Lord of War

  The noise in the tavern did not affect Diels' thinking.

   Born in a slum, he is very familiar with this environment, and it can even be said that he has long been used to it. For others, it is a very noisy environment, but for him it is a natural intelligence gathering point. Although there is a lot of meaningless content, there are also some more valuable gossips, and the only thing he needs to do It is to organize the information he needs from these chaotic languages.

  Of course, under normal circumstances, this approach is only suitable for relatively small-scale villages and towns. After all, there are usually only one or two such local pubs, and the intelligence will naturally be relatively concentrated. Usually, if you want to find the information you need in a city, you will definitely not choose to go to the tavern. After all, no matter how small a city is, there are at least several taverns, and the channels for collecting information will be affected. Decentralization, unless a lot of manpower is invested, this approach is purely a waste of time.

   is just a waste of time for others, but not necessarily for Diels. Without such a skill or two, he would not have become the chief of the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire.

  Sitting quietly at the wine counter, Diels didn’t notice much, he just ordered himself a reasonably priced dinner and a glass of ale.

  At this moment, he looked a bit like a down-and-out wanderer from a distance, trying to find a good opportunity here in Void City.

He doesn’t eat fast, but it’s a bit rush. It doesn’t look any better than gorging. At least he’s rude to eat. He will only drink a sip of ale when he chokes, and then hammer himself. He swallowed the food with difficulty in his chest. This meal. It only took him less than two minutes to finish the meal. With half a cup of ale left, Diels licked his lips with some meaning, and touched his pocket with his right hand, showing a bit of disappointment and frustration in his eyes.

  However, his eyes quickly calmed down again, and it seemed that he was full of hope for life again. When the tavern owner walked up to him and began to clean up the plates, Diels took a sip of the ale glass, looking like he was drinking. Then he asked, "Boss, are you still hiring here?"

   "Recruiting people?" The tavern owner was taken aback for a moment. He glanced at the young man with anticipation in his eyes.

This is a young man who is still full of vigor. The boss noticed that the young man threw the dusty shabby cloak at his feet when he brought him food just now. This little detail is not very noticeable. . But for the tavern owner who has to deal with countless adventurers and businessmen every day, it is a very clear message: this is a somewhat educated but very down-to-earth young man.

  And such a young man, if he were not really desperate and hungry to the extreme, would certainly not gobble up his own dinner like just now, and of course would not have the courage to ask work after drinking a sip of ale. No matter how you look at it, this is a young man who has just set foot in society and is still very shy. Maybe something happened at home that made this young man have to come to Void City to try his luck.

  Now including the people in nearby territories, it is very clear. The Void City of Pandaling is a new city. It has just been constructed here, and it is still in a blank reclamation period. If you can seize this opportunity to gain a foothold here in Void City. The future life probably does not need to be too sad. It is precisely because of this that many people come to Void City every day. These people are wanderers and leaders who live in other territories. There are even some bankrupt businessmen or down-and-out people.

  Although because of the arrival of these people, Void City no longer needs to worry about population issues. However, the employment rate, which has become saturated in a short period of time, has also begun to breed some crime problems. Fortunately, with the return of Archon Neil, the security in Void City is now much better. At least after the deployment of multiple guards and the direct execution of some criminals, Void City is now beginning to restore the peace and peace of the past. .

  The tavern owner is still quite optimistic about the somewhat educated young man in front of him. After all, if the Void City continues to prosper, it will certainly be of great benefit to him. It is a pity that he just recruited a person who seems to be more capable. This is already a full-load operation for his tavern, so even though he sympathizes with this young man, he still shook his head and refused: "Young man, You are a step late."

  Sure enough, as soon as the tavernkeeper’s words fell, Diels was very cooperative and revealed a little disappointed and lost **** se.

  In fact, Diels, as the chief of the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire, had already noticed a notice paper that had been torn off outside the tavern when he entered the tavern.

Judging from the traces of the paper remaining on the wall, Diels easily judged that the paper must have been a notice paper for recruiting employees before, and it was a gray mark after it was torn off. As well as the sticky marks on the back of the remaining paper, this paper should have been torn off within two days after being pasted. And there are no new traces of coverage on the paper, all of which indicate that the manpower needed in this tavern is full, so it is of course impossible for Diels to come here to ask questions.

But for this long-known result, Diels still showed disappointment, just for his next move: "Then... Then, can you provide me with a little information? I... I am really now. I really need a job."

  While saying this, Diels took off his purse, revealing a determined gritted teeth, and poured out all the money in the purse.

  Three silver coins and twenty-one copper coins.

  The tavernkeeper glanced, his eyes already showing a bit of sympathy. With this little money, at most, this young man can only spend four or five days in Void City. If he can't find a job afterwards, he will probably really become a beggar. But what the tavernkeeper really sympathized with was not this. He was really sure that the young man in front of him was an inexperienced rookie.

   "Hey, looking for a job?" A burly-looking man sitting next to him walked up carelessly, "I can introduce you to a job."

   "Duer." The tavernkeeper frowned slightly, but he was glared at by the big man named Duer. He could only shut up angrily.

Diels was keenly aware of this action, and then his face showed a bit of panic, and hurriedly swept the money into the purse, with a smile on his face that was uglier than crying: "Thank you...Thank you for your kindness, I …"

  But Diels' right hand was quickly grabbed by Durr, and he snatched his money bag.

  Diers' face changed drastically. He tried to grab his money bag, but was pushed to the stage by Duer. At this time, the two big men sitting with Duer also stood up. The three quickly surrounded Diels. Although the three of them did not do anything, the invisible deterrent was enough to make many timid people regress. The tavern was quiet for a while at this time, but after seeing that the troublemaker was Durr, the tavern was very The noise before it resumed soon.

  As for the episode that happened on the stage. They have all forgotten.

"Duer, if you want to continue to drink here in the future, please stop." The tavern owner does have a good opinion of this young man, and if Duer is allowed to make trouble here, it will have some influence on his tavern. , So he immediately said, "If you don't leave again. I will go to the captain of the patrol."

  Duer glanced at the tavern fiercely, then turned and left with a cold snort, but before leaving, he still gave Diels an elbow severely: "Stingy, you are lucky."

   was so punched by Durr. Diels's face turned pale, but he only dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak. Looking at the money bag that Duer had taken away, he was so anxious that he burst into tears. But in the end. He could only watch Durr and his two companions leave proudly, and had no courage to catch up.

   "Oh." For a long time. The tavern owner sighed slightly, "That guy is Goldie's subordinate, there is a famous villain around here. Although if you go to the guards, their behavior will be punished, but Goldie will definitely come to you. Trouble, unless you don’t want to stay in Void City."

  Dils pursed his lips, and didn't reply, his spirit was still a bit sluggish.

"In this way, if you go to the south of the city to find Rodo, you say that I introduced it. If you are lucky, you may be able to find a job." The tavern looked at Diels, and finally moved a heart of compassion, "Luo Most of them are well-known meat suppliers in the Void City. It is said that even the food in the Lord's Mansion is purchased from him. I heard before that he needs a bit of knowledge and education, probably to deal with people in the Lord's Mansion.... But whether you can win this job from Rhodo depends on you."

  Hearing the tavernkeeper's words, Diels' eyes showed excitement and joy.

  This time, he was not in disguise.

  Intentionally, he just wanted to use the tavern owner to introduce a job as a condition to get himself into a legal identity, so of course he would have a great guarantee for his subsequent underground activities in the Void City. Because when he entered the tavern, he captured a key message during the short time he had just eaten: Void City is now mixed with dragons and fish. Although the increase in the patrol and guards has improved the security situation, in fact Void City is still in chaos and complexity. If something is out of the ordinary, it will naturally be noticed soon.

Judging from this point of intelligence, Diels probably knew why his men would have missed: In such a chaotic situation, coupled with the anti-intelligence work in Void City, they are also very cautious-only in this tavern, Diels discovered that two people might be engaged in anti-intelligence work. Judging from this, Diels has every reason to believe that the taverns located near the four city gates must have intelligence agencies belonging to Pandaling. Surveillance, if you are a little careless at this time, you will be spotted immediately, and if the current tension between Pandaling and the Kingdom of Darbion is replaced by Diels in charge of intelligence work, it is also There must be a mistake.

  So it can only be said that Diels’s subordinates are not learning skills but not jingling, but are completely regarded as a victim.

  The spy investigation work has never been completed in a short time, so Diels urgently needs a new identity.

  What he didn’t expect was that his luck was indeed a little too much. He was able to get online from the tavernkeeper with the food supplier in the Lord’s Mansion, which would save him a lot of espionage work. Because his purpose in coming to Void City was only to investigate who had the Phoenix bloodline. Judging from the known intelligence clues, Diels had actually locked down three people: Rina, Hina, and Cecilia.

  Because of the lack of sufficient intelligence to establish data analysis, he could not be sure.

   But if he can get close to the Lord’s Mansion, then he believes that his work this time will definitely end soon.

While thinking about this, after thanking the tavern owner, Diels could not wait to leave the tavern. All his behaviors were very normal, and it did not arouse the two people in the tavern who were also engaged in intelligence investigation work. Notice.

  On this point, I really have to say that Diels is an expert in this area, because the two sides are not at the same level at all.