After coming to the Thieves' Guild, Rhodes originally planned to quickly ask his own questions and obtain some key information, but after seeing the posture of the Thieves' Guild, Rhodes changed his mind.

Rhodes moved the parchment from the middle of the table to himself, wrote "Situation in the territory of Krülord" on it, and then pushed the parchment to the old man opposite.

The old man picked up the quill in front of him, quickly wrote on the parchment, and then slowly pushed the paper towards Rhodes with both hands.

Rod took it, looking at the parchment, which read "Return of the Hero, 3".

The experience of his previous life made Rod understand that the first half of the parchment was his answer to this question, and the number written at the back was the total amount of gold that Rhodes needed to pay.

The Thieves' Guild guarantees that the information it sells is correct, but it will only provide a little information at a time, and if you want to know more and more detailed information, you will need to spend a lot of gold to ask multiple times.

Rhodes believes in the credibility of the Thieves' Guild and readily refuses to sell some unverified information. Looking at the old man's written answer, Rod fell into thought.

The purpose of Rode's question is to confirm the period of the game he is in through this question.

According to Rod's memory, when he first entered the game in his previous life, the first expansion pack of the game, [Ruined God of War], tells the story of Tarnan, the barbarian leader of Krulord, who fought against the Mage Bracada after obtaining the artifact forbidden orb.

Seeing this passage written by the old man, Rod had a certain idea of the period he was in, but he didn't dare to fully confirm it.

Rod picked up his pen, wrote "the hero's name" on the paper, and then handed the parchment to the old man.

The old man took the parchment and wrote "Tanan, 5" on it.

Just the name of a hero is worth 2 gold coins, and that's the value that intelligence can bring. Rhodes knew that this was not too expensive, and if he wanted to know the general combat ability of a hero, he would need to pay more gold.

Seeing the name, Rod was also completely sure of the period he was in, which was the beginning of the game, the early part of the first expansion.

Previously, when he got Elliott's pendant, Rod had this hunch that he might have returned to the very beginning of the game, that is, the stage when all players had just entered the game, but Rod was not sure.

At this point, after questioning, although only bits and pieces of information were obtained, based on the game experience of his previous life, Rhodes was completely sure that he had indeed come to the early stage of the first expansion.

In this phase, the hero Tanan has just completed his adventure on the continent, returned to his hometown of Krulord with all his treasures, and began to integrate all the barbarian tribes of Krulord and gather strength to fight against the mages of Bracada.

This is the meaning of the "return of the hero" written by the old man.

Thinking quickly about the rest of the first expansion in his head, Rhodes then wrote on parchment "This city's freelance chamber of commerce, born heroes".

Rhodes asked this question in order to obtain some information about his soul mission. According to the map, it was at the city's freelance chamber of commerce that Elliott sold Rowling.

The old man took the parchment, his eyes shrank slightly, and then wrote on the paper, "Transferred, 10".

Generally speaking, the freelance guild wants to do something that cannot be hidden from the thieves' guild in the same city. The Thieves' Guild sold the information of the Freelance Chamber of Commerce in this way, which also led to the war between the two major forces in the later period.

The old man deliberately wrote only a few short words, and if Rhodes particularly wanted to know the situation, he would inevitably continue to ask, which would cost Rhodes more gold coins.

Rod didn't care about the old man's methods, but wrote "transfer the destination" on a piece of paper.

After taking the parchment, the old man did not write the answer to the question directly on the paper, but glanced at Rod.

Rod understood what the old man meant, it was nothing more than that this news was more secret than the previous news, and at the same time more valuable, afraid that Rod would not be able to take out so many gold coins after he found out.

Rod nodded at the old man. After receiving Rod's signal, the old man quickly wrote down the message and handed the parchment back to Rod.

Rhodes looked down and saw that it read "City of Sorrows, 60".

Just one place name costs 50 gold, far more than all the previous messages. A mere place name is certainly not worth such a high price, but under Rhodes's problem, it has a high value. That's exactly what intelligence can bring when combined.

Perhaps because of the location, compared to Krulord, who was almost on the other side of the continent, the information of the freelance chamber of commerce in a city was obviously more expensive, and if it weren't for the fact that Rhodes had obtained a few thousand gold coins from Elliott's space ring, it would have been a problem to even pay for the news.

As for not paying the bill after asking the news, and forcibly leaving by force, Rod never thought about it. All those who did this in their previous lives were wanted by the Thieves Guild.

The high bounties, combined with the detailed information provided by the Thieves' Guild, led many high-ranking Assassins to choose to take on such missions.

At this time, the message in my memory flashed by. As if thinking of something, Rhodes drew a symbol on the parchment, then wrote "meaning, place" on the paper, and then pushed the parchment to the old man opposite.

This symbol comes from Elliott's emblem in the Spatial Ring, which Rhodes also saw in Elliott's spellbook.

Taking the parchment handed back by the old man, Rhodes saw the answers to his two questions on it: "Crow Necromancy Academy, 62", "Deya, City of Sorrows, 65".

As if to tell Rhodes the value of each answer, the old man marked the gold to be paid after each answer. But Rod's attention was clearly not on that, but on the name of the place, the City of Sorrows.

Looking at the name of the place, which appeared twice, but at a completely different price, Rhodes fell into deep thought.

What happened in the first expansion, the identity of the necromancer, the city of sorrows, the soul quest......

The old man on the other side also saw Rod's thinking, and without any urging, he put his hands back in front of him and waited for Rod's next inquiry.

It didn't take long for Rhodes to end his thoughts, put his hand into his arms, took out the 100 gold coins that had been divided into a bag in advance from the space ring, and quickly divided the 65 gold coins in front of the old man, and put them on the table.

Then, according to the custom of quiet room questioning, Rhodes put the parchment in his pocket and walked out.

Outside the door, the former attendant was still waiting, ready to lead Rhodes back to the halls of the Thieves' Guild.

The old man remained in the quiet room, and with a sweep of his hand, the gold coin disappeared instantly, and then he took out a new piece of parchment from a secret compartment under the table, and waited for the next guest to inquire.