Chapter Seventy-Five: The Pull
For a while, Tarrant didn't know how to understand Ryan's bad news, last night he vaguely felt that things were going too smoothly, close to the ideal state, and the reality was really not so satisfactory, he asked, "What do you mean on the imperial side?"
"Clearing out the Spirit Suction Monsters will inevitably sacrifice some people, and the Empire has decided that they will be responsible for the cleanup. ”
"What?" In Tarrant's common sense, the Empire would let the Light of Sanctuary do this in order to avoid losses, and there had never been such a righteous initiative to ask them to deal with it.
"The Empire considers the loss of the Light of Shelter in the Battle of Tingwo, and believes that our combat power is not enough to complete the clearance, and once it fails, the Spirit Suck Monster will be further hidden, causing unpredictable consequences, so the result of their discussion last night is their responsibility, in order to ensure the safety of the people, it must be completed quickly and synchronously, they will send the Royal Guard to carry out this mission, and the team has been pulled out. ”
The Royal Guards, they are still marching in the streets, Tarrant just wanted to say this, a flash of inspiration, I see, the Empire has never held a Guards parade on its previous National Day, and this year's one has a deeper meaning. The Royal Guard is stationed in the Chiloda district, in the hinterland of Siant, and once dispatched, it is bound to attract the attention of the people, organizations, and other empires, and it is very difficult to secretly mobilize this elite, and in the name of the parade, it is very easy to move the guard to the fortified area, and leave Siant when no one is looking, and it is a clever and reasonable arrangement.
Katrina asked curiously, "What's the good news?"
"The good news is that the Empire has given us a mission to destroy the Spirit Suckers in Cuilin Mountain. ”
What kind of good news is this, in the face of the largest batch of psychic monsters, Tarrant felt that Ryan had reversed the good or bad news, he remembered the situation in Watt Town, "What to do with the nest of psychic monsters in Watt Town? I am familiar with that place, I should go there." ”
"Watt Town...... Yes, you've been there, but it's not just you, the Imperial investigators have also been there, and the general has emphasized that we just need to obey the arrangement and deal with the spirit sucking monsters in Cuilin Mountain with all our might. ”
"I still want to be a part of the events in Watttown", Tarrant's friends are there, Adrian, Mark, and the missing Garfield.
"The affairs of Watt Town will be done by experienced people, this time they will not be left with a chance, the Empire has assigned a man named Warren, who seems to be the resident governor of Nai'an Town, who was an adventurer in the past and has been to the underworld. ”
It turned out to be Warren, the old ranger, the holder of the third legendary warrior badge, impeccable, if he wanted to participate in the operation in Watt Town, Tarrant might be able to rely on his personal relationship with him, he changed his words, "The mission of Cuilin Mountain, who are we?"
"Mt. Treewood is a druid force, they don't welcome being touched by human society, the fewer people the better, I plan to send only your team, and at the same time I will write to the Redstone Balance Emissary of Mount Tree, asking them to help. ”
The druids advocate the most primitive way of life, there are no metal products in their world, all the primitive utensils of nature, they are disgusted with the creation of human beings, they deny the value of society, especially have extreme hostility to the expansion of human beings, and they also have a cautious and conservative attitude towards the adventure team that enters the forest area, so Ryan's decision is not wrong.
Tarrant asked again, "The operation must be launched at the same time, when will the Serenzo Royal Guard start?"
"At twelve o'clock in the evening the day after tomorrow, the map does not indicate the location of the entrance, and when the guards arrive at the designated place, it will take some time to find the entrance and the blockade area, and the final action time after discussion is set at twelve o'clock the day after tomorrow, can you do it?"
Tarrant calculated the itinerary in his mind, it doesn't take time to teleport to Nai'an Town, and then rush to Watt Town, half a day is more than enough, live in Watt Town tonight, tomorrow, from Watt Town to Cuilin Mountain, one day should be enough to connect with the Redstone Balance Messenger, the day after tomorrow you can find the entrance, the druids will block the mountain forest, and launch an attack at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, there is plenty of time during the period, Tarrant nodded, "Yes." ”
Ryan pulled open the drawer and pulled out a completed letter, "This is the letter to the Redstone Balance Messenger. ”
Tarrant took the letter, carefully folded it and put it into the spirit pattern bag, "Is there anything else?"
"No, be careful. ”
"Yes", Tarrant got up and stopped again, "Is there any new development in the matter of Blenger?"
Ryan wiped the bridge of his nose with his index finger, "No, his teammates didn't show up again." ”
"Alright", Tarrant walked out, Katrina following him.
When a person rubs the bridge of his nose while thinking, it means that he is lying, what is Ryan hiding, what could it be...... Tarrant frowned suspiciously, Blenger's matter was full of doubts.
Katrina caught up with Tarrant, "Where are we going now?"
As they thought about it, they had stepped out of the Light of Sanctuary, and Tarrant said, "Andrias, find our priest. ”
"Then we should have called a car," said Katrina, who stopped a carriage, not liking the way she walked.
As the carriage passed through the Hall of Shingon, Tarrant saw the large booth that had been set up last night, and in front of the hall of Shingon, a group of clown masks were handing out candy, and children were running happily past, each carrying a thick stack of leaflets in their hands.
There are really children who have collected all the leaflets, it is not easy, before eleven o'clock to run the whole Siant, what method did you use, Tarrant smiled quietly, maybe this is what the Cerenso badge wants to teach the people, cooperation.
After passing through the celebration procession in the business district and turning into a small alley in the middle of nowhere, the cheerful atmosphere disappeared immediately, the location of Andreas was very bad, there were no shops nearby, there were no celebrations at the moment, lifeless, and at night the robbers were disgusting like cockroaches, cheap was the only survival advantage of Andreas.
The car stopped at the door of the hotel, Tarrant habitually took out a gold coin and threw it to the coachman, he found that there were only a dozen gold coins left in the spirit pattern bag, in Siante, spending money turned out to be as easy as making money, he used to have more than 10,000 gold coins, the repair fee of the stone guard, the maintenance fee of the house, biscuits, roast goose, wine, car fare, etc., all became the burden of the money bag, the next time he was short of money, he considered that he could get a carriage to be a happy coachman, and those who had money to ride in the car would not be stingy with gold coins, which was much easier than venturing into the wild to make money.
Catrina walked ahead and knocked on Rex's door, Rex was already dressed and ready to go, helmet on his head, he didn't let the two of them enter the room, but walked out of the door and closed it with his hands, "Can we go?"
A typical man of action, once the goal is determined, he does not delay the slightest time, and Taran lowered his head, "Cuilin Mountain." ”
"Good!" Rex flashed his eyes with excitement, he had already wanted to go to that place and find what he had lost.
Walking downstairs, Rex stopped at the counter to check out, and stayed for twelve days, a total of ...... Two hundred and eighty-eight copper coins, he paid the maid a gold coin, and the extra part was used as the maid's service fee.
It is indeed very cheap, the current gold coin exchange rate is about 310 copper coins to a gold coin, the low price advantage of Andreas is very prominent, if you are in the Golden Tavern, you can spend hundreds of gold coins in one night, of course, the treatment enjoyed by these two places is not the same. Tarrant always likes to throw gold coins when he spends money, drinking, lodging, carriages, and a gold coin as a base, which makes him waste a lot of money.
The team came to the teleportation station in the administrative district, Taylor was not there, Tarrant thought of a few days ago, let him go to Nai'an Town, didn't he come back yet, he asked the surrounding mages about the situation, a mage told him, Taylor came back the same day, it seems that he has been busy doing other things these days, and has not come to the teleportation station.
The idler may have found a new hobby, and Tarrant gave up and let the mage teleport to Nai'an Town.
The team stood on the teleportation platform, three arcs of energy lit up at the same time, things began to distort, Tarrant closed his eyes, he teleported so many times, he still couldn't adapt to the dizziness during the teleportation, when he opened his eyes, a mage helped him, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay," Tarrant sat down in a chair beside him, the humble field teleporter, the wind blowing on all sides.
Katrina jumped up and down to the portal of the teleporter, "This is Nai'an, a bit of a slum feel, wow! a lot of troops!" she pointed out the door.
Tarrant didn't bother to pay attention to him, dizzy, Rex held his shoulder, "Do you want to take a break?"
"No, it's okay," he said, "let's go find the sheriff here." ”
Tarrant walked to the door, facing the schoolyard in the distance, where hundreds of soldiers were practicing, spears, swords, and shields arrays combined and swapped positions. The sheriff's office was next to the school grounds, "over there," and he led the way there.
The two soldiers outside the office still recognized Tarrant, squinting and smiling at the team before they could get closer.
"Is the sheriff there?" Tarrant asked.
"The commander went out with a squad in the morning," replied the soldier, saluting.
"When will I be back?"
"Usually come back before lunch. ”
To put it in the word 'usually', is Warren going out a lot, Tarrant muttered, there are no places to wander around Nyan, there are forests, and it's already lunchtime.
Katrina called out from the sidelines, "Let's go have lunch first, and then come over." ”
They hadn't eaten breakfast, and their stomachs were already feeling the pinch, and Tarrant asked the soldiers, "Where are the restaurants?" and his knowledge of Nai'an was limited to the city gate and the teleportation station.
The soldier pointed in the direction of the teleporter, "Walk to the right of the first intersection of the teleporter." ”
Another soldier added: "There is no alcohol though. ”
"No wine?!" Tarrant grumbled in surprise.
"In order to ensure that all soldiers are awake at all times and can respond to emergencies 24 hours a day, the mayor of the town has stipulated that only red leaf wine and sake can be sold in Nai'an Town. ”
Momiji is a very low alcohol liquor, with a jewel-like red luster and is drunk more often by women, while sake is equivalent to fresh water, and both kinds of sake are sold very poorly in ordinary pubs. Warren is also the mayor of the town, and with this right to restrict, he has exhausted all means to improve the combat effectiveness of the army.
The team soon found the restaurant, which was very rudimentary, but offered a variety of meats, and the proximity to the woods had the advantage of not lacking game, and Tarrant and Katrina cheerfully divided a hare to celebrate the founding of the kingdom, and Rex ate two loaves of bread dryly, and they stayed in the restaurant for about an hour.
After their stomachs were filled, the three of them returned to the sheriff's office, the door had already opened, and Tarrant stepped through the door, "Warren!"
The Ranger was standing by the wall looking at the map of Nai'an Town, and he turned his head to see the visitor, the corners of his mouth raised imperceptibly, and immediately returned to a straight line, "Tarrant." ”
"Did the instructions from above come through?"
Warren crossed his hands on his hips, "I'm looking for their lair against the map," and he saw the two people following behind, "You're not fighting alone this time." ”
"Hehe", Tarrant walked to the map, "This is the map of Nai'an", he kindly reminded that the lair should be in the forest in the middle of Watt and Nai'an, and a larger version of the map is needed.
Warren looked down and thought as he walked over to his desk and sat down, "Are you here to borrow horses?"
"The Watt Town Spirit Sucker was caused by a mistake on my part, and if you don't object, I hope to help," Tarrant expected that the offer would be accepted, not only in terms of personal relationships but also in terms of practical needs.
Warren raised his eyes, "No", a heavy shock tone, "Watttown must be handled by the military, you can't interfere." ”