The night goes on.
Richard returned to the rented courtyard and stood in the courtyard, looking at the night sky, wondering what he was thinking.
At this time, there was a rhythmic knocking sound at the courtyard door.
Richard was not surprised at all. He walked to the courtyard door, quickly opened the door, and let in the person who knocked on the door.
A man came in, about twenty years old, wearing a black robe, wrapped tightly, as if he was afraid of seeing people. A thin face was hidden under the hood of the robe, and a pair of eyes flashed sharply from time to time, very alert.
The opponent's name is Mu En, a wandering third-level wizard apprentice and an information dealer. He controls many ordinary people in Florence as the eyes and ears. As long as someone pays him, he dares to take any risks to collect information or help complete some difficult things.
If the other party does this, the benefits are good, but the risk is also high. Once, he was chased by several wizards because of a mistake, and was rescued by Richard who happened to be passing by.
From then on, the other party became Richard's exclusive intelligence dealer. While receiving a large amount of funds from Richard, he served Richard wholeheartedly.
At this time, the other party walked in. He quickly scanned the yard and made sure there was no one else, then his expression became slightly relaxed. But he still habitually stood near the door to ensure that if there was any danger, he could quickly escape from the yard and avoid being surrounded by others. This was not because he was wary of Richard, but simply because he had developed it through years of hard work in life and death. habit.
Richard was not surprised. He looked at the other party and asked, "No one is following you, right?"
"I saw the signal you left for me, so I rushed over. I was very careful on the way, and there was absolutely no one following me." Mu En said, then looked at Richard and asked, "I just didn't know that Sir Richard summoned me suddenly. What's the matter? Do you want to know how I'm doing at work recently?"
"That's not the case." Richard shook his head, "However, since you are here, it doesn't hurt to talk about your recent situation. Let me understand some things, and it will be easier to communicate with you."
Mu En nodded after hearing this and said, "Okay, I'll say it then. I just hope that you won't be angry, Mr. Richard, after I finish speaking."
"how?"
"Because the recent situation here is not ideal, or there is no progress. Mr. Richard, you gave me a total of two tasks.
The first task is to investigate a girl named Heidi. You told me that she has a black cat with her, and it may be related to a special symbol.
After I investigated with all my strength, I found nothing about the girl or the special symbol. I did find a lot of black cats, but they were all wild cats and it was unlikely to be the one you mentioned.
The second task was to investigate information about the Black Spirit Empire. I found many Florentine scholars, and even used some special relationships to contact some wizards, but none of them knew about it. Nothing was found about the symbol of the Black Spirit Empire.
Overall, my performance was terrible. "
At this point, Mu En paused. It could be seen that he felt very guilty because he had no results. He couldn't help but said: "Your Excellency Richard, I don't doubt the importance of these two tasks to you. It's just that I really don’t have any clues at the moment. If I continue, I will just spend the funds you gave me in vain. Look, should I stop for a while?”
"No." Richard waved his hand and said, "No need to stop. Girl Heidi, please continue to pay attention and search. If you have any news, tell me. If there is no news, increase the manpower. Don't be afraid of spending funds, just be afraid of not spending them. As long as they are used in the right way, No matter how much it costs, I can provide it to you."
"Uh-" Mu En didn't know what to say anymore.
"In addition, it is normal for you not to be able to find out any information about the Black Spirit Empire's mission. If you could easily find out the results, I would not let you do this specifically.
And you don't have to worry, you still have no clue what's next. The breakthrough point for this mission has already appeared. All you need to do is seize the opportunity. "
"The breakthrough point appears? Where is it?" Mu En asked quickly.
"Do you know there is a rotten pine alley in the north of Florentia City?" Richard said.
"Huh?" Mu En's eyes flashed, "Sir Richard, are you talking about the rotten pine wood alley where there was a fire last night and the soldiers in Florentia posted a notice today? It seems that a total of eight people were burned to death, five men and three Female, including an old man and a baby." Obviously, Mu En knew this information very clearly. After all, this was considered the basic quality of an intelligence dealer.
After hearing this, Richard nodded and said, "Yes, it's the rotten pinewood alley. The fire in this alley was not accidental."
"It's like what the announcement says - malicious arson?"
"Absolutely. In the courtyard at the deepest part of Rotten Pine Lane, there is an old man named Lawrence. His ancestor was a craftsman of the Black Spirit Empire. Therefore, he passed on some knowledge about the Black Spirit Empire and created many Black Spirit Empire talents. Existing objects come.
This practice of his may become taboo in the eyes of others, and he may be killed. I have been to the scene, and in that courtyard there is the symbol of the Black Spirit Empire. "
"This!" Mu En raised his eyebrows, then fell into deep thought, and spoke out for a long time, "About this, I really haven't thought about it. It seems... I have to go to the scene for a walk."
"Whatever you do, I will not interfere, it is your freedom." Richard said, "But I personally suggest that you dig deeper into this matter. Not surprisingly, this matter should cause reactions from many wizard organizations. , you can use your connections to collect more information about them, and you might have key clues."
"Yeah." Mu En nodded in agreement.
"The other thing is." Richard continued, "According to my guess, the person who did this is a very special wizard organization. They act unscrupulously and have a lot of information about the Black Spirit Empire. If your people If you come into contact with them, you must be cautious, because he has very powerful abilities and weird methods, so don't think about attacking by force, use your brain more."
"Use your brain more, I've written it down."
"That's good."
After a brief silence, Mu En looked up at Richard and asked, "Does Mr. Richard have any other instructions? If not, I will leave first. I will let you know what the results are."
"Okay." Richard nodded in agreement, and then said, "I'll take you away." As he spoke, he and Mu En walked towards the courtyard gate.
After a moment, Mu En walked out of the door and found that Richard had not closed the door. He blinked his eyes and asked sharply: "Your Excellency Richard, do you seem to have something else to say?"
Richard pursed his lips and opened his mouth to speak: "What I want to say is - be careful - those people are really dangerous, you must be careful!"
Richard spoke in a very serious tone. Mu En couldn't help but look solemn after hearing this. Feeling the weight of his words, he nodded seriously and said, "I will do it."
"That's best." Richard said, reaching out to close the door, and Mu En quickly disappeared into the darkness outside the door.
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