007: Vanishing Thomas
"Is this it? Are you sure? From the outside, it's too plain. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Eve pointed to the small villa in front of her in disbelief that could be described as simple, not to mention that in Kel Rydan, even in a poor area, it seemed extremely simple, Eve never thought that this could be the headquarters of the largest chamber of commerce in Kel Rydan.
"Don't believe it, but it's here, you see, there's their badge. Arthur pointed to the half-hidden door with the insignia of the French Chamber of Commerce.
"It doesn't matter, let's get inside. "No wonder I haven't heard of the name of this chamber of commerce, as the largest chamber of commerce in Kyle Redan today, he is not even willing to spend the money to decorate his headquarters?
"Hello, dear lady, what can I do for you?" said Eve as soon as she entered the door, greeted by a polite-looking person.
"Where's Francis?" asked without wanting to talk nonsense with him, and got straight to the point. When the man heard that he was coming to find the boss, his face immediately became unkind, and some of the people around him who were doing chores heard this, and they also looked at Eve and stopped what they were doing.
"Dear Madam, may I ask why you are looking for Monsieur Francis?" he said with a false smile on his face, but his hand crept to his waist. Arthur took the bow off his back, skillfully drew an arrow from his waist and placed it on the bow, and he looked around, there were about a dozen gangster-looking people, slowly surrounding them, holding weapons such as sticks.
"Francis, where's it?" Eve continued to ask with a smile, she also noticed the movement around her, not only did not frighten him, but made her excited, this is the picture he had always dreamed of, he can't wait to get ready for a fight!"If you don't want to tell me, I can help you speak!" As soon as the words fell, Eve drew her sword faster than ordinary people, the stabbing sword that Rum had specially prepared for him, and pierced the hand of the man in front of him who stretched out to his waist.
"Ah!!h "Damn. The people around reacted and surrounded him with weapons in their hands.
Eve was already in a state of euphoria, and she turned to attack the few thugs closest to her. Eve's fencing skills are excellent, although she has no actual combat experience, but it is more than enough to deal with a few gangsters who don't know martial arts.
Eve stabbed a thug in the thigh with a sword, and the latter howled in pain, before Eve leaned down and dodged another man's attack, picking off the dagger in his hand and stabbing him in the waist with a sword. The man was in pain, but she clung to her sword, and Eve pulled it out a few times, but couldn't pull it out, and by this time the other man had already killed her, and Eve could only let go of the bayonet and dodge the blow aimed at his head.
On the other side, Arthur was fighting with the rest of the dozen or so, Arthur held the bow in his hand in both hands, and waved him like a stick, dodging left and right, weaving through the crowd, each time knocking down a thug, and from time to time he pulled out a few arrows and used them as daggers to poke at those who held him from behind.
Eve was unarmed and forced to retreat again and again, and the thug approached her with a **** smile and hooked her hand defiantly. This was a successful move that angered Eve, who leaned over to dodge one of the thugs' attacks, then kicked him in the weak spot, and the thugs couldn't even scream, and fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.
Seeing this, Arthur couldn't take care of himself, so he hurriedly took an arrow and shot several arrows in a row, this time, there was still no hit, but a gangster accidentally bumped into it and was shot through the shoulder.
Eve drew her saber and turned around, the gangsters who wanted to sneak up on her immediately stopped, looked at the four people lying on the ground, they weighed their own weight, decisively threw away their weapons, knelt on the ground and surrendered.
Arthur on this side also ended the fight, he knocked over the last man with his fist, wiped his nose, and was wounded and bled a lot when he was covering Eve just now.
Eve gasped, still reminiscing about the thrill of the first fight, she was lucky that she didn't hang the lottery, and she wouldn't be nagged by Mr. Gray when she returned.
Arthur walked over to the chests and kicked them over, bringing the reception hidden behind him to Eve.
"Please forgive me, dear lady. The man's legs went limp, and he fell to his knees and begged Eve to wrap around. "I'll give you whatever you want, I know the password to our vault, if you want me, I'll take you there......"
"Nonsense, where's Francis?" Eve asked, pointing a sword at his neck. The man, though he was so frightened that he was about to pee, hesitated to ask about Monsieur Francis's whereabouts.
"It's okay if you don't, sir, there are so many people here anyway. Arthur pointed to the thugs lying on the ground. "But in that case, you're useless. ”
"No, no, please don't kill me, Monsieur Francis is not here now, he, he's out on errands. "The reception was very intimidating. "Where is he?" Eve shook the sword in her hand, making the reception even more frightened. "I—I don't know, really, Master Francis never tells us his itinerary, no one knows where he's gone or when he's coming back. ”
"Really? Looks like you're trying to suffer. Eve stepped on his pierced palm, and he immediately let out a heart-rending howl. "I—I really don't know! I don't know anything!" he said with tears of pain streaming down his face, as if he really didn't know anything.
"Oh, don't you know at all? Can't remember any details?" Eve ran over a few more times before letting go of him. He sobbed in pain, then choked up and said, "Let, let me think about ......"
"Think? Looks like you haven't eaten enough. Eve raised her foot and was about to step on it, but the reception quickly stopped her. "Wait! Wait! I remember, Monsieur Francis always makes a carriage when he goes out! That carriage can only be used by Monsieur Francis! It has the insignia of the Chamber of Commerce on it, and it is very recognizable! I know so much! Please, ma'am, let me go. He pleaded, his expression pitiful.
"Hmph, it's kind of useful. Eve nodded in satisfaction, let the poor fellow go, and called Arthur out of the door.
"I didn't know you were going to torture you. Arthur said this, but he didn't look surprised.
"As Falster's heir, I had to learn any skill I might use. Eve looked at Arthur with some sneer. "Do you think I like that?"
"Who knows? You seem to be enjoying it. Arthur said solemnly, but his eyes betrayed her.
"Hey, don't make fun of me, gotta find that Francis quickly, I bet he's going to trouble the wandering merchant. ”
"Things are getting a little weird. Arthur touched his chin and began to analyze. "I thought it was nothing more than a matter of borrowing, and the traveling merchant should have owed him a lot of money, so they were in a hurry to get him back. Arthur blew his nose, and Eve realized that Arthur was injured. Eve pulled out her handkerchief and helped Arthur wipe the nosebleeds that came out again. "But now it seems, it's not that simple. There's no way to figure out what he's trying to do now, so I'm afraid I'll have to ask him personally. ”
"Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and get to Francis's carriage!" Eve was about to leave, but was stopped by Arthur. "Kyle Redan is so big, do you want to find him all over with it?" Arthur smiled confidently. "Go to the sheriffs and mobilize them to assist us. ”
Meanwhile, Thomas wakes up groggily, finding himself shackled and locked in a prison car. "Oh my God, what's going on?" he struggled to accept the reality for a moment, and he pinched his thigh, unfortunately, it wasn't a dream. "Merciful Goddess Embra, if this is a dream, let me wake up......" He didn't even want to ask, of course he understood that his identity had been discovered, and now he didn't know which slave trader he had been sold to by Francis, and what awaited him was worse than death......
"What?!'re out of town!" Eve slapped the table, and the sheriff was so frightened that he hurriedly made her tea, but Eve pushed her away. "Oh, Miss Eve, please calm down, how do we know that Monsieur Francis is such a man? ”
"How long have they been walking, and in which direction?" Eve knew that it was useless to blame them, but he didn't expect that Francis was not in the city at all, the sun had already set, and the night road was accompanied by danger at all times, and it was a shame that he dared to do it.
"Miss Eve, it's already night, it's too dangerous to go out of the city now, not to mention what gangsters are in the way, in case we encounter a few fierce beasts, we can't explain to the earl!" The sheriff took great pains to dissuade him, the previous chief was dismissed because of the accident, and now that the chief is not there, if the young lady has an accident again, he will be dismissed!
"Tell me where they went and how long. Eve turned a deaf ear to his dissuasion and re-asked.
"Well, in that case, allow me to inform the Earl of the matter. The sheriff said helplessly, with his own courage, he did not dare to forcibly detain Eve. It was only after obtaining Eve's consent that he pointed out where Francis was going—they had set out for less than an hour and headed north.
"North, in the direction of Nord, is it necessary to sell that hapless wandering merchant to a slave trader?" Arthur immediately reasoned that Svadia had abolished slavery for a long time, and now that the slave traders were not going north to the home of the Nords, they had to go east to Salander in order to sell slaves.
"Damn, no one can rob me of the man I fancied!" How could the treasurer of his own appoint allow others to cut it off and sell it as a slave? Eve rushed out of the security camp, turned over and rode on Maris's back, and rushed out with a whip.
Arthur sighed, mounted a sheriff's horse, and chased after him. "Who is he, and why do you want to fight for him?" the doubts in Arthur's heart are still not solved, and the answer can only be obtained after seeing him.