Blood tax

Chapter 403 Griffith's Acquaintance

"Aren't you staying with us for a meal?" Haranduel asked before saying goodbye.

"Not today, when we are free later, let's invite the girls to get together," Roland pointed to the timer on the wall, "There will be a curfew later, and it will not be peaceful tonight. If you want to live in Here, you can go to the reception downstairs and report my name. It seems that the room I reserved for Canaan investors is no longer needed."

Griffith bid farewell to his friends, came to the lobby of the hotel alone, and asked for a room to rest.

The emblems of the chosen ones he captured have all been handed over to Galadia, and he will not reveal his identity in the location announcement every six hours.According to the plan, once a battle broke out, he would immediately join Galadia and fight with her under the guise of Laura.

To that end, Griffith will be acting alone tonight and for the next few nights.

After the interview with Roland, he had some new ideas——

Those who participated in the Festival of the Chosen One were all people with names and surnames.After the melee on the first night, the remaining people should have a general understanding of the strength of the others, and they will be more careful, and probably will not take a risky attack alone; a more reasonable strategy is to rely on their own family and The forces behind it spread out their layout and launched a large-scale offensive to crush the enemy with the help of the general trend.

This is very reasonable, and it also coincides with what Roland said is about to happen.

The question is, what will be the next offensive?

Griffith can still rely on his own characteristics to gain an advantage when facing a few extraordinary people, but once the enemy's power is activated, his advantage will disappear invisible.

He walked around the living room a few times, watched the guests leave, and found a waiter who knew Tina: "Where is Tina?"

This waiter was only a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, with a handsome appearance, but not as shy as his age.He looked at the knight boldly: "Miss Tina is not here now, Master Knight, but I can find her for you within an hour."

It's getting late, tonight is still curfew night, citizens are not allowed to go out after ten o'clock.If it is not convenient for Tina to go back to sleep in my room, anyway, I will sneak out after midnight... Griffith thought about it and thought it was a good idea.

"Let her come to my room to find me," Griffith tossed a few silver coins to the boy, "The room of the Chevalier Griffith de Ravenelle."

"Yes, Lord Knight," the boy immediately replied respectfully, "Do you need anything else? I can bring you wine, supper, costumes and props."

What are these?I don't mean to party all night, what do you want these for?Griffiths waved the boy away.

……

Soon, the tavern arranged a room for Griffith.The guest rooms are very spacious and elegantly decorated, not far behind the suites offered by the Earl's Court.Griffith, who was destined to be very busy tonight, took off the two swords and put them in his hands, leaned on the sofa and fell asleep immediately.

Strange thoughts and what Roland just said were entangled in Griffith's dream.He had a feeling that he was falling into a dangerous quagmire little by little.The Rite of the Chosen One would drag him and Galadia into some unearthly madness, despair, and deadly mystery.

That strange feeling that Griffith once experienced in Krista's misadventures was back.Looming plots and plans surrounded him like cobwebs.

Many things seem to be related, and someone is coordinating and calculating everything behind the scenes.

Is it too late to back down now?Galadia must participate in the sacrifice, this is her responsibility, and the clansmen will push her forward.However, if I kidnap her and take her to a remote border, will we be the only ones who can avoid the next danger?
I don't know how long it took in a daze, and there was a light knock on the door.

"Come in, the door is unlocked."

Griffith responded and sat up from the sofa.Then, he saw two people of short stature walking in one after another.They lowered their heads, wore thick cloaks and thick scarves, showing only their cautious eyes.

"Stand there and take off your cloak and coat!"

Seeing that the person who came was not Tina, Griffith was taken aback, and ordered sternly.

The two were obviously stunned for a moment. While seeing Griffith's face clearly, the person standing in front let out a female scream.

"It's you!"

Griffith vaguely felt that the voice was familiar.He was already on high alert, and felt a little hostility from the opponent, so he instinctively raised his leg and kicked forward.

"Bah!"

Before the other person who entered the room could figure out what was going on, he saw the silhouette of his companion flying out along the route of entering the room, hitting the wall opposite the corridor, making a loud noise, and being obscured by the raised cloak. He slumped on the floor with his face down.

assassin?Not like... Griffith became curious.He took a step forward and ripped off the other man's cloak with a flick of his left hand.

It's also a girl, and this face still looks familiar.

She was very thin, no more than thirteen or fourteen years old.Shoulder-length red hair and body shaking like malaria.

"You are?" A flash of lightning flashed in Griffith's heart, venting from his stern eyes.

Swept away by this sharp edge, the little girl in front of her knelt down on the ground trembling like chaff, grabbed her clothes and got up to take them off.Trembling, she begged forgiveness in a muffled voice.

This looks like Lavana... Griffith remembered.When he just returned to Bayeran from the front line, he encountered an attack. The Cook gangster hiding in the sewer was bloodbathed by him and his companions from Shutoral. Minos, the bone ring, succeeded in this incident.

According to the habit of the East, most of the gangsters encountered during the suppression process were wiped off their necks until Ophelia stopped everyone.At that time, the 12-year-old girl, Lavana, couldn't see the girl's appearance at that time, and almost lay in the corpse pile of her companions.

After that, according to the information provided by the secretary of the Earl's House, Brother Sauron, Griffith knew that Ravana, who had survived by chance, was being monitored by the Bureau of Investigation, trying to find the truth about the "unbelievable and wonderful house" incident.

It has been a year and a half since this incident, how come it has come back to me now?So, who is the other guy?
Griffith quickly came to the door, with a look that scared the panicked neighbors back into the room, and then grabbed the girl who had just been kicked and was twitching on the ground and dragged her into the room, taking off her cloak and coat.

The girl who dared to attack is not tall but has a bit of curves, and the face covered by the messy ponytail is quite eye-catching.She curled up into a ball in pain, cold sweat dripping down her pale face.

Well, I'm a little familiar with this person too, definitely not the kind of person who feels familiar when I see a good-looking girl... Griffith leaned over and tore off the girl's coat to check if she had hidden weapons.

The weapon was not found, but a trace of an arrow wound was found on the wheat-colored, strong and round shoulder.

This time, Griffith completely remembered.

This is another acquaintance, the local adventurer who is useless and loses his sanity in the battle of Manisa Village, boxer Miss Ulan.When she was attacked by the zombies, she had a nervous breakdown and tried to open the door to let the zombies in, but was shot down by Galadia.

This is really a coincidence...

Griffith threw the coat back to Ulan, who was sleeping, and sat down on the bed aggressively.

"Who asked you to come?"

"It's Drizzt, the waiter you sent to find Sister Tina," Lavana replied immediately after hearing the question, as if being whipped, "He said that a knight was looking for Sister Tina, but for a while We can't find her, we need our replacement."

"..."

No wonder he asked me if I wanted clothes or something... I mean, wait a minute, Tina?how could be?

Griffith was speechless for a while, and asked after a while: "Before you came, did you know who I am?"

"I don't know," Lavana shook her head hastily, "We can't ask for the names of the guests."

Before Griffith continued to ask questions, Ulan was already struggling to argue: "I, no, sell!"

She couldn't even speak out of breath.The kick just now hit her in the chest.Although Griffith didn't use his strength, a war knight of extraordinary rank could even kill a beast with his bare hands, and an ordinary collision could seriously injure an ordinary person.

No matter in the past or now, this adventurer born in a small place has no ability to resist in front of Griffith.

The originally wavering thoughts dissipated.Griffith couldn't help sighing inwardly.When he worried that his pursuit of power and mystery would lead to disasters, he forgot how weak a person without power is...

"Huh? Then what do you do?" Griffith took out a small bottle of potion from his waist and threw it to Miss Boxer. "Drink it, then stand up and talk."

Ulan hurriedly reached out to pick it up.Her hands shook so badly that she almost dropped the vial on the ground.After seeing the red liquid in the bottle, her eyes were so surprised that she couldn't believe it, and hurriedly stuffed the medicine into her clothes.

"It's worth a gold coin!" Lavana yelled softly, looked at her companion and then at the knight in surprise, and quickly crawled over from the ground, "Hit me, I can stand it."

Griffith frowned, got up and grabbed Ulan's hair, lifted her up like a chicken, then reached out to take out the potion from between the plump breasts, opened the girl's mouth and poured it in.

"Lavana, go out and wait at the corner stairs, don't walk around, wait for me to call you," Griffith threw Ulan into the corner, and said to her, "You speak first."

After questioning Ulan and Lavana separately, Griffith basically grasped the situation.Ulan followed a group of ex-adventurers to Baieran to find work. Later, he heard that Bremi had a lot of work and moved here, doing some part-time bartending, guarding the goods yard or looking for cats.Due to insufficient money, she and her companions could not get enough to eat during this time.Although she insisted on not trading in flesh and blood, the current winter has become more difficult, and she came here to try her luck tonight, to see if she could find some errands and helpers.

Lavana's situation is simpler.After she was released on the spot by the Bureau of Investigation, she first wandered on the streets of Bayeran, doing some petty theft with some small gangs in the streets and alleys.In winter, veterans who came to petition from other provinces occupied the square of the Senate Chamber, and Lavana and her companions also crowded in the crowd to join in the fun, and even wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

Before they could put their ideas into action, the armored cavalry like the "Silver Tide" swept away the veterans, and even involved many of Lavana's companions.Since then, she has been alone again.

Griffith asked them about their experiences and called them back to the room again.

Is this a coincidence?Obviously not.

Lavana has been under the surveillance of the Bureau of Investigation since the collapse of Cook's gang.Ulan's whereabouts are also directly related to Galadia. Since the Canaanite upper elves who cared about Miss Elf once mobilized Bayeran's network to send Griffith to his death, the officials must be very clear about Ulan and Gerry Fez relationship.

The two girls didn't know each other originally, and the only intersection was Griffith.They were able to gather, and it is likely that a department such as the Bayeran Investigation Bureau is behind it.Even Miss Tina who just met is also a peripheral member of the investigation bureau.

Griffith's eyes shifted from the two girls, making them feel scared.

What is the Bureau of Investigation trying to do by sending these random people to my side?Give me a chance to investigate leads?Or give me a chance to erase the clues?

That's not a bad thing either.Griffith is also in need of information.As his strength grows, his stage is gradually shifting from Homonwarts to Byerland, and some local eyeliners are needed.

Lavana dared to glance at the knight.From her experience, it was clear what a man's glances meant.

"Ulan has a good figure, is also beautiful, and pure, but I have more experience, and some nobles prefer thin and thin...

"The knight is hesitating, but he doesn't look like he's picking the one that's more to his taste. Men can decide in a second, and he's so strong...he must be..."

Before Lavana took the initiative to flatter her, Griffith had already said, "You two and me..."

Sure enough, he really wanted them all!Ravana almost blurted out.

"Come and have some dinner with me, and bring me back Drizzt," Griffith said the second half of the sentence, "Next, you will work for me."

"Ah!" Lavana exclaimed in surprise.Ulan breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)