After the two approached, Patia drew up a further contract for the two. Adolf glanced at it hurriedly and signed. After signing, he took out the bank bill of 200,000 gold coins, and specially advised: "If there is not enough to say, I will make up for it." ”

"Nope. Holding the bill, Jones hurriedly said, "I won't overspend." I'm not going to let it overspend. ”

"It's best not to overspend, but if you do, it's okay. Adolf smiled and said, "It's just an attempt for me, and there must be risks in trying and I'm ready to take risks." ”

As he spoke, Adolf looked at Adair on the other side: "Young Master Adol, I have other things, so I'll leave first." ”

"You're leaving so soon?" Jones asked.

"Yes, there are other things. And, it's over, isn't it?"

"If you have something to do, you should be busy first. Adair nodded and said, "I'll take Jones around the Chamber of Commerce." ”

"Okay, have fun. With that, Adolf got up, saluted Adair, and then Jones, and turned away.

It was only after Adolf had left that Adair whispered, "Show me the bank notes." ”

Jones was stunned for a moment and handed over the bank note in his hand.

Taking the bill, Adair examined it carefully.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem with the bill?"

"No, no. I'm just looking at where these bills are issued. Not our Sambo family's bank. With that, Adair handed the bill back: "Let's go, I'll take you around the Chamber of Commerce and introduce some people to you to know." Otherwise, there will be a lot of trouble in your refinery. ”

"Okay, thanks. Jones replied softly.

......

In the meantime, Adolf has walked out of the Chamber of Commerce. A carriage was waiting for him outside the door.

When Adolf got into the car, he whispered, "Let's go." ”

"Drive!" shouted the goblin coachman, and the carriage began to move slowly down the street.

At this moment, in front of the Chamber of Commerce, Adair's butler was watching the carriage from afar.

"What kind of carriage is this, does he have an estate in Hilde?"

The Blood Clan guard next to him replied softly, "No, this car is rented. He has been staying in a hotel. ”

"Staying in a hotel all the time?"

"Yes. ”

"Anything else you've discovered?"

"No, but this person is really suspicious. ”

"How?" said the butler, turning his face sideways.

The guard continued: "He hardly goes out, he stays in the hotel all the time. Every time I go out, it seems to be either related to Young Master Adair or Young Master Jones. In the past week, he hadn't been out of the house. The curtains were always drawn, and there was something inside that forbade magical perception, so we couldn't see what was going on inside. And...... He made a point of explaining that the hotel was not allowed to enter the room without his consent. ”

"Oh, really? Not going out for a week...... So how did the hotel bring him food?"

"There was no food, as if he didn't have to eat. If it weren't for the fact that a week later, he came out of his room, and the innkeeper would have thought he was out of business. Also, his rent was given for a year in one go. ”

The butler held out a finger and hooked it.

The guard hurriedly put his ear to it.

The butler whispered, "Find a few people who have nothing to do with us, and after he enters the room, rush in." ”

"Rush in?" the guard froze.

"Yes. The butler nodded: "Look what he is doing in the room." ”

"Yes...... This is a friend of Master Adair, wouldn't it be rude for us to do this?"

"Very faux pas. The butler smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "Therefore, it can't be done by our people." As for the rest, we don't care. ”

The guard blinked twice and nodded, "I see, I'll find someone who has nothing to do with the Sambo family and has nothing to do with me." ”

"Go ahead. The butler waved his hand slightly.

"Yes. The guard looked left and right for a moment, rolled up his cloak and quietly walked away.

......

"Come, look here. It's a place that's vital to our Sambo family business. Adair reached out and pushed open a door.

A huge room, with rows of tables in the room, almost every table was piled with paper papers, and next to each table was a Bloodline. At a cursory glance, there are at least a hundred or more.

Seeing Adair, the people in the room seemed to be stunned for a moment, and quickly stood up one by one.

"Welcome, Master Adair. "Everyone stood up, everyone saluted Adair.

Jones' eyes widened.

"These are the advisors of the Sambo family, or rather, this is the advisory group of the Sambo family. Adair turned to Jones, who was following him, and said, "Patia works here too." ”

"Yes, my location is here. Patia said, pointing to one of the empty tables.

"Business, the most important thing is information, choose where to go the money, where to go the goods, where to go the services. This requires information without exception. Choosing the best service, selling the highest price, buying the lowest, this also requires information. Maximize profits and reduce costs. It's all about information. Turning his face sideways, Adair looked at a group of advisors and said, "For example, I want to sell gold ore." ”

One of the advisors immediately said: "I have four clients here who need gold ore, and two of them are from our Sambo family. Master Adar, as long as there is a sample, I can help you inquire about the price immediately. ”

"For example, I want to solve the problem of transportation. ”

Another consultant immediately said: "Master Adar, I have contacts with twelve carriers, and I can create the most suitable transportation plan as quickly as possible. ”

"For example, I want to set up a gold mining refinery. ”

Another advisor stepped forward: "Young Master Adair, I have here an evaluation report on the merits of various gold ore refining techniques. You can refer to it. ”

"Do you hear that?" said Adair with a smile, "That's business. News that might take months or even years for others to find is available here in a split second. There are even some messages that they will never get, or when they do, it's too late. ”

Turning his face sideways, Adair said, "Tell me what the price of dwarven slaves is expected to do next." ”

"Yes, Master Adair. One of the advisors quickly opened the notebook and said, "From last year to this year, the number of dwarven slaves imported by the Hilde slave trading houses has increased by ten percent, the number of sales has decreased by five percent, and the price of dwarven slaves as a whole has decreased by seven percent this year. It is expected to fall again in the following year. According to the cycle, if there is no major change in demand, it will pick up in the following year. ”

"Listen. That's where the Sambo family comes in, and they offer all sorts of information and advice. Of course, the final decision is still up to you. Patting Jones on the shoulder, Adair said, "Come, I'll teach you how to use this advisory group." ”

......

While Jones was still marveling at the Sambo family's advisory board, Adolf had returned to the hotel.

It couldn't be a very simple hotel in Hildry. Four-storey, grayish-white, somewhat old, with a barbarian servant guarding the door.

Seeing Adolf, the barbarian slave hurriedly saluted respectfully.

Nodding, Adolf staggered past him.

In Hilde, there are many such inns, and in general, the upper blood clan does not live in this kind of place. Not even elves want to live in such a place. The only thing that will live here is the passing caravans.

Poorly maintained buildings, noisy environments, uneducated guests, and messy in almost every corner. Everyone's clothes were mostly cheap fabrics, either gray or brown, and few bright colors were seen. Adolf, dressed in a dress, walked among them, particularly conspicuous.

"Young Master Adolf, are you back?" the blind goblin boss stood on crutches at the top of the stairs and smiled at Adair.

"Yes, just came back and was ready to go back to the room. Don't let people disturb me. ”

"Okay, no one will bother you. ”

Staggering past the goblin boss, Adolf walked up the stairs step by step, all the way up to the fourth floor, towards the room to the east, and gently twisted the handle into it.

......

Outside the hotel, around the corner of the street, several cloaked Bloods were looking in the direction of the hotel from a distance.

One of the Bloods whispered, "Fourth floor, the room to the east." ”

"How do we get in? go straight up from the first floor?" asked another Bloodliner.

"I'm afraid not. We were ordered to see what he was doing. If we go straight up from the ground floor...... Above the third floor is a forbidden area, and we are too much to force the movement, and he will soon find out. ”

"Then you have to go in through the window and slam into it. Just through a curtain, you can see what he's doing. ”

"Let's do it. Remember, don't hurt him, we just look at what exactly is in it and why he stayed in it for so long. ”

"Do you need an excuse for retreating, like identifying the wrong person?"

"No, I didn't explain that. ”

"Okay, got it. ”

There are four bloodlines in total. They all took the form of bats and flew in the direction of the hotel.

......

All the curtains were drawn.

In the candle-lit room, Adolf dipped his finger in a little charcoal and quickly drew some kind of pattern on the floor in the middle of the room.

The pattern was particularly intricate, like a variety of geometric patterns piled together, with some kind of tadpole-like text on the edges.

Adolf looked very skilled, and in a moment, the extremely intricate pattern had been drawn. Flicking the remaining charcoal off his fingers, he gestured in the air with his left hand and chanted a mantra. A wand instantly appeared in his hand.

The wand was lightly tapped on the edge of the pattern, and all of a sudden, the black pattern drawn by charcoal emitted an eerie glow.

A faint, electricity-like sound came, and a door to space slowly tore open above the pattern.

......

"Three, two, one!"

There was a harsh, screeching sound of glass shattering.

Four bats slammed into the hotel's closed windows in unison. Suddenly, the glass on the window was shattered, and four bats rushed into the room in unison, turning into human forms and falling to the ground.

However......

"What's the situation?"

There was nothing in the room.

Yes, nothing. There was no magic circle on the ground, nothing, and no Adolf. It's as if Adolf never came back.

The four Bloods looked at each other.

One of them hurriedly pushed open the door to check the room number and found that they had found the wrong room.

This time, I was even more confused.

......

At this moment, another corner of the continent.

Underground.

A dim and oppressive space, a rock wall twisted like the rhizomes of giant trees. On the rock wall, there are light blue balls like gemstones, exuding a soft and dim light, as if they were naturally grown on the rock wall.

In each orb, there was a man sleeping. There are men, there are women, there are middle-aged people, and there are children. Among them, the largest number are children.

Countless children, one by one, curled up, closed their eyes, and silently in the spherical object.

In the center of the space is a circular platform engraved with runes.

A spatial door opened on the platform, and Adolf stepped out of it. Immediately after, the door to space closed behind him.

Simply reciting a mantra, he stretched out his hand, and a stone pillar immediately rose on the ground. A pale blue, transparent magic book condensed out of thin air above the stone pillar.

Lowering his head, he began to silently flip through it, as if looking for something.

At the same time, around him, countless tiny stone pillars rose from the ground of the platform. Depending on the height, they form tables, chairs, and even walls. It's like a room. It's just that this room has no roof, and the walls are broken.

"Are you still approaching the Lich King's adopted son?"

A voice rang out.

A blue fluorescent cloud appeared beside him, condensing a human face. It was an old man's face, with a high nose, a big beard, and piercing eyes.

"Yes. Adolf replied, "I'm still approaching him." It may be a little different from what we expected, but it should work. It's just not as useful as we think. ”

"Why do you have to choose him?" said the blue man softly, "We have many more options, and the Lich King is not the only one by his side. ”

"But he's the only one of the Bloods. Exposure to other people carries a risk of exposure, while exposure to Bloodlines does not. After all, the Bloodline Ancestors were already aware of our existence, and even the Bloodlines themselves were the failures of our Krimatha's human improvement plans. Even if something goes wrong, they will help us erase the traces. We've kept it a secret for 10,000 years, and for no reason should we be exposed before the Day of Awakening. Otherwise...... Our 10,000 years have been in vain. ”

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