"Aren't you going to let us have a meal?" Harandil asked before saying goodbye.
"Not today. When we have time later, we will invite the girls to get together." Roland pointed to the timer on the wall. "There will be a curfew later, and tonight will not be peaceful. If you want to live in Here, you can go to the reception desk downstairs and report my name. It seems that the room I left for Canaan’s investors is no longer needed.”
Griffith said goodbye to his friends, went to the hotel lobby alone, and asked for a room to rest.
The Chosen One emblems he captured have all been given to Galadia, and his identity will not be revealed in the location announcement every six hours. According to the plan, he would immediately join Galadia once a battle broke out, disguised as Laura, and fight with her.
To that end, Griffith will be acting alone tonight and over the next few nights.
After the interview with Roland, he had some new ideas——
Those who participated in the Festival of the Chosen One were all famous people. After the melee on the first night, the remaining people should have a general understanding of the strength of others, be more careful, and probably will not take risky solo attacks; a more reasonable strategy is to rely on their own family and The forces behind the situation spread out their plans and took advantage of the general trend to launch a massive offensive to crush the enemy.
This is very reasonable and coincides with what Roland said was about to happen.
The question is, what kind of offensive will follow?
When facing a few extraordinary beings, Griffith can still rely on his own characteristics to gain an advantage, but once the enemy's power is put into operation, his advantage will be eliminated.
He walked around the living room a few times, watching the guests leaving, and then found a waiter who knew Tina: "Where is Tina?"
This waiter is just a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old. He has a handsome appearance, but he is not shy at this age. He looked at the knight boldly: "Miss Tina is not here now, Sir Knight, but I can find her for you within an hour."
It's getting late, tonight is still curfew night, and citizens are not allowed to travel after ten o'clock. If it's not convenient for Tina to go back, she can sleep in my room. Anyway, I have to sneak out after midnight... Griffith thought about it and thought it was a good idea.
"Send her to come to me in my chamber," said Griffith, tossing a few silver coins to the boy, "the chamber of the Chevalier Griffith de Ravenel."
"Yes, Sir Knight," the boy immediately replied respectfully, "Do you need anything else? I can bring you wine, midnight snacks, costumes and props."
What is this? I’m not going to party all night long, so what do I need this for? Griffith waved his hand and sent the boy away.
…
Soon, the tavern arranged a room for Griffith. The rooms are very spacious and elegantly decorated, and are on par with the suites provided by Earl's Palace. Griffith, who was destined to be very busy tonight, took off his two swords and put them in his hands, leaned on the sofa and fell asleep immediately.
All kinds of strange thoughts and what Roland just said were entangled in Griffith's dream. He had a feeling that he was falling into a dangerous quagmire little by little. The Sacrifice of the Chosen One will drag him and Galadia into a mysterious abyss of madness, despair and death that has never been seen before.
That strange feeling that Griffith had experienced during Krista's misadventure came back. Numerous conspiracies and plans surrounded him like a cobweb.
Many things seem to be related, and there are people behind the scenes who are coordinating and calculating everything.
Is it too late to back down now? Galadia must attend the memorial ceremony. This is her responsibility, and the tribesmen will push her forward. However, if I kidnap her and take her to a remote border, where we are the only ones, will we be able to avoid the next danger?
I don't know how long it took, but there was a gentle knock on the door.
"Come in, the door is unlocked."
Griffith responded and sat up from the sofa. Then, he saw two short people walking in one after another. They lowered their heads, wore thick cloaks and thick scarves, and only their cautious eyes were exposed.
"Stand there and take off your cloak and coat!"
Griffith was surprised when he saw that the person who came was not Tina, and gave a stern order.
The two of them were obviously stunned for a moment. When they saw Griffith's face clearly, the person standing in front let out a female scream.
"It's you!"
Griffith felt vaguely that the voice sounded familiar. He was already on high alert and felt some hostility from the opponent, so he instinctively raised his leg and kicked forward.
"Bang!"
Before her companions could figure out what was going on, they saw a figure flying backwards from her along the route into the house, hitting the wall on the opposite side of the aisle with a loud noise, and was covered by a raised cloak. His face fell to the floor.
assassin? Unlike... Griffith became curious. He took a step forward and ripped off the other man's cloak with a wave of his left hand.
She was also a girl, and her face looked familiar.
She is very thin, only thirteen or fourteen years old at most. His shoulder-length red hair and body were shaking as if he had malaria.
"Are you?" A flash of lightning flashed in Griffith's heart, and it came out from his cold eyes.
Sweeped away by this sharp edge, the little girl in front of her trembled like chaff and knelt on the ground. She grabbed the buttons of her clothes and took them off. She was trembling and begging for mercy in a muffled voice.
This looks like Lavana... Griffith thought about it. When he just returned to Beyeland from the front line, he encountered an attack. The Cook gang hiding in the sewers was bloodbathed by him and his Shutoral companions. It was in this incident that Minos obtained the bone ring.
According to Eastern customs, most of the gangsters encountered during the crackdown were wiped on the neck, until Ophelia stopped everyone. The 12-year-old girl, Lahuaanna, could not see the appearance of a girl at that time, and she almost lay among the corpses of her companions.
After that, based on the information provided by Brother Sauron, the secretary of the Earl's Palace, Griffith knew that Lavana, who was lucky enough to survive, was being monitored by the Bureau of Investigation, trying to find the truth about the "Incredible House of Wonders" incident.
A year and a half has passed since this incident, why is it coming back to me now? So, who is the other guy?
Griffith quickly came to the door, a look that scared the panicked neighbor back into the room, then grabbed the girl who had just been kicked to the ground and was twitching, dragged her into the room, and took off her cloak and coat.
The girl who dared to attack was not tall but quite curvy, and her face covered by her messy ponytail was also very eye-catching. She huddled up in pain, with cold sweat dripping from her pale face.
Well, I also look familiar to this person, definitely not the kind of person who feels familiar when seeing a good-looking girl... Griffith leaned down and pulled open the girl's coat to check if she had any hidden weapons.
The weapon was not found, but a trace of an arrow wound was found on the wheat-colored, strong and round shoulder.
Now, Griffith completely remembered.
This is another acquaintance, a local adventurer who was useless and lost all her sanity in the battle in Manisa Village, the boxer Miss Ulan. She suffered a nervous breakdown when the zombies attacked her, and tried to open the door to let the zombies in, but was shot down by Galadia with an arrow.
This is really a coincidence...
Griffith threw his coat back to the sleeping Ulan and sat down on the bed angrily.
"Who asked you to come?"
"It's Drizzt, the waiter you sent to find Sister Tina," Lahana answered immediately as if she was whipped by a whip, "He said that a knight was looking for Sister Tina, but for a moment We can’t find her, so we need to replace her.”
"..."
No wonder he asked me if I wanted some clothes or something... It turned out that I had a sidetracked thought, wait, Tina? how could be?
Griffith was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a while. After a while, he asked: "Do you know who I am before I come here?"
"I don't know," Lahana shook her head hurriedly, "We can't ask for the guest's name."
Before Griffith could ask any more questions, Ulan was already struggling to explain: "I, no, sell it!"
She was gasping for air and couldn't speak. The kick just now hit her chest. Although Griffith did not exert any force, a war knight of extraordinary rank could even kill a beast with his bare hands, and an ordinary collision could seriously injure an ordinary person.
No matter in the past or now, this adventurer born in a small place has no ability to resist in front of Griffith.
The initially wavering thoughts disappeared. Griffith couldn't help but sigh inwardly. When he was worried that his pursuit of power and mystery would lead to disaster, he forgot how weak people without power are...
"Huh? What do you do?" Griffith took out a small bottle of potion from his waist and threw it to Miss Boxer, "Drink it, then stand up and talk."
Ulan hurriedly reached out to pick it up. Her hands were shaking so much that she almost dropped the vial on the ground. When she saw the red liquid in the bottle, her eyes were so surprised that she could hardly believe it, and she hurriedly stuffed the potion into her clothes.
"This is worth a gold coin!" Lahuaana yelled softly, looked at her companions in surprise, then at the knight, and quickly crawled over from the ground, "Hit me, I can withstand it."
Griffith frowned, stood up, grabbed Ulan's hair, lifted her up like a chicken, then reached out to take out the potion from between her plump breasts, opened the girl's mouth and poured it in.
"Lahua Na, you go out and wait at the corner stairs. Don't walk around until I call you." Griffith threw Ulan into the corner and said to her, "You speak first."
After questioning Ulan and Lahuana respectively, Griffith basically grasped the situation. Ulan followed a group of former adventurers to Bayerland to look for work. Later, he heard that Bremei had a lot of work, so he moved here and worked part-time as a bartender, guarding the goods yard, or looking for jobs as a cat. Due to insufficient money, she and her companions did not have enough to eat during this period. Although she insists on not doing the flesh trade, the winter is becoming more difficult now, so she comes here tonight to try her luck and see if she can find some work as an errand boy.
Lavana's situation is simpler. After she was released on the spot by the Bureau of Investigation, she first wandered the streets of Beyeland, doing petty theft in the streets and alleys with some small gangs. In winter, veterans who came to petition from other provinces occupied the square of the Senate Chamber. Lavana and her friends also crowded in the crowd to join in the fun, and even wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune.
Before they could turn their thoughts into action, the "silver tide" of armored cavalry swept away the veterans, dragging in many of Lavana's companions with them. Since then, she has been alone again.
Griffith asked them about their experiences and called them back to the room again.
Is this a coincidence? Obviously not.
LaFanna has been under surveillance by the Bureau since the Cook gang was destroyed. Ulan's whereabouts are also directly related to Galadia. Since the Canaanite high elves who cared about Miss Elf once mobilized Beyelan's network to send Griffith to die, then the official must be very aware of Ulan's relationship with Griffith. Faith's relationship.
The two girls didn't know each other originally, and their only intersection was Griffith. They were able to gather together, and it was likely that departments like the Beyeland Investigation Bureau were operating behind the scenes. Even Ms. Tina, whom she just met, is also a peripheral member of the Investigation Bureau.
Griffith's eyes moved on the two girls, making them feel terrified.
What did the Bureau of Investigation want to do by sending these various people to me? Give me a chance to investigate leads? Or give me a chance to erase the clues?
That's not a bad thing either. Griffith also needs information. As his own strength increases, his stage is gradually shifting from Homemonworth to Bayerland, and he needs some local informants.
Lahuaanna boldly glanced at the knight. From her experience, it was clear what a man's glances meant.
"Ulan has a good figure, is beautiful, and is pure, but I have more experience, and some nobles also prefer thin and thin ones...
"The knight is hesitating, but he doesn't seem to be choosing the one that suits his taste better. Men can decide this kind of thing in a second, and he is so strong... He must be..."
Before Lavana could take the initiative to greet him, Griffith had already said, "You two and me..."
Sure enough, he wanted them all! Lahana almost blurted out.
"Come with me to have some dinner and get Drizzt back to me," Griffith said the second half of the sentence, "Next, you will work for me."
"Ah!" Lahuaanna exclaimed in surprise. Ulan breathed a sigh of relief.
