The tavern was indeed open, but it was empty inside. There was only a tavern owner standing behind the counter, cleaning glasses.
To be honest, Yi Liuling has been to several pubs in different areas so far. Although the bosses there are of different races and looks, the gestures of wiping glasses are exactly the same. I wonder if they are all trained together.
"Hey, are there guests?" Although his attention was on the cups, as soon as the few people entered the tavern, the boss's head immediately turned around, "Welcome."
With that said, he put down his cup and walked out from behind the counter. Because Randy was the elder among the group of people at first glance, the boss said to him with a warm smile: "There is a teleportation point on the east side of the village. If you have nothing to do, please leave as soon as possible."
"Hey, why do people from your chamber of commerce chase customers away?" Randy was surprised, "Aren't you afraid of being fired by the shopkeeper?"
This shopkeeper is not a professional name, but the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Xiaomian Shopkeeper, and the grandfather of the person in charge of the Finance Department, Xiaomian Bangchui.
The Smiling Shopkeeper is the first finance minister of Suojia High School. He is known for his good ways in making money and is very popular. Moreover, the business in the Eighth World was not very developed at that time, and it was easy to start an industry, so he made a lot of money for Suojia High School and built the school magnificently, which can be seen in the school now. Most of the decent buildings are left behind by him.
Later, the smiling cat, the son of the smiling shopkeeper, died in a battle with the demons, and the final investigation revealed that the reason was due to the lack of timely supply of supplies. So the shopkeeper faced this problem squarely and planned to do something, so he resigned from Sojia High School and founded the Chamber of Commerce, which eventually developed into what it is today.
Of course, he still had feelings for Suojia High School, so he sent his granddaughter, Smiling Bangchui, who also had a strong sense of money, to Suojia High School. However, Xiaomian Bangchui's personality is somewhat different from that of her grandfather. She is extremely stingy. Fortunately, she is unambiguous on important matters and has strong abilities, so everyone just makes do with it.
However, except for people who came out of Suojia High School and people from the Chamber of Commerce, most people didn't know the name of the smiling shopkeeper. So when the tavern owner heard what Randy said, he immediately said seriously: "Could it be that he's from Suojia High School?" people?"
"Exactly, I am a lecturer in the Ranger Department, and these are my students."
"As expected, they are all young talents. It's not easy to talk here. Please follow me." The tavern owner praised, and then shouted to the chef, "Hey, come out and take a look at the store. Don't let anyone in."
The people inside responded vaguely, and the tavern owner took a few people to a room upstairs, carefully closed the doors and windows, and then said: "To be honest with you, something happened here recently."
"Tell me about it." Randy guessed that this might be related to the Blood Moon Wolf Soul fragment he was looking for, so he said with interest.
The tavern owner nodded and lowered his voice: "There is something here."
"What?" Randy didn't understand.
The tavern owner sighed and began his story.
He was transferred here three months ago because his former boss fell ill and has not yet regained consciousness. He has been sent to the headquarters for treatment. However, after diagnosis by doctors at the headquarters, they found that he did not have any serious illness, he was just mentally weak.
This strange medical result made the boss a little uneasy on the way here, but the humanity of the Chamber of Commerce is that he can be transferred at any time as long as there is a suitable reason. Therefore, the boss decided to take a look at the situation before deciding whether to stay here.
After all, the more remote the tavern, the higher the salary of the owner. Although there are more customers in a tavern in a prosperous area, there are also more people sent there. Therefore, if you calculate carefully, you will not make as much as eating alone in a remote area.
After arriving in this village, he found that it was more gloomy than he imagined, and he couldn't see anyone for three or four days. There was only a slightly demented chef left by the previous owner in the tavern.
Wasn't his predecessor too stingy? This is the first thought that comes to the boss's mind when he sees the dull-eyed chef, because he doesn't even have the intelligence to understand what a salary is.
The only good thing is that the chef's skills are pretty good and he can understand some simple orders. In addition, he couldn't recruit anyone for a while, so he just made do with business.
Because it is inaccessible, the main functions of the pubs here are to send messages and sell alcohol, and accommodation is basically not considered. However, for more than ten days in a row, no one in the village came to drink, and the boss was so idle that he almost grew hairy.
Because the chef couldn't have a normal conversation, the boss could only rely on the communication device to chat with his friends to pass the time. As a result, his alchemy phone broke down two months ago.
There was a leak in the house and it was raining continuously. The boss discovered that all the repair tools in the tavern had disappeared at some point. It was probably because his stingy predecessor was not willing to buy new ones after throwing away the old ones. Thinking of this, he scorned him in his heart and sincerely wished him to be in a coma for a while longer.
But this was not the solution. The boss had no choice but to ask the chef to keep an eye on the store and prepare to go to a nearby teleportation point to purchase again in a larger city.
This time, there was big trouble.
After the boss left the village, he walked along according to his memory, but saw a sign in front of him from a distance. That was the sign at the entrance of the village!
After that, the boss tried many times. No matter which direction he went, he would end up walking back to the village and couldn't leave. At the same time, because all the communication equipment was broken, the messenger bird released would also disappear, and he was completely trapped here.
"There is such a thing?" Randy was surprised, "Then we can't leave?"
"Probably not," Yi Liuling answered from the side, "The boss just asked us to go to the teleportation point immediately, so I guess you know why we are trapped here, right?"
The tavern owner nodded dejectedly: "Yes, adventurers or passers-by have occasionally come here before. After hearing what I told them about the situation, they tried it but said they could reach the teleportation point. They thought I was playing tricks on them."
"Then what?" If these people really left, then what happened here should have been spread out long ago.
"Then they spent the night in the village," the tavern owner said. "As long as they spend the night, they can't get out again. So you'd better leave as soon as possible."
"That's not necessary. Now that I'm here, I'm sure to find out what's going on." Randy's character was not one to shrink back, but seeing the pleading look on his face, the tavern owner patted Huang Niba's head, " In this case, I will send it back to report a letter to let the Chamber of Commerce know your situation, and then I will help you investigate here."
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