Brian was slightly embarrassed to state his purpose.

Apparently, he had taken advantage of Ike's drinking a little too much yesterday and offered to borrow money from him.

But......

Brian didn't expect that Ike didn't take this matter to heart at all, and thought it was a joke.

He looked at the apologetic Icke with a little disappointment and shook his head helplessly.

Seeing Ike's appearance, Lance also looked at Ike with an inquiring gaze, and the latter nodded, as if it was true.

Lance smiled, then turned to Brian and asked, "How much do you want?"

Now he and Ike still have several gold coins pressed into the money bag, so there will be no shortage of money in a short time.

Then it's not impossible to lend a little bit to Brian.

After all, after solving this place, they have to team up to go on an adventure in the north together.

However, the most important point is that Ike has promised Brian, and he can't let Ike break his trust with others, even though it was just a confused talk at the wine table, but if he agreed, he agreed.

"Well, then borrow two gold coins! If you have enough money, you can do three or four. ”

Hearing Lance's words, the look of disappointment on Brian's face vanished.

His face was overjoyed, and he immediately changed to a slightly smirked expression, and said to Lance with a smile.

However, Lance didn't notice that there was a hint of cunning in Brian's sneer.

"Wow...... Why do you want so much?"

Lance looked at Brian with an exaggerated expression, this guy, with a look of indifference, as if the money was just a number.

And he didn't expect Brian to open his mouth so much.

Unable to help but reflexively, he shrank back and covered his money bag.

Two gold coins is a lot of money.

If it was three or five dozen silver coins, Lance would not hesitate at all, and it would be okay to make Brian a friend.

But two gold coins......

No way.

When pigs fly.

What's more, he also ransomed Brooklyn yesterday for a gold coin......

Thinking of this, Lance shrank back again, as if he could borrow less if he could hide farther away.

"Brooklyn can't go back to Karuzanov now, and she hasn't brought anything out of her, so I'm going to buy some things for her, and tomorrow I'll take her to the city lord's banquet, you can rest assured, I'll pay you back the money I borrowed, and the city lord promised me the appearance fee, which is exactly three gold coins, and maybe an extra reward if possible." ”

Brian explained in all seriousness.

He wasn't lying.

When he first arrived in Kohima City the day before yesterday, he had already negotiated an appearance fee with Komodos, the city lord's butler, on the recommendation of someone who cared about it.

So he wasn't worried about not being able to pay back, but he never had the habit of saving money.

So that when there is such an urgent need for money, he seems a little embarrassed.

"Three gold coins?

Lance looked at Brian in disbelief.

He stretched out three fingers and shook them in front of him, feeling a sigh of emotion in his heart.

Back on the day he and Ike first arrived in Cohima, they risked their lives to kill ghouls and complete the bounty, and after splitting it, he and Ike only got seven gold coins, and one of them was used by Libert to drink with them.

But......

Brian makes money, and it's too good to earn it!

But think about it, his performance is indeed very exciting, and once he appears, it should still be worth three gold coins!

Alas......

Thinking of this, Lance's heart can be regarded as a little balanced.

But since Brian has already said everything to this point, then ......

"Borrow it!"

Lance gritted his teeth and made a decision.

Merely. He couldn't have borrowed so much.

Lance looked at Brian, still defensive, and he asked a little wryly, "You...... How much exactly? I can't figure it out. ”

"Two gold coins, plus the one you ransomed for Brooklyn yesterday, a total of three gold coins, and tomorrow night I will pay you back with me. ”

"No, one gold coin at most, no more. ”

"Okay, a gold coin is a gold coin,"

Brian looked like he had succeeded in his plan, and he winked at Ike happily, a little meaningful.

It seems to be saying to Ike, "You didn't take it to heart, I borrowed it anyway......!"

Ike, however, continued to sit on the edge of the bed, listening to the bargaining between the two, as if he were watching something that had nothing to do with him.

Looking at Ike's appearance, Brian didn't care.

He was already satisfied that Lance could lend him a gold coin.

After all, a gold coin is not a small amount.

Of course, for someone like Brian, who has no idea about money, it's just a number.

He smiled and walked over to Lance, placing his hand on Lance's shoulder as close as an old friend.

Brian's smile made Lance feel fooled.

Lance was a little helpless, but in the end, he still had a bitter face, and with some reluctance, he took out a gold coin from the money bag and handed it to Brian.

"Thank you. ”

Brian took the gold coin, put it to his mouth and kissed it, and then put it away.

He happily went over and opened the door, turned to the bitter-faced Lance and said, "Let's go, go downstairs and get something to eat, I guess Brooklyn is already a little impatient to wait!haha...... Let's go, I'm going to invite you for today's meal, haha......"

After saying that, he ignored Lance and the others, and walked out of the room first, and went downstairs to the tavern hall.

......

After dinner, Brian and Brooklyn went out together to buy something.

Lance and Ike returned to the room, continuing the conversation that had been interrupted by Brian in the morning.

"Ike, when we were separated from Delaney yesterday, I quietly asked him a question, and it was about Manmohan. ”

Lance closed the door, pulled a chair and sat down, and whispered to Ike, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, with a serious expression.

"Oh, I remember Uncle Singh saying that Manmohan was a member of the City Guard, didn't he?"

"Yes, but the Draenei told me that there is no such number one in the City Guard, so...... I think Singh here will be a breakthrough to find clues. ”

"You mean ......?"

"Well, I thought about it last night when you weren't there, and we came to Kohima City entirely because of Singh, and I think that if Singh was lying, then he must have some unknown relationship with a high-ranking ghoul. ”

"Oh, but we didn't feel any undead power from Uncle Singh!"

"Have you forgotten what I told you this morning?"

Lance's tone paused, as if waiting for Ike to remember what he had said that morning.

"You're saying that the power of high-level ghouls has infiltrated the human race?"

"Yes, maybe the actions of high-level ghouls don't have to be carried out by ghouls, maybe they have developed a strong enough human force through the time they have been hiding for more than four hundred years, or they are minions among humans!"

Lance couldn't help but frown when he said this.

"Lance, even what you said is true, but what does it have to do with us?"

Ike was puzzled.

He couldn't keep up with the rhythm of Lance's leapfrogging thinking.

Unless Lance deliberately explained something for him.

"Yes, of course it does, and it has a lot to do with it. ”

With that, both Lance and Ike fell into a brief silence.

"Lance, I thought about it for a moment, if you deduce it, then are there still high-level ghoul minions hidden around us?"

"Hoo ......"

Lance exhaled a long breath of turbid breath in his chest, and after thinking for a while, he said to Ike: "Your guess is absolutely true, I believe there must be many high-level ghoul minions hiding around us, but ......"

"What's wrong?"

"But there are two people, and I can rule them out first. ”

"Libert and Bruce. ”

"Libert and Bruce. ”

The two men said the two names in unison, then looked at each other and smiled.

This is the tacit understanding between the two.

As for the identities of both Libert and Bruce, although they are both related to witchers.

But intuition tells Lance that Liebert's identity is definitely not as simple as it seems.

And then......

Someone like Liebert is involved.

Behind this unknown conspiracy, there must be one or more extremely large organizations or forces behind it.

"Lance, based on these inferences, I think we should be just one part of the conspiracy. ”

Ike also frowned, and began to analyze Lance's train of thought.

"Yes, if it's just against the two of us alone, then it doesn't have to be like that, I think that in these forces, they are all holding each other down, and they are afraid of each other, and maybe, this is an opportunity for us. ”

The corners of Lance's mouth curled up in an arc, as if he had thought of something.

"Opportunity?"

"Yes, chance, I think as long as we can raise our strength enough to protect ourselves before they can free up their hands and deal with us, then that is when we start to rebel against the shackles of fate. ”

"Yes, strong enough. ”

Suddenly, a fiery red shadow appeared in Lance's mind.

I wonder what happened to her? What happened after that final explosion......

"Lance, what's wrong with you?"

Ike noticed Lance's wandering, and there was concern in his tone.

"Oh, nothing, I just thought of something else. ”

"Well, it's okay. ”

"Ike, I think if possible, we need to figure out how many forces are hidden in the darkness, and which ones we can cling to and exploit. ”

"Climbing?"