after a while.
Cassander was the first to push open the door of Father Mouse's tavern, and all the noise in the tavern disappeared.
Everyone turned to look at the door.
Wang followed him into the tavern, took a step aside, and then observed the people in the entire tavern.
There are basically no people in the tavern who are not armed. Not only are there people from all walks of life who usually hang out in Swan Gate Alley, but there are also many people who seem to be good citizens but are also armed.
It's probably because Father Rat's Tavern has spirits provided by Tang's brewery, and everyone wants to have something exciting when war clouds are looming.
While Wang was observing, someone suddenly shouted: "Isn't this the disciple of the legendary mage! Last night he used nine-ring magic to blow up a tower in the inner city and killed hundreds of people!"
Wang raised his eyebrows. The rumor about him in the tavern the day before yesterday was that he used Phantom Killer to kill Tang's entire team. Today, he evolved into a nine-ring magic to kill hundreds of people?
Another voice said: "Aren't they the princess's team? What are they doing here? Isn't there going to be a war soon?"
Then Elizabeth came in.
All the whispers that had just gotten up disappeared again, and everyone looked at Elizabeth quietly.
Suddenly a drunk yelled, "Cunt!"
The drunkard was immediately held down by several people around him: "Don't worry, that's the Duke's daughter! No, it's the Duke's sister! She can turn us all into pendants in the square with just one word!"
Elizabeth cleared her throat and asked: "Now the city is full of places that need people, and you are actually drinking here!"
Everyone was silent, and then the halfling bartender standing behind the bar—yes, the one who mistook the dwarves' tap dancing that night as an attack by the Lord Knight—answered: "Your Highness, these are all robbers and thieves. , and at worst they are armed escorts of caravans. They won’t do the work of moving big rocks to the city wall.”
The burly man next to the bartender - who was also the "spectator" who watched the dwarf tap dance that night - said: "When the siege begins, we will have work to do. Whether it is sneaking out of the city to attack the siege army, or raiding underground Enemies trying to sneak in.”
The princess wanted to say something else, but Cassander said: "We are going to Don's place. He should have said hello."
"Yes, this way." The halfling patted the mechanism on the table, and a secret door appeared next to the bar.
The moment the secret door opened, the pungent smell of strong liquor rushed out. The dwarf was stunned: "Oh, this wine smells good too. Although it's not as good as Shire Liquor, it's still much better than sissy stuff like Bee Beer!"
The catman pushed the dwarf: "Stop talking nonsense, let's go."
Wang followed the group until they entered the passage, still observing the people in the tavern.
Elizabeth asked strangely: "What are you looking for?"
"Let me see if there are any druids."
Cassander, who was walking at the front, turned back and said, "Am I not a Druid?"
"But you are the Duke's druid. If we want to continue to pursue the crisis, we must have our own druid."
"Isn't the crisis coming to an end today?" Cassander asked doubtfully, "We all know who is behind the scenes. He should be punished before nightfall today."
"Just in case." Wang replied, but immediately changed the topic, "But I see there are no druids here."
Mishashala: "Druids will also go to taverns, but not this kind of tavern. The smell of industry and human civilization here is too strong, and druids don't like it."
The dwarf continued: "Druids will only appear in the elves' treehouse tavern and drink those weak elven liqueurs. Oh, I'm talking about normal elves, not drow."
The drow didn't like to be active in the sun, so they didn't come with the king and the others. Apparently she had her own way into the rogues' guild.
The group of people just chatted and all entered the secret door.
**
The hall of the Wanderers' Guild looks like a stock exchange, but there are no fat-bellied merchants. Instead, there are ruthless people who look like forest heroes at first glance.
Seeing Cassander, the waiter in the lobby immediately pointed to the stairs leading to the second floor. Cassander led everyone to the second floor.
The second floor was Tang's old home. As soon as Wang entered the room, he saw a test tube rack on the table in the middle with a row of purple potions on it.
Wang: "Advanced invisibility potion, very efficient."
"Because we found that there are exactly five potions in the inventory," the brown-haired man sitting on the table where the potions were placed stood up, "You must be the mage who is so popular."
The king sized up the man and replied, "And you, I guess, are a wanderer."
The man laughed loudly: "I am a thief. Wanderer is a name coined by the intellectuals of Shadow Thieves in order to change the negative impression of our profession. But we all know that we are actually thieves."
As soon as he finished speaking, a man carrying a wooden box full of equipment shouted "Borrow light, borrow light" and walked past Wang.
The mage grabbed his shoulder: "Don't steal from a prophecy mage."
The person moving the goods looked confused: "What are you talking about? I'm moving this box with both hands..."
Wang took out his dimensional bag: "You just touched this, didn't you? I guess there is a mechanism on your box."
"You are making a false accusation!" The guy who moved the goods immediately started shouting after the initial shock. "I didn't touch your things at all. You are trying to incriminate yourself, and this box..."
Elizabeth: “My wallet was touched!”
The people moving the goods looked helplessly at the sky.
King: "Gotrick!"
Manzi swung his fist and hit the guy's nose, sending his whole body flying into the air, and what he was holding in his hand was scattered forward like a goddess scattering flowers.
Wang stretched out his hand and used a simple trick called "Mage's Hand" to grab Elizabeth's wallet that was flying in the air. He stuffed it back into Elizabeth's hand, then squatted down and began to study the box that fell on the ground:
"As expected, there is a mechanism. It looks like you are moving the box with two hands. In fact, the box is fixed on your belt, and you can lift it with only one hand. The other hand only has one sleeve, which is connected to your shoulder. "
Elizabeth stared at the brown-haired man angrily: "Is this how you treat guests?"
"Your Highness, our place is a den of thieves..."
Before he finished speaking, the drow who came out of nowhere put a knife to his throat: "You'd better be smarter. In this situation, the new Duke may order your group to be annihilated at any time. You don't want to become Crow fodder in Gallows Square, right?”
"Hahaha, that's wonderful. But if you kill me, there will be no one to lead the way."
Cassander walked around to the front of the thief: "I don't think Don would put all his eggs in one basket. There must be someone else besides you who knows the location of Erwin's laboratory. Otherwise, what will happen if you defect? ?Zrow, I think we should kill him and replace him with an obedient person to lead the guild team."
Marika: "I agree."
"Wait a moment!"
Before the brown-haired man finished speaking, the secret door suddenly opened, and several people stumbled in: "It's not good!"
Then when these people saw this scene, they were even more surprised.
Kassande: "What's going on? We're Don's spokesmen, at least for now. Tell us what happened."
Several people looked at each other, and finally looked at the brown hair.
Brown hair: "Tell me."
The leader reported: "The leader of the team, Geke, got too carried away and got too close and was discovered! That Erwin used the Finger of Death! I'm pretty sure it was the Finger of Death, that green light! Geke will be there immediately. Dead. We pulled back immediately! (*)"
Kassande: "All withdrawn?"
"No, there are still a few people left to watch where Erwin can escape. But no one dares to approach him anymore!"
At this time, Fernie, the fourth-ring mage, spoke: "It's not easy to deal with now, the finger of death. That's a seventh-ring magic. Are you sure he released it by himself and didn't tear the scroll?"
The leader nodded: "OK. He has the action of casting the spell. Geke threw down the smoke bomb when he started to cast the spell, but the smoke bomb may have been damp, the gunpowder did not explode very well, and the smoke dispersed slowly. He was still hit by the green light."
Verney: "We can only cast spells of the fourth ring at most, and we will be crushed by our opponents. We have to go back and ask the Duke's chief mage, who is also a seventh-level spell caster! We can't do this."
Elizabeth hesitated to speak and turned to look at Wang.
Wang Zheng touched his chin and assumed the thinking posture that the princess was already familiar with.
The thief who had just been knocked to the ground said loudly: "I won't do it anymore! I don't dare to challenge the Master of the Seventh Ring!"
The princess made a weak sound and gave the guy a kick on the sole of his foot. It might have hit a nerve, causing his face to twist in pain.
Wang snapped his fingers: "I have a plan."
Elizabeth smiled: "You always have a plan."
