Chapter 23 Return to the Imperial Capital
The silver city of Arantis has been around for thousands of years, and the victory over the Sea Clan a few months ago has added a new legend to this Terran holy city.
There was a long queue outside the gate of Alandis to enter the city, because of the invasion of the Sea Clan, the rich nobles of various countries rushed to transfer their families and property to the imperial capital. In the hearts of countless people, only Arantis is the safest place in the Terran territory. Because of the concentrated influx of a large number of wealthy aristocrats, housing prices in the imperial capital have tripled in a few months, and they are still in short supply.
There were three times as many guards guarding the city in front of the city gate as usual, and every pedestrian and cargo entering the city was checked very carefully, which also caused the speed of entering the city to be very slow.
A D-class mercenary group from a small border town of the Isaac Kingdom was mixed in without attracting any attention, seven or eight young mercenaries had complete procedures, and the few truckloads of goods escorted were only mountain and wild medicinal materials of low value.
After carefully inspecting the mercenaries' identities and goods, the city guards put the mercenary group in. After entering the city, the mercenary group went directly to the southern city, walked through the streets and alleys, and stopped in front of a grocery store called "Manulife".
As soon as several trucks stopped in front of the door, the front of the grocery store was completely blocked. After a long time, a guy from the grocery store came out to drive him away, "Hurry up and get the car away, no parking is allowed here." β
"It's your mountain goods, let your shopkeeper come out to pick up the goods. A young mercenary with a large purple birthmark on half of his face jumped out of the car.
"Our goods, why don't I know?"
"Our mercenary group is only responsible for delivering the goods to the place, and the consignee given by the employer is McGin. β
"The mountain goods that Master McGinn ordered? The guy turned around and went back into the grocery store.
The "Manulife" grocery store is an industry that the McGinn family puts on the bright side, and it sells some goods from unknown sources and little risk on a daily basis, and when it really encounters something risky and high-value, it will be directly transferred to the black market channel.
After a short time, McGinn, who was dressed in a brocade robe, walked out sleepy-eyed, and muttered, "Why don't I remember when I ordered mountain goods?"
"Young Master McKin, how forgetful he is!" a familiar voice sounded.
McGinn woke up in an instant, and his eyes turned to the mercenary with the birthmark on his face, and he was about to pounce on him with his arms outstretched.
As soon as he moved his feet, he was stopped by the stern gaze of the other party, so he had to wave his arm and command the grocery store guy behind him: "What are you all doing in a daze, go unload the car and move everything in." β
"Master McGinn, the owner of the goods has another letter to hand over to you separately. β
McGinn nodded, "Then you come with me." At the same time, he turned back and instructed his fellows, "When the goods are unloaded, treat these mercenary brothers to eat and rest." β
The mercenary with the birthmark on his face consciously followed, and a mercenary with a big beard also followed, and the smile in McGin's eyes became even stronger when he saw this person.
These two people are naturally Joan and Arthur disguised, and if you want to move Prince Gallaher, Joan must take the risk to come forward, so the two of them borrowed the procedures of another mercenary group to sneak into the imperial capital.
Aretha is also among the mercenaries, but she doesn't show up. Huey didn't come with him because he needed to sit in the cavalry regiment, and the little witch Becky wanted to come, but Lei Python Xiaoqing couldn't get in anyway, so he had to give up in the end.
In the room, after McGinn hugged Joan and Arthur separately, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's been four years since you two left, I didn't expect to see you again in Arrantis!"
Joan laughed, "Things are impermanent, and I didn't expect to return to Arantis one day." You haven't changed in the past few years?"
McGinn sighed and said, "What can change? It's not the black market business in the family that can't be put on the table, and I don't have to worry about participating in major events, so I have to mess around day by day." After the bloody night in the imperial capital, I heard that the church and the dragon scale guards are chasing you, where have you been hiding all these years?"
"In the past few years, we have gone to the dwarven Earth Furnace Castle, the Elven Dream Forest, and the Giant's Frozen Plateau, and Arthur has even gone to the Sea Cliff Dragon's Lair by himself. β
Joan smiled wickedly and snapped her fingers to count the places she had been to in the past few years, giving McGinn's envious eyes a shining.
"I've been suffocating to death in the southern city of the imperial capital for the past few years, so it would have been nice if you had taken me with you when you ran away. Where are you going next, you must take me with you this time!"
"Then it depends on your performance this time!"
McGinn knew that there must be something important for Joan and their adventure to come back this time, so he patted his chest and said, "Just tell me what you need me to do when you come back this time, even if you assassinate the emperor, I will never shirk it!"
"How did you know I was coming back to assassinate Grantham?" said Joan.
"Ahh
"I won't tease you. Arthur took the initiative to take over, "We have a few troubles that we need your help with, but it shouldn't be difficult for you Clay family. β
McGinn's face turned to a smile again, "You say." β
"I have a large number of captured Sea Clan weapons and equipment in my hands, and I need to realize them as soon as possible. β
"It's easy. Because of the battle two months ago, the weapons and equipment of the Sea Clan are now very sought-after in the city, and many rich nobles are willing to buy them for collection or decoration of the faΓ§ade. There are also a lot of large weapons stores and grocery stores, and the weapons and equipment of the Sea Clan are of high quality, and some of them are still on top of the same level equipment of our Terran Race, as long as they are slightly transformed, they can be used by our Terran warriors, if you are in a hurry to return the funds, our Clay family can collect them all. β
"Okay, all the equipment will be handed over to your Clay family, but I don't want money, I want to exchange it for the equivalent level 3 or 4 enchanted equipment, or the sea clan equipment that can be used by the Terrans after transformation. β
"This is not difficult, I will use all the channels of the family to do this first. β
"The last one, help me buy a piece of space equipment, don't care about the money, the bigger the internal space, the better, and then purchase food supplies to fill the entire space equipment. β
McGinn frowned, "This matter is not easy to handle, space equipment has always been priceless, and the larger the interior space, the rarer it is." But leave it to me, I'll find a way to do it!"
"Then I'll leave this matter to you!" Arthur shook McGinn's hand heavily.
"Lots of enchanted equipment, food, you two are planning to arm an elite army, right?" McGinn muttered inadvertently.
Joan suddenly said to McGinn with a serious face: "You must keep it secret, the equipment of this army that assassinated the emperor depends on you!"
McGinn's freshly recovered face turned pale again......