Chapter 360 18. Annan’s Sincerity
In the dark and damp dungeon, painful wails and whispers echoed in the depths.
Xiana was sitting on the cold rock wall, her raised right hand was shackled on the wall, and her head was lowered.
I don’t know how much time has passed, but the torches on the wall reflected a long and narrow shadow outside the dungeon corridor.
Xianna raised her head due to the sound of footsteps, her eyes between her messy hair staring coldly at the figure outside the dungeon.
"How much money do you want?"
A hoarse magnetic female voice sounded: "How do you know we want money?"
"You let Suni go, which means you know that the groom has no money." Xanna raised her head, her downfall and situation did not cover her pride: "Let me go, and prepare the room and food, so that the Waters family can consider giving you more money."
Crash——
The cell door opened, and the figure walked into the dungeon. The face cannot be seen clearly, only the graceful outline outlined by the firelight behind it.
She squatted in front of Xian Na, held her chin, and said in a flirtatious tone: "Are you the daughter of that bitch? She is exactly the same..."
"Don't say that about my mother!"
"Look, even when he is angry, he looks so...it makes you want to bully."
Xian Na shook off the hand pinching her face and realized that the other person was not just doing it for money.
“Who are you?”
"Don't be so cold, I am your mother's friend."
Xianna responded coldly: "She has no friends who would kidnap her daughter."
"Xianna said this , I'm so sad..."
Xianna stopped talking, the woman in front of her was not as good as Annan's finger.
No matter how much he tried to fiddle with, there was no response. The disinterested woman stood up and said, "Just stay here. You will be able to go out then."
Watching her step out of the cell, Xiana suddenly said: "Who are you?"
"Just an old friend of your mother."
......
My heart was heavy Annan came to the flower bed and looked down at the tabby cat lying in the flower bed.
It seemed that because the sunlight was blocked, the sleeping tabby cat turned over, revealing its dirty belly, and opened its eyes.
"...Are you okay?"
"The sun makes you feel so comfortable, so just go to sleep."
The cat stretched out in the flower bed and began to roll around.
"I saw you in the alley." Annan pretended to be unintentional and asked, "Do you have a large range of activities?"
Annan was still suspicious of this tabby cat that could only talk. The golden dragon of the human city-state in the game, or the henchman of the King of Sin?
"This is the cat's territory, meow."
Annan couldn't help but reach out and rub the tabby cat's belly. After a while, the tabby cat turned over and sat upright: "Do you have anything to eat?"
"I'll give it to you later."
Annan asked the tabby cat to wait for him here, got up and returned to the mansion, and went to The waiter who was looking here said: "Stop chasing that cat away. If your boss questions you, just tell him that I asked you to do this."
"Uh...good customer. ”
Back in the room, Martin was still sleeping soundly. Annan did not wake him up, washed his hands with water, took out two bottles of magic potion from under the bed and went out again.
I bought some pieces of dried meat for the tabby cat and let it hide on the eaves to eat so as not to be snatched away by the greedy children. Then I rushed to the tavern to join Suni and the others.
Black Gold Tavern, it was in this tavern that Xian Na and Suni were captured.
Annan, who rushed to the street, saw Luther King and others looking confused. They should have gained nothing.
The result was exactly the opposite. They faced Annan and talked in a hurry: These students actually investigated some information, but the problem lies in the tavern.
"The tavern owner should know something, but he won't tell us." These non-heirs and second sons of aristocratic rich people can at most be treated politely by the tavern, but they will not give in.
Annan's gaze fell into the distance, and a suspicious-looking guy was looking over here.
"Take me there." Annan withdrew his gaze.
……
Bang!
The door of the tavern was almost opened, and young students surrounded Annan and walked into the tavern, which was deserted during the day.
"You are in trouble." Luther King, who was arrogant one moment, stepped aside the next moment, "Your Highness, this is it."
The bartender was so frightened that he couldn't hold the glass because The thugs who rushed into the hall remained silent.
"You..."
Luther King hid his freckles and showed them his nostrils: "Call your boss!"
Looking at the handsome and noble boys surrounded, the bartender believed it and hurried upstairs.
Annan took advantage of the break to look around the tavern. This place should be able to fill up his elemental army and give the local local snakes a bit of a sorcerer shock.
Not long after, the wealthy tavern owner ran down.
“It turned out to be Mr. Annan.”
"Do you know me?"
"The genius who defeated Syltovis Academy alone, the guests have been talking about you these two days."
"Then you should know why we Come."
Annan's directness made the tavern owner freeze. Annan did not give him time to find a reason and continued: "We are investigating privately just because we don't want to alarm the college. But if you refuse again, it won't be us students who appear next..."
The face of the tavern owner Change, Annan's tone softened at this time: "You don't have to bear the trouble for a group of vampires, right?"
The tavern owner had no choice but to tell the truth: vampires and succubi were indeed active in the tavern.
But these guys who live in human city-states don’t dare to kill people, they just pick some food. And many customers just like this one, so the tavern and them each take what they need.
Despite the alien decrees and curfews, this is Sltovis, the city of innocence - sin that was deeply rooted in everyone's soul many years ago.
Inertia is a terrible thing. Before it hits an immovable giant, we cannot expect that there will be no gray areas in such a place.
"Don't worry, I have no intention of changing you. We just want to find the vampire who kidnapped our friends."
As long as they don't hurt innocent people, Annan has no interest in meddling. "Tell me who they are?"
"Black butterflies..."
The tavern owner lowered his voice, and then said that they don't come often, and they are all in the tavern in Sltovis. A hunting occasion for nocturnal creatures. As for where their lair is... no one knows.
Staring at all the pubs? This is impractical.
Coming out of the tavern, Xina’s sisters asked: “Is there nothing we can do?”
"There is another way."
...
The curfew in Syltovis makes civilians reluctant to go out at night. If you are caught by a guard, you will be fined, if you are caught by an evil creature, you will die.
When you open the door of the pub from the deserted street, you will be surrounded by a hustle and bustle. The noisy mercenaries, the exposed girls, and the bard's lute are like walking into another world.
That night, the door of the Shark Tavern was pushed open, and two unfamiliar faces walked into the tavern. The eyes of the women and some men fell on one of the figures, their eyes glowing.
Annan and Alice sat down at an empty table and looked around the tavern and the guests who were looking at them and giving them flirtatious looks.
This is Annan's plan: use himself as bait.
Alice is responsible for protecting Annan during the battle.
"Have you wanted to do this for a long time?" Alice's tone was meaningful.
"I just want to get paid for rescuing Xian Na." Annan said sincerely.
(End of this chapter)