647 Tavern 3

In the extravagantly decorated small box, after the bearded knight's voice fell, it fell into dead silence.

Facing the table full of exquisite dishes, the three people in the room not only lost their appetite, but also lost their interest in talking, and a strange atmosphere gradually spread.

The freckled girl hesitated to speak, the bearded knight kept pouring wine into his mouth, and although the red-haired old man was mocking, he was actually as uncomfortable as everyone else.

Duh, duh, duh...

A clear knock on the door sounded in the room. Even though the bearded man had already drank a lot of wine, he still remained vigilant. He reached out and grabbed the wide-edged sword beside him.

But with a "creak", the door was pushed open from the outside, followed by a young man with a huge suitcase in his hand, followed by a man in waiter's attire Bunny girl.

"Sorry, I heard you mention the name 'Samantha' when I passed here just now," said the young wizard standing at the door with a very sincere attitude. "May I ask if she is just twenty-two years old this year, and she is also a very beautiful mixed race?"

Although it was very impolite to barge in, this young man wearing a wizard's robe without any energy fluctuations all over his body looked very much like an ordinary person, and his attitude was not bad.

The freckled girl's eyes lit up, and she wanted to stand up and speak as soon as she moved, but the red-haired old man sitting next to her immediately reached out and pressed her right hand that was propped on the table.

The freckled girl who had leaned over to stand up immediately sat down again, but her words had already escaped her lips. "You know..."

The red-haired old man who spoke almost at the same time as the freckled girl immediately denied what she wanted to express. "You heard me wrong! We didn't mention the name 'Samantha'!"

While speaking, the bearded knight's eyes also became sharper, and the hand he held on the wide-edged sword seemed to increase his strength.

A smile appeared on his face. The young wizard with a large suitcase walked slowly to the table, pulled a chair and sat down, and turned his head and whispered instructions to the rabbit girl who was standing awkwardly at the door. "Please close the door!"

The expression on her face was very disturbed. The rabbit girl mechanically turned around and closed the door, then her hands were twisted together as if she didn't know where to put them, and soon her knuckles lost their strength because of the force. The blood color became too pale.

"I don't have any malice. I hired a second-level wizard apprentice named Samantha four years ago, and with the help of the resources I provided, she was promoted to a third-level wizard apprentice," said Sitting at the table. young wizard. It seems that he is recalling carefully, speaking very slowly. "But later, because something happened at home, it is said that after she signed some agreement, she left all the proceeds to my family, and then disappeared..."

Following the narration of this young wizard. The freckled girl's eyes widened, and she finally couldn't help shouting. "you……"

But the red-haired old man who held down her right hand. But he interrupted her again. "Shut up!"

The red-haired old man stopped again. The face of the young wizard sitting there sank, but after hesitating for a moment, he raised his right hand resting on the table and started waving it.

A faint energy breath began to gather, and the three people who were shocked by this all stood up, raising their vigilance as if preparing to take action.

But the young wizard sitting there with a large suitcase in one hand waved his fingers self-consciously. There is no intention to stop it.

But the three people who stood up found almost at the same time that they had been suppressed by the confinement force at some point, and they were unable to move!

The fingers were waving slowly and firmly, but the image of Samantha in Raymond's memory had become somewhat blurred. In the end, after the chip retrieved the previous records, he successfully used the mimetic technique to outline the outline of Samantha. After a while, a three-dimensional virtual image of Samantha appeared in front of him. turned slowly.

"I said after I came in that I didn't have any malicious intentions." Looking at the three people imprisoned there in different postures, the young wizard began to tap on the table with his right hand. "If the Samantha you discussed earlier is the person I mentioned, then no matter what problems she encounters now, please tell me directly, because I owe her a favor!"

The bearded knight was full of horror, the pupils of the red-haired old man constricted, but the freckled girl didn't seem to mind being imprisoned, her excited eyes filled with anticipation.

With a thought, the imprisonment imposed on the freckled girl was lifted, and she immediately yelled in surprise. "You are the second-level wizard, Mr. Raymond, who helped Sister Samantha advance?"

"I am Raymond, but I am no longer a second-level wizard." Unexpectedly, Samantha said so much about Raymond to the freckled girl, and a smile appeared on her face. "Now tell me everything, what kind of rescue does Samantha need?"

Surprised, the freckled girl leaned over the round table and wanted to reach out to grab Raymond's right hand, but unfortunately she couldn't reach it, so she sat down with a smirk, and hurriedly spoke.

Samantha, a beautiful mixed-race girl, signed an agreement with the Explorers' Union in Tahrir City three years ago because of little Stacy's forced debts, and exchanged her ten years for a large sum of money. The spar was sent to little Staci.

Young and beautiful, Samantha, who had just been promoted to the third-level wizard apprentice, finally formed a team with the three present, hunting and exploring in the northern ice field, in order to obtain the resources they needed and the necessities needed for survival.

The red-haired old man is the team leader who has no hope of being promoted to the official wizard, the bearded knight is the backbone of the team, and the freckled girl is the lowest in the team, only reaching the level of the second-level wizard apprentice.

However, after being assigned to this team, Samantha, who is extremely sensitive to the aura of certain monsters, greatly increased the team's harvest. Therefore, she also gradually decreased the term of her agreement by virtue of the excess harvest.

But some time ago, due to a somewhat risky exploration, this team had a conflict with another team, and Samantha, who was resisting and covering, could not escape in the end and was captured by that team.

Speaking of this, the angry freckled girl appeared on her face, with grievances in her eyes. "Although we have crossed the border, there is no way to identify the border line in that kind of place, not to mention that we have not entered the core area to explore..."

Listening to the freckled girl's story, Raymond released the restraint on the other two with a wave of his hand. The red-haired old man's face was cloudy, and he sat down thoughtfully but didn't make a sound, while the bearded knight was With a happy face, he sat down obediently.

Raymond, who roughly understood the cause of the incident, started asking questions directly. "So what are the demands of the team that captured Samantha now?"

"Two days ago, he said that he would be released as long as we compensated one hundred high-grade crystals," the girl with freckles puffed up her cheeks, very indignant. "But after we gathered enough crystals, they suddenly increased the amount of ransom!"

"If you just increase the ransom demand, then the matter will be easier to deal with," Raymond's expression softened when he realized that the freckled girl's indignation was coming from his heart. "Then Shamantha is being held there by the other party. How much is the ransom that is currently required?"

"They asked to pay 3,000 high-grade crystals before releasing them. How can we afford such an amount!"

"Three thousand high-level crystals are equivalent to the cost of hiring twenty first-level wizards for a year. This seems a bit too much." After a little calculation, Raymond came up with a figure that made him speechless. "Samantha is just a third-level wizard apprentice. Why did the other party ask for so much ransom? Is there anything special about the area you broke into?"

The freckled girl was a little confused by Raymond's question, but after sitting down and observing the red-haired old man, she sighed and explained the reason... (to be continued...)