After a night's rest in the hostel, Arnold and Lily were not in a hurry to leave the next day, and before stepping into the city of Vortagen, Arnold hoped to gather more information about the city, especially the Rupert family, and with this information, he could prepare and decide how to deal with it when the time came.

At breakfast, Arnold and Lily walked downstairs to prepare their meal in the dining hall on the first floor, which doubled as a tavern, and walked to the counter to return the room key.

The balding innkeeper saw the two of them coming down, only glanced at them, and then silently accepted the key handed over by Arnold without saying anything more.

Arnold took the initiative to speak: "Two grilled herring steaks, two glasses of ale - I want the ale of Leng Shanling, and some fruit, any fruit." ”

The innkeeper nodded, and then beckoned the man to get ready.

Most of the adventurers and mercenaries stranded in this inn looked gloomy and unconcerned about others, after all, no one would be in a good mood after coming all the way to this unusually hot place, only to be told that the mission was canceled in the middle of the mission.

Arnold took Lily to find a corner and sat down, it was at least two days away from here to Vortagen City, they were not in a hurry, taking advantage of this rare leisure time, Arnold planned to observe these adventurers carefully, with Lily here, it should be easy to obtain information.

Most of the big men in different armors were just looking at the glass of wine in front of them, and the expenses they were stranded here were all in vain, without any return, but to ask them to go back like this, these adventurers who had not received any gains in Futagen were unwilling to go back empty-handed, after all, the cost of going back was also an expense.

As a result, most people would rather stay in the Vortagan Territory, spending their days in the hostel while waiting for the latest news in the city.

And such an embarrassing situation has also caused many adventurers to become more and more anxious and have a bad temper.

Arnold stared at a tall soldier in chain mail at the next table, perhaps because of the other party's tall stature and the reluctance to take off his armor in such a hot environment, which made Arnold very concerned.

And Arnold naturally didn't have the ability to hide his gaze so well, he looked at it for a while, and was noticed by the tall warrior.

"Boy, what are you looking at?" the warrior turned his head and glared at Arnold viciously, "Believe it or not, I'll clean you up, huh?"

"Nothing, it's just ......" Arnold lowered his eyes slightly, glancing at Lily beside him, "This companion of mine has some questions for you. ”

"Huh?" the tall warrior subconsciously looked at Lily, perhaps because Lily was a woman, and she was a beautiful woman, so the tall warrior didn't speak as badly as he did to Arnold.

"You, what's the matter?"

"Some ......" Lily smiled as she looked at the warrior, and the moment the two looked at each other, the charm was activated.

"Little things. ”

The bewitched warrior was stunned for a moment, and then nodded with a blank expression, because he was alone and had no companions, so the people next to him didn't care about the movement here.

"Is there any news on Vortagen?" Lily asked, but when she asked, her eyes were on Arnold, and she seemed to be showing off.

"Again, Rupert's family bites the bullet and says that the Earl's mission must be suspended until the whereabouts of Count Vortagen are ascertained. I heard that many adventurers and mercenaries have joined forces to ask the Rupert family for an explanation, but after all, this is the Vortagan Territory, even if there are many people, how can they fight against the local lords? ”

Arnold listened silently as he cut the herring steak, and it seemed that the people in Vortagan now hoped that someone could help them come out and recover their losses, but no one wanted to be the first bird, lest the Rupert family turn their faces and implicate themselves. It's human nature, and Arnold doesn't think it's any strange.

"And is there any news from Count Vertagen?" asked Lily.

"If only there was news!" the warrior grumbled, although he was charmed, he still had his own emotional attitude, "Many people said that Count Vortagen's attack on Blackstone Peak made it impossible for the Lord of Fire to continue to tolerate it, so they killed him directly when the Count led people to Blackstone Peak." There are some brave fellows who go up to the Black Rock Peak to look for it, but it is the territory of the evil dwarves, unless they can kill all those mountain stones, no one can go deeper, how can they find the whereabouts of Count Fotagen?"

"Has anyone ever been up to Blackstone Peak?" Arnold stopped his knife and fork and looked at the warrior, "They didn't notice anything?"

"Nope. The warrior shook his head and said, "I found the traces left by the adventurers before, but I didn't see a human figure, and if I went deeper, it was the territory of the evil dwarves, and those guys didn't dare to break in." ”

"You know a lot. Lily leaned on the table with her hands on her cheeks, staring at the warrior with interest, "Is there any information?"

"There are always people who can't stay in the city and decide to go back, and every time they pass by, they bring some news from the city. And more and more people have been leaving the city lately, and if there is no news in a few days, then I plan to leave this hellish place. ”

"The Rupert family didn't care about you?" Arnold munched on a herring steak, his eating posture was still the style of a nobleman, and every movement was deliberately elegant, "With such a large number of people moving in the territory, they are not nervous at all?"

"Who knows?" the warrior spat, obviously resentful of the Rupert family, "I guess those lords are having a headache about the earl, it's not good, they're already fighting for the earl's position." ”

Arnold frowned, this is really possible, judging from the Rupert family's behavior of not actively looking for Count Vortagen, maybe there are people in the family who wish that the Count would not come back so that he could inherit the lordship.

However, Arnold saw a distinctly mocking smile on Lily's face.

His brow furrowed even tighter.

"What did you think of?" he asked Lily.

"Nothing. Lily was holding a herring steak cut into long strips, and it was clear that she knew something.

Arnold gritted his teeth, he really couldn't do anything about this woman, although Lily was on his side, but obviously had her own considerations and purposes, it can only be said that the overall interests of the two of them are the same, but in some details, I'm afraid Lily's reservations about herself are not a star.

"Is there any news from Snowlen?" Sensing the displeasure in his heart, Arnold suddenly changed his tone and asked something unrelated to the question just now.

The warrior also seemed a little confused by Arnold's sudden turn, and he thought for a while before replying, "I didn't pay much attention to what happened over there, and it seems that there is nothing big going on in the Snoren Territory." ”

"The Tamska family hasn't sent anyone to Vortagen?" Arnold didn't give up, and continued to ask, "Count Vortagan is missing, Duke Snowon won't say anything about it, will he?" ”

"Attitude...... The rugged-looking warrior didn't seem to understand Arnold's meaning, and he was stunned for a moment before giving an answer, "I haven't heard that Snowlen has an envoy coming." ”

Arnold sighed, it seemed that the answer to this question could not be asked from this guy's mouth, after all, this was just a mercenary, and it was impossible to have the leisure and consciousness to pay attention to the situation in a higher situation.

He turned his face and gave Lily a look.

Lily understood, and immediately relieved the charm of the warrior, and the warrior stayed for a moment, as if he did not understand what had just happened.

"Let's go. Arnold got up and placed an Imperial Gold on the table as a tip for the waiter, "It's not too early, let's leave early." ”

Lily had no objection and obediently followed Arnold out of the hostel.

And after the two left, in another corner of the hostel dining hall, a man who had been drinking with his head down suddenly raised his eyes and looked thoughtfully at the door.

He beckoned and motioned for the waiter to come.

"Do you have any orders, sir?" asked the waiter politely.

"This roast leg of lamb isn't tender enough!" he banged on the table, looking like he was going to make trouble, "Give me another one!"

......The waiter was naturally very embarrassed by such a request, and he hurriedly looked at the innkeeper, as if he was asking the boss for advice.

"Then you can go to the back and pick a sheep yourself, but this roasted one cannot be returned. The innkeeper pointed to the back kitchen and motioned for the man to go in on his own.

The man didn't dwell too much, just nodded, and went straight to the kitchen.

For this little episode in the dining hall, most people just raised their eyes slightly, and then lowered their heads again, continuing to guard their glass of wine in a daze.

The man passed by the kitchen, but he didn't go in at all, he avoided the chef's gaze and walked directly into the storage room next to him.

There was a man waiting for him inside.

"How's it going, Manan?" asked the man waiting in the locker as soon as they met, "Can you identify yourself?"

"I can't be sure of the boy's identity, but he shouldn't be a normal human, and as Kleist said, he really doesn't have a heartbeat. Manan lowered his head and behaved very respectfully to the other party, "It's that woman, I can be sure that she used the charm method just now, and there is no magic fluctuation, it should be a racial talent, exactly the same as what Kleist said." ”

"So, that woman is a creature like a night demon or a blood clan?"

"Quite possibly. Manan nodded, his tone was very affirmative, "There are problems with the identities of these two people, priest, do you want to send someone to track them down and investigate their identities?"

"Don't rush yet. The priest waved his hand and did not agree to Manan's proposal, "At the moment, Lord Lubigund has no news, and the other Lord Mana Branci have no intention of giving any instructions, we better be careful, if that woman is really the Night Demon or the Blood, then try not to provoke her, no matter which Lord she serves, we can't afford to provoke her." ”

"However, judging from the question they just asked, it seems that they are very interested in the current affairs of the collar, in case they take the initiative to intervene......

"That kind of thing, it's a headache for those guys in the city. The priest frowned tightly, as if he didn't like the subject very much, "Is that Rupert boy still like that?"

"Yes. Manan nodded, "Listening to the news in the city, Ackerman still hangs out with those painters and literati all day long, and doesn't care about the disappearance of the lord at all. But that's fine, he doesn't care, can't we do things more freely?"

"Don't underestimate that kid. The priest reprimanded, his expression very stern, "Who knows if that kid is pretending to be crazy and stupid, maybe he has already noticed something, so he deliberately shows that he doesn't care about the affairs of the territory." Keep an eye on him, this is a hidden danger in the end, he can't do it without him, but it's risky to keep it, alas-"

"My lord......" Manan hesitated, lowered his head and asked, "Shouldn't this be a matter of those people in the city?"

The priest couldn't help but stagnate, and his face was suddenly very shameless.