"This situation is obviously abnormal." After Lawrence and Sephiel shared the map they just bought from the market and the information they obtained, the priest named Hannah said immediately.
"I know that sometimes there may be multiple teams selling the same information, but it is very abnormal for so many businesses to do it at the same time like now, and what is for sale is some relic information that has been cleaned up.
"
"You're right." Lawrence nodded in approval. Although he didn't have much experience in various adventures, he found a lot of records about this in the church.
According to those records, large-scale map fraud like this often occurs before important treasures appear. Some people want to muddy the waters, and this kind of behavior of selling so-called ruins maps after knowing that the treasures are dug is obvious and normal.
The situation is different.
"Then why is this happening now?" Saphiel asked with some confusion. "It's obviously just an empty underground maze. I'm curious about who else is there besides me who is really free during this period.
Would you choose to take risks in that kind of place——"
"Wait, there really is." When Saphiel said this, Lawrence reacted with a sharp wit. Then he looked at the tauren in front of him and asked. "I remember you said before that when you buy things, you choose
Customer’s.”
"Indeed," Hannah, the priest of the Goddess of Wealth, said. "Because the things in the underground labyrinth have been evacuated, and after we checked, we found that there should not be any dangerous extraordinary creatures along the way. So I asked Iron
Let’s find these things to rich people and see if they can be sold.”
"After all, apart from some extraordinary people, at least half of the people who visit this place are upper-class people like nobles who don't have much extraordinary fighting ability but are quite wealthy."
I think for them, this kind of place that is not dangerous but can take risks should be very popular with them. Because it allows them to show their strength, but I will not put them in danger.
.”
"For example, I think the reason why Iron Hammer decided to sell things to you is also very simple, because your previous unfamiliarity with the local market and your tone of voice are really different from those nobles and rich people who come here for vacation.
It looks very similar."
"He is truly a priest of the goddess of wealth!" Lawrence sighed silently in his heart. At least in his opinion, this priest named Hannah could be said to have sold the goods at the highest price. Even from
A new market has been opened up where most people are not even aware of it.
However, because of her words, Lawrence realized a blind spot in his thinking that he had not discovered before, so he quickly asked. "In other words, according to your experience, those who are willing to buy this kind of map are often not regular extraordinary adventurers, but
Just some upper-class people looking for excitement."
"Yes, at least based on my decades of adventure experience, this is the truth." said the middle-aged warrior who just introduced himself as Karen.
"And based on the experience here in previous years, this type of relic information that we consider to be 'harmless' has only been selling well in the past few months. After all, many wealthy people will come to this place to enjoy the hot springs at this time, and stop here by the way.
Let’s take a look at the underground market.”
"Especially in this month, because the previous snow has almost melted, so it is not as difficult as before. But the weather temperature is still very cold. So those who set out from these hot spring areas to travel to various areas at this time are
There are the most money people in the year.”
"So there should be a lot of people selling those maps and buying them at this time." Lawrence continued, "It is definitely not right that there are so many maps suddenly appearing at this time. Maybe there is some conspiracy that we don't know about."
"Then what should we do next?" After hearing what Lawrence said, Sephiel immediately turned to look at Lawrence and asked, "Should we report this situation to the people in Sword Bay City immediately?"
"No, of course not." Lawrence waved his hand and rejected Saifei's idea. "Just selling this kind of map together doesn't mean anything. Although this matter seems suspicious, without definite evidence,
It's impossible for us to go directly to various official organizations to deal with this issue."
"This is indeed a problem." Hannah nodded after hearing Lawrence's words. As a professional clergy, she naturally knew what procedures needed to be taken to get an entity like the church to take action.
"But we can't turn a blind eye to this anomaly. It's clear that something is wrong with these situations now, and there may be some dangers now-"
"Then we can go and see for ourselves what the current situation is like in that place." Lawrence said seriously, and this suggestion was quickly approved by everyone.
Because for adventurers, current abnormal situations often mean that there are things behind the scenes that are not clear to everyone. Such things often turn into new adventures and bring something new to the participants of the adventure.
valuable gains.
Soon, everyone made an appointment to meet at a rest stop between the two areas of Sword Bay City around 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Then the two sides separated to find their own reinforcements.
Lawrence, who jogged down the mountain, quickly found Bach waiting there in the parking lot not far down the mountain, told him what had just happened, and then asked about how he could mobilize all the people he could in this place in a short period of time.
What is the number of manpower?
"We have a lot of manpower here, but if it's someone who is reliable and capable of fighting, it's not that easy to find." After being asked this by Lawrence, Bach also showed a very serious expression on his face. "Yes.
Now, Your Excellency, can you tell us about the enemy we are going to face?"
"Because I am just doubting the overall situation now, so I don't know exactly what the enemy's situation is." After hearing Bach's question, Lawrence showed a helpless expression on his face.
"However, I feel that this time the opponent's targets have chosen rich people who seem to have little resistance rather than regular adventurers, so I feel that they are not powerful beings."
"Your analysis makes sense, Your Excellency." Bach nodded. "And judging from the other party's most likely targets, I feel that if someone really plans to attack, there won't be too many high-level transcendent beings."
This analysis made both Lawrence and Saphire nod. After all, extraordinary people or organizations with relatively high extraordinary levels often have very high vision. At least this group of beings who only possess a large amount of mortal wealth are not worthy of such beings or organizations passing through this kind of process.
Indirect method of setting up traps.
To give the simplest example, Lawrence can be considered a high-level transcendent in the world of ordinary people.
Even if he is just an ordinary person now and does not have various identities, such an extraordinary level is enough for him to obtain a large amount of wealth or some common extraordinary items of low levels.
This is why Lawrence and the others believe that if there are really some people behind this incident who intend to adopt some conspiracy, there should not be many higher-level transcendent beings.
From another perspective, if extraordinary power is excluded, the other party will definitely need a lot of manpower if they want to make big news. Therefore, if they want to avoid catastrophic consequences, Lawrence and the others also need to recruit enough manpower.
.
Especially in the modern era when the existing enemy is likely to have an advantage in numbers, Lawrence and the others feel that if they want to participate in this matter, they must recruit enough manpower.