Chapter 2546 Reasonable Suspicion and the Black Market of Photo Studios

Chapter 2545 Reasonable suspicion and the black market of the photo studio

The strange elf in the sea of ​​flowers clearly behaved like the mysterious sage who pointed out the direction for the "brave man" or "knight" in the story, and her words also led her image to that image, but Shade just felt that he could not raise the emotion of "respect" for the elf in front of him.

Judging from her appearance, she must be older than the underage elf Emilia who was in her fifties, but Shade could not estimate her exact age. After the elves become adults, their appearance will not change at all for a long time.

However, he at least heard that the other party wanted to end the conversation, so after asking about the relevant information of the black market and some precautions for entering the city, he politely said goodbye and left.

Carefully putting the wreath on his head, Shade's pupils shrank in an instant, and he really felt that he heard the breathing of the forest. So the way to leave here naturally appeared in his mind. He was surprised at the feeling at the moment, and even more surprised that the mysterious elf lady could make such an item at will.

He turned around and looked at the sea of ​​flowers in the forest under the moon, but found that the elf had turned around and looked up at the moon surrounded by silver-blue flowers.

The night wind blew her long golden hair and robe, and she seemed a little lonely. The more Xia De looked at her back, the more familiar she looked. When he looked at her from the front, he felt that this strange elf was elegant, quiet and beautiful, but from the back, it was clear that the elf with its back to him was about to say something, but he said:

"Then goodbye, stranger. Get my goods and come to this sea of ​​flowers to find me again." (Elf language)

"Goodbye, have a good dream." (Ancient Elf language)

He nodded gently to the figure, and when he saw that she didn't react, he left quietly.

It was certainly strange for a pure-blooded elf to appear here, but at least she was not a witch and did not cause any reaction from the badge. The trees and the forest got along well with her, so she didn't seem like a bad person. Today Xia De just came to explore the local area first, and they would have many opportunities to meet in the future, so Xia De was not in a hurry to explore the other party's identity.

[You seem to have some guesses about her? 】

"Yes, although there is no reason, but I feel that she is waiting for me here. My inspiration is reminding me who this is, but I have no evidence yet."

[It seems that since Mia Gold's visit, you have been reasonably suspicious of everything around you. 】

"She" smiled gently.

"Yes, reasonable suspicion, is it possible that Miss Gold is me who used the [Transformation Ring]? She came through time, so she avoided meeting."

[Are you assuming that the cat belonged to you from the beginning? 】

"Her" voice is still gentle.

After wearing the wreath, every step in the forest is like stepping on a path hidden under the grass and trees.

Just now, I was barely able to keep moving forward with the [Source of Chaos] and "Strong Spatial Perception", but now it seems like I am on a hidden shortcut.

Although he had been using magic to determine his position, when Shade found that he had walked through the quiet forest in just five minutes, which normally would take half an hour, he still couldn't figure out what had just happened:

"I still don't understand the mystery of space."

But at least after leaving that strange area that was not actually very large, "Strong Space Perception" told Shade that the surroundings had returned to normal.

After turning the wreath into a metal toy and hanging it on his chest together with the "Witch Detection Badge", Shade turned around and looked at the forest behind him that looked completely normal to the naked eye, and then turned into a red butterfly and flew towards the nearby city under the mottled moonlight.

The lights of the city were getting closer and closer, and scattered forests and loggers' camps gradually appeared in the lush forest. The appearance of the forest trail meant that Shade was completely close to the city, and then he saw the road through the forest, which meant that he had completely entered the human activity area.

There are villages that existed in the "Riverwood Town" era distributed on the outskirts of the city. After passing these small settlements surrounded by forests, the trees became sparser, and Shade also returned to human form.

On the way forward, he happened to encounter the train track connecting Vesta City to other places, and the train happened to be roaring from the northeast at night, so Shade simply jumped on the train and entered the last cargo car, and took the train into the city.

Vesta City has extremely convenient water and land transportation. It is also an important transportation hub in the northeast of the capital Willendal, so the area of ​​Vesta City Railway Station is very large.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the train carrying passengers from Huntington City in the north stopped steadily on the track. Not long after, the tired passengers walked out of the train station under the starlight. The strangers who received the grace of the strange elves to arrive here also disguised themselves as ordinary passengers and walked out of the train station, and then looked at the city that had fallen asleep under the night at the door of the train station.

The dim gas lamps illuminated the street in front of the train station, which was called "Woodpecker Avenue". The buildings on both sides of the street were not tall. After nightfall, most of the shops along the street were closed, and only the pubs that were open all night were still lit.

Four-wheeled horse-drawn carriages and citizens who came to greet their relatives and friends were waiting at the entrance of the train station. The coolness of the early autumn night was already obvious. Shade stood behind the gradually leaving travelers. He had a good first impression of this city.

This place is not as prosperous as Yuewan, nor as busy as Tobesk. There is a sense of tranquility and slowness, as if time is stagnant.

But if we really want to talk about Shade's biggest impression of this city, it should be that the city's greening is very good.

Among the many cities Shade has visited, Midhill Castle, the "City of Mountains" in Delarion, and Randall Valley, the "City of Spring" in Carsonrick, are also cities famous for their natural landscapes, but not every balcony there can see flower pots, and not most streets are planted with trees.

In addition to the greening situation, because it is located in the center of the Vista Woodland and the intersection of three important rivers, the air in this city is also particularly good. This does not mean that Vista City does not have a steam industry. Shade can easily see the chimneys standing at the end of the city's landscape in the distance.

It's just that compared to the forest, Vista City's industrial pollution is not worth mentioning at all.

Of course, although Vista City is now famous in the Old Continent as the "City of Music" and is as famous as the "City of Art" in the North, the former Creekwood Town has not given up the business of logging and processing wood.

The entire city of Vesta is still one of the largest timber suppliers in the central part of the Old World, and some timber is even exported directly to the north to Delarion. After hearing Miss Danister mention this place, Shade also remembered that Margaret seemed to have mentioned that even the firewood used by the Anjou royal family every winter was purchased from this city.

It was just that it was so late, and Shade had no time to appreciate more of the style of this new city. At this time, even the opera house or concert hall at night would be closed, and the only night tavern open and the black market that was more lively as the night went on were the reasons why Shade came here tonight.

He tightened his collar, put his hands in his pockets, and walked west along the street with his head shrunk:

"Miss Danister, where will you be?"

It happened that the mysterious elf lady in the forest asked Shade to help her get something from the black market, so Shade thought about going to the local black market to take a look. He did not expect to be able to directly find out the news or even the whereabouts of Miss Danister in the black market, but at least he had to find out what major events had happened recently in the local area.

A thirteen-ring warlock should not leave any traces when he disappears quietly.

Although Vista City is not as good as Moon Bay, Tobesk and Willendel, it is also a big city. The former "Riverwood Town" is roughly in the northeast of the city that has been expanded many times, which is the direction where Shade enters the city.

This area belongs to the old city, and the entrance to the black market provided by the elves is also here.

It's just that the local black market is not a hidden room behind the tavern that is not very common, nor is it a secret gathering in a remote timber warehouse.

When Shade went there according to the address, he found that No. 14 Red Bee Lane was actually a store called "Flushing Photo Studio".

Now the photo studio is of course closed, so Shade followed the method given by the elves and found the frame of "Clown Riding a Unicycle" on display among a large number of displayed photos behind the glass window, and then gently knocked on the window at a frequency of fast and slow.

After waiting for two seconds, the "frozen" clown in the photo moved and grinned at Shade, then rode his unicycle and swayed left and right in the photo, pointing to the right.

Click~

The door of the photo studio on the right side of the glass window opened a crack automatically. Although there was no light in the photo studio, light seeped out from the crack. When Shade opened the door, it was not a photo studio, but a tavern that did not exist on the map.

"It's so fancy."

It was not difficult to make the clown in the photo move, but the door was clearly a relic of some kind of space transfer. Opening the door in the normal way leads to the photo studio, and after triggering the relic's characteristics, you will come to this place where you don't know your real location.

According to the rules, Shade was of course wearing a mask at this time, just like the quiet and harmonious night in the city, the tavern with dozens of people sitting was not very noisy. The ring warlocks who were talking about business, exchanging information, playing Rhodes cards or simply looking for a place to drink did not pay much attention to the strangers who walked in. The atmosphere did not look like something big had happened in the city recently.

The female bartender who was writing something on the blackboard behind the counter with chalk glanced at Shade. She looked to be in her thirties, taller than Shade, and at least twice as wide as Shade, or she looked like a little giant.

After Shade approached the counter, he saw that the bartender wrote the real-time exchange rate of "Dlarion Gold Pound" and "Carsonrick Kroner".

"Now is not a peaceful year. Since the summer, the exchange rate of the two currencies in the black market has changed a lot. Originally, we only did foreign exchange settlement business occasionally, but now it has almost become our main business."

The female bartender said so, and after putting down the chalk, she glanced at Shade again:

"Foreigner?"

"Yes."

He spoke in very standard Carsonrick language:

"A local friend introduced me here, and she asked me to help her pick up the goods. The friend with pointed ears said: Alcohol must be added to the fruit wine."

PS1: Who is it?

PS2: The illustrations in this chapter are not the same as those in the previous chapter.