Wood is an excellent spy, mastering a variety of skills, both in combat and in life.
This of course includes driving carriages and riding horses. Even if he is poisoned and feels unwell, he is still an excellent groom and can drive the carriage steadily on the road.
Not only that, because there was not much load on his carriage, his carriage was faster than ordinary carriages, overtaking cars one after another along the way.
On earth, this would definitely be an extremely popular thing - of course it would be the same in this world, but Wood couldn't be happy.
He is a spy and has just killed his wife. No matter which crime is exposed, he will be in great trouble. So now he needs to keep a low profile, as low a profile as possible.
According to this idea, he should drive the carriage slower. But now his return is as fast as an arrow, and he really wants to put on his wings and fly directly to the highest tower, how can he slow down!
At the end of the day, he gave up.
It would be better if he were not discovered; if he was discovered, that would be his destiny.
In fact, what can I do if I go back? He is just a spy, even if he is relatively high-level, after all, he is just a cornerstone of the "Arcane Tower Federation", and his superior is a high-ranking official of the Federation, whose status is almost equivalent to that of a consul to a grand consul. between. If I go to see him as a great artist, I might be able to see him, but if I go to see him as a spy... I'm afraid I won't even be able to get through the gate of the intelligence agency.
Maybe... I can go through official channels and meet him as the "Great Artist of the Northwest Republic"
While resting at the inn at night, Wood thought about this problem.
The inn was newly built in recent years. To put it bluntly, it is a large hotel where travelers can stay overnight. It also has fences and stables, and people to look after the pack horses—and of course, there are attendants to look after the passengers.
As long as you are willing to spend a little money, you can sleep on a sturdy bed without sleeping in the open at night, with bedding, hot water, and delicious dinner and breakfast.
Of course, there are also some Iron Rooster businessmen who are reluctant to part with this small amount of money and would rather sleep on the carriage at night. There is a large open space next to the inn for these iron roosters to use.
However, even so, they still need to buy water at the inn.
There is no clean water in the Ash Forest, unless they are willing to use up the precious carriage load to load these things that cannot be sold for a price in any town.
Of course the merchants would not do this, so they could only buy water from the inn.
The water in the station also has a cost, because it needs to be purified by a magic circle.
Because the inn must be built along the road and cannot rely on earth veins, so in addition to absorbing some of the magic power from nearby earth veins, many of the magic arrays must rely on planting some magic plants, or simply using magic crystals.
This is a large amount of expenditure. If it were not for the unified management of the government of the Northwest Republic, many inns would not be able to sustain themselves.
The price of accommodation, meals, and clean water is evaluated based on the total cost.
At this price, these stations are probably making a slight profit, not much, but they are still making money after all.
As for the staff at the inn, they all receive their salaries from the Republic, and they can be regarded as the iron rice bowl of the big pot.
It's not that Sui Xiong has never thought about contracting, or guaranteeing a basic salary and then receiving commissions. However, after the meeting and discussion, everyone felt that this method might not be very effective, and the results of the prediction magic deduction were almost the same, so Sui Xiong did not stick to his plan.
After all, this is not playing a game, but running a country. The effect is the most important, and his personal thoughts and concepts must give way to the actual effect.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with eating in a big pot. At least for now, the stations are still running well. Wood had a good rest that night. Although he woke up several times due to internal pain, it had nothing to do with the inn.
The next morning, amid the bustle of merchants hurrying on their way, he set out quietly.
Just like that, he finally arrived at Void City.
The journey went smoothly, but Wood felt that his body was getting weaker due to the toxins.
He really wanted to seek treatment from a priest in the temple, but that would mean that his whereabouts would be exposed - which was fine, but how could he explain why an ordinary artist was poisoned by such a strange poison
Wood couldn't think of any reasonable explanation, especially since priests had spells to detect lies, making it even more difficult to deceive.
So he had no choice but to hold on to his illness and go to the Kingdom of Glory through the portal.
The Kingdom of Glory is the Kingdom of Holy Angels in the past. Since the death of the previous Sun God, the upper echelons of the Kingdom of Holy Angels, which he almost exclusively believed in, have been brutally purged. Countless people have died, but this has also laid the foundation for the new country. Over the years, although the believers of the former Sun God still wanted to make big news from time to time, the faith of the human gods has been basically stable, and they can no longer cause any trouble.
After all, the gods behind them have fallen, and even the priesthood has been divided between the God of the Fire Element and the Goddess of Dawn, with no possibility of resurrection. In this case, even if there are still people who insist on believing in Him, what is the point of having faith that does not receive a response
Wood easily found a temple in the capital of the Kingdom of Glory that was willing to help him with treatment. Although the fee was a bit expensive, he had no intention of returning alive from this trip. Since he didn't even care about his life, why should he care about money anymore?
Although that temple is expensive, the work is really beautiful. The chief priest personally took action, and invited six priests and six priests. A total of thirteen people jointly held the ceremony. The toxins in Wood's body were immediately completely removed, and the whole person completely returned to his peak condition.
Wood, who was unharmed and light-hearted, put on makeup and then used the teleportation gate again, first teleporting to Void City and then to the Supreme Tower.
But standing on the street of the Supreme Tower, he was a little confused.
Did you really come to your door like this
Go as Wood the spy, or Wood the artist
He has always been a decisive person, but at this time, he couldn't help but hesitate.
After thinking about it again, he decided to wait and resolve the things he wanted to deal with first. After all the concerns and wishes are resolved, it's not too late to talk to the superiors in detail.
After all... After the detailed discussion, he is probably going to die.
Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and walked straight towards the civilian area.
There is a small shop there that has been passed down for four generations. The owner has a secret recipe passed down from his family, and several southern specialties are cooked to a very high standard. For more than ten years, he often thinks of this place every time he eats.
The wishes must be fulfilled one by one, let’s start with this!
Almost an hour later, Wood had not finished his meal, but his information had been sent to the head of federal intelligence in the Mystic Tower.
"Wood is back?" The intelligence director looked at the information and frowned, "What does he mean?"
"A spy returning privately is considered a betrayal," his secretary said.
The supervisor shook his head: "We have already determined that he betrayed, and adding this to the list is meaningless."
He pondered for a while, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Could it be that... he didn't actually betray?"
The more he thought about it, the more it made sense, and he couldn't help but laugh: "I don't know what method he used, but there is no doubt that he found out from Bei Feng that we thought he was betraying... Haha, he is coming back to quarrel with us. Yes!"
"Is this approach... okay?" the secretary asked with a frown.
The supervisor thought for a while and said: "Of course there are problems, but they are nothing compared to 'Wood did not betray'."
He smiled and said: "Talents are rare, and talents like him are even rarer. Although I really want to deal with him according to the rules, rules are dead and people are alive... Let's put it this way, Wood has something worthy of me making an exception. qualifications."
"Just a spy..."
"Haha! You can't think of him as just an ordinary spy." The intelligence chief said happily in a good mood, "He is almost the best spy in our federation, and may even be the best spy in the contemporary world. A talent like him , as long as you don’t make any principled mistakes, everything else is trivial.”
"But...he hasn't been able to send any valuable information over the years."
The supervisor's face suddenly darkened and his smile faded.
After a few seconds, he gave an order for the deputy in charge of espionage to come over.
When the deputy arrived, he introduced Wood's situation and asked the deputy to deal with it.
"What to do?" the deputy asked calmly.
"It's up to you." The intelligence chief replied equally calmly, "The current information is only this, why he came back, what he did before coming back, and even whether there was betrayal... these are still uncertain. The most important thing is, these What exactly has he experienced in the past few years? Why has the intelligence efficiency declined? We have no way of knowing these things since Beifeng has not reported back."
"So you want me to ask him first to clarify the matter?" the deputy asked.
"It's up to you." The supervisor smiled and waved his hand, "I can rest assured that you can do the work."
After the deputy went out, he squinted his eyes and showed a cold smile.
Yes, why are you worried? If something goes wrong, the credit of one's own leadership is indispensable; if something goes wrong, then one betrays one's trust.
This method works so well no matter how many times I use it!
"Wood...why did you come back? What do you plan to do?" He raised his head and murmured, "But no matter why, or what you want to do, for us, the most important thing is that you Still disobedient?"
"I hope you can understand, otherwise, haha, it can be of some help..."