readx;? Four and a half days later, Ian and his party arrived at Helway City. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThis small city is located in the western part of the empire, and the whole city has less than 10,000 households, so it is more appropriate to call it a small town. Visitors were still a rarity in this small town, let alone Ian's group of people who arrived in luxurious carriages.

From the moment they entered the city gate, they attracted the attention of a large number of people.

The moment Ian opened the carriage door, he felt a sultry wave of air rushing towards his face, coupled with the blazing sun above his head, which couldn't help but remind him of Alder, the city of alchemy. This city on the western edge of the empire is no less warm than Alder, which is almost in the southernmost part of the empire.

After getting out of the carriage, everyone gathered again to discuss the next trip.

"Aris and I are going to pick up the merchant. As soon as Quintina got out of the carriage, she said to the people, "This is the task that the Lord has commanded us. ”

The merchant was the last member of their team, so there was nothing to say, and after deciding where to meet at the end, Quintina and Arrist left. According to them, the merchant was not in Helway, but in the countryside a few dozen kilometers from Helwe, and they had to take a carriage again to pick him up.

"I've never been able to figure out why the hall merchant is called a merchant. "It's hard not to think that it's a fat-headed fat man with a gold ring." ”

"You're talking about the current businessman. Dennis smiled and said, "The word merchant, in the beginning, meant the adventurer who walked with the hunters. Under the protection of hunters, collect the things that people need, such as medicinal herbs, from the territory of dragons, and sell them to those who need them at a low price after returning to human territory, and earn some gold coins to make ends meet. ”

"My grandfather always said that that is the truest and purest businessman. Nicole stretched and said, "The current businessman is just for profit. Therefore, the image of the merchant has changed from a fearless adventurer to a fat-headed fat man in people's hearts. ”

Ian knew that Nicole's grandfather was a merchant in the hall. So she knows more about this particular profession.

"I mean, you're always talking about dead fat people, and that's not kind to me. Green said with some displeasure, "When you say bad things about one type of person, it's best not to generalize all of them. ”

Ian almost laughed out loud as he looked at Green's disgruntled expression.

After a discussion among the four of them, it was just Ian, Nicole, and Dennis to be exact. Green says that he only cares about when he enters the fabled Forest of Death, and that he can't help much until then. So, after the discussion of the three of them, they decided to go to the hall branch here to have a look.

Nicole's father's team six years ago had been in the city for a few days, and perhaps the branch here would have some information that Nicole's father's notes didn't have.

It's not hard to find the branch of the hall in this small town, and the fluttering thorn flower banner is always the most visible symbol of the hall. This time they were greeted by a middle-aged man, who turned out to be the head of the hall's branch in Helway. And the minister was also very surprised that in the small city of Herwe, there would be two intermediate hunters and one senior hunter.

The minister's first words after expressing his official respect to Ian, who has the status of a high-ranking hunter, said, "I always thought that after receiving those high-ranking hunters from six years ago, I would never have the opportunity to see the high-ranking hunters in the hall again." I didn't expect to have this honor. ”

Ian and Dennis glanced at each other, and it seemed that this time they were lucky enough to find the person who received Nicole's father's team six years ago.

"Actually, we're here for the same team from six years ago. Dennis asked, "Excuse me, do you know where they ended up?"

"Where's it? Didn't they go into the Mississippi Jungle?" said the middle-aged man, "and there were quite a few of them in their group, twenty or thirty of them." They also came to me, and after asking for some things, they went in a few days. ”

"What did they want?"

"It's a lot, what cables, snakeweeds, torches, flints. The middle-aged man's expression was a little puzzled, "At that time, I still thought it was quite strange, obviously they were a group of very experienced hunters, why didn't they even prepare these basic things." ”

"Well, did you give them to them?"

"How can you not give it, there are three high-level hunter waist cards. And it's not something unusual, so I gave them all that I had in my inventory, but it wasn't enough, because there were too many people. You can't have a torch or a rope or anything like that. ”

Ian smelled something unusual in the middle-aged man's words. According to the middle-aged man, Nicole's father's team is still facing a shortage of supplies, and why didn't he mention it in his notes?

The person who originally issued that task was none other than Lord Kalan, the Rose King. Karan doesn't seem to be a stingy person, let alone to investigate the movements of the Wind King Nathan, there is no reason not to prepare those necessities for them.

"I gave them all the stuff and thought they were making a big move, but I didn't get any notice here. So I don't know what's in the Mississippi Jungle, but after the gang went in, they never came out, and it wasn't clear if they were alive or dead. ”

Another piece of information.

Nicole's father's notes, after recording the discovery of Nathan, the Wind King, are no longer there. Ian speculated that they were then confronted by the Wind King, and the survivors began to flee in an attempt to escape the Yarman Forest.

Later, two people did do it, and one of them was Nicole's father. He and another man fled all the way back to the imperial capital, and finally died in the imperial capital.

Ian hadn't thought much of it before, but now he felt that something was wrong, very wrong.

First, Nicole's father is encountering the Wind King, and it will take several days to escape from the Yarman Forest. Why, then, did he not write a single word in his notes for a few days? Did he forget? No, judging by his handwriting, he must have been a very strict person, so it is unlikely that such a thing would have happened.

Could it be that he was attacked by the Wind King, was seriously injured, and all his strength was used on the run, and he had no extra energy to write notes?

This is indeed a reason, although it is far-fetched, but it can be justified. But this brings us to the second question.

If he was so weak that he didn't even have the strength to lift a pen, then how did he escape back to the Imperial Capital? What was he doing during this time? How did he get back to the imperial capital?

Also, the middle-aged man said they hadn't reappeared in Helway, so where did they come from?

A whole bunch of questions came to Ian's mind at the same time. He looked over to Dennis and saw that the latter was also looking at him. Obviously, both had these things in mind.

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