Chapter 31: A Letter from the Battlefield on the Eastern Front
When Orton and Shalina arrived in the commission hall, they found the always unruly pikeman sitting quietly at the long table belonging to the Lion Wolf Fang team, following Noelle's arrangement.
Seeing Orton coming, everyone nodded their heads, and said hello, and the brother got up, as usual, and picked up the commission with the least pay.
"You do this today." Noelle pressed the commission of the brother's killing, but handed over the highest reward to the other party.
"Not necessarily." Brother Kill refuses.
Nita rolled her eyes beside her, after two days of getting along, she knew who her brother was, and now she didn't bother to argue with the other party.
"Gotta get it!" The spearman who had just joined couldn't bear to get up, and dragged down the commission from his brother's killer, "This is Uncle Ben's, okay, what's the meaning of pushing around." ”
"And you," the spearman bowed his head and gestured with his chin to kill, "Look at the tattered things you are wearing, hurry up and make some money to exchange for a good one, and it can also improve your efficiency in killing monsters." ”
Brother Kill was silent and silently accepted the commission handed by Noelle.
After his brother had left, Orton shifted his gaze to the pikeman, and asked in confusion, "Your Excellency, what is this?" ”
Nita was straightforward, "He lost a bet with little Noelle, was beaten by little Noelle, and is now our tool man." ”
Orton: "......"
Pikeman: "...... My elf sister, can you not be so direct, in fact, I lost on purpose, don't you feel it? Right, it doesn't matter if you lose or not, it's mainly to help a cute girl like Noelle. ”
Seeing that the people at the table were silent, the more the pikeman spoke, the more he became more and more unconfident, he hurriedly took the two entrusted tasks on the table, and ran straight outside, "I will definitely inform you if there is a clue, don't worry!" ”
As he spoke, the spearman pushed open the door of the guild, and the speed was so fast that it was gone.
Seeing that everyone was speechless, Noelle squeezed out a sentence for a while, "He... Actually, the personality is quite good. ”
"Maybe." Nita looked at the only remaining commissions on the table, they had taken all the commissions related to goblins in the border town in the past two days, and today, there were only five commissions left, and the brother killer and the pikeman took three copies, and the remaining two commissions were deserted on the table.
"If we can't find the clues of the client's sister today, we have to track it in another direction." Orton rubbed his hand over the stubble on his face, his gaze swept over Nita and Noelle's faces.
Nita whispered, "Wait tonight, I'll go with Noelle to find out." ”
"With Noelle?" Orton glanced at the greatsword the girl was carrying.
The reason given by Nita is very good, "Who doesn't know how to have a stealth skill or two?" ”
Sarina's little face was full of confusion, and she couldn't understand what her teammates were saying.
"Are the adventurers of the Lion Wolf Tooth Squad here?" The counter lady came running from outside, looked left and right, and walked straight towards Noelle and the others.
"Thank goodness, I thought you went to the commission." The counter lady handed the envelope to Noelle with both hands, "This is an urgent transfer letter from the Capital Adventurers' Guild. ”
Noelle took the letter and turned to look at the crowd.
There is an obvious family crest mark on the envelope, but who it is, Noelle, the kingdom novice, does not understand.
The lion, rose, and sword on the coat of arms were intertwined, and the flowers of thorns bloomed all around, and Orton, the most experienced of them, recalled uncertainly: "It seems to be the family crest of the Marquis of Odyssei in the kingdom." ”
Seeing that Noelle and the others were still puzzled, Orton said again: "Her family used to meet with us, and now they are guarding the eastern defense line, and the task of destroying the remnants of the Demon King Army last time was entrusted by their family. ”
"Ao~" Nita suddenly said: "I remember, that brainless human knight girl belongs to this family." ”
Noelle also recalled the knight girl with a gloomy and arrogant face, no matter how she looked at it, she looked like a character who was not easy to get along with.
"What did she write to us for?" Sharina wondered, "We haven't been able to completely wipe out the remnants of the Demon King Army?" ”
Noelle opened the envelope, glanced at the general contents of the letterhead, and placed it on the table.
"It's actually a letter from the Marquis of Odyssey himself." Nita frowned, "I found out that as soon as Little Noelle joined our team, all the orders we received were designated by letters." ”
"It shows that our fame is getting bigger and bigger, and this order can be accepted or not." Orton said casually: "Besides, the designated task we have in hand has not yet been completed. ”
Noelle pointed to one of the lines on the letter and said, "Does the client's desire for us to escort our family back to the marquisate within the kingdom means that the battlefield on the Eastern Front has deteriorated to an irreversible level?" ”
Shocked, Orton and Nita frowned as they studied the letter.
Once the Demon King's army tears a hole on the Eastern Front, the army can invade the interior of the human kingdom, and the elven kingdom that connects the soil will not escape the flames of war.
"Not necessarily..."The smile on Nita's face was a little reluctant, "The Eastern Front has the support of the Elven Realm, and the small hole that the Demon King Army tore apart last time was not quickly wiped out?" Perhaps the Marquis of Odezi just didn't want his family to live in a dangerous city. ”
"There is still more than a week left on the validity date of this commission, so there is no hurry." Orton pressed, "Let's talk about whether we go to the Eastern Front or not, for the time being, we still pay attention to Mr. Yas's commission." ”
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As the night darkened, the green and red moonlight illuminated the faces of Noelle and the others in a particularly strange light.
At this time, the two of them were squatting among the flowers outside Yas Manor, wearing clothes that looked like dark raincoats, with wide hoods to hide their faces.
"The target is the letters in Yas's room, and then I'll put Yas to sleep with a coma potion, and you'll be in charge of recording them with the Shadow Stone." Nita held a map of the manor from the last time Noelle had drawn, "In addition to that, we need to search the following rooms. ”
Noelle had already memorized the plan of action and nodded slightly.
"Action."
The two black shadows moved quickly inside the manor, often flashing to evade the guards from the peasant family, and in just a dozen seconds, the two of them sneaked under the window of Yas's room.
Noelle tugged at Nita, gesturing to someone in the room.
Nita's long, pointy ears twitched and she heard the conversation.
"Yas, what the hell do you want to do! I don't care, I'm coming back to live today! Anyway, the housekeeper said that the group of adventurers was not in our house. The girl's voice was full of grievances, "You don't know how bad the environment in the countryside is, I really can't stand it." ”
"Oops~ My dear sister, can't you just hold on for a few more days? If the old man's plan is ruined by you, who of us can take the responsibility? ”
"What a plan! It's not a thing you came up with with a pat on the head, I don't even dare to go out in the countryside! ”
At Nita's suggestion, Noelle carefully adjusted the Shadow Stone and silently recorded everything that happened in the room.
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