched with interest.
After one glance, I couldn't help but take a second look.
However, the bartender's second glance saw a dazzling purple card appear in Extraordinary's hand.
The highest beep membership card of the Berman Chamber of Commerce, gold, and spar cards are weak, and this is an amethyst card.
One word makes you prosperous in the Berman Chamber of Commerce, and another word makes you have no way to live in the seven countries of the mainland.
The hotel's guards lifted up the two drunkards and threw them directly onto the road.
The knight took the last sip of his wine, tossed a silver coin on the bar, and turned to leave.
When he was about to reach the door, the tall knight turned around, shook the money bag in his hand, and shouted to the bartender:
"If there is news, you can go to the monastery in the west of the city to find me, this bag of gold coins is all yours!"
Strongly holding back the greed in his heart, the bartender smiled professionally and bowed his head.