The five-story Adventurer's Guild Hotel is like a small fortress, built in the middle of Water Snake Town. To the east is the mayor's residence and barracks; to the west is adjacent to the crowded civilian neighborhood, just like the adventurers in the Disa League.
His social status is neither a wealthy and famous family nor an ordinary half-elf commoner, but he is located in the middle of the two classes.
The door of the hotel is open, and half-elf nobles or commoners can enter and exit. Of course, most nobles dislike the adventurers' vulgar behavior and lack of education, and will not easily enter a hotel where adventurers gather; while commoners are generally afraid of the adventurers' force and arrogance.
It is undeniable that the adventurer's hotel is well-informed and contains many opportunities to change your destiny.
As long as you dare to put your life as a bet and participate in risky activities, no matter what the outcome is, you can always change your destiny and your own personality and habits.
The adventurers are fierce and cunning, full of passion, and very dangerous. Don't expect them to be submissive to the famous families. If they are forced, they will dare to draw their swords even when facing the dragon cavalry of the famous highland families.
You must be careful when dealing with adventurers. They reject arrogant dignitaries and despise weak civilians. They only follow the survival rules of adventurers. If they find that the person who breaks into their territory is an "alien", it is inevitable that someone will come forward to teach the intruder a lesson.
Or, so that they can understand the rules.
It was afternoon when Victor and others walked into the hotel. The hotel owner was reluctant to light candles in broad daylight. The light in the hall was dim and dim, and a few adventurers were sitting in the darkness. They all turned their heads and spoke with
His sharp, wolf-like eyes looked at the people who had just entered.
They first looked at Victor, who was tall and slender, and then noticed Harvey next to Victor. So, these unruly adventurers immediately averted their eyes and chatted casually as if nothing had happened. It was obvious that Harvey had
Visiting the inn left a deep impression on the adventurers, at least letting them know that Harvey was not someone to be trifled with.
Harvey has not been in Water Snake Town for a long time, but his reputation is loud enough. Caravan managers, thieves, and adventurers all mistakenly thought that he was a level 6 great lord, and guessed that the identities of Harvey's companions were also extraordinary.
"Hey, man, where's the president of the Eckert branch? We have something to do with him." Harvey ignored the guys sitting in the corner and asked the bartender behind the bar in a rough voice.
The young store clerk laughed along with him, nodded and said, "Good afternoon, Mr. Harvey... The president of the Eckert Branch is out there and hasn't come back yet. If you have anything to do, just ask me."
Victor pushed Harvey away at this time, tapped his fingers on the smooth surface of the wooden bar, and said lightly: "Yesterday afternoon, when we were going out for an appointment, a thief sneaked into my residence and stole our things.
.I plan to issue a reward through the Adventurer's Guild to capture the thief alive."
As he spoke, he tilted his head, and Maddie on the other side immediately stepped forward and poured all the alloy coins in a money bag onto the bar.
"There are a total of 4,000 gold pagodas here, which are the bounties we paid in advance." Harvey raised his head and raised his chest, squinting at the dumbfounded bartender, and said arrogantly.
Coins mixed with a small amount of precious fine gold collide with each other and make a crisp sound. Experienced adventurers can distinguish the subtle difference between them and the jingling sound of ordinary gold coins.
Not to mention the bartender behind the bar, even the adventurers sitting deep in the hall couldn't help but stand up and look around, then sat down again and listened carefully with their slightly pointed ears to the specific content of the reward.
4,000 gold pagodas is definitely a huge sum of money. If an adventurer can save so much money, he can almost consider retiring. The most important thing is that the task of catching the thief is very simple, and it is not even a real adventure.
It's rare to meet a generous financial owner who is very happy to earn this large bounty.
The bartender stretched his neck, rolled his Adam's apple up and down, quietly swallowed a sip of saliva, and said cautiously: "Sir Harvey, according to the rules of the Adventurer's Guild, a private bounty, regardless of whether the task is completed, we have to draw two from the middle.
In other words, the cost of the task issued by the union is 800 gold towers, and the bounty is only 3,200 gold towers. What do you think?"
He was wrong. The real situation is that only registered adventure groups are eligible to release bounty tasks through the union. The greater the reputation of the adventure group and the higher the contribution level, the less the task release fee extracted by the union. According to the regulations, Harvey must first
Take out the registration documents to prove which adventure group you belong to. The person in charge of the union will also have to spend time reviewing the specific content of the task to ensure that the bounty task complies with the union's regulations.
To put it simply, the bounty tasks released by the Adventure Guild are only related to adventure activities and are not allowed to target the half-elves of the Disa Alliance. Even things like hunting down thieves are not allowed to post bounty tasks.
However, rules are often broken, especially in the face of high bounties, and the Adventurer's Guild always has ways to circumvent the rules.
Victor offers a large reward to the thief to recover the lost property. If he is rejected by the Adventurer's Guild, he can also ask the Thieves Guild for help, or ask the Water Snake Town Guard to come forward to solve the problem.
The thief leader can earn such a large bounty, the guard captain can earn it, but why can't the adventurers earn it?
Nothing more than catching a lowly thief
Regardless of who pockets the bounty in the end, if the Adventurer's Guild launches the bounty mission first, it will be able to take away the 800 gold tower fees first. This is a completely profitable business.
Harvey waved his hand, raised his voice, and shouted: "Okay! 800 gold pagodas is 800 gold pagodas. We want to see the thieves alive and kicking. Don't fool me with corpses or half-dead people... Humph, I want to see it."
What audacious bastard dares to instruct a thief to steal my master's things! As long as we find out, even if he is an official of Water Snake Town, I want him to look good!"
The bartender quickly divided the money scattered on the table into two parts and swept them into different drawers. He then took out paper and pen and asked passionately: "Mr. Harvey, do you have any clues to provide?"
"The thief was a teenage girl named Stephanie. She once pretended to be a tailor's assistant and came to our rental house." Harvey glanced at Victor and continued loudly: "She sneaked into the rental house quietly.
But they didn’t have any money or anything, they only stole our identity documents and a very important letter of introduction.”
The loud voice echoed in the hotel hall, and Harvey deliberately let as many people as possible hear it. In fact, Stephanie only stole some change, and the so-called identity documents and letters of introduction were purely false. However, Victor was like this
The design was to deliberately muddy the waters, and even if Stephanie was captured alive, there would be no way to expose their lies.
It doesn't really matter whether the adventurers believe what Victor and his party say. As long as they want to get a generous bounty, they have to support Victor's position on the surface - to catch the thief for the owner and recover the important identity.
Documents and letters of introduction, and then receive the huge reward of 3200 gold pagodas.
Victor used this to create public opinion, implying that the captain of the Water Snake Town Guard had deliberate intentions and instigated Stephanie to steal their identity documents. When the conflict between the town guard and Victor and his group became public, the adventurers, as the important armed forces of the town,
If you have the strength, you can just wait and see without having to act as a thug for the town guard.
There are also several armed caravans stationed in the local area. Their position is basically the same as that of the Adventurer's Guild. There is no need to work for the town guard and can be regarded as a whole. Therefore, Victor and the Water Snake Town Guard, who are suspected of being highland nobles, and the adventurers' union
There will be some kind of delicate balance.
Victor pretended to be a noble and wanted Stephanie in a high-profile manner to give the Adventurer's Guild and the various armed caravans a reason to stand aside.
Of course, his true identity cannot withstand investigation at all. If reinforcements from Fallen Leaf City arrive in Water Snake Town, this fragile balance will be broken, and the Adventurer's Guild will most likely join in the roundup of Victor and others.
Because of this, Victor judged that the town guards would probably choose to be patient and not attack them immediately without the adventurers joining them.
This is enough. Victor only strives for time to move around freely in Water Snake Town. In two or three days, he can fully evolve the cave environment under the town at different locations.
On the stairs of the hotel, one after another adventurers poked their heads out and looked down. Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Victor nodded and led his men to the third floor of the hotel, walked through the dark corridor, and reached the innermost part.
A large guest room.
The door was ajar, Victor stood at the door for a second, and then pushed the door open and entered.
Rhine, with silver hair and bright red eyes, was sitting deep in the room. He was not surprised at all by Victor's intrusion. He has perceptions beyond ordinary people, so he would naturally lose the emotions of surprise. However, the guest knocked on the door first.
The most basic courtesy to the host, Victor's intrusion did make Rhine a little annoyed.
"You didn't close the door." Victor confidently pointed out Rhine's mistake and turned to look at the room as if he was the owner here.
Rhine shook his head, sat on the chair, sighed helplessly and asked: "What do you want to see me for?"
Victor's eyes fell on him again. This majestic bounty hunter was wearing a set of leather armor even when he was alone in the room, completely covering his strong body.
"I'm curious, don't you feel hot when you are dressed like this all day long? Or do you have to be fully equipped like this when you are intimate with a woman?" Victor's tone was frivolous, and he turned sideways and let Maddie turn the two puppets.
The beautiful woman led him to the front, let Rhine take a look, and continued: "Yesterday you said you wanted to spend money to buy these two female slaves. I brought them to you, but now I doubt that a bounty man who refused to take off his armor
Are hunters really interested in them?"
Rhine chuckled and said calmly: "There is no doubt that I am indeed not interested in them. Even the information about the Wolf Shepherd Girl is false. I have no idea where she is."
Victor raised his eyebrows and asked: "So, you deliberately lied so that the guests attending the outdoor party would stay in the mayor's small garden... What is your purpose of doing this?"
Having said this, Harvey took a step forward and passed half of Victor's body. He held the hilt of his sword and stared fiercely at the bounty hunter opposite, with a very obvious threat.
Rhine said nonchalantly: "What I want to do has nothing to do with you...and you are in big trouble. If I were you, I would just find a way to escape from Water Snake Town."
This guy refused to communicate with Victor with a gloating attitude, and ignored the threat of force from Harvey.
Harvey had the urge to beat up Rhine, but he was also wary of his opponent's strength. He couldn't guarantee that it wouldn't affect other people if he fought with Rhine in such a small room. Victor was not angry, and he vaguely felt Rhine's
A bad temper is a deliberate attempt to alienate others, and there is no malice in itself.
"Your target should be the Middletons... Then, I will give you a piece of information for free." Victor held Harvey's shoulders and said to Rhine with a smile: "There is something in the basement of the mayor's residence.
A secret passage, there may be something you are looking for in it."
"Farewell."
After saying that, Victor turned around and left with his companions without even closing the door.
Through the open wooden door, looking at Victor's slender and well-proportioned back as he turned the corner of the stairs, Rhine's joking smile gradually disappeared, his bright red eyes revealed a hint of darkness, and his whole temperament became particularly deep.