Chapter 297: A Smart and Dangerous Man
As soon as Bam died, the law enforcement team of Dent City rushed over, and the ability to act so quickly shows how tight the security system in the city is.
Although Bam was unrecognizable, he was not disfigured at first, and there were still people who recognized him as a notorious ruffian.
James, the captain of the law enforcement team wearing a one-eyecup and a slender sword with a cane hanging from his waist, separated the crowd and came to the scene, looking at the scene with white gloves covering his nose, and after listening to the testimonies of some people, he showed a sneer.
A sheriff walked over with reverence on his face when he saw James coming, and asked respectfully, "Lord James, according to the testimony of witnesses around me, this is obviously a suicide, do you still need to investigate?" β
James looked at the surrounding environment, came to the corpse again, picked at the corpse with his cane, his eyes showed a gleam, and sneered: "Of course you have to check." β
Lin Fei stood in the crowd, looking at this gorgeously dressed James in surprise, he had a keen sense of hearing, although the distance was very far, he still heard the conversation between the two.
This scene is obviously the scene of suicide, why should this James continue to investigate? Could he have seen that the dead man had been subjected to a mind control spell? If this is really the case, then this character called James is really not to be underestimated, and it is likely that he has special abilities.
"What about the search range?"
James glanced at the port in the distance, and said directly: "The prisoner is a foreigner who just entered the country this evening, he should be very young, you will be divided into two teams, one team will go to the port of Dante to check on the young foreigners who entered the country in the evening." The other team is now immediately looking for Bart, who often accomplices in Bam's crimes, and if I expected, he is also in danger. If it is found that Bart is dead, the target of the investigation will be the foreigner who has a large amount of gold coins from another country. β
James's men had great respect for James, and when they heard James's command, they were surprised, but they didn't say much, and they were about to leave.
But at this time, James said again: "You be careful, it seems that there is only one prisoner at present, if you see a prisoner, don't startle the snake, just send a signal, our prisoner is either a dark creature or a necromancer, it is not something you can easily deal with." But I think the former is a bit more likely, so I'll have some silverware on hand. β
Lin Fei was shocked in his heart, and there were turbulent waves in his heart, at this time, Lin Fei had already decided that this James was an extremely powerful person.
First of all, he should have seen that the deceased had fallen into the supernatural ability of the control class, and secondly, he should have known what the "job" of the man named Bart and Bam was.
Why are you targeting foreigners who will enter tonight? Because Bam and Barth's "job" is to rob foreigners. They took advantage of the fact that foreigners who had just arrived here were unfamiliar with the Duchy of Riley, and they tried to find out the amount of money in the name of exchanging money to carry out the robbery, which was only two blocks from the port. From this point, James locked up foreigners who had just entered the country.
As for why young people, it is because James knows that generally people with a little experience or experience will not fall for Bart and Bam, only young people with little experience will do. And only a young man would be so impulsive, using such cruel means to kill a person who provoked him.
Why would he lock on a dark creature or an undead person with extraordinary abilities? Because the only people who can exert supernatural abilities such as mind control are basically dark creatures or undead transcendents.
As for why he thinks that there is only one prisoner, this is also very simple, because Bart and Bam should not be looking for a foreigner to be a companion, because the two of them are not easy to deal with a foreigner who is a companion.
Being able to analyze these in an instant, this James is not comparable to ordinary people, and Lin Fei suspects that he is a bloodline warrior or a transcendent, otherwise it would be impossible to see that the dead Bam has been hit by a mind control spell.
James keenly sensed Lin Fei's gaze and looked at Lin Fei. Seeing Lin Fei's black hair, he knew that Lin Fei was a foreigner.
walked in front of Lin Fei, looked at Lin Fei carefully for a moment and asked, "Foreigners who have just entered the country?" β
Lin Fei nodded and took out his identification.
James took the identification and looked at it, "Filin, twenty-four years old, a Peaceful from the Kingdom of Hedris!" Bronze Adventurer certified by the International Adventurers Alliance. β
After checking for a while, James didn't find anything abnormal, so he returned Lin Fei's identity card, and said with burning eyes: "You came alone?" β
Lin Fei felt James's sharp gaze, didn't want to cause any trouble, and said quite respectfully: "Honorable sir, I'm here with my friend. β
"Friends?" James looked around and looked at Lin Fei with suspicion: "What about your friend?" β
Before Lin Fei could speak, Andre in the distance ran over panting.
"Filin, I just found a nice tavern!" As soon as Andre finished speaking, he asked with some "doubts": "What's wrong?" Who is this? β
Lin Fei didn't answer Andre, but looked at James and said, "As I see now, I just asked my friend Andre to inquire about the best tavern in the neighborhood. β
James looked at the panting Andre, nodded slightly, and then asked, "Did you see the murderer here just now?" β
"Is there a murderer?" Lin Fei was "surprised" and said, "Didn't he commit suicide?" β
"Suicide? What's the situation? Andrei wondered.
James ignored Andre, looked at Lin Fei, narrowed his eyes, and said with a meaningful smile: "His death is so miserable, you seem to be very calm?" β
Lin Fei sensed the temptation in James's words, and smiled without a trace: "Sir, your performance is also very calm. β
"I'm the sheriff here, and I've seen a lot of death."
Lin Fei said: "I am a bronze adventurer, and I have also seen a lot of death. β
Seeing that Lin Fei was neither humble nor arrogant, James's words were methodical, and he showed a smile: "Okay, let's go!" β
Lin Fei and Andre turned to leave and walked towards the tavern.
Looking at the backs of Lin Fei and Andre, James summoned a human: "Keep an eye on these two foreigners for me." β
After walking away, Andre said suspiciously: "Who is that person?" β
Lin Fei's face was a little solemn, and he said, "This person is a powerful person, you have to be careful, he has already set his sights on us." β
"Eyeing us?" Andrei was still a little confused.
Lin Fei glanced at him angrily: "It's not because of you." You killed that robber with mind control, and he has his sights on us because of this! β
"Isn't it just a robber? As for it? Andre didn't think so, he felt that Lin Fei was making a big fuss.
Lin Fei explained: "Originally, if you used ordinary methods to kill this robber directly, there would be no problem, after all, you are considered legitimate defense. But you used mind control spells to make that person commit suicide. That's the big thing. Because in their eyes, you are a possessor of extraordinary powers, and you have used such cruel methods, you are a restless being. The existence of instability in any region is an uncertain factor that must be eliminated. β
"Is it that complicated?" Andre smiled and said, "But I think the spell I used is seamless, and they can't find it!" After I had killed that Barth, I came back and saw them surveying the scene and acting wittily out of breath, saying that I had gone looking for the tavern and that they would not suspect me. β
Then you are really witty, don't want it, Lin Fei couldn't help but roll his eyes when he saw Andre being so naΓ―ve. So he told him what James had to say.
When Andrei heard this, he fell silent.
With this information, they are about to come to a conclusion close to the truth? Do you want to be so scary? β
Lin Fei said with a solemn expression: "Don't underestimate anyone!" Just like you just now, if you weren't the possessor of extraordinary power, I'm afraid you'd be dead. β
Andre's eyes narrowed and said, "No, this James is terrible, I'm going to kill him!" β
"Kill him? Maybe someone is waiting for you to fall into the net! Lin Fei said: "And you can easily see that the deceased has been hit by a mind control spell, do you think it will be so easy to deal with?" β
"I'm a mid-level dark creature, proficient in dark spells, how strong can he be?" Andrei is confident in himself.
Lin Fei saw that Andre was still so self-conscious, and said with some hatred: "I said, don't underestimate anyone." And I have a feeling that this James is very likely to be a bloodline warrior! β
"Bloodline warriors?" Andre said: "But he doesn't have any bloodline warrior demon patterns on his face?" β
Lin Fei said, "I think you probably have some misunderstandings about bloodline warriors. β
"What's the misunderstanding?"
Lin Fei explained: "Not everyone in the bloodline warrior family can awaken the power of the bloodline, and without the power of the awakening bloodline, there will be no bloodline demon pattern. And although the magic pattern must be present on the head, it is not necessarily only on the face, maybe it is hair, maybe it is the eyes. And James wears an eyepatch in one eye, so how can you see if his bloodline is in his eye? β
"Just because he can't see it doesn't mean he's a bloodline warrior, right?"
"You're right, I'm not sure, but you can't go!" Lin Fei said.
"Why?"
Lin Fei showed a cruel smile on his face: "If you want to kill James, return the shadow robe to me first." β
As soon as he heard that Lin Fei was going to take back the shadow robe, Andre's momentum suddenly fell, and his face was full of smiles: "I'm not going, I'm not going!" β
Although Andre and Lin Fei have not known each other for a long time, he understands Lin Fei's character and knows that Lin Fei has always been a good talker. If he really planned to kill James at this time, then Lin Fei would really beat him up and then recover the shadow robe.
This is not a joke, he is also a mid-level dark creature, with mid-level extraordinary power, but he can only be beaten in the face of Lin Fei.
Because Lin Fei's anger is his nemesis. At this time, although he was wearing the shadow robe, a mid-level transcendent item, Lin Fei could easily hand over the transcendent item to him to use, who knew if he had a more powerful transcendent item?
In the tavern. The voices of people are boiling, and the smell of alcohol is permeating.
Lin Fei and Andre found a place and sat down. As soon as he sat down, Andre's eyes were aimed at a girl, and there was a sparkle in his eyes.
Lin Fei followed his line of sight and saw a girl with a circle of animal skins wrapped around her body, wearing a short skirt of animal skins, revealing most of her white skin, and a girl with a good figure was walking towards them with a soft smile.
The girl's beautiful face had six black patterns, which were animal patterns, not magic patterns, two pairs of furry ears on her head, and a tail with white thick hair behind her, which was obviously an orc girl.
There are many intelligent races in this world, and human beings are only one of them, but human beings occupy most of the territory of the continent, so human beings are the most powerful race in the world.
There are two branches of orcs, one is the pure orcs, the pure orcs are a race of sapient humanoids, they resemble beasts, and do not possess any human characteristics other than intelligence and standing and walking.
The other branch is the orcs, which are similar to humans, but have some beast characteristics. This kind of orc group accounts for a very small proportion, it is normal to be discriminated against and suppressed in the orc country, they don't think that the orcs are real orcs, so many orcs will come to the human country to beg for a life because they are suppressed in the orc country.
It's just that the human kingdom is not a paradise, and humans are actually the same as pure orcs, and they will also discriminate against orcs, believing that half-orcs are not real humans.
But despite this, there are still many orcs who have come to the human realm. Because in the orc kingdom, the pursuit is naked and the weak eat the strong, and some weak half-orcs often live an extremely miserable life and become slaves of pure orcs.
The human kingdom has abolished slavery since the era of the Holy Empire a thousand years ago, although there will still be a slave trade in the shadows, but this kind of trade cannot be put on the table, at least the human world will still be bound by laws and morals. Although these orcs are discriminated against in the human realm, at least they will not live so miserably, although they are a little embarrassed, they can still survive.
Of course, there is a reason why many people discriminate against orcs, that is, many orcs are indeed not so kind, they grew up in the world of the jungle, and they often do extremely cruel things when they come to the human world.
Although humans have done cruel things to each other, there are some things that can be treated equally once they rise to the level of race. This is also human nature, because most people believe that although human beings also sin, there are still good people in the majority, and this is also the case, after all, the living environment is different.
"Two guests, what do you need?" The half-orc girl came to the two of them and asked with a smile.
Andre grabbed the girl's slender and tender hand, looked at the girl's neck, swallowed slightly, and said affectionately: "Beautiful girl, I need a glass of rum and your name!" β
The girl was grabbed by Andre's hand and did not break free, as if she had met many people similar to Andre, and smiled with ease: "Yes, sir." β
With that, the girl took out a warm piece of wood from her full chest with her other hand and handed it to Andre.
Andre let go of the girl's hand and looked over, only to see that it was engraved with the common characters of the mainland.
"Tina."
At this time, the girl looked at Lin Fei and said, "This gentleman, what do you need?" β
Lin Fei said: "I also want rum and give me a roast leg of lamb." β
After groping for a moment in his arms, Lin Fei took out a silver coin from his arms, flicked it lightly, and fell into the girl's chest.
Seeing that it was a silver coin commonly used in the Pablos Kingdom, the girl glanced at Lin Fei gratefully, thanked her, and turned to leave.
Andre was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the girl leaving, he felt a trace of regret in his heart.
Lin Fei saw his look of regret and said with a smile: "How is it?" Do you want me to give you a silver coin and you give her a tip? β
Andrei's face froze and he shook his head. He is a dark creature, and he is most afraid of silverware, isn't taking silver coins to blow up his identity and ask for his own hardship?
"I don't have silver coins, but I do have gold coins!" Andrei thought about it and laughed. I just want to wait for the girl named Tina to come over and reward her with a gold coin as a tip!
Lin Fei said, "I advise you not to do this." β
"Why?" Andrei was a little puzzled.
"That James just now will definitely send someone to find us, if you take out gold coins and reward others casually, doesn't that mean that you have a lot of gold coins?" Lin Fei explained.
When Andre heard this, he suddenly glanced at Lin Fei with admiration.
In fact, Lin Fei has not yet said other reasons. One gold coin is equivalent to about twenty silver coins, which is almost equal to between 800 and 1,000 copper coins, which is a huge amount of money. If you give it to the orc girl named Tina, the orc girl will probably be hostile to the other human service girls here.
Sometimes giving too much is not necessarily a good thing.
The hundred gold coins that Lin Fei got from Lisa were all the net worth that Lisa had accumulated in Earl Perio's Mansion for several years, and of course Lin Fei returned them in the end.
Because the tavern business was excellent, Lin Fei and Andre also waited for a long time before the wine and food were served.
Lin Fei and Andre had just finished drinking a glass of rum and felt that it was not enjoyable, so they asked for another one.
Before the wine was served, a figure came slowly. The originally noisy tavern instantly fell silent, and the drinkers in the tavern were all frightened when they saw this figure, and they didn't dare to say more, nor did they dare to look more, and they lowered their heads one after another.
This figure came to Lin Fei and Andre's side, and said, "Mr. Feilin, can I sit here?" β
This man was none other than the one-eyed james.
When Andre saw this person, he showed an impatient look on his face, and said coldly: "There is still a place here, why are you sitting here?" β
Lin Fei also raised his head and looked at James, he knew in his heart that this James must have come for them, and calculated the time slightly, Lin Fei knew that he was afraid that this James had already gone to check, and knew that the two were foreigners who had just entered the country.
James didn't welcome himself when he saw Andre's words, and he didn't get angry, but just smiled: "What? Are you thieves? β
Lin Fei's eyes narrowed slightly, he knew that this person was testing himself and Andre. Just as he was about to speak, Andre over there changed his face and smiled: "What are you a thief with a weak heart?" You just have to do a toilet sit! β
Hearing Andre's words, Lin Fei secretly said badly. If Andre continues to refuse, although he will also be suspected of being a thief, he can at least keep this James away from them, and he can not give James any chance to test them. But Andre's words just show that he is a little weak-hearted, and at the same time has the possibility of continuing to test them. Although this James could not have relied on this to conclude that they were the murderer of Barms, he had a chance.
I couldn't help but curse Andre Pig teammate in my heart, such a simple method of agitation can be fooled, but I can't refuse it at this time.
James sat down and said to Andre, "I haven't introduced myself yet, my name is James Bryant, and I'm the sheriff of the Dante City Sheriff's Team. I don't know what this person's name is. β
"My name is Andrea Ferrion. Just an ordinary traveler. Andrei said.
"An ordinary traveler?" James nodded, "I heard you're from the Moon Country. As far as I know, the country of the moon is far west, more than 10,000 miles away from my principality of Riley, and there are towering green mountains and the kingdom of Mortai and Pablos in the middle. β
Wouldn't an ordinary traveler be able to cross the green mountains and the two kingdoms? Andre sneered: "Although I am an ordinary traveler, I can be regarded as a martial artist. As for ......"
Before he finished speaking, he was cut off by Lin Fei and said: "Although Andre is from the Land of the Moon, as far as I know, he followed the caravan from the northern end of the Land of the Moon to the Kingdom of Mortai a few years ago, stayed in the Kingdom of Moltai for a few years, and then followed the Lena River to the Kingdom of Pablos. And although he is a martial artist, he has only learned fist and foot kung fu for a few days. β
Andre couldn't hear it, but Lin Fei could hear the trap in James Smiths' words, he was testing Andre, but he was only testing Andre on the surface to see if he was an ordinary person, but there was a deeper meaning.
In addition, the deeper temptation is that if Andre is a dark creature or an undead transcendent, he will naturally not be afraid of danger and will travel through the Green Mountains and the two kingdoms to the Kingdom of Riley in a very short time. Because as long as it is not a person with extraordinary powers, it is impossible to cross such a long distance at an extremely fast speed.
Andre said that he was a martial artist at this time, but martial artists are still in the category of ordinary people, and if he continues, if he ignores the time difference, he will definitely be suspected by James.
But Lin Fei knew that Andre had been completely suspected when he said that he was a martial artist, and I was afraid that it would be time for a showdown.
Sure enough, just as Lin Fei thought, James glanced at Lin Fei and smiled meaningfully: "Martial artist? I see! I thought that Mr. AndrΓ© could walk such a long distance unscathed, and that he had extraordinary strength! β
Lin Fei secretly said that trouble was coming.
Lin Fei knew that this sentence was James's killer weapon, if Andre admitted that he had extraordinary power, then it was a contradiction to what Andre just said, because Andre said that he was a martial artist, but he did not have a bloodline demon pattern on his body, so he must not be a bloodline warrior, so the rest may be transcendent creatures and transcendentals.
Once Andre admits to possessing his supernatural powers, then this James will definitely use his sheriff's authority to ask AndrΓ© why he is lying, and then continue to ask what his supernatural powers are!
If Andrei doesn't admit it, he's afraid he will also make a tentative move, and once he does, Andrei probably won't be able to hide his identity.
As for why James didn't shoot directly at the beginning, I'm afraid it was because he had no evidence, only a little suspicion, after all, the two were foreigners, and they would only use words to test if they didn't do it. But now Andre's answer from his pig teammate has only made James's suspicions even more skeptical.
Because when Lin Fei and James met at the beginning, Andre came back out of breath.
It's not that far from the scene of Bam's suicide, and a warrior is out of breath after running such a long distance? Although Lin Fei cut off Andre's words, saying that Andre had only learned fist and foot kung fu to make up for the flaws in Andre's words, it was obviously useless.
This James is really a thoughtful person, but the temptation of a few words is interlocking, and in the blink of an eye, Lin Fei and Andre are cornered.
At this time, Lin Fei had to admit that this James was amazing, and it was the first time he had seen someone as thoughtful as James in this world.
James's eyes pressed on Andre, and the dangerous aura on his body gradually spread, and a trace of pressure spread from his body.
Lin Fei laughed at this time.
Hearing Lin Fei's laughter, James looked at Lin Fei with some doubts.
Now he was sure that Andre had a problem, and he didn't pay attention to Lin Fei at all. Although Lin Fei looked thin, he could feel that Lin Fei had a strong vitality on his body, and this vitality was the vitality of a martial artist. But Lin Fei didn't have a bloodline magic pattern, so he only regarded Lin Fei as a martial artist who trained his body to the limit.
No matter how strong an ordinary martial artist is, he is only a mortal, he has the power of blood, how can he care about a small martial artist, so a strange smile appeared on his face.
"Extraordinary power?" Lin Fei's back straightened, and an extremely strong breath of life emanated from Lin Fei's body.
James's face changed, he felt the breath of life on Lin Fei's body, but he also felt the endless momentum contained in this breath, this power was not at all something that ordinary martial artists could emit, and he had only felt such momentum in bloodline warriors.
James was a little shocked, he didn't expect him to look away too.
At this time, Tina, the orc, came to the table with a drink. Seeing that the atmosphere between the three of them was a little tense, he didn't say much, put down two glasses of wine and walked away cautiously.
Lin Fei saw that his face changed, and said with a smile: "I'm not a bloodline warrior, but Mr. James, do you think I'm the owner of extraordinary power?" β