Chapter 118: The Tavern
Night is falling, and in a remote corner of Waize Village, a tavern is open, brightly lit and noisy, and for those here, the nightlife has just begun. Sturdy men were scattered in groups of three or five from place to place in the tavern, drinking and chatting loudly, and several young women in revealing make-up and wearing shimmering makeup walked back and forth between the men's tables, scratching their heads and posing uninhibitedly, not minding the men's lewd gazes and lewd words. A young bartender in the bar was skillfully mixing wine, the noise did not affect him at all, perhaps he had long been used to it, there was only one man sitting there drinking wine at the bar, if Lianhua and they came, they would definitely recognize that this person was none other than Saiwen, who had just separated from them.
I saw Saiwen raise his head and raise his hand, "Goo Dong ~ Goo Dong ~" The bottle of ale in his hand was falling at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was soon gone. "Cool!" Severn was content to put down the empty wine bottles, and from the pile of empty wine bottles scattered on the bar, it was clear that he had been here for some time.
"Little bartender, bring me another bottle of the same, your ale is really good!" said Severn as he shook the empty bottle at the bartender, not drunk at all.
"Yes, sir. The bartender nodded, the movements in his hands did not stop, and while mixing the wine, he skillfully took out a bottle of ale from the wine cabinet behind him, and skillfully knocked it on the countertop, "Bump~" The bottle cap flew and drew an arc in the air.
"Sir, the wine you wanted. As he spoke, the bartender handed over the wine in his hand.
A slender hand stretched out from Severn's side, took the wine handed by the bartender one step ahead of Severn, and drank it without saying a word.
"Sir, this is thisβ" The bartender was afraid that Severn would be upset, so he hurriedly spoke. He didn't want to start a fight because of this trivial matter, once there was a fight, he would be miserable, first of all, he would definitely not get today's salary.
Before the bartender could finish speaking, Saiwen waved his hand at him, "It's okay, little bartender, we know each other, you can get me another bottle." β
"Yes, sir. When the bartender saw that Severn said this, he opened him a bottle of ale and handed it over.
Saiwen took the wine handed over by the bartender and put it on the bar counter without drinking it immediately, his eyes looked at the figure next to him wrapped in a black cloth with interest, and said with a smile, "Xiao Wu, I didn't expect you to drink?"
"Call me Five. The black cloth figure put down the empty wine bottle, and it was actually a woman's voice, a voice full of chill without any emotion.
When the bartender heard this, his back suddenly cooled, and the bartender slowed down, and the shaker almost fell to the ground.
"Isn't it nice to call Xiao Wu?" Saiwen didn't care at all, and smiled lightly.
Five didn't speak, and turned to look at Severn, who could feel the cold chill through the black cloth.
"Little bartender, could you please help me get a ten-year-old bottle of red wine?" said Severn to the bartender as if he didn't feel the chill.
"Yes, yes, sir. I, I'll go. The bartender hurriedly put down the cocktail shaker in his hand and ran away, he didn't want to stay here for a moment, originally he thought that after working in the bar for so many years, he had seen all kinds of ruthless characters, but today and the black cloth woman were weaker than those in the past, and such a terrible chill was afraid that the number of lives on his back must be indispensable.
"Tut-tut, I'd better go back later after I got the wine, I must not hear what they are talking about. The bartender thought so and slowed down.
As soon as the bartender left, only Severn and No. 5 were left at the bar.
"Alright, now let's get down to business. Severn took a sip of wine, looked at No. 5 and said with a smile. "I thought you would come to me when I left the Mercenary Pavilion, after all, you have been following me since you entered Waize Village. Without waiting for Number Five to speak, Saiwen continued, "So I specially found such a store, how about it?" ha." β
"I'm not here to listen to your nonsense. β
Severn shrugged his shoulders, "Hey, you're still the same, and you speak coldly. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of the dagger coming out of its sheath under the black cloth, and was so frightened that Saiwen hurriedly changed his words, "Okay, okay, I won't talk nonsense, let's get down to business, I have found the person the master is looking for, and sure enough, as the master expected, he was not with Dark, but with the two mercenary boys, and he disguised himself as a man and became Lucy." β
"In that case, why did you stop my action yesterday and miss an opportunity in vain?" Five's tone dropped to freezing point, if Severn couldn't give her a satisfactory agreement, she would definitely attack Severn, in her eyes the master's orders were more important than anything else.
Saiwen didn't doubt that No. 5 would do this, and quickly put down the wine bottle and waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Wu, listen to me." β
"..."Number 5 looked at Severn and did not speak.
"Didn't we wait for a long time in the Wailing Swamp and didn't make any progress, I thought about going to Chamtown to try our luck, who thought that luck was not bad, and found this group of people who were suspected to be the target of the master, so after I secretly observed, I knew that they would go to the mercenary hall to take the task and also knew that their purpose was to Wailing Swamp, so I went to entrust the mission under the name of Severn, so as to get close to them. Severn said as he took a sip of wine. "Things are also going very well, the little brother named Li Ao took over the task, and I was able to get into their carriage smoothly, and I also successfully figured out their strength, two low-level high-level martial artists, a middle-level magician, and a priest and the master's goal. β
β...β
Seeing that No. 5 didn't react, Saiwen took a sip of wine and continued, "There are two more people than the information given to us by the master, but fortunately, one of the low-level high-level martial artists is in a coma, and only the other three are left, with my strength, under the premise of sneaking first, I have 50% I needed to muddy the water a little more, so I thought of a way to get my informant out of the news that I was carrying a lot of weapons, and the mercenaries in Swamp Town who were fighting to the death would definitely send someone to rob me, so that I would have a chance. Saiwen paused and took another sip of wine, "But I still overestimated those mercenaries and underestimated the strength of Brother Liao, obviously the mercenaries didn't make the scene chaotic, and Brother Liao easily dealt with the mercenaries who came alone." Just as I was about to think of something else, my informant told me that one of the captains of the Giant Elephant Mercenary Regiment and his men had set off from Swamp Town, and that the leader of the squad was a low-ranking warrior. I thought about it and hurriedly informed you, in order to match the time on both sides of you, I deliberately pretended to have a stomachache that day, went to the side of the road to squat for a long time, and fed the mosquitoes for half a day. Some of the mosquitoes haven't gone away yet, you don't know..."
"Getting to the point!" Fifth interrupted him coldly.
Sai Wen hurriedly said, "Okay, well, the point, the point is that, that low-level high-level martial artist named Lianhua suddenly woke up that day." β
"It's just a low-level martial artist. Five said dismissively.
Sai Wen poured all the remaining wine from the wine bottle in one gulp, shaking the empty wine bottle, "Although I don't know why, this low-level and high-level martial artist gives me a feeling that it is not simple. β
"Isn't it easy?
"His eyes, his eyes seem to be able to see through people, I even have the illusion that he saw through my plan, when the captain of the giant elephant mercenary group led people to attack, he did not let the master's target leave the carriage, and then you had a sneak attack, he always stood by the door of the carriage and did not leave half a step, and did not leave me a chance. Severn said, looking at the empty bottle.
"Hmph~ This is scared? If we had attacked together, we would have caught it now. Number Five disagreed.
"No, no, no, until you are completely sure, a strong attack will only startle the snake, which is why I stopped you and let you go. The master's orders must be completed, there can be no mistakes, and we must wait for the next opportunity. Severn put down the bottle and said with a serious face.