"Maybe we shouldn't come to this place..."
Parker rubbed his hands, carefully looked at the gloomy and narrow alley not far away, and whispered to Tianlan beside him, trying to make her change her mind. There were a few dim street lamps in the streets, and long candles were lit inside the mist-covered glass covers, half-lit and half-extinguished. The golden light reflected the potholes on the streets and the dirty snow.
The buildings on both sides are cramped and old. A sign covered with oil hangs creaking and swaying in the cold wind. I don't know what kind of store it is. The houses on both sides are dark, and most of the doors and windows are closed, leaving no trace of light. Light comes.
After those few people entered the house at the end, they never came out again. Only the two of them stood in the cold wind like fools for half an hour, shivering.
But the little girl was unmoved. She lay on the wall and looked in that direction without looking back. She just waved her hand impatiently: "Don't make trouble, we are performing a secret mission." She said seriously: "Parker, can you Have some patience?"
The Papalar rolled his eyes.
He thought to himself that this was just a spur of the moment, with no careful plan or preparation at all. It was almost like a child playing house, could it be considered a secret mission?
However, Parker knew the little girl's temperament very well. If he tried to reason with the other party, he would most likely suffer a loss in the end and get nothing in the end. He thought for a moment, then carefully considered his words and said, "But we didn't tell Miss Attila."
Only then did Tianlan turn around, her eyes wide open, with a cute look on her face: "Are you crazy? Tell sister Aitila, can we still come out? Do you not want supper anymore?"
Damn late night snack!
Parker thought to himself that no late-night snack would allow him to stand in the cold wind for half an hour - he covered his head with a thick scarf, covering half of his round face underneath, but he was still cold. Got a shiver.
A real Papalar will never leave the warm south. Why did he get on the pirate ship of Attila and the big cat man? Parker completely forgot what he did in Sanshak, and his heart was filled with regret.
Then he sneezed.
"Shut up, Parker." Tian Lan was very dissatisfied and felt that her teammates were not professional at all.
"Okay, I'll shut up," the Papalar replied with dignity, and then asked: "Can we really have a warm meal later?"
The little girl looked hurt and said in disbelief: "Parker, when did I lie to you?"
Often, Parker thought.
However, he comforted himself by saying that he had been standing in the cold wind for half an hour anyway, and he would not eat anything for nothing.
Parker looked at the lights not far away, feeling cold and hungry - many illusions seemed to appear in the lights, putting him in a magnificent hotel. The waiter brought out the steaming food on the silver plate like water, the brown skin of the barbecue, the sizzling fat, the juice that separated the bones and flesh, the thick fragrance, the golden candlelight and various fruits and vegetables.
It made him drool all over the floor.
He picked up the knife and fork and was about to start using it, but was kicked by Tianlan and immediately returned to reality. "Attention, they are coming out!" Tian Lan said nervously, pretending that her voice was very low.
Fortunately, there was no such thing as a ranger on the other side, otherwise we could have picked out these two 'little mice' just across the street.
Papalar was so angry that he thought it was none of my business. Where is my late night snack? All gone. The sadness in his heart turned into a river for a while, but several figures were still reflected in the dark eyes.
One of them was the young alchemist who was dragging him hard. Among the four people who entered the room with him earlier, only three were left. However, there was another group of people coming out with them from the house.
There were also four people in that group, wearing thick coats, cloaks, and hats. The two sides were talking to each other, but they couldn't hear clearly from this direction.
One of the four people seemed a little bored. He looked in this direction unintentionally. Tian Lan used the light of the street lamp to see the face on the opposite side clearly, and couldn't help but screamed out "Ah".
The Papalar was so frightened that he quickly pulled her back.
Fortunately, the opponent's investigative skills were only mediocre, so he didn't hear this low cry. "Are you crazy?" Parker lowered his voice and said, "You don't want to turn us into a midnight snack, do you?"
Tianlan realized her mistake and smiled sheepishly. But she pointed outside and said in surprise: "Did you see it!?"
Parker nodded. His perception was only higher than that of Tianlan, so he could naturally see clearly - the face that turned under the light before was none other than their old enemy.
The eldest sister of the Dragon Fire Guild.
The other party was an old acquaintance with them, and they had already made enemies with these people before they met Fang Plover. Even the first time Fang Piao helped them, he killed the 'eldest sister'.
Later, they became enemies again in Dolifen. After that, the top leaders of the Dragon Fire Guild disappeared without a trace due to collusion with the cultists. They were still a little bit sad because they didn't expect that the other party would take such a path.
I didn't expect that this 'eldest sister' would appear in this place——
"Why is she here?" The little girl's eyes suddenly became sharper: "Sure enough, let me tell you, that guy is sneaky, there must be something wrong - they actually colluded with the Dragon Fire Guild , hum."
Papalar thought that the other party was just a blind cat meeting a dead mouse, but he rationally did not refute. Although Parker was unreliable, he still knew his priorities well. He lowered his voice and said to Tianlan: "Wait for me here. I will go over and eavesdrop on what they are talking about."
"What?"
Tianlan was shocked.
But before she opened her mouth, Parker guessed what the little girl wanted to do, and quickly and ruthlessly suppressed her delusions: "I am a nightingale, but you are not."
"But aren't you a crossbowman?"
"Don't worry about this. All in all, my secret level is higher than yours."
"All right."
Tianlan sighed. Although she always had some strange ideas, she was not willful. She understood that what Parker said was true and nodded. "Then you have to be careful, Parker." She warned.
Parker was feeling a little moved when he heard Tian Lan ask a little strangely: "In that case, why didn't you eavesdrop before? Do you look down on me, Parker!?"
The Papalar crossbowmen were so frightened that they fled.
But seeing the short and fat figure of the other party blending into the darkness, Tian Lan inevitably felt a little worried. She herself had never been so scared. She couldn't help but wonder if the little dwarf had been caught by the other party. Should she save him?
She immediately came up with a complete set of careful plans——
When the Papalars were unfortunately arrested, how should they appear with all their glory, and then how should they save the other party from those two annoying guys - of course, there was only one 'annoying guy' in the first place. , but with the addition of the 'eldest sister' of the Dragon Fire Guild, this number has naturally increased by one.
She also imagined how she would be grateful when Parker was rescued by her. From then on, she would have a loyal little follower.
Thinking of what she was proud of, Tian Lan couldn't help but smile, but she was suddenly slapped from behind: "What are you laughing at?" The voice scared her so much that she almost jumped three feet high and screamed.
Fortunately, before that, Tianlan saw clearly that it was the Papalar who appeared from behind her, and she stopped her desire to scream.
She turned pale and patted her chest: "I was scared to death. Why did you come back so soon?"
"I heard everything I needed to hear, so I came back naturally." Parker rolled his eyes.
Only then did Tian Lan realize that the people at the end of the street had gone away. She turned back and looked at the Papal people in surprise, and asked, "Did you hear it? Why didn't I see how you got there?"
Tianlan suddenly showed suspicious eyes: "You are not lying to me, are you?"
Parker looked sad and angry: "You can slander my character, but you can't question my professionalism."
He reached back to touch his dagger, but then he remembered that his dagger had already been melted by some nasty alchemist, and he only touched the empty space. So he waved his short fist helplessly: "I am the champion of the Nightingale Competition."
"Ugh, a champion won by cheating..."
Fortunately, before the Papalar man had time to go berserk, Tianlan finally comforted him: "Okay, okay, I believe you are." She asked curiously: "Then what did you hear."
It was probably this curious look that satisfied Parker's pride. He raised his chin slightly and said proudly: "That's a long story -"
"Stop being too pretentious."
Tianlan struck the Papalar man on the head with a single strike of the Scape-style sword he learned from Fang Plover.
…
It was almost early morning when Fang Plover, Alyssa and their group returned to the campsite.
It has been snowing all night, and it is even getting heavier. There is only a vast expanse of white snow between the sky and the earth, and a hint of darkness in the forest in the distance. They said goodbye to Ms. Kuisu and her party outside the Masonk Creek station, and the two parties agreed to set off two days later to go to the Big Creek Valley in the south.
The person keeping vigil on Mr. Gray Rock's platform was Baggins. When he saw everyone returning from the heavy snow, he greeted them and asked if the mission went well before lowering the ladder.
Fang Plover was the first to climb onto the platform and saw two little ones, one tall and one short, standing in the courtyard.
The taller one was naturally the dejected Tian Lan, who was looking at him with pitiful eyes, while the one next to him was a Papalar man who was patting his belly and burping.
Fang Yu was slightly startled when he saw these two people like this. However, he also knew very well that the behavior of these two guys had probably angered Miss Attila. In the group, only Miss Elf could control this little girl.
Alyssa climbed up from behind and saw this scene, and couldn't help asking Baggins what happened in a funny way.
Only then did the experienced sailor talk about what happened last night——
Fang Yu couldn't help but was slightly stunned after hearing this. He didn't expect these two guys to be so bold. They went to follow the Dragon Fire Guild people without telling anyone in private.
But Etila was angry, mostly not because of their unauthorized actions, but because of the two of them keeping other people in the dark.
Alyssa patted the snow on her body and asked her with a smile: "Didn't Miss Sylvide plead for you?"
Tianlan looked at her with a pitiful expression, wishing that she was not a citizen of the wilderness of Lotao, and could still wag her tail to her little sister Alisa. "Miss Attila is so angry, Miss Sylvide doesn't dare to plead for us... Sister Alisa, please let Sister Attila calm down, I already know that I was wrong..."
Alyssa smiled and said: "Miss Sylvide can't do it, and I can't do it either. You should just wait for Miss Attila's forgiveness."
The little girl looked like she was sighing.
Only then did Fang Plover see Sylvide open the door and come out. She looked at them with a questioning look with a smile. She probably hadn't slept all night, so she walked out when she heard the movement outside.
"Are you okay? How's the mission?" she asked.
Fang Yu only nodded, indicating that the trip went smoothly.
Sylvide then looked at Tianlan and Parker and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Miss Attila just wants the two little guys to wake up."
"I know," Fang Yu nodded. He was not worried. These two guys were simply bringing it upon themselves.
But he also had some curiosity in his heart, how could the Dragon Fire Guild appear in this place? What is their relationship with the alchemist? Fang Pliance thought for a moment and then asked: "But what about the Dragon Fire Guild?"
Sylvide was gently tucking the hair from her forehead behind her ears, unintentionally revealing a hint of girlish charm, which made Fang Yu slightly distracted.
She seemed to notice the latter's expression and couldn't help but smile: "It's a long story..."
However, the ship officer lady was obviously very patient in front of her captain, so she described the whole thing in detail. In fact, she was just paraphrasing Parker's original words, but it was clear and coherent and would not raise any doubts.
She finally said: "...Tianlan and Parker took the last photo, and I have seen it. It must be the 'eldest sister' of the Dragon Fire Guild."
Sylvide said while showing the picture to Fang Pliance: "Here, this is the picture."
Fang Yu only glanced at it and recognized the person in the photo. It was obviously the 'eldest sister' - and he even recognized another person next to him. The person was wearing a tall hat and dressed independently. , he had fought against this person more than once.
The man is called Twenty, and he is an assassin.
Seeing that he was satisfied, Sylvester continued:
"...Parker finally heard their conversation. The young man probably did not come to meet with the Dragon Fire Guild alone. He should represent the guild to which he belongs..."
"The guild you belong to?"
Sylvide nodded slightly: "...They seem to be looking for someone, but the specific target is not clear. After all, Parker only heard a few words at the end."
If it were before this, Fang Yu might not have paid too much attention to this sentence, but after experiencing the trip to Elmau Castle, he was obviously extremely sensitive to the matter of 'finding someone'.
After hearing this, he asked keenly: "Looking for someone? Are there any more detailed clues?"
Sylvide thought for a moment, but still shook her head: "...according to Parker, they mentioned some details about Shancock and the undead wizard. It seemed that they were ordered by a big man behind the scenes, but the other party From beginning to end, there was no clue related to that big shot..."
"By the way, they seem to have also gone to Elmao Castle... The alchemist should be just the person they stayed here to take care of them. They mentioned that someone was injured. There seemed to be professional healers among the people from the Dragon Fire Guild this time. .”
As expected——
When Fang Yu heard this, he already understood most of it. He thought it would take him a lot of time to find these people, but he didn't expect that it would take no effort at all. He subconsciously looked at Sylvide, and Miss Ship Officer was also looking at him, her blue eyes meeting his gaze.
She just nodded slightly: "I also have this guess. These people may be the ones who took away Ms. Kuisu's son, and they match the time. But I haven't had time to go to the Adventurer's Guild to check. ——”
"There's no need to check," Fang Yu shook his head and replied firmly: "It must be them. And they probably won't leave any clues, but it's actually easy for us to confirm the identities of these people."
Sylvester was startled for a moment, and then realized that the other party might have gained something in this field, so he said such a sure thing. Sure enough, she saw Fang Plover taking out something - it was a badge with a pattern of black lightning tearing the sky apart.
Seeing this emblem, Sylvester's eyes flashed slightly: "This emblem... Parker also saw it on those people's clothes. This should be the emblem of their guild."
"I guess so." Fang Yu wiped the emblem with his hand. This emblem was found on the corpse. Except for Ms. Kuisu's son, several other people wore such emblems.
He was the Chosen One, so he naturally recognized the emblem as a guild emblem at a glance. However, there were thousands of guilds in Aitalia, and not every emblem could be distinguished by what guild it belonged to.
However, this emblem obviously does not belong to any well-known guild.
He said: "They left in a hurry, so they left these corpses and emblems. With the emblems, it is much easier to check the identity of the other party."
Sylvide knew that this must have happened in Elmao Castle, but she didn't ask much because she knew that Fang Plover would always tell them the details of the mission at the appropriate time.
She thought for a moment and changed the topic: "There is one more thing, Captain."
Fang Yu raised his head: "What's wrong?"
"The captain should know about the organization with the most widespread influence in the south of Duron, right?"
"You mean the Southern Alchemist Alliance?"
Sylvide nodded slightly: "Those people mentioned this organization at the end, and also said some strange things... I think it may be worth noting..."
"What kind of words?" Fang Yu asked.
"They said: 'The adults' plan has been mostly successful. The alliance has tended to support us. What you have to do now is to find more like-minded people and shrink our manpower back——'"
"'Pull your fist back, naturally, in order to punch it out more powerfully. This time we will surprise everyone. We have decided on the final launch date, but the details need to be kept secret.'"
"'The bottom line is, it's going to be around that game, you have to be ready.'"
After the ship officer described these words in detail, she looked at him: "These are the exact words Parker described. But I guess that most of these people in this plan are just the executors, and the real planners are ——”
"It's the Dragon Worship Cult."
Besides the Dragon Worship Cult, who else could be the mysterious force associated with the Dragon Fire Guild?
But Fang Yu fell silent, feeling vaguely that there was something wrong in his heart.
He originally thought that the Dragon Worshipers were just operating in the area around Talon, but now it seems that it is much more than that. The messenger of the Dragon Worship Cult he met in Elmao Castle, the lich related to the Rogelsl family that the other party was looking for, and the broken dragon-slaying holy sword.
What does this have to do with anything?
They are really just planning to resurrect the Dragon Witch, so what does their 'plan' in the south of Duron mean?
The more Fang Yu thought about it, the more he felt that everything behind it seemed to be more complicated and confusing.
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