Quadruple split.

Chapter 24: It's Not a Lion, It's a Kun

Time always flies by inadvertently...

Especially real time in game fiction.

【The Realm of Innocence】, Pato City, early morning
Cole, who had barely slept all night, left the Rye Inn early and came to a tavern in the city called 'Forest House'. The location that the gentleman told him should be here.

This place is famous in Pato City, not only because the 'Linju' is almost always open, open [-] hours a day, but also because its nature is too unique to be called Above is the non-mainstream in the tavern.

There is no high-purity spirits, and the light and refreshing drinks it provides are more apt to be called 'flower dew' rather than wine. It may indeed contain a little alcohol, but even a farmer with little knowledge will not. I don't want to spend three copper coins here to order a 'drink' that is boring, non-urinating, warm, courageous, neither on the head nor on the face.

There are no sexy and hot waitresses, only a flower elf proprietress who is also a waiter, bartender, and front desk. Although she looks pretty good, her figure is not too obvious and her talent and magic are not very good. Let many people stay away.

The most important point is that although Linju is open 24 hours a day, after the sun goes down, it will not provide any drinks, no loud noises, and no people at the bar. If you want to stay, you can stay on the second floor. One night in a few cubicles, of course, costs money.

So it deserves to be famous. The popularity of this place has always been sluggish. There are almost no people visiting it on weekdays, but Cole is very familiar with this place, because Rona... I liked to come here for drinks and snacks during her lifetime. Sitting is one afternoon.

Whether it's Cole or Radha who is a suitor, or Xiao Ai's best friend, they all come here to find her, and they will sit down for a while when they are free.

And now... Rona is dead... Radha is also dead... Xiao Ai, who escaped from the dead, is likely to hide inside...

Cole, who had also recovered his life, stood in front of the forest, and he felt as if he had passed away.

However, he finally settled down, pushed aside the undefeated petals that used to be the door curtains, walked in slowly, rushed to the flower elf boss who was wiping the table alone in the lobby and said softly: "Hello, I want to find …”

"The second floor, the first room." Ms. Bai Qiang, who looked at most in her early twenties, pointed to the direction of the stairs and said absentmindedly, "Come up with something to eat."

As soon as the words fell, a plate of snacks on the bar floated up and flew slowly to Cole.

"Thank you." Bending slightly to the flower elf who had turned his back with gratitude, Cole took the plate in front of him and rushed upstairs quickly. The gentleman didn't lie, it seemed that Xiao Ai was indeed there. Here, I have too many things I want to ask her!
As soon as the door was opened, Cole saw a petite figure in front of him trembling and took a few steps back. Then he looked at himself for a while before he let out a painful whimper and rushed over, crashing directly into his arms, losing his voice. sobbing.

"Cole!" Xiao Ai gripped his front in pain, and the crystal tears fell from the girl's cheeks as if they were broken. Her thin shoulders were still trembling, as if she hadn't woken up from a nightmare, she whispered. Choked and said: "Rada he... woo... he died... right in front of me... woo woo... he had a chance to escape... escape... I can't save him! I can't save him! He! Cole!!"

Feeling the body of the girl in his arms that was still trembling because of fear and self-blame, Cole, who was also suffering from inner torment, had to calm down after all, patted Xiaoai on the back lightly, propped her up on the chair, and turned around. He closed the door with his backhand, turned around and asked in a low voice, "Tell me, Xiao Ai, tell me everything you know... please!"

"It's Dave..." Xiao Ai raised her head, her eyes that had not closed overnight were full of bloodshot and fear, and she trembled: "He attacked Rada... Then he let go of his lance, pulled out his long sword and rushed towards me. It hurts...it hurts..."

Xiao Ai, who was still in shock, took ten minutes to clarify the matter. The general content was that on the way the three of them escaped, Dave, who had been behind half a step, suddenly stormed and attacked Lada who was carrying Xiao Ai. A blow of ordinary power can even pierce the two of them at the same time, but Radha tried his best to throw the priestess on his shoulders at the moment of being attacked, but he died on the spot because his heart was pierced.

Then Dave attacked Xiao Ai with a black long sword that was hidden somewhere. The goddess, whose magic power was exhausted, had no chance of winning against a knight, and was soon pierced by a sword in the lower abdomen, and was seriously injured .

However, Dave, who was just about to make up the final blow, suddenly stopped moving. After a while, he murmured something in a low voice, and then left the dying Xiao Ai and quickly left...

After a while, the gentleman appeared. He first helped Xiao Ai to simply bandage the wound, fed her some potions that worked very well, and slapped the girl who couldn't understand the words to calm down. Ask about what just happened.

Then he gave Xiao Ai a little money (thanks again to the generous Meddy), and told her to secretly return to Pato City as soon as possible to find an inaccessible place where she could rest and recover to wait for news.

In the end, the man left quickly after Xiao Ai indicated that he planned to go to the Linju Tavern.

"Then you secretly went back to the city, haven't you left Lin Ju until now?" Cole asked softly, "You're scared..."

Xiao Ai nodded vigorously, then shook her head again, and said hesitantly: "Before I left there, I spent a little time burying Radha. It is said in the teachings... Only then will the dead rest in peace..."

"Really?" Cole sighed, then shook his head and said, "No, even so, Lada will not rest in peace. I can't understand his stinky temper, so we must..."

He glanced at Xiao Ai who was still trembling, tilted his head to one side, and did not continue talking.

"Vengeance..." Xiao Ai took it on her own initiative, stared at Cole's profile, and said in her hoarse voice, "I must avenge them, right?"

After saying that, the girl slowly fell down, and if it wasn't for Cole's quick catch, she would have almost fallen to the ground.

"Eat something, then rest." Cole carried Xiao Ai, who was too weak and almost fainted, onto the bed, brought a plate full of snacks to her, and whispered, "We will take revenge, definitely Yes! That gentleman...he will help us..."

"Really?" Without looking at the food on the plate, the pale Xiao Ai just smiled with relief: "If I can really do it, I swear in the name of the Holy Religion, I am willing to pay all the price to follow that person... "

"Xiao Ai?!" Cole's eyes widened.

"Anyway, I originally had nothing, and the parents who gave birth to me and raised me also died." Ai, who had just lost a loved one half a year ago.Fan Ye picked up a piece of dessert, lowered his eyes and said softly: "I only have my own life left, and a few of your companions, but my life was saved by the 'that gentleman' you said, if he still If I can avenge my friends..."

"Needless to say, I already understand, take a good rest."

"Um……"

……

at the same time
Pato City, 'Brass' grocery store
"What to buy?" The bald-headed dwarf who was picking his nostrils in front of the shelf greeted the first guest of the day not too enthusiastically.

Mo Tan casually looked around and replied casually, "Lamp."

"What kind of lamp?" The dwarf raised his eyebrows: "Wall-mounted or portable? Or is it for confession to which little girl?"

Mo Tan shrugged at him: "The kind that can't see anything."

The dwarf stood up reluctantly, walked to the counter that was about the same height as him, turned his head and asked, "Who are you?"

"It's dark under the lights." Mo Tan smiled.

"Come here." The other party beckoned and turned slightly to the side.

Let out a very inconspicuous dark path.

Mo Tan gave an exaggerated salute, then walked down the secret passage leading to the underground, while the bald-headed dwarf boss walked to the door and looked left and right, then closed the store door, turned back and went down the secret passage. .

This is a small stronghold of the Thieves Guild of Pato City, an information exchange office for internal personnel only, and the grocery store owner is the person in charge here.

At the end of the passage is a large space, surrounded by tall wooden shelves, on which are neatly stacked a large number of files, recording crystals, letter paper, and some iron boxes that seem to be highly confidential.

"What? What do you want?" The dwarf went straight to the subject.

"The former priest of the Holy Cult Union, information from Medy Levin." Mo Tan didn't talk nonsense, and turned around and said: "By the way, he has been transferred to a necromancer seven years ago."

The dwarf didn't show any strange expression, just nodded: "I think some people are indeed interested in this matter."

If the information is true, at least some people involved in the Holy Religion Union or many other necromancers will be interested.

"I feel the same way." Mo Tan agreed, and then said sternly: "I need to study in the second year of the Paddin Knights Academy, all the information on this person named Dave Sager, the more detailed the better, and I need some more information. Basic thieves equipment, plus a practical shadow skills training book, the kind in the Paddin Academy, I know you must have it here."

The other party immediately shook his head like a rattle: "Impossible, this is so unfair, you know that not many people are interested in a priest who disappeared seven years ago, even if he is still studying some taboo knowledge. ."

"Really?" Mo Tan couldn't deny with a smile: "Then we don't have to talk about it, bye."

After saying that, he raised his legs and was ready to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Sure enough, the other party stopped him after a moment of silence: "You can't take those materials, and I really can't get the training book of Paddin Academy here."

Mo Tan sneered: "You can take away the materials, and the training book doesn't matter. You can copy all the skills that an apprentice-level thief can master and give me a set of poisons of better quality."

The intelligence director of the Pato City thieves, the high-level thief Bald Black Shovel, was anxious when he heard the words: "What kind of nonsense are you asking for!"

"As far as I know, Mr. Medy Levin's research on undead magic in the past seven years has begun to bear fruit." Mo Tan said tepidly: "And he has a lot of attainments in soul science, and his research focuses on the resurrection of the dead. knowledge.”

Bald immediately shivered and asked with wide eyes, "He succeeded?"

"No, he failed, and even if he is given another ten years, he may not be able to succeed." Mo Tan said with a wicked smile: "In the end, he's still a pretty useless old man."

Bald almost lost his breath, gritted his teeth and said, "Then what are you doing with so many useless things! This information is still worthless!"

"How could it be~" Mo Tan whistled: "Do you have to 'hear' the last sentence I added? He also said that the information of the Thieves Guild is so simple that it is almost... uh... I'm sorry, how stupid is it?"

Bald stopped talking. He thought that this seemingly (in fact) weak young man just accidentally learned some information and wanted to sell it for a good price, but he didn't expect that this product would have such a big appetite when it came up, and then he was a little bit more. After bargaining for two sentences, the result...

Only then did I realize that saying that the lion opened his mouth was really degrading this kid. Judging by the virtue of him sitting on the ground and raising the price, this motherfucker is a kun!
[Should I scare him? 】

As soon as Bald thought of this, he found that the other party's expression suddenly became very interesting...

"This boss." Mo Tan politely stretched out his right hand to Bald and said softly, "You and I both know that if someone like me can find this place, I must have inquired about others and knew that I came here. There are as few as one person and as many as countless people, so those threats that everyone knows are nonsense... don't need to say any more, right?"

Sincerely, Bald feels at this moment that if he were twenty or thirty years younger, he would definitely... I guess he can't help this kid...

So he had to stretch out his hand and shake Mo Tan perfunctorily, and said with a stinky face, "Deal."

Just turned around and flipped things around on the shelves.

Damn, why is this rack so high...

……

Two hours later

Mo Tan sat at the low table in the dark room of the grocery store (the space reserved by some tricks during construction), looking at the thin stack of documents in front of him, and the black leather bag filled with potion bottles. Add a few pages of handwritten paper, and smile very happily.

To be honest, if Bao De had the opportunity to meet the stall owners in the vegetable market near Motan's house, he would definitely have a lot of common topics to talk about with those working people.

For example--

'I met a kun today! '

'Haha, just get used to it, there is a Kun that comes to us every few minutes to play Whale Tun, and if he can take it at the cost price, he will burn the incense. '

'Cost price? !Did you see that stupid fat man next door? I was chatted that day~beep~, and gave away two pounds of tenderloin for nothing...'

“@#￥%*&…”

Chapter 23: Final

(End of this chapter)