Chapter 274: Speculation
Raphael listened to the explanation, and he was not in a hurry, anyway, he was going to recruit a few people, so he simply checked to see if there was any response from the surroundings first.
I heard a hoarse voice from a white man, "I'll go, archer, I think you need it." ”
Avril said, "Count you in." ”
Raphael immediately looked at the man's simple and elegant longbow, well, this bow must be good, Raphael was a little envious, his beast god bow was basically scrapped, and only one arrow remained.
A male mage and a male fighter whispered for a while, then hesitated and finally shouted, "Count the two of us, the mage and the fighter." ”
Raphael looked at the four of them, and simply didn't say that it was such nonsense that he initiated the mission, but shouted: "Count me in, powerful thief!"
In the expedition, the thief requires familiarity with the mechanism, not combat effectiveness, Raphael is confident that with his unique and meticulous mental power, it is not a problem to investigate and probe the mechanism, not to mention that he has a lot of knowledge of the magic circle.
Avril saw Raphael, covered her mouth and smiled, and jumped down in satisfaction.
After several people gathered together, the three men only thought that Avril looked quite ordinary, but she had a good figure.
Ordinary, it must be very easy to use, they all stared at Avril up and down.
Avril almost fainted, damn it, she had used some strength, she should have looked very ordinary, why were these bastards still staring at herself, she wanted to cut all three of them into pieces.
Raphael's face turned pale, and he used his body to block Avril slightly, and said very directly: "This is my woman, are you a little measured?"
His actions made the three men wake up, they can't be too out of shape, after all, everyone is strong, and they have to hold back if they have ideas, and if they don't have a chance, they can only hold it forever, otherwise they will directly conflict, and they may die by themselves.
So their expressions changed instantly, their eyes straightened, and they pretended to be very serious, and the archer said, "Let's go find a tavern and talk to it first." ”
Raphael didn't have an opinion, and he didn't ask Avril how she had the information.
After the five of them came to the hotel, they asked for a private room, sat down to talk, and casually looked at the mission information.
After each of them sat down, Avril said, "My name is Avril, a junior earth magister. We are all in this area, and we should know each other a little, but we must explain our strengths better. It can be seen that there is a complete lack of trust between us, so the only way to do this is to assign responsibilities according to each person's ability, and then gradually increase understanding and trust. ”
When the white archer heard this, he said: "My name is Fermir, an archer, I am good at accurate shooting, I am very happy to join the mission, I also have some information in hand, but, to be honest, I am not sure. ”
The male mage with a little yellow face and a mustache said: "We all know this, and I believe that those who are willing to participate have some information in their hands, and I hope we can cooperate sincerely." My name is Disako, and I'm also a junior earth magister, but I've studied a lot of trap circles, and once I find the ruins, I'm pretty sure I'll break through all the traps. ”
The black-skinned bearded fighter also said, "I have the same idea as Disako, my name is Camoro, a junior holy blood fighter, and I am good at assault. ”
Raphael said vaguely: "My name is Raphael, and I am a thief, and I am very good at finding relics. ”
Everyone didn't get to the bottom of it, who didn't keep a little, otherwise if there was a conflict, how would they save their lives?
Avril no longer talked nonsense, it was almost impossible for such a makeshift team to trust each other, she just said this so that everyone could get to know each other a little.
Taking out a bunch of information, Avril said: "Instead of looking for it, let's study the information first, determine the general scope, and then explore, let's take a look at these materials, according to your respective exploration experiences, maybe you can find something, if you really can't find anything, then I want to search for a wide range, and the mission is likely to fail." ”
Everyone frowned and began to look at the information.
Archer Fermir said: "I will take this mission, not only for the most embarrassing reasons, but also because I have indeed studied some literature about this mission, and I know that the Devil's Tears did exist, and it is said to be a huge underground magic research room, and it was also the refuge of the lord at that time, so the lord also hid the treasure there." ”
The earth mage Di Saco nodded: "This should be true, the information I got also shows that the lords' territories in ancient times were very large, there were no kings and emperors at that time, only big lords, and there were many more minerals and things in ancient times than now, so those lords are indeed very rich, which shows that it is completely possible for a lord to have a huge underground magic research room and treasure room." ”
Raphael listened carefully, and these speculations were all right, then the Devil's Tears should exist.
Avril added: "From an ancient chronicle poem excavated in the Eastern Continent, I found that the lord of that land did use the shelter when others invaded, and he won the war in the end, and he should have obtained a large piece of land from his opponent. The memoir was handed down to praise that victory. ”
There are too many such poems, most of them are nonsense by bards, and these poems are not as good as the rumors in the wild history, because the imagination of bards is so rich that they can just talk as much as they want, and even the mercenary guild does not use poetry as clue material.
The other mercenaries listened to Avril's words, and all continued to read the information and did not speak.
Raphael said with interest: "What memoir? Avril Lavigne, do you remember?"
Avril said nonsense: "It's just a fragment, it's in the data, but I spent 20,000 gold coins to get these materials, and the thief said that the location of this psalm is near the center of the Eastern Continent, and it is a great danger." ”
Raphael found the yellow broken stone fragment in the data, only to see that it was engraved:
The huge rocky guards at the mouth of the gorge did not stop the enemy's footsteps, and the morning sun shone on their greedy eyes.
The enemy swarmed in, drank on the Curved Blade Lake, roared in the Echo Plains, and for three days and three nights, the enemy had approached the City of Glory.
The Great High Lord opened the Devil's Tears to protect his people, draining his enemies in the City of Glory, luring them in the Marks of Faith, and fighting them on the shores of the Lake of Tears.
The last resistance unfolds in the Devil's Tears.
The mighty soul army that lurked in the resting place flanked the enemy.
Hundreds of thousands of enemies were wiped out, adding to the glory of the Great Lord with flesh and blood.
Raphael watched and whispered, and everyone was confused, thinking that it should not be of much use.
However, Raphael didn't think so, and he took out the ancient map he had obtained and looked at it.
The mercenaries' heads immediately came up, and they were all attracted by this map, but there was no Curved Blade Lake on the map, and there were no other place names.
It doesn't matter if it's useful or not, it's just random information found in the Star Church, this Raphael is here specifically for the Devil's Tears, so he will always be a little prepared, right? Avril's face turned red, she looked embarrassed, her hands were entangled, and she said, "Okay, I was wrong, I did a big wrong." ”
Raphael frowned and thought for a while, smiled, and said, "No, Avril, 20,000 gold coins is too cost-effective, you have taken a big advantage." From the perspective of a professional thief, first of all, the land of this lord will not be in a remote place in the Eastern Continent, because the warriors of the ancients are very strong, and the low-level warriors are completely cannon fodder, and they almost do not intervene in the war, and those who want to lead hundreds of thousands of troops to attack will definitely not be the lords of remote areas. ”
When did this guy become a professional thief!!, Avril muttered before nodding.
Raphael continued: "The memoirs were excavated from the Eastern Continent, and although my map is very incomplete, it also covers most of the Eastern Continent, and it can be seen that the geography of the Eastern Continent is dominated by small mountain ranges, and the memoirs mentioned in the memoirs must be among these mountain ranges. ”
Avril watched from the side, not understanding what Raphael had found, and said, "But there are still many mountains after all, and it is difficult to determine which one it is." ”
The others looked at the map, and there was a very large mountain range in the center of the map, but it was useless, because in addition to this mountain range, there were countless small mountains on the map, and these mountains were so roughly drawn that they could not be seen in shape at all.
So everyone shook their heads.
Raphael looked at them seriously and said, "This memoir is actually more useful than these materials, and it can be said that if you can find this ruin, it depends on this memographic." Combined with the map, I think this narrative poem is not a random conjecture, but a real historical evidence. ”
Avril was amazed, "Really? ”
Raphael smiled and stopped talking, pretending to look at the map carefully.
The three men also stared at Raphael, and Disak glanced at Camoro and said, "Don't hide it, Brother Raphael, if you really find something, you have priority when the treasure is distributed, do you all agree?"
Camoro and Fermir nodded immediately, who wouldn't say such nice words, if you really find a treasure, who knows what will happen. Avril also nodded falsely: "Of course I'm fine, I'm not greedy, if I find a treasure, as long as I get enough money, I won't be a mercenary if I have money." ”
Raphael said: "Well, if you think about it, the course of this battle can be seen that it must be in a large canyon that resembles a small basin, and only then will there be a final resistance and the Echo Plains. ”
Avril didn't understand even more, was she not as smart as him, so she said, "So what?"
Raphael shrugged his shoulders and said, "Hell, why don't you want to think about it, it takes three days to attack from the canyon to that glorious city, although the army will march more carefully and slowly, but even so, the size of this area, we have a little impression, then you see, only the largest mountain range in the center of the continent is possible." ”
Fermir said: "This is impossible, I don't know anything else about the terrain of the Eastern Continent, but I heard from the mercenaries who have explored the Eastern Continent that this central mountain range is very peculiar, surrounded by very tall cliffs, and there is no entrance at all." ”
Raphael smiled and said: "We pay attention to this canyon now, then we will pay attention to it, if we don't pay attention, who will go out of their way to climb over the cliff to explore, not to mention that the demonic beasts there must be more powerful." Any mercenary who has been there will definitely give up if he finds that he has not entered the road in the mountain range, but don't ignore the power of ancient magic, the so-called mountain and rock guard should be a kind of magic, and it blocked the mouth of the gorge. ”
Everyone thought about it carefully, and their eyes lit up.
Raphael added: "And the morning sun shining on the greedy eyes of the enemy means that this gorge is on the cliff on the west side, and I think that the gorge will always have some character, or much lower than the other cliffs, or have other features, in short, it should not be exactly the same as the mountain wall next to it." We can follow this and spend a few days, and if we don't find it, then we don't have to do this task. ”
Everyone shouted excitedly, this may be too big!
Avril's face flushed a little when she heard this, and there was a glint in her eyes, and she hugged Raphael's arm and kissed him on the little cheek.
After kissing Raphael, Avril realized what she was doing, and cursed her body, in order to adapt to this body, her surname began to change a little, which is not a good thing.
Raphael slyly turned his head, and when Avril's small mouth left his face, his lips touched Avril's small mouth, and he licked it slightly.
Avril only felt her lips dry, her heart pounded, her face turned red, and she ducked away in a panic.
Hell, I didn't kiss this guy, why is it still like a first kiss.
Avril wanted to cry again.
Fermir also said happily: "Brother Raphael, I now fully believe that you are a great thief, hehehe!"
Dissaco and Camoro were also a little excited, and at the same time said, "Yes, you are a great thief. ”
And the people came to the ale and poured it up.
Even Avril had poured many glasses, but she was not excited, treasures were so rare to her, she was extremely unconvinced by Raphael, so she drank violently.
There were all powerful people present, and no one was drunk, so they went back to their rooms to rest.
The next time, everyone boarded the merchant ship to the Eastern Continent together, and the merchant ship was originally going to the Eastern Continent It was still early, because the Eastern Continent is said to have only a few fortress-like towns, and there is not much business to do, and this merchant ship was found by Avril.
However, none of the other mercenaries, including Raphael, knew this, thinking it was just a coincidence.
On the boat, Avril and Raphael were very close, and the purpose was naturally to keep an eye on Raphael and see why this guy was looking for ruins, so she didn't believe that the chief judge would personally go on an adventure for the sake of ethereal wealth.
Avril thinks that her closeness is only superficial, but superficial closeness is also closeness, and it is inevitable that Raphael will take advantage of her, and she has been kissed many times for the first time.
Raphael became much closer to Avril in this regard, he rented a deck chair to cover him, drank wine on the deck every day, and bragged at Avril about how good he was, always making Avril tremble.
This kind of style is completely a gentleman and aristocracy going out for an outing.
Femir took it for granted that Raphael was sleeping with beautiful women every day, and their hearts were burning and their moods were irritable.
A female mercenary on the deck is very good-looking, with slightly narrow, narrow and charming eyes, a tender and thick mouth, especially the one who is small, but has a thin waist and fragrant buttocks, and her plump breasts are also exposed to a piece of snow-white, only golden hair, which is the ear-length short hair that ordinary pious nuns would trim.
The fighter Camoro walked over, pulled the mercenary to the outer corner of the cabin, pushed her by the shoulders and pressed her against the bulkhead, and said very oppressively: "Little girl, do you want to earn some pocket money? How about accompanying your brothers? Hmm? Three people, you can earn three shares of money at once, you don't want to make trouble for your mercenary group, do you? If you don't agree, we will kill your mercenary group, and it will be your turn, understand?"
Unexpectedly, the female mercenary was very strong, lifting her leg to a knee, and at the same time slapping Camoro.
Camoro has the strength of the primary holy blood, of course he won't be hit, he clamped his legs, clamped the mercenary's knee, grabbed the mercenary's hand with one hand, and grabbed her other hand together, pressing it on the deck above her.
Feeling the elastic thighs between his legs, Camoro looked at the plump place where the mercenary raised her hands high and caused the high protrusions to rise and fall, her eyes were spewing fire, and she breathed heavily: "Little girl, be obedient and obedient, otherwise I will be unwelcome!"
The mercenary cried out in a coquettish voice, "My companion is not easy to mess with, help!"
At this shout, more than a dozen mercenaries found out about the situation, and they were all very strong, and immediately surrounded Camoro, taking out various weapons in their hands, and everyone had a clear division of labor.
Raphael looked at it in amazement, there are so many masters on this ship?
The head of the mercenary rose up with a fierce momentum, drew his sword and walked towards Camoro, and said fiercely: "Let go of her! ”
How could it be? With so many masters, Camoro's body immediately withered when he was just excited, and his back was soaked with cold sweat.
Disak hurriedly pulled Camoro aside and said to the regimental leader: "I'm sorry, my friend drank too much, and it's nothing to have a little skirmish, don't be impulsive, just let this matter pass?"
Camoro said helplessly: "Okay, it's me who is bad." ”
The mercenary leader nodded and said to Disaco: "This mage, looking at your friend, you can see that he is not very rational. ”
Disaco didn't refute either, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I promise nothing will happen on the ship." ”
The mercenary leader glanced at him and waved his hand, and his squad continued to maintain a very favorable posture and slowly retreated together.
Disako's eyes shrank, and he whispered to Camoro: "Don't mess with them, where are your eyes gone, you want to be dizzy? These guys are definitely experienced elites." (To be continued.) )