Pulled the curtains, Suldak closed and locked the door, and walked out of the Maple Leaf Hotel along the zigzag corridor.
According to the waiter's description, the tavern called 'The Shire' was not too far from the hotel, so Suldak walked directly out of the hotel courtyard without riding a horse, walked through the doorway to North Street, and he only wore one suit.
Ordinary leather armor, and no noble medal on the chest, just a knight's badge. This kind of attire can be seen everywhere in Bena City.
There were several magic caravans parked on the roadside on North Street next to the hotel. A coachman sitting in the driver's seat saw Suldak walking out of the hotel. He quickly stood up from his seat and opened the door.
The hat smiled at Surdak and asked: "Sir Knight, do you need to rent a magic caravan?"
Suldak waved his hand to indicate that he would not sit down, and the coachman returned to his original position.
When he reached the spot where Lady Dorothy's carriage had just stopped, he deliberately took two steps slowly and looked towards a dark magic caravan with dark patterns.
Sure enough, I saw Mrs. Dorothy's maid sitting alone in the carriage of the magic caravan, drinking tea silently. She did not notice Suldak passing by the roadside. The temperature was a bit hot in summer, so she opened the carriage door.
The magic light inside the carriage illuminated her childish face.
Suldak took another look at the small townhouse opposite. The curtains were drawn on the windows and lights were lit inside, but there was no shadow of the young man.
I heard that in the city of Bena, ladies have several lovers. This kind of thing is very common, but it seems that there are no lovers. Talent is something that makes people feel a little incredible.
Although it has become dark, there are still many pedestrians on the street. Some civilians are walking in a hurry with a bag of food. You can see the tired look on their faces. Suldak guessed that the civilians living in such a big city
, life must be very stressful.
There are also a group of children wearing only shorts and bare backs running around on the street. It seems that the lampposts and low shrub walls on the street are entertainment facilities they can use.
Surdak walked through the intersection. Next to the rusty water pipe at the intersection, a man in a windbreaker was squeezing a woman in a silk skirt against the wall. The two hugged tightly in the shadows.
Together, and walking a few steps further, Surdak discovered that there were several street girls standing under the shadow of the door of every building on this street.
When they saw Surdak approaching, they walked from the shadows to the street lights, lifted up their pleated skirts to reveal their slender legs, or pulled their skirts hard to reveal their snow-white breasts squeezed out of their waists.
, and then showed sweet smiles, but they were very careful and would never make physical contact. Surdak would quickly move away without making any indication, and would not ask questions.
On the wooden benches next to the bushes, some homeless people were lying on them. They curled up and slept soundly on them. Some of them even had a bottle of wine on hand.
Suldak couldn't understand why these homeless people had to drink this more expensive ale when they couldn't even eat.
The Shire Tavern is not difficult to find. There are four waiters guarding the door. Seeing Suldak in clean leather clothes, they immediately opened the door of the tavern and invited Suldak to come in and sit.
These waiters don’t have a good look on the homeless people wandering around the entrance of the tavern.
Suldak walked into this tavern. The room was not too noisy.
The lighting in the room is very soft, and the wooden tables and chairs also look very elegant. They are filled with alcohol, perfume, and the smell of barbecue. The drinkers are talking in low voices. There are not many wine girls in the tavern. If the drinkers want to order drinks, they will ask the station.
The waiter at the wall waved.
Suldak walked directly to the bar and sat in front of the bartender.
There are also many customers sitting at the bar. Men and women are crowded side by side. Some are sitting next to each other and chatting, while others are drinking alone.
The bartender’s eyes fell on Suldak, his eyes moving from his strong arms to his calloused hands, showing a questioning look.
Suldak pointed to a bottle of golden cider behind him and said: "Please give me a glass of golden cider!"
“Northlanders?”
The bartender turned around and took the bottle of wine skillfully.
Like a magic trick, a glass was placed in front of Surdak, three cubes of ice were added, and the glass was filled with golden wine.
Suldak shook the wine glass gently, and the ice cubes made a clinking sound in the glass.
“People of Halanza.”
Suldak said.
After speaking, he pointed to the knight badge on his chest and asked the bartender: "Hey, who should I call when asking for information here?"
"what news?"
The bartender came up to Suldak, stared at Suldak and asked.
“News about the Bradbury family, including the manor that was attacked.” Suldak said to the bartender.
The bartender was not surprised at all. He stared at Suldak and said:
"At least thirty people came to me to inquire about this matter before you, so this information is not valuable. For a gold coin, I can tell you what everyone knows. Of course, if you don't mind the trouble, you can find it in the city.
You can also hear these messages by chatting with others. We just summarized these messages. If you want to know more in-depth information, an information fee of one gold coin will be charged for each message. Of course, these messages will definitely
Makes you feel it’s worth your money.”
Sulda Clisso pushed out a gold coin and placed it in front of the bartender.
The bartender did not take the gold coin immediately, but shouted into the aisle behind him: "Sophia, this knight wants to hear the story about Lord Bradbury."
"no problem."
An ordinary-looking woman wearing tight-fitting leather armor but with very flexible eyes opened the door curtain and walked out of the aisle. Her eyes fell on the gold coins on the table. With just a tap of her index finger on the table, the gold coin jumped off the table.
It stood up and fell accurately into the woman's hand.
Sofia looked at Suldak with a half-smile and said:
"follow me!"
Turning around and walking into the aisle behind him, the bartender stepped aside to let Suldak pass.
Suldak followed the woman into a private room. Sophia sat down at the table, took a sip of wine, and asked Surdak:
“Tell me, what do you want to hear?”
Suldak actually just wanted to find out the location of Bradbury Manor and what kind of secrets the family was hiding. But now that he had paid a gold coin, he simply said: "I don't care about anything.
I know too much, tell me everything you can say..."
Sophia glanced at Suldak unhappily, and then Surdak saw a badge on her chest. The pattern on the badge was two daggers stacked on top of each other, and the background was hidden in the shadow of the grass.
With his eyes, Surdak knew that this was the badge of the Thieves Guild, but he did not expect that this ordinary-looking lady was actually a thief officially certified by the Thieves Guild.
Suldak is still a little curious about the Thieves Guild.
“Oh, do you need me to introduce the glorious deeds of Lord Bradbury’s life?” Sophia asked Suldak.
Suldak nodded and said: "Of course, I am a native of Halanza."
Sofia took another sip of ale and then said to Suldak:
"Let's start with the attack on Bradbury Manor. You should also know that in the past two hundred years, the Bradbury family has not even had a knight who is good at fighting. Each generation of lords has done nothing, not because of poor management.
Being heavily in debt means arrogant and wanton squandering of family property. Every generation of Bradbury family leaders has to sell off part of the family property in order to maintain the family's daily expenses and final dignity. Today, except for those in Bena City, the Bradbury family
Apart from the estate which cannot be sold, there is no additional property left.”
"The current heir of the Bradbury family is Benny.\nBaron Bradbury. After graduating from the Bena Advanced Swordsman Academy, Baron Benny served in the Bena Constructed Swordsman Corps for four years.
Then he retired and joined an adventure group called the "Fire Dragon" in Bena City, and traveled with the adventure group in various provinces of the Green Empire for several years. When the adventure group returned to Bena City, the adventure group
There is an extra female magician inside."
"Since the attack on Bradbury Manor, the female magician has disappeared from the world. According to our intelligence analysis, this female magician is most likely a member of the Dark Moon Gate. Her purpose of joining the adventure group
Just to get close to Baron Benny and get information about the Bradbury family, she finally led the rebels to loot the Bradbury Manor."
"Those rebels snatched a crystal key from the Bradbury family's showroom. It is said to be a key carved from magic crystal that can open the door to the red dragon treasure, and the Bradbury family
All successive clan leaders are the custodians of this crystal key."
"As for why the Bradbury family has not tried to find the Red Dragon Treasure, the information we have collected is: it is not that they are not looking, they have been searching for this treasure for so many years, but they do not have a complete treasure map.
, this time Benny.\nBaron Bradbury traveled around the empire with the Flame Dragon Adventure Group in order to collect information about the treasure map. Unexpectedly, his move immediately attracted the attention of the Dark Moon Gate, saying
Come on, the name of the dragon-slaying sword 'Quel'Sera' is too great."
Surdak didn't expect that there were so many hidden secrets in it. He remembered that the image projected in the magic crystal was actually a certain mountain forest area. His heart moved slightly and he asked curiously: "So the Red Dragon Treasure is real?"
?”
Sophia nodded and said: "It can be inferred from various signs that the red dragon treasure is probably real. You must know that shiny gems and gold coins have an irresistible attraction to dragons, and there is some wealth hidden in their lairs."
, this is not difficult to understand, and it is said that Quel'Sera is buried in the red dragon treasure."
It turns out that the magic crystal is called the Crystal Key, so no wonder it is in the hands of the Magician Kirsten.
“Where is the Bradbury family’s manor that was attacked by the rebels?” Surdak asked pretending to be casual.
“At No. 2 Hanting Street, the aristocratic old district of Bena City.”
Sophia answered without thinking, it seemed like she had answered this question many times.
Sophia said to Suldak: "According to the information we have, the crystal key is currently in the hands of the magicians at the Dark Moon Gate. The manor is now in an abandoned state. Even the manor
His successor, Baron Benny Bradbury, does not live there, but every adventure group that inquires about this matter will go to the manor to look for some clues. After the manor was attacked by the rebels, almost
They will all be trampled to pieces."
“It seems that you are also interested in the red dragon treasure?” Sophia tentatively asked Suer.
Suldak smiled noncommittally.
Sophia didn’t ask any more questions and just said: “If you need to hire an adventure group, you can come here to see me at any time. I can introduce you to a trustworthy adventure group with experienced treasure hunters in the team.”
“Okay, if you want to know more about the details or hidden secrets of the incident, one gold coin for each question...”
After Sophia finished speaking, a proud smile appeared on her lips, thinking that she had already whetted her appetite, and just waiting for the knight on the other side to ask impatiently, gold coins would fly into the purse...
"No more..." Suldak rubbed his hands, stood up from the chair, and said casually.
???
Sofia looked at Suldak with a puzzled look.
She couldn't figure it out - didn't the knight in front of her want to know the whereabouts of the Crystal Key, the origins of the Dark Moon Gate, and the clues about the rebels who attacked Bradbury Manor?
Suldak said with satisfaction:
"It's enough to know so much. I'm just a little curious about what happened in Bena City, which disturbed the knights in the guard camp of Helensa City every day. Later, I learned that it was the legend about Quel'Sera, so I took advantage of it.
I’ll take this opportunity to come to Bena City to inquire...Thank you for introducing so many stories to me. When I return to Helensa City to attend the party, I will have a new topic!"
After saying this, Suldak walked out of the room.
Sophia's mouth was dry as she talked, so she took a big sip of ale and sat on the chair sulking.
Thinking about how unlucky I am tonight to meet such a stingy knight.
Back at the hotel, Suldak lay on the soft big bed and began to seriously think about how to send the magic crystal to Bradbury Manor. He was planning to go to the abandoned Bradbury Manor tomorrow.
I will take a look at Bury Manor and take the time to write a letter of visit and send it to Marquis Luther.
In addition, since I came to Bena City, I had to meet Hathaway and Beatrice. Hearing that Hathaway was locked up at home, Suldak planned to write a letter to Beatrice first.
Find out the specific situation.
The next morning, Suldak had breakfast early in the restaurant downstairs of the hotel, then left the Maple Leaf Hotel on horseback and walked along the city streets towards Bradbury Manor.
The old aristocratic district is really a long way from the block where the Surdak Hotel is located...