"Pfft! Ugh!"
Richard pressed Gro into the broth bowl and then let go.
Gro raised his head with minced meat on his face and looked at Richard with a panicked expression: "Your Excellency Richard, you..."
"brush!"
Richard didn't speak, but grabbed Gro's shoulder and pulled him to the side. Before Gro could react, he heard a "whoosh" sound, and a dagger flew past his ear, almost grazing it. With a "bang" sound, it was nailed to the wall next to it.
"Uh, this!"
Richard gestured to Glo in the distance, and Glo turned to look over. Only then did he realize that the chaos started from a long table in the distance and was spreading to all directions. A group of people who were originally talking and drinking suddenly started fighting for some unknown reason. The dagger just now was thrown out during the fight. There was a flying knife before. If Richard hadn't pinned him into the broth, the flying knife would have definitely pierced his head.
This... is a bit dangerous.
Gloria was afraid, looking at the group of people who were fighting more and more fiercely, he couldn't help but want to leave. He turned around and looked at Richard, but he was as steady as a rock and continued to eat.
"Uh, okay..."
Seeing Richard's look, Gro felt a little relieved and prepared to stay and continue eating. Then he just opened his mouth, and with a "pop", he was pressed into the broth again by Richard.
After a while, Gro raised his head, sprayed out minced meat and green cabbage leaves from his mouth and nose, and looked at Richard resentfully.
Richard spread his hands and said, "Your position is too bad. When those people are fighting, there is a high probability that something will fly towards you, and you can't see it with your back turned. Why don't you change your position."
"Okay." After listening to Richard's words, Glo obediently moved to the opposite side of Richard. As expected, many weapons flew past him, but never landed on him again. Gro pushed the broth aside, wiped his face and continued eating.
At this time, the group of people fighting had already seen blood. A person with an injured arm shouted loudly and stabbed a person in the stomach with a sharp knife. With a sound of "Ah", the person who was stabbed screamed, fell limply to the ground, twitched a few times and became motionless. The few people in the tavern saw this situation and ran out one after another. Some were afraid of getting into trouble, while others simply wanted to eat the King's meal.
There were very few people who didn't leave, and the table of Richard and Gro was extremely conspicuous.
"Da da da!"
The fighters were holding weapons and looking around with red eyes. When they saw Richard and Gro, they strode over with sharp eyes and said with murderous intent: "Hey, boy, didn't you see us killing people?"
"Uh..." Gro looked at the speaker, his eyes flickered slightly nervously, and then nervously stuffed a fried mushroom into his mouth without saying anything.
Richard said: "I saw you killing people, so?"
"So!" The other party narrowed his eyes slightly, "Then why don't you run away? Aren't we afraid that we will kill you together?"
"I was just eating normally. Did I mess with you? Why did you kill me?" Richard asked.
"Because..." The other party was speechless, but after a moment he shouted wildly, "I think you don't like it, can you?"
"Are you sure?" Richard asked, taking out the Whitestone Tower's identity plate from his arms and placing it gently on the table, "Are you sure you want to have trouble with the Whitestone Tower Academy?"
After seeing the nameplate, the other party's expression changed: "So you are a student of White Rock Tower Academy? No wonder you are afraid, but you are just an auditor."
Richard said nothing and looked directly at the other person.
The other party opened and closed his lips a few times, but he was obviously still a little afraid. He took a step back and said firmly: "I won't get into trouble with you this time." He turned around and left quickly with the person and the body.
Gro's eyes lit up: "So is this identity plate so useful?"
"It's hard to say." Richard said, "Sometimes it's just a small thing and easy to use, but if something big happens, even if you take out the golden nameplate of an elite student, you will still be killed. Divide people - face to face It’s useful for a group of people who want to freeload on their acting skills, but when you meet a real desperado, you still have to rely on your strength.”
"Uh..." Grotto didn't understand the hidden meaning of Richard's words, but he was really shocked.
"Okay, let's eat quickly and go back to the academy after eating."
"Yeah." Gro said after hearing this, he ate quickly.
…
After a while, Richard and Glo finished eating and walked on the street, preparing to return to White Rock Tower Academy.
After walking for a while, Gro suddenly approached Richard and whispered: "Sir Richard, don't you think anyone is following us?"
"Already followed almost all the way."
"Well, it turns out that Mr. Richard, you have discovered it a long time ago..." Gloria was disappointed, thinking that he could show off for a while.
Richard said: "The other party followed us out of the tavern. He must have seen me take out the black nameplate and got an idea and was going to do something."
"That… "
"Let him continue to follow." Richard said, "Let's see what he wants to do. But since you can find him, it means that the other party's strength is indeed not very good, so there will be no danger."
Gro: "..."
This sounds a bit reassuring, but if you think about it carefully, it is more distressing than reassuring.
"Da da da… "
Richard and Glo continued to walk forward. Glo's eyes kept flashing and he kept whispering:
"The man is approaching us."
"The man is catching up."
"That person..."
"Please wait a moment, you two!" A fat man who looked like a short winter melon suddenly stopped in front of Richard and Gro. He looked to be in his twenties, less than 1.6 meters tall, and weighed more than 200 kilograms. My belly swelled like a ball.
The other party followed him all the way in this shape, and he obviously suffered a lot. He was sweating profusely, but he still tried his best to smile and asked aloud: "Both of you are students of White Rock Tower Academy, right? "
Richard and Grotto didn't speak, and looked directly at each other.
"Uh... um..." The other party scratched his head in embarrassment, "Don't get me wrong, my name is Alex, and I don't mean any harm. In fact, I was also a student of White Rock Tower Academy before. The reason why I followed you two is to confirm your identity. Identity. After confirmation, I felt that maybe we could do a business."
"What business?" Richard finally spoke up.
"A lot of business." Alex breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Even though I have left the academy, I have a lot of friends in the academy, so I can get a lot of things.
Whether it's spell props, spell-casting materials or precious spell books, we have it all, as long as you can afford it. In addition, you can also exchange crystal coins and gold coins, ask people to help deal with troubles, etc... "
Hearing this, Richard already understood that the other party was a broker, which on modern earth corresponds to various intermediaries.
At this time, Gro said, looked at the other party and asked: "Can you really exchange crystal coins and gold coins?"
"Yes, of course it can!" Alex said quickly, "If you exchange crystal coins for gold coins, one low-grade crystal coin can be exchanged for ten and a half gold coins, which is absolutely fair!"
"What if gold coins are exchanged for inferior crystal coins?" Gro asked. He now has gold coins in his hands that he got from selling jewelry, and he urgently needs to exchange them for crystal coins before he can use them.
Alex rubbed his hands and answered: "Thirteen gold coins can be exchanged for one crystal coin."
"Ah?!" Gro was stunned for a moment, then his face darkened, and he blurted out two words, "Profiteer!"
Alex: "..."