558 "Xinyele"

Neutral city, Sinyele.

This is a city founded by a sword master who lost his country.

Although it is located in a desert, because it is built on an oasis, the city is completely self-sufficient. Even if it lacks something, it can still trade with the Kingdom of Jinas and the Kingdom of Rebru. To make up for it, life will not give people a feeling of inconvenience or even poverty.

But Xinyele is not such a beautiful city.

Because it belongs to neither the Kingdom of Jinas nor the Kingdom of Rebru, it is sandwiched between the two big countries. In addition, it is surrounded by desert, forming a natural barrier. Therefore, many people in Jinas People who can't survive in the Kingdom of Sri Lanka and the Kingdom of Rebru will basically come here, including but not limited to desperadoes who have become major wanted criminals in both countries.

If it weren't for the fact that the city lord of Xinyele was a sword master, who had been maintaining the order of Xinyele and suppressing the influence of those small-time people, Xinyele would have turned into a lawless zone.

Because of the presence of many desperadoes, although Sinyele has not become a lawless area, it still seems a bit chaotic.

There is a mercenary group here that hunts monsters to make a living in the desert.

There are also underground organizations operating illegal businesses here.

From time to time, people here take risks and do some life-threatening things, including but not limited to robbery, breaking into houses, killing people, or trading some dangerous and prohibited items.

In other words, Sinyele is a city with a neutral stance, and the internal order tends to be neutral. Good things and depraved things are equally represented here, and good people and bad people are also equally represented here, forming a very delicate balance. state.

In such a city, there is a Sunset Tavern.

The Sunset Tavern is very famous among Sinyele.

Because it is a very special agency.

It is said that the owner behind this tavern has some friendship with the city lord of Sinyele, so the officials of Sinyele will hand over some commissions to this tavern, and through the introduction of this tavern, they will be provided to the mercenary group in the city for the mercenaries to The Corps goes to hunt dangerous monsters near the city.

It is said that the owner behind this tavern also has his own connections in the underground world, so this place is also responsible for secretly introducing some illegal businesses to others.

In short, this is a place where both black and white are very popular and have become mixed.

Therefore, there are often many mercenaries and criminals from the underground world here. None of these people are simple people, but none of them dare to cause trouble here.

In the evening of this day, the Sunset Tavern was as usual, with many heavily armed mercenaries and dangerous men in black robes gathered here, either drinking and chatting here, or going to the rooms inside to do something.

Thanks to this, the inside of the tavern was very lively and noisy, and the air was filled with a strong aroma of wine, covering up the slight smell of dust and blood.

At a certain moment, the door of the tavern was pushed open.

Outside the door, two dusty men came in.

They were two people wearing windbreakers, who had obviously just come in from outside the city.

They are one tall and one short, one big and one small. From the outline of the windbreaker, it is obvious that they are a man and a woman. However, because of the hood of the windbreaker, their appearance is hidden, making it difficult for people to see their faces clearly. I can't tell their origins from their appearance.

In the tavern, many people glanced at them without any trace, and then looked away as if nothing had happened.

There are too many people wearing this kind of dress in this kind of place. There is nothing worthy of attention from these two people. There are only some hot-blooded old men who can't help but turn their eyes to the relatively petite girl. , looking at the other person's beautiful figure that even the loose windbreaker couldn't completely cover, a little dirty color appeared in his eyes.

In this regard, the girl seemed a little nervous and uncomfortable, and her walking posture seemed a little stiff.

On the other hand, the young man leading the girl walked in unhurriedly. There was a long knife handle and scabbard looming on his waist under the windbreaker as he walked, which made many people look at him and restrain themselves. The not-so-good desire in his eyes.

Not long after, the two came to a corner and sat down.

After a while, a middle-aged man who looked a little undisciplined also came over.

"What to do?"

The other party seemed to be a waiter in this tavern, but his attitude was not polite at all. Instead, he spoke slowly and leisurely as if it was a routine matter.

"Dine? Stay in a hotel? Or do you want to take on a commission?"

Since it is a tavern, it naturally has the business that a tavern should have, otherwise there would not be so many people drinking and chatting here.

However, the main business here is still an intermediary, and it is completely on the table, allowing people to make choices like ordering.

"Let's eat first."

Not paying attention to the waiter's attitude, the boy who was obviously in a dominant position also spoke.

"Give us some water, some food."

Hearing this, the waiter raised his eyebrows.

"So you are not short of money?" The waiter said with a half-smile: "In that case, let me serve you the most expensive dish in this store. We don't have water here, only wine, or one hundred gold coins a cup. How about the snake blood wine?”

The waiter's words attracted the attention of the people at the tables next to him and made them look this way.

"Snake blood wine?" The young man seemed a little curious and said, "What kind of wine is that?"

"You don't even know about snake blood wine? Are you a newcomer to Xinyele?" The half-smile on the waiter's face became more intense, and he said like this: "That's using the famous dangerous monsters in the desert. The spirit brewed from the blood of the tailed basilisk is a specialty magic wine that can only be seen in this city. One cup can make a strong warrior at the level of a full swordsman drunk, and even a weak magician. I can’t even take a sip, and it might even burn my throat if I drink hard.”

"Oh?" The young man seemed more curious and said, "Is it so strong?"

"This is the favorite wine of strong warriors. Unfortunately, not many of them are willing to buy a glass." The waiter shrugged and said: "But this is magic brewed by a magician who is good at structural magic. Wine, if you can bear it, can nourish the body and make the body's ability slowly become stronger, right?"

"Really?" The young man nodded suddenly and said, "No wonder it's so expensive."

"This kind of wine is not sold in other places. It is also a special kind of wine in Xinyele. It is usually only sold to the city lord, and the rest is either sent to the capital of Jinas Kingdom for sale and donation. Give it to the palace, or send it to the army of the Rebru Kingdom, as a reward for brave and skilled warriors. It is a scarce product that is in short supply. "

The waiter laughed out loud.

"It just so happens that we got a new box of snake blood wine in our tavern yesterday. Guests can still order it now. In a few days, the wine will be used by my master to entertain distinguished guests."

After hearing this, the young man pondered for a while, and then nodded again.

"Then let's have a drink." The young man said calmly: "Also, give her a glass of fruit wine."

"No problem." Some strange emotions flashed in the waiter's eyes, and then he said: "The meal is over, does the guest have anything else to ask?"

"Indeed, there is." The young man stretched out his finger and tapped on the table, and then said: "I have something I want to ask about. Can you explain it to me?"

"It depends on what the matter is." The waiter said without changing his face: "If it is something that is unlikely to be exposed to the light, then I suggest you go to the room inside, where there is a business of selling information."

"If it's not a big deal and I happen to be able to answer it, then I wouldn't mind letting the guest breathe for you."

"It's just..."

The waiter didn't say the next words, but it made the young man's expression under his hood begin to look like a smile.

"Is this okay?"

The young man threw out a few gold coins.

"Of course." The waiter took it at lightning speed, and the smile on his face finally became a little more sincere, and said, "What does the guest want to ask?"

"I want to know one thing." The young man wrote briefly: "I heard that a ruins were unearthed near Xinyele."

"I want to know about that ruins."

When these words came from the young man's mouth, something strange happened.

The smile on the waiter's face froze.

The people eavesdropping around also fell silent.

In the entire tavern, the originally noisy atmosphere seemed to have cooled down and suddenly became audible.

Everyone present was staring in this direction, and the expressions and eyes on their faces became particularly strange, complicated and solemn.

"Well……"

The girl who had been silent seemed to be frightened by this sudden change, and couldn't help but hug the weapon she had been carrying under her windbreaker.

The young man glanced around and looked at the waiter calmly.

At this time, the smile on the waiter's face had disappeared, replaced by a very ugly expression.

"……I do not know what you're talking about."

After this man actually said this, his attitude became very cold, and he threw back the few gold coins he had just put into his arms back to the young man.

"Unfortunately, you asked the wrong person. There is no need to go to the room. They will not sell you that kind of information here."

The waiter said with a stiff expression.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go down there."

After saying that, the waiter turned around and left. From the look of it, he seemed to be eager to escape from here.

The surrounding guests were still looking at the young girl in the corner with strange, complicated and solemn eyes, and started whispering.

"...who are those two people?"

"How dare you ask about that kind of thing here?"

"Are you going to touch that taboo?"

"It's really life-threatening."

As such a little discussion came into his ears, the girl ignored it for the time being, and her eyes flickered under her hood.

After a while, the young man mumbled something.

"It seems that the matter is not so easy to solve."