Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Secret Agent
The number of people on this trip was small, so they once again dressed up as ordinary adventurers and planned to travel overland through the Principality of Kerzen and the central regions of the empire to Gniezno. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoOn the other hand, you can also secretly observe the current situation of the Principality of Kerzen on the road.
The result was simple, perhaps because there was no more fighting, they used their false identities to successfully pass through the border checkpoint and enter the Duchy of Kelzen, the closest to the border was the fortress city of Meissen, where the Duke of Kelzen had a large amount of military supplies and food stockpiled.
When they passed through the north gate of Meison, they looked at the warehouse to the west, because now that the war was over, it seemed that there were not many troops to guard it.
"Brother, do you want to sneak in at night and burn their food and supplies?!"
"No, Kerzen is a powerful state that is several times more powerful than us, and burning these things will not shake his roots, but will allow them to oppress the people again, and destroy this place is to embarrass the ordinary people. And in case the news leaks, or if the identity is exposed in an ambush, it is too dangerous for us New Mark. ”
"Oh, there's so much to think about!" Yulia learned another.
"Hehe, it's not hard to think of this, let's go, let's go to the business district of Meissen. ”
Meissen was not only a fortress against the new mark, but also one of the alchemical centers in the Principality of Kirzen, with its famous magic scrolls and local specialties, the crafts known as Meissen porcelain. This beautiful porcelain in pure white or cobalt blue was so economically valuable that the princes and nobles even acquired the treasures as collectors. With the exception of those imported from other continents in the East, Meissen was the only place on the continent where porcelain could be produced, and she brought an extremely good income to the Duke of Kirzen. Not only is the manufacturing process strictly secret, but the porcelain factory is also heavily guarded.
As they walked past the Cathedral of Our Lady on the edge of the square, it happened to be ten o'clock in the morning when the wonderful chiming clock rang.
"You may not know it, but the dozens of clocks in this church are made of their porcelain, and the sound is very special. ”
"Wow, what a price it would take!"
The people of Tutonia are truly ingenious workers.
It's a pity that the group can only look at it and can't buy these things that are inconvenient to carry. In this way, after only a day's stay, they left Maissen and crossed the River Xunbei, which crossed the Kirzen, to her capital, Calshington.
Because of their distance from Schwartenen, no one recognized them here, and the mercenary Mayer and his companions swaggered into Calshington. This one of the most prosperous cities in the north has been inhabited since the time of the ancient empire and was originally a frontier fortress in the province of Upper Tutonia. Now it has a population of nearly 200,000 and a large number of facilities. Although the entire state had just been defeated in a battle, in the eyes of the Salians, there was no heavy atmosphere at all. The ambition of the Duke of Kerzen to compete for the throne was completely unknown and incomprehensible to ordinary citizens, and it was enough for them to live and work in peace.
After settling down, Salian gave the three of them a short rest, and then left alone, following a map drawn by someone, to a tavern in the city's ghetto where he was to meet with Dietrich's high-ranking agent in the Duke's palace, the man who had been contracted by the Duke and Gniezno. As the Duke of New Mark, Salian had long wanted to meet this man, and thanked him well. He had already put Dietrich in contact with the agent when he was in Talenis Fortress, and he arrived at the chaotic mercenary tavern at the appointed time today.
As soon as he entered, he heard foul language coming from the mouths of the vulgar mercenaries, even though Salian was now dressed as a mercenary. He walked to one of the darkest corners and sat down, ordered a shoddy beer, and began to observe. Among the crowds of people who were teasing waiters or gambling and drinking, a guy with a terrifying scar on his face was the most impressive, and Salian then quietly used his occult powers on him. The man glanced around with his peripheral vision and dropped the dice.
"I'm tired of playing, I want a drink, you guys keep playing!"
As if unintentionally, he walked over to Sallian's table and did it.
"Friend, how about you invite me for a drink, I see that your face is very raw, it's new!?"
"Hehe, of course no problem, I'm from the south and want to see what work is going on here. ”
After beckoning the waiter to bring the wine, he said.
"Of course there is, it just depends on whether you have the guts. ”
Then, as if he had some great secret, he approached Salian and whispered in his ear.
"Lord Duke, please come with me. ”
Then, as if they had agreed on some terms, the two of them stood up, dropped the change and walked out of the tavern, and Salian followed the man through the labyrinthine path of the ghetto to a dilapidated door, Scarface took a key from his bosom and turned it around in the keyhole, and walked in first, followed by Salian into the room, and then the man fumbled around the dilapidated floor, found a certain grip, and with a strong lift, the secret door appeared. When Salian finally entered the secret room under the floor, the man removed the scar from his face and other accessories that Salian had not discovered and threw them on a table, which turned out to be the same as the mercenary Myer, his face was all fake. Salian also noticed that the table was neatly arranged with a large number of various masks and cosmetics.
"Hehe, Lord Duke, this is my secret base in the city, and these things on the table were given to me by Miss Evanjielin. ”
He took off his mask to reveal a beautiful face underneath. Although he is a man, he is more heart-warming than a woman, especially his skin is so smooth that even Salian, who has read a lot of beauty, has never seen it.
"My lord, my status in the Duke's palace is that of the Duke of Kirzen's personal aide-de-camp, called Melias. After leaving the Duke's Palace, I will take a mask and connect with New Mark's agents in the city and give them the information. ”
"I see!" Sallian understood.
Although he didn't ask too much, based on this appearance, Salian had to have some associations with the Duke of Kirzen's special hobbies. Forget it, other people's privacy doesn't have to go into it.
At the same time, Salian also took off the "Meyer" from his face.
"My lord, Miss Evangelin's technique is perfect! Your original face is unrecognizable by magic. ”
"Haha, that's right, Eva is my pride!"
After returning to the inn where they lived, Salian and the girls went to the city's famous "The Principle of Everything" magic supply store. It is the largest and most famous magic-related shopping mall in the entire empire, the pride of the Duchy of Kirzen. It is said that even the chairman of the Wizards' Guild is a regular here.
In order to avoid receiving unnecessary guests, naturally, there is also an entrance fee here, and when they open the beautiful multi-colored glass door, they will see a magic sign that flashes rhythmic light, on which is written that each person must pay two gur shields or the equivalent of gold coins to enter, under the sign is an automatic magic coin slot and what looks like a monitor, and in front of them are crossed by two self-disciplined humanoid magic puppets holding ornate axes and halberds crossing the way.
Salian smiled and said to the three girls, "Hehe, it's so mysterious, but I like it." ”
When they had paid enough coins, a pleasant bell sounded, and the puppet in front of them raised its arms and got out of the way.
"Okay, sisters, it's time to shop, I have a thousand florin deeds and a hundred guilders in cash, and if they are all used up, you can only rely on yourself, hahahaha!"
Since Salian said so, of course the girls would not be polite, in their eyes this was originally the reward for their hard work.
The "Principle of Everything" is actually a five-story building, each selling a large category of magical items, which is completely different from the magic flea market in Vanolito Mitchell, they can be said to have their own merits, although it is rigorous but less fun to discover.
The first to third floors are the three major types of magic items in the human and goblin magic system, namely science, light, and darkness, and there is no doubt that this is the place with the most and most complete related goods in the whole continent, and it has even been subdivided into each genre of each grandmaster. At the same time, there are no shopping guides in these three floors, and magicians from all over the continent only need to select whatever they want on the countless shelves (they are all clearly priced), and then put gold coins or deed into the magic payment machine at the exit when leaving. Of course, if you refuse to pay on a whim or don't want to pay in full, you can give it a try if you are confident that you can defeat the four puppets set up at the exit and be wanted by the Wizards' Guild and the Principality of Kerzen for the rest of your life.
While everyone was free, Salian went to the first level, the world of magic, to find what he was interested in, and as he got more and more ingredients to improve his magical affinity, he felt the need to take this opportunity to find something he could use in the future. He first found a book on the theoretical bookshelf of the space-time magic category "A Preliminary Study of Time-Space Magic-Three Hundred Days to Take You to Master the Laws of Time and Space", although it is not a professional library, it has a lot of books. In addition to the primer book just now, Salian also took a specialized book of "Void Sword Dancer" out of interest, according to the author's words on the title page of the book, he is a swordsman who has mastered the magic of time and space, and the title of the book is the nickname he used when he crossed the continent, although Salian has never heard of it. This book is the experience of his life of fighting, combining the swordsmanship of time and space magic with combat ingenuity, which Salian feels he loves. Everything starts from actual combat.
As for the props of space-time magic, after seeing their amazing price, Salian was daunted, and the cheapest space ring price was tens of thousands of guilders. Let's talk about it later!
"Salian, I've found something good, come and see it at me!"
At this moment, Miss Teresa's voice rang in Salian's ears again, and our lord immediately walked to the third floor, which is the first floor where the dark magic belongs.