For people living on the roads between cities, this already represents the beginning of the day.
"Hey, Old Thor, how did you sleep last night?" At the entrance of a hotel located in the wilderness, a yawning middle-aged man walked out of the hotel and said hello to the old man outside the door.
.
Outside the city, there are many small hotels like this set up on both sides of the road. Their business used to be very good. After all, passing businessmen and bounty hunters would choose to rest here. But since the emergence of steam trains, those with
Rich businessmen with money basically choose this more convenient and decent way to travel.
This has also indirectly led to a lot less business in these hotels.
"Old Thor, you said how luxurious the buildings in those big cities are! But look at this place in the wilderness, there is nothing but one road." The middle-aged man lit a fire early in the morning.
He smoked a cigarette, blew out smoke rings and smiled.
"Bucket, I really don't know how a chatty person like you could become a bounty hunter." Old Thor, who was busy cleaning up the garbage, glanced at Bucket and shrugged.
He and Bucket are also old friends. The other party often travels between Hull City and Salius City to take on some escort tasks, so every time he stays here, he is accompanied by a different person.
And this also brought some guests to Old Thor.
"Ha, one day, I will also live in the city of Salius and give my poor daughter a real home." Bucket ignored Old Thor's teasing and continued to smoke his cigarette and look at his eyes.
Walking along the road not far away, he said.
Suddenly, his brows wrinkled slightly and his head leaned forward slightly, as if he wanted to discern something.
"Oh, Twelve Emperors, there is a lost lamb there!" After exclaiming, Bucket threw the cigarette directly on the ground, ignored Old Thor's yelling, and rushed out.
On that road, a young man carrying a long sword walked slowly from the direction of Hull City.
At this moment, Morsis felt as if his legs were filled with cement, and it was very difficult to move even one step.
After Scola left, in order to escape the pursuit of the palace, he had to move away from the city of Hull.
To be honest, he didn't want to do anything according to Scola's words. The guy gave him a very dangerous feeling, and what he showed at this moment might just be the tip of the iceberg of his conspiracy.
"Then Lennon Sivens, wasn't he also deceived by him? How can I be sure that I am not another Lennon Sivens?" Morris said secretly, and when he thought of Lennon Sivens
, he couldn't help but think of Krabi.
"Old man, he...Lennon Sivens, it's all that guy's fault, everything is because of him!" Morris gritted his teeth, already feeling hatred towards this former traitor.
"I am still too weak now, and a first-level transcendent is nothing at all... If you want to rescue the old man, you must cooperate with Scola, who has ulterior motives." Morses was thinking in his mind as he moved forward.
Pros and cons, "From the current point of view, at least Scola will not harm me in the short term. It is feasible to cooperate with him for the time being. The only problem is how to break away from him in the future."
"Well, I'm so tired..."
Morse frowned and sat down on the side of the road. After a sleepless night and the non-stop driving, if he hadn't exercised regularly, he would have been out of breath from exhaustion.
"Well, there is a house over there." Morsis raised his head, saw the hotel not far away, and said to himself.
Then, he saw a middle-aged man walking out of the house and walking towards him.
The man was not wearing a hat, and his messy hair seemed to have not been taken care of. Under the messy hair, he had a rather handsome face, but it had a sense of vicissitudes brought about by years of traveling.
"Bounty hunter?" Morsis said to himself as he looked at the middle-aged man who was gradually approaching.
He had seen similar people in the city of Hull. Most of them gathered in taverns on the edge of the city and had very open personalities.
"What's wrong with you, my dear friend, it looks like your condition is very bad." As soon as Bucket saw Morses, he opened his arms and said in an exaggerated tone.
"Well, I'm just a little tired, sir." The corners of Morse's mouth twitched slightly, obviously frightened by this guy.
"Ignore him, Traveler, he likes to talk to strangers like this." At this time, Old Thor came from behind on crutches and threw back the cigarette butt that Bucket had just dropped, "Take it.
Damn it, you littering bastard!"
"Old Thor, you are also cleaning the garbage anyway, right?" Bucket took the cigarette butt, shrugged nonchalantly, then turned to Morris and said, "My name is Bucket Helm, and I am a gangster.
A fairly good bounty hunter, who are you?"
"Don't listen to his nonsense, Traveler, he is just a coward who only dares to accept escort missions. Oh, you can call me Old Thor, everyone around here calls me that." Old Thor scolded Bucket,
Then he introduced himself.
"Two, what's the matter with you two?" Morsis didn't understand why these two guys stopped him, so he asked tentatively.
"Haha, I'm a kind-hearted bounty hunter. The fact that I walked on this road means that you are also heading to Salius City. As long as you pay a gold coin, I can escort you there." This Bucket also
Without any further nonsense, he directly stated his purpose.
Old Thor on the side rolled his eyes when he heard this.
A gold coin?
It only cost nine silver coins to take the steam train. Bucket obviously saw that Morses was a young man and wanted to take this opportunity to make more money.
"Going to Salius City?" Although it was the first time for Morses to leave the city, he also understood that the price offered by the other party was high.
He currently has a total of five gold coins on his person, which are placed together with Yuhun. In addition, there are three Tasok silver coins and twenty Tasok copper coins in his pocket.
Although he knew that taking the steam train was faster and more convenient, he was not in a position to do so at the moment.
"The caravan I am in is definitely much faster than your own in terms of speed, and it is very safe!" Bucket hurriedly added when Morses didn't speak.
"Then please trouble Mr. Bucket, this is a gold coin." Morses smiled and could only reluctantly take out a gold coin. After all, if you want to reach Salius City, it is safer to follow the caravan.
"Haha, thank you. May the Twelve Emperors bless you." Bucket suddenly smiled and took the gold coin. For him, all he needed to do to bring Morsis with him was to say a word to his employer, and in this way
If you can earn so much, you will naturally be so happy.
"By the way, what's your name?" After looking at the gold coin carefully, Bucket turned around and asked.
"Me?" Morsis was stunned for a moment, then chuckled and replied, "Just call me Kelvis."
In the Derunn language common to the Fourth Age, Kervis means "the future."
…
In Hull City, as the sun just rose, Lennon Sivens hurried to Leca Winter's office, and the city lord was indeed there.
Lecawent stayed up all night. He carefully wrote a letter to every senior official in Salius City, describing in detail what happened in Hull City.
"Are you here?" Lyca Winter saw Lennon coming in, stopped writing, rubbed his temples, and sighed.
"Where's Krabi?" Lennon stood in the middle of the room and asked.
"Over at the Shrine, they will send him to Lacasse within three days." Leca Winter glanced at Lennon and replied.
"Is there any trace of Morse?" Lennon asked again.
"No, the people from the Shrine carefully checked every place in the city, and the child magically disappeared... It's hard for the Shrine to believe how he did it." Leka Winter shook his head and said.
Lennon was silent for a while, and then continued, "I will rush back to Salius City immediately and ask Lord Corles for his opinion. I hope you will not make this matter public for the time being."
"Oh?" Leka Winter raised his eyebrows, shrugged and smiled, "Then you may have to compete with the post office for speed."
"Mr. Clark!" Lennon frowned and shouted loudly, but he couldn't think of the next words.
The operation is over, and logically speaking, Lyca Winter is no longer bound by that contract.
"What do you want to say, Mr. Sivens?" Lyca Winter said coldly, "If nothing happens, go to the station to catch the train. I think you should have booked the earliest train, right?"
Lennon stared at Leka Winter, but in the end he didn't say a word.
"I understand, thank you Mr. Clark for reminding me." He gritted his teeth, turned around and walked out the door.
Walking in the corridor, Lennon cursed in a low voice as he walked, "Damn guys, they are all idiots... Scola is the same. Without him, how could the matter be exposed?"
Lennon couldn't change anything, so he had to board the carriage and rushed to the station.
…
Salius City, inside the Provincial Council of Salius.
Morata Buge, who was just getting ready to start a day's work, walked into his office.
As the lord of Salius City, he is also the speaker of the Provincial Senate, and is one of the top managers of the entire Salius Province.
"Well, is this the emergency notification sent last night?" As soon as he opened the door, Morata discovered several letters that had just been sent.
"Well, it's Leca Winter. Is there something wrong with Hull City?" Morata muttered as he opened the envelope.
"Good morning, Mr. Bug." Suddenly, a brisk voice came into Morata's ears, causing him to stop.
"Oh, it's Mr. Corless, why do you come to the House?" Morata asked with a smile when he saw the visitor.
"There is something, I think you should have been notified." Scola pointed to the letter in Morata's hand and said with a smile, "I regret to tell you that Leca Winter Clark has protected criminals.
