After bidding farewell to the two masters of Lille and York, Ryan and the others left the "Magic Hand" and came to the street. At this time, the sky was already bright. Unknowingly, the night passed. It was still early and there were no pedestrians on the street. Not a lot, but the cool air cheered up the sleepy Ryan. He stretched out, yawned, and said lazily: "Oh, I feel so comfortable. It was a really long night last night." ah."
Allen took a few deep breaths, and then said to Ryan, "Yes, but the gains from this night are not small."
Ryan rubbed his eyes and replied: "Now that I think about it, we took too much advantage in the last adventure with the Six Arrows Mercenary Group, Burry and the others. This is really embarrassing."
Allen smiled. He patted Ryan on the shoulder and said, "Lian, I'm not boasting. Without you, they wouldn't have been able to get out of that adventure. Magic items are tempting, but you also have to have a life to use them." Ah, but if you feel in your heart that you have taken advantage, you can compensate them the next time you have the opportunity, such as giving them more magic scrolls."
Ryan thought for a while and said seriously: "Okay, anyway, I have been practicing non-stop recently, and there should be a lot of good scrolls." Speaking of this, Ryan remembered how to use the five fireball spells given to Flanner last night. Three were dropped, so he turned to Flanner and said, "Flanner, I'll make a few more fireball scrolls for you in the next few days."
Flanner followed Ryan and Allendo, but he lowered his head and seemed to be thinking about something. Ryan said to him twice in a row, but Flanner did not answer Ryan's words. Ryan was a little surprised. When filming Flanner, unexpectedly, Flanner suddenly said: "Competitor."
"Competitor, what competitor." Ryan and Allen were stunned by Flanner's meaningless words. They looked at each other, neither of them understood what Flanner meant.
Flanner suddenly seemed to wake up. He smiled at Ryan and Allen, indicating that nothing happened to him, and then he explained: "That Jamie, he is also a competitor."
"Jamie." Ryan recalled carefully. Yes, he and his party did meet such a person when they were at "Magic Hand", but Ryan had no impression of him and couldn't really recall what this person looked like. Yes,
Allendo suddenly interjected: "You said competitors, the same competitors as you before."
Allen's words suddenly made Ryan realize. Yes, wasn't Flanner a competitor to be the next president of the Dorok Business Alliance? It turned out that this person named Jamie was also the person. Ryan said: "You said that three years old An apprentice of about ten years old.”
Flanner nodded and said in a positive tone: "Yes."
"Oh, how did you know." Ryan tilted his head and once again recalled the person named Jamie. Unfortunately, he really didn't pay attention to these apprentices at the time. He only remembered that the person named Jamie behaved in a certain way. It was a little abnormal, because he seemed to be following me all the time, and an ordinary apprentice would not do that.
"Feeling." Flanner's tone was very critical, even though his answer was not satisfactory.
"Feeling." Ryan and Alando said in unison: "This is really a good reason."
Flanner smiled, and he said in a positive tone again: "Yes, it is something that is hard to describe. That Jamie, his behavior is so similar to mine before, I even He sees a bit of me as usual in him."
Before Ryan and Allen could say more, Flanner added: "I finally understand now. Even if Dorok didn't leak the list, it's impossible for us, civilian competitors, to keep our identities secret. Looking back now, It’s really funny. Working hard for the so-called great ideal all day long is actually just a magician’s mirror spell, which will break at the touch of a touch."
Ryan was a little worried about Flanner, and he asked cautiously: "Still thinking about those things."
"No, that's in the past. I failed. More importantly, I found a better goal."
Seeing that Flanner's answers were very organized, Ryan felt relieved. He smiled and said, "That's good."
Flanner said: "I just felt it. I inferred that the task that Jamie wanted to complete was probably related to magic items, so I took the initiative to follow us, because in this way, he could have more time with us. When those enchanters meet, maybe as soon as they see us, they may have already begun to figure out how to make the most effective use of us to achieve their own busy purposes. This 'Magic Hand' must have a close relationship with the Dorok Business Alliance. , otherwise Lille wouldn’t say that the sauerkraut stewed sausage is no different from what Chilaviv enjoys.”
Having said this, Flanner suddenly closed his mouth. After a few seconds, his face turned slightly red, and he said with some embarrassment: "Haha, I'm really bored. Why do I care about these things? Alas , are all habits left over from those years, collecting, analyzing, and using at all costs for that so-called goal... So when I was in trouble, naturally I didn't sincerely help me."
Flanner sighed a few words, suddenly stretched a long way, and then said: Let's go and have breakfast. I am most familiar with this paradise of freedom. I'm going to treat you to dinner today. There is a place where the barbecue is quite good. The famous one…”
The fragrant and greasy barbecue was brought in front of Ryan and the others. Smelling the fragrant barbecue, the three of them immediately developed an appetite. Even Xiaobai kept rubbing at Allendo's feet, lest he The owner has forgotten his existence,
Flanner picked up the knife, cut the plate of barbecue in front of him into small pieces, then picked up a piece with a fork, blew on it carefully, put it in his mouth and chewed slowly, Ryan followed closely, but He didn't have a fork, but used his own dagger, which was the one he bought when he first came out for adventure. Only Alando didn't start tasting it immediately, but cut into pieces the roast meat in front of him, which was obviously twice as much as others. There were two portions, and one was thrown to Xiaobai. The latter bit into it, huddled under the chair where Allen was sitting, and ate it to his heart's content.
This is not the busiest time for this small shop yet. Only four of the seven or eight tables in the shop are occupied. Sitting next to Ryan and the others are six strong men. Those people are drinking and chatting about something. Ryan I didn't want to eavesdrop on what others were saying, but those people were talking rudely and loudly, and I was afraid that the sound could be heard by everyone in the store.
"Do you know that the messenger from Thunder God Fortress arrived last night, and all the leaders of the Free Paradise Merchant Alliance were invited by Chilaviv. It is said that they were discussing countermeasures overnight."
"How did you know."
"Our Earth Mercenary Group was responsible for the security of those merchants last night. How do you know I know? We just changed our shift and we came right away to drink and eat meat with you."
"Thunder God Fortress, isn't it at the northernmost point of the continent? What does it have to do with us?"
"I heard that those green-skinned bastards are trying to make a move. Although we have General Orlando and the invincible Royal Knights, the army has to eat. There is no way to plant on the prairie in the north. We can only rely on our transportation from the south. There are also various strategic materials, aren’t they all sent from our south?”
"Oh, then according to what you said, why do we southerners listen to their northerners? Everything they eat and use is sold to them by us."
"Idiot, you are really stupid. Without those northerners, the green-skinned bastards would have gone south long ago. Besides, the northern prairie is rich in horses. When fighting on this continent, the cavalry is invincible. It has been for more than a thousand years. , infantry has never truly defeated cavalry.”
“…”
"Hey, look, aren't they the apprentices of the Dorok Business Alliance? Why are such a large group of them coming to the streets? They don't have to do business anymore."
"More than that, more than that. Look, those people wearing crimson clothes should be the apprentices of the Ruby Chamber of Commerce. They are usually competitors with Dorok. How come they got together today."
Ryan looked out of the window and saw dozens of apprentices dressed in different clothes appearing on the street. They walked together. Although there was no neat marching queue, so many people walked together and no one spoke. Every time they passed a house When entering a shop, an apprentice will enter, and the small shop where Ryan and the others are eating is no exception.
An apprentice wearing dark red clothes, who should be from the Ruby Chamber of Commerce, walked into the store, looked at the guests having breakfast, and then looked at the chef coming out of the kitchen, and said loudly: "Everyone Residents of Free Paradise, the Northern Orcs are preparing to attack the Thunder God Fortress again. After a night of emergency consultations, the leaders of the Free Paradise Merchant Alliance have already come up with countermeasures. Please be sure to gather in the central square at noon today. The Merchant Alliance will Release the results of last night’s emergency consultations.”
The apprentice kept repeating these sentences, and then once someone walked in, he immediately said it again, lest others did not hear. Although others were a little disgusted that he affected their mood during the meal, they knew what they had informed them as soon as they heard the content. It was a big event, and the war that Free Paradise experienced hundreds of years ago was notified using the same method used today.
Flanner whispered to Ryan: "Let's go and take a look. This situation is very rare. There must be a very important decision. It may be related to the future of the entire free paradise."
Ryan nodded in agreement, but he also whispered to Flanner: "What else can happen? It's just to support people and things."
Flanner smiled and said, "Of course, but the business opportunities here, haha, if you don't come in person and know these decisions at the first time, I guess the merchants and mercenaries will be worried."