In the next week, the team still stayed in Grande to rest. However, everyone was not idle either. On the one hand, they continued to track down the person behind the incident of erasing the records of the Adventurer General Guild. On the other hand, they did not forget their original mission.
That is to find the recipient of Mazak's letter.
The recipient of the letter is called Sir Duke in the letter, which sounds like an old gentleman with some status. But in Grande, there are tens of thousands of such old gentlemen and nobles with status? Although there is only one title.
, Mazak also told them the old gentleman’s original address, but after they investigated the place, they found that it had been renovated and rebuilt more than ten years ago, and most of the original residents had already left.
Fortunately, from the people who stayed, they learned that most of the original residents had moved to the Uptown District, Binno District, and Port District. Although these three urban areas were also very large, they were not completely clueless.
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Everyone can only pray that the old knight is not part of the minority, otherwise investigating the entire Grande would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
In contrast, it was the other side who had clues first. Tianlan, Jita, Parker and Box were assigned the task of going around to investigate the information of the officials of the Adventurer General Union. This was not a difficult task. After all, they were in a street bar.
It is easy to obtain this public information.
And it doesn’t require much time and material resources.
The next step to rule out suspicion was more difficult. By contacting the Night Thieves Guild and purchasing information, everyone narrowed down the scope step by step. It was only in the last few steps that their investigation encountered difficulties because the authenticity of the information was difficult to determine.
Small trouble.
When several people were at a loss, Ms. Papamo, played by Parker, shined because during an investigation, 'she' met a dwarf tailor who was the servant of a guild official.
The latter had no doubts about this "lady" who claimed to be the "new" washerwoman, and fell in love with "Ms. Papamo" at first sight for her beauty and cuteness. From then on, she became loyal and talked about everything.
But of course our Ms. Papamo is very loyal and cannot be bothered by this. However, Tian Lan accidentally learned about this matter, so under the coercion of this little devil girl, the latter had no choice but to compromise with her.
During a 'date' - this is how Tianlan described it, but Ms. Papamo refused to admit it and only admitted that it was a mission - this loyal and reliable dwarf man accidentally revealed a piece of information to everyone.
Of course the other party was not proactive, he was just bragging to the "very lovely" lady in his eyes about how much he was valued by his master - as if because of this, the official talked to him about everything, and the master and servant often kept secrets together.
But this is not the case. Jita discovered early on that this dwarf servant was actually sensitive and inferior in private. In order to satisfy his vanity, he often hid in the closet and eavesdropped on his master's secrets, and was proud of it and bragging about his status.
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Thanks to the poor man's inconspicuousness in the eyes of the official, he was not discovered for so many years. However, based on this, Jita and Tianlan worked together to formulate a plan.
So at this moment, 'Ms. Papamo' pretended to be disdainful - of course, this was actually 'her' true thought, and spoke out without mercy to expose the loopholes in the other party's words. Because 'Ms. Papamo''s expression was so
It was so lifelike and hurtful that the dwarf man jumped up as if he had been stabbed, with a blushing look on his face: "Just wait!"
After that, he jumped down from the flower bed, turned around and left. Just when Parker thought that his mission had failed and breathed a sigh of relief, he saw the other party running back from a distance, and panting, he threw a badge to the
In front of her.
Then he told her about a recent incident with a proud look on his face——
It turns out that his master was entrusted by someone not long ago to help eliminate an incident in the Adventurer's Guild. Although the incident was not big, it was a serious illegal operation after all. Once discovered, given his master's status,
If you can't eat, you have to walk around.
Therefore, his master gave him numerous instructions to keep this secret carefully, and gave him a badge as a witness.
Our Ms. Papamo looked at the badge and was shocked. Looking at her like this, the dwarf seemed to have gained great psychological satisfaction. It was just that Parker took the initiative to ask for the badge.
At this time, the other party seemed to be a little cautious.
He put away the badge, shook his head, and told her that the badge was an agreement between his master and him, so he could not give it to the mission person.
"I swear, that badge is exactly the same as the one we saw before. It belongs to those damn guys from the Dragon Cult. I can guarantee that I saw it right."
After returning to the hotel, facing everyone, Parker replied somewhat exaggeratedly.
Jita also shook her head.
"That dwarf is lying. His master can't possibly tell him these things. He probably overheard those words. They may have some value, but they cannot be fully believed." Miss Naturalist's voice was soft and childish:
"He probably stole that badge, so he didn't dare to give it to Parker—"
Others nodded, agreeing with her analysis.
But Luo Yu put forward his own opinion: "Then what should we do next?"
"The official has left Grande and gone to Vanrik in the south. It seems to be to avoid the limelight, or perhaps for other reasons."
"Isn't it just in the Changhu area, south of the Caodi Mountains?"
When Fang Yu heard this, he looked at the others, especially Etila and Sylvide. After seeing the two men nodding slightly, he said: "We can go to Vanrik, but there is no need to disrupt the original plan.
, Improving strength is still the top priority for the current Seven Seas Brigade."
The elf girl did not object. Red was cutting tobacco on the sofa nearby. The bright afternoon sun shone on his mane through the window. The scissors in his hands were sharp and made a clicking sound. The big cat man looked like he was enjoying his leisure time.
I don't intend to speak.
The ship officer naturally stood by Fang Pliance, and the others had no objections, so the next plan was decided.
Only Tian Lan praised: "Anyway, Ms. Papamo has made great contributions this time."
However, how could Parker not understand what the little witch meant and retorted loudly: "It's Parker, not Ms. Papamo."
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this.
This is mainly because of something that happened during the period. The story between the poor Mr. Dwarf and Ms. Papamo originally came to an end, but unexpectedly, during the last confirmation of the news, the other party actually took out a gem.
Courtesy of Ms. Papamo in public.
According to the description of Tianlan, who laughed so hard at the time, Ms. Papamo was very moved at one point. After accepting the gem from the poor dwarf, she rejected his advances.
This lofty operation naturally became a joke among the adventure group, and the name "Charming Ms. Papamo" spread like wildfire.
Unfortunately, Parker was unable to keep the gems he had finally obtained through hard work. Miss Attila took them back to the public on the grounds that all expenses and income from the mission were team assets.
It was an emerald, which was said to be very valuable - of course, it was probably stolen by the loyal and reliable Mr. Dwarf.
So the last remaining task for the adventure group was the recipient that Mazak asked them to find. But this seemingly uncomplicated task made no progress for a while, for no other reason than Shangcheng District, Binno
The area of the district and the port area is too large.
Since there are no shortcuts, everyone can only investigate step by step.
Seeing that another week has passed, everyone has stayed in Grande for nearly half a month. In order to save time, they continued to walk around the streets and alleys during the day, looking for clues left behind.
On the other hand, after nightfall, Mr. Huiyan's platform renovation work began to proceed in an orderly manner in the animal pen.
Although the materials for the platform have not yet been resolved, the ordered airbags have arrived. Fang Pulong and Luo Yu plan to make a frame first, or at least come up with the design. After all, it is not a short trip from Grande to the Caboti Mountains.
, and the Seven Seas Brigade is not the same nine-member team as before. We can't let Alisa, Baggins and Box sleep on the hanging net on the platform all the time?
Although Baggins had been a sailor in the past and had seen worse environments, the box had no objection to this. The lovely Lisa was still a girl after all, not to mention everyone in the team was equal. The previous arrangements for the box were just improvised and simple.
Not a long-term solution.
In addition, Fang Plover also considered that Grande's conditions were better in all aspects, and some needed tools and parts could be purchased nearby, so he did not need to waste time by making them himself - not to mention (because of the grade) the quality may not be up to standard.
Since the beast of burden platform is by no means their first creation, there is also a factory in the animal pen that can be rented to modify the platform, so the modification and design here are far better than related work in the wild in every aspect.
Therefore, the renovation work has also been planned in advance.
Naturally, the renovation work first started from the actual needs of the team. It was first of all a mobile camp, which needed to provide some basic functions of the camp, such as shelter from wind and rain. On Mr. Gray Rock’s original platform, the four carriages provided this function.
, but compared to the current team of twelve people, four small carriages are definitely not enough.
However, with the additional buoyancy generated by the airbag, the platform can be further enlarged. With the help of the original Guy generator, the load capacity can be increased up to about seven times, so it is not impossible to increase and improve the original living space. It’s just that in
On this small matter, everyone had quite a disagreement.
To be precise, for the sake of training, Fang Plover's plan is to distribute and arrange the modified platform in a style similar to that of an airship as much as possible. The original carriages should no longer be simply placed on the platform frame, but
It becomes a cabin structure.
However, his idea was relatively simple. The layout of the cabins was just enlarged according to the structure of the original platform, from four to eight, all of the same size. There were two people living in each cabin, and a total of sixteen people could be accommodated.
Although the team currently only has twelve people, twelve people are obviously far from enough to control an airship. For a team, they also lack many key positions. Sooner or later, they will need to recruit professional sailmakers.
The professional mage chief and the doctor and priest on the ship.
Therefore, vacating part of the cabin is also due to the need to expand the team in the future——
But this plan encountered the first objection from the ship officer.
Sylvide's opinion is very simple. She believes that since it is to be similar to an airship, the distribution of cabins should naturally be as close to that of an airship as possible. As a future captain, Fang Plover naturally needs a captain's cabin of his own.
and shipyard.
Seriously speaking, this was the first time that Fang Plover was so directly refuted by Sylvester, and the other party's reasons seemed a bit unreasonable to him.
He always thought that Sylvide's title of captain was just a joke, and the space on the small platform was limited, so how could it be possible to set up a separate captain's room and ship's room for him, which in his opinion were useless.
But I didn't expect that other people agreed with Sylvester's view.
This is mainly due to an opinion from Jita.
The future Miss Naturalist believes that their captain, as an alchemist, naturally needs a specialized alchemy laboratory. This is also the biggest benefit of the platform to a team with alchemists as the main body. If this is ignored, there will be no success.
It is different from abandoning the basics and chasing the last.
So she proposed to merge the separate captain's cabin and the alchemy workshop proposed by Miss Sylvide, as a single cabin, which can serve as both the studio and the captain's cabin. Although this is not in line with tradition, but considering the platform
It's not big per se, nor is it unacceptable.
So everyone unanimously agreed with this opinion. After all, the help of a professional alchemist to the team is obvious to all. At the same time, Sylvide also accepted this compromise. Once she agreed, Baggins and Siesta naturally had no objections.
So this was established.
The captain's cabin in this design is located at the rear of the platform, occupying about one-seventh of its volume. The interior is divided by a wooden wall, and behind it is Fang Plover's private space - including a bed with two ends against the bulkhead.
The bed is not big, but it is quite comfortable compared to the conditions in the wild.
On one side is a row of grid stained windows. The stained glass blocks the outside view of the interior, but Fang Plover can closely observe the situation behind and left of Mr. Huiyan from the captain's cabin.
At the same time, when the shield above the air bag is in the diffusion state, it can also provide certain protection for the windows located on the upper level of the platform, so that the upper grille glass will not break at a touch and need to be replaced at all times.
Under the window sill is a long desk with some fixed small items placed on it, such as the captain's log, ink bottles, quills, etc. In addition, there are maps hanging on the wall and a row of bookshelves.
Books, plus a few boxes of blueprints, this is all Fang Plover's personal belongings.
Outside the captain's cabin, there is a cramped studio. It is cramped because it is compared to the studios in those craftsmen's workshops, but the conditions here are many times better than those in Fang Liao's original single carriage.
The studio is somewhat long and narrow, with a carpentry workbench on one side and a simple blacksmith's workbench on the other. There is a row of cabinets on the middle wall to store some simple materials and tools.
It is said that a location has been reserved for the future installation of a small alchemy generator - that thing is a miniature version of the huge spherical furnace that Fang Plover saw during the El Paxin competition. It is also indispensable for craftsmen to carry out high-end production in the future.
things.
Of course, they can't afford the high price of such things now.
And due to Luo Yu's ingenious design, the woodworking workbench can be opened when not in use and turned into a simple tailoring workbench, so the replacement and repair of airbags can also be temporarily performed in this studio.
The other end of the studio is also separated by a wooden wall. Inside is a small cabin, roughly the same size as Fang Plover's captain's cabin. Inside is Sylvide's room - the latter insists that the ship's officer should live in it.
The place connected to the ship's maintenance room, this is the rule on the ship.
It was difficult for everyone to convince this rich young lady, so they had to leave it to her - anyway, she had been living with Fang Plover before, and nothing serious happened, and there was a small cabinet in Sylvide's room.
Come and put the map and compass, these are all things that will be useful when traveling.
At the same time, there is no need to set up an additional map and compass room.
Behind the alchemy studio is a separate warehouse. The center is used to store air bags and some important items. On both sides are compartments for food and other supplies. Since these items are mostly cheap, they can also be used as a protective layer for the central warehouse when attacked.
At the same time, these goods are generally heavy and are used to keep the platform balanced. However, when taking them, be careful to calculate the weight on both sides to prevent the platform from tilting due to an imbalance in the center of gravity.
At the same time, the cabins of Siesta and Baggins are also located on the left and right of the warehouse. Neither of them has any requirements for living conditions. Under Sylvide's arrangement, they only arranged a hammock position for each of them.
However, Baggins has a weapons rack of his own, which is filled with his collection of machetes and firearms. On the other side, Siesta nailed a small flower bed outside the porthole and raised a pot of squirrels that swayed in the wind.
Marigold.
Behind them are other people's cabins, like two rows of wooden houses, standing opposite each other. A patio was opened in the center at Etila's suggestion, and her original flower beds and those strange plants were transplanted to these places - the future
It can also be used as a livestock stall.
The open patio at the same time also makes it easier to inspect and maintain the air bag and Guy gas generating device above.
The space in front of the platform and the captain's room at the rear are almost the same size and have become dedicated restaurants and conference rooms to facilitate everyone to dine and discuss together, as well as start future adventure plans.
Moreover, when the tables and chairs are put away on weekdays, it can also be used as a temporary training room.
However, the main purpose of this cabin is actually to reserve space for future transformation. For example, professional carpentry studios and sailmaker's studios cannot always occupy the alchemy studio.
After these basic cabins were determined, everyone still had their own opinions, big and small - for example, Miss Attila's kitchen was equipped with a metal stove and flue, as well as an infirmary and a wooden pulley crane.
etc.
The latter is because originally food and some other supplies could still be transported by manpower (mainly relying on big cat people), but after the total load-bearing capacity of the platform was increased, they had to rely on the power of cranes and pulleys.
In addition, since it is set up as a cabin structure, the drainage problem that was not originally a concern for the platform must also be taken into consideration. Fang Piao's solution is simple. After all, it is not a real aerostat, so he only uses a series of
Drainage channels and a small elm water pump solved this problem.
The modified platform took two full weeks to complete, and its final shape resembled an elongated octagon - with top decks on both sides, parapets and bulwarks, and two inclined ladders at the front and rear connecting the patio below; deck
The original two crossbows were placed on it, and the air bags above were suspended by cables in the center and side of the ship. The Guy gas generator provided simple protection, but the protection mainly relied on the shield generator.
For the sake of defense and structural load-bearing, the bottom is also processed into a curved shape similar to the bottom of a ship. The bottom cabin can also be used as a temporary warehouse, but it is mainly used to place some repair materials and other ballast. However, since it is not a real
It's an airship, so it doesn't actually use a high-strength keel.
Moreover, due to the suspension, the height of the platform is about three to four meters higher than before. The Guy generator on Mr. Huiyan's back is no longer hidden by the platform, but is directly exposed.
In this way, the protection of Mr. Gray Rock himself and the Guy Generator on his back becomes a problem during the battle. The only temporary solution is to have the melee class go to the ground to protect the beast of burden after the battle.
However, the distance professions and non-combat professions on the platform are much safer than before.
In the end, except that the material of the entire platform has not been changed, and the outer armor has not been installed, it actually looks similar, as if Mr. Gray Rock is dragging a floating boat forward.
Of course - it just looks like it, but it's actually very different. It can't even be compared with it in terms of structural complexity. Compared with a real airship, this platform can be said to be a pretty good one at best.
'Toy'.
But it was just a 'toy'. When it was completed, everyone in this small adventure group gathered together and held a small celebration party. Everyone seemed a little excited at that moment, even
Boxes and 'Ms. Papamo' are no exception.
The two of them walked around the platform several times, looking up and down.
Tianlan was even more excited and crazy. Even Jita couldn't hold her back. She ran all the way to her room, jumping and jumping, only barely shouting a few times.
Only Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief and was somewhat satisfied with his work. He couldn't help but look at Luo Yu who was standing aside and said:
"Thank you for your hard work, Luo Yu."
"This is what I should do."
Luo Yu just nodded. In the reconstruction of the platform, apart from Fang Plover, it can be said that it was he, the half-carpenter who acted as a boatman, who contributed the most, so Fang Plover spoke like this.
Behind the two of them, the aristocratic girl was looking up at the platform, her light blue eyes flashing with a strange brilliance, as if she had seen what her father said to her from above the 'small boat'