The long night finally passed and day came.
Daytime, early morning.
Almost as soon as it got light again, Richard heard a knock on the door - a very careful knock on the door.
After two "bang bangs", there was a long pause, and then there were two more "bang bangs".
"Your Excellency Richard?" Gro's voice came, as if someone had strangled his throat.
"Huh?" Richard walked out, walked to the courtyard door, and opened the door.
With a "squeak", Groo subconsciously shrank to the side. After seeing that it was Richard, he looked into the courtyard door with some worry and asked Richard in a low voice as if he had a psychological shadow: "Richard... Sir, where is...Pandora?"
"Sleeping." Richard said.
"Huh, that's good." Grotto breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's the matter?" Richard asked aloud, opened the courtyard door wide and greeted, "Come into the room and talk."
"Well, it doesn't matter, just say it here." Gloria waved his hand repeatedly.
"That's okay." Richard glanced at Gro helplessly and asked, "What do you want to say?"
"I'll make a long story short." Groda said, "I came to you this time mainly for two things. One is that the wizard from the White Stone Tower arrived last night—well, he really arrived. The other thing is, The 'rumor' of the 'exemption voucher' has been confirmed - it's true.
Three 'Exemption Vouchers' were transported from 'Newburg' to Emerald City by an unlucky caravan just last night. The wizards at the White Stone Tower have confirmed that as long as they have the 'exemption certificate', regardless of whether they have wizard talent or not, even if they are stupid or disabled, they can pass the test and board the ship to the mainland. "
"So?" Richard's eyes flashed.
"So..." Gro said, "The 'Exemption Voucher' will be auctioned and sold at the auction held this morning. I think you will participate, right?"
"Um..." Richard responded, the expression on his face was not too eager, and he raised his eyebrows slightly, "Rather than the auction, I would rather know what the wizards from the White Stone Tower thought about their deaths after they arrived. , did you have any reaction? And... What happened to the exemption voucher? Why, as soon as the people from White Rock Tower arrived, the interview voucher came with them? Where is the original source of the exemption voucher, and how did it come from 'New York' Fort'shipped here?"
"Well, this..." Grotto was stunned and shook his head, "This... I really don't know."
"Don't know at all?"
"I don't know at all," Gro said frankly. "What you asked has nothing to do with boarding the ship to the mainland, so I never cared about it."
"All right… "
"By the way..." Groo looked at Richard and couldn't help but asked again, "By the way, Mr. Richard, do you want to participate in the auction? This time, because of the auction of the 'Exemption Voucher', the auction It will definitely be very lively. There should be many other precious things for auction. Of course, the most important thing is the exam exemption certificate. Aren't you planning to board the ship to the mainland? This is a rare opportunity... "
"Um..." Richard thought for a while, and finally nodded, "Then let's participate."
"Okay, I'll help you make arrangements." Gro said, turned around and left.
Under the protection of the guards, Gro got on the carriage and frowned slightly. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that Richard had no interest in the so-called "exemption certificate".
this…
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More than an hour later.
"Creak, creak, creak", under the protection of many guards, a luxurious carriage drove down the street and finally stopped in front of a tall building.
Richard and Gro got off the carriage.
After waiting for a while, the carriage shook. Pandora jumped out of the carriage, rubbing her eyes and yawning. She grabbed Richard's hand and followed him into the building, half asleep.
By the way, Pandora has been sleeping longer and longer lately.
Originally, Richard just thought this was Pandora's way of feeling bored and killing time. But gradually I realized that this might be caused by some kind of change in Pandora's body.
Lethargy? Is this for growth
Richard thought, looked up at the building in front of him, and found that the entire building was three stories high, with many decorative reliefs on the outer walls, which looked very gorgeous. The twelve marble pillars standing in front of the door are even more majestic. Above the main entrance is a gilded signboard with the words "Sofuji Auction House" written on it.
Sofles Auction House!
With his eyes slightly narrowed, Richard pulled Pandora and walked inside with Gro.
When he walked to the door, Richard frowned slightly and saw a large pool of blood on the ground. Although the blood has coagulated, the appearance of the hair shaft turning black is still a bit scary. In particular, the area that covers almost the entire doorway seems to be vividly telling what happened here in the past.
this…
After seeing Richard's appearance, Groo quickly explained: "This was done last night by several people from noble families."
"Huh? Why?"
Ge Luo explained in detail: "You don't know that for the sake of the exemption certificate, many families in Cuijin City went crazy last night and sent out troops to snatch it. For most of the night, there was a fighting battlefield outside the city. There were three "exemption certificates" inside The wooden box changed owners for more than ten times in a row. In the end, they even rushed into Emerald City. The blood in front of the door was left by them.
Later, when my eldest brother saw how outrageous they were, he used a lot of people to maintain order and warned all the families before they managed to calm down. And the things were sent to the auction house to prepare for auction. "
"Is that so..." Richard's eyes flashed and he walked toward the door of the auction house, but suddenly he heard another faint whisper.
"They are all dead..." someone said.
Richard turned his head and saw a young man in tattered clothes huddled in the corner not far from the door of the auction. His eyes were dull and empty. His eyes occasionally looked at the air and kept talking to himself. He muttered to himself: "They are all dead... They are all dead... They are all dead..."
This again
Gro glanced at it, curled his lips and said to Richard: "This is just an unlucky guy. He is the unlucky guy who was responsible for transporting the 'Exemption Voucher' to the Cuijin City business group. Their business group took the business. , I thought I was going to make a lot of money, but I didn't expect that too many people were eyeing the 'exemption certificate', and they were constantly attacked along the way. Later, they were ambushed and almost all of them were killed.
Only this guy ran out with the box containing the 'Exemption Voucher'. He originally wanted to ask for help, but the people he met had ulterior motives, which made him collapse. In the end, he ended up like this. The people at the auction house didn't know what to do with him, so they simply left him here to fend for himself. I think he is destined to become a beggar. Pitiful! "
Gro said he was pitiful, but he didn't really look pitiful.
Richard glanced at the other party and said nothing more.
But at this moment, Pandora, who was half asleep and holding Richard's hand, opened her eyes wide and looked at him.