Chapter Ninety-Four: The Dark Side of the Garrison, Advanced Bronze, and Rainy Night [Seeking Pursuit III.]
"I swear in the name of the great ancestor of the dwarves of the Three Castles, it really wasn't us who did it!"
"It was a misunderstanding! What a misunderstanding! ”
Steelfire Copperbeard and his team were taken away from their weapons, and their hands were bound with tough magical spider silk.
This thing can suppress the magic element below the silver level, and it is a commonly used binding tool in the city.
"Shut up! Go fast! ”
"You murderous dwarf can!"
"That's what the last guy we put in a prison said the same thing!"
The garrison officer at the head reprimanded mercilessly.
A string of rune keys hung from his waist and "clanged" as he walked.
At that time, in Stink Alley, the team of light riders blew the magic horn when they saw the ruins of the scene.
It can sense horns carried by garrison squads within a certain radius of the surrounding area.
The Steelfire Squad immediately turned around and tried to escape through the ditch, trying to leave the city first.
But they couldn't outrun the mixed horses in the crotch of the light rider.
Moreover, the light riders belong to the rapid reaction units of the garrison, and their equipment is rope loops, nets, triplocks, crossbows, etc., and they are specialized in dealing with fleeing guys.
After discovering that they could not escape, the steel fire team prepared to violently resist the arrest.
This is a common occurrence in the state cities of all regions.
Adventurers are one such group.
If you can, you can run, but if you can't run, you can fight.
As long as you escape from the city, you can change the area and live, which is better than going to prison.
However, these light riders are not fledgling guys either.
All kinds of means greeted the body of the steel fire team, and it was delayed for a long time.
It wasn't until more garrisons arrived that the Steelfire squad was finally honest.
At this moment, they were on their way to the Ministry of Public Security by one of the garrisons.
Because of the previous violent resistance, the steel fire was not less whipped.
"Sir, why don't you talk about how much it will cost to release me and my partner?"
After the defense was fruitless, Steelfire Copperbeard still didn't give up, and said in a low voice, trying to bribe.
Hearing him say this, the eyes of the junior officer of the garrison who led the team lit up.
"Bribes?"
"Are you rich?"
"Hey, hey, hey!"
As he spoke, the little officer looked at the pack horses behind him.
It contained storage bags, bottles and cans that had been found on the bodies of Ganghuo and others.
These things are inspected before they are loaded.
Based on the inherent cognitive thinking, most adventurers will deposit their money in the money exchanger, and few carry large amounts of kroner with them, but there may be exceptions.
The petty officer heard Ganghuo and Copperbeard mention money, and immediately discovered the blind spot.
Bribes on the spot must be carried with cash.
Thinking of this, he walked quickly to the packing room, opened it and checked it again.
Unfortunately, nothing was found.
Steelfire and Brassbeard's eyes rolled.
This time he learned wisely, so he simply didn't say a word.
Dealing with the garrison for the first time, he didn't expect these guys to be so greedy.
The angry little officer returned to him, raised his hand and gave him a few more lashes.
Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he raised his hand and grabbed the crotch of the steel fire and copper beard.
There was a large gap around the skirt.
I saw Ganghuo shrink subconsciously, but he was immediately kicked straight by the sergeant behind him.
The little officer's hand was fiddling, and his expression changed from gradually confused to surprised!
Soon, under the dwarf's cries and scolding, he pulled out a bulging money bag from his crotch!
"Greedy bedbugs!"
"I'm going to smash you to pieces!"
Ignoring the dwarf's yelling, the guy stuffed the money bag into his arms.
After thinking about it, he opened it again, and took out a few dark gold coins to divide the points among the people in the team.
The soldiers under his command had flattering smiles, and they did not know how much money their commander had found.
But everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, and it is not the first time to make black money.
Aside from the fact that they are dressed in the skin of the garrison, they are not much different from the bandits.
Steelfire and Copperbeard suffered a great loss, and then became dissatisfied, remembering the culprit who caused all this.
The ranks of the garrison were walking down the streets, and no one dared to offend casually.
"Wait! I'm willing to confess! ”
"I know who the murderer is!"
For his statement, the petty officer scoffed.
Just walked over, patted the dwarf's hard face like a child, and then turned around and pulled the reins that his subordinates helped to hold and was about to get on the horse!
"Damn, I'm telling the truth!"
"That man offended Henry the One-Eyed in the slave auction house in the Crooked Bones Market!"
"He robbed the Zerrican slave girl that Henry wanted to photograph!"
"That guy is very rich, and he spent 85,000 kilograms without blinking!"
At that time, the Steel Fire Squad seemed to be leaving on the surface, but in fact they were still wandering around the auction hall, so they naturally knew the follow-up situation well, otherwise they would not have tracked Henry in time.
At first, the petty officer still didn't pay attention to his words.
Until the dwarf mentions: "That guy is very rich...".
"Good man, tell me everything you know!"
The junior officer glanced at his subordinates, and everyone immediately knew that the escort team was divided into two teams before they knew it.
……
More than ten minutes later, the team was back on the road.
The ironclad dwarf was nowhere to be seen, and the rest of the team were all in a coma without knowing whether they were alive or dead.
"Jokry, you go to the East End to investigate this matter, and I'll give you a fake note later."
"Yes, my lord!"
"Gonzalez, wait until today's pseudo-night falls, and then go to the light cavalry camp to find the lord!"
"Tell him that we have meat to eat again, and let the adults restrain his men."
"Yes!"
The petty officer named out his two soldiers and gave a new order.
When they left, he looked around and whispered.
"It's still the old rule, check first and then do it."
"We still have to patrol normally today, but when the next Naroa day falls into the night, it will be our team's rotational holiday, and the big things will be done at that time."
"Be careful, don't drink and brag with other squads during this time!"
"As long as the slightest bit of news leaks through to the ears of the Commander..."
"Everyone... All have to go to the gallows! ”
His voice was deep as he reached out and made a neck strangulation motion.
"Don't worry, Lord Sorel!"
"Brothers know what to do!"
……
After receiving the unanimous approval of his subordinates, Sorel Moran nodded in satisfaction.
Then his voice returned to a loud state, and he shouted with his chest up.
"That's it!"
"Cheer me up!"
"Bring these criminals who were seriously injured because of their resistance back to the Ministry of Public Security safely!"
"Yes!!"
The team continued on, the crisp sound of keys clashing and horses' hooves echoing through the streets.
……
A water clock hour later, inside Ratt Alley.
The bodies have all been cleaned up.
The scene was left in shambles.
It was getting dark, and there was still about half an hour before the night came.
The sun shines on the earth with a dark red light, and it is a rare red sunset.
A dwarf was riding a 28-bar bicycle, looking for clues along the alley.
He wore a heat-insulated leather coat in front of him and a small forging hammer stuck in his waist.
It didn't take long to find the scene of the incident.
"A violent explosion?"
"Right here?"
"It seems that the little mice I found are not lying."
The little short leg deftly pressed the dead pedal, pinched the handbrake, and he brought the bike to a steady stop.
Then he rolled over and got out of the car and kicked out the pedals.
After taking out a leather bag with a large capacity, he immediately lay down in front of the ruins and dirt pits and searched for it.
After more than ten minutes, the bag in this guy's hand was full.
It was full of shrapnel, warheads, shells, gundust and so on of various sizes.
"Sure enough!"
"It's still a good thing that the guy who killed Mohr Greenleaf did!"
"He must have in his hands a magic musket technique that I don't know!"
"But how am I going to find him?"
"In the next few Naroyazhes, there will also be the self-... Bicycle orders to be processed..."
"Those shit quartermasters who don't know anything just know how to keep making demands!"
"You want us to try a first-order rune enhancement on our bikes?"
"These materials with extremely poor magic conductivity can't engrave rune tracks at all!"
"If you change the material, the cost will increase at least five times!"
The dwarven blacksmith thought to himself and couldn't help but shake his head.
Place the bag directly on the flat plate in the back seat and tie it up with rope.
"Speaking of which, this thing is really easy to ride!"
"No wonder the Quartermaster Department immediately sent a magic airship from Giant City after receiving the sample!"
"No matter, next Naroari will settle the order first."
He jumped back on his bike, touched the third-level blacksmith badge on his chest, rubbed off the dirt, and then pulled out the flask he had made at his waist and poured a large sip of spirits.
"Hiccup!"
After belching a long gulp, the dwarven blacksmith glanced up at the sky.
"Red Glow? Looks like it's going to rain! ”
After muttering to himself, he rode out of Stink Alley.
Singing loudly while riding.
"Lalala, I'm a diligent blacksmith..."
……
In the West District, in the small courtyard where Chen Xuan is located.
Everyone gathered in the courtyard and did their own thing.
The Zerican sisters are eating.
They each held a box of self-heating hot pot and ate with their mouths full of oil.
Especially her sister Beria, who has a circle of red oil on her lips.
The slightly more stable sister was no better, and even picked up the plastic lunch box and drank a big sip of spicy soup.
"It's delicious, it's just that it's not full!"
"Not full, not full!"
Sister Yucca put down the lunch box unsatisfied, pointed to her flat abdomen and said seriously.
Sister Beria became the best compliment, echoing and said.
Her lingua franca is worse than her sister's, so her vocabulary is very monotonous.
It turns out that in a foreign language, being able to understand and speaking it well are two different things.
The two sisters can understand eighty percent of the lingua franca, and then further figure it out through expressions, postures, and tones, basically they can understand Chen Xuan's words.
This is evidenced by previous combat cooperation.
Ever since he witnessed his mastery of powerful explosives and magical spatial means.
The attitude of the two Zerikan sisters became a little closer again.
The little cat lady sat next to her and stared at the second daughter, looking stunned and didn't know what she was thinking.
Chen Xuan heard that they were not full.
Ignoring the six leftover lunch boxes placed next to him, he took out a few canned meat and four boxes of self-heating hot pot again.
Watching her sister Beria, who ran to fetch water, laughed and said nothing.
He hoarded all this food.
The two sisters' stomachs are so good that they can drink chili oil as water.
The spicy taste brings a painful stimulus to the two foodies.
Chen was manually winding and reloading the drive spring of the empty M32 howitzer.
There were a lot of wordless oil-paper packages of ammunition scattered on the ground.
How cool it is when you shoot, how long it is when you reload.
Fortunately, he sat in the courtyard, occasionally glanced at the cute cat lady, and then looked at the two Zerican foodies, but he didn't feel bored.
Loading the magazine with the last grenade, Chen Xuan got up and twisted his neck.
"Rebecca, I'm going to practice for a while, and then I'll go back there..."
"You'll take them with you."
"Don't quarrel, it's better to teach them how to use a pistol."
"It's best not to go out until I come back."
He instructed the cat lady and took out two brand-new Beretta M9 pistols, magazines, and ammunition.
There are more than 200 of them in the arsenal, and it is suitable as a training pistol for the slave legions of girls from another world, as long as you master the pistol, it is very simple to get your hands on other firearms.
The kitten lady bowed respectfully.
The loose linen lining was suddenly empty.
What should be seen and what should not be seen were all in front of Chen Xuan.
"This goblin!"
His eyes were uncontrollable again, and he couldn't help but complain in his heart.
"But speaking of which, isn't the cat lady a goblin in the ancient Xia Kingdom?"
With a pout, he turned his head to look at the Zerikan sisters, not noticing the extent of the corners of Rebecca's mouth as she stood up.
"Yucca, and Belial, you all have to listen to Rebecca while I'm away!"
"Don't go out and cut people casually!"
Chen Xuan explained seriously, and he added another sentence for the sake of insurance.
"This is the master's order!"
The contract served as a constraint to urge them to carry out Chen Xuan's orders.
Beria huffed and shoved the can into her mouth, ignoring him.
Yucca nodded slightly, and then gulped down the canned food.
Compared to the Goldfinger version of the contract, the slave trader version is still a little incomplete after all.
You must know that Rebecca didn't even dare to have disrespectful thoughts at the beginning.
Naroya's side is about to enter the pseudo-night, Chen Xuan is going to return to Lanxing after cultivating the magic element and the spiritual power meditation method separately, preparing to lay out the next step, and go to get the courier back by the way.
If you move quickly, you can return in time for the next Naroa Day after dawn.
Ophelia's mission still needs time to be handled.
Whether it is the commission of the Cavern Survey or the order of the self-built caravan and the Blacksmiths' Guild, the initial feedback will be obtained at the next Naroa date.
After explaining, he walked into the house and went straight to the second floor.
Sitting cross-legged on the cushion, Chen Xuan took out three [Elementary Demon Seeds] and placed them beside him to arrange them in triangular points.
In this way, the demon seed can drum up surging magic.
After he was ready, he closed his eyes and cultivated!
As usual, it's still a process of first magic and then meditation!
……
Six hours later, he opened his eyes suddenly.
Completed a round: Demon Essence Cultivation - Mental Exhaustion - Meditation Cultivation - Spiritual Recovery Process.
Originally, his Black Iron Grade Magic Essence Filling was only less than 20% off the peak.
Under the intensive cultivation of the demon seed, this time he successfully broke through the black iron level and became a bronze-level adventurer.
However, the progress of the cultivation of spiritual power meditation is still a little bit short of advanced.
The magic essence in the body is now gradually transforming into pure white.
As long as you continue to cultivate, you will soon be able to turn all of them pure white, which is a qualitative change.
The Pure White Magic will then recompress and revert to the process of quantitative accumulation.
His body and head were slightly hot, and his stomach was "gurgling".
The heart rate rises and beats wildly.
And they are sweating non-stop and need to drink plenty of water.
After getting up, I felt even more fluttering!
According to the description in the booklet of the "Cultivation Method", this is the period of adaptation after the advancement.
It will take about three water hours to return to normal, and at that time, Chen Xuan's physical and mental strength will be significantly improved.
Previously, Rebecca also had a short period of adaptation when she advanced.
Taking a deep breath, he looked out the window and took out his phone again.
It was a moonlit night, and there were no more than four hours left until the next Naroa day.
The weather looks a little bad tonight, and it's rare to see clouds covering the moon.
Enduring the discomfort of the adaptation period, Chen Xuan began to check the harvest from Henry the "one-eyed cow".
First of all, that guy's money bag, after counting, there is 85,172 crowns!
In order to auction the slaves, he asked the team members to borrow all the money, and after the auction ended, he was in a hurry to follow Chen Xuan, but he didn't have time to return it.
Now it's all cheap, Chen someone!
In other words, Chen Xuan's consumption in the auction hall was paid for by Prince Henry!
As for the shriveled purses found from the players, they were less than a hundred crowns.
In terms of weapons, first of all, the two second-order rune longbows, which are more seriously worn, and it is estimated that Miss Ophelia will definitely not look down on them.
Her straight hardwood bow, which looks plain on the surface, is actually intricately carved on the bow arms.
So the arrows she shot were fierce and accurate.
The second was the magic sledgehammer that Henry used for himself.
It comes with the elemental strike effect of the two heavens of ice and fire, and the length and weight are amazing.
The carving of the hammer handle is equally complex, and two magic gems, one blue and one red, are embedded in the middle of the handle, which are agitating the corresponding elemental magic at an extremely slow rate.
In order to activate the power of the magic sledgehammer, you must enter your own magic element.
Chen Xuan, who was in the adaptation period, had difficulty mobilizing the magic element to leave his body, after all, the magic element in his body was now in a state of transformation and transformation.
"It seems that we will have to wait until the adaptation period is over before testing."
Finally, there was Henry's storage bag and the globular object he had taken out before he died.
Chen Xuan opened the storage bag first, and there were all kinds of auxiliary potions in it, all of which were first-order and second-order.
There are also a few magic scrolls that are not of high rank.
It seems that the guy must have spent all his money on buying life-saving magic jewelry.
Unfortunately, during the battle, the jewelry that would unleash defensive magic was overloaded and burst.
Chen Xuan was wearing a magic necklace called [Azure Guardian] on his chest, and he had blocked the gun for him when he was in KK Park, and after the trip to Dianmei, a tiny crack also appeared on the necklace.
With a sigh, he focused his gaze on the orb.
Without anyone to introduce him, Chen Xuan directly launched [Insight].
The golden subtitles appeared, and he quickly understood what the thing was for.
[A third-order thunderstorm bead, in which a large amount of thunder elemental magic power is condensed, and it can be released by inputting the magic element and throwing it out, forming a thunderstorm strike in a small area]
……
"Tsk, isn't this a magic grenade?"
"And it's the Thunderbolt version!"
In Magtan City, most of the magic items that can be purchased in the trading houses are second-order.
The third order is not non-existent, but the number is scarce, especially for the attack type.
The only third-order items that can be bought with magic scrolls are various support and healing types.
Giant cities and large monster battlefields around the world basically monopolize offensive high-level magic items.
Therefore, this [Third-Order Thunderstorm Bead] is quite valuable.
After counting the loot, Chen Xuan did not waste time, and directly launched the [Cross-Border] and disappeared in place.
……
"Boom!"
Soon after Chen Xuan left, the sound of rolling thunder resounded in the sky.
The yellow arc of lightning appears above the clouds like veins of thunder and lightning.
The rainstorm was approaching, and the city of Magdam seemed to be pressed by a mountain, and even the air became extremely oppressive.
"Bang la la la..."
The rain is pouring down!
The raindrops of beans fell to the ground.
The streets have become much more lonely under the rain, and the stench that usually permeates the world has quickly faded in the washaway, until it disappears completely.
The houses in the city were lit by candles, and the taverns were still bustling.
On such a rainy night, it is located in the first circle of the city's Akor Manor.
Ansetus Axo was sitting in his study, with an empty wine bottle in front of his desk.
He looked confused, sometimes looking out the floor-to-ceiling window at the rapid rain, sometimes staring at the scroll in his hand.
He spent the whole of Naroyari in his study.
"Yusula..."
"O... Filia..."
"You... What exactly is being done? ”
Ansetus, who was originally shrewd and wise, looked very confused at this time.
He muttered to himself, letting go of his clenched right hand, revealing a small, long, raven scroll.
Then, with a vacant eye, he placed the scroll on the lampstand and lit it until it burned to ashes in his hands.
……
At the same time, it is still the first circle.
The library of Magdam City has long since been closed, and the vast dome is divided into numerous compartments and a large number of rooms.
On rainy nights, only the deepest library is lit.
A black iron candlestick was placed on the table, and three grease candles reflected the shadows of the room.
In the middle of the rows of bookcases lay a thick cashmere blanket.
There were two figures violently entangled on the blanket.
Suddenly, a shrill female complaint rang out.
"Hell!"
"Bezos, you're too rough!"
After a slight pause, an apology from a middle-aged man was heard.
"Sorry, dear!"
"It's been a long time since we've had an intimate relationship for most of the Naroa months!"
"So I couldn't help but drink some Alchemy Shop potions tonight, you know..."
The woman snorted and pushed him away.
"Take a break."
At this time, the male voice sounded again.
"You've really decided?"
"Aren't you afraid of accidents?"
His tone was hesitant.
didn't expect these two questions to directly anger the woman.
"You're going to die in the servant's toilet!"
"Harward is your seed!"
"Now that your son is dead, you still ask me if I'm afraid of accidents!"
"Hell, be quiet!"
The man named Bezos covered her mouth.
Then came the sound of the woman sobbing.
"Woooooo
"If you hadn't followed the family's arrangement, married the young lady of the Finley family, and got Magdam City as a dowry, why would I marry Ansetus!"
"That guy who lacks interest and only thinks about the cousin of the deceased elf girl!"
"Now, the son you and I gave birth to is dead!"
"And you, as his father, the great man in the city, are indifferent?"
"Why Moore Green Leaf came, you know better than me!"
"I can't take it anymore!"
At the end of the day, the woman's slightly hoarse voice almost turned to a growl.
The hysteria was followed by a long silence.
Finally, when the grease candles were lit for a small time, the candle tears flowed and solidified on the table.
The man's voice reappeared.
"I promise you, but give me a few more days."
"Preparation, aftermath, moth..."
"After all, that's colchicum, the largest merchant group in the city!"
……
This one has quite a bit of foreshadowing, including the protagonist's next indentured slave target
PS: If nothing else, the next chapter will be tomorrow afternoon.
(End of chapter)