Chapter 28: The Conspiracy Behind the Scenes

Arthur spent only one night in the village of Thessaloniki before hurrying out on his journey again.

Randall talked to him almost all night, telling Arthur many interesting stories about his and Keynes youth, as well as the woman nicknamed "The Blue Enchantress".

Keynes's Starfall Sword and Danyang Divine Refining Technique were all obtained by a few of them from an expedition to an ancient ruin when they were young, and they only quit halfway through the exploration.

Randall asks Arthur to go to Aretha the "Blue Enchantress" and tell her about Keynes's death, as well as to resolve the misunderstanding. As for what that misunderstanding was? Randall was also vague, saying only that everything was clear when he met Aretha.

Randall's real purpose in asking Arthur to go to Aretha was not to tell Cairns about his death, but to hope that Arthur would find a way to get her back to the mercenary group.

Randall didn't expect Arthur to return to Warless so early, rebuilding the mercenary group was too early and too dangerous for Arthur, who was a sixth-level lieutenant, and he didn't want Cairns' tragedy in Sauron Canyon to happen to Arthur so soon.

Randall stayed up that night, and the only thing he could think of was Aretha. That woman had a special affection for Keynes and the mercenary group, and Aretha was a warrior fifteen years ago, and according to her talent, she should be at least an eleventh level warrior now. If Aretha returns to the mercenary group, Arthur will be much safer.

Of course, Randall didn't know that Arthur still had a warrior like Spence by his side before that. Even though Arthur told Randall, he insisted that Arthur go to Norman. Even if she can't convince Aretha to return to the mercenary group, then she must find a way to let her take Arthur back to the ruins of the past.

It may not take long for Arthur to storm the warriors of the war school, and Randall is worried that with that incomplete "Danyang Refining God", he will not be able to support Arthur to break through the battle level. And that ruin is likely to contain the rest of the "Danyang Refining God", and he hopes that Arthur can try his luck in it.

And Arthur and Randall have the same concerns at this point, Professor Charlene told him when he gave him the Ice Spirit Heart Pendant that the pendant can only solve the cultivation problem below the battle school, and then the cold qi in the Ice Spirit Heart Pendant will not be able to suppress the rampant fire attribute fighting energy in his meridians. Arthur must start thinking about the cultivation after the war school in advance, and he can't still rely on enduring inhuman pain.

Due to multiple factors, Arthur has to embark on a journey to the Norman kingdom in search of the "Blue Enchantress......

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Yanfeng Manor.

Clored reappeared in the Grand Mage's Magic Tower, and Serenda's face was much kinder this time.

At this time, Clorid was whispering to the archmage: "According to the number and characteristics of those corpses found in the manor provided by the archmage, the merchant has mobilized all its forces and channels to collect intelligence on all the towns and forces within a hundred kilometers around, and has found a little useful clue. ”

Selenda's expression immediately became no longer calm, "What clues?"

"The two B-level mercenary groups 'Piercing Blood' and 'Blood Wolf Fox' in Huaolez City have each recently disappeared inexplicably and several key mercenaries, and it is speculated that they have died. The estimated time of death is supposed to be around the time of my first visit to the Grand Mage. We've made some portraits based on detailed descriptions of people familiar with these missing mercenaries, you see?" said Crored, pulling out a dozen portraits of the people that had been prepared in advance.

Coloned is worthy of being the senior manager of Yunxiao Commercial Bank, and he is very thoughtful and meticulous.

Selenda eagerly unfolded the portraits, "That's right, it's them!" The archmage quickly pulled three from the portraits.

Three of the mercenaries had died among the thorn bushes that had just entered the manor, and the three bodies were found relatively intact and were immediately recognized in the portrait.

Serenda, who had been holding her chest for many days, breathed a sigh of relief, and found out the identity of the infiltrator, and her hope of recovering her stolen magic notes was more than half.

Clorid analyzed: "Since it was the mercenaries of the mercenary group who infiltrated your manor that night to steal, then they should have accepted the entrusted task. This specific infiltration mission must be secret, if it is a public mission, Huaorez's mercenary union must have a bottom file, and if it is a private mission, only the rank of the deputy head of the two mercenary groups and above can have access to the commission information. The comptoir will continue to investigate along these two lines, but it will take some more time and effort. ”

Serenda glared and said, "Why bother? I'll go directly and arrest the leaders of these two mercenary groups and ask them to find out!"

Clorid hurriedly persuaded: "Great magician, no! These two are the largest mercenary groups in Huaores City, and it will have too much impact if they come directly to arrest their leader." And we don't have any evidence now, if these two regiment commanders insist on not saying whether they live or die, can we still kill them directly?"

Serenda also showed a hesitant expression and muttered, "Who has the strength and guts to hire the two strongest mercenary groups in the city to steal from me?"

Just as the Grand Magician of Serenda was about to get close to the truth, he was inadvertently interrupted by Coloned, "Huaorez is not the strongest of these two mercenary groups, and a new B mercenary group has recently risen. ”

"Another one?"

"It's called the Blue Enchantress, and the Comptoir has hired them once before, and although there are not many of them, the mercenaries are very strong in personal combat. However, their mercenary group has not decreased its number of people recently, but has been increasing its number of people, so it should have nothing to do with this matter. Clorid further explained.

Serenda didn't ask any more questions, but said with a grim face, "That magic notebook is very important to me, I can give you a while more time to find things out." Help me get things back, I can consider your proposal last time. ”

......

Meanwhile, inside the city of Juaorez.

Kirkel and Valeou, two old rivals who had been fighting for many years, rarely sat down and drank together.

Kirker smiled bitterly and raised his glass, "The two of us have been in Huaorez for half our lives, but we didn't expect to be squeezed into such a situation by a kid who didn't have any hair?"

Valeo and Kirkle touched their glasses and drank them all, "Thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river, Keynes was not as arrogant back then, what was the final result?"

Kirker shook his head again and again, "Keynes and Randall were quite restrained and disciplined at that time, and although the three of them fought openly and secretly, they didn't come up with a winner, but now we are pressed by the blue enchantress, and the mercenaries in the whole city are watching our jokes." In the past two months, the number of entrusted tasks received by the mercenary group has been decreasing, and if it continues like this, we will not be able to maintain ourselves without any changes on the other side. ”

Valeo also sighed deeply, the situation of the wild wolf fox is the same as that of stabbing blood, as a large mercenary group of hundreds of people, stable mission commission income is the basis for maintaining the operation of the mercenary group, if the income continues to decrease, when even the mercenary salary cannot be paid, it will naturally reach the point of disbandment of the mercenary group.

Kirker continued: "We're going to have to figure something out, and this time we're going to have to join forces. ”

"What can be done, do you want to plot against them again? If this matter can't be spread out again, our two families will really not be able to gain a foothold in Huaorez?"

Kirkel smiled slyly, "It's taboo for mercenary groups to plot against each other, but they don't have so many scruples about making a move against the Moral Firm, right?"

Valeo was stunned, "Did you find something?"

"I've been keeping an eye on them for a long time, and I've noticed that there's a big difference between what they're collecting from their outposts on the outskirts of the Orlando Mountains and the amount of goods they're sending to sell inland to the kingdom. Where did they get the extra goods?"

Valeo's eyes lit up, and then the two of them spoke quieter and quieter......