Chapter 189: Strange Things in the City
In the crowded hall of adventurers, Caleb appears alone.
At this time, he was wearing a black robe, covering his face, and did not attract the attention of others.
He slowly walked to the reception desk and handed an adventurer card to the receptionist opposite.
"I need to post a task...."
The receptionist took the card, his eyes shrinking instantly.
Hao Ran has a big S on the card.
That's right, Caleb has leveled up again, from A-rank adventurer to S-class.
After all, with Caleb's previous destructive power in Rosimia and the exploits of killing Ivans.
It doesn't make sense not to upgrade to S rank, and even if it weren't for the fact that the Adventurer's Guild was only up to S rank, Caleb would be able to go up further.
The receptionist checked it several times, and then smiled respectfully and sincerely.
"It's a great honor to serve you, I'm Fiora, the receptionist here."
With that, Fiora gently pressed a button under the reception desk and walked out with a smile on her face.
"Your card, please keep it."
Fiona held the card in both hands and respectfully handed it to Caleb.
"Hmm."
Caleb calmly took the card and retracted into the space.
"Please follow me."
Fiona led Caleb to the stairs of the guild and up to the second floor.
This scene was seen by the people in the guild.
Some of them had interested smiles on their faces, but they didn't move.
Instead, I focused on the taskbar, as if waiting for something.
Some of the information traffickers have begun to ask other receptionists about Caleb's identity.
"That's not someone you can afford to mess with, and it's best not to provoke him.
Also, I'm not going to give out any information. ”
The receptionist's serious look made Caleb's identity mysterious.
But they didn't bother the receptionist, and if they continued to pester them, they would be invited out by the guards.
They hid in silence in the corner, waiting for Caleb to come down.
On the second floor, Caleb sat on the sofa and looked at the middle-aged muscular man on the sofa opposite.
He is the city's Adventurer's Guild President, Royce.
"I wonder what mission Mr. Caleb wants to post?"
Royce, who was an adventurer, was a cheerful man and asked bluntly.
Caleb took the coffee from Fiona and took a sip slowly.
Two letters suddenly appeared on the table.
"Please help me get these two letters out."
Royce glanced at the letter on the table.
An ordinary envelope is an ordinary letter.
And the other one is powerful, sealing fire paint, magic envelopes, and even triple magic seals.
This is a top-secret letter that can only be dismantled if it is delivered to the recipient.
Royce looked at the heavily sealed letter on the table, and knew that the contents must not be simple.
But he still took it, and there was no reason for the Adventurers' Guild not to accept the mission.
Royce asked with a solemn face:
"What mission level and location are required for two mission delivery tasks?"
Caleb was silent for a moment, then picked up the ordinary letter, and said:
"This letter is only C-class, please send it to Gray Gru, the leader of the Tempest Adventure Group in Ferran City."
After that, he picked up the sealed letter and said solemnly:
"This S-class, fast and secretive, please send it to the kingdom's general, Eagle Bromfield Boswell."
“......”
The S-class mission directly plunged the entire room into silence.
After a long time, Royce took a deep breath and said:
"No problem, we will arrange for someone to send it as soon as possible.
It's just that it's in the midst of a Warcraft boom right now, and it may cost more money to send it. ”
Caleb nodded, he had heard Albert say it.
The Warcraft tide in winter would last for two or three months, so he wasn't surprised.
"How much?"
"C-level missions cost 500 gold, and S-level missions cost at least 10,000 gold as you require.
We'll send someone from the guild to send them in person through the teleportation array. ”
Royce didn't talk nonsense and directly said the price.
Caleb nodded, and threw 10,500 gold coins directly on the table, the weight of which almost collapsed.
"The money has already been given to you, so I'm going to trouble you."
Caleb put down the teacup in his hand, got up and slowly disappeared in place.
"President ......"
"Don't ask too much about this kind of thing."
Royce interrupted Fiona and got up and walked to the window.
Looking at Caleb slowly disappearing into the street, I don't know what to think.
"Something big is going to happen again......"
...........
Sending the letter, Caleb walked back to the hotel.
Two letters, one to Gray.
Caleb did not reveal anything about the Federation and the Kingdom in his letter.
Just an ordinary greeting letter.
But it also said that Phelan may have something big happening in the near future, and I hope he can be careful.
In another letter to Iggy, Caleb wrote all about the flying ship.
But he didn't make up his mind in the letter, and left it to Iggy to decide.
After all, he is now the king of the future kingdom.
Caleb was thinking about the two letters when a shout came from behind him.
"Ah, Mr. Caleb."
Caleb turned his head to see that it was Shirley.
Albert had come back to introduce them to his sister after finding him.
She is a very cute little girl, and the genes of the nobility are always handsome men and beautiful women.
All Shirley is also slim and beautiful.
"Shirley, where are you going?"
Caleb turned around and looked at Shirley with a large pile of things on her body.
"The hotel was smashed, and all the belongings we had left in the hotel were damaged.
So I went and bought something I needed. ”
Shirley showed Caleb the bag in her arms, which was indeed something that needed to be used on a daily basis.
"That's right, that's really hard, is the money enough?"
"It's okay, the city has compensated for all these damaged things."
Caleb and Shirley chatted all the way to the hotel where they were now staying.
"Then I'll go to the room and put something in the room first."
"Well, be careful not to fall."
Caleb chuckled and shook his head as he watched Shirley staggering up the stairs with something in his arms.
"Got it!"
Watching Shirley run upstairs, Caleb also walked to his room.
It should be said that it is a room for three people.
As soon as you enter the house, it is spring.
Ena, who had just finished taking a shower, walked out with wet steps.
"Ah, brother..."
A bath towel directly covered Ena's words.
Caleb stuck his head out to look at the empty hallway, and hurriedly closed the door, it would not be good if he was seen.
"You little girl, hurry up and get dressed."
Caleb turned his head and looked at Ena who was smiling at him with a bath towel draped in a bath towel, and nodded her forehead.
"Hehe, brother, you haven't helped me wipe my hair for a long time, help me wipe it."
"Didn't I just wipe it for you the day before yesterday?"
Caleb pinched Ena's nose dotingly.
"Hmm~ But you didn't wipe it for me yesterday."
So a day is a long time? ’
Caleb thought to himself, but he picked up a towel in his hand and gently wiped Ena's hair.
Ena gradually leaned into Caleb's arms and closed her eyes comfortably.
She sniffed Caleb's body and couldn't help but lick Caleb's neck.
"Hey! Go get dressed. ”
Sensing Ena's small movements, Caleb slapped it vigorously.
Syllable!
"Hey, hey...."
Ena clasped her hands behind her back and ran away grinning.
"It's ....."
A little goblin, Caleb couldn't help but shake his head and walked to the living room.
In the living room, Betty was looking at something on a microscope.
Hearing the footsteps, she raised her head and asked Caleb with a smile:
"How's it going?"
Caleb sat on the couch and said thoughtfully:
"It's a bit weird in the city...."
Click
"My lord, please drink tea."
Snow appeared from the side and placed a cup of tea in front of Caleb.
"Ah, thank you."
Snow quietly bent down and disappeared in place.
She knew that Betty was going to discuss things with Caleb, and she quietly didn't bother them.
Betty watched as a hot cup of coffee was placed next to her.
She took a sip from her teacup and asked:
"What's wrong?"
There was a hint of doubt in Betty's voice, she didn't feel anything strange.
"The welfare benefits in the city are exceptionally good, and those damaged houses actually have compensation payments."
Caleb recalls the scene he had just walked all the way and the conversation he had with Shirley.
"That's not weird, is it?"
Betty raised an eyebrow, although compensation payments are rare, but they are not impossible.
"And the church here actually provides free treatment for a large number of people, and the cost is actually borne by the city lord, don't you say it's surprising."
"I've heard that when I fought Warcraft before, I heard those adventurers say that this is a strange thing?"
Ena walked out of the room and asked suspiciously.
"That's really weird...."
Betty was also surprised, the church is not a charitable facility, and it is certain that money will be given for treatment.
And it is very expensive, and ordinary civilians are looking for herbs and the like to treat them when they are injured, and they dare not go to the church even if they are dying.
"Spending money on other people's treatment, could it be that the city lord of this city is very kind?"
Ena said innocently.
This made Caleb and Betty both laugh.
"Hehehehehe..... What do you think are the odds? ”
Caleb asked Betty jokingly.
"A thousand? No, one in a billion. ”
Betty smiled and gave the answer, and in her heart she had already defined this matter as impossible.
The money of the nobles was actually used to treat the common people.
This is not quite in line with the aristocratic style of acting, especially in this era.
Unless he has water in his head.
"Ah, and one more thing, on the way to the guild, I noticed a large number of people with strange expressions."
And Caleb detected through the bugs scattered throughout the city.
The civilian families of those who died were also very calm, and only a few people were crying.
Most people have a sad look on their faces when they claim the body.
"Isn't that weird? Could it be that they are used to it. ”
After listening to Caleb's description, Betty also felt a strange feeling in her heart, but it didn't seem to be.
"Well, that's weird."
The more Caleb thought about it, the more strange it became, and he knew he couldn't be wrong.
During the wandering period, he practiced the observation skills and never mistook the emotions of others.
Although the face of the person who claimed the body was sad, his eyes were definitely different.
That's not a sad look!
He recalled in his mind the sad faces he saw.
Under Caleb's imagination, the faces slowly changed their expressions, looking for expressions to match their eyes.
"This is...."
Watching the strange expressions refreeze, Caleb finally knew where the strange place was.
Obsession, yes, is obsession, an expression that matches the eyes.
Along the way, Caleb found hundreds of identical glances.
A creepy sensation rushed from Caleb's tail bone to the Heavenly Spirit Cover.
There's weirdness in town!
But what do these people have in common? ’
Caleb remembered the hundreds of people he had met, vendors, adventurers, soldiers, children, and old men........
Could it be that the common denominator is human? No, no, no, no.......
"What's wrong?"
Betty looked at Caleb with a strange expression on his face, but he didn't speak, which was very strange.
Caleb looked up with a serious look on his face, reached out and nodded on Betty and Ena's foreheads, relaying the memories in his head.
"It is! Woo...."
The two girls were covered by Caleb, and their backs were already covered with cold sweat.
'Be careful, the partition wall has ears. ’
Caleb's voice rang in the hearts of the two.
He knew there was a group of adventurers right next door.
Although he seemed to be sleeping in the insect's field of vision, he couldn't let his guard down.
Betty finally calmed down and nodded at Caleb, who lowered her hand.
Is this true? ’
Betty's anxious voice came to Caleb's head.
I can't say for sure yet, but there must be something strange in the city. ’
There was too little information at the moment, and Caleb didn't have much on his mind.
However, he has already quietly spread bugs all over the city during the siege, and I believe that new information will appear soon.
Knock Knock Knock –
Caleb's thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door, and he stood up and motioned for the two girls to be normal.
Caleb walked to the door and saw the visitor through the worms placed outside the door.
An old man.
"Who?"
Caleb shouted through a door.
"Is it Mr. Caleb Rickcock's room, please open the door, I'm here to apologize."
Apologize?
Caleb looked confused, what was the situation.
"It should be the leading teacher of the previous academy group.
It seems that because Ena is an orc, the reaction is a bit big, which makes Ena a little unhappy. ”
Betty gave a brief explanation and let Caleb understand the whole story.
"I see."
Caleb nodded, touched Ena's head, and turned to open the door.
The moment he caught his eye, Caleb noticed that something was wrong with the other party.
The eyes of the old man in front of him........