"Mr. Qiao Xiu, is this the underground of Nolan?"

Lady Marlena looked back and forth in confusion as she walked back and forth in the ruined city.

Qiao Xiu, who had been on a trip, suddenly returned to the Hearthstone Tavern this afternoon and told Lady Marlena to immediately lead a team of people to open a branch.

As soon as Qiao Xiu mentioned the branch, the old businessman became interested.

The Hearthstone Tavern is far larger and more in the way it operates than all of Nolan's taverns, and its daily profits are sky-high compared to the amount of money Lady Marlena had earned in the past.

This had made Lady Marlena always want to open a branch of the tavern outside Nolan, and today Josius fulfilled the merchant's wish.

But when she followed Qiao Xiu to a dwarven gathering place under Nolan, plus a spatial teleportation, she finally came to the location where the legendary 'branch' was established.

When Lady Marlena saw the surroundings of the site, she suspected that Qiao Xiu was joking with him.

The street is full of decay, and no one has lived in it for at least hundreds or even thousands of years.

Open a branch of the Hearthstone Tavern here? Could it be for ghosts?

But Lady Marlena didn't feel the presence of any undead around her.

"You can understand it this way, in short, this is the storefront, you will prepare all the things you need to open the store, and by the way, assign me one or two trustworthy attendants."

Qiao Xiu narrowed the range of his magic shield a little, allowing Ciri to transform the sunlight projected above him into a glowing protocrystal with illusion.

The architectural style of this street is very similar to the underground ruins of Nolan, and it may seem to outsiders that Qiao Xiu has found a 'town of underground ruins'.

"Understood."

Lady Marina wisely didn't ask extra questions.

"I made a deal with Frostaxe, he will send you back when you get to the portal, and I will take care of the cleaning."

Josiu took Lady Marlena around the street's largest building, which was constructed like a council chamber, with a very large central lobby and a second floor.

If he could, Joshua could even transform it into a lavish casino.

"There is no basement to store drinks and ingredients, but if the portal can be opened every day, fresh ingredients can be purchased in Nolan, and this can be used as a kitchen."

After inspecting the environment of the 'branch', Lady Marlena was very satisfied with the structure of the building, except... It's just so desolate.

"Mr. Qiao Xiu, do you need me to send someone for cleaning? There are many signs of damage in the interior of the building, and it needs to be renovated. Lady Marina said as she ran her fingers across the dust from the stone pillar.

"No problem, of course I want the people you hire to be 'reliable and obedient enough.'"

After Qiao Xiu gave this order, Lady Marlena immediately returned to Nolan, and she was more talented and skilled than Qiao Xiu in terms of human resources deployment and opening stores.

The rest of Qiao Xiu is to wait for this building, which has been in ruins for an unknown number of years, to become the most popular tavern in the sky city of Arthur Cro.

………………

The Man in Black had never experienced such humiliation in the history of living in the human world.

During his journey to the human world, he met many humans with bad intentions, but their malice paled in the face of the High Elves' powerful magic.

But this time, the space magic he was proud of was blocked by the chaotic magic of the blasphemer.

What's worse... He could only watch as the blasphemer recruited troops from within Athercro and set up their camp.

The Man in Black watched as a group of humans carried a large amount of cargo through the portal into Arthurcro, which was enough for them to stay in the city for more than half a year.

"Does the employer want to build a resting place for adventurers in the underground ruins?"

"Don't talk too much! Hurry up and fix that stone pillar, this time I have given so much money for you to make small talk. ”

The Man in Black listened silently to the humans' discussions, unable to put up any effective resistance under the blasphemer's watch.

At this moment, the black-clad began to miss the stern elven elders, some of their concepts were very old-fashioned and stubborn to the point of being a headache, but they had great power to ignore the chaotic magic of this blasphemer and drive all these invading humans out of Athercro!

It may have been the prayers of the Man in Black, who was thinking about how to inform his people outside, and when a human invaded the city, the Man in Black sensed the breath of his own people.

He suddenly raised his head, and was surprised to see a figure in the distance of the street walking quickly towards it.

Only the High Elf Elder was eligible to enter the Forgotten Lands in Athercro, but when the Man in Black saw the High Elf's face clearly, his expectations were instantly disappointed.

Sindonal... The weakest of the High Elf elders was even far inferior to him in terms of seniority.

But the man in black did not give up hope, he glanced at Qiao Xiu, who was directing the establishment of the camp next to him, and walked quickly towards Elder Sindonar in the distance.

"Elder Sindonal! Stop it! ”

"Sokoren? I'll talk to you later. ”

He passed the man in black straight by, and then walked quickly in front of Qiao Xiu.

"Josieu Yanorrod, I pay your respects on behalf of the Sacred Tree."

After Elder Sindonar came to Qiao Xiu, he practiced a common etiquette of high elves to Qiao.

"You're the one you saw last time in Nolan... High Elf Elders? ”

"Sindonal." He said his name, with a slight rush in his voice.

"I'm curious you didn't call me a blasphemer like he did?"

Qiao Xiu glanced at the black-clothed man behind Elder Sindonar, who was maintaining a sluggish posture, as if he didn't understand why this elder was so familiar with Qiao Xiu.

"That's what the old High Elves called the Chaos Demon." Elder Sindonal whispered, "This involves the past, taboo to history, and even our people are rarely able to touch it.

"It's the black history of the past again... So what do you want to do here? Warning me to return to Nolan? ”

Elder Sindonal glanced at the human craftsmen in the distance, as well as a steady stream of supplies being transported through the teleportation array to the dusty streets.

The High Elf elder clenched his fist slightly, and finally let go of the white bird that was standing on Qiao Xiu's shoulder.

"I... It is the search for Arthurcro's way of salvation. Elder Sindonal said in a deep voice.