Who says knights can't backstab

Chapter 545 The Besieged Astrologer
The nest of a family of black-headed crown magpies happened to be built under the eaves outside the window of Cyril's room.

The young magpies with white feathers huddled together, and the fluffy young feathers had a fluffy feeling, waiting for the adult birds with raised black crests to fly back to feed.Cyril looked at the window for a while, until the adult bird, which was no bigger than a palm, fluttered its wings and landed in the nest. The young magpies opened their mouths wide and stretched their necks, competing for the food in the adult bird's beak. Only then looked away.

If Caroline and Tiffany were here, the room would already smell like bird meat.

"Dong dong!"

The waiter of the tavern opened the door after getting permission, stood respectfully at the door and said: "Sir, you want us to help you find unregistered alchemy workshops, we found a total of [-], most of them are comparing In a remote place, there is only one in the main city..."

This bold gentleman had several beautiful female companions by his side, and he came in a privately-made carriage, and he was Gentry - such a wealthy traveler is not common.The waiter racked his brains to do things, trying to get a little more tip from Cyril.

"The tip is on the table, just write the address of that store in the guest book next to the table."

The waiter hastily completed all this according to Cyril's instructions, and then happily left with the expensive silver tea on the table.

"Alchemy Workshop".

Nearly a year ago, when Cyril was walking from the northern border to the middle of the kingdom, he entered an alchemy workshop in Tochi City.Such an alchemy workshop is not a purely alchemy-related shop, but a mysterious information dealer, and will sell some rare and precious items at the same time.

It was there that he bought two formulas that were basically useless later, and at the same time abducted the dwarf Klan—remember that the code name of the dwarf Klan in this alchemy workshop was actually "Moon Elf".

Later, there were a lot of things, and the things that Cyril needed were not in 1440, so he never went to the alchemy workshop.

But this time, I happened to be passing by Mivola, and the timing was just right, so I could go to the alchemy workshop.

equipment.

Thinking about it carefully, Cyril found that his equipment had not been updated for a long time.Weapons and armor have been used by Solkonan until now, and even now he suspects that the protective performance of the "bone breastplate" on his body is not as strong as his own body.

The most useful thing might still be the necklace that brings a certain attribute bonus, but he can't appreciate other uses - its greatest significance is that it can quiet the noisy Gray God and not disturb Cyril's thinking .

His sword gained a certain venom bonus after killing the giant venomous spider, and it seemed to have a certain evolutionary ability.But when he showed the sword to the dwarf, the latter couldn't see any way, and naturally he couldn't analyze the corresponding promotion route.

It means that he is still using level [-] or [-] equipment——

For a time traveler, it's too embarrassing, yes.

Of course, he doesn't think much of general equipment, and it would take too much time to kill monsters and explode them by himself.A place like the Alchemy Workshop, where you can find rare equipment, naturally became his first choice.

Even if you can’t find suitable equipment, it’s a good thing to receive two more recipes—players who collect all seven Horn Carey recipes can receive a super long hidden task, and the final reward is a set of epic-level protective gear.

What's more, he has been a knight for a long time, and now that the sword is poisoned, he can't remember the insidious way of those wanderers throwing props and quenching poison.

Cyril and Mia greeted each other, and then strolled out of the tavern.The location of the alchemy workshop was too remote, and he couldn't remember it clearly, so he asked the waiter to find it.After spending a long time in the alleys, he finally found the alchemy workshop.

The furnishings are almost exactly the same as those of the alchemy workshop in Toki City. There is no extra decoration at the entrance. The entrance of the store is narrow, with heavy curtains hanging down. It is hidden in a dark alley, and when you walk into the alley, there is a musty smell. A posture that strangers should not enter.

Cyril knocked on the door in a specific order, three, two, five, and seven times, and soon there was a voice from inside the door:

"How many Gentry coins are there in the Grand Duke's warehouse?"

"7355608 pieces." Cyril replied.

"What's your code name?"

"Heavenly Fire."

"Skyfire...let me see...registered in Tochi City last year? Newcomer——"

The door was roughly opened, and there was a scream when it was opened. The light inside was extremely dim, with only a small kerosene lamp illuminating a low counter.

However, this did not affect Cyril's observation. He half bent over and looked around - the height of this store was indeed a bit low for normal humans.And sure enough, as he expected, the person standing behind the counter was not a human being, but a Valar, that is, a halfling.

"I thought people from Villa would choose a sunny place to open their shop." He said casually, and the not-so-young Villa from behind the counter tremblingly put on a pair of glass lenses in front of his eyes, and said Vaguely said: "Ah, yes, all the people of Vera are indeed like this. In fact, even I only stay here for one month every year, and you just happened to meet—"

"That's really my honor."

"What do you need, elf... oh, a half-elf?"

Cyril didn't care about the other party's identification of his race, unless it shouted 'a zombie', otherwise he didn't care at all.

"I need some rare and sophisticated equipment, the best you can get in your alchemy workshop." He took out a snakeskin bag from his arms, shook it, and made a pleasant sound of Gentry colliding.

"Don't worry, I have enough money."

The Valar was hesitant at first, but when he heard Gentry's voice, he immediately showed an expression of enjoyment, and then responded: "No problem, no problem, my dear half-elf, let me think about it... Perhaps you need an excellent 'longbow'?"

"I think I prefer to use a crossbow. Besides, unless it has extraordinary power, the elves will only use their own bow—"

"No, no, half-elf, you misunderstood, I said 'longbow'."

The Vila narrowed his eyes, turned around and walked into the dark grocery room at the back, and when he came out after a while, he was holding a cloth bag about an arm's length in his hand.For a bow, this length is obviously short.

He untied the cloth bag immediately, revealing one of the pitch-black, slender crossbows.

"The continuous crossbow produced in the old ruins is named Longbow. It has excellent armor-piercing performance. The inscriptions on it are far more complicated than our civilization era, and even engraved with 'witchcraft': heart-piercing rifling. Yes The Tier [-] alchemy equipment certified by the 'City of Hormel' only needs [-] Gentry, how about it?"

The Vera people spoke extremely fast and sounded extremely active, but the series of reported content and information was surprisingly large, which made Cyril stunned for a moment——

The complexity of the inscription far exceeds the era of our civilization?Engraved witchcraft?Hormel City?Tier [-] alchemy equipment?
Wait a minute, how come there's a bunch of terms I've never heard of?

Cyril's heart suddenly became vigilant. Compared with the so-called "substitute" goblin in Tochi City, this genuine alchemy workshop owner obviously knows much more.

"Hey, hey, do you want thirty Gentry? This is a special offer for you because I only come once a year and don't necessarily have a customer for a month. If you don't..."

"Yes, yes!"

Cyril made a decisive decision and threw the entire purse on the table: "Here are seventy gentries, you keep them first, I want to buy more than this one."

The Villars immediately wrapped the 'longbow' happily and pushed it to Cyril.Cyril quietly injected magic power into it, and was keenly aware of the complex spells that did exist on it. The structure was similar to that of "Sharpening Arrow", but it was several times more complicated.

"If there are any other equipment, let's take a look together. In addition, formulas are also required-alchemy, medicine, and even alcoholic beverages are fine."

Cyril had brought enough Gentry this time around.After Silikie has its own unique products, every carriage of the Boyle Chamber of Commerce can bring a lot of profit. Fruit wine and herbs are currently the most traded goods in Silikie, but with the civil war in the O'Connor family , military-related goods such as armor, weapons, and war equipment will become more and more popular.

War wealth must be huge profits, especially when the flames of war can't burn themselves——

The people of Villa obviously haven't seen such a generous client for a long time. They turned around happily, and when they were about to fetch more backlogged equipment, there was another knock on the store door.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The door was knocked chaotically, obviously the other party did not understand the rules of this "alchemy workshop".Cyril looked at the Vila man, but saw the Vila man shaking his head with a finger upright, as if he didn't intend to pay attention.

But then a young male voice sounded from outside the door:
"Wai Wai Wai, is anyone there? Wai Wai Wai?"

"Open the door, it's urgent, save me!"

"Crooked crooked!"

The cry was silent for a moment, and then the knocking on the door became more urgent, and the voice became heart-piercing: "Open the door, open the door, save me save me save me save me! Save me!"

At the same time, there were a few more footsteps outside the door, approaching the door from the left and right at the same time, someone said with a grinning grin: "You stinking stall, cheated money into your grandfather of the Thunder Lion Army, do you want to be killed?" Shall I break two legs or three?"

"Don't, don't, I didn't lie to you, I really didn't lie to you!"

"Damn it, just say I'm unlucky for half a year and charge me ten silver teres—"

"Didn't you smash my crystal ball!" The voice yelled dissatisfied, but then let out a heart-wrenching cry, as if someone had lifted it up.

"I'll go out and take a look." Cyril whispered, and opened the door after the Villars nodded.

As soon as he went out, he saw a young man in a shabby robe being held up by a guard by his collar. He was waving his hands in a panic, but he didn't even dare to hit the guard.In addition, both ends of the alley were tightly blocked by guards. It seems that this "liar" fled in a hurry, but was blocked.

The few people didn't expect that people would really come out of this store. After a moment of silence, a soldier shouted: "Hey, go back to your room and don't meddle in your own business."

But Cyril did not give him a response.

He stared at the young man who was mentioned. The tattered robe was still stained with oil, but in terms of style, it was not an ordinary mage robe, or a robe that was worn every day.

The inside of the robe is bright orange, a bright color that makes one think that what's inside should be worn outside.The outside is blue-purple like the night sky, with silver-blue threads strewn across it forming shapes one by one, just by casually scanning the side of the clothes, you can see a dozen or so patterns arranged in a row.

That is the pattern of the constellation.

This was brought up to be called a liar, but it turned out to be... an astrologer?
This really surprised Cyril. There are many stalls under the name of "astrologer", but there are very few real astrologers.The gods turned into stars and disappeared, and astrology is to speculate on the intentions of the gods-this is not something that everyone can do.

"Wait." He finally opened his mouth, and a gust of wind overflowed around him, stopping the casserole-sized fist of the guard carrying the young man.

And the aristocratic temperament that Cyril had cultivated for many months as the lord finally came in handy here. Several guards seemed to feel that the young man's background was wrong, and they all looked at Cyril.

"Excuse me, is your Excellency..."

Cyril didn't answer what they meant. He was playing the role of a high-ranking person, so he naturally had to be more active.He said directly: "Explain to me why you arrested him."

"He set up a fortune-telling stall, and the brothers were free, so they went to try it out, but when he came up, he said that our captain would be in bad luck, of course we can't..."

"What I said is true!" the astrologer shouted, "The star of Cupid is shining black light, from now on stay away from your close ones, you can still live, otherwise you will definitely die! "

"Damn you!" The guard was about to hit the astrologer, but the young man who came out of the shop had already come to him at some point, and just raised a hand and gently touched his waist. As soon as he smashed it, he felt that he lost his strength, and he couldn't even catch the person he was holding.

The astrologer fell to the ground in embarrassment, rolled on the spot, and then simply hugged Cyril's thigh.

"You!" The guard turned to Cyril, but Cyril threw a medal at him.

"Okay, I am very familiar with your Chief of Staff Raymond, this matter is over, you go."

"What is Chief of Staff Raymond..." A guard was about to speak, but the captain of the guard who caught the medal turned around and punched him to the ground, then the captain of the guard bowed, handed the medal to Cyril with both hands, and spoke Already sweating profusely:

"I don't know if you are here, disturbing your pleasure, let's go now, let's go..."

As he spoke, he led the guards and ran towards the entrance of the alley without looking back, as if he would be swallowed by a beast at any moment.

In a blink of an eye, only Cyril and the young astrologer were left in this already desolate alley.

　Congratulations EDG!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)