"Owls?"

Scarpe waited a long time before he dared to step out of the crowd and approach the man who was sitting in the third position.

The man was wearing a thick coat that made it difficult to distinguish his identity from his back, and he turned around when he heard Scarpet's voice. But what was revealed in front of the latter was a slightly unfamiliar face.

"Mr. Owl was stared at by those men," it was a somewhat young face, with pale skin, slightly curly hair, and gray-green pupils, revealing distinctly Slavic features, "Miss Scarpet, we have met once before, in Liège, do you remember?" ”

Scarpe calmed down.

"You were the messenger at the time?"

The young man nodded:

"The head of the regiment told you not to contact each other as much as possible, and I was the one who delivered the letter at that time."

"Yes, I recognize you," replied Scappe, "how is he, Commander?" ”

"He's good, but he's been busy lately and it may take a while before he gets in touch with us."

"I see what he means."

Scapet turned around and looked out through the interplay of light and shadow advertisements on the transparent curtain wall of the restaurant. This is the busiest area of the airport, with a steady stream of people arriving through several artificial trestles, especially since the arrival of cargo and passenger ships has increased significantly this month.

She watched silently for a moment before turning back and asking, "Isn't he coming owl?" ”

"Yes, Miss Scarpet," replied the young man with a little restraint, "and in fact it would be better for us to meet for a shorter time. He said as he looked at the time displayed on his personal terminal.

Scapet looked into the other's eyes and was silent for a while before asking, "Is the news provided by the owl true?" ”

"The staff member who died at the airport not long ago, that smuggler, really has something to do with ...... incident?"

……

When Fang Yu went out, he saw the magic swordsman boy in his team walking up from the turn of the stairs, the other party was holding a wooden box in both hands, and his steps were unhurried. He hurriedly stopped it, pointed to the box and asked, "What's that?" ”

The box looked down at his box and replied, "A sword." ”

"A sword?"

The box looked exactly like that, and nodded.

"Bought?"

"No, someone sent it."

"Someone sent you?" Fang Yu was a little surprised, but he was more suspicious, and subconsciously asked, "Who is it?" ”

The box stopped, and after a moment's thought, it was hard to remember the name, "Istria," he confirmed again, earnestly, "Istria." ”

Fang Yu slapped his forehead, realizing that asking this was equivalent to asking in vain, "I mean the identity of the other party." ”

"It's like a bakery owner."

"So a bakery owner gave you a sword?"

"Yes."

"So what did you help him?"

The box thought about it again and felt that it hadn't helped the other party anything, so he shook his head.

"......" Fang Yu was completely confused at this time. He assumed that the chest had completed a commission and then received a reward, which was understandable. But what is the reason now, they have just arrived, and they are not familiar with the place in this place, why did the other party send a box and a sword for no reason?

"So this bakery just opened today, and this is an opening event?"

The box shook his head, "No." ”

Fang Yu actually didn't have any hope in his heart, after all, who would not be open-minded, and the opening reward of the bakery would use a sword as a gift?

"Is that the bakery owner you know?"

The box shook his head again, "I don't know." ”

"Okay," Fang Yu sighed and pointed to the box, "let me see this sword." ”

The box did not refuse, and when the lid was opened, the wooden box was covered with silver elven satin, and a thin sword lay flat on it, about an arm's length with a scabbard, and the whole body was black, and the hollowed-out handle of the cage was as beautiful as a work of art.

Fang Yu was a little surprised, not to mention the sword itself, just to mention the elven silk laid in the wooden box is very precious, it is an ancient skill unique to elves, they are only produced in Evan Quinn and the giant tree mound in the south.

He wouldn't make the mistake of buying a sword, the thing used to cushion the sword is so expensive, how extraordinary will the sword itself be? Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some people deliberately create such an illusion, but if it does, it seems to be a bit redundant.

Because what is the reason for the other party to do this?

He had thought it was a botched hoax, but now it seemed that the price of the scam was a bit high. It's just that the high cost doesn't mean that it's not a scam, and it's possible that the other party has a bigger plan, Fang Yu asked himself if he was a conspiracy theorist, but after suffering so many losses, he always had to be a little vigilant.

He couldn't help but walk to the top of the stairs and look down, for fear that a group of guards would suddenly appear and say that they had stolen the heirloom treasures of such and such a nobleman.

But there were people coming and going under the hall, and although the people were noisy, there didn't seem to be any commotion. There were a couple of Ravental Templar knights there interrogating the guests—but they were in the spot early in the morning, and there was nothing unusual about them.

Fang Yu walked back and asked the box again, "Have you ever used this sword?" ”

He was a little suspicious of what kind of cursed item it was.

The box thought for a moment and replied, "I can't use it." ”

"What do you mean?"

"This sword is rusty, and I can't pull it out."

"Rusty?" Fang Yu was seriously skeptical of this statement, he couldn't tell that this well-maintained sword looked like it was rusty. He picked up his sword and pulled it hard, but sure enough, it didn't move, and the blade seemed to be stuck in the scabbard.

Fang Yu raised his sword and looked left and right. But he would never think that it was because the sword was rusty, as it was because the sword had been cast some kind of magic, and only certain people could pull it out of its scabbard.

Like the famous Morning Sword, only those with three royal bloodlines, or those they consider to be sword keepers, can pull it out.

But he couldn't find a reason for it for a while, so he put the sword back down, and for some reason, he accidentally remembered what Sylvid had told him not long ago—the magic sword that the Cleve family and their generations had guarded.

However, he immediately shook his head, of course he didn't think that there was any connection between this sword and that magic sword at the moment. How can there be such a coincidence in this world, the box went around the street, and was given a legendary magic sword for no reason?

Even the most bizarre ones don't dare to make it up.

If this is the case, he can't help but wonder if there is some great conspiracy behind this. But Fang Yuan didn't have a clue for the time being, this might really be just a coincidence, and similar adventures didn't happen in Aitalia.

It is possible that the aborigines just look at you and give you a good thing, after all, different people have different personalities, and some people are so maverick. Fang Yu can only sigh that people are really different from each other, and some people are favored by God.

He closed the box before he said to the box, "If you don't need it for a while, put it away and don't let too many people see it." ”

He has other things to do for the time being, and he can't waste too much time here, although the origin of this sword is doubtful, he can't separate himself for a while to find out, so he can only deal with it for the time being. You can't just throw away your sword because you have some doubts, and the Seven Seas Brigade isn't timid enough to that extent.

Not to mention the magic sword that has the ability to designate its owner, whether it is a magic sword or not, it is absolutely extraordinary.

In response to his advice, the box only nodded.

Looking at the box, he walked slowly to his room. The winter sunlight was pouring in through the window at the other end of the corridor, passing through the young man's shoulder, leaving only a faint shadow on the wooden floor, and Fang Yu couldn't help but sigh that it was so good to be simple.

But he forgot how many times he had not been like this.

After saying goodbye to the box and walking downstairs to the hall, Luo Hao walked over to him, "He left," he said, and without a trace, he stuffed a note into Fang Yuan's hand, "You can get down a little slower than I thought, did you see the box?" ”

Fang Yu nodded, and he fixed his gaze on the Ravental Knights in the hall. They were very low-ranking knights, with no shawls of gray feathers on their shoulders and no crow feathers on their helmets, and they were whispering to the innkeeper that they were actually asking for some free wine to drink.

"Someone gave me a box of a sword," he replied, "and I inquired about it, and it was something extraordinary, at least a magic sword." ”

"Magic sword?" Luo Hao showed a look of surprise, "Is that the box he was holding in his hand just now?" ”

Fang Yu nodded. "Let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about this side, what happened just now?"

Luo Hao also looked back at the crow-claw knights, and said, "It's not convenient to talk here, let's talk while walking." He said as he walked forward until he was out of sight of the Ravental Knights and reached the entrance to the staircase, then turned again, "The Ravental Knights want us to cooperate with their investigation, they seem to want you and Sylved to visit their Sanctuary. ”

"That's impossible," Fang Yu shook his head, refusing without thinking about it, "I always suspect that they have some intentions against Sylvid, we must not follow their orders, and besides, we have not yet distinguished whether these people are friends or foes." "Besides, we don't plan to stay here for too long, maybe we'll have to leave this place tomorrow," he said, remembering the scene yesterday afternoon. ”

"I feel that way," Luo Hao replied, "and we'd better have less to do with these people." ”

Fang Yu raised his right hand, holding the note that the other party had stuffed into him not long ago, and asked, "What is this?" ”

"That's why I asked you to come down for a while," Luo Hao was walking up the stairs when he turned around and replied, "After those Crowclaw Knights left, a somewhat peculiar person came to me and told me that his 'master' knew us and that he had something to give you. ”

"Give it to me?" Fang Yu was a little surprised.

"It's you, he named him, otherwise I wouldn't have left this thing of unknown origin," Luo Hao replied: "He said: 'This note is handed over to the honorable Mr. Ed, my master has had a relationship with him, he knows what you are investigating, if you want to know more, please see the contents of the note.'" ’”

Fang Yu paused for a moment, thinking to himself how anyone could recognize him in this place, he instinctively felt a little uneasy at first, but quickly calmed down again, and then opened the note in his hand and read it. If the comers are friends or foes, then they should not be a single note, but a large number of enemies.

In such a mysterious way, the other party is either not an enemy with them, or they have a request for them, or there is still a possibility of cooperation between the two parties.

And the other party said that he had a relationship with him, Fang Yu couldn't help but think in his mind about the people he had met, who would meet him in such a way?

There were only a few short lines of text on the open note:

If you want to know what is going on in this place, and what secrets the people of the Ravental Temple are hiding, I will send someone to you this evening, after the sun has sunk completely below the horizon. Follow him, and he will bring you to me, and here you will find what you are looking for—'

Fang Yu took the note, which was neither signed nor signed, and was stunned for a moment, it said that a person would be sent to meet them, but it did not say what the person who came looked like, nor did it say how the two sides could get in touch, so how could they be sure that the person who came was really the person sent by the other party?

He couldn't help but look at Luo Hao and said, "Are you sure this is not a prank?" ”

"But at least they know who we are." Luo Hao replied.

"That's right," Fang Yu crumpled the piece of paper and lit it with a match, "you didn't leave that person behind?" ”

"That's why I said that the man was a little weird, he looked like an ordinary townsman, but his eyes were a little glazed, as if he had been manipulated by some spell, and he stammered and stammered, and he said it over and over again."

Fang Yu heard the meaning of the other party's words. "You're saying that person is just a puppet?"

Luo Hao nodded lightly.

"Mind spells are against the Stargate Declaration."

"It's the Elector who casts mind spells, or the Electors cast mind spells," Luo Hao corrected, "But there is no such restriction on the aborigines casting on the aborigines, not to mention that although the Star and Moon Council has always opposed the abuse of mind spells, the number of people who violate the rules is countless, and you can't let most of the mind mages directly lose their jobs." ”

Fang Yu asked, "So the other party may be an aborigine?" ”

"It can only be said that there is this possibility," Luo Hao looked at Fang Yuan: "What are you going to do?" ”

Fang Yu watched the paper ball in his hand burn into ashes, and gently rubbed it with a thick glove, causing it to turn into dust and fall. In such a short period of time, he had already consulted with Miss Tata in his heart, and as a brilliant alchemist, he would not be able to put even this little trouble on the table.

He replied, "It's around the winter solstice, and it's about six o'clock when the sun goes down now, and by then everyone else has almost returned to the inn, so let's wait until that time to see what the other party is up to." ”

"You've decided to believe it?" Luo Hao asked.

"You can give it a try," Fang Yu looked a little calm, "Even if there are any traps, it will be difficult to retain the battle craftsman." If they're interested in my clockwork goblins, they'd love to give them some. ”

"You're going to use a clockwork goblin?" Luo Hao was a little stunned at this time, and sighed: "The battle craftsman is really convenient." ”

Fang Yu was noncommittal, but remembered another thing, and said, "But tonight, we have to arrange someone to keep vigil." "They rejected the Ravental Knights, but they had to be careful about their intentions again and again.

And now that their identities are exposed, although it is not clear whether the other party is friend or foe, it at least shows that Grey Owl Town may not be so safe for them. "After today, we'll leave this place early tomorrow morning."

Luo Hao nodded, and he thought deeply in his heart.

After four o'clock in the afternoon, the members of the Seven Seas Brigade, who had gone out to investigate the information, returned one after another.

The investigation of the Crowpaw Sanctuary and the Shadow Figures did not make much progress, and the group only received some minor information, not that the Crowpaw Sanctuary was very popular with the local government, but just like the owners of the inns outside, most people did not dare to talk about the temple easily.

However, due to the panic caused by the filmmakers, the people seem to have acquiesced in the Crowtalon Temple's repressive rule in the region, and in order to fight against Nicol Bolas, the Templars collected religious taxes in many parts of the North in addition to the Kingdom Tax.

This additional expense led to the bankruptcy of many small and medium-sized craftsmen, plunged the already meagre inhabitants of the Northland into abject poverty, and the large factory owners complained, but the nobles remained surprisingly silent.

It's not hard to think that the Ravenclaw Sanctuary has apparently reached an exchange of interests with the nobles behind it.

However, in the harsh situation of the Northland, it cannot be said that there is anything wrong with such an approach. After all, after the destruction of Charter City, Elpahim withdrew his army, and in the vast countryside it was the knights of the Ravental Temple who were able to fight against Nicol Bolas's drakes.

The cost of maintaining these knights was a great expense in itself, and the so-called wool came from the sheep, and this money should of course be paid by the people who took refuge in their shelter.

But the kingdom's excesses and miscellaneous taxes are particularly out of place at this time—

However, everything that seemed reasonable was always a little indescribable dislocation in Fang Yuan's opinion, and it was really difficult to say what an organization that suddenly rose in the northern realm of the kingdom and expanded and grew without its control, and it was really difficult to say what it would bring to this land in the future.

Nor does it seem that the followers of Adan Ryan are the kind of believers who are detached, on the contrary, the rule of the other party in the north has shown an extraordinary ambition and lust for power in the past few days, and the desire for power is endless.

The Ravental Sanctuary doesn't seem to be in awe of the divine dominion of Kaurin-Ishurian. Of course, Fang Plover and Sylvid, as well as the rest of the Seven Seas Brigade, did not have any sense of belonging to this land, and the kingdom was not the kingdom of their Chosen One, and compared to the people who originally ruled this land, the secret behavior of the Ravenclaw Sanclaw Temple was always a little unsettling.

It's just that Fang Yu didn't have any ideas for a while, it was difficult for a mere Seven Seas Brigade to change what was happening here, at most he would just report the situation here to the military, but maybe the military should have known everything that happened here.

However, their principle is that they will never get involved in the power struggle of the natives, and not to mention that the Ravental Temple is not doing anything out of the ordinary at the moment.

Of all the people, Miss Nightingale was the only one who was attentive and brought back some details about the attack that had taken place in the town that morning. The attackers behaved professionally during the attack, magically blasting a hole in the wall on one side of the manor, and from there it led into the tunnels of the manor below.

They rescued some people from the manor's dungeons, repelled the guards who heard the news, and quickly left the way they came, all without any delay. Before the people of the Ravental Temple arrived, the attackers had already achieved their goal and walked cleanly, leaving only a feather for the knights.

Such a clean and clean action almost immediately reminded one of the internal responses of those attackers on the side of the Ravental Sanctuary throughout the planning process.

However, Miss Nightingale offered a different view, after all, they had also witnessed an attack on the judgment grounds before this attack.

At that time, the attackers rescued many people from there, and it is bold to speculate that some of those people may have been imprisoned in the manor in the first place, and through the oral accounts of those people, it is not difficult to obtain information about the defenses in the manor.

And the swiftness with which the attackers had launched an attack on the Inquisition the day before, and the day after that they had immediately taken action on the manor, apparently greatly exceeded the expectations of the Ravental Temple. Perhaps this is what the other party is trying to achieve, and the temple is taking the temple by surprise, just before the other party can react.

"So those people rescued people from the judgment just to get information about the inside of that manor?" After listening to Alyssa's reasoning, Fang Yu asked, "Their real target is the people who are imprisoned in the manor?" ”

Miss Nightingale nodded, "But that's just a guess on my part, Mr. Captain." ”

"I don't think eight or nine is far from ten." Luo Hao replied.

Fang Yu also bowed his head in agreement.

"But this has nothing to do with us, just know what the situation is," replied Fang Yuan, "I have another thing to tell you. ”

With that, he recounted with the others what had happened not long ago.

Everyone in the Seven Seas Brigade had heard about Doriphon's armor to some degree, and most of them had seen the armor Sophie had brought with their own eyes in Dulun.

Therefore, most of them were a little surprised by what happened to the three of them in the monastery, but just like the previous times, they still couldn't say anything about this armor.

However, encountering such things again and again will more or less make everyone feel that it is a bit too coincidental.

On the other hand, most people had no objection, and Fang Yuan realized with some surprise that it seemed that most of the people in the Seven Seas Brigade didn't have a good opinion of the Crowclaw Sanctuary. Including Paparal, they seem to agree that the other side may not have good intentions towards the Seven Seas Brigade.

Therefore, such a thing as a vigil was unanimously agreed.

The evening of the winter solstice came quickly, and at four or five o'clock in the afternoon the sky quickly darkened, and the rays of the setting sun passed through the forest outside the town, turning from bronze to a dull red, and then gradually disappearing.

The last person to return to the inn was Sky Blue, and the little girl brought back good news, she had at last found a merchant who was willing to sell them some timber for repairing the ship, and had made contact with a convoy with whom she could meet them at the entrance of the town early the next morning.

"They're offering a very cheap price," Sky Blue said, gesturing at them with a little smugness, "but there's one request, we're at least enough to keep them safe in Gura Harbor, and they're in a hurry to get out of this place." ”

"That's no problem," Fang Plover replied, "The dragon beasts roaming in the wild are no threat to us, and it shouldn't be a problem to protect these people, besides, we were supposed to go to Gula Harbor as well." But why are they in such a hurry to leave this place, isn't Greyowl Town safe now? ”

"Safe?" Tianlan shook her head a little exaggeratedly: "It depends on who it is, the elderly and children are safe, but the young and middle-aged may not." The elect may be safe, but the Aboriginal is not. ”

"So what's going on?" Fang Yu was a little surprised.

"The knights of the Crowtalon Temple are arresting people," replied Skyblue, "their manpower does not grow out of thin air, and if there is a battle damage, it must be replenished, and they draw men from all over the country, and all young men must join the convoy they have established." Although there was also a Crowclaw Sanctuary in Gula Harbor, they at least did not dare to be so blatant there. ”

"And such a thing?"

Fang Yu couldn't help but be stunned.

But he was unexpectedly when there was a soft noise, and the sound of stones hitting the glass came from the window.

Then came the second sound, and this time everyone could hear it clearly and couldn't help but look in that direction. Fang Yuan's heart moved, and he walked to the window and looked down - their room was facing away from the street, and there was an alley behind it.

And Fang Yu could see clearly, and in the alley there was a slender figure standing in the alley, with a cloak on his body, looking up at them. There was only a lone lamp in the alley, and there was snow in the sky, so he couldn't see the man's face clearly, but he could see the man nodding in this direction.

Fang Yu immediately realized that this was the man sent by the man, and he immediately turned around, made a gesture to the crowd and waited for me at your place, and then walked out the door, into the hall, and from there through the corridor on the other side, and walked out through the back door of the inn.

As soon as he pushed the door open, he saw the shadow standing under the street lamp in the distance turn around and enter the alley in one direction. The other man walked slowly, as if he could just keep up with the speed - only when he walked, his steps were slightly stiff, as if he were a puppeteer.

This scene also confirmed Luo Hao's guess, the person who came was still a puppet controlled by his mind, Fang Yu was a little disdainful of such a method, but this also just gave him room to show it.

He thought for a moment before he took out a clockwork goblin from under his coat - it wasn't a silver bee, just an ordinary type I clockwork goblin, and even if it fell into anyone's hands, it was impossible for him to be suspected by this clockwork goblin.

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