After seeing the tattoo on the scarred black man's shoulder, Mark confirmed that he was from the Black Gold Gang.
After all, he was very familiar with the pattern of overlapping stars and moons.
Mark's thumb pushed open the leather bag at his waist, and a sheepskin envelope slipped out.
Seeing the envelope in Mark's hand, the scarred black man and the woman with the silver nose ring both felt a lump in their throats.
Their eyes were all focused on the star-crescent emblem on the wax seal of the envelope. The star-crescent pattern surrounded by intricate magical text seemed much more exquisite than the tattoo on the scarred man's shoulder.
The woman with the silver nose ring suddenly knelt on one knee, and the nose ring hit the blue bricks, sparks flew out, and the dagger of the scarred black man behind her also fell to the ground with a clang.
The bewildered kid saw the actions of the woman with the silver nose ring, and looked between the scarred black man, the woman with the silver nose ring, and Mark with a puzzled look.
He didn't know what happened all of a sudden.
The kid didn’t know what was going on, and Mark was also confused!
Why are you bowing your head for no reason?
"What's going on?"
Since he didn't know what was going on, Mark had no choice but to look at the scarred black man who should know the inside story.
The scarred black man stammered and hadn't spoken yet, but the woman with the silver nose ring who had knocked her head on the ground had already climbed up and solemnly took the letter from Mark's hand.
"The Lord God's Messenger finally has news!"
The woman's voice sounded as if it had been rubbed three times with sandpaper, and her muddy fingertips were trembling half an inch above the sealing wax.
"..." Hearing the woman's call, Mark immediately stood up, turned around, and pulled Monica, who was still full of curiosity, away.
Tsk! Aunt Irene is really causing so much trouble!
He came to Osborne Town to seek help from the so-called Black Gold Gang, not to get involved in trouble!
Listen to what she is saying?
Lord God's Messenger!?
This is actually a gang with religious beliefs!?
If Mark remembered correctly, Aunt Irene was the "witch" of the Star-Moon Church who was wanted by the Holy Light Church!
The Star-Moon Church, this is the church that is listed as a heresy by the Holy Light!
The Church of Holy Light didn't take him seriously as a small fry and put him on the wanted list. If he still didn't have the vision to contact the heretical church, it would be like looking for death by holding a lantern in a dry toilet!
"Hey! Mr. Messenger, please wait a moment!"
Mark's sudden departure prevented the woman with the silver nose ring from revealing how she had been waiting for news from the messenger of God over the years.
"Stop! Stop! I'm not a sir! Nor am I a messenger! I found this on the road, and since it's yours, I'll return it to its rightful owner! We haven't met each other before! Be well! Please, please!"
Mark had already pulled Monica to the low door.
"Your Excellency, there's no need to panic. We, the Black Gold Gang, are not some evil cult. There's no Church of Holy Light in Osborne!"
The church without the Holy Light Church is the point you want to make!
Mark pointed to the top of his head and closed the disguise Monica had set for him. "Look here, are you sure you want to continue talking to me?"
After seeing Mark's occupation, the woman with the silver nose ring just smiled and said, "Mr. Messenger, it has nothing to do with your occupation. Since you can bring this letter here, it proves that the Lord Messenger of God trusts you. Otherwise, it would have destroyed itself when you received this letter."
Seeing that Mark was still planning to leave the courtyard, the woman with the silver nose ring continued to explain:
"The Black Gold Gang is merely a gang that maintains order in underground transactions. We have nothing to do with religion, so please rest assured. Even many prominent figures in the Church of Holy Light, including the recently rising Holy Knight Alfonso, are among our clients."
…Why is Alfonso everywhere!
Mark didn't know if he had developed Alfonsophobia recently. He originally thought that he was blessed by a mysterious existence and could become the protagonist in this alien world.
But since he met Alfonso that time, he felt that he was the real protagonist of the Holy Dragon Continent, and it was said that there were twelve such protagonists before Alfonso!
Despite complaining in his heart, the words of the woman with the silver nose ring ultimately made him stay.
As long as it wasn't an organization involved in a dispute over faith, he wouldn't have to worry.
"Mr. Messenger, please follow me."
As the woman with the silver nose ring spoke, she led Mark and Monica to a corner of the courtyard and opened the secret door behind the grape trellis. The damp and moldy smell mixed with the burnt aroma of resin torches wafted towards them from the underground passage.
The scarred black man and the little boy remained in the yard and did not follow.
Following the woman with the silver nose ring, Mark walked down the stone steps. His leather boots made crisp sounds on the marble steps, and Monica lifted her skirt to avoid the sticky moss on the surface of the steps.
After walking about a few hundred meters, we arrived at the foot of the city wall of Osborne Town.
The end of the tunnel suddenly opens up, and the dim sunset glow filters in from the copper skylight in the underground dome, illuminating the densely packed relief carvings of stars and moons on the walls.
This underground space is actually connected to the city wall of Osborne Town.
"I'm Vicki McCarthy, the man above is Eddie Zorn, and the child is Mike Zorn. If you need anything in the future, you can come to us in this courtyard."
"This is the Black Gold Gang's teleportation array in Osborne Town. Each of the thirty-six towns in the Monster Mountain Range has a teleportation array, all leading to our Black Gold Gang's headquarters."
Following Vicky's direction, Mark and Monica saw the open space of the city wall in front of them, with six obsidian knight statues standing in the shape of a hexagram.
The star and moon tattoos on the backs of their hands glowed faintly blue in the glow of the brazier, giving a faint sign of communication and connection between them.
"The teleportation array consumes magic crystals each time it's activated, so generally speaking, anyone wishing to enter the Black Gold Gang's base to trade needs to pay the gang a toll of ten gold coins. To use the array, simply drop the gold coins into the center."
Vicky said as she led the two of them to stand in the center of the six statues, then took out ten gold coins and threw them on the floor surrounded by the statues.
Amidst the crisp sound of gold coins falling to the ground.
The blinding silver light engulfed the three people's vision.
The sudden feeling of weightlessness was like falling off a roller coaster. When her feet touched the hard ground again, Monica staggered and held onto Mark's shoulders. It seemed that she could not adapt to the dizziness brought by the transmission for a while.
Mark, who has a strong physique, did not experience any adverse reactions.
He was shocked by the scene before him.
Even the dream space where the Holy Light Nightmare raged and the Holy Light Blood Crystal Mine where Stan Campbell stripped away the faith of believers could not shock him as much as the scene before him.
This is an aesthetic shock, not the simple and direct violent visual impact in the dream space and the blood crystal mine.
In front of me is an open underground square with a dome several dozen meters high.
Thousands of luminous mushrooms gathered and flashed above the dome, illuminating the entire underground square.
The ground of the underground square is made of unknown rocks. These shale-like rocks are stacked layer by layer to form a stepped upward slope.
Clusters of special reflective materials like silver sand are sandwiched among the gray-black shale, reflecting the mushroom light of the dome. Strands of light intersect and converge in the square, giving people a feeling of stepping on the starry night sky.
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