386 Fraud
"So, the two of you help Yuehai, is there something to ask for?"
Captain Linto sat in the main cabin of the merchant ship, looking at Penny and Rekita next to him, smiling kindly, like a merchant adrift across the world.
For now, the young man and woman were attracting all his attention, and Penny was secretly watching the man closely.
This man claimed to be a spy of the Santarin Society, although there was no evidence, but Penny intuitively believed it, or rather, he couldn't disbelieve it, this person came out to negotiate with them under the banner of the Santarin Society, and even if he didn't believe it, he had to deal with it in the same way as he did against the Santarin Envoy.
Regardless of whether this person was an envoy of the Santarin Society or not, appearing in front of Penny in this capacity at this time was naturally to use them to do something, and Penny knew about it.
If the captain is also an impostor, Penny thinks that sooner or later he will show his flaws, and when the time comes, the camera will definitely be able to do it in his favor.
If this person is really a member of the Santarim Society, he should also be careful, the Bann Church is not a good man and a woman, and obeying the law is just a lip service to these cult believers, or rather, any moral and ethical laws are a tool for these people to benefit themselves, and Penny must be careful if he wants to use them to achieve his own ends.
In short, the wizard was wary of this person who suddenly appeared and claimed to be the Santarin Society.
Fortunately, the origins of him and Rikita were not revealed, and with Penny's confidence, the conversation between himself and Rikita in the cabin should not be heard by this person - if someone can hide his magic perception and peep and eavesdrop, it means that this person's magical attainments are beyond his imagination, and such characters are really rare in Faeren.
In fact, the wizard's suspicion of Captain Lintor was unwarranted, this man was indeed a spy sent by the Santarin Society, disguised as a merchant and arrived in Port Carrante with the intention of committing some terrorist sabotage, but before he could show his powers, Penny and Rekita turned Port Carrante upside down.
At this time, Captain Linto was also wondering - what was the origin of these two people on the other side?
This woman named Leda Sean has been in contact with for a long time - when the merchant ships arrived on the coast, he knew this somewhat mysterious sorceress, according to some rumors, he only knew that this woman often walked around the coast, made a living by selling alchemical potions or doing odd jobs in the adventuring party, her origin was unknown, her whereabouts were quite secretive, and of course, the most bizarre thing was that she also had a child.
As she wooed the merchants on the coast and won over the hearts of the people, Captain Linto watched quietly, and his instinct told him that this woman had plans for the port, but the disturbance that followed took him by surprise.
The woman found an assassin from nowhere, assassinated the top brass of Port Calante, and then incited the detained maritime merchants to rebel and leave the port.
The identity of the assassin was even more confusing to the captain - after a brief investigation, he learned that the man named Dan Flynn was a young and unknown merchant from Starlight City...... The devil believes.
This little-known merchant was able to wield iron rods and swords and haunt in the darkness of the night, killing nearly all the councillors in the port of Carante.
How could this be a small businessman, and this 'small businessman' is obviously no stranger to this Leda Sean, talking and laughing with each other, which makes it even more suspicious.
In any case, this turn of events certainly alarmed Captain Linto, who was astute to judge that the two men had a plot against the port of Calante, and that in this case the greatest beneficiary of such sabotage was undoubtedly the Santarin, so he decided to show up and ask for clarification.
However, after appearing, he found that he was a little reckless - he hadn't figured out the details of these two people, so he did take some risks by appearing so rashly, and now, through some details of Penny and Ligita, he also understood - these two people may not believe his identity.
And he can't help it, the identity of the lurker just now is sensitive and must be eradicated, so it is a last resort to expose it early.
That person can't be allowed to escape, and there is no way to face these two people.
Although there were many people, Linto knew very well that with the terrible skills of this man named Dan Flynn, and this powerful sorceress, it was impossible to use the crowd to oppress and interrogate, so sitting down and talking about it was the only option.
"Yes, Mr. Linto, we have a request for the Santarin. Penny snorted, both sides had their own ghosts, and each other's identities were unknown, so there was no honesty to talk about: "You know, I'm a small businessman." ”
"Little merchant?" Captain Linto also snorted, his expression suddenly becoming serious: "This Lord Flynn, I don't believe that a small merchant can actually have the ability to take the head of a man from a thousand troops, and he has obtained more than one head, as far as I know, there is a guard next to the so-called 'Supreme Scepter' who is very skillful." ”
"It's just that the inland sea routes are not very stable, and I have learned a little martial arts from an elven ranger since I was a child. Penny smiled perfunctorily.
"Elven rangers?" the corners of Captain Linto's mouth twitched, he couldn't tell whether it was true or false by this sentence, elves are a humanoid race that exists widely throughout Faeron, similar in size to humans, but with a lifespan of up to a thousand years, this race is full of all kinds of powerhouses - the long life gives them enough time to climb the peak of a skill, whether it is magic or martial arts.
Elven rangers are generally skilled in martial arts, and they are not often seen in noisy cities, and it is very difficult for a human merchant boy to learn martial arts from an elven ranger, and it is very difficult to verify the truth of this statement - because most of the powerful elven rangers are secretive, and their whereabouts are rarely known.
Captain Linto took Penny's reasoning to heart, but he didn't believe it was true, he was 100% sure that the man was deliberately trying to play tricks on him, but there was nothing he could do.
The other party deliberately concealed it, so he had to investigate privately, but on the surface he was silent, Penny was secretly funny, but he knew that even if it was perfunctory, he had to give this guy an explanation, so he pulled Rekita's hand: "I am good friends with Lida, this plan was originally my own initiative, but I didn't expect her to be willing to help." ”
Rekita's palm was held in the wizard's hand in a very affectionate way, and her eyebrows were slightly raised, but she didn't make any changes.
Captain Linto received this series of explanations, although he knew that most of these words were perfunctory, but he also had no reason to knock on the side of the cliché, and at the same time deeply understood that the two mysterious guys on the other side were not easy to deal with, he knew that the purpose of these two people was not simple, but he knew that the Santarin Society could use these two people to their advantage—what happened in Port Carant had fully demonstrated the destructive power of these two guys.
Although there is a huge disparity in the strength of the Moon Sea and the Port of Calant, the difficulty of winning this battle is far from being as simple as finding out for things, even if all the councilors are dead, the nobles of Calant still have prestige, and the fleet in the north still has commanders, so it will not be too chaotic.
An officer who is a little calmer will understand that rushing in such a situation is tantamount to killing himself.
A shrewd agent, Lintor has no habit of underestimating his enemies.
As long as they stuck the route south of Ilfran and the Rees Strait, this battle would not be able to be solved by the people of the Moon Sea in a short period of time, and if it changed again at this time, the consequences would be very unpredictable.
At this time, the appearance of these two extremely destructive characters, if they can be used by the Santalin Society, although it cannot be said to win immediately, it is also a big help.
"Two, to tell you the truth, our actions against the port of Calante are only a counterattack of last resort. Thinking of this, Linto secretly coughed and decided to reveal a small part of the innocuous secret: "In fact, those merchant dukes and councilors not long ago died at our hands, but at the hands of the apostles of another god. ”
"Another deity?"
"Yes, they killed those councillors and indulged public opinion in the city, trying to direct hatred towards Tsukimi, unfortunately, Tsukimi Masaaxe does not have enough convincing evidence to prove his innocence, and we don't need to prove it. Captain Linto smiled: "Since the two of you have a request for Yuehai, they must be no strangers to our style. ”
The wizard nodded, many people knew what kind of organization the Santarin Society on the edge of the Moon Sea was—sometimes for some purpose, they would claim to be righteous, but most people who understood didn't recognize it, and even the Moon Sea people themselves knew the image of the Santarin Society.
A large terrorist group that is organized, orderly, ideological, and actionable.
According to the Santarin's control over the Moon Sea region, this can also be seen as a rogue regime similar to Serre.
Even their outsiders are not shy about the style of the Tallinn Society.
"It's the lurker we just killed, they're actually in a group. Captain Linto spread his hands.
"Wait, they don't seem to get anything good out of this...... Penny raised his eyebrows, "Are they just trying to blame Yuehai for this?"
"Of course not, they just want to control the city. Captain Linto smiled, "And as Bane's apostle, we will never let that madman's apostle take over the city." ”
"The madman...... You mean......" Rekita nodded her lips, realized.
"Yes, he is the Prince of Lies. Captain Linto smiled mysteriously, "Some people in this city are trying to take advantage of the exclusive right of the church in Shirek to cut off dissidents, and at the same time let Yuehai carry this black cauldron.
Lady Sean, Mr. Flynn, if you don't show up, it won't be long before that councillor succeeds in his plan and pits the dissidents clean, and then Sambia's reinforcements reach the southern shore of the Strait of Rees, and then Moonsea will have a black pot for nothing, and Ciric's forces have also taken root in Port Carant, oh, it is a terrible result for us, and in that sense, you have done Moonsea a great favor. ”
Penny and Rekita glanced at each other, neither expecting that the battle in such a small city would involve the enmity of two well-known cults of evil gods.
Although they are both evil gods, the relationship between Ciric and Bane is not friends, on the contrary, they are enemies who want to crush their opponents, in the turbulent years, Bane's priesthood was briefly usurped by Ciric, and soon followed the gourd, and took advantage of Ciric's madness to take it back, in the Moon Sea area, where Bane's priesthood has the greatest influence, it has caused several major wars, and Bane and Ciric's church have also formed a deep feud.
"There's no need to be too polite, but I want my goods to sell for a good price. Penny listened to Captain Linto's thanks and smiled slightly: "At such a time, the goods in the north must be very expensive, and my merchant ship will definitely return with a full load." ”
"Really?" said Captain Linto, smiling, with a hint of sarcasm on his face, apparently not believing the lie that was too shallow, "but Mr. Flynn, with your skill and skill and that of this Lady Sean, you can do a lot in such a sensitive time, and make far more profit than you can resell." And I don't think your purpose is so simple, this ship is about to go to the southeast cape of Comanso, if you are interested in making a bigger profit, you may want to talk to me and make sure you make the trip worthwhile.
Of course, there is something to say ahead of the curve: the benefits are proportional to the risks. ”
He threw out the pie, spread his hands at the two of them, and turned and walked out of the room.
This kind of dishonest conversation was not very interesting to say, and he was not sure that he could extract anything more from the mouths of the two strange fellows, so he simply ended the conversation, and stepped out of the cabin to begin a covert investigation of Penny's ship.
Despite his decision to take advantage of this dangerous killer, he doesn't believe half a word of what comes out of Penny's mouth.
"You trust him?"
After Captain Linto stepped out of the hatch, Rekita stared at the closed portal for a long time, frowning and asking.
"My gut told me I couldn't be wrong. Penny said this, but shook his head, and after a moment of silence, he said: "You can trust him for the time being, anyway, with our ability, even if they deceive us, they won't take any advantage." ”
Rekita thought for a moment, remembering Penny's current arcane level, and nodded.
Anyway, with such a powerful force, no matter how many tricks this Captain Linto used, it would not make a big difference.
And now Penny is no longer the little mage who will never recover if he makes a wrong step, and there are very few cases above Faeron that can make him very jealous and cringe.
Ciric ...... Rekita's question was relieved, but Penny quietly lowered her eyebrows and pondered.
It was about the evil god, but he wasn't going to back down.
Anyway, he has offended a lot of gods.
However, there is still a small matter that needs to be dealt with before discussing the big things of the Tallinn Society.
He stood up, greeted Rikita and Avan, pulled out a teleportation scroll, and disappeared into the cabin with a flash of light.
Rekita stared at the light for a long time, sighed slightly, looked down at the little face of Yafan, who had been blinking at Penny and knew that the other party was gone, and gently rubbed his hair.
(To be continued)