649 Arrogant Monroe 1
The Shadow Union is located in the northeast of Tahrir City, adjacent to the business district and the auction market. The inverted "concave" headquarters building complex looks majestic and majestic.
The open-top sightseeing carriage galloped all the way, but slowed down when it approached the square in front of the Shadow Union, and finally stopped at an area that seemed to be specially reserved for carriages.
In the center of the extremely open square, there is a statue of a knight carved out of black boulders, holding a shield in his left hand and an ax in his right. His body is slightly squatting with a serious expression, and his tense muscles show that he is about to launch an attack.
"Lord Raymond, this is the statue of the founder of the Shadow Guild. It is said that it was his last mission." The red-haired old man who led Raymond across the square pointed to the statue and introduced it to Raymond. "He is also one of the pioneers of the northern ice field, a great human knight with knightly qualities!"
Raymond, who was carrying a large suitcase, didn't open his mouth, but he found that almost everyone who passed by the statue would salute the statue, and the dark statue itself actually contained an inexplicable energy aura, making this statue The stone statue with sharp edges and corners gave him a "round" feeling, which was very weird.
Lei Meng, who was breathing inwardly, followed the red-haired old man through the square and came to the gate of the headquarters of the Shadow Guild. The hundreds of steps were all paved with bright white jade, and Lei Meng stepped on the steps. At the same time, he had the feeling of being spied on.
Lei Meng, who had already held back his breath, let the peep pass by his side, but the moment he left, he moved his fingers lightly, incorporating a ray of his own spiritual power into it.
Climbing up the steps, when Raymond finally came to the door of the Shadow Union, he understood the principle of this kind of peeping.
The energy fluctuations are extremely weak, and they will immediately move away after passing by everyone, this kind of automatically stimulated exploration breath. It wasn't deliberately done by the manipulator, in fact, it was just a probing rune array.
It's just that this detection rune array is set up extremely cleverly, and it is actually set under these stone steps, and it also has detection restrictions, which should only work on wizards below the second level.
It was still early, but Raymond, who followed the red-haired old man into the hall of the Shadow Union, found that there were more people inside than in the tavern just now.
Strong and rude half-orcs, stern-looking human knights in mail armor, hill dwarves with curly hair, burly bearmen...
But despite the large number of people, there was no noise in the hall. Moreover, these guys who survived by relying on physical strength also lined up in dozens of long queues, waiting patiently to handle affairs.
"Lord Raymond, all the adventurers in the hall came here to accept the quest," said the red-haired old man leading Raymond towards the stairs on the left side of the hall. Introduced in a low voice. "These small teams who are hired rely on this method to obtain corresponding tasks. After resupply, they will quickly go to the northern ice sheet..."
Listening to the introduction of the red-haired old man while marching. Raymond followed him to the third floor of the podium on the west side of the Shadow Guild, and found that the number of adventurers gathered in the Shadow Guild was too large.
On the third floor of the main building, there are at least hundreds of adventurers squatting or standing there talking in low voices, while there are even more adventurers in the podium building on the west side. Raymond, who has not conducted detailed investigations, probably is currently in the shadow union. number of adventurers. Not less than a thousand.
Taking Raymond to the west podium, the red-haired old man entered a long corridor, and at the door of the room at the end of the corridor stood a strong bear man in heavy armor. Like the guards here.
Slowing down to the door, the strong bear man let out a teasing laugh while opening the door for the red-haired old man. "Hohohoho, the old guy is here to deliver compensation?"
The wide double door was only half opened, and the red-haired old man, who had been ridiculed by the bear man more than once, turned dark and didn't reply, and hurried in after the door was opened.
Raymond, who was carrying a large suitcase and lowered his head, was about to follow in when he found that the bear man had blocked the door and was looking at him with puzzled eyes.
The red-haired old man who walked in stopped in his tracks. Raymond raised his head and smiled at the bear man, raising the suitcase in his hand slightly.
But just as the bear man's huge head was about to get closer, Lei Meng had already stretched out his hand and pushed the bear man away, walked directly past him, and walked in.
Some stunned and burly bears stared at Lei Meng's back even more confused, but Lei Meng, who had followed the red-haired old man around the corner of the corridor, had disappeared from his sight.
A perplexed expression appeared on his face, and the strong bear who scratched his head couldn't understand why such a thin young wizard just pushed him aside and allowed him to walk easily went in.
And this skinny young wizard, why the eyes are so deep, makes him feel dizzy.
But after the bear man couldn't figure it out, he simply didn't want to. After closing the door tightly again, he stood at the door, but after a while he yawned and felt tired, but he could only wait for the replacement guard to come over.
But the red-haired old man walking in front was a little shocked. Lei Meng passed through the gate so easily, which he had never thought of before.
Raymond, who followed closely behind him, smiled and lowered his voice. "It's just a simple trick."
The horrified red-haired old man smiled wryly and shook his head. Only a wizard with a certain level of strength can use this kind of small magic so smoothly. If he had just cast the magic in front of this bear man, the result must have been killed. This vigilant bear man smashes into meatloaf!
At the end of the long and narrow passage, the half-open door was gently pushed open by the red-haired old man.
The room covered with fuchsia luxurious carpet was a bit empty, but the person sitting on the recliner behind the desk turned his head immediately, and after a vigilant glance, he relaxed.
The white wizard robe, sunken eye sockets and bluish face, together with the high bridge of the nose, made the expression of this middle-aged wizard a little haughty.
The red-haired old man walked two steps to the desk, bowed and saluted with a very humble tone. "Lord Monroe..."
But before the red-haired old man finished speaking, the middle-aged wizard began to scold him. "Stop talking nonsense here, hurry up and sign the agreement to end the matter, this time Shadow has suffered such a big loss, don't think that you can pass the test with a few words of softening!"
The red-haired old man who stood there with his head bowed froze, and his stooped body made people feel sad.
Raymond, who was confused by the fact that the red-haired old man still hadn't said anything, walked slowly with a large suitcase, and when he came to the red-haired old man, he saw his expression was very dazed.
Monroe, who seemed to have not woken up, yawned, took a stack of documents on the desk and flipped through them as if looking for them, and continued to yell without raising his head. "Old guy, don't say I didn't give you face. If you don't sign the agreement today, even the three of you will be held accountable!"
Seeing that Raymond didn't speak, the red-haired old man, whose face was flushed, argued. "Master Monroe, you said the day before yesterday that you can release Samantha as long as you collect the ransom!"
"Oh? But I remember notifying you that you must sign an agreement before you can pay the ransom," Monroe sneered after raising his head to glance at the red-haired old man. "If you don't agree, the three of you must pay the same compensation as Samantha!"
A document was slammed on the table with a "snap", and Monroe, who was lying down again, glanced at the red-haired old man but did not speak, as if he was too lazy to explain.
The red-haired old man blushed after being humiliated, angrily picked up the agreement on the table and started to flip it over. After a while, his face turned pale.
Lei Meng, who leaned beside him and read the agreement roughly, still had a calm expression on his face, but the red-haired old man's hands holding the agreement trembled angrily. "But you didn't inform me that the ransom must be delivered last night!"
Rolling his eyes, the middle-aged wizard Monroe sneered. "My memory is not very good, maybe I forgot to notify, but now I must follow this agreement!" (To be continued...)