Ah sneeze~ Lu Ye, who was drinking tea, sneezed violently, huh? Who's muttering about me? Forget it, how can I be so superstitious, it may be a little cool in autumn.

Lu Ye tightened his collar, and then looked at a delicate invitation letter lying quietly on his desk, but it was placed very casually, and it was even a little crooked.

This is the sixteenth invitation in the month since he 'inherited' the owner.

At first, it was a few days apart, but in recent days, this invitation has been sent more and more frequently, and today it was even sent to him in person and asked to be handed over to him in person.

It's impossible to be in person, and this invitation was just sent by Ruth.

Lu Ye held the teacup in one hand, and habitually tapped the armrest of the seat with his index finger with the other, and looked at the invitation with his eyes slightly narrowed.

"It's really troublesome, harmful, I can't think of it. Calculating the time, the third batch of supplies from Cloin Island should have arrived, this is the largest batch of supplies transported so far, and the escort personnel have reached 200 people.

In this case, it's not impossible..."Lu Ye kept thinking.

Dangdang, there was a quick knock on the door.

"Please come in."

looked at Vivien, who looked panicked after entering the door, and her chest was constantly rising and falling. Oh? Are you wearing a V-neck lace white shirt with a brown hip skirt today? Lu Ye raised his eyebrows and looked at him suspiciously.

"Your Majesty! Several sections of the undersea tunnel have been attacked by unknown people, and now the access to Klein Island has been blocked! “

"Huh? What?! Is it being monitored? What about the losses? Lu Ye's face changed greatly, and he was even a little annoyed, why is it this time for a mother's chicken.

"The X-5 immune response has been activated, but every 300 meters of the chamber is cut off by the diaphragm tissue that responds to the emergency response, which is the mechanism to prevent a section of the tunnel from being invaded by seawater. The losses were not large and there were no casualties, but the access was blocked. ”

"Have you brought in the machines and generator sets for the new factory?" Lu Ye thought of something and hurriedly asked.

Vivien habitually pushed her glasses, "It's here, it's here, but it's trapped in a chamber about half a sea from Blackstone Island. The good news is that this section of the tunnel has not been attacked for the time being. ”

"Okay, I know, you immediately arrange manpower to carry out emergency rescue of the trapped people and supplies. In particular, the safety of the trapped people must be put first. Lu Ye gradually calmed down, the materials can be reproduced without materials, the lives of personnel are the most important, and what he lacks most now is manpower.

"But now we don't have enough people on Blackstone Island..."

"Let the Crystal Tavern send a rescue mission." Lu Ye made a decision without hesitation.

"Wouldn't that expose Cloin Island prematurely?" Vivian knew Lu Ye's general strategy and policy, and pointed out the key to the problem.

"You can first issue emergency secret missions for islanders and mercenaries who are capable of performing A-level or higher missions, and increase the reward standard by 200%. Have you all issued tactical bracelets for personnel rated B or higher? Just post on that. Pay attention to indicate the confidentiality standard, and if it is leaked, it will be permanently blocked. ”

"Okay, Your Majesty."

"But this can be delayed for a while, as long as possible." Lu Ye frowned and rubbed his temples vigorously with his head, suddenly his eyes lit up as if he had thought of something, Lu Ye beckoned to Vivian, and when Vivian got closer, he whispered to her, "You are like this...... Build and renovate ......"

Vivien felt the warm exhalation and slight whispers in her ears, blushing, leaning over to listen attentively, her expression gradually changing from surprise to strangeness.

"Does Your Majesty really want to do this?"

"Well, it's necessary, just come here. By the way, you're going to call Clara, the Fox agent, in a moment. “

……

Today finally came to this mysterious and strange black stone castle, Lawrence, a half-orc who was nearly forty years old, raised his eyes to look at this ancient castle full of legends in front of him.

Since half a month ago, after the Mercenary Guild took on a task to investigate the origin of the items flowing from Blackstone Island, he took his two brothers who were born and died to this island that was once glorious in history.

However, since the Age of Discovery, few people have heard that the people living on the islands today are people who cannot survive and are destitute refugees, and the complexity of the islanders makes it difficult to obtain real information.

If it weren't for the gold coins, he really wouldn't want to come to this place, where even the air is said to be cursed.

Retire after doing this, at least without having to deal with the gunboat-wielding humans on the west side of the continent.

But after going to the island, it was completely different from what he imagined! Most of the buildings on the island are still old and dilapidated, but the streets are clean and tidy, and knights in majestic black armor patrol by, and the islanders are all smiling happily and confidently.

It turned out to be orderly, which was really evil.

I thought it would take a few twists and turns to find out the source of the item, but I knew it from the mouth of an islander—oh, you ask me about this lawn mower in my hand? I exchanged points at the spar tavern by the docks.

Lawrence didn't believe it at first, but after asking a few islanders with various items in their hands, the answer was surprisingly unanimous, it was all this tavern called Crystal.

Looking at the types and descriptions of the items listed on the task list, they all correspond to the items in the hands of the islanders.

This task was completed so inexplicably? How could this be, Lawrence instinctively thought that things would not be so simple.

With doubts constantly floating in their minds, the three Lawrence still rushed in the direction of the dock. Before I arrived, I saw a huge sign with a neon glow in the distance, the Crystal Tavern

Items actually flowed out of here! Lawrence looked incredulously at the points redemption chart hanging prominently in the tavern.

and a list of tasks that refreshed in real time juxtaposed, which reminded Lawrence of the Mercenary Guild's bulletin wall full of paper bounties.

The difference is that there are no commissions here, only points, which are the only currency that can be exchanged for items.

With his attitude of being responsible for the gold coins, Lawrence decided to give it a try, and maybe he could really find out where the item came from.

With years of mercenary experience, Lawrence easily promoted his three-person team to B-rank in half a month in the Crystall Tavern.

However, during the half month on the island, he did not find out the origin of these items, and I have been to all parts of the island almost in the process of remission.

He had even been to the newly renovated dwarf workshop in the island port.

But these things seemed to appear out of thin air, and he couldn't find the place where these items were stacked. The only place on the whole island where he had ever been was the Blackstone Castle in front of him.

Lawrence lowered his head to reconfirm the urgent mission notice displayed on the bracelet, slowly exhaled a cloudy breath, and stepped firmly onto the castle's suspended suspension bridge.