"Your commander wants to see us?"
The scribe raised his head and looked at their beasts of burden and the huge platform with a look of amazement. He nodded: "Yes, you are adventurers, right? Our commander has something to discuss with you."
Fang Plover turned around and looked at the others. Luo Yu didn't speak. Parker and Xiang Xiang both looked indifferent, but the latter held his sword with one hand and was eager to try. He was obviously more interested in breaking through the barrier than meeting the other party's commander.
The big cat man on the side was taking out his pipe and polishing it. He didn't take the soldiers below seriously at all.
He looked at Sylvide again, and Miss Ship Officer looked at him with a smile in her eyes, meaning that it was up to the captain's decision. Only Aitila said: "Ed, this is the only way, maybe you can give it a try." Tianlan and Jita also nodded after hearing this.
Fang Yu pondered for a moment and nodded. But he did not rush to reply, but told the clerk below that they needed to discuss it before deciding. The other party was reasonable and understood their decision, and told them that there was no need to rush and he could wait for them to make a decision.
Fang Plover then turned back from the side of the ship. But of course it was not for discussion. He released three clockwork goblins 'Buzz' suspended in mid-air - then looked at Luo Yu not far away and asked: "Luo Yu, does the elementalist have any spells that can be achieved at this level?" The effect of invisibility, or at least obscuring vision.”
Although the Clockwork Fairy is small, its golden appearance is still easy to see when the weather is clear and there is no obstruction in the daytime.
Although some people will paint the clockwork goblin with gray tree paint, tree paint is a magic insulator, which greatly affects the transmission of magic power. It is necessary to replace the clockwork goblin with a larger resonance crystal to connect with the central crystal of the magic furnace. .
Fang Plover is not that wealthy.
When Luo Yu heard this, the staff in his hand lit up, and an empty crystal appeared in his hand. He thought for a moment and replied: "Refraction may be possible, but refraction is not true invisibility after all. It is still easy to get close. found."
"What are the specific figures?"
"Within ten meters, if there are no other obstructions or interference, it will be easy to detect if the detection is above 40 -"
"What about ten meters away?"
"About 50% increase every ten meters."
Fang Yu estimated it and thought it should be about the same, so he nodded: "Let's cast the spell."
Luo Yu closed his eyes, and the three golden textures on the magic wand flashed past, converging the blue water elemental magic power into the empty crystal. The process was very fast, only a second or two. When the crystal emitted a superb light, he threw it forward. The crystal disappeared in a burst of twisted light, and the clockwork fairy also turned into a translucent shape under the light.
Sophie watched this scene from the side, her eyes lit up slightly, and she couldn't help but raise her head and glance at Luo Yu who was standing aside.
Fang Yu had already raised his hand and released the translucent clockwork fairy, without anyone noticing the whole process. He pulled down his goggles and then told the clerk below that he needed to bring a few people with him.
The clerk nodded his head in agreement.
"Miss Attila, please come with me," Fang Pliong looked at Sophie again: "Is Miss Sophie coming?"
Etila and Sophie both nodded.
The three of them climbed down the rope ladder one by one. The lumberjacks below did not approach at a distance. Only Ms. Kusu walked over to them and asked them what happened.
Fang Yu shook his head at her, indicating that it was nothing serious. The secretary also glanced at Ms. Kuisu, and then led everyone to the Tulip Castle. At his signal, the soldiers put away their spears and stood on both sides, watching with vigilant eyes. them.
Fang Yu noticed that the weapons of these soldiers were very sophisticated and did not look like they were in disrepair. He quietly scanned the system and found that most of these soldiers were around level ten.
According to the information, the minimum level for soldiers recruited by the Dulun City Guard is six to seven, and around level ten is considered elite. He took another look at the two heavy cavalry on the side of the road. The system showed? ? ? class.
? ? ? The level is not necessarily higher than him. Since there are no warning signs, it may be that the information in hand is incomplete, or the knowledge and experience are insufficient, resulting in the inability to analyze. After all, analyzing the strength of humanoid creatures requires a wealth of knowledge and experience, which is much more difficult than ordinary creatures. However, the levels of these two heavy cavalry should be at least similar to him.
Captain Knight, he thought to himself.
This is definitely not the original garrison of Yujing Castle. At least it is far different from the old, weak, sick and disabled he imagined. Either the defense has been replaced recently, or additional manpower has been sent.
Everyone had arrived under the Tulip Castle. The clerk waved his hand to the battlements, and then the guards above pulled up the gate and lowered the drawbridge. The suspension bridge creaked and fell, hitting the ground with a loud bang, sending dust flying into the air.
Fang Plover coughed twice and couldn't help but fan himself with his hand. When a group of people passed through the city gate, he had the opportunity to ask the clerk this question: "I have been to this place several times before. Yuli Castle didn't seem like this before?"
The clerk turned back to look at him and asked, "Don't you know?"
Fang Yu was stunned: "What do you know?"
The clerk seemed to be relieved. He reacted and replied: "It's nothing. There was a small incident in the south. In fact, it did not affect Yujin Castle. It was just prepared."
Something happened in the south?
Where in the south? A little thing?
This thought flashed through Fang Yu's mind, but he didn't ask further. Although he didn't have any emotional intelligence, he knew that further questioning would only cause displeasure. However, the other party's words at least told him some information.
He said that he had been to this place several times before, which was of course nonsense. He had never been to Kaolin Mainland before, let alone a small place like Yujin Castle. However, the secretary didn't seem to have any doubts about this, which at least meant that the other party was also unfamiliar with this place.
So the idea of sending additional manpower is obviously a bit untenable. The only possibility is that Yujibao has already changed its defense, and a group of manpower has been replaced from top to bottom. And the commander they want to meet is obviously not the old knight who is easy to talk to.
Sophie obviously guessed his thoughts later and sent him an expression of appreciation in the communication channel.
She thought of something and sighed again: "Seriously, it would be great if you could join Silver Vislan."
"The elementalist from before was also a good prospect, and that box - I heard that even Odin was full of praise for him. Where did you pick up these talents?"
Fang Plover thought that you haven't noticed Jita yet. Miss Naturalist is a real little genius. She performed very well in the battle of Elmao Castle. She doesn't look like a selector who participated in the adventure for the first time.
As a member of the Listening to the Rain brigade, Alyssa is also above average.
"He is from Tapolis, and we have reached an agreement with Tapolis, Miss Sophie."
"I know about it."
Sophie rolled her eyes at him.
Fang Plover had never felt that the name Tapolis had been so useful for a moment, and even the round face of Ms. Yugudola in his memory seemed to have suddenly become friendly.
But Sophie said: "I have heard about that guild. Freedom is freedom, but now we are also in trouble. You'd better be careful..."
"In trouble?" Fang Yu was stunned. He had never heard of this matter. There was no news at all from Jita and Luo Yu, and Yugudola didn't seem to have informed them of anything.
"After the second Covenant Mountain incident, the VEM Alliance has begun to regulate free guilds. I wonder if you have heard any relevant news...?"
Fang Yu noticed that she used the name VEM Alliance instead of the Super Competitive Alliance. Silver Vislan was originally a branch that separated from the Rose Crusade, so it also belonged to the Rainbow Alliance. The descendants of Lore, together, belong to the political heritage of VEM.
However, there have long been rumors outside that due to the First and Second Covenant Mountain Incidents, there were rifts in the ideas of Silver Vislan, the Rainbow Alliance, and the Descendants of Flor, and they were already planning to part ways with VEM.
Now it seems that what he said was true.
Fang Yu had indeed heard what Sophie said and asked, "Are you talking about the new regulations of the Super Competitive Alliance that require all guilds to have a foundation in the real world?"
Sophie nodded.
Fang Yu knew that the cause of this incident was the mysterious disappearance of Dragon Fire Guild and Rain Listener. For this reason, the Super Competitive Alliance launched this initiative to all guild organizations.
And gradually the initiative was turned into new rules and regulations.
However, as a witness to these two events, he didn't think there was anything wrong at first, and even thought it was very reasonable. After all, the Dragon Fire Guild colluded with the Rain Listeners and the Dragon Worship Cult, and the harm caused was real.
But Sophie shook her head: "You are too naive, Ed. Neither the Dragon Fire Guild nor the Rain Listeners are free guilds. They are just VEM propaganda needs to confuse the public. What does this matter have to do with the free guilds?" "
Her words were not spoken in the communication channel, but directly whispered.
Fang Yu couldn't help but open his mouth when he heard the words, realizing that this seemed to be the case, but VEM did not mention this at all, giving people the illusion that such things were more likely to happen in the Free Guild.
He scratched his head and realized that his thinking was still too superficial, but this was also because the matter itself had nothing to do with him. He couldn't help but ask: "But what does this have to do with the trouble in Tapolis?"
Fang Yu knew that although Tapolis was a free guild, it was not a small guild. It would not be difficult to establish one in the real world.
Sophie input: "The relationship is that this matter has caused disagreements within Tapolis. Some senior officials in the guild believe that since the matter is a foregone conclusion, it is better to take the opportunity to attract some external investment, expand Tapolis's influence, and let Tapolis In one fell swoop, it stands between first- and second-tier guilds.”
"But the main managers of the guild are opposed to this view because it goes against the original intention of establishing Tapolis. If external funds are allowed to enter, how will Tapolis be different from those commercial clubs?"
"The division between the two sides has become very serious, and there is a lot of internal turmoil. Even because of this incident, the main elite groups of Tapolis have basically received orders and returned to their headquarters in Gula Port——"
She turned back and glanced at him: "Do you think this is troublesome?"
Only then did Fang Yu understand why Hongye could not contact Yugudora. It seemed to be due to internal reasons in Tapolis - he was actually somewhat curious in his heart, which side did Yugudora and the others support?
However, at least until now, the other party has kept its promise and has not affected Jita and Luo Yu at all.
After a brief conversation between the two, the scribe had already led them and the elf lady into the Tulip Castle, walked up a spiral staircase, and then stood in front of a door on the second floor of the castle.
Naturally, there were soldiers guarding the door. The secretary just nodded to the soldiers, then turned back to them and said, "Sir, he's inside."
He just pushed open the door and entered. Fang Yu looked up and saw a small office inside.
Because it is a defensive facility, the interior of Yuji Castle is far less spacious and luxurious than the interior of Elmao Castle - at least that was the case in the past. There are only thick stone walls, narrow walkways and dimly lit windows in the fortress.
But there was an exception in this room - it was slightly decorated - at least there was a fur of an unknown animal on the floor, and there were two swords, a shield, and a stuffed deer head hung on the wall.
The 'sir' in the clerk's mouth was indeed not the old knight in the document, but a somewhat stout middle-aged man. The man wore a mink robe and a soft hat with long feathers on his head. He was not wearing a military uniform. An aristocratic outfit.
After learning that they were adventurers, the other party showed great enthusiasm and came up to chat with them.
"He is a little nobleman."
Sophie stared at the feathers on the man's hat and quietly reminded Fang Plover of the other party's identity - the baron with feathers on his head was exactly what Aitaria called such people.
Most of these people are noble knights, which is consistent with their status here, but to hold important positions in the city guard, they obviously belong to a well-known family behind them.
Of course Fang Yu knew that the city guards of Du Lun were also divided into three, six or nine grades. Judging from the elite level of the soldiers outside, this one obviously had an extraordinary origin, which explained the other party's identity from the side.
He asked Sophie to come with him just to obtain this information. Miss Attila was not familiar with the human world, and he was not sure about these details either. Although there is Sylvide in the team who knows more about the nobility, considering her status at the moment, the Princess of Silver Vislan is more suitable.
The selector naturally lacks awe for the aboriginal nobles, but this is a military camp after all, not to mention that the other party is quite enthusiastic, so Fang Plover also saluted the other party with the etiquette of the aboriginal people.
But the other party shook hands with them instead - the aborigines were keen on the etiquette of the earth, but the chosen ones imitated the aborigines everywhere, which was also a sight for Aitaria.
After shaking hands, the baron also got straight to the point: "I heard that you are planning to go to Dullon?"
Fang Plover nodded.
The baron touched the short beard on his chin and said thoughtfully: "Theoretically, the consul has issued an order to block the road. I should not let you pass."
"But there are no exceptions. If you can help us..."
Since he had suffered a loss in Grande, Fang Plover took the initiative to abdicate in favor of others during this negotiation. He glanced at Atila, and the elf lady said, "Excuse me, what is it?"
The baron looked at the elf lady's pointed ears with curiosity, although it was a bit rude - but in the main continent of Kaolin, both Avenquin elves and forest elves are very rare.
Then he shook his head: "No, this is not my personal matter..."
"To be precise... you are helping the Du Lun City Guards, so I can give you an exception..."
Then he talked about it: "That's it, not long ago we sent a small team to the direction of Ash Mountain Forest, about half a month ago. After they went to that place, no news came back... …”
"So you want us to help you find someone?" Sophie suddenly interrupted.
The baron nodded.
She asked back: "Can't your soldiers do such a simple thing for you?"
"Well..." The Baron seemed a little hesitant: "You have also seen that this is an order from above. We have to station here, and the manpower is far from enough..."
Fang Yu couldn't see this at all, as the manpower here was clearly sufficient.
Aitila also frowned: "Then I can ask you why that team went to the Ash Mountain Forest. As we all know, ordinary people will not go to that place."
"Well..."
"Sir, adventurers need to understand their missions. You should know this. Otherwise, no matter how great the benefits are, we will not easily accept the mission -"
The baron seemed a little hesitant and took two steps back and forth.
But he finally made up his mind, turned around and nodded: "Okay, actually the reason is very simple, it is to find something."
"something?"
"This is an order from above. I don't know the details...it seems to be looking for a red stone..."
Etila thought for a moment: "Our mission is just to find people, we don't need to find those stones, right?"
"Of course, of course," the Baron said loudly: "If you can help me find their whereabouts, you will do me a big favor!"
Attila nodded and then looked at Fang Plover.
In fact, there was a mission prompt in Fang Yu's system. The difficulty was not high, but the D-level mission was beyond the scope of finding people. He thought it might be because of the destination. Ash Mountain Forest had always been rumored. Danger, as the place where Nicol Bolas fell, has a certain bonus to the difficulty of the mission itself.
However, they were going to Ash Mountain Forest originally, so this matter was not too troublesome.
He subconsciously wanted to agree, but suddenly, as if he was blessed, he asked out of nowhere: "Do you want to go to Ash Mountain Forest? I heard that place...?"
"Of course, of course..." The baron seemed to be afraid that he would not agree - he had probably found many adventurers these days, but they were all rejected one by one. He naturally knew in his heart what kind of place the Ash Mountain Forest was.
He said cautiously: "Letting you pass the customs is just incidental... You can treat this as an ordinary commissioned task, and I can give you another reward..."
Fang Yu was stunned. He said before that he just wanted a map, because the data said that the Dulun City Guards had a detailed map of the Ash Mountain Forest area. But I didn’t expect that the other party would actually increase the price even after I hesitated.
This was an unexpected surprise.
So he never mentioned the map again, because he was afraid that the other party would regret it, so he just nodded calmly.
He turned back and was about to ask Attila to draw up the adventurer contract, but suddenly he frowned, turned around again, and said, "Wait a minute, I have another request——"
"Is there another request?" The baron then showed a hint of dissatisfaction. He felt that these people seemed to be a little greedy. He felt that the conditions he had given were already very loose.
However, Fang Yu shook his head: "It's nothing else, I just have certain requirements for the contract method."
"Oh?" Fang Chuan's eyebrows relaxed: "What's the request?"
"That's it... we went to Dulun because of a task at hand, and we don't have much time. In fact, if we want to complete your task, the deadline is even more urgent." Fang Yu suddenly found that he had some bad habits and told lies. When I came, I didn't blush anymore and my heart stopped beating.
He didn't know for a moment whether this was good or bad, so he just continued: "So I hope this contract can be completed using a remote contract."
"Remote contract?" The baron was stunned.
He seemed a little hesitant, "Remote contracts are certainly not unfeasible, but Mr. Roman is not that easy to talk to..." Remote contracts are naturally one of the business goddess's 'business methods', which means that under her witness, the client can The reward is first handed over to its divine power for safekeeping, and after the task is completed, the information is automatically transferred to the entrusted party.
However, since it requires the use of divine power, Ms. Roman's commission is naturally very high, so it is rare for adventurers to have such a contract.
However, Fang Yu rarely cared about this loss, shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, we will bear the handling fees."
The Baron seemed to be unable to find any reason to refute for the moment, and could only agree: "In that case... well, let's do it. But if those people are still alive, you must at least send them to a safe place. "
"Of course if you die..." He paused: "I also need some evidence to prove it."
"Yes," Fang Pultru agreed readily: "Don't worry, sir - on the balance, Ms. Luo Man will guarantee your rights."
"The balance is above." The baron nodded.
So the two parties drew up the contract under the witness of Ms. Roman, stamped it with the heraldic wax seal of the goddess of commerce, and kept it one by one. Fang Yucai said goodbye to the other party and left Yujin Castle under the leadership of the secretary.
The three of them walked out of the city gate and walked across the suspension bridge. After the clerk turned back, Attila whispered: "Ed, actually we are not in that hurry."
"I know, Miss Aitila." Fang Pliong replied.
Sophie obviously heard the implication of his words: "So you changed your mind before, right? Remote contracts are rare. The goddess takes one-third of the commission. Even aborigines rarely use this kind of contract... …”
"Did you discover anything, Ed?" Attila also asked at this time.
Fang Yu glanced at the Yujin Castle behind him, shook his head slightly, and only used his eyes to signal that the issue would be discussed later.
Naturally, he saw something, and these things were related to them.
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