Main Text Volume Section 17 Vichy Harbor

The group changed carriages and finally arrived at the northernmost port of the Golden Sparrow Empire half a month later.

It is not easy to get from the Old Earth Continent to the Prosperous Continent. Every year, only at the beginning of the year, a trade freighter from the Prosperous Continent will arrive at the Vichy Harbor. This ship will only stay in the Vichy Harbor for two days before leaving. So in order to avoid missing it, when everyone arrived at the Vichy Harbor, it was not yet the month of recovery.

"There are still eight days to the month of recovery. The arrival time of the trade freighter from the Prosperous Continent is not fixed. The earliest is eight days and the latest is thirty-eight days. So during this period, we will stay in Haiyue City until we leave."

After Moro finished speaking, he took everyone to the Bounty Guild established in the center of the city.

——The Bounty Guild is a functional association shared by all knights who abide by the kingdom's rules. The state issues tasks, and knights can accept tasks in the guild and receive corresponding rewards.

Moro brought everyone to the Bounty Guild, not to accept the mission, but because the Bounty Guild has the most luxurious guesthouse in the entire Haiyue City. As long as you have money, the services and accommodation facilities you get in the Bounty Guild are far better than other hotels in the city. It has to be said that this is a guild where money is supreme.

As an elder of the Monen family, Moro naturally has a lot of gold coins on him. Moro does not value these currencies. After arriving at the Bounty Guild, he directly paid all the expenses of Angel.

"You can move freely these days, but it is best to stay in the guild, so that when the ship comes, you can't find people." After Moro said this, he went back to his room and took every opportunity to meditate.

When they heard that they could move freely, Allen and Irene looked at each other, and then burst into great surprise at the same time. The two naughty children were like prisoners who were let out for air, and they couldn't wait to embrace the air called "freedom" immediately. Allen's eyes were shining with excitement, and Irene couldn't stop jumping for joy, but she was more concerned about Angel standing aside.

"Brother Pat, let's go out for a walk together! I heard from others that Haiyue City is the largest trading port in the country, gathering special products from various countries; there is also a street dedicated to selling foreign products, and many people have found treasures there!" Irene said to Angel in a coquettish voice, almost grabbing his arm and shaking it.

Angel looked at Irene with a headache. During the nearly one-month journey, everyone had become more familiar with each other, and Irene was much bolder. The shyness when they first met was gone, and now she still restrained herself from skin contact, and the rest of the coquettish and cute things were all done.

At this point, no matter how stupid Angel was, he could see what Irene was thinking. He was also puzzled. It was obvious that they had only been together for a few days, but she could have developed a love for him. It was indeed difficult to understand the feelings of a girl.

However, he is still young and has the "five-year agreement" hanging over his head, so he can't think about other things; therefore, he can only try to keep a distance from Irene's admiration, which is not only responsible for himself, but also respectful to Irene.

"No, I promised my mentor that I would do thinking exercises every day. I will go back to my room first, and I will go next time." Angel gently refused and returned to his room.

Irene pouted a little unhappy, and finally stamped her feet, and followed Allen, who looked confused, to leave the guild.

After Angel entered the room, he did not immediately take out the training questions assigned by the mentor, but observed the room leisurely.

The room he lived in was located on the seaside, with a very wide terrace. Standing on the terrace and looking out, he could see the busy Vichy Harbor in the distance and the ocean shining with tiny waves.

Looking down from a high place, looking at the countless people in Vichy Harbor like ants shuttling back and forth, Angel was impressed by the prosperity of Haiyue City on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was a little uncomfortable with the sudden loneliness.

Looking to the south, through the grassland stretching for hundreds of miles, Angel seemed to see the mountains behind the grassland, and the peaceful town hidden in the mountains, the place where he lived for the first fourteen years, the place called "home".

"Brother, mentor..." Angel whispered, with a touch of deep sorrow that could not be dissolved.

In a blink of an eye, another ten days passed.

With the arrival of the month of recovery, the temperature began to rise significantly, and the sea areas that must be passed by many routes have begun to thaw, and a large number of ocean-going ships began to appear in batches in the Vichy Port.

Moro hired a team of knights from the Bounty Guild, and watched the trade cargo ships coming from the prosperous continent at the port every day. Allen and his sister played crazy these days, bought a lot of things, went out early and came back late every day, and enjoyed it even if the weather was cold.

Angel has not left the house at all these days. He sorted out what he had gained recently in the hotel, especially studying the puzzles that Jon left for him.

These puzzles require a lot of calculations and combine problems from multiple subjects. If any scholar on Earth saw this, they would also sigh at the wide range of subjects involved in this question and its extreme difficulty. Even if each subject does not need to be studied in depth, it is difficult to make a breakthrough without a broad vision and foresight.

The fact that Jon can give these questions to Angell also shows his confidence and respect for Angell.

Angell has been calculating since he left Pat Manor. Now more than a month has passed, and the degree of solving the puzzle has barely reached a quarter, which makes him feel very frustrated.

However, no matter how frustrated he is, he must solve these puzzles. Because these puzzles are related to something left to him by his mentor. Only by solving all the questions and getting the final answer can he know what his mentor left him.

The second weekend of the month of revival, the weather was rare and sunny. It seemed that the port was more lively than the previous days, as if it was happy about the melting of ice. Angel thought that he had been staying at home for the past few days, so it would be okay to go out today.

So after so many days, Angel finally changed into casual clothes for going out, tidied up his appearance, put on a gentle smile to show his external appearance, and stepped out of the door.

The hall of the Bounty Guild was still busy. As soon as you stepped into it, you would smell a strong smell of sweat. Most of the people who hang around here are knights who live on the edge of a knife every day. Even if there are heroic female knights, most of them only clean their exposed faces. As for the smell on their bodies... they don't care too much.

Angel frowned subconsciously, but soon remembered that this is no longer Gru Town. Without the protection of his brother, he is not even a noble outside, but can only be regarded as a noble family. Thinking of this, Angel's brows relaxed again, and he continued to wear a harmless smile.

In the small tavern on the side of the hall, he ordered a glass of betel rum and barbecue. Angel only tasted the wine. It was not as good as the milk wine in the manor, and it only had a pungent fermentation smell.

Angel ate the barbecue, and at the same time, his ears were pointed, listening to the adventurers around him talking.

——In the tavern where there are all kinds of people, it is easiest to get some unique news. This is the experience that Angel summed up when he listened to Jon telling the martial arts novels on Earth.

He has too little experience going out, so he doesn't know whether many of the experiences summarized from the books are correct or not. But this does not prevent him from happily spying on the conversations of adventurers. Even if many adventurers are just bragging, he listens with relish.

"Hey, have you heard? A big thing happened recently in Hailan Country, which is at war with the Empire! Many Grand Dukes died inexplicably, and the deaths were so tragic that the knights who went to guard were panicked in the middle of the night..."

"Our guild's first mercenary knight group, the Glorious Golden Sparrow Knights, has not appeared for several months. Tell me, could they be the ones who did the tragedy in Hailan Country?" The adventurers at a table next to Angel gossiped about the battle on the front line thousands of miles away: "Do you remember that half a year ago, the lord of the capital of the empire personally went to the bounty guild to issue a task to assassinate the commander of Hailan Country? I guess there must be a connection between these two things!"

The adventurers' voices were very loud, and some deliberately raised their voices to show their personal achievements. Therefore, almost everyone in the tavern heard this person's voice.

Everyone agreed that one side was the enemy country and the other side was the mercenary group of their own guild. Their bias was undoubtedly one-sided.

In the midst of the heated discussion, a cold voice like ice interrupted: "The Knights of the Glory Golden Sparrow? Humph, your knowledge is too shallow. I tell you, the Hailan tragedy was definitely not done by the Glory Golden Sparrow. Their power is not that strong!"

The person who spoke was wearing a water-blue long coat with silver patterns embroidered on the edge of the coat, which was worth a lot of money at first glance.

"How can you talk like that!"

"Who are you? Dare to say that about the Glory Golden Sparrow, do you know what the consequences are!"

Everyone looked at the person who spoke, their eyes were fierce.

"Huh? It's you again! Don't think that you can really run rampant in the Golden Sparrow Empire with the credentials of the Hailan Chamber of Commerce! You are a Hailan person, and you come to our country to do business. Don't behave yourself, and dare to interrupt. It seems that you don't want to live!" A rough man stood up when he heard the voice!

The Hailan merchant glanced coldly, and more than a dozen fully armed knights immediately surrounded him for protection.

The rough man was naturally no match for the other side's more than ten knights, but this was the territory of the Golden Sparrow Empire. When many knights saw the situation in front of them, they immediately stood beside the rough man. Even if the rough man was reckless, he was still a member of the Golden Sparrow Empire, and it was not the turn of the people of the Hailan Kingdom to teach him a lesson!

There were more than a dozen bloody and strong men in armor on both sides. As they fought against each other, the atmosphere in the tavern seemed to freeze for a while.