Witch Monastery

Similar scenes are constantly happening in Nangang District. A highly suggestive questionnaire result is slowly taking shape.

At the same time, in the study of the monastery, Hawthorne was reading aloud from a book called "Introduction to Dragon Language" with difficulty, trying to learn Dragon Language quickly within seven days.

Under normal circumstances, this would be an impossible task. However, now that he has the Rune Guardian Eye and the auxiliary function of the study, he knows how to pronounce all the phonetic symbols at a glance, and understands the meaning and reading of all the words at a glance. Therefore, his learning efficiency is improving rapidly. In less than a week, he has mastered most of the common expressions in Dragon Language!

And he did this with a strong purpose.

In Port Liber, or in the entire world, there are two banks with the largest capital. One is opened by a golden dragon, and the other is opened by a blue dragon. In short, they are both related to dragons.

What Hawthorne was planning to go to was the bank opened by the Blue Dragon Kings, who always ate camels, played with sand, and sprayed lightning in the desert, but became rich thanks to the widespread use of electricity.

Naturally, the staff at the service counters in their banks are all dragonborn or half-dragons who follow them.

Although these tellers must be proficient in the common language to do business in Liber Port, if you communicate with them in Dragon Language, you will definitely gain a lot of favor from them.

Because by doing this, they will see you as one of their own.

Hawthorne was studying the dragon language seriously, and behind him, on another small table, Yuta was isolated from sight and hearing, writing quickly with his pen in his hand, and there were hundreds of questionnaires stacked next to his hand, and he was carefully doing statistics.

This is a highly misleading questionnaire that Hawthorne specially prepared for its upcoming investment plan. Its purpose is to make investors believe that this project has great potential!

Each of his questions above was carefully designed. In fact, if he wanted to get a completely opposite conclusion, he could also do another set of questionnaires, such as:

Do you follow the traditions of the Amazons?

Do you think the sea is the home turf of the Amazon warriors?

Did the extravagance of Port Liber corrupt the warriors' courage?

Do the archipelago of your hometown have an irreplaceable and lofty position in your heart?

Are you against settling in Port-Liberté?

In short, as long as the questionnaire is sufficiently guided, it can draw any conclusion the researcher wants.

However, the world is not in an era of information explosion, so non-experienced practitioners often do not know these routines.

Hawthorne, on the other hand, planned to use this set of research results, the authenticity of which was extremely questionable, to attract a large investment from Blue Dragon's bank!

Chapter 76 Paladin Anno

"Uh……"

After reading for a while, Hawthorne stopped, stretched, and prepared to relax his brain.

Although I have the help of two special abilities, it is still a bit stressful to learn a new language within seven days.

Fortunately, he was also a great file master in his previous life, otherwise he might not have been able to complete it.

Behind him, he heard the sound of him stopping reading. Yuta hurriedly stood up, picked up the teapot beside him, poured a cup of hot tea, and brought it to his side: "Master, take a rest."

Hawthorne took it, his heart warmed, and then he closed his eyes and asked, "How is your statistics going?"

Jutta skillfully pressed his two middle fingers on his temples, kneading them evenly, and said, "It's almost done. I made more than 20 line graphs for the total growth, net growth, growth rate, growth rate, and growth rate of the growth rate that you told me about, comparing them horizontally, vertically, year-on-year, and month-on-month."

"In addition, pie charts showing the Amazon fishing company's various expenses, market share, etc. are also being drawn..."

She spoke with difficulty the various terms that Hawthorne had taught her in the past two days. All the descriptions were very unprofessional, but they did not need to be too professional: he only needed to use these massive amounts of data and analytical charts to make the employees of Blue Dragon Bank believe that "he was very professional", and that was enough.

The Blue Dragon Bank is characterized by its wealth, boldness, and disregard for returns. Compared to the Gold Dragons, who are thrifty and send specialists to conduct research and investigations on every investment to calculate the rate of return, the Blue Dragons invest more to gain respect from others.

They're not that bad.

Money and energy stones in this era are probably similar to the status of oil, coal, and natural gas. The energy stones made by blue dragons using their own dragon breath and scales are recognized as the highest quality...

In short, who wouldn’t like a rich dog owner who is easy to please?

"Thank you for your hard work." Huo Sang opened his eyes and looked back at the book in front of him, sighing, "Whether this thing will succeed or not depends on whether I can get a large investment from the blue dragons tomorrow."

This was the first time he had actually done something like this, so he couldn't help feeling nervous.

Outside the door, a mosquito flew in and landed beside his ear: "Master, there is a new development in the slums."

"Recently, it seems that a group of people have been deliberately spreading rumors that someone appeared in the slums on Witch Night and had contact with the out-of-control Uta. So far, more than 20 people have been slandered in this way, and the number is still increasing."

"I did some statistics and found that a considerable number of these people have some conflicts with the Sannasa Guild."

Suddenly, Hawthorne's expression changed.

"Where did the rumor come from?" he then asked.

However, Andrei said she was powerless: "I don't know. I didn't pay much attention to it at first. It was not until the rumors became more and more outrageous in the past two days that I realized someone did it on purpose."

"Isn't it Alan who is muddying the waters?"

"No, Master. I have specially assigned a few mosquitoes to keep an eye on him in the tavern. He only followed our instructions and spread the rumor that the Sannasa Guild used the investigation team as a gun."

Hawthorne's brows suddenly knitted together.

Hiss, this is strange, this situation...is someone helping me secretly?

Or is he deliberately targeting the investigation team to delay their progress and make them return empty-handed?

Or is he targeting the Shannasa Guild, and directing the anger of the investigation team towards them?

Which possibility would it be?

If it’s the first case, what relationship do I have and who can help me?

If it is the second case, then the suspicion would be much wider, maybe even the political enemy of the captain of the investigation team, and it would have nothing to do with oneself.

As for the third type, the Shannasa Guild also has many enemies, but recently...

And... this style of confusing people with massive amounts of false information...

Is it the Zhentarim who is causing trouble?

They do have the ability and motivation to take revenge on the Sannasa Guild...

Shaking his head, Hawthorne tried to calm his thoughts and said, "Andreni, continue your investigation. If you have any new findings, report to me immediately."

"Tomorrow's original plan remains unchanged. I still have to go to the central area to attract investment, and then discuss the action plan in the slums!"

At this moment, in a house in the slums, a tall girl with blond hair, blue eyes, beautiful appearance, wearing plate armor, holding a sword and shield, listened to the latest report from her subordinates, her teeth almost broken: "These poor people, why do they want to deceive us like this?!"

"Don't they know that our investigation of monsters and destruction of cults is actually for their own good?!"

The girl's name is Anno Amkasla. She was born into a noble family in Libel Harbor and believed in Tyr, the god of justice. She showed an outstanding talent for fighting since she was young, so she was hired as a special tutor to learn martial arts.

When she was fourteen, she was kidnapped by a group of tieflings who served the devil. In a critical moment, she swore to the world to "avenge the evil for all the weak", became a paladin of the oath of revenge, defeated all the cultists who kidnapped her, and fled back home alone with her body, becoming famous in one battle.

Thanks to this, she was later recruited into the secret action organization "Gray Hand" under the Black Rod Tower. After going through the test, she became a team leader on the eve of Witch Night, commanding a total of 15 elite warriors carefully selected from the guards of various administrative districts.

This time, she came to Nangang District to investigate the traces of monsters and cultists, which was her first mission after being promoted to captain. With a heart full of passion and justice, she endured the filth and stench here and led the team into this place, fully expecting that she could quickly find out the truth and make another contribution.

Then, she began to suffer setbacks again and again.

Every slum dweller she stopped was silent, weak and extremely respectful, but once she asked them a question, they either knew nothing about the answer and made excuses like "I'm scared to death", "I don't know", "I still have to go fishing", or they used vague words like "probably, maybe, probably, about the same", and stammered out a string of unclear information that could not be used as a reference at all.

After inquiring for so many days, she only got the information of "a handsome boy from the Qingyin tribe who can cast magic". However, when she asked again in the past few days, she found out that it was actually a smoke bomb released by the Shannasa Guild, with the purpose of using her as a gun to attack their enemies!

Chapter 77 Butterfly's Hiding Place

During these many days, Annuo interrogated so many residents of the slums and patiently explained the interests involved to them, but they did not appreciate it at all. Not only did they not give any reminders, they also spoke for the gangsters. They were all waiting to laugh at her!

This is really unreasonable!

An Nuo not only felt angry, but also felt wronged. She had never felt the malice from "people" as deeply as she did today.

although

Although she had been kidnapped before, those were tieflings, a sinful race with devil blood flowing in their veins, so she could just blame everything on the devil.

But here, these slum dwellers... they are all ordinary people!

An Nuo felt that her passion had turned into anger. She wanted to chop something to vent her anger, but facing the vast, dilapidated slums, she couldn't find a target to swing her sword at.

Next to her, several members of the team that followed also sighed. Most of them were city guards from the Mithril District. Although they were not nobles, they were barely middle-class families. They were educated in virtue since childhood, so they never understood how much malice the residents in this poorest place, who were robbed of their market by the Amazons and had to pay heavy taxes to the city, would have towards them, the decent people.

"How about we leave first?" Finally, a team member tentatively suggested, "It won't be too late for us to take a break, sort out the clues at hand, and then formulate the next investigation plan?"

The others nodded in succession, their faces showing fatigue. An Nuo gritted her teeth secretly, she understood that this team member's suggestion was actually for her to give up the investigation temporarily.

This was actually equivalent to admitting defeat to the slums in Nangang District and returning home in disgrace with nothing. How could she, who was proud and strong-willed since childhood, be willing to accept this result?

But at this time, she didn't have a reason that could make everyone stay.

"Captain - there is a new discovery!"

Suddenly, at this moment, in the distance, a team member rushed over and stopped in front of her, panting: "We... found an abandoned logging site. There are many suspicious people moving around inside. It is very likely a gathering point for cultists!"

Hearing this, An Nuo's eyes suddenly lit up, and boundless fighting spirit surged in his heart. He immediately stood up from his chair, turned around and walked out: "Let's go, soldiers, let's go over there and destroy it immediately before the other party finds out!"

Seeing this, the remaining few looked at each other in bewilderment. Then, a male soldier dissuaded them, "But, Captain, our mission is just to investigate. Now that we have a clue, we should report it!"

An Nuo's eyebrows immediately raised: "Don't you trust my ability?"

Everyone was immediately speechless.

Indeed, the girl in front of them was not very old, younger than all of them. However, she was a genuine sixth-level paladin.

Those are noble paladins, wearing plate armor, holding shields, wearing protective cloaks, and hanging pious shields. They are almost invulnerable to swords and guns;

They exude a protective aura that not only protects themselves but also protects their comrades around them from the harm of magic.

Even if she is injured, she can use the power of holy light healing to remove toxins and heal wounds for herself or her comrades. As long as they don't die on the spot, no matter how serious the injury is, they can save you!

With a paladin on the battlefield, even those guards who know nothing about magic no longer need to worry about the enemy using mysterious magic to play with them. They can swing their swords and kill the enemies with confidence!

Balance may be needed in games, but not in reality. Paladin is recognized as the strongest class, no doubt about it.

What's more, Anno is a Paladin who has sworn the "Vow of Vengeance". This means that she, who has sworn to revenge against evil, can not only protect her teammates, but also deal a devastating blow to any enemy!

"We must seize this opportunity. If we delay for a little longer and the enemy finds some clues and moves their position, it will be too late!" Seeing that his comrades were still hesitating, An Nuo, who was anxious, hurriedly emphasized, "Everyone, this is our team's first mission. Can you bear to fail?"

"What are you afraid of? I'm here! Warriors, only courage can bring glory. Looking ahead and behind is a cowardly act that will only bring failure and shame!"

The remaining team members looked around, and suddenly a sense of heroism surged in their chests.

Yes, we have a Paladin!

The advantage is mine!

"Let's go, you lead the way!"

Seeing his comrades' fighting spirit rekindled, Annuo turned around, let the breathless man who came to report the news walk in front, and he followed closely behind, full of anger, vowing to teach these cultists a lesson!

……

The next day, early morning.

Hawthorne got up before dawn, had breakfast, and then changed into a brand new white business suit with the help of Heidi and others.

He was holding a briefcase full of documents in his hands, his hair was combed meticulously, and even though his face looked a little immature, he still looked very handsome.

Cuibisi helped him dress up, her eyes full of admiration. She had been doing all these things, including registering the company and buying clothes. Now that the results of all this were in front of her, she felt a sense of pride.

Heidi's eyes were filled with some worry: "Master, do you really want to go alone? How about I accompany you? I can protect you from danger and also help you hold the scene."

Her suggestion was good, but unfortunately, Hawthorne still shook his head firmly: "No."

After a pause, he smiled and said, "Don't worry. The security in Liber Port is still very good during the day. Fights and murders only happen at night."

"Especially since I went to the most prosperous central area this time, the public security there is much better than in the south even at night.

The best places in the harbor are even better, so don’t worry! ”

"What's more, I am now a level three spellcaster. In this city, I am considered one of the strongest. You don't have to worry about me!"

He tried to persuade her, but Heidi's eyes were still filled with worry. Finally, he had no choice but to sigh and said in a slightly tough tone: "Be obedient!"

So the nun curled her lips, as if a little aggrieved, and finally stopped talking.

Seeing that she was indeed unhappy, Hawthorne stepped forward and kissed her gently on the lips, then said, "I'm leaving now, take care of our home."

With this action, Heidi finally changed her worry into a smile and nodded vigorously: "Yeah!"

Hawthorne then gave Cuibis a light kiss, turned around, and walked out of the main gate of the monastery as the witches saw him off.

Chapter 78 Blue Dragon Lord, Rahman

At this moment, the sky in the east was just beginning to brighten. Except for the fishermen who needed to go out to sea to fish and a few people who had urgent matters to attend to, almost no one was up.

Hawthorne walked out of the monastery's gate, but this time, he did not go to the slums. Instead, he turned east and walked towards the only pure land in Nangang District for the first time.

In the dim light of morning, he walked through the old but clean streets heading east, having the illusion that he was strolling in the old town of the 1970s and 1980s.

Soon, several old yellowed trams appeared at the end of his vision. Next to the tram stop, several district government offices, small vendors and Amazon women were queuing up next to the trams, waiting for the doors to open.