Closing the curtains, Surdak closed the door and walked out of the Maple Leaf Hotel along a hollow-shaped corridor.

According to the waiter's description, the tavern called 'Charr' was not far from the hotel, so Surdak walked out of the inner courtyard of the inn without riding a horse, and walked through the doorway to the North Street, wearing only a normal leather armor, and he did not wear a noble medal on his chest, but only a knight's badge, which was ubiquitous in the city of Bena.

There were several magic caravans parked on the side of the road on the side of the hotel on North Street, and a coachman sitting in the driver's seat saw Surdak walking out of the hotel, quickly got up from his seat, lifted his hat and asked Surdak with a smile: "Lord Knight, do you need to rent a magic caravan?" ”

Surdak waved his hand and said no, and the coachman sat back in his place.

When he reached the spot where Lady Dorothy's carriage had just stopped, he deliberately slowed down two steps and looked towards a dark magical caravan with dark stripes.

Sure enough, she saw that Mrs. Dorothy's maid was sitting alone in the carriage of the magic caravan drinking tea silently, she did not notice the Surdak passing by the side of the road, the temperature was a little hot in summer, she opened the door of the carriage, and the magic light in the carriage reflected her young face.

Surdak glanced again at the townhouse opposite, the curtains were drawn in the window, and the lights were lit inside, but the young man's shadow could not be seen.

I heard that in the city of Bena, the noblewomen have several loves. This kind of thing is very common for people, and it seems that there is no mercy. Talent is a strange thing.

Although it was already dark, there were still many pedestrians on the streets, and some civilians were hurrying with a bag of food, and the tiredness on their faces could be seen, and Surdak guessed that the civilians living in such a big city must have a very stressful life.

There was also a group of bare-backed children in shorts running around the street, as if the lampposts and bush walls on the street were entertainment facilities they could use.

Surdak walked across the crossroads, and by the rusty water pipes next to the street, a man in a trench coat was squeezing a woman in a silk skirt against the wall, and the two hugged each other tightly in the shadows, and a few steps further, Surdak found that there were several street girls standing in the shadow at the entrance of each building on the street.

When they saw Surdak approaching, they stepped out of the shadows under the street lamp and lifted their pleated skirts to reveal a long trim. legs, or pull the long skirt hard, revealing the snow-white breasts squeezed out of the corset. They're smiling, but they're very measured, they never make physical contact, and Surdak doesn't say anything and quickly dodges away, and he doesn't ask questions.

On the wooden benches beside the bushes lay homeless people, curled up and asleep, some even having a bottle of wine at hand.

Surdak couldn't understand why these homeless people couldn't eat enough food, so they drank this more expensive ale.

The Shire Tavern is not difficult to find, and there are four waiters guarding the door at the door of the tavern, and when they saw Surdak dressed in clean leather clothes, they immediately took the initiative to open the door of the tavern and invited Surdak to come in and sit down.

To the homeless men who lingered at the door of the tavern, these waiters did not have a good face.

Surdak walked into the tavern, and the room wasn't too noisy.

The room was softly lit, the wooden tables and chairs were elegant, filled with the smell of alcohol and perfume, barbecue, and the drinkers talked in low voices, and there were not many wine girls in the taverns, and the drinkers would wave to the waiters standing by the wall when they wanted to order a drink.

Surdak walked straight to the bar and sat in front of the bartender.

There were also many customers sitting at the bar, men and women huddled side by side, some sitting across from each other chatting and others drinking alone.

The bartender's gaze fell on Surdak, his gaze slicing from his solid arm to his calloused hands, revealing an inquiring look.

Surdak stretched out his finger and pointed to a bottle of golden cider behind him and said, "Please give me a glass of golden cider!" ”

"Northerners?"

The bartender turned and expertly took the bottle.

As if by juggling, he placed a glass in front of Surdak and added three pieces of ice before filling the glass with golden liquor.

Surdak shook his glass gently, the ice making a tinkling sound in the glass.

"The people of Hylanza."

Surdak said.

After speaking, he pointed to the knight's badge on his chest, and asked the bartender, "Hey, who should I find if I inquire about the news here?" ”

"What's the news?"

The bartender approached Surdak and asked, staring at him.

"News about the Bradbury family, including the manor that was attacked." Surdak said to the bartender.

The bartender was not surprised at all, he stared at Surdak and said:

"At least thirty people have come to me before you to inquire about this matter, so this news is not worth much, a gold coin I can tell you what everyone knows, of course, if you don't bother, just find someone in the city to chat, find a few more people to hear this news, we just put it together. If you want more in-depth information, you will be charged an information fee of one gold coin per message, and of course, these messages will definitely make you feel like you are getting your money's worth. ”

Surda Kliso introduced a gold coin and placed it in front of the bartender.

The bartender didn't take the gold at the first time, but shouted into the aisle behind him, "Sophia, this knight wants to hear a story about Lord Bradbury." ”

"No problem."

A woman in tight-fitting leather armor with an ordinary appearance but very flexible eyes opened the curtain and walked out of the aisle, her eyes fell on the gold coin on the table, and the index finger only touched the table lightly, and the gold coin jumped up from the table and fell into the woman's palm with precision.

Sophia glanced at Surdak with a smirk and said:

"Follow me!"

Turning around and walking into the aisle behind him, the bartender dodged his body and let Surdak pass.

Surdak followed the woman into a private room, and Sophia sat down at the table, took a sip of wine, and asked Surdak:

"Tell me, what do you want to hear?"

Surdak actually just wanted to inquire about the location of Bradbury Manor, and wanted to know what kind of secret the family was hiding, but now that he had paid a gold coin, he simply said: "I don't know much about everything, tell me all you can say......"

Sophia glanced at Surdak angrily, and then Surdak saw a badge on her chest, the pattern on the badge was two daggers crossed on top of each other, and the background was a pair of eyes hidden in the shadows of the grass, Surdak knew that this was the badge of the Thieves' Guild, but he didn't expect that this ordinary-looking lady was actually a thief who had been officially certified by the Thieves' Guild.

Surdak was still a little curious about the organization of the Thieves' Union.

"Oh, Lord Bradbury's glorious deeds don't need me to introduce you, do you?" Sophia asked Surdak.

Surdak nodded and said, "Of course, I'm a native of Hylanza. ”

Sophia took another sip of ale before she spoke to Surdak:

"Then start with the attack on Bradbury Manor, you should also know that in the past two hundred years, the Bradbury family has not even had a knight who can fight well, and every generation of lords has done nothing, either because of poor management and debt, or arrogant and lascivious squandering of family property, each generation of Bradbury family leaders have to sell a part of the family property in order to maintain the family's daily expenses and the last dignity, to this day, the Bradbury family except for the manor in Bedbury City that cannot be sold, There are no additional industries left. ”

"The current heir to the Bradbury family is Benny. Baron Bradbury, this Baron Benny served in the Bennar Constructed Swordsman Order for four years after graduating from the Pena High Swordsman Academy, and then retired to join an adventure group called 'Flame Dragon' in Bena City, and traveled with the adventure group in the provinces of the Grimm Empire for several years, and when this adventure group returned to Bena City, there was an additional female magician in the adventure group. ”

"Since the attack on Bradbury Manor, the sorceress has disappeared from the world, according to our intelligence analysis, this sorceress is most likely a member of the Darkmoon Gate, and the purpose of her joining the adventure party is to get close to this Baron Benny and find out about the Bradbury family, and finally she led the rebels to ransack the Bradbury Manor."

"The rebels snatched a crystal key from the Bradbury family showroom, which is said to be a key carved from a magic crystal that would open the door to the Red Dragon's treasure, and the successive patriarchs of the Bradbury family were the keepers of the crystal key."

"As for why the Bradbury family has not tried to find the Red Dragon Treasure, the information we have gathered is: it's not that they don't look for it, they have been looking for this treasure for so many years, it's just that they don't have a complete treasure map. Baron Bradbury traveled around the empire with the Flame Dragon Adventure Group just to collect information on the treasure map, but he didn't expect his move to immediately attract the attention of the Darkmoon Gate, speaking of which, the name of the dragon-slaying sword of 'Quirsella' is too big. ”

Surdak didn't expect that there were so many hidden secrets in this, he remembered that the image projected in the magic crystal was really a certain mountain forest area, his heart moved slightly, and he asked curiously: "Is it true that the Red Dragon Treasure is so?" ”

Sophia nodded and said, "By all indications, the Red Dragon Treasure is likely to be real, and it is not difficult to understand that the shiny gems and gold coins have an irresistible attraction to dragons, and that there is some wealth hidden in their lair, and it is said that Quirsera is buried in the Red Dragon Treasure." ”

It turned out that the magic crystal was called the Crystal Key, so it was no wonder that it was in the hands of Wizard Kirdon.

"Where is the Redbury family's manor that was attacked by the rebels?" Surdak asked, pretending to be casual.

"At No. 2 Hanting Street, the old aristocratic district of Bena City."

Sophia replied without thinking, and it looked like she had answered this question many times.

Sophia said to Surdak, "According to the information we have here, the crystal key is currently in the hands of the magicians at the Darkmoon Gate, and the manor is now in an abandoned state. Baron Bradbury didn't live there, but every adventuring party that inquired about it would wander around the manor, which was almost trampled by the rebels after it was attacked by the rebels. ”

"It seems that Your Excellency is also interested in the Red Dragon Treasure?" Sophia asked tentatively at Suer.

Surdak smiled noncommittally.

Sophia didn't ask much, but said, "If you need to hire an adventure party, you can come here and find me at any time, and I can introduce you to a trustworthy adventure party with experienced treasure hunters in the team." ”

"Okay, if you want to get to the bottom of the details or secrets of the event, one gold coin for each question......"

After Sophia finished speaking, a smug smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, thinking that she had already whetted her appetite here, and just waited for the opposite knight to ask eagerly, and one gold coin after another flew into the money bag......

"No more...... Surdak said casually, rubbing his hands together, getting up from his chair.

“？？？”

Sophia looked at Surdak with a puzzled expression.

She couldn't figure it out—didn't the knight in front of her want to know the whereabouts of the crystal key, the origin of the Darkmoon Gate, and the clues of the rebels who attacked Bradbury Manor?

Surdak was satisfied and said:

"Knowing enough about this, I'm just a little curious about what happened in Bena City, which disturbed the knights of the guard battalion in Highlanza City every day, and then I learned that it was a legend about Quelcera, so I took the opportunity to come to Bena City to inquire about it...... Thank you for telling me so many stories, and by the time I return to the city of Highlandsa for the party, there's a new topic to talk about! ”

With that, Surdak walked out of the room.

Sophia spoke dryly, took a large sip of ale, and sat down in her chair sulking.

Thinking that my luck was so bad tonight, I actually met such a stingy knight.

Back at the inn, Surdak lay down on the soft bed, and began to think seriously about how to get the magic crystal to the Bradbury Manor, thinking that he would visit the abandoned Bradbury Manor tomorrow, and that he would find time to write a letter of visit to the Marquis of Luthor.

In addition, since he came to Bednar City, he had to meet with Hathaway and Beatrice, and when he heard that Hathaway was locked up in his house, Surdak planned to write a letter to Beatrice first to find out the details.

The next morning, Surdak had breakfast early in the restaurant downstairs of the inn, and then rode out of the Maple Leaf Hotel and walked down the streets of the city towards Bradbury Manor.

The aristocratic old quarter is a long way from the neighborhood where the Surdak Inn is located......