Pale Emblem

Chapter 105 The town is suspicious
Before the fall of Braun Town, Boss Bartom distributed the accumulated treasures to every adventurer who participated in the battle to defend the city wall according to Victor's suggestion.

This is not a small sum.

However, all the treasures that Victor and the others carried were taken away by the Iron Cross Adventure Group, and the remaining treasures were trophies seized from the Orc Bone Collector gang. The quantity was limited, but the value was high.In particular, the three pieces of high-purity mithril ore are extremely rare, and they are so-called priceless tributes. The local Thieves Union will definitely not be able to digest them, and the Adventurer's Union branch will also find it difficult to eat them.

There are no mithril mines in the Disa Alliance, and their transaction prices mainly depend on the strength comparison between the two parties to the transaction, rather than the value of the mithril mines themselves.

Harvey asked the head of the local adventurer's guild to trade Mithril mines just to show off.

The scale of Water Snake Town is very small, and Victor and the others have no place to hide if they want to hide.Now, trouble yourself to find the door, if they blindly evade and give in, it will only make the situation even more out of control.So Victor decides to respond forcefully, sending Harvey to show the locals his strength.

The so-called strength does not only refer to force, but also includes financial resources and structure.

The mayor suspected that they were spies of bandits who had sneaked into the town.

So, will the bandit gang send a strong man with a mirror heart to come to Water Snake Town as a spy?
The answer is no.

Will bandits openly sell Mithril Ore?

There is absolutely no such possibility.

Victor's intention in doing so was not to prove his innocence to the mayor.The mayor is not qualified enough.Because of the small size of Water Snake Town, military needs to rely on transiting adventure groups and various armed caravans in order to effectively curb the raids of bandit gangs.

In other words, the Adventurer's Union and the caravan stewards have a considerable say in Water Snake Town.It's no wonder that the mayor of Middleton often invites the leader of the adventure group and the steward of the caravan to participate in the open-air party.

However, the armed caravan is a mess, each taking care of their own affairs, but all adventure groups, large and small, are at the disposal of the Adventurer's Union.It can be seen from this that the head of the local adventure union is the number two figure in Water Snake Town, even more powerful than the mayor.

The problem with the head of the Adventurers' Guild is that he is not an administrative, judicial, or military official in Watersnake Town.He represents the interests of adventurers, and his way of thinking is completely different from that of Mayor Middleton.

Due to the difference in positions, the attitudes of the head of the union and the mayor of Middleton towards Victor and his party can be divided.

Victor doesn't expect the head of the union to support him at open parties, but he can't let him be the knife of the mayor of Middleton to test himself.

As long as the Adventurer's Guild takes a stand-by attitude, it will be difficult for Mayor Middleton to be too tough on Victor and the others.

All in all, Victor asked Harvey to show his face at the Adventurer's Guild, trying to avoid armed conflict with the locals.As for the origin of those mithril mines, it may be a product from outside the territory, or it may be a collection of a famous family. It is up to the person in charge of the union to guess.Anyway, in the absence of conclusive evidence, the head of the trade union should not treat the stranger who sold the Mithril mine as a bandit.

The use of tactics seems to be Victor's natural ability.

Of course, Harvey's exposure of his strength is likely to attract the attention of powerhouses of the same level. At least the Adventurer's Union can mobilize enough force to suppress a strong mirror heart, but it will take a while.If things had developed to this extent, Victor would have led his men to leave Water Snake Town long ago and fly far away.He mastered the exquisite disguise technique, he could change the appearance of both Harvey and McGrady, and he was not afraid of being followed.

Harvey went out in the afternoon and didn't return to the temporary rental house until evening.

Waiting for him to enter the room, McGrady couldn't help complaining: "Old man, why have you been here for so long?"

Harvey patted the heavy leather purse and said jokingly, "What? Are you afraid that I'll take all the money away?"

McGrady shook his head and smiled wryly. As an old scout, every time he went out to carry out investigation missions and failed to send back news in time, the adventure group would jump up and down anxiously.The same principle can also be applied to Harvey. Although the fighting power of the strong mirror heart is amazing, it is not to the point of being invincible and can still be killed.With this alone, it is possible for members of the Adventurer's Union to attack Harvey who is carrying the treasure.

With the caution and sensitivity of the scouts, McGrady has realized that they also need to deliver news in a timely manner when they are in the city-state. Unfortunately, they have too few people to organize backup.

"We have to have clever and reliable helpers, otherwise we will become deaf and blind." McGrady muttered resentfully, and asked: "Is the matter going well?"

Harvey shrugged his broad shoulders, untied his waist bag and threw it on the coffee table in front of the sofa, saying: "This is a big deal... I took out the mithril ore and asked for a deal, and the bartender in the hotel was dumbfounded. He said he Unable to make the decision, I asked the head of the trade union to come forward and talk to me. Then, they played tricks on me and wasted a lot of my time to finalize the deal.”

"What trick?" Victor's voice came from the stairs on the second floor.

Just as Harvey was about to sit down, he straightened up again. When he saw Victor leading Ruth and Jessica down the stairs, his eyes widened immediately.

The two women were wearing the same long skirt and followed behind Victor quietly.Their expressions were dull, their skin was a healthy wheat color, as if they had never seen anything in the world, and they were girls who had been doing farm work for a long time. They were completely different from the two fair-skinned, beautiful, and radiant female professionals before.

Harvey almost didn't recognize them at first glance, he asked in surprise: "My lord, are they Ruth and Jessica?"

"Can't you see?" Victor went straight to the sofa and sat down, crossing his left leg over his right leg, and asked indifferently.The two women followed him step by step, standing behind the sofa.Their eyes drifted around, but they were still unable to focus, as if they had been in a state of absence, giving people a feeling of stupidity.

Harvey took a closer look, shook his head and said, "The facial features are a bit similar, and I can't tell if I don't distinguish them carefully."

The corners of Victor's mouth turned up in a smug smile.He first prepared a potion to change the skin color of Ruth and Jessica, and their images changed immediately.The biggest difference between the appearance of academic professionals and ordinary professionals is the skin color.Professionals sublimate their expertise, and their skin is hardly tanned by the sun, resulting in the generally fair skin of academic professionals, while other professionals have darker skin, which can be seen at a glance.

Victor smeared Ruth and Jessica's whole body with a special potion, turning their fair and smooth skin into wheat color, making people think that they were female adventurers first, and then they sublimated their expertise and were promoted to professionals.In this way, no one would think that they were born in City State Academy.

In fact, the most important thing about changing one's appearance is to change one's temperament. If a person's temperament changes, his demeanor and appearance will also change accordingly, making it difficult for people who are familiar with him to recognize him.

The temperaments of Ruth and Jessica have long since changed, and their temperaments are like violent beasts. Compared with Anne and Katie in the past, they are completely different.The hallucinogen newly developed by Victor is compatible with water elements, which is opposite to the hallucinogenic potion that hobgoblins used on them. When fed to Ruth and Jessica, their manic and vicious temperament became quiet.

Victor didn't adjust their features at all, but Harvey felt that the two women were strange.

It took only four hours to complete the exquisite disguise of Ruth and Jessica through simple methods, and Victor himself was satisfied.He pondered and said: "When I disguised them, I seemed to remember that someone once said to me that the trick to disguise is to turn yourself into another person. He can spend more than a year secretly imitating a person's tone of voice , demeanor, movements, small habits, slowly adjusting his facial features and appearance, and finally replaced the object of imitation... I can't remember his name, he seems to be an experienced 'secret agent'... Have you heard of 'secret agent' Is this career path?"

Harvey and McGrady looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.

Victor could only sigh secretly, he would occasionally recall some vague memories, but they were not clear enough, but they were clues that could be explored after all.

"Harvey, did you meet any acquaintances in the hotel opened by the Adventurer's Guild?" Victor asked lazily.

"No." Harvey shook his head again and said, "There are dozens of adventurers in the hotel. I looked around and they were all unfamiliar faces. They must have never been to Braun Town. After all, Water Snake Town and Braun Town are not in the same direction. Far away."

Victor nodded, and asked again: "Is there someone who troubles you?"

"No. The people in the hotel seem to have heard of me. No one dared to trouble me. They were very respectful to me. I found out after I inquired that the iron rhino caravan had left Water Snake Town. It seems to reveal our news to the adventurers. The adventurers thought I was a venerable, and they all called me my lord... I have no chance to find a few blind guys to play with power and prestige."

Harvey grinned, pointed to the money bag on the wooden table, and said, "The head of the local trade union is called Eckert. He is in his 50s and is a third-level swordsman. He offered 6000 gold towers to buy our Mithril ore. I agreed, but he couldn't come up with so much money at once, and it made me wait for a while to get the money together."

McGrady opened the bag, poured all the coins inside on the table, picked up one of them, looked at it carefully, put it in his mouth, bit it, nodded at Victor and said: "My lord, it is an alloy coin minted by the Adventurer's Guild." That's right."

These coins are made of fine iron and copper mixed with a small amount of fine gold. One side is engraved with the palace emblem representing the Disa Alliance, and the other side is the warrior head emblem of the Adventurer's Guild.An alloy coin like this can be exchanged for 50 gold towers in any city-state's adventurer's guild.

There are 120 alloy coins on the table, exactly equivalent to 6000 gold towers.

This money is not so much the price for the head of the trade union to buy Mithril ore, it is better to say that a Venerable Venerable sells Mithril ore.If it was replaced by a strong Jingxin, the head of the trade union may bid even higher.After all, the venerables of the alliance are not uncommon, but those with strong mirror hearts are rare.

Victor didn't know that before the iron rhino caravan left the town, the accompanying adventurers revealed to the union hotel that Harvey was a sixth-level grand venerable, which almost confirmed that he came from a famous or powerful family.Eckert, the head of the trade union, naturally did not neglect Harvey.

"Just 6000 gold towers, this person in charge named Eckert actually spends so long raising money?"

McGrady counted the alloy coins on the table, and sneered disdainfully: "He is deliberately delaying the time, and sent someone to inform the mayor, right?"

He thought that the leaders of the Adventurer's Union of the Alliance were as rich as Boss Bartom, but in fact, the Adventurer's Hotel in Water Snake Town couldn't make much money. 6000 urns are the highest price Eckert can offer.With Eckert's status, reselling three large blocks of Mithril ore can sell up to 7 to 8 gold coins.He only earned Harvey's price difference of more than 1000 gold coins, which can be said to be full of sincerity.Had Harvey asked for more, he would have preferred not to do the deal.

Harvey pondered and said: "Ector went out to raise money and brought back a strange guy... He is a little taller than Master Victor, with a strong body like a brown bear, white hair, red eyes, and long It’s pretty good-looking. He wears leather armor and carries a big epee on his back. He’s an expert in mithril mines, and he’s also a good fighter.”

Harvey's current life level is three, deeply igniting the fire of the soul, analogous to the professional venerable who masters the heart of the mirror.The guy who can be called a fighter by him is certainly not an ordinary character.

Victor frowned slightly, and ordered, "Tell me about that person's situation."

"Yes." Harvey nodded to Victor and said, "I think the facial features of that half-elf are only 27 or [-] years old. He first checked our mithril ore, and after nodding, Eckert, the head of the union, Only agreed to pay. Therefore, I said that he is an expert who understands mithril mines."

As the favorite treasure of Dragon King Felumat, Mithril Mine has long been extinct in the Dragon Kingdom. Even a senior blacksmith like Harvey has only heard of Mithril Mine, but has never seen the real thing.

Half-elves who recognize the Mithril Mine cannot be said to be rare, but they certainly have their own backgrounds.

"The adventurers in the hotel didn't dare to talk to me, but this white-haired guy actually stopped me and asked about the origin of the Mithril mine. Of course I ignored him and told him to go away. If he still refuses to retreat, I will Hit him..." Harvey paused, and continued: "When the shoulder collided, I secretly exerted force, and I was going to make him fall. But the kid only took two steps back, and landed on the stone floor. Take two footprints and stand firmly."

"The white-headed boy was very strong. I knocked him away, and I stopped in the same place and couldn't move forward. This surprised me a bit, and the white-headed boy was even more surprised. He stepped out of the way and made a weird gesture towards me, like This way..." Harvey raised his right index finger to touch the center of his forehead, then slashed his finger to his left chest, then touched his right chest, and finally returned to his forehead, just forming a triangle pattern.

Victor's half-closed eyes opened instantly. He stood up and imitated Harvey's gestures back and forth on his forehead and chest.

After a while, Harvey asked cautiously, "My lord, what did you think of?"

Victor shook his head and murmured, "This gesture is a bit familiar, but I still can't remember it."

Maddy next to him said, "My lord, I feel that this gesture is like some kind of etiquette, or a secret language. The white-haired boy can recognize the mithril mine, and he can block Harvey's impact. Tell me, could he be the wife of the mayor?" Christine's subordinates, professionals from the prestigious Gold Wing family?"

Victor nodded. McGrady's speculation was reasonable. From this point of view, he really had inextricable connections with the famous Golden Wing family.He asked excitedly, "What's the name of the white-haired half-elf?"

Harvey lowered his head, took a peek at Victor, and said, "I didn't ask, and he didn't say... Otherwise, I'll ask now?"

"do not!"

McGrady immediately dissuaded him: "My lord, there are strong people in Water Snake Town who can counter Harvey, we shouldn't be scattered, we are easy to be defeated one by one... Sigh, we have too few people now, things like inquiring about news need help to be safe .”

Victor thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Eckert, the head of the local trade union, knows him and can always find him in the future. Harvey, is there any special situation?"

Harvey immediately said: "Yes! After I went out, Eckert, the head of the union, chased me out and asked me, do you want to leave Water Snake Town? He can help introduce a few fellow adventure groups to go with us. The time is set for tomorrow, a ride The cost is only 80 gold towers. On the surface, he seems to be soliciting business for the adventure group, but I always feel that he hopes we don't go to the open-air party of the mayor of Middleton."

Victor touched his nose, raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "It's getting more and more interesting...Tomorrow, I must go to the open-air party held by Mayor Middleton."

(End of this chapter)