The epic story of green monsters

Chapter 461 Shadow
  The late night at Namur Fortress is not peaceful. After all, it is the pass of the north-south trade route, so there are not many caravans staying here.

Because of the existence of caravans, the entertainment industry in the fortress is also very developed, such as gambling houses, taverns, brothels and other sensual places, so that at night in Namur Fortress, you can always hear laughter and laughter. joy of spring.

Of course, apart from the noisy and lively places, there are more places of darkness and silence in the fortress. And in these lonely places, it is inevitable that there will be various figures who are accustomed to walking in the darkness, shuttling back and forth.

In a small courtyard in a residential area of ​​the inner city, the oil lamp had just been blown out, and the dwarf mage Keith was about to enter meditation.

Knock knock! Knock knock!
  Suddenly, there was a slight noise from the window next to the bedroom. Case's bright eyes suddenly showed a vigilant look, and he held the staff he placed beside the bed.

"Who?"

A guy who can avoid the guards outside the hospital and touch around the room where he is, without activating the many defensive magic traps he has set up, obviously has good strength.

"Mr. Case, it seems that your debt is due. Is it time to pay it?"

A gloomy voice came from outside. Hearing this, Case's face froze, and he growled in embarrassment: "You only owe so much money, is it necessary to sneak over to find me at night?"

"Mr. Case, I don't want to disturb you at night, but we can't find you during the day."

The gloomy voice outside was still calm, and he didn't forget to knock on the door twice more.

Standing up gloomily, Case walked to the door angrily, opened it, and saw a male hobgoblin wearing dark brown tight-fitting leather armor, with two slender daggers stuck in his waist, standing. Under the dim roof.

Keith didn't want to let the other person in, he just wanted to send him away with a few words, but unexpectedly, the other person completely ignored his actions to block the door and just squeezed in from the left side.

"I really can't think of a debt of 5000 gold coins. Mr. Keyes, what can you give to repay it?"

The hobgoblin took out the dagger on the left side of his waist, put it on his hand and kept doing tricks. Sometimes he put it on his neck and disappeared, sometimes he pulled it back from the base of his thigh, and more often he held it on his fingertips and kept turning it.

"Give me two days and I will get the money together!!"

Kes looked at the hobgoblin pitifully and begged.

"Hahaha, it's not that I don't give you time, but our supervisor said, Mr. Case, your credit is gone. If you can't get the money, then I will take something back from Mr. Case. "

Luke, the hobgoblin assassin, would not be moved by the other person's expression. His eyes swept over Case's small body to see which part was more valuable.

"Humph!!"

Seeing that his plea was useless, Keith simply stopped pretending and changed his face to a arrogant one.

"Since you all said so, I really won't pay it back. I just want to see what you can do to me!!"

"At any rate, I, Keith, still have some status in Namu Fortress. If you really hurt me, I will stop your store from opening in the city again!!"

Facing Keith's rogue appearance, Luke was well prepared. He lowered his head and glanced sideways at him, shaking his head.

"Hahaha, I don't know. Does Chief Bilaire know that you, the leader of the mage group, secretly deduct the salary of your team members? Also, the actual amount of magic materials consumed by your mage group every month, why is it always Is it 30% less than what you reported?"

The hobgoblin calmly told two things about the mage group, causing Case's arrogant expression to collapse on the spot, and his face changed to one of fear.

"How, how do you know?"

"That's not all I know!"

Luke's eyes suddenly turned cold, as if a sharp thorn was piercing the opponent's heart.

"I also know that you and the hobgoblin female that Chief Bilaire has confiscated for two years have done something secretly! In the middle of every month, the two of you will meet at a farm outside the city. Let’s go on a date.”

"Tell me, if Patriarch Bilaire knew these things, how would he deal with you?"

"you you…………"

Keith's whole body felt like it was struck by lightning, and his whole body began to tremble continuously, and he could not even utter a complete sentence. As the trembling movements got louder, he became more and more panicked. Finally, he fell directly into the room. At this time, when he looked at Luke, he really knew what a devil was.

"Luke, Luke, go back and tell your supervisor that I will definitely pay back the money I owe you!! Tomorrow, just tomorrow!!"

"I promise!!"

"It's too late."

Luke completely ignored Case's pleas and coldly rejected the other party's proposal.

"I changed my mind. I don't want that money anymore. I just need you to do one thing for me."

"........."

Keith had already collapsed, but when he heard that things had turned around, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Do it, I do it!!"

"I asked you to assassinate your clan leader, will you do it too?"

Luke raised the corners of his mouth and said with a sneer.

"what??"

Case was stunned, staring blankly at the fellow hobgoblins in front of him.

"Just kidding, what we want you to do doesn't require you to risk your life, you can rest assured."

Hearing this, Case let out a long sigh of relief, and then looked up at the hobgoblin in front of him with a somewhat flattering expression. There was no trace of the mage's dignity.

"As long as you help us complete this matter, not only will the previous accounts be written off, but we will also give you an additional reward of 5000 gold coins, or a level 6 spell crystal."

"what?"

The dwarf had just gradually calmed down from his panic. Suddenly, when he heard such a good thing again, a greedy look suddenly appeared in his small eyes.

"it is good!!"

No matter what he needed to do specifically, when he heard such a good reward, Case lost his mind and immediately started to pound his little head.

"Very good, what you need to do is on this magic contract. Come on, sign your name and put the blood seal on it. Our deal will be considered complete."

Luke took out a magic contract that he had prepared a long time ago and handed it to Keith. He slowed down and spoke softly.

"........."

Even though he was blinded by the power, Keith was still a mage, so he had enough wisdom. After picking up the magic contract, he didn't sign it immediately, but read it over at a glance.

The more he read, the more dazed his expression became. If he really acted according to the above content, then his days in the Ajinaga tribe would be over.

When he raised his head again, Case's face became clearer and he put down the contract in his hand. When he was about to say something, Luke stopped him and spoke.

"You have no other choice now, either sign your real name and accept our mission. Not only will you have no debt in the future, but you will also have a good reward, which is enough to support you until you find another employer; or, You should pack up these worthless belongings in the house now and run away."

"However, if you run away, not only will you have to deal with the powerful men sent by the Bilaire clan to hunt you down at any time, but you will also probably never see the true love of the hobgoblin you swore to spend the rest of your life with."

"And if you help us, maybe your lifelong vow to stay with your partner can be realized, and you can also get a lot of reward." "I'll give you ten minutes, think about it. .”

Luke is not in a hurry. They have already figured out the character of the dwarf mage in front of them. He is a greedy, lustful and successful guy. I believe he will not be able to escape from Luke and the others in the end.

As early as more than ten years ago, Luke and his colleagues were already looking for leaders of the upper and lower middle levels of the Ajinaga tribe, or members in certain important positions. Over the years, with the operation of a large amount of money and capital, Luke and the others have been able to win over some people to make their business in the Ajinaga tribe smoother.

Although the Keith in front of him had many character problems, he was able to access the secret lock of the patriarch's castle. Before, Luke and the others didn't have much contact with each other. They just maintained a good relationship and occasionally gave small gifts.

Later, as the mission requirements given to them by the tribe changed, when they stepped up their efforts to bribe the middle-level leaders of the Ajinaga tribe, Keith, the greedy dwarf mage, was included in Luke's group.

From the very beginning of setting up a scheme to make Keith owe gambling debts, to later helping him connect with the hobgoblin companions of Bilaire and Xinna, the source of everything can actually be traced back to Luke and the others.

"...I sign!!"

Keith didn't wait ten minutes, and after calming down a little, he finally made a decision after a fierce psychological battle.

"However, I need you to pay me in advance. I want money, not magic crystals."

"If I do what you ask, then after doing all this, I will have to start my escape journey. I can't wait until your results are out, and then come to you to ask for my reward!!"

"Also, if possible, I hope you can help me rescue Nasa from the castle."

"There's no problem with the remuneration."

Luke calmed down his emotions and replied seriously.

"As for Nasa, as long as you complete the opening of the mystery lock, you have plenty of time to find her. By then, I'm afraid the castle will be in chaos. With your ability, you won't be able to find her without our help. Difficulty."

A money bag that had been prepared long ago was taken out by Luke from the luggage bag behind him. The bulging money bag made creaking sounds from time to time. When Luke opened the purse, a stream of crystal light reflected into Keith's eyes in the dim light. They were cut rubies.

After seeing the reward, Case no longer hesitated. He signed his real name on the contract with two swipes. At the same time, he scratched his wrist with his sharp fingernails. In a clearly visible wound, there was a line of green blood. flowed out.

After dropping a few drops of his own blood on the contract and pressing his fingerprints on the blood, Case raised his head.

"Are you satisfied?"

"very good."

Luke smiled slightly, threw out the money bag in his hand, and took the contract from the other party's hand.

"Pleasant to work with."

"What are you prepared to do..."

"That's not something you should know."

Just when Keith wanted to ask about the inside story, Luke's smiling face immediately turned sinister, and his cold tone made Keith shudder.

"But, I'm the only mage, so I can't control the opening of the mystery lock!"

"Don't worry, someone will help you when the time comes. Just do your own thing."

"it is good."

Keith thought thoughtfully and breathed a sigh of relief. At least now it seemed that the other party's arrangement was not just for him, which meant that his task was not as difficult as he imagined.

The night shrouded the earth and protected those who walked in the darkness. As Case's door opened, Luke's figure gradually disappeared into the night.

Tonight, Luke will be very busy. In addition to Case, who is now being taken care of by him, he also has several targets that need to be taken care of.

Of course, except for Luke, several of his other colleagues were not idle at this time. Some were drinking and drinking with others in the seemingly noisy and lively brothel; some were holding sharp weapons and posing on a certain goblin. Zhong's neck, forcing the other party to sign his real name on a contract.

Time passed quickly, and when the scorching sun shone again in Namur Fortress, the ghostly figure in the night hid again.

However, some people also felt very irritable and speechless, such as the two co-existences sitting in the huge castle at this time.

"We request a meeting within the Ring of Thorns group to discuss the next counterattack on Bonn City, as well as aid supplies."

Maggot Eyes and Ariel both appeared in Bilaire's castle at the same time, using the strength of their two tribes to put pressure on Bilaire.

Bilaire sat in the main seat in the castle's living room, and his eyes met with Ariel's. There was a bit of impatience in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it and did not let the two leaders in front of him notice.

This is not the first time Ariel and the others have come to discuss these matters. In almost every regular meeting of the Ring of Thorns, they will struggle with this issue for a long time.

But they also don't think about why other members send their own tribesmen and warriors to the battlefield for the benefit of their two tribes. In the end, it is the warriors of their own tribe who die, and it is Snowmi and Crow who profit. Claw guy, why! !

"Chief Ariel, Chief Maggot Eyes, the team's regular meeting will be held in two months. There is no need to summon representatives of other members now."

"Let's talk about these issues when the regular team meeting starts, okay?"

Bilaire plastered the two leaders with a fake smile on his lips.

If he wasn't worried that these two guys would jump over the wall and pose a threat to his Nasir Fortress, Bilaire wouldn't even bother to talk to them. Nowadays, the relationship between the Ajinaga tribe and the Church of Nature is getting closer, but Snowmi and Crow's Claw are constantly being weakened on the frontline battlefield. As one goes and the other grows, the strength of the Ajinaga tribe is different from that of the With the combination of the Nomi and Crow Claw clans, the strength gap between the two clans is getting smaller and smaller.

"no!!"

Ariel's tone was firm and could not be refused, and behind him, the Jackal Maggot's eyes were bulging and he looked fierce.

"There seems to be civil strife among the drow in Bonn. We think this is a great opportunity to counterattack!!"

"I missed this opportunity. I'm worried that if we try to regain our territory in the future, the losses may be even greater!!"

Birrell had heard the reason given by Ariel several times in the past few years, and he was not prepared to take it seriously this time.

However, after seeing the serious attitudes of Ariel and Maggot Eyes, he knew that if he didn't give a result, they might not stop.

"Well, I will send people to deliver letters to several other leaders. As for whether they are willing to come to the meeting in the end, I have no control over it."

Bilaire hunched his shoulders and said helplessly.

"it is good."

In the distant city of Mansha, a giant eagle landed in the training ground behind the temple of the Church of Nature, and a transformed lizard druid wearing a green robe showed his prototype. The lizard man tiredly said hello to his colleagues in the training ground, and then quickly ran towards the interior of the temple.

"What? The elder of the Ajinaga tribe may have fought with a certain legend in the Os Canyon? So far, no trace of Elder Manoranjin has been found?"

After listening to the information reported by his subordinates, the legendary high-level battle priest Brown Peter, who was the chief priest in the city, frowned slightly, but he didn't have much sense of urgency.

"Send someone to inform the representatives of the Ajinaga tribe in Mansha City and tell them what you know."

"Yes."

"It's just a fight, there's no need to worry too much."

(End of this chapter)