Chapter 821: It Rained All Night
Most of Abel's body was soaked, and when he walked back to the guest room, he left deep and shallow watermarks on the road he passed.
"Hurry up and take a shower. It's not good to be infected with the wind and cold." Kant told Abel after walking in the door.
"Yes." Abel nodded.
They arrived in such a hurry that they didn't have time to go back to the hotel to pack their bags. I came to the top of the mountain empty-handed. There are also no dry clothes to replace right now.
Fortunately, Abel is an elf who is good at water spells, and the rainwater that seeped into his coat was drained instantly after being cast.
Kant watched from the sidelines, and couldn't help showing novelty on his face.
"I'm going to take a bath." Abel said to Kant.
"Yeah." Kant waved his hand and responded. Then he returned to his bedroom, took off his coat, and lay down on the bed.
The goblin soldiers arranged for them a room suitable for the human race, and the size of the bed was more in line with Kant's body shape.
The rain outside the window seemed to have no intention of stopping. Kant quietly recalled everything that happened in the past few days, and fell asleep unknowingly amidst the slightly noisy sound of rain.
Abel took a rough soak in the steaming bathroom. Then he put on his close-fitting clothes and walked from the bathroom to the main hall.
Kant did not appear in front of his eyes, and Abel looked up in the direction of Kant's bedroom. After seeing the closed door, he found a chair and sat down with confidence.
The originally tired spirit was buffered for a while in the bath. Abel also seemed less sleepy.
The windows of the main hall were still open, and it seemed that after they left, the goblin waiters never came again.
A damp cold wind blew against Abel's cheek. Looking at the dark night, he thought of the moment when he saw Raphael's cold and pale face on the coast under the same dark night sky.
A sense of powerlessness spread in his chest, and Abel let out a long sigh.
"Bundak, you must be safe." Abel read in a low voice.
In the small town at the foot of the mountain, the majestic rainwater gathered on the low-lying road to form large and small ponds. The streets were deserted.
Three hours ago, after receiving the weather warning, the residents rushed out of the building immediately, taking back the quilts that were hanging on both sides of the street and so on.
The owner of the hotel is also directing his employees to go to the top floor of the house to collect all kinds of food and place them in a dry place.
As a result, the dining time of the guests was delayed a bit.
Hearing the sound of footsteps scurrying outside the door, Bandak stood up from the tea table and looked out the window at the sky.
After seeing the continuous dark clouds appearing in the sky, he frowned slightly, and said softly: "Your Majesty and Abel didn't even bring their luggage, so they won't be in any trouble."
"Dong dong dong!" The knock on the door sounded at this moment.
Bandak walked to the door familiarly and opened it. The one who appeared in front of him was indeed the waiter of the hotel.
"Master Bundak, I'm sorry. Because the store is busy making preparations for rain protection. The back kitchen is not allowed to start work." After saluting Bundak, the waiter said, "I'm here to inform you , the dinner time may have to be delayed by about half an hour."
"Oh, it's okay." Bundak shook his head indifferently, and responded simply.
Originally, he didn't plan to have dinner, and in his eyes, such a notification was really nothing important. No one should have such a need for dinner on time.
"Well, as compensation: we will add a dessert to each guest's menu." The waiter handed over a familiar menu and explained to Bandak: "After the housekeeping in the store is over, I will immediately Give the menu you noted to the chef."
Bandak scratched his head and said, "It's okay, I don't plan to have dinner tonight."
"Huh? Why?" The waiter asked strangely.
"It's embarrassing to say: I don't have much money on me. The money is on my friend." Bundak laughed and said, "I can't have a king's meal here, can I?"
"Lord Bundak is a special customer of our hotel. The boss has already explained that food and accommodation fees are free. You don't have to worry about this." After hearing the reason, the waiter raised his head and explained.
"Special customers?" Bundak asked puzzled.
"That's true." The waiter smiled and nodded, "Just this morning, Mr. Bundak, from the moment you defeated the animal trainer, you are a distinguished guest that all the hotels and restaurants on this street have to kneel to. It is our honor that you choose to continue to stay with us."
Bandak's eyes widened, and he looked at the waiter in disbelief.
After a while, he hesitated and said, "You mean, if I beat Pique, I can eat in the restaurant without spending money?"
"Well." The waiter nodded and said: "Usually, Pique bullied everyone badly. He acted recklessly because he had some contacts with the people in the Supervision Office and no one could beat him. Now that he has finally left Everyone in this street is overjoyed. So is the boss in our shop."
"So that's how it is." Bandak supported his forehead and said: "I didn't expect to defeat Pique to have such an effect. Wait, you said he left?"
"Hmm. It seems like a few hours ago. Someone saw him leaving with his luggage." The waiter said, "And his permanent residence has been smashed to pieces by him. I guess he won't come back again." .”
"Do you know where he went?" Bundak continued.
"I don't know." The waiter thought for a while, then shook his head.
"Okay." Bandak stood still and thought.
The waiter saw that Bundak was immersed in thinking, and after handing over the menu to him, he said goodbye and left.
Bandak returned to the main hall of the room and sat down with a thick menu.
Looking at the dishes casually, his mind was full of imagination about the possibility of Pique leaving.
"Where will he go?" Bundak propped his chin and wondered.
Although I seized the opportunity today, I regained a level in the battle with Pique. But in Bundak's heart, he wanted to compete with Pique in an upright manner. Now the opponents who are about to fight don't know where they went, and the anxious atmosphere enveloped Bundak again.
"It's his." Bundak shook his head and said. Then he concentrated on ordering the dishes.
Although he suffered a lot today, having such a reward as compensation made Bundak's mood much clearer.
Big raindrops hit the window casement of the hotel, and Bundak heard the noise coming from the lobby on the first floor.
Chapter 822: The determination to investigate alone
On the morning of the second day, Gilbert returned to the Goblin Country a little earlier than expected. After hearing the news of the arrival of Kant and Abel from the soldiers guarding the city, they rushed to the palace immediately.
On the other side, Kant and Abel had already had their breakfast and were waiting for Gilbert to appear outside the door of the conference hall.
"My lords, His Royal Highness Gilbert has arrived at the city gate and is now on his way back to the palace." A goblin attendant walked around the garden, rushed to Kant and Abel, and bowed to report.
"Well, we got it. Thank you." Abel lifted the waiter up and said to him.
"Just invite the two adults to sit down in the hall first, lest His Royal Highness Gilbert come down and blame me for not being well received." The waiter led the way to Kant and Abel.
After Kant and Abel looked at each other, they nodded and responded, "Okay, I will trouble you, Mr. Waiter."
"Don't dare." The waiter lowered his head and said.
The waiter stepped forward and took the two of them to sit down at the guest seats in the hall.
"My lords, rest for a while, His Highness Gilbert will come to meet you later." After saying this, the waiter politely left.
Kant picked up the teacup on the wooden table and took a sip.
After a while, Gilbert walked to the gate of the palace in a hurry.
"Abel! And Your Highness Kant, why did you come to the mountain?" Gilbert took off the brocade robes he was wearing, walked to his seat and sat down. He motioned for the two who stood up to greet each other to sit down and asked.
"Your Highness Gilbert, we heard that you went to the Snake Country." Kant said.
"Well, I went to the Snake Lady Country this time to investigate the shipwreck." Gilbert responded, "You came to me for this matter?"
"It's almost like this." Abel explained: "After you took away the snake girl named Carat yesterday, members of the dark forces organization in the town kidnapped Bandak. Now we have completely lost the relationship with Bandak. connect."
"What?" Gilbert's eyes widened, he put down the teacup in his hand, and said, "How dare they kidnap Bundak directly?"
"We met a beast trainer at the gate of the guild, and he took the initiative to talk to us." Abel said: "It said that the guild of 'Ratata' has limited quotas and needs to line up. We left Bundak with him. We lined up together, but I didn't expect him to be a member of the dark side organization, and after we left, he attacked Bundak."
"So that's it." Gilbert pondered: "They kidnapped Bundak at this time, there must be some special purpose. Have you received any news from the other party so far?"
"Not yet." Kant shook his head and said, "However, we believe that the purpose of this operation by the dark forces should be to exchange hostages with us. Exchange Bundak for Carat."
"Carat?" Gilbert's face immediately turned ugly after hearing Kant say the name.
"By the way, that snake girl should have followed you back to the main city of goblins, right?" Bandak asked.
"No, she hanged herself. On the way we brought her back." Gilbert explained in a heavy tone: "The snake girl has a high status in her group. She refuses to admit that she is a secret She is a member of the face organization. The elders in the snake girl clan seem to trust her quite a bit. I finally got the permission to take her out of the territory. Now that something happened, there is no way to ask the snake girl The lord of the clan will explain."
After listening to Abel's statement, Abel and Kant swallowed everything they wanted to say.
"Gilbert, what are you going to do next?" Abel asked cautiously.
"It's not known yet," Gilbert took a sip of tea, and responded, "A personal apology is indispensable. I just hope that the snake women will not be separated from us because of this incident."
"Has the news of the snake girl hanging herself spread to the town?" Kant asked.
"No." Gilbert shook his head and said, "I don't think the news will be known so quickly. After all, I just sent someone to report this to the leader of the Snake Clan. Bandak is currently It should still be safe."
"I have already mobilized a group of soldiers and rushed to the island." Kant said, "I hope that when the situation is not so bad, I can add strength to the forces on the bright side."
"I'm also surprised that the struggle on the island will involve forces from outside the island." Gilbert nodded and said, "I'll immediately send someone down the mountain to inform the soldiers at the foot of the mountain to search the town. Confirm Bandak's safety in the hands of the dark forces within today."
"Thank you." Kant and Abel bowed their heads slightly in thanks.
"Nothing." Gilbert waved his hand and said.
After chatting about business affairs, Gilbert sat on his throne, looking very tired.
"Your Highness, did you stay up all night to rush back to the city?" Kant glanced at Gilbert and advised, "Why don't you go back to the bedroom to rest first. I'll wait for the two of you to leave first."
"Alright then." Gilbert nodded and said, "As soon as the soldiers down the mountain have news, I will notify you."
"Yes." Kant left his seat, saluted slightly, and took Bundak with him to leave.
After the two left the hall, they returned to their residence.
It is impossible for them to leave the goblin country before the soldiers down the mountain pass the news.
"If Carat is dead, our clues will be broken." Abel said to Kant.
"I always feel that Gilbert should have gotten some definite news from the Snake Women, but he didn't want to tell us." Kant held his forehead and said: "If you want to say that a high-level figure of the dark side organization is suddenly killed by the goblin country It is really strange that he chose to hang himself on the way back to the volcano for interrogation."
After Abel heard Kant's speculation, a surprised expression appeared on his face. After taking a seat beside Kant, he asked him, "Your Highness, can you guess what kind of news Gilbert is hiding?"
"This, I have no way of knowing for the time being. It's just a strong premonition in my heart." Kant replied after thinking for a while.
"I believe what His Highness said." Abel nodded slightly, and said, "I also think what Gilbert said to us after returning to the city is a bit strange."
"Even if this is the case, Gilbert did not choose to tell us the clues. We can only stand still and stay where we are." Kant said with a sigh.
"Gilbert and I still have some kind of friendship. How about I ask him directly and see what he says?" Abel suggested after thinking for a while.
Chapter 823: Portraits plastered everywhere
Kant nodded slightly, and agreed: "This matter is indeed more suitable for you to come forward. But when you ask him, he still chooses to keep silent. Don't force it."
"Yes." Abel nodded.
In the small town at the foot of the volcano, the streets and alleys were covered with Bundak's portraits after a noon.
After eating a free lunch at a restaurant on the corner of the street, Bundak returned to the door of the hotel where he stayed.
I found a strange portrait pasted in front of the hotel, so I squeezed into the crowd to take a closer look.
"Bundak?" Bandak dropped the toothpick in his mouth on the bluestone brick, and said in surprise, "Why does my name appear on the arrest warrant?"
In this arrest warrant, Bundak is described as a heinous robber. At the end of the wanted order, it was clearly written: Ten gold coins will be awarded to the homeless who help catch this wanted criminal.
This can be regarded as a lot of money. Bundak covered his face with his hands and fled from the crowd. Walking into the hotel, I glanced at the guests resting in the lobby from the corner of my eye. He quickened his pace and rushed to the second floor. But on the way, he was stopped by the owner of the hotel.
"Lord Bundak!" the innkeeper called with a beaming face.
"What's the matter?" Bundak froze and asked guiltily.
"The goblin soldiers are waiting for you in the upstairs room, and I'm looking for you everywhere." The innkeeper said with a smile.
Bandak stared at the innkeeper suspiciously for a while, and said, "I know they're looking for me, but it's not very convenient for me right now."
"Is there anything urgent for you?" The hotel asked strangely: "These soldiers and adults are specially here to pick you up."
"...Really?" Bundak smiled awkwardly.
"Follow me quickly. The soldiers are eating snacks upstairs, waiting for you." The innkeeper still greeted with a smile.
"No, no, no." Bandak rejected the innkeeper's invitation and explained, "I want to go back to my bedroom first."
"It's okay. I've asked the guy to pack your luggage." The innkeeper was stunned for a while, and after thinking for a while, he explained with a smile: "When you finish talking with the soldiers, my lord, the luggage will be taken care of by the guy." Bring it into your hands. Go up the mountain with you."
"Going up the mountain?" Bundak asked in surprise, recalling the innkeeper's words.
"That's right, aren't these goblin soldiers sent by Lord Kant and Lord Abel to pick you up the mountain?" The innkeeper said, "The aristocratic palace in the goblin country is much more comfortable than our dilapidated inn."
After listening to the explanation, Bandak took a deep breath and felt relieved. He read softly: "It turns out that His Royal Highness Kant and the others have gone to the Goblin Kingdom."
"Lord Bundak, what are you muttering about?" the innkeeper looked at Bundak and asked.
"It's nothing." Bandak smiled, waved his hands, and said, "There are arrest warrants about me all over the street. I thought these goblin soldiers had some misunderstanding and came to arrest me."
"How come, this kind of search method is quite common in this small town." The innkeeper shook his head and said, "I heard from the goblins who picked you up that Mr. Kant and Mr. Abel thought you were arrested by the original The animal trainer who lived on the corner of the street was taken away. I asked His Royal Highness Gilbert to help search for you in the city. When they came to question me this morning, I was also taken aback."
"So that's the case." Bandak sighed in his heart: Fortunately, it was just a misunderstanding. Since arriving on this small island, Calradia and his party have been in constant disaster. Bandak is always worried about whether he will be plotted by the dark forces again.
"Well. Now that the explanation is clear, Mr. Bundak can safely go with me to meet the adults of the goblin tribe." The innkeeper asked.
"Of course." Bandak followed the innkeeper's footsteps and walked up to the second floor. Stop at the door of a room on the left.
"Lord Bandak, please come in." The innkeeper stood in front of Bandak, opened the door, and called back to him.
"Hmm." Bandak walked into the room and saw six goblin soldiers sitting around the dining table. One of the goblin soldiers was stunned for a moment when he saw Bundak's face, and immediately stood up to greet him: "Hello, Mr. Bundak from Calradia. We are the goblin soldiers who are patrolling the city. Lord Gilbert ordered us to find you in the small town and take you back to the Goblin Kingdom."
"Hello." Bandak responded politely: "I saw the wanted notice downstairs, but I didn't expect Gilbert to send you to find me."
"I heard from the vagrants on this street that you got rid of the local devil tamer." Another goblin soldier stood up and said to Bandark, "beat him to pieces and force him to leave this town." small town."
"Uh," Bandak explained embarrassingly, "Actually, I don't know why he left."
"Master Bandak, you don't have to be humble. Your battle with the beast trainer Peake can be regarded as a benefit to our goblin soldiers who maintain law and order." A goblin soldier said: "In the past, the neighborhoods around here were always That kid is making a fuss."
"Okay. Then I have done a good deed." Bandak took a deep breath and said with a smile.
"Yes." The goblin soldier nodded.
"Master Bandak, your luggage has been delivered." A waiter with a familiar face knocked on the door and said as he walked into the room with his luggage.
"Thank you." Bundak nodded.
"Then I'll leave first." The waiter looked at the goblin soldiers and bowed.
Bandak didn't continue talking with the goblin soldiers, and said: "I heard that some of them came to pick me up the mountain. In fact, after I heard that His Royal Highness Kant and Abel boarded the teleportation array to climb the mountain a few days ago, I also I want to go to the mountains to look for them. He Nai is short of cash."
"Master Bandak, don't worry about this." A goblin soldier shook his head and said, "We will naturally solve the problem you mentioned. The teleportation array has been supervised by us for the past two years, and we will escort you There is no need to pay any fees to go up the mountain.”
"Thank you so much." Bandak said gratefully. But soon his face darkened again, and he said to the goblin soldier in embarrassment: "Then, I have one more request."
"What?" the goblin soldier asked curiously.
"Can you or other patrolling soldiers remove the arrest warrants posted on the streets and alleys?" Bandak said hesitantly, "After all, the portrait doesn't bear much resemblance to me. I don't want everyone to misunderstand .”
Chapter 824: Long-awaited reunion
"I see." The goblin soldier suddenly realized and nodded, "We will also do this for you. Please don't worry, Mr. Bundak."
"Thank you, thank you." Bandak said heartily, holding the hand of one of the goblin soldiers.
"However, the most important task now is to escort you to the goblin country, Mr. Bandak." A goblin soldier who looked like the team leader stood up and said to Bandak: "It's not too late, let's go right away. Don't let Kant Your Highness and His Highness Gilbert are waiting in a hurry."
"Okay." Bundak nodded, then picked up his luggage with one hand, and set off with the soldiers.
A carriage had already parked at the entrance of the hotel, and the person sitting in the driver's seat was also a goblin soldier in armor.
"Master Bundak, please get on the carriage." A goblin soldier ordered.
"Hmm." Bandak obediently stepped on the ladder that the coachman built for him, and walked into the carriage.
The six goblin soldiers stood on both sides of the carriage in two rows, and when the carriage drove, they also sprinted along the street with the vehicle.
Banda Ke held the luggage in his arms and looked out the car window: he found that every goblin soldier's tutorial was extremely fast, almost walking close to the carriage, with a relaxed look on his face.
"It's amazing." Bundak sighed.
Looking back on Peak's active skills that day, it was completely different from the appearance of the goblin soldiers.
Thinking of this, Bandak shouted to the goblin soldiers outside the car window: "Soldier, do you know where the animal trainer went?"
"I heard that he left the town, but we still don't know exactly where he went." The goblin soldier turned his head and responded.
"Okay, thank you." Bandak nodded and said.
"fine."
Bandak put down the curtains covering the window, thinking silently in his heart: This kid has already walked out of the town, he really escaped too far. It seems that during the time I stay on the island, I won't see him again.
After driving for half an hour, the carriage arrived at the base where the teleportation array was placed.
It was the first time for Bandak to ride this thing, and his face was full of novelty. After teleporting up the mountain in an instant, he said in surprise: "This is really a good thing. I wonder if I can apply to His Majesty Kant to build one in Calradia. This will make it easier for Derrick to return to Dherim Woke up."
"Hehe." A soldier watched Bundak's expression change, and said with a smile: "The human race should not store a large amount of magic stones. That is the basis for building a teleportation array."
"Is the Philosopher's Stone hard to find?" Bundak asked strangely when he heard an unfamiliar term.
The goblin soldier waved his hands in a panic, and said, "As long as your country is interested, it shouldn't be hard to find. It's just that this teleportation array not only needs a lot of magic stones, but also requires a certain level of magic to activate the array." Teacher blessing."
After hearing this passage, Bandak recalled in his mind the old magician he had seen in the stronghold at the foot of the mountain. Although Bandak did not understand spells, when he was close to the magician, he still felt the influence of the other party's powerful spiritual power on him.
"It seems that the construction of the teleportation array is indeed very difficult." Bandak nodded slightly and said.
The group walked along the opened mountain road, and after an hour's trek, they finally arrived at the city gate of the Goblin Kingdom.
Looking at the towering tower, Bandak said, "I didn't expect the territory of the goblins to be like this."
"We don't have the magical skills of the gnomes, so we can only build such a human-like building." A goblin soldier replied casually.
"It looks good." Bandak said softly: "By the way, His Highness Kant, do they know that you are going to bring back my news?"
"No." The goblin soldier concealed his embarrassment, and replied: "Now only the soldiers at the foot of the mountain know that Lord Bundak has been found by us."
"That's good." Bandak said indifferently: "In case the dark forces come to the door."
"If those people dare to come to the gates of the goblin country and shout, then they will not get any good fruit." A goblin soldier said viciously.
"Hehe." Bandak laughed lightly, noncommittal.
The soldiers at the city gate opened the city gate immediately after seeing Bandak, and sent someone to report to the palace.
Bandak got into the carriage prepared by the soldiers and rushed to the palace without delay.
Thinking of meeting Kant and Abel soon, Bundak couldn't help but look out the window from time to time. Hope to reach the destination sooner.
"Wow—" the goblin soldier stopped the carriage and said to Bundak in the carriage, "My lord, we have arrived at the palace."
"Okay." Bundak nodded. He took his luggage and got out of the carriage.
Kant and Abel stood outside the palace gate early and waited for Bundak's arrival. When they heard that Bundak had arrived outside the city gate, both of them looked incredible, and then they were very happy.
At this moment, seeing Bundak get off the carriage, he stepped forward excitedly and hugged him.
Bundak was caught off guard by the embrace of the two, and staggered down the luggage bag in his hand.
"Bundak, I thought you were tortured by the hands of the dark forces." Abel first let go, patted Bandak on the shoulder and said.
"It's okay. I'm fine now." Bandak explained with a smile: "That kid named Pi Ke planted insect poison on my body, but he didn't expect that I could seal my tendons and get it from his body." I escaped from bondage. On the morning you went up the mountain, I returned to the hotel."
"It's fine." Kant nodded to Bundak and said, "Did you get rid of that animal trainer named Pique?"
"No." Bandak shook his head and said, "After I forced him to hand over the antidote, I ignored him. He was seriously injured by me, and he seems to have left the town now."
"I see." Kant nodded and said nothing more.
"You must have suffered a lot of injuries." Abel asked with concern: "When we rushed over that day, I heard from passers-by that the beast summoned by the animal trainer shot you into the brick wall. You passed out on the spot."
"Well. The cheetah suddenly grew several times in size, and the attack from behind was really hard to bear." Bandak recalled the pain at that time, and he couldn't help breaking out in cold sweat on his back.
"Have you applied the medicine?" Kant asked.
"Yes. The owner of the hotel has prepared some medicine for me." Bandak nodded.
"Did the animal trainer talk to you during the battle?" Abel asked with his eyes brightened.
(end of this chapter)