Ten minutes later, Link and Annie arrived at the Inn in River Valley Town.
Annie's princess status is too eye-catching, so of course they are not in the living room, but in the private living room of the best room on the second floor of the hotel. At the same time, Anderson is staying in the living room, that is, the one who asked Link's name before Kingdom knight.
As for Yake and Grindan, they stayed in the lobby on the first floor, waiting for people from Syndicate to contact them.
"Why did you leave so suddenly without saying hello?"
In the living room, Annie, who was wearing azure leather armor, looked at Link, with a trace of resentment hidden in her dark blue eyes.
This time she was returning to the capital to report on her duties. After the Greenstone incident, both her father and King Ryan showed great concern for the dark elves. As an important participant in the incident, Anne was called back .
Link also sighed. He never expected to meet this future legendary assassin in Hegu Town thousands of miles away. He can only sigh that no matter how big the world is, it cannot resist the word coincidence.
At that time in Greenstone, Link had scruples and was afraid of being assassinated by dark elf assassins, so he didn't dare to stay, but now, in River Valley Town, he has more powerful magic, and this is also the heartland of the Norton Kingdom. Naturally it will be gone.
After thinking about it, he thought of the explanation, and said with a smile: "You must be very surprised that I, an apprentice of a magic academy, can use advanced spells like Pyroblast?"
Annie's attention was immediately attracted by these words. This was the biggest question in her heart. Anderson couldn't help but look over. He always thought that this young man was just an ordinary nobleman, perhaps a magic apprentice. But I didn't expect that this seemingly ordinary guy would explode this extremely powerful level 4 magic.
How old is he? 16 or 17? Shouldn't a magic apprentice at this age only know a few level 0 magic
Seeing the search in Annie's eyes, Link explained half-truthfully: "I was not going to explode, and I could only cast level 2 magic at most. But after I defeated Holm, I returned to the Fleming Academy of Magic and Magic , in the academy, I found three magic scrolls of Pyroblast. But the level of the scrolls was too high. In order to use them, I had some magic backlash. At that time, my strength was greatly weakened, and I could hardly cast spells You know, under the circumstances at that time, I couldn't stay in Greenstone without strength, otherwise I would die under the assassination of the hand of death, so I fled to the south."
This explanation is basically reasonable, even if there are flaws, it will be destroyed with the destruction of the Fleming Academy of Magic and Magic, and there is no way to verify it, so Link can rest assured to talk nonsense.
Annie really believed it, because Link had no reason to lie to her, but she was still very dissatisfied with Link's actions, and frowned: "Then you should tell me, I can send someone to protect you when you go south!"
'Tsk, why is this woman so persistent in this small detail, what a trouble! Link was a little annoyed, but the other party was a princess anyway, and he was also his friend, and he cared about him. He couldn't put on a cold face, so he could only continue to make up: "Actually, I have some special means of escape. From Greens After the pass came out, I went to Gwent Forest that morning."
The distance of thousands of miles is only three hours at Celine's flying speed.
Annie can no longer find a reason to express her dissatisfaction, but she still finds it difficult to accept Link's behavior of leaving without saying goodbye. She feels that the other party doesn't take her seriously at all... Wait, what kind of weird idea is she thinking? Why should the other party put her at ease
After realizing this problem, Annie was shocked, most of the resentment in her heart was scared away, she hurriedly sorted out her mood, and then asked a really meaningful question: "I saw you on the street just now. His face is cold, and your two friends are both frowning, are they in any trouble?"
God knows, Link was waiting for this sentence.
Anne is a noble princess, her father is the Iron Duke, and her uncle is the king, so she can mobilize a lot of resources, and he and this princess have a pretty good friendship. Now that they have encountered a strong enemy like the Syndicate, if they can take advantage of the situation, a fool will succeed The hero does it alone.
You know, he is naturally not afraid of a syndicate branch alone, but the syndicate's influence spreads all over the human world. When he destroys a branch, there will definitely be waves of counterattacks, endless.
There is only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days. Who can bear it if it goes on like this.
Now that Princess Anne has come forward, the Norton Kingdom stands behind her. Even if the Syndicate knows that the branch has been destroyed, facing the power of the kingdom, they can only consider themselves unlucky.
This is called passing on the risk, and Link came up with this idea when he met Annie.
Thus, Link talked about his encounters in River Valley Town, from the encounter with the flamingo mercenary team, to the time when he wiped out the Brotherhood of Darkness and got Werther's treasure in order to pay for the tuition for the Academy of Magic. In the end, the money was coveted by the syndicate, and they got involved in new troubles. In the end, Lucy was taken away by the syndicate and told everything. However, Link didn't mention the details about the magic runes.
He is not afraid of leaking this matter, because this thing is an absolute taboo in the Glory World, and Syndicate will not say it before it is too late to cover it up, and Yake and Gridan are his followers, let alone say it, so there is no accident If so, he should be able to keep the secret of the magic rune.
When Link finished speaking, Annie turned to Anderson, the knight of his kingdom: "General, this syndicate is too powerful. It is not a good thing for such a bandit organization to appear near Hot Springs. Greenstone City It is a precedent. I wonder if there will be a clean-up?"
Everyone knows that the Thief Syndicate is not a good thing. Any kingdom will come to mow the grass every once in a while, not to mention that Princess Anne obviously wants to help. Naturally, Anderson will not object unwisely. He raised his fist and patted On the chest, he said seriously: "Your Highness, as you wish! I will go to recruit the militia in Hegu Town now!"
"Well, you go, this matter has to be rushed." To Andussen, Anne is a noble princess, she is full of airs.
Anderson saluted again, and strode out of the living room to dispatch the military force of Hegu Town.
When the door was closed, only Anne and Link were left in the room.
Link was worried about the Syndicate's contact in his heart, so he didn't have the time to sit here blindly. After a while, he said, "Your Highness Princess..."
"Call me Annie, just like Greenstone City." Annie interrupted Link.
"Okay, Anne, people from the Syndicate will come to the door at any time, shall we wait in the hall?" Although there were Yake and Gridan in the hall, these two mercenaries were intimidated by the name of the Syndicate , he was worried.
Annie nodded: "Alright."
The two got up and were about to go out. When Link closed the doorknob, Anne's faint voice suddenly sounded from behind: "Is that Lucy beautiful?"
What is the problem? Link didn't react for a while, he was a little puzzled, but he still nodded: "It's not bad."
"Oh, how is it better than me?" Annie asked again.
"Each has its own merits, uh~ Of course it's not as good as you." Link finally came to his senses. Could it be that Annie has taken a fancy to him? No, they didn't meet for more than two hours, what kind of relationship could they have
In all fairness, Link has no feelings for Annie at all. They are just friends at most. Although she is a princess and pretty, she is not his type at all, but he can't talk nonsense. Women are emotional creatures. If you don't take care of her mood at this time, maybe this matter will be ruined by taking advantage of the situation.
Link turned around and explained seriously: "Lucy is my follower, we used to fight side by side, no matter if something happened to her, Yake, or Gridan, I would save it. This is the same as Lu Whether Xi is a woman or not has nothing to do with being pretty, it is my responsibility as a lord."
The lord and the followers have their own responsibilities. Once the follower covenant is established, the followers are loyal to the lord, and the lord protects the interests of the followers. If the follower dies because of him, he must arrange the other party's affairs, so as not to let others Followers chill.
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Annie's face suddenly changed from cloudy to sunny, and her pace quickened. She walked a few steps behind Link, and her attitude became very positive: "You can't enroll, you can write to me. I My father has a good friend who is a powerful level 6 magician, and he is also the magic instructor of East Valley School of Magic. As long as my father asks, he will definitely accept you as a disciple. With your talent, he is happy to be his disciple It's too late. But well, I won't blame you this time, if you have difficulties in the future, you must remember to find me."
"I remember." Link nodded.
The two opened the door and walked out of the room.
At this moment, Yake appeared at the stairs on the second floor of the hotel. After seeing Link, he immediately relaxed: "My lord, Syndicate sent a letter."
"What did the letter say?" Link's expression froze.
"He asked us to go to the Red Leaf Valley in the south of Hegu Town, and exchange...gold coins for people. They asked us to get there before three o'clock in the afternoon." Yake glanced at Anne. He originally wanted to say Crystal, but realized that Anne was an outsider , It's hard to say, and the reaction was quickly changed to gold coins.
Annie didn't understand the mystery. When she heard this, her brows were raised, and she was furious: "Has the Syndicate in Gwent Forest reached such a rampant level? It seems that it's time for me to come back!"
Yake didn't understand this, and looked at Link.
Link explained: "Princess Anne will help us save people, and Cavalier Anderson has dispatched the town militia to help."
Yake was overjoyed at once. With the intervention of the power of the kingdom, the threat of the Syndicate was nothing to fear. I didn't expect the lord to know the princess, and the relationship is still very good. This is really great.
Link turned to Anne again: "Annie, our first priority now is to save people first, and then we will talk about the suppression. So the momentum should not be too loud. My idea is that Yake and Gridan and I go first, and then you all quietly Keep up with…”
"No, I want to go with you and let General Anderson be in the rear! Don't persuade me, it's too dangerous for you to go alone. In Greenstone, you saved my life. This time, let I'll help you too." Annie's expression was unquestionable.
Link could only nod: "Okay then."
So, Anne quickly wrote a letter and asked the servant to deliver it to Knight Anderson, and then said to Link: "Let's go, let's go, ride my horse!"