No matter what kind of belief the city lord of Bantuo Port had given Xu Nan such a generous treatment, Xu Nan thought for a moment, and still wrote a polite reply, in which he thanked Viscount Guy Ritchie for his gentlemanly demeanor, after all, before Anonymous City cultivated its own channels, it was likely to ask for help from the strong transportation capacity of Bantuo Port.

Although the relationship between the two was awkward, and the contract that was said to be witnessed by the treasure dragon and the goddess of ice and snow was also withdrawn by Guy Ritchie, at least, there was no direct conflict of interest between the two forces, and even in terms of various interests in the northern ice field, they had very consistent goals.

Since Xu Nan played the banner of Stephen Sand, the attitude of the Eastern Kingdom towards the Anonymous City has become very subtle, on the one hand, basically no one dares to make things difficult; On the other hand, no one dares to show that they are very close.

Xu Nan knew this. For him, this situation in the Eastern Kingdom is not difficult to decipher, especially with Evelyn as a strategic advisor, and he is not worried that he or the Anonymous City will continue to maintain the image of the Eastern Kingdom's many territories in a semi-invisible manner.

There are not many people who have contact with Xu Nan yet, and most of them are still hindered by some inherent concepts or forces.

It's just that under the undercurrent, the ghost knows how many people have already moved their hearts to the name of Stephen Sand, Xu Nan is not in a hurry, he is waiting for those territories to come to the door to test.

Of course, not being in a hurry does not mean that he will sit still.

He must release his goodwill to a certain extent, and this transaction with Viscount Galitch is the first time that Xu Nan has taken the initiative to release his goodwill to the Eastern Kingdom.

As Stephen Sand's representative, Anonymous is also eager to integrate into the existing power structure of the Northern Continent, which is crucial to the growth of Anonymous - a strategic approach that even the Grey Tower administrators, who have always been harsh, have no objection to.

After completing a written appointment with Viscount Guy Ritchie in the letter, Xu Nan began to retrieve the second letter.

This is also the second surprise Xu Nan has received recently.

This letter was not officially sealed with a fire paint seal, and of course it was not mailed by courier, and from the outside, it was a rather convenient diary note, no different from what Xu Nan usually received in the drifting bottle - Xu Nan has become much more idle recently, and the number of times he has played with the drifting bottle has also increased.

For some reason, Xu Nan was surprised to find that Evelyn also looked idle; The reason is that every time he throws a message to the past, the other party almost always responds in seconds.

It seems that the days of the Ice Collar are much better than they were at the beginning.

It is also possible that the Ice Wind Collar has completely entered the season of heavy snow sealing the mountains, and the preparation period before the winter has completely ended, and the current Ice Wind Collar should be silent, everyone is bored at home to warm up and sleep, and Evelyn is no exception.

Through these two days of communication, Xu Nan learned from Evelyn that the Ice Wind Leader actually had the right to mint coins in the Eastern Kingdom!

You must know that since the establishment of wizarding economics in the Arcane Empire, even the most backward general civilization has a good understanding of money and economy, and the right to mint money is very strictly controlled by any country.

An enclave like the Icewind Collar would theoretically not have a separate coinage right at all.

According to Evelyn, the coinage right of the Ice Wind Leader is actually a pretended grace given to her by the old king, and his fundamental purpose is actually to give some favor to his more preferred second son, but if the coinage is given to a certain heir alone, it will provoke others to target it, so when he issued the coinage right, he also gave Evelyn a copy of it. The purpose is actually to share the hatred value of the second prince! ”

"But unlike the Second Prince's residence, the Ice Wind Territory doesn't have any precious metal mines at all; This is not enough for the Golden Dragon Order, which has a good gold content, to meet its needs at all; With the backward productivity of the ice wind and the equally barren resources of the mines, it is difficult to make several tons of copper plates of copper ore produced every year......"

Xu Nan smiled slightly, lit the letterhead casually, groaned slightly, and began to write a relatively formal reply.

Evelyn has the right to mint coinage, and he has gold nuggets in his hand that he doesn't want to waste, so the two sides naturally have a need for further cooperation in this regard, as for whether Evelyn is willing to cooperate, Xu Nan will not worry.

After all, she was burdened with the surname that once made thousands of creatures in the Northern Continent bow their heads.

And once these Golden Dragon Orders are available, Xu Nan will be able to buy more Northland materials at a cheaper price, which is very helpful for the Anonymous City to embark on the fast track of development.

He spent about half an hour pondering his words and sentences, and even his tone was much more serious and solemn than usual.

After dropping off the letter through the unstable portal, he didn't sit still.

He knew that Evelyn needed to consider such a major event.

After all, cooperating with Xu Nan means that there will be a large number of Golden Dragon Orders on the market in the Eastern Kingdom in the future, which may have a great impact on the economic system within the kingdom.

And these things, Xu Nan, who has the protection of the four Stephen Sands, naturally has no scruples, but it is not something she can ignore considering.

……

At night, Xu Nan, who had been busy all day, returned to his home.

It is worth mentioning that since the establishment of Anonymous City, he has gone home to sleep every night.

Although there was no one else in the somewhat abrupt building in the residential area of Anonymous City, he was used to living here.

This house, which was captured by the Dengyun ship, can give Xu Nan a sense of peace of mind.

Although he has long been accustomed to the rules of the general world, he still misses the scenery on earth.

Xu Nan stood in the empty garage, meticulously carving the familiar magic circle.

Today, it took him almost half a day to confirm that Sister Tom had completely lost contact with him, and the contract between the two of them was somehow destroyed.

This made Xu Nan feel a little happy in addition to being lost.

Ah Tang's appearance and disappearance are full of mystery, although this guy is very vigorous and a good hand at taking care of the home, but just letting an unexpected factor be around him, Xu Nan will inevitably feel uneasy.

Now it seems that Ah Tang responded to Xu Nan's pet contract, purely for Xin'er, and now that Xin'er has gone to the Pantheon, she has no reason to continue to stay by Xu Nan's side.

Although I don't know where she went, Xu Nan can be sure of-

I can finally summon one more pet myself!

Normal pets.

The kind that can't speak!

Xu Nan's requirements are not high, just have a handy tool man, whether it is a crow or a weasel, even if it is a goblin, he can endure it!

After all, he is a third-order spellcaster, and it is too embarrassing to have no pets.

……

"There should be no problem."

"Last time, there must have been some mistakes in that circle."

"It is said that as the level increases, the probability of summoning powerful pets also increases, so bless a powerful pet!"

After Xu Nan finished arranging the magic circle, he habitually wanted to pray, but suddenly found that he didn't know who to ask for.

I'm afraid that the gods of the world will not respond to his prayers, and the only god born on the earth is still his own cheap daughter, so I am afraid that praying like this will mess up the generation, and it is not suitable.

"Forget it, just ask for it, bless me with a strong ...... A normal baby will do just fine! ”

City Lord Xu hesitated for a moment, and finally replaced the somewhat vague request of strength.

After setting up the summoning circle, the long waiting time began.

Because Xu Nan's spell casting level increased, the relative waiting time was also shortened from twelve hours to about two hours, and out of curiosity and concern for his pet, he simply stayed in front of the summoning circle.

When he was bored, he began to retrieve his character card.

"These abilities of the warrior monk look very good, but it's a pity that I'm not good at close combat."

"What's going on with this lotus sigil? It seems to be a product of the last time the senior gave me Daigo's empowerment, I don't know what to do......"

At this time, Xu Nan's attention was attracted by the sudden light in the magic circle.

At the same time, the lotus imprint in his body also resonated slightly with it for some reason.

"Huh? Time's up? ”

Xu Nan stared at the summoning circle, for fear that the outline of a giant panda would emerge from it again.

The intense light was converging, and in an instant, a somewhat stunned image appeared in front of Xu Nan.

Is that...... A ......

Goose!

Xu Nan looked at the creature in front of him in amazement, it had snow-white feathers and strong and powerful wings, its head was held high, and it seemed to be quite arrogant.

With the throbbing of soul and blood, the pet contract between the two parties was automatically signed under the witness of the summoning circle and the god of the contract.

The light dissipated, and Xu Nan watched the goose walk around him quite meekly with some tears and laughter, and even touched the back of his hand affectionately.

It looks like an ordinary goose.

"Forget it, at least it's a normal pet, although it doesn't seem to be useful."

Xu Nan forcibly comforted himself.

There's no way, a pet like a goose seems to be really useless to Xu Nan, after all, among the magical creatures in his mind: crows can send letters, skunks can sneak, poisonous snakes can shade people, and toads are good at predicting...... Only the goose is a creature, except for looking quite handsome, it really can't help much.

At this thought, Xu Nan couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, it seems that he has no fate with powerful pets, and he has to rely on his own body to improve his strength!

The only thing that made him a little puzzled was that he couldn't see through the attributes of this goose.

In the Paradise Lost system, all the data of this goose is garbled, Xu Nan searched a little, and found that this situation occurred, either there was a bug in the Paradise Lost system, or this creature was beyond the information in the system's native database, and it could not even be interpreted by approximating the creature.

In other words, it's an unknown creature to the system.

"Well, isn't it the product of the astral summoning, but the outer world?"

Xu Nan was not surprised by this situation, after all, after an unknown amount of time of fusion, although the general world seems to be prosperous, it is actually full of holes, and there may be gaps in each place leading to other worlds, and occasionally a few creatures from the outer world come over, and it is also a matter of smooth growth that just happened to be captured by Xu Nan's summoning channel.

After all, the goose of the outside world is just a goose.

Just as Xu Nan looked at his new pet, the goose seemed to have a very clear understanding of his identity.

It kept puffing up its chest in front of Xu Nan, occasionally flapping its wings and making a slight sound.

Through the fluctuations of the pet contract, Xu Nan can partially understand its intentions.

Is it showing off its pectoral muscles in Xu Nan?

"You want me to give you some work?"

"Can you do it well?"

Xu Nan was a little pleased to find that although this goose couldn't speak like Ah Tang, its wisdom seemed to be very high, and it could actually understand Xu Nan's words!

The goose nodded, revealing the haughty expression at the beginning.

Xu Nan thought about it, and was just about to say something to appease him, signaling the new pet to be calm and not to be impatient.

Suddenly, the Paradise Lost system took the initiative to swipe a prompt-

[Unknown creature detected, scan the inner database ......]

[Scanned and bioidentities confirmed......]

Do you want to install the inner library plugin? 】

Xu Nan secretly scolded the paid service of the Lost Paradise pit father, hesitated slightly, but still chose to be sure.

After all, he has long known that the Paradise Lost system is only a basic version, and there are more functions that need krypton to unlock it, which has always been in line with the style of Ron Warlock, according to Mr. Smith's explanation, how can you force you to become stronger if you don't let krypton? It may sound like a strong word, but it makes sense in a sense.

The so-called inner database probably refers to the high-level database of Paradise Lost, which usually contains information with a high level of confidentiality, based on Xu Nan's bizarre experience along the way, he has seen dragons, gods, evil spirits, and star spirits...... It's almost unusual, but even then, there is no hint that triggers the inner database, which shows how rare it is.

The plug-ins for the inner database were surprisingly expensive, and the data column was belatedly updated after Xu Nan paid the overpayment.

【Celestial Goose/Divinity/Warrior Monk】

【？？？ 】

Xu Nan: "......"

Lao Tzu paid 400,000 Heng gold coins, just show me this?

Except for the three annotations in the name column, the rest are a series of question marks? There is not even a level or a basic introduction!

"What the hell is the Celestial Goose?"

"I've heard of celestial bears, celestial foxes and whatnot, but I don't think there's any such thing as a celestial goose!"

"Profession is actually a warrior monk?"

After complaining for a while, Xu Nan's heart suddenly moved.

He remembered the Lotus sigil, and sure enough, he groped around the Celestial Goose for a while, and found a similar imprint on the feathers on its tail.

It's just that it looks older!

This goose actually has something to do with the Lotus Monk?

It seems that it is necessary to ask the senior if he knows any information about the Celestial Goose.

Although this result did not satisfy Xu Nan, it also buffered his frustration.

At the very least, the Paradise Lost system clearly gives a template for divine creatures and the profession of a warrior monk, and this celestial goose shouldn't be far behind.

So the city lord of Xu looked at the goose's posture and appearance with his head held high, and his eyebrows seemed to become a little clearer.

……

The next day, Xu Nan received an official reply from Evelyn.

The Ice Wind Leader is willing to cooperate with Wildfire City for coinage, but the specific content is not convenient to discuss in the letter, Evelyn invited Xu Nan to go to the Ice Wind Collar to talk about it, as for the date, according to Evelyn, it can be done at any time, after all, the Ice Wind Collar at this time, as Xu Nan expected, completely entered the winter in advance of the entire Northern Continent, and even the demons no longer invaded, the entire territory fell silent, and Her Royal Highness the Princess was very bored.

Xu Nan pondered for a while, so he simply chose the time to hit the sun, picked a gray tower administrator, and directly opened the unstable portal and went to the Ice Wind Collar.

Whoa!

With the sound of a cold and merciless snowstorm ringing in his ears, as soon as Xu Nan opened his eyes, he found that a lot of snowflakes had accumulated on his eyebrows.

He subconsciously covered his body, but the Gray Tower administrator beside him did not have any abnormal reaction, and even showed a comfortable look - their bodies were particularly adapted to the cold weather after being transformed into semi-undead.

After Xu Nan blessed himself with two anti-freezing spells, he began to look at the surrounding scenery.

Although it belongs to the teleportation within the Northern Continent, the unstable portal still has some deviations.

The white scenery around him almost made Xu Nan lose his direction, but fortunately he was not a mortal, so he quickly used the magic magnet he carried with him to distinguish the direction, and simply determined his approximate location through a small positioning spell.

"The error is not very far, about two kilometers."

"This is near the ancient forests in the southern part of the Icewind Lord, and after years of reclamation, these trees have been difficult to recover."

"Let's find out if there's a frozen lake nearby, and then we can walk a little north along a frozen riverbed near the lake."

After referring to the map, Xu Nan immediately embarked on the trip with the Gray Tower Administrator.

He didn't use the magic carpet because in this kind of ghost place, the road idiot attribute is easy to magnify, and it is common to accidentally fly over his head - if he flies to the territory where the demons are raging, it hurts, after all, he is not Roman.

Soon, he found the Lake Itei on the map given by Evelyn, and set off north smoothly along the shallow trails of the riverbed.

It didn't take long for him to vaguely see some homes, which should be inhabited by some aborigines of the Ice Wind Collar.

Not far away, an icy fortress suddenly appeared in his vision.

In this place that seems to be the end of the world, it is really a shocking thing to silently cross such a fortress that is not grandiose and huge, but very tenacious.

Xu Nan couldn't help but speed up his pace.

Soon, he noticed a line of footprints in the snow.

The footprints appeared out of thin air, and then spread into the forest to the west of the fortress.

Xu Nan felt a little strange, so he opened the super spirit vision and glanced over there.

Vaguely, he seemed to see a somewhat familiar figure swaying around the edge of the forest for a moment, and then disappeared.

He didn't think much of it and hurried by.

A moment later.

In the forest, at the end of the footprints is a wooden house almost surrounded by snow.

In the fireplace of the wooden house, a raging fire burned.

A red-faced girl is holding a large wooden wine glass to keep warm.

"Tell me about the information you've found."

Near the fireplace, a handsome young man with slender pupils casually stroked his hair.

"If the information doesn't satisfy me, I'll stop this collaboration."

"Even if you're a partner personally appointed by the organization."

His tone was a little haughty, and he didn't seem to take the girl seriously at all.

However, the girl did not care.

She took a sip from her huge glass, a look of contentment.

Although the young man pretended not to care, his eyes were always focused on her, watching her take a sip of wine, and then ...... Took another sip.

The girl repeated the same action, as if she had no intention of opening her mouth at all.

A hint of anger flashed in the young man's vertical pupils.

"Mr. Elliot."

Seeing that the young man was about to go crazy, the girl suddenly put down the wine glass she had been holding for a long time, and replied in a nice voice:

"If I can really find the clue to the [Small City Song], the mission of the Gray Temple, you will give it to me, right?"

Elliot frowned, but finally nodded and said, "Although I am not an honest person, there is no need to lie to you about this kind of thing." ”

"After all, you and I are also members of the Order, hehe, although I doubt how you joined the Ninth Manor."

"But I respect this powerful and long-standing organization, and that's the only reason I'll allow you to exist for the time being."

The girl shrugged: "Then I'll just say-"

"I can tell you with certainty that Xiaocheng Song is not Princess Evelyn's person at all!"

Elliot didn't seem surprised. He looked deaf.

"Looks like you've done some research yourself."

The girl stroked her hair, and then took out a stack of things, which contained envelopes and some other evidence: "I successfully infiltrated the fortress, and I just applied for the maid of the lord's mansion, and in the past two days, I have inquired about most of the people in the lord's mansion, and they don't know about the existence of Xiaocheng Song at all." ”

"We are in a position to believe that the clues given by the estate are fundamentally wrong – at least, they are misguided."

"The origin of Xiaocheng Song is very strange, and to be honest, the name itself is very strange, don't you think?"

Elliot nodded. He rummaged through the girl's stolen belongings, checking the authenticity of the evidence.

"It's hard for the Ice Wind Leader to find out other clues, except for Her Highness Evelyn herself, I'm afraid not many people can reveal the news about Xiaocheng Song."

"But it's hard for us to get close to Evelyn, you know."

The girl spread her hands: "So I'm still more inclined to give up this task and change to something more realistic." ”

Elliot raised his eyebrows undeniably, and finally said slowly:

"Evelyn knows the small city of Song. This is an opportunity. ”

"There's no doubt about it, there's at least some connection between them." The girl thought for a moment and said seriously.

"Then we'll go find Evelyn."

Elliot said decisively: "If you feel that approaching Evelyn will increase the danger factor of this mission, you can quit. ”

"The task of the Temple of Grey Chaos, I will transfer it to you now."

The girl was a little stunned, and then laughed dryly:

"Mr. Elliot, you're such a persistent person."

"I'm suddenly looking forward to working with you."

"I'll be back to Princess Evelyn by midnight today, and I'll be happy if you need my help."

Elliot smiled and nodded proudly:

"Thank you, Miss Harpy."

……