Stump looked at Katharina with a smile and said, "Miss Bailing, I now understand which side you belong to."
"What? You want to report me?" Catalina tilted her head and looked at the tree stump.
The stump waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, how can a rat like me mess with you? If you're gone, who can I sell the information to? I'm just saying that the city is being searched very closely right now. I know you must have a place to hide, but with the protective barrier now closed and the house being searched one by one, they will eventually find your place. Although I don't have any great abilities, there's no corner of the capital that I don't know. If you need, I can provide you with a few shelters."
"This... I understand. Continue to tell me about other losses." Catalina said.
"The Magic Association suffered heavy losses. President Vittorio and second vice president Bakareza both died in the explosion. What's worse is that the first vice president, Master Gordon, was locked up by them two days ago. I have a friend who is an assistant deacon of the Magic Association. He said that the Magic Association is in chaos now. Several high-level wizards have jumped out to take charge, but they don't agree with each other and don't know what to do."
"You are well-informed. You can even find out about the Magic Association."
Tree Stump grinned: "People like us like to make friends, and we can make friends. If Miss Bailing doesn't want to pay with the copper shield one day, she can exchange it with information."
"Go on."
"Master Almeida of the Healer's Tower fell to his death, Master Rhea of the Ice Tower also died in the explosion, and one Silver Leaf Priest and one Great Knight of the Nature Temple each died. As for the high-level and mid-level ones, I'm not sure, but there are quite a few anyway." Tree Stump counted them one by one on his fingers.
"So, regardless of winning or losing, all parties will suffer heavy losses?"
"If you ask me, the princess didn't suffer much loss. Her two great knights were dug out of the ruins alive. I don't understand the affairs of the adults, but some of my friends think that if there is anyone who has benefited from this, it is the royal family." At this point, Tree Stump spread his hands and said, "If this is the information you want to know, then I have said everything I need to say."
Catalina took out the silver spear and threw it to him. Stump took it with both hands, rubbed it on his sleeve, and put the silver spear into his pocket. "You are so generous. If all my clients were like you, I wouldn't have to live here anymore."
Katarina then took out another silver spear and said, "One more thing. Can you help me get ice snake blood and star grass?"
"Ah, this is something for healing, especially burns." The stump thought for a moment and said, "Okay. Give me an hour and I can buy it for you. Where can I deliver it?"
"It's right here. After you buy the goods, come back here and wait, and you will naturally meet me." Catalina said.
After the stump left, Catalina left the alley as if nothing had happened. She looked around and found that there were no good hiding places in this small square in the market area. Some places like rooftop balconies would arouse suspicion if seen by others, so she simply continued to walk around in the market, constantly changing her position to avoid staying in one place for too long and attracting attention.
Tree Stump was a smart guy. Katharina knew that he had guessed who she was looking for information and medicine for. However, letting him go to trade was a last resort, and it was much better than taking risks herself. Katharina had no doubt that the places where medicine could be bought normally in the city must be watched by the princess's people. Only someone like him who could find resources in the dark corners of the city could solve the problem unknowingly.
Catalina walked around the market for nearly an hour and saw the tree stump swaying back to the alley. She walked around the alley and confirmed that there were no guards or temple people ambushing around, then slowly approached the alley.
"The medicine you asked for." Seeing that there was no one around, Shudun took out a package from his arms and put it in Catalina's basket.
Catalina looked through it and found nothing wrong, so she put the two silver spears in Stump's hands.
"If you need anything else, just tell me and you know where to find me." Stump put away the silver coins with satisfaction, and the two walked out of the alley in different directions.
But just as Katarina was about to return to the small square, she suddenly felt a sense of alarm. Mercenaries always trust their intuition. Katarina burst out with fighting spirit and leaped back without hesitation. The next second, a beam of magic light hit the place where she was originally going. She looked up and found a wizard floating in the air, preparing the second spell. And two knights in leather armor suddenly rushed out from both sides of the alley below, each holding a long sword and rushing towards her.
Catalina turned and ran, but when she looked back, she saw Shudun also rushing towards her, with three or four warriors chasing him.
Damn, this is a trap!
Soon the two men met in the middle of the alley, but the two sides were in no hurry to capture them and approached them steadily.
"You betrayed me?" Catalina took out half a dagger from the basket and put it against the neck of the tree stump. This was her only weapon.
"No! If I betrayed you, I wouldn't have to act now."
Catalina snorted coldly and put away the dagger, but the two of them were too powerless to fight against these people.
"I don't know how they caught up with us." Stump pulled out a short knife from his boot. "I, I clearly bought these things through the Wild Bear Gang. Could it be that the people from the Wild Bear Gang were recruited by the princess?"
"What should we do now? There is no way to escape!"
"I think it's better to surrender! Otherwise we will be stepped on to death like cockroaches." Stump swallowed and said.
"This young man made a wise choice." The wizard who slowly floated down from the sky said, "Put down your weapons and follow us. I promise not to kill you!"
Catalina could tell from the knights' figures and steps that the weakest among them was stronger than her. She put the dagger on her neck and shouted, "If you come any closer, you will only get my corpse."
The wizard in the sky waved his hand, signaling the knights to slow down, but he himself prepared a binding magic. As long as he succeeded, the woman would not even have the chance to commit suicide.
"Don't be so decisive. There is hope only if you keep your life. Besides, even if you commit suicide, the magician may be able to torture your soul." said the stump.
Katarina poured her fighting spirit into the dagger and pointed it at her forehead. "How about this? This way they won't get anything, right?"