Chapter 404: A Secret, a Sacred Oath
Rogge's face was expressionless, only a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything flashed with a deep light, "You are a smart person, as long as you speak, I will not kill you." ”
The old man's Adam's apple rolled up and down, wiped the cold sweat from the corner of his forehead, and bent his waist again.
"Can you really live?"
"You don't have a choice." Rogge drew his sword of blue fire, the blade reflecting the cold light in the light of the faltering torches.
After a few words, the old man seemed to have aged a lot, and his shrewdness dissipated a lot, and he said slowly: "This is a secret." ”
"I like to hear secrets."
The old man sighed and said slowly: "First of all, the credibility of this matter is only half of it, if it is true, it involves a wide range, do you still want to listen?" ”
"Let's go."
"Then ......," the old man gestured to the side, motioning for Rogge to take a step.
Rogge's eyes signaled to Andreil to be optimistic about the others, and took Rosefara and Orfina to walk forward with the old man for some distance.
"Let's go."
"I also overheard this from a guard at the side of the king of a chaotic land. Ten years ago, in order to facilitate trade, I invited that guard to a meal, and spent a lot of money to obtain the royal trade rights of that country. ”
"The money is in place, the guard is very happy, he is a drunkard like a life, and he pulls me to drink non-stop. How could an old man drink him well, so he played some tricks. ”
"Then I'm pretending to be drunk, the guards are really drunk, and there are some words, including news about trade with the Goblin Kingdom."
"He was in the first two, and the Goblin King actually came to the Land of Chaos, and under the auspices of several bigwigs of the adventure group, he had a meeting with almost all the kings and lords of the Land of Chaos."
"Is it the Adventurers' Group, or the Adventurers' Guild?" Rogge asked.
"Adventure party, I'm pretty sure he's an adventure party."
"Among them is Julius?"
"He's not Julius, but one of them is covered in gold." Divine Radiance' Julius's appearance is not a secret, there is even a biography of him sold in the Adventurers' Guild, and he is the leader of the Divine Radiance of the Sun-level Adventure Troupe, and the Eight Achievements are him. ”
Rogge pinched his chin and thought for a moment, then asked, "Isn't it a secret to trade with the Goblin Territory?" ”
"Of course, a lot of businessmen know about it."
"Then your secret is that the big names of the adventure group presided over the meeting?"
"Yes."
"Since it's a secret, then the king's personal guard shouldn't be able to participate in the meeting, and he shouldn't see Julius and the others."
"Yes, I was also curious about it, so I tried it, and he heard it from the king."
"When the king returned to the palace after the meeting that day, he was furious and cursed, but he did not think that he had not closed the door, and was seen and heard by the guards on duty outside the door."
"The guards were on the rise at the time, and they gave me a colorful performance."
"You can put on a show for us, too." Orfina leaned her head on Rog's arm and said.
The old man looked embarrassed and shook his head, "It's better to put on the show, but I can tell you what he said." ”
The old man touched his beard and thought for a while, then said:
"He's like this: what a bullshit big man, it's all people! It looks like the golden glitter of justice and awe-inspiring, but it threatens us, and the sacred oath is used! Curiosity is really killing, why did I choose to stay at that time?! But...... Trade with goblins, it depends on whether they can afford it! ”
"Gone?"
"Well, that guard knows so much."
Rog's gaze swept over Orfina and saw that the girl was squinting slightly, the corners of her lips hooked, as if she had found something funny.
Rogge planned to ask her later, and "squeezed" the old man first.
"So you're not from Julius?" Rogge asked.
"No, I'm just the president of a chamber of commerce."
"Then why do I mention Julius, you...... Scared? ”
The old man was slightly stunned, and then said helplessly: "I really can't hide anything from your eyes." That's right, I've been afraid to hear that name for the past ten years. ”
"Oh? Why? ”
"Because...... The guard, along with his king, vanished without a trace after two years, as if nothing had existed. Since then, I have never been to that country again, and even to the land of chaos trade is presided over by the deputy, and I do not enter the country. ”
The old man smiled and said, "Can this secret be exchanged for our lives?" ”
"One more thing, and that's it."
"What?"
"Let my men join your caravan and go to Onrigo."
"Yes."
"Promise so soon?"
"I don't have a choice, do I?"
It's really nice to talk to smart people, especially when your side has an absolute advantage.
Rogge nodded in satisfaction, "Congratulations, you managed to save your life." Nana, is there anything else you want to ask? ”
"Oh, old man, I just want to ask, are all these goblins you are asking for?" Orfina asked.
"Yes."
"They don't just want these things, do they?"
"This ...... To be honest, I don't know, but I guess it's more than that. You know the place in the land of chaos, just one word, chaos. There are so many big countries, and there are many lords who sit on one side, and it's not because they have a huge amount of spatial enchantments. ”
"There are a lot of special outputs in this spatial enchantment, but they are all in the hands of those kings and lords. The big guys prompted the goblins to have a meeting with them, and they couldn't just have a normal cargo like me here. ”
"Your goods here are not ordinary, the quality of these ores and spirit stones is very good, better than those produced in the empire!"
"Hehe, these are all ordinary things in Lonely Peak, and the most expensive ones are only a few high-grade spirit stones."
"Are these these?" Ou Feina suddenly had a few more faintly glowing spirit stones in her hand, the largest of which was the size of a goose egg, crystal clear, and Rogge could feel the pure energy contained in it.
"Uh...... Right. ”
"Can you give it to me?" Orfina blinked.
The corners of the old man's eyes twitched, and he lowered his head and said, "Can you ...... Yes, as long as the girl likes it, just take it. ”
"I like it, thank you."
Orfina put the largest spirit stone into the Spirit Sky Ring, and threw the others back to the old man along with a string of space rings, and pulled Rogge away.
The old man rubbed the ring, and a relieved smile appeared on his wrinkled face.
……
According to the agreement, everyone changed their outfits and blended into the caravan Zheng
The original team of 100 Rao, plus 44 people, did not seem to be anything abnormal.
The Eight Directions Chamber of Commerce, to which the caravan belongs, such as the old man's office, is a small and little-known chamber of commerce, which travels to and from all corners of the Hess continent to trade.
The old man's name is Sarbanes, he is eighty-nine years old this year, and he is a high-level water magician with a good old age.
Rogge was still more comfortable working with this shrewd old man, because no matter what he thought, he had to think that there was always a sword hanging over their heads, and if they did something bad, the sword would fall on top of their heads in a posture that they could not resist.
"Nana, did you find anything?" Rogge asked quietly.
Orfina took the opportunity to get close to Rogge, bit his ear and said, "Yes." ”
"Look."
Orfina pointed to her blown-up face.
Rogge understood and took a sip.
Orfina was satisfied, "Brother, do you know what the sacred oath is? ”
"The most useless fifth-order light magic?"
"That's all nonsense, all magic is useful, it's just that it's used in different situations."
"The magic of the Holy Oath is interesting, it has no terrifying lethality, it doesn't have great perks, and it's very difficult to learn! It really doesn't seem useful at first glance, right? ”
"Yes, yes, yes." Rogge cheered.
"But it's very useful for keeping secrets. The Sacred Oath can make the person who made the oath absolutely not take the initiative to break the oath, otherwise not only the caster will know, but the person who violates the oath will also be subject to a counterattack that is comparable to the strength of the sixth-order magic light ruling! ”
"Is it so scary?"
"Of course, as soon as the light comes out, all living beings will be annihilated! This is not a joke, if you hit the body, the weaker people will not even be left with ashes, and Nana will not be able to save them! ”
"So the sacred oath was released by Julius, so that the king and the lords could keep the council a secret."
"Yes."
"Then the king and his guards were annihilated?"
"Not necessarily, after all, the king did not take the initiative to break his oath, oh, it was the guards who eavesdropped. But, that Golden Sparkle isn't a good person, so maybe he's going to do anything with the Sacred Oath! ”
"That's right, that is, Sarbanes's words are credible?"
"Credible, he's so smart, he definitely wouldn't dare to lie to us."
"Nana, did you find anything else?"
Orfina turned her head to the side and pointed to the other side of her face.
Rogge took another sip.
"Hee-hee, that's the ore that the goblins wanted. These ores can be used to smelt high-quality metals, making equipment even better than the Empire. According to the Sarbanes-Oxley law, trade started ten years ago, so it stands to reason that a lot of equipment should have been saved, right? But I've never heard of how good the orc gear is! ”
"Indeed." Rogge thought for a moment, "There are several possibilities, the first is that the Orc Alliance is hiding an ace army. ”
"The second is that the goblins didn't give weapons to the orcs at all!" Orfina answered.
"But trade is no secret, and Grand Chief Grull must know it, and he knows that there are many ores. So the second possibility is very low. ”
"Yes, so it is very likely that the Orc Alliance has a very well-equipped ace army, and the accumulation of ten years is quite a lot."
"Ugh." Rogge sighed.
There is a high probability that the Orc Alliance has an unknown number of ace troops that do not know where, and this news undoubtedly adds to the already difficult war.
"Besides, I always think the goblins buy something weird, but they don't come up." Orfina pouted.
"Have you written everything down?"
"Got it."
"Tell me."
Ofina told Rogge about the goods of the Bafang caravan one by one, and the things were indeed very complete, from daily necessities to the Joyce Pillar used to measure the magic of energy.
However, these things are mainly of many kinds, just a few of each, rather than a huge number like ore spirit stones.
Rog didn't feel anything wrong at first, but as he listened, he always felt that the goblins seemed to be full of curiosity about the world of Hess, and they wanted to look at everything.
But...... Is it really a goblin?