As soon as Ace and Alice arrived in the secret room, the wooden planks on the wall closed automatically.

The furniture in the room is simple. There are many paintings on a long table. A painting catches Ace's attention. This is a map of the New Delhi Empire. There are many red markers on the map. I don't know what their special significance is.

Next to the long table, three chairs are placed at random, and there is a low cabinet in the corner against the wall.

"Where the hell is this wilderness tavern? What is a Thorn Rose? Ace asked.

Alice was pleased that Ace was able to come to him today. She smiled and said, "Speaking of the history of this wilderness tavern, it is a long story, and we have to start with the dragon slaying war more than ten years ago. ”

It turned out that after the dragon slaying war more than ten years ago, many dark mages in the empire were assassinated, and the statement of the Wizards Association was that many dark mages signed contracts with it in order to obtain the power of the Abyss Dragon, resulting in an extremely tragic dragon slaying war.

"Is it true?" Ace was very worried about this, because it affected his life in the imperial capital in the future.

If this is true, Ace estimates that he will only be able to hide his identity as a dark mage for the rest of his life; If this is not true, he naturally wants to find a way to clear the dark mage's accusations so that he can learn dark magic openly.

"How is this possible? Who would be foolish enough to sell their soul to the Dragon of the Abyss? In fact, on the contrary, the dark mages played a huge role in the war to slay the dragon. It can be said that they achieved remarkable results in the war, and, of course, they made great sacrifices. ”

"But in that war, an extremely powerful mage was born from among the dark mages. His name is Huey Larva. He succeeded in advancing to the rank of Dark Divine Magister. ”

Hearing this, Ace couldn't help but exclaim, "God, the Dark Divine Magister? Isn't there only one Holy Magister in the Empire at the moment? ”

Alice sneered, "He's just a little man with a mask. ”

Ace frowned. "The book says that he saved the New Delhi empire at the most critical moment."

Alice said with a blank face: "You must know that history is written by the victors. If it weren't for the fact that Huey was seriously wounded in that war, how could he not have the status he was later in when he was awarded the title? So how could our dark mages be defeated? ”

Ace wanted to continue asking, but Alice waved her hand and said, "You don't need to know these things yet." When you're strong enough, I'll be sure to tell you everything. ”

Ace nodded. In fact, his power is still too weak now. Some things would be better if he didn't know.

"As we all know, the Wilderness Tavern was founded when the Wizards' Guild hunted down and killed dark mages, and many people died in that catastrophe.

Some lucky people are hiding in the Black City. Due to the peculiarities of the Black City, even the Wizards Association can't interfere too much. Thus, these dark mages escaped the catastrophe.

That's why the Wilderness Tavern was built at the time to provide refuge for dark mages who were hunted down and killed. “

At this time, Alice couldn't help but show a lingering expression of fear, as if remembering the tragic chase back then.

After a while, Alice recovered from her memory and continued, "Let's talk about Thorn Rose again. ”

"I started this Thorn Rose, which means that I am the boss of the Thorn Rose."

Alice's words finally made Ace understand. No wonder when he first came in, he said he was looking for Alice, and the thin man who was guarding the door immediately stepped aside. It turns out that Alice is the boss of the Thorn Rose.

"Even if you're a dark mage, our Thorn Rose won't ask about your background. We don't care if you're a fugitive or not, as long as we work sincerely for Thorn Rose, that's enough. ”

Ace asked curiously, "What exactly does a Thorn Rose do?" ”

Alice smiled and said, "To put it simply, we provide our customers with everything they need, whether it be treasures, medicinal herbs, casting materials, magic scrolls or passwords, or even ...... Human life! ”

"Human life?" Ace was surprised. "Isn't this a killer organization?"

"Hehe, this is inaccurate because most of the orders we receive are rare items and are difficult to get. As for the order to kill, it is actually rare. Alice explained.

Ace couldn't help but pat his chest: "Oh, that's great. I thought it was a murder organization. ”

Alice smiled: "There are indeed many killer organizations in this black city, but we are different from them. As long as they gave enough money, they dared to take it, whether it was to kill nobles or commoners, knights or magicians. We give full consideration to the target's behavior before we accept the order. If this is an evil person, then we will naturally accept it. After all, we can make money. If it is innocent, then we will categorically refuse. ”

Hearing this, Ace's inner feeling of the Thorn Rose improved a lot, and it was at least a black and white organization.

Alice looked at Ace with interest and said, "Well, are you interested in joining our Thorn Rose?" ”

Ace looked shocked: "Me? Join the Thorn Rose? He hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no, I don't have time." I had to learn blacksmithing with Stark every day and try to practice dark magic. I don't have time to help you. ”

Alice smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry to refuse. I'll tell you about the benefits of joining us with Thorn Rose. ”

Ace wasn't really interested in Thorn Rose, but he listened carefully to Alice's opinion.

"First of all, our Thorn Rose doesn't have a lot of rules. As long as you don't betray the Thorn Rose, we won't interfere in their lives. So join our Thorn Rose and you're still free, even if you've never completed any quests since joining, that's okay. ”

"Secondly, our Thorn Rose will keep the identities of all participants secret, which means that you may be a merchant in the Imperial Capital during the day, and you can order food at the Wilderness Tavern at night, and the others will not know about it. So it won't affect your normal life. ”

"Third, if you complete our list of Thorn Rose's relatively high difficulty coefficients, in addition to receiving 80% of the rewards, you can also get some additional resources unique to Thorn Rose."

Ace asked, "Unique resources?" For example? ”

Alice smiled and said, "For example, the Dark Philosopher's Stone. ”

Ace's eyes suddenly lit up, and Alice looked at everything in his eyes, and the smile in her eyes was a little thick.