After leaving the temple of Aurel, the goddess of winter, Little Powell returned to the street. The excitement of being appreciated by the superior quickly dissipated. He stood on the street in deep thought, silently thinking over and over how to investigate the whereabouts of Victor Hugo.
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According to the information provided by the old wizard Bank, the black market transactions in Banshee Castle have been particularly hot recently. Large quantities of materials are being transported out of the city, and this behavior is even semi-public, because there are many powerful people in the city supporting it.
The act of openly supporting the enemy without any restraint is what Louis Fiers fears most. Little Powell was also shocked after learning about the transportation volume and capital flow of black market transactions...
Victor Hugo is really generous. He smashed a big hole in the Banshee Castle just by spending money. With the soul crystal as the support and the succubus as the transportation channel, Zhou Qingfeng was able to smash the price of the banshee in the North.
Various local products can be easily transported to the south.
This change of hands is a huge profit several times over.
In Little Powell's view, buying Northland specialties at a 50% premium was like bankruptcy and suicide. But Zhou Qingfeng not only made a huge profit without losing money, but also managed to transport countless pieces of grain and cloth to the Banshee Castle.
Buy it at twice the price.
It seems that Zhou Qingfeng didn't make any money from all this, and only the dignitaries of the Banshee Castle got rich. But the Phils family didn't get any benefits, and instead lost a lot of blood. This alone was enough to make Louis.
Phils hated it to his core.
Louis Fiers is currently the new owner who is about to take over. Out of caution, he did not force the old dignitaries of Banshee Castle to stop trading with Zhou Qingfeng. Even if he ordered it, it would be useless. Blocking people's wealth is like killing their parents.
Intensify the conflict.
Little Powell was ordered to investigate, and he did not dare to break into the black market casually to arrest people for questioning. He could only silently go back to his residence along the street to discuss with his brothers who were also in trouble.
Some people came up with ideas to contact Zhou Qingfeng's subordinates from the black market, some suggested tracking the transport convoy, and some thought of accepting recruitment and sneaking into the student team. But these ideas were all rejected by Little Powell...
"You don't understand how scary Victor Hugo is. He has a mental power called 'Holy Light', which can easily identify people with different intentions. When I joined the expedition team, there was a guy named Fabbro
Remind me repeatedly.”
Little Powell once again talked about his experience of fighting against Zhou Qingfeng many times, and his unfortunate deeds of repeated defeats. Several of his brothers suddenly fell silent, and they all remembered the moment when their 'father' was sprayed to death by the dragon's breath.
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"We definitely can't win when we face the enemy head-on. But we just need to find Victor Hugo." Little Powell looked at the expressions of the brothers and knew what they were thinking, "Don't be so afraid, let's really use it."
Not with us."
"What should we do to find Victor Hugo without alerting him?" one brother asked.
Little Powell has been thinking hard for a long time, trying to recall the half-month period when he was Zhou Qingfeng's sparring partner. In the end, he only had one idea, "Maybe we can only find the goal through life habits."
"What living habits?"
"Victor Hugo has some very special aristocratic habits that I have never seen in other people. For example... he loves cleanliness too much, is very picky about food, and is too fond of untouchables.
kindness."
The brothers all looked at each other, wondering how to find a target that met these requirements.
Little Powell was now an official knight. The improvement in his status made him hate Zhou Qingfeng who knew his true identity even more. "Maybe we can take advantage of that guy's kindness to the untouchables. Let's check if there is anything like this in the city."
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The brothers looked at each other and nodded slightly.
While the remnants of the Powell family were racking their brains, Zhou Qingfeng also quietly returned to Banshee Castle from the logging camp outside the city. He once again stood on the wall at the head of the city in the dark, staring at a tall tower not far away.
Behind Zhou Qingfeng is Adrian. This clown relies on abundant funds to become the leader of the city's foxes and rats in the Banshee Castle. He even has a way to collude with the people in the city lord's palace to directly spy on the confidential information of the Phils family.
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"It's not difficult at all to find out the news in the city. The Phils family can't take care of everyone under their control. There are a lot of servants who are willing to provide some daily information in exchange for one or two silver coins as pocket money.
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Adrian was proud to say that the tasks given by Zhou Qingfeng were all what he was best at. He himself was as comfortable as a duck in water, "I found some old servants of the Phils family, and their memories of the past are very interesting."
The average life expectancy of people in the North is low, and most ordinary people do not live past the age of thirty. However, Adrian found an old cook who had lived for more than sixty years, served three generations of the Phils family, and even witnessed the demonic invasion that year.
"The old cook had no worries about eating and drinking, and he is quite healthy now. He said that back then, the human coalition resisted the demonic invasion and built seventeen large fortresses in the Northland. After the war, these fortresses were gradually transformed into seventeen cities in the Northland.
The demon army was driven back into the abyss, but there are still many demons and their descendants scattered and hidden. Someone must stay to guard and clean up. The first generation head of the Phils family is a legendary hero left behind in those days.
The remaining defenders were still hunting down demons and their descendants at first. However, when peace came and the pressure was relieved, the human coalition disbanded. Many things changed or even reversed."
Adrian shrugged and stopped, "The old cook refused to tell me what reversal happened. When he was asked urgently, he cursed the people of several southern principalities for their betrayal. He also said that he wanted to know the secret and asked me to ask Bank.
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There is only one person named Bank among the senior officials of Banshee Castle.
There were a few bonfires lighting up the streets in the city, and in the dim light you could see a tall tower standing in the center of the city. It was the earliest building of the Banshee Castle, a wizard's tower. Zhou Qingfeng stood on it on the first day he arrived here.
Sightseeing under the tower.
Adrian followed Zhou Qingfeng's gaze and asked in a low voice: "Sir Hugo, are you really looking for Bank, who is known as the strongest wizard in the North? He was a member of the human coalition back then.
The only living legend in the North."
In order to resist the demon army, humans gathered almost half of Faerûn's elite combat power, and those who survived until the end of the war were by no means weak.
Bank has a lot of names, and they are certainly not in vain. It is really difficult to break into the wizard's tower that he guards.
Zhou Qingfeng turned his head back. The angry voice of a halfling girl came from the shadows, "Don't look at me. I ran around with you last time and I almost died when I met the descendant of an evil insect. I won't follow you this time."
Nonsense.”
Zhou Qingfeng said "hmm" and made no move. He was not that stupid. He directly challenged a legendary wizard in the wizard's tower. This was no different from seeking death. The investigation of the Iron Curtain could only come to an end.
But based on the respective clues, this old wizard who was active during the demonic invasion is likely to know something. However, the level gap between Zhou Qingfeng and Zhou Qingfeng is too big, and he may not be able to do anything against him for a while.
"Forget it, I have found a lot of results now." Zhou Qingfeng thought for a while and decided to give up the idea of taking risks. The green crystals he had accumulated before were exhausted through repeated tossing, and the modification of the time travel rules also stopped the easy acquisition.
channel. This caused him to lose an important trump card.
"Sophia, inform our personnel in Banshee Castle to prepare to evacuate. We'll stop when we're done. Next, it's time to start a war in the entire Northland." Zhou Qingfeng turned around and jumped off the city wall. Adrian and Kelly also left.
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At this time, Professor Zheng, who had been living in Zhou Qingfeng's mind for nearly a month, suddenly said: "Xiao Zhou, I have roughly browsed the knowledge content in your 'Gate of True Knowledge' and made a research plan.
This is a long process that requires a lot of patience and investment. In the first step, I will transform myself into a ghost, and continue to work hard over the next few years or decades to eventually become a lich.