Lord Highlander

  Chapter 543 532. Tavern

  Drawing the curtains, Suldak closed and locked the door, and walked out of the Maple Leaf Hotel along the back-shaped corridor.

According to the waiter's description, the tavern called 'The Shire' is not too far from the hotel, so Suldak didn't ride a horse, walked out of the inner courtyard of the hotel on foot, and walked through the doorway to North Street. He only wore a suit. Ordinary leather armor, no noble medal on the chest, just a knight badge, this kind of attire can be seen everywhere in Bena City.

Several magic caravans were parked on the side of the North Street next to the hotel. A coachman sitting in the driver's seat saw Suldak walking out of the hotel, so he quickly stood up from his seat and opened the caravan. The hat asked Suldak with a smile: "Master Knight, do you need to rent a magic caravan?"

  Suldak waved his hand to indicate that he would not sit down, and the coachman sat back in his original seat.

  When he got to the place where Mrs. Dorothy's carriage stopped just now, he deliberately slowed down by two steps, and looked towards a black magic caravan with dark patterns.

Sure enough, she saw Mrs. Dorothy's maid sitting alone in the compartment of the magic caravan drinking tea silently. She didn't notice Suldak passing by the roadside. The temperature in summer was a bit hot. She opened the compartment door, The magic lights in the carriage reflected her immature face.

  Suldak took another look at the small townhouse opposite. The curtains were drawn on the windows, and the lights were lit inside, but the young man could not be seen.

  I heard that in the city of Bena, it is very common for noble ladies to have several mistresses. It seems that there is no such thing as mistress.

Although it was already dark, there were still many pedestrians on the street. Some civilians were hurrying with a bag of food in their hands. You could see the tiredness on their faces. Suldak guessed that the civilians living in such a big city , life must be very stressful.

  There are also a group of children wearing only shorts and bare backs running wildly around the street. It seems that the lampposts and low shrub walls on the street are entertainment facilities that they can use.

Suldak walked through the intersection, and beside the rusty water pipe beside the intersection, a man in a windbreaker was squeezing a woman in a silk skirt against the wall, and the two hugged each other tightly in the shadows. Together, and a few more steps forward, Suldak discovered that there were several street girls standing in the shadow of every building door on this street.

Seeing Suldak approaching, they walked from the shadows to the street lamp, lifted up the pleated skirt to reveal long slender legs, or pulled the long skirt vigorously, revealing the snow-white **** protruding from the waist , and then showed a sweet smile, but they were very careful and never made physical contact. Suldak would quickly move away without making any gestures, and would not ask questions.

  On the wooden benches next to the bushes, there are some homeless people lying curled up on them, sleeping soundly, and some even have a bottle of wine in hand.

  Suldak couldn't figure out why these homeless people would drink this more expensive ale when they couldn't even eat.

  The Shire tavern is not difficult to find. There are four waiters guarding the door at the entrance of the tavern. Seeing that Suldak was wearing a clean leather suit, they immediately opened the door of the tavern and asked Suldak to come in and sit down.

   To those homeless people wandering around the entrance of the tavern, these waiters didn't have a good face.

  Suldak walked into this tavern, and the room wasn't too noisy.

The lighting in the room is very soft, and the wooden tables and chairs are also very elegant, full of alcohol, perfume, and the smell of barbecue. The drinkers are talking in low voices. There are not many liquor girls in the tavern. The waiter by the wall beckons.

  Suldak walked directly to the front of the bar and sat in front of the bartender.

  There are also many customers sitting at the bar. Men and women are crowded together side by side. Some are sitting and chatting with each other, and some are drinking alone.

  The bartender's eyes fell on Suldak, his eyes stretched from his solid arms to his callused hands, showing a questioning look.

  Suldak pointed to a bottle of golden cider behind him, and said, "Please give me a glass of golden cider!"

   "Northern people?"

  The bartender turned around and took the bottle skillfully.

   Like a magic trick, a glass was placed in front of Suldak, and three pieces of ice were added to fill the glass with golden liquor.

  Suldak shook the wine glass gently, and the ice cubes made clinking sounds in the glass.

   "Helansa people."

  Suldak said.

   After finishing speaking, he pointed to the knight badge on his chest, and asked the bartender, "Hey, who should I ask for news here?"

"what news?"

  The bartender approached Suldak, stared at Suldak and asked.

   "News about the Bradbury family, including the manor that was attacked." Suldak said to the bartender.

  The bartender was not surprised at all, he stared at Surdak and said:

"Before you, at least thirty people came to me to inquire about this matter, so this news is worthless. I can tell you what everyone knows for a gold coin. Of course, if you don't mind the trouble, you can find it in the city. Chatting with people, you can hear these messages with a few more people, we just aggregated these messages. If you want to know more in-depth information, each message will charge an information fee of one gold coin, of course, these messages will definitely Makes you feel it's worth it."

  Sulda Cliso's rolled out a gold coin and placed it in front of the bartender.

  The bartender didn't take the gold coin immediately, but shouted to the aisle behind him: "Sophia, this knight wants to hear a story about Lord Bradbury."

"no problem."

An ordinary-looking woman wearing a tight leather armor but with very flexible eyes opened the door curtain and came out of the aisle. Her eyes fell on the gold coins on the table. With just a tap of her index finger on the table, the gold coin jumped off the table. Standing up, it fell precisely into the woman's hand.

  Sofia looked at Suldak with a half-smile, and said:

"follow me!"

  Turning around and walking into the aisle behind him, the bartender moved away to let Suldak pass.

  Suldak followed the woman into a private room. Sophia sat down at the table, took a sip of wine, and asked Suldak:

   "Tell me, what do you want to hear?"

In fact, Suldak just wanted to inquire about the location of the Bradbury Manor, and also wanted to know what kind of secrets the family was hiding, but now that he paid a gold coin, he simply said: "I don't care about everything. I know too well, tell me all you can say..."

Sophia glanced at Suldak angrily. Only then did Suldak see a badge on her chest. The pattern on the badge was two daggers crossed and stacked together, and the background was hidden in the shadow of the bushes. With a pair of eyes, Suldak knew that it was the badge of the Thieves Guild, but he did not expect that this ordinary-looking lady was actually a thief officially certified by the Thieves Guild.

  Suldak was still a little curious about the Thieves Union.

   "Oh, I don't need to introduce the glorious deeds of Lord Bradbury's life?" Sophia asked Suldak.

  Suldak nodded and said, "Of course, I am a native of Hailansa."

  Sofia took another sip of ale before telling Suldak:

"Then let's start with the attack on Bradbury Manor. You should also know that the Bradbury family hasn't even had a knight who can fight well in the past two hundred years. Every generation of lords has been ineffective, not because of poor management. Being heavily in debt means being extravagant and wantonly squandering family property. Each generation of Bradbury family leaders has to sell part of the family property in order to maintain the family's daily expenses and final dignity. Now, the Bradbury family, except those in the city of Bena Apart from an unsaleable estate, there is no additional property left."

"The current successor of the Bradbury family is Baron Benny Bradbury. After graduating from the Bena Advanced Swordsmen Academy, this Baron served in the Bena Constructed Swordsman Corps for four years, and then He retired and joined an adventure group named 'Flame Dragon' in Bena City, and traveled with the adventure group in various provinces of the Green Empire for several years. When this adventure group returned to Bena City, there were many a witch."

"Since Bradbury Manor was attacked, the female magician has disappeared from the world. According to our intelligence analysis, this female magician is most likely a member of the Dark Moon Gate. The purpose of her joining the adventure group It was just to get close to Baron Benny and get information about the Bradbury family, and she was the one who led the rebels to loot Bradbury Manor in the end."

"Those rebels snatched a crystal key from the showroom of the Bradbury family. It is said that it is a key carved with magic crystals, which can open the door to the treasure of the Red Dragon, and the Bradbury family The successive patriarchs are the custodians of this crystal key."

"As for why the Bradbury family hasn't tried to find the treasure of the Red Dragon, the information we have collected is: it's not that they don't look for it, they have been searching for this treasure for so many years, but they don't have a complete treasure map , this time Baron Benny Bradbury traveled around the empire with the Yanlong Adventure Group, just to collect information about the treasure map. Unexpectedly, his actions immediately attracted the attention of the Dark Moon Gate. Speaking of which, Or the name of the dragon-slaying sword 'Quel Sera' is too big."

Suldak didn't expect that there were so many secrets in it. He remembered that the image projected in the magic crystal was really a certain forest area. His heart moved slightly, and he asked curiously: "So the treasure of the Red Dragon is real?" ?”

Sophia nodded and said: "From all the signs, the red dragon treasure is likely to be real. You must know that shiny gems and gold coins are irresistible to dragons. There are some treasures hidden in their lairs." , this is not difficult to understand, and it is said that Quel Sela is buried in the red dragon treasure."

  It turned out that the piece of magic crystal was called the Crystal Key, no wonder it was in the hands of Wizard Kirdon.

   "Where is the Bradbury family manor that was attacked by the rebels?" Suldak asked casually.

   "At No. 2 Hanting Avenue, the old aristocratic district of Bena City."

  Sophia answered without thinking, it seems that she has answered this question many times.

Sophia said to Suldak: "According to the information we have, the crystal key is currently in the hands of the magicians at the Dark Moon Gate, and the manor is now abandoned. Even the manor Baron Benny Bradbury, the successor of the family, does not live there, but every adventure group that inquires about this matter will go to the manor to look for some clues. After the manor was attacked by the rebels, almost They're all going to be crushed."

   "It seems that your Excellency is also interested in the Red Dragon Treasure?" Sophia asked Su Erdake tentatively.

  Suldak smiled noncommittally.

  Sophia didn't ask much, just said: "If you need to hire an adventure group, you can come here to find me at any time. I can introduce you to a trustworthy adventure group. There are experienced treasure hunters in the team."

   "Okay, if you still want to learn more about the details or secrets of the incident, one gold coin for each question..."

  After Sophia finished speaking, a smug smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, thinking that she had already whetted her appetite, and just waiting for the knight on the other side to ask impatiently, gold coins would fly into the purse...

   "No more..." Suldak rubbed his hands, stood up from the chair, and said casually.

   "???"

  Sophia looked at Suldak with a puzzled expression.

  She couldn't figure it out—couldn't the knight in front of him not want to know the whereabouts of the crystal key, the origin of the Dark Moon Gate, or the clues of the rebels who attacked Bradbury Manor?

  Suldak said with satisfaction:

"It is enough to know so much. I am just a little curious. What happened in Bena City, which disturbed the guard battalion knights in Hailansa City every day. Later, I found out that it was about the legend of Quercella. Come to Bena City to take this opportunity to inquire about it...Thank you for introducing so many stories to me, when I return to Hailansa City to attend the party, there will be a new topic!"

   After speaking, Suldak walked out of this room.

  Sophia spoke dryly, drank a gulp of ale, sat on the chair and sulked.

   Thinking about my bad luck tonight, I actually met such a stingy knight.

Back at the hotel, Suldak lay on the big soft bed, and began to seriously think about how to send the magic crystal to Bradbury Manor, planning to go to the deserted Bradbury Manor tomorrow. Take a look at the Bury Manor, and take the time to write a visiting letter and send it to the Marquess Luther.

In addition, since we have come to Bena City, we need to meet Hathaway and Beatrice. I heard that Hathaway is locked up at home, so Suldak plans to write a letter to Beatrice first. Inquire about the specifics.

  The next morning, Suldak had breakfast early in the restaurant downstairs of the hotel, and then rode out of the Maple Leaf Hotel and walked along the streets of the city towards Bradbury Manor.

  The aristocratic old district is really a long way from the block where the Surdak Hotel is located...

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