Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-One Sealing the City
After checking the hundredth item, there was nothing wrong with it, and the situation of Lady Maria and Director Felidos mentioned by Claude was also consistent with the facts. However, the captain still ordered his men to go to the tavern to find the coachman to learn more about Claude.
situation.
The large bat-style silk robe covered up the modified muskets hung on the backs of the SWAT team. Claude suddenly understood why the SWAT team used this strange clothes as their uniforms. Even though they were very attractive walking on the street,
Pay attention, it looks like an underground gang, but at least it is much better than their swaggering on the streets with modified guns and making people panic. Even in strange places, the local scoundrels and gangsters will be scared because of their weird and mysterious behavior.
Dressing up and staying away will reduce the possibility of a lot of minor troubles and conflicts for them.
"Hello, my name is Liklite Dolem." After the people from the special service team took the five gangsters like Slim Man away, the man in black who was left behind checked the injuries of the three gangsters on the ground and asked his
The captain complained that the black silk robe was ugly. The man in black introduced himself to Claude in a friendly manner.
Claude also nodded to him: "I am Claude Field, nice to meet you."
Then Claude suddenly discovered that the captain of the special service team asked Liquelet to stay and see off this team member who probably disliked him. Because this Liquelet was not only an acquaintance, but also a talkative person who went from a dead end to a cart tavern.
During this journey, Liquelet never closed his mouth and kept talking, mostly nonsense.
However, from these nonsense, Claude also learned a lot of useful information. For example, the modified muskets in the hands of the special service team were all customized by the musket research institute in the capital. The cost of a modified musket was very high, so there was no way to carry out it.
Standard supporting production. But for the special service team, this is not a problem. They have special funds allocated for customization and modification of muskets.
In addition, the kingdom's special department has eight special service teams, each with fifteen people, and a squadron of reserve members. They are the kingdom's weapons specially used to deal with magicians. In addition to the two special service teams stationed in the royal capital, they take turns to maintain
Outside of the order, the remaining six special service teams are running around the kingdom, hunting down banned wild mages and wanted magicians.
To a certain extent, the special service team can be regarded as the battle mage of the Kingdom of Orvelas. The minimum requirement to become a member of the special service team is to have magic talent, be able to learn various spells, and have a clean family background and be loyal to the kingdom.
and the Sterling royal family. In addition, the selection of any special service team member starts at the age of thirteen or fourteen, testing magic talent, attending a special training school, and learning magic. After the age of eighteen, he becomes a reserve team member, and only after repeated tests can he
Officially become a member of the SWAT team.
Liquelet said that he was a war orphan. After his mother died of illness, he lived with his aunt when he was four years old. His father was an army captain and died on the continent of Nubisia. He and his aunt lived on his father's pension.
When he was thirteen years old, some people came suddenly. After testing that he had magical talent, they recruited him to a school run by the special department. After graduation, he became a reserve member of the special service team. The year before last, the special service team was expanded.
scale, he was selected as a formal team member because of his outstanding performance.
"You said these don't violate the confidentiality regulations of the special department?" Claude asked him curiously.
"It's okay, these are all open secrets in the royal capital, and anyone with a little connection can find out." Liquelite replied nonchalantly.
Claude thought about it carefully and felt that it was right. The special department of the royal capital was not a secret to anyone who cared about it. Moreover, Liquelet had just told him a lot, and he only talked about his life experience and the size of the special service team. These were really
It was easy to find out. But for the mission they were performing, he never mentioned what magic he had learned at that specialized training school. Even when Claude mentioned his modified musket just now, he just said it was very powerful. About
There is no need to mention the effective damage distance of the shooting range.
Back at the Big Cart Tavern, Liquelet told Claude without hesitation that after dinner, he needed to talk to Uncle Osker alone to understand some things. Claude nodded to indicate that he understood, and then he
I paid for the best meal in the Big Cart Tavern. After eating, I paid the bill and retired to my room.
As for what Licklite and Uncle Osk talked about, Claude didn't want to know, it was probably about his situation in White Deer City. Claude was fortunate that he didn't reveal his secret of magic in front of the special service team.
, otherwise, in front of the dozens of modified muskets of the special service team, I really would have no room to resist.
In the end, Uncle Osk was drunk and helped upstairs by two carriage drivers in the tavern, muttering something like, "Why don't I get down on you..."
The two coachmen said that Uncle Osker and the man in the black robe were drinking together like this. How dare they be drinking together? Claude curiously went down to the second floor and went to the tavern lobby to take a look. It turned out that the tavern
The boss told him that the man in the black burqa had left. He had drunk a lot of wine, but he still looked very sober and did not feel drunk at all.
Claude had to take care of the drunk Uncle Osker for one night. Fortunately, Uncle Osker drank well. He didn't go crazy even when he was drunk, but he woke up twice in the middle of the night, once to ask for water and once to urinate.
The next morning, Uncle Osker got up very late, because they were originally scheduled to leave at eight o'clock, but by the time Uncle Osker finished cleaning up and went downstairs to have breakfast, it was already around ten o'clock. He was just about to pack up and say goodbye.
When they were about to set off, several carriage drivers came back cursing and told everyone in the tavern to stop working. Baimu City was closed today and no one or goods were allowed to leave.
As soon as the news spread, many coachmen cursed in the tavern. For them, the closure of Baimu City for one day meant that they would not have any income for the day. Some of the agreed ore transportation had to be changed. I wonder if the bosses would
We will find someone else to transport it.
But more coachmen still wanted to try their luck at the city gate, and Uncle Osker and Claude were no exception. Only when they arrived at the city gate did they realize that there was no possibility of accommodation. The city gate was closed tightly, and in front of the city gate
A white horizontal line was drawn about fifty meters away. The soldiers of the guard camp guarding the city gate were armed with live ammunition and the matches were lit. As soon as anyone without permission crossed the horizontal line, the soldiers of the guard camp could shoot, and even
The two small cannons on the city wall aimed their muzzles into the city...
No one dared to attack the city gate, so everyone returned to the Cart Tavern, cursing and cursing. Uncle Osker continued to chat and curse with a group of carriage drivers in the hall of the tavern, while Claude returned to the guest room to catch up on his sleep. When he came down for lunch at noon,
, only to realize that this was a rumor flying all over the sky. There have been dozens of versions of rumors about why Baimu City was closed. The most exaggerated one is that the only daughter of the general manager of Baimu City was raped and murdered. The general manager vowed not to catch that person for a day.
The criminal didn't open the city for a day or something...
This is actually nonsense. It’s all people who can’t leave the city venting their anger. According to the tavern owner, the general manager of Baimu City is in his sixties. He has two sons and a daughter. The daughter is an aunt and is very fat in her forties.
Like a wine barrel, what kind of blind thief would take advantage of her? If he really didn't have the eyes to look for her, the person who was raped and killed would definitely not be the aunt. On the contrary, the thief would be more likely to semen.
Exhausted and died.
Claude had no intention of staying in the tavern lobby. He just persuaded Uncle Osk to drink less and then returned to his guest room. The reason why Whitewood City was closed was actually very simple. The special service team was searching for the two men from Shigros.
The magicians of the island, otherwise they would never be so aggressive. You must know that the loss of Baimu City from being closed for one day is not small. Only the special service team from the royal capital has the ability to force the general manager of Baimu City to cooperate with their actions.
In the evening, fierce gunshots and explosions rang out in the neighborhoods east of Baimu City, which lasted for about ten minutes. Then news came that two extremely vicious fugitives were hiding in the neighborhoods over there, and were fighting with the patrol officers who were chasing them.
A firefight broke out between the teams. The two criminals brought a lot of gunpowder and blew up several houses. Dozens of innocent residents were injured due to this sudden violent conflict. Fortunately, there are no reports of casualties yet.
Claude knew very well that it was by no means the result of two so-called fugitives bringing gunpowder, but the damage caused by some powerful spells. In this era when black powder was used as the propellant for muskets and artillery, the effect of gunpowder
Compared with uninvented explosives, the power of the explosion is just childish. It is impossible to blow up a three-story brick building in one go.
At around eight o'clock in the evening, Liquelet from the special service team went to the Cart Tavern to look for Claude.
"You can leave tomorrow. Starting tomorrow, Baimu City will no longer be closed. In addition, the captain asked me to tell you that the ten boxes of the highest quality white root powder you bought at the Dangro Mining Company store have been approved, and there will be a dedicated person tomorrow.
Send it to Norman Lane Forest Farm in White Deer City," Licklett said.
Claude was very surprised: "I have already paid the bill, why do I need to approve it?"
Licklett cracked his lips: "This is what the branch of the Whitewood City Special Department does. Anyone who purchases these precious materials will be investigated and will not be allowed to do so until there is no problem."
"No," Claude retorted: "Yesterday the manager of the store asked me if I would take it away right away. If I don't ask them to deliver it, I can take it away without approval."
"Haha..." Liquelite smiled and shook his head: "You can take it away from the store, but you can't leave Baimu City with these goods."
Claude understood that this was a preventive measure by the kingdom's special department to prevent these precious magic materials from falling into the hands of unregistered magicians and other uncontrolled wild mages. Perhaps it was also aimed at the semi-public underground.
The meaning of the magic market. If I had taken away those ten boxes of white root powder yesterday, even if Baimu City was not closed today, I would definitely have these goods confiscated by the special department at the gate of the city.