quack……

Suddenly, a clear crow's cry interrupted the two people's gaze. Lin En withdrew his gaze with regret and looked in the direction where the sound came from - a palm-sized gray crow was standing on the counter, staring at him intently.

[Drunkard] The owner of the tavern was a typical Gwitt businessman, with an air of shrewdness and mercenary. After hearing the crow's cry, he couldn't help but stop wiping the wine glass, grinned with a mouthful of yellow teeth, and greeted warmly.

"What a rare stranger! Welcome to the Drunkard Tavern... Is there anything I can help you with, my guest?"

"A glass of Guluo wine, of four years' vintage, should cost seventeen Secas copper coins, if I inquired correctly." Lin En walked straight to the front of the stage and arranged the copper coins in his hand on the table in 50:50:70 equal parts.

The tavern owner looked at Lin En with scrutiny, his eyes lingering on the long sword hanging at his waist, his expression unchanged. "That was last year's standard. Now... it has to be sold for twenty-one coppers!"

Lin En was stunned for a moment, and before he could answer, the beautiful female customer next to him pursed her lips and said jokingly, "Old Hawke, you are not fooling the newcomer, are you? How come I didn't know that the price of your Guluo wine suddenly increased?"

As she spoke, the female customer looked at Lin En with interest. Although a cup of Guluo wine at seventeen coppers was not considered a luxury item, few people in the Drunkard Tavern would be so generous.

Especially since he was young and handsome, with solid muscles, he shouldn't be the type that only looks good but is useless...

Old Hawke didn't care about the woman's sabotage and grinned. "Two cargo ships capsized in the harbor this year. The raw materials for Guluo wine are scarce, so they are always more expensive..."

Lin En frowned and spoke again, "But I only have seventeen Secas copper coins!"

The young female drinker's interest in Lin En dropped by half upon hearing this. It looked like he was just another poor guy who was squandering his savings just to have a sip of good wine.

"Then I suggest you change your taste..." Old Hawke shrugged. "Of course, if you are interested in making some extra money, I can help you. Lame Lord is in need of a guy who can do some private work for him recently. He is always generous and generous!"

Cripple Loud? Lin En raised his eyebrows. During the time he stayed in Wuer Town to gather intelligence, he had heard this name more than once.

The rumors about the other party are not very good...

"Great, I'm just looking for a suitable job." After a lot of thought, Lin En nodded and agreed.

Old Hawke swept the copper coins on the table into his pocket, asked the waiter in the tavern to take over his job temporarily, then looked at Lin En and spoke again.

"Come with me. The Guluo wine you want is in the cellar. Take it first and I'll take you to see him..."

Seeing Lynn follow Old Hawke away without any precautions, the onlookers couldn't help but smile with gloating.

Everyone living in Wuer Town knew that although Lame Laud was generous, he was also notoriously black-hearted. It was rumored that many of the people who worked on the ship under him disappeared inexplicably, and sometimes even a body could not be found...

I have the life to earn money, but not the life to spend it...

…

While the drinkers were gloating, Old Hawke took Lynn through the kitchen and into the storage room filled with flour and barrels, and then stopped in front of a huge dirty wine barrel.

Snap...

Old Hawke pressed down hard on the lid of the wine barrel on the side. With the sound of wine surging, the wine barrel slowly rotated half a circle, and the wooden board on the bottom suddenly popped out, revealing a secret passage half a person's height.

"Follow this path, the person you want to see is inside!" Old Hawke lowered his voice, stuffed the lit candlestick beside him into Lin En's arms, and warned impatiently. "Be careful and don't cause me any trouble!"

Lynn thanked him, picked up the oil lamp and walked straight into the secret passage. The huge wooden barrel covered with wine stains behind him turned back to its original position, followed by the sound of wine being refilled.

The little light from the outside world disappeared, and the dark passage was completely dark, extending to nowhere. Only the weak candlestick in the hand could barely illuminate the road ahead, and the smell of cheap wine could be smelled in the air.

Since his mentor Kelu has been traveling around all these years and does not have a fixed residence, he does not keep every apprentice by his side.

After all, too many unfamiliar faces suddenly appearing in a city are really eye-catching and not conducive to hiding one's identity.

Therefore, the original body's understanding of these people is very limited. Most of them have only been met a few times and know their names and appearances.

The only person he was relatively familiar with was Johnny, who had sent him a letter before.

Of course, this familiarity is one-sided.

To be precise, the original Carl had the subtle feelings unique to teenagers towards Johnny.

To put it in understandable terms, it is unrequited love caused by lust at first sight.

As Kelu's most favored disciple, Johnny has a high talent for magic and is only one step away from becoming a formal wizard. He is also the undisputed leader of this group of apprentices after Kelu's death.

It's a pity that this one-sided delicate relationship obviously cannot provide him with any help.

While Lin En was distracted, the narrow secret passage in front of him gradually became wider. Through the faint candlelight, Lin En was surprised to find that this secret passage actually led to a dense forest outside the town of Ur.

It was already late at night, but the sky was not as dark as expected. The silver moonlight poured down through the gaps in the jungle branches and leaves, and the solid yellow ground seemed to be covered with a layer of transparent gauze. Lin En vaguely felt that the magic power in his body was becoming more active.

Is this Monday? Through the dense trees, Lin En could vaguely see the bright stars and the huge bright moon in the sky. According to the memory of his predecessor Carl, this strange astronomical phenomenon only occurs once a year and lasts for about three to five days.

However, there is no record in my memory that moonlight can affect magic power.

That’s right, my predecessor had only been a wizard for half a year...

Just as Lin En was thinking, a rapid sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded, and dozens of condensed [Magic Missiles] flew out from the surrounding dense woods, blocking his escape route in front, behind, left and right.

trap?

This thought immediately popped up in Lin En's mind, and he reacted the next moment. He flipped his empty left hand, and a ball of gray powder fell into his palm. It was the remaining few spell materials - [Red Fire Embers]! Lin En threw it hard, and the tiny dots of powder instantly ignited under the effect of magic power, forming a scorching wall of fire in front of him.

However, the hastily used new magic - [Secondary Fire Wall] was naturally no match for several wizard apprentices working together, and the [Magic Missile] penetrated the sea of ​​fire almost instantly.

Fortunately, Lin En's goal had been achieved. The heat waves and high temperature caused by the fire wall made these magical creations lose their accuracy, and they hit the tree trunks and yellow earth behind him randomly.

Seeing four figures covered in black robes surrounding him in a semicircle, Lin En silently drew the sword from his waist and opened the storage bag containing white phosphorus, preparing for battle.

Due to the time constraints, the stock of white phosphorus he produced was limited, but now was obviously not the time to hold back...

But before Lin En could make a move, a cold voice came out first.

"Karl, why did you betray us?"

(PS: As usual, please recommend, collect, read and vote for my new book.) 　Thanks to my book friends dsf23dd and You Are Really Lonely for the 100 Qidian coins.

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