Chapter 120 119. "The True Murderer"
Looking back on the experience after arriving in Breeze City, Annan did not do anything.
He knew very little about the world, so he made friends everywhere and read books to increase his knowledge;
Because he needed to understand the nobles, he held a banquet to invite them;
Don’t know Whoever is an enemy has no choice but to contact the people around him, get to know them and become friends;
Now, Annan has joined the Scavengers, and his bond with the world continues to deepen;
And Annan's reputation in the eyes of the residents of Breeze City is surprisingly good - he does not hold extravagant and lewd parties like other nobles, and he does not bully Enslaving the common people is not as boring as the old-fashioned nobles. He actively brings people interesting things after dinner. For example, the King of the North, like the warlocks in all stories, has a penchant for foreign races.
At some point, rumors began to spread in the city that Annan was the bane of banquets: the first banquet he attended scared away the guests by announcing his identity, and the second private banquet at the manor also broke up due to uninvited guests. , the third banquet could only invite a group of friends, goblins and even civilians because they refused to contact. The fourth party almost succeeds - before being taken away by the scavengers to investigate.
Now people in Breeze City are saying that they can be invited to the fifth banquet - they will never cause trouble and will drive away enemies who prevent the banquet from continuing.
Annan guessed that these were arranged by people around him, and the rumors were biased - the third banquet was clearly a banquet at the city lord's palace. That banquet ended smoothly, and he also met the countess.
anyway. Annan and the four-man team have completed each other's tasks:
The four-man team discovered the rat clan, rescued two survivors, and successfully supported them until rescue arrived.
Annan did not sit back and watch the four-person team die. He showed up with integrity and faced the rat tide with them.
“I originally wanted to hand over this territory to you.”
A crow mask came to the side and said. Annan turned his head and looked at him, recognizing Olmedo.
"You are the leader of Breeze City during the day and a hero who saves the world at night, and your parents are still alive?"
"My mother died when I was young."
"Sorry."< br>
"It's okay. In fact, I haven't been involved in several incidents, but just like you, I need to know what happened here."
A scavenger waved to Olmedo. End the small talk and walk towards your companions.
The scavengers cleaned up the village after the flames extinguished, but found no more survivors. The woman and child were the only ones who survived.
They are the key to knowing the truth. Because they were slightly corrupted, the Centurion first took them back to the Scavenger Headquarters for purification.
The scavengers searched the village and set up camp next to the ruins - they needed to burn the bodies and deal with the contaminated water sources and wheat fields.
Annan and the others returned to the scavenger headquarters through the portal built in the camp.
While being tested for contamination, Annan approached Riddle Grotto and asked about the origin of the fire blunderbuss. The answer was, as expected: the South.
But the "fire gun" did not have the black powder that Annan imagined. It is powered by magic crystals, fires arcane missiles, and is just a well-made magic weapon rather than a firearm.
Annan’s gift pack for visitors from another world is still there.
Telling the four-man team the address of the manor and inviting them to visit during their free time, Annan left the headquarters.
"This newcomer seems to be a noble? That fire element ring costs at least 10,000 gold coins..."" Riddle Groo said enviously.
"Don't you know? "Guido Rona pointed to his brown hair, "He is the King of the North. ”
...
It was already dawn when we returned to the manor.
Abby’s brother is chasing the ogre in the grass——
The ogre cannot live in the mansion, so after getting Annan’s consent, it used the ready-made wood in the manor to live in the mansion. An Ogre hut was built in the back, and an Orc hut was built for the Howler next to it.
Abby stood nearby, watching worriedly as the ferocious ogre played with his brother and played with food.
Annan walked towards Abby and asked her: "You said yesterday that you had something important to tell me?"
"I...I want to thank you for helping me and my brother."
Abby Annan didn't want to say it and didn't ask further questions. Francois arrived just as Francois stepped out of the carriage holding an oil painting.
"This is the piano you want." Annan looked at Francois strangely: "This is a painting."
"Uh... there is no Newtrud in Breeze City."
Annan's eyes fell on the oil painting, and unexpectedly discovered that the stringless instrument in the painting was very similar to the piano that was stepped on in the village house.
“Are there very few such harps?”
“It is said to be a musical instrument of the southern tribes.”
Why do southern tribal musical instruments appear in farms occupied by rat men?
Annan vaguely caught some information and raised his head.
“I’m going to the scavenger headquarters.”
……
Under the leadership of the centurion, Annan and Francois entered the third floor of the scavenger headquarters. , saw the originator of the music in the dungeon - a prisoner leaning in the corner, wearing a dirty fancy dress.
“Who is he?”
"A bard who devoted himself to chaos. He believes that human aesthetics is close to the limit, and only chaos has infinite beauty." The centurion next to him said, "We can't pry his mouth open."
Neither can Annan. No matter what he said, the figure didn't respond, as if dead.
But Annan got an unexpected surprise from the rescued mother and daughter.
The woman who woke up said that a few days before the rat men invaded, an old man with a distinguished status and a pair of blue eyes came to the lord.
The image of Augusta Olmedo instantly appeared in front of Annan's eyes.
On the way out, Annan fell into deep thought.
If Augusta Olmedo really dominates everything... what is his purpose? In order to make his son the city lord, he even colluded with the rat people?
"What are the scavengers going to do?" Annan asked the centurion.
“Continue to look for evidence of Augusta’s involvement with Chaos.”
“Doesn’t this count?”
"Not yet. She could have made a false accusation, or what she saw was a disguise, or it could be a hallucination. We need real evidence."
Just saying "go see him" can't overthrow the uncrowned king of Breeze City .
“But I’m worried that Jeffrey Olmedo will find out.”
Olmedo is also a scavenger. When he knows that his father is on the opposite side, can he still maintain justice?
The centurion said meaningfully:
"We have never been here, and the survivors didn't say anything, right?"
...
Annan returned to the manor and re-examined the situation in Breeze City. At this time, he unexpectedly discovered that a whirlpool appeared in Breeze City, quietly swallowing his sense of existence.
The people of Breeze City no longer talk about Annan after dinner, and the bards in the tavern no longer talk about the avengers crawling out of hell, but the scandals of a few small nobles.
Annan asked Andrew Luna and he said this was indeed abnormal.
Normally, this kind of drama would be enough for the people of Breeze City to talk about for several years, but now, the influence brought by the King of the North is quickly disappearing——
Annan is not clear about "Augusta Orme" There are many reasons for doing so, but he remembered Fast’s admonition:
“The less they want you to do something, just do it”
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