Chapter 82: The True Task Leader
The next day.
Chen Mo got up early, and after his practice, he came to the castle market.
As the sun rises, a large number of adventurers are eating breakfast, checking and packing, and preparing to start a new journey.
As for the peasants of the castle, they would not leave the castle until the guards had driven away the poisonous insects and beasts that might be hiding in the wheat fields.
"Have you heard, there is a problem on the Howell family's side, it was attacked by an unknown force, and even the adventurers are not spared, and several adventurer teams have issued warnings, don't go to the Howell family to replenish, I don't think it's groundless."
Chen Mo, who was also eating breakfast, heard the conversation of the adventurers next to him.
"These bastards actually attacked the adventurers, do you think that we adventurers are vegetarians? If this is true, when you return to Glory City, you must report it to the Adventurers' Association! ”
Adventurers are different from these family lords.
Perhaps from the perspective of small geographical units, the lords are the ruling core of the grassroots level, but from the perspective of a larger range of geographical units, the adventurers are the masters of this world, but the relatively isolated and closed geographical environment of this world restricts large-scale exchanges between different regions, forming the characteristics of large mixed settlements and small settlements.
"Huh?"
Another adventurer was taken aback when he heard this.
He was dressed in animal skin clothes, a gray cloak, about 1.75 meters tall, and carrying a big sword on his back.
"Is there another war, this time it has even affected our adventurers, it seems that the deterrent power of Glory City to these castles is getting weaker and weaker."
Coincidentally, this person was sitting next to Chen Mo.
Chen Mo slowly put down the black bread in his hand and interjected: "I also heard from my friend yesterday about what happened over there, it is said that even the captain has died several times, haven't you heard anything?" ”
"Nope!"
The man touched his head, looking confused.
"I just heard that the Howell family is weak and unable to clean up the intruding beasts in time, and in recent months, there have been more and more strange beasts wandering nearby, and some guards have been killed and injured for this."
After a pause, the man continued: "As for the reason, it is said that it is because some time ago, the crater of Glory City attracted a low-level wurm, which not only killed some workers who collected sulfur mines, but also suffered from the low-level alien beasts entrenched nearby, and fled in large numbers, which led to an increase in the number of alien beasts in other areas of the Glory Mountain Range, making those weakened families tired of coping. ”
"Oh?"
Chen Mo showed a look of surprise, this was an unexpected surprise, he had never heard of new information.
Next, Chen Mo used a similar method to find the next adventurer, constantly clichéd, trying to obtain information, and it can be said that he is familiar with the road.
As the sun gradually rose, the adventurers left one after another, and Chen Mo couldn't help but change his goal.
The market gradually became lively, the shouts of the vendors continued, and the peasants left the castle and went to the fields after the guards patrolled outside the city.
A girl who kept waving the mallet and smashed the black bread more tightly attracted Chen Mo's attention.
For no other reason, this girl is very beautiful!
It is precisely for this reason that the adventurers who pass by often take a few more glances at the girl, even if the taste of her family's black bread is not the best in the castle, the business is quite prosperous, and some daring adventurers will even take the initiative to talk to the girl after adding fuel and vinegar to the boast of some of their experiences.
After thinking about it.
In order to improve the efficiency of gathering intelligence, Chen Mo found a nearby guard captain and signaled him to assist him.
With the assistance of the captain of the city guard, after seeing Chen Mo, the girl suddenly showed a look of sincere fear, and in the face of the intelligence information asked by Chen Mo, it can be said that she knew everything.
"I ...... I've heard that the young master Elon of the Howell family seems to hate Lord Leighton, because on one occasion, when he tried to insult the family of a knight under Lord Leighton, he was caught by Lord Leighton and whipped three times in public. ”
"By the way, there is also his cousin, Nader Howell's wife, who is also said to have a close relationship with Elon Howell, many people have seen it, the two sides have confronted each other in public, and the city is full of turmoil, and then I don't know what happened, Nader Howell backed down, and it is rumored that the relationship between the two in private is very tense."
The girl finished all the news she knew about the Howell family in one breath, and most of the logarithms were about Elon Howell, which could be said to be everyone's after-dinner conversation, among which the most talked about was his handsome appearance in the wind and his romantic deeds.
Even the girl herself, when she said this information, her face couldn't help but turn red.
Time passes.
It wasn't until the girl couldn't think of any gossip anymore that Chen Mo nodded and signaled that the guard squad leader behind him could leave.
"That's right!"
The girl suddenly added: "I heard from an adventurer that in the forest near Howell Castle, ghost vines have appeared. ”
"Oni Vine?"
Facing Chen Mo's question, the girl said: "It is said to be an extremely terrifying mutant plant, able to migrate like an animal, in addition to attacking large creatures near it, the most terrifying thing is that it will also pollute the fertile land under the sun, causing the land to be without grass for several years, or even more than ten years!" ”
When Chen Mo heard this, he reacted.
"That is, it will pollute farmland? What about the adventurer, did he say where the ghost vine is? ”
The girl shook her head and said, "He left a few days ago." ”
"Is that so?"
Seeing that there was no one around, Chen Mo took out a few copper coins, handed them to the girl, and said with a smile: "I delayed you a lot of time, these copper coins as compensation." ”
When the girl saw this, she immediately showed joy, just by telling the other party some news, she got so many copper coins, you must know that a black bread only costs two copper coins.
Seeing the girl like this, Chen Mo seemed to inadvertently ask, "By the way, I heard that Young Master Laqi had a strange illness when he was young, what is going on, do you know?" ”
"Ahh
The girl looked sad and sighed: "Young Master Laqi is a good person, and he will definitely become a benevolent lord in the future, but God is always so unfair, the young master got that strange disease when he was seven years old, and since then his health has been bad, not only can he not work for a long time, but it is said that he is also accompanied by some hidden diseases......"
The process of gathering information on Razi Schumacher turned out to be surprisingly smooth.
And with the girl's narration, the image of Razi Schumacher is gradually vivid in Chen Mo's heart, it can be said that the history of the Schumacher family is the history of the three generations of Goode, Tangji, and Razi, compared with the ancient families of the Glory Mountains that are often hundreds of years old, this is a rising star family.
Gude Schumacher, who single-handedly established the hegemony of the Schumacher family, was the idol goal of Razi Schumacher since childhood.
Razi in the same year was very lively and cheerful.
Like the young masters of other families, he looks a little naughty.
When he was seven years old, he contracted a strange illness, and since then he has been in weak health, not only pale, slightly rickety, but also some gossip that his fiancée, Lori Miller, has openly ridiculed him as not a man.
And so it goes.
The servants in the castle also gradually spread the news that Young Master Laqi was suffering from a hidden disease.
As for Young Master Lazi's fiancée, Lori Miller, it was a marriage reached half a year ago after the lords of the two families met, but Lori Miller didn't seem to like this Young Master Lazi, and the life of the two was not happy, until that incident happened, Chen Mo and others came here.
"In terms of personality, this is a man who has an extremely low self-esteem in his heart, but with the constant encouragement of his grandfather, he tries his best to move from the haze to the light, this is a successor who is deeply loved by the people of the territory, and he aspires to be like his grandfather, to become a lord with excellent qualities, instead of chasing those luxurious lives."
Only then did Chen Mo realize what important information he had missed.
The real clue to this mission, Lori Miller!
A person who is ignored by everyone, she is the real origin of this mission, the key clue that leads to the direction of things, and a key person who may well determine the future course of events.
Thinking of this, Chen Mo couldn't help but look at this girl again.
"Then can you tell me the story of Young Master Lazi's fiancée......"
Night.
Six victims of the natural disaster gathered here to gather intelligence information they had gathered.
And in this information, in addition to the information of the main members of the Howell family and the small leaders, the vast majority of them are all kinds of affairs of Elon Howell.
This guy can be described as merciful, a real well-dressed beast.
No wonder Razi Schumacher hates him to the core.
For him, his fiancée's affair with such a person is not only a matter of a man's face, but also involves some deep-seated reasons, that is, in the eyes of his fiancée, his various excellent qualities are simply not as good as the other party's good skin.
For Razi Schumacher, this was a blow to his faith.
And Gude Schumacher's teachings to him have always been the driving force of confidence in his pursuit of a better life, but now in the eyes of his fiancée, these are worthless, and the anger caused by this is simply not relieved.
Faith and politics can never be compromised.
This also explains why a few days after that incident, Razi Schumacher launched the disaster mission, summoned Chen Mo and others to this world to complete his mission, and he went from the initial hysteria to a series of complex emotions.
This madness is not just for the love that does not exist between the two.
The most important reason was that he felt that his faith had been insulted, which was why he behaved so horrified.
And as he gradually calmed down, all kinds of complex emotions he showed were also because of faith, because of Gude Schumacher's teachings since childhood, so that he had to remain calm and maintain noble qualities.
He must keep himself good enough to make Schumacher, a noble family in the glorious mountains, avoid becoming the target of public criticism.