Gu Jiu was not afraid of him. Instead, he gave him an exceptionally well-behaved smile.
She is quiet and sweet, the type that is very popular with elders.
Unfortunately, old Joseph was a cold-blooded old man. He was not fooled by her cute smile. His expression was still very unfriendly. He said coldly: "What do you want to say?"
Gu Jiu said softly, "It's nothing. Little Ella's grandmother has been very ill recently. I sent some medicine to Ms. Ella yesterday. She is much better today and can get up."
Although old Joseph did not say anything, he subconsciously became much gentler in fiddling with things.
Gu Jiu noticed his subtle reaction and suddenly smiled.
Old Joseph had a gloomy face and an unpleasant look, but he did not drive Gu Jiu away with cold words as he did in the past. He carefully put away the things he was fiddling with, turned around and left the counter, disappearing into a door next to the counter.
Behind the door is the backyard leading to the first floor, where old Joseph lived, as well as a yard, kitchen and so on.
After watching old Joseph leave, Gu Jiu didn't bother any more and found a seat near the door to sit down.
The players present looked at the direction where Old Joseph disappeared, then looked at her, and couldn't help but admire her.
This was the first time that the tavern owner avoided the player, unlike in the past when he would just righteously drive the player away.
Chai Yingying pulled Jiang Ze over and asked curiously, "Miss, what did you mean by what you just said to him?"
Gu Jiu did not hide anything and briefly told the two of them the news he had learned from the mayor today.
The two of them showed a look of sudden enlightenment on their faces, and the players who were listening nearby also understood it and looked a little envious.
Everyone used mist grass and food to exchange information with the townspeople. No one expected that Gu Jiu would be so lucky to meet a key person who was connected to the tavern owner the next day. There was no other luck like this.
"This old man seems very stubborn. Will he really make an exception for Ella and her grandchildren?" Chai Yingying expressed her doubts.
"Who knows, let's see."
After sitting for a while, Gu Jiu decided to go back to his room to rest.
It gets dark early in the town of Ella, and after a thick fog covered the area in the afternoon, the player wisely decided not to go out and spent the rest of the time in the tavern. Although it was a bit boring, it was better than going out and being eaten by monsters.
Especially those players who went out early in the morning, who were chased like dogs by a group of monsters, were already exhausted and basically did not have the energy to go out again in the afternoon.
After returning to the room, Gu Jiu talked to her boyfriend for a while and then fell asleep in his arms.
Lu Ji hugged her, feeling sorry for her because she put herself in the most dangerous situation every time she fought. Although she looked at ease, she also put in more energy. He carefully massaged her muscles and bones so that she could wake up refreshed the next day. This was the reason why Gu Jiu looked radiant every day.
After pressing the button for a while, Lu Ji suddenly turned his head and looked towards the window.
The window was half-open, and it seemed as if a pair of eyes were looking inside through the half-open window, and the feeling of being peeped was always with me.
Lu Ji looked at the person sleeping in his arms and was about to ignore him, but Gu Ji suddenly opened his eyes, sat up, and stared straight at the window.
"Ajiu?"
Gu Jiu got out of bed, walked over in his slippers and pushed open the window.
The moment she opened the window, the feeling of being spied on suddenly disappeared.
The window of the room faced the street outside, which was filled with thick fog. Occasionally, monsters could be seen passing by in the fog. Those monsters ignored the tavern and walked straight past it.
Lu Ji came over and said, "Ajiu, it shouldn't be a monster."
Gu Jiu nodded, looked at the situation outside the window for a while, and closed the window again.
Soon after I closed the window, the feeling of being spied on reappeared, but it quickly disappeared as soon as I opened the window to check.
After struggling for a few times, Gu Jiu realized that this gaze was just observing them and didn't seem to want to do anything. However, the feeling of being constantly watched was really uncomfortable.
As it got dark, the other players went back to their rooms to rest.
In the middle of the night, Chai Yingying and Jiang Ze heard a knock on the door. They got up to open the door and found Gu Jiu and Lu Ji standing outside.
The sleepiness of the two disappeared instantly, and Chai Yingying lowered her voice and asked, "Miss, Lu Ji, what do you want?"
Gu Jiu asked: "Do you feel like you're being watched?"
The two men shook their heads honestly and said in surprise: "Someone is spying on you? Are there ghosts here?" They felt something was wrong as soon as they finished speaking. There were no ghosts in the background of Ella Town, only monsters.
They are more inclined towards some kind of magic.
"Could it be related to the pub?" Chai Yingying pointed in the direction of downstairs.
Today, Gu Jiu used Ella and her grandchildren to test the tavern owner. Judging from old Joseph's reaction, he was not indifferent to Ella and her grandchildren, and he even cared about them.
Could it be that because of Gu Jiu's probing, they are about to suffer the same fate as the two Western players yesterday
"That's not the case." Gu Jiu said, "Except for spying, there is nothing unusual."
She came to find Chai Yingying and the others to confirm this.
Chai Yingying thought about it and boldly suggested, "Hey, why don't we go to the first floor to find the tavern owner and search the tavern at the same time, how about that?"
Jiang Ze hesitated: "Will there be any danger? If I am thrown out of the tavern in the middle of the night, it may not be easy to get back in..."
The concepts of leaving the tavern on your own initiative and being thrown out of the tavern are different, and the dangers are also different.
Although this was just their guess, considering the sudden disappearance of the two Western players, they all felt that this speculation was reliable.
"It is indeed a problem." Chai Yingying held her chin and decided to give the choice to Gu Jiu. "Miss, what do you think?"
Gu Jiu nodded: "This is a good suggestion, but someone is faster than us."
"Huh?"
Chai Yingying quickly understood what Gu Jiu meant.
When they reached the first floor of the tavern in the dark, they saw Odinson and three Western players walking out of the door next to the counter.
When the Western players saw these four people suddenly appear, they were startled at first, but quickly calmed down.
Although they are competitors, they are only competing for points and there is no need to hide anything.
Chai Yingying asked curiously: "Isn't Old Joseph here?" These Western players walked in so carelessly, but didn't they meet Old Joseph and were kicked out by him
"No, I didn't see him." A Western player replied and glanced at Odinson.
Odinson took the initiative to invite them, "Go sit over there, let's talk together."
Chai Yingying and Jiang Ze looked at Gu Jiu.
"Okay." Gu Jiu smiled.
A group of people sat down and lit a few oil lamps around them. The light was not very bright, but it was not difficult to see clearly.
Just as I sat down, footsteps were heard on the stairs.
Everyone turned around and found that Huo Ting and a male player walked down. When they saw the players sitting here, Huo Ting's expression was very calm, but the male player was a little surprised.
Huo Ting came over, a smile on his handsome face, "Do you mind if I join in?"
His smile looks very friendly, making people subconsciously unwilling to refuse. This is a kind of charm released by Huo Ting himself. When necessary, he is not reluctant to show his affinity to the world.
The prince who was born in a compound in Beijing has never been a simple person.
Gu Jiu looked at him with a smile and squeezed her boyfriend's hand nonchalantly.
Odinson stared at him for a moment and gave him a polite smile, "Of course, you're welcome."
Led by Odinson, Gu Jiu and Huo Ting, they sat in three different positions, and the others stood behind them. It looked like a three-party meeting.
Odinson spoke first: "There is a secret basement in the Witch Tavern. It is covered with magical restrictions. Ordinary people cannot easily enter it."
"You just went in, right?" Gu Jiu asked. Although he was asking, he was very sure.
Odinson nodded, and a magic doll crawled out from behind him. He said, "Alice can break magical restrictions. It can identify magical items with magical powers."
The Oriental players present looked at the magic doll with curiosity and amazement.
It turns out that the magic doll has this function.
Instantly, everyone present understood what Odinson meant. As long as there were magic items in the Witch Tavern, nothing could be hidden from him. Even the entire town of Ella could not be hidden from him.
The three Western players behind Odinson had proud looks on their faces. Although their magical creatures could not eat any garbage like the supernatural creatures, they were very useful in the home field of the Western players.
Odinson: "There are quite a few magical items in the basement, and they are very similar to the ones on the counter."
The so-called magic items are those things that the tavern owner usually fiddles with and that players think are strange.
Gu Jiu thought for a moment, "These things should have been purchased by him over the years."
The mayor said that the wine and guest rooms in the Witch Tavern were very expensive, and Old Joseph used the proceeds to buy a lot of strange things, which should be these magical items.
Odinson nodded slightly and continued, "In the past two days, we have checked the entire town of Ella. Alice told me that a magic circle has been set up in the entire town, and the center of the magic circle is the Witch Tavern."
Everyone understood.
Sure enough, the players’ previous guess was correct, the town of Ella is actually a large magic circle.
The Witch Tavern is the most important existence in the magic circle, so its existence is very special.
"Is it a summoning circle?" Chai Yingying interrupted.
Odinson shook his head, "Not sure." He touched the magic doll's head, "Although Alice can identify magic items, her ability is limited and she cannot confirm the type of magic circle."
After all, Alice is of a lower level, with limited intelligence and abilities.
After Odinson finished speaking, Huo Ting said in a deep voice: "The monsters were indeed summoned. I can destroy the space points and space channels where they were summoned."
Everyone looked at him.
This time it was the turn of the male player standing behind Huo Ting to be proud.
Their Tingge is so powerful.
Under the gaze of everyone, Huo Ting said slowly: "This is the special talent I awakened."
After hearing this, the players were reluctant to ask for too much detail, but they were still very curious about the spatial points where the monsters were summoned.
Huo Ting said: "Tomorrow I will draw a map of the town and the spatial points where the monsters are summoned for you."
"Thank you."
A smile appeared on Odinson's face. It turned out that his decision to cooperate with the Eastern players was the right one.
The main system would not bring players from the East and West together for no reason. It must have its purpose, and players need to figure it out on their own. Odinson is not a proud and arrogant person, so after entering the game world, he has been speculating on the abilities of these Eastern players and what role they can play.
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