Since returning from the impact crater at the southern foot of the Dark Mountains last time, Gawain has been collecting and investigating and reorganizing all known information about the Mithril treasure house.
Behind this mysterious organization may be related to the giant dragon, and the giant dragon seems to be related to the situation of the entire continent, the magic tide, and the mysterious "black trap" phenomenon. On the other hand, the original owner of his body, Gao Wensai Syl also has a certain connection with the Mithril Vault... All kinds of clues are connected together, so he has to be vigilant against this mysterious organization.
During the investigation, Gao Wen discovered that there were more information about the Mithril Treasure House than he had imagined. In fact... those information can almost be described as vast.
The Mithril Treasury is ancient and mysterious, but it has never been an isolated organization. On the contrary, it is active in almost any land known to mankind, even including the fields of elements and high-level monsters. It collects, keeps, Lease, it trades with any country and any race, as long as it meets the "trading standards" of the Mithril Treasury, the agent of the treasure house will appear in front of you. From this point, the Mithril Treasury can be said to be "open".
It even has fixed contact points in major cities, has fixed contact personnel, and has established effective and stable official communication channels with local forces, even in the city of Luan, in the city of Hosman, in the old city of Pepo , there are a total of seven "stores" opened by Mithril Treasury, and more than ten low-level agents operate those stores, and they are still operating normally.
All of them are century-old shops.
They are doing business similar to paid treasury and lending. They operate legally and have complete information. After the reunification of the southern border, they immediately registered with the Government Affairs Department. One of their stores was even rated as one of the outstanding merchants of the year by Horsman. The photo of the agent accepting the award on the stage was also published in the local newspaper of Hosman...
However, apart from these superficial information, the in-depth information about the Mithril treasure house is not so easy to investigate.
The grassroots store of Mithril Treasure House seems to have no secrets at all, and its low-level agents are just ordinary people. Gao Wen investigated the information of some low-level agents and confirmed that those people are all locals with clean backgrounds and clear identification. , and these low-level agents and grass-roots stores are responsible to the higher-level "regional agents", and the identities of these regional agents seem to be no problem, at least, Cecil's government affairs office can't find any problems.
So, at which level did the Mithril Treasure Vault link the agent with the dragon
Gao Wen has no idea yet, but from the organizational form of the Mithril Treasury, he thinks that Cecil's commercial intelligence network uses commercial organizations at all levels as the carrier, and military intelligence officers as the key nodes, and the information is extremely secretive. System, he felt that the so-called agent system of Mithril Treasury might be something similar.
The silver-white ring gave off a slight heat, and as the magic power was poured into it, the solidified spells in the ring began to work, and a slightly hoarse mature voice sounded in Gawain's ear, interrupting his thinking: "Salute to you, Gawain Does Duke Cecil need business help?"
"Miss mylittlepony," Gawain calmed down and said calmly, "I have some questions about the Mithril Vault, and I want to consult them in person."
After many investigations, he finally decided to conduct a direct contact and test. Since that Miss Melita is already a "senior agent", Gawain has reason to believe that the other party at least holds some high-level secrets. Anyway, the test is successful, and valuable information is gained, and there is no loss if it fails.
The voice on the opposite side of the ring obviously paused for a while, and then spoke after a while: "Is it an important question to consult in person?"
"Very important," Gao Wen said unhurriedly, "Is there any difficulty?"
"... No, no problem, the Mithril Treasury has always faithfully fulfilled the contract," Melita Purnia's voice came, "Then I will visit later. I happen to be near the city of Cecil."
The slight heat from the Mithril Ring gradually receded, but Gao Wen frowned slightly.
That senior agent happens to be near Cecil City? Is this a coincidence, or is it intentional? And she took the initiative to tell herself this matter, is there any deep meaning
Theoretically, there are not many "clients" who can directly talk to the senior agents of the Mithril Treasury. In the land of Cecil, I am afraid that I am the only one. It is impossible for Melita Pernia to stay here for Other clients... So, she's actually been waiting to be contacted by herself
Gao Wen shook his head, he thought he might be too sensitive, but...
Considering the existence of giant dragons, it is better to be more sensitive about this issue.
There was no extra schedule today, so Gao Wen waited patiently in the Lord's Mansion for the visit of the senior agent, and he didn't wait long.
Just as the giant sun was tilting westward, Betty ran into the study, and the little maid bowed to the end: "Master!! Someone is looking for you! She said her name is..."
"Invite her to come in," Gawain interrupted Betty, "Also, prepare refreshments and send them to the study."
"Hey! Okay!"
Gao Wen tidied up the documents on the desk, and a few minutes later, he heard footsteps coming from the direction of the corridor.
The door of the study room opened, and a graceful and mysterious young lady in a purple gauze dress and a lavender veil walked into the room led by the maid Betty. She was the senior agent of the Mithril Treasury. miss person.
Betty withdrew temporarily after bringing the guest into the study, while Gawain glanced at Melita. He didn't show any strange expression, but just nodded plainly: "Long time no see, Miss Agent."
"Long time no see, Duke Cecil." Melita also nodded slightly, and then... walked a little unsteadily to Gawain's desk, "It's surprising that this city is changing every day."
Gao Wen: "..."
Although this mylittlepony lady had tried her best to maintain a steady and dignified posture, Gawain could still tell at a glance that the other party's leg seemed to be injured!
"What happened to your leg?!"
"...There are always accidents in life," the agent lady said calmly, but I don't know if it was an illusion, Gao Wen saw a faint annoyance in the eyes of the other party, "It's just a small injury that doesn't affect the work..."
Of course, Gao Wen was very curious about why a senior agent of the Mithril Treasury was injured, and the agent was probably a high-level extraordinary person, but he didn't have the habit of rashly asking about other people's privacy, so he just pointed to the side seat: "Then sit down and talk about it. If I had known that you were injured, I wouldn't have called you here today."
"Mithril Treasure House, reputation comes first. We have never discounted customer service at all. It has always been like this for thousands of years," the agent lady sat down on the chair, and then seemed to be casual before Gao Wen started talking. Continued, "And... our conversation today will be very necessary, won't it?"
Gao Wen frowned indiscernibly: "Oh?"
"Let's be honest, Duke Cecil," Melita Purnia sighed, "Not long ago... you took people to the southern part of the Dark Mountains, isn't that true?"
Gao Wen's eyes froze slightly, but under his calm face, he was already shocked.
Among the sudden surge of hypotheses and conjectures, he temporarily suppressed all the possibilities that came to him, and calmly looked into the eyes of the senior agent in front of him: "Do you know what we found there?"
"You found out..." Melita Purnia said softly, then leaned over and brought her face closer to Gawain
Those charming lavender eyes had turned into a pair of vertical pupils at some point, and fine scales appeared faintly from both sides of her eyes. Amid a burst of powerful breath, her voice came to Gawain's ears
"Traces of a dragon, eh?"
Gawain looked at Melita's faintly dragon-like face quite calmly, and the latter quickly returned to normal after maintaining this posture for two seconds, and returned to his original position. Betty's voice came from outside the door in the next second. Come: "My lord! I'm bringing refreshments!"
"Let's put it here." The atmosphere in the study instantly became the same as usual. Gawain asked the little maid to put the refreshment tray on the table, and then nodded gently, "Go and rest first and don't let anyone come to the study for now."
"Hey, okay!!"
Betty closed the door obediently and left the room, and Melita Purnia broke the silence with a chuckle after a short silence: "I thought my eyes and scales could at least make you a little bit surprised."
Gao Wen spread his hands: "Frankly speaking, I still have one with long scales. In terms of the number of scales, she may have more scales than you, so I'm not that surprised by similar inhuman physical characteristics."
This answer was somewhat beyond Melita's expectation. She was stunned for a moment, and her tone was a little helpless: "...Miss Siren, indeed, there are many... wonderful people gathered here."
Gao Wen tried his best to maintain the most calm and indifferent posture at this moment, but in fact, countless thoughts had already turned rapidly in his mind. The first thought that came to him was to think of the dragon he had witnessed from the satellite perspective.
Melita Purnia, the senior agent of Mithril Vault, she should be that dragon! !
Then the wound on her leg...
Could it be that the way this Miss Dragon loses satellite tracking every time is to crash...
The clues in Gao Wen's head seemed to be connected in an instant, but he guessed that Melita Purnia probably didn't know the details of him as a "satellite spirit". Discovering the passage of the impact crater, that is to say, the information point of "crash" cannot be exposed, nor can it be shown that the giant dragon is active in the southern part of the Dark Mountains in advance...
He carefully considered the unequal part of the information between the two parties, and judged the other party's motives and goals based on Melita Purnia's voluntary revealing of her identity. During the deliberation and judgment, he cautiously said: "Isn't it amazing... Hai Demons and giant dragons are more than just 'wonderful' to human beings. I was lucky to have the opportunity to know members of these two legendary races at the same time. I am curious, a dragon... a senior agent of Mithril Treasure What does a dragon with human status want to do in the human world?"
"Don't be so vigilant, dragons have no malice towards the human world," Melita said, "but before continuing this topic, I hope to get back some things that I accidentally lost. That is the precious property of the Mithril Treasury. Knowing that they are in your hands now, I can feel their breath."
After Melita revealed her identity, Gawain guessed that the other party would mention those rings, so he casually took out the box of Mithril Rings from a grid under the desk and put them on the table: "You mean these ring?"
"Yes, can you give it back to me?"
"Then we have to have a good talk," Gao Wen put his hands on the box, leaned back slightly, and leaned against the back of the chair, "Let's start with the relationship between Mithril Vault and the giant dragon, you, a senior agent. Is it an exception among humans?"
Melita did not answer right away, but looked into Gawain's eyes with interest: "You are very calm when facing the real Dragon Clan."
"When I crawled out of the coffin, I have already faced the most surprising situation," Gao Wen smiled slightly, "Dragon really doesn't surprise me very much."