Chapter 8: From Far Away (8)
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The owner of the tavern, Goiás, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, lowered his voice and secretly said to Link: "This gentleman, I think you should go out of the city as much as possible." ”
"Why?" Feeling that the aura of the mage and the city lord was drifting apart, Link turned his head and looked at the kind-hearted bartender, this man's eyes were different from ordinary people, and his temperament was not like ordinary people, not so much that he was a small businessman who kept to himself, but that he was an adventurer who slept in the open air, or rather, he was.
"Here...... Not very safe, and outsiders like you are especially unwelcome. "If it weren't for the troubled times, moving elsewhere might not be much better than here, and Goiás would have moved out with his family.
"Yes, I also felt an unfriendly atmosphere. Without looking back, Link already felt the gaze projected on him, full of all kinds of negative feelings, that is, there was no kindness. Even if these people are not traitors, under the influence of the general environment, they will become slightly indifferent and xenophobic.
"Is there any news from you?" Link suddenly turned his head and turned his gaze to Asa.
The wanderer didn't speak, just pointed to the ground.
Although the Cobwebs and Shadow Thorns have branched out here, the city has been firmly in the hands of its rulers since the time of Old Nax. The ancient town of Rose is bordered by Longyan Fort in the south, Hohenheim in the east, and the underground is close to the night elves in the southwest, the largest city in the southwest, the slave trade has been very good since ancient times, and reached its peak during the period of the princes, and it became the largest market in the big 6.
Is the underground so undisguised that it has no scruples, or is it not at all......
Link thought as he stroked the ring he wore on his right hand. In order not to be recognized, and to cast a spell to disguise it would make people suspicious, he simply flipped the ring face and turned the holy emblem into the palm of his hand. Leave only a bare ring.
"Forgive me for talking too much, you're talking about the slave market?" Goiás knew what they were talking about as soon as he heard 'underground'.
What is Nax best known for? Of course, the slave trade.
Link's gaze returned to the bartender, "Yes, I have a friend who has been missing for a long time. His family entrusted me with the search for his whereabouts. I think they would rather accept him as a slave than hear about his death. ”
Asa thought to himself, were these words a lie made up by the children of nature?Or was it true?Normally, the clergy on the Order side would not lie, but the Pillar God was a neutral faction. And...... He didn't think that someone like Link, who disregarded rules and regulations, would follow the rules and precepts of the ordinary priesthood. In other words, the child of nature was originally an apostle of the gods who could do anything as long as he did not go against the will of the pillar......
As Link spoke, Vera walked up to him, she didn't say anything, but the momentum she exuded made Goias a little inexplicably afraid. After closer inspection, he was horrified. This woman who can cast spells without spells has a pair of evil vertical eyes!
Oh, my God...... She's not an elven half-blood, she's a monster-human hybrid!
Goiás regretted his actions a little. Fear is fear, what should be said still has to be said, after all, it is a topic he chooses himself.
"The slave market is underground, there are no special channels and checkpoints, anyone can come and go freely, and you can reach it by following the street marked by the cage. Beware of those who hide in dark corners. They pick on outsiders, your words...... Maybe don't be afraid of those people. But I recommend that you find a familiar local here to take you there, so that you can meet unnecessary trouble. Goiás pointed to Link to a middle-aged man sitting in a corner, lewd-looking, dirty-dressed, and a drunken drunkard. He pushed the two silver coins to Link again, "That's enough money to hire." ”
Link glanced at Asa out of the corner of his eye, and the wanderer immediately got up, picked up the silver coin on the table, and walked towards the drunkard who was looking down at the glass in front of him.
"Having said so much. It's time to pick out your purpose. ”
The sudden words made Goiás stunned, "What are you talking about, where do I have ......?"
I was going to look away, but I couldn't turn my neck, I couldn't even move my eyes.
Goiás's breath became short. Although the attention of the entire tavern was on him, no one noticed his condition.
"Answer my master's words. ”
Vera's voice became deeper than usual, and Goiás uncontrollably said his true intentions.
"My son Ruhl...... A few years ago, he disappeared while out shopping, and I suspect he was captured by traffickers entrenched in the city. These bastards are getting more and more excessive, even the locals don't let go!"
Such reasons are more convincing than curiosity, and Link ponders for a moment and asks Goias why he didn't go to rescue his son himself.
"Hah...... Yes, I used to be an adventurer, but I'm only a beginner. The traffickers who were entrenched in the underground relied on the protection of the old city lord and the huge profits obtained from the slave trade, and hired some mercenaries and mages with good strength, and I heard that there were still non-humans, I tried to rescue them myself, and I didn't even break into the perimeter, and I took the life of my friend. Under Vera's control, Goiás couldn't move, and the only thing he could do was speak.
Asa is back, and there are so many people here that he can't use a name or title that would reveal Link's identity, just simply call him 'sir'.
The drunkard refused the hire for fear of getting into trouble. The reason was the visit of the city lord just now, and anyone with a discerning eye could see how much Fred cared about this guy with his head hidden and masked.
Link tapped his finger to the table of the bar, "I can help you save people, and in exchange, you take us to the slave market." ”
Goiás hesitated for only a moment before agreeing, and Vera thought it might be a trap for him to nod so happily.
[His feelings fluctuate greatly, but he may not be an accomplice of the city lord. I'm not arrogant, but I'm quite confident in my abilities. Not to mention...... We also have someone who can help distract the lord. 】
[Neham?] Vera immediately thought of the Knight of Dawn who had been broken up by Link.
[That's right, if you don't go on the road with him, you just don't want to reveal your identity. If it were just the three of us, the nobles might be suspicious, but they couldn't draw conclusions, but they could stay with him and be sure to be recognized. This is the reason why Link deliberately wants to get rid of Neham, it doesn't matter after entering the Southern Flame Continent, but if you want the nobles to think that he is hiding his whereabouts in order to secretly investigate, it is necessary to clear Nax's slave trade.
After agreeing to close with Goiás, they meet at the back door, and while they wait, the three of Link wander around the city, firstly to find out the structure of the city, and secondly, to get rid of the stalkers.
The short-eyed Assassin returned to the Shadow Thorn Branch and reported the bad news of today's mission failure, hiring him by the big mercenary who had injured his hand by Vera earlier.
Except in exceptional circumstances, the Thorns of Shadow will rarely cancel a mission, and if they fail, they will send even more powerful Assassins until the mission is completed or the employer is killed.
Just as he was about to send a higher-ranking assassin according to the usual process, the branch minister suddenly thought of something, and asked the unlucky guy who failed the mission, if the target had any of his own people around him?
"A shadow thief of my rank is not here. ”
The branch chief took out a piece of parchment with an expressive portrait on it, and with a few strokes, he sketched the charm of Asa.
"It's him!" the loser recognized at a glance that it was the loiterer sitting next to the target.
"Cancel the task. The head of the branch called out to the Assassin as he was about to go out on a mission, and his decision stunned everyone.
The sub-head did not intend to explain to his subordinates the secret order from the headquarters - Asa, the hidden thief of Vaolet City, had successfully recommended himself as a mercenary who was taken in by Link the Children of Nature, and stopped an assassination mission related to him wherever he was.
Puzzled, neither Assassin pressed further. The most taboo thing to do in their business is to ask why?
In fact, as Link speculated, Neham's arrival did cause a stir in Nax, where the Dawn Cult had not officially settled because it was the area controlled by Hohenheim. After the fall of Longyan Fort, many people moved away, and most of the people who re-moved in were homeless people or homeless villagers in the vicinity, and those who were disappointed in the gods were either hypocrites or atheists.
The visit of a high-ranking official of the Dawn Sect not only inquired about the people of the city, but also alarmed Fred, who invited Neham to his mansion on griffin in the name of the city lord, and he was still chatting with Neham at this moment if it were not for the report of the demon.
Seeing that Fred had found a reason to leave in a hurry with the staff mage, Neham knew that Link had also arrived, otherwise how could a simple mercenary disturbance alarm the city lord.
When Fred returned, he received a report from the servants that the Knight of Dawn had slipped away by their surprise.
Pressing his temples, Fred slumped into his study.
Even if the Child of Nature didn't visit, Neham's visit was still a headache for him.
If it was going to be replaced by someone else, Fred would have sent someone to kill the nosy guy. But this one, like the Child of Nature, is also a character who cannot be moved casually. Born into a well-known aristocratic family, Neham was the nephew of Claire the Sage and the cousin of the archarchon of Befast.
"The Dawn Sect has never intervened in the slave trade for so many years, why did the future Dawn Knights, the future successor favored by the High Priest, be sent to investigate this time?" Not to mention that he wasn't very sure that he would be able to kill the High Master Rank Dawn Knight, just thinking that it might be an order directly from the Supreme Leader of Dawn, or even the gods, he was terrified of his fate.
In the eyes of the world, he has a legendary-level mage father, and a hereditary noble title, and the backstage is hard enough. But this is just for ordinary people, if you want to change the really powerful, whether it is the Dawn Sect or the pillar, you can easily eradicate their Nax family.