Chapter 14: The Mockingbirds in the Hounds (Part I)

Jin Shaolan sighed.

Not far away, Tabesa summoned a magic map in front of him, pointing at the map to assign tasks for the last batch of kitchen knives. It appears to be a somewhat worn sheepskin map, with a dark purple crystal ball floating above it. Whenever Tarbesa's finger landed on an area, her designated contractor froze in a daze for a moment, then nodded yes again and again.

Eye of Azula - In addition to the name, Jin Shaolan also knows a little about this magical magic prop. As long as he puts his will into it, he can see through it every grass and tree in a specific location, which he tried when he first encountered the game in the beginner map Alwyn Forest. However, Tabesa's ability to monitor a large area and develop it over a small area is clearly quite clever – not to mention the ability to carry it with you. The one Jin Shaolan watched in the game was much larger than hers, and it was fixed in the Tower of Azura.

The same goes for the large range of Kenrito beacons she uses in the tavern. The temporary "Arcane Eye" marker on the back of her hand also helped her locate and keep track of the progress of her hired adventurers, which was used as a basis for the group teleportation spell, and only the contractor of the "Golden Arcane Eye" was brought to the Alterac Mountains - otherwise, despite being a high-level mage and astrologer, how could Tabesa keep track of how many Assassins each adventurer had killed?

Her gaze glanced between assignments, just as she had occasionally done in the course of her own work. He smiled back, and then when her gaze returned to the map, he looked up to the sky again and sighed—in his heart.

Jin Shaolan had already made up his mind, and he couldn't let his fellow physical specialty contractors see that he was actually a rookie who could even choose the wrong task branch. As the mission description suggests, there are "safe scenarios", and conversely, there are naturally "free scenarios" where killing others can be rewarded. The description of the security scene, "Contractors will not drop any items if killed", also indicates that even the current contractors can still attack each other. Just as the trio didn't want to get information from him as a "veteran" for no reason, preferring to establish a temporary cooperative relationship with each other, they had to be on guard. He waited patiently for the kitchen knives to run out.

Tabesa thought it was a little funny. At first, after she had told the adventurers that she was going to start assigning the areas to be cleared today, the High Elf smiled politely at her and gracefully took two steps back. But she didn't miss the momentary expression of desire on his face.

In fact, she had noticed this elf in the tavern, because of the scarcity of numbers, outside of Dalaran, their race could be said to be almost rare—after all, unlike their nature-loving relatives, the High Elves preferred a life of refinement, elegance, moderation, and proper enjoyment.

So the presence of a High Elf in the ranks of adventurers is something that is really interesting to the details.

But most of the time she could only count on Bauer's relay, so she looked at him a few more times, and he responded to her with a little surprise. When it is discovered that the elf did not choose "purple" but "gold", "little surprise" becomes "surprise". When the teleportation was over, the "This is not the same as promised" expression appeared on his handsome and easy-going face, which made Tabesa a little stunned and secretly amused.

didn't let Jin Shaolan wait long, and the last few contractors with physical expertise also scattered into the ruins of the mountain city to search for those syndicate assassins with hidden abilities. Among the contractors, several people cast meaningful glances at Jin Shaolan before leaving. Why would a rare legal professional veteran in the Nightmare Space come to the Alterac Branch? And after noticing their gaze, the "Torre Red Robe Mage" also showed a ...... Damn it! That's the way a friendly mage looks at Muggles in Harry Potter! Obviously, he disdains to be in the company of them! Damn it! - Neither can the friendly!

In Tabesa's eyes, it was evident that the elf was trying to pretend to be decent—and indeed, even she could not think of anything the poor elf could do other than pretend to be decent in her fidget. And he walked up to greet Tarbeza, and several Muggle contractors decided that their speculations had come true. They smell a strong sense of conspiracy — but fortunately, the "conspiracy" doesn't seem to be their business.

"Hello, Ms. Tabesa," he bowed lightly with his left hand behind his back and his right hand on his chest, "hmm...... I'm sorry, but I think I can explain ......."

"Hello, visitor from the Northern Kingdoms, but I don't think you need to explain," Tabesa looked sideways at him, his eyes bright, "There is a proverb in Dalaran, 'All explanations are pale, only the consequences are real.'" Seeing that the young elf had become very nervous, she immediately laughed heartily, and was as beautiful as a flower: "-So, I agree that this is an unfortunate tragedy. ”

Jin Shaolan looked relieved. "Uh...... Be...... Oh, yes. He said. The relieved High Elves no longer looked as strong and composed as they had been. "Allow me to introduce myself," he said with a smile, bowing again, "I'm Defida Wind Seeker, as you can see, with Quel'Thalas," and he looked like he couldn't help but laugh and was a little embarrassed, "...... I just became a mage apprentice not long ago. ”

Tabesa couldn't hold back for a moment, and laughed out loud.

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Realizing that he had mistakenly selected the task branch for the physical specialty contractor to complete, Jin Shaolan was simply speechless. He felt that it was not his fault at all, who would have thought that Minerva McGonagall would guide the Muggle army and Gilderoy Lockhart would be the head of magic? ①

Of course, he didn't hesitate to keep up with Big Sister Tabesa instead of some kind of masculine charm with a beautiful beard, a "Bow" (2) - he didn't look like a first-class mage like Tabesa! The clerk of Dalaran, who looked more like a poet than a mage, was the one who guided the elders of the legal system to explore Karazhan's current situation, and the magical Tabesa led a team to cut people, which was really unexpected...... Our Boss Jin could only hide his face and sigh......

The elf, who calls himself "Deshuda the Wind Seeker", tells Tabeza in a somewhat vague way that he is a poet, or rather, a poet in the first place. However, during the orc invasion of Azeroth, rumors of the High Elf Magus showing their skills on the front line were constantly brought back to Quel'Thallas by the Far Travelers; When the Silvermoon Council, which rules the Northern Kingdoms, announced that it would strengthen its military power, the poet who had spent his days wandering the gardens of Silvermoon City gladly joined the Fatherine Academy for apprenticeship—to be exact, he had just learned some of what an apprentice should know—and then when he heard that a group of travelers was about to go to Dalaran, the romantic-minded elf enthusiastically joined them and came to Ambermir......

"Here I heard that Dalaran needed help," he said, blushing a little, "so I thought...... I think my affinity for magic should come in handy......"

Tabesa still had some affection for the High Elf: he was young, handsome, urbane, always with a soft and friendly smile on his face, and a little innocence and curiosity in his eyes—besides, he was an apprentice mage.

The two of them began to talk. Knowing why he chose the wrong team, Tabesa even thought it was quite interesting. And Jin Shaolan also tentatively asked Tabeisa when he would be able to send him back - take him back to Ambermir now, or even send him directly to Karazan, this kind of daydreaming idea will certainly not be boring. After learning that today's search and arrest task was going to be completed and the time was about to be close to evening, Jin Shaolan also chatted with Tabesa in peace. - You can't farm reputation, so it's still okay to brush favorability, right?