Chapter 849: Chatting After Dinner
"In short, from now on, just don't entrust him with official affairs." Kant confessed.
".Yes." Bundak and Abel looked at each other, and could only respond helplessly.
No matter how they said it, they would not change their views on Felix just because of a trivial matter. Just because this is what Kant told them. They also had to agree.
After Kant finished his dinner quietly, he was about to leave.
"Your Majesty, don't you want to say a few words to the soldiers?" Bandak quickly put down his fork and asked to stay.
"When I toasted before, I had already finished talking." Kant smiled slightly and said, "It's up to you two to talk to the soldiers later."
"Ah, so that's the case." Bandak remembered the time when he and Abel were absent, and suddenly realized: "Well, leave the rest to us."
"En." Kant nodded slightly, then turned and left.
Bundak's appetite has always been large, which makes Abel, who has been sitting by the side waiting for him to finish his meal, very speechless. He opened his mouth and said: "Commander, the soldiers are waiting for you to speak. If you continue to eat like this, you will have to give supper to the soldiers in the restaurant."
Bandak raised his head from the piles of dinner plates and retorted: "Don't talk nonsense."
"I'm not talking nonsense," Abel pouted and said, "Look at the soldiers, aren't they waiting for you?"
Bundak looked around after hearing the words, and found that most of the soldiers put down their knives and forks, paying attention to the movements at his table. When Bundak's eyes moved to them, he looked very cramped.
"Brother Bundak" Carrie pursed her lips and said hesitantly.
"Kerry," Bundak blushed, and said shamefully, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
"It's fine," Kerry replied.
"I'm full, let's call the soldiers over and start the assembly." Bandak wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin and said to Abel.
"Gather here?" Abel asked in surprise.
"That's right, the soldiers are here for dinner." Bandak said with a strange expression on his face, "Let them talk to us here and then go back to their room to rest."
"If you have this plan, you should have said it earlier." Abel shook his head and said, "If you said it earlier, why are we waiting for you? Well, if you are not full, you can continue to eat. The soldiers and I Let's talk."
"You" Bundak was at a loss for words for a while, looking at Abel's back as he got up and left.
"Everyone! Put the chairs together. Let's chat casually today." Abel called to the soldiers who had been waiting for a long time.
"Yes." The soldiers moved the table away, leaving an open space. All chairs are lined up side by side.
"Master Abel, how long are we going to stay in this town?" After Abel took a seat in the front chair, an elf soldier stood up and asked.
"Don't stand up, just sit and raise your hand." Abel waved his hand, motioned the soldier to sit down, and responded: "We can't leave the town until the task in hand is completed. You know What is the mission?"
"Revenge for General DeWitt and General Claremont." A Calradia replied loudly.
"Yes," Abel nodded slightly, and said, "But this task needs to be carried out step by step. We stay in this small town just to take our first step."
"Master Abel, what is the first step you mentioned?" A soldier asked.
"This, your team leader, Kerry, will explain it to you." Abel raised his hand, signaling Kerry to come to him, and introduced: "He is the captain elected by you, right? I don’t remember mentioning the leader of the team for you before departure.”
"Yes," replied a soldier sitting in the front row, "Kerry is the leader of all of us."
"Well, he will be the commander of this operation." Abel turned sideways to Kerry and said, "Kerry, please introduce. The content of this operation."
Kerry pursed her lips and nodded. Looking at all the soldiers, he said: "His Majesty Kant, they found a member of the dark side organization in the town, and he carried vital information. Although he had left the town a few days ago. But his The rest of the party is still in ambush in the city, and we will pay close attention to the movement in the city in the next few days. Find out the escape trend of that organization member."
"Yes." The soldiers responded immediately.
"Well," Abel took over the conversation, and added: "It's just that we have very limited sources of information. We can't know exactly who the members who are in contact with Pique on weekdays are. We can only rely on the news of everyone staying in the city. Gathering place, inquiring about news all day long."
"Starting tomorrow, everyone's schedule will become very tense. However, the goblins and gnomes have agreed to join us to help us. So I believe that this task will soon make new progress. During this period, I can only work hard for you .” Bandak walked to Kerry’s side and said seriously to the soldiers.
"Go all out!" The soldiers raised their hands in response.
"Okay," Abel nodded gratifiedly, "Let's talk about how the time you came from the coast has been. How did you get on the boat?"
"The soldiers of the Dragon Clan arranged a boat for us, and they drove to the coast to pick us up." Kerry found a seat for himself among the crowd, and replied after sitting down.
"Where are the crew members on the ship? Are they also the nomads of the Dragon Clan?" Bundak asked, leaning on the back of his chair.
"No, it's the sea monster." A Calradia responded: "The people of the Dragon Clan greeted us on board and then flew away. The crew on the ship didn't bother us after they brought us into the cabin."
Abel thought that when he returned to the harbor with DeWitt and others, the ship he was on was also operated by the Kraken. He hesitated and asked the elf soldier, "Is it the ship we were on a month ago?"
"Yes." An elf soldier responded, "The layout of the cabin is exactly the same."
"I didn't expect that such a private ship would have contacts with the Dragon Clan." Abel read silently.
"Have you ever been on this ship before?" Bundak asked curiously.
"Well." Abel nodded and said, "After we rescued the dwarves, we took this boat back to the harbor. Dewitt and Claremont were still there at that time. The quality of the boat was not very good. Appears to be an old ship for many years."
Chapter 850: The mission received by the soldiers
"Then did you encounter any trouble when you were on the boat?" Bandak asked the soldiers worriedly.
"No." Kerry shook his head and said, "Although the crew members don't pay much attention to us, they still take care of us in terms of diet."
"Well, that's good." Bandak nodded.
A group of people began to chat about their experiences, and when Bundak talked about his experience in the small town, he kept the fact that he was bewitched.
"That member of the dark side actually fought Lord Bandak?" a soldier exclaimed.
"Well, Pique is an extremely dangerous person." Bandak said: "Your mission is to search for information and to track the movement of locked characters. Don't take the initiative to fight Pique."
"Yes." The soldiers replied.
"Okay, it's getting late now." Abel looked up at the wall clock on the wall, and told the soldiers: "Everyone go back to the room and rest, we will start to act tomorrow."
"Yes." The soldiers put the dining chairs and dining table back to their original positions, walked up to Bundak and the others in groups, bid them farewell, and left the dining room.
"Let's go back and rest quickly." Bundak said to Abel after sending Kerry away.
"You can't, you still have to drink the medicine." Abel glanced at Bandak and reminded: "I have given the medicine to the clerk in the back kitchen. Now, the medicine should be cooked."
"By the way, I almost forgot about this." Bandak patted his forehead and responded, "Thank you, when did you hand over the medicine to the clerk?"
"While you are still changing your clothes." Abel said: "This is just a trivial matter. The most important thing is that you hurry to drink the medicine now. Brother, don't forget that there is a countdown bomb installed in your body."
"Okay." Bandak nodded with a smile, "Then I'll go to the kitchen first."
"Yeah." After walking for a while, Abel turned around and nodded to him. After seeing Bundak turn and go downstairs, he walked to the door of the guest room. He raised his hand and gently knocked on the door.
"Who?" Kant's voice reached Abel's ear through the crack of the door.
"Your Highness, I am Abel." Abel responded.
"Wait a minute." Kant walked slowly to the entrance and unlocked the door. After seeing that the person standing outside the door was indeed Abel, he turned around trustingly and returned to his previous position, and asked Abel, "Where's Bundak?"
"He's probably drinking his medicine at the teahouse in the lobby." Abel replied.
"Well." Kant nodded, and said, "It's up to you to remind him, otherwise, with his memory, it's almost impossible to take the medicine on time."
"Your Highness really knows the commander too well." Abel laughed, and walked to Kant's side: "Your Highness, why haven't you returned to your room to rest?"
"I have almost rested today." Kant shook his head and said, "There are still many things to do tomorrow, and I have to prepare in advance. By the way, have you told the soldiers what the next task is?"
"Well, I said something roughly." Abel nodded and said, "They have gone back to their room to rest, and they are probably saving their energy for tomorrow's mission."
"Well, you should go to bed early too. I've been away all day today." After hearing Abel's answer, Kant lowered his head in reassurance and instructed.
"Your Highness, you should go to bed earlier." Abel didn't disturb Kant's preparation work, but left a warning and turned and walked into his bedroom.
After hearing the closing of the bedroom door, Kant put down his pen and ink, thinking about something quietly.
After a while, Bundak also walked outside the door. After Kant heard his familiar cough, he stood up consciously and walked to the door to open the door for him.
"Your Highness, why are you still in the main hall?" Bandak asked suspiciously after entering the door.
"I can't sleep, so I plan to use this time to sort out the news at hand. After all, you will start to perform tasks in the town tomorrow." Kant made a pot of hot tea for himself, and when he returned to the tea table with the teapot , opened his mouth and replied.
"It's really hard work, Your Highness." Bandak sat down at the tea table and said, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
Kant raised his head and looked at him with a smile, and said, "You just need to worry about whether you can spend it on the street tomorrow. I'm just going to do some tidying up."
"I heard from Abel that sometimes he would see you working until late at night." Bandak asked worriedly, "Your Highness, we are worried about your health."
"It's okay." Kant pointed to his chest and said, "If my body can't hold on anymore, it will tell me."
"Hmm." Bandak nodded silently, with unstoppable worry in his eyes.
"Okay, don't just sit here with me. Go back to the house and rest." Kant said, "Aren't you taking medicine now? The effect of the medicine will also fluctuate according to the body's work and rest rhythm. This point, You have to pay more attention to yourself."
"Yes." Bandak recalled the bitterness of the medicine, and said with a smirk, "However, this medicine is really bitter. I almost couldn't swallow it."
"Many people suffer much more than these few medicines in order to survive." Kant instructed: "You must not delay, you must take the medicine on time every day. I will let Abel supervise you."
"Yes." Bandak smiled slightly: "Then I won't bother Your Majesty with your business."
"Yeah." Kant responded with a slight nod without raising his head.
After Bundak left, Kant almost finished sorting out the materials in his hand. Kant walked to the window of the main hall and looked at the street view downstairs: most of the portals on this street are self-employed hotels. There are not many merchants and homeless people wandering the streets. Besides, it was almost early morning, and most of the people had returned to the hotels where they were temporarily staying.
Kant looked up at the volcano in the distance. From his perspective, the entire volcano was captured in his eyes.
In contrast to the dark town streets: the halfway up the volcano is always brightly lit in the middle of the night. But the goblin country is not in that light, their territory is in the south of the mountain, standing on the ground at the foot of the mountain, it is impossible to observe the movements of the goblins.
Kant stood by the window for a long time. When a gust of cold wind came, he wrapped himself tightly in the cotton robe.
The evening wind in the early spring night is still a little bit cold. Kant lowered his eyes, extinguished the candlestick, and walked back to his bedroom.
Chapter 851: Invitation from the Innkeeper
The next morning, Abel and Bandak got up early. Responsible for waking up the rest of the soldiers.
After washing up, Bandak rushed out of the guest room door, found the room where the soldiers lived, and knocked on the door.
Abel trailed behind him, picked up the summary sheet that Kant had put on the tea table the night before, and walked out the door.
And Kant was still in a deep sleep at this time, until two hours later, a waiter came to the door of the guest room and knocked hard on the door.
"Who?" Kant was suddenly awakened from his sleep, and he couldn't help but become a little irritable. After getting up, he stopped near the entrance and asked in a somewhat impatient tone.
"Lord Kang Kangde?" The waiter stood outside the door and replied timidly, "There is a letter from the Goblin Kingdom."
"Oh." Kant cheered up immediately after hearing the word 'goblin'. Opening the door, he stretched out his hand to the waiter and said, "Give it to me."
"Yes." The waiter carefully put the letter that had just arrived in both hands, and responded.
"Thank you." Kant said to the waiter while looking down at the address written on the envelope.
"It's okay," the waiter asked hesitantly, "Master Kang Kangde, may I have breakfast for you? Although, it's almost noon now."
"No, I'll go downstairs to have lunch later." Kant was eager to check the content of the letter, and said goodbye to the waiter: "Please go slowly."
"Okay," the waiter responded softly after seeing the door of the guest room being closed with a "bang!" in front of him.
When Kant walked back to the main hall, he glanced at the clock hanging in the entrance: it is indeed twelve noon.
He tore open the envelope with his bare hands, and after roughly reading the content of Gilbert's reply in the letter, Kant finally breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the bathroom and began to wash.
Gilbert's reaction was the same as what Kant had pre-selected in his mind: he promised that he would arrange soldiers in the city to assist Kant and others in surveillance, and he would pay more attention to the news from the surveillance office.
The fact that the animal trainer was involved with the insiders of the inspection office seemed to surprise Gilbert. So I specifically wrote about this in the letter.
After Kant washed his face, he received the letter from Gilbert in his arms, walked out of the guest room, and went to the restaurant for dinner.
The service area of the restaurant is divided into order type and self-service type.
Kant strolled to the ordering area and called the waiter to record the menu. After that, I chose a seat by the window and waited quietly.
It was an hour or two earlier than lunch time, and there were only a few scattered people in the huge restaurant. Each occupies a relatively good table.
Kant didn't like eating in front of strangers. So I walked over to the empty table and sat down. Looking at the scenery on the horizon, killing the time before lunch.
I don't know when, I was alone at the dining table, and there was another person.
Kant frowned slightly, and looked at the half-orc sitting opposite him: he found that this person was somewhat familiar, and when the other party spoke, he immediately recognized the other party's identity.
"Lord Kant, what a coincidence." The innkeeper said with a smile, "When I walked into this restaurant, I noticed that you were there. I just wanted to have lunch with you."
"Of course." Kant responded with a smile: "After all, it is rare to see you, the boss, in the hotel."
"What's so rare about this?" The innkeeper waved his hands with a smile and asked, "Master Kant, why are you alone? Where are Lord Bundak and Lord Abel?"
"They went out on business." Kant replied briefly.
"I heard that Your Highness, you have brought a lot of business to our hotel." The hotel changed the subject and continued: "The environment of our hotel can only be regarded as passable, you can rest assured to arrange soldiers to settle in. It’s really an honor for us.”
"It's also because the environment of the hotel is really good." Kant said, "Besides, I still hope to be closer to the soldiers."
"Well." The innkeeper said, "I've been busy these few days, and it's Fellett who greets you on my behalf. It's a pity."
"Nothing." Kant looked towards the semi-open kitchen, where his steak was sizzling in the pan.
"Lord Kant, do you have any plans for today?" The innkeeper glanced at Kant's face, and suggested, "It happens that I have free time, so I can take you around the city, sir."
"Is that so?" Kant refocused his attention on the innkeeper, and asked unexpectedly, "If you are willing to act as a tour guide, boss, I am naturally very happy."
"Then it's settled." The innkeeper grinned and said, "We will set off after we finish our meal."
"Okay." Kant nodded and agreed, "Thanks for taking care of me."
Not long after, Kant's steak set meal was served on the table. The innkeeper told the waiter to fetch a bottle of red wine from the wine cellar.
Chatting with Kant while drinking and eating.
After lunch, Kant noticed that the innkeeper had been keeping the rhythm on the table. Such traits are very common among businessmen. Since Kant was born, he has dealt with countless businessmen, and he has become familiar with their set of procedures.
"Lord Kant, let's go." The innkeeper suggested to Kant after drinking the last sip of wine.
"But, don't you take a rest?" Kant said worriedly.
He had sat idle for a while while he waited for the innkeeper. And if the hotel owner intends to leave the table immediately after dinner, the exercise after the meal may bring a burden to his body.
"My lord, you don't have to worry." The innkeeper said understandingly: "My stomach has long been unbroken by the dinners of these years. Making full use of time is much more important than this."
"Okay then." Kant did not continue to persuade him with reason, but agreed with the innkeeper's approach and nodded.
The two walked outside the door of the inn and got into the carriage exclusive to the innkeeper.
"Although this town is not big, there are quite a lot of places for people to visit." The innkeeper sat in the carriage and introduced to Kant: "By using this carriage today, I can take your highness around all over the place."
"What's interesting about what you said?" Kant asked.
"It depends on personal preferences. If it comes to places that are in line with His Royal Highness Kant's status." The innkeeper said: "There are only three or four. First, I will take you to the memorial hall in the city. The history of the town Treasures are all hidden there."
"Historical treasure?" Kant asked in surprise after hearing the words.
Chapter 852: The Realm Where God Came
"That's right, although the history of this town is not long." Seeing that Kant was interested, the innkeeper explained in detail: "But because there are vagrants of various races entrenched, the legendary stories created in hundreds of years are enough. rich."
"Well," Kant nodded, "I'm really interested in this aspect. Boss, you must have a good vision."
"Hehe," the hotel owner said with a chuckle, "It's not that I have a good eye, but this exhibition hall is really worth seeing. And the newcomers who have just arrived on the island are not very familiar with this area, so I want to introduce it to you, Your Highness." have a look."
"Thank you for your invitation." Kant replied politely.
The innkeeper told the coachman the address of his destination before getting into the car. After driving continuously for an hour and a half, the carriage stopped in front of a magnificent building.
During this period, Kant kept looking out the window and saw many familiar faces in the army. It was found that the observation operation of Calradia and the elves has become active. It wasn't until the people on both sides of the road became less and less, that I looked away.
"Your Highness, we are here." The innkeeper said to Kant.
Kant nodded, followed behind the innkeeper, and walked out of the carriage. With the hand of the groom, he got out of the carriage.
When he saw the exterior of the pavilion for the first time, Kant thought he was in front of a classical palace.
"This is the most valuable building in the town. Because of the huge project, it was not chosen to be built together with the commercial area when it was built." The innkeeper led Kant into the hall of the exhibition hall, and introduced him: "And, he The most valuable place is not in the appearance we have seen before, or the inner decoration."
"Then what is it?" Kant asked curiously, looking at the face of the innkeeper.
The innkeeper pointed to the marble floor under their feet mysteriously, and said, "The most valuable things are in the underground of this exhibition hall. The rarest treasures in the exhibition hall are sealed and kept in the basement. We are here on the ground What you can see in the exhibition hall is only illusory images and some data.”
"Is it forbidden to enter and leave the basement for sightseeing?" Kant continued to ask.
"Well." The innkeeper replied: "Only the leaders of the dwarves, gnomes, and goblins have the right to enter and leave. This is a contract that was signed hundreds of years ago. However, the exhibits on the ground are enough for us to appreciate. Yes. Some people regard the study of the history of the island as their main business, and have spent most of their lives in this exhibition hall, but they have not been able to understand the past of these objects in every way."
The innkeeper walked in front of Kant and showed him the sightseeing process in this pavilion.
"When this pavilion was first built, what kind of place was it used as?" Kant followed the method taught by the innkeeper, placing his hand in front of a transparent glass cabinet, a suspended The image of the object appeared in front of his eyes. Looking carefully, it turned out to be a jade flute. The text that emerged beside Yu Xiao recorded the history of this magic weapon in detail.
"Well." The hotel owner thought for a while, and said, "There are many sayings circulating on the island, the most common of which is that this venue was used as a god's habitat at the beginning of its construction. This is It came from the mouth of the angel family, so the credibility is much stronger than other genres. Everyone regards this as the orthodox origin of the pavilion."
"God?" Kant looked at the innkeeper suspiciously, and the emotion in his eyes seemed to confirm to him: the god he said was the kind of existence mentioned in common sense.
"Yes." The innkeeper nodded hurriedly and said, "It's a god. I heard that the god of the earth—Sol and the god of peace—Frey has both been here."
"How do you guys know?" Kant asked hesitantly, trying to understand the facts that the innkeeper said.
"The old people who have seen the gods said it, but that is also a story more than two hundred years ago." The innkeeper recalled, while stating: "Someone had to record the scene at that time on the canvas. The painting's The image can be seen in the side hall."
"Can you take me to see it?" Kant asked.
"Of course." The hotel owner readily agreed, "Since we've come to the exhibition hall, we have to take a look no matter what."
"Thank you." After thanking Kant, he followed the innkeeper's footsteps and walked to another exhibition hall next to the main hall.
"Look." When the innkeeper entered the side hall, he activated the video switch with his hand.
A huge magic circle appeared in front of the two of them, and the light in the entire room was instantly sucked away.
The room was pitch black, and the magic circle in midair began to rotate slowly. Kant took a deep breath and waited quietly for the image to appear.
"Boom—" After a loud noise, the magic circle erupted with golden light.
Kant's vision became brighter, and a huge picture scroll appeared in front of him.
"It's so beautiful." Looking at the portrait depicted in the picture, Kant couldn't help sighing.
The golden light from the scroll covered his entire body, and Kant felt his mind suddenly became clear, illuminated by the golden light. A warm feeling hits my whole body.
Although the picture scroll only depicts the scene of Sol eating, the curves that outline Sol's body make anyone who sees it can't help but be fascinated.
The innkeeper standing aside was also immersed in the picture scroll.
The two stayed in the side hall for half an hour before reluctantly leaving.
When closing the door, Kant said regretfully: "If you can see the appearance of the gods in person, you can be regarded as having no regrets in this life."
For a person without religious belief, saying such words proves that Kant has been attracted by the scene just now.
"It's just a pity, that was the only time a god descended on this land." The innkeeper shook his head and sighed.
"Yeah." Kant nodded and said, "It's really a pity."
"Perhaps I shouldn't have brought you to see this scene so early." The hotel owner said belatedly: "The only thing in the museum that can still attract your majesty is probably only one place."
"What?" Kant was immersed in the beauty of the picture scroll at this time, and after hearing what the innkeeper said, he raised his head and asked.
"Please follow me." The innkeeper said mysteriously.
Kant followed behind the innkeeper with a puzzled expression, and walked along the carpet in the main hall to the end of the exhibition hall.
At the end of the pavilion is an altar on which three huge crystal stones stand. It's just that at a glance, you can tell that it is a cheap substitute.
(end of this chapter)