After tidying up, Yake put on his newly bought stainless steel battle armor, holding a brand new stainless steel thick round shield in his hand, and replaced the warhammer with a new stainless steel mace. This pair of equipment fit him 2 meters He was tall and thick like a humanoid tank.
Gridan is also a refreshed item.
For the convenience of movement, Link also put on a set of light leather armor.
Then the three of them set off and walked towards the market in the east of Hegu Town.
The town is not big, with a radius of only more than one mile, but because it is close to the hot spring city of Wangdu, and the King's Avenue just passes by here, there are many pedestrians coming and going, and there are all kinds of people, so the three of Link are not very conspicuous.
After walking for about five or six minutes, the three of them arrived at the entrance of the small town market.
Because there are a large number of livestock transactions in the market, farmers in the Gwent Forest will come here to buy or sell livestock such as cattle and sheep. At the entrance, there are two small town militia guards, and there are even more militia patrols in the market, which is to prevent riots.
As a mercenary, Yake will of course deal well with the militiamen. When he walked up to a militiaman, Yake handed over a silver coin without a trace, and said with a smile on his face, "John, has anything happened in the market recently?"
For the sake of silver coins, John had a very good attitude. He shook his head and said, "No, today's market is in good order, and there are no quarrels."
"Oh, so. Have you seen Lucy?" Jake asked again.
Lucy is beautiful and has a good figure. As a mercenary, she likes to wear leather armor for the convenience of fighting. The leather armor is particularly prominent in her figure, so she is very popular in Hegu Town. She is the dream lover of many bachelors, and the townspeople know it Even if she has never seen her existence, she has heard of her reputation.
Of course John also knew Lucy. In fact, he was one of Lucy's suitors. Of course, Lucy had been talking to him all the time.
He shook his head: "I haven't seen it, she didn't come to the market today at all, otherwise I would definitely not know!"
As soon as these words came out, Yake, Gridan, and Link frowned at the same time. It seems that something really happened!
Seeing the three of them, John asked nervously, "Why, isn't Lucy with you?"
His appearance, in the eyes of Yake and Gridan, is just a suitor who cares about his goal, but in the eyes of Link, he sees more news.
This John was indeed a little nervous, but when he spoke, his eyes were a little suspicious, and he seemed to know something inside.
Link immediately stepped up, turned his hand, and he held the two gold coins between his fingers, revealing a gleam of golden light. At the same time, Link adjusted his position to block the sight of others, making sure that only John saw the gold coins.
He asked softly, "Tell me what you know, and then these two gold coins will be yours, John."
Seeing that John was still hesitant, Link quickly added: "Do you know why Lucy doesn't like you?"
"Why?" John asked instinctively.
There was a mocking smile on Link's face: "She told me that you are just unreliable and can't give her a sense of security. I thought it was just an excuse, but I didn't expect it to be true. At this time, You are still thinking about your own safety, why do you pursue her like this?"
When Link was so agitated, John's face immediately turned red, and he said angrily, "Who said I only think about myself? Do you know who you have offended?"
"who?"
"...I can't say it!" John held back at the last moment.
Link took a hand, and five gold coins appeared. The golden light was very dazzling. John swallowed. The money was worth half a year's income. Said: "If something happens to Lucy, it can only be done by Syndicate, and that's all I have."
As soon as he finished speaking, he looked helplessly at the gold coin in Link's hand.
Yes, he likes Lucy, but Lucy doesn't like him, and she messed with Syndicate, that's already a dead person. In John's eyes, a dead person is far less important than gold coins.
Link threw the gold coin over, and then said to Yake and Gridan, "Let's go, there is no more news in the market."
Since it was done by the Syndicate, their methods must be very secretive. The flow of people in the market is so huge that they can't even track the smell, even with low-level tracking magic.
Of course he knows about the Syndicate. If the Dark Brotherhood is the largest underground force in the west of the Gwent Forest, then the Syndicate is a gang of giant thieves that spread all over the human world. They originated from the Southern Free Business Alliance. Spread, and now it has spread throughout the entire human world.
Of course there are also their branches in Gwent Forest, and they occupy the entire southern area of the forest.
Compared with the two, the Dark Brotherhood is a local snake, and the Syndicate is the raptor of the underground world. It's not that the Raptors don't cross the river. Although the nations of the Terran have wiped out the Syndicate forces many times, the Syndicates will reappear soon afterward, and soon flourish.
They are as tenacious as weeds that can't be burned out and can't be hoeed clean.
Link also knew that the reason why the Syndicate organization could not be eradicated like scabies was because behind this organization stood a legendary strong man with a near-immortal life.
He is a walker in the shadows, a grand master thief, one of the underground kings of Ferroman, and the founder of the first generation of syndicates—Morpheus!
This person has the power of the legendary pinnacle, and has already touched some of the mysteries of God's Domain. In the game of his previous life, in order to ignite the divine fire and confer the gods, he finally cooperated with the dark gods, making the entire syndicate a big cancer in the glorious world.
Because of this, Morpheus became the final boss of the game's first team copy, and Link's union also won the first kill of this boss.
Recalling the thrilling battle in the game in the previous life, Link said softly in his heart: "Morpheus, now you have already started to walk on that dark road?"
Of course, the Syndicate organization in Gwent Forest is just a branch, and Link will naturally not meet the big boss Morpheus, but this matter is also very difficult.
He had to think carefully.
Obviously, Yake and Gridan also knew about the Syndicate organization. On the way back, both of them were silent, not saying that they would give up on rescuing Lucy. to save.
After walking for a few minutes, Link had a rough idea of the whole thing.
First, what is the purpose of the Syndicate
gold? This should be one of the opponent's goals. Although the syndicate should not be short of money, no one will think that they have too much money.
Then it should be... Taruvis' enchanted rune.
This magic rune is a key part of helping the demon Taluvis escape from the enchantment plan. It was lost by Werther just like that. The dark forces behind it will definitely get it back. At this time, Morpheus has already With the cooperation of the dark gods, the Syndicate will naturally become the running dog of the dark forces.
'Magic runes should be the biggest goal of the Syndicate. Link made this judgment, so in this way, Lucy's life should not be in danger until the final location of the magic rune is determined.
However, before that, the Syndicate will definitely continue to torture and question her. As long as she can't help but say that the magic rune is with Link, then Lucy will be killed, and Link will also be in great trouble .
At this time, whether Lucy said it or not, Link would not blame her, because if he was in a similar predicament, when his body was tortured by terror, he would definitely tell the secret in his heart without hesitation.
The most important thing now is to find out where Lucy is as soon as possible and rescue Lucy.
Thoughts were running around in his mind. When the three of them walked to the door of the hotel in Hegu Town, Link had already made a rough plan. He asked the silent Yake beside him: "How can I find the messenger of the Syndicate in Hegu Town?" ?”
Absolutely closed organizations do not exist. Each organization will set up an external messenger. This is mainly to prevent unnecessary losses caused by poor communication of information between various organizations.
As a mercenary, Yake knows far more about the underground world than Link. When he comes to Gwent Forest to make a living, he naturally has to worship the mountain first. He knows what can be touched and what cannot be touched. It belongs to the one that must never be touched.
He immediately said, "You should be able to find them in the casino in Hegu Town."
"Then go to the casino!"