Chapter 52, Intelligence Sale
Erwin walked into the tavern with the gate facing Sayre's main thoroughfare and market.
Open all night at twelve o'clock, the Victor's Tavern was full of guests at all times, mercenaries and adventurers being the most common, as well as dozens of cheap prostitutes who could wander through the toilets and alleys, and vendors selling all sorts of strange goods of unknown origin.
The tavern is divided into two floors, like two completely different worlds, the first floor below is the lobby of the tavern, the chaotic atmosphere and the vulgar noise that fills the ears, it is the only place where the poor people with little money can find fun, there are cheap liquor sold and waitresses who show a large area of snow-white skin, it doesn't cost a lot of money to drink their stomachs, and they can also make noise and say some dirty things to the maids to take advantage of - the guards in Cell's never go to the Victor's Tavern to find trouble, of course, provided that you follow the rules, People who are thrown out of the tavern are usually already in a state of serious injury with their limbs broken.
The upper floor is much quieter and cleaner, and it is where the Liberals' Guild conducts business, and no one dares to make trouble and noise here.
As Erwin climbed the stairs, he saw two distinct areas, separated by wooden planks, one of which was polite hospitality and all kinds of guests who had come to commission, and on the other side was a large man reclining on a chair with his feet on the table, smoking a pipe in his mouth, looking impatiently at the mercenaries or adventurers who were picking tasks in front of him.
"Is there anything you need help with, sir?" The waitress standing at the counter at the top of the stairs asked eagerly.
Although Erwin was dressed in cheap clothes, his calm demeanor and unfamiliar face did not resemble that of the Victor's Tavern, and the hostess was usually very enthusiastic about such guests, especially since the other party had a wonderful appearance that made the girl blush.
Erwin smiled slightly, and said to the beautiful and delicious hostess with a plump and snow-white forehead on her chest: "I have a piece of information that I want to sell, please arrange it for me." ”
"Yes sir, please come with me." The waitress immediately left the counter and led Erwin to another place.
That's right, the Liberals' Guild is not limited to receiving commissions, they also acquire all kinds of information - the location of treasures and minerals everywhere, the hideout of certain monsters, some kind of rumor, the secrets of a certain big person, these things are bought by the Liberals' Guild. For example, the Grey Dove Mercenary Group is now buried in Elwin's ancient tomb, if they don't plan to dig it themselves, they can choose to sell the location of the ancient tomb, which is also a kind of intelligence.
"Please go inside, sir, there will be someone to receive you."
The waitress led Erwin to the door of another room on the second floor, and glanced at him in a playful manner as she left, Erwin touched his chin and smiled dumbly, and then walked into the room.
Unlike the courteous hospitality and the stout man, the man in charge of the acquisition of information in this room was obviously a very shrewd, middle-aged man who looked like a brilliant businessman, he smiled, put his hands on the table, and made a gesture to sit down when he saw Erwin enter.
Erwin sat down in front of him, the two exchanged a few polite words, signed a non-disclosure agreement, and then got down to business.
"I have a nest intelligence about the Fire Viper, which is an adult Fire Viper, living alone, and a nest that has been at least twenty years old." Erwin spoke.
The fire pit is a wurm that resembles a large lizard with fiery red skin, and an adult fire pit is about the size of a ploughing ox, with a pair of slightly vestigial wings on its back, and has a short flight ability.
The middle-aged man showed a just right look of surprise, but soon he thought of something, his brown pupils dilated slightly, and a look of real surprise flashed in his eyes.
"Is it the other side of the Bekara region?" The middle-aged man subconsciously grasped the table with both hands, but asked in a steady tone.
Erwin didn't speak, just smiled and nodded.
Not far from the city of Black Pearl Cel, Bekhara is a rare mountain area on the plains, at the junction of the realms of two lords, and in Bekhara there is a perennial fire pit that comes from nowhere, often running out to hunt passing caravans and cattle from nearby reclamations.
Because the fire pit is related to dragons, it also has a penchant for collecting metal, weapons and armor and even farm tools with metal, as well as many Thor and Sid gold coins, all of which are within the scope of the fire pit viper's collection.
Many years ago, this fire pit viper took advantage of the darkness of night to loot one of the lord's castles, taking away a large amount of his gold coins and collectibles, and the caravan was often hunted and attacked by merchants in the nearby area, the lord was furious and sent his private army to attack the fire pit viper.
It's a pity that those private soldiers who bully civilians are very powerful, and they only have to be tortured and killed when they face the fire pit viper, and the lord who learned the hard way borrowed a team of soldiers with excellent combat effectiveness from the elite legion, but the fire pit viper, which is not much stupider than humans, hid directly in the lair, and in the face of the nest that I don't know where it is in the vast mountains, the lord can only consider himself unlucky.
This incident was a laughing stock and a talking point in Black Pearl Cell for a while, but then the lord offered a high bounty of 500 gold coins for the location of the fire pit viper's nest, which made many people shut their mouths, and then quietly entered the mountains overnight to investigate.
But over the years, no one has found the fire pit viper's nest, and the big red man still comes out to raid it every year.
The area near Black Pearl Cell is only this fire pit pit beetle that is more famous, so when Erwin said it, the middle-aged man quickly thought of this, and after getting Erwin's confirmation, the middle-aged man's heart immediately became excited, not because of the high rank offered by the lord, but because this bounty has been hanging in the Victor's Tavern for a long time, and once it is really taken away, it is also an opportunity for the Victor's Tavern to improve its reputation.
The middle-aged man held back the excitement in his heart, and did not ask Erwin how he found the fire pit worm's nest, which is almost the avoidance of every adventurer who makes a living from it, and the middle-aged man will not find himself bored. However, according to the rules, Erwin must go with the people of the Free Guild to confirm the location of the lair, first, to distinguish the authenticity of the information, and secondly, to estimate the value of the information.
The information of the Fire Pit Worm's Lair was already worth five hundred Sid gold coins, and the lord's bounty was still hanging in the tavern, although it was only about four hundred and fifty in the end, but Elwin was completely satisfied with it, because he didn't have to pay any price for this information.
In the game, the people who are currently in the fire pit pit lairs are the players, and the five hundred Sid gold coins offered by the lord are not important to the players, what matters is the fire pit viper itself, and what has been plundered in the lair for so many years.
The fire pit is a treasure in its own right, with mana-resistant skin, bones as hard as iron, sharp claws, and medicinal flesh that can be used as materials for spell research. It can be said that the fire pit viper itself is worth far more than five hundred gold sid coins.
Not to mention that the fire pit viper has plundered a lot of things into its nest for more than twenty years, and it can already be regarded as a small treasure.
Naturally, players wanted to do this quest themselves, but at that time, when the fire pit worm's lair appeared in the game, the general level of players was about level 1o, and the fire pit was as high as level 2o, and the combat power was much higher than that of the troll oak.
The players in the current Fire Pit Viper's Lair are a guild, but they are only a small guild of a dozen people, and they can't eat this quest at all, so they can only gather their teammates on the forum, and Erwin was one of the members of the crusade team at that time.
That's why Erwin knows the location of the fire pit worm's nest, he happens to be passing by here, although he is far from qualified to tease this big red man in terms of strength, but there is no problem in using it to make money.
The middle-aged man proposed to go together to confirm the location of the fire floating's lair, regardless of the fact that it was almost dark outside, compared to the current heart, he was very anxious.
However, Erwin didn't want to go with him to the wilderness now, so he asked the middle-aged man to borrow a pen and paper and write down the location of the fire pit viper's nest and let them confirm it themselves.
As for whether the information will be swallowed by the Free Guild, Erwin is not worried about this at all, this possibility is close to zero, the Free Guild has a big business, there is no need to risk it for a fire pit viper's lair, they value reputation and credibility more.
The fire pit viper's nest is actually quite easy to find, in a mine that has been abandoned for many years in the mountains of the Bekal region, but because of habitual thinking, people who enter the mountains to find the nest always think that the fire pit viper's nest is built on a more remote cliff, so they turn a blind eye to such a good hiding place in the mine.
And the players chose to enter the mine to look for it as soon as possible, and then it took less than half a day to find out the place where others couldn't find it for more than ten years.
So when Erwin wrote out the location and handed it to the middle-aged man, his eyes almost popped out, and he couldn't help but wonder if this information was true or false, after all, the abandoned mine was in such a conspicuous place in the mountains. But it's normal to think about it in retrospect, after all, even he thinks that the fire pit worm is unlikely to hide in such a conspicuous place, and others can't even think of it, it is such a misconception that no one has found the location of the nest for so many years.
Seeing that Erwin also drew a road map in the mine in great detail and marked a safe path, the middle-aged man couldn't help but wonder how the young man in front of him could find such a path in the complex labyrinthine environment of the mine and a pack of man-eating rats the size of hunting dogs.
"Very detailed information and maps, allow me to guess impudently, sir, have you ever learned cartography?" The middle-aged man asked in some surprise, this is knowledge that only military academies can teach, what is the identity of this young man in front of him?
"Hehe, I've only learned a little bit of skin." Erwin smiled mysteriously, but it was actually the skill that he had reached the basics of LV3 that was wielding.
Seeing that Erwin refused to reveal any information, and the middle-aged man didn't care, he carefully put away the paper with the map drawn, and then said to Erwin: "Sir, we can complete the confirmation as soon as tomorrow morning, if you have time, please come over tomorrow morning." As for the valuation, because of the bounty of the lord, you can choose to accept the bounty or sell the information directly to us, and we can discount the price, you can go back and think about it, and give us an answer tomorrow. ”
Erwin nodded, it was too early to negotiate the price, at least wait for the Free Men's Guild to confirm the authenticity of this information before negotiating.
"No problem, then I'll wait for your good news."
Erwin stood up and took his leave.
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