Raymond has been to this tavern several times in the game and probably knows what's going on inside.
"Guns and Roses Tavern" is the most lively and luxurious tavern in the capital of Tianlan. In addition to drinking and watching performances, there are also bloody underground arenas and gambling stalls. This is Tianlan's most famous gold-selling cave. Wine pools, meat forests, and sensuality
Dogs and horses...as long as you have money, you can find all the fun you want here.
Different from other low-level taverns where a large number of adventurers and pirates are mixed here, the "Guns and Roses Tavern" is the favorite place for Tianlan's upper class to gather for recreation. Almost all the prominent wealthy businessmen and high-ranking nobles in the royal capital gather here...
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The steam locomotive stopped at the entrance of the tavern, and the scantily clad reception girls rushed up enthusiastically.
"Oh, Master Matthew, you haven't been here for a long time~"
"Elena misses you so much. I have to take good care of the young master tonight~"
"Oh, brother Matthew, why haven't you come to spoil your sisters recently..."
"..."
Raymond thought that those girls had good professional ethics and that was why they were so enthusiastic. But when these pretty girls called out Matthew's name in a cooing voice...he finally understood why Matthew
This guy is unwilling to come to this tavern, let alone bring his sister Ilya with him.
It turns out that this guy is a diamond VIP customer of this tavern, a proper old escort!
Ilya had never seen such a battle before, and he quickly held Raymond's hand with a timid look on his face, as if he had never seen the world before.
Seeing her brother's ugly appearance, she became even more disgusted and said in a calm tone: "What a good Matthew! I asked you to bring me to the tavern, but you refused in every possible way and said you weren't familiar with him... It turns out that you are still a regular customer here.
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"Stop making trouble! Be serious! What a shameful act!"
"Hey, hey...it's in public, don't touch it!"
Matthew frowned coldly, and then the girls realized what was going on and left.
After finally getting rid of those over-enthusiastic girls, Matthew smiled awkwardly at Raymond: "Ahem! Well... the service in this pub is too enthusiastic. I don't care about these Elena, Shelianna."
I know..."
Believe it or not,
Raymond didn't smile. Of course he knew that the fat man had such a strong desire to survive and was telling Elijah to listen.
Even if he brought anyone to a place like this, Matthew would not be so embarrassed, but he just brought his own sister.
Alas...it's over, the ugly appearance has been revealed.
Sure enough, when he saw the group of girls leaving, Elijah, a little venomous person, would never let go of such a good opportunity. He imitated those women and said in a sharp voice, "Oh, brother Matthew... you haven't been here to play for a long time!"
There are so many good sisters of yours in this tavern..."
"Well...Ilya, it's not what you think! Listen to my explanation..."
Matthew still wants to fight to the death. How dare he say that his first time coming here for entertainment was brought by his father. After all, he is the heir of the Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce, and business entertainment is indispensable.
"Hmph! I'm not interested in caring about who you are..."
Ilya snorted arrogantly and interrupted the fat man's words. Instead of dissipating her interest in going to the tavern, this battle of warblers and swallows did not dissuade her from going to the tavern. Instead, she walked towards the tavern door with a bright face and walked towards the door of the tavern.
She was afraid that Raymond and the two would regret not taking her with them.
Raymond and Matthew looked at each other, smiled bitterly, and walked in.
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Matthew is a Diamond VIP customer. As soon as he walked in, someone was there to guide him. The pub was crowded with people and he met more and more acquaintances. As the fat man walked, people greeted him all the way, which made him sweat all over his back.
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Raymond had no interest in such a noisy and sensual place, and Matthew did not dare to join in the crowd. The three of them sat down in a drawer-style private room on the second floor of the tavern. Half of the private room is a terrace, which is perfect for watching
to the performance on the dance floor on the first floor.
"Wow... look, there's even Catwoman dancing!"
It was the first time for Ilya to come to this kind of place, and everything she saw was new. She leaned on the railing of the terrace with excitement and watched the various programs on the dance floor below.
Finally entering the house, Matthew breathed a sigh of relief.
He was not interested in watching any show, he was drinking wine and chatting with Raymond.
"Now that Salo I is critically ill, the entrance and exit control of the palace is very strict. Even the princes who want to see him find it difficult to enter the palace..."
"Is there no other way?"
"It's difficult...but I do have a way to get the potion you mentioned to be sent to the palace."
"..."
Raymond and Matthew chatted without a word, and he also sensed that the people he had just tracked had lurked into the tavern, and their energy was always locked on the private room where he was staying.
It was midnight, and we had three drinks.
The atmosphere in the tavern has reached its peak, and the noise is getting louder and louder.
"Wow...there's a bunny girl coming out..."
Ilya, who was lying on the railing, had been paying attention to the entire noisy pub, with no intention of entering the room to drink. At this time, maybe the program below had changed or something, her breath became a little weird. Even if Raymond didn't watch it
You can see her expression, but you can also feel that her "qi" fluctuations are also very strange, like the kind of nervous, shy and excited fluctuations...
Raymond muttered with some curiosity: "What on earth is that girl looking at so intently?"
"Uh...well...usually there are some more 'special' programs near midnight..."
Matthew choked on his words and didn't know how to answer. He, a nightclub veteran, knew very well what kind of sexy show was being performed below, but his own sister was right in front of him, so how could he dare to be so presumptuous? It was so embarrassing that he could only pretend
He collapsed on the sofa.
"Ah...Brother Nicholas, I seem to be a little drunk...I'll take a nap, and you guys will take your time and watch."
"Okay, get drunk."
Looking at Raymond's poor acting skills, his face twitched. He couldn't understand why the fat man was pretending to be drunk.
There was no one to chat with, and it was a bit boring. Thinking that it was time to act as planned, he walked over and said hello to Ilya.
"Hey...what are you looking at so ecstatically?"
"ah?"
Ilya was startled, and her delicate body trembled slightly as if she was guilty of committing a crime. Even though she tried her best to pretend to be calm, Raymond still saw a trace of panic in the trembling of her crystal eyes.
Following the girl's gaze, Raymond saw the restricted program on the dance floor downstairs, and a strange look appeared on his face.
Haha, you are a girl, but you just looked at these bunny girls without blinking?
Ilya looked at Raymond with a straight-eyed look. In order to divert his embarrassment, he said quietly: "Hey, hey, uncle...are you men very interested in such a scene?"
"Okay."
Only then did Raymond understand that it was no wonder Matthew was pretending to be dead. The bunny girls on the dance floor downstairs were all dancing provocatively, their clothes were falling apart, and they were getting less and less... This scene was obviously not suitable for children.
He smacked his lips, looked at it a few more times without hesitation, and commented: "It's not bad... those 'sailor dances' are pretty good."
After two years of killing zombies, he had seen too many different limbs and seemed to be a little numb. In addition to the dancing of these girls giving him a sense of freshness, he didn't feel that his hormones were much restless. It was probably like a doctor who had dissected too many corpses.
When I see those naked dancers again, I don’t react much at all.
Raymond's words were frank, but the atmosphere was no longer awkward.
"oh."
Elijah is the high priest of Nyx, so he can naturally tell the truth from lies. She turned her gun towards Matthew, who was pretending to sleep, and said with disdain: "My idiot brother must be very interested..."
This said,
The two of them were literally lying on the railing, commenting on the heated R-rated shows on the dance floor.
"Oh, why are their clothes of such poor quality...why do they keep falling apart?"
"Hey, look, that girl is so charming... She even has a fluffy tail..."
"..."
One is not shy, the other is not impatient, but he is quite cheerful.
Not long after,
After watching the show, Raymond was ready to take action.
"The puppet will look like me. You help me cover it up. I'll go down and find an opportunity to attack..."
"Um."
No one noticed that there were still three people in the private room.
But at some point, a masked swordsman appeared on the dance floor downstairs.
Raymond didn't see it either. Not long after he left, the little girl in the private room on the second floor had a face as red as a red apple.
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There are many people dressed as adventurers in the Guns and Roses Tavern.
This is the forefront of the kingdom's trends... Ever since Raymond's image wearing a ghost mask was on the wanted list, that look has not become taboo, just like an emerging trend in masquerade parties. Instead, this tavern carries various ghost masks.
There are more and more people.
Therefore, Raymond's cloak and mask were dressed up in such a way that he was not conspicuous.
"What reason should I find to make trouble so that those guys notice me..."
Raymond sat alone in the corner of the bar, ordered a glass of wine, and tapped his fingers rhythmically on the bar to the music. Naturally, he also realized that the private room where the Shenmu Puppet was staying was being watched closely at this moment.
He had to find a suitable opportunity to show his face so that people would know that the "assassin" was not Nicholas.
"There are three Sequence 5 Transcendents on the third floor. The guy they are guarding should be the tavern's major shareholder, the eldest prince Reiner, whom Matthew mentioned... Is it possible that they want to kill another prince?"
Thinking of this, Raymond shook his head slightly.
Since the two princes were assassinated as a warning, these princes have obviously become more cautious when going out, and stay close to the masters for a moment.
"If the target is the eldest prince, he will definitely not be able to kill him. And if the assassination is too perfunctory, the signs of showmanship will be too obvious... If we try harder, the three Sequence 5 masters might not be able to escape..."
Raymond was a little confused, and before he knew it, the midnight bell had rang.
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"Gentlemen and ladies, tonight's most exciting show is about to begin..."
Just after midnight, the dance floor of several hundred square meters began to creak, like an ancient elevator running. The dance floor slowly rose, and in a moment it turned into a fighting octagonal cage surrounded by steel wire.
There will be a women's arena match at midnight in the tavern, which is a bit like the women's sumo wrestling in ancient times. It is for the entertainment of the tavern guests. It is very competitive and ornamental. However, this kind of gladiatorial fight is obviously more bloody. Octagonal cage
There, only one gladiator can come out alive.
During the broadcast, the host shouted at the top of his lungs: "Tonight, our No. 8 and No. 19 will have the last life-and-death duel of the month. The winner will become the monthly champion... Contestant No. 8 was once the enemy on the southern battlefield.
The captured mercenary...Slave No. 19 was once a high-ranking noble..."
"Okay, everyone can place bets..."
Gambling odds have been opened, and gamblers are betting enthusiastically.
Not long after, two masked female slaves wearing fighting leather armor slowly rose from the fighting platform to the ground. One was a female swordsman holding a long sword, and the other was a Spartan with a gun and shield.
Both of them were wearing masks, so their faces couldn't be seen clearly. Except for the leather armors that protected key parts of their bodies, their strong muscle lines looked as smooth as a cheetah's. And all kinds of ferocious signs were clearly visible on their large areas of exposed skin.
The scars clearly indicate that he has gone through too many fierce battles to survive until now.
"Hey...Have you seen her somewhere?"
Raymond didn't know why, but the figure of the female swordsman in the octagonal cage felt inexplicably familiar.
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"Red Nose" Donnie is a professional broker who works in major taverns. He has a wide network of contacts in Tianlan Capital, and he often likes to help some businessmen from other places to broker deals and get some money.
"Hey, friend, your mask is pretty cool... Are you the 'ghost'?"
Obviously, this is a conversation starter.
When Donnie saw Raymond alone, he immediately came over to get close to him with a smile on his face. It was not easy for anyone to enter this tavern, not to mention that he drank a bottle of three thousand quarks of the best golden rum.
"Well, I am the 'ghost'."
A meaningful smile appeared in Raymond's eyes.
He knows this guy, the famous "Information Merchant" in the game.
"Ghost" is the code name of the assassin who assassinated Prince Bantu last time. Now the capital has been covered with wanted posters with this look. In this tavern alone, there are no less than ten people imitating this look.
Benedict!
Raymond knocked his glass of wine at this uninvited guy, which was regarded as a greeting.
"Haha, you are so funny..."
Obviously the intention is that you can really brag.
Just like the phone scam in the previous life, "You spent three million overseas, we suspect..." Before the scammer finished his opening remarks, the person who answered the phone responded, "Yes, no need to doubt, it was me who spent the money."
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It was impossible to continue with these words.
Donnie laughed dryly and asked, "Are you going to place two bets?"
He squinted his eyes and looked at Raymond's attire calmly. When he saw the [Sakura] hanging on his waist, his eyes flashed with brilliance. A news merchant like him may not be very strong.
But his vision was extremely good, and he could easily recognize it at a glance as an expensive weapon at least at the level of a famous sword. Probably, this was a rich man who liked to collect famous swords.
"That's what it means."
Raymond said calmly, his eyes always falling on the female swordsman in the octagonal cage, and then asked: "Do you have any information about them?"
As he spoke, he flicked a gold coin.
"Of course!"
When Downey saw that the visitor knew so much about the rules, he immediately became interested and said: "That gun-and-shield Spartan is the annual champion brought here by Khufu. He killed his opponent in one round in seventeen of the thirty-five games.
.If you buy her, there is a high chance that you can kill your opponent within three rounds."
After a pause, he saw that Raymond seemed to be more interested in the female swordsman, and then said: "The other swordsman of the fast sword style, I heard that he was a high-ranking nobleman led by Philip, and was trained from the giant whale slave group.
Not long after, there were only eleven official battle records... Swordsman versus Spartan, the profession was restrained, and the chance of winning was not high."
No slave in the arena is defeated, because losers are not qualified to survive.
"The high nobles led by Philip?"
Raymond's expression under the mask became slightly serious, and he said casually: "Can you give more detailed information about the swordsman?"
As he spoke, he threw out another gold coin.
"You understand!"
Donnie rolled his eyes and flashed a cunning moment. He deliberately came closer and whispered: "Although that swordsman has fought very few times, her opponent has never lasted a round every time. If you want to buy her to win,
, you can try out the moves...According to the internal information I got, No. 19 has practiced a special move. She can either kill the opponent within three moves, or she will be killed by the opponent..."
Raymond shook his head: "I mean... do you know the identity of the swordsman? I am more interested in high-ranking nobles."
Donnie showed a hint of embarrassment and said: "That... I'm not sure. After all, he is a down-and-out aristocrat. No matter how brilliant he was, no one cares..."
Raymond thought for a while and did not continue to ask. He instead asked directly: "Do you... have any channels to enter the palace?"
News brokers like "Red Nose" Downey often build bridges for pirates and assassins on the black market. There are many snakes and rats. If there is anyone who can think of a wrong way to sneak into the palace, it must be this Downey.
As he spoke, he took out a bag of heavy gold coins.
"Into the palace?"
I'm afraid it won't be easy to get this money.
Donnie's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he secretly looked at Raymond again. Thinking of the recent news of the assassination of the prince, he felt a little frightened. This man was obviously not kidding if he could offer such a generous reward to inquire about the news.
Could this guy really be a "ghost"?
Are today's assassins so blatant? They still have a wanted poster posted at the door of the tavern, but they still dare to come and drink?
Definitely not!
Although he is wearing a mask, this guy is obviously not of a very high level in the extraordinary sequence. How could he be a "ghost" who can assassinate His Highness the Second Prince?
Probably, he's just a guy pretending to be sophisticated.
Danny instantly made a comment in his mind, and said with a troubled face: "His Majesty the King is not doing well recently. It is difficult to enter the palace..."
Obviously there are not enough chips.
When Raymond heard this, he took out a bag of gold coins again.
"this..."
Donnie's eyelids twitched as he watched. He knew that if he couldn't come up with a good idea, the two bags of gold coins would probably fly away from his eyes.
"Well... it depends on what you plan to do in the palace... If it's a place like the palace's kitchen, I have some connections..."
"I want to go to the palace hall."
"Ah? That's near His Majesty the King's palace. It's heavily guarded. It's impossible for outsiders to get close..."
"oh."
"Don't...I thought of a way."
"how to get to?"
"The top three winners of the ongoing 'Tianlan Genius Potion Masters Conference' will be personally conferred a knighthood by His Majesty the King. Although His Majesty is seriously ill and cannot attend in person this year, the ceremony will definitely be held... This is also the only way to enter in an open and honest manner.
There is an opportunity in the palace hall. If you want to go to the palace, you can find a way in the Potion Masters Guild..."