Arthur, who couldn't refuse, was dragged by Joan to a secluded tavern in the South City, where McGinn was waiting in the tavern room.

When McGinn saw Arthur, his face was full of enthusiasm, and he hurriedly beckoned his men to serve wine and food. The short few days spent together during the royal spring hunt made McGinn admire Arthur's casual personality very much. In addition, there is a faint gratitude, several of the children of those wealthy nobles who died in the black fog this time know several MacKinn, if it weren't for Arthur, he might have been one of them.

"Don't worry about the food and drinks, just talk about your business. I'm here for you, and it's up to Arthur to decide whether to agree to help or not. Joan said straightly.

It was actually McGinn who really wanted Arthur's help. Joan was naturally embarrassed to refuse her friend because she had just asked McGinn for help in cashing in Arthur's things.

Arthur followed Joan's words and said, "Brother McGinn, if there is any trouble, just say it, if you can help, I will not shirk it, if it is really beyond my ability, please understand." ”

McGinn poured Joan and Arthur a glass of wine first, and then saluted each other before revealing a bitter face, "Joan should have told you that most of what our family does is a shady underground business. The old man didn't want me to mess around, so he asked me to take over a small part of the family's business since this year, mainly to contact the source of goods and some small things to buyers, but just yesterday I was in charge of a batch of goods lost. ”

"If the goods are lost, they should be recovered by the mercenary group in charge of guarding, and if they can't be found, they will be responsible for compensation. Arthur blurted out according to the mercenary's habitual thinking.

"Those of us who do underground business don't invite mercenaries, because the risk is too great, mercenary groups generally don't accept our commissions, and we use family guards and offerings. It is common for this industry to eat black, and if something is lost, you can only find it yourself or simply admit compensation. I didn't want the old man to say that I was not doing well as soon as I took over the family business, so I didn't tell my family that I wanted to get it back on my own. ”

McGinn's eagerness to be recognized by the family was easy to understand, and Arthur nodded and said, "What did you lose?

"A small mercenary group stumbled upon a remnant of a magician of some age, and found some mess out of it. After reading it, our appraiser paid the other party 5,000 gold coins and took everything away, but was robbed on the road outside the imperial capital. ”

"Is there any clue to who robbed you?" asked Arthur.

Although McGinn was in trouble, his thinking was very clear, and he said slowly: "The security around the imperial capital has been very calm for many years, and no bandits have dared to rob and make trouble nearby, so I judge that this time it was a premeditated robbery. I suspect that it was the mercenary group that shipped to recruit the black, but it is not excluded that someone from within us reported to the competitor, after all, there are several companies in the underground black market in Alantis who are stealing business. ”

"Did the guards stay alive?"

"It's just that things were robbed, but fortunately there were no dead people, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to hide it. ”

Arthur was slightly surprised, "Only robbed things and didn't kill people, how did the other party do it?"

"I asked the guards who had come back carefully, and it was not yet dark when they were robbed, but when they passed through a sparse wood, a black fog suddenly appeared, and they felt weak and weak, and they all fainted. ”

"Black Mist!" Arthur instantly thought of the dark mage, and his gaze at McGinn gradually cooled, "That's why you found me, right?"

McGinn hurriedly explained, "I heard your conversation with that mysterious person in the black fog that day, and it feels like you know them, so I hope more than I can ask you to help." But don't get me wrong, I know you have absolutely nothing to do with them, otherwise the man wouldn't have said that. ”

Arthur frowned, this matter was most likely related to the dark mage, but he was not sure if it was just a coincidence or if the other party wanted to lure him out through McGinn?

Arthur eventually rejected McGinn, "I'm sorry, I can't help you with this, I don't want to have anything to do with them." ”

McGinn smiled helplessly and continued to pour wine for Arthur and Joan, "It's okay, I understand, no one wants to be involved with them since the Royal Hunting Ground incident. I will admit compensation for this batch of goods, anyway, it is thousands of gold coins. ”

Joan suddenly interjected next to him and persuaded: "I don't think this matter is necessarily coming at you, if they want to find you, they can't hide, instead of passively waiting for them to come to the door, it is better to take this opportunity to get to know the opponent." ”

Arthur glared at Joan angrily, but still didn't let go, "If you want to find stimulation, just keep looking, don't pull me, I've got enough trouble now." ”

Joan ignored Arthur and said to McGinn: "If someone is afraid of trouble, His Highness is not afraid, I will help you find it." You may be able to find a clue to what's in that shipment you lost. ”

McGinn pulled a piece of paper out of his bosom and handed it to Joan, "I have a list of goods here." ”

"Twenty-one magic books, seven scrolls, three notebooks, a set of magic experiment utensils, three magic dolls, thirty-four magic potions, three monster skulls, a giant heart, a pair of monster eyes, and a dagger...... What kind of nonsense is this?" Joan muttered as she looked at the list.

"What's that?" Arthur suddenly snatched the list from Joan's hand, read it twice and then took out a thick magic book from his bracelet and opened it, "That's right, it's the heart of a giant!"

One of McGin's missing shipments is a "Giant Heart", which is one of the Wizards' Guild's A-level collection missions.

The Giant Clan is a powerful existence on the Beland Continent second only to the Dragon Clan, the Giant Clan is already sparsely populated and has disappeared on the continent for hundreds of years, and some people even speculate that the Giant Clan has completely disappeared.

Like the dragon bloodline, the blood of giants is widely sought after by both humans and beasts. Families with giant bloodlines often have powerful warriors among their family members, such as Lugan's family, the Marquis de Clemen's family, which has giant blood.

Because of this, there are many magicians in the Wizards' Guild who are studying the Giant Bloodline, trying to integrate and inherit the Giant Bloodline and the Human Bloodline. A Giant Heart has great research value, and may even give rise to a new Giant Bloodline family, so it is listed as an A-class mission by the Wizards' Guild.

Arthur quickly weighed the risks and benefits, and for the sake of the giant's heart, Arthur had to risk having a relationship with the dark mage again.

Arthur looked up at McGinn and bared his teeth, "I can continue to track down this shipment for you, but on one condition, I want one of these things as payment." ”

Before McGinn could answer, Joan pulled the list back from Arthur's hand and smiled at him, "You're interested now, but we have enough of them, and we don't need anyone else's help." ”

"Get out!" Arthur kicked at Joan from under his desk.