Chapter 26: Messages
Aktamu City
The boss of the slum gang, Quickley, who had a happy transition last night, was still asleep in the arms of the beauty.
Outside the house where he was resting, two tall black-clad and black-armored shield warriors were on duty, far better equipped than the city guards.
At this time, two black-clad wanderers outside the door paced back and forth intersectingly.
One of the wanderers couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to go up and knock on the door.
The two shield sword warriors stepped forward with a cold snort, drew half of their long swords, and made a gesture to slash.
The wanderer, who was about to step forward, could only sigh and retreat.
These two shield warriors in the awakening period are the personal guards trained by the gang boss in the slums, Quickley, who is a wanderer, knows that the shortcoming of the wanderer is that his skin is brittle and not resistant, and he does not dare to face the shield sword warrior, so he trained two shield warriors, these two shield sword warriors are back to back, guarding each other and attacking the blind spot, no matter how many dagger thieves in the awakening period dare not step forward.
The slums are mostly filled with thieves who use daggers, and even if any of them have the idea of killing Quickley, the gang leader, they will only be blind in front of these two level 3-4 shield warriors.
Since having these two personal guards, Quickley has slept much more steadily, and he can usually sleep until he wakes up naturally.
Perhaps it was the sound of the shield warrior drawing his sword that surprised Quickley, who was dressed in pajamas, and from the window, sleepy-eyed, looked at the two wanderers who were impatient, like ants on a hot pan, who turned out to be his two henchmen, Vance in charge of the docks, and Willer, who was in charge of information investigation.
As soon as the door opened.
The two shield warriors immediately stood apart, stood upright, and bowed to Quickley, acting like knightly squires in a noble family.
Quickley hadn't opened his mouth to ask.
Vance and Weller opened their mouths in unison, "Boss, Watson is dead. ”
"If you die, you will be tied up and thrown into the canal. . . Belch... Who.. Who died? Quickley looked incredulous.
"Boss, Watson is dead." The two repeated again.
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Who is Watson? He is the boss of Quickley, the real boss behind the slum gang, and a transcendent double-knife violent thief.
"Wo. . How did Big Watson die? Quickley wiped the cold sweat from his head.
"This morning, the Great Temple suddenly announced that two transcendent wanderers blasphemed the gods, offended the Guardian God Church, and tried to assassinate the new Grand Temple Patriarch Eden Aikin, but the assassination failed, and he was executed by the Grand Temple Patriarch himself, and now the two corpses have been dragged by the city guards to parade through the streets, and I can see clearly that one of them is Watson Boss Undoubtedly." Weller was very sure.
"Who's the other loiterer?" Quickley asked.
"The other is Boulding, the leader of the Shadow Hand Thieves Guild in Aktamu City, but it is said that the assassination mission was not accepted by the Shadow Guild, but was accepted by Boulding to betray the Shadow Hand without authorization." Weiler continued.
Quickley muttered to himself, "The Grand Temple Shepherd dares to move, it's all fucking crazy, phew!" He deserved to die. Hahaha. ”
Just as Quickley was gloating, Vance eagerly approached Quickley's eyes again, and said in a very solemn tone: "This morning, before dawn, a brother in the docks saw that Watson's woman, Lili, had left by boat. ”
Quickley's eyes shrank, "What do you mean?" ”
"Boss, you think, before Watson did it, his woman left on the boat." Vance said, licking his lips.
Quickley's eyes narrowed, and he said darkly, "You mean, Watson told the woman to leave before he made a move." ”
Vance nodded, "yes, boss." ”
"Then Watson must have given that girl, a lot of good things, can't keep it"
As soon as Quickley raised his hand, he chiseled a chestnut from Vance: "Damn, you're only here to tell me now, do you know where the woman went?" ”
"Oh, boss, I have inquired clearly, the ship is a merchant ship, and the ship is called the Golden Pufferfish, which is heading south." Vance replied, holding his head.
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The canal of Aktamu City is the confluence of the Jinke River and the Lanning River, a small river and one of the countless tributaries of the Lanning River.
But the Lanning River can, the source of the Lanning River is in the snowy plateau in the west of the human world, the river crosses the entire Duchy of Mare Otis to the east, and then makes a big turn to the south into the Duchy of Florence, most of the important cities of Florence are built along the Lanning River, and the convenient and cheap shipping of the Lanning River injects strong economic vitality into the cities along the river.
In the Duchy of Florence, the Lanning River runs south from the city of Actamu to Samos, Parthenon, Tanis and finally to the fortress of Kidna.
The Kidner Fortress is the forward armed fortress of the Duchy of Florence against the Southern Swamp Lizardmen, and all professionals who are engaged in foreign warfare are to undergo a short training in the Kidner Fortress and be incorporated into the Expeditionary Force.
Quickley and his men wanted to stop the Golden Pufferfish, which had been on its way for at least 3-4 hours, and there were only two options, one was to charter a clipper boat to chase it along the Lanning River, or the other was to take the overland route and intercept it in the small town of Tanis.
Although Quickley is a gang leader, he has also been exploited by Watson for many years, and he does not have the financial strength to charter the Clippers, so he can only choose the second way.
The town of Tanis is an important commercial town, and as a commercial vessel, there is no reason why the Golden Pufferfish should not stop at this town.
Of course, it was impossible for Quickley to rob the Golden Pufferfish, and he could have gotten on the boat to find an opportunity to kill the woman and get back what he deserved.
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The Golden Puffer Fish set sail from the canal of Aktam City early in the morning and docked at the town of Tanis in the evening, the merchants of the merchant ship will disembark and re-purchase goods, the goods on the Golden Puffer Fish have been emptied of most of the canal port in Aktam City, and the next stop is a big city of Samos City, you must buy enough goods along the route to make another profit in Morse City.
"At least overnight at the port, gentlemen and ladies on board can go to the town of Tanis to enjoy a different atmosphere, but please remember to come back early and leave at dawn tomorrow morning." The sailors of the merchant ships spoke loudly.
Lili, dressed in leather armor and a cloak, felt a little dazed as the crowd disembarked the merchant ship and walked down the completely unfamiliar street, she especially wanted to know about Watson, maybe she should go to the tavern and sit down.
Walking into the tavern, Lili found a place in the corner, spent 5 silver Dele, ordered a bottle of fine rye wine, and did not drink, but listened carefully with her ears pricked up.
"In the battle of the northern Otlan Valley, the lone army of the orc general was surrounded by the troops led by Generalissimo Taber, and the battle was dark. . . ." This one isn't.
"On the island of Pharos in the East China Sea, a large number of fishmen suddenly came ashore, broke through the castle on the island, slaughtered all humans, and a legendary warrior of the Bahamut family also died in battle... This one isn't.
"There's an anecdote in the city of Constantine in the Central Duchy... Neither is this one.
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Lili listened to the news around her while taking small sips of rye wine, and she didn't know how long it took, when a bottle of rye wine was about to reach the bottom.
"Shhhh Did you know? Yesterday there was an interesting incident in the Great Temple of Aktamu City... Lili perked up and quietly moved over to listen.
The man who spoke was five big and three thick, with two axes at his waist, obviously a berserker: "That Ai Jin mage, holding chicken feathers as an arrow, and a mere third-order spellcaster dared to come and ask to sit in the position of the patriarch of the Great Temple, I heard that it fell out on the spot, Lord Haros is very benevolent and righteous, and he doesn't care about the juniors, he turns around and leaves, and the other third-order mages don't do it, they ask for a fight, guess what?" That Aijin was beaten all over the ground looking for teeth... ”
There was a sigh from the audience.
But at this time, someone snorted coldly, but it was a ranger with a longbow on his back, at this time he was dressed in dust, obviously rushed a long way and was about to come in for a drink, only to hear him disdainfully say: "Where did you hear the three no news, who told you that the Patriarch of Aijin was beaten all over the ground looking for teeth?" I tell you that Patriarch Aijin has the strength of no less than the legendary period, just this morning, two transcendental wanderers broke into the Grand Temple with the intention of assassinating Patriarch Aijin, and were killed on the spot by Patriarch Aijin, and there was not a single knight attendant by Patriarch Aijin at that time. ”
"Shhhhhh
"Where did you hear from that?"
"Humph! I just came from Aktamu City, and the corpses of those two extraordinary thieves have now been dragged out to parade through the streets, phew, the wanderers are so fucking lawless, they dare to go to the Grand Temple of the Church of Tyre to go wild, and they are simply dizzy... ”
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"Dead, dead? You're finally dead. Lili closed her eyes, and a tear fell into the rye wine glass, which had bottomed out, and she raised her sleeves, brushed them away, and turned to leave.