An ordinary fantasy adventure in the continent of Faerun

After eavesdropping on the conversations of the people passing by, Noshier planned to go to the Ansu Jingwei Adventure Group to inquire about the major events that happened recently in Baldur's Gate.

The disappearance of Grand Duke Urd Ravengard should have spread in the past few days, so if he asked directly, he might get into some trouble.

However, Noshier himself was not completely in the dark. He already had a general suspect target. After narrowing the scope, he only needed to use indirect methods to get the information he wanted.

The power structure of Baldur's Gate is very special. Its highest authority is the four-member council composed of three dukes and one grand duke. In addition, there is a political committee called the Noble Council, which has more than 50 members and most of them are heads of noble families, and a small number are leaders of some civilian mutual aid associations.

The Noble Council holds regular meetings every week to discuss trivial matters in the city, foreign friendships, noble disputes, and various matters of all sizes. This committee represents the interests of all the people in the city. When they unite together, even the four-member council has to give in to them, although this is almost impossible.

"The Council of Nobles can even elect a Grand Duke from the four dukes through voting, but apart from major events like this, people rarely see them united."

"So basically, we can rule out the nobles in the Council. After all, unless all these nobles rebel and put collective pressure on the Grand Duke, they can barely command Grand Duke Ravengarde, but the members of the Council of Nobles are not united. A single or several nobles, even if they unite, are not capable of doing such a thing."

"So after excluding them, there are only the other three dukes left, and one of the three dukes can be excluded, that is, Duke Belin Storme."

This duchess was briefly mentioned by the monarch in Baldur's Gate 3. The monarch called her his partner, and the two of them jointly ran an organization called Shield Knight.

On the surface, the Shield Knights are a secret business organization formed by nobles and businessmen, but in fact they are a group of profit-seeking political manipulators. They collect valuable information through a secret intelligence network throughout the North, make business investments or political connections, and use this operation to influence the local social, political, economic and military development.

This organization has a long history and has been passed down for thousands of years. Duke Belin Sterme is its leader in Baldur's Gate.

"During this period of time, the monarch, that is, the mind sucker Baldran, should still be controlling her."

"Although the duke is indeed not clean in secret, she is in a dilemma and has no time to plan such a conspiracy. Not to mention the monarch, he is busy taking over all the assets of the Shield Knight. If he still behaves too much in such a big event, it will be easy for others to discover his true identity."

After all, the mind sucker cannot see the light.

"As for the other two dukes, although I don't know much about them, through the process of elimination, I am almost certain that one or both of them participated in this conspiracy."

If the remaining two dukes participated in this conspiracy...

"This is unlikely. Baldur's Gate should not have fallen to such a level. If the remaining two dukes participated in this conspiracy, then in the original history, Eltor would have been almost impossible to save, and even Baldur's Gate would have sunk into hell together."

"Don't scare yourself. You will know the situation once you find out."

Noshier cleared the messy thoughts in his mind, and then walked towards the direction of the Ansu Jingwei Branch while thinking about how to get the information without attracting attention.

On the other side, Scar also came to the Rivington General Store.

"Livington General Store, the best weapon shop in Baldur's Gate, the master who won the Baldur's Gate blacksmith competition for five consecutive times, Gilderoy Corner Iron dedicated himself."

Skar found this store almost effortlessly. Compared with other shops nearby, this store has a terrifyingly high stone base, which makes the entire store much higher than other houses. Various similar flyers are scattered around, which can be said to be the most conspicuous place on this street.

But if this store is really as good as he said, why is it opened outside the city wall?

Although he had doubts in his heart, Scar's upbringing prevented him from speaking out loudly. More importantly, he believed in Noshir's recommendation, but such exaggerated publicity near the store had the opposite effect, making him, who had not thought much about it, begin to doubt the true strength of this store unconsciously.

Skar did not think about it any more. Whether the weapons are excellent or not can be seen at a glance. He pushed open the wooden door of the store, and was suddenly startled by a sharp voice.

"Hey! What does this knight need to buy? A knife! A gun! Or a sword!"

"You look like you can use a sword. Do you want to buy a big sword? Oh, my God, your shield is so bad. I can see your back through the gap in the shield. Such a shield can't help you block any attack. You must change to a high-quality shield!"

A female dragonborn with golden scales all over her body spoke in a sharp voice, and her words like a cannon kept bombarding Scar's eardrums.

"Calm down, calm down, this lady, I will buy it, please don't be so excited, okay?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I'm so excited. Today is my first time working here, and you are my first customer. I really want to complete the first transaction in my life. !”

The dragonborn's tone had just calmed down, but almost immediately after the next sentence, her tone and demeanor became very high-spirited and excited.

"Then give me some good recommendations, but I must declare in advance that I don't have much money. I only have these two valuable gems in my body."

Scar took out the two blood stones. He originally had considerable assets in Eltoril, but now the most valuable thing about him is the set of +1 enchanted armor he wears, but what happened to Scar? It's impossible to sell it either.

"Oh, okay sir, if you don't mind, please let me see the condition of those two gems first."

Scar immediately handed the gem over, and the dragonborn carefully took it and put it on the counter. He took out a magnifying glass from the drawer next to it and used its golden pupils to carefully examine the two items. The quality of the gemstone.

"My Lord Knight, the two gems you gave are in very good condition. I can probably value them at 50 to 70 gold coins each. If you go to a specialized gem store to exchange them for money, then The amount may be a little higher.”

She looked carefully for a few more minutes before giving this evaluation to Scar, who had been looking at the weapons and equipment placed throughout the store while she was valuing the gems.

There are some specimens of beast heads hanging on three walls of this store, but in addition, there are more long swords, giant swords and shields hanging on the walls.

Although none of them have experienced enchantment, it can be concluded from their gleaming blades and well-maintained surfaces with sword oil that these weapons are indeed good weapons.

"Ah, no need. I don't have much time now. Just recommend a suitable set of equipment for me based on the value of these gems."

After regaining consciousness, Ska spoke directly to her, and after hearing Ska's response, the Dragonborn, who knew that the business was done, spoke to Ska again in an excited tone.

"Okay! Sir! I don't know what else you need besides a shield! A long sword? A giant sword? Or a short spear? Or a mace. We have a very good mace here!"

Scar rubbed his head with a headache, then interrupted her.

"An iron shield, a giant sword. If you have enough money left to buy a war hammer, please equip me with a one-handed war hammer of sufficient weight."