Neutral city, Zinyel.

It was a city founded by a fallen Juggernaut.

Although it is located in the middle of a desert, the city is completely self-sufficient due to the fact that it is built on an oasis, and even if it lacks something, it can be supplemented by trading with the kingdoms of Jinas and Rebru, and life does not give people a sense of inconvenience or even poverty.

But Sinyele is not a very beautiful city.

Because it does not belong to the Kingdom of Jinas or the Kingdom of Rebru, it is sandwiched between the two great powers, and the surrounding desert forms a natural barrier, so many people who can't get along in the Kingdom of Jinas and the Kingdom of Rebru will basically come here, including but not limited to outlaws who have become major wanted criminals in the two countries.

If it weren't for the fact that Sinyele's city lord was a sword master, he had been maintaining order in Sinyele and suppressing the influence of those petty people, Xinyele would have turned into an outlawless area.

Because of the many outlaw connections, although Sinyele has not become an outlawless zone, it still seems a bit chaotic here.

There are mercenary groups that hunt monsters in the desert to survive.

There are also underground organizations that operate illegal businesses underground.

From time to time, there are people who take risks to do something unfatal, including but not limited to robbery, breaking into homes, killing people, or trading dangerous prohibited items.

In other words, Zinyel is a city with a neutral position and a neutral internal order, where good things and bad things are divided half, and good and bad people are also divided together, forming a very delicate balance.

In such a city, there is a sunset tavern.

The Sunset Tavern has a very big name in Sinyere.

Because, it is a very special intermediary agency.

It is said that the owner behind this tavern has some friendship with the city lord of Sinyele, so the official of Sinyele will hand over some commissions to this tavern, and through the introduction of this tavern, they will be provided to the mercenary group in the city, so that the mercenary group can hunt dangerous monsters near the city.

It is said that the owner of this tavern also has his own connections in the underworld, so it is also responsible for secretly introducing some illegal business to others.

In short, this is a place where both black and white dishes are popular and have been mixed.

Therefore, there are often many mercenaries and criminals in the underworld here, none of these people are simple characters, but none of them dare to make trouble here.

In the evening of this day, the Sunset Tavern was as usual, with many heavily armed mercenaries and black-robed dangerous people, either drinking and chatting here, or going to the rooms inside to do something.

Thanks to this, the interior of the tavern was very lively and noisy, and the air was filled with a rich aroma of wine, which masked the slight smell of dust and blood.

At one point, the door to the tavern was pushed open.

Outside the door, two dusty men walked in.

It was two men in trench coats, apparently fresh in from outside the city.

They are tall and short, one big and one small, and it is obvious from the outline of the trench coat that they are a man and a woman, but because of the relationship between the hoods of the trench coats, the appearance of the two is hidden, so that people can't see their looks clearly and can't judge their origins.

In the tavern, many people glanced at them without a trace, and then withdrew their gaze as if nothing happened.

There are too many people dressed up like this in this kind of place, and these two people have nothing worthy of others' attention at all, only some of the big and strong men can't help but turn their eyes to the petite girl, looking at the other party's beautiful figure that can't even be completely covered by a loose trench coat, and a little dirty color appears in his eyes.

In this regard, the girl seemed to be a little nervous and a little uncomfortable, and her walking posture seemed a little stiff.

On the other hand, the young man who led the girl walked in unhurriedly, and the handle and scabbard of a long knife loomed at his waist under the windbreaker as he walked, which made many people's eyes look awkward, and they restrained the not very good desire in their eyes.

It wasn't long before the two of them came to a corner and sat down.

After a while, a middle-aged man who looked a little loose also walked over.

"What are you going to do?"

The other party seemed to be the waiter of this tavern, but his attitude did not appear polite at all, but spoke slowly and leisurely as if he was doing a routine.

"Dining? Stay? Or do you want to take on the commission? ”

Since it is a tavern, it is natural that there is also a business that should be run in a tavern, otherwise there would not be so many people drinking and chatting here.

It's just that the main business here is still an intermediary, and it is completely on the table, making people choose like an order.

"Let's dine first."

The young man, who didn't care about the waiter's attitude and was obviously dominant, also spoke.

"Give us some water, some food."

Hearing this, the waiter raised his eyebrows.

"It turns out that the master who is not bad for money?" The waiter said with a smile: "In this case, then I will serve you the most expensive dish in this store, we don't have water here, only wine, or a glass of snake blood wine with a hundred gold coins, how about it?" ”

The waiter's words attracted the attention of the people at the next table and made them look this way.

"Snake blood wine?" The young man seemed a little curious, and said, "What kind of wine is that?" ”

"Don't even know about snake blood wine? You're new to Sinyele, right? The waiter's face was even more smiling, and he said, "It's a strong liquor made from the blood of the famous dangerous monster Twin-tailed Basilisk in the desert dangerous area, and it is a special magic wine that can only be seen in this city. ”

"Oh?" The young man seemed to be more curious, and said, "Is it so strong?" ”

"It's the favorite drink of the strong warriors, but unfortunately few of them are willing to buy one." The waiter shrugged his shoulders and said, "But this is a magic wine made by a magician who is good at constructing magic, and if it can withstand it, it can nourish the body and make the body's ability slowly become stronger." ”

"Really?" The young man nodded suddenly and said, "No wonder it's so expensive." ”

"There is no such wine sold in other places, and this is also a special wine in Sinyelery, which is generally only sold to the lord of the city, and the others are either sent to the royal capital of the Kingdom of Jinas to be sold, to be presented to the royal palace, or to the army of the Kingdom of Rebru, as a reward for brave and warlike warriors, it is completely in short supply."

The waiter laughed.

"It just so happens that yesterday we bought a new box of snake blood wine in our tavern, you can still order it now, and in a few days, those wines will be taken by my master to entertain distinguished guests."

Hearing this, the young man pondered for a while, and then nodded his head again.

"Let's have a drink, then." The young man said lightly: "In addition, bring her a glass of fruit wine." ”

"No problem." Some strange emotions flashed in the waiter's eyes, and then he said, "After the meal, does the guest have anything else to order?" ”

"Yes, indeed." The young man stretched out his finger and tapped it on the table, and then said, "I have something I want to inquire about, can you explain it to me?" ”

"It depends on what happens." The waiter said without changing his face: "If it is something that is not very visible, then I suggest you go to the room inside, there is a business of selling intelligence." ”

"If it's not a big deal, and I happen to be able to answer it, then I don't mind giving you breathe."

"It's just ......"

The waiter didn't say the next words, but it made the expression under the boy's hood begin to smile.

"Is that okay?"

The boy threw out a few gold coins.

"Of course." The waiter took it at lightning speed, and the smile on his face finally became a little sincere, and said, "What does the guest want to ask?" ”

"There's one thing I want to know." The young man said understatedly: "I heard that a ruin has been unearthed near this Sinyer. ”

"I want to know about that ruin."

When this sentence sounded from the boy's mouth, something strange happened.

The smile on the waiter's face froze.

The people eavesdropping around fell silent.

In the entire tavern, the atmosphere that had seemed to be very noisy seemed to cool down all of a sudden, and suddenly it became audible to hear the pins dropping.

Everyone present counted one by one, and they all stared to this side, and the expressions and eyes on their faces became extremely strange, complex, and dignified.

"Hmm......"

The girl, who had been silent, seemed to be frightened by this sudden change, and couldn't help but hug the weapon she had been carrying under her trench coat.

The young man glanced around and looked at the waiter quietly.

At this point, the smile on the waiter's face had disappeared, replaced by a very ugly expression.

“…… I don't know what you're talking about. ”

When the man said this, his attitude became very indifferent, and he threw back the few gold coins that he had just put in his bosom to the young man.

"It's a pity that you asked the wrong person, and you don't have to go to the room, this place will not sell you that kind of information."

The waiter said with a stiff expression.

"If nothing else, I'll go down."

After saying that, the waiter turned around and left directly, looking like that, it seemed that he wanted to escape from here quickly.

The surrounding guests still looked at the young girl in the corner with weird, complex, and solemn eyes, and whispered.

“…… Who are those two? ”

"How dare you ask about that kind of thing here?"

"Are you going to touch that taboo?"

"It's really damn bad."

With such a little chatter coming into her ears, the girl didn't care, and her eyes under the girl's hood flickered.

Halfway through, the boy muttered.

"It seems that things are not so easy to solve."