Among the several guests present, the caravan steward with a wealthy background had more or less heard of the deeds of "bounty hunters".
It is said that the "Bounty Hunters" were once a powerful force of the Earth Temple. They have long since parted ways with the current Earth Temple, but they maintain their own heritage and specialize in serving highland noble families.
Bounty hunters are secretive, capable, and keep their promises. They only accept employment from famous nobles to solve certain difficult problems for them. No matter how much money the city-state wealthy spend, they can't hire "bounty hunters" to do things for them.
In a sense, "bounty hunter" is also a precious resource, a special resource that belongs exclusively to famous families in the highlands.
Being able to have face-to-face contact with a bounty hunter is also a new thing. However, this bounty hunter named White-haired Rhine is simply bad.
He deliberately revealed the identity of Victor and others in public, immediately putting everyone in a dilemma. At this time, some people wanted to leave the scene, but they were afraid that Victor and the others would misunderstand that they wanted to report. Harvey, who is suspected to be a sixth-level venerable, also carries a sword in his hand. He can kill people here with just one sword. Moreover, the mayor has not shown up yet, and his private guards have quietly withdrawn. What can the unarmed guests do to resist a group of nobles from the famous pillar family in trouble?
Let me ask, who would dare to take the lead in leaving in this situation?
The union leader Eckert was dumbfounded, and the other guests also looked ugly.
Victor took in everyone's expressions and found this matter very interesting.
The white-haired Rhine pushed the guests at the party to be the opposite of Victor in just a few words. In fact, pitting them against each other creates a delicate balance.
Referring to the force configuration of the Iron Rhino Caravan, the caravan stewards and adventure group leaders who were left here, including the union leader Eckert, each had armed guards. If their subordinates were added together, there would be almost three to four hundred People, and also elite warriors.
The reason why they were led by Rhine now, and felt aggrieved and helpless, was due to two reasons.
First, the caravan steward and the leader of the adventure group have great fortunes and always try to avoid getting involved in the internal struggles of famous families, so they behave timidly in front of Victor.
Secondly, Harvey has shown his strength. He was holding a long sword, and within a few meters, it was equivalent to putting the blade under someone's neck. Few people can ignore the threat posed by Harvey, especially if they fight without equipment. I am afraid that he will kill him on the spot in just a few encounters.
If the guests attending the open-air party have become hostages, then Victor and the others are desperadoes holding hostages. But from another perspective, Victor's actual situation is not much better than that of these hostages.
Neither Victor nor Harvey could stand up to an army of several hundred men. Not to mention the army, even the few professionals present are by no means weak. As long as they join forces to besiege, Maddie, Ruth and Jessica who have no fighting ability will all die here. It's not certain whether Harvey can fight his way out of the encirclement of Water Snake Town guards.
As long as Victor dares to attack the guests in front of him, it will definitely be the result of defeat and death.
Rhine creates conflict and establishes himself as a key character. He has weapons and equipment, and he doesn't look weak. When a conflict breaks out between the two sides, Rhine is willing to defend Harvey for a moment, while Eckert and several other guests can summon guards to rush in to relieve the siege.
However, Rhine miscalculated Victor.
Freedom is a characteristic of the element of air. Victor, who is friendly to the element of wind, tends to break away from the constraints of emotions, morality, and social rules. He never looks forward or backward when doing things. When necessary, he can discard Ruth and Jessica; he can discard McGrady; he can even discard Harvey without any psychological burden.
This is the unruly wind, which follows one's will and appears ruthless.
The guards, private armies, and adventurers of Water Snake Town, relying on their numerical advantage, want to capture Victor, who has the talents of Wind Travel, Boiling Blood, and Activation?
It's almost impossible for them to succeed.
Victor can leave and come whenever he wants, and no one can control him, so what does he have to worry about?
Victor is now just curious about the purpose of white-haired Rhine. He tilted his head and looked at the other party, and asked calmly: "Do you think I am a defector from the Golden Nightingale family, and you will inform the Golden Nightingale family?"
When a guest heard this, he was about to defend himself, but after thinking about it, he kept his mouth shut. Regardless of whether Victor is a fugitive pursued by the Golden Nightingale family, they all have to report to their backstage boss. Ultimately, it is up to the boss behind the scenes to decide whether to inform Jin Nightingale's famous family. Now, if they told Victor that they would not report, it was just a quibble, and it might completely anger the other party, so it would be better to remain silent, and it would be better not to attract Victor's attention.
The white-haired Rhine took off the sword and placed it on the edge of his seat. He nodded with a smile and said, "It seems so."
His sharp eyes swept over every "honest" guest, and finally landed on the white-haired Rhine's face. Victor asked again: "What if I don't care? If we dare to come to the open-air party, we won't be afraid of anyone snitching. What I say is reasonable, right? Anyone of you can leave now, and I will never stop you...except Mr. Rhine. You can't leave."
Rhine tried to keep everyone, but Victor refused to let him get what he wanted because he wanted to see his reaction.
Sure enough, Rhine tapped the long table with his index finger, attracting everyone's attention, and said slowly: "I heard from the president of the Eckert branch that Water Snake Town often holds open-air gatherings to facilitate exchanges between caravans and adventure groups. News, intelligence. The host of today’s open-air party has not arrived yet, so it would be rude for us to break up the party now.”
Victor raised his eyebrows and asked: "Others are here to exchange intelligence and news; I am here to get to know Mrs. Christine... What about you? Why did you come to today's party?"
Rhine pointed at Eckert, who was sitting next to him, and said, "In order to seek help... President Eckert can testify on my behalf."
The head of the local adventure union instantly became the target of public criticism. He smiled awkwardly and explained: "Mr. Rhine followed the female shepherd bandit Bertina and passed through Water Snake Town. He needs some useful clues... As everyone knows, shepherd The wolf bandit Bertina is a public enemy of the alliance. As the head of the Adventurer's Guild in Water Snake Town, I have the responsibility to assist the bounty hunters who are chasing the female bandit Bertina. Therefore, I brought Mr. Rhine to today's party."
Everyone was in an uproar, and a caravan steward asked directly: "Ector, are you saying that the female wolf bandit Bertina passed by Water Snake Town, or are you saying that she is nearby?"
"Don't be nervous, everyone, listen to me."
Rhine raised his hands, beckoning the audience to calm down, and said: "I guarantee that the wolf shepherd girl Bertina is not in Water Snake Town at the moment, and she will not threaten anyone here. However, since I have tracked her to Water Snake Town, it means that she has been Passing by. Did any of you meet her?"
"Are you joking?"
The leader of a hot-tempered adventure group shouted loudly: "If we encountered Bertina, the female wolf-herd bandit, would we be able to attend today's party alive? She was a large-scale armed caravan that attacked Zhu Mingmen. With our strength, we She can’t even squeeze enough between her teeth.”
Victor's eyes suddenly lit up and he raised his voice: "Don't make any noise! -->>
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Mr. Rhine, how do you prove that you are not a liar? If you can track Bertina, how can the Alliance let her run away? "
Rhine said calmly: "I don't want to prove anything. Everyone can listen to my story and then judge whether I am a liar. People who are not interested in the Wolf Shepherd Girl can leave, but I think no one will leave, after all the news about her It’s valuable, very valuable.”
The bounty hanging on the head of the wolf-shepherd girl is as high as one million gold pagodas, which is undoubtedly an unimaginable huge wealth. The armed caravans and adventure groups of all sizes are themselves interested in Bertina's information.
Everyone fell silent, but Rhine started telling stories without any rush. He reached out and grabbed a half-elf slave girl who was delivering fruit, and pressed her on his lap. This half-elf slave girl had been trained so that when she was caught off guard by a guest, she did not scream. Instead, she quickly covered her mouth and whispered softly, letting Rhine do whatever he wanted to her. She was so supple and pitiful. .
The half-elf female slaves raised by Mayor Middleton are all young and beautiful, with fair and delicate skin. They are obviously not good at working. They are purely private slave maids who entertain guests with their beauty. Even though Lain held her in his arms and rubbed her wantonly, the half-elf female slave did not resist. She even quietly adjusted her posture to cater to him with a shy face.
Rhine has a majestic figure and outstanding facial features. Coupled with his unique silver hair and onyx-like eyes, his every move is full of the masculine beauty of a male half-elf. The half-elf female slave can win Rhine's favor, even in full view of the public. Just looking at her watery eyes and slightly trembling shoulders, you can tell that she is shy and secretly happy at the moment.
The mayor and his wife used beautiful slave girls to entertain their guests, but they were just imitating the style of wealthy families. The guests at the party who are eligible to attend are all determined professionals, and no one will play with the mayor's slave girl like Rhine.
They all looked at Rhine with contempt, and perhaps a little envy. They were jealous of his free and easy, domineering, and unscrupulous manner?
Victor is able to grasp the mentality of these people with his extraordinary and meticulous perception. Although Rhine concealed it skillfully, Victor did not see desire in his eyes.
Rhine's big hands moved under the skirt of the half-elf slave girl, clearly inspecting her body. Because Victor often does the same thing to Ruth and Jessica.
Professional doctors can activate the secret blood ability to sense the physical condition of half-elves at close range. Victor did not have this ability. He could only check Ruth and Jessica's body temperature, skin toughness, muscle strength, bone hardness, instinctive reactions and other physical conditions through touch, especially the changes in their bodies after they took drugs. All need to be recorded.
Victor didn't care at all about the gender of the person he was examining. If Ruth and Jessica were men, he would do the same thing.
It was too strange for Rhine to secretly examine the body of the half-elf slave girl of the mayor's house.
Is there anything special about the mayor's slave girl?
With a thought in his mind, Victor looked at the half-elf slave girl a few more times.
"It feels good, but it's a pity that such a beautiful slave girl is not suitable for me." Rhine suddenly pushed away the red-faced slave girl and smiled at Victor: "Bounty hunters like me are running around outside all year round, and women with weak constitutions can't help it. Follow me and suffer. I can't take care of them."
Hey, this guy is very perceptive. He realized that I had seen through his actions and deliberately changed the subject to prevent me from exposing him in public?
Victor secretly thought to himself and said, "A strong barbarian female slave is suitable to follow you?"
"Barbarian female slave? Haha, forget it, I will be laughed to death... My employers are all famous nobles. If they hear that White-haired Rhine prefers barbarian female slaves, then I am afraid I will not be able to get a job in the future. "
"As a normal half-elf male, I still like half-elf women."
The bounty hunter looked past Victor and landed on Ruth and Jessica behind him, and asked: "Mr. Victor, I think these two maids of yours are very good, can you sell them to me? ”???..coM
This turn of events is truly surprising. When Victor rescued Ruth and Jessica from the orc bone collectors, he concluded that there were forces within the Disa Alliance colluding with the orc gangs to resell half-elf professional women.
Rhine expressed his intention to purchase Ruth and Jessica without even asking whether they were slave girls. Is this a coincidence?
Maybe, it's a test...
wrong! Rhine has been arousing my curiosity. He seems to be able to see through my weak point, which is my strong curiosity, and use this to control my behavior... Victor's will seems to be split into two, one is curious and wants to explore The purpose of the white-haired Rhine was to be led by his nose; the other one looked at his own problems calmly and objectively.
Victor didn't understand what conditions triggered the wonderful changes in the mental body, but he was already aware of White-haired Rhine's special ability.
"When I picked them up in the wild, they were already crazy. I don't know their identities, and I'm not their owner. How could I sell them to you as private slaves?" Victor thought, half-seriously Half-assumingly, he tested Rhine in turn.
Rhine pondered and said: "According to the laws of the alliance, when rescuing a half-elf in distress in the wild, the recipient or her family must pay a remuneration to the rescuer. If the recipient is unwilling to pay the remuneration, then she will serve as the rescuer's Private slaves, buying and selling.”
"This is to encourage half-elves to lend a helping hand to their compatriots in distress. The Alliance is willing to protect the interests of the rescuers."
"You can resell them both to me, and the price is negotiable." Rhine said sincerely.
With a "pop" sound, Victor slapped the sheathed fine gold thorium sword on the table, showed his white teeth, and said with a smile: "Okay... If the price you offer cannot satisfy me, you are Play with me. There will be consequences at your own risk..."
Harvey, who was standing next to Victor, immediately uncrossed his arms, arched his back slightly, and narrowed his eyes, the luster in his eyes solidified.
His energy is surging and his will is obvious, like a beast that chooses people to devour.
"Whoosh", "whoosh", the guests sitting at the table all pushed their chairs, stood up one after another, and retreated together. They had no doubt that Harvey was about to go on a rampage and hurt someone. And his target, Rhine, put his hand on the hilt of the giant sword.
The atmosphere in the small garden became extremely tense, and the half-elf maids around were so scared that they held their breath. They were confused. The guests were fine just now, so why did they suddenly take action?
Harvey's display of aura was particularly fierce. Rhine had to be on full alert and could no longer speak. He knew that Harvey was strong, but he didn't expect that a strong man like Harvey could carry out Victor's will without any scruples and reservations.
Only at this moment did Rhine clearly realize that it was not him who had the initiative, but Victor.
Of course, Harvey's momentum only affects a few meters. At the critical moment, the noisy footsteps of guards came from outside the small garden. Everyone thought that Mayor Middleton was coming. In reality, a group of heavily armed private guards rushed into the garden in panic. The professional leader shouted to the head of the Adventurer's Guild:
"Lord Ector, something happened!"
"... Mr. Mayor, he, he is dead..."
