The mayor of Soft Maple City smiled, but he didn't smile. "You mean at the Maple Leaf Gate?" he asked in a low voice.

The mercenary leader bowed in a dashing manner, "Yes, my lord. We shot his horse, and he stopped. ”

"And then, you're pretty much sent right here," the mayor looked down at the thief-headed Wither, blinking, and smiling with what might be described as sly, "anything else to say? ”

Rumor has it that in the mayor's office building, an entire wing of the room was filled with clerks, busy proofreading and updating all day. The information sent by the detective agency carefully organized by the mayor was as high as a hill.

Wiser wasn't suspicious of that at all, and he made more discoveries: just now, he glanced at the balcony in the direction of the reception room and rushed over it, trying to leap out of the cage - and then the arrow of the crossbow "whoosh".

The arrow hit him in the leg, and now the good man of Soft Maple City was trembling with pain.

The mayor rested his multi-layered chin with his gem-ringed hand, and he stared at the prisoner with his bead-like, small, round eyes.

"Listen boy," he said, "tear up the contracts you signed earlier, usurp the legal guild leadership, use large amounts of gem coins of unknown origin - I have good reason to suspect that they are counterfeit coins - by the way, the dead horse is to be counted on your head."

Well, that's pretty much it, Wither.

If I were a judge, then I would sentence you directly to hanging. Or you may say, I'm not a judge, but I'm going to tell you that I appointed the judge. ”

This is too much.

"I bought that horse at fair trade!"

"But you're using counterfeit money, it's technical theft! I'm even going to question your professionalism as a thief now. ”

"But those gem coins are real opal green, and those who took them didn't question it. ”

"Opal green," the mayor said, pinching a gem coin and playing with it with a dexterity that didn't match his stubby fingers, "interesting, it looks like you've made a classy friend and learned something new." I thought a guy like you had only used a soft maple brown gem coin in his life. But, did you know that the opal green gem coin is a dwarf agent, and it only gives a discount subsidy to the big chamber of commerce every year, which is a special currency that is used in large transactions. ”

Wither's mouth grown, but on second thought, he managed to stop it, so he closed it firmly again.

"You deserve it. Your greatest sin is to vilerate your betrayal of the master of your city, and not to show him the precious virtue of honesty. You are morally degenerate, you are shameless, you are unable to see reality. Got it? Idiot. ”

The mayor waved his hand, and the two mercenaries standing behind Wither immediately drew their knives, and he suddenly felt something cold touch his neck. "Of course," the mayor continued, "I can be gracious. ”

You say. Wither replied quickly.

The mayor waved his hand again, and the mercenaries all left the room, leaving only Wither and him. "Come here, fool," said the mayor to Wither, unconcerned about the wound in his leg and the possibility that the thief might burst out.

"Would you like some jellyfish with rock sugar?

Glancing at a bowl of jelly-skinned food on the low table on the agate in front of the mayor, "Uh...... "Wither," "No need." ”

"Now, then, I want you to hear every word I say," said the mayor mildly, "or you will surely die." That's a very interesting way to die, and I promise you won't be killed instantly. Please don't shake like this, I feel a little dizzy when I see it. ”

"I try. ”

"Very well, as the former third thief, the second thief under old Charlen, and now the first thief, Mr. Wither, you must have some relationships that decent people like me do not have......

For example, with rebels outside the city, pirates at sea, etc. What the hell is that new guy to Soft Maple, why did he help you get rid of Charron, and why does he have so many opal emerald coins in his hands?

One question, one answer. Right now...... Please show your honesty. ”

Wither nodded, but instead of answering the first and third questions, he started with the second one: "Charron is not human, he is a monster, he is an evil crow man who lurks undercover in Soft Maple City.

In short, that Charlen is the lackey of the Emperor, his Lady, and the Ten Tribulation Generals. As for Mr. Quest, who came to Soft Maple City, I don't know his origins, but he claims to be the head of the Chamber of Commerce called 'Scales of the Eternal Order'.

At the same time, the Chamber of Commerce is an organization that has been passed down since ancient times. Their mission is to hunt down those unnatural monsters to ensure that the Emperor, the Lady, and the Ten Tribulations will not return.

As for why he has so many opal emerald coins in his hand, according to him, many of the chambers of commerce of the sea runners have also been infiltrated by monsters.

In the course of their hunt against these monsters, they destroyed many merchant ships, and those opal emerald coins were seized from those merchant ships.

Also, the reason why I bought a horse was because I listened to Mr. Queth's advice. He wanted to take Charron's body out of the city and burn it to prevent more people from discovering that he was a monster.

This was done so that the residents of Soft Maple City would not panic, and at the same time, they would not be startled, so that Mr. Ques and the others could find more monsters along the way.

My lord, I am sure, sure, and must be doing a good deed—both to you and to myself—and yet for the first time in my life, I have been turned into a bad person. Am I a little aggrieved?"

Hearing Wither's answer, the mayor slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and he stuffed his fat body into the high-backed chair again.

In fact, he was very satisfied with this answer.

After his spies reported that Charlen, who had a cooperative relationship with him, was killed by Wither's men, he was a little suspicious at first, and at the same time felt sorry for some unfinished contracts. It's just that when the investigation deepens and he discovers that Charlen's body is not a human, but a monster, the mayor can no longer sit still.

The reason why he has today's status is not that he has excellent administrative management skills and how well he has managed Soft Maple City. His power was based entirely on his own fame and the support of the Temple of Heyronis.

If he was discovered, he might have been in cahoots with some monster, and even if he didn't know that Charren was a monster at the time, everything he had now would be wiped out.

And the mysterious merchant who helped Wither eliminate Charlen actually sold a large amount of opal emerald coins, which also made him feel a little uneasy.

For a moment, he wondered if that person might be some agent on the dwarf's side. And did the gnomes discover their administrative failures and send someone to solve the problem, and by chance they found a monster.

That's why he sent mercenaries, took Wither back, interrogated him personally, and got a first-hand answer.

"Good, good. According to you, their group is a bunch of pirates," the mayor winked slyly at Wither, then asked, "You know, there is only one truth in the treatment of pirates in Soft Maple City, and pirates who survive under the gallows are qualified to defend themselves." Tell me, then, where that Mr. Quest is. ”

Hearing him say this, Wither's face suddenly changed, "Am I a fool?

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