I see! Xue Pis looked at the hint in the soul mark, a flash of realization flashed in his heart, and he easily shared this main quest he received from Baron Phil to Xu Mo.

"Old K, you expected it, the space really didn't require us to participate in the battle for succession, the mission goal would be this kind of thing!"

Xu Mo carefully examined the main quest passed by Xue Pis, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. After entering the living room, the half-elf Phil first exchanged hypocritical politeness with Shepis before slowly getting into the subject and proposing the purpose of hiring the Red Rose Organization.

As Xu Mo expected, Phil's purpose in hiring Red Rose was not to assassinate the political enemies of the third prince Brian, but to ask Red Rose to send a powerful elite team to escort Phil and his party to a certain area.

After receiving this request, Xue Pis immediately rejected Phil's employment request, which was not the result of Xue Pis's discussion with Xu Mo, but Xue Pis's soul mark directly showed that this was an incomplete main quest. In other words, this is only the first step in the whole main quest, and it's clear that the cunning half-elves don't show their bottoms.

Shepis apparently expected the half-elf patriarch to refuse, and the half-elf finally vaguely said that the Cross family had detected an elemental spar vein on the western border of Breland.

However, it is not easy to mine this rich spar vein. First of all, this spar vein was located at the intersection of several countries, and after the end of the war, the region was under no jurisdiction due to the lack of trust between the various countries. Any large-scale action in the region would stir sensitive nerves in other countries.

Second, there is a powerful indigenous tribe in the vicinity of the hedron veins. Any force that wants to mine elemental hedron will be ostracized and expelled by them.

Because of the above two points, the Cross family formulated a corresponding policy after obtaining accurate information about the ore veins. They sent a messenger to communicate with the indigenous tribes, intending to cooperate in the mining of this spar vein. The indigenous tribes agreed in principle to the Cross family's proposal, but no cooperation agreement has yet been signed.

However, in addition to the Cross family, some other countries bordering this area have also obtained information on the hedron veins. For the same reason, they also sent a negotiating team. Although there were many competitors, everyone understood that due to the inability to use military force, it was the indigenous tribe that dominated the area.

Faced with this situation, that indigenous tribe came up with a simple and crude solution. If you have contacted their forces in the early stage, as long as you reach the station of that tribe, then you can get a contract. However, they will only sign this contract once, and if a faction fails to reach the Horde Residency within the time limit, or loses the contract on the way back, that faction must withdraw from the competition for the hedron veins.

This method is effectively to make the competitors kill each other, no one will want to share the hedron veins with the others, and the journey will be paved with blood and lives along the way. Compared to other forces, the Cross family alone is too weak, and other strong people need to be joined, and the Red Rose Assassin Organization is such a foreign aid chosen by the half-elf patriarch.

On the one hand, the rumored Red Rose is extremely reputable and powerful, allowing it to deal with other competitors along the way without revealing the location of the vein. On the other hand, Red Rose will not be involved in the operation and mining of the hedron vein, and only needs to pay a huge amount of mercenary money in a lump sum, which can be said to be the most suitable natural ally.

After Phil Cross revealed this information, Shepis finally reminded him of the soul sigil and received the full main quest. The minimum requirement for a quest is to send the Cross family's party to a specific area, and then safely return the Tribal Emissary and the Contract to King Breland, depending on the number of competitors defeated along the way.

"Old K, what do you think, do you want to take this task?" Xue Pis frowned and asked Xu Mo.

"No, wait a minute, you don't feel that the expression of this main quest is very problematic!" Xu Mo said lightly.

"Well, I feel it, but I can't see what the problem is!" Shelpis said depressedly, "This escort mission requires trying to defeat as many competitors as possible, and I believe that the so-called competitors will definitely have some top teams involved." Basically, it meets the requirements of space war, but ...... I always felt that something was wrong. ”

Xu Mo was speechless for a while, Xue Pis's analytical and thinking skills were not as good as his, but the intuition that could be compared to a beast was extremely powerful.

"Well, our Cross Patriarch hasn't explained it, I think you still need to work hard to figure out some key issues......," Xu Mo said lightly.

"Patriarch Phil, our Red Rose is an Assassin organization, and we are not good at guarding work, but the reward you offer is very attractive......" Xue Pis spoke again after exchanging words with Xu Mo, "You don't mind, I ask some questions about the mission, right?" ”

"Of course, you can just ask! However, whether you accept the assignment or not, I need you to make sure that you don't leak our conversation! The half-elf replied gracefully as he stroked the fur of a golden tanuki in his arms.

"And rightfully so! So the first question is...... How many countries does the area where the hedron veins are located border? Shelpis's eyes flashed, and he asked slowly.

"Hehe, you're cautious! However, this should really be clear to you! Phil nodded slightly, appreciating Shepis for his question, "There are three regions directly bordering that area, and in addition to us, the other two national forces are Auvendale and the Demon Wasteland!" ”

"Another human nation and ...... Barbarians? Shepis touched the stubble on his chin.

"There are not only barbarians in the Demon Wasteland, but also orc tribes!" Phil reminded with a smile.

"In any case, these two forces are not easy to mess with!" Shelpis spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course, Red Rose won't back down yet. The second question I want to know is, why don't you forces who want to mine the veins join forces to wipe out that indigenous tribe? Could it be that they are really so powerful that even the three major national forces have to choose to compromise? ”

"Huh? I have to say that the piety of His Excellency Shelpis is admirable! The half-elf raised an eagle eyebrow in surprise, "Actually, I didn't think I needed to reveal so much ...... to you Detail! However, you got to the point, and I think I'll have to confess to you. The local power of the spar vein is indeed only an indigenous tribe, a ...... Great Tribe, Drow's Dungeon! ”

"Drow...... Dark Elves! The Rainman stood up from his seat in surprise.

"Wow, your courage amazes me!" Shepis whistled softly, "Drow! It's Drow! You're going to make a pact of cooperation with the most depraved and evil of the Underworld! ”

"Profit drives people crazy, doesn't it?" Phil shook his head faintly and smiled.

"As sinister and cunning dark elves, it is true that few people dare to deal with them, but that doesn't mean a deal can't be made. In fact, Drow's material needs on the ground are also enormous. All along, the major powers have caravans into the Underworld to make secret deals with Drow. ”

"Even if the drow's dungeon sends tens of thousands of regular troops, it may not be able to win, and the expedition of one or two hundred people can only stuff them between their teeth!" Shelpis said helplessly, "Now I can understand why the three major forces don't dare to flip the table and turn their faces. In the Underworld, we really can't fight the dark elves, it's too hard! ”

"Thank you for understanding our situation, in fact, this is the main reason why I chose Red Rose as a foreign aid! You assassins should be better able to deal with enemies in the darkness than the warriors and mages of the Cross family, aren't you? ”

The half-elf scratched the chin of the golden tanuki, allowing the little guy to stretch comfortably, "Okay, it looks like Your Excellency Sherbis has basically taken out all my secrets, there should be no other problems, right?" ”

"No, one last question!" Sherbis's eyes flashed, and he grinned, "I wonder if the hedron veins detected by the Cross family this time contain a large amount of ...... Dragon Crystal! ”

Ordinary spar veins and dragon crystal veins, that is simply the contrast between soil and gold. The dragon crystals on the main road are very rare, and ordinary spar veins, once the entire spar is mined, may only be a fist-sized piece of dragon crystal. There is no known vein that can be called a dragon crystal vein, and if such a vein does appear, it will really make the entire continent go crazy.

As Shepis asked this question, the half-elf patriarch stiffened and was silent, his eyes were cold, and the temperature in the living room dropped suddenly.

The Rain Man, who had been standing behind Shepis all the while, reflexively assumed a fighting pose. The skeleton leader still looked like he was grinning, holding a wine glass and bowing his head to drink, but Xue Pis admired Xu Mo in his heart.

Although Phil didn't speak, the body language of the half-elf had confirmed Xu Mo's guess. During the exchange between the two just now, Xu Mo reminded the skeleton leader that the spar vein in Phil's mouth was very likely to be the dragon crystal vein, and asked him to put this question at the end and test it when the half-elf's mind was relaxed.

This is the reason why the main quest that Shelpis received made the two of them feel wrong. You must know that the backer of the Cross family is the third prince Brian, and there is really no need for an ordinary spar vein to make Brian so excited.

What is Brian's most pressing job at the moment, is it mining spar veins? Of course not, the most important job of the third prince is to seize the heir, no matter how valuable the ordinary spar veins are, is the value of having a throne?

The third prince Brian wants to succeed in winning the throne, and the main obstacles are the noble ministers under the eldest prince Felix, as well as the twelve dragon pattern families. There is no one who doesn't like money, but these people can't be bought with little money, and even if they transfer the entire spar vein, they can't buy a few.

Only dragon crystals, a large number of dragon crystals, can impress these nobles and the twelve dragon pattern families, and it is worth Brian to put everything down and go all out. even did not hesitate to send him the biggest help in the royal city to the Cross family at the critical juncture of seizing the heir.

"Huh!" Phil suddenly laughed to himself, "It looks like Lord Shepis has done a lot of homework before coming to me!" However, aren't you afraid that if you know too much, you won't be able to go back? ”

As Phil's words fell, there was a dead silence in the living room......